Reggie kept reminding Swindell to prepare enough poison as soon as possible, because the war with the mud demon would come sooner or later.
But after being reminded several times, Reggie gradually forgot about the Mud Demon.
Swindell has not forgotten, he has just lost his way.
The most critical material for making poison is a kind of weed called tarseed. Swindell brought back thousands of pounds of grass seeds from Camel Island and tried to cultivate it in Broken Snow City. However, this kind of weed was not suitable for the environment of Broken Snow City.
Thousands of pounds of grass seeds were sown, but only a few celery plants grew, and these grasses quickly withered.
Swindell was very unwilling. He had never suffered such a serious failure in cultivating plants, so he collected a large amount of tarseed seeds from Camel Island and devoted all his energy to the plan of planting grass.
It seems that this is not inconsistent with Reggie's order. Tarcelium is a material for making poisons. Large-scale cultivation of tarcelium is the basis for large-scale manufacturing of poisons.
Moreover, the war with the mud demons is not that urgent. From the large-scale attack of the evil demons to the present, the frequency of the appearance of the mud demons is so low that many people have forgotten their existence.
This is why Mandasa tried his best to hide the mud demon. When the mud demon actually appeared, Reggie hardly made any effective response.
"You idiot, what did you take my order for!" Reggie beat Swindell violently, half out of anger and half out of annoyance. After years of fighting, he had been too lax in managing Shattered Snow City.
Fortunately, Tuodao has an inexhaustible supply of tar celery, so it might be too late to go get it now.
"You immediately get on the airship and set off, and try to bring Taqin back tomorrow."
"I'm afraid the airship won't work. Ten thousand pounds of tarcelium can only produce two hundred pounds of potion. To be effective on the battlefield, at least 20,000 pounds of potion are needed, which means that one million pounds of tartar is needed. The airship's loading capacity is not enough...
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"Then what do you want to do?" Reggie was about to start fighting again, and Swindell hurriedly shouted: "Go by sea! Two merchant ships are enough!"
It will take at least five days for a merchant ship to come and go. It will take at least two days to collect, load and unload the pagodas. In total, it will take seven days. After seven days, the evil spirits may have besieged Suixue City, and by then they may not be able to transport the pagodas into the city.
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Even if you successfully bring back the Taqin, it will still take time to make the poison.
"You immediately take the airship to Camel Island, make poison directly on Camel Island, and bring the potion back."
"This is indeed a good idea, but I brought all the equipment back to Shattering Snow City."
"Then bring your equipment over there."
"The total equipment weighs more than 200,000 pounds, and a merchant ship has to be dispatched."
"Come here and let me beat you to death!"
Reggie beat Swindell again, and then dispatched 200 craftsmen to dismantle the equipment and install it on more than 100 carriages.
According to Reggie's estimate, the merchant ship could arrive at Camel Island within three days, leaving Swindell two days to assemble the equipment to make the poison, and another day for the airship to send the poison back.
This calculation takes six days, which doesn't seem to save much time. But in the long run, Swindell keeps making poison on Camel Island, and the airship is responsible for transportation, so the time saved is very considerable.
And even if the dock is destroyed by the demon, the airship can still safely transport the poison back to Shattering Snow City. This plan is far safer than transporting Ta Qin from Camel Island.
Reggie could feel that the enemy was about to attack the dock. All demons were afraid of the sea water, and they were powerless against sea reinforcements. They would definitely try their best to destroy Shattering Snow Port.
Reggie guessed correctly, Mandasa's next target was indeed the pier, but his movements were much faster than Reggie imagined.
Swindell followed the convoy out of the city, and was attacked by a sand demon as he approached the port. Hurley, who was in charge of the escort, led the soldiers and fought fiercely with the sand demon for four hours. After the reinforcements arrived, he took the carriage back to the broken snow.
city.
"Reinforcements have arrived, why are we still retreating?" Reggie lost his mind in rage.
"Because the enemy refused to retreat." Hurley explained calmly.
"We can use the cover of reinforcements to forcefully transport the equipment to the ship!"
"No problem," Hurley smiled. "More than 80% of the equipment can be transported to the ship safely, but the remaining two percent are hard to say."
Hurley turned to look at Swindell: "Without 20% of the equipment, can you still make poison?"
Swindell shook his head.
"How long will it take to re-manufacture 20% of the equipment on Camel Island?"
"There is no ready-made machinery on Camel Island, so it will take at least half a year."
"Did you hear that? He needs half a year," Hurley shook his head and said, "Let's try another method. At least Taqin's equipment is not as precious, and it is worth wasting a little time."
"We can't waste any more time, put the equipment on Fire Dragon One and set off tonight!"
"The battle at the port is not over yet. If the train is damaged, there will be no chance to escape, and those precious equipment will be completely destroyed."
Reggie sighed: "If we miss this opportunity, I'm afraid we won't have a dock available in the future."
After much thought, the equipment could not be lost. In the end, Reggie did not send the train, but his worries soon became reality. Mandassa invested a large number of troops at the dock, not caring about artillery fire, not caring about the air force, not caring about the outrageous battle losses,
The battle dragged on for two days.
Two days later, the enemy troops withdrew and the docks were destroyed, mostly by Reggie's own fire.
This is the evil consequence of letting the flames of war reach Broken Snow City. Regardless of victory or defeat, Broken Snow City will suffer immeasurable losses.
The result of losing the port is catastrophic. The transportation tower has become a serious problem. An even more serious problem is that the sea channel of Broken Snow City has been cut off. The steel on Blackstone Island cannot be transported to Broken Snow City. Assistance from various countries has also been blocked.
We can only take a detour through the port of Zhilin City.
Mandassa began to advance westward, and he aimed at the passage between Shattering Snow City and Golden Light City. If this passage was cut off again, Reggie would lose the steel supply of Golden Light City and basically lose all sources of steel.
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Jarvan and Erwin, who returned from the Golden Light City, built a defense line in the west. They tried to counterattack several times, but were repelled by the wind demon. The wind demon used their most traditional tactic, flying blades. This tactic was different from the rock demon.
Formed a perfect fit.
The soldiers definitely couldn't withstand the blade. No matter how thick the armor was, it was useless. Even if a pair of eyes were exposed, the blade would take advantage of it.
The only feasible method was chariots. Hurley led fifteen chariots into the area controlled by the wind demon. With his keen sense of smell, he found a mark of the wind demon. The rotten wizard Geerka used his witchcraft to
Destroyed a black crystal stone.
The method sounds a bit incredible, but Gelka really did it.
Yalishan did not lie. This black crystal stone was made of clay demon. Geerka cast witchcraft on the black crystal stone during the melee. The decay spell was ineffective against the stone, but it was effective against the mud demon.
The miraculous effect directly turned the extremely sticky sludge into smelly mud, and the black crystal stone immediately fell apart.
The results of the battle seemed good, but the mobility of the chariots was so poor that they were slower than an old lady walking. Under the siege of the Rock Demon, only three chariots left the battlefield.
Came by luck.
Jarvan's Western Army and Erwin's First Army slowly retreated to the valley of the Lost Mountain, and the passage between Shattered Snow City and Golden Light City was almost cut off.