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    Tunnel siege was originally very time-consuming and difficult to use, but with the help of the dwarves, it immediately became much easier.  In the past, it was often used as a last resort when the attack could not be won for a long time, but now it seems to have become routine.  The castle that was breached this time was obviously careless in this aspect. Otherwise, Qiaoji's "Turray Attack" operation might be successful, but I'm afraid it wouldn't be so smooth.  Because the water basin placed in the basement of the castle will ripple due to the vibration caused by digging the tunnel, it is an effective way to detect this tactic.  The burning sulfur in the pottery bowls thrown by suicide squads will fill the tunnel with unbearable gas and smoke out the tunnel soldiers.  But although this is simple to say, it is not easier than digging a tunnel to attack.  The relationship between the two is like the relationship between ballistic missiles and anti-missile systems, which improve each other step by step.  And at present and in the next period of time, the Principality of Nohan, as a spearhead, seems to have the upper hand.  Even after that castle was breached, the Lucians did not seem to be wary of it.  Of course, the greater possibility is that there is a lack of coping methods!  Lucia seemed not very well prepared in this regard.  Perhaps in their opinion, it would be more in their interest for the Principality of Nohan to use tunnels to siege the city!  If the dwarves hadn't taken action, the huge amount of man-hours consumed would have achieved their purpose of delaying time.  But after Georgie paid a heart-wrenching price, the new dwarves who joined the principality began to take on the work of the rats here.  Although the Duke has no intention of sending his group of dwarves to the battlefield, or he has not yet completely regained the loyalty of those dwarves.  But the dwarves of Bolum Territory still have a strong sense of belonging to their current life.  Coupled with Qiaoji's slight inducement, in addition to the dwarf craftsman at the beginning, a whole dwarf engineering team came later.  Although there was no explosive blasting, the walls of castles collapsed one after another due to the frequent earthworks.  Although the battle to break the city had its twists and turns, it was generally relatively smooth - Lucia's ordinary soldiers were really not very enthusiastic about war.  With the loud noise of "Boom! Boom", the flag of the Kingdom of Lucia continued to fall on the land on the east side of the twin rock canyon.  Although in the end those Lucians came to their senses and prepared for the offensive from below the surface.  But without suitable smoking items, their targeted resistance seemed so unreasonable.  Although this stronghold composed of castles was continuously breached, more and more prisoners entered the control of the Nohan Principality.  Even because of the original numbers and the losses of the war, the number of people Qiaoji and the others said they would face this time was far less than the previous one.  However, the number of prisoners still made the Norhan coalition forces, who were constantly engaged in siege warfare, miserable.  A considerable part of the troops had to be involved in guarding them.  It gave people the feeling that Nohan¡¯s army was about to be dragged to death by these prisoners from Lucia.  Letters of help flew straight to Calada as if they had wings. With so much drag, the march could not be accelerated no matter what.  In the end, when the number of prisoners was about to exceed the number of Nohan's troops, the second-line supply troops from Nohan's country seemed to have received instructions from the senior officials of the principality.  They are gradually transporting these prisoners back to the country in batches, although now it seems that they are just a drop in the bucket.  But seeing that the number of prisoners no longer increased, or even decreased day by day, Qiaoji finally felt a little relieved.  As the nails driven into the Kingdom of Lucia were pulled out one after another, the Nohan army that originally scattered for siege warfare gradually gathered together.  In any case, the risk of dividing the troops like this on the battlefield is not small: the weak defense line lacks the ability to withstand the impact, and it also gives the Lucians the opportunity to defeat them one by one.  In fact, the Lucians did not fail to see this.  Although there was no way to immediately dispatch a large army that could fight in the field, it was not that they did not take any actions.  It's a pity that the tentacles that were just stretched out were cut off by Nohan's front before they could accomplish their feat.  After the first attempt failed, the Kingdom of Lucia did not give up completely.  They adjusted the composition of the army, changed the target of the raid, and more importantly, changed their tactics and changed the timing of the attack to night.  It's a pity that the requirements for the army in the night attack are really high. Considering the training and nutrition level of the Kingdom of Lucia, it can only be regarded as self-destruction.  