Chapter 517: The Last City
Mo Yu has always accepted the idea that if you eat too much greasy and too much in the morning, it is not particularly good for the body.
This time, Mo Yu can be regarded as completely abandoning this thing, he doesn't care about this concept at all, he eats a lot of things, there is a good saying, people eat and are full of flowers, this is the truth.
But Mo Yu's stomach is not swollen, these seafood are so delicious, which makes his surroundings very comfortable and promotes his appetite.
So the three of them only had to lie on the bench after eating, but Lin Ruifeng was not so irritable, and the speed of eating was relatively slow when eating, and he ate relatively little.
So now the only one who can stand up is Lin Ruifeng.
Lin Ruifeng smiled: "You rest for a while, we will eat from here at noon and prepare to the last city, but it is best before noon, otherwise it may be a little later to reach the last city." ”
Of course, several people need to take a break at this time, everyone's stomach is full, and it seems that this belly is also very large.
Mo Yu had already planned to take a good rest and set off before noon, because if you set off late, it would be easy to get sunburned.
Now that the sun is about to rise, it is likely that the sun will not even be able to lift your head when it is about empty after noon, so it is a very good choice to be in the carriage at this time.
The carriage is very well closed, and the color on it is not particularly dark, so the ability to absorb sunlight is not so strong, and it does not feel very hot inside the carriage.
So Mo Yu felt that it was not bad in the carriage, a few people were enjoying the shade under the tree, and they actually played late last night.
It's just that a few people are doing things, so they can't feel it.
After about a while, several people felt that they had almost rested, and they were about to set off.
There are not too many things for several people, and one person comes with a military backpack on his back, so basically one person can carry a military backpack when he goes.
They came by rowing boat, but this time they didn't want to row anymore because they were too tired, and with the ocean current blocking them in the middle, it was estimated that it would take a lot of time for a few people.
So all three of them unanimously chose not to row, in the past they thought that this work was a very simple thing, but now all people think that this work is not a simple thing, so they now also have a heartfelt respect for the fishermen.
I also know that what I eat and drink is not a simple thing that can be obtained, this is still only used for rowing, if you add the labor of fishing, even if a few people are people who study martial arts, even if a few people are often in good health, they may not be able to catch up with others.
In fact, Mo Yu finally understood why those old farmers looked very powerful, not only did they look powerful, but they really had very strong power, and this power came from long-term accumulation.
Therefore, Mo Yu felt that he was still quite immature now, and he always felt that he had been strong for so long and could compare to the strength of most people, but now he was severely slapped in the face by himself.
However, this thing is still different, although it is true that the strength is greater than Mo Yu, but there is one thing that still needs to be taken into account, that is, people do such things for a long time, and they have a certain skill in long-term proficiency, and they don't even know this skill, but the muscle reaction has become more familiar after a long time.
However, this power is indeed greater than Mo Yu's, this is certain.
Especially for those who have been rowing those relatively large boats for a long time, that kind of person's arms are thicker than Mo Yu's two, not because they are fat, but because of the muscles given by long-term labor.
Once again, the three of them did not choose to row over by themselves, so they chose to get on the big boat, because the big boat could not be parked on the beach, it was very easy to run aground, and some wind and waves caused so they did not dare to get too close.
This time Lin Ruifeng rowed a small boat and took three people to Dachun, Lin Ruifeng obviously has some skills when rowing, just look at the posture of other people's rowing, sometimes I feel that the inertia is very good, and the support is very beautiful, if it is not an exaggeration to say that it is compared with a girl.
The speed seems to be very fast, the main thing is that people don't look struggling.
Finally arrived at the side of the big boat, and the movement of several people was also very sensitive, but this stage was very dangerous when the small boat was close to the big boat and let people go up, because at this time, the wind and waves would cause a violent collision between the small boat and the big boat.
Sometimes this violent collision can be very impressive, and usually if there is a strong wind, the small boat can easily be smashed in the vicinity of the big ship.
That kind of huge power is not something that one person can control, and I don't think it's that easy to control between them.
The current wind and waves are not particularly big, and then they can be resisted with their hands, Lin Ruifeng used his oars to approach the boat hard, and let Mo Yu hold it on the side.
