Rivers and lakes in another world

Chapter 536 Northern Xinjiang (VIII)

A young man lifted the curtain of the big tent and walked in, just in time to see Yamu drinking, so he asked such a question.

Yamu glanced at the young man, and said angrily, "I've been fighting for so many years, and it's the first time I've retired so early. My subordinates are a little dissatisfied. Isn't it all your idea?"

The young man held a freshly roasted leg of lamb in his hand, which was still steaming, and it was sprinkled with two kinds of spices from the Western Regions. One was called chili, which was made into powder and sprinkled on the barbecue to increase the flavor. There is also a flavor called cumin, which looks small, but it doubles the aroma when sprinkled on barbecue.

They are all good things newly discovered by the grassland people, and they don't need to be purchased secretly from the countries in the Central Plains. They can be obtained from the countries in the Western Regions openly, and they have become all the rage in northern Xinjiang for a while.

This special fragrance immediately attracted Yamu, he was a person who eats food and drinks, but now that he has good food and wine, the unhappiness in his heart seems to have eased a little.

The young man put the leg of lamb in front of Yamu, took the initiative to cut off the fattest leg of lamb with a dagger, handed it to Yamu, and said while cutting: "General Yamu, you see, we are already tired of eating meat. Roasted leg of lamb, after adding two new spices, the taste is so attractive, and the wine you drink is also a strong wine that we learned from the crops grown in the Central Plains and then produced through a method called distillation. They are all new things that we have never used before, but they are of great benefit. The same is true for combat. Our ancestors would not have the equipment and tactics we have today. These are all advancing with the times. Are we Should we also adapt to changes and continue to innovate?”

Yamu heard the words, paused for a moment, then continued to drink and eat meat. It seemed that he didn't agree with it, but he was still not convinced.

"You are quite eloquent, just like the Central Plains people. I heard that the Central Plains people read a lot of books, Tuo Lei." Yamu continued to drink and eat meat. Although there was no obvious expression of intention, it was obvious that if Tuo Lei If you don't give him a good explanation to convince him, tomorrow's fighting style will definitely return to tradition.

And this young man turned out to be Tuo Lei, the young man who was defeated by Yan Xuelan before and escaped by chance.

He successfully left Beiyan and returned to the grassland.

And the Sirius Bow is no longer with him at this time.

It's already in Tomi's hands.

Although three elite thousand riders were lost, Toumi was very willing to successfully obtain the Sirius Bow.

Although the conditions for using this Sirius bow are somewhat harsh, it is not impossible for Tumi.

And Tuo Lei, who successfully returned with the Sirius Bow, is naturally rewarded with a lot of rewards, such as gold, silver and jewels, beautiful women with fragrant cars, and martial arts skills. At the same time, he can serve as Tuo Mi's personal guard. One of the most important sons among many sons.

Tuomi has an elite group of soldiers directly under him, all of whom are his elite confidants, and the most top among them is the personal guard. Each one of them is a die-hard loyalist of Tuomi. Except for those who have been brainwashed, most of them are just like Tuomi. The talents he cultivated are firmly in his hands. No outsider has ever been able to enter. Tuo Lei is the first person to enter and it is not because Tuo Mi used special means. It is conceivable that this time the Sirius Bow How many extra points are given to Tou Lei.

At this time, the Bojin tribe was planning to go south, and General Zuo Mi was responsible for executing it.

Since there was no need to achieve great results in the battle, it was mainly to attract the attention of the Beiyan people, so Tuomi sent his veteran Yamu to take action.

Tuo Lei also applied for mixed qualifications at this time.

At this time, Tuo Mi had already tasted the sweetness of the Sirius Bow, and he valued Tuo Lei who was not greedy for picking up money, and thought he was really loyal to him, so he let Tuo Lei go out with Ya Mu, seemingly confused. seniority.

However, Tuo Mi also secretly informed Yamu to let the young people show their faces more. Tuo Lei has a good performance in commanding troops among the elite ten thousand cavalry on weekdays, and he has also read a lot of books about the Central Plains countries. Beiyan people can play miraculous effects when fighting.

