Section 124 Fadell's First Battle (1)
When he came out of the portal of light, Solomon had never expected such a scene, even if he had expected that the situation of the Mogul merchant group in Fadel would not be optimistic.
When he came out of the teleportation light gate, due to the influence of the teleportation process, even if the mage had the protection he exerted, his body still had a soothing process.
The immense pressure during the teleportation process will have a certain impact on the living body of any living being, especially in the old mode of teleportation, the more powerful the body, the faster it can adapt to it.
It was as if I had only snorkeled from the bottom of the sea 10,000 meters below, and my ears seemed to have lost their function.
So it was only natural that Solomon's eyes saw what caught his eye the most, which were towering huge steam boilers with columns of smoke rising into the sky.
Then the surrounding environment was combined in his mind, and he was imprinted and judged.
This is a strong fortress, and the surrounding facilities are also a strange combination.
The reason why it is strange is that there is no unified design and plan, or it is not built with the fortress, but it is like having a fortress first, and then building and adding to it.
Therefore, there are those who use animal power, and there are those who use steam equipment.
In the eyes of others, it is probably just a matter of wondering how rushed the fortress was built.
However, in the eyes of a person like Solomon, it is natural to think that it is not impossible that these tall boilers were used to maintain the transmission source power by using the black rock, and their steam power was generated by the incident.
Otherwise, it is impossible to explain how the Mogul merchant group has teleported the private army guards, which are being recruited and expanded, from Titania mainland to this fortress.
It's almost impossible to teleport with the old style. Every five people are transported under the protection of a shuttle box. Its cost was too high for even the Titanian Empire to afford. Otherwise, they could have used the old method of teleportation to send a large number of reinforcements and continue to suppress the Asturians in Farushion.
However, even if the Mogul Merchant Group can solve the problem of the new teleportation, it will take some time for its follow-up guards to come over, otherwise they will not be in such a hurry to teleport Solomon and them first.
As soon as this thought came to him, Solomon's hearing was basically recovered from the oppressive deafness of snorkeling in the deep sea.
His ears were immediately filled with the sounds of war, a symphony of iron horses, the roars of pain, the cries of cattle, and the cries of warriors, which made people fear, but also boiled and yearned for.
Agatha screamed, apparently hearing them after a sudden loss of hearing. She felt uncomfortable until Solomon gently took her hand, and she covered her ear with her other hand, but finally quieted down.
I didn't expect to face a war as soon as I teleported, and I can imagine from the sound that I can hear now that there are many people attacking this fortress, and the people in this fortress are also doing their best to defend against the enemy.
The men who had teleported before Solomon were already standing together, and the three of Solomon were drawing closer to them.
In addition to Etil, Giffres, Chebman, Cherki, Leonis, and Elaine, who had always been silent, Perinoa, the vice president of the Mogul Merchant Order, was also by their side.
"Mr. Vice President. It seems that as soon as we arrive, we will be greeted by the battlefield. Solomon smiled and walked over.
"Yes. You've all heard the sounds of war, and the hateful Fadell natives have been attacking us, and they're getting worse and stronger. Come, follow the fortress walls and have a look. Perinoa said a little heavily.
Solomon grinned, what Perinoa said may be the truth, but this does not hinder Solomon's judgment, perhaps because of this, the Mogul merchant group is in a hurry to ask Solomon and others to come over, and it is also understandable why even Chebman, who was defeated by Solomon, is still left by them.
After all, before the expanded guards could be teleported on a large scale for some time, the combined strength of Solomon and them could already affect a campaign.
The group followed Perinoa up the narrow stone staircase to the fortress wall.
There was a tense battle going on on the wall, and from time to time there were gray-clad merchant guards walking past them, some of them carrying heavy wood, some carrying dozens of pounds of stones, all of which were sharp weapons when defending the city.
There are also a few cauldrons in the open space in the center of the fortress, which are boiling oil with a strong fire, and then loaded into barrels, and then placed in the conveying tray under the inner wall, there will be a special person to pull it with a winch and rope, and pass it to the wall, and then the soldiers above will use a special fork stick with the help of the semi-mechanical mode to add a force, the barrel will be poured out of the wall, and the boiling oil inside will not only burn the enemy under the fortress, but also cause an area to be very slippery, hindering the enemy's attack.
Larger defensive weapons, such as heavier rocks that can destroy opponents' logs and siege vehicles, or bed crossbows that are large enough to shoot giant crossbow arrows that can break through enemy towers, are transported up to the fort wall by a dedicated fully mechanical teleportation tray on the fort wall.
It was made up of gears and belts and a mechanical pallet, and the final function was similar to that of the current Asturian mechanical lifting pallet, which could feed large defensive tools onto the pallet, and its power should have come from the boilers that Solomon had just seen.
This messy style made Solomon shake his head in his heart, but he had gone through the initial battle of the Black Rock Plane, and he could imagine why it had become like this.
The construction of the base of the Mogul merchant group here in Fadel must have been the same as he was at the beginning, and he was not very lucky, and he was discovered by the aborigines soon after he came.
