Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, a huge military fortress appeared a hundred miles north of Jiuyuan, and beyond that was the Great Wall. Jiuyuan was also a frontier fortress. It was a small city with few ordinary people. Army, and belong to the Li family army.

After Kou Xiao subdued the Li family army, the defenders here also changed their generals, and the rest remained the same as before, except that generals came to inspect every half a month, and if any soldiers were found to be lazy or neglect their duties, they would be severely punished. After a few times, everyone became more conscious.

However, when they saw that the fort not far away was being built day by day, the shock in their hearts was beyond words. One day after the fort was built, the army suddenly arrived, and 10,000+ soldiers gathered in Jiuyuan , Fill this small fortress to the brim.

Kou Xiao personally led people to inspect and accept, and also specially invited Tuoba Hong and Tang Chenyi. Several generals came with their troops, scaring the original garrison into pale faces, thinking that the Huns' army was under pressure.

Tuoba Hong was used to being domineering and domineering, and suddenly a younger general than him became the Northwest Commander. He wanted to give Kou Xiao a chance, but unfortunately, he didn't wait for such an opportunity. Instead, he watched Kou Xiao devour the Northwest Army step by step. Now it actually accounts for more than half of the military power.

After receiving Kou Xiao's post, he asked generals from all parties to gather in Jiuyuan, saying that they wanted to inspect the newly built fortress. The news about the military fortress under construction in Jiuyuan has already spread, and they wanted to see what the place would look like.

"Just looking at it from a distance, it's shocking. With this fortress in place, Jiuyuan has no worries." Yao Qixiong became more and more sure that he had made the right decision, and that the Northwest was going to develop in a good direction.

"I don't know how much money was spent to build it. Jiuyuan is only a defensive point on the border. Is it really necessary to build a fort here?" Tang Chenxi said disapprovingly.

Yao Qixiong is getting along very well with Kou Xiao now, he often visits Kou Xiao, and he knows more information than others, "Not only Jiuyuan, but other places will be built soon, it is said that General Kou picked four points in total, wait for this After the completion of the four fortresses, it will not be so easy for the north to violate the border."

"It's really a big deal. It's different for the imperial court to have a backing. There used to be a great prince, but now there is General Kou. We are very lucky." Tang Chenxi said disdainfully.

Yao Qixiong knew that he was not fair in his heart, but he was no match for others, envy and jealousy were useless.

The civilians here have already disbanded and returned home. Now there are only more than a hundred soldiers stationed in the fortress. They are busy sending batches of weapons to the designated places, installing and storing them, and waiting for the army to station.

Kou Xiao came from a distance, his silver armor shone brightly in the sun, the red tassel on his helmet swayed as he walked, every step was like stepping on cotton, without a sound .

This is a very strange thing. Most of the generals have heavy footsteps, especially after putting on armor, without deliberately using internal strength, it is difficult to walk quietly.

"Would you like to test the power of that fortress, generals?" Kou Xiao asked loudly as he walked up to the crowd.

Tang Chenxi's eyes flashed, he nodded his chin, and humbly asked for advice: "General Kou, how do we try this power?"

"We have 12 troops here. Why don't we divide the troops into two groups, defending the city on one side and attacking the city on the other. How about a drill?"

Kou Xiao didn't bring so many soldiers here just for fun, he didn't move Tang Chenxi and Tuoba Hong immediately, what he was waiting for was this day, he wanted to let them see how terrifying the technology beyond this era is.

The blueprint for this fortress was drawn by Li Xu. Nanyue also built such a fortress back then, but it was much smaller and less functional than this one. Kou Xiao himself hadn't tried it himself, so he couldn't wait to try this fortress. It's powerful.

Tuoba Hong glanced at Tang, and stood beside Kou Xiao, "This is a good idea, but I have to declare in advance that the final general will not join General Tang, otherwise there will be a civil war first."

