Fu Qin starts with a plan

Chapter 622

Condescending.

Old Mesero looked at Qin Jun who was walking slowly, his eyes narrowed slightly.

This is the first time he has played against the Qin army, so he pays special attention to it and looks at it very carefully.

Although the distance was still far away, it did not hinder his line of sight at all.

From his point of view, the phalanx of 8 people is actually not that huge.

But the gait of the war horses is consistent, sometimes soothing, sometimes chilling, the neat lineup, the oppressive feeling of advancing unhurriedly
The old Mesero couldn't help but feel chills.

Although the old Mesero thought he had a deep understanding of Qin Jun before.

But it's one thing to be famous, and quite another to see it for yourself.

There are still more than ten miles away, but the oppressive feeling that hits the face cannot be faked.

Before the army formation, the old Mesero lost his composure for the first time.

"Prepare to meet the enemy!"

The combat form that Qin Jun is good at flashed through old Mesero's mind.

During the period of the Qixiong struggle for hegemony, the Qin army has completed the standardization of the army.

As early as 50 years ago, the Qin army's weapons and equipment were already extremely rich.

Bronze swords, spears, and halberds are all equipped.

Bows and crossbows have almost become the equipment equipped by every Qin army.

The bow and crossbow technology in the land of Huaxia is extremely powerful. As long as you are close to the city at a distance of fifty feet, you can shoot the arrow into the city by projectile.

The old Meserro once made a lot of effort to get a standard crossbow of the Qin army.

He discovered that the crossbows of the Qin army 50 years ago were far more powerful than the javelins of today's Rome.

And because of the special structure of the crossbow, the penetrating power is extremely strong.

In addition, during the Warring States period, the Qin army already had the habit of wearing armor.

However, due to the limitation of productivity, ordinary soldiers can only afford leather armor, and their defense is actually average.

Fighting on the plains, the Qin army's advance mainly relied on charging with spears more than two feet long.

The old Mesero found that this method of combat was somewhat stronger than the Macedonian phalanx tactics that had been able to compete with Rome before.

With the current military quality of the Bendu Kingdom, they are completely helpless in the face of such an attack.

Therefore, during this period of coming to Kaer Morhen.

The old Mesero put his main energy on how to defend the city.

In this unprecedented war in the Western Regions, the positions of the attackers and defenders are extremely obvious.

As the defensive side, as long as the Bendu Kingdom can withstand the pressure and stop the Qin army's attack, it will be a victory.

The Qin army's siege battle, in the eyes of old Mesero, was actually average.

He discovered that during the Warring States period, the Qin army's methods of attacking the city were very simple.

Although there are catapults in the land of Huaxia, they are all human-powered catapults, which cannot be compared with the mechanically assisted catapults made in Rome.

The tactics of the Qin army's siege warfare were very simple.

First the army suppressed the border, and after reaching a certain distance, bows and crossbows and catapults suppressed it.

Then a large number of soldiers were sent to set up ladders and cars to climb to the top of the city for hand-to-hand combat.

Ant-attachment combat is a method of warfare that consumes an extremely large amount of troops.

The first batch of soldiers who went to the city were definitely cannon fodder.

After nearly two months of preparation, Old Mesero is confident that he will grind to death the [-] vanguard army led by Li Xin!
Thinking of this, the tension in old Mesero's heart gradually receded.

There was even a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Due to the special geographical location of Kaer Morhen, only one city wall was exposed to the Qin army.

The old Mesero has arranged 20 people to defend on this wall.

No matter how brave Qin Jun is, it is absolutely impossible for him to ascend the city easily.

Not to mention, he still has many backhands.

Seeing the soldiers who got busy following his order, Old Mesero was completely relieved.

At this time, the Qin army had advanced to less than three miles from the city wall.

This distance, no matter how strong the crossbow is, it is impossible to get it.

So the old Mesero was very calm and looked over there.

Immediately afterwards, he saw a scene that puzzled him.

From the camp of the Qin army, more than a hundred people without armor came out.

These people are dressed in civilian clothes, which are extremely eye-catching in the army formation.

Holding a strangely shaped shovel in their hands, they came to a place nearly one mile away from the city under the guard of nearly a thousand Qin soldiers.

Here, it happened to be stuck outside the farthest attack range of the Bendu Kingdom's army.

Seeing the group of people spread out in a straight line and gesturing repeatedly towards Qin Jun behind him, Old Mesero had a faint bad premonition in his heart.

If it was a battle against other countries, he would definitely send a team of cavalry to kill these people at this time.

However, he knew very well that no matter how many people he sent to fight on flat ground, he might not be the opponent of the [-] Qin army.

