62. Technology is the first productive force, and the mind is the first destructive force
"Keto, have all those annoying flies been driven away?"
"I'm sorry, Great Chief. I did something wrong and let those guys escape. Please be punished by the Great Chief. It's just..."
"It's just nothing. Don't hesitate there. If you find something, tell me quickly."
"Yes, respected chief. The way I observed those guys seems to be the usual method used by horse thieves."
Because they were not far from each other, the Jie people mobilized very quickly. When the weather became sunny three days later, Shi Kele was able to set off with the Jie army.
The total number of Jie people's soldiers and horses has reached a huge number of 60,000. Yes, this is not Cao Cao's 800,000 army that is preparing to sweep across Jiangdong. Most of them are just hype, but they are actually bringing more than 60,000 people.
I went to find the place in a grand way.
What? Do you think the Jie people can gather so many soldiers? Hey, of course there can't be that many soldiers, but those who can fight don't have to be soldiers. Of course, here we also want to talk about the battles of the grassland peoples.
Personnel composition.
The battles of the grassland peoples are divided into two types according to their scale. Small ones generally refer to plundering troops of up to more than a thousand people, while larger ones are large battles. Of course, small battles will also be interspersed with large battles.
However, the branch line cannot represent the main line.
Small-scale battles have the advantages of good concealment and high mobility because of the small number of people, but the corresponding attack capabilities are extremely poor. Therefore, they mainly target small-scale targets or targets with low defenses. For example, passing caravans.
, some small-scale tribes, as well as villages and forts lacking defense, may also attack cities under special circumstances.
Because of this, the time for small-scale battles to attack each target is very short. If the target cannot be achieved in a short period of time, retreat will be considered in most cases. After all, the scale is small, and the supplies and combat materials brought are less. If the losses are too large,
If it does, it is very likely that teams from other forces will take advantage of it. Of course, we do not rule out the situation where the target is too tempting and we have to fight a protracted war. However, when that happens, it is basically either the leader is greedy for profit, he or she is oppressed for survival, or it is because of necessity.
It is possible that he deliberately wants to mentally wear down his opponent, such as the goal he has achieved.
Huh? Why do you feel that there are more cases of small battles and long battles? But if you think about it carefully, although it takes a long time, the real battle is probably only once, and each time is only within a few hours, so
That is to say, although the foreplay is long, comprehensive and successful, the quicker the main show is, the better.
Large-scale battles are different. Because the number of people mobilized is large, ordinary targets cannot be satisfied, so cities and other high-oil targets are their inevitable choice. Unless they can attack the opponent in a surprise attack, our Soldier Master Sun Tzu has already
We have been told that siege is definitely a very time-consuming, mental and physical activity...all kinds of consuming activities.
Because of this, it is necessary to have enough cannon fodder and the consumption of various weapons. The biggest consumption among them is arrows.
In addition to recovering the iron arrowheads of the grassland people from previous battles with the Han, basically only a small number of tribes who plundered the blacksmiths from the Han and could obtain enough iron materials can make them. However, the most effective method of warfare for the grassland people against the Han is
Cavalry and archery, so every battle involves firing thousands of arrows, which consumes a lot of money. So how to deal with the remaining shortfall?
The answer is: change the material.
Because the diet of the grassland people mainly consists of cattle, sheep and other prey, a large number of bones are produced. If the bones of the soldiers who died in the battle are added, the total number is very rich. The bones are also rich in calcium and have a hardness of
Between 2 and 3, it is close to the hardness of a copper coin. Although it is not as hard as an iron arrowhead exceeding 5, there is no problem in causing people to bleed to death.
Therefore, in large-scale battles, it is necessary to bring some women as logistics support personnel in the war, responsible for making arrows on site for use. Of course, if necessary, the combat effectiveness of those women may be stronger than those of the county soldiers in the Central Plains.
This time, he had to face Lishi City, the strongest city in Xihe. At the same time, in order to allow his enemies to consume more of their manpower, Shi Kele naturally had to mobilize more personnel to join the battle. Therefore, he had such a large number of troops.
Although his team is not as good as that of large tribes such as the Xiongnu and Xianbei, it is still the result of his many years of management.
It's just that such an army didn't bring much happiness to Shi Kele, because ever since the Jie army stepped out of their tribe and marched on the road to Lishi City, a team of hundreds of people seemed to be staring at him like a ghost.
's army.
As Ketuo reported before, this team is like the most difficult horse thieves, rushing out from unexpected places from time to time. Although the Jie people also sent a large number of scouts, the opponent is obviously very good at this.
, the Jie people's scouts basically only delivered food, so that Shi Kele felt a little sad for the lost scouts. After all, those were the most outstanding hunters in his tribe, and some of them were even the hope of his tribe's future.
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As for ambushing in one's own team, it is even more unsuccessful. The opponent has very terrifying battlefield intuition. Whether it is a daytime attack or a night sneak attack, they will choose the weakest place of their own team. Even if they succeed once in a while, in Shi Kele
It seemed that the other party wanted to shock him. Because the masters among the Jie people he sent were easily defeated by several leaders of the other party who covered their faces. The two worst ones were directly divided into two by the other party's leaders.
, the only slightly different thing is that one was cut in half with weapons and his body, while the other was separated by people and horses.
