Struggle in the Steam Age

After many failed attacks, the group of thieves who were encouraged to come over quickly stopped the previous large-scale attack. Instead, he started to use the fallen trees, stones and logs to shoot at the guards at the entrance of the valley.

"It seems that this group of thieves can't hold on anymore." A gunman expressed his opinion in a low voice. "After more than 30 people died, they began to think about retreating. This is indeed in line with the characteristics of improvised mob battles."

"No, the current situation is not normal." Seeing that the soldiers on the front line were a little slack, Lawrence immediately warned everyone on the sidelines. "If there were really mobs, they should turn around and run away now. Instead of staying on the battlefield and fighting us like this."

"Especially in the situation where the other party doesn't have many teams, it's a bit too suspicious to continue to entangle us repeatedly and not quit the battlefield no matter what."

Lawrence's analysis is not unreasonable. For the thieves group, this kind of existence gathered because of interests naturally cannot have a strong sense of mission.

That is to say, under normal circumstances, when they encounter such a place that cannot be attacked for a long time, they either retreat or change direction. The practice of sticking here like this kind of brown sugar basically does not exist for thieves.

Especially among the thieves attacking now, Lawrence did not see the existence of a few extraordinary people. At the same time, the members of the core bandit group were also unable to mobilize more because of the fierce pursuit of the new Shoal Island navy led by Lawrence. More manpower to supervise the army.

Under such circumstances, the courage of these improvised mobs to launch round after round of attacks against Lawrence's position can only show one thing, that is, they think they can still win.

Because only the possibility of making a lot of money and being able to escape safely will allow these people to persevere when there are pursuers after blocking.

On the other hand, because the ambush site brought by Lawrence was separated from Taniguchi by a valley, they could only stop shooting at the Taniguchi area in order to prevent shells from accidentally hitting friendly troops in the valley.

Without the threat of shells falling from the sky, the losses of the thieves would naturally be much smaller.

At the same time, in the case of low casualties, they will naturally be able to maintain the suppression of the interior of the valley before Lawrence and their main force come around from the other side of the valley, and wait for the arrival of that important node for them.

"I don't think the other party will be able to launch a large-scale attack on us for a while." After everyone shot at each other for a minute or two, Lawrence also roughly grasped the specific situation of the gangsters opposite him.

Generally speaking, it is almost impossible for Lawrence and the others to break in, but with the help of the defense line built by these carriages and sundries, it is also hopeless for these bandits to break in.

So for Lawrence, it doesn't really matter whether he is here or not in this stalemate. So during this time he basically focused all his attention on the surrounding mountains.

According to his guess, if the opponent really wanted to turn the tide of the battle, then sending extraordinary people across the mountains to carry out an assault was the only option for this group of bandits.

"Someone is coming." Just two or three minutes after retreating from the defensive line to the center of the valley, Lawrence felt that some of the monster phantoms he had placed on the side of the mountain sensed the vibration of the surrounding air.

But when Lawrence manipulated these phantoms to monitor the surrounding situation, he didn't see anything passing by.

"The other party plans to turn over from the mountain over there." After seeing this scene, Lawrence immediately ordered the team headed by Safir who was waiting in the tent as a reserve team, and Hannah, the priest of the goddess of wealth.

"They are now in a state of stealth, and they should be preparing for a sneak attack. Does anyone of you have a way to deal with invisible magic?"

"I have an anti-invisibility scroll, so it's no problem to deal with enemies who can be invisible." Priest Hannah took out a scroll from his bag, and then said.

"But what should we do next? Should we go directly to that cliff and block the opponent or—"

"It's not a good idea to block the opponent. After all, we only have such a small number of people. It is difficult to ensure that they are all blocked on the periphery of the front line. If so few people rush in and take hostages, it will be a big trouble."

Lawrence raised a palm and said. "So for us, we must explode a powerful lethal force in a short period of time and kill as many people as possible in the first place. Only in this way can we stop the opponent's actions."

After speaking, Lawrence began to arrange the battle tactics. Taking into account everyone's overall level of cooperation and combat effectiveness, the tactics he formulated are also very simple.

"——Our battle plan is like this. After a while, Safiel and I will hide in the golden and blue tent, and your team will hide in the red and yellow tent opposite."

Lawrence lowered his voice and spoke at a very fast speed. "Wait a while and wait for my order after starting the battle. As soon as I hit Hannah, activate the anti-invisibility scroll and release it at the place where I attacked. Then everyone can attack directly."

"Understood." Hannah nodded earnestly. She was not surprised that Lawrence could master the power to break invisibility. After all, every warlock has different abilities.

Although there are not many warlocks with abilities similar to real vision, they are definitely not rare. So it's not surprising that Lawrence has such abilities.

After Lawrence assigned all the tasks, the reserve team that had been hiding there before started to act immediately.

Fortunately, this valley was filled with various temporary tents due to the previous simple construction, so they were able to enter their respective ambush positions as quickly as possible while avoiding the sight of the attackers.

"How many people are there?" After entering the tent, Lawrence wiped his hands on the front of his clothes, and then asked Lawrence while holding the sword in his hand. "Also, where are they now?"

"They are on the mountain now, and they seem to be trying to climb down with a rope. If so--" Lawrence said and began to summon a large number of monster phantoms, and then let those monster phantoms climb up the mountain.

"What are you doing now?" Lawrence watched as Lawrence summoned one fire poison bee after another to fly into the sky, and then summoned hobgoblin phantoms one after another. Safir asked with some puzzlement.

"I think our tactics may have to be changed a little bit, because the opponent is now clumsier than I thought before, so I have a better tactic now."

Because of Lawrence's lack of manpower, the distribution of the guards was arranged according to the surrounding terrain.

For example, at the mouth of the valley, the most manpower is naturally concentrated, and there are also some guards in the area with a relatively gentle hillside in the rear, staring vigilantly at the top of the hillside.

On the other side of the valley, where there are cliffs, because of the dangerous terrain, Lawrence and the others only left a servant with a shotgun to stare at them.

Apparently, the group of robbers who were about to launch a sneak attack on the valley now also discovered this. Therefore, a series of equipment plans were prepared to launch a surprise attack from the weak point of this defensive area.

It's just that I don't know if it's for the sake of safety or the extraordinary level of those people is indeed relatively poor, so they chose to go through the rope.

"Let me see, they started to climb down the rope." Lawrence explained to Safir in a low voice while detecting the enemy's position through the phantoms of those monsters. "Just—wait a minute, are these guys experienced gangsters?"