Resurrection Empire

Chapter 767 289: The Empty Fort Strategy

Around dusk, Ren Zhong simultaneously received two messages.

One was from the oversight agency specially set up by the Tanggu Group for corporate warfare.

The oversight agency notified him that since the Ren Group had completely crushed the surviving forces of Wangdong Resources and formed an absolute encirclement of its headquarters, the opponent had no means to turn the tide and chose to concede defeat.

According to corporate warfare rules, Ren Zhong only needed to pay 20% of the bank-appraised value to all shareholders of Wangdong Resources, which amounted to six hundred million, to automatically acquire all of Wangdong Resources' fixed assets in Wangdong Town and the Ruined Beast resource extraction rights in Wangdong Town.

Ren Zhong chose to pay the six hundred million without hesitation.

From now on, Wangdong Town belonged to him.

The war in Wangdong Town was formally declared over.

The second message was from Zheng Tian.

"Boss, thanks to our superior equipment, skilled training, and preparedness, the death toll of our First Army in this campaign is thirteen hundred and sixty-seven, with two thousand four hundred and fifty-five severely wounded and four thousand five hundred and seventy-three lightly injured. The average recovery period for the severely wounded is three weeks, while the lightly injured can resume combat readiness by tomorrow. We killed nine thousand five hundred and sixty-three of the enemy and severely injured six thousand four hundred and twenty-two."

Ren Zhong nodded.

Though reluctant to admit it, the fact is that Zheng Tian was more adapted to war than himself.

This was evidenced by the enemy's death toll even exceeding the number of severely wounded.

Zheng Tian gave the First Army warriors strict orders, and the firepower was unleashed fiercely.

She was more ruthless.

"Boss, the severely wounded are being dispatched and will soon be escorted back to Starfire Town. My original plan is to rest in Wangdong Town for a day and recruit six thousand local Professionals to form an assault battalion. But if you need support on your end, I can leave only one thousand in Wangdong Town to guard, and the rest will head straight to Zhaoshan Town. I can arrive in three hours and join forces with you at ten thirty in the evening to launch a direct assault and break through Zhaoshan Town's turtle formation with our numerical and firepower advantage."

If Ren Zhong hadn't come up with a plan, Zheng Tian's proposal would indeed have been the only viable solution.

Using the fiercest offensive to shorten the firefight time and reduce our side's casualty ratio.

But after thinking it over, Ren Zhong rejected Zheng Tian's proposal.

"You battled all day, and if you push into a forced march to launch a fierce attack without proper rest, facing Zhaoshan Town's city defense artillery array, our total casualties may exceed six thousand. Stick to your original plan, rest there, and proceed directly to Nangao Town tomorrow to join the Starfire Army."

Zheng Tian: "But..."

She already knew about Ren Zhong's arrangements and guessed his plan.

But she thought it was very risky.

Recently, she also followed Ma Xiaoling into the "Wilderness Era," quickly becoming the deputy chairman of the Xiliang Horse Gang's combat command.

From the game, she learned two new proverbs: "A gentleman does not stand under a collapsing wall" and "A son of a thousand gold does not sit by a sagging hall."

Zheng Tian believed that Ren Zhong was now worth millions and couldn't suffer any mishap lightly.

The entire Ren Group existed around Ren Zhong, and if anything happened to him, the loss would be far greater than the loss of thousands of these recently recruited Yangsheng Army warriors.

Here, Ren Zhong waved his hand to interrupt Zheng Tian, saying, "There's nothing inappropriate, I have my calculations and confidence. Yesterday, my mercy indeed came at a cost, but I will personally make amends for that mistake. Zheng Tian, I know that fighting always results in deaths, and my mistake was in feeling sympathy for others. We should have enough respect for the lives of our soldiers."

Zheng Tian: "Boss, this is not appropriate, really. I know you... sigh, never mind, I'll show you the warriors' psychological status report."

After speaking, Zheng Tian sent Ren Zhong an analysis report she had compiled personally.

The Yangsheng Army warriors had no complaints about the deaths.

Every Scavenger knows there are risks in participating in warfare, but going out hunting carries risks as well.

As Scavengers, are there any days they don't live on the edge of danger?

Now that they had transformed from Scavengers to warriors, they were not only mentally prepared but eagerly anticipated further expanding their gains.

Zheng Tian strictly implemented the reward mechanism Ren Zhong had established.

Taking Wangdong Town, the Ren Group's net profit reached twenty-two billion.

Of this, 2.2 billion will be distributed as bonuses to the thirty thousand warriors of the First Army, with an average share of over seven thousand each.