Let Shi Bozhang and Bai Yunyi go up first, and after the two people went up, two people came down, and then let Mo Yu and Lin Ruifeng go up, and these two people ran to the back of the boat, tied the boat to the top of the big boat, and entered the hull through a special passage.
Came to the top deck.
After everyone came up, the boat set sail.
The boat has changed direction in the middle of this current, but there is no big problem, and the person who controls the sailboat is still very powerful, and it is definitely not as good as a sentence in this small current.
Mo Yu played very happily this time, lying on the splint was very comfortable, the sun at this time made people feel quite good, if the time moved back a little more, then the sun would become a negative thing.
You will feel a special burning of the skin.
Lin Ruifeng told them that if a better metal sword is placed in the open space, it means that the smooth surface of this sword is relatively light.
If you slip in this place and dry it at noon, if you knock an egg, you will immediately find that one of the eggs is actually cooked, or solidified, and it is a bit exaggerated if it is cooked.
Mo Yu believes this very much, sometimes it is like this when he is in the south, especially some dark-colored metals, which are placed under the sun, and they become very hot and very hot after a while.
So if people in this place want to take a bath, there is actually an easier way than boiling hot water, and that is to take a large basin and put it under the sun.
Then put a transparent cloth on top of this large basin, preferably with relatively small ventilation, and then put it under the sun for two or three hours, you will feel that a large basin of water is very, very hot, and the whole basin of water is like this, there is no hot at the top and cold at the bottom.
Because when taking a bath, even in the summer, most people still prefer to take a bath with hot water.
And I feel that sometimes boiling water is more troublesome, so I used such a method, which is actually quite easy to use, and most people choose to use this method.
Mo Yu was lying on a chair on the deck, next to Bai Yunyi, the two of them were extremely comfortable, at this time a large number of birds were hovering in the air, most of the birds liked to hunt at this time, and like humans, they didn't like too hot weather.
So it's a pretty good idea to go back to the forest at the time of the sun's worst.
Seeing the birds chirping in the sky, Mo Yu didn't feel particularly troubled, but felt that the calls of these birds were quite good.
Soon we were on the other side of the river, or the other side of the ocean to be exact, and there was nothing too wrong with this statement.
If you let a few people row, it is estimated that you can only row to the other side at noon, especially Bai Yunyi, who used to brag about the cow is not blowing at all now, and now he is really afraid.
After arriving on the other side, because of the river, the big boat was not afraid of running aground, and came directly to the river on the opposite bank, and several people went down from the bow.
After going down, the carriage was transported, first the horses were put down, and then the next thing was to put the cart down.
It was not too difficult to put the carriage down, there was a small dock on the ship, there was a lift, and it was moved by human power, so the tail of the carriage was quickly transported.
As a merchant ship, this thing is a must-have.
Soon after it was transported, the carriage was connected to the horse, and several people got into the carriage after it was securely connected.
But it still needs to wait for a while, because the guards are not ready yet, and this trip is definitely to bring escorts, not only Mo Yu is afraid, but even Lin Ruifeng is a little scared.
If there are really so many people robbing the road, it is really a little difficult to deal with, if there are so many people, the other party has to weigh it if they want to do it, even if it is done, Lin Ruifeng is not particularly afraid now.
After all, they are all their own cronies, and these people also have a very, very good advantage, that is, they are not afraid of death, as the saying goes, the soft are afraid of the hard, and the hard are afraid of not dying, as long as these people have such a quality, they can often survive and defeat each other.
This time with such a guard, Mo Yu is not so worried, in the last battle, Mo Yu actually had a certain feeling, in fact, fighting alone is indeed not a hero, as long as he can command properly, in fact, the troops are under similar circumstances, it is easy to break up the opponent.
It's a pity that these people are not commanded by Mo Yu, if it is Mo Yu commanded by Mo Yu, Mo Yu's sense of accomplishment will definitely be greater, and the silence once again feels the charm of this art of war or this kind of command.
A few people set off quickly, and the speed of action of these people is very fast, in fact, sometimes it can be seen that the combat quality of these people is very high, and since the combat quality is very high, it actually means that these people have a certain amount of training.
In fact, I have been suspicious, I suspect that the Lin family should have a certain amount of training, and this training means self-training, in fact, the extreme country has always been very disgusted with private forces, no matter which country it is, no matter which country it used before, it is very disgusted with this kind of force.
