"It's clear."

"yes, and I'm afraid the next few days will be sunny again."

"It's getting colder, too."

"Well, the relevant supplies have been fully prepared, so that our little ones will not catch a cold and freeze."

Unconsciously, the freshness of autumn began to expel the heat of summer, and the scenery of the land of Guanzhong gradually became depressed.

Especially the people in Chang'an City, they feel that this autumn makes them unhappy.

"Everyone's morale doesn't seem to be high."

Walking around the city at will, Li Shushi, who returned to the temporary residence of the county government, frowned, and did not seem to be happy.

"The enemy's difficult Cheng dù is beyond imagination, although he has thought of a lot of methods, but the effect is limited. In particular, I originally thought that the other side's combat methods were very ancient and there should be many opportunities to take advantage of, but I didn't expect that the other side seemed to be no stranger to the war methods of our time, but it made our side suffer a lot of losses, and this result naturally made everyone's morale a little low. However, despite this, it can also ensure that there is no need to worry about what will go wrong in an acceptable way. And now that the lord is leading the main force to come, it must also play a big role in boosting morale. ”

Huang Zhong, who accompanied Li Shushi, also had a stern face, but compared to Li Shushi, there was a little more confidence in his expression.

Anyway, Hansheng, you haven't won any decent battles during this time, and you can have more confidence than Li Shushi, who just arrived, which is really a bit strange...... bar.

Obviously, Li Shushi also knows very well where the source of the other party's confidence is.

Well, it's far away in front of you.

Ahem, is there a narcissistic tendency to such a statement, maybe it's better to ignore it.

Although it is said that the Tongguan-Taolinsai area where Li Shushi is located is still a long distance from the front line, it can be felt just from the current atmosphere in the city. What is the performance of the state army in the face of this new enemy?

Although it is also not like the living, the new enemy looks quite different from the grassland undead that Li Shushi had destroyed before, or destroyed on their own.

It can be said that in addition to the same difficulties, both sides have almost diametrically opposed expressions in terms of the way of war, the purpose of war, and the attitude towards the living.

For example, the undead from the grasslands come and go like the wind. Each battle either relies on its superhuman athleticism to surprise its target, or uses the terrifying means of infinite recycling to grind the enemy to death.

But after all, it is a grassland army, and it has inherited the characteristics of the grassland troops, that is, it is extremely good at field warfare, with super cavalry talent, but it is very tricky for siege warfare, unless it goes through a lot of advance preparations, otherwise even if it uses that kind of infinite use of means, it will fall into a dilemma because of the lack of "resources" in the end.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that these grassland spirits can be said to be extremely hostile to the living. Or if they don't continue to devour the flesh and blood of the living, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to continue to maintain their legions.

The strong man was made into a combat weapon, well, please forgive the use of such words as a metaphor, because although he was able to keep a relatively clear mind at the beginning, basically copied the thoughts and wisdom before his death, but as long as he accidentally died once, his IQ would plummet as if he was affected by Long Aotian. Almost turned into a thoughtless puppet.

The general-type puppet is easy to say, anyway, even if it has a combat instinct, it is still very useful. Even at some point, this kind of instinctive guy is even more terrifying, after all, these guys don't have the hesitation or dodging thoughts that they will have when facing an attack that may cause pain, and every attack is to kill the other person as the first priority, and it really looks like a perfect killing machine.

However, if it is a wise being, such as a civil official or a shaman, it can almost be said to be a waste after becoming a puppet without wisdom. After all, whether it is a strategy or a spell, there is not enough brain power to carry out all kinds of calculations, not to mention whether the released things can be formed, and it is definitely not a joke to hurt people but not do it, but they hurt their own side.

Therefore, Yuwen Tuo's assassination plan back then seemed to be a failure. Because the enemy killed more and more, but in fact, it was precisely because he took advantage of the enemy's unanticipated situation to forcibly kill many of those who had great leadership skills among the dead, that the process of the dead sweeping through the grassland was greatly reduced.

After all, even the energy of the dead is limited, and the abilities related to the brain organ are the only places that will not be strengthened as the living become dead, and it is naturally impossible to control all the puppets without limits, and even for large-scale wars, the orders that the generals can give are only some simple and easy-to-understand passwords, and the rest is completely left to the soldiers themselves.

On the other hand, what about these sudden strong enemies in Guanzhong?

If the undead of the steppe are the wind, then they are like thick earth.

According to the information summarized by Li Shushi, it can be clearly seen that the enemy's troops are mainly composed of infantry, with a small number of light cavalry units, but because there is no equipment such as bilateral stirrups and Takahashi saddles that are convenient for cavalry to fight on horsebacks, yes, the enemy cavalry can only use long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows to fight. In addition, the enemy army also has a very old chariot unit, although it is not very numerous, but it has a very important position, and it seems to be a very important force in the hands of the enemy army.

