"Here, here, and here, these thirteen places build mounds of earth that are level with the walls of the city, flatten the top of the mound, be able to place heavy objects without collapsing, and finally disassemble the trebuchets and ballistae into parts and carry them up and reassemble them!" Qin Dong commanded as he walked.

Wang Liu nodded after taking note of it and said, "Okay, my lord, this is a good method, in this way, we can attack the enemy army with trebuchets and ballistas in the city, and we can also fire their siege equipment to achieve the purpose of destroying their siege equipment!" ”

Qin Dong was noncommittal, he was not ready to continue to attack to the south with the army, so he would attack the cities in the south one by one, at this stage he did not have so many troops, and he could not bear too many casualties, otherwise, other Xiongnu tribes might come to fight his autumn wind, this military operation should not only achieve the purpose of seizing Razlog and a hundred miles south of the control of it, and achieve the purpose of continuing to drive the Germans to the south, but also to minimize casualties and preserve the military strength in hand, Therefore, he could not attack the cities in the south one by one, but to attract the Germanic tribes and the armies of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires in the surrounding areas, and come one at a time, so as to completely cripple the military forces of the other forces around here, so that they would not be able to invade the north in a short time, so that he would have enough time to deal with the civil strife that might occur in the Xiongnu Empire at any time.

Qin Dong and the newly appointed emperor Leo I of the Eastern Roman Empire had a secret treaty, non-aggression against each other, and they also communicated with each other, so Qin Dong would not take the initiative to engage in the Eastern Roman Empire, if Leo I could not control the local strength. For example, if the Greek province also participates in this time, he doesn't mind giving the other party a little bit of power. As for the Western Roman Empire, it is very likely that he will send troops to reinforce the Germans, he captured Razlog, and he can lead his troops south at any time, which is too much of a threat to the Macedonian province of the Western Roman Empire, and now the relations between the two countries are very bad, and the possibility of the Western Roman Empire sending troops from Macedonia is very high. However, it is not clear how many troops can be sent for the time being, but Qin Dong will not be afraid, and he will not worry about it at all if he fights in the field. Now his heavy cavalry, light cavalry, archers, and heavy infantry have all been trained, with more than 2,000 cavalry and more than 3,000 infantry, and more than 10,000 people have recently been recruited in the territory that he can control. If the Western Roman Empire wants to fight him. You must send more than four legions to be sure of victory. But at this stage, the Western Roman Empire simply cannot draw so many mobile troops in the northeast, let alone defend Serbia and other regions.

Qin Dong took out a sheepskin drawing and handed it to Wang Liudao: "This is the manufacturing drawing of the bed crossbow, you immediately order the craftsman to make every effort to build it, you don't need to make it well, what I want is practicality and quantity, now is not the time to pursue art, as long as you build one, you will immediately move it to the city wall." The arrows of the bed crossbow were sharpened with wooden sticks, and some bird feathers were added to the tail to stabilize the dìng. The shaft of the arrow must be straight! This thing is a weapon for defending the city! ”

"Yes, sir!" Wang Liu took the parchment drawings and agreed.

The bed crossbow appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in the East, and it also existed in the ancient Greek period in the West, but the bed crossbow structure in the West during this period was very simple, and the firing range was too far, compared with the two-bow bed crossbow and the three-bow bed crossbow in the East, the difference in range and power was too far. Previously, because it was the Germanic people of Odoaser who defended the city, Qin Dong did not believe that Odoasse could build a bed crossbow, but after that, it was different, if the army of the Western Roman Empire came to reinforce, he had to prevent the other party from using the bed crossbow This kind of siege and defense weapon, only if he has this kind of weapon can he suppress the other party.

Time is pressing, the other two Germanic tribes are very close to here, and there may be a large Germanic army coming to attack Razlog at any time, even if they don't fight, they may also be stationed under the city, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from the Western Roman Empire before starting, and during this time, Qin Dong must also allocate most of his energy to guard against them, so he has to prepare early, only when all the defensive preparations are in place, he will have a good mood to face the battle.

Then Qin Dong took Wang Liu out of the south gate and stopped at the place of a stone's throw away, Qin Dong observed the surrounding situation, the cliffs on both sides of the city here are fan-shaped to both sides, which also shows that if there is a large army to attack, the army must stop in this open space, if some fire oil is buried in the ground in this area, and then sprinkle some dust on the ground and spread some dry grass to cover it, this season is the time when the grass is withered and the leaves fall, and ordinary people will not think that there is dry grass here to arouse suspicion.

