Chapter 416
2021-01-06
Chapter 416 hits the whole linecold wind whistling like a child crying, all along the Gorge, except The sound of the icy air flowing, only a few words of conversation from the soldiers who were also on duty at night on the defensive road not far away, and the crackling of firewood in front of the tent behind them.
It's been so quiet for a long time.
The weeks of nighttime ghouls stopped the day before yesterday - not because of no effect, but because as the deforestation progressed (Weirwood was destroyed by the ghouls, while the rest of the trees were lost by the defenders with Wildfire burning), the concealment of the forest itself has become weaker and weaker: the entire Gorge, the north slope and the Weirwood forest on the south slope near the bottom of the valley have been cleaned up by the roots. The sparse Weirwood of Mountain Road survived.
The last batch of Weirwoods had a weak blocking effect on the penetration of Cold God's power, but it was located so close to the chin of the defenders that no matter how thick the night could not shelter it. , If you want to get rid of the destruction first, you must fill in hundreds of thousands of ghouls.
Although it is simple to control the dead, it requires magic power after all, not to mention that the method of resurrecting a corpse is terrifying in the eyes of living beings, but there are insurmountable shortcomings: no matter how brilliant Necromancy is, there is no way Soldiers are born out of thin air... Others lead the dead army. If you don't fight a big victory, the soldiers will fight less and less, and you can't be like the living creatures: relying on reproduction and the living force that comes from them, to achieve endless growth.
For this last little bit of Weirwood, sending ghouls to the front of one's eyes of the human defenders in front of one's eyes is not only cost-effective, but also a waste of troops.
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The exhaled breath turned into white mist in the air, condensed on the eyebrows and beard and formed a thin frost, stretched out a pinch and it fell down. . Slim wrapped the blanket around him again, and moved all nineteen fingers on his legs, arms, and hands and feet.
The allowance of the defenders along the canyon is 1.5 times that of the fortress defenders, and the food supply is even more controlled. It took a long time to realize that it was really hard to keep here.
With the continuous improvement of the logistical supply of the Wall defenders, today's soldiers are generally equipped with thermal equipment...However, the weather is too cold, and the defenders on the front line of Gorge have no walls to block the wind and air currents. As soon as you move, the temperature is so low that you can hardly feel the existence of your body. It seems that only by moving from time to time can you avoid repeating the mistake of freezing your toes.
Hold on! Slim meditated in the heart - in less than an hour, oneself's shift will end, you can go back to the sheltered tent dug up in the hollow of the rock behind you, take off your armor and indent into the bed and sleep beautifully. I felt it.
Just as he was looking forward to a good night's sleep, another soldier a few meters away exclaimed in a low voice. Slim turned his head to observe, only to find that the sky in the west was slightly brighter - for a moment, He almost thought that day and night were reversed, and Sun rose from the opposite direction, and it took two seconds to react: No, that was the beacon of Bingxia Port, and the port fortress at the westernmost point of the defense line was attacked!
Ice Gorge Harbor is located on the Southwest coast of the Milkwater estuary, the Bay of Ice is not frozen, is it possible that the dead army swam around the defense line and attacked there? Slim was puzzled, but more troubled: the beacon fire in Ice Gorge Harbor was lit, did oneself see what needed to be done?
Gorge's defense plan has long been conveyed to every soldier's ears by the most junior officers, and after several exercises, it has deeply penetrated into everyone's heart, it is known: no matter where along the Gorge encounter In case of attack, the night guards must ignite the beacon after confirming that it is not a feint... For example, the commanders of Ice Gorge Harbor, Gorge Watch and Shadow Tower will send reserve teams from the two fortresses to support the attacked place if they think it is necessary.
However, the plan did not say how the defenders along the Gorge line would react when the beacon fire was lit at Bingxia Harbor!
A slight disturbance spread like a wave from west to east across the entire canyon defense line in an instant, awakening many soldiers who had been replaced by get off work and should have a rest, but the defenders everywhere strictly implemented the established plan and did not leave without permission Due to his duties, he responded to violations of the regulations, and the Commander of Canyon Watch quickly sent people to run around the entire canyon to give orders, and repeated the statement that "everything is based on the plan as the highest criterion" - the headquarters believes that Bingxia Port has enough capabilities to solve its own problems. On the other hand, if even more than a thousand defenders can't solve the problem, no matter how to draw troops from the canyon to support, it is impossible to "remove the troops while still ensuring the sufficient strength of the defense line".
