Chapter 1670: Unilateral Transparency

At this time, Europe.

Liu Zheng had already entered Saxony.

Because the number of Longyan troops was too small, only fifty thousand elite soldiers.

And they were all traveling light; it was impossible for Liu Zheng to lead these Longyan troops to launch large-scale battles, as the Duchy of Saxony was a very small German country.

But after all, they were on someone else's territory, conducting operations behind enemy lines, and there was no mass base here.

Without guaranteed supplies.

With just these fifty thousand troops, there was simply no Method to carry out any large-scale military operations.

However, fortunately, the Duchy of Saxony was mountainous, especially Halei Mountain, and this mountain's

small number of people and unencumbered troops made it easy to lurk and launch sneak attacks.

Under Liu Zheng's sneak attacks, the heavy industrial zone of the Duchy of Saxony suffered heavy damage.

For a small country like the Duchy of Saxony, any industry was their lifeblood.

These factories, which had been built with such difficulty after the Industrial Revolution, were their lifeblood!

Yet now they had been destroyed by the Longyan troops.

The King of Saxony had no choice but to summon his troops back to defend his vital factory zone.

But after the Saxon troops withdrew, they were helpless against these Longyan troops hiding in the mountain streams.

Especially after losing several battles and having their factories completely destroyed by the Longyan troops right under their noses.

For the Saxon troops, this was simply a heavy blow.

"These yellow-skinned monkeys, why are they so hard to fight!"

The Saxon general said angrily.

In just one short week, they had entered the mountains to encircle and suppress the Longyan troops, but they could not even find the other side's shadow.

It was always the Longyan troops taking the initiative to attack them, and because the Longyan troops' attacks were both swift and fierce, even when they had significantly more troops than the Longyan troops at the time of the attack.

They were still beaten soundly by the Longyan troops...

And this was while the Longyan troops were in an extremely disadvantageous state.

The Duchy of Saxony had once been one of the most powerful among the German tribes in history.

It was also a very arrogant kingdom in Europe at one time.

Although the country had declined later, it was still one of the more powerful German states, and ever since the Industrial Revolution that swept through Europe starting from Britain.

The Duchy of Saxony had boarded the first train and walked at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution.

Although located in the inland area of the European continent, there was a very wide and winding, long Elbe River within its borders.

This river had been the most important inland shipping and transportation artery in Europe since ancient times.

The Elbe River was over 140,000 kilometers long and passed through many European countries, especially German countries.

Among these countries established by the German people, Saxony had long utilized this river to carry out vigorous development.

Transporting their products to other European countries.

This allowed Saxony to make a huge profit!

This money allowed Saxony to become powerful again.

But now, the German tribe that had once been very powerful in history had encountered their opponent, the Longyan.

The Saxon general could only rage impotently at these Longyan people whose shadows could not even be seen.

Saxony looked at the map of Halei Mountain.

Because the Saxons were very familiar with this mountain range, their map depicted Halei Mountain with extreme precision.

They knew where on Halei Mountain was suitable for hoarding troops and where was suitable for ambushes.

Every operation against the Longyan troops was launched based on their rich understanding of Halei Mountain.

But now they were full of doubts about this map, even wondering, as permanent residents of Halei Mountain, did they really understand this mountain?

Now all the places on the mountain suitable for positions had been searched by their

troops, and the result was

that they hadn't even found the shadow of the Longyan troops.

And despite being familiar with the terrain, every time they were attacked.

The Longyan troops would bring them unexpected attacks.

They had no idea where the Longyan troops would attack from.

The Saxon general frowned, unable to help but wonder, was there a possibility that the Longyan troops were more familiar with the Geography of Halei Mountain than they were?

Thinking of this, the Saxon general shuddered.

One had to know that their ancestors had relied on the accumulation of primitive experience to become so familiar with this Halei Mountain.

The Longyan troops should never have been to this region from ancient times to the present, so how could they be so familiar with it?

The Saxon general could not figure out how the Longyan people did it.

Fortunately, the factories were originally built on the plains at the foot of Halei Mountain.

The helpless Saxon general could only cancel the unrealistic idea of taking the initiative to wipe out the Longyan troops.

He could only set up defensive points in the factory zone and defend passively.

On the treetops of the distant mountain, the light reflected by a Telescope was covered by white snow.

The Longyan scouts hid in the trees, using the Telescope to observe the state of the Saxon troops.

Consecutive failures, especially when facing the ghostly attacks of the Longyan troops, had tortured these Saxon soldiers until they were exhausted.

They had absolutely no fighting spirit left.

Through the Telescope, the scouts saw that their state could not withstand even the slightest disturbance.

The scout subconsciously grinned.

And behind the scout, not far away.

The Longyan army was currently building fires to cook.

Although building fires to cook might potentially expose their movements to the Longyan army.

But Liu Zheng did not care at all right now; one could even say he was hoping these Saxony soldiers would take the initiative to enter the mountains and attack after seeing the cooking smoke.

If that happened, the big gift Liu Zheng had prepared for these Saxony people could be put to use.

But these Saxony people refused to take the bait no matter what.

Moreover, after seeing the cooking smoke, they were completely unmoved, even joking, "See that? The detestable Longyan are gnawing on tree bark again."

This had all been reported by Liu Zheng's intelligence network; he took a bite of a pork knuckle upon hearing such news, feeling absolutely no emotional fluctuation, and even felt like laughing a little.

He hadn't expected these Saxony troops to be so shallow as to think they were gnawing on tree bark.

Just at this moment, a cook walked in, looked at Liu Zheng, and said, "My lord, our food supplies are running low; is it time to take action?"

Liu Zheng took a bite of the pork knuckle and said, "Hmm, take action, but remember, we prioritize quantity over quality."

"Don't scare the Saxony people off with one raid, or they will change their route."

"We must raid them many times; raid their supply wagons, not their granaries."

The cook nodded, "I understand, my lord."

Liu Zheng looked at the map of Halei Mountain hanging in the tent; although the Longyan map-making standard was very high, this map of Halei Mountain was not very detailed, only marking the defense system and marching movements of the Saxony troops.

For Liu Zheng, the Saxony troops were already unilaterally transparent in their eyes. The recent transcoding is severe; it gives us more motivation to update faster. Please move your hands to exit reading mode. Thank you.