Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 342 Cavalry Squad (Bonus Chapter 210 for the Alliance Leader)

Thomas woke up early the next morning, looking no different than usual, except that he seemed a bit dazed, even more so than a simpleton.

"How are you feeling?" Li Wei asked. It was even more obvious now that his +6 perception was completely useless against Thomas. No wonder he was immune to mental shocks.

"It's not bad. I feel like I've found a protective shell for myself. I feel safer than ever before. It's like hiding in the deepest mine. It's so quiet all around. There's not even a breath of wind. All I can touch are hard rock walls. Yes, I'm sure. It's very safe. But the bad thing is that I'm no longer interested in the Butcher Fate or the Farmer Fate. I can't farm those two Fates anymore."

"The good news is that my Stonemason Destiny has reached level 65 and my Miner Destiny has reached level 60. I now have three more talents: immunity to mental shock, immunity to illusion interference, and significant poison damage reduction. From now on, I'll have to eat some stones every now and then. In addition, my normal defense has reached level 60. After activating the Stone Golem talent, my defense can reach level 80, which is almost equivalent to level 4 awakening. I won't be afraid of heavy machine gun fire. Of course, if it's armor-piercing tank rounds or Xuanxuan's hammer, I'll probably be in trouble."

"In short, it's roughly equivalent to a level 4 rock giant. Its weakness is its slow movement speed. Also, I can only think about problems based on my past memories and the abilities I've already mastered. If you give me a completely new problem, I won't know how to solve it. I'll need your orders in this regard, Boss Li. Also, could you ask Xuanxuan to find me a mine? I think if I want to continue leveling up, I need to stay in an iron mine or a stone mine."

Thomas speaks fluently, and at least communication is not a problem. Liang Yuzhi said that he has lost intense emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow and happiness, but not completely, which is also good.

"Okay, no problem. Xuanxuan, what do you think?"

Li Wei looked at Zhao Xuanxuan. Now she looked less and less like the bald blacksmith and more like the gambling addict general.

She doesn't even remove her armor while eating breakfast. She's still wearing the royal heavy scale armor that Scarface wore before, and she walks sideways. But it has to be said that it's extremely impactful, especially since she also crafted a heavy and sturdy three-star bucket helmet for herself and a set of armor for the three-star warhorse that Liang Yuzhi gave her. With a tiger-headed broadsword in her hand and an enchanted hammer hanging on the saddle, even when she's still, you can imagine her charging through the battlefield, invincible.

“This riverside fortress is a good place, but there are no mines north of the river. I think this area is flat and can be used for farming on one side and for grazing horses on the other! Among the ten horses we just acquired, there is an uncastrated stallion and a mare. We can use them as a basis for breeding.”

"As for the mines, I think we should look in the mountains near Base 349. In fact, there are excellent stone and limestone mines there. Just throw Thomas at Base 349, and have Nelson, Lenos, and the others send a few managers and a squad of soldiers, and we can basically handle it. Li Wei, I'm serious. There's a river to the south, the territory's main base to the east, a riverside fortress to the west, and rolling mountains to the north. The middle area is safe. Besides, we have Ah Dai and his men. With 24/7 monitoring, we can detect any situation immediately."

"If you have no objections, I will go back and issue the orders according to your instructions."

Huh?
Li Wei looked at Zhao Xuanxuan, whose tone was calm and authoritative. She had indeed regained the confidence of a gambling addict. A few months ago, she would not have dared to mention this insight to Li Wei.

"Thomas, what do you think?"

Li Wei asked a question, and he was quite in agreement. The riverside fortress was flat, and more than a hundred miles to the north were fertile fields and grasslands. It would be a waste to use it for mining.

“I’m fine, I trust Xuanxuan.” Thomas nodded, like a good boy.

Alas, life is unpredictable!
Li Wei glanced at the two of them and said, "Alright."

“This is feasible, Xuanxuan. Let’s do it your way. Also, when you go back this time, take four one-star warhorses with you. I’ll have Adai escort you back. Then, you can discuss with Benjamin, Santiago, Grant, and others how to form a five-person cavalry squad, including yourself, and supplement it with two enchanted war chariots. You can patrol the eastward from time to time.”

"There are only one left, not two. And the enchanted steel over there is almost exhausted. The magic mine's output has almost come to a standstill. My second aunt won't allow any more magic to be used. So I do have this idea. I will work with Benjamin, Santiago and the others to figure out an effective battle strategy. Also, don't worry, I won't be reckless anymore. Cavalry, especially heavy cavalry, will be the most important core competitiveness of our territory in the future. I will be careful."

Since Zhao Xuanxuan had already said that, what else could Li Wei say? He was indeed preoccupied with two bases, which were so far apart. What could he do if he didn't delegate authority?
After all, Zhao Xuanxuan is truly capable, and she's definitely better than her second aunt.

Next, Zhao Xuanxuan left with Thomas and four warhorses, escorted by Adai along the way. Javier, Sith, Paul, and Jocelyn also rode their warhorses to escort them for a hundred miles, which was considered a training exercise.

Yes, the four of them also need to train and figure out a set of tactics to coordinate with the infantry.