If it wasn't for Tuo Mi's words, Tuo Lei's opinions, Ya Mu would not have listened.

He has been a general under Tuo Mi for so many years, and Tuo Mi attaches great importance to Tuo Lei. If he doesn't let this kid perform well, Tuo Mi will know that he will not get any good results.

Tuo Lei stuffed himself with a piece of barbecue, and closed his eyes with some happiness. Sure enough, the barbecue was delicious, especially after adding two kinds of spices, the taste was even better. People's life is really good now.

Then he said, "General Yamu, although we didn't achieve much success today and didn't even touch the city wall a few times, we successfully mobilized the enthusiasm of those slaves, didn't we?"

Yamu snorted with some dissatisfaction, "What's the use of having those slaves? They're all cannon fodder."

Tuo Lei laughed, "That's right, they are cannon fodder, but today we just gave them a small favor, and they will be so excited. When they fight tomorrow, they will definitely fight to be the first, and their morale will be available."

"Where does their military spirit come from? They are just serving as shields and vanguards for our warriors." Yamu was about to say something else.

Tuo Lei then explained it to Ya Muzai in detail. Ya Mu showed a rare expression of thinking. Finally, considering Tuo Mi's trust and Tuo Lei's statement, it was indeed very tempting. Even though he was from Beiyan, he could not imagine such a method for the time being.

If what Tuo Lei said is true, the role of these slaves is not small.

Then Yamu called several generals to go down to make arrangements. As for the Yelu tribe, Yamu went there in person and talked with Yeluliang, and the Yelu tribe also agreed to the battle plan.

I don’t know what happened in the prairie people’s camp that day. I only know that there were many excited voices. It seemed that they were not setting up camp but holding a celebration party.

Then the next day.

The flames at Daxing Pass have been extinguished, and all the soldiers are waiting for the arrival of the prairie people.

But there was no movement from morning to night, and it was impossible to withdraw the troops. The prairie people over there were still active, and they must be planning something if they didn't come out.

Wu Tong also specially ordered the soldiers to pay attention and be careful of possible night attacks by the prairie people.

As a result, nothing happened, as if the prairie people were resting.

In this way, the third day came.

The familiar smoke and dust finally appeared in front of everyone in Daxingguan again.

The defenders of Daxing Pass were still those people, and taking advantage of the time when the prairie people did not attack yesterday, they repaired a lot of damaged parts of the city wall, and repaired the damaged defense equipment as long as they could be repaired.

This time, the prairie people were infested by the brigade again, and the number of catapults was restored to sixty.

It's just that these newly built catapults are made of average materials, and their performance seems to be not as perfect as the previous ones, but even so, they were pushed up by the prairie people and prepared to be used as siege equipment.

The next routine is similar to the previous one, and the catapults are still used to attack. It can be clearly found that the range of the newly built catapults is quite different from the previous ones.

For this reason, these smaller catapults have to move a little further forward before they can be used normally.

However, they are also very cautious, relatively scattered, and protected by masters of the grassland warriors. It is difficult to determine the same battle results as last time for the crossbows at Daxing Pass.

On the contrary, because these smaller catapults exposed the positions of many ballistae, they received concentrated fire from the prairie people.

Compared with a three- to four-meter-long crossbow bolt, a boulder larger than five or six people is really not so easy to solve.

So the catapult did not destroy a few, but several ballistas were targeted.

Then suddenly the horn sounded again from the prairie people.

The crossbowmen on the top of the city immediately raised their vigilance, thinking that the prairie people were about to charge, but to their surprise, no soldiers or slaves charged.

Instead, it was the earth bags thrown from the catapult. Some of them hit the inside of the city wall with too much force, and some fell on the city wall. Even those with average strength hit the outside of the city wall.

Wu Tong's face changed, and the prairie people actually came up with a new way of piling up soil slopes. There are so many soil bags that can't be intercepted too much even if they aim midway. Compared with huge stones, these soil bags are more convenient and can be thrown out greater distance.Moreover, after the weight is reduced, the pulling speed is also accelerated a lot, especially after the orientation and strength are determined, these speeds have been accelerated a lot.

