Chapter 141
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Chapter 141: The Third Sub-City
Zhao Pan’s words greatly improved the complexions of Guo Zhen and Luo Yong, who were eager to fight and earn merit.
After carefully thinking it over, they quickly realized that Zhao Pan was right.
They might not be afraid, but their soldiers wouldn’t be able to handle it.
Since they had already won, there was no need to risk their brothers’ lives.
For a moment, even Guo Zhen, who generally had an average relationship with Zhao Pan, looked at him with a refreshed sense of goodwill.
Luo Ji’s thoughts, however, were completely different.
Zhao Pan’s analysis had clearly pointed out two main reasons why it was unsuitable to pursue the enemy outside the city.
At the same time, he had smoothly appeased Guo Zhen and Luo Yong, who were eager for merit, preventing them from stubbornly fixating on one idea.
His actions demonstrated a well thought out approach, making him incredibly reliable.
With such a steady demeanor, Luo Ji believed Zhao Pan would be perfectly capable of leading an army independently and guarding any sub-city in the future.
Indeed, Luo Ji was already considering this possibility.
Before this invasion battle began, Guo Jia had already sent a message through Liu Chuan that they had successfully taken down the barbarian tribe in the copper mine mountain range.
However, Luo Ji hadn’t allowed him to occupy it immediately.
If he had, that tribal camp would also be considered his territory.
What if an invading player was teleported there?
That would be a tragedy!
That location was unlike the Black Rock Tribe. It would take at least three, possibly even four, days to reach for support, meaning assistance wasn’t always readily available.
Furthermore, there was no advantage of city walls there.
Yet, Luo Ji couldn’t afford not to occupy that territory.
It held copper ore resources, symbolizing humanity’s crucial transition from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age!
Therefore, to occupy and secure that territory, which was next to copper ore resources, Luo Ji needed a capable general to personally oversee it.
He also needed sufficient time to construct a perimeter of ancient city walls there.
Zhao Pan seemed to be the most suitable candidate for this, but everything would have to wait until this invasion battle concluded.
Meanwhile, after retreating, the player who had hidden directly in the outer forest irritably wiped the rain from his face.
“Damn it! They aren’t chasing us at all? Is this guy a turtle?!”
“Leader, should we wait? Many of our brothers are severely wounded. If we keep getting rained on, they might not hold up…”
Hearing this, the player gritted his teeth, then looked up at the pouring rain.
With the timing, location, and conditions not in his favor, continuing the fight would only waste troops and time.
“No more fighting, withdraw!”
Having failed to capture the city in one siege, he clearly realized the strength of the enemy’s defending forces.
At this point, he acted decisively, leading the remaining troops in a direct retreat.
On the seventh day of the invasion, Luo Ji, as expected, received the system notification of the opponent’s retreat, securing another victory in an invasion battle.
However, this time, his points from the system’s evaluation didn’t seem very high, only earning him a black iron treasure chest, which was a slight disappointment.
He immediately handed the black iron-tier architectural skill book he obtained to the captain of the construction team, which was quite useful.
Subsequently, the hellish days for the construction team members began.
Tribal construction, military camp construction, and the ancient city walls for the Third Sub-City, these were all their responsibilities!
Their work was practically scheduled for the next six months.
Although Luo Ji later considered the workload and managed to gather another team of workers for them, honestly, the entire task remained so demanding that it could make the construction team captain nauseous and vomit blood.
A new day dawned.
Early in the morning, small flatbed carts piled high with construction timber were pushed out of the Mirror Tribe.
Luo Ji had previously arranged this to facilitate the transportation of building materials.
Of course, for now, they could only be pushed by manpower, but it was still much easier and more efficient than carrying timber on their shoulders.
Next, over 60% of the entire tribe’s construction team members would be transferred to the third sub-city, which Guo Jia and his team had just occupied, to assist with its construction.
The top priority was to build a perimeter of small ancient city walls within one month.
One shouldn’t assume the number of people might be insufficient.
The size of the construction team had already changed drastically.
Even 60% of the current members were more numerous than when they built the ancient city walls in the Black Rock Tribe.
Coupled with the fact that they were all experienced veterans, it shouldn’t be difficult to build a perimeter of small ancient city walls within a month, as long as the scope and size of the walls were controlled.
At the same time, Luo Ji dispatched fifteen slingers to serve as defensive troops, led personally by Zhao Pan.
As for the existing five person shield-axemen squad, the five person archers squad, and Liu Zheng, they remained on guard.
In addition, considering the development of the third sub-city, Luo Ji specifically transferred Zhou Tao, who had managed the Black Rock Tribe efficiently, to the new location.
After all, Zhao Pan was only responsible for the military and garrison duties there, and the tribal development also needed someone in charge.
Compared to the Black Rock Tribe, which was already on track, the newly established third sub-city clearly needed management talent like Zhou Tao.
Zhou Tao himself had no objections to this.
In fact, he was quite enthusiastic.
Luo Ji entrusted the task of escorting this team to Guo Zhen.
This annoying younger brother fanatic was just too bothersome, so it was best to send him out quickly.
Although he would eventually return, as Guo Jia couldn’t stay there permanently, and the newly added population also needed to be brought back for Luo Ji to personally inspect and assign tasks.
After this large-scale personnel reallocation, the Mirror Tribe, with many people transferred out, became much quieter.
It remained so until five days later when Guo Zhen returned, escorting his beloved younger brother and over forty new individuals.
Looking at these new people, Luo Ji knew he would be busy again.
He then formally unrolled an animal hide sheet, which served as paper, in his leader’s office, holding a charcoal pen.
He adopted the demeanor of an admissions office, instructing the newcomers to line up and register one by one.
Throughout this process, while checking their attribute panels, he would, of course, symbolically ask questions like “What’s your name?” and “What work are you good at?” He later found these questions surprisingly useful.
Among ordinary people, many had unremarkable attribute panels and no obvious special talents.
For such individuals, a simple question like that saved a lot of trouble.
What they stated might not be their most suitable path, but at least they had prior experience in that area!
