Liu Guan didn't know what Kang Guo's soldiers and horses were going to do.
Several guesses came to mind.
Deterrence?
Harassment?
Or intimidation?
None of them look alike. " What kind of medicine are these people selling in their gourds?”
Liu Guan condensed his eyes to improve his eyesight.
Try to see clearly what this group of people are up to.
"Report——"
Soon a soldier sent a message.
Liu Guandao: "Tell me, what's the matter."
The soldier's expression still showed some lingering panic - the fear of natural disasters in people of this world is engraved in their souls, even if they send a message He is a brave warrior even though he is a soldier, but his legs are still weak.
The soldier said: "Kunzhou soldiers and horses appeared in the rear."
Liu Guan hurried over.
I also saw a line of smoke and dust waves at the end of the horizon. It was only a small section at first, but soon expanded to both sides at a speed visible to the naked eye. She knew that the manpower consumed by such a large battle was not a small amount, and the Kangguo camp must have some purpose in doing this. Taking a deep breath secretly, he sent several scout teams to reconnoiter to see what the plan was.
After a while, several birds fluttered their wings and flew high.
Below, Bai Suruo, who was guarding the construction team, felt something.
Put your right hand in front of your eyebrows as a sunshade, squinting carefully.
He smiled and said: "Hey, the scouts from the Northern Desert are here."
She is currently wearing a bandage covering her chest, one sleeve is tucked into her waist, half of her arms are bare, and she is sitting on top of a giant excavator with her legs bent. The bare shoulders are painted with ferocious animal patterns, which extend all the way to the lower part of the collarbone, and a knife hangs on the side of the waist, which is in perfect contrast with her cold temperament. Below is the general ink supervisor who is concentrating on the operation. Bai Su raised his hand and formed a high and heavy bow.
Fingers lightly pluck the bowstring.
A snow-white arrow took shape in response.
It is cloudy today, with dense and low clouds. The scout's Martial Totem can use the clouds to cover its tracks without much effort, and cautiously approaches the construction team. Gradually approaching the top of the construction team, the scout held his breath and concentrated, trying to use the sight of Wudan Totem to find out what was going on below. However, the smoke and dust here were heavy and interfered with the sight, so he had to lower his altitude a little.
Suddenly, a bit of white light quickly magnified in front of my eyes.
Wudan Totem was shot in the eye before he could react.
"Ah ah ah - eyes, eyes - my eyes -" the Northern Desert scout covered his eyes and screamed miserably.
The Martial Totem, whose eye was pierced by an arrow, lost control and fell to the ground.
It started to escape when it was still a hundred feet above the ground.
When it landed, only one tail feather was left.
Bai Su tutted: "It's a pity, it's not a live bird."
If this kind of ferocious bird is not a totem of martial courage but a real bird, it is really full of treasures. It is delicious when grilled and its bright feathers are plucked. It also looks good as a hat. It all depends on your luck whether you can come across one when you go hunting in the mountains in autumn. If you are lucky, you almost didn't see it even after three to five days.
Martial Totem is really a scam.
There were waves in the air, and Bai Su's ears twitched slightly.
The eyes flashed fiercely: "Here we go again."
Ordinary scouts are not difficult to cultivate, but the scouts adapted to this kind of valor totem are only one in a million. Perhaps because of the special geographical environment, there are many elite scouts in the Northern Desert. Not only do they fly in the sky, but they also dig holes in the ground. Bai Su took action twice, bent his bow and arrows, and hit every target, seriously injuring two scouts. People here in the Northern Desert are even more vigilant, and even the Martial Dart Totem dare not hover at low altitude.
Bai Su sneered and turned to urge the soldiers below.
“No one has eaten?”
“The bigger the movement, the faster the work.”
“It took a long time to make such a little movement. , are you afraid that the enemy doesn’t know what you are doing?”
Someone below was coughing and belching from time to time.
Apparently I accidentally ate sand.
The deputy general narrowed his eyes and shouted in Bai Su's direction.
"General, no matter how big you are, you can't even see us."
Everyone's mouth and nose are covered with cloth masks that filter out sand and dust.
All of them had gray heads and faces, and sweat dripped down their skin, leaving obvious mud marks. Use your fingers to rub it casually to make sure you can squeeze the boss's mud ball. However, the time was fixed by the superiors, and the amount of work was unprecedentedly large.