After several consecutive failed attacks, Lucia gave up its plan to launch a small-scale counterattack and instead began to accumulate strength until the decisive battle came.  And from this moment on, the fortresses that were demolished in front of them, which could be advanced, attacked, retreated and defended, truly became a drag force.?A tool for the operations of the Principality of Norhan.  However, during the several counterattacks of the Kingdom of Lucia, whether it was due to good luck or other reasons, Qiaoji and his party did not seem to be targeted.  However, judging from the information obtained from communicating with others, everyone's evaluation of this stage of the battle of Lucia's army is not as good as that of the previous period.  As the front continued to advance, farms belonging to Lucia began to appear in front of Qiaoji and others.  Unlike Nohan's manor, Lucia's farm is considered the most unique in the Western Continent.  These farms' large farm tools, draft animals, livestock herds, business buildings and other means of production are all owned by a certain noble.  The members of the farm worked collectively, and the income from the farm belonged to the noble owner.  The ruler also distributed living materials to each family according to the quantity and quality of the villagers' labor.  At the same time, villagers are allowed to retain a certain amount of garden land and small farm tools next to their homes, raise a certain number of livestock and poultry, and run family side businesses. ????????????????? In addition to personal freedom, the citizens of the Principality of Nohan are somewhere between long-term workers and tenants.  These serfs in the farms of the Kingdom of Lucia are still living in the transitional stage from slavery to feudalism.  However, this form of governance and independent economies such as large farms were able to be preserved and developed in line with the vast land and sparsely populated country of the Lucia Kingdom.  It is a pity that Qiaoji and his party have no chance to see the collective labor of this large farm. The stalemate lasted for more than a month and the continuous siege battles that followed.  This gave the Kingdom of Lucia time to retreat and conduct scorched-earth tactics on the land it left.  The crops were completely destroyed, and large amounts of crops were pulled directly from the fields and piled together and burned.  From time to time, Georgie and his party could see the piles of black ash stained with oil-eroding grease - the green seedlings must rely on grease to burn.  Similarly, there are absolutely no intact farms on this road, all the houses have been turned into a pile of coke.  The purpose is not to let even a piece of wood fall into the hands of Nohan's army.  Even the bodies of dead cats and dogs were thrown into the wells.  "What a thorough job! Those Lucia bastards were not only cruel to us, but also very cruel to themselves!" The Ovaltine Knight, who blew away the ashes in his hand, sighed.  Georgie, who was riding past him, turned around and said, "This is the usual style of the Lucians! Who allowed them to own such a vast land? Without this piece of land, as long as there are people, they can start over in another place!"  Even if the only result is that outsiders like us can't resupply on site smoothly, it's worth it in the eyes of Lucia's rulers. "I'm so envious of this place! This land is so fertile that it flows with honey and honey."  Milk." The Ovaltine knight was playing with the dark tiles in his other hand, and he was very jealous of this as he knew very well about farming.  Most knights are no strangers to farming. Farming is also an important part of the manor management education they received since childhood.  Georgie quite understands the Ovaltine Knight¡¯s mentality.  But at this time, he had to pour cold water on the other party: "If you are really envious, just try to incorporate this place into our Norhan territory! But we, the Bolum Territory, are determined not to be allocated such land. Fortunately, at least  The price of food in the principality will not fluctuate so much in the future. "Bolham Territory is located in the westernmost part of the Nohan Principality, and even if this land is later included in the territory of Nohan, it will be in the easternmost part.  The two are hundreds of miles apart, and there is no way they could be brought under jurisdiction.  "I just want to think about it, just think about it." Knight Ovaltine scratched his cheek.  Qiaoji straightened his clothes: "Let's get on the road quickly! I don't know how long those small countries in the east can hold on! If Lucia's front troops are freed up, the situation here may change.  Let's try our best to cause trouble for Lucia now, so that it won't be so easy for them to fight back in the future. " "If we hadn't spent too much energy on dealing with that hill fortress in the past few days.  There is no need for us to carry out such frontline reconnaissance operations." There seemed to be a bit of complaint in the words of the Ovaltian Knight.  The fortress mentioned by the Ovaltian Knight is located on a small hill that is not too high.  