As one of Great Zhou's veteran founding members, Shi Lei was one of the few generals with experience in mountain warfare.
After all, he had once been stationed in the mountain regions for years.
However, his experience commanding mountain warfare came from when Great Zhou was still in its tribal and city-state era. The little experience he had back then was undoubtedly long out of date.
After so many years, with equipment constantly being upgraded and replaced, the methods of warfare had long since changed.
By contrast, the dwarves of Copper Furnace Fortress had lived here for generations, so their relevant experience had naturally kept pace with the times.
Seeing this, Shi Lei simply took their method and used it himself, without the slightest hesitation.
The main reason was that this defensive method itself did not involve much technical skill. Put plainly, wasn't it just changing from smashing wooden logs down from the top of the walls to using the geographical advantage of the slope to hurl wooden logs at the enemy?
Shi Lei ran his army with strict discipline, and the soldiers under his command had always been highly efficient. After receiving the order, they immediately sprang into action.
However, during the process, Shi Lei quickly discovered that this simple change really did have a few tricks to it.
It was different from smashing wooden logs down from atop the walls.
The top of a wall was flat and steady. The soldiers only needed to set the wooden logs on the wall, then push them down, and the job was done.
But a mountain slope wasn't stable! The wooden logs were also extremely heavy. The soldiers already faced increased risks while carrying them, and on top of that, they had to make a throwing motion forward. If they slipped