Green Forest City Provisional Government.
Li Tianrui has fully recovered from the Black Water Disease he had last time. He has been able to work normally these days, but he has been under a lot of pressure recently. Due to the loss of Blackwood Pass, the committee required him to expand the troops on the spot. Not only did he have to independently complete the control of the area around Green Forest City, but he also needed to send troops to support Hewan New City within half a month.
It is impossible to create a new army on the spot. It is necessary to reorganize local troops or recruit civilians. The average quality of people in this era is quite low. No matter which method is used, the soldiers recruited are far from meeting the requirements.
Li Tianrui felt that he had tried his best, but there was still a huge gap between him and the committee's target number of people.
At this moment, Li Tianrui was considering the framework of the new regiment. He reluctantly transferred many of his recognized subordinates to the new regiment. This feeling was a bit like handing over a treasure he had collected for a long time, which made him very reluctant, so he was particularly entangled in the selection of personnel. Just as he was thinking about it, there was a knock on the door of the office, and his orderly reported: "Report to the regiment commander, consultant Luo Ling wants to see you."
Li Tianrui was a little surprised because Luo Ling was in charge of civil affairs and magic affairs, and they met almost every day, so there were very few things that needed to be discussed at another time.
"Welcome, welcome. Teacher Luo has seldom come to my office recently." Li Tianrui asked Luo Ling to sit down and poured her some tea. "Teacher Luo, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with the magician class you are training?"
Li Tianrui asked this question mainly because Luo Ling looked a little strange today. Usually she always gave people a feeling of being confident, but today when she walked into the room, Li Tianrui could see the uneasiness in her heart.
"No, no." Luo Ling picked up the tea, but did not drink it. Instead, she gently turned it back and forth. It was like people using hot water cups to warm their hands in winter. But this made people feel even more strange. Li Tianrui felt that Luo Ling seemed to be uneasy, so he did not speak, but looked at her quietly.
Perhaps she had adjusted her mood, Luo Ling spoke after a while: "Captain Li, what do you think of the Imperials' preparations to attack Hewan New City?"
"This matter? In my opinion, it is very likely to be true. Not to mention that when the committee informed us of the situation, it gave us several different sources of this information. Even from a tactical point of view, attacking our hometown is also a good idea. On the one hand, the imperial people's attack has tied down our forces in all directions, and we can no longer have the energy to expand. On the other hand, everyone knows that Hewan New City has many factories. It is the birthplace of Chinese technology and Chinese things. For the empire, the benefits of taking over Hewan New City are greater than any other city." Li Tianrui analyzed.
"Then do you think the Imperials have a good chance of winning?" Luo Ling asked again.
"It's hard to say. We haven't seen what the Imperial army is like, but from the battle reports of Heimuguan Pass that I've read, their ace teams are really strong. And they are not completely helpless against our guns and cannons. In addition, Wang Jiyuan has analyzed the enemy's strength. He believes that without affecting the guards of Heimuguan Pass, the Imperial army can at most send out about 50,000 troops to attack Hewan New City.
So, to be honest, this battle still poses a great threat to us."
"Do you think that even if we stop them, the losses will be great?" Luo Ling asked again.
"If they send out the Black Guards and the Beast Legion, led by the masters, the losses will not be small. Just look at Heimu Pass. Our casualty ratio is not as good as expected. Not to mention that Hewan New City is the core area we are trying hard to build, and many factories and research institutes are there. If these suffer losses, the impact on us will be no less than the sacrifice of soldiers." Li Tianrui analyzed seriously.
"In other words, as long as the other party starts to use their main force to attack Hewan New City, we will suffer heavy losses, right?" Although Luo Ling asked, her eyes were always wandering on the ground.
"Yes." Li Tianrui felt something was wrong and asked, "Teacher Luo, why are you asking this question..."
Luo Ling sighed, and her beautiful eyes finally stopped looking around and met Li Tianrui's eyes: "If there is a way to eliminate these enemies, but it may cause a lot of collateral damage and even cause many civilians to die, do you think we should use this method?"
Li Tianrui was stunned by the question. His eyes suddenly opened and he stared at Luo Ling's slightly pale face. At this point, he had completely understood what Luo Ling meant. But this matter was too challenging for a modern person. He himself had never thought of this idea, or even if he had such a flash of thought, he would have suppressed it firmly in his heart. But Luo Ling now pointed out this method, which made him suddenly feel at a loss and even a little panicked.
"Teacher Luo, could it be that you have thought about that?"
"Yes. I remember... you mentioned that you still have the last bottle of black water disease... black water sample here." Luo Ling spoke intermittently.
"This is biological warfare..." Li Tianrui murmured.
Luo Ling concentrated and said, "As long as we release bacteria to infect a few people while the imperial army is still gathering at Heimuguan, the first batch of infected people will appear in Heimuguan within a day or two. However, they don't have as dense a mages as we do, so they won't have enough time to treat the infected people. In less than two weeks, the imperial army will be paralyzed. Due to the exchanges of messengers and the dispatch of scouts, they will definitely bring the virus to nearby villages and towns and the territory of the empire. Maybe... it will set off a plague that sweeps across the continent."
The scene described by Luo Ling was horrible, but very realistic. According to Li Tianrui's own deduction, things would develop in the same way. Perhaps the Empire would use the power of blood to fight against the blackwater disease as Liu Yisheng said in other historical lines, but by the time they were able to do this, the army that had gone on the expedition to Hewan New City would have been finished.
This method of attack is not uncommon in human history. Whether it is the siege warfare in medieval Europe or the Mongolian army that swept across Eurasia, they have done similar things. However, as a demonized bacteria, Blackwater disease itself is more powerful than any plague in history, and the consequences it may cause are even more disastrous.
However, the most vicious fruit is indeed the most delicious and tempting. (To be continued)