Intelligence Report
After receiving Luda's assurance, Huo Qing left the caravan, and Luda and his group began trading in the Blazing Fire Tribe. They also sent out scouts to explore the terrain and prepare to draw a map.
The weapons prepared by the caravan were quite popular. During their two days in the Blazing Fire Tribe, they sold a lot of them and also gathered a lot of useful information from the Blazing Fire Tribe members who bought the weapons through various promotional activities.
It even included the patrol routes and times of the Blazing Fire Tribe. This intelligence was extracted from a Centurion in charge of the patrol team using only two short knives.
It can be said that this intelligence was very valuable, Luda believed that sending it back now would greatly contribute to the success of the sweep operation.
However, now that he knows the Iron Palm Tribe might have even greater intelligence and represent more significant achievements, Luda won't give up easily.
However, there were some imperfections. No river leading south was found near the Blazing Fire Tribe's Pastureland, so the plan to transport supplies and troops by water to attack the Blazing Fire Tribe had to be rejected.
At the center of this Pastureland of the Blazing Fire Tribe is a lake, covering several hundred square kilometers. It is revered by the people of the Blazing Fire Tribe as the Ancestor Lake, where the ancestors of the Blazing Fire Tribe lived and blessed the Pastureland to remain lush and verdant.
Several rivers flow into the lake, but the investigators searched along the river channels for dozens of kilometers and found that none of them flowed in the right direction; there was no river flowing south.
Since further searching yielded no results, and having already completed the map of the Blazing Fire Tribe camp, the caravan's scouts went directly to Luda and reminded him that he should leave the Blazing Fire Tribe.
It was already June 3rd. They had been away from the Horseshoe Tribe for over a week, and Luda was planning to continue his journey. So he found Huo Qing and told them that they were leaving for the next tribe. To express his gratitude, Huo Qing personally saw them off from the Blazing Fire Tribe.
After the caravan left the Blazing Fire Tribe, Luda immediately sent a team back to the Two Rivers Territory. After all, they had gathered a lot of useful intelligence, and the sooner they sent it back, the easier it would be to fill in any gaps in the sweep operation.
To ensure the intelligence was delivered as quickly as possible, Luda prepared three horses and provided them with feed and Boiling Blood Grass to save time feeding the horses. If necessary, the horses could be fed Boiling Blood Grass directly, and they could return to the Two Rivers Territory in a day and a night.
The caravan continued north to continue its journey, determined to complete the map drawing and gather useful intelligence, especially regarding the movements of the Iron Bone Tribe. After all, the Iron Bone Tribe was a behemoth to the Two Rivers Territory at present, and they had to be extremely careful.
The intelligence delivery team traveled over 400 kilometers in just one day and one night, returning directly to Wood Fort Town. This team also included scouts, who were temporarily assigned to the Operations Staff Department and could deliver intelligence directly to the General Staff.
After receiving the intelligence, the General Staff unanimously agreed that it was very important. Both the planning of the marching route and the speculation about the movements of the Iron Bone Tribe would affect the sweep operation, so they marked it as important.
When Victor returned to the General Staff to review the intelligence files, this particular intelligence report was placed at the very top of all the reports.
"Number One, it seems our training has been quite effective. This map is exceptionally well-drawn, far more detailed than the grassland power map provided by Iron Birch Territory. It's sufficient as our operational map for this plan."
"Victor, these maps still have some minor issues, but the data is sufficient. I have already modified them using the Calculation Module, and a high-resolution map suitable for this operation will be completed soon."
"We need to hold more map-drawing training courses in the future and train more scouts so that they can draw high-definition maps of the entire duchy and the Northlands Wasteland. This will give us a greater advantage in battle. If only we had satellites, with the help of high-definition maps, the army of the Two Rivers Territory would not be shrouded in the fog of war, and then I would be invincible."
"It will take more time, Victor. The magic power brought by the current Magic Tide is negligible and not enough to support the opening of more modules of the Beacon Lighthouse."
"There are still nearly fifty years left, and I don't think I'll live that long," Victor could only smile bitterly to himself.
"The higher-ups of the Blazing Fire Tribe mentioned that the Iron Bone Tribe might set their sights on this place. Number One, do you think that's possible?"
"Victor, the Calculation Module gives a probability of 3%, which is very low. Iron Bone Tribe did retain its fighting strength in this battle and expanded its power by annexing other tribes. However, although the original large tribes of the Tribal Alliance suffered heavy losses, the remaining forces are still strong. I think that compared with medium-sized tribes like Blazing Fire Tribe, the legacy of these large tribes is much richer. Iron Bone Tribe will not pay too much attention to this place."
"Just as I thought, the Scorpion Tribe's disclosure of this information may have been malicious. Number One, do you think it's possible that the Scorpion Tribe wants to escalate the conflict between the Blazing Fire Tribe and the Iron Bone Tribe, diverting the Iron Bone Tribe's attention and buying time for themselves to reorganize their internal forces?"
"Victor, the probability of the possibility you mentioned is 21% according to the Calculation Module. This also shows that the conflict between the Iron Bone Tribe and several major tribes in the Tribal Alliance is deepening, and the possibility of war breaking out between the two is very high."
"Number One, could we use the Iron Palm Tribe as a tool? After all, the Blazing Fire Tribe is quite powerful. If we can lure them into splitting their forces, it will greatly reduce the pressure on us."
"Victor, you can hand this matter over to the General Staff to propose a plan, then have the officer corps discuss it, and finally you can make the decision. This is also part of the regularization of the army."
"Good idea, let's do it that way."
Victor directly instructed the General Staff to use the existing intelligence to devise a plan to lure the Blazing Fire Tribe into splitting their forces.
In this world, war plans are decided by the commander alone before the battle, relying entirely on the commander's personal ability. What Victor has always wanted to do is change this. The purpose of establishing the General Staff is to add a layer of insurance before the military commander makes the final decision on the plan.
He also established a dedicated logistics support team. When the army was stationed in the territory, logistics support was provided by the territory's administrative department. When the army was out fighting, a dedicated Logistics Department would be involved. Logistics and the army were independent of each other, but cooperated in wartime. Although this would make the army bloated, it could also prevent the army from being controlled by the generals and ensure the loyalty of the army to the greatest extent.