lizard lord

Chapter 158
Taking advantage of the fact that the hobgoblins had not advanced to the depths, Tang Zhao stepped up the relocation of the residents.

All people and supplies had been moved into the valley, and only that side had fortifications strong enough to hold back the enemy's attack.

This time the hobgoblins didn't give them a chance, they wisely chose the strategy of building a stronghold and fighting silently. A large number of people took turns to guard and reconnaissance, so that Tang Zhao and the elves couldn't find any good opportunities to make a move.

Changing battles with the opponent at such a time is too disadvantageous, and Tang Zhao can't do this kind of thing.

Even so, the hobgoblins' advance was severely hampered by the multitude of traps they had laid in the forest.

Tang Zhao behaved quite insidiously at this time. He absorbed the wisdom crystallization of the Vietnamese people. The various traps that appeared during the Vietnam War were basically reproduced by Tang Zhao. Even the elves were impressed by Tang Zhao's whimsical ideas. Feeling chilly.

Dig holes at various key locations to make nail traps; nail iron nails into wooden boards and sprinkle them in large quantities in weeds and bushes; set up bamboo whip traps on jungle trails.Once triggered, the nail plate fixed on the branch will be thrown out
These things stand out as being hard to guard against, high in quality and low in price, and you can make a lot of them every night.The medical level and professionalism of the goblins on the opposite side are obviously not as good as those of the Mi Army. The casualties they suffered were very heavy, and wailing sounds could be heard from time to time in the forest.

Tang Zhao also made some improvements to the trap. Considering that the hobgoblins are not used to treating the wounded, the stinging trap is not a defense, but Tang Zhao's neurotoxin, which is very toxic. For medical treatment, most of the wounded can't live for more than two hours, and the lethality is very terrifying among natural toxins.

In addition, they also collected a lot of pit viper venom, which can cause terrible necrotic effects. The victim's limbs will swell, bleed, fester, and die, and often require amputation.This thing exists to hit morale, and judging from past and historical experience, the effect is outstanding.

There are also various damage tactics learned from history: throwing rotten dead rats into the opponent's army camp, throwing dead rats into the water, and airdropping all kinds of Nurgle's ecstasy with carrier pigeons and vultures
Anyway, after the war started, everyone looked at Tang Zhao more and more subtlely, but it cannot be denied that these indiscriminate tricks are indeed very useful (after all, they have been tested by history).
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The environment in the forest is too indescribable, and the hobgoblin's marching route is becoming more and more inclined to the side of the Everlook Mountain Range.

After five or six days of strenuous marching, they finally arrived at the city of Karak Solmar.

There are two entrances and exits to the river valley. They set up the main camp near one of the exits, and did not put much energy into the other entrance and exit. They only arranged a small group of troops to monitor.

Tang Zhao and the others were naturally extremely vigilant. Ballistas had been set up on the city wall, and countless groups of four were ready to attack. The trenches under the city were also filled with spikes to hinder the opponent's actions.

Everyone can see that the next step is a tragic siege battle.

That night, the hobgoblins began a tentative attack: a large number of cannon fodder goblins equipped with simple weapons began to attack the city wall defense.

The dwarves and kobolds did not save ammunition this time, and threw crossbow bolts recklessly.Even though it was night, the formation of goblins was too dense, and they could hit their opponents with their eyes closed and casual shots on the ground.

After a few rounds of shooting, the goblins suffered heavy losses, but the number of the opponents was too large. The crowd was approaching under the city wall, and the shooting of the dwarves and kobolds could not contain the opponent's offensive at all.

After paying a great price, the goblins came to the city walls and began to clear the spikes in the trenches with their weapons.

At this time, more kobolds began to rush up the city wall, flicking the slings in their hands, and condescendingly hurled them.The distance was too short and the number of enemies was too large, which completely offset the various disadvantages of the sling. The round stones selected in advance fell like raindrops, and the goblins underneath had no protective measures, and they were smashed and wailed again and again.

Goblins would even faint if they were hit on a vital point like the head. The situation on the battlefield was so chaotic that the goblins didn't have the heart to deal with such small problems as stampede.

