Xiahou Dun, who finally returned to Jinyang, suddenly felt inexplicably shrinking.
He stood above the city wall, looked into the distance, and vaguely noticed something was wrong, but there were too many problems at the moment, making him unsure which problem would storm.
There are indeed too many problems.
Although the attack on Qiang and Hu made these guys from Baishi Qiang a little more honest, they did not reverse much of the unfavorable situation in Jinyang.
Cui Jun's inexplicable "death" was also problematic, and Xiahou Dun also felt that there was something wrong with it, but he didn't have much time to consider this, because his main energy was focused on the horses of the cavalry appearing in front of him.
In the vicinity of Jinyang, perhaps because of the news about Bai Shiqiang, or for some other reason, the number of cavalry and horses roared over, obviously there were more people than before.
In the returns of the fixed checkpoints and active lookouts arranged by Xiahou Dun, a large group of cavalrymen were found, and they came with their power. Even if they met Xiahou Dun's lookout scouts, they would not just chase and kill them. They just drove them away.
This style is more like a large army coming...
Xiahou Dun instinctively felt danger.
It was like seeing a lazy tiger.
Although the tiger did not move rapidly, nor did it spread its minions to demonstrate and roar, it came with such a simple step, and it had the demeanor of the king of beasts.
The soldiers under Xiahou Dun's army retreated completely back to Jinyang City. Under Xiahou Dun's strict order, they did not fight with the cavalry and horses that came in the wild.
Because both Xiahou Dun and the soldiers under Xiahou Dun knew that even they had some war horses, they basically had no good results to fight these superb cavalry and horses.
The cavalry and horses roared over, stood outside the range under Jinyang City, and pointed at the city wall, which seemed very relaxed.
Xiahou Dun looked over the city wall among the cavalry and horses, but did not see Fei Qian's figure. Then he felt a little relieved, but soon he raised it again.
Will Fei Qian, the cavalry, come?
Coming here means he will face more and greater dangers. But if Fei Qian can't come, it may not be a good thing.
The light riding curtains were covered with the sky and the earth, covering Jinyang.
This ultimate use of cavalry and Fei Qian, who brought this cavalry tactic, since that day the Secretariat of Xijing had become a nightmare in the hearts of Xiahou Dun and others, and they could not get rid of it anyway...
Now, should we continue to sink into our dreams, or can we struggle to find a glimmer of hope?
"How to deal with this...?"
The guard next to Xiahou Dun asked in a low voice, and there seemed to be some panic in his voice.
Although they had long been psychologically prepared, they would still feel scared when they saw the cavalry and horses gathered.
Because the spirit shown by the cavalry and the horse was missing from the Cao army.
"Just staring at them." Xiahou Dun's tone was stable and powerful, as if he was confident, "They were cavalry and could not attack the city... We still have a lot of reserves in the city... Why don't we panic? Let's be here to rest assured, see what tricks they are playing?!"
Xiahou Dun said this, these Cao army soldiers and the county soldiers who had newly joined the Cao army in Jinyang were temporarily calmed down.
But it's not a good feeling as a turtle.
With the arrival of the Hussar Cavalry, the Hu cavalry of Baishi Qiang appeared again.
Perhaps because he felt that someone was supporting him, Bai Shiqiang's Hu Qi was even more arrogant and screaming, either in Qiang language or in half-baked Chinese, yelling at Jinyang City.
Although the Cao army on the city wall may not be able to hear clearly what these Qiang and Hu were clamoring, by looking at their expressions and actions, you can understand that it is not a good thing.
With more and more Qianghu roaring, Jinyang gradually became an isolated island.
Although it was not like infantry siegeing the city, digging deep trenches and building camps, the situation where such cavalry were outside the city and Cao's army could only watch in the city made these Cao's army think that they had reached the frontier and were once again trapped in the siege of Baideng Mountain.
