Chapter 54 Strategic Deception

"Master, the territory's armaments have been prepared according to your requirements."

After Aris finished speaking, he raised the curtain for Ictor, and the stacked swords and spears looked chilling.

Even with the addition of so many new Skaven, Windsor's weapons are enough to arm them all.

Iket picked up a long knife and weighed it in his hand. These weapons were in good enough condition to be used in battle.

The only pity is that the quality of these equipment varies due to various reasons, especially the captured equipment, which seems to be of average quality.

"Very good, next we need to distribute these armaments to each team."

After Ictor finished speaking, he put down the long knife and covered the curtain again, while Aris behind him quickly said yes.

The caravan leader had no doubts about Ictor's actions. From the moment the young master issued the order with confidence, he knew that the threat of the jackals had been resolved.

It's just that he still can't figure out in his heart how Ictor wants to achieve his goal, and why he can be sure that the countermeasures must be sound.

Thinking of what the young master once said to him about "learning", Aris couldn't help but ask:

"The reason is actually very simple. The investigation of the jackals was carried out a few days ago, and I did not bring back the new rat people at that time."

Aris' words made Ictor, who was about to mount his horse, stop.

"The situation of the highland gnolls is much more difficult than we imagined. They have just been forced to leave the village. They are worrying about rebuilding and collecting food, and they cannot use much strength. I speculate that this is why they decided to

Unite other tribes."

He had always ignored one thing before, and that was the information gap!

Tribes that do not grow crops on a large scale have very limited food sources, and their reserves must not have much surplus.

"First of all, I'm not sure they won't come. I'm sure they will come, and they will come very quickly, maybe in the next few days."

This means many things.

"First of all, it is precisely based on this that the first batch of forces they sent was used to defeat the 65 rat-men, and was not prepared to defeat the more than 400 fully armed rat-men."

Aris said anxiously. In contrast, Ictor, who had already made a plan, pointed at the weapons on the carriage.

The gnolls were coming with great force, but in fact, from Ictor's point of view, they were nothing more than a piece of scattered sand, with only an empty number, so they could only fight with the wind.

"W-why is this, Master?"

Aris was directly confused by Ictor, not only whether the Jackal would come, but also how Master Ictor determined the time of the Jackal's arrival.

"The answer is here."

At this time, will they ask other tribes for help? Or force other tribes to help them?

"At that time, there were only 65 rat people and Liao Liao's human guards in the territory who were not doing their jobs properly, and the lord had been missing for many days. If you were a jackal, what would you do once you detected this information?"

"I see."

"I will. Quickly gather enough troops to defeat the Ratmen and attack as soon as possible."

"Master, I really don't understand. How are you so sure that the gnolls won't come soon? Also, why do you want to distribute weapons to the new rat people? What does this have to do with our resistance to the gnolls?

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According to the observations of Ickert and his team at the time, these remaining undead souls completely lost contact with the ringtone and became aimless wandering undead souls.

If the gnolls hadn't sent out a new batch of scouts, they wouldn't have known that they had nearly 400 more wererats.

"Besides, it's not just jackals who are avoiding the tide of the undead. Animals will also migrate according to danger, so the highlands are currently at their most barren, and they happen to be interested in the wealth of the territory."

If it weren't for this rotten world, the rat people's combat effectiveness wouldn't be much better than that of the jackals, and he would have planned to lead his army directly into battle.

"First question, Aris."

The relationship between this was not complicated. After Ictor sorted out his thoughts for a while, he began to answer questions for his caravan leader.

Ictor knew that Aris was confused at this time, and he was also trying to take this opportunity to teach him something.

"This battle is inevitable for them, and in order to achieve the goal of swift action, their best allies are the tribes in the riverside forest. They cannot count on the tribes on the other side of the river in the short term, and may just hope to

Notified."

Aris sighed and said, I can only say that the young master is worthy of being a young master, and he is considerate.

What would a loose alliance of gnolls do if they found that there was an invincible force in their territory?

Are you betting most of the tribe's power and future just to trade with Ict for a lose-lose outcome?

I'm afraid only people from a certain island country would do such a thing.

Aris thought about it and found that this was indeed the case, but if it was based solely on this fact, Ictor's previous analysis would be contradictory.

The jackals may be gathering, or even on their way.

"It's just young master, according to your current analysis, the jackals will definitely come! How can we avoid this war?"

The larger the number of troops, the more time it takes to assemble, and the various gnoll tribes also need to coordinate. If more time is wasted, it will only allow Ictor and his party to completely establish a foothold in Windsor.

After Aris finished speaking, he slapped his forehead and suddenly realized.

"But, young master, in your previous analysis, you said that the jackals were probably united together! But according to what you said, the jackals in the highlands have every chance of conquering the territory alone! They should be monopolizing it, so how could they do it?

How about informing other tribes?"

"But because of that, I'm sure they won't come back."

But what Ictor analyzed is actually much more than that. For example, what will the highland jackal tribe that cannot obtain enough food do before the arrival of Ictor and his party?

The area around the territory after the tide of the undead is not absolutely safe. The undead have relatively poor mobility, so there will always be a lot of undead that stray from the group after the large army leaves.

Ictor turned around and raised his index finger towards Aris.

"Yes, you are right, but if you add in the impact of the undead tide on the Highland Jackals, the result will be completely different."

They will withdraw, and they may not give up the attack on the territory, but just go back and prepare again, but they have invisibly bought the most precious time for the territory.

"I want the jackals to see that if they choose to attack rashly, they will be greeted by countless swords and spears!"

"I don't need the troops to have any actual combat effectiveness. I just need to make them look combat effective. That's enough."

The only ones who need to believe that their territory is defended are the Gnolls, and Ictor knows that it is not.

This is strategic deception!
Chapter completed!