In addition, the enemy army also has some soldiers with sharp knives in their hands, but there is no armor on their bodies, although these soldiers have no defenses, but in the battle they show the most courageous, even if the body is soaked in water, it can no longer play the role of armor, but still bravely attack, like a soldier who never looks back.

Every time they killed an enemy, they cut off their heads and tied them around their waists, and they often shouted at each other during the battle, or sang old slang songs, or simply made strange noises.

Although it looks like the most elite 800 trapped soldiers under Gao Shun's command, Gao Shun's trapped camp is not as strange as the enemy.

Judging from the battlefield table, no matter what kind of army the enemy army is, they all have a common characteristic, that is, the will to fight is extremely strong. Even with all the means to gain the upper hand, the enemy army never collapsed. It can be said that you can never relax until the last moment of the battle, otherwise there is a high chance that you will be happy and sad and be turned over by the enemy in one fell swoop.

Even the experienced veteran general Zhu Jun has suffered a big loss in this regard.

There is nothing too surprising about the way the enemy fights - at least according to the battle reports that have been compiled so far, and I don't know if it is because the enemy commanders are really so rigid. Or is it that their power makes them disdain to resort to other means.

Although Li Shushi prefers the former, it is a pity that no matter which angle you look at, the probability of the latter is higher.

After all, you can't think that Xun You, Liang Tian, and Cao Ling have always been passive and slacking off, but in fact, the state army has not been able to take advantage of the enemy through strategy, and there are even many negative cases of being calculated.

This made Li Shushi very helpless to find that the Bingzhou army, which he was so proud of, was difficult to take advantage of in almost all places in front of these enemies, and according to Zhang Liao, Wei Yue, Zhao Zhao and others, the enemy army only relied on the front to advance slowly. With pikemen armed with long spears in front of the front, it can block the attack of the enemy's long-range and short-range troops, and can also isolate the enemy army from a certain distance, so that the crossbowmen behind them can calmly carry out long-range strikes against the enemy.

The enemy's bow and crossbow can be said to be one of the most terrifying parts of the enemy's army.

Judging from the seizures on the battlefield, the core component of the crossbow used by the enemy was extremely exquisite—judging from the information that Li Shushi had received from Dongguan and the information obtained from talking with those old craftsmen, the craftsmen of the Han Dynasty could in fact reach the same or even more sophisticated level. So that's not even the most surprising part.

What really amazes everyone is the versatility of those crossbow machines. That is, as long as all the captured crossbow machines are of the same standard, they can all be replaced at will, so that the general parts can truly achieve the function of the common parts.

I don't know if this can be achieved in the heyday of the Han Dynasty, but as far as the current princes are concerned, it is also because of Li Shushi's existence that the state army has implemented standardized production and assembly line operations, even if it is very primitive. But at least it can save a lot of extra expenses every year in terms of equipment wear, and it has surprised Cheng Yu and others for a long time.

Not only that, but even the smallest parts of the crossbow machine are engraved with various words, according to the research of those "scholars". They are all the names of some official positions in the pre-Qin period and should be manufacturers and officials.

The same is true of other parts such as arrowheads, which are not only the most perfectly streamlined triangular shapes, but are essentially the same shape, and even the craftsmen who accompany the army do not think that the tools of murder can be improved.

It is precisely because of this guarantee that every launch of the enemy's crossbowmen is like covering the sky and the sun, and it is raining all over the sky, not only the soldiers standing at the head of the city or in the field, even the people hiding at home, as long as they are in the coverage of the arrow rain, it is difficult to avoid the all-pervasive attack, and even the cavalry troops are as fast as the wind to turn into an assault, under the excellent command of the enemy generals, as long as they cannot break through the blockade of the enemy's pikemen and infantry, they will inevitably be covered by a round of arrows.

And that's not even counting the fact that the speed of the cavalry was limited, and the enemy light soldiers who seemed to be trapped in the camp immediately rushed forward like a hornet hula like a strange loli shouting strange syllables, beheading and cutting off their ears was cruel.

Moreover, with the strong range of the enemy's crossbow machine, it is not easy for the cavalry of the Bingzhou army to fly kites in circles around them - this shows the inhuman side of the enemy, their ammunition seems to never run out, and the abundance of the body has long been understood.

The most critical problem is that because they are not human, even if they are soaked in water and their bodies have been damaged, the crossbow does not seem to be affected at all, which means that if you think that their bodies have broken down and want to pick up the bargain, then you may be able to kill the other party, but you yourself will definitely be skewered into meat skewers and hedgehogs by the opponent's close range of shots.

The other party may not necessarily be killed, after all, even if it is soaked and damaged, the thick skin must have a higher defense than the crispy skin.

Even the weakest-looking light cavalry, those combat regiments that can only use long-range attack weapons such as bows and crossbows, and can't fight on horseback, will also break your teeth if they are careless.

And Zhang Liao's experience of this must be the deepest.