In addition to the kobolds, the lizard people also stood on the city wall and threw javelins downward. This is a throwing weapon with very strong penetrating power.

Javelins can often go straight through weak enemies like goblins, even if they raise their shields.

Since the goblins hadn't created such devices as ladders and siege towers, they could only threaten the city walls in another way.

A low-pitched horn sounded in the distance, and then several huge fireballs rose from the forest and smashed straight towards the city wall.

Fortunately, the quality of the walls is still excellent.The stone balls shot by the trebuchet only smashed a few bricks and stones at the corners, without causing any decent damage to the overall structure of the city wall.

The trebuchets that moved with the army belonged to that kind of portable model, which had to sacrifice power while being highly mobile.

The trebuchets couldn't smash down the city walls, and the goblins didn't have other decent siege weapons in their hands. The result of the siege battle tonight was already doomed.

The futile attack lasted for about half an hour. With the sound of another frequency horn, the goblins hurriedly began to retreat.Even if the military strength is rich, it has not yet reached the time of such consumption.

Bourne didn't let his men go out of the city to chase after them, but let the ballistas shoot down the city sporadically, both sides were seeking safety.

Taking a few deep breaths to adjust his state, Bourne began to greet the defenders on the city wall with harsh words, asking them to clean up the battlefield and count the losses of ammunition and personnel.

Generally speaking, Tang Zhao and the others had a slight upper hand this time.

Ordinary goblins don't have many throwing/throwing weapons, and their power is also very small, so they can't do much damage to the defenders with tower shields and armor on the city wall.

Except for a few catapults that just hit and directly scrapped a few teams, they didn't have any particularly serious losses.In comparison, the losses on the goblin side were much greater. They left behind at least [-] corpses.

Tang Zhao stared at the corpses under the city, and recruited Bourne himself.

[Taking advantage of the darkness, the corpses were collected and burned directly in the ditch outside the city.It's also spring now, and the temperature is relatively high. We can't let these things go unattended. If they rot and form a plague, it will be very troublesome. 】

Tang Zhao and the others have potions prepared by druids, which can have a relatively good therapeutic effect on the plague.However, as a modern person, Tang Zhao couldn't put all his hopes on the medicine.

"Of course, I have told them to do this, and they will do things carefully. The forest is hundreds of meters away from the city wall. In this open space, those goblin scum can't hide their bodies at all, and they won't be given a chance to raid the city wall. .”

Bourne has a lot of experience in defending the city, and he can solve it himself without Tang Zhao reminding him.

The next morning, the statistics of ammunition consumption also came out, which was not optimistic.

【You mean, last night's small tentative attack consumed one-fifth of our ammunition reserves? 】

Cynthia also nodded bitterly: "That's right. We have tried our best to stockpile supplies before the war, but the progress is still not enough. When it is safe, we will find human cities to buy."

The main reason why we say it is a human city, rather than a dwarf with richer forging technology and weapon reserves, is because the risk of ground transportation is too high. They are basically surrounded now, and the hobgoblins will not allow weapons and equipment to replenish Urban.

In comparison, water transportation still has great possibilities. Hobgoblins can sail on dry land, but there is a limit. They cannot drag a warship across half of the continent.At most, make some small things like canoes nearby to stop the merchant ships. The merchant ships of the Hermes Chamber of Commerce are all big guys that can sail on the sea, and they can completely suppress these small things.

Don't forget that Tang Zhao is still an ally with the lizard people. Tang Zhao has carefully observed how they entered the water. They are as fast as real crocodiles. They can not only swim at high speed in the water, but also hold their breath for 10 minutes. It is very suitable to be a sailor.

Obviously, hobgoblins cannot offset the advantages of tens of millions of years of evolution with a few months of training, and hobgoblins can't swim with amphibians.

After pondering for a while, Tang Zhao gave Cynthia an answer.

[Understood, I will communicate with the lizard people and try to reach a satisfactory result.At the same time, the dwarves are working overtime to replenish the gaps in arrows and weapons, as much as they can make up, or if they can’t, they can only let some lizardmen use kobold-style weapons to defend the city]
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That night, taking advantage of the darkness, Tang Zhao led a group of Lizardmen, each with their packages, into the water of the Duva River.

