Chapter 444: The Baltic Empire (8) Repeats the Old Trick
Different from the barren Les Island, this land defrauded by the goddess Geoufein from the Yeats is very fertile, and the springs that will not stop for several winters make the entire island densely covered with water, fertile land, just sprinkle seeds at will, and you don't even need to cultivate, you can easily get a good harvest in autumn, plus it is surrounded by the ocean on all sides, not easy to be attacked by the enemy, and there are four powerful legendary demigods, and Sealand Island can even be said to be called the Valhalla Palace of the main plane.
"I don't know how the people who take care of the warehouse manage it, knowing that the weather is hot and the climate is dry, so they are not careful. ”
"Yes, yes, it's good that the warehouse was built outside the city, otherwise the fire would have spread to our house, and I don't want to have to carry stones to repair the house in such a hot weather. ”
"Have you gone out and seen it, the fire burned the forest outside the city, and the prey inside was also burned to death, and we won't have to hunt in the forest until next spring. ”
"What's the matter, the food in the cellar at home is enough for us to survive the winter, and the four adults won't watch us starve and freeze. ”
Conversations like this are circulating among the Sealand people, who do not have much melancholy on their faces, but discuss them with great interest, and their attitude towards the destruction of the warehouse by fire can also be seen here.
Such an attitude, from another point of view, is actually a good thing for Hassan, which shows that when they carry out sabotage activities in the future, as long as they are careful, they will not encounter too many obstacles and will not be easily detected by the other party.
It is conceivable that if these Hassans were allowed to continue their destruction, and by the time Alice led the army to land and attack the Sealanders, the Sealanders would not even be able to defend the city because they would not be able to provide enough food and water to survive.
And now that the walls of this main plane are getting stronger and stronger, the Sealand people cannot get water and food from other planes, and at that time, Alice does not need to storm the city, simply surround it, and it will not take long for these Sealand people to naturally succumb, well, if they do not give in, they will perish in famine.
When had the Sealands seen such scoundrel tactics, whether it was a war with the other Scandinavians or a dispute with the vampire Corondo, they were all engaged in brutal fighting on the battlefield, and they never thought that war could be like this, not to mention that they had not actually discovered it, and now they were in the midst of a war.
When the Sealand people were unaware of the danger and the war coming, Alice had already boarded Alia's fleet, and with her were three thousand heavily armed rhino warriors, and a hundred harpie support troops, three thousand rhino warriors had been trained by Skaha for a long time, and had more or less seen blood and death, and could be rated as qualified warriors, not many, but Alice was confident that even in the face of several times the number of enemies, they would not be afraid to win.
"Hurry up, hurry up, move fast, don't make a sound. ”
The rhinoceros people on the big ship made their movements in an orderly manner, quietly and quickly completing the preparations for the final expedition, their faces were very calm, as if the next battle was as simple and ordinary as drinking water.
It wouldn't be surprising if such an expression appeared on some veterans who had been through many battles, but these rhinoceros people were far from experienced, or perhaps it could only be attributed to Skaha's training.
The black paint allowed the boats to blend into the darkness of the night, and the boats crowded with rhinoceros people approached the shore silently, only the faint sound of breaking the waves echoed in the ears.
Although Hassan had been instructed by Alice to clear the 300-meter area around the flat beach suitable for landing, and the animals that made noises were simply treated to ensure that they would not be discovered by the Sealand and thus affect the landing, Alice still maintained her usual cautious style, and did not use lights to illuminate, but directly released the [dark vision] that can see things at night.
Except for a little moonlight shining on the beach, the whole place was pitch black, and perhaps even without the help of Hassan, it would have been difficult for the human eye to detect the anomaly on such a dark night.
Heavy steps on the sand, stepping on a deep footprint, the rhinoceros people who came down from the boat did not gather, they quickly took out the loaded materials from the boat, gathered four or five, and began to set up their camp directly on the beach.
There was still a rhinoceros man paddling in the boat, and now he was paddling the boat like a big boat in the distance, and more supplies and companions were there, waiting for the boat to transport them to Zealand.
On the beach in one corner of Zealand, the Hassans are on guard in the surrounding forest, while the rest of the rhinos have now shed their armor and are busy building a camp to be stationed.
Alice's strategy for Zealand must be foolproof, so no matter how well the Hassan sabotage is, Alice is still prepared for a protracted battle just in case.
After all, there are four legendary demigods among the opponents, similar to Gilgamesh, Ramses, Tutankhame, and Semiramis, who have the blood of gods and have inherited great power from their parents at birth.
The soft sand was dug up with a stone shovel, and the trimmed logs were inserted straight into the sand, and then the casters used magic such as "Turning Mud to Stone" to process and strengthen the surrounding sand, and completely fixed the logs on top of the earth, so that a simple wooden wall was built.
After the main wall was built, all that remained was to lay traps around it, not to mention a simple trap pit, after all, there are also many grasslands on Zealand to develop animal husbandry, and the Zealanders are also one of the few races among the Scandinavians who are good at horseback riding.
