Chapter 70: The Troublemakers Are Coming
Creating a bow with a range of two hundred and fifty meters, Qin Dong was overjoyed, and immediately rewarded Chuck and other archers, rewarding Chuck with one hundred gold coins and two sheep, and other archers also had corresponding rewards, Qin Dong also asked these people to keep this matter strictly confidential, so that everyone signed a contract to say that they would keep this secret forever and not leak it, Westerners have been very contract since ancient times, as long as they sign a contract, they generally will not break the contract, However, if there is strong interference and threat from external forces, it is difficult to say.
For this kind of bow with a range of two hundred and fifty meters, Qin Dong decided to let Chuck see if he could continue to improve, lengthen the bow body, use the same material, if the bow body is lengthened, it should be able to increase the range a lot, if the development is successful, he will equip this bow with a larger range to the infantry archers, and form a phalanx of tens of thousands of infantry archers to carry out long-distance intensive strikes against the enemy, and the arrows used are all armor-piercing arrows with hard metal arrows, even if the heavy cavalry charges the formation, it will not be the end of the whole army. However, such a phalanx of foot archers can only deal with cavalry and infantry without shield protection, and there may be no way for the heavy infantry phalanx of the Roman Empire, and each soldier in the field heavy infantry phalanx of the Roman Empire has a large shield that is chest-high.
And this kind of bow with a range of two hundred and fifty meters is made according to the length of the riding bow, and it can be equipped for the archers, if his archers are all equipped with this kind of riding bow, then it will be the longest range of the riding bow in the whole of Europe, and it is also the longest-range bow in Europe in this period, not only other Hun cavalry, but even the Roman Empire and other barbarian countries do not have such a long-range bow, so his archers have really become an archer army that can fight and go when they want.
Qin Dong has already made a good plan, the infantry formed in the future, whether it is heavy infantry, light infantry, or infantry archers, can only use people from other nationalities, and the formation of heavy cavalry, archers and light cavalry can only use the Huns or people from other nomadic peoples.
After another three days, the pontoon bridge had been built, and Qin Dong immediately ordered the family members to bring all their belongings to the north bank to camp with cattle, sheep and horses through the pontoon bridge, and also to build fortifications for the camp, not without any defensive facilities, if other Xiongnu tribes ran over to rob, it would be troublesome.
Everything is on the right track, Qin Dong is also very busy these days, this afternoon the reconnaissance cavalry brought back a person from outside, Batu found Qin Dong who was patrolling the tailor's workshop and reported: "My lord, the subordinate of the reconnaissance cavalry captain Zheli came to report that he had brought a person from the east, and this person claimed to be the messenger of the centurion of Ramado in the east, saying that Ramado sent him to meet you!" They have been brought by me into the tent."
"Oh?" Qin Dong turned his mind around, pointed outside and said, "Let's go, let's go and see why Ramado sent someone!" With that, he flicked his cloak and walked out, followed by the other guards out of the tailor's workshop.
Qin Dong, who returned to the big tent, saw that in addition to a few guards in the tent, there was also a very thin and obscene-looking middle-aged Roman, this person looked quite like an ancient Chinese dog-headed military advisor, with two whiskers on his lips, a handful of goatee on his chin, and his eyes purring.
Seeing Qin Dong enter the big tent under the arch guard of many guards, the guy immediately stood up and saluted: "Hado, the messenger of the Centurion of Rama Duo, please meet the Centurion of Qin Dong!" ”
Qin Dong watched Hado walk to the main seat and sit down, looked at him for a few seconds, and asked, "You are Hado, the messenger of the Centurion of Ramata?" What did Ramada have to say when he sent you to this master? ”
Hado bowed and said, "My lord, Lord Ramado wants to join forces with your lords to attack the small town of Gotzedale at the junction of the Rila Mountains and the Rhodope Mountains, if you can break through the Roman castle, your lord's men and horses can take the lead in crossing the town and going south to plunder for three days."
Qin Dong was very angry, thinking that although this Gotzedale town is the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire, it is directly facing the Pazar area of my Qindong, and there is no border with the Plov area of Ramodo, and now Ramodo actually wants to put his hand into my territory, Gotsedale is in my Qindong's territory, whether I can fight or not is my own business, I don't need him to worry about it, he has a good calculation, he is worried about the loss of attacking the fortification, and he is greedy for the wealth of the Roman villagers behind the town of Gotsedale, I want to borrow my strength to make a profit, and at the same time use my people as cannon fodder, do you really take Lao Tzu as a fool? scolding the one next door, it's really unbearable for grandma, but uncle can't bear it!
