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In his imagination, the Qin army should have no preparations, and this pass of the Great Wall can be easily lowered in one fell swoop. But the current situation shows that the Qin army is completely prepared to deal with his large-scale attack this time.

If he knew that Zhang Jiashi, with his elite troops suffering heavy losses, would also enter the territory of Donghu to break diplomatic relations, he himself intended to concentrate their main forces of Donghu together, and then be able to rely on the danger of the Great Wall to weaken the strength of the Donghu people to the greatest extent.

Zhang Jiashi is not Qin Kai, and Bai Qi and Han Xin are also not Qin Kai.

It's not that the strength of the three of them is not as good as Qin Kai, but that the first battle of the year broke Donghu, and in many cases it is simply impossible to replicate.

After the First Battle of the Liaoxi Corridor, the Donghu people rarely gathered on a large scale, so Zhang Jiashi had to force the Donghu people to concentrate together.

The scattered Donghu people are even more difficult to deal with in Zhang Jiashi's eyes, and the possibility of being able to catch up with the Donghu people with only two feet, Zhang Jiashi knows what kind of probability it is.

In this case, letting the Donghu people find themselves is one of the more time-saving and effective ways.

The leader of the Donghu tribe next to Zabekh looked at the roaring Zabekh and didn't know what to say. But Zabekh soon roared: "Let the second group of ladder troops, continue to go up!"

"Yes, my lord. ”

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The Donghu people under the city wall suffered many casualties, and the boiling gold water and boiling oil that were constantly poured down made many Donghu people hiding under the city wall suffer serious burns or were directly scalded to death.

Some Donghu people who were a little farther away couldn't help but lie on the ground and vomit when they smelled the slight smell of meat mixed with the stench.

Many Donghu people who were badly scalded scratched the scalded blisters and blood blisters, screaming and wailing to death.

There is no more effective way to treat burns in this world, and even if these Donghu people can be rescued, they are probably only in the shaman's dance, because of bacterial infection, in the torment of high fever and various complications, slowly dying.

The bows and arrows in the sky flew towards the offensive and defensive formations of both sides like raindrops of locusts.

Many soldiers of the Qin army were shot because they could not dodge, and the seriously wounded were immediately carried down from the city, and the lightly wounded were wrapped in warm linen bands before continuing to fight.

It is not that there are no Qin officers and soldiers who were directly shot into the vital parts by the enemy's arrow, but compared with the enemy's large number of casualties, the Qin troops killed in the battle are less than a fraction of the Donghu people.

In the city tower, many people were supervised by a few Qin officers and soldiers, and the sorted linen cloth belts were put in boiling water to boil.

After about a minute, a few other people took small nets made from fishing nets, scooped up the linen straps, and placed them next to the other people who were in charge of dewatering.

These people were very skillful in squeezing out the water from these slightly hot linen belts with a dehydrator that had already been washed with boiling water and converted from a rudimentary textile machine.

After checking the moisture of the linen belts, several people quickly packed up the linen belts and put them in a bamboo basket.

They didn't know why they did it, but the officers of the Qin army, after arranging them here, let them do it. Anyway, Qin Jun will give money, and it is still twenty-five and a half taels a day, which is much better than their own work.

Of course, they don't know that Zhang Jiashi is doing this, not because he is stupid, but because he wants to effectively reduce the probability of wound infection.

Perhaps, in the absence of antibiotics, this approach is not very effective, but it is more useful than doing nothing at all.

Some of the people leaning on the north side of the city tower listened to the sound of the arrows of the Donghu people nailing to the wooden planks in the position behind them, which had already been sealed with wooden boards, and were a little uneasy.

"Brother Niu, I'm a little scared. ”

A man who was in charge of cleaning the sackcloth straps swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

A strong man next to him gave him an angry look: "Didn't you say that you would follow me to make a living, and then save some money and marry the little flower in the village?"

"But I didn't think I'd die. The young man cried with a sad face: "I knew that this was the case, and I wouldn't have come if I had given me fifty and a half taels." ”

Before the strong man could say anything, a nearby Qin army commander said loudly: "Don't talk so much nonsense, General Zuo has already ordered to come, but if the people want to escape for no reason, behead!"

The strong man smiled and said, "Master Jun, my brother doesn't know how to speak, we will do a good job." ”

After glancing at this strong man known as Big Brother Niu, Commander Qin Jun nodded and moved his gaze to other places.

Brother Niu rinsed the linen straps that had not yet been processed with water, and said in a low voice, "Brother, don't talk nonsense." If something happens and you and I die, it doesn't matter, but if it affects the family, the two of us will be guilty of too much. Do a good job. ”

Before the big brother Niu could hear the reply from the elder brother in his village, a thick bronze crossbow shot through the wooden plank behind him.

He saw his village brother, shot straight through the head.

The body, which had lost its breath of life, slowly fell into a bronze plate stained with hemp silk, and the blood quickly flowed into the water, and there was still a little white brain tissue in it......

This strong man named Brother Niu was stunned, and before he could come back to his senses, he heard many people running towards the gate on the south side of the city tower.

