The sky-high fire burned all night, and the flames lit up half the sky.

Before dawn, Bocai led 2,000 soldiers to cut off the fire on the hillside where the grass had been cut to make fireballs last night, and then extinguished the fire bit by bit.

Even so, the oval-shaped northern wasteland, within a radius of twenty miles, was reduced to ashes, a dead silence.

Perhaps, as long as a rain falls, this place can be revitalized again.

Early in the morning, Li Li's army moved the camp to a valley in the southern heath, where they set up wooden huts and stables and sturdy thatched huts.

The fire burned all night, and Li Li's soldiers and horses were also busy all night.

The night was not in vain. More than 2,000 startled horses were collected, more than 2,000 Qiang, Xiongnu and Han light horses were captured, and their own damage was very small, only more than 100 soldiers were killed or wounded, which can be described as a complete victory.

With these horses and prisoners, Li Li planned to leave them in the Hutu Wasteland for the time being, and left some baggage and five hundred iron horsemen to garrison the place.

It's just that the generals who stayed here made it difficult for Li Li to decide for a while, and he was quite hesitant.

The speed at which 3,000 soldiers built stables and thatched huts was very fast, and in two or three hours they had built five long-shed stables and dozens of thatched huts.

After careful consideration and consultation with Li Xuan and others, Li Li finally appointed Meng Chong, who was 16 years old, as the commander, and led 500 iron cavalry to stay in the Xiutu Valley, responsible for herding horses and guarding prisoners.

In the afternoon, the army marched lightly, carrying only the 15th's grain and grass and a pair of ordnance, and all the other baggage was left in the valley.

After a fire burned in the wasteland, Li Li became more and more polite to Li Xuan, and privately called him Mr.

Li Xuan was surprised by this, and he was even ready to be punished by Li Li.

Because of the decision to defy the lord in public, the guilt is not small.

What Li Xuan never expected was that Li Li smiled calmly at this, did not care, and praised him for daring to give direct advice and commendable loyalty, and also rewarded him with ten jars of fine wine and two haode fox skins.

In addition, Li Li also specially allocated a 100-member pro-soldier team to Li Xuan, responsible for protecting the safety of him and his sister Li Xin.

It can be seen that Li Xuan's weight in Li Li's heart is getting heavier and heavier, and Li Xuan, who joined the army with the army, is only deserved, and has the right to speak when he joins the army.

At the same time, the two brothers Teng Xiao and Teng Yu showed great courage last night, and their amazing riding and archery skills were enough to be proud of the whole army.

Three arrows in a salvo, five arrows in a row, six arrows in unison, an endless stream of superb archery, dazzling, amazed.

The most important thing is that within a hundred steps, the Teng brothers have no arrows, and every time they shoot through the throat, even if they shoot six arrows together, it is no exception.

It's really amazing, and he can be called a marksman!

What is particularly striking is that the strong bow used by the Teng brothers is different from the strong bow of the current Han Dynasty.

The strong bow of the Han Dynasty, nowadays there is only one stone iron tire bow, two stone strong bow and four stone strong bow, the bow body is very beautiful, carved phoenix and carved dragon, very beautiful.

However, the bows and arrows used by the Teng brothers and the young Zhuang of Peach Blossom Village were simple and unpretentious, with a larger and longer bow body than the Han bow, a longer range, and several times more powerful.

The strong bow used by Teng Xiao claimed to be the four-stone longbow of the pre-Qin Dynasty, while Teng Yu used the five-stone strong bow.

At first glance, it may not be possible to see the difference between the Qin bow and the Han bow, but one stone in the Qin Dynasty is about 100 kilograms now; In the Han Dynasty, one stone was one hundred and twenty catties, eight taels was one catty, and one stone was converted into ninety-six catties now.

In this comparison, there is a world of difference.

One stone in the Qin Dynasty was more than two stones in the Han Dynasty, and the strong bows of the Teng brothers are now eight stone strong bows and ten stone strong bows, which are simply incredible.

However, this kind of weight is indeed very good to be used on the food.

In the pre-Qin period, many old officials who had worked all their lives only had a few hundred stones when they died, which made people feel chilling. But the Han Dynasty was different, and the moving ones were thousands of stones, and the ones of a county were more than two thousand stones, which sounded so atmospheric and enviable.

It's just that these two thousand stones are not as affordable as the one thousand stones in the pre-Qin period, and I am afraid that only Liu Bang, who was born as a ruffian, can do such a nice and impractical thing.

How much is a stone in the future generations, a full 400 catties, this is a pragmatic performance!