Kou Xiao clapped his hands, and a personal guard sent a big blackboard. This is the blackboard they usually use to discuss tactics and study. It is written with chalk and can be reused. Such things are all produced by Shun Wangfu.

Kou Xiao drew two camps and asked everyone's opinions, "The difficulty of attacking the city is different from that of defending the city. This general suggests that the attacking side should have more people. How much do you think should be set?"

Everyone looked at Old General Yao, and when he spoke, General Yao was not modest, and thought for a while and said, "If we want to simulate the Huns attacking the city, we must prepare at least five times as many troops, why not divide them by a ratio of five to one. Is it okay to defend the city with [-] and attack with [-]?"

This disparity in numbers stunned most of the soldiers present, Tuoba Hong frowned and asked: "With such a division, wouldn't everyone be on the attacking side?"

They are not familiar with the fortress, the defenders must be Kou Xiao's people, Kou Xiao brought [-] soldiers this time, one point is enough, the rest have to go to attack the city.

But that's fine, everyone really wants to try the power of this fortress, and only as the attacking party can you feel this more intuitively.

Kou Xiao nodded in agreement, "Okay, [-] guards. Both sides have one day to prepare, and the battle will start in the early morning of the day after tomorrow." Those who belonged to the attacking side, and the old general Yao was the commander-in-chief, and the rest of the generals were not allowed to disobey the orders of General Yao.

Kou Xiao personally led people into the fortress. The fortress is arc-shaped, has five floors, and has a very large area. It doesn't feel crowded at all when 10 soldiers are brought in. Everyone visually estimates that it can accommodate at least [-] people.

This is fast catching up with a small city, but the location on the city wall is small and generally cannot accommodate many people. It is different here, with five floors, each floor has countless small windows, which are the positions of archers. Line up, at least [-] archers can stand at the same time.

There is also a movable door every five meters. In the future, weapons more powerful than fire bombs will be installed here. As for what it will look like, Kou Xiao does not know, but according to Li Xu, if the thing called artillery is placed, The Huns don't even think about crossing the border.

Kou Xiao's ambition is even bigger. Not only does he not let the Huns cross the border, he also wants to capture the entire grassland from the Great Wall to the Hexi Corridor. There is rich water and grass, which is very suitable for grazing. Horses and cattle are enough for self-sufficiency.

He has taken so many benefits from Li Xu over the years, so he has to give him something, otherwise he will really become a softie.

Kou Xiao assigned [-] soldiers to different positions to let them familiarize themselves with their tasks as soon as possible. In the defense of the city, archers were the main force at first, and long-range attacks were the best. Moreover, a slope was built under the fortress, and it was impossible to climb up quickly. Possibly, it can intercept the enemy's speed as much as possible.

Especially for the cavalry, no matter how handsome the horse is, it is impossible to fly up, so there are the most hoarded bows and arrows here. There is also a half-foot-wide bow in the center of each floor, which requires three Soldiers with infinite strength can pull it away. The arrows on it are made of steel bars. The fingers are thick and thin, and they are one foot long. Three such arrows can be shot at a time. Such arrows can break through any object. Aiming at people is definitely a murderous weapon.

This is the sharp weapon that Kou Xiao prepared for the opponent's coach and commander-in-chief. It has a long range and great lethality. I don't know what kind of power the artillery is, but it can't even compare to this.

On the top floor of the fort is a platform, surrounded by stones and wooden sections, and barrels of kerosene. Kou Xiao did not tell them that all fire wires are buried one kilometer outside the fort. Throwing the oil barrel down could ignite the wild weeds in an instant, and the only way to escape was to back away.

Practice battles definitely cannot be fought with real swords and guns, so there will be standard bearers and trumpeters to convey the progress of each step through orders to avoid unnecessary casualties.

Old God Yao Qixiong sat comfortably in the camp tent, and the dozen or so generals below were chatting loudly, discussing the siege strategy intensely. To be honest, in the Northwest Army, what everyone is familiar with is the battle of defending the city. It is the enemy, so after some discussions, no good countermeasures have been settled.

