Chapter 325

The long horn was constantly sounded in the barracks of the Qiang army. The background wall of the sound was one after another of cooking smoke that could not be counted.

Before fighting, we always have to give soldiers a good meal. We expect soldiers to work harder. How can Yao Yizhong, who has been in charge of the army for decades, not understand this? He brought more than a million cattle and sheep this time. Before, he just gave the soldiers their share. Today, he decided to let the soldiers eat freely.

The current season is summer. The fat of livestock has not been raised. No matter what kind of cooking techniques, the slaughtered cattle and sheep do not have enough fat. It is a pity that the soldiers are not fat enough.

After dawn, there were not only bleak horns in the Qiang stronghold, but also bursts of drums.

Among the orders, soldiers who had enough to eat and drink were taken out of the camp. Some people accepted knife shield carts and various wooden carts and shouted to push the equipment forward.

Looking from the direction of the Han Army camp, the front of the Qiang camp has been full of equipment and vehicles. If you want to count carefully, the number of equipment and vehicles will never be less than 5000. It can be seen how crazy they have been building equipment in the past few days.

At the time of war, Qiang soldiers are making final preparations. They try to place fireproof things on the equipment, which can be soaked cloth or fur, or various sacks filled with sand. The reason for doing this is nothing more than worrying that the shooting of the rocket will make the equipment burn.

In addition to a large number of equipment troops, the cavalry of the Qiang nationality have also been mobilized on a large scale. There are cavalry warming up in the camp everywhere, so that there are horses running everywhere within the scope of vision.

The Qiang army is busy preparing for war, and the Han army is certainly not doing nothing.

The bow and crossbow troops of the Han army were preparing a large number of rockets, as were the bed crossbow and crossbow troops. Riprap truck troops are preparing fire oil tanks, which they have only used a small amount before.

Apart from the long-range troops, the close combat troops of the Han Army are strengthening fortifications again and again. Those fortifications can be fences, walls, horse repellent bushes, wooden fences, etc. but they just don't see the shadow of trenches.

It was extremely helpless. As soon as Liu Yan led the army to the combat state, he had no time to dig trenches. Moreover, trenches were not so easy to dig.

In the face of the Qiang army's madness to build arrow blocking equipment, in fact, the Han army is almost madly depressed. Wherever the Han Army goes, it shows the sharpness of bows and crossbows. Many times, it shoots arrows again and again to force the enemy to surrender, not to mention how cool it is that its own side can bring countless casualties to the enemy without loss.

There will be a shield if there is a spear. The Han Army has not encountered the enemy who wantonly built arrow blocking equipment, but those enemies were really better than the Qiang army.

The benefits of bows and crossbows will be offset. It can be predicted that the role of bows and crossbows will decrease and the close combat between the two sides will increase.

The total strength of the Han army here is only 30000. According to the mobilization of Yao Yizhong today, there are at least 120000 troops mobilized by the Qiang nationality, that is, the force gap of 4:1.

The army's encampment is not crowded together. For example, the barracks of the Han Army are distributed in three areas, one main camp and two Gongwei barracks. With the increase of the number of Qiang troops, there will be more barracks, covering an area of at least tens of miles.

"Order..." Yao Yizhong, fully dressed in military uniform, raised his hand and waved it gently: "the troops are advancing."

Horn sound "woo!!!" Then came the rhythmic sound of war drums.

The Qiang soldiers who got the order began to shout again. The first 8000 Qiang soldiers shouted "Hey yo! Hey yo!" while pushing a heavy knife shield car or wooden cart Our slogan.

Looking at the volume of DaoDun car, it should have a weight of about 300 kg. Now there will be no rubber tires in such a year. The wheels will only be made of wood. Then, the wheels may not be really round. You can imagine the feeling of pushing them up.

By the way, there is no such thing as an axle at present, which means that the wheels rotate in a single wheel. It is not easy to turn.

Each arrow blocking device is driven by five to twenty or thirty people. Behind each device will be followed by dozens to hundreds of soldiers. No matter what the combat weapon is, those soldiers will inevitably hold a shield.

The reason why it is not suitable for livestock pulling equipment is very simple. Now there are no grid objects in such a year, let alone physics. In addition, there is not so much time for craftsmen to open their brains, and there is no time for rear livestock pushing. So they built equipment to block arrows and use livestock to pull in front. Is it to let animals shoot arrows?