When Li Li learned that the strong bows used by the Teng brothers were all pre-Qin crossbows, he was overjoyed.

Because the range of the pre-Qin bow and crossbow far exceeded that of the Han Dynasty, the range of the four-stone strong bow could reach 400 steps, while the range of the giant crossbow reached an astonishing 700 steps; One step is one meter for future generations, and it is definitely a weapon for long-range strikes.

It is said that every time the pre-Qin army attacked the enemy's fortified city, it would inevitably use a strong crossbow to carry out a long-range attack, and the rain of arrows that lasted for half an hour would kill. By the time the siege was made, most of the enemy had already been killed or wounded, and almost all the houses and livestock near the city walls were spared, and they were all crucified to death in their homes or on the dirt floor.

The prosperity of the Great Qin military power is rare in ancient and modern times.

Since the Great Qin unified the world, the Qin State has greatly controlled the powerful bow, crossbow and other lethal weapons, and even ordinary short knives, daggers and other weapons are within the scope of control, the punishment is harsh, and the law is strict.

Therefore, after the fall of the Great Qin, with the continuous war between Chu and Han for hegemony, the strong bows and crossbows left by the Qin State lost one and lost one, and gradually disappeared in the flames of war, and there was no secret method for making it.

After a lapse of four hundred years, Li Li was still able to see the pre-Qin strong bow with his own eyes, and he was inexplicably surprised.

Immediately, Li Li asked the Teng brothers and Li Xuan how to train this kind of crossbowmen, but the answer he got was that his excited heart instantly became cold, and he felt a sense of empty joy.

It turned out that the strong bow archer of the pre-Qin period could not be trained overnight, but required years or even more than ten years of accumulation to be trained. In addition, there are rigid requirements for the crossbowman's physical qualities such as height, liliang and endurance, all of which are indispensable, and the training is extremely hard, requiring extraordinary perseverance and physical recovery.

In addition, there is another fatal drawback of the Great Qin Qiang crossbow, that is, in half an hour, a well-trained crossbowman can only shoot five arrows, which is the so-called five rounds of fire. Only in this way will no damage be inflicted on the crossbowmen themselves, and they will not lose their combat effectiveness. Otherwise, the crossbowman will be injured due to excessive exertion, the so-called muscle strain, and thus lose his combat effectiveness, and it will take a long time for the muscles to recover after the battle.

In contrast, although the Great Qin Qiang crossbow has great lethality, its drawbacks are equally obvious, such as the Han Dynasty bow and crossbow that is light and easy to control.

After some comparison, Li Li was a little disappointed in the longbow of the pre-Qin Dynasty, which did more harm than good, like chicken ribs.

However, he attached great importance to the giant car crossbow and bed crossbow and other sharp weapons of the pre-Qin Dynasty.

These weapons for defending and besieging the city happen to be made by the Teng brothers and the young Zhuang of Peach Blossom Village, which is a secret technique passed down from generation to generation by the ancestors of Peach Blossom Village.

Li Li immediately concentrated on the protection of more than 30 young people in Peach Blossom Village, and when he gained a firm foothold in Wuwei County, these people with unique skills would come in handy.

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Two days later, Li Li led 2,500 iron horsemen to officially enter the territory of Guzang and set up camp in Shilipo outside Guzang City.

Since yesterday, the scouts have discovered a large number of Guzang City's fine works, and have fought with them head-on three times.

Today, Li Kan and Cheng Yin in the city must have been ready for battle, and they have been waiting for the arrival of Li Li's army for a long time.

Li Li didn't care about that.

The reason why he only brought two or three thousand light horsemen this time was to prevent Li Kan and Cheng Yin from leading the crowd to defend the city and not dare to go out of the city to fight. If that were the case, the war would be prolonged and uncertain.

Therefore, a day ago, Li Li's army no longer deliberately hid his tracks during the march, and unabashedly placed the number of men and horses under his command in the sight of Cheng and Li Er's thieves, so that they despised this bit of soldiers and horses, and then went out of the city with confidence to fight.

Two thousand five hundred iron cavalry may be regarded as a large number of cavalry in the Central Plains Prefecture.

However, for Cheng and Li Erthief, it is not enough to see.

Because these two thieves each have more than 5,000 foot cavalry in their hands, together there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, in addition to the more than 4,000 foot soldiers who defend the city, they have 6,000 war horses alone in their hands. Therefore, they will definitely not avoid the war, otherwise, what face will they have to stay in the area of Wuwei County.