"Quick, quick, quick! We have to finish setting up all the positions, the ditches, the horse traps, the paths to hide the troops, everything has to be completed by today! Comrades, this is a task given to us by the government, we must complete it. This is for ourselves, this is for our land, our wealth, and our freedom! Work hard, comrades! Do your best! "
These dwarves who were shouting in the labor brigade were all political commissars that Chu Hao had brainwashed for a short period of time. They were the most determined warriors without a job. These dwarven political commissars were brainwashed by Chu Hao, no, trained by Chu Hao. After they were trained, they were directly sent to the grassroots of the dwarves. The first reason was to guide public opinion, the second reason was to increase the cohesion of the Blue Mountain dwarves, and the third reason was to deal with the current war.
The allied noble army of the humans and dwarves had a total of seventy thousand people. Twenty thousand of them were the private army of the nobles, and fifty thousand of them were the militia that transported food and other logistics. The seventy thousand of them had already arrived at the Blue Mountain territory, and the attack was right in front of their eyes.
Of course, these nobles called themselves' nobles', and they had also sent a letter of challenge before the attack. However, their letter of challenge did not mention anything about avenging the Turin dwarves, or anything about being hostile to the temporary government, or attacking the political structure of the Blue Mountain. Their letter of challenge only mentioned the ownership of the Blue Mountain territory. They claimed that the Blue Mountain territory did not belong to the Turin dwarves, and then introduced a lot of history and noble lineages in the letter of challenge. In the end, they claimed that the territory was owned by a human noble. Although the territory was temporarily loaned to the Turin dwarves, due to the internal strife of the Turin dwarves, the temporary ownership of the territory was declared invalid. Therefore, the allied army demanded that all the Turin dwarves leave the Blue Mountain immediately.
After the letter of challenge was sent to the Blue Mountain, the dwarves of the Blue Mountain were in an uproar. They had never heard that the Blue Mountain was owned by someone. In fact, when Sorin brought the Turin dwarves to the Blue Mountain, they had already received a consensus from the surrounding tribes that the Blue Mountain was owned by no one. Who would have thought that the allied noble army would send a letter of challenge like this? This was clearly just an excuse!
Almost all the Blue Mountain dwarves were furious. The letter of challenge also had a deadline. All the dwarves of the Blue Mountain had to leave the Blue Mountain within three days, and they were not allowed to take a single blade of grass or tree with them. In other words, all the Turin dwarves had to leave, except for the clothes they were not even allowed to take any food … This was not just driving them away, it was a massacre!
Therefore, there was no longer any room for reconciliation between the two sides. After the Dwarven Provisional Government received the letter of challenge, they didn't even reply to the letter and directly chased away the nobles' messengers. Obviously, the nobles had already expected this situation. That letter of challenge was just a formality. Both sides understood this principle. When it came to this, it would still depend on the situation on the battlefield. Nobody would be so naive as to take anything for granted.
Just like that, on the afternoon of the day the letter of challenge arrived, the allied army of the nobles arrived outside the capital of Lianshan. There was a large group of cavalry, infantry, siege troops, archers, crossbowmen, sword-shield soldiers, spearmen, and so on. There were all kinds of soldiers, with sturdy armor and sharp swords. This was no longer a mercenary army, but a real army formed by humans and dwarves. Furthermore, one should not underestimate a feudal society, especially an army like The Lord of the Rings that had an energy circulation system. The members of these armies often had stronger physiques, greater strength, and sharper skills than the people in the real world. This often meant that when they fought with cold weapons, the difference in combat strength between them would be multiplied several times, especially after the acquisition of Combat Aura. The early firearms armies were probably not as powerful as the cold weapons armies in The Lord of the Rings.
Of course, this was only the individual combat strength. An army … did not only rely on individual combat strength to win …
The difference between a modern army and a feudal army was not only the difference in firearms. Don't think that a modern army without firearms would be defeated and slaughtered by a feudal army whose physique and combat skills were stronger than them. The truth was the opposite. Even if a modern army was just formed and their combat skills were far inferior to a feudal army, a modern army could not be compared to a feudal army. Unless everyone in a feudal army had Combat Aura, the result of a battle would often end in a great victory for a modern army.