In this way, those nasty "horse thieves" dragged the road that could have been covered in two days of slow travel and most of half a day on haste. It was not until the third day that the Jie people's troops saw the city wall of Lishi City from a distance.
Shi Kele, who finally felt a little relieved, could count his losses, but the result left him quite helpless.
The Jie people lost a total of more than a thousand people in the past two days. Although the proportion of men among them was not too high, many of the men who died in the battle were elites from various tribes of the Jie people. Even
The people who grew up on horseback also feel a little sad about such losses. Of course, the loss of women in their childbearing period actually has a greater impact on the Jie people in the long run.
In fact, it was not that Shi Kele had never thought about whether this was a force sent by Lishi City. After all, the spies he placed in Lishi once reported to him the news that Lishi City once left a force late at night. The only thing he didn't know was the size of this force.
and the leading generals.
However, after careful consideration, Shi Kele felt that it was a bit impossible. One was the opponent's way of action, which was completely the style of horse thieves. Only those horse thieves who had been traversing the grassland for many years could use this method. Moreover, the opponent
They also took away many young women and horses in their own team. Obviously, the regular Han army had no interest in paying attention to these things during the battle. They would only consider picking out their favorite trophies after the battle.
The second is the number of people. The opponent will never have more than 200 people in each action. Although the soldiers reported that the opponent always has some unfamiliar faces, considering that no one is in the mood to recognize the enemy's face during the battle, and no one can remember it.
Everyone has the same appearance, so Shi Kele still prefers that his luck is really bad. At this moment, he met a bloodthirsty wild wolf. "Hahaha, you are worthy of Fengxian who made Zian and you suffer a big loss."
, Jieren was completely played around by him."
In the prefect's mansion in Lishi City, Li Shushi looked at the battle report sent by Gao Shun with a smile. When he originally received the news that the Jie people's army was leaving, Li Shushi thought that he might not have much time to make final preparations, but it turned out that he waited a whole
It had been two days since the other party had shown up. Originally, Li Shushi was afraid that the other party had other plans, but now it seems that it's not that the other party doesn't work hard, but that Lu Bu is too cunning.
"Thanks to your kindness, this time we can test the effectiveness of our secret weapon on the battlefield."
Hearing Li Shushi's words, Gao Shun, Lu Zhi, Cheng Yu and others all smiled knowingly.
It turns out that Li Shushi had to face the problem of sub-professional choice after he successfully transferred to the Xiliang Cavalry. After all, the Xiliang Cavalry has the highest attack and defense growth but is an idiot in terms of spiritual growth. In other words, although
Li Shushi's life was guaranteed, but the magic attacks he was good at were restricted, making his future even more bleak.
But he was not qualified for the Four Civil Service Shrines, let alone the legendary conjurer. There was only one half-immortal in the entire Three Kingdoms, so he finally set his sights on the most speechless profession in the legend of Cao Cao -
-artillery.
Yes, artillery is indeed very powerful. It has the best attack growth, but it is a pity that the person with this profession is Liu Ye, who should be a civil servant. It has the longest range in the game, but it is a pity that the person with this profession is more
Liu Ye, who should be a civil servant. The only special ability that can carry out ranged physical attacks. It is a pity that the person with this profession is Liu Ye, who should be a civil servant. All terrains such as water, land and mountains will not have much impact. It is a pity that he has this ability.
The professional person is Liu Ye who should be a civil servant.
So a profession that had the chance to become the ugliest profession in the game was reduced to a useless existence.
However, this profession is quite good for Li Shushi, because the spiritual growth of artillerymen is second only to those of civilian officials, and although the MP growth is not as good as those of civilian officials, it is higher than that of other military positions. The most important thing is that Li Shushi has the control in his hands
Equipped with the most cutting-edge equipment of this profession - the golden cupping cannon, a weapon that has changed the most in this world.
Yes, the introduction of this piece of equipment is "a cannon that can fire cannonballs made of high-heat liquid metal." As a result, the equipment that originally only added poison to attacks in the game has now become a very interesting piece of equipment.
Why do you say that? The key lies in the ability to launch cannonballs made of "high-temperature liquid metal". Because the end of the gun tip is used to place the cannonball by unknown methods, it can naturally produce high-temperature metal liquid and The cannonballs are wrapped, so the power of the cannonballs is naturally greatly increased.
It is precisely because of this that Li Shushi, who was originally accustomed to using large stones to achieve the purpose of killing individuals, was changed into pebble-sized shotguns. Once launched, it can be said to be overwhelming. Li Shushi once conducted "death penalty experiments" with death row prisoners and animals. , the results can be said to be so good that Li Shushi was a little surprised. Not only did the attack power of the cannonballs be improved, but they were also added with two continuous DEBUFFs of burning and poisoning. Basically, all the experimental subjects were not killed by smashing, but were killed. Tortured to death.
It is precisely because of this that Li Shushi, who originally wanted to use the metal produced for other purposes, had to give up. After all, the toxicity of that metal can be said to be effective as long as it comes into contact with the skin. Li Shushi is not like himself who died in a certain place one day. On top of a very poisonous hoe or arrow.
Of course, Li Shushi would never prepare such good things just for those Jie people. You must know that stone cannons can not only shoot stones, but other things can also become life-threatening things in the hands of stone cannons.
