Chapter 15: Closing the Nostalgia

"It's spectacular. It was easy to climb the gate, and standing on the top of the city wall, the morning sun opened its arms and looked down at the way they had come and exclaimed.

Under the bright sunshine, the green mountains and green valleys are in front of them, and the wide passage in the valley winds its way to the Dingjiao Asgobi where they came, which makes people feel heroic.

Only by standing here can you fully feel how heroic the mind of the human race was back then, as if as long as you stretch out your hand, you can firmly grasp all the land you see in front of you, as well as the mountains, rivers, animals and plants on the land.

Of course, even if you stand on the top of the city wall more than 100 meters high, it is impossible to see the valley and see the 800-mile Gobi, unless you fly into the sky, and then you can see the entire vast land that you have walked through before.

"You see, these hollows are where the four fixed tripods of the giant trebuchet were placed. The hundred-pound boulders projected from here can be thrown all the way to the valley road more than 200 meters away, and the lethality caused is simply appalling, and the enemy can be easily smashed into meat cakes. Plitander pointed to the hollow in the ground near the battlements of the wall, and said with a funny look at the beard on the corner of his mouth.

At the fingers of the old housekeeper, there are more than ten depressions, which are arranged very neatly, and at a glance you can know that they are artificially set, and the small circular pits that are deeply chiseled are still basically well preserved today, thousands of years later. Thinking that the trebuchet is too huge, in order to place and fix its four tripods, so that they are firmly nailed to the ground, and avoid their own instability when projecting boulders, each tripod has three to four deep holes for large bolts to anchor.

As Plitander spoke, the two young men followed the old butler's arm, as if they saw a large trebuchet firmly fixed here, swinging its throwing arm towards the enemy who was pouring all over the mountains, smashing huge stones into the enemy's thick military formation, and each blow caused a lot of damage to the invading demon coalition army.

"Uncle. May I ask what kind of equipment is set up here, and why are there two long tracks on the ground?" the girl looked at a group of stone rails every few tens of meters, and was very puzzled.

"Oh. It was used to set up heavy bed crossbows. The tension required before the launch of the bed crossbow is very large, and the retreat force generated during the launch is also very strong, and the whole bed crossbow often has to retreat three or four meters away from the back, and accidentally injure the nearby soldiers, and the re-launch has to face the problem of tensioning and laboriousness. Therefore, the dwarven craftsman who was responsible for designing and arranging the city defense equipment spent a lot of thought to improve the original bed crossbow model. ”

The old butler stretched out his hands and simulated the action of pushing and pulling, and said: " After considering all the problems, the craftsman specially designed these two tracks, as long as the four wheels of the bed crossbow base are placed on the track, and the crossbow is shot with a huge crossbow arrow by pulling the crossbow string with gears, the huge rear thrust will push the bed crossbow back, and then it is blocked by the soft cushion at the end of the track, and at the same time, the upper machine bracket has stored enough force to quickly pull the bed crossbow back to its original position, and the gear synchronously pulls the crossbow string to open, and the soldier in charge of the operation only needs to place the crossbow arrows, and the bed crossbow is in a state that can be fired at any time. ”

"I see. That dwarven craftsman was really powerful, and he came up with such a perfect solution to such an intractable problem. The dwarves are truly the best race at building and mechanics. Dawn stuck out her tongue and admired the former craftsmen who improved the bed crossbow.

It is difficult to invent, but it is also difficult to improve on the basis of predecessors. Without hard work, it is impossible to achieve brilliant achievements, ancient and modern.

And no matter which ethnic group finally achieves this achievement, whether it is my race or not, it is worthy of being remembered and praised by future generations, and it is everywhere.

Plitander is a well-read man, and Dawn and Normer have read so many history books, but none of them record the knowledge that the old butler has said, nor do they know where he got it. Others may wonder if the old butler is making up stories, but for the two young men who have been accustomed to hearing him tell history and introduce local customs and anecdotes, they are convinced, Uncle Plitander has never lied.

It is precisely because he knows all kinds of settings and defensive equipment here well, the old housekeeper is like an excellent tour guide, while walking, while introducing the surrounding situation like a number of treasures, not only the traces left on the ruins come from, what kind of defensive equipment was originally placed on it, but also the characteristics of each instrument, the specific operation mode and the approximate lethality, one by one to the two of them in detail, reasonable, a typical technical flow expert style, listening to the two are fascinated, admired.

"That's right, uncle. You haven't told us how long this Xiongguan lasted before it was captured by the demon alliance?"