It is this kind of private force, Mo Yu can see that the Lin family should have made a lot of efforts in this regard, and most of the personnel are abroad, so this matter has become unclear, and Mo Yu has always heard his father talk about it.
In a certain case, if a person is outside, he must comply with two laws, that is, he must obey two laws, and the inability to form a private powerful force should also be regarded as one of the laws.
That's because this thing is written in law is relatively vague, what kind of thing is considered a force, and the way this thing is judged also makes people feel very vague.
As I said earlier, if a trading house has a large number of people who need to work because of business expansion, are these people who need to work as a force?
If there is a person who knows martial arts, he learned it by himself, or he came out of the academy, and this firm has recruited a large number of such personnel, then are they considered some private forces?
This thing is already very vague in the polar countries, not to mention what will happen if you go abroad, in fact, the degree of ambiguity should be a little higher when you go abroad.
Therefore, Mo Changji said that many commercial houses have established a certain amount of their own power abroad, and what do they want to do, Mo Changji also gave the following statement.
After all, there are still some dangers abroad, and many things are different from those at home, whether it is political danger or pure force danger, it belongs to the category of danger.
Then establishing one's own power is within the scope of what it should be, not to mention that confrontation with foreign trading houses has always been something that the polar country needs.
Therefore, this kind of thing will become more ambiguous, or in some cases, the polar countries are all supportive, but the high-level leaders of the polar countries have always been vague about this kind of thing.
What if these powerful military forces enter the country? Is it dealt with by private forces or acquiescing?
Because the establishment of this kind of power is actually a very simple thing for this kind of business house, if there is money it is even simpler, and the things that are needed are basically money, people and people.
After having these two things, it is not particularly difficult to establish your own military power, and even the art of war or command is actually understood by most people from the academy.
So when they become a fighting Ding, will they always pose a huge threat to the original country?
There is no defined number of threats, so these firms are basically a small sect in a way.
The number can reach 200 people, 300 people, or even 500 people.
These are indeed a large number of people, and of course most of the trading houses cannot afford to keep five hundred idlers, who are often paid very well, because they do things with their heads on their belts.
This kind of person often has a salary almost equivalent to that of a hall owner, and if it is abroad, there is a certain amount of subsidies, which means that many people are willing to engage in such an industry.
Being able to reach the salary of a hall master but not having to worry about the hall master's affairs, it is just that you need to die sometimes, which is a very good thing for some people, not to mention that most of the time you don't need to die, but the degree of danger is relatively high.
200 people is not a difficult task for a large trading house, and it is still possible to raise these people.
But what kind of combat effectiveness can 200 people achieve?
In fact, many people listen to the country's tens of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of people every day, so 200 people completely ignore him, thinking that 200 people can't set off what kind of wind.
However, if there is a complete range of troops among the 200 people, and they have a strong psychological quality and combat quality, these two hundred people can set off a great storm.
Moreover, if 200 people are in the case of a surprise attack, it is not a problem to take down a city, to be precise, it is not a problem to take down a city gate.
Once a city gate is taken, the consequences are unimaginable, and it is not very difficult to defend a city gate with 200 people on top of the city tower.
Of course, the premise is to have very powerful equipment, and these 200 people need to be on the same page.
At this time, you can see the role of these 200 people, but what if you talk about four or five large commercial houses at the same time?
At the same time, under the unified command, all the four city gates were attacked, and the four city gates were defended, and all the soldiers on the city tower were killed, and then slowly infiltrated inside, and the city gates were opened to introduce other forces.
Then the probability that this city can be destroyed is still very large, and it turns out that the probability of this city being captured is still very large, and the reason is very simple.
Of course, there is still a certain chance of being overturned, because there are still a lot of elites in the Elder's Mansion, and there must be about a few thousand soldiers on patrol.
Even if some logistics department temporarily picks up weapons, it can be used as some vocal force, and if the commander organizes it properly, it should not be much difficult to capture the tower defended by 1,000 men.
What's more, these 1,000 people are scattered defense.
I'm afraid that the concentration of these forces is not in place, and the other party can be broken individually, there is an example to give it.
If ten people fight one person, there are actually no casualties, and if a patrol is broken one by one, the casualties are actually very small, but the damage that can be caused to the other party is very large.
