And this son through the curtain, admiring the turbulent Fen River not far away, although it is now about to be Mid-Autumn Festival, however, the weather still seems to be very hot, it is a pity that it is now a war, otherwise, go in and swim down, it must be very cool, and such a clear river water, maybe there are many fish and shrimp.

Just when my son was thinking about it, Yang Gongdao actually found me.

"Brother Xian, in your opinion, what should I do?" In the end, Yang Gongdao, who sat on the main seat and pretended to be a mud fetus bodhisattva for a long time, set his eyes on this son.

Ben Gongzi, who came back to his senses, narrowed his eyes, and after thinking about it, his heart moved: "The Turks shouldn't know water, right?" ”

"The Turks are further north than us, living in the vast steppes and the Gobi, how can people who live there know water?" Zhao Dang, the general of Zuotunwei, glanced at me and replied directly.

I nodded, and the vague thoughts in my mind became clearer. "Our crossbows, compared to the Turks, who has a longer range?"

Zhao Dare replied without thinking about it. "Naturally, our crossbow is farther, and the Turks are good at shooting, but its bow is not as sophisticated as my Great Sui, generally, that is, between seventy and eighty paces, while the corner bow of my Great Sui can hit a distance of ninety to one hundred paces, while an ordinary crossbow is at a distance of one hundred and fifty paces."

One hundred and fifty steps, that is to say, the projectile distance of the crossbow can reach more than two hundred meters, which is one-third more than the range of the bow.

In this era, there is not much difference between arrows and crossbow arrows, and even crossbow arrows and feather arrows can be used universally. It is also recorded that the crossbowman will fire an arrow at a hundred and fifty steps to the thief, and the archer will fire an arrow at sixty steps to the thief, and if the thief is within twenty paces, the archer and the crossbowman will give up their bows and crossbows, and let the garrison collect them.

From this, you can imagine how much difference is the range of a crossbow from that of a bow? Since it is recorded in the book of war, it means that whether it is a crossbow or a bow, it must be a standard weapon for soldiers, and it is definitely not a special thing. So, in terms of range, even if there is a difference, the difference is not much.

"That means we can shoot the Turks, and the Turks can't shoot us, right?" I asked another question.

"If it's just about the distance in terms of range, it's true, what's the matter, what kind of way can you think of it?" Yang Shidao was very curious.

"I just saw that the camp of the Turks is stationed in the area of the riverbank, if we attack from the shore by foot and horse, the movement is too big, the Turks will definitely find out, if we use water power to walk on the Fen River, and then attack it with strong crossbows and fire arrows, presumably those Turks, even if the horse archery skills are powerful, I am afraid that there is nothing to be done, right?"

Hearing my words, Li Shimin's eyes couldn't help but brighten up and high-five: "This is indeed a good way, but if there are fewer boats, at most it can only play a role in harassment." After all, this Fen River is not as good as the Yellow River, and there are not many ships on it, most of them are fishing boats and small boats, which cannot carry too many crossbowmen. ”

"It's okay, I look at the east bank of the Fen River, the trees are luxuriant, there seems to be a lot of bamboo forest over there, if we cut down bamboo to make bamboo rafts, whether it is to harass the enemy army, or to transport troops across the river to contact General Yun in Jingle County, it is a good choice, do you think so?" I nodded, pointing to the east bank of the river, about a few miles away, where I could faintly see bamboo and trees intertwined.

"Yes, the trestle bridge in the east of the city is still there, and the Turks are not familiar with the water nature, so they will definitely not dare to cross the river to attack it, but we can send some people who are familiar with the water nature to cross the river first and inform the general Yun, and we can also send people to fetch the boat first and transport some baggage to the general." The general of the Zuotun Guard, Zhao Dang, couldn't help but be overjoyed, stood up and asked the current commander Yang Gongdao. "Lord Wang, how about the last general to order someone to send over?

I quickly stood up and stopped: "It's not dark yet, don't be in a hurry, you must not let the Turks see that we have sent someone to contact the general." The most important thing we should do now is to let those Turks relax their vigilance, and when the time comes, we will be able to achieve the greatest results. ”

Yang Gongdao nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, General Zhao, don't worry, it's Shen Shi now, at most an hour, it's dark, and the most important thing we need to do now is to put the defense line in order, don't let the Turks have a chance." ”

After discussing and deciding, nearly a thousand people who were proficient in water were quickly selected from among those young and strong and elite in Guanzhong, while the others continued to strengthen the camp to guard against the sneak attack of the Turks.

And Ben Gongzi's subordinates only spent less than an hour to transport all the horse corpses that were no more than a hundred steps away from the camp. And there are already more than a dozen cauldrons, which are boiling the flesh and blood from the horse meat, and they are starting to stew officially.