"Tun Chief, what should we do?" Looking at the people who rushed over, a chief was a little overwhelmed.

The tun chief gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Don't mess up, don't mess up!! there's no way, kill a few people, and let the situation stabilize." ”

"!!"

More than a dozen Qin officers and soldiers quickly drew their weapons and rushed towards the people who were in a mess and even began to stampede.

The unarmed people were soon cut down.

The rest of the people, seeing this scene, finally stabilized.

The iron sword in his hand was slowly dripping with blood, and he said slowly: "Since you have come here, you must be mentally prepared. Whoever dares to mess around, kill me, and let me go back and do my own thing!"

After Qin Juntun finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at his subordinates behind.

The Qin officers and soldiers who knew quickly dragged down the corpses of several people who had been cut down.

And those people returned to their posts under the threat of weapons from Qin officers and soldiers.

The strong man called Big Brother Niu watched the body of the younger brother being dragged away by several Qin soldiers before he came back to his senses and continued to clean the linen belt with trembling hands......

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The Donghu launched another wave of attacks, and unlike before, the Donghu pushed their backward bed crossbows to a distance of three hundred meters from the city wall.

After a while, one after another, the crossbow arrows of the bed crossbow were shot at the approximate location of the Great Wall.

Although it is said that the Donghu people have bed crossbows, the bronze crossbows with a poor hit rate did not bring any substantial damage in one round.

The two or five hundred lords of the Qin army in charge of the command said loudly: "Pout the crossbow, go to the !!"

The pouting crossbowman who was crouching behind the battlements quickly stood up, and in the perforation behind the battlements, looking for the position of the bed crossbow of the Donghu people.

Soon, one by one, the crossbows were launched and flew into the sky.

The sparse bronze crossbows, which were less than a thousand, did not attract much attention.

But compared to the bows and arrows that began to become like raindrops and locusts more than a hundred meters ahead, several Donghu people who were loading bronze crossbows, which were almost comparable to spears, to bed crossbows noticed that there were some black spots in the sky approaching.

Before they could react, the Donghu people lined up in a bed crossbow formation, and hundreds of crossbows fell one after another.

Many of the Donghu people, who had little protection, were nailed to the ground with crossbows and let out screams.

And some of the more fortunate Donghu people swallowed their saliva as they looked at some compatriots whose necks were directly shot through.

They then glanced at each other and quickly ran to the back.

Something a little different appeared in the sky again.

Of course, this is still the crossbow arrows shot by the Qin army's crossbowman, but unlike the first wave of crossbows shot just now, the Qin army's crossbowman pinched on these crossbows, wrapped around the oil-stained linen pieces.

The ignited crossbow was quickly launched, and some Donghu people who did not dodge, or wounded soldiers of the Donghu people, once they were shot by the crossbow arrows, they would soon be burned by the flames and their wounds would bring more serious wounds.

But more crossbow arrows hit the Donghu bed crossbow, which had few people alive, and slowly burned.

Under the attack of several rounds of rockets, the bed crossbow of the Donghu people, which can be intact, has been left without one in ten.

The Qin army, who had solved a trouble, pouted his crossbowman and did not hide again, but joined the battle.

The Qin army, who retreated to the back, pouted his crossbowman, and the most powerful was to put the crossbow body diagonally to the ground, and then relied on the strength of his waist to pull the bowstring with his hand, and after the bowstring stabilized behind, the crossbowman loaded the crossbow and came to the back of the battlements again, looking for his target to shoot.

The crossbowmen of the Qin army, who had less strength, stepped on the front of the crossbow with their feet, pulled the bowstring vigorously with both hands, and after stopping the bowstring, they loaded the crossbow, and after everything was ready, these crossbowmen also ran to the hole in the battlements and shot at the Donghu people again.

Of course, it is not without Hercules, with an alternative, but more efficient way to load.

That is, they grasp the front of the pouting crossbow with one hand, hold the back of the crossbow against their waist, and with the other hand pull the bowstring with one hand to reload.

It can be said that this kind of loading method of individual heavy crossbow is the fastest, but there are quite few people who can do it.

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In less than an hour, the Donghu launched three offensives, sending out bed crossbows and another rushing vehicle.

However, the number of crossbowmen of the Qin army was very large, and they had a high degree of advantage, and many Donghu people who were desperately shooting against the Qin army could not bargain at all.

However, the casualties of the Qin army were also increasing, and although the equipment of the Donghu people was generally not as sophisticated as the weapons of the Qin army, the Donghu people, who were basically all archers, put the Qin army's crossbowmen at a disadvantage.

In a makeshift camp about 700 meters behind the city walls, there were wounded Qin soldiers and some unlucky people.

Many of the wounded lost their lives because of their injuries before they could wait for the arrival of medical workers.

The two or five hundred lords in charge of the command were very anxious to watch another wave of offensive launched by the Donghu people again.

This time, not only the dismounted infantry of the Donghu people, but also a considerable number of knights were rushing over.

"Bed Crossbowman !!"

Two or five hundred lords shouted loudly to the bed crossbowmen who seemed to have done nothing.

