"Fifty thousand?"

Gu Mozhi and Hua Qianshu were both a little surprised.

"Xiliang has been recuperating over the years, and he is growing stronger and stronger, not to mention 50,000 soldiers and horses? ”

"Who led the troops?"

"The coach is Jin Geer, the second prince of Xiliang. He was afraid that the two of them had never heard of it, so he explained again: "Ginger is good at formation and strategy, resourceful, ruthless, and the strategists under him are good at taking the sword sideways. ”

This Jin Ge Gu Mozhi may not have heard of it, but Hua Qianshu has a narrow road, and he happens to know this person.

This person is the best at formation, and it took eight years to study a five-element formation, which is ever-changing, mysterious, and can be said to be invincible in Xiliang. He once led his troops to invade Chang'an, and was almost invincible. As a result, he was penetrated by his eldest brother, led his own soldiers, and picked his Five Elements Array, which made him defeated and expelled for sixty or seventy miles, which became a shame that he could not wash away in his life.

Gu Mozhi muttered to himself: "The excerpt requesting the transfer of troops has just been sent out for five days, and the fast horse may not arrive in Shangjing at this time." The imperial court then verified and interrogated it, delayed for a long time, and waited until the army arrived, and I am afraid that it would be more than ten days later at the earliest. We will resist the attack of the opponent's army of 50,000 with four or five thousand men and horses. Adjutant General Jiang, what are the odds of winning?"

Jiang Biao shook his head solemnly: "If all the equipment is in place, it may be possible to delay for a few days." Now this situation, adults should be clear these days, thanks to Miss Feng Xiao's reminder, we have defensive preparations in advance, otherwise simply by hand-to-hand combat, we can only be beaten passively, if the Xiliang people want to be vigorous, even if it is a battle of wheels, it can make us exhausted. ”

Hua Qianshu asked suspiciously: "Actually, after the last battle, I had doubts, and I really didn't vomit or be unhappy." The vanguard army of Naxi Liang was brave and good at fighting, especially good at siege. When the other party gets close to our city, we will lose our previous advantage and opportunity if we make another move. The opponent is cavalry, the attack is fast, and if you shoot with a bow and arrow, the range is too close and the timing is too short. Don't we have a powerful weapon to shoot and kill from a distance, and we can seize the opportunity to stop the enemy's attack?"

"Why not?" Jiang Biao immediately replied: "There are many stones in Wolongguan, and the imperial court once ordered people from the Ministry of Engineering to supervise the construction of more than 100 stone-throwing machines, but they are too cumbersome, and it is not easy to transport stones to the city wall, so it is too troublesome to operate, and many people need to operate together." Later, it was idle.

The imperial court also sent a ballista bed here, which was originally used to defend the city and was really good, with great lethality, but that thing looked bulky, but it was actually very expensive, and after using it a few times, there were all kinds of problems. However, the successive commanders-in-chief did not pay attention to the role of these instruments in battle, which was unpopular, resulting in no one understanding the mechanism later, and all of them were scrapped and turned into decorations. ”

Hua Qianshu suddenly rejoiced in her heart: "Where is the thing?"

"All of them were piled up in the South City Tower and covered with tarpaulin. But it's all gone, so Miss Feng Xiao shouldn't have any hope. ”

Hua Qianshu pondered for a moment: "I am tired that Vice General Jiang sent a soldier to take me to take a look." ”

Gu Mozhi's face was happy: "Do you know these instruments?"

Hua Qianshu often followed the back of the second brother's buttocks, mixed with the Ministry of Industry, learned these tricks, and naturally knew a little about the manufacture of these bows and crossbows. But he couldn't be too full of words, so he only nodded and responded: "I've seen it before, and I know a little bit about it." ”

"Great, Vice Admiral Jiang, you send someone to take Feng Xiao to the storage place of the city tower, if these crossbow beds can come in handy, they can be worth tens of thousands of archers and thousands of arrows. Rush to the city walls, send out scouts, and step up patrols to see if there are any holes in the defenses, ready for wartime. I'll arrange an eight-hundred-mile rush first, and then I'll go to you. Gu Mozhi commanded categorically.

The military situation was like fire, and several people couldn't care about anything, so they immediately split up.

The soldiers who led the way went to the stable and led two war horses, and went straight to the south city tower with Hua Qianshu.

Sure enough, as Jiang Biao said, all these instruments were stored in the open air downstairs in Nancheng, but fortunately, they were covered with oilcloth and straw felt, and they were not corroded and damaged by wind and rain.

There are soldiers guarding here, and I know the soldier who led the way, and I came forward to see the two of them, and knew that it was the order of the new chief soldier, so I helped Hua Qianshu uncover the grass felt on it, and explained the situation to her one by one.

Hua Qianshu can't help but be happy, there are not only trebuchets stored here, but also bed crossbows, transfer machines, eight bull crossbows, etc. It seems that the first emperor still attached great importance to border warfare during his reign, and the skilled craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry were not ornaments.

The soldier leading the way didn't understand these cumbersome mechanisms, and he was confused.

Hua Qianshu looked here and touched there, and the expression on his face became more and more happy.

The soldiers here all call Hua Qianshu "Mrs. Feng Xiao", knowing that she is a woman who followed the chief soldier all the way to Wolong Pass, and seeing her enchanting demeanor, she naturally had a lot of speculation in private and a little contempt for her.

When they saw that Hua Qianshu had recklessly touched the bow and crossbow mechanism above, they impatiently reminded: "If Lady Feng Xiao is curious, just take a look." These things are dangerous, and if we accidentally touch a place that we shouldn't touch and hurt our wife, we can't afford to be guilty. ”

Hua Qianshu lifted her eyelids and glanced at the soldier who spoke, ignored it, and continued to bury her head in research.

The soldier who led the road pretended to squeeze the soldier: "How is this talking to Madame?"

Although the soldier spoke politely, his temper was upright: "Now the Xiliang people have been stationed outside the pass, eyeing us. The arrow is ready to be on the string, and we brethren are all tense, anxious, and we really don't have the patience to please the woman. ”

The soldier who led the way glanced at Hua Qianshu and said seriously: "Lord Gu asked Mrs. Feng Xiao to come, naturally he has his intentions, and he wants to talk nonsense." ”

The soldier snorted and shut up, still disdainful.

Hua Qianshu straightened up and asked the soldier with a smile, "Where are the crossbow arrows on this bed crossbow now?"

The soldier didn't look at her: "Naturally, it was stored elsewhere." ”

"Please bring the crossbow arrows, I'm going to try these bed crossbows. ”

The soldier twisted his face and looked her up and down: "What are you kidding? We don't know how to operate these bed crossbows, most of them are broken." Don't mess with us. ”

Hua Qianshu didn't care about his arrogance and rudeness, and still said politely: "Maybe I can give it a try." ”

The soldier snorted sarcastically.

The government soldiers pretended to be angry and said: "Where are you talking so much nonsense, let you go." ”

Secretly squeezed his eyes at the man.