Wizard From Afar

The red sun is rising.

Eboden Seaport.

"Snee!"

Lu Sien, who was following Loren, suddenly sneezed and frowned rubbed his nose vigorously.

"The weather turns cold, be careful of catching a cold, Lucien." The black hair wizard turned his head and looked towards the gray-eyed teenager who only wore a thin armor: "If you are seriously ill now, Then I’ll have to send you back quickly."

"You still worry about worrying about yourself, Lord Loren."

Lose, who is "concerned", is very uncomfortable. Lightly snorted, his thumb wiped his nose: "I used to be a ranger in the fortress of Duanjieshan and the glacier wasteland. This kind of weather is no different for me than at home."

"...80% of it was chanted by that guy again, last time it was ……" The gray-pupil who turned his head curled his mouth and muttered in a low voice.

The black hair wizard who laughed aloud shook his head and turned his gaze to the sea level. Under a cloudless sunny day, a light mist of water floated on the calm sea, like a sapphire wrapped in tulle, pure And elegant.

But on this pure sea, an unstoppable storm is gradually brewing.

Winter is here.

Eboden is a seaport city in the north. The Gem River, which originated from the Sacrament region, passes by the city and merges into the foggy sea. The advantage is that it has extremely developed air routes and the city is adjacent to Water includes both deep-draft marine ports and embankments for inland watercraft to berth.

The disadvantage is that although the Misty Sea does not freeze in winter, the Gem River does; and the coastal sea that is diluted by the water of the Gem River may also freeze.

Once it is frozen, all ports in Eboden will be frozen for at least three months until the following spring; this is not over yet, because the river water in the spring flood season will not melt, but will break the ice. Blocks-any ship moored in the port of Eboden at this time, the only end is that the ice blocks hit back and forth turn into a pile of shredded wood.

Every winter in the past has been an old and difficult problem that caused Eboden’s headaches; but now Loren is eager for the sea to freeze quickly-as long as the sea freezes, the Azores fleet will be all within three months Unable to dock in Eboden.

Three months...Loren can defend the city by virtue of natural danger without doing anything, and the imperial army will gather in Eboden and stand by the Azores along the river and the coast.

Unfortunately, the summer of this year is so long that winter comes too late, and there should be no chance to wait until the port of Eboden freezes.

But it is still worth looking forward to.

"It would be great if it started to freeze in a week." The black hair wizard murmured.

"What?" Lu Sien, who didn't react, was taken aback.

"The enemy's movement." Loren changed the subject: "The scouts and lighthouses along the coast, have they still found nothing?"

"Nothing was found; don't talk about the fleet, There is not even a fishing boat...Although it is impossible to have fishing boats this season."

"In addition to the lighthouse in the port, we also sent a few Eboden’s last small boats to patrol the coast, but Still nothing.” At this point, the Gray-Pupil Boy couldn’t help but spit out:

“But it is also because of this that you can watch the sea froze here, calm deployment of defensive deployment, and design the next defense. Plan."

Cocked the corners of his mouth, Lu Sien casually glanced at the city wall of Eboden behind him.

Under the city wall, the Legion soldiers of the Empire are cooperating with the city defense forces of Eboden to build simple fortifications around the fortress tower with horses and planks, and then dig trenches behind the fortifications.

They disassembled each Hundred Men Squad into three squads, and cooperated with each other. They stacked a layer of wooden boards every half a foot, and piled them with loess and gravel to build the simplest two meters. High, half-meter thick soil walls; each wall can stand two rows of people up and down, wide enough to house half a Hundred Men Squad.

Not only that, the earth walls are not arranged side by side, but in groups of three, one behind and two in front, the earth walls on both sides of the front row have a slight inward curvature; then three groups are used as On the one hand, the same is the first and the second...and so on.

Different from the offensive and defensive battles of normal battle formations, it is difficult for the offensive and defensive sides of the harbor landing battle to fight with a uniform line. Once the battle begins, it will inevitably evolve into a melee; and this kind of small and many battles The small "one-sided fortress" defensive chain will tear the battlefield all split up and in pieces.

