Chapter 178: Cutting Off Supplies
"After multiple reinforts, the Carlisle family's camp now has nearly 6,000 people."
"Although the camp is rge, a signifit portion of it is only protected by wooden fences."
"There are rge vulnerabilities in the defense on the west and south sides, with about 100 meters of ots marked."
"The number of people on daily patrols is small, estimated between 200 and 300, and the patrol density is low, with only orol per hour."
"Although they have a rge number of people, most are farmers with little bat ability hting spirit. If there are enough casualties, they are likely to colpse."
"The Carlisle family's elite forces, however, are worth noting. There are about 200 of them, all professionals with well-equipped ons and armor."
"Let's discuss how we attack them from the most effit angle, minimizing our losses while achieving victory."
Matthew g the map and decided to hold off on the idea of making a sand table for now.
Making something good could very well lead to it being taken away!
Just like how the Carlisle family is now eyeing the ruins in front of them.
After hearing Matthew's words, Ange was the first to speak:
"Launch a feint on the east side to draw their attention."
"Strike from the north, engaging their mobile forces."
"Abandon the poorly defended south and trate our elite troops for a surprise attack from the west."
"At the same time, increase the iy of the atta the east to fully distract them, allowing the elite for the west to decapitate and divide them!"
Ange had a thh uanding of the Carlisle family's camp yout, sgestions were cise and filled with fidence.
Beelzebub stayed silent, abs Aactical pn.
He put himself in the defenders' shoes, matg up their troop numbers and bat power, and quickly furrowed his brows.
Old John houghtfully, stroking his scruffy beard before saying:
"We should unch the attack at dusk."
"That’s when they’ll be most exhausted from the day's work."
"And with the approag Crimson Moon, they’re bound to be less vigint—it's when they’ll least expe attack."
Elio blihoughtfully. She found that warfare had simirities to hunting.
Py to your strengths and exploit the enemy's weaknesses.
Find their vulnerabilities and strike when they're unprepared.
She offered her own suggestion:
"We could use the fog as cover to provoke them, luring some of the enemy away from the camp."
"Then we trate our forces and first elimihe smaller group."
"Ohey’re taken care of, we then focus on the camp itself."
Matthew was quite pleased with everyone's strategies.
Although they hadn't ated for everything, their pns were distind had a high probability of success.
Without formal military training, just relying on experiend intuition, they had done quite well.
Matthew didn’t endorse any one pn ht, instead encing everyoo discuss together:
"Let’s develop multiple strategies, and we bihem as needed."
"And also sider how the enemy might react, so we’re prepared for that as well."
Everyone nodded in agreement, engaging in animated discussions, eager to share experiences and ideas.
They were all focused on devising a pn to achieve victory with minimal losses while breag the camp aing the enemy.
Meanwhile, Felia asked curiously:
"Our supplies to Murloc Castle e from Bay Town and trade caravans."
"They must also need a lot of supplies, right?"
At her words, the lively discussion suddenly halted, and everyouro Felia in surprise.
Startled by the attention, Felia hesitantly tinued under Old John's encing gaze:
"I was thinking, if the Carlisle family is really preparing to make a move against us, couldn’t we send a few elite squads to intercept their supply voys…"
Ange houghtfully, clearly excited by Felia’s idea:
"Exactly, they likely don’t have much food stored up, and their morale isn't stroher."
"If we cut off a few supply runs, without food or water, they only hold out for a couple of days."
"If the Carlisle family reacts quickly and sends reinforts…"
"We set up obstacles along the road to slow them down, giving us more time to deal with the camp."
Beelzebub, well-versed in such tactics, fshed a devious grin and offered his own suggestion:
"If their reinforts are small, we ambush them and wipe them out."
"If the reinforts are rge, we dig up the road. People pass through, but their wagons won’t be able to…"
Old John cpped his hands in approval of Beelzebub's idea, chug before adding his own twist:
"Those murlo the misty s have beeless, haven’t they? Let’s lure a few of them to attack the camp…"
Hearing Old John’s suggestion, everyone broke into mischievous grins.
Matthew didn’t interrupt their plotting and was quite satisfied with their “cut off the supplies” tactic. He tapped the table and said matter-of-factly:
"Good point. For now, we’ll hold off on a direct assault on the camp—we ’t break the rules prematurely."
"Let’s think about how we disrupt their supply lines without revealing our identity."
"The Carlisle family wants to profit from developing the ruins? Well, we’ll make sure they lose money!"
Matthew spoke lightly, but his words had a galvanizing effe everyone.
The lord had given his approval!
After feeling stifled for so long, the group was eager to start, waiting for the lord to assign tasks.
However, this time Matthew simply Ange.
Feeling a warm surge of emotion, Ange uood Matthew’s iions and quickly began anizing the tasks.
Half an hour ter, the group left the meeting room, their faces calm and posed.
They had accepted their respective missions and were ready to make preparations, knowing they would begiing their pns tomorrow.
None of them let their emotions show, keeping their expressioral to avoid tipping anyone off and leaking their secrets.
With this time to spare.
Matthew took the opportunity to ihe progress on Murloc Castle's stru.
After all, before long, the pressure on Murloc Castle’s defenses would only increase!
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