"Also, the city has been raised ten feet. If the people help, it won't be too difficult. They will work day and night and strive to complete it tomorrow morning. I will go to the iron smelting station to have a look. You continue to keep an eye on it. Don't slack off.

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Qin Hu was actually very tired. He had not closed his eyes for two days and two nights. After a series of battles, he had several minor injuries on his body, which were not treated, and he did not have a good meal.

But he couldn't stop. If he stopped, everyone would slack off and morale would be severely damaged, so he immediately went to the iron smelting plant.

The iron smelting plant is in full swing. Dugu Sheng is shirtless and working with the craftsmen. There are several stone machines and crossbows outside, and they are already busy.

"General."

"Brother Dugu, thank you for your hard work." Qin Hu nodded and said.

Dugu Sheng smiled and said: "It's okay, the production speed is still too slow. The craftsmen are skilled. Our existing bows and arrows can last for three days at most."

"It's really not possible to have someone go out into the city at night to pick it up and recycle it."

Qin Hu walked around the iron smelting plant and then returned to the top of the city. He was really tired. There were major military operations in the evening, so he made a bunk with the soldiers under the city, feeling dazed.

fell asleep.

When he woke up, the sky was already full of stars. The soldiers had just made rice and sat on the ground to eat. Qin Hu also followed suit and ate a few biscuits.

There are few soldiers in the city now, and the food can last for more than ten days. If the Xiaoguo army returns in large numbers, the food consumption will increase several times, which will be difficult to handle.

By midnight, Qin Hu had gathered two thousand men and horses, opened the city gate, and the soldiers rushed out. For fear of attracting the enemy's attention, the hooves of the war horses were wrapped in cloth, and the horses' mouths were all covered with cages.

The soldiers carried shovels and silently advanced towards the river dam.

The Tuque army guarding the dam was very lazy, because they did not expect that the few soldiers and horses in the city would dare to fight out, so they were surrounded and annihilated by Qin Hu in their sleep.

Qin Hu quickly led his soldiers to dig the dam, allowing the river water to flow into the city, and also plundered a small amount of food and grass from their military camp.

The next day, Shibi Khan found out that the dam camp had been captured by Yu's army, and he was furious. He was already resentful because Qin Hu had hurt his face, and now he was even more angry, and immediately ordered not to leave for a moment.

Stop attacking the city.

In fact, it was indeed time for him to race against time, because reinforcements from the Yu Dynasty were coming from all directions, and the opportunity must not be missed.

"Listen, Emperor Dayu, the Great Khan will give you one last chance to open the city gates and surrender immediately. Otherwise, after a stick of incense, the 300,000-strong army of the Great Tuque Khanate will attack the four gates.

The offensive will continue day and night until it is reduced to the ground!"

This threatening voice quickly spread throughout the city and reached the ears of Yang Shou and the officials. Yang Shou was drinking tea and was so frightened that his teacup dropped to the ground.

But at this time, deep in the palace, he actually heard shouts coming from twenty miles away. The murderous sound shook the sky and shook the city.

At last Khan was serious about it.

Qin Hu had long expected that Shibi Khan would launch the biggest attack today. Firstly, he had just entered the city and his footing was not yet stable. Secondly, the Tuque troops did not have much time.

"When the city is alive, people are there; when the city is gone, people are going to die!"

"When the city is alive, people are there; when the city is gone, people are going to die!"

The generals once again swore an oath on the top of the city, and then divided their troops to guard the four gates, with war horses as scouts, roaming wildly in the city, shuttling everywhere.

"Report to the general, the city has been raised ten feet tall."

"Fifty stone machines are in place at four doors."

"Fifty bed crossbows are in place at four gates."

"There are currently 30,000 arrows available."

"The kerosene is in place."

"The rolling wood and thunder stones are in perfect order."

Qin Hu stood on the top of the city and drew his saber: "Prepare the stone machine, and step forward with the crossbowmen. As long as the enemy comes into range, hit me hard."

The soldiers rushed forward very quickly, but as soon as they approached the city head, they were blocked by bows and arrows as dense as locusts and boulders. One group came up and another went down, and they went back and forth several times without success.

In particular, the blow caused by the bed crossbow and the stone machine was huge. Although it is difficult for ordinary bows and arrows to penetrate the armor, unless they are shot between the gaps between the armor, or in the middle of the face, otherwise they will not be able to kill the armored soldiers.

, it must be a very dense rain of arrows.

If a person is hit by thirty or forty arrows, there is a high probability that a few arrows will cause damage to you. There is no doubt about this. But Qin Hu suffered because there were too few soldiers and he could not form that kind of suppressive arrow rain.

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But the bed crossbow is different. This huge crossbow arrow can directly break armor and can hit enemies within 500 meters from a long distance.

When the Tuque army attacked the city a few days ago, there were no crossbows in the city, so they had no preparations, so they suffered a big loss today.

The roaring crossbow was a long spear, with enough explosive power to penetrate two soldiers. Some Golden Wolf soldiers even had their shields shattered. Frightened, their offensives were thwarted again and again.

In this way, the two sides saw each other for a whole day.

After analysis at the military meeting, Shibi Khan believed that the new weapons in front of him all had a huge drawback and needed to be targeted. Therefore, launching a night attack was the only way to crack it.

Taking advantage of the large number of people, the Tuque people advanced in batches. After finishing the battle during the day, there were still new troops at night, and they continued to fight until they captured the city head position.

"I had already expected that there would be a night attack at the beginning and end. Because there were so many of them, the soldiers would not be tired, so I prepared some small gifts for him."

In the early hours of this morning, Qin Hu had a sudden idea and made more than a dozen firecrackers in the Iron Smelting Works. Gunpowder had been invented long ago in this era, but it was not used in the military. Qin Hu could not make cannons, but he made

It's easy to scare them with a few firecrackers.

Especially at night, it will definitely scare him to death.

Due to time constraints, he didn't make many, just a dozen or so, but they were all large and not lethal, but the noise was not small. He hung it on the bow and arrow, lit the fuse and shot it out.

Alas, there was only one loud bang, followed by several more loud bangs.

Immediately, the soldiers were so frightened that they stood still and did not dare to move. After taking a few steps forward, there were a few more bangs and bangs, and they became timid and did not dare to step forward, so they retreated in despair.


Chapter completed!