Qin Dong was furious in his heart, but he laughed and said on his face: "Hado, you go back and tell the Centurion of Ramado, I have only been here for a short time, and I have not yet gained a firm foothold, and I can't compare with Centurion Ramado, he has been operating here for several years, and his strength is strong, I am only a hundred cavalry, the number is too small, I can't afford to lose, it is really not suitable to send troops, besides, there are many Roman military supplies on the Rhodope Mountains opposite the territory of the Centurion of Ramado, and behind the mountains are the villages and cities of the Romans, If Lord Ramoro can't wait, he can completely cross the Rhodope Mountains and plunder the villages and cities of the Romans, why bother with my little brother and me to grab food, right? ”
Due to the reconnaissance had been carried out in advance, Qin Dong knew that there were more than 100 cavalry under Ramado, who had been operating in the Plov area for several years, with at least 300 regular Hun cavalry under his command, at least 500 slave cavalry, countless cattle, sheep and horses, and at least 1,000 slaves working in the work, and his strength should not be underestimated.
The town of Gotzedale has the Romans' border fortress, with 480 defenders, and there are large defensive weapons bed crossbows in the castle, and there are quite a few of them, and the troops under Ramodo are mainly cavalry, and attacking such a fortress with cavalry is simply looking for death, so Ramodo wants to let Qin Dong, the "new tender" who has just come to beg for life, to be cannon fodder, of course Qin Dong will not be fooled like this, and attacking such hard bones without siege weapons can only increase casualties.
If he really wanted to fight, Qin Dong felt that it was better to attack the Germanic camp of Razlog located in the middle of the Lila Mountains, although there were more than 3,000 Germans there, but the actual strength was only more than 700 cavalry, if the tactics were used properly, it was not impossible to defeat Razlog with as few casualties as possible.
Seeing that Qin Dong disagreed, Hado's face immediately changed, and he said with a sneer: "Lord Qin Dong, my eyes are not blind, I saw when I entered your camp just now, you have a tent of at least 700 people here, but you said that there are only 100 cavalry, you are clearly fooling the villain!" ”
Qin Dong also smiled: "Most of them are slaves, and there is no chance of winning if they let them go to war, I think it's better to forget it!" ”
Hado immediately said, "Wouldn't that be better?" Just let these slaves take the lead, and save the casualties of my Hun warriors, isn't it? Lord Qin Dong? ”
Qin Dong shook his head and said: "Hado, as far as Lord Ben knows, Lord Ramado's strength is strong, and he has the strength to defeat Gotzedaer, so Lord Ben won't join in this fun!" ”
The reason why Qin Dong didn't want to fight Gotsedale was not all because of the heavy casualties in the siege battle, but because he didn't want Ramado's hand to reach into his own territory, and the Huns were very important to the territory, even if they were very close brothers, they could not lightly enter the other party's territory to graze or hunt without the permission of the other party, otherwise it would be tantamount to aggression and provocation.
Seeing that Qin Dong always disagreed with sending troops, Hado immediately said angrily: "Lord Qin Dong said this just to not give Lord Ramado face?" ”
A little dog-headed military advisor also dared to show his face, Qin Dong was so angry that his face turned blue, he had been tolerating this arrogant Hado everywhere out of politeness and not wanting to offend Ramado casually, who knew that this guy had been getting an inch, and he really kicked his nose in the face, Qin Dong immediately changed his face and said angrily: "What if Lao Tzu just doesn't give him Ramado face?" Who does he think he is? Lao Tzu is also a centurion, he is just a centurion, Lao Tzu has no friendship with him, and he has no kinship, why does he let Lao Tzu give him face, and you are a dog-like thing, and then dare to be arrogant in front of Lao Tzu, believe it or not, Lao Tzu chopped off your dog's head as a urinal? Come on, beat this guy out with a stick! ”
"Yes, sir!" Several guards immediately took off the scimitar they were about to take, and beat Hado with their scabbards, causing Hado to scream again and again, and ran out with a roll.