Chapter 214: Offensive Strategy
Ronin and his party spent a whole afternoon observing behind the hillside.
Even when the sun set and dusk fell, no suspicious creatures came out of the cave.
To be honest, he was a little sleepy waiting.
Fortunately, when the sun completely set and night fell, the cave lit up, followed by light and shadows shaking.
"Here they come!" Ronin reminded in a low voice.
Everyone's heartstrings tightened. After waiting for a long time, they finally saw the enemy.
Soon, a team came out of the cave.
Last time, Redar saw only three people, but this time the number of people increased by three times, a total of twelve people.
It should be because Redar led people to break in here last time and raised the other party's vigilance, so the number of patrols increased.
Under the moonlight, the group of people formed four teams of three people each, and then began to patrol in the four directions of front, back, left and right.
One of the groups was facing the direction where Ronin and others were.
According to the information provided by Redar and others, these guys have a very sensitive sense of smell. They had already hidden themselves that night, but their whereabouts were exposed because of the smell.
Roning sensed that the wind was blowing from the southwest in the forest at this time, and it would not blow their breath to the valley below the hillside.
Moreover, there was still a distance of one or two hundred meters below them. Even if the other party's sense of smell was as sensitive as a dog, the possibility of smelling their scent should be very low.
Roning's worry seemed a bit redundant.
These patrols had no intention of going up the hillside at all. They just patrolled back and forth around the bottom of the valley.
If the flat land at the bottom of the valley is regarded as a rectangle, then these four teams are going back and forth on the four sides of the rectangle.
They look like they are guarding the border and preventing people or things from entering this valley.
"Is their alert range so small?"
Redar and McKen both flashed a puzzled look.
If they were responsible for the defense here, they would definitely set up a warning point on the hillside and arrange personnel to stand guard.
There was no need for twelve people in this bare and flat valley below. Three or four people would be enough.
Time passed slowly, half an hour, an hour...
Ronin watched the group of people moving back and forth. They were like the monsters set in the game, and they would only go back and forth along the predetermined route.
The mentality of the crowd also changed from nervousness at the beginning to doubt, and even felt a little bored at the end.
"Sir, what are we going to do?" Rydar asked in a low voice.
When they came, they had already formulated a plan for how to deal with conflicts in the event of a conflict, but they did not expect such a situation where they did not interfere with each other.
"Observe them first, understand their habits, and then see if there is a chance to take one person away alone without making much noise."
This observation lasted for three days.
Through the intelligence collection during this period, Ronin and others determined two things.
The first is that the people in the cave will not come out during the day.
Every day when the sun rises, the patrols will return to the cave;
Every night, they will come out of the cave.
They repeat the same thing every night, just like a robot with a set program, tireless and never bored.
Roning couldn't figure it out. Don't these people have to worry about food and drink?
Is there enough water and food in the cave?
As for the second thing, based on the information obtained from the battle that night by Redar and the comparison of the other party's clothing observed in the past two days, the strength of this group of people can be roughly judged.
This patrol team of twelve people should be led by a bronze-level knight, with two senior knights, and the rest are probably junior and intermediate knights. The overall strength is not strong.
Another night.
After observing for a while, Roning and others quietly withdrew from the hillside and returned to the temporary camp one mile away.
"We no longer need to continue observing."
These people in the cave cannot think with common sense. Continuing to observe is just a waste of time and can't collect more valuable information.
When everyone heard the lord say this, their expressions were shocked and they were finally ready to start the action!
"Everyone needs to collect enough dry firewood tomorrow morning. At noon, we will take a break to restore our physical strength and spirit as usual. In the afternoon, we will take dry firewood to the cave to light a fire for them."
"Do you want to use fire to force them out?"
"This is a good idea!"
"They are in a closed cave. Once smoked, they will definitely not be able to come out!"
Some people are puzzled, but some people have already understood Ronin's intention.
"I have been thinking about a question these two days. Why don't they come out of the cave during the day?"
Ronin asked himself and answered.
"After thinking about it, I thought of a possibility, that is, they don't like the daytime, or they hate the sun."
There are few records of creatures that fear the sun in this world, but Ronin had seen many in books before he crossed over.
For example, the vampires in many film and television works are very afraid of the sun, and some will even be directly destroyed by the sun.
These things are fictional on Earth, but in this world where extraordinary powers exist, it is still very likely that such creatures that fear the sun will appear, right?
"Since they don't want to come out, we will force them out."
The other party can smell the smell, which means they need to breathe.
When Roning sends smoke into the closed cave, it is like using smoke to smoke a field mouse hole in the field. The people inside will definitely find a way to rush out if they can't stand it.
As long as they rush out and come to the sun, Roning is likely to occupy the advantage of the terrain.
To put it another way, even if the other party is not afraid of the sun, Roning needs to lead them out of the cave before dealing with them.
After all, this cave is someone else's territory, and there may be traps and mechanisms inside.
Knowing these dangers, if Roning does not consider the other party's advantage of the terrain and rushes in with people, it is tantamount to throwing himself into a trap and a sheep into a wolf pack.
He doesn't want to learn from Wiggins on the battlefield.
Next, Roning discussed tomorrow's attack plan with his subordinates. It was not until midnight that everyone went to sleep in their respective caves, leaving Tom and others to take turns to keep watch.
As the early morning passed, familiar words emerged.
"April has passed, and today is May 1st."
Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, eight days have passed since he left Black Soil Town. It's time to blow the horn of attack.
He also wanted to see what unusual things were hidden in the cave.
Roning added all the attribute points to himself, and then slowly closed his eyes to rest.
No one talked all night. The next morning, everyone started to collect dry firewood in the mountains and forests.
One bundle, two bundles, three bundles...
Roning even collected a large pile in the space ring.
The knights were very strong, and each of them could carry several bundles. Anyway, those guys didn't come out during the day, so they directly moved all the dry firewood they collected to the flat ground at the entrance of the valley.
Time passed quickly, and it was afternoon in a blink of an eye.
Roning stood up and looked at the quiet cave entrance, "It's time to attack!" (End of this chapter)