Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 299

2021-04-15

Chapter 299 Trapped Beasts
Bud, who rushed to the front line from the refugee camp, see you as soon as possible Winters: "The Teltown people want to surrender?"

"Yes." Winters leaned over the blueprint to sketch, picked up the water bladder in his left hand and handed it to Bud, and replied without looking up: "I don't agree."

There is no need for greetings and courtesies among comrades.

Bud took the water bag, took a sip of water, and waited quietly for Winters to follow.

Winters throws away the charcoal and calls in the messengers to take the map.

With no one else in the temporary command post, he would no longer need to hide his tiredness.

He walked to the bucket in the corner of the tent and washed his face vigorously with cold water: "The fire roaster said he was willing to return all the loot, offered 3,000 horses, and then quit the army -- keep the weapons, the flag, and respectfully. Surrender. Humph, the Hurds are starting to play this one too!"

The temporary command post was set up on a high ground overlooking the south-east direction, from which you could see the third line of defense, and more Forest in the distance.

From time to time, a messenger would come on horseback, report to Winters by word of mouth, and leave in a hurry with an answer.

"The Teltown people didn't move?" Bud looked down at the map, judging the situation of the two armies.

Winters shook his head slightly, frowning involuntarily: "No movement...so I don't understand what the monkey's butt-face is doing."

At the moment, the Teltown right wing has It is divided into three parts:

One part is on the west bank of the Big Horn River, which was repelled in the previous battle; p>

The elites of the sweat tent were trapped in the Dajiao River, the Pantuo River and the square inch of the besieged city by the third line of defense.

The situation is very good for the Tiefeng army. As long as the elites can be surrounded and wiped out, the remaining mob will be defeated without a fight.

"Even if the rabbit falls into the trap, it has to be a Final Struggle. The monkey's butt face is trapped in the dead place, but please show weakness." Winters expressed his doubts to Bud: "Suppose it is The monkey's butt face is in my position, do you think he will accept his offer?"

"No." Bud continued along with Winters' words, helping Winters to clarify his thoughts.

"That is to say." Winters fiddled with a knife unconsciously: "The monkey's butt face is doing something he knows will not succeed."

Bud thought for a while. : "The fire-boiler has another purpose?"

"It must be so."

"Procrastination?"

"Why?" Drips of water vaporize to stimulate the spirit: "The longer the time goes on, the higher the wall, the deeper the trench, and the stronger the line of defense facing the people of Teltown."

"Perhaps Show weakness and paralyze us, and then use all of your strength to penetrate the defense line."

"But in my opinion, with the advantages of the cavalry of the Teltun people, it is better to fight fast, and the system of rushing to the wall has not yet been established. Front assault..."

The voice came to an abrupt end, and Winters was abruptly silent.

After a while, he said softly: "Or, the Teltown people are waiting for reinforcements to cooperate and annihilate us here."

Bud did not answer, he knew this When can't interrupt Winters.

Winters pondered, both of his hands propped up on the table and stared at the map: "Reinforcement...reinforcement...if the Teltowners have reinforcements, where will the reinforcements come from? West Bank? South Bank? North?"

Bard sighed, patted Winters' shoulders.

Winters came back to his senses, staring blankly at his friend.

"How long has it been since you slept?" Bud asked.

"One day? Two days?" Winters' eyes were bloodshot: "I can't remember how many times I took a nap."

"That won't work." De's expression became more serious: "Second commandment, [mentally and physically exhausted]."

Winters smiled for the first time, answering in a code-like manner One sentence: "[It will ignore the really important things]."

"Go to bed." Bud handed Winters his coat: "I'll be here."

Winters I was about to say something, but after thinking about it, I picked up my coat and walked into the tent.

He made up his mind and said, "In short, keep the same things. No matter what the hell the Teltown people are up to, as long as the opening is closed, the Teltown people will be driven out!"

Bud looked at Winters' back and looked around the command post, his eyes a little complicated.

This command post has only four tents, which is extremely rudimentary. But at this moment, the orders it issued dispatched the actions of tens of thousands of people, and the decisions it made were related to the life and death of Tiefeng County.

It is no exaggeration to say that these four tents are the brains and cores of the Tiefeng Army.

But it faced a severe shortage of manpower: clerks who could read and write could count on two hands, and there were no professionally trained soldiers except Winters and Bard.

The reason why Tiefeng County's army can still operate normally without major troubles is entirely because everything is installed in Winters' mind, and he is calculating with Winters' brain power.

"It can't go on like this." Bud said abruptly: "You need an assistant."

"Didn't you come?" Winters unfolded the camp bed and replied slowly.

"Many assistants, many, many assistants."

"Yeah." Winters lay down hard and fell asleep quickly.

And Bud picked up a pen and paper and started writing a list from memory.

…

Middle Tiefeng County, third line of defense.

Four burly farmers are using a pile driver.

The four of them shouted their horns and turned the wheel. It was the winter of biting-cold wind, but they were sweating profusely.

A thick rope is wrapped around the shaft of the wheel, and a large rock is attached to the other end of the rope. The runner tightened the rope, and the stone was slowly pulled up.