Therefore, I am afraid that I will not be able to gather the strength to break the opponent's shares one by one in a short time, and I am also afraid of additional forces, once the city gate is captured, then the entry and exit are completely controlled by them.
Because the matter of opening the city gate is not only decided by the soldiers below, the highest priority is also the soldiers above, and the soldiers above can control the opening and closing of this city gate.
It's just a little slow in terms of speed, but it's true that 200 people can attack the city in an instant, and there is no big problem.
200 people actually sounds like a bit of a lot, but if you think about it, you can see that there are about 10 people led by a squad leader of the patrol team in the city.
If these people have strong combat power and have perfect class coordination, it is really not a particularly difficult thing to attack in an instant.
Therefore, the extreme country is particularly afraid of this, so many cities can't send a large number of soldiers to defend every day, each city gate is actually twenty or thirty people, part of the attention is still in the city, not to mention the non-war state, it may send so many soldiers into the city.
Siege warfare is a very hard thing.
If an unknown force really takes over a city and controls all the administrators in it, then the process of defense is simply very easy.
There is a very, very striking example in the history books that a city can sustain an army for at least a month, and when it is strictly defended.
A level of 6,000 people blocked the opponent's 100,000 people for half a month, and finally persevered until the arrival of reinforcements, and the proportion also reached an astonishing one to three.
This is a very staggering number in any kind of war.
Of course, this city also has a certain relationship, it is relatively high and occupies a certain amount of natural risk, but it has invaded this city, this endless plain.
But 6,000 people blocked the 100,000 people who attacked in turn, and of course, only a few of the 100,000 people could really enter the battle, and the main reason was that the width of the walls of this city was limited.
So the number of people who fight is also a finite number.
6,000 people were also able to rest in batches.
That war was depicted as a classic siege war, and that commander was also a very powerful commander, who made all the men, women, and children in the city into logistics troops.
Gather all the soldiers together and make them all soldiers, whether it is a soldier who is tired of logistics or civilian work, all take up arms and treat them as a combat soldier.
One-to-one with you, if you die, you die, then there is no way, there are no eggs under the nest, if you die, you can let your brothers and sisters survive, then you will die worthwhile.
By taking all the trading houses into their own possession, the rest of the political mess at that time was no longer there, because what existed was military power.
All the personnel commanders under the merchant houses were also temporarily molded into the shape of a soldier, and went directly to the front line to fight, and told them that taking a step back is death!
The Iron and Blood policy has made these people very, very powerful, and told them that your enemy is not me, but the one who is besieging the city in front of you!
Batch after batch of deaths died batch after batch, all the things that could be eaten were concentrated in the logistics support department, and all the things that could be used were put on the city.
There were even some people who came to defend the city with hoes, and the record at that time was very tragic, and more than 4,000 of those 6,000 soldiers died.
The opponent attacks day and night, and this side is also part of the important defense, if the opponent can attack again for about five or six days, basically this side will not be able to hold on.
Unfortunately, reinforcements eventually arrived.
In total, more than 4,000 people died in the battle, plus some logistics personnel, and several hundred people also died, that is, about 5,000 people in total.
And the people on the other side died nearly 15,000 people! This number of soldier injuries is a very distressing injury for any country.
But if you can really break through this city, this damage is absolutely acceptable, but unfortunately, it still hasn't been attacked.
And this battle loss ratio actually has a certain amount of moisture, because most of these logistics personnel are tired to death, and some are old and young, so these personnel are not on the real front line.
In other words, he did not participate in the battle, which means that the battle damage ratio may be a little higher.
This shows the importance of a city, in addition to being able to surround the surrounding beasts to prevent humans from attacking at the most primitive time, the city has now slowly transformed into a political and commercial gathering place. Therefore, the role of the city has completely changed.
This change has led to a great increase in the defensive nature of the city, because it is no longer the surrounding beasts that are defensive, but some humans of the same kind as themselves, who also have intelligence, and they may also be very intelligent.
This is a relatively special example, if some are not particularly special examples, it can still be said, now the battle loss ratio of the city's attack and defense, how can it reach about 1:2, maybe a little less, maybe a little more, but the basic number is like this.
The besiegers do need to bear some greater casualties, and under special circumstances, they must be like this, so the commander is completely mentally prepared for this during the project, but whether this psychological preparation can be accepted in the end.