Originally, we planned to have Wenxin Scholars use their words and spirits to attract wind and sand, such as [clouds, moon, black wind, sand and evil], [desert wind and sand, thousands of miles of darkness], to shield the enemy scouts from the prying eyes as much as possible and delay as much time as possible. You don’t have to suffer much on your own side. It is best to dig the foundation before the enemy reacts, so that even if the enemy gathers manpower to attack, there will be a buffer.
It’s just a matter of counting the above, it’s not cost-effective.
You get what you pay for with Yan Ling.
The better the effect, the greater the range, and the greater the consumption!
The scope of the isolated island project obviously exceeds the limits of scribes. Rather than embarrass literati, it is better to look inward for self-reliance.
The noise in the sand and dust was all intentional.
Bai Sugang was about to say something, his eyes lit up.
The figure flashed, turning into a dazzling stream of light that penetrated the thick sand and dust.
There was a loud bang.
The two swords were crossed and submerged into the rock.
Under the sword's edge is a trembling rat whose hair color blends in with the mud. This mouse was extremely slender, with a thick and powerful tail at the end, and muscular limbs. As soon as it emerged from the ground, it was cut off by Bai Su's two swords. His big eyes met Bai Su's eyes looking at dead things, and his thick hair exploded.
Squeaking, not daring to turn around, running for his life.
"Zhizhizhi——"
The dusty shadow jumped out a long distance.
Bai Su looked at the lower half of the rat's body that was cut off by the two swords, and sneered. The upper half of the mouse rushed far away under the impetus of inertia. When I realized something was wrong, I felt a dull pain in my waist. Before the valor totem dissipated, he saw blood trailing all over the floor.
"What kind of rat dares to show up?"
Bai Su pulled out the two swords from the mud and stepped on the half of the rat's body that was gradually disappearing. The internal organs wrapped in rat skin burst open under the pressure of external forces, overflowing and turning into the energy of heaven and earth.
Zhang Liang’s plan, the ladder across the wall.
No matter how strict the vigilance of Bai Su and others is, it is impossible to completely clear out the scouts in a short time. More than a dozen scouts were lost in the Northern Desert. They have learned their lesson and dare not get too close. Even so, they still detect Some information - in summary, Kang Guo is digging a trap.
Liu Guan, who was waiting anxiously, fell silent the moment he received the information.
No wonder she is silent.
I really can’t do it with this hand operation.
She also looked at the place under her feet again and again.
After confirming that they were defending the city rather than attacking the city, they continued to think about Kang Guo’s purpose - traps are generally used to interfere with the advancement of chariots, hinder cavalry charges, and defend the city. One side goes to build these defensive military.
The Kangguo camp acted as a siege party to set up a trap. Not only did they send a large number of manpower to dig traps, but they also dug them so far away from Shexing Pass. Whose cavalry were they going to use to hinder them?
Hunt Kang’s own chariots and cavalry?
The movement of the earth dragon turning over continues.
Liu Guan pressed his eyebrows, which were sore and swollen.
Question: "How long, wide and deep is the trap?"
Is Kangguo Daying digging a trap or something else?
The scout said: "Three feet wide, two feet six deep, long... They are still digging over there. I don't know how long they want to dig."
Rao Shiliu Guan has a mentality. Prepare - can cause a movement comparable to that of an earth dragon turning over This big move must not be a small project - she was still startled by this number and said in astonishment: "Three feet by three feet wide and two feet by six feet deep. Are you planning to dig a moat?"
For a small place? The moat is not even of this scale.
The scout hesitated to speak.
This data is still being monitored.
Looking at the posture of the Kangguo soldiers and horses, they are obviously not satisfied with this level, and they are still digging deeper, widening to both sides, and continuing to extend. The same is true for the outpost of Shexing Pass, and the same is true for the rear. The excavated soil is transported elsewhere.
Yes, the mud has been removed.
I don’t know what to do with all this mud.
Confirming that Kang Guo had no intention of sending troops to attack, Liu Guanxin lowered the city wall and presented the news to his lord Tu Dege.
Brother Tude asked his ministers about the plan.
"What do you think Kang Guo is planning to do?"
Everyone had the same doubts as Liu Guan. The siege party went all the way to dig traps. It couldn't be for the purpose of attacking Shooting Star. Get ready. The general who issued this order was seriously ill. To fight and siege a city, you need ladders, chariots, rams, and catapults.
This kind of useless trap is useless.
It can't stop the huge rocks thrown at it, nor can it stop the rain of arrows.