Yao Qixiong stared at the map hanging on the side for a long time. It was a topographic map outside the fortress, which was provided to them by Kou Xiao, so that they could know the nearby topography without on-site inspection.

"Old General Yao, what do you think?"

Yao Qixiong withdrew his gaze, pointed at the majestic fortress with the long whip in his hand, and asked, "Which one of you has the confidence to lead the troops to charge up? You have also seen it. The fortress is made of stone. It is a long slope, it is difficult to charge up, as long as the opponent keeps shooting arrows, we will not be able to charge up at all."

"What about Fire Attack?"

Yao Qixiong glanced at the general who spoke, he was the leader of a small army, and he replied coldly: "A building made of stones, how are you going to burn it? Do you pile firewood around and burn it?" This is obviously a cold joke, then The general bowed his head after listening.

"Given the height of the fortress and the surrounding terrain, fire attack is impossible. There is no water source nearby, and water attack is impossible. Can we surround them and let them run out of food and water?"

The method sounds good, but unfortunately, "There is a basement in the fortress, which is very large, and it is full of food. There are only 2 people in the other party. It is estimated that it will not be a problem to eat for a month. Don't even think about cutting off the water. There is a well inside. You Didn't you see it?"

Who cares if there is a well in a great fortress?

"Can that lure the enemy out? They only rely on that fortress. Once they come out, we only need to rush over to crush them."

Before Yao Qixiong could refute, Tuoba Hong shouted angrily: "Nonsense, if it were you, would you come out to die with such a solid support? Are you stupid?"

The general who was scolded rubbed his nose and said in a low voice, "Don't the Huns often do this kind of thing? Taking the people from the nearby villages and towns as the vanguard, I guess General Kou will come out and surrender because he cares about the safety of the people?"

This time it wasn't just Tuoba Hong who scolded him, the rest of the generals rolled their eyes one after another, they are also the leaders of the army, who hasn't encountered such a situation?Who would give up an entire city for the people who were arrested and sacrificed under the city?This is obviously out of consideration.

"I'm afraid you haven't heard of General Kou's achievements back then. It's not like he hasn't encountered such a thing before." Tang Chenxi said with a cold brow, and then made a suggestion: "How about going east and west? This fortress is obviously facing outside the pass. Yes, what if we send some people to go around behind and attack back and forth?"

Yao Qixiong nodded secretly, finally he has a brain, but it is not easy to implement, "You have also seen the surrounding terrain, this fort is connected to the Great Wall, the walls on both sides have been reinforced, and there must be guards Guard, how can we bypass it unknowingly?"

"The Huns are good at riding. In the past, they used cavalry to attack quickly. No matter how good our archers are, they can't kill many enemy troops if they are not fast enough. The city wall, but the height of this fortress, any kind of equipment cannot reach the city wall, and it is impossible to win with speed."

"We have [-] troops, and the opponent has [-]. Why don't we just fight and step on the corpse of our comrades? Although this method is reckless and stupid, it is also the most direct way." Tuoba Hong said loudly.

Yao Qixiong knocked on the table and asked: "If there is an attack of [-] Hun cavalry, what method do you think they will use to attack?"

"The Huns fight by force. There is no way. It is probably to attack directly. They are fast and have strong endurance. As long as they don't die, they will continue to move forward. Once a gap is opened, we will lose."

Yao Qixiong nodded and made a final decision, "Then follow what General Tuoba said and attack directly. After all, what we want to simulate is the attack of the Huns." After discussing for a long time, it seemed that there was no plan at the end, but Yao Qixiong still said There are many strategies, and each general is divided into a team, some are forwards, some are left and right wings, and the arrangements are clear.

Everyone geared up, told the soldiers to sleep well, and waited for the dawn to come and work hard.