Just when the old Mesero was hesitating, thousands of people walked out of the Qin army's formation again.

These people have no weapons and equipment on them, and there is no minimum, and each of them carries some strange-shaped logs on their shoulders.

A group of people quickly came to the location chosen by the hundred people.

Then, while the old Mesero was stunned, the thousands of people were like ants, beating and beating at a place less than one mile away from the city wall.

Soon, the logs they were carrying were assembled together.

In less than half an hour, fifteen simple towers with a height of ten feet appeared on the opposite side of the city wall like a magic trick.

These towers are so high that even standing on the city wall, the old Mesero had to raise his head slightly to see the top.

Moreover, the top of the building is wide enough to accommodate at least a hundred people.

The bad premonition in my heart is getting stronger and stronger.

As a veteran's intuition, old Mesero immediately understood Qin Jun's intentions.

In siege warfare, the reason why the defenders have a great advantage is because they occupy a condescending favorable terrain.

But the fifteen towers erected by the Qin army directly reversed this advantage.

They can't be allowed to go on like this!
Old Mesero's scalp was numb.

The promised ant-attached battle!
Damn, these Qin soldiers don't talk about Wude!
The sense of crisis in his heart made old Mesero subconsciously want to do something.

He immediately summoned one of his generals.

"You lead [-] soldiers and horses out of the city. In this battle, you don't want to kill the enemy. You must destroy the fortifications of the Qin army!"

This general is old Mesero's retainer.

Maybe it's not the bravest one to charge, but the victory lies in the safe use of troops.

After giving the order, Old Mesero turned his head to look down the city wall again.

After a while, the city gate slowly opened.

Ten thousand cavalrymen left the city quickly.

After they left the city, they didn't have time to organize their formation at all, and rushed directly towards the Qin army's fortifications.

These Bendu soldiers who came out of the city were all lightly loaded and armed with huge axes.

As a country with a system closer to Europe, the giant ax is also the most common weapon in the Pontus army.

Moreover, those who use this kind of weapon are generally strong soldiers.

Because of the task of destroying the fortifications of the Qin army, the soldiers selected were all soldiers who were good at wielding giant axes.

When these people left the city, Old Mesero felt at ease.

The distance of two miles, plus the fact that they are all light cavalry, they arrived in an instant.

The old Mesero didn't have time to think about it, and the 1 people under him rushed over half the distance.

What surprised him was that until now, Qin Jun hadn't responded.

It's just that the Qin troops who were building fortifications retreated in unison, and they didn't even care about the fortifications that had been built.

Seeing this scene, the old Mesero was overjoyed.

However, the joy on his face only lasted for a moment.

The next scene made the old Mesero tear up.

A black shadow, covering the sky and the sun, flew into the air from the Qin army formation behind.

Then, the old Mesero heard a loud bang.

He knew that this was the sound of the bowstring of the crossbow suddenly tightening.

It's just that the movements of the Qin army who released the arrows were so consistent that when the sound reached the top of the city, there was only one sound.

The dense arrow shadows almost covered the sun in the sky.

And, it's extremely fast.

In the blink of an eye, those arrows flew a distance of nearly five hundred feet and landed on the heads of the [-] cavalrymen of the Bendu Kingdom.

Immediately, Old Mesero's heart became cold!
He couldn't help closing his eyes.

The range of the Qin Army's bow and crossbow would never exceed one mile.

In fact, in the mind of old Mesero, a crossbow with a range of more than one mile is simply not something that can be made in the world.

Therefore, the [-] cavalry sent to the city this time were not equipped with shields at all, and they focused on a quick battle.

However, no one thought that Qin Jun's weapons could have such a long range!
When he opened his eyes again, in the eyes of old Mesero, there was already a scene like hell on earth.

Qin Jun's crossbow arrows have extremely strong penetrating power.

As long as it reaches a certain height, even if it falls from a high enough height, it can easily penetrate the leather armor.

Not to mention, the military equipment of the Bendu Kingdom is relatively shabby, and few people wear armor.

The densely packed arrows fell extremely accurately, completely covering the 1-strong army of the Bendu Kingdom.

As the rain of arrows fell, the tens of thousands of cavalry who had been galloping just now left only blood stains on the ground.

1 people, only a few hundred people, were lucky enough to survive.

But even these people are hurting everyone.

Old Mesero closed his eyes again.

Such a Great Qin is simply invincible!
His guess was correct. Fighting on flat ground, against the Daqin army, there is only one result, and that is to be crushed by the opponent!
At this time, another sound that was the same as before came from his ear.

This.
Old Mesero suddenly opened his eyes.