After the soldiers had run out of food in the grass, they began to dig a trench about a foot wide and almost a foot deep in front of the wagon. And Ben Gongzi's subordinates naturally followed suit, digging hard there, and the excavated soil was just outside the carriage, and a wall of earth was erected.

And the Turks realized that we were preparing for defense, and together with the air raids they had just made, they lost nearly two thousand men. Therefore, they did not come to disturb our movements, perhaps in their eyes, as long as we did not want to try to meet the defenders in the county seat of Jingle County.

After all, tens of thousands of people were busy together, and in two hours, an earthen wall about one zhang wide and one zhang high was erected around the carriage. With the appearance of this earthen wall, this makes the young men and soldiers in the river bay can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, compared to the Turks' good attack, and the Central Plains people are better at defense, with this solid earthen wall, in the case of the strength is not much different, and the siege method lacks heavy weapons, our safety is finally guaranteed.

At this time, the horse meat was already stewed and fragrant, and the stewed and fragrant horse meat was wrapped in the middle with the hard dough, and the two of them were all devoured, and a lot of them were also distributed to other troops, so that everyone could taste the taste of this horse meat fire.

"It's really fragrant, you really know how to make it, brother Xian." Yang Gongdao was full, and tasted the last bite of the broth with some reluctance, and after eating the fire, he drank a bowl of steaming broth, which was really refreshing.

One vote of honors and nobles ate one by one, and their mouths were full of oil, and they praised it even after a while, and Li Xuanba, who had a superhuman appetite, gnawed three pieces of horse meat and drank two large bowls of soup before she stopped, and her belly was about to catch up with the appearance of three or five months pregnant.

Seeing that Yaoguang's sister and Li Shimin felt embarrassed, they hurriedly stayed away from this foodie brother, although they also ate a lot, at least they were not as stunned as Li Xuanba.

"There should be a lot of horse meat left, let them all come over and get some to cook, but I'm afraid that the spices will have to be provided by you." Yang Gongdao is also very fond of horse meat fire, and commanded while snorting

"There's nothing wrong with that. We have only eaten one or two thousand catties of horse meat, and there are at least tens of thousands of catties there, so let them just go and get them, and let them find Li Yuanfang for other spices. Ben Gongzi, who had already eaten a round belly, touched his belly with satisfaction and smiled. Spices are trivial, but there are many more, but when the time comes, let people go to Jingle County to rummage around, whether it is spices or pharmacies, there will be a lot of spices

I chewed slowly, well, it's useless to eat quickly, the important thing is to taste the taste, for example, this horse meat is stewed well, after the spices are sufficient, it tastes fragrant and slender, but unfortunately there is no wine, but it is definitely a good wine.

At this time, someone rushed over to report that someone from Jingle County had come, and of course they quietly sailed to our current camp. And the leader is General Yun Dingxing. Seeing this coming, we quickly got up and saluted the general.

"No need to be polite, hey, what are you eating, why is it so fragrant?" After entering the big tent, General Yun, who smelled the smell of horse meat and broth, couldn't help twitching his nose and asked curiously.

"Sit down, the general, you haven't had dinner yet, come on, give the general four cakes and two catties of horse meat." Yang Gongdao smiled and asked General Yun to sit down, and in a short time, someone brought a large plate with four pieces of grain cakes and a plate of stewed horse meat.

"General, please use it, this is stewed from the meat of the horses that the Turks discarded here, and the taste is superb." Yang Gong's words, coupled with the expressions of eating and drinking one by one, also made General Yun have an appetite, and he didn't hesitate to go straight to the road.

"Yes, yes, I didn't expect horse meat to taste so good. It seems that we can save a lot of military rations because of this, hehe. After chewing for a long time, Yun Dingxing, who was reluctant to swallow a large mouthful of horse meat, couldn't help but frown.

Next, after gnawing two pieces of bread and more than a pound of horse meat as quickly as possible, he poured a large bowl of soup, and finally put down the soup bowl with satisfaction, Yun Dingxing, wiped his mouth and asked about the battle situation. And he also informed us of the battle situation in the county seat of Jingle County.

Fortunately, Jingle County is the seat of Loufu County after all, Jingle County has high walls and thick walls, and among the 7,000 county soldiers, 5,000 are here. Coupled with the five thousand Guanzhong elite cavalry brought by Yun Dingxing, there were more than 10,000 troops in Jingle County, and today's Turkic attack did not cause too many casualties, but in the same way, the defenders who lacked heavy weapons to defend the city also had no way to take those Turks, and the two sides at most compared archery, or spit on each other.

Anyway, the Turks are really not very good at attacking cities, and even the ready-made siege ladders are outrageously rough, and there are even funny things like Turkic soldiers climbing to the middle of the middle and falling into the crowd because the ladders fall apart.