Under Juyong Pass, the sound of killing shook the sky, and groups of Xianbei soldiers launched a strong attack on Juyong Pass. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIt's just that before the Xianbei soldiers approached, a large pile of stones and sandbags would be thrown out on Juyong's pass, beating some Xianbei cavalry to the point of turning people on their backs.

Rushing closer, but before it was within the range of the Xianbei crossbow, the dense rain of arrows on Ju Yong's close fell again. Although the lethality of stones and sandbags was relatively large before, they were relatively sparse in comparison, but the density of the arrow rain was not at all.

It is worth mentioning that more than two dozen powerful machine crossbows suddenly appeared on Juyong's close. These machine crossbows were heavy crossbows, and Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu were only sent to Juyong Pass by the transport team behind them to install them three days after they arrived at Juyong Pass. At this moment, the battle is in full swing, which really makes Sergeant Cao breathtaking. The design of these crossbows is comprehensive, with a double crank wheel in the firing structure...... It is similar to the two feet of a bicycle, and the striker sits on the starting position and pushes desperately. The strength of a normal person's legs is definitely much higher than that of his arms, and this design structure can ensure the strength of the string while increasing the rate of fire.

In terms of bowstrings, these crossbows use steel wire springs with chopsticks thickness, and power pulleys are also installed at both ends of the crossbow arms, so that the power of the arrows is absolutely guaranteed. Directly above the crossbow body, there is an arrow drum that can accommodate more than 100 arrows, and there is a guide wire on the crossbow string. As soon as the crossbow string is opened, the guide arrow wire will drive the mechanism on the arrow drum, and then the arrow drum will automatically drop a feather arrow into the arrow slot.

In addition, the entire crossbow is a wrap-around armored platform, that is, on the front and side of the crossbow, there are conjoined arrow decks...... To be exact, a layer of steel is nailed to the outside of the light hardwood. Directly in front of the trough is a piece of glass about two centimeters thick, which ensures the crossbowman's sight and does not prevent him from aiming.

The angle of dive fire of the crossbow is 30 degrees, and it is not easy to adjust this angle after it is erected, but its left and right directions can be adjusted about 60 degrees, in other words, it can be strafed laterally at 60 degrees at any time. This is done by two assistant shooters.

In short, Yizhou's machine crossbow is like a rapid-fire heavy machine gun battery on a defensive wall in a modern battlefield. Not only is the firepower fast and fierce enough, but the opponent's ordinary weapons can't withstand it...... At least on the current battlefield, the arrows shot by the Xianbei cavalry could not hurt the crossbow platform at all. Finally, some arrows were about to come up, but after a chaotic sound on the armor of the crossbow platform, the feathered arrows did not know where they were flicked away.

Of course, if only the newly erected 20 or so machine crossbows were closed, the intensity of the arrow rain would be far from enough, then at this time, the overwhelming power of the Yizhou standard crossbow that Lu Lingqi supported to Cao Jun was reflected. As soon as the three rows of crossbowmen shot indiscriminately, the arrows in the arrow box were replaced with a backhand as soon as they were shot, so that the rain of arrows on the gate never stopped......

After a day of fierce fighting, the Xianbei cavalry threw down an unknown number of corpses and retreated. However, within a hundred steps near the city wall, there were basically no corpses of the Xianbei cavalry, which showed how failed the Xianbei cavalry's charge against Juyong Pass was.

After only one battle, Cao Zhang and Tian Yu indirectly gained a new understanding of the combat effectiveness of Yizhou through the weapons and equipment supported by Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu, and they were also full of interest in the new trebuchets and crossbows. At nightfall, the rumbling sound of a machine under the wall sounded, and after a while, it was as bright as day, but it was the steam-powered generator brought by Lu Lingqi that provided the power, and the electric lights also illuminated the entire wall......

Seeing the light on, Cao Zhang, Tian Yu, and many Cao soldiers were stunned. Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu looked at everyone's stunned faces and smiled at each other. In fact, when they saw this thing in Yizhou, they didn't look much better than them.

