Chapter 271 6.19 The Power of Mercia
After sending the King of Mercia to a suite at the top of the fortress and putting him under house arrest, Loki lurked under the water for seven days, and after a fierce late-night battle, Loki finally fell into a deep sleep facing the rising sun.
However, he only slept for a short six hours before he was woken up by Sartre.
He rubbed his sleepy eyes and hurriedly walked out of the bedroom.
When we met face to face, a steel jungle suddenly rose from the plains!
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Before setting off, Loki had imagined that the English Isles would be very rich.
Last autumn, when he had just killed Leviathan and returned, the story was circulating in the streets and alleys of the Conqueror's Fortress that Mr. Hummel had exchanged the Prince of Mercia for three boxes of gold coins.
Three boxes of gold coins could only sustain five or six thousand gold coins. He naively thought that England's financial resources were no more than this.
However, at this time, when he really saw the army appearing outside the door with his eyes, he realized that he had underestimated Mercia's financial resources after all.
He never expected that this country would be so rich!
In just 6 hours, three wide trenches were dug on the land that was still blank last night.
In the trench, a heavy ballista that is as tall as a person is placed every 30 meters. In the middle of the three trenches, there are 6 wooden towers as tall as the walls of Wanghai Fortress!
On the wooden building, there is also a dragon-slaying ballista installed, and there are also shooting positions for seven crossbow shooters. Each wooden city tower is pulled by a huge beast shaped like a hill, forming a mobile fortress that can advance and retreat at any time.
At this time, facing the setting sun at 4 p.m., a large group of farmers wielding hoes and farm tools were still widening the trenches. Behind them, teams after teams of soldiers held huge spikes made of steel and threw them into the trench.
This is a common tactic used in the Western Continent to deal with cavalry charges. It is also effective against the Viking giants in the Hall of Valor sequence.
This is just the land side.
What's even more terrifying is above the sea!
The seven nations of England recruited a total of more than 300 warships this time. These warships were divided into three shifts and took turns leaving the port. Therefore, only 100 ships were burned in the dock last night.
At this time, the remaining 200 warships were neatly arranged on the shoal. The ships were connected to each other with thick chains, and skilled craftsmen had built a 5-meter-wide channel directly in front of the ships. Temporary plank road!
The neatly arranged ships relying on the plank road are like more than 200 small fortresses erected out of thin air above the sea. One after another, heavy ballistae were pushed onto the ship by the migrant workers, and two were placed at the bow and stern of each ramming warship.
Under the setting sun, the deadly iron weapon emits an intoxicating light.
It was a scarlet color that represented death.
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“What a powerful rival.”
Loki murmured to himself, holding a monocular. In just six hours, Mercia relied on skilled workers and abundant resources to quickly build a three-dimensional defense offensive on land and sea out of thin air.
In terms of individual combat capabilities, their group of warriors who believed in the Holy Bishop were indeed incredibly weak. But a country with abundant productivity can never only send troops to the battlefield.
Craftsmen also play a huge role in war!
Especially a large group of skilled craftsmen.
In the last life, the Chi Kingdom simply relied on building highways on the border, and it drove the soul of Asan from neighboring countries to death, and even did not hesitate to send troops across the border to die.
The sense of oppression that construction can bring is no less than that of the army.
"While you were sleeping, Sartre saw these guys building a defensive offensive outside, led his troops out of the city gate, and attacked twice. But the results of the battle were not ideal."
This group of Englishmen didn't fight us at all, they just rushed over when they saw our people. They immediately withdrew, and then the group of flying moa knights came out.
When it came to the Moa Knight, even the always unruly Grauer shook his head helplessly.
None of them knew how to use bows and arrows, and the craftsmen's technique for making crossbows was too crude, which meant that the Vikings had to get close to the opponent in order to fight.
Once the Vikings rush in front of them, no troops in the entire Western Continent can resist the impact of giants and berserkers.
If it can't stick to the body, the Viking warriors who can only throw hand axes and spears only have an attack distance of 20 meters. In a battle involving thousands of people, this is not even considered "middle range".
"And as long as we withdraw, those English bastards will not catch up. Their craftsmen will quickly reappear and build their fortifications at a faster speed."
"In this way, after pulling twice, their trenches will be built. After the trenches are built, and the wooden city tower is pushed out, we will not be able to get out at all.
Fortunately, they have no intention of attacking the city for the time being. "
Loki looked out of the city with a solemn expression.
Each country has developed its own unique tactics based on its own specific culture and value orientation.
Among the seven countries in England, Mercia has the largest land and the largest population.
Ulysses Elam attached great importance to the shipbuilding industry, and the prosperity of the shipbuilding industry was inseparable from the support of all basic crafts such as carpentry, blacksmithing, smelting, and forging.
In Hanshui Village, Loki built a three-masted ship from scratch. Although he had a lot of knowledge from time travelers in his head and had watched many video tutorials, he successfully built two ships that could be launched. He did it from the age of 12 to 20!
He wasted countless materials and conducted at least a hundred experiments for a full eight years!
Perhaps in the eyes of others, the powerful navy of the Kingdom of Mercia looks very deterrent. But only when you really fight this country head-on can you feel the great power that their powerful craftsmen can exert.
Craftsmen are a scarce resource in the Dark Ages.
In Hanshui Village, Loki is the lord, and there is only one carpenter in the whole village, Sanji. Loki's father "Manggus Starlag" has a lifelong wish to invite a blacksmith to live in Hanshui Village.
But this wish was not fulfilled until his death.
In the barren Scandinavian Peninsula, craftsmen are even scarcer than high-sequence Chosen Gods. However, at this time, there are thousands of craftsmen dispatched by the Kingdom of Mercia on the ground and beach outside the castle!
The sun has already set over the hill, but the "construction project" around Wanghai Fortress has not stopped.
As torches are lit one after another, the area around the fortress has been illuminated by the bright lights of the fire. The sound of the hammer hitting the rivets continues to be heard.
It can be expected that tonight, under the cover of darkness, they will dig a trench very close to the city wall.
If they really advance layer by layer and build the defensive offensive under the corner of the wall
When the sun rises tomorrow morning, they can push the wooden tower that is higher than the city wall to the opposite side of the city wall, and use the higher dragon-killing crossbow to clear the target on the city wall.
If the war really develops to that point, the Vikings in the castle will be in a very difficult situation.
To break through, they have to face seven or eight trenches full of traps and spikes!
Defending is also not a solution!
The wooden city tower with a height of nearly 30 meters will cause tremendous pressure on them in the air. No matter how powerful the transformed giants are, the rain of arrows created by the Dragon-Slaying Crossbow is simply not something they can resist.