“Is that so…” Sadhu’s eyes were a little dull as he looked at the void ahead.

“No wonder, no wonder he was labeled a heretic by the gods…

Heretic, he is a heretic!”

Sadhu’s voice suddenly became shrill, his clenched fists trembled constantly, and his face was as ferocious as a demon from the eighteenth level of hell.

“Where did he come from? What on earth does he want to do? Destroy the continent of Thor?

Kill him… I will kill him… Crush him… Crush him into powder! And then scatter it in the Endless Sea!”

“Oh, now?” His aunt leaned slightly toward him with her helmet on.

“Now! Immediately! Immediately!”

“Then I have to remind you that you are no match for that annoying team plus Zhang Mu.

Besides, Lake is also at the Saint level.”

Sadhu turned his head suddenly: “Are you going to stand by and watch? Let that heretic destroy us and destroy the continent of Suisor?!”

“Well, Auntie doesn’t really care.”

Surprise appeared on Sadhu’s face, as if he couldn’t believe that his aunt would say such a thing.

“After thousands of years of dull life, Auntie is already tired of it. Now that things are getting a little more exciting, Auntie is quite happy.”

“This – there’s nothing to be happy about.” Sadhu gritted his teeth, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

“Little guy.” Auntie raised her knife and knocked him on the head. “God is not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry?”

After saying this, she flew straight into the sky without waiting for Sadhu to respond.

…………

“They should have left.” After escorting Dam’s team to the battle zone between Lake and the coalition forces, Zhang Mu activated the shadow technique to patrol the sky, then returned to the ground and said to Dam.

“is it?”

“If you don’t leave, I can’t do anything.” Zhang Mu scratched his hair and said helplessly, “Actually, if she really wants to take action against you, I can’t stop her.

The reason I followed you was not so much to protect her as to force her to hesitate whether to take action in front of me, and then I hoped that she could think clearly during this period of time. Even if she killed you, it would not change the current situation. “

Dam seemed to understand.

Zhang Mu was not annoyed and explained: “As long as she finds out that the magic sniper rifle is a mass-produced weapon, she will not kill you because she can’t kill you all.”

“Then, what if she chooses to solve the problem directly from the source, such as eliminating Lake, or attacking the Marshal.”

“Although I don’t know why, I guess she knows she can’t kill me.”

“That’s enough.” Having said all that he could, Zhang Mu turned and left. “Let’s carry out the mission.”

“Yes!”

After dealing with the special forces, Zhang Mu returned to the headquarters and learned about the latest battle situation from Domit.

Under the advocacy of Lake’s top leaders to speed up the front line, Lake’s side launched a fierce offensive.

The commandos would go ahead and ambush small-scale teams if they encountered them. When passing through cities, they would collect intelligence from them and transmit it back to the rear, providing convenience for the main army that would follow closely.

Domit has already sent all the legions except the First Legion into the battlefield. As soon as intelligence about the city comes in, a legion with enough soldiers will immediately go to capture it.

With the addition of various means of transportation and heavy weapons produced by the arsenal to equip the legion, the defenders had no power to resist and were defeated step by step, and cities fell one after another.

Lake’s soldiers also suffered heavy losses.

It’s not that they died during the siege. The enemy troops defending the city were basically defeated after the first round of bombardment by the artillery regiment.

They were severely damaged by the professionals in the city.

After Domit finished his story, he mentioned the subsequent plans for the launch.

As the number of occupied cities increases, the number of candidates suitable for the position of city lord is very scarce. Currently, the positions of city lords in most of the occupied cities are vacant. There may be no problem in the short term, but after a long time, the order in the city will inevitably be in chaos.

The expansion of territory was even more terrifying than the increase in cities. The area of ​​Lake increased several times, and the battle line continued to lengthen.

Even though the arsenal was fully committed to producing fuel vehicles, it was becoming increasingly difficult to supply the frontline legions because of the poor road conditions leading to the front lines and limited vehicle production.

Of these two problems, the former cannot be effectively solved for the time being, so we can only consider the latter first.

The construction of the highway must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

Zhang Mu nodded to show that he understood: “Building roads… is not difficult. There are many construction teams in Lake. They can be sent to build roads after a little training. If it is not enough, we can recruit workers in the occupied cities.

Anyway, this is not a secret, so there is no need to investigate the workers’ origins.

As for the urgent need for a city lord…”

After pondering for a long time, Zhang Mu said, “What are the requirements for Lake’s city director position?”

“The professional level must be at least high-level and have basic experience in city governance. The king will only select city lords from those who meet both of these criteria.”

Zhang Mu asked doubtfully: “Isn’t this an endless loop?

You need experience to be a city lord, but where would you get the experience if you don’t become a city lord?”

“Lake has books for learning this knowledge. You will meet the requirements after passing the assessment.”

