At present, discovering the Snakefolk's outlying stronghold had instead put Great Zhou in a rather awkward position.
If they did not seize the Snakefolk's stronghold, they would remain on the defensive, unable even to carry out their related operations.
But if they occupied it, guarding such a stronghold in the desert while facing the Snakefolk, the local hegemon, would be just as disastrous.
Just as Xie Liancheng and Zhou Chongshan were racking their brains over the problem, Shi Lei, who had raised it in the first place, came up with an answer.
"Perhaps we don't need to occupy that stronghold. We can hit it and leave."
Zhou Chongshan quickly understood upon hearing this.
"I see."
After attacking and taking a stronghold, occupying it was nothing more than habitual thinking. To most people, it was simply the natural thing to do.
But in truth, there was no rule saying that a stronghold had to be occupied after being captured.
Attacking without occupying it might seem, at first glance, like a pure waste of time and manpower, but that was not the case.
During the assault, they would reduce the enemy's strength. When they withdrew, they would inevitably carry away the supplies in the stronghold and might even destroy it, thereby dealing the enemy an even heavier blow.
And since they would not occupy the stronghold, they could avoid the drawback of remaining exposed in the enemy's sight, allowing them to retain the initiative to some extent.
Under those circumstances, if they could completely enrage the enemy and force them to attack their border, they could switch from offense to defense and make full use of their defensive advantage.
Faced with an extreme environment like the desert, they were clearly more willing to fight a defensive counterattack than launch an assault.
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