After a while, someone joked in a weird way: "Can't it be that Kang Guo lost the Shexing Pass and was so angry that he just dug up the earth and gravel on the spot and started a new one to build another city defense?"
There were people following him. Responded: "Haha , how long will it take to build?”
The three key passes that blocked the southward movement of the Northern Desert were jointly sent by the northwest countries, and they sent dozens of brave warriors to supervise the work, and it took 200,000 to 300,000 hard labor for thirty years. , the results of two generations. What's the difference between Kang Guo coming to build a city defense now and having snot dripping from his nose? There was a roar of wanton ridicule in the hall.
Liu Guan felt something was not right at first glance.
"How long?" Her mind was racing, she caught the fleeting flash of inspiration and asked hurriedly, "When did this movement start?"
How long has it been since the earth dragon turned over?
The laughter in the hall became smaller.
Someone answered: "More than an hour."
Liu Guan didn't know what he thought of, and his face turned pale: "It took more than an hour to dig out a hole three feet wide and two feet six deep. Trap? Judging from the smoke and dust raised, the length of the trap is considerable. Even if thousands of corvettes work day and night, it is estimated to be more than a month. Can it be called a trap? "
No blind man can be fooled!
Who can this trap be used to trick?
“What could it be if it’s not a trap?”
They looked down on this bitch at first, and only regarded Liu Guan as the woman next to Brother Tude, and a woman who was a slave girl. To put it bluntly, It's something that can be bought and sold with silver. Later I discovered that this bitch has a good mind but a poisonous heart.
Gradually stop being frivolous and disdainful.
In other words, these emotions are well hidden.
"It can't be to block food and grass, right?"
It's not like they didn't expect that Shen Tang would target food and grass. The battle is all about logistics. Whoever's food line collapses first will be unable to hold it back first. However, in their usual thinking, Kang State should send people to ambush and attack their grain-carrying troops. As long as they send strong and brave warriors and lead an elite division to escort them, they can ensure the safety of the grain line to the greatest extent.
The only way to fight is to show off one's tactics.
After this person finished speaking, the others burst into laughter.
Liu Guan said seriously: "It's not a bad idea."
Everyone laughed even harder. Others laughed so hard that they started hiccupping.
"Hahaha, just because they dug a circle to cut off our food and grass supplies? Do you know how big Shexing Pass is? They dug such a big circle." Then The person drew a huge circle with both hands, "It wouldn't be possible for hundreds of thousands of people to dig it all out!"
This guess is really funny!
Brother Tu De looked at the group of subordinates slapping their thighs and couldn't help but raise his lips. What Liu Guan said was really a fantasy.
Boom——
A loud thunder exploded.
The ground beneath my feet shook even more.
"Look, God also thinks it's absurd, and responds with thunder."
"Hundreds of thousands of ordinary corvees may not be able to do it, but what about the brave warriors in the army?" Liu Guan studied it carefully. The behavior of Shen Youli and her men was unknown. I don't know where Shen Youli found so many crazy and unruly lunatics.
Do what others dare not do, think what others dare not think.
These people can hollow out the area around Shexing Pass!
The laughter in the hall stopped suddenly.
Everyone looked at Liu Guan with dull eyes.
Know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles.
Naturally, they had heard rumors that Kang Guo did not treat Wu Dan warriors as uncles, and basically all the work that could be done by corvee coolies was entrusted to Wu Dan warriors. When I first heard about this, I thought Shen Youli was looking for death. How could a brave warrior endure such humiliation?
I have been waiting on the sidelines for several years.
The expected riot was nowhere to be seen.
The brave warriors of Kang accepted the status quo well.
They couldn't figure it out, and finally attributed the strangeness of the brave warrior to the influence of Shen Youli's princely ways. The man surnamed Shen had been the leader of the country for so many years without exposing his princely ways. I guess there is something fishy about the way of the princes, so I hid it.
The smile on Brother Tude's face also stiffened.
“How big is the possibility of this?”
Liu Guan looked straight at Brother Tude without saying a word.
Brother Tude saw the answer in his eyes.
He prepared for the worst: "How long will it take?"
Liu Guan estimated in his heart: "Ten to twenty days."
The Northern Desert general on one side had a cold look on his face, his big copper bell eyes bursting with murderous intent: "Ten or twenty days? Ha, day lilies are all Damn it! These losers from Kang State still want to stop us? That’s ridiculous!”
