Jiang Zheng said to Lin Zhan with a wicked grin, then returned to his serious demeanor.
"Old Lin, the troops are all here. How should we proceed?"
Lin Zhan took out a map and said to Jiang Zheng,
"I'm not planning to use artillery or missiles yet. After all, I need to dig a pit for Rommel first. Have the engineers lay mines and bombs around the perimeter of the fortress."
"Now, you take the elites of the Hundred Battles Legion and the four old ancestors of Xuan Shang, and take down this large tribe on the left side of the fortress. Then, bury two large cluster bombs inside. I'll have the Wind God Pterosaur Riders assist you."
Jiang Zheng carefully looked at the map and said,
"Taking down the large tribe on the left side, you want to lure in their reinforcements and then ambush them, right? In that case, all our pressure will be concentrated towards the depths of the Great Marsh."
"Looking at it this way, some Lizardmen will still send troops from the left. What are your plans then?"
Lin Zhan drew a circle on the map with his hand and said,
"In the next two days, the Lizardmen will definitely know about this place. At that time, all the Lizardmen tribes and clans within this area will gather their forces to attack us."
"On our right is Blackwater Lake, and the Blackwater Crocodile clan in the lake is our natural barrier. The area facing the Great Marsh is quite vast, and this direction will also be the enemy's main attack direction."
"I plan to take down the Lizardmen tribe on the left so that they cannot gather troops on our left. Additionally, I will mobilize the Xun Feng Legion to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Lizardmen on the left. The rest will depend on how many waves of attacks we can withstand."
Jiang Zheng also knew about Lin Zhan's plan to burn the Great Marsh.
Seeing Lin Zhan's arrangements, he understood that Lin Zhan intended to herd the Lizardmen towards the Great Marsh like sheep.
Then, they would use the Flaming 4 missiles to bomb the targeted Lizardmen. This would also create a wall of fire between the fortress and the Great Marsh, and the marsh gas in the Great Marsh would surely carry the flames deep into the marsh.
"Old Lin, are you not afraid of angering the Lizardmen with this strategy? What if their two emperors disregard their own lives and come out to eliminate you?"
Lin Zhan nodded and said, "Of course I'm afraid. If I weren't afraid of those two old coffins coming out to fight me desperately, I would have already ravaged the depths of the Great Marsh with the Flaming 4 missiles."
"Now, we can only kill enemies slowly and accumulate luck so that our ancestors can emerge from their coffins. Without the protection and feedback of luck, the spiritual energy in the air alone cannot satisfy the survival needs of the imperial-level ancestors."
Jiang Zheng nodded and said, "As long as you have a plan, I'll take my men and go. We'll capture that large tribe on the left first. The sooner we finish, the more rest time we'll have."
With that, Jiang Zheng, along with the military strategists of the Hundred Battles Legion, greeted Lin Zhan and left.
Lin Zhan looked at the map and began to space out. The map of the Great Marsh for the human race was not very comprehensive, with no markings in the deepest part of the marsh.
However, Lin Zhan understood that this was the Lizardmen's main base. To annihilate the entire Lizardmen race, the soldiers of Huaxia would fight their final battle with the Lizardmen there.
Lin Zhan said to the staff officer beside him,
"Issue an order for all engineer regiments to begin scouting and excavating the energy stone veins. Speed is crucial. We must clear out all the veins within five days."
The staff officer was taken aback and said, "Commander, isn't five days a bit tight?"
Lin Zhan shook his head and said,
"It's not tight. If the battle goes smoothly, in five days, there will be no more Lizardmen among the myriad races of the heavens."
"Also, inform the Xun Feng Legion to be ready to depart at any time."
"Yes, Commander." The military staff officer saluted Lin Zhan and walked away.
Suddenly, the entire fortress became busy with reinforcing the defenses, laying mines around, and engineers scouting and extracting energy stones.
Upon receiving the order, the Wind God Pterosaur Riders took to the sky in full force, and in an instant, the sky above the fortress was completely obscured by their wings. Su Dan Novel Network.
Jiang Zheng reviewed the analysis and intelligence provided by the staff department on the Lizardmen tribe to the west, then personally selected 100,000 elite soldiers from the Hundred Battles Legion, known as the Vanguard Camp, to march towards the Lizardmen tribe.
Lin Zhan asked the young Taoist priest beside him, "Brother-in-law, how many Lizardmen experts have we captured in total?"
The young Taoist priest thought carefully and said, "The three Lizardmen Emperors captured alive by Brother Tie Si, and seven Lizardmen Kings captured by Grand Uncle and the others. There were originally eleven Lizardmen Kings, but the ancestors didn't hold back and killed four of them on the spot. As for the quasi-kings and lords, we captured a total of 28 alive. Most of the rest were killed on the spot."
Lin Zhan nodded upon hearing this.
"It's still not enough. At yesterday's level, we still need to fight at least ten more rounds to accumulate enough fortune for Ancestor Shang Jiawei to fully recover."
"It seems this war is really a tough nut to crack. We need to find a way to make the Lizardmen send more people, otherwise, if we kill them wave after wave, how long will it take?"
As if struck by an idea, he said to the military staff officer beside him,
"Go and chop off the heads of all the Lizardmen who died yesterday. Facing the Great Marsh, have the soldiers build cairns, one every kilometer."
Then, Lin Zhan took out his communicator and called Jiang Zheng, "Old Jiang, use the Lizardmen's heads to build a display of might, and bury several cluster bombs beneath the display."
"I understand, Old Lin. Aren't you afraid of enraging these big reptiles? This is a bit too cruel."
Jiang Zheng said with a shiver, as Lin Zhan's actions seemed a bit too extreme.
"Cruel? If I'm not cruel, how long will this war last? I can't sacrifice the lives of our soldiers to fill the Great Marsh, can I? I can only fight with the least amount of cost."
Lin Zhan said with a wry smile.
After hanging up the communicator, Lin Zhan muttered to himself, "We only have 18 million troops in total. If we want to defeat billions of Lizardmen, can I afford not to be ruthless?"
On the other side, Ying Xuan and Zhang Haoran, along with the rest of their brothers, led 200,000 elite troops.
They swept the outer areas of the Great Marsh again and began to slowly converge towards Lin Zhan's fortress.
"Old Ying, the outer areas have been almost cleared, and there aren't many Lizardmen left. What should we do now? Should we advance towards the Great Marsh or towards Old Lin's fortress?"
Zhang Haoran asked Ying Xuan and the others.
Ying Xuan thought for a moment and said, "If you ask me, we should head towards Old Lin's direction. That's the center of the next battle, and we should at least go join the fun."