On the second day, the Zhao army began an extremely strange tactic, and nearly 20,000 people with shovels and hoes began to dig trenches outside the Yan army's artillery.

Until noon. The outer trenches of the Zhao army have been excavated, and then the outer trenches are used as a starting point. Divide into different slender trenches and advance towards Julu City. Go a hundred steps, make a circle, and then go another hundred steps. So. At the end of the day. There are already three circles around the periphery surrounding Julu City.

Yan Jun felt bad. Fire immediately. But the fired shells did not do anything at all. The shells hit the ground. Catapult up. Killed and injured no Zhao Jun. And Zhao Jun all hid in the dirt pit. So. The cannon also does not have any effect.

There is no way. In order to save shells, Yan Jun had to watch Zhao Jun slowly excavate.

The method that Li Mu came up with was really helpless. The sharpness of the artillery. You are simply not allowed to attack in a massive formation. In order to avoid the damage of the artillery, the only way to avoid the advance was to go underneath and dodge.

This method gradually evolved into trench warfare in Europe and the United States. This method of warfare is extremely disgusting. Because both sides attack no matter what. to trap in this endless quagmire of trenches.

Such a method of warfare appeared in Europe and the United States during the American Civil War, and Shang Wen believes that this method of trench warfare should have existed in the Kangxi period of China. Because. According to historical records, Kangxi's war against Tsarist Russia was fought in this way, and in order to avoid the artillery and musket attacks of Tsarist Russia, the Qing army adopted such a method.

Zhao Jun's current approach is also to go out for the same purpose, to avoid sharp artillery and musket fire. Large-scale formations will be transferred to ensure the safety of personnel. Shang Wen also had this idea at first. But it was just an idea, not a practice. And Li Mu's move first started this kind of trench warfare. Although it was helpless, it completely stopped the Yan army's artillery from continuing to exert its might.

Seeing this, the Yan army immediately sent 500 musketeers into battle. As soon as the team finished arraying, it was scattered by the Zhao army's bow and arrows hiding in the trench. Archers don't have to show their heads at all. Just shoot indiscriminately with a curl shot. The Yan musketeers left behind more than thirty corpses and returned to the city.

In this way, the two sides of Yan and Zhao entered a stalemate under Julu City. One side defended the city, and the other side dug a ditch to besiege it.

And the Yue clan in the north, at this time, after countless harassments by thousands of people, finally began the temptation of a large-scale attack.

This time their main target was to focus on the start of the highway to Xianyang. Guyang. This is not only the base camp of Meng Tian, but also an important source of iron for the Qin army. This must not be lost.

The bad thing about Guyang is that there is no city at all. The central location of the establishment of the city was the ironworks, and then along the ironworks began to expand a number of houses, storehouses, and so on. This goes down. The issue of urban defense was not considered at all. In ancient times. Urban defense was an important consideration, but Shang Wen, who lived in a modern metropolis, had long overlooked this factor. Therefore. Guyang's defenses were extremely weak.

Meng Tian's defensive measures were also temporary. Due to the cold weather. Bamboo strips are put in sandy soil and watered. Form a simple earthen wall. The arrival of the Tu Sui Musket Regiment. Let Meng Tian disperse three of the five artillery batteries to various communications to the defense. In some important places, barbed wire is also intensively pulled. There was no shortage of this stuff in the ironworks. In order to increase the obstacles. So all the coal and muck from the iron factory were scattered at various intersections. So. Defenses began to take shape.

The temptation army sent by the Yue army numbered 20,000 people. For several days in a row. The Yue's army sent an army of 1,000 people to harass. to test the combat strength of the Qin army. But every time he approached, no fierce crossbow shot back. After several fruitless attempts, the Yueshi lost patience and began a large-scale attack.

As it has always been. Yue's ** swayed and gathered troops on the periphery of the Qin army to attack. In order to avoid the Qin army's bows and crossbows, they often began to form a group at a distance of eight hundred paces.

If there is no artillery before. The Qin army was helpless. However, this time they were unlucky. How could the Qin army, which had artillery, give up such an opportunity. I saw that the Yue's army was assembling in a whole team. Meng Tian immediately ordered the remaining two artillery batteries to be placed here, and began to bombard the Yueshi people indiscriminately.

The range is less than two miles, and it is impossible to use scattered bullets, and chain bullets are somewhat reluctantly used. As a result, the Qin gunners began to determine the distance with the sights on the artillery, calculate the burning time of the gunpowder, and cut the grenade fuse with scissors. Then reload.

"Put." "Bang." "Whoosh." Cannonballs whizzed out.

"Boom. Boom. "The cannonball accurately exploded in the Yue's ranks. The Yue's cavalry that was hit was unrecognizable. All the horses were frightened. Difficult to control. The line began to get messy.

"Bang. Boom. Boom. "Three salvos. The cannonballs landed accurately among the Yue's cavalry. Many cavalrymen fell off their horses. Those hit by shrapnel were either killed or wounded. The wounded have not yet had time to call for help. He was trampled to death by other horses. The Yue's cavalry is no longer under anyone's control. And the artillery began a frantic slaughter.

It took five steps to reload the shells, and the artillery of the Qin army was facing an abnormal number of five steps. The cooperation is very tacit, so it is very fluent in launching, under such a dense bombardment. The Yueshi began to flee before they could assemble their team. Their leaders were all hit by flying shrapnel and were killed instantly. All the Yue's people fled.

A battle to test the combat strength of the Qin army has not yet begun, and it is over. All thanks to the power of artillery.

As for musket artillery, the Qin State was transporting it in large quantities to the northern front. Especially artillery. This high-powered weapon. In response to this, the Qin army also specially dispatched a large number of crossbowmen for simple training. Then a swift northward transfer. Waiting for the arrival of artillery in the north.

All the artillery produced by the arsenal was sent to the northern front without exception. Just off the production line, the maintenance oil was not on and was directly pulled away and sent away. All supplies are needed for war.

And pertinently, samples of muskets and artillery began to be trial-produced. These things were sent to the newly formed General Staff for evaluation. Then determine which gun became the standard weapon of the Qin State and was equipped in large quantities.

Princess Yingyu of Wenyang is undoubtedly in the position of the boss in these five arsenals. Because, judging by the timing of the production of muskets. Yingyu's arsenal had already produced nearly 5,000 muskets before the bidding, which can be described as experienced. After the tender was issued, Yingyu quickly expanded two musket production lines, using two stamping machines made of hydraulic and hydraulic presses. In this way, most of the components can be produced in-house.