"Boulder cannon?" Lu Guang's eyes lit up, when he captured Qiuzi before, Lu Guang attached great importance to this weapon of mass destruction, it can be said that the reason why Duan Ye was able to change from an ordinary staff officer to a henchman who is now in charge is that the foundation is to create such a sharp weapon for Lu Guang. Later, when he fought with the Western Regions Alliance, it was mainly a field front, so naturally he didn't need that thing, and that thing was heavy and not easy to carry, and now it was being dragged by the main force in the rear team, so Lu Guang didn't think about it.

However, that thing is far away and can't quench the thirst of the near, Lu Guang glanced at Duan Ye with some hesitation.

Duan Ye said with a smile: "Jiexia, in fact, when designing the boulder cannon, for the sake of convenience, Xia Guan specially adopted standardized operations, the so-called standard, that is, each boulder cannon is exactly the same, there are unified specifications, unified system, and the drawings have always been archived, all that is needed is wood, iron hooks, ropes, etc., these things are available in the army, and the gunners of the former boulder artillery team are now graced by the festival and also serve under Duan Ye, if the festival is allowed, then Duan Ye will use the Jiuquan army to build the boulder cannon, It can be completed in 10 days. ”

"Oh?" Lu Guang was surprised and delighted, "You mean 10 days?" ”

"There is no joke in the army, Duan Ye is willing to make a military order!"

"Good!" Lü Guang was overjoyed, "Then you can call on the materials you need, Lü Su, if Duan needs anything to join the army, you are responsible for coordinating with the quartermaster and Neidu Zhilang, and make sure that everything goes smoothly." ”

"The child obeys!"

"Duan Ye, what else do you want, just mention it, hahahaha, form your Jiuquan army, I didn't expect it to come in handy when attacking Jiuquan, this is really providence!"

"It's not complicated." The corners of Duan Ye's mouth showed a treacherous smile, "Suddenly attacking Jiuquan, it can't be defeated, but we have to find something to do for that Lord Song Hao, right?" That Song Hao is both civil and military, and there is indeed merit, but this person has a weakness, that is, he is suspicious! Why don't we take advantage of his paranoia? ”

Lu Guang was stunned for a moment, and then it became clear that everyone was a veteran, so they naturally understood it, so the hall laughed.

Although Jiuquan is located in the depths of the desert, the snow water of the Qilian Mountains nourishes this fertile land day and night, making Jiuquan rich in products and densely populated. In addition, after the rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Central Plains, celebrities from all over the country looked to Hexi to avoid trouble, and many people stopped in Jiuquan. In addition, Jiuquan is also an important town in Hexi, and the stationing of troops will naturally drive the development of related industries, so now Jiuquan is faintly Guzang, the third largest county in Hexi after Zhangye.

Today's Taishou Song Hao, for the official is honest and honest, but not rigid, he actively developed water conservancy irrigation, diverted water from the Shule River to irrigate a large number of farmland, and actively provided convenience for merchants. Moreover, Song Hao is also good at dancing with long sleeves, and the relationship with the generations of clans in Jiuquan City is also handled very well, effectively restraining some of their illegal behaviors. Generally speaking, Jiuquan is now a road that is not forgotten, and it does not close its doors at night, and it looks peaceful. More than 100,000 people in the city called Song Hao Song Qingtian.

Now, Song Qingtian said, you were doing well, but a great general of the imperial court, the governor, wanted to rebel, and the rebellion was enough, and he wanted to take away everything from you, and he also attacked Jiuquan City, which provided him with a lot of grain and grass!

So the people of the city were angry, and this was a betrayal. In their eyes, Lu Guang's actions betrayed His Majesty the Heavenly King, betrayed the people of the Central Plains, and betrayed them!

They were doing well, if there were no exceptions, if Lord Song Hao continued to work, they would feel that their lives were thriving and promising. But now that someone is coming to attack their city, it is impossible to get along with them! They will not hesitate to pick up knives and guns to defend their homeland!

Lord Song refused the envoy who persuaded him to surrender at that time, hung the envoy's head on the head of the city to show the public, and sent people to chase back the wife and a pair of children who visited Guzang, and said that the whole family would live and die with Jiuquan City!

This move made many young people immediately bite their fingers and write a bloody book, and immediately joined the army, and the whole of Jiuquan City also became the same enemy, they believed that the invincible Lu thief would definitely be hit hard under Jiuquan City.

Soon, coming, Lu Guang's army went out of Dunhuang, passed through Jinchang, and soon went to Waze Xiazhai twenty miles west of Jiuquan City. However, since Song Hao received the news, he had already ordered that all 30 miles around Jiuquan City should be fortified and cleared, all the people would move into the city, all the grass and trees would be completely burned, and all the wells would be filled to death. In order to starve the enemy to death of thirst and starvation here.

Of course, if such a policy is implemented, there will be great resistance, but Song Hao's prestige is there, and he guarantees that he will pay compensation with loot after victory. Moreover, crops can be replanted, homes can be rebuilt, and when the enemy is defeated, there is everything.

In addition, Song Hao immediately sent people back to Guzang to ask for reinforcements, but also made it clear that Jiuquan City can still support at least 1 month, and Guzang does not have to worry, reinforcements must be sent, but remember not to fall into the enemy's plan to encircle and send reinforcements. On the other hand, he personally put on armor and stood at the head of the city to motivate the soldiers.

The sun had just risen, the smoke and dust in the distance were gradually rising, and the earth began to tremble, Lu Guang's army was coming!

The alarm bell at the head of the city rang, and the soldiers who were resting in rotation immediately picked up their knives and guns, and ran to their posts quickly, and Song Hao, who personally supervised the battle, immediately concentrated and looked at the front fixedly.

In front was an army of about 5,000 men, mixed in foot and cavalry, apparently prepared with both hands, with infantry attacking the city and cavalry attacking the defenders who might be out of the city. However, Song Hao was surprised to find that the siege infantry did not even bring the most basic siege equipment such as ladders and rushing vehicles. Just because of these people, they also want to attack the city?

The people in the city were already in battle, but the army under the city was so loose that even the queues were not neatly arranged, and it was necessary for the commanders to command with whips, and then the infantry lined up in a phalanx and held up their spears, and the crossbowmen were also loose before they drew their bows and were ready.

At this time, Jiang Fei, who was dressed in armor, under the protection of the shield bearer, came to the city with a horse, looked at Song Hao at the head of the city, and said loudly: "Song Taishou, it has been nearly three years since I said goodbye in the past, and now I am too protective of the official majesty, and my demeanor is better than in the past, is it okay not to come?" ”

Song Hao didn't answer him at all, but said aloud to the archers beside him: "Rebels and thieves, people will be punished!" Archer, shoot me this rebel! ”

The archers heard the order to fire a volley, but Jiang Fei, who had been prepared, laughed and retreated under the protection of the shield hand, completely unscathed. At the same time, the archers under the city also began to release arrows to suppress the fire of the city, and the first volley was completed, and the casualties on both sides were extremely small.