430 The Harassment of the Undead
Bai Gang stretched out his feet and kicked the land full of ashes, looked at the crushed well not far away, and sighed:
"Is the scorched earth policy really miserable..."
Cao Yu stood beside him and said, "Fortunately, we are here in this siege, otherwise with the transportation capabilities of those indigenous people, I'm afraid I won't be able to fight far."
"Yes, it's unbearable to transport supplies by tying livestock to pull carts."
As the two were talking, suddenly Bai Gang's headphones rang.
"Earl, water has come out of the well. We have a preliminary test. There is no problem with the water quality. Those bones are probably planning to recover the lost land and continue to use the water here, so they are not poisoned."
"This is really good news."
Bai Gang clenched his fists excitedly. Compared with food, the crusade army consumed more water. It was impossible for a large army to rely entirely on the water transport source from the rear to maintain it. The surrounding rivers have been polluted and can only rely on water wells. Now, the water problem can be solved on the spot, which has helped a lot.
In fact, according to the order of the Abyss Derritan, the undead lords in the east should destroy the water sources in their respective seals with the most thorough means of poisoning.
In terms of poisoning, the undead can be regarded as an expert among experts, and is many times more advanced than the practice of throwing corpses into the water in ancient wars on Earth.
It can be said that as long as the undead lords have enough confidence, even if there are a large number of masters who can purify it, it will take a month to reuse the water source here.
However, it is obvious that these undead lords did not strictly follow the orders of the Abyss Derritan.
From the perspective of Delitan, the Abyss, the more thorough the destruction, the more you can gain greater advantages, but it is different for the local lords.
Their territory is here. They will still have to come back after the war is over, so it’s fine. The crops are not expected this season. But if facilities such as wells are really completely destroyed, wouldn’t they have to spend a lot of money and time to repair them when they come back?
What if the crops are delayed for another season due to these restoration work?
You know, the food in the Eternal Holy Church was originally expensive, but now the policy of war and scorched earth has risen even more to the sky! Who would be willing to be really afraid of killing the hen who lays golden eggs?
Moreover, if others destroy production facilities such as wells and keep them, then after restoring the territory, wouldn’t you be able to resume production faster, so that your crops can grow better, and make a big profit?
Moreover, digging a well is very troublesome and takes a lot of time. It also requires professional old craftsmen to guide him. Magic is even more impossible. Digging pits in soil-based magic will cause the surrounding soil to be too loose, which is simply a bad help for digging a well.
Therefore, the undead lords believe that it is enough to destroy the well and pollute the river. Repairing the well is easier than purifying the groundwater. The flowing river water will take away the toxins and will be basically available when they come back.
It's strange that these undead lords usually seem clumsy in their affairs except for fighting, but once they get to know such things that involve money, they become smarter.
Well, almost all the Eastern lords are so smart that Baigang and others can easily find safe water sources.
The undead lords did not know how easy it was to dig a well again with mechanical power.
Suddenly, Lei Yiming's voice came from Bai Gang's headphones again.
"Earl! Something happened! The undead! A large number of undead are moving towards the well. There are insufficient combatants here. If those bones want to poison the well, I may not have time to stop them!"
"Damn it, those bones are really lingering! How many skeletons did that cult raise on this land!?"
Bai Gang knew something was wrong when he heard Lei Yiming's words. This kind of harassment has appeared in a lot of times in the past few days. Every time, a large group of skeleton soldiers and corpse ghosts rushed up, and all the targets were the supply convoys of the siege army!
Fortunately, with the Storm Base, the supply of the storm army has been fully mechanized, and the engineering corps are also working hard to lay simple tracks, and the supply can be completed by railway in the later stage.
If it were replaced by the cattle and horse carriage convoy of the Anglia Indigenous Army, even with fully armed guards, it would be difficult to completely block the undead with an absolute number advantage.
I don’t know which cursed bastard came up with the idea. These low-level skeleton soldiers carried a kind of clay pot filled with mud. These mud were the masterpieces of the undead, full of dark energy and pathogenic bacteria. Just one can of mud was enough to pollute the entire vehicle’s supplies.
Even the guards wearing armor were in a dilemma. If they were not treated by the priest in time after being flooded with this mud, they would be dead! And even if they were cured, they were likely to be in a weak state similar to a cold within one or two months and could not go to the battlefield.
Before, these damn bones attacked the convoys. Drivers only had to step on the accelerator to speed up to solve most of the problems. But now the target of these skeletons is a water well that cannot move. Baigang didn't want the well that was finally dug was destroyed like this. God knows how strong the pollution effect of the sludge is.
"Everyone, come with me!"
When Bai Gang led the guard to Lei Yiming's side, the skeletons that could not see at first sight had already started charging. Lei Yiming's men drove off-road vehicles and rushed into the sea of skeletons, and the heavy machine gun made the barrel red. But all this could not stop the skeletons from flowing through the gaps in their defense like running water.
After taking a few glances, Bai Gang immediately determined that the target of these undead spirits was definitely not humans, but the well!
Bai Gang didn't have time to consider why a group of skeleton soldiers who didn't even have wisdom knew to attack the well. He immediately blocked the soldiers with the Leap Dragon individual armor to the edge of the well and protected the wellhead with his body.
Compared with the well-driving team under Lei Yiming, the guard with all-round protection of Yuelong individual armor is not afraid of being covered in sludge.
The skeleton soldiers of the Eternal Holy Sect have much better weapons than those of other undead forces, at least with less rust, but they are still useless in front of the individual soldiers of the Dragon Leaping Armor.
Chapter completed!