Chapter 31: The War of Atrition

The war between Thrace and Morais has been going on for almost three months.

The battle between the two sides always revolved around the Norma Line, and the Thracians tried to encroach on this line through repeated attacks, and finally succeeded in capturing the fortress of "Two Gold Coins" not long ago.

The cities and cottages on the Norma defense line formed three lines of defense, the first line of defense was named "gold coin", the second was "silver coin", and the third line was naturally "copper coin". On this basis, according to the order of the convex front of the fortress, it is called "one gold coin, two gold coins, three gold coins", "one silver coin, two silver coins...... and so on.

Before the traversers had even reached the Norma Line, the Thracians relied on a surprise onslaught to break through the fortress of "One Gold" in the first attack. From then on, the "Two Golds" fortress was the front line of the entire Norma defense line - of course, the Thracian army did not attack only this, but in full bloom, and other fortresses were also attacked, but here the pressure was greatest.

However, this fortress of "two gold coins" gradually became a nightmare for the Thracians.

In more than two months of war, they launched more than a dozen attacks before and after, but they always lost their troops, except for slowly capturing section after section of the city wall, they did not really threaten the main body of the fortress.

It is said that the general of the Thracian army in charge of this part of the battle was very worried because of this, and lost a lot of hair, and I wonder if he had any magic potions like "Zhang Guang 101", or was he going to live with a big bald head?

However, after all, the Thracian army was much more elite than the Molai army, and even with the two masters of Panda and Naikhat, the fortress of "Two Gold Coins" eventually fell.

When the Thracian army erected a makeshift catapult on the section of the wall less than a hundred meters from the fortress, it became clear that the fall of the fortress was only a matter of time.

A catapult can not do much damage, but in the face of the dilemma of stones falling from the sky at any time, it is no longer realistic to want to defend the city with peace of mind.

So the Molai army began to arrange the retreat from that time, and after repelling another attack by the Thracian army, they withdrew from the fortress and retreated to the fortress of "Hardware".

"Take a fortress in three months...... Hehe, let them call. "One of the supreme commanders of the Norma Line of the Molai Army, Marquis dardanielle, personally led his troops to meet the returning pandas. He didn't feel the slightest disillusionment at losing the fortress, but smiled confidently, "At this rate, it will take them almost two years just to capture the gold coin defense. I'll see how long they can maintain the morale of the attack!"

Of course, he was full of confidence, for everyone knew that it would be impossible for the Thracian army to maintain the current morale after several years of war.

After three months of fighting, except for the initial raid, only one fortress was built, and he had already lost thousands of people. It is very difficult to sustain such a war.

The Marquis of Dardanelles was a veteran general, and his first time on the battlefield was at the Norma Line to fend off Thracian attacks, which had only recently been the accession of the previous Thracian king.

At that time, the Thracians attacked the Norma line for about two years, capturing six fortresses, but in the end, because of low morale, the Molai army seized the opportunity to outflank them, and had to retreat in embarrassment, vomiting out what they had eaten, which did not seem to be considered meat.

The design of the Norma defense line is very exquisite, if you attack from the Thracian direction, every fortress is a strong pass, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but if you attack from the direction of Molai, it is much easier, almost every fortress is within the range of the large catapults of the rear fortress.

Among them, the condition of the One Gold Coin Fortress was relatively poor, and the most convex fortress was almost built on the "mountain pass", and the support from the rear had limited effect on it, so it was taken by the Thracians in one fell swoop. But starting with the fort of two gold coins, the Thracians would face a round-the-clock attack by catapults. They must face the stones that frequently fall on their heads, pluck up the courage to continue the fight.

The Marquis of Dardanelle said with disdain: "In this world, there are beasts that fight to the death to protect their nests and children, but I have never heard of beasts who fight for their lives in order to hunt them. Even if the Thracians tried to fight with us, how long would they be able to maintain such determination? It was nothing more than two or three years of grinding and grinding like last time, and finally the morale was low and we drove them back. ”

For his statement, the traversers also agreed.

After three months of war, the time-travelers who participated in the war have grown a lot, and this growth is reflected in the level - almost everyone has improved by four or five levels, and on the other hand, it is reflected in the mentality.

Now they finally have a clearer impression of "war", which is neither magnificent nor beautiful, but on the contrary, ugly, barbaric, and vulgar. The armies of the two sides did not have the graceful temperament of a confrontation between masters, but were just like two strong men fighting in a muddy pond, embarrassed, and it was difficult to achieve very significant results by exhausting all means.

In fact, Panda has fallen to the ground more than once in scuffles with enemies, and in the presence of reliable comrades, this style of play has been surprisingly effective. No matter how high or low the rank of the Thracian soldier is, as long as he twists and restrains him, his comrades can come over and easily stab that guy in the neck, which is not much more difficult than killing a chicken.

"No wonder in reality, in the 'armor martial arts', there are more wrestling and grappling, and there are very few punches and kicks......" In addition to fighting, Panda also compared his martial arts with war practice, and felt that he had gained a lot.

Even if he wears an iron fist specially made for him, the effect against an opponent wearing armor is very limited - in fact, even if it is a sword and a halberd, the effect against the armor is also greatly reduced. But as long as you keep your opponent down, you can calmly choose the weak position of the armor and kill your opponent with ease.

The vast majority of the dozens of Thracian soldiers he killed were killed in this way.

If you want to penetrate the armor, of course, it is not impossible, but in a narrow position, there is no way to charge, and it is not convenient to use the tricks of opening and closing, and it is difficult to fully exert force, which is very difficult.

But Naikhart, who was carrying a heavy crossbow, didn't have to worry about this problem, his heavy crossbow was so powerful that if he took an arrow, he would not die or be injured. Combined with his excellent marksmanship, two or three arrows is a human head—though he often shoots two or three arrows in a single battle.

Now, Nakhart had a long line of Venus on his armor, and even among the Thracians he had his nickname.

"Heavy Crossbow Death".

Compared with Panda's "Steel War Bear", it is indeed his nickname that is more powerful and domineering, which makes people feel afraid when they hear it.

Although this "heavy crossbow reaper" is just a human head dog.

"Every time you rob an officer's head, you might as well give me a few more gold stars on my armor. "When I was resting, the panda also complained like that.

At such times, Naikhardt would come up with his usual trick of pretending to be stupid, setting up a table, giving a commentary to the soldiers, and pretending not to hear the panda's words......

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