Chapter 293: war of attrition

Chapter 293: war of attrition

The war between Thrace and Molai has been going on for almost three months.

The battle between the two sides has always revolved around the Norma line of defense. The Thracians tried to erode this line of defense by attacking again and again, and finally successfully captured the "two gold coins" fortress not long ago.

The cities and cottages on the Norma line of defense formed three lines of defense. The first line of defense was named "gold coins", the second line was "silver coins", and the third line was naturally "copper coins". On this basis, according to the protruding order of the fortress, it is called "one gold coin, two gold coin, three gold coin", "one silver coin, two silver coin..." and so on.

Before the traversers had reached the Norma line of defense, the Thracians relied on the onslaught of a surprise attack and broke through the "one gold coin" fortress in the first attack. Since then, the "Two Gold Coins" fortress is the front line of the entire Norma line of defense - of course, the Thracian army did not only attack this point, but fully blossomed. Other fortresses were also under attack, but the pressure was the greatest here. .

However, this "two gold coin" fortress gradually became a nightmare for the Thracians.

In the more than two months of war, they launched more than a dozen attacks before and after, but they always lost their troops. Except for slowly capturing sections of the city wall, they did not really threaten the main body of the fortress.

It is said that the general of the Thracian army who was in charge of this part of the battle was very worried and lost a lot of hair. I wonder if he has a magic potion like "Zhangguang 101"? Or are you ready to live your life with a bald head?

However, the Thracian Army was much more elite than the Molai Army. Even with the two masters of Panda and Nekhart, the "Er Gold Coin" fortress eventually fell.

When the Thracian army set up a temporary catapult on the wall less than 100 meters away from the fortress, everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before the fortress fell.

A catapult can do not much damage, but in the face of the dilemma of stones falling from the sky at any time, it is not realistic to want to defend the city with peace of mind.

Therefore, the Molai military began to arrange retreat work from then on. After repelling an attack by the Thracian army again, they withdrew from the fortress and retreated to the "Hardware Coin" fortress.

"Take a fortress in three months... Hehe, let them fight." One of the top commanders of the Norma line of defense of the Molai Army, Marquis Dardanelle personally led the troops to receive the pandas who returned. He didn't feel the slightest frustration of losing the fortress, but smiled confidently, "At this rate, it will take them almost two years to capture the gold coin defense line. I want to see if they can maintain the morale of the attack. how long!"

Of course he is confident, because everyone understands that the Thracian army cannot maintain the current morale after several years of war.

After three months of fighting, except for the initial raid, only one fortress was built, and he had already lost thousands of people. It is very difficult to continue such a war.

The Marquis of Dardanelles is an old general. When he first went to the battlefield, he resisted the Thracian attack on the Norma line of defense—that was not long after the previous Thracian king took the throne.

At that time, the Thracians attacked the Norma line of defense for about two years and captured six fortresses, but in the end, due to low morale, Mo Laijun seized the opportunity to outflank and had to retreat in embarrassment and eat the food - It doesn't seem to be meat - spit it out.

The design of the Norma line of defense is very delicate. If you attack from the direction of Thrace, every fortress is very dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack; but if you attack from the direction of Molai, it is much easier. In the attack range of the large catapult of the rear fortress.

Among them, the situation of the one gold coin fortress was relatively poor. This most prominent fortress was built almost at the "mountain pass", and the support from the rear had limited effect on it, so it was won by the Thracians in one go. But starting from the fortress of two gold coins, the Thracians will face the constant attack of catapults around the clock. They must fight against the frequently falling stones, muster their courage, and continue to fight.

Marquis Dardanelles said disdainfully: "In this world, there are beasts that fight to the death to protect their nests and their children, but I have never heard of a beast that fights for hunting. Even if the Thracians want to fight with us. , how long can they maintain such determination? It's just like last time, they struggled for two or three years, and finally their morale was low, and we were driven back. "

For his statement, the traversers also agreed.

After three months of war, the traversers who participated in the war have grown greatly. On the one hand, this growth is reflected in the level - almost everyone has improved to four or five levels, on the other hand, it is reflected in the mentally.

Now they finally have a clearer impression of "war", which is neither majestic nor beautiful, on the contrary, ugly, barbaric, and vulgar. The armies on both sides of the war did not have the graceful temperament of an expert confrontation, but were just like two strong men who were torn apart in a puddle of mud.

In fact, Panda has been wrestling with the enemy more than once, and with reliable comrades in arms, this style of play works surprisingly well. Regardless of the level of the Thracian soldier, as long as he was overturned and restrained, his comrades could easily come and stab the guy in the neck, which was not much more expensive than killing a chicken.

"It's no wonder that in reality, most of the 'armored martial arts' is about throwing and grabbing, and there are very few punches and kicks..." In addition to fighting, Panda also compared his martial arts with war practice, and felt that he had gained a lot.

When both of them are wearing armor, even if he wears the iron fist glove specially made for him, the effect is very limited against the opponent wearing the armor - in fact, even the sword, spear and halberd, the effect is also greatly reduced when facing the armor. . But as long as the opponent falls and stops, you can calmly choose the weak position of the armor to start, and easily kill the opponent.

Most of the dozens of Thracian soldiers he killed did so.

It is not impossible to penetrate the armor, of course, but in a narrow position, there is neither a way to charge, nor is it convenient to perform wide opening and closing tricks, and it is difficult to fully exert force, which is difficult.

On the other hand, Nekhart, who was carrying the heavy crossbow, did not have to worry about this problem. Combined with his excellent archery, almost two or three arrows are a human head - although he often shoots a total of two or three arrows in a battle.

Now, Nekhart has a large row of gold stars on his armor, and even among the Thracians, he has his own nickname.

"Heavy Crossbow Death".

Compared with Panda's "Steel War Bear", it is indeed his nickname that is more powerful and domineering, which makes people dread when they hear it.

Although this "heavy crossbow death" is just a personal dog.

"Every time you steal the head of an officer, let me put a few more gold stars on my armor." Panda also complained about it when he was resting.

At such times, Neckerhart would use his usual trick of acting stupid, set up a table, tell stories to the soldiers, and pretend he didn't hear what Panda said...