Struggle in the Steam Age - Chapter 644

After many failed attacks, the group of thieves who had been instigated quickly stopped the previous large-scale attack. Instead, they began to use the fallen trees and obstacles such as rocks and woods and the guards of Taniguchi to shoot at each other.

“It seems that this group of thieves should not be able to hold it.” A gunman whispered his point of view. “After more than 30 people died, they began to think about retreat. This is indeed in line with the characteristics of a mob that temporarily fits the improvised rabble.”

“No, things are not normal now.” Seeing that the soldiers on the front line were a little slack, Lawrence immediately issued a warning to everyone on the side. “If there are really mobs, they should turn around and run away now. Instead of staying on the battlefield and smashing with us like they are now.”

“Especially when the opponent doesn’t have many teams, this kind of continuous entanglement with us and never withdraw from the battlefield is really suspicious.”

Lawrence’s analysis is not unreasonable. For the band of thieves, it is naturally impossible for this kind of existence because of the gathering of interests to have a strong sense of mission.

In other words, under normal circumstances, they would either retreat or change direction when they encountered such a long-term inaccessible place. The practice of sticking here like this kind of brown candy is basically non-existent for thieves.

Especially Lawrence among the thieves currently attacking did not see the existence of a few extraordinary people. At the same time, the members of the core thieves group were also unable to mobilize more due to the chase of the new Sauer Island navy led by Lawrence. More manpower to supervise the army.

In this case, these improvised mobs still have the courage to launch rounds of attacks against Lawrence and their positions can only show one thing, that is, they think they can win.

Because only this possibility of making a fortune and being able to escape safely will allow these people to stick to it with the pursuit of soldiers after interception.

On the other hand, because the ambush location of the Legion brought by Lawrence and the location of Taniguchi were separated by a valley, in order to avoid shells from accidentally hitting the friendly forces in the valley, they had to stop shooting at the Taniguchi area.

Without the threat of cannonballs falling from the sky, the loss of the group of thieves would naturally be much smaller.

At the same time, with low casualties, they would naturally be able to maintain the suppression of the interior of the valley before Lawrence and his main force circled from the other side of the valley, and wait for the arrival of the important node for them.

“I think it should be impossible for the other party to launch a large-scale attack on us for a while.” After everyone shot each other for a minute or two, Lawrence probably also mastered the specific situation of the group of gangsters opposite him.

In general, it is almost impossible for Lawrence and the others to fight out, but with the help of the defense line built by these carriages and debris, this group of bandits would also have no hope of breaking in.

So for Lawrence, it doesn’t really matter whether he is here or not in this stalemate. Therefore, during this time, he basically focused all his attention on the surrounding mountains.

According to his guess, if the other party really wants to turn the tide of the battle, sending extraordinary men over the mountains to carry out an assault is the only option for this group of bandits.

“Someone is here.” Just two or three minutes after retreating from the defense line to the center of the valley, Lawrence felt that some of the monster phantoms he had placed on the side of the mountain felt the vibration of the surrounding air.

But when Lawrence manipulated these phantoms to monitor the surrounding situation, he didn’t see anything passing by.

“The other party intends to turn over from the mountain over there.” After seeing this scene, Lawrence ordered the team headed by Syfiel, who was in the tent as the reserve team, and the priest Hannah, the goddess of wealth.

“They are now in a state of invisibility, and they should be preparing for a sneak attack. Who of you has a method against invisible magic?”

“I have an anti-invisibility scroll, so there is nothing wrong with dealing with enemies who will be invisible.” Priest Hannah took out a scroll from his bag and said.

“But what should we do next? Should we go directly under the cliff to block the opponent or—”

“Blocking the opponent is not a good idea. After all, we only have this. It is difficult to guarantee that they are all blocked on the periphery of the battle line. If so few people rush in and kidnap the hostages, it will be a big trouble.”

Lawrence said with a palm up. “So for us, the next step must be to burst out a powerful lethality in a short time, and kill as many people as possible in the first place. Only in this way can we stop the opponent’s actions.”

After speaking, Lawrence began to lay out the combat tactics. Taking into account everyone’s overall level of cooperation and combat effectiveness, the tactics he formulated are also very simple.

“——Our next battle plan is like this. For a while, Syfiel and I will hide in the golden and blue tent, and your team will hide in the red and yellow tent on the opposite side.”

Lawrence lowered his voice and ordered at a very fast speed. “Wait for a while and wait for my order after the war starts. As soon as I start Hannah, you will activate the anti-stealth scroll and release it against the place where I attacked. Then everyone can attack directly.”

“Understood.” Hannah nodded earnestly. She was not surprised that Lawrence was able to master the power to break invisibility, after all, every warlock had different abilities.

Although there are not many warlocks with capabilities similar to true vision, they are definitely not few. So it’s not surprising that Lawrence has such a capability.

When Lawrence arranged all the tasks, the reserve team, which had been hiding there before, immediately took action.

Fortunately, this valley was filled with various temporary tents because of the simple construction before, so they were able to enter their ambush positions as quickly as possible while avoiding the sight of the attackers.

“How many people are there?” After entering the tent, Lawrence wiped his hand on the placket, and then asked Lawrence holding the sword in his hand. “Also, where are they now?”

“They are on the mountain now, as if trying to climb down with ropes, if that’s the case—” Lawrence said and began to summon a large number of monster ghosts, and then let those monster ghosts climb up the mountain.

“What are you doing now?” Watching Lawrence summon one after another fire bee flying into the sky, and then another hobgoblin phantom after another. Saifei asked in a puzzled way.

“I think our tactics may have to be changed slightly. Because the opponent is now more clumsy than I thought before, I now have a better tactic.”

Due to the lack of manpower on Lawrence’s side, the guards are distributed according to the surrounding terrain.

For example, at the mouth of the valley, the most people are naturally concentrated, and there are also some guards watching the top of the hillside vigilantly in the relatively flat hillside area behind.

On the other side of the valley, there was a cliff because of the dangerous terrain, so Lawrence and the others only left a servant with a shotgun staring at it.

Obviously, the group of bandits who are now preparing to launch a sneak attack on the valley also discovered this. Therefore, a series of equipment plans were prepared to launch a surprise attack from the weak point of this defensive area.

It’s just that I don’t know if it’s for safety or the transcendent level of those people is indeed poor, so they chose to pass the rope.

“Let me see, they started to climb down the rope.” Lawrence explained the enemy’s location through those monster phantoms while whispering to Syfiel. “Just-wait, are these guys experienced bandits?”