After the dinner, Gawain carefully analyzed Prussa's defense system to everyone, and asked Gedier to make a larger and more detailed topographical sandbox in advance, on which the existing barriers of the enemy and the enemy were clear at a glance. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Titius relied on the construction of nine half-moon-shaped protruding abutments along the east and south walls of Prusa, and also used earthwork to protect the city wall to a height of two-thirds to counteract the damage of our artillery, and made the enemy side of the earthen platform into a slope, and erected wooden fences and dug wide and deep trenches on the periphery, forming a concave petal shape with the original city wall.

If nothing else, Tetisius had to climb the north embankment on the west side of the sea channel, and then build several small fortresses with earth and wood, from Prusa to the coast, so that he could safely receive reinforcements from Constantinople and Gallipoli in case our army attacked and cut off the river.

Outside the city, Tetisius set up artillery cannons of all sizes from the Imperial Capital's Ordnance Workshop to shoot and destroy our stone throwers and fortifications; And he also set up a light stone throwing machine behind the city wall to destroy our approaching siege equipment.

This is the strength of Tetisius's defense system, and we will talk about his disadvantages below, which is also the key to our ability to break the enemy.

The half-moon-shaped earthen platform of Tetisius is not covered with stones, limited by manpower and technical level, and there are no hidden war rooms and shooting holes, and the soldiers can only stay behind the fence on the earthen platform to control the artillery, or stay in the hiding hole of the city wall (all left over from my play), and there is a short bridge in the middle to communicate with it.

Besides, Tetisius was only a general by birth, and his nine half-moon fortresses were only temporary modifications to the old Prussa walls, and they couldn't eliminate the dead spots of artillery, so my strategy was to concentrate my firepower, break a corner, and take the whole city! ”

Gawain then explained the specific operation plan to the great engineer Gedier, a military fortification master who was wearing a robe but his hair was still messy, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was grumpy.

The next day, at the camp of Gawain, half a mile outside the eastern and southern walls of the city of Prussia, where the Red Hand Command Banner and the black cloak of the Great Patron were hung, many soldiers and men gathered together and began to dig up the earth and build it up in layers with various tools.

The astonished Tetisius came to the corner tower of the city wall and looked over there under the cover of many new army men, "Gawain is going to build a big earthen rampart against this place as well?" ”

Regardless of the true situation, the only thing that Tetisius knows is that he can't let any of Gawain's moves succeed at this moment.

Originally, there were no earthen platforms in this corner, but now Tetisius drove the soldiers and the inhabitants of the city, and "merged" the two nearest half-moon earthen platforms of each city wall into one, forming a separate and huge protruding "nodule fortress".

After two weeks, the nodule rampart at the southeast corner of Prusa was almost complete, and the huge tortoise-like rampart of Gawain on the diagonal line was nearing completion.

Because it was mainly excavated, and the soil of the plains of Prusa was also suitable, this epoch-making earthen rampart was much faster and cheaper than a stone castle in terms of speed and cost.

Tetisius made a wider "bridge" and smeared it with butter, tied the longest and heaviest bronze cannons from Constantinople with ropes, pulled them with a large amount of manpower, carefully dragged them from the city wall to the center of the nodule fortress, and then fired at Gawain's "Tortoise Fort".

From time to time, a large torrent of earth was thrown up on the black Gawain Tortoise Fort, accompanied by a terrifying loud noise and smoke, and many soldiers and civilians fled in all directions. But as soon as the great bronze cannons of Tetisius were reloaded, they quickly gathered together again, and once again attached themselves to it like a dense mass of leeches and ants and continued to work.

Caesar, who came to supervise the war, never left the tent, and many soldiers and civilians could see her, and she also pawned her gorgeous clothes and jewelry to serve as pensions and funeral expenses for the dead and wounded, and fully supported her husband.

In the end, the "Great Turtle Barrier" announced its birth in this world four days late, and it stood in the horizon of Tetisius, with layers of pointed stakes and wooden fences, and behind it was also laid "perfume bottle rapid-fire cannon", which could hit in all directions.

"Has it become a bulwark for the enemy's advance?" Tetisius stood at the head of the city of Prusa in the deep twilight, the surrounding mountains and fields were covered with cyan, ink, and gray light, and his own cannons at his feet were firing fiercely at the "bulwark" every once in a while, as if in response to his own question.

Tetisius, who was a little frightened, hurriedly repaired a letter and sent it to John in the imperial capital, asking him to contact Theodoro and David to attack as soon as possible, and force Gawain to withdraw part of the besieging army.

The day after the letter was sent away, the guards of the city found that in the middle of the night, hundreds of soldiers and miners had come out of the big turtle fortress, and three trenches had been dug about 300 feet from their starting point.

However, even so, Tetisius still felt a chill rise from the soles of his feet!

At the same time, Gawain's seven or eight thousand frontier militia began to push one after another special caravans covered with shields and iron bars, and began to slowly advance towards the other sections of the city wall -- guns and crossbows were fired down from the half-platforms in the city of Prussia, and the stone-throwing machines behind the walls swung their arms -- but the border militia endured the attacks and casualties, and insisted on moving the "barricade" forward, even if it was only fifty feet or even thirty feet a day.

Soon Tetisius felt the difficulty of being stretched thin:

The difficulty came from the stone throwers behind the wall, and even if each stone thrower was light, it would take at least fifty people to pull the cable, so when it was fired along with the earthen cannon fire outside, Tetisius seriously felt that there was a shortage of manpower!

"Gawain wants to use his advantage to crush me."

After all, the new army defending the city was only 7,000 people, and Gawain's besieging army was more than 30,000 people.

Although the high mountains north of Pruosa and the river to the west of the city prevented Gawain from a full-scale siege, making it unthreatening to be threatened by Gawain, it also allowed him to concentrate more forces to the east and south.

Swords, always double-edged.

"Gather all the inhabitants of the city, whether they are adults, children, or the elderly, to pull the stone-throwing machine." Tetisius can only engage in the strategy of all-in-one soldiers now.

The inhabitants of Prussa, who remained in the city, were still 10,000 men, and at this time all of them were grouped together to polish stones, pull stone-throwing machines, etc.

This measure really worked, and the speed of the advance of the Gawain border people's army base was curbed a lot in the next few days.

However, the food problem in the city has become serious again, after all, everyone has to work to fill their stomachs.