After the stone was lifted some distance, the farmers broke the tenon.

The boulder fell violently, hitting the stake heavily.

This process was repeated continuously. It only took six or seven strokes to drive a four-meter-long log into the ground, and only about two meters of wooden stakes were exposed on the ground.

When the stake is ready, the farmers leave it alone.

Some other farmers walked to the pile driver, and a dozen people worked with a common purpose to move the simple machine two steps.

Then switch to another group of farmers and start driving another stake.

Towards the Southwest, behind a hillside, Tai Chi peeked at the crude but efficient machinery in the distance, his face turning blue.

As far as he could see, at least eight pile drivers were working simultaneously.

The wooden stakes were driven down one by one, and within the valley a series of "pile walls" with a spacing of about two steps have been erected.

The arrival of Bud gave Winters a short rest, while Tai Chi led his guards through the forest and approached to investigate the enemy.

At a distance of 300 paces, Tai Chi finally saw how the other party "built a city overnight":
First hit the stake, and then put something like a willow basket on the stake;
Take soil from the front of the stake and fill it in the willow basket;

One basket is filled with soil, and another new basket is put on;
Just like skewering meat, the stake is covered with quilt one after another Six baskets; the first four baskets are first covered and then filled with soil, the last two baskets are filled with soil and then covered;
The wide gaps between the stakes are filled with willow baskets filled with soil, and the two-legged people then cover the floating soil On the outside of the wall, it is integrated, and the profound mystery inside cannot be seen;

In the end, the earth wall was completed, and the pit dug out of the earth became a trench.

"Do you understand?" Tai Chi asked his son through gritted teeth.

"I see, the wooden stake is the backbone, the willow basket is the rib, and the soil is the flesh and blood sac." Tai Chi's son licked his lips and replied, "To demolish the wall, the only way is to drag down the wood. The stake. As soon as the stake falls, the wall also falls."

"The stake is at least three steps deep into the ground, how can it be dragged down?" Tai Chi's eyes widened.

Tai Chi's son also widened his eyes, and his expression was exactly the same as his father's: "If a horse can't be pulled down, use two horses, and if two horses can't be pulled down, use four horses."

Tai Chi looked at his son's appearance and sighed bitterly: "I'm afraid that two-legged people are expecting you and me to come like this."

......

Building materials for the wall Nothing but dirt, wood and stone.

Throughout the ages, it is best to use stone, either lime mortar or pozzolanic mortar.

But Winters didn't want to build a church, he wanted to build field fortifications, and speed was the key. His only options were earth and wood.

Wood is the easiest way to build a wall. Logs are driven into the soil one by one to form a wall.

However, this method requires hundreds of thousands of lumber, which Winters does not have. His choice was only soil.

The problem with dirt is that it's not strong and slips.

If the soil is simply piled up, the soil will naturally form a slope. This is the reason for the so-called "eight-foot trench at the corner of six feet, and the front wall should be seven feet high".

It's just that if the slope is too large, it will lose the meaning of blocking the horse. Therefore, since ancient times built walls with soil, the most critical technique is "bundling soil".

Rammed earth is one way, but unfortunately still not fast enough.

Sheepskins and burlap sacks are ideal for a wall, but Winters lacks both sheepskins and burlap sacks.

There is nothing, so we can only make it simple, adapt to local conditions, and use what is useful.

After thinking hard, Winters took a different approach and improved the way Lieutenant Colonel Vauban built the tunnel on Red Sulphur Island.

The tunnels of Red Sulphur Island are "a cage to bind the soil", while Winters "a basket to bind the soil".

Because the structural strength of the basket is not as strong as that of the cage, and it is difficult to stack neat and tidy like the cage.

So Winters drove an additional wooden stake as the "backbone" on top of the basket structure. It not only increases the strength of the wall, but also can firmly fix the earth basket.

It may be difficult for a "wall" of this strength to resist artillery fire, but there is no problem in stopping the warhorse.

Compared with the ordinary earth wall, the body cultivator of the wall can be made steeper by tying the earth with the basket, so that the horse cannot even find a place to borrow. And don't choose building materials, mud and gravel can be used.

The construction efficiency is slower than that of sheepskin bags and burlap bags, but far faster than rammed earth and mortar.

......

While Tai Chi was looking at the wall and sighing, Winters on the other side suddenly woke up from his sleep.

Winters' body suddenly sat up straight, staring blankly at the tent's drape, motionless.

Bard heard the sound and walked into the inner tent: "What's wrong?"

"A terrifying thing." Winters looked towards Bard: "I dreamed."

Bud was startled to see the cold sweat on Winters' forehead.

In an instant, Winters is back to being an energetic, swift and decisive military tribune.

He threw off his coat, jumped up, and shouted at the outside of the tent: "Get ready! Call all company commanders!"

The small command post suddenly burst into flames. riot.

"What's wrong?" Bud, who has always been calm, was a little surprised when he saw Winters' appearance.

"I probably know what the Teltown people are going to do... hurry up! Must do it quickly!" Winters clenched Bud's arm tightly: "Perhaps - time is not on our side. ”

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