The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family
Chapter 2725

"Moreover, as soon as you have reverse-slope fortifications, it would be even more difficult for the other party to bombard or launch an attack on your base. Even if they could break into the valley, your soldiers would be able to cover the entire area with firepower from the reverse-slope fortifications from halfway up the mountain. That way, the opponent would never be able to come out alive." 1

As soon as Hamed, who was on the other end of the line, heard this, his eyes lit up instantly.

Meanwhile, Charlie continued, "As long as you strengthen your defenses and turn yourself into an iron bucket, they will certainly give up on dealing with you and choose to go to war with other opposition forces instead when they realize that they will not be able to defeat you. You should also try not to take the initiative to launch an attack. Instead, you should simply hide in your own base to defend yourself when the enemy comes, and attack when the enemy is retreating. That way, you would not only be able to preserve your strength very well, but you will also have the opportunity to depend on your strong defensive abilities to continuously absorb and take in stragglers and stray soldiers who have been defeated." 3

Hamed said excitedly, "Brother, where did you learn

this from? It sounds very reasonable indeed!"

Charlie smiled as he said, "I learned it from my Oskian ancestors. You should do a good job in building up your infrastructure and defense. At the same time, you should not take the initiative to attack. This is what it means to heighten your fortifications, store up on rations and provisions, and delay enthronization!"

As he spoke, Charlie said again, "Asking you to wait for the stragglers or stray soldiers from the opposition faction is equivalent to asking you to delay engaging in the fray until everyone else has already been exhausted after fighting amongst themselves. In other words, it would be better for others to die for your own interests at the expense of their interests."

Hamed said emotionally, "Brother, I can further enhance my defensive abilities according to what you have taught me. However, if another brother from my own force asks me for help, wouldn't I feel embarrassed to delay engaging in the fray until everyone else has already been exhausted after fighting amongst themselves?"

Charlie smiled as he said, "What's there to be embarrassed about? Other people can engage in their own battles, and you should just watch from the sides."

Hamed said embarrassedly, "I'm afraid that I would be cast aside by the entire opposition faction, then."

Charlie replied seriously, "It does not matter if they were to cast you aside. The most important thing is for you to survive. We will not take the initiative to start a fight, and we will not get too close to any other opposition force. Instead, we will do our best to preserve our strength. That way, even if the opposition force were to fail one day, you would still remain as a strong and unyielding force. If the other party has no way to deal with you at all, there would be a greater probability of them recruiting you. As soon as they recruit you, everything would be much easier to deal with. You would then be able to negotiate terms with them in exchange for an official appointment." 3

As he spoke, Charlie smiled slightly as he said seriously, "This is what is called being capable in both offense and defense."

Hamed was silent over the other end of the phone for a long time.

He had never before thought of these strategies and tactics that Charlie had just mentioned.

Their current strategic situation was relatively simple. They would just fight indiscriminately, and they would certainly fight as long as they met an opposing force that they were incompatible with. However, most of them simply paid attention to the present time, and they did not have any long-term systematic or strategic planning on hand at all.

In contrast, although Charlie had grown up in a peaceful era and had never seen what war was like, he had learned various allusions Oskian history ever since he was young. Therefore, he had a theoretical foundation for various strategies.

Moreover, in the few wars that Oskia had gone through against their foreign enemies, they had fought in many classical battles. This also highlighted Oskia's unique strategic thinking. Therefore, Charlie synthesized his own cognitive foundation, and he quickly came up with a relatively accurate judgment o f Hamed's current situation.

As long as Hamed could implement the strategy of heightening his fortifications, storing up on rations and provisions, and delay enthronization, regardless of whether the opposition force would be able to succeed or not, Hamed himself would certainly have the opportunity to achieve success. 4

Hamed was greatly inspired as soon as he heard this, and he blurted out, "Brother! After listening to your words, I'm suddenly very clear-minded and enlightened! I'll arrange for someone to purchase a batch of light industrial and mining equipment so that we can immediately start working on building up the fortifications on the main roads and the surrounding mountains. At the same time, I'll also purchase more weapons, ammunition, food, and medication so that we can be prepared to hold fast to our base for a long time!" 6