Qin Shi: I, Senior Brother Guigu!

Chapter 75 Heavy Crossbow and Caltrops
On the border of northern Xinjiang, a piece of yellow sand filled the air. Rows of Zhao soldiers in armor stood upright on the top of the city, meticulously performing guard tasks.

Ten days have passed since the last battle.During this period of time, the Huns' army did not make any further moves.

The originally tense situation seemed to calm down.

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is just the calm before the storm, and under constant brewing, the future war will only break out more violently.

At this time, in the large tent of the Xiongnu Central Army, Zuo Xianwang Hu Yanshu was carefully flipping through the military book in his hand, frowning slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

The tall lieutenant standing beside him stood quietly, not daring to disturb him.

At this moment, a soldier quickly entered the camp, knelt down and reported: "King Zuoxian, a secret report has come from Zhao Guo's spies!"

As he spoke, he raised his hands and presented a small scroll.

Hearing this, Hu Yanshu immediately put down the book in his hand and reached out to take the information.

He opened the scroll and watched carefully, but then his face changed slightly, and a look of disappointment appeared in his eyes.

The lieutenant at the side waved his hand to make the intelligence soldiers retreat, and then asked, "My lord, what's the matter?"

Hu Yanshu handed over the information to the other party and shook his head slightly.

It can be said that this war against Zhao State has been planned for a long time. In order to obtain a higher chance of winning, he even started the layout several years in advance, and planted spies in the capital of Zhao State.

After learning of Wang Zuo's existence, he immediately asked the spies lurking in various parts of the Zhao country to investigate his intelligence, hoping to obtain specific information about this person.

But I didn't expect that even if all the intelligence networks were mobilized, no substantial progress could be made.

The deputy general was also slightly taken aback after seeing the secret report, because there were only a few sentences recorded on it.

"The identity of this person is unknown. He appeared in Zhao State ten months ago and lived in seclusion. He left HD half a month ago and headed north."

This information is really too crude, let alone confidential, even the identity and life of that person have not been mentioned.

"My lord, this..."

Hu Yanshu sighed lightly, and said: "This person is really not simple, even the spies who have been lurking for many years can't find out the slightest information about him.

I'm afraid, he will become our great enemy in this battle! "

Hearing this, the former's face was also a little dignified, but there was no good solution.

Then he had to say: "No matter how mysterious this guy is, he is just one person. As long as we are careful and guard against his beheading again, there should be no problem.

Among Yimo generals, what we need to pay most attention to is Zhao Jun's chariot. "

Hu Yanshu nodded, what he said made sense, after all, no matter how strong a person is, his strength is limited.It is impossible to defeat tens of thousands of troops with one's own strength.

Then he continued: "How about that thing?"

The lieutenant general laughed and said, "I just wanted to tell the prince, that thing has been built, would you like to go and have a look?"

Hu Yanshu raised his eyebrows slightly, and his face showed a bit of surprise, and then said: "Okay, this king just wants to see the power of this thing."

As he spoke, he lifted his footsteps and left the tent with the lieutenant general.

After a while, the two came to the equipment camp.

All kinds of weapons were piled up in the camp, and the most conspicuous of them was a large heavy crossbow.

Its diameter is more than one meter, and the length of the arrow alone is three feet!

Hu Yanshu sized it up carefully, and said, "What's the range of this crossbow?"

The lieutenant general replied: "This is modeled after Qin's strong crossbow. If the bowstring is fully stretched, it can shoot three hundred paces away!"

"Okay, this is exactly what I want!"

Hu Yanshu's eyes flashed, obviously quite pleasantly surprised.

At this time, the lieutenant continued: "But because of its great power, at least two people are required to operate it at the same time, and each time only one arrow can be fired and it needs to be reloaded. The firing speed is far inferior to normal crossbow arrows."

Hu Yanshu waved his hand and said: "It's helpless, this thing is originally used for the opponent's chariot, it's okay if it's bulky."

Ever since he learned about the power of Zhao Jun's chariot, he had people try to build such a powerful crossbow in order to defeat the enemy and win.

The power of this arrow is extraordinary, enough to penetrate heavy armor from a distance of [-] meters.

Although the rate of fire is weaker, the target of the chariot is large enough. Once it hits, whether it hits a horse or a soldier, it can cause huge damage.

Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitched slightly, and then he ordered: "Pass down the order, let the craftsmen speed up the construction, and in a month, the king will see a hundred heavy crossbows!"

"Yes!"

The lieutenant quickly responded, and then went down to prepare.

Hu Yanshu glanced at the strong crossbow beside him, smiled slightly, and said softly to himself: "Without the chariot, I see what other schemes you have to resist my iron cavalry..."

At the same time, in a small courtyard, Li Mu looked at the two things in front of him, and asked with some doubts: "What is this?"

I saw two strange things that I had never seen before on the stone table in front of him.One of them is a triangular-shaped iron cone with sharp spikes, and I don't understand what it is for.

The other one is similar to Chang Ge, but it has a sharp hook, and its shape is quite strange.

Wang Zuo, who was on the side, explained: "When we were dealing with the Xiongnu vanguard before, the chariots had already been revealed. If the Zuoxian King is really as powerful as the general said, he will definitely come up with a countermeasure.

Therefore, it is best not to use the chariot for the time being. "

Hearing this, Li Mu also nodded and said: "I have also considered this matter, but if there is no chariot, the Huns' cavalry will lose restraint, which is not good for us."

Having said that, his expression changed, as if realizing something, he asked, "Could it be that these things are..."

Wang Zuo smiled and said, "That's right, it was used to deal with cavalry."

As he spoke, he picked up the first thing, and continued: "This thing is called barbed caltrops, just sprinkle it on the ground before the battle.

As long as the enemy's war horse steps over, the four hooves will be stabbed, making it impossible to continue charging. "

Hearing this, Li Mu's eyes lit up immediately, he picked up a barbed caltrop and looked at it carefully, and instantly simulated the scene of the battle in his mind.

After a brief guess, it was found that this method is indeed feasible.

Because this thing called caltrops has a three-sided design, so as soon as it hits the ground, there must be a sharp thorn pointing upwards.

Once pierced into the horse's hoof, it will instantly lose the fighting ability of the horse...

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