258 days when unfavorable
A corpse of Qin Jun was lifted out of the shack. Without exception, they died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
"Doctor, look what's going on." Meng Tian asked, "Report, General." "One of the guards went out to check on the other camps, and a quick report came.
"General, in other camps, there are also a large number of soldiers who died, and some soldiers, headache, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, and some, some." The more the guards talked, the more they didn't want to say.
"Say." Meng Tian said lightly.
"The skin is cherry red, breathing and pulse are rapid, some are delirious, and some are unconscious." The guard said slowly.
"Doctor, hurry up and save those soldiers." Meng Tian was a little devastated.
"Hurry up and check out all the shacks. All the intact soldiers immediately set up their tents and could not sleep here. Meng Tian ordered loudly.
The Qin army immediately began to move and thoroughly inspected all the shacks. The number of non-combat casualties increased dramatically in a single day. Other diseases are quietly becoming a hidden danger. These people with carbon monoxide poisoning are susceptible to pneumonia if treated in unusually cold places. And that's it. In ancient times, when medicine was not developed, it was not detected at all.
The flu caused by pneumonia will soon spread to the entire Qin army camp. In addition, there is a large amount of frostbite.
"General. The highway to Xianyang is covered with heavy snow and is temporarily impassable. One of the guards reported.
"Organize people to dredge up immediately." Meng Tian ordered.
"Whoa." The guard replied.
Meng Tian felt very depressed. The snow is still falling. But the situation faced by the Qin army was so bad. Meng Tian had a great headache about this. He returned to his big tent and immediately submitted it to the King of Qin.
Meng Tian felt that the problem was a little serious, and walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, feeling that something was wrong with today's events. A lot of problems can't be solved well. Come to think of it. Meng Tian immediately gave Shang Wenxiu, who was also in Xianyang, a copy of the book, describing what happened today to Shang Wen in detail.
"Someone." Meng Tian shouted loudly.
"What's the matter with the general?" One of the guards said with his fists clenched.
"These two express reports should be transmitted to Xianyang as quickly as possible. Be quick. Meng Tian said anxiously.
"The subordinates will definitely complete it." The guard said firmly.
"Go." Meng Tian said.
With that, the guards turned to leave. From Meng Tian's expression, the guard had realized the seriousness of the matter. Without adding clothes, Pegasus left the camp directly.
The situation with the Qin army was terrible. The situation of the Yueshi Xiongnu coalition army was not much better.
But when small groups of troops began to harass the Qin army frequently, the Qin army responded harshly each time. Especially bows. The Yueshi people had no chance to fight back at all. Yueshi gradually lost patience. A large army was sent to probe the army, but then it was scattered by an unspeakable weapon, and the army suffered very serious losses, but the morale of the army was extremely unstable. It is said that the Qin army invited the gods. The gods have all helped the Qin army.
The morale of the Yue people has declined a lot all of a sudden. The commander of the Yue clan, who learned of this, immediately stopped advancing eastward. Suspend the recovery of the grasslands of the Hu people. Instead, the army moved south and attacked the Qin army with all its might.
However, it just didn't work out well. The Yueshi Xiongnu coalition army gathered twenty-five elites on a large scale, and it happened to encounter a blizzard. The army was besieged by heavy snow. The Yueshi people and the Huns were not very well prepared, and they all raised troops in a hurry. The state of material preparation is very bad. Even the elite froze to death a lot.
The wizards of the Huns had a premonition for a long time, but the Huns hated the Qin people very much and ignored them at all. The authority of the wizard has been suppressed by Shan Yu. The same was poorly prepared and suffered heavy losses.
A large number of cattle and sheep marched with the army, as well as soldiers who froze to death. But the overall situation is much better than that of the Qin army. After all, they live in the north all year round and can adapt to the climate in the north.
But the bad thing is that they have the logistics. Although the grass in the grassland was burned in large quantities by the Qin army. But can it be burned? No. But after the snow, it's a different story.
The grass in the pasture is buried deep under a thick layer of snow. Horses need forage, cattle and sheep need forage. The grim situation also tested the coalition forces. The morale of the coalition forces began to slowly decline under the siege of heavy snow. Many soldiers believe that in such weather, it is not conducive to combat. The heavens, and the god Kunlun have cast a curse on the coalition forces.
In the face of the sudden blizzard, both armies were severely hit without exception. The greater losses were the Qin army. Because they were far away from their homeland to fight. And the coalition side. Although the losses were smaller than those of the Qin army. But there are serious logistical problems and morale problems.
Neither side is powerless to fight the weather. The situation has entered a stalemate phase. The expansion of the coalition forces also stopped. The scales of war have been temporarily balanced.
Just when the combined forces of the Qin army in the north and the Hu people of the Yue clan entered a stalemate phase of equilibrium. Zhao Jun took the lead in breaking the balance between Yan and Zhao.
The Zhao army received fifty artillery pieces from the Qin state. Guo Kai purchased not only this number, but also a large number of artillery companies and artillery battalions in addition to the front line. These are the elite of Zhao Jun.
The Zhao army finally had its own artillery. Many officers and men gathered around the artillery to look around, and some even boldly touched it. Then many soldiers began to come forward and touch it.
"Damn it. Finally this big guy. Now you can vent your evil anger. Zhao Jun said excitedly.
"That's it, fire a cannon and beat those Yan Army rabbit cubs." A Zhao soldier said with a waving fist. This caused resentment in the hearts of all the Zhao soldiers.
"Fire, fire. Fire. The Zhao soldiers waved their arms and shouted loudly. The sound is far more than the sound of a cannon.
"Open fire." A strong voice came. It was Li Mu's voice. When Li Mu saw the artillery, he was also very excited. He had never dreamed of getting a weapon like Yan Jun's. Right now. Finally, there is.
"Open fire." The soldiers of the Zhao army shouted loudly.
"Put." "Bang. Boom. The cannon roared with a deafening roar. This is the voice of all Zhao Jun.
"Whoosh." The cannonballs whistled on the open space in front of the city wall, and the second shot was made up in time and hit the city wall. Zhao Jun's artillery skills are all novices. They had only just learned from a few Zhao Army veterans. These veterans all learned from the Qi army. Qi Jun learned from Qin Jun. It can be said that it has been passed down from word to word.
After several times of hand, the artillerymen of the Zhao army can suddenly get up there. However, the firing technology of many artillery pieces comes from actual combat. I don't think it will take long. These gunners, who are still inaccurate, can become the first-class artillery of the Zhao army.