As soon as he killed some forbidden army officers, the emperor sent a prison army, even if there was no prison army, Miao Kui's personal servants would not completely obey his orders.

But the box servants are different, in the eyes of the courtiers of the Great Song Dynasty, they are a group of hard laborers, even if they can win the battle, they are still hard laborers who can fight, far less than the forbidden army, at least it sounds like this.

It is much safer to have a colt who can fight and can fight with a group of war-capable servants to serve the court than to have a colt who can fight with a well-trained forbidden army. I can't say that they're going to be completely out of the way, and they certainly won't be paying too much attention.

But can the enslavement be trained into or close to the combat effectiveness of the forbidden army? Hong Tao felt that it must not be.

From the moment they selected the materials, they were far below the standards of the forbidden army, and they could not be said to be all old, weak, sick and disabled, nor much better than a group of farmers. Poor foundation is a natural terminal disease, and it is difficult to surpass it no matter how hard you work the day after tomorrow.

But Hong Tao doesn't need a strong army, cold weapon fighting is not his advantage, even if he can control the forbidden army, he is a good mallet compared to those generals who are proficient in cold weapon tactics.

Fighting with firearms is different, listening to orders and being disciplined is more important than the body. In this respect, the army has an advantage over the forbidden army, because they are not so arrogant, they will feel happy to have enough food to eat every day and do less hard work, and it is simply heaven to have a little wine and meat every once in a while. If you can send the military salary down on time and raise it a little, they will be able to recognize you as a godfather.

At present, Hong Tao will use actual combat to improve the discipline of the cavalry, and adapting to the battlefield environment and practicing courage is also an aspect of discipline.

When they can face the enemy's steel swords and arrows without orders, they will not flee without orders, and when they can lead them across the northern steppes.

"The last general obeys the order, and it is a blessing for these thieves to meet adults in three lives." This time, Jiang Dalang completely understood that Lord Shuai Si was going to treat the box service as a forbidden army.

Whether he will succeed or not is not known, but one thing he can be sure of is that these vans are coming to work. As long as they can hold this city, their treatment will immediately increase, to a level that they dare not even imagine.

is also a soldier to eat food, and once he is a soldier, he is a lifetime, and the salary of the box service is very low, just starving to death. And their mortality rate was not lower than that of the forbidden army, which only suffered casualties in the event of a major war, and they suffered casualties every hour of the day.

In ancient times, when there were no construction machinery, any major project was piled up with human life, and these works were usually done by the van servants, such as the construction of Mawei City.

If it is replaced by other generals, it is estimated that more than half of these thousand people can be left. Death from exhaustion, illness, work-related injuries, and frostbite can kill them at all times, and getting sick is almost the same as death.

Either starve and die a tragic death in the cold, or die a glorious death when the two armies face each other after eating and drinking. If he chooses between the two, Jiang Dalang will not think about it, it must be the latter, and most of those people in the box will be the same.

Besides, it doesn't seem so dangerous to fight with Lord Shuaiji, and it's not every day, and most of the time it's still enjoying happiness, and anyone can count this account. Can you not die? The ancients were really not so hypocritical, they accepted their fate, and being able to feel a little better in their destined fate was the highest pursuit.

Until the sun set, the Xia people showed no sign of retreating, but made a big pomp on the opposite hillside, blowing trumpets and beating drums, as if they were celebrating something.

But the soldiers in the city said that it was not a celebration, but a summoning of the spirits of the dead people, so that their souls could ascend to heaven.

Why is there such a big show, and there are waves of tossing, it is not intentional, but there are too many ethnic groups, and the gods of faith are not quite the same, so they can only do their own thing.

"My lord, the Xia people are going to fight hard. The monks of the clan are exorcizing demons, and usually after that they are not dead. ”

Since the Tibetan soldiers knew this, Hong Tao simply lent him Jiang Dalang's telescope and asked him to continue to observe the other party's movements. There was indeed a harvest, and before dinner was over, the soldiers ran down from the corner tower and brought back a not-so-good news.

"Life is the weakest thing, with a knife with a knife, without a knife with a wooden stick, in the end the person who has no rut will choose to fight hard. The Xia people's donkey skills were exhausted, and their life was accepted. Let's go, go up and have a look. ”

Desperately, this word Hong Tao is really not very cold. Every time you encounter an enemy on the sea, there are desperate ones, but whoever fights first loses.

