Before Wusun's soldiers and horses were halfway through, the bows and arrows of the Han army shot over, and the unprepared Wusun soldiers fell a large number on the spot. It was the first time that the Wusun people had encountered such sharp bows and arrows, and although they were also good at riding and archery, most of them were just ordinary herdsmen, and they suddenly became timid and cowered, and some even began to retreat.

In charge of commanding this army is the wife and brother of the Wusun king Xingmiyuan, Bai Leopard, who has a violent temperament and has no ability to lead troops. Seeing that his soldiers began to retreat, he didn't know how to think of a countermeasure, but he ordered his own soldiers to kill those who retreated.

This group of pro-soldiers and their master are also virtuous, and when they received this order, they immediately rushed forward with a scream, and treated their comrades mercilessly, and in the blink of an eye, they cut down dozens of people. However, this trick really worked, and the decline of the siege force stopped, and the soldiers swarmed again. It's just that the space in front of the fortress is not open, and no matter how many troops can't be used, the Wusun soldiers almost step by step on the corpses of their companions.

Finally, the siege troops rushed to the city after paying nearly 10,000 lives, and more than a dozen long ladders were erected on the walls of the fortress, and the soldiers climbed up. Suddenly, countless iron arrows were shot from the top of the city. These iron arrows were much denser than the rain of arrows just now, and the most terrifying thing was that when these iron arrows barely paused, they shot wave after wave, so that the Wusun soldiers under the city couldn't even lift their heads. In just a few moments, the more than 3,000 Wusun soldiers who rushed to the fortress were all killed, and not even one of them had time to touch the city.

In fact, it was not only the siege troops of Wusun who were shocked, but also the Han army defending the city who were also stunned by the power of this new weapon.

This is a new-style repeater that was just transported from Chang'an City the day before yesterday. After Ma Yun knew that Huang Yueying had invented the repeating crossbow, she immediately invited her to the research institute, summoned Ma Jun and a skilled craftsman to improve the repeating crossbow, expanded the capacity of the arrow box, and increased the number of iron arrows from the original three to ten.

Then Ma Yun suggested that they test whether the arrow box could be designed to be easy to disassemble and install. The research institute now almost brings together the top technical force and all kinds of craftsmen in the whole Han Dynasty, Huang Yueying is extremely smart, Ma Jun is good at machinery, after three consecutive days of hard work, finally developed a new type of repeater that meets Ma Yun's requirements.

There are two types of new repeaters, the larger ones need to be held with both hands, and the smaller ones can be held with one hand. Both repeaters are equipped with an arrow magazine that can hold ten iron arrows, and the arrow box can be easily removed and installed, differing in their effective range and the size of the iron arrows. The range of a large repeater is less than a hundred paces, and the range of a small repeater is only twenty paces. This is somewhat similar to the difference between a rifle and a pistol in later generations, and the arrow magazine is equivalent to a magazine in later generations.

The crossbow was finally designed like this, of course, it was inseparable from Ma Yun's creativity. However, more of this is the wisdom of Huang Yueying, Ma Jun and hundreds of technicians and craftsmen in the research institute, otherwise it would not have been successfully developed in such a short time.

The production of the Dahan Research Institute has long been standardized, and the error of each component of the repeater is controlled within a very small range to ensure that these parts can be replaced with each other, especially the arrow magazine must be able to be installed on every repeater of the same model. In this way, the crossbowman only needs to replace the arrow magazine that is preloaded with iron arrows when using it.

The strong production capacity of the research institute played a huge role at this time, and Xiang Lang concentrated all the craftsmen and produced 3,000 Dalian crossbows and 100 small repeaters in just seven days, each of which was equipped with ten arrow magazines and two small repeaters. The small repeater was a personal defensive weapon, which basically played no role in such a large-scale battle, so it was not transported to the front line, but only 3,000 Dalian crossbows were transferred to the Uzberi fortress.

The soldiers of the fortress had only received this new long-range attack weapon the day before yesterday, and after two days of familiarization, they had not yet fully mastered its performance, but they had already achieved such brilliant results. When the second wave of attacks by the Wusun began, the Han army defending the city even abandoned the traditional bows and arrows, and waited until the Wusun army came to the fortress before splashing iron arrows with crossbows.

In less than an hour, Baibao commanded the Wusun army to attack three times in succession, and all three times after arriving at the fortress of Uzbeli, they encountered a head-on attack from the crossbows of the Han army. As a result, a total of 9,000 Wusun soldiers died under the fortress, and none of them survived. Baibao finally couldn't bear such a loss and ordered to retreat.

At this time, at the Kangju border pass, more than 30,000 old troops led by Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan brothers had already gone east, and more than a dozen caravans also retreated to the roadside and camped again. The shopkeeper Cui also followed Gao Lan's method to surround the grain cart in a circle and use it as a wall. While helping with the work, Liu Yu was thinking about how to place the two little girls, Tagina and Laura, when he suddenly saw a group of cavalry rushing over from the direction of the Kangju border pass.