Under his horrified gaze, another wave of overwhelming arrow rain flew towards the place just now.

Even though he spent his whole life on the battlefield, old Mesero was stunned when he saw Qin Jun's inhumane attack method.

As for what? !

The wave of arrows just now directly took away nearly 1 people.

The remaining hundreds of people, how can they be worthy of Qin Jun's indiscriminate attack in the same way!
This battle was fought so extravagantly!
A deep sense of powerlessness surged from the bottom of old Mesero's heart.

What is the fight?
The money first, the courage of the soldiers second.

When the two armies are at war, the most fearful thing is to meet someone who is braver than you and richer than you!
How to fight this battle?
Under the second wave of arrows, the [-] cavalrymen of the Bendu Kingdom were completely wiped out.

Looking from the top of the city, one can see at a glance that many unlucky people, after two waves of arrow rain, are full of arrows, just like hedgehogs.

Old Mesero looked left and right, and he clearly saw the soldiers who were full of confidence just now, and many of them showed fear on their faces.

He sighed inwardly.

The first wave of defeats greatly affected the morale of the Bendu army.

But what can he do?
There is no way to fight this kind of battle!
Just now, he was looking forward to being able to resist Li Xin's attack, and even counter-kill the old Mesero, but now he no longer has the idea of ​​fluke.

Even, a thought emerged in his heart to ask the nearby legion for help.

On the other side, the Qin army was in the formation.

Li Xin rode on the horse, his body was like a rock, motionless.

The army set off at every hour, and it took one hour to march to the city of Kaer Morhen.

According to Li Xin's past habits, he would indeed adopt the siege method of ladders and cars as the old Mesero expected.

However, the group of technical nerds at the Daqin Institute of Science and Technology devoted themselves to research and invented many practical combat tools.

In the past, although Li Xin would not underestimate craftsmen, he would not think highly of them either.

In the past, the Mohist mechanism technique was the best in the world, but it was rarely able to have a decisive impact on the war.

However, after contacting the new siege equipment developed by the Academy of Science and Technology, Li Xin dismissed his opinion.

The power of these tools, to put it simply, is that they have given birth to a new military branch.

Sappers!
This branch of the military does not usually participate in battles, but Li Xin is amazed by his ability to break through mountains and build bridges when encountering water.

When fighting deep into the enemy's country, the main task of the vanguard army is to attack the city and seize the territory.

Therefore, Wang Ben sent all the engineers to Li Xin.

The existence of engineers made the siege battle, which was the most troublesome for the Qin army in the past, become boring.

The soldiers approached the city, according to the combat habits of the Qin army in the past, at this time, I am afraid that they have already killed corpses all over the field.

To conquer a city with such a geographical advantage as Kaer Morhen, at least tens of thousands of casualties would be required.

Moreover, one day may not be enough.

But with the assistance of engineers and soldiers, the battle was a bit boring.

Li Xin only needs to control the distance, and then he can relax and wait for the engineers to build the fortifications.

Up to now for two full hours, the Qin army has killed [-] enemies without one person being injured.

Li Xin couldn't help but sigh with emotion in this way of fighting in a leisurely manner.

No wonder young people like Han Xin and Zhang Han, who were not born in that era, have the reputation of being invincible.

Li Xin even thought about it wildly.

"Report to the general, the fortifications have been completed!"

At this time, a lazy voice sounded in Li Xin's ear.

Li Xin followed the sound and saw a young man in commoner clothes sitting crookedly on his horse.

Although he was reporting to himself, this person's eyes were slightly closed and he didn't look at him at all.

If in the past, he dared to be so disrespectful to his general in the army, Li Xin would have ordered someone to cut him down long ago.

But facing this person, Li Xin was extremely kind.

"Mr. Lao is here!"

Li Xin bowed his hands towards this person.

His name was Gongshu Qin, and he once assisted Zhang Han and Han Xin in pacifying South Vietnam.

This time the great Qin expedition to the west, the Academy of Sciences went crazy.

The Academy of Science and Technology dispatched a total of nearly [-] specialized technical personnel to accompany the army.

Gongshu Qin is one of them.

Originally, Li Xin was extremely dissatisfied with this person's laziness.

But after seeing several engineering drills commanded by Gongshu Qin, he was astonished.

Unknowingly, Li Xin has regarded Gongshu Qin as an existence in the army that he can communicate with on an equal footing.

However, Gongshu Qin never responded to Li Xin's overtures.

In his words, there are at least two thousand people like himself in the Academy of Sciences, which is not worth mentioning.

Having said that, Li Xin has personally experienced this person's arrogance.

(End of this chapter)