Then someone went to install reflectors on some lights, so that they could be clearly illuminated within a hundred steps of the battlefield. Seeing that the precautions had been almost done, Zhao Yu invited Cao Zhang and Tian Yu to have a few drinks in the gatehouse. You must know that the more in this kind of big war occasion, if the coach behaves calmly, or even very leisurely, it will have a great impact on the morale of the soldiers.

After drinking a full glass of each, Cao Zhang wiped his lips and praised: "Good wine!" The palate is soft but not strong, and the aftertaste is long. ”

Lu Lingqi said with a smile: "Xiao Yao, this is a corn wine that has only been brewed in Yizhou in recent years. Some time ago, Uncle Lu sent more than 100 barrels to Liaoxi on a boat, and I was usually reluctant to drink it, but half of it was blacked out by the people under my command. ”

"Black?"

Lu Lingqi laughed again: "Yizhou's playful words basically mean that the master is reluctant, but he is helpless. ”

Cao Zhang nodded slightly. After a slight hesitation, Cao Zhang asked: "Two girls, since this big war has started, what good strategy should we take to destroy the enemy?" ”

Lu Lingqi looked at Zhao Yu, and Zhao Yu played with the wine glass and smiled: "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry...... Hehe, this is also a joke that Mr. often puts on his lips. We waited for the first battle with Xianbei today, and we only had a slight advantage. However, if you look closely at the top and bottom of the army, the morale and fighting spirit have not yet been restored, so it is still necessary to have the upper hand in every battle today, so that little by little accumulation every day, and then make plans after the Japanese army is greatly boosted during the vacation. There are tens of thousands of Xianbei, which is no joke. As for the grain and grass and military supplies, Zhang Gongzi and General Tian can rest assured that Chrysanthemum Port will arrive as scheduled...... But Gongzi Zhang, you're embarrassed to only let us pay for food, right? ”

Cao Zhang's heart was suffocated. But it's really so reasonable, others have come to help you so much, don't you even give food to others? Glancing at Tian Yu again, Tian Yu said knowingly: "Please rest assured, the two girls will send a letter tomorrow, and ask Yecheng to quickly adjust the money and food soldiers and horses to come here." ”

Zhao Yu nodded: "There are tens of thousands of enemies, but you and I have less than 30,000 soldiers here, if you want to break the enemy, you can't be in a hurry." Drag it down, and drag it until their spirit is gone, and then we have a good chance to break the enemy. ”

He was drinking and talking, and suddenly the commander of the Cao army hurried up to ask for a meeting. It's just that after entering, the commander looked at Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu present, but the words were a little difficult to speak. Cao Zhang was a little impatient, so that the commander had something to say, and the commander said hesitantly: "There are many female soldiers in Yizhou who sing and dance in the army......

"Huh!?"

Cao Zhang and Tian Yu were stunned at that time. According to the military law of the time, this kind of thing was strictly forbidden during the war. If you want to change to your own soldiers, there is no doubt that there is one word: cut! But the problem is that these singing and dancing are all Yizhou female soldiers...... To be precise, those nurses in the medical team are here, where is this knife easy to cut?

Zhao Yu looked at the gazes handed over by Cao Zhang and Tian Yu, and then laughed and said, "It's okay, it's okay, let them go." In Yizhou, they have long been used to this. ”

"......" Cao Zhang and Tian Yu were speechless.

Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu saw Cao Zhang's and Tian Yu's hesitation, so they immediately smiled and said to the two over there: "Two, let's go and see how about it?" Isn't it boring to just sit like that? ”

Cao Zhang and Tian Yu glanced at each other, hesitated for a moment, and then got up, and came to the army again with Lu and Zhao Ernu City Gatehouse. In the army, there are indeed many Yizhou female soldiers in the hundredth and dozens who are singing and dancing or something, but the situation is completely opposite to what Cao Zhang and Tian Yu thought. At this time, whether it was Cao Jun or Yizhou Bing, the expression on his face was not lax, but a relaxation.

The role of the Chinese Troupe of the Modern Army does not need to be said much, right? In Yizhou, this has always been a common thing, in other words, to make the soldiers less nervous. It is impossible for people's heartstrings to be tense all the time, and if they are tense all the time, the army will not be far from the chaos of the bombing camp.

