CHAPTER 1348: CHAPTER 716: THE FUTURE OF BLOOD GORGE CITY

The goblins’ talent in animal training far exceeded Gaven’s expectations, especially those hobgoblins recruited from the Giant Plains, who have a long history of animal training themselves.

Not only do they use cattle and horses for transport, they even train crows to exchange information.

Training ferocious wolves to help guard prisoners, protect goblin camps, and selecting the strong ones as warwolf mounts goes without saying, it’s well known.

Some Hobgoblin Tribes even train fierce carnivorous apes as their battle beasts.

Initially, Gaven dispatched some fae race druids to assist in taming those giant wild animals, and once the hobgoblins’ abilities in this area were unearthed, they gradually withdrew.

Because there also existed an ancient hostility and hatred between hobgoblins and elves, fae races, they would attack elves without any reason. On the battlefield, they would even abandon the current enemy to prioritize attacking elves, leading to the misfortune of annihilation.

This inherent trait is the hardest to change.

For now, Gaven had no intention of spending much effort on this and thought it best to keep both parties at a distance.

"The wealth accumulated over the years in the Giant Plains has been almost entirely siphoned by us, and with winter approaching, the Lord is about to deploy troops on a large scale in other directions. Hence, I want to convene a tribal assembly in the Giant Plains, inviting the chieftains and leaders of all surrounding tribes and races to sign a peace covenant, temporarily ceasefire, coexist peacefully, and develop together."

Blood Claw was already prepared for this.

The hobgoblins themselves are a military race, emphasizing tactics and discipline. Those leaders are not only the strongest in the warband tribes but also the most strategically minded, capable of leading their tribe to execute complex battle plans.

Their racial traits align with the faith of Lady Strategy, and when Gaven sent numerous dedicated sacrificers to teach them more systematic planning, strategy, and tactics, they eagerly absorbed the knowledge that was useful to them.

They had already started forming their own strategy teams, modeled after the Conqueror Army’s advisory system, with each battle commander equipped with one or two advisers responsible for making suggestions and managing logistics support. Blood Claw had over a dozen hobgoblin chief advisers helping manage Blood Gorge City.

"This proposal is very good indeed. Blood Gorge City should indeed halt its advances, appropriately digest and consolidate its current gains, and with the help of the super giant road idol, expanding the branch roads of the Giant Plains is key to stabilizing your rule in the next step. I will form a new road-building team to assist in large-scale road construction in the Giant Plains.

As long as there is a sufficiently dense road network, you only need two thousand elite Goblin Wolf Cavalry, combined with hobgoblin militias, to firmly control the entire Giant Plains.

Upgrade all your hobgoblin infantry from Blood Gorge City into Goblin Wolf Cavalry, and I will need at least three thousand Goblin Wolf Cavalry transferred from your side."

From the start, Gaven positioned Blood Gorge City as a large military camp for himself, providing a continuous supply of powerful hobgoblin forces. Now that it’s formed so quickly, it’s only natural to extract the elite for his own use.

The strength of Goblin Wolf Cavalry has never been on the plains but in the rugged and impassable mountains and wilderness.

The complex and ever-changing terrain of the Rocklands will provide an opportunity for them to shine, and during the confrontation with the Tukan Nomads Tribes’ invasion, they will be Gaven’s important trump card.

"I too wish to turn all hobgoblins into Wolf Cavalry," Blood Claw said somewhat helplessly, "but what limits the number of Wolf Cavalry has never been the rider; it’s the mounts. Only those with large body types like dire wolves and ferocious wolves are qualified to become our mounts.

Our Goblin Wolf Cavalry number can reach over two thousand, thanks to the gigantic wild wolves produced in the Giant Plains. Otherwise, having just a thousand would be good enough.

The entire Giant Plains, the gigantic wild wolves we could collect have been almost completely gathered. In the short term, where can we find so many wolf mounts? The three thousand wild wolves we have tamed are just common wild wolves, fit to be goblin mounts, but cannot serve us hobgoblins."

"Select suitable hobgoblins and appropriate war horses, form a hobgoblin heavy cavalry group numbering in the thousands. With the support of convenient roads and teleportation tactics, the plains will be the domain of heavy cavalry.

The remaining two thousand hobgoblins will wholly become hobgoblin light cavalry. You keep one thousand, and the other two thousand, together with those two thousand Goblin Wolf Cavalry, will be given to me. I will gradually replace their mounts in use.

I believe it’s still possible to scrape together a thousand suitable wolf mounts from the Rocklands and Goblin Margins," Gaven proposed a compromise solution.

"This brings us to another problem we face; our current equipment is severely insufficient, let alone heavy cavalry, which demands the most equipment." Despite his delight, Blood Claw’s face again bore an undisguisable worry.

Who doesn’t like heavy cavalry?

Especially with heavy cavalry composed of hobgoblins with an average height of two meters, on the plains, they would be an iron torrent, showcasing their powerful might, with a deterrent effect far superior to Goblin Wolf Cavalry.

But this unit greatly demands equipment.