It's not that he doesn't want to attack at the beginning with the bed crossbow, but Zhang Jiashi has an order, and the bed crossbow is used to deal with the Donghu knights who rushed over.

The bed crossbow had a poor hit rate, and it was certainly not very effective when used to attack cavalry units.

However, the condescending bed crossbow has an advantage, that is, the bed crossbow that shoots out can be inserted into the ground to form "piles".

It doesn't matter much if you don't shoot someone, it can make these knights of the Donghu people encounter a little trouble, and it is a very good effect to have to slow down.

The bed crossbow of the Qin army, placed on the chariot, requires two people or one strong man to be able to pull the bowstring, and the bed crossbow of the defending city requires several people to pull the bowstring to the back.

Therefore, the bed crossbow thing does not have much effect in many places.

Qin Jun's bed crossbow, depending on the number of stones to arrange the use of manpower.

Generally speaking, the bed crossbow placed at the head of the city also has a Qin soldier to adjust the angle of fire. Therefore, after the crossbow was loaded, this Qin soldier quickly adjusted the height of the bed crossbow to form a depression angle for shooting downward. The other Qin soldier was waiting for the order, ready to fire the crossbow.

"Shoot !!"

Hundreds of bronze or iron crossbows, which were also comparable to spears, were launched and galloped towards the Donghu knights two hundred meters away.

After firing the crossbow, the Qin soldiers laid the crossbow flat again, and then reloaded it again.

Of the hundreds of crossbows that flew out, a considerable number of them did not hit the enemy, but many Donghu knights were directly shot by other crossbows and horses.

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Zabehe, the king of Donghu, looked at the battle with heavy casualties, and was so angry that he directly broke the horsewhip in his hand.

He didn't understand why the Qin army had such a strong combat effectiveness.

"What should we do, King?" said a leader of the Donghu tribe at an inopportune time.

Zabekh gave the other party a kick directly, roaring: "Don't worry about anything, attack it for me!!"

Wiping the bloodshot that rolled out of the corner of his mouth due to internal injuries, the tribal leader of the Donghu people flashed with hatred in his eyes.

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The second batch of ladders of the Donghu people were urgently built.

But as before, the Donghu people's ascending forces had no chance to climb to the top of the city.

The city defense equipment that has been transformed by the Mo family is not the kind of thing that needs to be fixed on the city wall, but equipment that can be moved.

For example, Qin Jun's wolf tooth slap, two poles can be seen in other places. But at this pass of the Great Wall, the wolf tooth paddle was required by Zhang Jiashi to be able to use small wheels to assist movement.

Such a request gave Mo Shu a headache for several days, but Mo Shu, as an inventor, still found a good solution.

That is, to use more wheels to increase the weight capacity.

During this period, the load-bearing capacity of large wheels was not very good. Maybe it has something to do with the design structure.

However, looking at such a wheeled wolf tooth beat, Zhang Jiashi was speechless, because he thought of the tanks of later generations, once the load-bearing capacity of the suspension system is insufficient, the best and most convenient solution is to add a few more wheels.

Of course, there will be some problems, but as a contingency plan, such a design can indeed meet Zhang Jiashi's own requirements.

For this operation, Zhang Jiashi gave Mo Shu a lot of requirements, and this kind of wolf tooth racket that can change positions is one of them.

Others, such as cutting machines of comparative specifications, these linen belts are made by cutting a whole piece of linen cloth with these cutting machines.

Similarly, there are some things that are being brought by Zhang Jiashi.

Zhang Jiashi knew that the Qin Dynasty had already had very advanced siege and defense equipment, but on the contrary, Zhang Jiashi hoped to further improve the performance of these instruments with the Mo family's own expertise.

For example, catapults.

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Catapults during the Warring States period, because they used a relatively simple lever principle, often had some unexpected problems or were extremely easy to break.

Zhang Jiashi asked Moshu to develop the gear, and used the sample on a small catapult for testing.

Although, the effect is not too good. Because bronze forged gears, even if the specifications can be guaranteed, but the gear of poor material will have cracks after several uses, and it is easy to be damaged if it continues to be used.

Zhang Jiashi once saw a test catapult, because the gear was broken, and the violent reaction force directly broke the throwing rod. The problem itself is like the catapult problem that Zhang Jiashi did not improve before.

Mo Shu said a very direct problem, the problem of the material is not too serious, without a cushion design, such an improvement can only cure the symptoms but not the root cause.

Zhang Jiashi asked: "What kind of buffer design is more effective to solve this problem?"

Perhaps, using a softer and more elastic item as a companion can effectively solve this problem. ”

After Mo Shu finished speaking, he directly squatted on the ground and looked at the two broken bronze gear fragments.

He didn't see Zhang Jiashi's expression like a bitter gourd......

As for why Zhang Jiashi's face is bitter?

Quite simply, Zhang Jiashi thought of a thing that could solve this problem more effectively.

"It seems that if you have the opportunity in the future, you should give priority to the development of the navy. ”

Bai Qi's words strengthened Zhang Jiashi's thoughts from the side.

Because the thing that Zhang Jiashi thought of was called rubber......

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