Seeing such a situation, Cao Zhang couldn't help but be stunned and said, "How, how can this be?" ”

Zhao Yu sighed lightly: "When I first arrived in Yizhou, I was very puzzled, but later I realized that as long as everything is controlled, it will be beneficial and harmless. It is like drinking, drinking in moderation will relax the muscles and activate the body, and the body will be smooth, but if you drink too much, you will make a mistake. ”

Glancing at the situation in the army again, Zhao Yufu smiled again: "The army was defeated some time ago, and the sergeants' hearts are still unstable. Also......"

Zhao Yu summoned a female soldier who had just finished dancing, and when the female soldier came closer, Zhao Yu smiled and whispered a few words in the female soldier's ear, and the female soldier knew how to go and then passed on some other female soldiers. After a while, the female soldiers sang a song together, and soon the other female soldiers, as well as many Yizhou soldiers, sang together:

"A big river with wide waves/The wind blows the rice and the flowers on both sides/My family lives on the shore/I'm used to hearing the whistle's horn/I'm used to seeing the white sails on the bow of the boat/This is my beautiful hometown/It's where I grew up/In this beautiful land/There is happy sunshine everywhere...... When a friend comes, there is good wine/If the jackal comes/He is greeted with a sword and a gun......"

"When a friend comes, there is good wine/If the jackal comes/He is greeted with a sword......"

Cao Zhang savored the meaning of the words when he heard this, and when he went to the next sentence, he seemed to suddenly feel that the whole army suddenly had an indescribable momentum.

At this time, Lu Lingqi stretched out her hand, patted Cao Zhang's shoulder, and smiled: "Don't underestimate the rhythm." It's not just something to play. ”

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The battle of Juyongguan was fought like this, and it lasted for several days.

But by this time, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Kebineng had not gone all out to tackle the problem. Although it is said that almost every day, people will be sent to fight the enemy and curse the formation, or send men and horses to attack the pass, but the scale is not very large, and it is more like a tentative attack.

And at this point, Cao Zhang and Tian Yu also fully affirmed that Zhao Yu's previous generation of Ke Bineng didn't want to really get into trouble with Lao Cao, but just wanted to rely on their existing strength to ask Lao Cao for more benefit analysis. The more warlords with guns, the more expensive it will tend to be if they want to recruit him, right?

But this battle is always fought like this, and it doesn't seem to be a problem. Cao Zhang's current strength on hand is insufficient, and Cao Zhang's injuries that hinder his actions have not yet recovered, and the reinforcements on Lao Cao's side have not been able to come for more than a month, so Cao Zhang can't take the initiative to attack, which is a bit unbearable.

In addition, after Kebi was stationed under the pass, the spies came to report that from time to time, some large or small nomadic tribes would come to him, apparently wanting to follow Kebi to get some benefits together. In this way, whether Kebi can break through Juyong Pass and enter the pass to plunder, or bargain with Lao Cao at that time, Lao Cao's losses will not be small.

With such a worry, Cao Zhang planned to go to Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu to discuss countermeasures. However, when Cao Zhang found Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu on a small mountain peak next to the pass, he was extremely confused, because Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu seemed to be playing with some toys at this time, and the only thing that could be regarded as a serious thing was that Zhao Yu was holding a pen and paper in his hand, and he seemed to be calculating something.

After looking at it for a while, Cao Zhang finally couldn't help but go over and say hello before asking. Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu responded first, and Zhao Yu saw Tian Yu who was following Cao Zhang, and said happily: "General Tian came just in time!" I would like to ask, does General Tian know about the climate and wind direction here? ”

Tian Yu was stunned, and subconsciously responded: "Of course I understand." I am a native of Youzhou, and I have been stationed in Juyongguan for several years, and I am also very aware of the changes in the climate and wind direction in this area. ”

Zhao Yu asked: "So what will be the wind direction in the next few days?" What about the wind? ”

Tian Yu thought about it very carefully and replied: "The sky is about to enter summer, and the wind direction is mostly southeast, so it is difficult to say how strong the wind is." However, depending on the recent weather conditions, the wind should not be strong, but it will not be light either......"

