Chapter 939 Key Issues
Although for now, the war in the south has come to an end and they can be considered a victory, the method of summoning evil spirits by the opposite rat clan still worries him.
If it were him, he really wouldn't be able to deal with it because he doesn't have the right means.
In this matter, both Locke and Bolevin are more useful than him.
So just in case, their follow-up actions must wait until Bolevin and Locke return to their prime.
At that time, even if the opponent summons the evil spirit again, they will be able to deal with it in time with the help of two extraordinary mages.
After the report, they also mentioned that there was a disease inside the fortress.
Zhou Chongshan and the others may not know it, but as a modern person, Zhou Xu knows that in this era of relatively backward medical development, once an epidemic occurs, normal human beings cannot resist it at all according to their physical fitness. past.
Being able to isolate in time to prevent the epidemic from spreading is the limit.
But the soldiers over there managed to get through it with simple alcohol disinfection and antipyretics.
In this matter, it cannot be said that alcohol and antipyretics have no effect at all, but the biggest reason is undoubtedly that his talent of 'evolutionary leader' has changed the physical fitness of his people in the Great Zhou Dynasty, thus achieving this effect.
He had already realized this effect when Zhou Zhongshan's cultivation efficiency suddenly improved, he broke through and became a Hundred Refining Realm warrior in a short period of time, and reported to him.
However, just like the previous blessing effects, the strength of the blessing received by each subject is not exactly the same.
According to Zhou Xu’s experience, this may be related to their own qualifications.
To put it simply, the better the qualifications, the higher the blessings you will receive.
Zhou Chongshan himself is a four-star brave weapon master. Needless to say, he is talented in combat. The strength of the blessing he received is certainly not low.
At this moment, Zhou Xu was really feeling a little emotional.
Think about the time when warriors and mages at the Hundred Refining Realm and the Extraordinary Realm were beyond their reach.
Who would have thought that in this moment of turning around, he would achieve enlightenment alone, and chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.
This is also the power of the talent of ‘Evolutionary Leader’.
Counting on his fingers, including himself, they now have three extraordinary mages and two Hundred Refining Realm warriors in their Great Zhou Dynasty.
And this number will become more and more in the future, which is completely foreseeable.
Under this premise, as long as he is given enough time, Zhou Xu does not dare to think about it for the time being, so that all the people can break through and become extraordinary beings, but he thinks it is still possible to form an ace army composed entirely of extraordinary beings. Give it a try!
Bringing his thoughts back, Zhou Xu returned his attention to the emergency battle report in his hand.
At the end of the report, Soros also asked for instructions, asking whether the troops should take the initiative to counterattack the Ratman territory after finishing their rest.
With the blessing of meditation, it would only take a month at most for the two extraordinary mages Locke and Bollevin to return to their peak state.
At this point in time, winter is not even over half yet.
The focus of this question is whether they should send troops in winter.
Normally speaking, the biggest problem in sending troops in winter is the fear of encountering heavy snow.
However, it doesn’t snow very much in the winter here in the South. Even if it does snow, it’s just small snowflakes that can basically be ignored.
Therefore, the key issue for sending troops here in winter is not whether it will snow or not, but the temperature! The living environment of lizard people has requirements for temperature and humidity. A drop in temperature will directly lead to a decline in their condition. In severe cases, there is even a risk of freezing to death.
From this point of view, the Skaven frequently launch attacks on the Lizardmen in winter, which may be one of the reasons.
As their territory in the Southern Territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty continues to expand, the current location of the Southern Territory Fortress has actually long been separated from the tropical rainforest area, and the climate itself is close to the subtropical zone.
Compared to the tropical rainforest where they originally lived, this is definitely not a suitable living environment for the lizard people.
At this temperature, their condition is actually affected.
But don’t forget that after surrendering to the Great Zhou Dynasty, their living conditions have also improved. In winter, the troops will be equipped with winter clothes, especially the lizard people who are afraid of the cold.
Wearing warm winter clothes, according to the climate here in the southern fortress, can basically keep the lizard soldiers in the same condition as human soldiers. Over the past few years, they have gradually gotten used to it.
During this process, Zhou Xu was actually wondering whether his talent of 'evolving leader' was playing a role in this.
If so, can he also allow the lizardmen to slowly adapt to the temperature in other areas.
He doesn't need the lizardmen to survive and fight in a cold environment of ten or twenty degrees below zero, but at least they can adapt to the normal four-season climate changes in the temperate zone, right?
However, this operation definitely requires a slow adaptation process and cannot be accomplished overnight.
For this reason, Zhou Xu also showed enough patience.
Under this premise, the closer you go to the rat people's territory in the south, the closer the climate will be to the temperate zone.
In other words, the temperature in winter will get lower and lower.
According to Zhou Xu's original plan, he planned to wait for the temperature to rise after the spring of next year, and then let the southern border troops push forward. While destroying the rat men on the opposite side, he also planned to have the lizard men troops officially move to the temperate zone, so that they would have a more powerful force. Plenty of adaptation time.
But if they send out troops now, the lizardmen soldiers may directly have to face the temperate winter climate.
In the temperate winter, the lowest temperature will fall below zero, which is a bit dangerous for lizard people.
And this is the point where Zhou Xu is most hesitant and at the same time most troubled.
Of course, they can also choose to suspend the attack before the impact of temperature becomes greater, station in an area where they can still adapt, and wait for the temperature to rise before launching a follow-up offensive.
But this comes down to a situational issue.
Once they switch from defense to offense and take the initiative, they will lose their biggest home advantage of the Southern Fortress.
Under this premise, the rat men's lairs are all underground. They can basically only destroy them and cannot occupy them, let alone defend them.
They can only camp in the open space on the surface.
This kind of camp does not provide much defensive advantage at all. Once the rat tide sweeps over, they will most likely be directly surrounded, or even completely submerged by the rat tide.
After understanding the conditions they need to face, suppose they attack half of the Rotten Clan's territory, and then find that if they continue to advance, they will no longer be able to adapt to the climate there, and they will immediately fall into a passive situation of being beaten.
And there is no home field advantage, so there is no need to say more about the dangers involved.
When the time comes, they will be in a dilemma, they are afraid of just folding there.
(End of this chapter)