As for the tank units of the enemy army. It doesn't seem to be outstanding in front of these hard-fought fighters, or with the brilliant performance of these fighters, it seems that there is no need for them to think about appearing as ace troops.

But don't forget that this is the Guanzhong Plain, although there are some ups and downs, but on the whole there are still a lot of flat places, and on the plain let the chariot troops rush up. Apparently none of the generals believed that there were any classes that could stop the charging chariot units head-on - except for the chariot units that were also charging.

But even if Li Shushi was formed in a hurry, he could afford to form a chariot unit, but in the face of those inhuman troops, Li Shushi still didn't think that his troops would be able to resist the galloping and powerful troops like light tanks in the front.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of the chariot has long been determined, and the reason why it was replaced by cavalry is not because the frontal impact of the chariot is insufficient, but the versatility of this type of vehicle is obviously not comparable with that of cavalry, and the resources required for a qualified chariot are extremely huge. Even the so-called Iron Float, or the plate knights in Europe, did not cost as much as a chariot for armor and horses.

But even with all these disadvantages, when the chariot actually gallops on the plains, the visual impact alone is enough to make the scalp tingle, not to mention the impact of the chariot and the enemy light soldiers who take advantage of the situation to widen the rift after the impact.

Of course, these are all things found in various historical documents of the pre-Qin era, and how the enemy would use chariots on the battlefield. For most people in the state army, it is a blind eye.

Of course, it's not completely inexperienced. After all, Fan Chou was the former general of the Xiliang Army, and the Xiliang cavalry in the Xiliang Army would also use chariots to fight at some times, so his opinions were also included in the reference.

Yes, judging from the composition of the other party's troops, those opinions can probably only be used as reference news.

With all that said, it's not entirely upsetting, but the good news isn't entirely out of the question.

For example, this time the enemy does not seem to be as immortal as the steppe undead.

This news has not been confirmed so far, but it has been difficult to take advantage of the state army in several encounters. However, this does not mean that the state army failed to inflict a certain amount of damage on the other side. Because of this, the enemy would dismantle some of the camps after the battle, and there was no sign that there was any intention of restoring them, which seemed to mean that the enemy army could not replenish the soldiers.

Of course, this does not become conclusive evidence. After all, for the non-humans, who had almost no logistical pressure, only God knows how many people were stationed in their camps, at least it was difficult for the scouts of the state army to judge the approximate number of enemy troops in a general way, such as the number of stoves left by the enemy's daily cooking.

However, another piece of news made Li Shushi feel that the probability of the above conjecture being correct may be quite high - the enemy is obviously not as hostile to the living as the undead on the grassland. No, it could even be said that they are simply too merciful to the living.

From the time they appeared to the present, nearly a month has passed, and these sudden guys have also successfully gained a foothold, except for Chang'an City, which they have not been able to break, the surrounding large and small cities have not been able to resist their invasion.

However, according to the information from the spies, not only did these non-humans not carry out any massacres, but they also did not use the living as slaves to drive them to do heavy work.

In fact, the life of the living is not much different from before, and the only thing that is different may be one thing:

The non-people issued new edicts in the areas they controlled, which were quite similar to the content of the Han law, except that they were more strict in terms of the refinement of the procedure and the punishment system, especially the heavy punishment for some mistakes that were not strict - perhaps only in this respect, these non-people had a bit of the style of villains.

However, what made the army feel ashamed was that in terms of administrative efficiency, those who were not human were even better than the living, and those civilian officials in the enemy legion who looked like military generals were resolute in whatever they did, and the management of the living was completely unsophisticated, and the rules of the first were the decrees they issued.

If you break the law, you will be punished, and if you don't break the law, then no one will interfere with your actions.

It sounds like a world governed by a logical machine, and this concept of the rule of law is implemented in a way that is not at all possible for human beings.

Well, they're all non-human, even though they all have a human face.

However, your human body is as hard as metal, and it looks like it is a symphony of gold and stone!

Thankfully, these non-humans don't seem to have planned to use the living as a supplement to their corps, otherwise Li Shushi would be very skeptical that the law-based country that unified China hundreds of years ago has reappeared on earth.

However, judging from the various actions of the other party, if it is allowed to continue, such a conjecture may not be impossible to realize.

Or rather, their enemies are treating the living in a completely different way than the steppe undead, a way closer to the human princes vying for supremacy.

Perhaps in terms of the speed of gaining strength, this method is not as fast as the snowball-like killing speed of the grassland undead, but that way is like a cult martial art, which is quick and powerful in the early stage, but the hidden dangers are also very large, and the stamina is insufficient, and it is easy to give birth to various bottlenecks and obstacles.

On the contrary, these guys now, like their way of using troops, are dignified and upright, and they may not feel the increase in their strength at the beginning, but the further they go, the stronger their strength becomes, and the speed of change is exponential.

"It feels like there is another prince on the land of Guanzhong......" (to be continued......)