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In the third year of Xuanwu, July 22.

"Hidden!"

"Boom~~"

In the early morning, the Xuanwu Pass of the Han Dynasty, the intersection of nomadic and agricultural civilizations, the alien troops outside the pass that could not be seen at a glance were arraying the gate three hundred steps away.

With the order of the alien commander, more than 20 giant trebuchets fired a salvo, smashing the 120 catties of boulders poured with fire oil into the majestic and magnificent wall opposite.

Seeing this scene, the watchers of the Han army on the Xuanwu Pass waved the yellow flag and shouted, signaling the officers and soldiers on the city wall to take refuge immediately.

As the boulder fell on the city wall, it caused a violent shock, and dozens of Han soldiers who had no time to dodge were ruthlessly thrown off the city wall, and the scene was very messy.

"Uh~"

A Han soldier was hit in the lower abdomen by a flint fragment, quickly breaking through the armor on his body, so that he couldn't help but stare at him, and then squatted on the ground through gritted teeth, covering his bleeding lower abdomen and groaning in pain.

"Click......

"Boom ......"

On the other side, two Han soldiers who were pushing the catapult on the track, not wanting the catapult to be smashed and scattered on the spot, a wooden stake directly hit their bodies, and finally the people and the car derailed and fell down the city wall.

The Mengluo army's offensive this time was unprecedentedly fierce, more than 100 trebuchets poured intermittently to Xuanwu Pass from all directions, and the Han soldiers who fought had no power to parry at all, so they could only hold back a ruthless force, hide behind the wall, and pay attention to the movements of the alien army outside the pass from the battlement.

"What's going on? Fight back, why don't you fight back! ”

A shout and scolding echoed, and Han Kuang, who was the guard of Xuanwu Pass, ignored the obstruction of his own soldiers and personally boarded the city to supervise the army.

When I saw that the situation in front of me was one-sided, and I could only be beaten and couldn't fight back, I really hated itchy......

After Liu Ce established the Han Dynasty, he greatly strengthened the defense line of Xuanwu Pass, and still appointed Han Kuang as the chief general of the Xuanwu Pass garrison.

For Han Kuang, the change of dynasty is nothing, the key is to see how much support the new king will have for the defense line of Xuanwu Pass.

Facts have proved that Liu Ce has not relaxed his reinforcement of the defense line of Xuanwu Pass in the slightest since the first day he ascended the throne, and as for the officers and soldiers who have not been short of military salaries for more than one month since then, they have only been equipped with "heavy weapons" and soldiers' weapons at Xuanwu Pass, which is enough to be regarded as a change of guns compared with the previous dynasty.

Considering that the Xuanwu Pass stretches for more than 100 miles, in order to quickly throw the 400 catapults at the head of the city to various battlefields, four railroad tracks were arranged on the surface of the city with a width of nearly 12 meters, covering the entire city head.

It is precisely because of this "cross-era" product that in the face of the attack of the Monroe army, he can easily push the catapult to return fire with "iron artillery", resisting nearly 100 attacks of the enemy.

But now, when the Monroe army came up with a long-range heavy weapon like a giant catapult, there was nothing they could do.

The giant trebuchet has a range of 420 steps, one step is one meter, and the limit can fire 150 pounds of time, and the ultimate range of the catapult is 210 steps, and the maximum bomb load is only 32 catties, and the difference between the two is double, which is not at the same level at all.

In fact, the giant trebuchet was also a military instrument invented by Liu Ce, but it was a pity that along with the horseshoe, it was stolen by foreign spies and brought to the Mengluo Empire, otherwise this battle would not have been so difficult at all.

Han Kuang also suggested to Xu Wenjing of the Chang'an Military Department several times to load a giant trebuchet on Xuanwu Pass, but for several months, Xu Wenjing's reply was two words: discuss again.

Discuss again? I'm talking about your little cutie!

The angry Han Kuang privately greeted Xu Wenjing's family several times, and even thought of directly bypassing the military department and asking Liu Ce for instructions.

But considering the relationship between Xu Wenjing and Liu Ce, he was even more afraid that he would annoy Xu Wenjing because of this incident, and he would inevitably be unhappy, so he dispelled this idea under the persuasion of his subordinates.

Now, in the face of the attack of the giant trebuchet of the Mengluo army, in addition to being incompetent and furious, Han Kuang could only order the medical team to take the wounded soldiers down from the city head for treatment, and let the newly formed "fire" team extinguish the remaining fires burning in the pass.

At first, Han Kuang was extremely dissatisfied with the order of the Ministry of War to force the formation of a medical battalion and a fire battalion, thinking that this was purely a waste of manpower and material resources, and the formation process was not active.

However, it was not until Huo Qing took office as the Minister of Military Affairs of the North and the commander of the march that he had to speed up the formation of two battalions under his pressure, and finally formed an army seven days before the full-scale war between Han and Mongolia.

Now, Han Kuang finally realized that the usefulness of these two logistics battalions was no less than that of the regular soldiers, the medical team greatly reduced the casualty rate of soldiers, and the fire brigade could minimize the accidental losses in various parts of the pass, ensuring the stability of the combat strength and morale of the Xuanwu Pass army to the greatest extent.

"When the war is over, General Ben will definitely report to the military department for two additional battalions of salary, firefighting, and medical care." Looking at the busy firefighting and medical personnel, Han Kuang secretly swore in his heart.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom—"

There was another deafening roar, and the giant trebuchet of the Monroe army once again unleashed its might, pouring out its fury on Xuanwu Pass.

"Hidden!"

Han Kuang let out a loud roar, and then was pulled under the battlement by his own soldiers, and with a violent shock from the city wall and the city surface, a suffocating smell of e-cigarette oil came to his face.

"Ahem, ahem!" Han Kuang, who was choked, raised his head, swept the tragic surroundings, smashed his fist on the battlement, and roared with great resentment: "This group of barbarians, wait for General Ben, when you cry!" ”

"Woo~~"

When the tenth round of giant trebuchets was fired, a shrill and dull horn sounded, and it was the Monro army that launched the attack.

"It's finally here!"

When several Han soldiers heard the sound of the horn, they all geared up to consciously guard their posts without the orders of their superiors, and many of them even came to the catapult and skillfully filled the "iron artillery" wrapped in lime, iron slag, rust nails and mud and sand into the trebuchet magazine with a unique hook and sickle.

Another soldier immediately turned the winch and pulled the catapult arm rod to the specified scale, and after observing and calibrating, he immediately began to pay attention to the dense Mengluo soldiers who were pouring in like a tide outside the gate.

"Kill!"

"Kill the dog!"

"Kill them all!"

The alien soldiers outside the pass let out a deafening roar in unison, carrying the ladder, holding the fox knife and tiger spear high, and all of them pounced on the city pass with hideous faces.

"Hey~hey~hey~"

Behind them, the siege towers were slowly approaching the city pass, driven by the pull and push of more than a group of more than 100 people.

"Wait closer, don't panic!"

The commanders of the Han army in the city head were all excited, trying to suppress the bloodthirsty excitement in their hearts, and calmly commanded the Han officers and soldiers of the various departments.

Who would have thought that many of these young commanders would be reborn in the war after only a few months as recruits, and become machines born only for war.

The first time they experienced such a battle, they were frightened, and now they only want to see the scene of the enemy wailing in order to satisfy the twisted desires in their hearts.

War can really make a person's heart grow faster than age! It also proves that growth is not directly related to age!