Gao Kaidao thought for a while and said: "In fact, the Sui army is also afraid of crossbow arrows, and they have tested it with their own hands, within fifty steps, the Sui army's shields and armor can't block the penetration of crossbow arrows, and a hundred steps away can block ......."

Kang Shealy shook his head, "There is no point in saying these now, I only care about practical and effective means, you are in charge of logistics, and the craftsmen are also in charge of you, it should be you who make good suggestions." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Gao Kaidao said for a while: "Although I can't help it, one of my subordinate craftsmen may have a way." ”

"Then you send someone to fetch him at once."

Gao Kaidao instructed his entourage to find someone, and after a while, an old man was brought into the camp, and he knelt down and kowtowed tremblingly, "Xiaomin Bian Xiaode meets the general!" ”

Kang was fluent in Chinese, and he asked with a gentle smile, "Where are you from, and what did you do in the past?" ”

"Xiaomin is a native of Shanggu County, a former carpenter, who fled to the grassland in the eighth year of his career."

Kang Shealy nodded and asked: "Now we are not attacking the city well, mainly because the enemy's crossbow arrows are too sharp, and our shields and armor can't stop it, I want to ask you, do you have any simple and effective methods?" ”

The old man thought about it and said: "Xiao Min once made a kind of wooden board for Lu Mingyue, covered with two layers of cooked cowhide, and the crossbow arrows could not be shot fifty steps away, but within fifty steps, the crossbow arrows still could not be stopped. ”

Kang Shealy suddenly became interested, isn't this the same as the armor shield of the Sui army? He hurriedly asked, "What kind of plank?" ”

The old man was a little hesitant, and Gao Kaidao urged impatiently on the side: "If you have anything to say, do you want to hide anything here?" ”

The old man stumbled, "The small board I use as a table is this kind of shield. ”

Kang Sheli was overjoyed, and hurriedly sent someone to fetch it, and after a while, two Turkic soldiers brought back a wooden plank, the wooden board was very strong, the days were long, it was polished to a shiny oil, Kang Sheli took the plank, looked at it repeatedly, the board was about three feet long, one foot wide, and one inch thick, and one side was covered with leather, and it felt very heavy.

Kang Sheli immediately walked outside the tent and ordered the soldiers to erect it next to a torch sixty paces away, and he raised a Sui crossbow and aimed it at the plank, 'Click! The crossbow arrow was so powerful that it hit the plank, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling, and the soldier took it back, and Kang Sheali was overjoyed, and sure enough, it did not penetrate the plank.

He walked back to the big tent with the plank, and checked it again and again, and felt that the plank looked like it was made of pine, but the pine wood was relatively loose, and it could not be so dense and heavy, he couldn't confirm it, so he asked, "What kind of wood is this?" ”

"General Qiyu, it's pine."

Surprised, he asked, "Is the pine so fine?" ”

"At first, of course, this was not the case, it had to be soaked in oil, dried in the shade, soaked in oil, dried in the shade, and so on three times, and finally the wood was very thick."

Kang's brow furrowed, "How much time does it take to make this plank?" ”

"It's going to take about six months."

Kang Shealy couldn't hide the disappointment on his face, six months, the daylily was cold, Gao Kaidao next to him felt Kang Sheli's disappointment, and hurriedly said to the old man: "Is there any way to make it quickly?" ”

"Either you bake it directly over low heat, ten days may be enough, the main thing is that it takes a little time to soak, but the effect is far less good than drying in the shade."

Ten days Kang Sheli couldn't wait, he pondered for a moment and asked, "Since it takes time to dry because of the immersion in oil, what if you don't use pine wood, but change it to a kind of wood that is already fine in itself?" You don't need to soak in oil and dry in the shade, how much time does it take? ”

"One day is enough!"

A thought flashed through Kang Sheath's mind, and he hurriedly asked, "Is there any wood made of wood that looks very similar to this plank?" ”

The old man said for a while: "There is a kind of green oak in Mayi County, the wood is strong and hard, and as long as the outside is brushed with a layer of oil, it looks exactly the same as my plank." ”

After thinking about it, the old man said again: "If it is two inches thick, although it is difficult to hold, it may be able to block the crossbow arrows, this is just my guess, I can't be sure." ”

Gao Kaidao said in a low voice: "General, the two-inch-thick raw wood is too heavy, and the soldier has a very hard time holding it, so it is better to cover the original shield with two more layers of cowhide." ”

Kang Yanli smiled faintly, "Haven't you heard of the allusion to Wangmei's thirst?" It doesn't matter if the shield can block the arrows, the important thing is to give the soldiers hope, with the new shield, the soldiers will have confidence, and with confidence, they can capture the city, hope and confidence are the first important. ”

Speaking of this, Kang Sheli picked up the plank and stood up and said, "I will show all the soldiers early tomorrow morning, so that they can see with their own eyes that this shield can block the crossbow arrows of the Sui army." ”

As soon as the morning dawned, Kang Sheli immediately sent people to the nearby mountains to cut wood, the old man said that the green and gang oak, the mountains are everywhere, the Turkic soldiers cut down thousands of big trees, the craftsmen sawed them into pieces of wood according to the old man's plank style, but a little thicker, directly put on the handle, brush a layer of soil paint, it looks exactly the same as the old craftsman's plank.