When the time comes, just wait for the enemy's large army to attack the city, throw a large number of fire-igniting things from the city wall, it will inevitably cause a fire, and the enemy troops staying here will be burned to death, once the fire starts, because the two sides are cliffs, the enemy can only retreat backwards, the large number of troops is easy to advance, it is basically impossible to retreat in time when encountering an emergency, and it will definitely be a heavy death and injury at that time, Qin Dong wants to use the terrain here to give the upcoming enemy a ruthless move.

He pointed to the large open space nearby and said: "Sprinkle a layer of fire oil on the land here, cover it slightly with sparse dry soil, and then spread a layer of withered grass, and pay attention to the withered grass to spread it naturally, so that no one can see any traces of man-made!" ”

In fact, there is no need to spread dry grass at all, there is knee-deep dead grass here, but it is easy to be spotted after sprinkling it with oil, so it can only be spread with another layer.

Wang Liu promised: "Okay, my lord! ”

After returning to the city, Qin Dong brought Faisal and Ruth over and asked, "Have you completed your training to defend the city?" ”

Faisal said, "Yes, my lord, the officers sent from Pazar have trained us to defend the city, but there is no actual combat."

Qin Dong said: "You will have the opportunity to fight immediately, according to my estimates, at most in two days, the two foreign Germans will definitely send troops to attack us, the Macedonian province of the Western Roman Empire is very likely to send an army to help the Germans, they are not stupid, Razlog is lost, Macedonia will directly face our threat, the Greek province of the Eastern Roman Empire may also send troops to reinforcements, we can't help but defend, you will do the city defense training in the next two days, familiar with it, So as not to be in a hurry at that time, even if the enemy's weapon has been cut to the neck, you can panic, follow the procedure, when to do what, you can't mess up."

Faisal saluted, "Yes, sir!" ”

When Qin Dong was nervously preparing to defend the city, the leaders of the other two Germanic tribes, Hall and Mondi, got the news one after another, these two people are old foxes, they know the importance of Razlog, Razlog is occupied by the Huns, which means that their territory will not be safe in the future, and the Huns can go south to fight their grass valley at any time. But they also know that they can't compete with Qin Dong with their single strength, although they have more than 10,000 people under their command, but they can only make up more than 1,000 troops, and although Qin Dong is only a thousand-commander, but he has hundreds of thousands of people of all ethnic groups, even if he draws one out of thirty, at least he can pull out 10,000 horses, the current Qin Dong is no longer Qin Dong who just arrived here, his wings are hard, and not everyone can bully him if they want to, Mondy and Hall are not among them.

But Laslog couldn't ignore it, the two of them rushed to Carmen City in person to find Odoas, who had just retreated here, and asked about the specific situation, after listening to Odoaser tell the specific situation, Mondy spoke first: "The importance of Lazlog doesn't need me to say that you all know, now it is in the hands of the Huns, the threat to us is too great, the Huns can attack and plunder us at any time, do we still have leisure time?" I'm afraid we'll have to live in fear in the future, I don't want to live like this, and if you don't want to live like this, we must concentrate our forces and take Razlog back! ”

Of course, Odoaser understood that Mundy was right, but he was worried that once Razlog was recaptured, the final ownership of Razlog would become a problem, and it was very likely that there would be infighting between the Germanic people, and if the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire also sent people to participate in the war, Razlog might not know which force would fall into the hands of the force, but if you think about it, this is all in the future, and now Razlog is occupied by the Huns is the biggest threat, as for the final ownership of Razlog, let's talk about it when it is recaptured, Thinking about all this now, it was useless, he pondered for a while and said: "I agree with the establishment of the leader of Mundi, although Razlog is my territory, it is related to the life and death of our three Germanic tribes, so I agree to join forces and take Razlog back together, for this time, the two leaders have come to help me regardless of their previous suspicions, Odoases is very grateful, and I will thank you again after the success of the matter!" ”

Hall laughed and said, "Although you kid is young, you still have a big picture, you don't have this point that many other young people don't have, I appreciate you, haha!" ”

There is a little bit of hypocrisy in this laughter and words, how can Odoaser not hear it? But he couldn't help it, this is not the time to turn against Hall, everyone is in the same boat, and they still need to be in the same boat.

Odoaser said: "I have already sent people to report to the Greek provinces of the Eastern Roman Empire and the Macedonian provinces of the Western Roman Empire, I believe that they have now known the news, presumably they will send reinforcements in two days at the latest, and then we will gather all our forces together, and then drive to Razlog and take it back!" ”

"Oh?" When Hall and Mundy heard this, their faces changed, and they immediately glanced at each other quickly, but they didn't say anything, but they didn't know what they were thinking. (To be continued......)