Throne of Vientiane Civilization

Zhou Xu did not say anything and first handed over the meditation technique to the elven knights led by Silk.

Unlike ordinary cavalry, the mantras of the elven knights are an important part of their combat effectiveness, and they are often used on the battlefield.

After having the meditation technique, they can now practice the mantra spells with a higher efficiency.

At the same time, this also gave Zhou Xu an idea.

[After becoming a supernatural mage, can you still become a warrior of the Hundred Refinements Realm through body training? That is the so-called magic and martial arts dual cultivation. ]

Around this issue, Zhou Xu pondered carefully.

[The key problem is that both sides of the practice need to consume mantras. When the power of mantras, time and energy are limited, if you want to take care of both ends, it is very likely that you will not be able to do both well in the end. ]

Such similar problems are also commonplace.

Zhou Xu did not dwell on this issue. He wanted to practice martial arts before, mainly to become a supernatural life, so as to solve his life span problem as a human being.

But now that he has done it, Zhou Xu has no more needs for martial arts training except basic health training.

After all, he did not plan to charge into battle on the battlefield. As the supreme ruler of the Great Zhou, governing the country is his main job, and charging into battle is the job of generals.

The arrival of the autumn harvest season has made the entire Great Zhou busy.

In this process, Zhou Xu has basically confirmed that after consuming nearly 70% to 80% of his mantra power, he has recovered to his prime in one month!

Don't think it's slow, because the total amount of mantra power in his body is also different from the past. In the past, if it was consumed to this extent, it would take at least two months to recover to its prime by relying purely on natural recovery.

At the same time, this is still under the premise that he needs to work at ordinary times and can only recover through meditation during rest time.

If he puts down all his work and uses meditation to recover wholeheartedly, Zhou Xu is confident that the recovery time can be shortened to less than 15 days.

Of course, the premise is that he did not consume too much before, and the overload caused a serious decline in his state, which would obviously affect the recovery efficiency.

Once you are overloaded, depending on the severity of the specific situation, you can't even relax for three to five days or as long as ten days or half a month, let alone recover.

Only after this period of time, you can get rid of the negative state caused by overload and enter the recovery stage.

At the same time, outside the South Fortress, the ratmen who had been quiet for two quarters began to stir with the change of seasons.

Just after dealing with a wave of rat harassment, Soros was sitting in his office, staring at the sand table in front of him.

The matter of turning from defense to offense and taking the initiative to eliminate the ratmen has been postponed twice due to various accidents.

And this year, the same order has been delivered to him in advance.

Although the plan could not keep up with the changes in the past two years, the upper level kept changing its mind, which somewhat dampened Soros's enthusiasm.

"What are you thinking about?"

Just then, Tash walked in.

Soros heard the voice and raised his eyelids.

"I'm wondering if we can successfully send out troops this time."

"It's not even autumn yet, and you're already thinking about next year? You're thinking too early, aren't you?"

However, Soros shook his head.

"It's said to be the beginning of next spring, but in fact, if we want to go out, this winter, as soon as the ratmen who come to harass and consume us withdraw, considering the situation, we have to immediately pursue them and not give the other side a chance to recover their troops."

"It's even possible that we seize an opportunity to directly inflict heavy damage on the ratmen army, and then immediately turn defense into offense, just like when we dealt with the Claw Clan."

"So the time left for us is not as long as you think."

"And the large army going out is a big deal, and we have to prepare early."

Compared to the worried Soros, Tash is much more heartless.

"Anyway, I'm responsible for fighting, I can't think about this kind of thing, just tell me where to rush later."

He didn't want to use his brain at all.

After hearing this, Soros was speechless, but he didn't say much.

At this stage, it is a good thing for Tash that he doesn't like to use his brain. This makes him the only voice in the southern garrison, making it easier for him to command.

"What are you doing here?"

"Oh, reinforcements have arrived."

Hearing the word "reinforcements", Soros reacted quickly.

Obviously, he received the news in advance.

Soros originally thought that their majesty would send Li Ce to lead the army to support, but he never thought that the leader of the army this time was a name he had never heard of, called Bai Tu.

After receiving the news, Soros directly asked Zhou Chongshan, who arrived earlier, with the name.

"Bai Tu. I don't know much about him."

Faced with this question, Zhou Chongshan also told the truth.

"But your majesty is very optimistic about him. His own ability and previous performance are not bad. He is still quite efficient in doing things, but he has never fought any hard battles."

The concise and clear evaluation gave Soros a rough idea of ​​him.

Now that he knows that the reinforcements have arrived, Soros is also refreshed.

This time, their majesty has increased his troops by 4,000!

Although 2,000 of them are new recruits who have just finished training, there are also 2,000 veterans who have fought in the battlefield. They are definitely a strong force!

"Let's go and meet him."

Although Bai Tu's name is unknown to Soros, he is at least a general of an army. Considering the four thousand soldiers under his command, he has to give him some face.

When they walked out of the fortress, the two sides saw each other at a glance.

"Major Bai Tu, you have worked hard all the way!"

"Colonel Soros is polite. We are all serving His Majesty!"

Unlike Li Ce, who has not had any wars to gain military merits since he was transferred to the New South District, Soros has been fighting with the ratmen every autumn and winter in the past two years to resist the attacks of the ratmen. The accumulated military merits have allowed his military rank to rise every year, and now he is already a colonel.

After a simple formality and exchanging names, Soros hurriedly led the large force led by Bai Tu into the fortress.

Since disembarking from the factory port, the concentration of lizardmen in the area has risen sharply. Along the way, the large force led by Bai Tu has long been accustomed to the existence of lizardmen, and now there is nothing to be surprised about.

The next morning, Soros called several major officers in the fortress to hold a tactical meeting, including Bai Tu who had just arrived yesterday.

There was no nonsense. At the beginning of the meeting, Soros briefly explained the current situation and quickly got to the point.

"Recently, small-scale ratmen troops have begun to appear relatively frequently near our fortress and harass us."

At this point, Soros paused and his eyes fell on Bai Tu.

"Your Majesty mentioned in the letter that you should give more opportunities for the new recruits to train. The current scale of the troops is not large, which is a good opportunity for the new recruits to accumulate experience. What do you think, Major Bai Tu?"

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