Struggle in the Steam Age

Under normal circumstances, sahuagin people tend to put their main attack time at night. On the one hand, the cooler climate after the sun goes down can reduce the evaporation of water from their skin and prolong the time they can spend on land.

On the other hand, the sahuagins, who are born with dark vision, can gain greater tactical advantages at night, especially after the human armed forces are completely weaponized, the sahuagins begin to use their advantages in night battles to equalize the advantages of humans in weapons. .

But even so, the sahuayu people's offense seemed too weak the next day. If they used sahuagin civilians to fool them into pretending that they were attacking elite troops the first day, now they simply gave up all their pretense and sent a group of scattered sahuagin fighters each with a group of loka The murloc servants came ashore to harass them.

Under normal circumstances, everyone would only think that this was because the previous few sahuagin attacks had lost so much that they now had to reduce their attack intensity.

After all, the sahuagin can't survive on land at all, and the attack on land is supported by an instinctive aversion to land creatures and a desire for strong land wealth. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the sahuagin people do not have the habit of besieging the fortified coastline for a long time.

Therefore, the attacks of the sahuagin are often in waves. Under normal circumstances, as long as the land side withstands the first few rounds of attacks launched by the sahuagin, they will soon lose the patience to continue attacking, and then gradually decrease The intensity of the attack on the land, in the end, he will directly withdraw from the battlefield.

Of course, the number of rounds of that high-intensity attack is not fixed. So humans can only infer their current state through their actions.

And similar to the changes in the attack intensity of the sahuagin these days, it can be completely regarded as the murloc prince who was the leader of this group of troops after being beaten up, felt that he had hit a hard stubble this time, and it was difficult to get it in the plundering competition. The champion, so he turned to prepare to preserve as much strength as possible, so that he could keep his rights after the new king ascended the throne.

However, after Lawrence brought the news about the magic props and magic scrolls purchased by the sahuagin, the performance of the shrinking power of the sahuagin was understood by everyone on the island as they were accumulating strength and preparing to The ironclad proof of launching a surprise attack with the help of the Roka murloc's surrender.

For example, with regard to the opinion of some civil affairs officials in the headquarters that the opponent would retreat soon, the commander-in-chief, Lieutenant General Buckner, immediately stated that although the sahuayu people generally bully the weak and fear the strong, they don't like to build a war with the army on land. Knock face to face hard on the base zone.

But in this battle for the throne of the sahuagin king, it is absolutely impossible for the princes to give up their desire for the throne just because they failed in one or two rounds of battle.

Sure enough, not long after night fell that day, Lawrence felt the scales left by the previous sahuagin elder burn rapidly. When he rode his horse, Nora and the guards came to the small bay where they had agreed before, he saw four or five roca murlocs with half of their bodies soaked in the water waiting for them.

"Who are you? And where are the elders from last time?" Lawrence frowned subconsciously after seeing the locathari who came to negotiate for the first time.

Although due to the differences between races, he could hardly distinguish the individual differences when looking at the locather, but as a scholar, he could clearly see that the locatha that appeared here was a young The loca murloc, not the loca murloc elder who has entered old age.

"I'm Flower Fin, the nephew of Elder Caifin." After hearing Lawrence's question, the loca murloc was stunned for a moment, and then quickly argued, "My uncle is contacting the loca murlocs in other villages. He was seriously injured, so we can only hide him temporarily to avoid the search of those sahuagin and come to inform you."

After speaking, the young loca murloc fumbled under a scale on his chest for a few seconds and took out half a coin, then handed it to Lawrence with his webbed paws and said. "My uncle gave it to me before he passed out from a coma. He also gave it to me when he asked me to inform you about it, saying that it could prove my identity."

"Oh?" Lawrence took the coin with a serious face, and then took out the other half of the coin from his pocket in front of the group of locathermen and put it together with this coin. Sure enough, the traces of the two coins breaking were exactly the same, and one could tell at a glance that they should have been the same coin before, but they were torn apart later.

Seeing the group of loca murlocs in front of him showing a relaxed expression when they saw this scene, and then quickly returning to their original state, Lawrence hooked the corner of his mouth slightly, and then returned to his normal expression and said: "That's right. , how is your uncle's physical condition now? Why don't you bring him here for us to treat him."

The question Lawrence asked suddenly made the young sahuagin in front of him a little flustered. But soon he regained his composure and said to Lawrence:

"My uncle was stabbed by the sahuagin on the thigh with a trident. The injury was not serious. But this wound affected his movement and prevented him from crossing the blockade set up by the sahuagin near the sea. line. So it is enough for him to recuperate in one of our hidden places."

"If that's the case, I hope your uncle recovers as soon as possible." Lawrence asked with a smile on his face. "By the way, I think since your uncle told you the token and the location of our meeting, then you should know what you should do next, right?"

"Of course, my uncle ordered me to contact you with some details in order to save my compatriots." Said the young Loka murloc named Flower Fin.

"My uncle asked me to tell you that the sahuagin will launch a large-scale attack in the second half of the night, and we will take this opportunity to kill the few sahuagin who are watching us from the outside and move closer to this side. I hope you and your subordinates can take care of us."

"Of course, of course we will meet you." Lawrence said, while pointing to the places where several torches were densely packed on the cliff at the entrance of the bay. "After I discussed with the command before, they are willing to cooperate with our actions and mobilize some artillery and infantry to defend here and provide cover for you."

"Besides, we still have a reserve team of about one battalion in the flat ground behind this harbor, which can always mobilize reinforcements here." Lawrence said with a shrug. "Of course, because the terrain around this harbor is really not suitable for the army to garrison for a long time, so they can only be arranged slightly behind."

"If this is the case—that would be great." The young Loka murloc said, "Thank you for everything you have done for us. I will stay here to communicate with you in the next period of time. Situation. If there are no accidents, my compatriots will come here around 3:00 in the morning."

"Understood, we will prepare for defense and war before this time, because the time you left us ashore this time is really too short, so we still have a lot of work to do."

Lawrence nodded and said, "I think you must have spent a lot of energy crossing the blockade of the sahuagin, and there is still a little time before your compatriots arrive. So you can go to this room first. rest for a while."

After finishing speaking, Lawrence made a gesture of invitation, pointing to the original resort behind, and said, "There is a landscape seawater pool built with running water in the resort, I think you can eat something to rest."