Those slaves worked very hard. These soil bags are the result of their continuous digging. The grassland people have a rule that as long as the slaves belonging to each catapult can be projected to the corresponding number of times today, they can get extra meals, and those who can be accurately positioned can be promoted. As the slave leader, who can destroy the enemy's ballista, after confirming the success, the owner of this catapult is promoted to tribal warrior.

So these people who pull the catapult are reluctant to go down, wishing to stick themselves to the catapult, even if they are exhausted, they are reluctant to go down, if they are lucky enough to hit it, they can change their fate, how could they go down.

Their enthusiasm was very high, and without the active urging of the slave leader, they loaded and fired very consciously.
Even the hearts of several slave leaders were itchy, and they actively joined the battle.

The slaves who were not able to play at the back stared anxiously, wishing they could rush forward on their own. Unfortunately, there were prairie people constraining the formation, and they did not dare to make mistakes.

In the back position of the Chinese army, Yamu looked at the slaves scrambling for the first place, with a little smile on his face, which was really useful.

Yeluliang next to him calmly patted Yamu's flattery.

"General Yamu is worthy of being an experienced veteran. He can come up with such a method. It may not take long for us to pile up the slope and let the warriors attack."

When Yamu heard the compliment, the smile on his face became even bigger, "Where is it? It's just a small job, it's not worthy of praise. I should be able to teach those Beiyan people a good lesson today. I have ordered it to go down. With the cooperation of the frontline warriors, Liangcai, you and I are just here to watch the battle and see the new tactics.”

It's a pleasure to be praised by others, especially for being praised for your military skills, which makes Yamu even more happy.

Although these arrangements on the front line were proposed by Tuo Lei, the person who actually gave the order was Yamu, so rounding up this new tactic was arranged by Yamu. If it can cause a large number of casualties to the Beiyan people, this credit should also be counted. in his body.

Tuo Lei is on the front line at this time, and Yamu has authorized him part of the command power to let Tuo Lei use his new tactics, but there is a condition that there must be corresponding results today. If you want more command power, you can, but you must You have to talk about your grades, otherwise Yamu won't relax even if there are procrastinating instructions.

Tuo Lei continued to direct the catapults to fire earth bags, which tended to fill up the pass. At the same time, he kept asking people to record the positions of the ballistas at Daxing Pass, mark them all, and concentrate high-quality catapults to target them. sexual assault.

Many people simply think that catapults can only throw stones, and they seem to have forgotten that other things are also possible.

The soil slope under the head of Daxingguan City is growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Burning with kerosene can at most prevent people from approaching, but it cannot prevent long-range suppression.

People inside the gate cannot go out, and if the gate is opened, it cannot be closed within two to three minutes.

If they can't go out to clean up, they can only watch the soil slope increase, and even knock down the soil bags they can touch. However, this can only consolidate the lower layer. In terms of time, Can't play much role.

The slaves below worked very hard, and were quickly replaced by the second batch, and some lucky ones in the first batch were promoted directly, and it was done on the spot for all the slaves to see.

Real people and real things, not deception, the enthusiasm of the slaves is even higher.

Soon, the soil slope was almost built up. Although there was still a distance, it was nothing to those with quick hands.

Tuolei ordered people to replace some earth bags for throwing. The size of these earth bags is a bit surprising compared to before, but the weight seems to be a little lighter, but these slaves did not question it, but accelerated one after another. With the skill of his hands, more soil bags were launched.

At the same time, Tuo Lei also began to order another group of slaves to charge towards Daxing Pass with simple weapons and armor.

These slaves have also been promised by Tuo Lei. As long as they gain something, they will receive corresponding treatment, and the conditions are much more generous than before. They also have simple clothes and swords, which are much better than the previous wooden sticks and bare hands. , naturally he was very excited and ready to serve.

(End of this chapter)