Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty Chapter 610: Dust and mist enveloped
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One day passed, Guo Shao didn't sleep well at night.
In the early morning of the next day, the light outside the tent was dim and foggy, and the weather should not change. The fog was formed last night.
"Your Majesty, I will give you hot water at the end." Lu Chengyong said behind him.
"No need." Guo Shao withdrew his gaze from outside the tent, lowered his head, and poured the cold water on his face with both hands. Exhaling a breath, he continued to wash his face with cold water.
He seemed to have a clearer mind. He clearly saw the blue veins and pores on his arm, and the water drops on the copper-colored skin. When he straightened up, a soldier next to him handed over a cotton towel, and Guo Shao wiped his face and arms casually.
"Shushasha..." An attendant was grinding ink. Neat footsteps sounded outside the account, two rows of armored soldiers walked outside, and the two young generals handed over the soldier talisman step by step.
Guo Shao dropped the towel, walked to the wooden table and sat down, picked up the brush and dipped it back and forth in the inkstone, and quickly drew a skewed right triangle on the paper, and then drew a vertical line in the middle. .
This vertical line is like the height of the city wall of Youzhou City. One right-angled side is the observation tower, and the other side is the ground distance from the observation tower to the trebuchet position in the city.
The vertical line (city wall) divides the large right triangle into two similar triangles, one large and one small. Similar edges are proportional. Junior high school geometry knowledge is very simple to estimate; at least for Guo Shao.
If you want to build some watchtowers where you can see the catapult position...First of all, the nearest distance from the wall is 200 steps (about 300 meters). If it is too close, there may be heavy catapults, ballistas, etc. Within the range of the defense weapon, it will become a fixed live target. Secondly, the city wall is three feet high (about ten meters). According to the ratio of the length of the triangle, if the observation tower is up to six feet high, you can only see the scenery inside the city 200 steps away from the city wall.
It also proves that it is impossible to see the ordnance positions in the city by repairing the watchtower...It is impossible for the Liao army to place the catapult two hundred steps away from the city wall, so it can only hit its own people.
At this moment, the horn of "Woo...Woo..." sounded in the air, varying in length, and the tone was very dull and monotonous.
Guo Shao raised his head and put down the brush, and looked up at the light outside. The sky is bright, but it seems that it will take some time before the sun rises.
An attendant wearing a commoner hair bun entered and said: "Your Majesty, breakfast is ready."
"I will rinse my mouth first, then eat." Guo Shao breathed smoothly.
The sound of the off-book horn will distract people and make Guo Shao feel a little irritable; and that is a signal of preparation for war, and will accelerate the sense of urgency. But he still did not panic and ate breakfast while riding a horse like some ministers in Tokyo did.
It's just that his movements are obviously faster, fast and not chaotic.
Guo Shao's heart has always believed that everything is made up of atoms and molecules and other particles. This concept will hint to him: Keep habit of small things, and big things are still under control.
He packed it up, Shun took a scabbard gold-rimmed dagger and hung it on his waist, and then held it to a convenient position. Several attendants in the account bend down to give a salute to Guo Shao.
The sun has risen in the east, and it is still sunny today. But the residual smoke above the camp made the sun look dim and unclear, as if a haze enveloped the sun.
Just like Guo Shao's mood, things are really not going well.
Out of the tent, the line of sight is wide. There are knights running outside the camp. A large number of soldiers are preparing weapons and weapons in the camp. Some craftsmen are constructing equipment in the camp. The saws make a "whipping" noise.
As soon as he walked outside the army's big tent, when Jing Niang walked quickly, Guo Shao slowed down and waited.
Jingniang looked back around and silently handed a torn envelope to Guo Shao's hand.
Bing Cao Si’s secret post has found a large number of Liao army cavalry between Tanzhou (Miyun) and Shunzhou. Guo Shao pondered slightly, and said: As expected, the Liao Army is still the nearest Gubeikou to walk.
Entering the Great Account of the Chinese Army, a number of civil servants and generals have been waiting there, and they all got up and saluted when they saw Guo Shao.
Guo Shao strode to the upper position and sat down. Wang Pu immediately clasped his fist and said: "There is one thing that the old minister needs to report first. Last night, several tunnels were leaking, so they can only be abandoned and choose another place."
Guo Shao frowned and said: "Why is the water leaking now?"
As soon as Zhou Jun arrived in Youzhou City, he chose a location and started digging tunnels when he started to build the fortifications... the gunpowder bombed the city and the rifle cooperated to attack the city. After repeated trials, they still very skillfully followed the pattern this time without any reason. Change these tactics.
Wang Pudao: "The groundwater in Youzhou seems to have different depths. Although we have dug a well to test the depth, as we progressed, water still seeped."
After hearing this, Guo Shao said: "Choose a new location, and I will go to the site to check it later."
Wang Pu asked again: "Last night the Chinese military discussed the construction of the watchtower. Can the former camp military mansion be arranged?"
Guo Shao feels that repairing the watchtower is not very useful...but it is not completely useless. At a high place, it is easier to estimate the position of the enemy's catapult from the projected stones. Moreover, the Chinese army immediately came up with a countermeasure, which can also stabilize the military's mind.