Although this mountain is not high, it is quite steep.  There is only one obvious road to go up and down, and the mountain road is winding and extremely dangerous in many places.  Of course, the Lucians built many fortifications in these dangerous areas.  More importantly, a complex fortress was built here.  The main fort has a high wall three to four meters thick, and there are auxiliary forts built on the mountainside in the east, west, north and south.  These four auxiliary forts are condescending, and the ballistas and trebuchets they equip make it difficult for any enemy army to maintain their position within a range of about 700-800 meters in front of the fort.  In order to break this strong fortress,Everyone in the Principality of Nohan has spent a long time and paid a lot of money.  After breaking through the last main tower of the fortress, these elite troops from the Nohan Principality had to take a rare rest in place.  The Bolum army was still clearing the surrounding small castles at the time, so it did not participate in this bitter battle - in fact, it was the result of Georgie's deliberate actions.  So Qiaoji and his party, who had suffered the least losses now, were sent out to carry out this kind of in-depth investigation mission.  After two days of rapid exploration, Qiaoji finally discovered a town in the distance from high altitude.  It was just ten minutes after sunset, and the bursts of smoke coming out of the small town were telling people that there were people living here.  The small town spread out along the commercial road is in the shape of a long strip, with rows of houses on both sides of the road.  Like other places, the closer the house is to the central road, the more neat and beautiful it is, while the farther away the house is from the other side, the more disorganized it is.  ¡®Finally I saw a settlement that had not been emptied out.  But there seems to be some changes here!  ¡¯ Georgie secretly remembered as he looked at the small town in the distance.  Perhaps because this town is relatively close to the front line, there is a team of soldiers guarding the entrance and exit of the town.  The soldiers turned a blind eye to the townspeople coming and going.  Perhaps they would only go up to intercept when a large group of people passed by.  Originally, a small town like this should have alleyways extending in all directions, and any alleyway could lead to the outside of the town.  And Georgie discovered from the air that the ends of these alleys were now blocked by wooden fences.  After receiving the information, Qiaoji and his party began to reduce their speed and quietly marched towards the small town with less noise.  But at this moment, the bushes not far away were suddenly opened, and all those who appeared underneath were eight-foot-old men wearing armor, holding long bows and sharp blades.  Qiao Ji estimated the number of opponents at a glance - a team of at least 250 people.  In the blink of an eye, arrows from the opposite side were shot over like locusts. These arrows were all powerful and fast. It was obvious that these ambushers were not ordinary soldiers in Lucia's army.  At this time, the Knight of Ovaltine suddenly shook the cloak behind his back, and the cloak instantly unfolded and turned into a cloth wall.  If you want to stop arrows, nothing is more suitable than a city wall.  This "city wall" very effectively protected the ordinary soldiers behind the Ovaltine Knights.  I only heard a series of soft "bop" sounds, and all the flying arrows were nailed to the dancing cloth.  Although the specially made cloak is tough and strong, the secret technique of "battle expert" is the key to defending against the enemy's rain of arrows.  When Qiaoji also used this secret technique that he could not use to exchange with the Knight of Ovaltine, he would never have thought that he would see it show its power so soon!  But suddenly the cloth wall shook violently, and a circle of ripples swayed towards the edge.  Even through that layer of cloth, a faint blue light could be seen coming through.  Immediately afterwards, the cloth wall was torn open and fell into pieces in the blink of an eye.  The same thing happened with Georgie.  In fact, from the moment he set foot on the battlefield, he had been vigilant and always prepared to deal with such troubles.  After all, he had been attacked so many times, how could he not be prepared?  I saw Qiaoji falling down, arrows passing over his head, and then the long sword he waved knocked down the arrows flying in the air one by one.  Unfortunately, several arrows hit his body in hard-to-prevent places.  The moment they hit him, these arrows burst out with a faint blue light.  Wherever the blue light flashed, his inert stance was instantly penetrated, and even the iron armor on his legs was penetrated.  Fortunately, Qiaoji's body was strong and he still resisted the magic arrows.  ¡®I never thought I would be hit by an arrow in the knee.  Fortunately, my knees are made of alloy steel, otherwise I would have suffered a lot.  ¡¯ Qiao Ji looked at the coming second wave of arrows and thought with some joy in the pain.
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