Chapter 575: The Beginning of the War (2)
"It's a good day. Reinhardt the Great looked up at the sky, and the gloomy sky seemed to mourn the blood that the land was about to be stained with in a while.
If the sunlight is too strong, it will undoubtedly be detrimental to those dark mages who have been hiding under the 100,000 Mountains for a long time and cannot adapt to the bright light.
"Heaven wishes me well. Thinking like this, Reinhardt the Great raised his arms and commanded in a loud voice: "Beat the drums, march!"
With the sound of the rousing snare drums, the avant-garde of the Northern Army began to move forward. However, unlike normal marches, these avant-garde troops did not form a linear formation, but formed a phalanx in pieces.
Although such a formation compresses the overall width and increases the thickness, it exposes the two wings of the Chinese army.
Moreover, these phalanxes left a certain gap between each other, and the march was much slower than normal, as if waiting for something.
"Listen to my orders, launch, launch!"
In the rear of the Northern Army, the improvised trebuchet that had already been erected had been waiting for a long time, and the well-trained soldiers skillfully manipulated these two-person tall behemoths, throwing stones the size of a millstone into the camp of the Western Army.
As the defending side, the Northern Frontier Army naturally has a natural advantage in terms of geography and logistics. These trebuchets are also different from ordinary simple trebuchets, and the important joints and casting parts are originally wooden and shimmering with metal.
These trebuchets were specially modified by the dwarves, and the key parts used the dwarves' original metal power structure, which weighed only about one-third of the wood, but was much stronger than ordinary trebuchets in terms of wear resistance and strength.
After four or five throws of the general simple trebuchet, the key parts can not be supported, and the corresponding parts need to be replaced. If you force it to throw it a few more times, the whole trebuchet will fall apart.
And these dwarven modified trebuchets have been tested and can be thrown more than 20 times and then replaced parts, which is more than several times more efficient on the battlefield.
The large stones that whistled through the rounded arcs of the road were beautiful, but what they brought to the Western Army was the doom of death.
The huge stone block and the powerful kinetic energy falling from the sky are unstoppable, even if a strong and strong heavy warrior raises a heavy shield to resist, he will definitely not be able to resist, and his arm will be smashed.
And ordinary soldiers are even more uncomfortable, either the stone hits them directly in the head, and the head is smashed to pieces, like a broken watermelon. Or even with the shield directly smashed into the chest, the powerful potential energy directly smashed all the ribs, even if you don't die for the time being, you will completely lose your ability to fight.
The sound of the stones roaring down seemed to be a declaration of death, bringing with them the painful wails of the soldiers of the Western Frontier Army when they were smashed.
However, Al still had a cold look on his face, without any expression. As the saying goes, "mercy does not command the soldiers", and he has seen a lot of such tragic situations on the battlefield.
The Western Army was not unsuspecting, and the ranks were lined with caravans, topped with several layers of tough, elastic kraft paper, and beneath the kraft paper a net of finger-thick hemp rope. This type of caravan is effective against stones thrown by trebuchets.
Reinhardt the Great raised his binoculars and looked at it again, "These trebuchets alone really can't shake this Western Army, but when you see the dwarven stone statues, can you still maintain such a stable formation and high morale?", he thought with a slight smugness.
With a few sounds similar to a long whistle, several behemoths appeared in front of the Northern Army.
From afar, these behemoths look like giants shining with metallic luster, and up close, these giants look like "hedgehogs". Its surface was covered with spears half a meter long, the tips of which shimmered with a dangerous light, and looked unusually hideous.
And at the "neck" of this behemoth, there are four openings in four directions, so that the soldiers hiding in it can shoot arrows around.
And on the top of this behemoth, the billowing smoke floated towards the sky like a long snake, and from a distance, it looked like the black helmet on the head of a giant warrior, which added a bit of might.
The "stone statues" are similar to iron horses and other machinery, and are produced by the skilled craftsmen of the dwarven clan. The name "Stone Statue Golem" is actually called "Stone Statue Golem" because the material used by the dwarves in the earliest production was a special stone produced in the 100,000 mountains. Later, after continuous improvement, the manufacturing materials have been changed from stone to metal, and the kinetic energy has also been changed from the scarce yuan stone to the coal and oil common in the underground of the mountain, but the name "stone puppet" has been inherited.
"These dwarves refuse to send their people to help in the war, but they fool me with these broken copper and iron, and sooner or later they will look good. Reinhardt the Great snorted coldly.
Originally, as allies of the dark mage, the dwarves and dark elves were supposed to come to help in the war, and Reinhardt the Great also sent an envoy to the 100,000 mountains.
However, the end result was unsatisfactory to him, and the dwarves sent some war equipment, but none of them came. Not to mention the Dark Elves, who didn't even have a reply.
This also gave Emperor Reinhardt a sense of crisis in his heart, what might have happened to the black magician's lair under the 100,000 mountains. However, during this time, he had been so busy with the enthronement that he really didn't have the energy to pay attention to that place anymore.
"Could it be that something has gone wrong with the mission of the Lord of Darkness?" thought to Emperor Reinhardt.
The Lord of Darkness is a religion created by dark mages to survive the 100,000 Mountains and to control the dwarves and dark elves.
It was inspired by their "sworn enemy" - the Holy Religion.
It was after losing the war against the Holy Cult that the Dark Mages finally realized the power of faith. Faith can make a person completely change his character, make a person disown his relatives, and even make a person give up his life, and its power can be imagined.
After escaping to the bottom of the 100,000 mountains, the dark mages are torn between dwarves and dark elves, and they have to do everything they can to survive. As a result, a religion suitable for the underground, in line with the mentality of the dwarves and dark elves, was artificially "created" by the dark mages.
Moreover, in the oppressive and distorted environment of the underground, which does not see the light of day, it is also particularly suitable for the development of religion.
It was with the power of religion that the dark mages co-opted the dwarves and some of the dark elves, but Reinhardt the Great did not expect that there would be a problem at the most critical moment.
"It's a pity, but it's enough to have these dwarves to make war equipment. ", he thought to himself.
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