Chapter 363: The End of the Battle of Norma

Chapter 363: The End of the Battle of Norma

Leading a team is not an easy task.

Panda, a paladin, can't possibly have command-in-chief skills. For things like leading troops and leading a team, he himself has mastered nine skills—no knowledge at all. Although he has technical support from other traversers, he wants to write a written statement. It is not easy to translate knowledge from above into practical actions.

He also knows that everything is difficult at the beginning, so he is not in a hurry. Anyway, there is nothing urgent now, and the right should see the world.

The temporary caravan walked unhurriedly on the road, and gradually approached the capital of the kingdom, Trera.

The group of former pirates hesitated for a few days, and finally couldn't help but ask Panda if they could go to Terrera - they are either from the Archipelago or from Molai, and no one has ever been to the city of Terrera. This cultural city is quite curious.

The city of Trela ​​has a long history, which can be traced back to more than 2,000 years ago. And the most famous thing in this city is the Continental Conference nearly 800 years ago - the "Continental Calendar" used by the Western Land today is based on the year of the Continental Conference as the first year of the Continental Calendar.

Many former sages once lived here, leaving countless stories and many cultural monuments. All tourists from the West Land, as long as they have the conditions, want to visit here, recall the past, and express their humanistic feelings.

Originally, when they were pirates, they were full of food and drink every day, and they didn't care about any culture or history. But as they washed their hands and went ashore, the way of thinking gradually changed. At this moment, they wanted to learn to remember history like those arty old hats, which really surprised the pandas.

There's nothing wrong with that, though. It's better to have a culture than to have no culture. Sean emphasized to Panda that the combat effectiveness of an army with culture is a lot higher than that of an army without culture - with culture, the quality can be easily improved. With the same number, of course, a high-quality army is even more powerful.

In this world, high quality means advanced templates. From the actual training results, soldiers who have completed literacy education can generally be upgraded from a white template to a green template after a period of ideological and political education, and their growth is greatly enhanced.

But Anthony, the Earl of Tarakhan, disapproved of this approach. He believes that the way to govern the people lies in "strengthening their bodies and savage their spirits". The improvement of the cultural level will only increase the spiritual needs of the people and the army, which will increase the cost of rule.

"The relationship of production must be in line with the level of productivity. Under the current level of productivity, the people and the army who are stupid and only execute orders are the most suitable." In the internal discussion meeting of the traveler, he said so.

Naturally, some people object to this statement. For example, Locke ridiculed him that he didn't read the book correctly, which is obviously "civilizing its spirit and barbaric its physique". Anthony said that it is meaningless to improvise, and that there is no absolute truth that is universally applicable. The way to govern a country is to adapt to local conditions... The two sides quarreled again, and the result was the same as the previous times.

Regarding these two views, Panda said, "I don't study politics, and I don't know which is right", but since he has the conditions, he doesn't mind trying one of them.

Anyway, there are uneducated strong men everywhere. Even if the combat effectiveness of these pirates is reduced because of their education, it will not prevent them from changing careers to become farmers.

Seeing that it was about to arrive in Terrera, at this time, another major event happened.

The army of the Molai Business Alliance finally couldn't hold on any longer and lost the entire Norma line of defense.

From mid-April 778 to early July 779, the battle of Norma lasted for nearly fifteen months. Compared with the short two-month battle in the game, the Thracians paid a huge price to break the Norma line of defense. Not to mention the consumption of war materials by hundreds or thousands of times, the loss of manpower is also many times more.

In the history of the game, the Thracians did not lose much in this battle, except for one loss when they stormed Norma in the early stage of the battle, that is, the diving army that raided the Port of Pollock suffered relatively large losses—for the sake of Guarding the pass at the rear and completely cutting off Mo Lai's army, they fought several tough battles, and less than half of the 2,000 people survived. Including the losses in frontal combat, the total battle losses will not exceed 3,000 people.

But in this world, because of the influence of the traversers, this battle not only dragged on for a long time, but also fought fiercely. In particular, the battle was mainly concentrated on the frontal battlefield. In order to break through the Norma line of defense, the Thracians had to experience one or two battles and make some sacrifices almost every step forward.

According to Molai's statistics, in this battle, a total of more than 14,000 Thracian soldiers were killed, while Molai's losses were more than 18,000. The gap is obvious, but not unacceptable.

"With such a great geographical advantage, the battle damage is still higher than others, which is shameful!" Sean commented in the group chat channel, "I really don't understand how they have the face to say 'the gap is acceptable'!"

However, compared to the 40,000-strong army in the game's plot, they were sacrificed in blood after they surrendered, and they were used as sacrifices for the Thracians to refine legendary magic items. The current situation is obviously beneficial to Mo Lai.

The greatest and most direct impact that the travelers had on this world clearly appeared in front of everyone.

And their influence doesn't stop there.

After completely occupying the Norma line of defense, the Thracians naturally wanted to march south to the hinterland of the Federation. However, when the army passed through the mountain area of ​​the copper coin defense line, for some unknown reason, a large-scale avalanche suddenly broke out. At least two or three thousand Thracian soldiers died in the avalanche, including those of the Church of God of War. The Son, Jacqueline Henry, the eldest son of the Marquis Henry.

This is supposed to step into the Legendary Advancement in the future, and in the name of "Duke of Iron Wall", he will shock the Western Land, become one of the supreme rulers of the entire Thracian Empire, and even a strong man who threatens the imperial power. However, in the face of several boulders that were continuously smashed by landslides, the Battle Sacred Emblem, which could only last for ten seconds at a time, could not keep him.

When he was dug out from under the rubble, his whole person was twisted and deformed.

It is said that a big man like him can find a priest to perform resurrection. But when the clergy arrived in a hurry, they found that the Holy War Emblem that had always protected him was a disservice this time-because of the existence of the Holy War Emblem, the divine arts of other churches had little effect on him, and resurrection naturally also just failed.

As for the Church of God of War... their bishop happened to be walking with Jakar at the time, and the bodies of the two were almost together.

He was successfully resurrected, but there will be a long period of weakness after being resurrected. Even if he wants to resurrect Jakyll, he is powerless.

In the end, the future Duke of Iron Wall died in the Norma Mountains in an inexplicable landslide.

After confirming the news from the traversers who had mixed in with the Thracian army, Liu Daoqing, who presided over the landslide, laughed and was very proud.

An action that was originally not good-looking ended up killing a future legendary powerhouse, this awesomeness, he can blow for at least ten years!