It was the cavalry of Kangju's own country who came, and the first one rushed to the front of the caravan and said loudly: "Listen, all of you, no one is allowed to stay here, enter the customs immediately!" Master Jia said, the battle ahead is tight, continue to stay, and you will be responsible for what happens! ”

Just now they were informed that they were not allowed to enter the customs for the time being, and now they were allowed to pass through quickly, and the merchants were busy with the slightest complaint. But when they heard that the war ahead was tight, who didn't worry about their own safety, and didn't care about complaining, they called their men to hurry up and reload the unloaded goods into the city!

Cui's shopkeeper was also busy, only to hear Liu Xin's "ouch", and covered his stomach again. Gao Ran sneered: "What, pretending to be sick again? ”

Liu Yu ignored Gao Ran's ridicule and climbed into the grain cart with a pretending to be quite struggling. This time, Bian Zhang did not come to help Liu Yu because he wanted to look at Tagina and Laura. Liu Yu is indeed sick, but it is just a heart disease, and when he thinks that the two blonde women at the border of Kangju are here to arrest him, his heart is a little empty. As for the two little girls on the grain truck, Liu Yu didn't take it very seriously, even if they were known by Shopkeeper Cui and Gao Ran, it was nothing, after all, it had nothing to do with him, and Shopkeeper Cui would not harm the two little girls.

After a lot of noise, the caravan set off one after another, but unexpectedly, the Kangju border pass was extremely lax, and they were all released without careful inspection, and they did not see the two "golden birds" in the mouth of the sergeant at the station.

It turned out that the communication system of the Han army was extremely developed, and the news that the city of Khotan had just received was placed in front of Liu Xin, who was far away in Syria, not long after. Liu Xin finally understood that Caracalla was playing a big game of chess, and he wanted to unite Guishan, Wusun, and the already destroyed Dawan, and even his sworn enemy Parthia, to deal with him together.

Since ancient times, soldiers have come to block, water has come to cover the earth, no matter what tricks Caracalla plays, Liu Xin is not afraid. He knew that this battle was very important, as long as he won it, he would establish the status of the Han Dynasty as the world hegemon, and the people of the Han Dynasty would also enjoy the benefits of this victory. But if this battle is lost, not only will his own life and death be unpredictable, but even the Han Dynasty, which has just escaped from the war, will be in dire straits.

At such a critical juncture, Liu Xin could only put state affairs first, and sent a secret order to Ban Bao'er, asking her to put aside the matter of finding Liu Yu first, and make every effort to deal with this crisis, so as to ensure that the troops of Guishan and Wuwusun would not invade the territory of Kangju, so as to ensure the safety of the rear road of the Han expeditionary force.

Although Ban Stealer is the queen mother of Kangju and holds the power of Kangju country, Liu Xin knows that her subordinates have no useful talents, especially the lack of generals. The Cleya sisters all have martial arts, Liu Xin not only liberated them, but also helped them avenge them, and their loyalty is beyond doubt. At this time, they were needed as the right-hand men of Ban Thief, and Liu Xin naturally would not let their energy continue to be involved in the matter of finding Liu Yu and Bian Zhang. After all, looking for Liu Yu and the brothers is just a family matter, and family affairs can never be greater than state affairs.

Liu Xin also issued another order, asking Zhu Rong to temporarily lead the various Han armies in Kangju and assist Ban Stealer in guarding the Kangju border. Zhu Rong happily accepted this order, and she could finally live the addiction of a commander general. In the face of a common crisis, Zhu Rong and Ban Thief must be in the same boat, and the relationship between the two has also changed from easing to intimacy, but it has inadvertently solved a major problem for Liu Xin.

Of course, Liu Yu didn't know the situation here, he found through the gap in the grain bag that the inspection at the city gate was not strict, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said to Tagina: "Okay, the eldest lady of the rich family, you followed our convoy into the border gate, where do you want to go next?" ”

Tagina glanced at Laura, who held herself to her own and disdained to talk to the two humble caravan boys.

Laura trembled and said, "We're going back to Parthia." ”

Liu Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Okay, you continue to stay in the car and don't make a sound, I will find a way to send you to the concession first." ”

In fact, Liu Yu had already made up his mind that when he arrived in the concession, he must try to send these two little girls to his father. The Great Han and the Great Qin are in a decisive battle, and Parthia is caught in the middle, if they can use Ardaban's favorite daughter as a bargaining chip, it may have an unexpected effect on the entire battle situation. And nominally, this noble blonde girl is also Caracalla's fiancée.

Tagina actually didn't like to go with Liu Yu and them, because Liu Yu was originally her hostage, but now she became Liu Yu's hostage, so she was extremely unhappy. However, the two of them were now penniless, and it was impossible for them to reach Parthia without accompanying the caravan. Even if a hundred were unwilling, she could only obey Liu Yu's arrangement.