Chapter 352 Tongshan City

Copper Mountain City is the territory of the Marquis of Copper Mountain. Like Marquis Darrag, he is a descendant of the royal branch.

The political system implemented by the Ironforge Dwarf Mountain Kingdom is different from that of the Ilia Kingdom and the Basio Kingdom. The royal family only directly governs the Hill Province, but for important mineral locations and strategic locations in the country, the royal children are enfeoffed to guard.

Important provinces are governed by outstanding royal children as governors to rule the entire country.

The Ironforge Code, as the state book of the Ironforge Dwarf Mountain Kingdom, stipulates in the first article that the king can unconditionally command the army under the command of any noble. This is not only supported by the Dwarf Mountain God Church, but also affirmed by him.

This city, like its name, is built on a copper mine. Its interior is intricate. Even the dwarves themselves do not know how deep it is under the Copper Mountain City, and how many dark and humid underground creatures are hidden.

The order of the 135th Legion consists of two parts.

First, maintain the stability of the Copper Mountain City and eliminate the dwarf rebels.

Second, clear out the cave dwarves that suddenly emerged from the ground to ensure the safety of the transportation supply line.

This order, like the Grotto Hill, is a logistical task, except that the target of the clearing has changed from dwarves to dwarves and underground creatures. The only difference is that there is one more target to be eliminated.

Three days later, after Weilin handed over the defense of the Black Forest Fortress to the 147th Legion that came from afar, he led the army to march eastward to Copper Mountain City.

This time, Weilin did not apply for additional troops from above.

With the previous lesson, he did not want to accept a group of miscellaneous soldiers to avoid adding to his command burden.

After five days of marching, Weilin successfully arrived at Copper Mountain City. After taking over the local defense, he sent all the knights in his hands to collect intelligence, and he plunged into the information left by the previous few to understand the specific situation of Copper Mountain City.

The situation was far worse than he expected. The behavior of the previous garrison was extremely rude. They blocked all entrances with boulders in the hope of cutting off the connection between the ground and the underground.

Due to the limited food production in the underground caves of Tongshan City and the main passages being blocked, these cave dwarves can only dig around like headless flies, and from time to time they will dig out a road to the wilderness.

As for the reason, it is actually very simple. Cave dwarves are of no value to humans, or no one likes dwarf slaves like cave dwarves, so the previous garrison treats them so unscrupulously.

Weilin combed his hair, leaned back in his chair, and began to think about how to solve this problem.

"There were originally 17 cave dwarf tribes living underground in Tongshan City, with about 20,000 cave dwarves. After three rounds of conscription by the Marquis of Tongshan, there are more than 10,000 cave dwarves left. Counting the dwarf rebels who were forced to enter the tunnels, the total number should be around 12,000."

"As for whether there are dwarf rebels in the city, it is difficult to say clearly."

After thinking again and again, Weilin finally decided to move all the dwarves out of Tongshan City, build a camp outside the city, settle these dwarf civilians, and implement militarized management.

The empty city of Tongshan City was burned down directly. Anyway, it was a dwarf city, so it was burned.

As for the location of the Dwarf Mountain God Church, people had people demolish the surrounding houses in advance to create a buffer zone.

The next morning, Viscount Moncas led more than 7,000 soldiers into Tongshan City and began to knock on doors from house to house to drive the dwarf civilians out of the city.

Tongshan City was already in ruins. The heavy city that once accommodated more than 60,000 dwarves now only had more than 8,000 dwarf civilians lingering.

The dwarf civilians in the city had long lost their resistance, so the entire cleanup work went very smoothly.

The soldiers opened the passage blocked by boulders, and a large amount of dry firewood and other combustibles were transported into the city and placed everywhere.

Near the Dwarf Mountain God Church, more than a thousand soldiers were carrying out violent demolition, destroying surrounding buildings, and artificially creating a buffer zone.

The thirteen dwarf clergy looked at this scene, very angry, and at the same time a little helpless.

They were not treated roughly by these humans, all because of the Dwarf Mountain God.

"Priest, what should we do?" A dwarf guard asked a gray-robed dwarf.

"Close the door."

The gray-robed dwarf answered helplessly, then returned to the temple and continued to pray.

Seeing this, the other dwarf guards could only close the church door.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, after all preparations were completed, Viscount Moncas stood at the gate of Copper Mountain City and threw torches into the city.

The fire spread rapidly and swept the entire city in an instant. In the camp outside the city, the remaining dwarf civilians looked at the place where they lived being burned, crying silently, they lowered their heads, hiding the resentment in their hearts.

On the hill outside the city, Weilin looked at the burning Copper Mountain City, but there was no ripple in his heart.

In the Dwarf Mountain God Church in the city, the statue of the Dwarf Mountain God lit up faintly, and a transparent barrier enveloped the entire church, isolating the heat wave and protecting the people in the church.

"Kell, if it were you, how would you issue the order next?" Weilin turned to look at Kyle and asked with some interest.

Kyle thought for a while and answered: "Let the 8,000 dwarf civilians move, collect all edible food within a radius of 30 kilometers, burn vegetation, cut down trees, hunt wild animals, and pollute water sources. At the same time, send troops to strengthen the defense of the logistics troops to guard against attacks by the dwarf rebels and cave dwarves."

"As for the camp, send heavy troops to guard the food storage area, waiting for the cave dwarves to fall into the trap."

"These eight thousand dwarf civilians will have their food rationed. Those who hide the food secretly will be treated as associates of the dwarf resistance. Once a certain number is reached, they will be sold to slave traders at low prices."

"You are still cruel enough."

There were some details that Welin had not thought of.

After hearing this, Kyle said seriously: "Lord, on the battlefield, you should put down all moral principles and do whatever it takes to win."

"You are right, war is about defeating the enemy by any means necessary. They bet with their lives, and we are also betting with our lives."

The two stood quietly on the hill, watching the fire engulf Copper Mountain City until nightfall.

In the next half month, the area around Tongshan City completely calmed down.

Everyone knows that these cave dwarves hiding in dark corners will not give up and are definitely plotting some conspiracy.

Without Weilin's orders, Moncas and others patrolled the military camp and inspected the granaries every day.

Under the ruins of Tongshan City, several cave dwarf tribe elders gathered together to plot a new way out.

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