Transmigrating into a Turbulent Era as a Soldier, Starting with Marrying a Wife

Trapped within the gourd-shaped valley, the Tiele people struggled desperately for an entire day.

They launched nearly insane attacks in units of a thousand men against the mountain passes blocked by the Liang army on both sides.

Even though these Tiele people from the grasslands were fearless, the enormous disadvantage in terrain wore down their bravery.

Even the most cowardly soldier could easily kill a robust Tiele warrior with a rock on the cliff.

The Tiele people attacked for a full four hours, leaving countless Tiele corpses on the slopes of the mountain pass.

Night fell, and countless bonfires were lit in the plains of the gourd-shaped valley.

Even the notoriously fierce Tiele people could not survive without eating and sleeping.

However, the morale of the Tiele people had visibly declined.

Unlike the Tiele people, the Liang army on the mountaintop now had soaring morale.

On the hillside in front of the central army camp, Marquis Longxiang exceptionally set up a banquet.

After the Huaizhou General Jia Heng's entire army was scattered, he hid in the mountains with his personal guards and several thousand remnants.

Later, after hearing that the Liang army had actually won a great victory, he led his troops to find them.

Now, the troops from the four prefectures and the Longxiang army had gathered, numbering 23,000, and they also occupied the advantageous terrain on the mountaintop.

After retaking the Chishui River camp, they also had no shortage of food and supplies.

At Li Yuan's suggestion, they even directly sent troops to occupy the empty Tiele camp on the north bank of the Chishui River.

They also plundered nearly a month and a half's worth of military rations from the Tiele people's camp.

Now, Marquis Longxiang had no shortage of troops or supplies.

The female Marquis had already made up her mind to wear down the Tiele people in this Cuisong Ridge's gourd-shaped valley.

Let's see how long you Tiele people can last in this valley.

They endured through the night.

The next day, only small-scale skirmishes occurred at the mountain pass.

The Liang army on the mountaintop had been fighting for days, and the soldiers were exhausted, so they could only rest the entire army.

The Tiele army in the gourd-shaped valley was even more demoralized and unable to fight again.

Li Yuan didn't want the Tiele people in the valley to have an easy time.

So, he felt that the great weapon created by the artisans should make its debut.

The so-called great weapon was actually a trebuchet.

Due to material and technical limitations, the technical level of this thing was equivalent to the Thunderbolt Chariot of the Three Kingdoms period in Li Yuan's previous life.

The structure and principle of the trebuchet were not complicated.

It used the principle of leverage to launch stones far away to strike targets.

The power source of the lever was ropes pulled by manpower.

This type of weapon, called a stone cannon in ancient times, had many styles and a wide range of uses.

Small trebuchets could even be launched by two people, capable of launching half a catty of stone bullets thirty to forty steps away.

Medium-sized trebuchets required dozens of people to pull the ropes simultaneously, capable of launching several catties of stone bullets hundreds of steps away.

In the past few days, Li Yuan had supervised the construction of five medium-sized trebuchets and dozens of small trebuchets in the artisan camp.

All the small trebuchets were transported to the mountain passes on both sides to block the mountain roads.

Li Yuan wanted to place the medium-sized trebuchets on the cliffs of the gourd-shaped valley, ready to bombard the temporary camp of the Tiele people in the valley.

Li Yuan wanted to show these grassland barbarians how terrifying an angry agricultural people could be.

At this time, in the valley, Sandu looked depressed.

He was thinking about how to lead his troops out of this gourd-shaped valley when he suddenly looked up.

He noticed that the Liang army on the mountaintop seemed to be busy with something.

He shielded his eyes with his hand and carefully observed, discovering that the Liang army seemed to be building some boring wooden frames.

He didn't understand what the Liang army was doing. Were those wooden frames roof beams? Were the Liang army going to build houses on the hillside?

The chiliarchs beside him also looked puzzled.

Sandu's eyes darted around, and he waved his hand.

Immediately, a tall Tiele warrior stood up, carrying a scimitar and walking towards the cliff.

