Lord's Survival: Conquering from a Ruined Courtyard
Chapter 790

Outpost, Attacker's Restraint [Subscribe] [Extra Update]

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Second, the territory's second pressure point was not the eastern and western directions where Attack Camps II and III were located, but the south.

Although the forces at Raid Camp IV south of the territory were not particularly numerous, it still had a full 150,000 Dark Orc cavalry troops of various tiers!

Moreover, as a raid camp, their strategy was to launch deadly charges like a sharp bayonet.

Their troop composition consisted entirely of highly mobile units, mainly ground cavalry, tamed magical beasts, and a small number of scout units.

They could undertake rapid assault missions. Whenever the attack camps in the other directions applied pressure, the raid camp would boldly launch an assault, seeking an opportunity to quickly break through the territory's southern defensive perimeter!

Zong Shen had long determined their roles from information such as the troop configurations and names of the various camps.

Thus, he designated the south as the second direction requiring focused defense.

If the northern attack camp was compared to an "aircraft carrier" and the southern raid camp to a "destroyer," then the attack camps to the east and west were "frigates"—or, in other words, escort aircraft. They would most likely assist Camp I in the north with its offensive.

The garrisons responsible for the eastern and western fronts within the territory could fully support the northern defenders.

The south, on the other hand, would be difficult to attend to quickly once the enemy began applying pressure there.

Only a cheat like Zong Shen could learn the attacking side's troop deployment before the fog of war had fully dispersed, allowing him to further analyze the enemy's rough strategy in advance.

He believed that Vereesa, Howie, and Maryl, stationed within the [Commander's Bastion Tower (Orange)], would also respond promptly based on the intelligence he had

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