Realm of Power

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Under the personal demonstration of Duke Steinhoff, the Nord army has indeed achieved a lot of achievements at the non-defense level, especially in preventing the powerful incendiary bombs of the Falcon army that shocked the continent. In the Battle of Geralance, the Nord King's troops suffered heavy losses from the Falcon Dynasty's incendiary bombs.

In order to deal with the extremely destructive covering flame attack of the Falcon Army, Duke Steinhoff ordered each squadron to dig deep holes in the defense zone. Even if it encounters a fierce attack by the Falcon Army, it will not fall into complete chaos. Of course, Duke Steinhoff did not know that in Geralance, twice as many soldiers were choked to death by smoke and poison while hiding in the caves as were burned to death.

Duke Steinhoff is a veteran general in the Nordic army. At this moment, taking orders in the face of danger shows his status in the Nordic military circles. No matter whether they are veteran generals who have fought fiercely for many years or new recruits who have just joined the army, they dare not have the slightest regard for his orders. The resistance on the ground, even for a top general like the commander of the First Army, when Duke Steinhoff had a tough attitude. Don't dare to say no.

"Where are the trebuchets located?" Duke Steinhoff asked eagerly as he scanned the defense area in front of him.

"On the high ground about 200 meters to the left," the attendant hurriedly replied.

Under the leadership of his entourage, Duke Steinhoff quickly saw the only heavy trebuchet position in this area. Each of these behemoths dragged out from the walls and warehouses of Kyoto weighed 1,500 kilograms. Above, if the winch is pulled apart, a giant stone projectile weighing 200 kilograms can be thrown 300 meters away.

Its striking surface covers almost one-third of this area. The only drawback is that these trebuchets are very old. Even the latest one has been idle on the Kyoto city wall for 15 years. The others Not to mention, Nord Kyoto has never been attacked by outsiders. Naturally, these weapons that have gathered countless efforts of skilled craftsmen are just decorations.

During the inspection, many trebuchets had more or less problems, but the situation was urgent, and Duke Steinhoff could not control it so much. However, after simple repairs, they were all put on the front line of defense.

Some people also objected to this. Wouldn't it mean that Kyoto would completely lose its ability to counterattack from a long distance? However, Duke Steinhoff's attitude was very clear. If the containment line of defense was breached, no matter how many trebuchets Kyoto had, it would be useless. Even the once-famous Vekia Titan-class trebuchet was unable to stop the Falcon army from attacking the city!

Duke Steinhoff looked at the trebuchet position in front of him with satisfaction. It was well disguised. Behind a small high ground, the Falcon Army could not observe it in a straight line.

In normal times. They are all deeply hidden in the dug high ground pits. The meadows paved above will only be revealed when they are at the battle site. In order to keep secrets, the trebuchet positions are implemented with the highest level of confidentiality measures and safety. The level specifications are similar to Duke Steinhoff's own security guard level.

These trebuchet positions distributed in a triangular array will be a powerful weapon used by the Nord King's army to deal with the Falcon Army. Even if the Falcon Army knows the location of these trebuchets, it will have to break through the layers of obstacles formed by 200 arrow carriages. It is also extremely difficult to rush up.

This is already a great comfort to the ordinary soldiers of Nord. At least when the Falcon Army attacks, they also have the opportunity to let the Falcon Army taste the feeling of being covered in stone bombs and arrows. The biggest headache for Nord soldiers right now is the Falcon Army's incendiary bombs. This has almost become a psychological barrier for many Nord recruits. As a result, when confronting the Falcon Army, the morale of the Nord army officers and soldiers is generally low and they are unable to perform fully effectively in the battle.

The appearance of these enhanced trebuchets will undoubtedly greatly improve the morale of the Nord team, because they are about to see the Falcon heavy infantry groaning in pain under the cover of the Nord team.

In addition to these heavy trebuchets, the Nord Military Ministry also generously placed all 200 large arrow carts in stock on the outside, which greatly improved the Nord army's lack of archers and reduced the Nord army's defense. The level has been raised by a whole level, allowing the Nord army to at least have the ability to fire a volley like the Falcon army in a short period of time.

Looking at the iron-clad defense line of Kyoto that he had built with his own hands, Duke Steinhoff felt very satisfied. He was actually looking forward to the time when the Falcon Army launched an attack, so that the Falcon Army could also have a taste of the Nord Army. The taste of long-range counterattack, to comfort the souls of the 20,000 Nord soldiers who were burned alive by the Falcon Army's incendiary bombs on the southern wall of Geralance.

He wanted the Falcon Army to know that not only the Falcon Army has long-range weapons in this world, but the Kingdom of Nord also has powerful long-range weapons. However, his hope was dashed. After the Falcon Army broke through the Geralance Defense Line, Instead, they changed the way of fighting in the past and focused their attacks on the weakly defended acropolis outside Kyoto.

"What's going on?" Looking at the captured acropolis one by one, the Nord Military Ministry, which has always supported Duke Steinhoff's idea of ​​a decisive battle on the outside, began to lose control. There are a total of 8 Nord Kyoto acropolis. There are one in each direction. They were once called the eight diamonds around the neck of Nord Kyoto. They were the initial line of defense to conquer the outside of Nord Kyoto.

Because of the tight troop strength, Duke Steinhoff believed that the Falcon Army would never sacrifice too much time on the Acropolis. He had given up the idea of ​​supporting the Acropolis and waited for the menacing Falcon Army to plunge into his trap, but no one could Unexpectedly, as if they had heard something beforehand, the Falcon Army ignored Nord Kyoto, which had an obvious target, and instead fought against the Acropolis outside Kyoto without saying a word.

"His Majesty has already begun to inquire about this matter!" In the hall of the Nord Military Affairs Department, the Minister of Military Affairs, Duke Ellenbaugh, threw a proposal on the table with a cautious look, and looked at Duke Steinhoff opposite with an unkind expression. said

"This is the proposal from Riester of the Inner War Department this morning. He said that the eight acropolis of Kyoto are the barriers of Kyoto. If the Falcon Army eats them one by one like this, once all the acropolis fall, Nord Kyoto will be destroyed." Sheng is completely isolated and helpless!"

"Inner Court Operations Department?" Duke Stanhoff looked stunned for a moment, and then said disdainfully, "You and I both know that the Inner Court Operations Department is just a retirement home for some idle old guys. For those of them who have never fought with the Falcon Army, To those who have fought against each other, our tactics naturally seem too incredible, but if we rescue the Acropolis, wouldn’t it mean that we have fallen into the trap of the Vecian Falcon to weaken our defensive strength!”