The hobgoblin didn't find their traces, and the group went down the river, all the way to the outside of Luford City.

Merchant ships from the Hermes Chamber of Commerce have long been waiting for them here.

Climbing ashore, Tang Zhao shook his body, shook off the water on his body, and went directly to the boat to meet Andrea on the boat.

"Long time no see, boss."

Andrea had already been standing on the bow deck with an enthusiastic face. When she saw Tang Zhao boarding the boat, she hurriedly surrounded her and began to ask for his health.

【Do not talk nonsense. 】

After finishing speaking, Tang Zhao turned his head and looked at the lizard people who were unloading behind them.

[The supplies you want are on them. The bag I am carrying contains Karak Solma's reserve funds, so make good use of them. 】

Hearing this, Andrea quickly nodded and took off the bag hanging from Tang Zhao's body, opened it, and faintly saw a golden light.

Looking at the small bag of gold coins, there are not many gold coins in it, but it is full of genuine gold. From various angles, it is a huge sum of money.

[Those trade goods are used properly, there is a high probability that they will be the last batch. 】

As soon as Tang Zhao started fighting, the supply of materials to the Hermes Chamber of Commerce was naturally cut off.The trade advantage of the chamber of commerce depends entirely on these competitive commodities, and the consequence of breaking them is that the profit of the chamber of commerce will be greatly affected.

Fortunately, other chambers of commerce will not be at ease for long, and there is not much difference in the general ledger.Even the Hermes Chamber of Commerce will have some advantages. After all, knowing the news in advance can stock up some high-value goods, and it can also avoid the backlog of goods in the hands of wars.

Andrea looked serious: "I understand boss, I will do my best to get things done."

The freight was handed over to Andrea, and Tang Zhao hurried back to Karak Solma. The next round of hobgoblin attacks could happen there at any time, so he had to go back to be on guard.

About the same frequency as expected, the hobgoblin's offensive is very fierce. They launch tentative and expendable attacks almost every day, but the intensity is not great. Even the hobgoblins themselves don't have many battles.

Seeing this situation, Bourne and the others also adjusted their strategy appropriately to reduce the use of crossbow bolts.

Anyway, relying on the temporary ladders of the goblins, they can't pose a serious threat to the city wall at all.

Even if they successfully climbed the city wall, there are still a large number of dwarves and lizardmen waiting for them on the city wall.

In such a narrow environment, the advantages of heavy infantry will be infinitely magnified, and it can be said that one man guards the gate and ten men cannot open it.

But Tang Zhao is also very clear that the current offensive by the hobgoblins is completely exchanging the status and supplies of their elite fighters with cheap cannon fodder.

Fortunately, the hobgoblins don't have a water army, and a small part of the supplies can be transported by water. It is not as good as Tang Zhao now, and it is estimated that it will be more of a headache.

The repeated and boring siege battle lasted for five days. After suffering more than 200 casualties, Tang Zhao finally waited for the support troops and the dwarf engineer he was thinking of.

They didn't take the water route, but took the secret passage - Tang Zhao and the others dug a secret passage in the abandoned dwarf fortress, and now the hobgoblins there have withdrawn, and almost all the troops are concentrated in Karak Sol near Mar, which gave the dwarves the opportunity to use secret passages.

"I swear by my beard, this is the worst long secret road I have ever seen. When the designer dug the hole, he never considered how 300 people would walk this kind of secret road. Ancestors, it feels crowded Funny, I'm like a marinated sardine right now."

The first one came out was a dwarf that Tang Zhao had never seen before. After he poked his head out cursingly, Tang Zhao's eyes lit up.

He was wearing a very delicate leather armor, so dirty that the patterns embroidered on it could hardly be seen. He wore a very chic little hat and a pair of goggles on the side, which was also in a dirty and greasy state.

What excited Tang Zhao was the weapon hanging behind his back—a long musket that looked expensive, well maintained, and gleamed under the light.

Obviously, this person is the dwarf engineer Tang Zhao has been looking forward to.

(End of this chapter)