Chapter 271 Defensive Power

Soldrin looked at the dozen or so Typhon warriors in the cell—these warriors were his subordinates not long ago, although as a mercenary, he did not have a fixed military rank in the Anzu army, but he was a high-ranking soldier. As a ranger, he often has a fixed group of soldiers for command and call, and these are even the subordinates who have been with him for a long time and are more familiar with him. At this moment, when he meets his subordinates again in this situation, he is somewhat Awkward.

Before coming here, a conversation between Gawain and himself came to the mind of this high-level ranger:

At that time, Gawain said: "Go and bring those Typhons, and I will let them help defend the southern city wall."

Soldrin was naturally surprised when he heard this: "You plan to let those Typhon warriors help you, Duke Anzu, guard the city wall? Don't you know the current situation between Anzu and Typhon?"

"I know those people are definitely not willing to work for Anzu - but I want them to see for themselves what's going on between the civilized world and the wastelands of Gondor." &1t;i>&1t;/i>

"Just let them go up to the city wall to see the truth... that's an idea, but you don't worry that those people will take the opportunity to escape when they are released, or worse - will they take advantage of the chaos to cause damage? This is a big risk. ."

"So I let you go, I believe you can control them - and even if you can't, you won't let them cause trouble under your nose."

At that time, Solderin couldn't help laughing: "What if I really don't control it?"

Gao Wen also laughed: "Then I will fake you in public."

Then Soldrin came here, staring wide-eyed at a dozen of his old men.

"My lord," a Typhon knight finally said, with an embarrassed expression on his face, "You are all right..."

"Better than you,

Soldrin sighed, the fake on his head seemed to be a little heavier than before. "Now there is a chance for you to regain your sword and staff - but not for you to deal with the Ansu people." Don't get me wrong, I'm not asking you to help Ansoda Typhon, but to give you a glimpse of what the real threat is. ”&1t;i>&1t;/i>

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Later in the day, Amber, who went deep into the Dark Mountains to investigate the situation, returned to Gawain, and she brought the latest information on the aberration.

After drinking the tea on Gao Wen's table, the half-elf thief began to describe what he had seen: "The number of them is indeed increasing, and by the time they reach the border of the territory, there may be at least 3,000. Even 4,000 is possible! There is no grass in the place corroded by the aura of the demonic tide. Behind those monsters, a road of corruption larger than the last 'invasion' has been plowed out, and their route of action this time is not the same as last time. , I observed the terrain along the way, I'm afraid I can't blow up the cliff to confront the enemy like last time."

It can be seen that Amber is worried after returning from the exploration.

"Although collapsing mountains is effective against the enemy, it's just a trick after all. It's good to use it once." Gawain had no regrets about this. "At least mines can still be used - Byron is bringing soldiers and migrant workers to lay minefields, That thing is no worse than the collapse of the mountain." &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Amber then reported the latest trends and actions of those monsters. After she finished speaking, she finally couldn't help looking at Gao Wen, who looked indifferent: "By the way, you don't feel nervous at all?"

"Why are you nervous?" Gao Wen smiled slightly, "Do you think we can't stop it?"

"You didn't see it with your own eyes! That's a huge area! Wherever they walked, even the rocks turned into black sand!"

"When they first attacked here, we only had a wall of wooden fences and thorns, and a hundred soldiers with swords had to face hundreds of monsters, and now we have built up in the south The city walls and towers built of cement and boulders, and the newly trained recruits have thousands of soldiers, and each soldier has a heat ray gun, grenades and melting swords, although the monsters are still three times our size, but I am not. I don't find them scary." &1t;i>&1t;/i>

Hearing Gawain's words, Amber seemed relieved, but he couldn't help but be a little worried: "It's mainly those extra huge guys... They seem to be very difficult to deal with, their size is too big, once they take damage Climbing up the city wall, we may not be able to hold the new wall for long."

"With me and Solderling, there is no problem," Gawain smiled lightly, "and there is also Carmel - although he is a researcher, do you think his strength will be poor?"

Amber nodded confusedly, and seemed to think that those monsters were really nothing to fear, but Gawain suddenly said at this time: "Well, to be honest, I'm still a little worried."

"what?"

"Seven hundred years ago, I have never seen a 'mutant individual' that is two or three times the size of a normal aberration. The unknown type of aberration is of course disturbing," Gawain looked into Amber's eyes and said calmly. , "But when I sit here, I have to appear more stable than anyone else, do you understand?"&1t;i>&1t;/i>

"Because you are the lord?"

"That's right, I'm the lord. I lead everyone here to build a territory and arrange fortifications. I train the army and arrange defenses. If I respond here, I naturally have to take the responsibility of responding," Gawain said calmly, " So I have to be confident, and it's not just me, you have to appear confident."