At that time, how could people have a difference in wind power? Zhao Yu had been prepared for this, took out a ribbon with his backhand, and roughly explained to Tian Yu according to the swing degree of the ribbon being carried by the wind. Tian Yu thought for a while, then gave a ribbon approximate swing index, Zhao Yu nodded, and wrote down something in the notebook.

Cao Zhang and Tian Yu became more and more puzzled, so they naturally asked Zhao Yu. Zhao Yu nodded to Lu Lingqi after completing some calculations, and then smiled very strangely at Cao Zhang and Tian Yu: "I understand the intention of the two, and Lingqi and I also think that it is not a way to go on like this now." As the saying goes, it is rude to come and go, Juyongguan has been attacked by Kebineng several times, and we should also give Kebineng some gifts in return. ”

Cao Zhang hesitated and asked, "What are the two girls planning to do?" ”

Zhao Yu said: "Please watch a good show in a few days." But when the time comes, I hope that Mr. Chang can lend me some manpower. ”

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In the blink of an eye, three days passed, and in these three days, there was another small battle on the close of Juyong Pass, which was not large in scale and did not kill many people.

However, at noon on this day, another batch of materials from Chrysanthemum Island in Jixian County were transferred to Juyong Guanzhong. Among this batch of supplies, in addition to the general money, food, and military supplies, there were dozens of truckloads of sealed boxes. And these dozens of carts of things were immediately taken back to the area where the Yizhou soldiers were stationed by Zhao Yu and Lu Lingqi.

This was nothing, after all, it was originally the stuff of the Yizhou soldiers, so Cao Zhang and Tian Yu didn't ask. But not long after, suddenly the battalion sergeants and soldiers exclaimed, "What is something in the sky", Cao Zhang and Tian Yu were shocked to go out of the tent to watch, but saw that in the sky above the Yizhou soldier station, I don't know when there were several things like octagonal palace lamps floating in the sky. Faintly, it seemed that a long silk thread was tied to the bottom of the lamp under the lamp, which didn't let these octagonal palace lamps fly out.

"What is this? Kites? Now it's a war, and those female soldiers in Yizhou still have the heart to play kites!? ”

Singing a song, dancing or something, Cao Zhang and Tian Yu endured it, after all, those songs and dances do have a certain help effect on calming the army's heart, but playing kites is too much. So without thinking too much, Cao Zhang and Tian Yu hurriedly rushed to the station of the Yizhou soldiers, intending to negotiate with Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu appropriately, so that they should not go too far.

However, when they arrived at the Yizhou soldier area, there were already people waiting for them at the gate of the camp, and they led them directly into the camp without even reporting it. When I got closer, Lu Lingqi was leading a few soldiers to carefully pull the octagonal palace lantern floating in the sky with the silk thread coil in their hands, which did look like they were playing kites, but beside them, Zhao Yu was still holding a pen and paper calculating something, and his eyes were looking at the octagonal palace lantern in the sky for a while, and then he looked at a small grandfather clock beside him.

Cao Zhang and Tian Yu both knew about the table clock, because Lu Ren had given some gifts to Emperor Liu Xie and Lao Cao over the years, and then some other people as gifts, which belonged to luxury goods with high practicality in Xuchang and Yecheng. However, at this moment, although Cao Zhang and Tian Yu came to ask for the guilt, when they saw Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu's serious and cautious expressions, they immediately realized that Lu Lingqi and Zhao Yu were not playing, but doing something serious. After thinking about it again, they didn't come forward to bother.

Vaguely, they also heard Zhao Yu muttering something like this:

"The wind force is level three, according to Tian Yu said that it will be level four or five at night, and the wind direction is north-southeast...... It is about thirty miles away from the camp of Kebineng, so the time to fly there is ......"

What followed was a series of numerical calculations, but unfortunately Cao Zhang and Tian Yu didn't understand it at all......

"The wind force is level three, according to Tian Yu said that it will be level four or five at night, and the wind direction is north-southeast...... It is about thirty miles away from the camp of Kebineng, so the time to fly there is ......"

What followed was a series of numerical calculations, but unfortunately Cao Zhang and Tian Yu didn't understand it at all...... (To be continued.) )