“Let the soldiers rest for a day and recharge their batteries, then go out tomorrow and pick off their heads to fill the ditch!”
As everyone knows, the construction team will! In addition to brave warriors, there are also Mohists.
Grab it with both hands and make sure both ends are correct.
A courageous warrior needs to expend martial energy to dig. Even with the blessing of the military spirit, the body and mind must bear a considerable burden. There are three shifts a day, and you have to take a break from working for four hours.
The Mohist does not have these restrictions. All the tools created by others can be operated by others. Only a small amount of martial energy can be poured into it to exert a terrifying effect, and it will not be tiring for twelve hours.
Bei Jiu dared to issue a military order to deliver the work within five days, which was certainly not without purpose. She had the confidence, and this confidence came from "Tiangong Kaiwu"! In the volume "Jiabing", there is a record of something called "firearms", along with a few simple drawings.
Although "general love" and "non-attack" are easy to use, they lack the most critical lethality. The lack of lethality means that Mohists cannot protect themselves like brave warriors and literary scholars.
Without force, Beijiu always feels insecure.
Even though Yuanmou promised her several times, she was still uneasy.
Bei Jiu did not doubt Yun Ce's promise, but the promise could not turn Yun Ce's confidence into his own, so Bei Jiu could only find another way out. She didn't believe that Mo Zhe's potential was limited to this.
Finally, she saw hope in "Tiangong Kaiwu".
[Firearms...]
[Red Barbarian Cannon...General...Second General? 】
[White-lettered cannons and landmines? 】
【Hunjianglong? Ten thousand enemies? 】
Beijiu looked at the artifacts described in "Tiangong Kaiwu" and was fascinated by them, unaware of the time and years of the outside world. She locked herself in the government office for several months at a time. During this period, the materials mentioned in "Tiangong Kaiwu" were found, and the supervisor was thundered and exploded every day.
To her regret, the power she discovered was far less powerful than what "Tiangong Kaiwu" stated. Even the power described in "Tiangong Kaiwu" was far from the courageous warriors with some strength. There is a slight difference, let alone those middle and high-level warriors.
The key is that these things are not stable yet.
Limited power, limited range.
Even Yun Ce, who helped with the test, was rarely venomous.
【These little toys you made are not very safe. 】
Bei Jiu gritted his teeth: [...Don’t underestimate us Mohists! 】
Yun Ce looked at Bei Jiu who was suddenly in a state of shock. He didn’t understand why her mood suddenly became so high, and he didn’t say anything.
Beijiu began to retreat again.
If you don’t go out through the front door, you won’t take a step toward the second door.
The supervisory office will make thunder every day to report for repairs.
Yun Ce had a rare vacation and even wanted to invite her out but couldn't find anyone.
When he saw someone again, he could hardly recognize that the dark person in front of him was Bei Jiu. Only a small section of the smooth, black long hair was left, sticking up uninhibitedly, and the whole person became thinner. A group of Mohists tried to physically persuade each other by copying "non-attack".
Bei Jiu is the most energetic among them.
[Zhoukou, instead of building a house and making plans...] Yun Ce carefully observed the other Mohists, and when he saw that no one noticed him, he continued to persuade, [Why don't you ask a great sage for advice? 】
Listen to what the professionals say.
The most professional person among the Mohists is Juzi of the Mohists.
Bei Jiu went to the palace overnight to find his master.
Shen Tang: [...]
Good guy, she asked how come the General Office of the Supervisor is reporting for repairs every day, and someone is doing this stuff inside. Fortunately, the Supervisory Office is big enough, otherwise other departments would not be able to do it. If you die, you will be the prisoner.
Bei Jiu came to ask for advice on this matter...
Although she holds the title of Mo family's most powerful child, she can't keep up with Bei Jiu in terms of professional courtship. The firearms recorded in "Tiangong Kaiwu" were suitable for the previous human civilization, but now Yanling is in charge, and the use of the energy of heaven and earth is the mainstream, and the cost performance of firearms is too low.
Shen Tang rubbed his chin: [How about doing as the Romans do? 】
Beijiu was puzzled: [Juzi, what does it mean to "do as the Romans do when you are in the country"? 】
Shen Tang held up a volume of notes from "Tiangong Kaiwu" copied by Beijiu: "Gunpowder is mainly composed of sulfuric acid and sulfur, supplemented by plant ash." The elimination nature is to yin, the sulfur nature is to yang, the two gods of yin and yang meet in a seamless space... the elimination nature is straight, the direct hit eliminates nine and sulfur one; the sulfur nature is horizontal, the critical strike eliminates seven and sulfur three ... Where sulfur is mixed and eliminated, gunpowder becomes a sound... ]
Beijiu has already memorized these contents by heart.