Of course, although Chu Hao had indeed trained the Blue Mountain Dwarves' army in the same way as a modern army, it had only been a short time. This army was not fundamentally different from a feudal army, and his goal was not to let the Blue Mountain Dwarves win. Otherwise, he could have used other methods to defeat the allied army in front of him. Therefore, when the allied army arrived, his goal had already been mostly achieved …
In ancient times, sieges were nothing more than sieges and attrition. As for all kinds of strategies, they all revolved around these two methods. Generally speaking, the number of enemies and allies in a siege would determine which method to use. If the attacking side had ten times the enemy's military strength, then the latter method would be used. If the difference in military strength was not too big, or only a few times, then the former method would be used. Of course, this was not absolute. After all, a siege of a city often depended on the progress of the entire battle. If the attacking side and the defending side had the same number of people, or even less, then the latter method would be used. This was also possible.
At this moment, the allied army was using the former method. Because not all the Blue Mountain Dwarven nobles had died, there were still a small number of Blue Mountain Dwarven nobles who had escaped with their lives. They were the ones who knew the current situation of Blue Mountain the best, especially the food reserves. Even if the provisional government confiscated the nobles' stock, the food was not enough to support the entire Blue Mountain Dwarven population for a few months. Blue Mountain originally needed to import a large amount of food from the outside world. Moreover, in order to win the hearts of the people, the provisional government had allowed a large amount of food to be consumed. This caused the Blue Mountain Dwarves' food reserves to be even lower. The allied army did not even need to fight at all.
Therefore, when the allied army arrived outside the capital of Blue Mountain, they only began to install various siege weapons, such as small catapults and a large number of siege ladders. Other than that, they only shot at the capital of Blue Mountain. The intention was very simple. They wanted to deplete the morale of the Blue Mountain Dwarves. Unfortunately, the first round of shooting that arrived in the afternoon was met with a heavy blow by the Blue Mountain Dwarven guards.
Although the allied army was made up of many nobles, they were not Elves. They were only Humans and Dwarves. How could they have many good bows and crossbows that were used by Combat Qi users? In the original movie, whether it was the Lord of the Rings trilogy or the prequel to The Lord of the Rings, the number of archers was very small. Moreover, there were all kinds of bows and crossbows, some good, some bad. Only the Elves had good standard bows and arrows. Their performance was the same. Speaking of which, there were more than a thousand archers shooting at the walls of Blue Mountain, but only a few dozen of them were equipped with Combat Qi. Following that, two thousand crossbows were all equipped with Combat Qi and fired in the opposite direction of the city walls, killing at least a few hundred people in an instant. There were even some impatient Dwarves who directly summoned all their Combat Qi and shot the crossbow bolts at the allied army that was thousands of meters away. This caused an uproar among the allied army. The entire allied army immediately retreated out of Blue Mountain City, at least tens of thousands of meters away. Only then did they settle down and did not attack the city again that day.
At that moment, the capital of Blue Mountain was plunged into a sea of ecstasy. The Blue Mountain Dwarves were full of confidence in defeating the allied army of nobles. They even thought that the enemy was a group of paper tigers. Many of the Dwarves even clamored to kill their way out of the city and drive these invaders out of Blue Mountain …
In fact, when the nobles discovered the existence of these crossbows, their goal was no longer to eliminate the interim government of Blue Mountain. They wanted to seize this batch of crossbows and even obtain the method of making them. Obviously, they believed that these crossbows were made by the Blue Mountain Dwarves. It was very likely that the Blue Mountain Dwarves had obtained some secret method of forging steel, and then the secret method of making crossbows. Because of this, they had the confidence to provoke the nobles like this … … Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation Actually, when the nobles discovered the existence of these crossbows, their goal was no longer to eliminate the interim government of Blue Mountain. They wanted to seize this batch of crossbows, and even obtain the method of making them. Obviously, they believed that these crossbows were made by the Blue Mountain Dwarves. It was very likely that the Blue Mountain Dwarves obtained some secret method of forging steel, and then the secret method of making crossbows. Because of this, they had the confidence to provoke the nobles.
This was the inference of the nobles. From this inference, they almost unanimously believed that whoever obtained these secret methods would be able to increase their strength by tenfold, or even a hundredfold. Because if all of this was true, the power that obtained these secret methods would be able to rival the Elves, and become a transcendent power in Middle Earth …
Greed, desire, jealousy, and fanatical imaginations of all the possibilities. This group of nobles couldn't wait to attack Blue Mountain and obtain all the secret techniques. None of them mentioned the strategy of encircling the city to wear down the enemy. After a few rounds of discussion, all the human nobles and dwarf nobles finally decided that tomorrow …
Attack the capital of Blue Mountain!
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