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As night fell, the curtain finally came down on the shelling that had lasted all day......

Xu Zongyan came to Liu Ce with a depressed face and reported: "Your Majesty, during the day, nine eighteen-pounder cannons, thirteen twelve-pounder cannons, and sixty-six eight-pounder cannons cost a total of 3,633 rounds of large and small cannons.

Seven of the eight-pounder guns were overloaded, the internal tires were badly deformed due to overheating, and two of the twelve-pounder guns had cracks and needed to be repaired and replaced, so they were temporarily unusable. ”

After a day of shelling, the results were not as expected, but the artillery was damaged to varying degrees, so that Xu Zongyan could not raise his head in front of Liu Ce.

But Liu Ce didn't mean to blame Xu Zongyan: "You have done your best, I won't blame you, after all, I didn't expect that Qin Ling would be able to build the camp so strongly.

You don't have to blame yourself, let the artillery battalion brothers take care of the artillery first, and hand over the damaged artillery to the baggage battalion for repair, and Shen Yingxing will take over,

Go back and rest first, and wait for my orders tomorrow before you act. ”

"Whoa!"

After Xu Zongyan left, Wu Sidao said to Liu Ce: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't understand, since the artillery has little effect, why do you need to waste artillery gunpowder?

In the opinion of the ministers, the army can completely bypass the Tashan military camp and enter the hinterland of Bosu to threaten the rest of the Tusi nobles, isn't it meaningful to stay here to confront Qin Ling? ”

Liu Ce shook his head: "Mr. Wu, Bosu is different from my Central Plains, although it is also an agricultural civilization, but the essence is mainly serfdom.

They don't care about the destruction of the economy within their borders, because they don't have any economy at all.

Even if we destroy all the tribes and towns in Bohu, I can bet that the Bosu nobility will still not feel heartache.

After all, the dead are just some serfs, as long as the power of the nobility exists, the lost serfs can be captured from the countries of the South Seas.

Tianzhu, Da Bolu and Xiao Bolu, and even Nepal, Siam and other countries can provide them with a steady stream of manpower and material resources.

So it's useless to threaten their ordinary towns. ”

Wu Sidao nodded, and asked again, "Then what does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Liu Ce: "This time, I originally planned to lead the army to attack the noble region of the plateau, and then exterminate this biggest hidden danger that threatens the southwestern border of my Han Dynasty.

But now I have changed my mind, because the time is not yet ripe, even if I take the city of Sara, I am afraid that I will not be able to conquer this land.

So my idea is to do everything possible to consume the manpower of the Bourse Empire......"

Wu Si said: "In this case, our Han army should take a detour to capture the rest of the tribes and towns in Bosu......"

Liu Ce: "Mr. Wu, you are wrong again, you don't know much about the military deployment of Bo Xu,

Killing those civilian serfs alone has no effect, and if you want to destroy them, you must destroy their army.

Because in the Bourse military system, those who join the army can only and must be Bosu, which is also a common problem of serfdom, they know that they exploit slaves too ruthlessly,

They didn't dare to give them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions in the army, and even the use of iron tools was strictly restricted.

It is better to kill a hundred serfs than to kill one Bosu soldier, and it seems that there are five or six million people on the entire plateau, but in fact there are only one hundred or thirty or four hundred thousand real Bosu people.

Only by weakening the military power of the Bosu step by step can we put an end to the influence of the Bosu people on the plateau.

Let me ask you, when the slave overseers changed from ten to one or two, would the slaves who worked all day have other ideas? ”

Wu Sidao suddenly realized: "I see, Your Majesty is far-sighted, and the minister is ashamed of himself." ”

Liu Ce replied lightly: "So, on Qin Ling's army, I must eat him, this is the elite army of the top level of Bo Su,

Once they are all annihilated here, it will certainly cause a shock in the Bourse leadership, and then our purpose will be accomplished, and it is time to negotiate conditions. ”

"Conditions?" Wu Sidao frowned.