Horses made of wood and hemp rope were placed in a circle around the wooden wall to prevent the Sealanies from driving their horses directly into the wooden walls, and then in order to prevent the Sealaniards from resorting to fire tactics, more than a dozen paths were dug in the camp and seawater was introduced.
In addition to this, Alice also had the rhinoceros dig a three-meter-deep moat outside the city walls, which was also introduced into the seawater, which, like Jutland, was stocked with a large number of piranhas.
Of course, these piranhas were also transported from Jutland, and they were all females ready to spawn, and given enough time, they could reproduce in a terrible number in a very short time.
There is no way, the only materials that Alice can use in her hands are these things, because the stones are too heavy, if the fleet is allowed to transport enough materials to build a stone barracks, it will take at least half a month to go back and forth, and at that time, no matter how stupid the Sealand people are, no matter how superb Hassan's methods are, there is no way to cover up the matter for a long time.
If the camp is not set up, if it is attacked by the Sealams, it will be these rhinoceros people who are at a disadvantage, after all, such a tactic as a half-crossing attack can be used not only to cross the river, but also to cross the sea.
After the simplest defense of the perimeter was completed, the two teams of rhinoceros began to patrol the surroundings, and at the same time, the Harpy troops also infiltrated the forest, they originally had the habit of using the forest trees to hide their bodies for hunting, and now they came to the forest of Sealand and hid as a secret sentinel, which is essentially going back to their old jobs.
The small boats used for the transport were still carrying a steady stream of materials off the larger ships, this time unloading parts wrapped in thick cowhides, trebuchets, ballistas, and bolts.
These things had already been made in Jutland, and they were disassembled into parts for ease of transportation, and after being transported to Zealand, they could be reassembled and put into battle without much effort.
Facts have proven that these instruments made of wood and hemp rope have no less destructive power and lethality than the caster when conducting war, and more importantly, its cost is extremely low, the materials are wood and hemp rope that can be found everywhere, and the operation is also very simple, as long as a few soldiers with a little training can use it, and there is no need to worry too much about damage.
Unlike spellcasters, in addition to investing a lot of money and time, cultivation requires talent, and casting spells on the battlefield also requires limitations on magic and magic materials, and there are various tempers that need to be accommodated.
This is also the reason why most of the generals who are not spellcasters need a spellcaster's power to win the war, and on the other hand, they are disgusted by the caster's heart.
As the camp was set up, the sky began to brighten, and the rhinoceros people, who had been busy all night, were given ten minutes to eat food, replenish the energy they had just expended, and relax their tired bodies.
Because it is a war matter, their food is also very simple, salted air-dried meat, and a bottle of hot water is their food, the amount is not much, the taste is not very good, but there is a lot of heat energy in it, enough to replenish the energy lost before, especially the salt in the air-dried meat, for a lot of labor, and ready to fight, it is very important.
After a brief rest, they once again put themselves into their work, and the tents made of nitrate sheepskin and cowhide were neatly set up by them, which could protect them from cold wind and mosquitoes in the cold night, and could ensure that they could get enough rest at night, so that their bodies could play their normal combat effectiveness during the battle.
In one night, a simple military camp with defense and habitation was built, and the rhinoceros people began to rest in batches after a hard day's work, although it seemed a bit unorthodox to rest before the tense events of war, but if they did not get enough rest, it would definitely affect the state of the battle, and then affect the victory or defeat of the normal battle.
The rhinoceros people in these camps were able to rest in batches, but the rhinoceros who carried the boats and transported them in the small boats were not so lucky, as long as the materials and cargo on the boats were not unloaded, they did not have time to rest, even if their arms were numb, they had to continue to slide the oars and carry things to the shore.
In addition, Hassan and the Harpy, who were on guard in the outermost forest, could not rest, and they had to make sure that the area was not discovered by the Sealands until the army was ready, the warriors were rested, and the siege equipment was assembled.
Before you know it, the first day of coming to Zealand passed peacefully, and the Sealand people still did not notice the Jutland movement, but now that they have completed their preparations, there is no need for the Jutland to continue to hide.
In other words, after assembling the siege equipment and building the barracks, Alice began to plan for the Sealeland to discover their traces, and she preferred to further weaken the Sealeland in defensive battles rather than actively attacking the Sealand cities.
Turning the entire camp into a huge meat grinder, so that the Sealeland need to drop many corpses for each step forward, especially the two moats, for the Sealand who have not experienced war for a long time, they can only bury them with one fresh life, and at that time, Alice has the possibility of annihilating the Sealand army and forcing them to surrender at a very small cost.
If it weren't for this, Alice wouldn't have had to spend so much time around the camp, making moats and piranhas, she could have launched a direct attack on the Sealand in a big way, taking advantage of the cover of night, and attacking the city in one breath to carry out the final and most brutal street fighting.
This was not just Alice's fantasy, nor was it a plan just on paper, because Alice had obtained information from Hassan about the Sealand defenses, the location of all their guard sentries, and the specific situation of the city walls.
However, for Alice, it was not necessary to engage in direct street fighting, which would only repeat the Goths' frustration in Upplan, and the 3,000 rhino army that Skaha had trained with great difficulty would be killed in pointless engagements by some unarmed civilians using their familiar surroundings.