He stopped outside the range of the bows and arrows and shouted a challenge to the Liang army on the cliff.

The Tiele people did this naturally to maintain their dwindling morale.

Sandu also wanted to see the Liang army's reaction.

Of course, the Liang army on the mountaintop would not pay attention to the Tiele warrior's challenge.

Now that the Liang army occupied the terrain advantage, only a fool would rush down the cliff and duel with you.

In front of the central army tent, several prefectural generals and Marquis Longxiang were also watching Li Yuan and the artisans of the artisan camp install the wooden frames.

In the Great Liang of this era, no one recognized the trebuchet.

However, given Li Yuan's past magical performances, they were still full of expectations for this so-called trebuchet.

General Chen Lian of Weizhou asked in a low voice.

"What do you say, what is this thing that Lieutenant Li is messing with?"

The other generals all shook their heads.

"I don't recognize it. It seems to be just ordinary wooden frames."

At this time, Marquis Longxiang said.

"Lieutenant Li is very talented, and the things he designs must have their own wonders. We just need to watch."

The generals all nodded.

At this moment, several wooden frames seemed to have been installed.

Someone used baskets to transport many stones.

In this rocky mountain, stones of various sizes were the most abundant resource.

Several artisans placed a stone of about one and a half catties into the leather pouch of a long wooden beam.

Then, thirty or so soldiers began to pull the rope hanging from the other end of the wooden beam with their hands.

After preparing, they all turned to look at Lieutenant Li behind them.

Seeing that the trebuchet was ready, Li Yuan also wanted to see the effect.

So, he waved his hand.

Thirty or so people pulled together with all their might.

With a loud creak, the long wooden beam drew a perfect arc on the wooden frame. When the long end of the wooden beam reached its highest point.

The stone in the leather sleeve was thrown out directly by the huge inertia.

It flew out a hundred steps away along a beautiful parabola.

At this time, the Tiele warrior who had challenged the mountaintop was still flaunting his power.

Suddenly, he heard a whistling sound tearing through the air.

Immediately afterwards, with a loud bang.

A large tree as thick as a bowl beside him was directly hit by a stone bullet launched from the top of the mountain.

Amidst the flying wood chips, the tree was cut off at the waist.

Seeing such a terrifying scene, the Tiele warrior, who had been so aggressive just now, was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.

Then, he crawled back while screaming in terror.

However, at this time, no one laughed at the Tiele warrior's cowardice.

Because the Liang army on the mountain and the Tiele people in the valley were shocked by the huge power of the trebuchet.

In front of the central army camp, the four prefectural generals had their mouths wide open, and the wine cups in their hands fell to the ground.

They just stared blankly at the wooden frames, muttering to themselves.

"Good heavens, what is this monster that can throw stones so far?"

"Just a few wooden frames, how is this possible."

Marquis Longxiang also had a straight look in his eyes, full of disbelief.

He quickly got up and wanted to get closer to check.

Bai Yuxuan had the fastest mind. She immediately picked up the paper and pen she carried with her, sketching and drawing, and was already secretly drawing the design of this trebuchet.

She also thought silently in her heart.

"This Lieutenant Li has too many good things on him. When will I be able to completely squeeze him dry."

Li Yuan was satisfied with the range and power of the trebuchet.

He waved his hand, and a group of artisans and soldiers walked over.

These people had all been trained by Li Yuan in advance, and they skillfully operated these several medium-sized trebuchets.

They began to continuously launch stone bullets at the Tiele people in the valley.

As for the Tiele people under the valley, they were out of luck.

The trajectory of the trebuchet was not stable, and the hit rate was mostly random.

However, the Tiele people under this gourd-shaped valley were too dense. Even without aiming, they could hit people and horses based on probability.

Because right in front of Sandu, he witnessed a whistling stone bullet directly hitting a Tiele armored soldier.

The huge inertia smashed the strong warrior into pieces, and the splashing flesh and blood even dyed the armor of several Tiele people beside him red.

Those once brave Tiele people were terrified by this scene and screamed in horror.