"In the past, there were 20,000 elite Terran soldiers on this 'Visigothic Gate'. In addition, there are more than 500 high-ranking warriors and mages, led by four holy orders, including knights, berserkers, mages, and priests. The four guards are all good at defense, and the leader is Manuel, who has the nickname 'Striker', how long do you think they can hold out?" Touching his delicately trimmed beard, Plitander not only did not directly answer the girl's question, but smiled and deliberately tested her.

The so-called good at defense is not just knowing how to defend to the death, there is no fortress in this world that cannot be attacked. Timely attacks to defuse defensive pressure is one of the necessary conditions for a good defensive general, in other words, the ability to defend and counterattack is the main reason why they have won the title of famous general.

Cowering in the city to defend passively, without foreign reinforcements to rescue the predicament, you can only wait for death.

In the long seventy years, the Terrans have emerged so many famous generals, and there are many who are good at defense.

With such a fierce man as a guard, Xiongguan is indeed not easy to fall.

Dawn didn't answer casually. She looked around at the ruins, thinking of the comprehensive power of the strong bow and crossbow combined with high-level magic, silently calculating the length of the city wall and several plans for the deployment of troops, and compared them for a while before she said softly: "Half a month?"

The girl's tone and expression showed that she was not very confident in her answer.

While waiting for the maiden to answer, the old butler of Plitander kept smiling with a fox-like sly expression, and Dawn knew very well what it meant whenever he showed such a smile that stole a chicken.

Combat is not simply to do addition and subtraction, but often to carefully consider the comprehensive impact of various factors on the battle situation, and to estimate the possible variables and their consequences, and to do a good job of emergency plans, can be called a very serious practical discipline, only the final practice can test whether the previous sand table drill is reasonable.

If you get it wrong, the consequences can be devastating. In human history, it is not uncommon for a battle to change the fate of a dynasty, and then change the course of history.

According to common sense, a Xiongguan with dangerous terrain, such complete defensive facilities, sufficient reserves of logistics and troops, and a small defensive front guarded by elite soldiers and high-level powerhouses, and the commander is a holy rank who is good at defense, it can almost be said that there is no weakness.

If there is no particularly big accident, you can last for a month just by fighting for consumption.

The reason why Dawn reported half the time less than the normal answer was due to the fact that the demons were notoriously strong like clouds, especially among the vanguard of the coalition forces, there must be fierce warriors such as Beamon Behemoths that could sweep the ground, and there were special cases of griffon commando bonuses in the air.

From the air to the ground, the tremendous pressure exerted by the three-dimensional offensive is far from being comparable to that of an ordinary war of intensity, and it is by no means an easy task to hold out for 15 days in the face of such a terrible enemy.

"Not true. The old butler smiled and denied the girl's answer.

"Well, isn't that right?" Chenxi was a little surprised, thought about it again, and replied, "Ten days is there, right?"

Obviously, the old housekeeper didn't say whether the answer was long or short, but for some reason, the girl actually chose to look up at the demon alliance, and the answer she gave again was still obviously not confident in the human race.

Plitander smiled again and shook his head.

"Still isn't right? it won't be captured in three or five days, right?" This time it was Normer's turn to interject from the side, and with a slight hesitation, he put forward his opinion.

The teenager's surprise and suspicion were justified.

Since in real history, the demon clan leader at the beginning of the war drove straight into the hinterland of the human continent and quickly killed him, proving that they would not spend too much time on the first level. Otherwise, no matter how scattered the Terran countries are, they will be able to respond and deploy in a timely manner, and arrange and strengthen the second and third lines of defense in a targeted manner, so that they will not be quickly defeated, and they will almost destroy the country and the race, and they will be reduced to the miserable point of begging the Protoss and the Sea Clan to save them side by side.

And from today's ruins, we can see that all the fortifications on Xiongguan are arranged in a targeted manner, a large bed crossbow in ten steps, a giant trebuchet in thirty steps, and every five or six steps either hang a log full of nails, or hang a weighty beat, and the pass can be said to be armed to the teeth.

In addition, regardless of the arrangement of troops or major generals, it is obvious that sufficient defensive preparations have been made in advance, and the entire "Visigothic Gate" is like a boulder that is extremely strong, just waiting for the demons to take the initiative to pounce and hit their heads and bleed.

That fully shows that the human race is by no means defeated by the lightning offensive of the so-called demons, or arrogant and unprepared.

But the young man still felt that it was too unbelievable to say that such a prohibitive level could not withstand even three or five days.