Chapter 144 Enhanced anti-arrow vehicle

"Qiang Lin, you traitor," Xiumuye rode to the front of the battle and angrily pointed his riding crop at Qiang Lin on the city wall, "I knew you would betray."

Qiang Lin didn't answer. He picked up his bow and struck the ground with an arrow.

His right arm was injured and the bow could not be fully drawn, and the arrow just stuck diagonally on the ground in front of Hu Muye.

However, Xiumuye was frightened, turned his horse back, and shouted loudly: "Don't forget, your family is still in the north. If you dare to betray us, all your family members will be beheaded by the king."

When Shen Yuexi heard this, her heart couldn't help but feel anxious.

Xiumuye was right. Everyone has parents. The families of Qiang Lin and these Xirong soldiers are all in the north. This move will obviously kill them.

But thinking about the scene just now, Qiang Lin really has no way to retreat. Xiumuye didn't let them wear armor and take shields, which was clearly to let them die. Attacking means death, not attacking means death, Xiumuye didn't intend to let this Five thousand people are alive. If the ladder hadn't been put down here, these one thousand people would have been killed or injured in the end.

Qiang Lin said: "Look around you, they were all your tribesmen."

Xiumuye did not listen to Qiang Lin's words, looked around him, and shouted: "You dare to betray the king, I will let you linger for a while. When the city is captured, I will personally chop off your head with a knife."

After shouting, he did not wait for a response. He turned around and galloped to the front of the formation and ordered: "Attack, attack!"

The generals tried to persuade each other: "Captain, although the wall on the other side is not high, we don't even have a ladder here. Even if we attack the bottom of the wall, we can't climb up."

There was no ladder, and even when we got under the city wall, we would definitely be surrounded by rocks. I heard that this was how Captain Danmuji was killed before. In addition, these Xirong troops had just killed many of their own people with bows and arrows, so their fighting spirit was low. None of the Xirong generals wanted to continue the attack.

Xiumuye froze in the air for a long time while holding the riding whip. He glanced at the generals and saw that everyone was in a very low mood, so he had to put down the riding whip and said:

"What you said makes sense."

Just now we forced the soldiers to attack our own people, and everyone was resentful. If we force the attack again, it would be bad if the soldiers rebelled and killed them.

"Then let's go back to camp first and wait for General Sumanai's rear army to arrive with their arrow-proof vehicles."

He estimated that the baffle of the anti-arrow vehicle was almost exactly at the height of the city wall. He only needed to tie two ladders behind the baffle of the anti-arrow vehicle. This would not only protect against crossbow arrows, but also serve as a ladder for siege.

Xiumuye withdrew his troops back to the camp and ordered the scout Pegasus to inform Sumonai's rear troops, asking them to speed up their advance. At the same time, he installed siege ladders on the anti-arrow chariots.

When Qiu Liming saw that the Xirong army had returned to camp, he arranged for soldiers to monitor the movements on the other side of the city wall. He also asked everyone to withdraw from the city and return to the mountain to camp and repair.

After Qiang Lin bandaged his injured arm, he hurried to the handsome tent to find her and said to her:

"Princess, Qiang Lin's decision not to attack is not because he is afraid. He is waiting for General Sumonai's rear army. The rear army has anti-arrow vehicles that can withstand crossbow arrows."

"Arrow-proof vehicle?"

When Shen Yuexi heard this name, she felt it was unlucky. But in her eyes, what happened to Qiang Lin's family was more important.

"Qiang Lin, you swore allegiance to me, but what about your family?"

Qiang Lin did not panic and said to Shen Yuexi: "The Crown Princess does not need to be distracted by her subordinates. Xiumuye does not dare to do anything to our family directly. He must report it to our king, and our king will not just listen to his words." .The most important thing now is to defend the city."

Seeing that he understood, Shen Yuexi returned to the topic of arrow-proof vehicles: "Then tell me about arrow-proof vehicles."

After Qiang Lin explained to her that the wooden boards of the arrow-proof vehicle were thick and high and could not be penetrated by crossbow arrows, Shen Yuexi suddenly lost his mind.