Xiahou Dun would explain a few words about the concerns of these Cao army soldiers at the beginning, but he didn't want to pay attention to them later because the unpainful words were really pale and powerless. Perhaps it was a little effective at that time, but it would soon repeat. In his opinion, these Hussar cavalry and Qianghu cavalry were whistling outside the city and did not cause much harm.
Unless these cavalry are willing to dismount and attack the city...
Then Xiahou Dun couldn't ask for it.
If it was in Shandong, Xiahou Dun would have to worry, or he would have to take on the responsibility of surrounding manors, counties and townships being robbed and captured. But now, he only has one Jinyang here anyway, and some villages and townships that were temporarily acquired around him would be lost, and it doesn't matter at all.
The Qiang and Hu cavalry are insignificant, the key is what exactly does the Hussar cavalry want to do?
Xiahou Dun didn't know what the Cavalry was planning. Judging from the current signs, it seemed that he was just going to besiege Jinyang.
If this is true, Xiahou Dun would be exactly what he wanted.
Because his original plan was to share the pressure for Cao Cao and create opportunities for Cao Cao. Therefore, the more cavalrymen and horses he attracted here in Jinyang, the less pressure he had on Cao Cao.
On this day, Xiahou Dun went up to the city wall early, pressing the chassis, and watching the movements of the cavalry and horses in the distance over and over again.
The Hussar Cavalry camp is a standard field cavalry camp.
A large camp built with small round camps built with horses as the core and baggage vans as the support. If you only look at the size of the area, it seems like you are going to connect to the horizon.
This small cavalry formation takes into account both defense and convenience.
Unlike the Hu people who took tents as the core, the Han cavalry camps were centered on the logistics chariots, and the horses were outside the logistics chariots, and the people slept in the logistics chariots. In this way, even if they encountered a sudden attack, the Hussar cavalry could quickly find the war horses and immediately defend or counterattack. Even if they were suppressed, they could use the logistics chariot array to resist on the spot.
"hiss……"
Xiahou Dun pondered.
The Cavalry Army has been dominating the cavalry for so many years, and it is indeed a bit unique.
But just that, I can't conquer Jinyang...
Xiahou Dun's doubts did not last long. After the subsequent troops arrived at the periphery of Jinyang, Huang Cheng ordered that civil engineering be built, trenches and pile up mud walls be built outside the range of Jinyang city gates.
"Master, is this going to throw a stone into the city?" The guards stared at the trenches, "Do you want to send some people to drive away the earth walls of the trenches?"
This is a common method of defending the city. Most of the time, both offense and defense need to pull outside the city before they get to the point.
Xiahou Dun looked at the cavalry and horses guarding in the distance, hesitated for a moment, shook his head.
He felt that it was a bit unsafe to attack now...
Xiahou Dun actually didn't realize that he was completely different from the time he took the risk to attack Jinyang. His previous adventure and optimistic spirit went downhill after seizing Jinyang.
The trench facing Jinyang was quickly dug, and then a wooden fence was added, and many watchtowers were built.
As soon as the mail tower was erected, many soldiers were stationed on it with bows and arrows, and they couldn't wait to look at Jinyang.
Whether it is digging trenches or erecting a sentry tower, there is always a team of cavalry waiting quietly beside the horses. Even if the trained war horses are placed on the reins, they will not run around easily. Instead, they are next to their owners. Even if they are impatient, they will just wave their heads, step on their hooves and sniff.
A three-colored flag of the cavalry flies high in the distance.
Xiahou Dun frowned and tried his best to look out from afar. He could only see that he was a strong man under the flag.
Xiahou Dun and Huang Cheng are not familiar with each other. Even if they have met each other, people will change over the years and may not be able to remember who is who. Therefore, for Xiahou Dun, he is just a completely unfamiliar general, and there is no information to refer to the general's personality and tactics.
But he seemed to have read a trace of contempt from the manners of the general in the distance.
Pointed at Jinyang City.
The general seemed to be provoking.
Xiahou Dun grinded his teeth, took a breath, and calmed down his mood.