The first thing to face when engineering is the rain of arrows from the opponent, which is not very lethal, because as long as the siege is basically carried out by wearing heavy armor.
These soldiers are generally not killed by this rain of arrows, and the casualties they can cause are absolutely limited.
The place that can produce casualties is actually in hand-to-hand combat, and the casualties caused by this kind of hand-to-hand combat will make people very distressed, simply very, very distressed.
The first way is to attack the city from the city gate, that is, to smash the opponent's city gate and let the soldiers rush in, but this method generally does not have much effect.
For example, if the polar countries really use a method, they are likely to cause more casualties.
What is the gate of the Polar Kingdom made of, his cost is almost inlaid in the stone, and there is a movable gear inside, this gear is very strong, and it is still inside, so it is generally impossible to touch this thing.
And if you want to break this city gate, it will be even more difficult, the gate of the extreme country is generally a very thick metal plate on the outside, there is a very thick wood in the middle, and a very thick metal plate on the inside.
Such a thick thing, it is not so easy to break it, the wood in the middle has a cushioning effect, although the metal is very hard and may be too rigid and easy to break, but this wood has just become one of the most critical points of this cushioning.
The wood absorbs most of the power, and in the end, the force can't even get in, so it's not easy to break it.
Especially in the process of collision, large stones will be thrown down, even if this kind of big stone does not cause too many casualties to the heavy armored soldiers, it should not be a big problem to smash it on the head and stun it.
Another very important problem is that it is possible to crash the gate for a day or two, but you can't do it for that long, not only are people throwing stones on it, but there are also people pouring hot oil.
This practice is actually not particularly authentic, but killing people is not particularly low, so there is no reason to counter violence with violence.
So when attacking the city, there is basically not much possibility to hit the city gate all the time, if you can really knock the city gate open, then the body may not reach one to two, one to one should be about the same.
It's not that there are many wars in history that can hit the city gate and open it, because there are still people inside, and my very large wood is diagonally on top there, which also makes people feel very helpless.
That's the second option. The second method is to climb the castle wall, the height of the castle wall is a fixed height, and if you can climb it, you can fight the opponent on the castle tower.
Then the probability of taking this city is very high.
But you know this truth, and the other party also knows this truth. If you know this truth, the other party will definitely not let you go up to the city tower easily.
In the process of climbing the ladder, the opponent may turn the ladder down, you may use a DSLR to shoot it with a bow and arrow, even if it reaches the highest place, there are still people there to block it, and it is still easy to knock the opponent down in a condescending situation.
In addition, the density of the opponent's personnel is definitely wider than that of climbing ladders, and it is easier in the case of joint operations, so no matter what, it is not easy to attack the city.
Otherwise, when the Extreme Kingdom counterattacked the northern city, the commander would not be so angry and ordered the city to be slaughtered.
The ultimate reason is that there are too many people who have died, and there are even brothers who get along with each other day and night, so the situation has become very unusual, and now the mood has become very easy to get angry.
The people defending the city also know that either they will kill the other party, or they will not leave anyone when the other party comes up, unless the commander's mentality is really very good, otherwise this kind of emotion really cannot spread.
This contradiction cannot be reconciled at all, and it is even life and death.
Therefore, the extreme country does attach great importance to this kind of private power, but there has never been an obvious boundary.
And this time Mo Yu was also very suspicious, very Lin Ruifeng and his family should have cultivated a lot of private forces abroad, and Mo Yu felt that the specific number was not very clear, how could this number exceed 100.
Because there are about 10 people in each branch, or even 20 people, not to mention the whole country, the whole country must have more power, that is, the strength of the whole country, that is, other countries.
In fact, when I think about it, I feel a little terrifying, these large trading houses are actually no less than the number of people in a city, if they are all able to fight.
In fact, no matter how it is judged, these people are definitely people with their own power, and in some cases there are quite a lot.
Although it is said that the polar countries also have some defenses in this regard and some corresponding countermeasures, in fact, they are not so powerful.
A few people were driving on the road, and the slight bumps on the carriage also made people feel very uncomfortable, and they couldn't do much else, even if some teacups could be fixed on the table, but the water in the teacups was still easy to get out if they didn't cover the lids.
There was nothing else to do, which made Yun Ci feel very bored.
