Chapter 56: The Opening of the Mountain
After the Duke received them, the pandas returned to the fortress at the top of the mountain.
The situation in the Norma region was now like this, the Molai people defended by the peaks covered with ice armor, and the Thracians were stationed outside the mountains, except for holding the gold coin defense that had been captured, all that remained was to wait patiently until the ice melted before attacking.
Later, the pandas carried out some raids one after another, and several other traversers also participated in such raids, causing a lot of trouble for the Thracians.
This reminds people of a well-known Internet joke -- how did Guo Jing, the protagonist of the martial arts "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," die? He is a strong martial artist and has a good horse, and he can obviously go out of the city every day to shoot Mongolian soldiers, kill 100 in a day, kill more than 30,000 a year, and in more than 10 years, it will be 300,000 or 400,000. No matter how many Mongolian soldiers attacked Xiangyang, they couldn't withstand his killing, so he just shrank in the city and didn't go out, and finally was beaten through Xiangyang by hundreds of thousands of troops in waves, killing his whole family.
Of course, this is not because the protagonist is stupid, but just because the author is unwilling to change history. But the pandas don't care about anything that changes history, they just hate that the time is not long enough, if they can also give them more than ten years, they are really confident that they can rely on a few people to kill the Thracian army......
It's a pity that time is running out, and before I know it, winter is over, and even if there are magicians on the Federation's side to delay as much as possible, the pace of spring is still unstoppable.
Moreover, there were magicians in the Federation, and Thrace, of course, too.
When the first spring breeze blew in the north, the magicians of Thrace held a grand magic ceremony, which not only broke the spells of the federal magicians to maintain the cold climate, but also caused those federal magicians to be counterattacked by the spells, one died on the spot, two were seriously injured, and the rest were all injured, and it is estimated that it is unlikely that they will recover for a while.
In fact, it was of little use for them to recover, because the Thracians had increased their troops again.
"From a distance, it really looks like a swarm of ants. The panda stood on the edge of the mountain and pointed to the long line in the distance, "If it is placed in Xianxia, should I say 'ants' or something at this time, to be magnificent?"
"In this way, you generally don't survive more than three episodes. Horus said.
Panda smiled: "We're like this now, we can't die if we want to, let alone three episodes, three thousand episodes are probably no problem." ”
"It's not necessarily a pleasure to live a long time, and maybe in a few years, most of us will get tired of it. "Why do dragons like to sleep? ”
Panda recalls the situation of the seed girl he saw in the castle - he really doesn't think that guy is bored somewhere, she is just simply lazy, right?
Otaku and otaku have seen a lot, but it's really rare to lie in the sour pool all day long.
I wonder what this girl looks like in reality? Could it be the legendary ball monster?
Whether or not the traversers are really tired of life, the topic is still far away, at least for now. The immediate problem is that as the spring blossoms bloom and the ice covering the peaks melts, the Thracians can start attacking the mountains again.
And...... This time they increased their strength a lot, and the Molai army attacked several times to sabotage their mountain attack operations, but as a result, they were not able to achieve much results except for the loss of troops and generals.
There are about twenty mountain fortresses in the silver coin defense line, and it is not easy to dig up so many peaks one by one. If you let Yugong dig it, maybe digging for ten or eight years may not be able to have much effect. But the Thracians were not just simple tools such as hoes and baskets, they were not only outnumbered, but more importantly powerful and sharp-armed—they used alchemical explosives from the mines.
In the face of the Molai attack, the Thracians held their position on the mountainside, and then in less than ten days, they blew up a mountain peak.
Ten days for one mountain, this is not a fast speed, according to the silver coin defense line of twenty or so peaks to capture, it will take them almost a year - wait until winter, but the mountain can be frozen again.
However, this optimistic estimate was quickly shattered, and after careful analysis of the battle situation, the Thracian army only needed to break through four or five peaks to make the silver coin defense useless - the key to this defense line was the ropeway and the block that connected the various peaks. As long as the few peaks located in the central area as a hub are destroyed, the entire ropeway block system will collapse completely, and the silver coin defense line will lose its greatest support.
Without ropeways and trolleys, the fortresses on the top of the hill were meaningless, and the Thracians could trap them on the top of the hill without a force at the foot of the mountain.
At that time, the Thracians did not even need to attack the mountains, and hunger and thirst alone could force them to descend the mountains to die, or simply surrender.
Reas, the Destiny Warlock who likes crow's beak, couldn't help but sigh: "Without the silver coin defense line of the ropeway and the pulley, it is simply a salted fish roasted on a charcoal fire!
This is bad enough, and when the pandas saw it, their faces turned black.
Even if you don't study history, you know that Ma Jian is famous for his ambition and talent, and he can't do it if he says that he is invincible in the world. The idiom "talking on paper" says that Zhao Kuo only has lip service, but Zhao Kuo still held out for more than 40 days after being surrounded - if Ma Tan could have held out in Jieting for more than 40 days, Zhuge Liang's army would have arrived a long time ago, and the battle of Jieting would have been won.
For this reason, the pandas quarreled with Reas and a few others who said cool things. But the quarrel can't solve the problem, and after the quarrel, they still have to face the dilemma that "the entire silver coin defense line can probably only last less than two months".
Duke Norma naturally found out about this problem, and even if he couldn't see it, the officers and staff could see it, and if they told him, he would understand.
Faced with the unexpected situation, Duke Norma was a little at a loss, he convened a group of senior officers and staff, and held meetings for several days in a row, but he was never able to discuss any good solutions.
The crux of the problem lies in the combat effectiveness of the armed forces. If the Molai army can just talk to the Thracian army, it can completely concentrate the forces of the entire silver coin defense line, take advantage of the terrain advantage, and take the Thracians directly down the mountain.
But...... The Moradian army was facing the Thracian army, and it was really a bit vulnerable.
If it were on narrow terrain, it would have been fine, but the sites where the Thracians bombed the mountains were relatively flat and open slopes, and there were no problems with hundreds of people on one front. In a battle of this level, the Molai army really can't beat it, and it can't beat it even if it has the advantage of terrain.
All they could do was to improvise small ballistas and throw stones far up the hill to interfere with the work of the Thracians.
This method has helped somewhat, but in the end it is only a small fight. Not many ballistae could be erected on the steep slopes, and one or two small ballistas could cause some obstacles to the Thracians, but they were always only "some obstacles".
The second peak lasted almost fifteen days, five more than the first, and that's it.
When this mountain finally collapsed, everyone knew that the silver coin defense line really couldn't hold it this time......