After reaching a consensus with Balai, Shi Lei immediately wrote a report and had a Giant Eagle Knight deliver it to the capital, Black Moon City, at the fastest possible speed. Ten days later, the report reached Zhou Xu's hands.
In this era, that already counted as highly efficient, though it also left the Giant Eagle Knight utterly exhausted.
Giant Eagles actually had decent endurance, but one also had to consider that a Wood Elf wearing full equipment was riding on their back. This was, after all, a burdened flight.
After ordering someone to take the Giant Eagle Knight away to rest, Zhou Xu's attention quickly shifted to the report from Shi Lei in his hands.
The report not only mentioned Copper Furnace Fortress's desire to trade for gunpowder with them, but also detailed the battle situation there, along with Shi Lei's thoughts and tactical ideas regarding the war.
Zhou Xu approved of Shi Lei's thinking.
This truly was a war with no profit to be gained. On top of that, their opponent was a tenacious foe like the greenskins. There was no need for Great Zhou to waste its people and resources fighting this kind of war.
Now that they had sent reinforcements to support Copper Furnace Fortress and were willing to provide them with some assistance to share the burden, that already counted as sending charcoal in a snowstorm.
From Great Zhou's perspective, the focus of this battle was how to reduce their own losses while ensuring that the Dwarves won.
With that as the premise, Great Zhou's forces were destined not to charge into the fiercest frontal battlefield. The Dwarves of Copper Furnace Fortress could be the protagonists of this war, and they could bear the greatest losses. Great Zhou would simply play a relaxed supporting role,