In this way, it will be difficult for the enemy to quickly pass through the battlefield and gather strength to attack the fortresses and city walls near the harbor; the defenders on the city wall can take advantage of this opportunity to move catapults and heavy crossbows. Aiming at the "earth wall defense line", mass destruction and injury to the enemy.

Behind each earth wall, there is a trench of two people deep and slightly narrower than the earth wall. Barbs are inserted into the trench to pour the asphalt-so that because the width is smaller than the earth wall, the defenders can Retreat calmly, but the offense is not necessarily the case.

Once the trench poured into the asphalt ignites, it can temporarily curb the enemy’s offensive momentum. Rather than being defeated in a brainstorm.

As for Eboden...Although she is a commercial port, it does not mean that she does not have any means or preparations to defend against foreign enemies... In fact, as early as the birth of Eboden, she began to have targeted Defense plans for ports and coasts.

"Although there are a lot of coastal forts in Eboden, only three are really important." Looking at the city wall behind him, the black hair wizard seemed to be talking to himself, erecting three. Finger:

"First of all, it is naturally the ring-shaped fortress that protects the harbour. It is also our top priority in defending the coast. Because her up ahead has large areas of open land and beaches that cannot be maintained, but it is condescending, so all temporary The fortifications are all prepared for her."

"Secondly, the tower close to the city wall. Once the enemy invades, the lighthouse in the depths of the harbor must be lost. This tower is the only commanding height of the entire battlefield. It will definitely become the enemy's target."

"As for the last..." black hair wizard frowned slightly, his eyes moved from the sea level in front of him to the gem river in the west:

"It's the old castle hanging outside on the other side of the Jewel River."

The gray pupil looked along Loren's line of sight and couldn't help being frowned.

When I was in the city, the city wall of Eboden didn't look so strange, but once I stood outside the city wall, it seemed very abrupt.

The entire Eboden can be said to be built along the coast along the river, but only at the estuary of the Gem River, a fortress was built on the opposite bank of the river, and she and the north and the west were forcibly The city walls are connected together like an extra triangle.

In order to connect this fortress with the city wall, Eboden also worked hard to build two huge steel gates under the city wall, and the city wall at the connection was made very thin. The city wall is more like two bridges, one after the other blocking the estuary of the Jewel River.

Why do you want to build such a thing... Lucien scratched his head very troubled.

It's hard to say that the Eboden people knew that one day they would be attacked by the Azores hundreds of years ago?

"When the castle was built, of course it was not used to guard against the Azores." Squinting his eyes, the black hair wizard's mouth gave a sneer:

"On the contrary, she is used to guard against the empire."

The empire?

"Yes, it is Imperial Capital more accurately-or any merchant ship from the upper reaches of the Gem River." Seeing the puzzled eyes of the gray pupil, Loren nodded:

"The two city walls, or gates, seal the best berthing port along the river, and it is also the only deep-water port on the Jewel River...Eboden uses this method to firmly control the control of ocean trade. The dominance of trade with inland rivers."

"But now, we can also use her to deal with the Azores."

Lu Sien's eyes narrowed and he understood immediately. The key.

Yes, as long as you make good use of this fortress, you can block the enemy's fleet out of the Jewel River-in this way, the rear can send continuously without considering security issues. Bring supplies and reinforcements.

And Eboden City does not have to worry about being attacked on both sides, it only needs to arrange all its troops on the coastal line.

At the same time, because the lower reaches of the Baoshi River is the estuary, the current is relatively turbulent, and the enemy’s ships are impossible to moor or go upstream, attacking the thinner gates, and can only aim at the castle and the city wall on both sides of the bank.

But this means that the enemy will be exposed to the attack range of the projectile weapon on the city wall. At the same time, because the big ship cannot be moored, only small boats can continue to carry small troops to land and attack each time.

"It's not just that." The black hair wizard suddenly shook his head and glanced meaningfully at the ring fortress in the harbor behind him. The index finger of his right hand gestured back and forth between the two castles:

"Pay attention to the positions of the two of them, do you find anything wrong?"