They must, and only had time, to build a small fortress, because they had to protect the portal.
And judging from the current situation on the battlefield, there is no doubt that the attack on the Mogul merchant group is far more fierce than the attack that Solomon received on the Black Rock Plane in the first place.
Exploring the Black Rock Plane, Solomon initially encountered only the natives in the primitive wilderness, and the Stone Fist clan was still a remnant of soldiers who had been defeated by other clans.
And the enemy below who is attacking is just from the point of view of making siege tools. He already has skills that the Black Rock Dwarves don't have. There are siege engines, arrow towers, logs, ladders, rushing cars, and so on. These can already pose a threat to the fortress, but it is useless like the original Black Rock clan alliance army was helpless under Solomon's Blackstone Fortress due to lack of siege means, and was depleted of physical strength and morale, and then slaughtered and poked.
This battle was completely different from Solomon's time, although in terms of individual soldiers, the Mogul merchant group still had the upper hand.
Soldiers who can afford to be teleported, whether they are the elite of the merchant group itself or selected from among the mercenaries. Its strength should be at least close to that of a third-order creature, and then it can only get here under heavy armament.
On the enemy side, as far as Solomon sees now, his basic physical qualities and physical fitness are only similar to those of ordinary people in Keos, and they are not particularly outstanding, they are stronger than the Black Rock Plane in that they have basic craftsmanship and can make a set of systematic auxiliary tools, from combat weapons to siege equipment, while the Black Rock Plane can complete individual equipment by talent at most.
It is important to be able to make siege equipment. It is very different from the dwarves of the Black Rock Plane before it, as it represents a series of mature basic crafts. In other words, the basic civilization system is relatively complete, and the Stone Fist clan began to be established after they submitted to Solomon.
Imitation and oneself are not the same, of course, this is for the long-term and civilized exhibition, if the war is concerned, the result may not be.
"Looks like a bit of a problem. Giffres frowned.
"Yes, from the beginning of the expedition to the present, we will not be able to occupy any territory for a long time except for the successful completion of this fortress, because there are too many of these hateful aborigines. Perinoa gritted her teeth.
He honestly said the biggest reason for the current situation, although the individual soldiers are better than the aborigines, but after all, this is the home of people, and you can only rely on the small-scale delivery of old-style teleportation, and people can be almost endless.
At the beginning of the Black Rock plane, the troops led by Solomon had an overwhelming advantage, but in the end they still felt that they couldn't bear it, and finally changed their strategy and implemented the short to control the short, and after subduing the Stone Fist clan, they would rather give up some of their interests and change the way of exploitation, and support the Belt and Road Party because of this "too much".
The Mogur merchant group faced this unsolvable problem unless, like the Asturias, they could teleport in a new way and invest a large number of troops, even if they did not have such a large force in the individual army.
Otherwise, even if there are twice as many high-ranking warriors like Solomon, they can only win the war, but not really occupy it, and the occupation is to establish an order that is beneficial to themselves, which requires multiple manpower and material resources to carry it out.
What's more, as I said just now, although the aborigines here are only inferior to the Black Rock Dwarves in terms of physical quality, and are only about the same as the ordinary people of Keos, but they can produce more material use if they can display the craftsmanship of their own civilization system, so as to obtain greater war potential, the more people there are, the greater the potential that can be tapped, which is different from the Black Rock Dwarves in this regard, and is better than the Black Rock Dwarves.
It's as if some beasts are stronger than the human race, but the final victor may not be a beast.
Because the factor of winning a war is a comprehensive element, there are also wisdom, luck, time, terrain, morale and will, strategy, but also a competition of overall strength, and even a collision of civilizations.
"They also have pastors. The female archer Leonis also frowned.
When everyone was reminded by her, they noticed that in the distance of the battlefield there were some priest-like men in white robes, all of whom were women, who were standing in the distance, chanting sacrificial incantations and making some specific gestures and performing some magic spells.
Some soldiers who are besieging the city will flash some green light around their bodies from time to time, these lights seem to have eyes, only enveloping the aborigines, which will have the effect of treating minor injuries, helping the injured soldiers to stop bleeding quickly, accelerate wound contraction, and muscle growth.
There will also be a milky white light falling, which will greatly increase the soldier's physical strength, and he will receive the same attack, but the damage will be significantly reduced compared to before, which is also a support magic.
It is no wonder that the Mogul merchant group could not really occupy a piece of the field for a long time, but was beaten to the point of retreating in this fortress, and hurriedly expanded its army in Titania.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I didn't expect to be attacked by the enemy again as soon as I returned. Initially, only two nearby temples of Manna attacked us, but later at least seven or eight temples had their sights on us, and we heard that the Five Nations Alliance was also rallying. Perinoa smiled wryly.
"Well, folks, we've seen enough. Since you have accepted the employment of the merchant group, you have to be worthy of the master's family, so let's hurry up and solve the trouble in front of you. "This time it's the one who speaks, Itil, who doesn't know if it's the Magic Guild's First Division. (To be continued!)
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