Shen Tang: [Do you see any problem? 】
Bei Jiu shook his head in confusion: [No, I am stupid. 】
Shen Tang slapped his thigh: [That’s why it’s ‘as the Romans do in the countryside’. Do you think any brave warrior fights with a sword forged by himself? These sabers are just for decoration. They will be used by low-ranking officers and second-class superiors...】
In fact, second-class superiors do not use them.
No matter how good the weapons forged from iron are, they are not as durable as the weapons made from martial arts. When ordinary weapons are brought to the battlefield, the blades will curl up before the battle is over, and the blades will be pitted. They are not durable, but weapons Weapons made from gas are not troubled by these defects.
After Shen Tang finished speaking, Beijiu looked thoughtful.
[...From small weapons to large siege equipment, which one is not condensed by martial spirit or morale? In the same way, the firearms you forge, the liquefied stone, sulfur, and plant ash used are all foreign objects, not the energy of heaven and earth. 】
As soon as these words came out, Beijiu suddenly became enlightened.
[Yeah, yeah, why didn’t I think of this...] She described the production based on "Tiangong Kaiwu", but ignored the most important things and fell into a misunderstanding. No matter how good the weapons made by the forging master are, they cannot match the martial spirit of the brave warrior.
The raw materials of firearms naturally need to be changed.
Bei Jiu murmured to himself: [This is good, this is good. 】
If you can use the energy of heaven and earth to forge firearms, you can also save a lot of purchasing budget, and there will be many places where you have to spend money.
The noise of the explosion at the General Office of the General Supervisor is getting louder and louder.
Shen Tang asked several times.
Finding that there were no casualties, I stopped staring.
In this world where words and spirits rule, it’s hard to say what effect firearms can have, so Sui Beijiu is left to wonder. However, she never expected that Bei Jiu would really bring her a big surprise.
The first version of the firearm was on the battlefield as soon as it appeared!
Although it is not used to hit enemies, and it is not yet known how lethal it is, the noise it makes when it explodes is really loud! Cooperating with the brave warriors, the excavation progress was three points faster than expected.
Shen Tang squatted on top of the giant excavator, clasping his hands and lost in thought: "I always feel that trenches will come in handy soon... I will dig more now to sum up the excavation experience."
In today's war, cold weapons are still king.
Um...
The mythical destructive power of a courageous warrior also counts.
In cold weapon warfare, large-scale destruction and attrition still rely on hand-to-hand combat. White knives go in and red knives come out. The damage caused by catapults and bows and arrows is limited. However, with the advent of firearms, the logic of the entire war changed.
The splash damage of explosive shells is quite shocking.
This is the main defense of the trench.
Shen Tang does not think that all the Mohists in the world belong to him.
Firearms, of course, are not just mine.
Maybe one day we will build trenches to protect against enemy firearms.
However, it is too early to say this now.
Beijiu hasn’t figured out firearms yet, let alone the Mohists in other places who have low status, are not reused and have no access to "Tiangong Kaiwu"? Shen Tang gathered his thoughts and looked at the sky: "It's time to change the shift!"
Bai Su jumped up from below covered in blood.
“My lord, it’s time to take medicine.”
Her steps are as light as those of a raccoon slave. If you don't see it with your own eyes, you would think that she is a slender and agile assassin, but in fact, she is a military commander whose muscles are full of strength and beauty. She can crush the human and heaven's spirit cap with one hand. It can make people feel warm at the tip of their nose.
Shen Tang fell into the bowl regardless of the nearby wind and sand.
Lift your neck and drink it all in one gulp.
“Have all our soldiers and horses been exchanged?”
Bai Sudao: “They are all arranged.”
Shen Tang was worried about Yun Ce and the two of them, and said silently: "Yuanmou Zigu, just wait a little longer, Shexing Pass will become a purgatory!"
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Oh, I suddenly went there yesterday I tried on a horse-faced skirt and found that I couldn’t even wear it
The key point is that it was six meters long. I don’t know what I thought a few years ago. Does the skirt feel so heavy that my waist doesn’t hurt?