Throne of Vientiane Civilization

"Your Excellency Balai, according to my opinion, you plan to garrison this area."

While talking, Shi Lei clicked on another part of the defense line on the map.

Shi Lei's sudden idea made Balai frown unconsciously.

An army only needs one voice!

This sentence is applicable to any army, and Copperhearth Castle is no exception.

As the commander-in-chief of Copperhearth Castle, Balai obviously doesn't like anyone to question his decision-making.

However, Shi Lei and the others had a special status, and they were not his subordinates. Even as reinforcements, they from Copperhearth Castle had to accept each other's feelings, which also made Balai show more patience towards them.

"Although this area is on the edge, the greenskin offensive is not weak. From time to time they will launch strong attacks and take the opportunity to send small groups of troops to infiltrate..."

At this point, Balai's voice suddenly stopped. Apparently, he had realized why Shi Lei chose this area.

As expected, Balai's words did not change Shi Lei's mind.

"I know that I plan to deploy defenses in this area and extend the defense line at the same time..."

While speaking, Shi Lei drew a line on the map with his finger.

"Extend the defense line all the way here. There happens to be a suitable terrain here that can form a pass to resist the penetration of green skins."

At this time, Balai's brows furrowed even more tightly.

Extending the defense line means an increase in defensive pressure. Now they are facing the green-skinned army's attack. Their core strategy is to shrink the defense, which means that under the condition of limited troops, they should concentrate their troops as much as possible and reduce the defense area. Increase the defensive power of each remaining defensive area.

Now that reinforcements have arrived, you have to extend your defense?

So now that the reinforcements have arrived, has their defense strength been increased or not?

"That area..."

Balai originally wanted to say that that area did not need to be heavily defended. After all, it was an area that they gave up under the contraction strategy.

But when the words came to his lips, he reacted and changed his words in time.

"We have already made arrangements for that area. There is no need to extend the defense line specifically."

Balai declined Shi Lei's request.

Various things that happened within the coalition forces in the past few years have had a great impact on Bale, and they also made Bale resistant to so-called allies.

According to Balai's current thinking, they requested reinforcements to reduce their own pressure. If the arrival of reinforcements would instead increase trouble and defensive pressure for them, then why would they need these reinforcements?

But Shi Lei obviously didn't intend to stop there. In the case of an alliance between the two parties, he did have the responsibility to maintain the relationship between the two parties, but the premise of all this must be based on not harming their own interests.

He will never give in on matters that are related to their interests!

At this moment, as this idea came to mind, Shi Lei felt dazed for a while. He suddenly remembered what His Majesty said about the situation of the coalition forces in the early years.

It wasn't until the same situation happened to him that he finally had a profound understanding of those words.

"With all due respect, Sir Balai, the symbolic significance of that arrangement is greater than the actual significance."

Shi Lei now had a direct show of his cards.

But at the same time, Balai's eyebrows almost knit together. Invisibly, Balai's little patience began to slowly fade away.

You know, the dwarves have never been a good-tempered race. Just when they were about to speak, Shi Lei took the lead and spoke up again...

"That area is like a colander. Since autumn, greenskin troops have been appearing on our border with Great Zhou. Is this your arrangement?"

"..."

Balai's whole face turned red instantly.

From the perspective of their dwarves, he didn't think there was anything wrong with the previous arrangement.

This is indeed the case. As the commander-in-chief of the dwarves, Balai's duty is to guard the Copperhearth Castle, not the Great Zhou.

But when Shi Lei said it on the spot, while Balai was angry, it was inevitable that he would feel a little embarrassed.

At this moment, the changes in the positions of both sides were undoubtedly reflected immediately.

At the same time, the originally good atmosphere of the conversation gradually became explosive.

Facing Balai who was almost glaring at him, Shi Lei remained calm throughout the whole process without even changing his expression.

"The prerequisite for our Great Zhou to support your Copperhearth Castle is to first ensure our own safety. Lord Balai, you must understand this."

Shi Lei's words were somewhat threatening, which made Balai's face quickly turn ugly.

At this moment, a figure broke in.

"Hey! What are you arguing about?!"

Wojin rushed in, his face full of nervousness. When his soldiers saw that something was wrong, they immediately found him as quickly as possible.

Fortunately, the war outside had come to an end now, and he was thinking about things here and just returned to the camp, otherwise it would be too late.

"Uncle Balai, and Mr. Shi Lei, can't we have a good talk?"

Wo Jin broke in, making Balai roll his eyes speechlessly, not looking at him. After exhaling heavily, he turned his eyes to Shi Lei.

"You should be lucky that it's me who's talking to you this time!"

At this point, Balai's voice paused.

"I can let you garrison that area, and I also allow you to extend the defense line, but you have to do it yourself. We don't have the extra power to do this for you now!"

"Okay."

Shi Lei agreed without thinking.

Seeing this, Balai's face slowly eased, and then he waved his hand. The soldiers around him immediately understood and took Shi Lei and others to the garrison camp in that area.

Wojin obviously didn't want to stay here any longer, and hurriedly said...

"I'll go and see."

As he spoke, he caught up with Shi Lei.

"Sir Wojin, thank you for just now."

Looking at Wojin who caught up, Shi Lei also sincerely thanked him for what happened just now.

Wojin listened and waved his hand directly.

"It's good that you're fine, but Sir Shi Lei, you should try to be more careful in the future. Uncle Balai has a good temper among us dwarves. If you have anything in the future, you can tell me first and I will convey it."

Wojin's words are not exaggerated.

Most dwarves have bad tempers, and Bare is one of the few dwarves in the tribe who can control his emotions and keep his head calm.

If it were other dwarves, even if both sides were right, the talks would probably fail according to the situation just now.

It was Vol'jin who first discovered the Great Zhou, and it was also Vol'jin who first proposed the alliance, which made Vol'jin feel an inexplicable sense of responsibility for the Great Zhou. He was also very worried about this matter...