This trip to the southern island country has ended, it is basically over, and reaching this level at night is basically a walk or two, and then following the boat back to the coastline of the polar country on the morning of the second day.
But when it was almost over, Bai Yunyi felt a little melancholy, and every time he returned home, Bai Yunyi felt a little melancholy, whether it was going out to travel or going out to play.
I always feel like I haven't had enough of it, and no matter what time it is, there is always the urge to keep playing.
Bai Yunyi was quite quiet this time, he didn't say much, and he probably didn't have a way to say it, the degree of bumps was too high, and he needed to devote himself to this act of preventing bumps.
Even if it is a slow drive, the degree of bumps in it is still relatively high.
This is why Lin Ruifeng said that he should set off as soon as possible, because the speed is relatively slow, and the distance may not be far, this kind of place is especially suitable for horse riding, and it is not suitable for riding a carriage.
And this road is also very peaceful, and it is not as Mo Yu originally imagined, there may be something blocking them on the road, but this kind of thing did not happen.
Soon came to the last city, this city is not particularly far from the original city they reported, but because it is the last stop of the tour, so Lin Ruifeng plans to start from here this time, and it happens that there is also a caravan here.
So the caravan that happened to go back with someone returned to the Polar Country.
This is also a seaside city, and seaside cities are generally relatively strong, the main reason is to prevent attacks, and anyway, they need to be made a little stronger, or at least look stronger.
In fact, this level is simply too far compared to the polar country, some people say that the polar country was built for hundreds of years and repaired for hundreds of years to reach the current point, but in fact, there is a market that ignores, and these countries have been built for hundreds of years.
Since it is still in the same shape, it means that there will not be much change in the future, and even some inland cities in the Polar Country definitely look much stronger than these cities, and there are many darker arrow holes in them.
The messy city lord also knew, Mo Yu had seen those arrow holes, because the stone was loose, and a nail was smashed on the stone, and a rope was tied to the nail.
Therefore, in the event of a war, you only need to pull this stone outward, and then put the heavy single-shot crossbow here, which basically forms an effective killing tool.
Well, when there is nothing to do, I will put this brick in it, in fact, it is not very large, and there is nothing too difficult, just pay a little attention when building or modifying.
Mo Yu especially likes this kind of gadget, so he has been watching this kind of gadget for a long time.
But there are also annoying times, so in the end I don't have so much interest in this thing, but this thing can really be used as a big weapon at the defensive level at critical moments.
Everyone felt as if they had spent a year, because the level of this bump was too high, so they were finally relieved when they finally reached this level.
Bai Yunyi was the first to jump down, and the first thing he did after jumping down was to move his muscles and bones.
It's so tiring and tired that sitting in such a carriage is like a sin, but even if it's such a long ride and not a simple thing, it's still easy to get so tired.
Yes, but it's finally there, this place is in tatters, but the city is quite high.
It's not that difficult to get in, and it was necessary to check when you entered the city in the original time, and most of the inspections actually cost money, which made Mo Yu feel very strange, and you were wondering whether this matter was asking for money from people outside or from anyone.
But after Lin Ruifeng's explanation, it became clear that in fact, they all need money, it just depends on the situation, and in many cases, they took the money away by themselves.
The money that can really go up is not particularly much, and most of the city guards or city guards are full of money.
In fact, Mo Yu felt that this was a matter of all kinds of harm and only one benefit, and it was not a good thing for the country and the people, and it was simply a big tumor for the whole country.
Therefore, Mo Yu felt that such a situation really should not exist, and the existence of such a situation was simply contempt for the whole country.
And there is no benefit to the commercial development of this city, in fact, Mo Yu is a little too extreme, if the local business in this place really wants to enter the city, because of the relatively long time, so it will definitely not ask for money, what you want is the money that has no background and no power.
That is to say, the poorer they are, the more money they want, and if there is nothing to do, they basically will not choose to enter the city, but sometimes they have to go in, because it must require a certain amount of commercial activity.
As a result, these people will only go once in a long time, so it will affect this kind of commercial activities more and more, and it will also affect the lives of some grassroots residents, and depending on the situation, this way of charging has also reduced the trust of the entire army to a certain extent.
So no matter what, there is no big benefit, Mo Yu doesn't know why this behavior exists.