What she relied on were nothing more than city walls and repeating crossbows. If the enemy used arrow-proof carts, the repeating crossbow would have no use. Besides, there were 20,000 troops on the opposite side at that time.

How about running away first?

This thought only flashed in her mind, and then she shook it out. She had already decided to protect Xiaogang Village for her husband Xiao Zhuo, how could she be shaken so easily.

She turned her questioning gaze to Qiu Liming: "Does General Qiu have any good ideas?"

The Three Stooges are just like Zhuge Liang. They don't have any ideas, so they ask everyone for their opinions.

"Since the arrow-proof vehicle is made of wooden boards, it must be afraid of fire," Qiu Liming offered advice, "Mother, remember the last time the opponent's thousand-man vanguard team was ambushed at Langya Pass, right?"

"Remember," Shen Yuexi nodded repeatedly, "my husband asked everyone to provide a lot of oil for ignition."

"Now we can also prepare kerosene. The target of the anti-arrow vehicle is huge and the arrows are easy to hit. We can prepare rockets in advance."

Shen Yuexi thought this was a good idea, so she immediately went down the mountain and returned to Xiaogang Village to gather everyone and ask them to donate oil for the defense of the city.

Who knew that everyone would look sad this time.

Last time, the villagers enthusiastically supported and donated all the oil. Every household ate water and cooked vegetables, but there was no oil available at home. Shen Yuexi spent a whole afternoon to collect a small number of oil cans. Qiu Liming felt that it was not enough. , and sent sergeants to Dongji Town to urgently purchase food and fuel.

At night, the weather changes suddenly, the north wind roars, and thick dark clouds cover the sky. If you don't wear thick clothes outdoors, it can make people shiver with cold.

The weather outside the Great Wall is erratic and changes so quickly, even though it was only a few degrees above zero before... Is this a cold air coming from the south?

A charcoal basin was set up in the handsome tent, and the tent was shaking in the cold wind.

Shen Yuexi was wrapped in a thick cloak, stretched out her hands to warm herself by the fire, and stamped her numb feet. She thought that if the weather were colder, it would be better to freeze the Xirong army in the north and withdraw.

This is just a fantasy, the other person is not stupid, he must know how to warm himself up.

In the middle of the night, the sergeant who went to Dongji Town rushed back and brought good news.

They happened to meet a group of oil dealers in Dongji Town, and immediately spent a lot of money to buy their oil dealers and brought them back.

With her urgent need relieved, Shen Yuexi breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that it was not impossible to replicate her husband Xiao Zhuo's Burning Pass.

You are not the material of a famous general, but you can learn the tactics of famous generals. This is an essential skill for a researcher, and you can improve yourself by learning from others.

There is also good news. General Wei at the border learned that the Xirong army was about to attack, and decided to lead his sergeants to practice how to carry grain and grass. Unexpectedly, the sergeants stayed away from the border for a long time, accidentally lost their way, and left a batch of grain and grass in a small hillock. In front of the village. The villagers of Xiaogang Village found out and informed Shen Yuexi.

There was also a piece of paper in the car that said "Thank you for the gun."

Shen Yuexi was so moved. At first, she followed the principle of reciprocity and asked Daxiong to make a gun, using materials from the border warehouse. Unexpectedly, General Wei would provide help at this time, and he was such a good man.

Everything was going smoothly until the scout patrolling to the north brought bad news.

After a day of rapid march, Sumonai's rear army arrived here and joined Xiumuye's army.

Qiu Liming said to her: "Mother, don't be surprised. The weather was suddenly cold and they were freezing on the road, so they just accelerated their march."

"Mother, General, there is another news," the scout added nervously, "the enemy has brought many anti-arrow vehicles, with ladders installed on them, for siege."

Shen Yuexi was not surprised. If the enemy wanted to attack the city, they would definitely prepare things like ladders. They had also prepared oil to deal with the enemy.

"Also, they wrapped iron sheets on the front of the arrow-proof vehicle..."

Qiu Liming jumped up when he heard this: "Why didn't you tell such important information earlier!"
Chapter completed!