Liu Ce gave him a blank look: "Since I started the army, when have I fought a losing battle?" This time, the military expenses, food losses, and soldiers' pension bonuses must be paid by the Bosu people. ”

Wu Si said: "I'm afraid that the Bosu people will not will." ”

"Refusal? Hmph......"

When Liu Ce heard this, he shook his head with a smile.

He knew too well the minds of these nobles, and was willing to pay for the disaster when his life was threatened.

Moreover, for more than 100 years, the Bosu Empire has relied on plundering the countries and dependencies of the South Seas, and there may be no others, but gold and silver are very rich, and I am afraid that they are not less than the Central Plains.

As long as you push them, this military budget will definitely be captured.

At this moment, Jiao Luo came to report: "Your Majesty, the wind direction has changed!" ”

Liu Ce's eyes were cold, and he immediately got up and came outside the tent.

Sure enough, the military flag in front of the tent began to be unfurled in the direction of the enemy camp under the night sky.

"Okay, the enemy will be broken tonight, the guards are assembled, and the order is given!"

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In the Tashan camp, the Bosu soldiers who had endured a day's shelling were still in shock, listlessly gathered in front of the bonfire, and one after another ate fried rice and refined wheat.

Many people have developed tinnitus, deafness, and even red and swollen eyes from gunsmoke.

The shelling shocked this army like never before.

In the main tent, Qin Ling did not move the food sent by the slaves, but urged officers at all levels to strengthen the barracks to prevent the Han army from sneaking up at night.

In fact, Qin Ling was still most worried about the night attack of the Han army, because the night blindness rate of the Bo soldiers was as high as more than 70%, and if there was not enough lighting equipment, once the enemy attacked, the consequences would be very disastrous.

After arranging the night patrol work, Tan Qinling still felt a little uneasy, so he went to the camp to inspect it in person.

However, just as he was climbing the newly restored wooden wall treads to test whether it was strong and reliable, he heard one of the defenders next to him shout: "Look, there is light in the sky, like stars!" ”

When Qin Ling heard this, he looked in the direction pointed by the guard, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

I saw that above the Han army camp, hundreds of huge spheres with flames rising below.

And these spheres pressed towards the Tower Hill camp in unison.

This is definitely not an accidental phenomenon, but a premeditated operation, aimed at one's own military camp.

"The whole army obeys the order and prepares to defend against the enemy!"

An order was given by Qin Ling, followed by the sound of bells and horns in the camp.

Countless archers were already in position, just waiting for the orb to shoot them down as soon as it got close.

But what they didn't expect was that the sphere rose very high, a full height of three or four hundred meters, which had long exceeded the range of the bow and crossbow.

What's more, archery at an elevation angle is not enough of a threat.

On Qin Ling stared at the orbs and slowly approached this side, and finally arrived in front of the camp.

After seeing these hot air balloons up close, the defenders such as Qin Ling were shocked.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Flutter –

After a brief period of shock, Lun Qinling still ordered the archery to shoot back.

However, due to the fact that the hot air balloon was too high from the ground, the arrows could not hit the target at all, and after thousands of wolf fangs were shot, they all missed, and they could only watch the hot air balloon fly into the sky over their camp.

The next moment, countless burning oil bottles suddenly fell on the hot air balloon, and one of them burst into flames the moment it hit the ground.

In an instant, the entire camp was covered in flames, and countless Burn soldiers were on fire, screaming and rolling back and forth on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, two hundred bodies carrying "small balloons" jumped down from the hot air balloon, followed the designated route, and slowly fell into the tower hill camp.

"Bang~"

An iron tower-like body fell from mid-air and smashed directly on a Bo Su guard, and under the light of the fire, Wei Ding's hideous and murderous face was vividly visible.

At the moment when the parachute was about to cover his body, Wei Feng cut the ropes tied to the sides and waist of his general, and then took out the two iron halberds from behind his back, aimed them at a Bo Su officer, and pounced directly.

"Look at Lao Tzu with one against ten thousand!"