"Me? Why?" Amber looked confused, "I'm just an errand..."

"You are my guard, and you are still managing the intelligence department. From the outsider's point of view, you know all the orders of the lord and all the secrets of the territory - and the fact is almost like this, so you belong to the same category as me. People who must not panic under any circumstances, when you panic, those who pay attention to you will immediately think that the lord is panicking, and then think of the crisis the territory is facing. I am afraid that even the lord and the lord's guards are too big. The extent to which you are unable to protect yourself, so there will be panic, some people will retreat, some will run away, and some will take advantage of the chaos - and all this is likely to start from the moment you panicked and ran into the lord's mansion."&1t; i>&1t;/i>

"I turned the window and no one saw me when I came in!" Amber said subconsciously, but then he frowned and muttered, "You say that... I suddenly feel like I'm fine after being a 'upper class'. Okay……"

"Because with me, rights and obligations are always equal, and you and I are no exception," Gawain laughed, feeling that watching this half-elf who hardly ever uses his brain to think hard about problems is also very refreshing. People are happy, "Amber, you are no longer a little thief, understand?"

"Hey—you sound like an old man!" Amber suddenly got goosebumps, but after a while he nodded honestly, "Okay...I understand..."

After that, she stared at Gao Wen for a long time before she spoke: "I'm the most annoying when others say big things, but when you say big things, it sounds really reasonable... For the first time in my life, I can honestly listen to people's lectures!" &1t;i>&1t;/i>

"That's because a lot of people who talk about great truth only talk about it and don't do it, but I do it and then talk about it," Gawain smiled and stood up, "Okay, you're back anyway, come with me to the southern city wall. ."

Since the first aberration attack, the defense in the southern direction of the territory has always been the top priority of all defense projects-although the Dark Mountains are a natural barrier, it has been proved that this natural barrier is very harmful to monsters. It is not insurmountable, at least in the area where Cecil Territory is located, there is a large gap that has been proven and several routes that can cross the mountain range in the Dark Mountains. To protect the security of the territory in the face of the Gondor wasteland, Gawain started a series of "building walls and towers" projects after the productivity of the territory developed a little.

Frankly speaking, Gawain is not very suitable for the situation that cities of all sizes are surrounded by a circle or even several circles of city walls in this era. The open city layout without city walls is more conducive to long-term development. However, he must be realistic. : Given the current level of security in this world and the form of warfare, city walls are still an indispensable defense measure, so the newly built Cecil Land also has city walls. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

The city wall in the southern part of the territory is the strongest and most defensive of all the fortifications.

Because the foundation of the territory is still shallow, the output of "Rebecca Cement" is also limited, so this city wall has not been able to be built entirely of reinforced concrete, and it has not been able to achieve the "triple wall, containing transportation and transportation" envisioned by Gao Wen for the time being. It is a perfect structure such as the military passage, which extends several feet underground, and the underground directly connects to the arsenal, but it is still a fairly strong barrier for most nobles in the south: the city wall made of a mixture of cement and earth and stone is ten feet high. More than meters, the top is four meters wide, a large number of shooting bunkers for soldiers are set up on the city wall, and a large number of medicines and combat crystals are stored at any time. The city magic net is spread all the way to the foot of the city wall to replenish the magic crystals of the defenders on the wall at any time. Attrition, and after the appearance of the magic obelisk, Carmel placed two crystal towers at the foot of the city wall, so even the city wall was covered with uninterrupted magic power-in this way, the weapons of the soldiers defending the city Before overheating damage or waste energy overload, their firepower can be continuous. &1t;i>&1t;/i>

In addition to the main body of the city wall, Gawain also ordered a series of triangular protruding outer walls to be built outside the city wall, and a small tower was built on the "apex" of each outer wall, and a small tower was placed on it. trebuchet.

The series of triangular outer walls refer to the structure of the bastions. They can ensure that when the enemy rushes under the city, they will be attacked by the fire from both sides of the guard walls. At the same time, the triangular outer walls themselves can also increase the strength of the city wall. , and the apex tower of the triangular outer wall can be used as a lookout post, as for the trebuchet on the tower...

To be honest, Gawain himself knew that this thing was a bit out of tune with the magic industry route that was being taken in the territory. However, until the problem of advancing the physical ammunition was solved, he did not have any "artillery" available, so he I can only do the next best thing, combining the original technology of this world with the new technology of the magic industry, and using a small catapult to barely achieve the effect of erecting artillery on the city wall——

All the catapults thrown out were crystal bombs the size of a human head.

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