At this time, Kang Sheali demonstrated the powerful defensive power of the new shield in front of tens of thousands of soldiers, and sure enough, he blocked the powerful crossbow arrows of the Sui army fifty paces away.

The morale of the Turkic army was suddenly boosted, and an experienced general put forward a very useful suggestion, if you ride a horse and gallop to meet the block, then the penetration of the crossbow bolt will be great, but if it is the infantry squatting to meet the block, the penetration of the crossbow bolt is not so strong, this truth is actually known to everyone, but to use the actual combat, it is necessary for the Turkic army to change the traditional formation.

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For three days in a row, the Turkic army was in full swing to carry out new shield making and new formation drills, and at the same time, the Sui soldiers in the Lou Fan Pass stopped to rest, and they began to change some of the structures of the Lou Fan Pass in order to implement the strategic intentions of the commander.

The change is still in the northwest corner, here is the warehouse of Lou Fu Pass, the earliest, the outer wall of the warehouse is the city wall, resulting in the warehouse becoming the weakest point of the pass, it is easy to collapse the outer wall of the warehouse with a trebuchet, so later the warehouse was rebuilt with an outer wall, the city wall in the northwest corner is as strong and thick as other city walls, and it is difficult to destroy it with a giant trebuchet, but everything is afraid of people, the Sui army decided to build a hidden back door in the warehouse, leaving a foreshadowing for them to retake Lou Fu Pass in the future.

Three days later, with the birth of 8,000 new shields, the Turkic army began a new round of offensive, this battle of the Turkic army is bound to win, not only they have a new shield, but more importantly, Luo Khan issued a death order, within two days can not take the stairs to the annoyance, the commander and above all the generals are executed.

As soon as the day dawned, the dull sound of trumpets and war drums sounded in the Turkic camp, and the 50,000 Turkic army began to assemble rapidly, this time it was still Basil's army as the vanguard, they did not ride horses, all infantry, each soldier held a new shield, their task was to attack the city to launch a bow and arrow battle, suppress the Sui army crossbow array on the city, and create an opportunity for the rear army to attack.

Basil's army was reduced to 4,000 men, and Konsari gave him another 4,000 Xueyantuo soldiers, bringing his army to 8,000.

"Why are you letting me on again? You are clearly taking revenge and trying to put our entire people to death! Basil was furious, pointing at Consley's nose and yelling.

Kang Sheli raised the golden wolf head order of Luo Khan, "This is the Khan's military order, and those who disobey the military order will be beheaded!" ”

The golden wolf head order suppressed Basil, he spat fiercely on the ground, turned and ran away, yelling, "Ready to fight!" ”

Kang Sheli coldly ordered to the left and right: "Of the thousands of sword and axe men, one of his army dares to retreat and be beheaded immediately!" ”

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'Boom! Boom! Boom! The drums of war were beaten.

Basil's 8,000 troops have been lined up, all of them are infantry, the front 5,000 soldiers are Qarlu and Xueyantuo, and the back 3,000 soldiers are Basil's own tribesmen, and Basil can only use this method to reduce the casualties of his own people as much as possible.

Basil pulled out his sword and roared, and the eight thousand Turkic army shouted, rushing towards Lou Fu Pass, each of them was equipped with new shields, Kang Sheli gave them all eight thousand new shields, Basil felt a little more comfortable, at least his soldiers had solid equipment, and the Grim Reaper was a little far away from them.

At this time, the defenders at the head of the city entered a state of imminent battle, a thousand large yellow crossbow arrows coldly pointed into the air, ten giant trebuchets began to prepare to start, and more than a hundred pounds of boulders were piled up on both sides of the trebuchet.

The Turkic soldiers were getting closer and closer, and the forward infantry had already entered within five hundred paces. Wei Wentong had already seen the situation of the other party clearly, it was indeed slightly different from the last time, all of them were infantry, and the army behind seemed to be holding a new shield, Wei Wentong sneered and shouted: "Trebuchet prepare!" ”

The Giant Trebuchet has a range of about 100 paces farther than the Rhubarb, so the trebuchet will take on the first wave of strikes.

The ten giant trebuchets in the urn city creaked open, three zhang high, six zhang long arms, the stone throwing can be up to four hundred steps away, there is a winch to help, saving half of the manpower, but it still takes fifty people to pull, the black ten trebuchets stand in the city, just like ten demonic beasts, a hundred pounds of boulders are put into the bomb pocket, the thick iron hook buckles the hook, ready to go.

On the southern city wall, a thousand soldiers hold longbows and arrows, and a two-foot-long thick pole arrow has been put on the bowstring, the bow and arrow used for defense are different from the bow and arrow used for peaceful battles, and the arrow does not need to shoot far away, but it must be heavy, so that the arrow can rely on its own gravity to shoot through the enemy's armor, so it is generally used with a large arrow, a finger-thick arrow shaft, the sharp arrow tip is streamlined, and there are bloodletting grooves on the four sides, and the arrow is shot into the air when shooting, and the city is shot down in a parabola, which has a strong lethality to the enemy army within fifty steps in front of the city wall.

The enemy's vanguard had gradually entered the range of the trebuchet's four hundred paces, and Wei Wentong gave the order to shoot, and a low horn suddenly sounded: "Woo-" (To be continued.) )