The messenger's order reassured Slim. He turned his head, no longer looking at the beacon in the west, but at the bottom of the dark canyon again. After a sudden strong cold wind blew, a wet, icy little thing fell on his nose. He lifted the head and looked up at the sky, and was not surprised to find that it was snowing again.
The good news is that the brightness the snow adds to the environment can make scouting and sentrying less difficult, but the bad news is that the snow piled on the defensive mountain road has to be cleared at dawn, and this is the job, Night's There is no separate department responsible for "cleaning" in Watch Legion, and it is all handled by the defenders of each segment.
Alas, I'm busy again tomorrow.
Slim sighed, the heat exhaled from his mouth turned into a cloud of white mist that was several times larger than what came out of his nose, and then the horn sounded abruptly.
wū wū wū wū wu wu wu ——
The sound of the horn is reflected back and forth in the canyon, spreading across the entire line, gradually becoming faint and distant, but it is undoubtedly not an illusion. Night's Watch has abandoned the distinction of one, two or three horns, especially along the canyon: the defenders here will never go down to the bottom of the canyon to patrol, which means that as long as the horn sounds, there is only one possibility.
The enemy attack!
He quickly looked in the east and west directions to make sure that it was not the adjacent defensive section that lit up the beacon: Shadow Tower, as the highest command of the Western Front, had already divided the canyon defense line into two parts according to length and terrain. Nearly 100 sections, according to the degree of terrain danger, each section is in charge of a team of 20 to 50 defenders, and the temporary fortress "Canyon Wang" at the middle point is slightly more. According to the plan - if the adjacent defensive section is attacked, the adjacent defensive section is obliged to provide helper support to help the defenders in the attacked section persist until the reserve team arrives.
Although it was a flustered glance, the target was found at a glance: very good, the place where the beacon is lit is several miles away, and the impossible is the adjacent defense segment!
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There were hurried footsteps behind them, and several of the fastest-reacting soldiers on the team had already put on clothes to ensure they would not freeze to death and rushed out of the tent. Led and rushed towards the edge of the cliff.
"What's going on?"
"At least three miles to the east, not our adjacent segment!" Slim reported loudly.
"I asked 'what's the situation', not 'where was attacked'! You happily tell me what the answer is not the adjacent paragraph?" the commander of the squad scolded sharply, "Hear the horn, The first thing you have to do is to make sure that our oneself's defense section is not attacked, and then to judge whether it needs support elsewhere, understand?"
"Yes... sir!" Obviously obediently And honestly at night, I didn't even fall asleep, but I was criticized for covering my face. Slim was a little wronged, but the military law was like a mountain, and he didn't dare to contradict his superiors. ——Take off a burning torch from the brazier stand next to it, and threw it hard into the canyon.
Captain scolds youngster who was on duty at night, partly because he didn't respond to the sound of the horn as required by his training, but more because youngster's "not our adjoining paragraph" included take pleasure in Annoyed by other people's misfortune, they want to discipline him.
However, as the torch cut through the darkness and fell into the deep canyon, the faint light illuminated a radius of more than ten meters under the reflection of the snow. Into their eyes: on the Milkwater ice at the bottom of the canyon, there is a black shadow like a torrent rushing across the north-south dividing line, rushing towards the southern slope where the defense line is located... The shrill horn echoing in the canyon is to a certain extent Instead, the sound they made was temporarily obscured, so that none of the soldiers on duty at night were immediately noticed.
The torch fell into the Kuroshio and was disappeared like sinking into the water in an instant... Small Captain, a self-proclaimed veteran, was almost scared to pee.
"Lord of Light is on top..." The commander of the Squad suffocated for a moment, then reacted immediately: "Slim, go and light the beacon right now! Nahat, take your brother to unpack the Wildfire and take it out. Gwen, go get everyone who's still dilly-dallying in the tent, and get all the Dragonglass weapons. Young man, this is no joke!"
Duan's soldiers were called up, and the boxes full of combat preparations were also unpacked and moved to the edge of the cliff. The defensive battle started instantly, and green flames quickly exploded at the forefront of the corpse tide that started to climb the cliff. The Dragonglass arrows are also splashing down like they don't want money... The momentum of the enemy's attack is scary, but think of the good - at least this time the defenders don't have to worry: the combat readiness will be wasted like the last false alarm.
The beacon was quickly lit, but they soon discovered that no one could expect the soldiers in the adjacent section to come to help.
Torches were lit up one after another, and more than 80 of the more than 90 defensive sections along the canyon were attacked by ghouls at the same time. The worst situation in the plan occurred: the enemy did not attack at any point, but attacked from all directions!
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(end of this chapter)