As for the way to fill the river and siege the city, even if there are more casualties than before, we can't stop!
Time is pressing. The first batch of reinforcements from the Liao Army has entered Hebei. Guo Shao took out Bingcao's memorial report and handed it over to Wang Pu, and decreed that he should be familiar with the ministries as the situation in Tangbao.
After a brief discussion, Guo Shao ordered the first drum to be played in the Chinese Army. The military government also dispatched soldiers to convey military orders to various places.
Amid the rumbling drums, the felt covering the artillery was lifted, and the soldiers in a line slowly moved forward. On the ground outside Youzhou City, it was like a huge machine running.
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In the northeast of Wenyu River, the Seventh-Eight Cavalry Zhoujun Qingqi wandered slowly along a small stream, following another horse soldier on the opposite side not far away. Zhou Jun's light cavalry is only a horse without heavy armor, but it is also equipped with leather armor; the cavalry is equipped with a new plate armor... Cavalry who only wears no iron armor on their horses belong to the light cavalry.
The horse team on the opposite side of the creek is a dozen or so Liao army rangers. The two sides neither acted rashly nor ran.
Zhou Jun led a ten general. This was the first time he encountered the Liao army cavalry after wandering around for many days, so he did not leave immediately. The two sides watched each other not far and close, about a hundred steps away, and they didn't speak loudly, as if they were all guessing at each other's attempts.
The creek is not wide or deep, but there are half people deep, which will definitely affect the charging speed. There are many rocks in the stream.
Skilled cavalry's cavalry kills more than 20 steps, and the body is not as easy to borrow force from the ground as the horse. So this distance is very subtle, you can't immediately conflict, but you can see each other's every move.
Some of the soldiers held bows and arrows, and some held knives|guns, watching nervously and slowly riding a horse.
At this moment, I suddenly saw a small group of horsemen slowly approaching in the northwest. In the sun, the plate armor reflects light, and it looks like Zhou's soldiers.
Zhou Jun's morale immediately rose, and they were swaying to try.
"Don't worry, look." The ten generals observed the path and distance of his own person, took out a horizontal blow, murmured and played an unpleasant sound.
The opposing Liao army looked sideways, looking at the creek and the horse team in the northwest.
The atmosphere suddenly tightened, and the ten generals of Zhou Jun immediately stopped the horizontal blow, carefully drew the arrow from the quiver, and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, pay attention, as soon as they turn around and run, they will charge immediately!"
He glanced, and the two were walking on a beach. This section of the stream is extremely short, not deep, but very flat and spacious.
"Ready!"
Unexpectedly, there was a scream from the other side, and suddenly he turned his horse's head and charged here! The Ten General was right, the Liao Army Rangers did not run, but rushed over.
Sergeant Zhou slapped the horses and rushed forward, and the ten generals no longer hesitated, shouting: "Kill!"
Shooting the horse straight ahead to speed up, the horse ran very fast, and soon stepped into the stream.
The white waves splashed suddenly, and the ten generals widened his eyes, his whole body tensed, and he quickly pulled the bowstring, aimed at the front Liao army cavalry, "Bang!" It hit the target, but the opponent did not fall, the distance was still a little far away, and the arrow shot on the opponent's armor.
After a moment, the strings crackled and rattled. The arrow hit Zhou Jun's plate armor with a clanging noise.
Without a word, the ten generals hurriedly closed the bow and drew a slender saber from his back. The cry of killing suddenly roared.
"Clang!" The ten generals saw sparks flashing in front of them, and their swords collided, making their mouth numb. The blade blew.
Immediately there was a scream, and a Liao army cavalry smashed a Zhou army's shoulder with a bronze bone (a blunt weapon), and the sergeant Zhou fell off his horse. The two sides interspersed and rushed across each other, and the sound of framed blows sounded from time to time.
A Zhou army knight stabs with a horse 槊|hit misses and sweeps the Liao army cavalry. The horse 槊 is heavier than other horse warfare weapons, but he did not expect that he did not photograph the Liao army cavalry. After slowing down his strength, he couldn't fall off immediately, and he sat back on the saddle very flexibly.
"Ah!" screamed. The ten generals flashed past the moment of a ride, seized the exact time to shoot out, hit a Liao army, and then rushed through, leaving only the blood on the knife edge flying in the wind.
Soon the two armies crossed by, the rest of the Zhou army hurriedly stabilized the horse forward, stopped and turned the horse's head. The ten generals hurriedly took a look, and they lost their three riders in a confrontation. They were all injured and sacked, and they were still struggling in the stream. Eight riders broke a small half at once, while the Liao army was only hacked to death and injured.
The Liao army has doubled its own.
"Rumble..." The Seventh-Eighth Cavalry Zhou Army to the northwest accelerated their reinforcements. The ten generals turned his head and glanced quickly.
Someone hurriedly said: "Wait for the reinforcements to come again!"
The ten generals looked at the three cavalry injured in the stream. The Liao army had already turned around and started to charge again.
The ten generals anxiously said: "If you leave now, the three brothers will be hacked to death first!" There is no time to weigh before the battle, the ten generals shouted: "Kill!"
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