Three Kingdoms

Nature is amazing because it can create many amazing things.

For example, the Beiqu camp in front of Yu Fu Luo and the old man in black robe. A winding river and a raised mountain formed a complete defense system.

"There used to be a market in front of it, the only one in the north," Yu Fuluo pointed to the flat land with a straw shed in front of Beiqu Camp from a distance and said, "but it has been temporarily closed now."

The old man in black robe said: "Open the market, Yi'er. If the matter here is over, it can be reopened."

Yu Fuluo ignored the meaning of the black-robed old man's words, but pointed to the hilltop behind the market, across the Xinshui River, and said: "There are bed crossbows on the mountain, and there are no less than ten crossbows."

The old man in black robe was stunned when he heard this.

The technical content of the bed crossbow is too high, and not just anyone can play with it. Like the catapult, it belonged to the category of advanced machinery in the Han Dynasty and was a weapon for attacking and defending cities. The most important thing is that crossbows and slings are not used against infantry, but against siege equipment. If you hit a crossbow or a stone bullet, it is almost useless.

The old man in black robes reacted quickly, smiled, and said: "Why be afraid? Although the bed crossbow is powerful, its accuracy is nothing to worry about."

Yu Fuluo glanced at the old man in black robes and said, "There were Qiang people who were guests here before. They once gave a demonstration. A target a hundred feet away could hit every five shots." Of course, it may not be a hundred feet, but the Qiang people may not know how to count. There may be some moisture at this distance, but all five shots hit, no problem at all.

Yu Fuluo said it very simply, but the old man in black robe suddenly opened his eyes wide. He hit the target within a hundred feet, which means that the bed crossbow on this mountain has a very good accuracy within a hundred feet? Even if you take a discount, based on fifty feet, it's still a pretty scary number.

The old man in black robe set his sight on the distant mountain top, searching hard, as if trying to find the little bits of cold light hidden on the mountain.

The bed crossbow throws stones, which has huge lethality and an even more terrible blow to morale. If it is not accurate enough, it can also be used as a psychological comfort for the soldiers. But now, if Yu Fuluo's words are not false, it will be quite troublesome.

The Hu people themselves are not very good at attacking fortresses. It would be fine if it was just an ordinary wooden camp, but now it has obviously become a wooden and earth structure, and a trench has been opened outside to introduce the Xinshui River. Overall, it has become It looks like a small city, plus a bed crossbow...

Yu Fuluo stopped talking. He didn't want to hit Beiqu, it was too hard and difficult to hit.

Now Beiqu seems to be covered with a hard shell, and it is also covered with thorns. With these crossbows, the siege equipment cannot enter the body of Beiqu's camp. It is equivalent to using flesh and blood to knock it hard. Then even if it is pried open, the hands will definitely be a bloody mess.

The old man in black robe looked at it for a long time, but couldn't find any obvious flaws in the Beiqu camp. Finally, he gave up the idea of ​​prying open this hard shell and said: "In this way, the Chanyu can send people to cruise around and cut off its transportation. Is it possible?" This was also a helpless move. After all, the original plan was to seize the Beiqu camp first and then take advantage of the situation. However, according to the current situation, the Southern Huns are not willing to bite this hard nut at all, and they are indeed forcing It's too difficult to attack, so we can only do the next best thing and cut off its connection with Pingyang.

Yu Fuluo smiled and said, "Of course this is feasible."

Now there are only four to five thousand men under Yu Fuluo. It is not impossible to attack by force, nor is it impossible to win, but after all, the difficulty is too high and the losses are too great to be worth it.

But if you chase a transport convoy in the wild and cut off the grain road, there is still no big problem. Therefore, Yu Fuluo no longer refused and agreed readily.

The old man in black robe turned his horse's head and took one last look at the Beiqu camp before leaving. He sighed in his heart, it was indeed a good land!

It's a pity that I only had a pair of good branches and leaves, but failed to take root...

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On the hilltop of Beiqu Camp, there are not only ten crossbows as Yu Fuluo said, but twenty-five!

Of course, the best accuracy is only at the beginning, five units assembled with core components brought from Xiangyang. The rest can only be shot, but there is no guarantee that they will be accurate...

Ma Yan stood on the top of the mountain, frowning and watching the small group of people in the distance go away.

Although they were far away, they could roughly distinguish the people who should be Huns, as well as some Han soldiers wearing black robes.

Yesterday, the Qiang marshal Lina Gu sent a Qiang man to tell him that the tribesmen who were grazing their cattle recently discovered that a group of black-robed Han people had appeared in the southern Huns...

Ma Yan saw it with his own eyes today.

Although Ma Yan didn't know which side the black-robed Han man who suddenly appeared belonged to, Ma Yan knew that this was not a good thing. Ma Yan was really not worried that these people would rashly attack the camp. Not only were the ballistas around him, but the "S" structure of the Beiqu camp made it extremely difficult to launch the entire attack unless a large number of soldiers and horses were along the Xin River. Attack both sides of the river at the same time, otherwise Mayan can pass the pontoon bridge that has been set up and put his cavalry into the attack on the enemy's rear at any time.

There is nothing wrong with defending, but attacking...

Although the number of the Southern Xiongnu is not enough to counterattack the Xiongnu royal court, they are still considered a considerable force in this land and are not that easy to deal with.

Yesterday, after receiving the news from Linagu, Ma Yan sent someone to deliver some cloth to express his gratitude. At the same time, he also inquired about the Qiang people's tone.

The result was similar to Ma Yan's expectation. The Qiang people did not like the Southern Huns being kings and hegemons here. Most of them thought that the Huns should go back to the Yinshan Mountains and not invade their pastures because they should have come here, but they wanted to Let these Qiang people and the Huns really start fighting on a large scale, and the Qiang people are not willing to fight easily.

These Huns come and go like the wind. Without enough cavalry, there is no way to take advantage. Ma Yan does not have many troops now, especially the Han people's cavalry. Although there are some horses now, he can strengthen this aspect. training, but the cavalry team could not be formed for a while.

Although there are a few foreigners recruited, they are still barbarians after all. If they really want to take action and take advantage of the situation, these recruited barbarians will probably rush faster than anyone else, but they must overcome difficulties. If it is difficult, it may not be reliable.

Therefore, all Ma Yan can do now is to squat in the hard shell of the Beiqu camp and take an optimistic view of Fei's hidden family here. If he wants to expand his troops, he has more than enough ambition but not enough power. In the end They could only send troops to Pingyang to report the news, but they were unable to stop it, which was somewhat helpless.

Ma Yan looked eastward, which direction is Pingyang County. How is the progress now?

Although Beiqu is deep into the territory of the Hu people, surrounded by large and small Hu people, it is not as dangerous as imagined. First, because Beiqu is the only market set up in recent years, and the Hu people I also need it very much; secondly, here are just branches and leaves of trees in full bloom, but the roots are still in Han Dynasty, or over there in Feiqian...

Why did Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Zhuge Liang remain loyal to Liu Bei throughout his life?

because……

It is written in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and it is also written in official history...

The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records: "The first master and the two of them (Guan and Zhang) slept in the same bed, and they were as kind as brothers..."

Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms·Shu Book 6: "The First Lord slept with Yun... secretly sent Yun He to recruit hundreds of people..."

In the novel, it is said: "...treat Kong Ming like a teacher, eat at the same table, sleep on the same couch..."