Chapter 1161 The attack begins
In the rear barracks of Copperfurnace Castle, Wojin was busy in a low-key manner in order to obtain the building materials needed for the Zhou troops to deploy their defenses.
But no matter how low-key he is, it's obviously impossible to hide it from Balai.
The relevant news was quickly reported to Balai. Listening to the report from his subordinates, Balai, who was handling military affairs at the time, said without raising his head...
"Don't worry about him."
The dwarf construction industry is quite developed, and the most indispensable thing in Copperhearth Castle is building materials and stones.
Moreover, strengthening the defense line is also a good thing for them, and Bale has no reason to refuse.
As for the three hundred militiamen...
Although he had made it clear before that the extended defense line was to be handled by Zhou himself, now faced with the mobilization of this labor force, Bale still chose to turn a blind eye.
Although Shi Lei's previous words made him feel embarrassed, Balai could not deny that the deployment of the three hundred militiamen was indeed more symbolic than practical.
After Zhou's defense was deployed, it no longer mattered whether the three hundred militiamen were there or not.
On this point, his thoughts are consistent with Wo'jin's.
He had no intention of bringing it up on his own initiative, nor did he intend to stop it. He just pretended that he didn't know about it and let it go. Everyone knew it anyway.
Obviously Shi Lei is not stupid enough to think that Wojin is moving building materials and deploying labor force over there, and Balai will not know.
In fact, the red-bearded dwarf has already acquiesced, but he just can't save face and won't take the initiative to speak.
Those three hundred militiamen were indeed very amateurs when asked to fight. From the dwarves' point of view, their combat effectiveness was negligible.
But let them be used as a labor force to help them build a defense line. Most of the dwarf militiamen have shown quite outstanding professional abilities, because this is what they do!
Now, the professional is the right match!
At the same time, what they didn't expect was that despite their appearance, the dwarf craftsmen were very skilled in craftsmanship. Even the engineers in their army who were responsible for building camps and defense facilities were a bit ashamed.
This couldn't help but give Shi Lei a new understanding of dwarves.
In any case, he can basically rest assured at the pass.
Temporarily returning to the garrison camp, Shi Lei took the opportunity to discuss some information about the greenskin troops on the battlefield with Wojin.
For example, the greenskins on the battlefield here usually send what troops and in what mode they attack.
Based on the information provided by Wojin, Shi Lei quickly confirmed that the situation of the greenskins here was very different from the information they had learned before.
In the process, Shi Lei also learned that dwarves have night vision, so whether they fight during the day or at night, it has no effect on them.
This discovery made Shi Lei feel a little upset for no reason.
Because he found that after going through this circle, apart from humans, there are only a handful of races that do not have night vision!
However, according to Vol'jin, the battles between the two sides mainly took place during the day. Although they and the greenskins both had night vision, the two races essentially worked during the day and slept at night.
If the day and night are reversed all the time, it will also have some impact on their mental state.
As for the frequency of attacks by the greenskins...sometimes they fight once every three or four days, and sometimes they launch attacks for several days in a row.
The current dominance of this war is held by the greenskins. The frequency of attacks mainly depends on the casualties on the greenskins' side.
If the dwarves want to change this situation, they must first seize the opportunity and win a big victory! It is necessary to turn defense into offense while severely damaging the main force of green skins, and seize the initiative in their own hands.
But this was obviously not something Shi Lei had to worry about.
Tens of thousands of green-skinned troops surrounded Copperfurnace Castle. If they were asked to help make a comeback and put this burden on them, then they would have to gather at least 20,000 troops to join the battle, but they obviously had no such plan.
As I said earlier, this is an unprofitable war.
They sent troops during the Great Zhou Dynasty mainly to resolve threats.
Under this premise, what they need to do is to reduce the losses as much as possible while solving the green skin threat, without even affecting their rear development.
As for the protagonist of this battlefield, it is a thankless task, so let the dwarves do it.
In fact, this is indeed the home court of the dwarves, and they have no reason to steal the limelight from the dwarves.
On a new day, urgent sirens echoed over Copperhearth Castle. Upon hearing the sound, Shi Lei rushed towards the side of the defense line they were responsible for garrisoning as quickly as possible.
Unlike their extended defense line, this section has a serious protective wall.
Copperfurnace Castle is located on a mountain. It already has a commanding advantage over the greenskins who attack from the foot of the mountain. After climbing the protective wall, this advantage becomes more obvious. Shi Lei only feels that at a glance, the greenskins are... He immediately had a clear view of the actions of Pi Da's army, and at the same time, he clearly realized that Copperhearth Castle is really a good place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack!
This is still against a force with special cavalry like the greenskins. If it were against ordinary human forces, regular cavalry would not even be able to go up the mountain. However, the dwarves have a special cavalry called Boar Rider to help them out, so the advantage will only be greater. .
There was no time to think too much. At this moment, the green-skinned army was almost halfway up the mountain. This was also the key defensive area of ​​Copperforge.
Standing on the top of the wall, Shi Lei could see from a distance that the dwarf troops on the defensive line next door, a large number of dwarf heavy crossbowmen were already on standby outside the protective wall. At the same time, wooden carts were pushed out by the dwarf soldiers and greeted them. The green-skinned troops approaching from the front were lined up.
The next second, the dwarf officer gave an order, and the wooden car's baffle was immediately removed.
Then I saw the dwarf soldiers standing on both sides of the wooden cart, grabbing the handle on the side of the wooden cart and pulling back hard at the same time. The wooden cart immediately tilted up.
Immediately afterwards, a huge wooden door covered with metal door nails rolled out of the wooden cart.
At the moment of landing, Muzhu rolled all the way down along the sloping mountain. The huge weight, coupled with the momentum caused by the roll, directly caused it to form a death roll. A large number of green-skinned soldiers were killed on the spot along the way. Crushed to death.
Even the huge ogre was hit so hard that he vomited blood and rolled down the mountain.
With the blessing of the environment, the destructive power displayed by the special wood made by the dwarves simply exceeded Shi Lei's imagination.
At the same time, during a simple observation process, Shi Lei discovered that the wooden logs thrown by the dwarves could always hit the ogres on the opposite side.
Or to put it simply, those wooden trees are aimed at the ogres on the opposite side!
This is indeed the case. The main targets of the dwarves are the ogres on the opposite side.
Ogres are bulky and their mobility is not very flexible. During the climbing process, they will become even more clumsy. They are basically unable to avoid Muzhu's attacks and can only take this attack honestly!
(End of chapter)