Chapter 55: Intermission
I have to say that Sun Lin and Bobby have a very tacit understanding, or the commanders of the two orc troops passing through the Nottingham area have a very tacit understanding, when Bobby ordered to pour the oil pot, Sun Lin, who is located in the Nottingham Castle District, almost at the same time ordered to use the oil pot to clear the orc light infantry under the city wall.
Although Sun Lin tried his best to prevent the advance of the orc troops, in the end, the orcs still relied on the tactics of the sea of people, carrying simple wooden ladders higher than the city wall, rushing towards the city wall, and those engineers who evacuated the scorpion crossbow above the city wall Although their combat effectiveness was inferior to that of the town militia, they did not withdraw to the 3rd line of logistics troops, but borrowed cranes and other machinery to lift iron pots more than 1 meter high from the back of the city wall and transport them to the carts prepared in advance on the city wall.
The heat wave emitted by the red iron pot burned by the firewood made the surrounding soldiers sweat, and the oil and water splashed by the boiling oil in the pot made the iron pot squeak around it, but fortunately, the surrounding soldiers and engineers were covered with a layer of iron armor or leather armor, so the splashed oil and water did not burn the surrounding crowd.
Although the rapid development of the London District has caused many potential risk factors to appear in the area under Sun Lin's rule, we have to admit that with the development of the London District, the living standards of the people in both the London District itself and the Nottingham District, which is hundreds of kilometers away, are more than ten times higher than that of the London District, which only began to develop in March. Countless daily necessities have emerged with the development of the two districts, including wheat and ash made from pig intestines in various farms and pastures on the plains of New Delhi, salt and fish oil abundant in the waters around the New Delhi Peninsula, gums and furs in the dense forests of New Delhi, and extremely rich silver and iron ore resources in the canyon of "God Blessed", these eight things are the fundamental reasons why the London and Nottingham boroughs have developed so rapidly. Therefore, when others hear that 10 tons of salt only cost 1 gold coin in the city of London, and the whole body chain armor only costs 1 gold coin in Nottingham Castle, or Sun Lin takes the oil that should be regarded as a relatively precious resource in the medieval life as a city defense weapon, you must be surprised, because these things belong to the market wholesale goods in this vicinity, especially oil, don't forget that in addition to fish can provide fish oil, in an open-pit oil field along the edge of the canyon of "God Bless", the newly built asphalt plant can also provide a lot of oil support, It's just that one is animal oil and the other is oil.
What happens when a large pot of hot oil is poured into an orc army and a handful of fire is thrown in? Of course, it's screaming and screaming! Under the control of many engineers, 5 iron pots that were burned red borrowed a few iron rods were cocked up, and hot oil was poured into the orc troops, and the screams and the smell of meat immediately wafted from under the city walls, but this was not the end of it! When all the oil in the hot pot was poured into the city wall, the 100 longbowmen who had already prepared the bow immediately pulled the bowstring, ignited all the arrows and shot wildly under the city wall, just like a spark fell into the oil field, a sea of fire instantly ignited under the city wall, and the stench emitted by the charred flesh permeated the entire city wall and made people want to vomit, thick black smoke and golden fire blocked the vision of everyone on the city wall.
But Sun Lin, who was standing on the city wall, was not happy after hearing the screams of the orcs in front of him becoming less and less, but frowned tightly: "No, even if the slope terrain is under the city wall, it is impossible for the hot oil that fell down to flow into the narrow mountain road in front of it so quickly, if it is calculated according to the situation in front of you, there is only one possibility, that is, most of the members of those orc troops have quickly evacuated and arrived safely after the hot oil just fell, not only that, but due to the failure of this orc attack, perhaps...... …………….”
"Maybe the two commanders of the orcs who commanded the attack on Nottingham will also ask for support from the orc troops on the periphery because of the defeat at this time, and the more than 3,000 light cavalry are not afraid of it because of the city wall, but the more than 3,000 orc troops who have not joined the battlefield make me feel a little uneasy............" Bobby, who was holding a steel sword, stood on the 'Wailing Wall' wearing heavy chain mail and half-body iron armor, ignoring the heat wave floating in front of him, looking at the distance covered by black smoke with a solemn face and muttering: " The direction of the light cavalry unit must be here, which means that there will be more than 3,000 orc light infantry around here for a while, as for the more than 3,000 orcs who have not joined the battlefield, maybe I am fortunately adding more than 1,000 people here...................... pass the order! With the exception of all the hand-to-hand infantry, the rest of the soldiers take turns resting in 2 groups, so be sure to get back to their best before the orcs attack a second time! ”
"Yes!" With Bobby's order, the longbowmen and engineers in the 1st line of the troops shook their sour hands, and at the same time divided into two teams in small teams, and took turns to withdraw to the inside of the stone towers for rest, while the heavy sergeants in the 2nd line troops walked up to the city wall in batches with kite-shaped shields and spears, replacing the original positions of longbowmen and engineers, and the iron pots were moved into the rear of the city wall with the help of many orc foreign legion members, and several heavy sergeants moved them behind the city wall. As for the scorpion crossbows originally arranged on the city wall, they were not withdrawn, because no one could guarantee that these crazy orc troops would not risk the threat of the wall of fire to carry out a surprise attack.
In this way, the two battlefields that had been lively suddenly fell silent, except for some crackling sounds made when the fire burned, only the sound of soldiers chewing black bread, yes, it was indeed black bread.
Although due to the previous harvest, the people in London and Nottingham could eat white bread that was more delicious and fluffy than black bread, but in the army, in order to adapt to the problem that they might not have time to eat during wartime, Sun Lin proposed that many captains and soldiers acquiesce, and the staple food in the army was still black bread. Because compared to white bread, brown bread can be stored for a longer time, of course, the main thing is that black bread will not be as wet and moldy as white bread, and sometimes black bread can even become white bread after being wet..................
Of course, the end of the battle between the "Wailing Wall" and the Nottingham Castle District does not mean that the battle in the "God Blessed" canyon is temporarily over, because just as the orcs in front stopped attacking, the more than 3,000 orc warriors and more than 3,000 orc light cavalry who had been staying in the rear began to move towards the two attack points as Sun Lin and Bobby expected, and the stone tower built on the outside of the canyon also became operational again.
PS: Alas! Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, it seems that I will go to the battlefield like Sun Lin, everyone wishes me to come back alive