Struggle in the Steam Age

Chapter 638: Roundabout

Although Syfiel has not experienced too much actual combat, Lawrence unexpectedly discovered that she has a special sense of battlefield.

For example, less than a minute after Syfiel said that the guys stationed on the bridge were probably trying to guard the back road, the radio station that Lawrence carried received the telegram sent by the captain just now.

"Look, I'm right." After quickly deciphering the secret telegram sent before, Syfiel immediately raised the telegram and said to Lawrence.

"The uncle captain telegraphed us just now and told us that after they returned to the channel and drove forward for more than half an hour, they unexpectedly found a brig schooner hidden in a bay."

"According to the uncle, the place where the schooner was picked is very good. It is difficult for ordinary people to find the location of the boat. If he hadn't had a lot of experience in catching smuggling ships before, it would be impossible to see it through the hills and woods. The two tall masts of a ship."

"Ah, if that's the case, then the situation can be matched." Lawrence breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the contents of the telegram.

After all, he had been able to obtain Nora's unilateral battlefield transparency during his actions before, so this situation made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"Then what should we do next?" Syfiel asked in a puzzled way, "It is impossible for so many of us to spend this river from other places without disturbing each other. But if you If we walk on the bridge, it is difficult for us to guarantee the privacy of our actions."

"This is indeed a serious problem, but it is not impossible to solve." Lawrence thought for a while and said, "We can continue to walk a distance north, and then cross the river from a place in front where the current is gentle."

"After all, the only goal of these people stationed here is to keep their retreat route, so I think if you go a little further, the opponent's defense should not be so tight."

Lawrence was indeed taken aback by the line of defense laid in this area and the personnel coming and going on patrols before, because there are only two situations where so many people can be drawn out to establish a security circle:

Either it has received rigorous training and is able to execute various orders completely militarized. Either there is a lot of manpower, or even enough power can be deployed in this secondary direction.

But for Lawrence and others, either of these two situations are dangerous enough.

Fortunately, the current situation clearly shows that Lawrence and the others have guessed all wrong before, and those people here are only optimistic about the future for the main force.

Therefore, Lawrence felt that in this case, there shouldn't be so many patrols in areas not within the range of the back road.

And the facts are exactly the same. As they gradually moved forward, those investigating on both sides of the team slowly discovered that the number of guard posts and patrols that had always appeared before suddenly decreased a lot, and they were not as elite as before.

When Lawrence and the others arrived at the previously scheduled crossing point, they found that there were no previous investigators around.

Soon, Lawrence and the others crossed the not-so-wide river with a few rubber boats they carried with them. Then they followed the path in the forest and began to march towards the goal.

Compared with the previously chosen road, this road is farther and also more rugged. But the difficulty of these roads did not prevent them from marching.

"Finally here." When Lawrence let his subordinates be stationed in a mountain, he and Syfiel climbed up a hill that was not very high to prepare for investigation.

When a few of them dodge the scattered patrol officers and crawled to the edge of the hill and looked down, the scene in front of them made Lawrence sigh softly.

Although for them, the entire plan had to be revised due to multiple accidental discoveries on the road, but fortunately in the end they successfully reached the predetermined goal, although it was about an hour later than the scheduled time. But overall, they did not delay their actions.

Because Lawrence saw that the valley below was already full of people at this time, and there were many colorful tents stationed there on the flat ground near the entrance of the valley. At least from Lawrence's point of view, those people are not here to take risks at all, but to go out and play.

However, the main messengers of the conspiracy behind the scenes were not taking this opportunity to go out or play, at least after Lawrence released a large number of insect monsters to survey the surroundings, they found out in several mountains and forests around this valley. There are many people hidden, and all of them are observing the location of the group of people in the valley.

"As we had previously guessed, this group of people should have been gathered together under an organized group." After a simple investigation and several hidden locations were discovered around, Lawrence said to Syfiel and the others. To.

"What is certain now is that the core of the opponent looks like an elite band of thieves. There are 5 to 6 extraordinary ones. In addition, there are 12 to 15 bands of thieves entrapped by them."

"How to be sure that the band of thieves are being held, instead of collectively attacking after negotiation?" the half-elf ranger next to Lawrence asked.

"They must also cooperate." Lawrence immediately added after realizing that he was not rigorous. "But the other thieves are all under the command of the core thieves.

To give the simplest example, I found that in every thieves group except the core thieves group, there are several members of the core thieves group commanding there. "

"I just figured it out. I discovered that this group of thieves totals about 500 people. I think this is probably a large part of the outsiders gathered around Baojian Bay."

After introducing the organizational structure of the thieves, Lawrence began to introduce the overall situation of the valley and its surroundings. "Besides, the wealthy people in the valley are probably from 17 families. I recognize three of them as aristocrats who came to the area for vacation--"

"There is a horse-drawn carriage tycoon in Eagle Fort." The priest of the Goddess of Fortune Church said after looking at the situation in the valley.

"Because that person is a believer of the Goddess of Wealth. When he came to Baojianwan, he went to the church of the Goddess of Wealth to make sacrifices. At that time, I happened to meet him at the church, so I can recognize him now."

"That is to say, there are all wealthy people underneath. If they are tied up, the kidnappers will have a fat year." Sai Feier continued.

Even if she is now the rich man in her mouth, her thinking is still the same as when she was on the farm in many cases. So Lawrence could hear a certain ridiculous tone in his tone.

If a serious nobleman hears Syfiel's speech here, he will definitely be disgusted in his heart~lightnovelpub.net~ But now except for Lawrence and their soldiers, there are only some temporary recruits. Of expedition members.

For the members of the adventure squad, Saifei's words can actually bring everyone closer.

"Yes, this is what we mean by running all the way over." Lawrence said while looking at the valley below, then turned to look at the staff lieutenant who was crawling behind him. "When do you think it is appropriate for us to attack from where?"

"We may need to do some preparation, because we brought two guns and six grenades this time." The lieutenant lowered his voice and said to Lawrence.

"If there is no accident, these weapons can cause huge damage to the bandit groups around, but I am worried that the loud noise they make when they are used will also cause unnecessary losses to the group of people below because of panic."

"Well, I think you're right." Lawrence looked at the guys below who were obviously planning to turn adventure into a spring outing and sighed. "We must think of a way to make the group of people below cooperate with us."