The shield in the hands of Qiang soldiers looks very miscellaneous. What they have in common is that it is a wooden structure, which will appear very miscellaneous. Soldiers also add necessary things to the shield, such as skin. As for iron flakes, let alone Hu people, even Jin people with strong practical ability, how can they do without materials?

Nearly a thousand instruments of various types were followed by soldiers. They pushed forward with great movement.

After pushing forward for a certain distance, nearly a thousand instrument vehicles divided into two waves and headed for the two Gongwei camps of the Han Army camp. Waiting for them to separate left and right, there were new troops pushing various instrument vehicles forward in the Qiang camp. It was clear that three Han army camps were needed to fight together at the beginning.

"Yao Yizhong once made up his mind..." Liu Yan said with a smile: "the action is so big."

Ji Chang and others are ridiculous. The Qiang people are crazy to build arrow blocking equipment. The benefits of the bow and crossbow of the Han Army are offset, and their troops are at an absolute disadvantage. The next situation will be very bad, especially the number of cavalry on the Han army is the disadvantage of the disadvantage, and the passive situation is almost doomed.

"Relax, relax." Liu Yan didn't feel nervous at all. He smiled and said, "didn't we expect this situation long ago? It's also what we want."

No one said anything, most of them were smiling bitterly.

Yes, they will be prepared to fight hard at the beginning. Everything is to attract Yao Yizhong to cross the river and make good use of the terrain to annihilate Yao Yizhong's Qiang army as much as possible. But when they really face a bad situation, they can relax. How heartless and heartless should they be?

"Sir, we..." Sang Yu asked seriously without his usual Laughter: "how many days do you need to support?"

Liu Yan said quietly, "it depends on how many days Yao Yizhong will block our reinforcements."

The battlefield is composed of several parts, which is more important or more intense. The first batch of Han army will come from the southwest of Jishui, and the second batch of Han army will come directly from the due south. Yao Yizhong will not easily let the Han Army's reinforcements join Liu Yan's headquarters, so we can imagine how many local battlefields will be extended.

This situation is really what the Han army wants, but everything will have a premise, that is, the defense of Liu Yan's location is equal to that Liu Yan is a bait and the key to the whole battle.

"How is it possible to achieve your goal without taking risks?" Liu Yan was sincere and plain, smiled and said, "if not, how can Yao Yizhong stay here firmly?"

Using Liu Yan as bait is an extremely risky thing, so all the Han people are opposed except Liu Yan himself. For the Han Dynasty, the importance of Liu Yan as a leader needs no more words, not only because Liu Yan is the ruler of the Han Dynasty, but also because no one can quickly form an army except Liu Yan, and Liu Yan doesn't know how to quickly form a ship.

The dense bangs were sounded at the two Gongwei camps of the Han army. It was that the attacking Qiang troops were close to the range of the strong crossbow. After the bangs, the crossbows were constantly fired. Each crossbow was burning with fire. The process from being shot out to falling was between several breaths.

"Raise your shield!"

The sound of wood collision sounded frequently. The attacking troops of Qiang nationality raised their shields and tried to get close. A shield stacked on their heads formed a barrier. Almost the next moment, a large number of rockets fell, and the arrowheads fell on the shields, making a knocking sound like rain.

A scream sounded in the knock. It was a crossbow arrow that shot through the gap of the shield and hit the human body. When a person fell down, a gap would be exposed, making the Qiang soldiers in the area shout and roar, so as to quickly close the gap.

The first wave of shooting is followed by the second wave. The continuous shooting has made the Qiang soldiers suffer a lot in the past few days. Before fighting with the Han Army, they had never encountered such an arrow array attack, or they would not have built so many arrow blocking instruments and shields.

The crossbow and arrow with fire fall on the shield. If the shield is of metal structure, it's all right. No matter what measures are taken before, the wooden shield will always burn after being tested by fire for a long time. As a result, the burning smell begins to appear and the thick smoke begins to appear on the battlefield.

Huyansheng said anxiously, "we need to speed up our progress!"

Yao Yizhong was staring at the Han Army camp that fired arrows again and again. He knew that the preparation had played a role and had long been psychologically prepared for the situation.

If we can speed up the advance speed, how can the attacking Qiang troops move forward slowly? The problem is that the speed of arrow blocking equipment is the same, and the speed of shield advancing troops will become loose once they speed up. In this way, it is impossible to speed up.

"This situation is already very good." Yao Yizhong smiled. He pointed to the Han Army camp: "their archery frequency is faster than any time before. Do you know what this means?"

Huyansheng kept blinking his eyes and smiled the next moment: "the Han Army has become anxious, which is good for us."

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