Specifically, it involves an enchanted war chariot and an electric bus. The bus is equipped with a giant crossbow and can carry two squads of twenty soldiers each. The bus also carries a giant shield and twenty siege crossbows.

In this way, in coordination with four cavalrymen, they could outmaneuver the enemy when they were outnumbered and crush them when they were outnumbered.

We are not afraid of positional warfare, nor are we afraid of mobile warfare.

By patrolling, training, and hunting mutated creatures within a hundred-mile radius of the riverside fortress every day, along with the aerial cover provided by a dozen or so small crow hunting pets, the safety of the riverside fortress can be basically ensured.

In addition, two teams of soldiers will be responsible for the garrisoning and daily training of the riverside fortress.

One of the squads of soldiers was selected by the free people; they were quite reliable and not a problem.

The other team of soldiers consisted of registered academy mercenaries, who were considered activists; this was a preferential treatment given to them by Li Wei.

Before I became a citizen, it was fine if I, as the lord, didn't make any gesture. But after I became a citizen, if I can't make you feel at home, then what's the point of becoming a citizen?
Besides these four squads of soldiers, the other free citizens, newly registered civilians, and newly recruited academy mercenaries from the Riverside Fortress are also busy. Some are fishing, some are gathering, some are farming, some are handling logistics, some are taking care of children, and some are transporting supplies. The main focus, however, is rebuilding an underground base in an abandoned town fifty miles east of the Riverside Fortress. The purpose of this base is to relocate the small nuclear power plant underground at the Riverside Fortress. This is because when the radiation storm erupts this November, Li Wei will be building a magic mine at the Riverside base, which will conflict with the small nuclear power plant and become unsafe, thus necessitating relocation.

Small nuclear power plants play a significant role, such as charging enchanted vehicles and electric buses, and maintaining the operation of cold storage facilities.

But there's no other way; we have to choose one.

With everything settled, Li Wei no longer needed to worry about anything else and could focus solely on farming. He was responsible for 400 mu of farmland, while the remaining 100 mu were left to others. Anyone with a farmer's card could come and try their luck at farming whenever they had time.

Time flies, and more than forty days have passed.

April is coming to an end, and we're about to welcome the most beautiful month of the year, May.

The sky was pale, the setting sun blazed like fire, the mountains were a deep blue-green, and the water flowed silently.

On the distant plains, Javier, Sith, Paul, and Jocelyn were conducting their routine training: a 2v2 knightly duel. Mounted combat and foot combat are two different things. How to skillfully control and ride a warhorse, making it synchronize with oneself, achieving a unity of horse and rider, is one thing. And then, based on that, using various weapons to kill and defeat the opponent is another matter entirely.

For the past forty days, the four of them have been training like this. It's thanks to the fact that these so-called retired old horses are actually real one-star warhorses, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to withstand this intensity of training.

Even so, Liang Yuzhi eventually had to step in and upgrade all the one-star warhorses to two stars so they could withstand the more intense training.

Now, Javier and Sith have also come up with a new tactic: a combination of infantry and cavalry. Four light cavalrymen, one enchanted war chariot, and one electric bus conduct routine patrols within a hundred miles in the morning, and train in the afternoon after their horses have been serviced.

Over the past month, they have killed dozens of mutated creatures, which can be considered a great achievement.

Of course, compared to the territory's main base, it's nothing.

The main reason is that Zhao Xuanxuan is too fierce.

Now, she herself wears enchanted heavy scale armor, dresses her warhorse in a three-star plain armor, wields a tiger-head greatsword, and has a four-star enchanted great hammer hanging on her saddle. Every day, she leads Benjamin, Santiago, Grant, Havel, and others on patrols in an area one or two hundred miles east of the territory.

In addition, three squads of soldiers rode in an enchanted war vehicle, with two electric trucks providing support from behind, making them a formidable force.

In the past twenty days, Zhao Xuanxuan and others have engaged in more than ten small-scale confrontations with the superhumans under the command of Duke Hanbing.

The other party claimed to be a wilderness mercenary who wanted to hunt down Li Wei's head and was very strong. However, Zhao Xuanxuan's group was even stronger, especially Zhao Xuanxuan, who transformed into a heavily armored cavalryman and was invincible, killing anyone who stood in her way.

Li Wei was surprised for quite a while after receiving the news.

Although it's hard to believe, it's true. Zhao Xuanxuan, Benjamin, Santiago, Grant, Javier, and the others, along with the three teams, have achieved their best result so far by wiping out a twelve-person team of level four ability users. Unfortunately, they couldn't get the universal gold card.

Li Wei couldn't go there either. These 500 acres of farmland at the riverside fortress were his lifeline, and he couldn't possibly leave them.

This is not only to improve the farmer's fate, but also to ensure a good harvest of this batch of grain.

With food in hand, one has nothing to fear!
Meanwhile, construction in the territory's main base was also in full swing.

The main structure of the northern fortress has been completed, and two hundred acres of farmland have been reclaimed nearby.

Construction of the Two Star Temple is also nearing completion.

At the same time, the three-story houses that were under construction were also basically completed. After being decorated and aired out, they will be ready for occupancy in two months.

Everything is steadily improving.

(End of this chapter)