The metaphor of this word is incompetence, and when there is no way to beat the other party, they will choose to fight with their lives. It's a pity that in the face of real strength, any momentum, courage, and fearlessness are very fragile, and they can be shattered with a light knock.

This time, the Xia people didn't really compare the hardness of their heads with arrows, they still thought of a way, and it was also very effective. What the hell? The shield is not an ordinary shield, but a huge shield car more than a foot thick.

What kind of conjuring spirits and exorcisms are the tricks of the Xia people, and they used most of the time to secretly build a lot of thick door panels out of wood. The man hid behind and pushed the door to dodge the fire-breathing, smoke-emitting arrows.

Moreover, they were going to fight at night, and with torches on each door panel, they formed more than a dozen columns, and slowly approached the eastern wall. There was a hillside on the north side of the city, and it seemed a bit difficult to push the door panel uphill, so I gave up.

"The singular firing positions were removed from the hornet's nest and replaced with thunderbolts and canisters. Don't be afraid, they won't be able to climb up even if they get under the city walls, and they will blow up when there are more people gathered. Hide your heads, don't probe your brains, and listen to the official's orders before lighting the fire. ”

Can a thick door panel block a rocket? Indeed, the general of the Xia people is a battle-hardened and experienced commander at a glance, and he has found the right way to deal with it in such a short time, and his adaptability is not strong.

It's a pity that he ran into the world's No. 1 chicken thief Hong Tao, who was cunning when he was fine, but whenever he was a little dangerous, he could dig a hundred holes first, and he was really not afraid of being tired in order to save his life.

Thunderbolts are not introduced, this thing is not very suitable for throwing, but it is still more powerful to light a fire and roll down the city wall. Even if it is black powder, it can't hold up a lot of charges, and with the gray cast iron shell, the lethality of the explosion is also very good.

The oil pot is a clay pot more than a foot high, with two ears, it is not difficult to make, and it is so rough that no one wants to use it.

But it contained a viscous liquid, which was the residue of refining mixed oil in the Tiansha Temple, which could be used to continue refining asphalt, but it was all transferred to Mawei City by Hong Tao, and there were more than 200 cans.

The effect, nothing special, whoever throws it down and gets it on it is unlucky, as long as the fire is lit, it is difficult to extinguish. It's finally extinguished, don't see the open flame, just catch fire when you see it. If it rubs on the skin and is ignited, then you can go for skin grafting, and you can't wash it without gasoline, kerosene, and alcohol.

The wait was very tiring, the noise outside the city was getting closer and closer, and the shouts and roars of the Xia people were already in their ears, but the order to attack had not yet been conveyed.

Many of the servants on the city wall began to swing around, and if it weren't for the fact that those children's regiments and soldiers all had scorpion crossbows that could shoot continuously, there would definitely be people who had a mental breakdown and escaped this torture. As long as one person runs, more people will follow, and then there will be a rout. Whether an army is well-trained or not, the ability to withstand pressure is a key indicator.

"Bang dang...... Bang Dang ......" came, there were collision sounds on the city wall one after another, it was not that the door panel hit the city wall, that thing was too heavy, the ground more than ten meters away from the city wall was full of ice, and there was a slope, which could not be pushed up at all. This is the sound of the wooden ladder reaching the head of the city, and the Xia people have begun to climb the city.

"Throw the oil canister first, then light the thunderbolt, and the scorpion crossbow will go to the wooden ladder and wait!" Hong Tao's order finally spoke, and at the same time he himself crouched and felt for the battlements a few meters away, where a wooden ladder had been set up.

"Your Excellency...... The lord ...... "Jiang Dalang felt that the main general should not go into battle easily, and pulled Hong Tao's trouser waist behind him and didn't let go.

"Shhh...... You let me go, take the scorpion crossbow and find a ladder to guard. Don't look up, shoot whoever shows their head. Our wall is full of ice, and they can't cross it with their shields, so put down the shield and give it to him, and there is no danger of fart. ”

Hong Tao's trouser belt was about to be broken by Jiang Dalang, so he had to turn around and explain his tricks in detail, emphasizing how to be yin and not dangerous.

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