Unable to fall into the trap, Xiahou Dun reminded himself.
Are the cavalry and horses really planning to attack Jinyang?
Although the catapult cart is terrible, it is obviously not realistic to smash all city defenses by throwing them by throwing them.
Xiahou Dun carefully checked the city walls of Jinyang and were solid and compacted. Even if they were hit by stone bullets, they would not be broken in a short time.
So, just by casting the stone car, I want to break through Jinyang?
Or should we cover three quors and one?
But why do we need to block the surroundings?
For a moment, Xiahou Dun felt that he could not understand the situation in front of him.
The night slowly fell, and the cavalry outside Jinyang City were busy for a day, and Xiahou Dun also stared at it for a day.
In the distance, the cavalry camp of the cavalrymen was faintly rising among the baggage carriage arrays.
The Hussars on duty have been replaced for three waves.
Xiahou Dun looked quietly, calculated silently, and guessed the total force that besieged Jinyang.
In the night, the Qiang and Hu even sang melodious tunes, and even bursts of laughter, making it look like these Qiang and Hu were coming to Jinyang for an outing, not a war.
These singing and laughter blew on Xiahou Dun's face with the night wind, like a hard fist hitting his face, making Xiahou Dun feel a little cold pain, and also made Xiahou Dun twist his slightly stiff body a little uncomfortable.
"Master, what are the instructions?" The guards on the side noticed Xiahou Dun's actions.
Xiahou Dun shook his head, "Is the city still stable? Is there a thief in the rebellion?"
The guard replied, "Everything is normal, nothing is wrong."
Xiahou Dun frowned, "Everything is normal? Send more people to strengthen the inspection of the city square!"
Xiahou Dun thought about it and then thought that he could only think of the book of arrows that had been shot into the city before by the cavalry. He wanted the people in Jinyang to cooperate with each other and could break the city. So now he only needs to keep an eye on the inside and outside the city, cut off the contact with each other in time, and even seize the opportunity to make a fuss...
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In fact, what Xiahou Dun guessed was that he was fighting wits and courage with the air.
Xiahou Dun's military experience is abundant, and his tactics are not a big problem, but unfortunately he was wrong after all.
Xiahou Dun's tactics and experience were correct ten years ago, or even five years ago.
But now he is wrong.
This kind of misalignment has nothing to do with wisdom or experience.
It's just that time has changed...
When the tide of the times comes, it is not just a stubborn person or a persistence that can be saved.
The land of Shandong has increased entropy because it is isolated, and this process is irreversible.
The same is true for the land of China. When it expands, various technologies and tactics always burst out to straighten out order, but as long as you stop and stay in isolation, you will also increase entropy and irreversible.
In fact, absolute connection and relative isolation synthesis are the essence of the movement of things.
Those who go against their essence will eventually swallow the bitter fruit.
If Xiahou Dun could now contact Cao Cao in Zhongtiaoshan area of Tongguan, he could not tell why the current behavior of the cavalry was a bit weird...
A little far from outside Jinyang City, several craftsmen lifted the cloth on the cart, revealing the cannons carried from the cart.
Huang Cheng walked forward with great interest and checked carefully.
Several craftsmen ignored Huang Cheng and were busy checking the artillery situation while getting in and out of the car.
Huang Cheng reached out and gestured at the muzzle.
The diameter of the black hole's muzzle is slightly smaller than that of Huang Cheng's palm.
The gun body is thin in front and thick in the back, and there are four reinforced iron hoops. A pair of gun ears on both sides of the middle section of the gun body are mounted on the gun mount.
Huang Cheng didn't know what parameters were, nor did he know what the diameter was, but looking at this heavy big guy, he couldn't help but feel a little excited. He couldn't help but pat his body, feeling the metal texture on the cannon barrel, and a strange feeling surged into his heart, and he laughed.
I'm the first one...
Oh, except for General Husband, the first to use artillery to siege the city!
