Shile was finally ready for the battle, and then he summoned Kui'an, Zhixiong, Wang Yang, Lu Ming, and other high-ranking generals for a final pre-war meeting.

"General, it is certain that the combat effectiveness of the Jin army is indeed very strong. In the same number of people, we are not opponents at all. Their firearms are obviously very powerful, so powerful that even our proud riding and archery skills cannot escape in front of the other party. What is even more terrifying is that the combat power of their infantry is enough to defeat our cavalry. ”

As Shi Le's think tank, Kui An summed up the general situation of the Xiang Army in front of him in a bitter tone. When he met an opponent like Jin Jun, he really couldn't be happy. The Xiang army had just arrived in the Western Regions, and they lost tens of thousands of people in the first battle of Gaochang. And the losses of the Jin army, almost nothing. At least, he hadn't heard of any Jin prisoners on his side.

"Let's go, let's go to the front line and see for ourselves!" Shile said calmly.

With the understanding of the Jin army, it gradually deepened, and Shi Le's fighting spirit was gradually stimulated. He was originally a person who did not admit defeat easily, and he was also an ambitious person. Otherwise, he would not have broken away from the Xiongnu and Xianbei people successively, and finally laid down a world in the Western Regions.

This time, in order to conquer Shanshan City, Shi Le mobilized more than 100,000 troops, of which 20,000 were the elite of the Qi tribe, which shows how much he attached importance to this battle. After Shi Le and the others got to the front line, they turned over and dismounted, and carefully looked at the Jin army on the opposite side with smuggled binoculars. In recent years, with the rise of the van army, the weapons they are equipped with have also become sought-after.

It's just that because large items such as firearms are strictly guarded by the Great Jin, few people can smuggle them out of the Great Jin. And telescopes are different. With the popularization of glass, telescopes that have been used in the military have slowly moved to the civilian sector. While military telescopes are still a restricted commodity, civilian telescopes have become largely commonplace.

Of course, the telescope used by Shile was definitely not a civilian product, but a military telescope smuggled from the Great Jin Dynasty. Except for a very small number of high-level generals who are equipped with this kind of military telescope, the others basically use civilian products.

For this Shanshan City, Shi Le is full of doubts. He frowned. He couldn't understand what kind of ability a 20,000-strong army could block the attack of an army of more than 100,000. Shanshan City is not as tall and strong as the city of the Great Jin. The cities of the countries of the Western Regions were relatively low in Shile's eyes. And it doesn't look very sturdy!

If Shi Le had believed in the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Nationality of the Nationality before, there was a chance to break through the city wall directly. However, at the moment he felt a little uneasy, it seemed. After the people of the Qiang people entered the Western Regions. The most formidable resistance encountered appeared. To break through this resistance. It doesn't seem easy!

Kui An suddenly said beside Shi Le: "General, the situation seems to be a little not good!" The defenders of the city seem to have received some support. ”

"Yes, it is said that a group of horses arrived in Shanshan City the day before yesterday. It seems that the fire in the city has increased again. Schler replied without worry. It's too late to say anything now, the Qiang coalition army has already concentrated all its forces, and whoever wins or loses is all in one fell swoop. Regardless of whether he can defeat Shanshan City or not, he can't fall into the prestige of the Qian people.

"Let's give each other a few shots to test their firepower!" It didn't take long for Schler to make up his mind.

In the past, the grassland people have always adhered to the principle of riding and archery, and every nation born in the grassland has always firmly believed that only by mastering the superb riding and archery kung fu can the grassland people continue to survive and develop. However, in the Hu-Han War a few years ago, all ethnic groups in the grassland suffered enough from the arms and weapons. Later, firearms gradually attracted the attention of the Hu people, and even Shile once emphasized that firearms should be obtained at all costs.

Through a series of bloody lessons, Shi Le knew that when fighting with the Jin army, the cavalry and archery skills that the grassland people were proud of in the past were only slaughtered in front of the Jin army's firearms. It is completely impossible to defeat the Xiang army with bows and arrows. In desperation, Schler had to start paying attention to firearms.

It's just that because the Jin people have a very strict blockade of firearm technology, especially the powerful artillery, there is no possibility of smuggling at all. The cannon in Shiler's hand was still the trophy he captured from the countries of the Western Regions when he attacked the Western Regions. Although the power of these cannons is not as powerful as that of the Great Jin, it can be regarded as a sharp weapon no matter how it is said.

Shi Le was still very wise, he personally ordered all the cannons to be gathered and placed in different categories, and also arranged for the Western Regions to be buried as gunners, ready to be put into use at any time.

The number of artillery pieces cast by the countries of the Western Regions is very large, as many as 300 guns. Since there were very few soldiers among the Qiang people who could operate the cannon, a large number of captured soldiers from the Western Regions were responsible for operating the cannon under the command of the Qiang people.

