Galen remembered that Grimbeard Canyon was located halfway up a mountainside and was very hidden. This place wasn't even on the map of the Kingdom of Stromgarde. If Galen hadn't been to this place in his previous life, he wouldn't have known that there was a rich mineral deposit here.
Even so, Galen only knew a rough location: due east of Helm's Valley.
Hamerfallwas the name Galen gave to the new town. For Galen, who had difficulty naming things, choosing a good-sounding name was too difficult, so he decided to follow the wisdom of his predecessors.
In order to explore Grimbeard Canyon, Galen specifically upgraded an Arcane Tower. After researching the Magic Sentry skill in the Arcane Sanctum, the Arcane Tower could use a detection skill called "Reveal."
Reveal: Detects an area on the map and can detect invisible units. Duration: 15 seconds.
However, the cooldown time of this skill was a bit long, so Galen had to transfer a newly trained squadron of Flying Machines. Using both methods, they explored the mountains to the east for two days before discovering Grimbeard Canyon.
Flying Machine
Unit Type: Mechanical
Weapons: Anti-air Machine Gun, Flying Machine Bombs
Attack Method: Ranged Attack
Attack Type: Piercing, Siege
Armor Type: Heavy
Skills: Anti-air Machine Gun, Flying Machine Bombs, True Sight
Training Cost: 90 units of Gold, 30 units of Lumber
It's worth mentioning that when the Flying Machines came off the assembly line from the Workshop, they were small helicopters without pilots, with weapon racks installed on both sides of the fuselage.
The same was true for Mortars: they only produced the equipment and did not equip operators!
Galen was puzzled for a long time until Laborer Foreman Cliff told Galen that he could operate artillery and fly planes, and that others could also operate Mortars after training, and other farmers could be sent to pilot Flying Machines.
He was dumbfounded.
Multitalented farmers! The cornerstone of the base!
At this stage, the Flying Machines had not yet researched Flying Machine Bombs and could not attack ground units, only air units. It was not yet time for them to exert their combat capabilities, so they could only be used as reconnaissance planes for now.
Along with the Flying Machine squadron, a squadron of Priests and a squadron of Mages were also transferred. These Tier 2 units, which could only be produced after upgrading the town, took too long to train. It took a week to produce one squadron each.
The terrain of Grimbeard Canyon was similar to that of the Northern Mine in the Southeast Mining Area. Both were long and narrow valleys, with towering cliffs on both sides, and the mine entrance was located at the innermost part.
However, the length of Grimbeard Canyon was much longer than that of the Northern Mining Area, exceeding two thousand meters.
Once Amor's main force arrived, Stalkers could be arranged to explore the terrain of Grimbeard Canyon and the specific situation of the Kobolds.
Since the last battle in the Southeast Mining Area, Galen felt that Baldy Karlu was really useful in reconnaissance, so after consulting Karlu, he specifically renewed the contract with Ravenholdt Manor and hired his team as high-level scouts for the Scarlet Flame Legion.
Galen's father put in a lot of effort in this matter. The name of the Thornewall family, coupled with the potential Galen had shown, made Ravenholdt Manor agree to this long-term contract.
After Amor and the others rested for a night, Galen summoned everyone for a meeting.
Inside Aragorn's camp, the high-ranking officers of the Scarlet Flame Legion gathered in the tent once again.
Galen occupied the head seat, with Amor, Gandalf, and Aragorn on the left, and Omar, Varrokal, Fadhil, and Karl on the right.
As for how they were positioned, Galen strongly felt it was because of their beards.
Gandalf had white hair and a white beard, with a long beard reaching his waist. If he wore a red robe, he would look like Santa Claus.
Amor was middle-aged, weathered, and had a thick beard.
Aragorn looked younger than Amor, in his thirties, and had the same beard as Amor, but Aragorn's was black, while Amor's hair was golden.
The other four on the other side were more amusing. The oldest, Omar, was only twenty-six years old and had not yet grown the goatee he would have more than ten years later. The others were even younger, and even the scout Karl at the end was bald, without a single hair.
Gandalf had been by Galen's side for a long time and had long discovered that Galen often diverged his thinking, especially when he walked out of the Altar of Kings. Gandalf deeply understood that diverging mental power.
At this moment, Gandalf saw Galen's absent-minded appearance and knew that he must be complaining about something in his heart, so he quickly spoke up to remind him.
Hearing Gandalf's reminder, Galen quickly sat up straight and said:
"Brothers, how well have you rested? Can you engage in battle?"
"No problem, Your Highness!"
Omar and the others answered in unison.
"Very good. Next, I will announce the next target of the Scarlet Flame Legion."
"In the mountains to our due east, there is a rich mineral deposit that is now occupied by a tribe of Kobolds."
As he spoke, Galen took out a roll of parchment, preparing to spread it out on the table. Varrokal recognized that this was the map he had made, and quickly took it and spread out the parchment map.
He gave Varrokal an approving look. As expected of his number one confidant, he had a good eye!
Galen turned his gaze back to the map and pointed to the approximate location of Grimbeard Canyon.
"This Kobold tribe is called Grimbeard. Their location is inside a canyon in the mountains, more than two thousand meters long. I named it Grimbeard Canyon."
"Kobolds are good at digging caves. Their height is generally between one meter and one meter two, and their weight is between seventy and one hundred pounds. Most of the miners are warriors of the tribe, and their weapons are the pickaxes and shovels they use for mining. A small number of Kobolds can use simple spells. Their fighting style is to swarm up, and the more Kobolds there are, the bolder they are, so our tactic is to defeat them in one wave of battle and then clear the caves."
Galen tried his best to tell his subordinates some of the information he knew about the Kobolds, so that they would have a general understanding of the Kobolds.
A great man once said: "Despise the enemy strategically, but take the enemy seriously tactically." Galen didn't want his carefully cultivated subordinates to stumble on the Kobolds' side.
"If possible, I hope to conquer this Kobold tribe! Do you understand?" Galen said a lot himself, and finally summarized it in one sentence.
"Understood!"
"Three large teams will be dispatched this time. Who will be the vanguard?"
"Me!"
"Me!"
"Me!"
"What are you cavalrymen going to do? Climb mountains to see the scenery?"
"Our cavalry can charge on horseback, and dismounted... we can also charge!"
"Keep bragging, Karl! Bragging doesn't require paying taxes!"
Varrokal and Fadhil showed what it means to be superficial brothers, mocking each other in order to grab the spot.
"Alright! Shut up. Amor, you assign the tasks."
Early in the morning, Galen's head was numb from the noise of these two treasures.
Amor first glanced at Aragorn thoughtfully, and then confidently said: "Master Karl will lead the scout team first to investigate the canyon's intelligence, preferably to find out the number of enemies. Mr. Aragorn will be the vanguard, Omar and Fadhil will support, and Varrokal will stay behind at the camp!"
As soon as Amor finished speaking, everyone's expressions were different. Varrokal looked like a deflated ball, with a face full of disappointment. Fadhil and Omar looked at each other, a hint of joy flashing past.
Aragorn was also relatively calm. Although he, like Gandalf, had lost most of his memories from his previous life, his combat memories as a Paladin were still there. For him, who was experienced, a battle of several thousand people was a piece of cake.
Galen and the others all understood that Amor wanted to see Aragorn's abilities and test his limits. After all, everyone present except for the later Aragorn had fought together, and Amor understood them all.
Only by clearly knowing the abilities of his subordinates could Amor better command the troops and give full play to everyone's strengths.