Lin Zhan watched as everyone focused their attention on strategy and nodded with a smile.
"Davis isn't just looking to eliminate some population; he wants to first drain our war resources. Most importantly, for years, the Lizardmen have been dealing with the Sixth Army Group."
"And what we've done these past few days is clearly not the work of the Sixth Army Group. Davis is using these old, weak, and disabled to probe our tactics, strategies, and style."
"If I'm not mistaken, my information is already on Davis's desk. Furthermore, he can recite all the battle records of my engagements with Rommel backward and forward."
On the other side, in the central camp of the Lizardmen, Davis, with a white cloth bandaged around his head, stared at Lin Zhan's past battle records with a constipated expression.
He was also constantly asking his staff for updates from the front lines.
"This t—"
The generals beside him looked at these young masters in astonishment.
"Holy cow, these kids' mouths are amazing. With such eloquent tongues, they could be worth 100,000 troops if used well."
"Yeah, Young Master He, keep it up. It's best if you can directly anger that bastard Davis to death."
Lin Zhan said to the few generals who were laughing the loudest, "Alright, uncles, stop indulging these kids' chatter. We need to get down to business. Otherwise, how can we live up to Davis, who came to watch the show?"
Lin Zhan then turned to the staff officer beside him and said, "Send an order to the sharp shooters. As soon as the enemy enters range, start picking them off. I want to slowly shatter their resolve."
Originally, the Lizardmen's cannon fodder troops consisted of older and weaker Lizardmen.
In this era of spiritual energy resurgence and the invasion of myriad races, individuals who had cultivated for decades and were only at the Silver rank almost certainly lacked firm conviction. A defeat like an avalanche describes such fellows.
Under Davis's suspicious gaze, 20,000 elite human soldiers raised their heavy bows and began to pick off the approaching Lizardmen below, as if at a shooting range.
The Lizardman general leading the charge watched as his cannon fodder fell one by one, with several even being shot dead on the spot despite holding up their shields.
"Accelerate, accelerate forward! If we cross the minefield, we can find a glimmer of hope for survival."
Led by the Lizardman general, a portion of the Lizardmen managed to evade the sharp shooters' volleys and took a step into the minefield.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The first row of the minefield detonated, with a small half of the landmines being set off.
Countless shrapnel and steel balls were propelled by the shockwave, scattering in all directions.
Some Lizardmen close to the minefield were directly riddled with holes by the shrapnel and steel balls.
"Retreat. Quickly retreat!"
"Let's go! Brothers, we're already this old, why are we still out here risking our lives?"
"Exactly, we're not going to risk our lives for these officials anymore. If we run too slow, we'll be shot dead. If we run too fast, we'll be blown up. We won't even have a complete corpse. We're done with this, retreat!"
These were already Lizardmen with weak willpower. Under the pressure of both the sharp shooters and the minefield, they completely collapsed and charged towards their own central army.
Lin Zhan only used about 100,000 armor-piercing arrows and a few hundred Type 1 and Type 2 landmines in the first row of the minefield to deal with these cannon fodder.
Davis watched the retreating Lizardman cannon fodder and then cast a cold glance at the smiling Lin Zhan.
He turned to the staff officer beside him and said,
"Send orders to the supervisory troops. All soldiers who retreat without orders will be beheaded and their heads will be used to consecrate the banners."
"Also, have General Kaiwei lead his legion to prepare for an offensive. Order the Swamp Lizard troops to cross the minefield and clear it for the main force."
"Go and invite the Ancestor. Ask him to bring the Nine-Headed Dragon Lizard to aid in the battle."
The Nine-Headed Dragon Lizard was the totem beast of the Lizardmen. Adult Nine-Headed Dragon Lizards possessed peak King-level strength, and some Nine-Headed Dragon Lizards with pure bloodlines were all Emperor-level magical beasts.
Among them, the Nine-Headed Dragon Lizard Emperor possessed the strength of a foundational Emperor, and there were a total of seven Nine-Headed Dragon Lizard Emperors with this foundational Emperor-level strength throughout the entire Lizardman race.
In a short while, two foundational-level Lizardmen, each standing five meters tall and clad in dark gold leather armor, walked over.
To better assist the Nine-Headed Dragon Lizards in battle, the Lizardman race assigned a foundational-level Emperor-level Lizardman to each Nine-Headed Dragon Lizard Emperor.
"Davis, why did you call us so quickly? This small human fortress ahead should not be able to stop the Star of the Lizardman God of War, should it?"
One of the Lizardman foundational Emperors said jokingly.
Davis shook his head and said with a wry smile,
"Ancestor, the human on the opposite side is not from the Sixth Army Group. The one commanding the battle is Lin Zhan, the very Lin Zhan who captured the cunning Fox Rommel. To defeat him, I can only ask for your esteemed presence, Ancestors, to prevent unforeseen complications."