"Who of you knows how many artillery pieces the city is equipped with?" Kui An asked the question that was most of everyone's mind. Schler wanted to ask this question too, but he was too embarrassed to ask. As the leader of the crowd, it seems a bit rude to ask such a question bluntly. Kui An just opened his mouth to help him solve this embarrassment.

Lu Ming pondered and said, "Perhaps, you should find a way to investigate?" ”

This so-called way is naturally unscrupulous. Whether it is a means of violence or a means of inducement, it is necessary to find a way to find out the firearms and equipment of the army in the city. The best way is to be able to clearly know the details of the Jin army's ammunition reserves, artillery numbers, and firing range in the city.

Zhixiong frowned and thought for a while and said, "What's so difficult about this, it's really not good, let's launch an attack and test it, right?" ”

Kui An shook his head and vetoed: "There is no need for this. If we continue to attack, there will be no benefit except for increasing casualties in vain. ”

Zhixiong smiled cruelly and said meaningfully: "There is no need to lose our direct personnel, just bring up all the captured people in the Western Regions." If the opposing side of the box army opens fire, let's just study their firearms secrets from the side. If they don't open fire, then we will take the opportunity to attack the wall, and no matter how the other side reacts, we will not suffer. ”

Shi Le didn't speak, but Zhixiong's suggestion was actually what he was going to say. He had long wanted to push the Western Regions to go up and consume the ammunition of the Jin army. He had even gathered a large number of Western Regions soldiers. However, such a suggestion, coming out of Zhixiong's mouth, is obviously a little more effective. In case something goes wrong, someone will come out to account for it.

Sure enough, Shi Le nodded casually when he heard this, and agreed to Zhixiong's suggestion. These people of the Qiang tribe did not regard the people of the Western Regions under their rule as their subjects at all, and they often beat and killed these second-class citizens. When Zhixiong heard Shi Le's order, he immediately turned around and carried it out. He didn't need to prepare much, because everything was already ready. Soon after, there were 3,000 troops from the Western Regions who slowly groped towards the Jin army's position. Behind them were two or three hundred Qiang overseers.

When the Jin army joined the army and saw this scene in the telescope, he couldn't help but say fiercely: "These Hu people mongrels are really inhumane, and they actually let the soldiers of Shanshan come forward!" Those Shanshanguo's pawns are also true, don't they know that they are making cannon fodder for the Qian? And it was the capital of his own country that was attacked? ”

Ma Xian said quietly: "The battlefield is inherently unscrupulous, what are you complaining about?" Calm down. No matter who you are, you can't get close to the city wall for 50 meters without permission, otherwise you will be killed! The current Hu people are no longer the Hu people of the past, they must have a large amount of gunpowder in their hands, in case they blow up the city wall, then we will only be slaughtered. Also, isn't that exactly what we want? The more the Qiang people abuse the tribes of the Western Regions in this way, the easier it will be for us to win over the tribes of the Western Regions in the future. Join the army, you immediately go to convey the order of the official: let the various departments organize sharpshooters to specially call the Qiang overseers behind! Everyone pay attention, put the enemy close to about eighty meters before shooting. ”

At the beginning, those Shanshan soldiers were all grinding slowly, and they didn't dare to come up quickly. These people are not stupid, of course they know that being escorted to the front line by the Qiang people is definitely not good, this is pure cannon fodder. As long as the opposite Xiang army opened fire and attacked, they would be the first to suffer, but they had long been frightened by the Qian people, and they had no courage to resist at all.

Behind them, the Karma Overseers, that's quite brutal! In the Western Regions, nearly 300,000 locals have been ruthlessly slaughtered by the Qian. They knew very well that if anyone backed down, the Clan Overseers behind them would not show mercy.

After a while, the second-class citizens who came to send them to death found that the Jin army on the opposite side did not seem to react, and gradually their courage grew, and the speed of their advance became faster and faster. Their originally rickety bodies gradually straightened. After all, the threat from the rear is still very strong. If they anger the Qiang people in the rear, their lives will be over. And the Jin army in front of him didn't seem to move at all.

"One Hundred Meters ......"

"Ninety Meters ......"

"Eighty Meters ......"

Ma Xian held the binoculars and carefully judged the distance of the enemy army. When the enemy entered eighty meters, the Qiang people who were in charge of overseeing the army behind also arrived at a distance of 100 meters from the Jin army's position. At this distance, the sharpshooters of the Jin army were also ten percent sure that they could kill the opponent.

Speaking of which, these Karma pawns are indeed pitiful and hateful. Unfortunately, they unfortunately fell into the hands of the Qiang tribe and had to suffer inhuman treatment. Many of them unfortunately fell under the butcher's knife of the Karma people and became unjust souls one by one. Hately, they chose to surrender to the Qiang and became accomplices in the Karma's attack on their country. (To be continued......)