“Tsk, I didn’t expect professionals to fall into the clutches of the exam. Too miserable.” Zhang Mu sighed and shook his head, then said, “The problem now is that there are very few people who meet both criteria, right?”

“Yes.”

“Which group is more likely to meet one of the criteria?”

Domit thought for a while and said, “It feels like half and half.”

Zhang Mu smiled and said, “Then let’s make some adjustments.

In this way, there is no requirement for professional level, and one can become a city lord by passing the exam.”

“However, the city lord is not strong enough, and it is difficult for his subordinates to be convinced and obey his orders.”

“That’s why I said we should make some adjustments.” Zhang Mu crossed his legs while sitting on a wooden chair. “Wouldn’t it be enough to assign a high-level professional bodyguard to the city lord?”

“Well, this is probably more difficult. Most high-level professionals are arrogant and won’t be willing to do it.”

“I’ll take care of this.

As for the specific plans, I will discuss them with Princess Avril later.

Now……”

Zhang Mu stood up and walked to the battle map hanging on the wall. He pressed his finger on it, moved along the black line representing the road, and soon stopped somewhere.

Domit looked and saw that it was a group of mountains next to a river.

“I estimated the marching speed of the Bauhinia Corps. They will arrive at this river area in about a month. By then, they will definitely set up a camp to rest.”

“What the Marshal means is…”

“Send the First Army into an ambush in the mountains.”

“When is the time to attack?”

“The night when the Bauhinia Legion camp was set up.”

Domit looked at the map and said, “Marshal, I suggest dispatching the Third Army to assist.”

“I think it won’t be a big problem for the First Army to destroy the Bauhinia Corps. Tell me your reasons.”

“After my long observation, the Third Army is suitable for absorption into the First Army.”

“Suitable……”

Zhang Mu fell into deep thought.

If there was one more legion equipped with magical weapons, Lake’s military capabilities would indeed be greatly improved. Moreover, as the war progressed, the First Army would have to expand sooner or later to cope with the increasingly fierce war.

“Yes, but magic weapons are of great importance, and the assessment must be meticulous.”

“Yes!”

Chapter 397 Preparing for an Ambush

The operation to ambush the Bauhinia Legion will begin soon. Zhang Mu took this opportunity to rush back to the royal capital and told Avril about the follow-up plans.

The two then worked day and night to develop a plan that roughly met current needs.

These involve the establishment of highway projects, the recruitment and training of corresponding construction personnel, the appointment regulations for the new generation of city lords, and other matters of varying sizes.

After solving these problems, Zhang Mu immediately set out for the front line. He was not in a hurry to inspect the fighting situation. He first disguised himself as a civilian and inspected the major occupied cities.

The situation was indeed as Domit had said, the positions of city lords in most cities were vacant. Zhang Mu, the superior, had been slow to send city lords, and no one was in charge of all matters in the city. The attacking army had to select suitable officers from within to temporarily replace the city lords and deal with the backlog of documents.

Before joining the legions, most of these legions were farmers and it was obviously impossible for them to understand how to govern a city. As a result, chaos to varying degrees occurred in the major occupied cities.

Fortunately, Domit responded promptly and ordered them to temporarily impose military control on the city, which curbed the rampant crime.

Zhang Mu thought that although Lake was in wartime, the governance of the city could not be ignored. He then sent someone to deliver a letter to Avril who was in the royal capital, asking her to carry out her work as city director on a limited basis and put all other matters on hold.

Anyway, according to the original plan, after occupying the entire coalition territory, Lake will need some time to calm down, sort out internal unstable factors and consolidate the results of the battle. The construction of the highway can wait until then.

Later, Zhang Mu left the city and came to the front line.

Domit’s order has been conveyed to all the major legions. The legion commanders dare not delay and are making every effort to advance into the battle zone.

The coalition forces’ resistance was already weak, and the ones who felt it most deeply were the assault teams responsible for clearing the way.

The captain remembered clearly that the small group of enemy troops they encountered at the beginning, regardless of their combat effectiveness, at least their fighting will was firm.

And now… most of the enemies in encounters would just symbolically cast a few spells or shoot a few arrows, then turn around and run away, not even bothering with the team at all.

This caused a lot of trouble for the captain.

A soldier’s military merit comes from killing the enemy. If he can’t kill the enemy, what’s the point of talking about military merit?

Although exploration has certain merits, the accumulation speed is too slow compared to killing enemies.

The captain had no choice but to choose to get as close as possible before launching an attack in the subsequent encounter.

The drone detected everything and transmitted the information back to the rear. Domit personally called the captain and severely reprimanded him for this risky behavior.

The captain lowered his head and took the scolding quietly, lamenting in his heart that he had made a mistake and would probably be called back to the rear to be punished.

However, after scolding, Domit did not resign from his position, but issued an order that seemed very strange to the commandos – to lurk in the mountains near the Sato River.