Chapter 619 (1/2)
Book 6, Chapter 11 – Deploying Forces
The Green Alliance hty thousand troops spread between eight hundred airshi+ps
In terms of the size of its are Equip However, Cloudhaarriors werethese troops was not only Greenland's own crack divisions, but also equipeneration of wasteland tools of war Without question, the Green Alliance's army was the most excellent in the southern wilds
Within Greenland Fort's war roo the best ways to confront the enee map of the wastelands “With Nox's support and equipment, our army is no less deadly than Skycloud's expeditionary force However, after Sanctuary Nox's own forces are still recovering The size of our forces is inferior, not only to the Conclave but even just to Skycloud city's standing army”
Dawn, Wolfblade and the drunk were all in attendance They listened respectfully and did not interrupt
“Clearly the conclave's attack on Nucleus was intended to draw us into their territory Draw a snake from its hole and then cut off the head” Cloudhawk took a stick and drew a line across the ainst the Conclave, Skycloud will certainly take the opportunity to attack the Green Alliance while we're away If we sent eighty thousand as we're discussing, the conclave is sure to ambush the theetting their foot in the door The Green Alliance will have lost the bulk of its fighting force”
Cloudhawk had thought about this problenored by the Green Alliance, but it was the opening move in a crafty scheme their eneet was the Green Alliance They wanted to break this deadlock as quickly as possible Attacking Nucleus was the best and et the Green Alliance to act
Nucleus was also a part of the Green Alliance If they did nothing and let the city fall into enemy hands, other cities would fear for their safety What would stop the Conclave fro the rest of the Green Alliance's territory piecemeal? But, what if they took the bait? That would be the most costly, for indeed the Conclave would not be satisfied with anything less than the Green Alliance's absolute destruction
If they sent a strong enough force to contend with their enemies, they left their nest empty and exposed The Conclave wouldn't even have to attack at that point and leave it to Arcturus, ould lead Skycloud's expeditionary force across the south uncontested While the Conclave led the Green Alliance's army across the Northern Barrens by the nose, Arcturus would take their homes from the south and leave them pinned on both sides Cloudhawk's forces would be left with eneo back to
At the sae and support Having taken over Nucleus they could reinforce the defensible position and use it to their advantage against its former owners Meanwhile Skycloud's forces would harass the the Green Alliance before they even got to their destination With most or all of Cloudhawk's forces tied up, his enemy's plans to take the south could resume and their dreaht or not to fight… no matter what route they chose, the end result for their Alliance was a sour one
Cloudhaent on “This fight is very different fro us into enemy territory where the Conclave can use its superior nunificant advantages Enough to mobilize a deadly resistance at a moment's notice Once we're trapped in the Northern Barrens, the situation would be very bad”
“If we fight, we're screwed If we don't, same deal What are we supposed to choose?”
Dawn felt that after only a few months since its establishment, the Green Alliance wasn't wholly settled yet There were a nuainst joining Some that had joined were still not entirely convinced it was in their best interest A war against the Conclave, which had had two years to gain solid footing, did not bode well for their fledgling Alliance
Besides that, this fight was in the Northern Barrens – Conclave territory Hoe was difficult to overcoht hadn't even started and things were already looking bad for the Green Alliance Any way you cut it, victory looked like a distant hope Their young group only had one chance at survival so they couldn't afford to lose
Wolfblade lent his voice to the conversation “Don't fret, things aren't hopeless Our options are limited, but remember that our enemy is not a monolithic whole At least in Skycloud Arcturus has considerable forces at work against hiht,” Cloudhawk said with a nod “Arcturus is hiding the truth fros of fear and distrust a Elysians and wastelanders Arcturus can't openly send his army in support of the Northern Barrens, because such brazen support would shatter the i to cultivate If he sends his armies north he can't formally join with the Conclave If we're clever, we can use that disconnect to our advantage”
Daas an Elysian, born to a military family She ell aware of the truth in Cloudhaords Arcturusthose proud soldiers fight shoulder to shoulder astelanders was too much to ask If he dispatched the it alone
Daasn't stupid When she realized the opportunity she connected the dots “I got it! So we use those contradictions to pin down Skycloud's forces, break through the Conclave, then establish ourselves in Woodland Vale From there we have a solid harbor in the Northern Barrens”
She was just right But what about these contradictions? Primarily that meant Arcturus Cloude and Rarown in strength and prominence in the last two years Yet, with the Cloud God sluhest authority of the Teious institutions Never before had the High Priest been so elevated Surely he could find some way to wrest back power