Then, in the martial arts lecture hall, hehe...
Huang Cheng felt very happy.
"Give it a minute."
A craftsman came over, as if to observe the wear of the cannon stand, and said to Huang Cheng very bluntly.
『Oh...ohhhh.』
Huang Cheng honestly moved aside.
"This is my general!" Huang Cheng's guard was a little angry.
"Go! It's not your business!" Huang Cheng didn't accept the guard's flattery, waved his hand and drove the guard away, turned to the craftsman and smiled, "It's okay, it's okay, you're busy, you're busy... I'll take a look next to you, don't you get in the way, right?"
The craftsman nodded slightly at Huang Cheng, then started to get busy again, muttering words, and then remembering something on the wooden slips he carried with him.
With Fei Qian's new definition of the four people, coupled with the extensive research and development and technological improvement of instruments such as weapons, the status of craftsmen in the northern part of Guanzhong is also constantly improving.
The situation of trampling on craftsmen and bullying them gradually disappeared.
This greatly enhances the enthusiasm of craftsmen, and the enthusiasm of craftsmen has enabled more people to join the ranks of craftsmen, and there is fresh blood in scientific and technological research and development...
With Fei Qian, the helmist with later experience, those research directions are worth paying attention to, and those are detours and can generally be distinguished. Therefore, once the positive cycle is determined, the rolling speed is quite amazing.
The project that craftsmen are now carrying out is the assessment of long-distance artillery transportation.
The heavy artillery, with thousands of kilograms, and with shells and gunpowder, has extremely high requirements for the road.
It was transported from the Beiqu Military Office. Fortunately, there was an official transportation network developed and built by Fei Qian along the way, which made the artillery smoother. Nothing went wrong and was transported outside the city of Jinyang, Taiyuan.
If an item of this weight is overturned by the damage of the gun mount or vehicle on the road, it will not be restored at will. The weight of the gun will also cause damage to the gun body when it falls, which will cause the artillery that has finally been cast to be scrapped.
After arriving in Jinyang, craftsmen had to conduct comprehensive measurements of artillery to ensure that the artillery could enter actual combat without any mistakes. Otherwise, they would really just pull up without paying attention to anything, and would become a laughing stock of Cao's army.
『There are cracks here in the cannon stand...』
A craftsman touched the beam on the cannon stand and marked it with ink.
"Is it because of wood or because of stress?"
Another craftsman also came over and bent down to check the location of the crack.
『…』
Huang Cheng heard this and was a little anxious.
He stared, not understanding whether the problem of the cannon stand was big. Seeing a craftsman walking by, he hurriedly pulled him and asked, "Is this problem serious? Will it have any impact?"
The craftsman looked at Huang Cheng and said with a smile, "It's okay, this cannon stand is made of wooden and needs to be replaced often. There are items that have been prepared... but it must be removed first before it can be replaced...
"Oh," Huang Cheng didn't understand it very well, but the three words "maybe something" could still be clear, so he took a breath, "Okay, I know, you go and do it..."
Huang Cheng was a little excited and nervous, and because of the excitement and nervousness, he was a little worried about gains and losses.
This is different from any battle he commanded before.
This is a brand new battle, a brand new mode.
Even if Huang Cheng read the battlefield records of Fei Qian's attack on the King of Shanshan City in the Western Regions over and over again, he could recite them back and forth. However, when he really made him feel a little nervous when he actually practiced, he hoped that he could do it well, but he was also afraid of something wrong.
After all, this trip was not only Huang Cheng's own troops, but also some students from the engineering college and instructors in the martial arts lecture hall...
If this is a mess, it would be fine if I am embarrassed, but if there are outsiders, if this face is lost, it would be a big problem!
Thinking of this, Huang Cheng didn't have much intention to continue watching the artillery.
He turned around and walked out, and asked his guards to call the military academy to have a meeting as he walked.
Tonight, he must work with other military academies to complete the offensive process to ensure that everything is foolproof!