Chapter 354, Unfinished Development
But where can we retreat to?
Although the city of Jilang is a ruin, the towering walls are still intact.
Once we give up, the door of the human empire will be wide open again.
The three human provinces in the rear.
Let’s not talk about the plateau that has made the rat war a setback and now has few people.
A plain province similar to the Golden Province and the Lianyan Province with mountains of all sizes.
These two places are not prepared to welcome the war again.
In the distance, there is the invasion of the Eastern Expeditionary Force, and in the near, there are the barbarians coming down the mountain to abuse.
The long night has just ended, and a new round of farming is about to begin. At this time, you tell them that the rats are coming again and ask them to raise an army to fight the rats.
Is this realistic? This is not realistic. There is no fight at all.
But what can we do if there is no fight? The rats are indeed coming again.
It can only be said that for the residents of these two provinces, suffering always comes in waves.
The three rat warlords set their own goals.
Well, in fact, it was the three rat warlords who discussed, but the flag had no right to interrupt in this matter. It was just a quarrel between the two guys.
The flat plain province was assigned to the private army leader.
Lianyan Province belonged to the war priests.
The agents introduced by the rat lords have been replaced twice. Since the death of the burnt guy, another unlucky guy died in the chaotic attack on the fortress, and he was not killed by the human warriors in the fortress.
Instead, he was smashed into a pile of rat cakes on the city wall by the terrifying catapult in the back.
It is basically certain that this incident was not premeditated, but a coincidence, a mistake. As for why it is so certain..., it can only be said that even if those war priests wanted to do something dirty, those big claw priests did not have the ability to accurately use catapults to hit the second-generation private army leader standing on the city wall in the chaotic battle.
That's for sure.
It's undoubtedly a coincidence.
After this happened, whether it was a coincidence or not, the unlucky guy who was beaten into a rat cake was undoubtedly written about by the rat lords.
So there was such a concession, and the plain province was given to the rat lord.
The temple guards did not hesitate too much on this point.
To be precise, what they valued more was different from the rat lords. They valued the land plundered in the war more than the spoils that could be exchanged for a lot of blood mushrooms.
Even if the two sides are now competing with each other, it's more about fighting for the right to speak.
As long as the rat lords don't have the idea of robbing the temple guards of the right to distribute land, they don't mind making concessions on such things.
The two flags led their respective armies to two directions with huge deviations.
Qi stopped and didn't follow any of the two guys. In principle, he should have followed the war priests and continued to run wildly in the mountains.
In fact, Qi was quite familiar with Lianyan Province.
But he didn't do that.
Compared with the choice of going up to be cannon fodder, he decided to stop for the time being.
The weakening support of the temple guards for him made the relationship between the two sides no longer so stable, but it was a pity that the rat lords did not extend an olive branch to him.
No one paid attention to him as a small character for the time being, so he decided to do something that a small character would do.
This place is not only the main course like those two provinces, but also some not so delicious desserts in those more remote places.
Qi decided to do his old business, to capture slaves, to cross mountains and ridges to find trouble with those failed races.
They have also been recuperating for a period of time.
Maybe the number may not be that sufficient.
But Sheng Qi doesn't mind doing something more outrageous.
Clean up the marginal areas that the two guys missed, or pick up some property left by the rat caravan.
It's normal, the rat caravan has losses.
Whether it is attacked by the enemy on the trade road, or lost after losing the way, this is a very normal thing.
Of course, there will even be a whole army annihilated because of the attack by the rat mercenaries hired by the enemy.
These are all possible situations, so naturally, when this situation occurs, as a rat warlord who happened to pass by, he naturally picked up some things, which is very normal.
Qi made a decision in thinking.
In fact, attacking the rat caravan is a very risky thing, because if you annoy those rat lords, they may really be beaten by their troops.
And it's not just that.
If you annoy multiple rat warlords and unite to resist, then even if you get a lot by robbing for a while, the subsequent replenishment will become a problem.
At this time, you need to weigh and make your own judgment.
If there is really no other way, Qi will not raise such an idea.
He couldn't always be out there, scraping the land in those remote places and picking up garbage on the outskirts that the other two guys missed.
If he wants to have a really good harvest, then he must have enough siege equipment. These heretics like to hide in the city. Only by conquering the city can he really get a considerable harvest.
Of course, siege equipment is not enough. Mobility is also essential. In order to make the rat army in his hands have better mobility, even in order to be able to clean up the battlefield faster, giant rats are also indispensable.
These are the minimum, not to mention those full body armor, rat trolls, big claw priest engineering team, lightning cannon, and the mobile fortress that appeared on the battlefield recently.
These are all what he needs now.
Those rat caravans have these things, and they have these things he urgently needs.
But unfortunately, he can't give so many blood mushrooms.
Then he has to think about it.
But he won't be so anxious. It's not a wise choice to rashly touch these rat caravans. It will bring big trouble to himself.
Now, let's go and find trouble with those old friends.
After the other two teams had gone far away, Qi finally waved his flag. He led his slightly shabby army and marched in a direction that had nothing to do with the two rat warlords.
After the three rat warlords left, the city with only the majestic walls remained quiet.
Of course, it would not be abandoned. Soon, the Temple Knights would take over the city. Later, a steady stream of rats would arrive in the city to continue the unsuccessful development.