Location?

Lu Sien raised his eyebrows, and after waiting for a long time, he did not find the problem that the black hair wizard said.

And the black hair wizard just looked at him with a smirk.

"I haven't found it yet?"

"No, nothing." The frowned gray-eyed boy scratched his head a little sorry: "What the hell are you talking about... Location, what's wrong with the location?"

"Look again, and try harder. You're about to find out!" Loren with a smirk on his face "encouraged" and said: "Come on, I believe you !"

Lu Sien's face turned dark, and his brows frowned more severely.

Looking at his unimaginable gaze, Loren had to sighed then said, pointing to the left and right: "You didn’t find that the two castles are almost parallel, and they are both close to the coast and the inner city. Is there a distance on the wall?"

The gray pupil shrugged, then tilted his head to look at him, saying what then?

Loren had to sighed then said again, glanced at the sun above his head and the flags on the two castles: "Well, there is one minute."

"one minute, one minute What?"

The black hair wizard ignored him, but looked up at the sun and counted down silently in his heart.

After one minute, Lu Sien, who hadn't understood it, heard a loud noise.

"Boom————!!!"

The notes played fiercely, accompanied by the huge waves rolled up by the flat bottom!

The moment when the sound bursts, it is not just Lucien, but even the soldiers on the city wall and under the city wall have their mouths widened in surprise.

Loren opened his arms, facing the sea, and the corners of his grinning mouth evoked a very proud arc.

The stared wide-eyed gray-eyed boy, it took half a minute to figure out what happened from the "rumbling" sound.

A chain...or a "curtain" made of steel, is gradually rising from below the sea level, just so abruptly in front of him.

Up ahead across the entire coastline!

The two ends of the chain are on the two fortresses!

The blasting waves churned and fell on the coast like a shower. The black hair wizard and Lu Sien standing on the shore were drenched from head to toe.

But Loren still smiles.

"Iron rope blocking the sea-very shameless, but also a very useful tactic." Loren took a deep breath, his eyes burning: "As long as the two fortresses have not fallen, as long as the chain is still on the surface of the sea Go...The Azores fleet will never be able to get close to the coast of Eboden!"

"Of course, they can wait until the sea is frozen...Such a long chain must be extremely easy to break in the cold winter; But once it freezes, their fleet is even more impossible."

"There is no need to guard a month, we just have to hold on until the winter comes!"

This time, Lucien is completely shocked.

"There is one thing, Lucien, you are right—that is, I am not unprepared, and I promised Connold to become the commander of Eboden." Loren turned his head and looked at Hui. Hitomi boy slowly said:

"Similarly, Eboden after the disaster of the ocean-going fleet, it is not true that he has not thought about a little bit of preventive measures-this is Eboden, wealth and wisdom. The city; has the technology and brains of the cream of the crop of the empire, and a group of the best craftsmen."

"Here, the problem that money can solve...none is a problem."

Lu Sien was stunned for one minute before he woke up.

"This, say so... you, the Emperor Connold, and the dukes said that you can only hold Eboden for a month. You deliberately..."

" I said this deliberately. Of course, it is true to a certain extent. After all, we don’t know what the enemy will use to attack the city." Loren nodded, looking at him as it should be by rights:

"How can I just make any conclusions about things I don't know?"

"..." Lu Sien.

Looking at the morning mist gradually dissipating, and the sea level covered with golden light by the morning light, Loren in a happy mood raised his mouth: "All in all, this battle will be difficult, but it is definitely not There is really no chance of winning."

But the gray pupil now doesn't want to hear anything from him.

Receiving the letter from the messenger who rushed to the side, Lucien, pouting, said in a very cold tone: "Corona Archon, and the Legion Commander sent by the Empire I have arrived at the tower with a group of generals, and I want to discuss with you as soon as possible about the next deployment."

"Then let's go quickly." Loren laughed disapprovingly:

"It is time to give them a little confidence to see victory."