The moon is like an eyebrow, hanging in the western sky.
On Huzuizi Mountain, four bed crossbows have been transported up the cliff.
The sergeant responsible for transporting the bed crossbow lay on the ground, breathing heavily.
On the mountain road, the Qin army carrying large bundles of crossbows was still climbing up the cliff. Cao Bao, who was protected by more than a dozen Ouchi guards, was also slowly climbing up the cliff.
Su Lu stood on the edge of the cliff and asked Ye Qingmei: "How do you think, among these imperial guards, who are higher and lower than you?"
Ye Qingmei, who was standing with his sword in hand, had a face full of sarcasm: "They are just a dozen wastes, and only Cao Bao can still see a little bit. I really don't know what Emperor Qin was thinking, that the imperial guards are so bad."
At this time, Cao Bao climbed up the cliff and was almost exhausted. When he was feeling unhappy, he snorted coldly when he heard this.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty's tone is quite strong. The dozen or so imperial guards are all useless."
The dozen or so internal guards looked at Ye Qingmei with evil eyes. If she were not Su Lu's personal bodyguard, they would have taken action to deal with Ye Qingmei now.
Su Lu ignored Cao Bao's complaints and ordered: "Send the order and ask the brothers to speed up."
"Those who have already gone up the mountain will pile up the earth platform according to the original plan to create an earth platform that is convenient for the ballistae to launch."
"Crossbow artillerymen, familiar with the ballistae, prepare to launch."
"Ma Ping, lead the pre-selected scouts to ambush around the cliffs, observe the sky, and try to detect the barbarian big birds in advance."
Under Su Lu's command, the sergeants got busy in an orderly manner.
Cao Bao finally rested, and with his hands behind his back, he led a group of men to inspect the top of the mountain. He found that the bright moon was still hanging high, and his face suddenly became ugly.
After finding Su Lu, Cao Bao yawned and said, "Sir, you got up too early. You've already gone up the mountain, but it's still dark today. When should we wait until it gets light?"
The Ouchi guard next to him carefully said: "Father, when you are ugly now, there is still more than an hour before dawn."
Hearing this, Cao Bao yawned even louder. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, it's too early for us. There are still two hours before dawn."
Su Lu looked at the crescent moon in the sky and said, "Old Cao, this is an ambush operation. If you want to avoid being discovered by the enemy, you must enter the scene in advance, be well concealed and ambush, and launch a surprise attack when the enemy passes by.
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"I have never heard of an archery bird flying in the sky before. It is impossible to shoot down this big bird without paying a price."
Cao Bao looked vaguely understanding. When it came to currying favor with people, he was a good man, but when it came to fighting, just like Su Lu told him about ground air defense warfare, he was blinded.
"Your Majesty is a famous general, so what he said is of course right. Our family will accompany him and wait to see him take care of that big bird. Big birds like that are extremely rare. It will definitely be very rare to catch one and bring it back to His Majesty.
OK."
Su Lu ignored Cao Bao. This big bird seemed to be the top technology of this era. If he caught it, he would definitely study it thoroughly. Even if he couldn't take the big bird away, he would still bring the manufacturing technology back to Han.
The Qin army moved quickly, and the square earth platform that was convenient for the crossbow was quickly piled up. According to Su Lu's request, two slopes were piled up to facilitate the crossbow's angle adjustment and two attacks.
It's getting brighter.
Cao Bao hid in a hole dug by the Qin army and fell asleep. More than a dozen imperial guards cursed Su Lu in their hearts and guarded Cao Bao, who was sleeping soundly.
The crossbowmen who were divided into several groups began to take turns pushing the crossbow, adjusting the angle of the crossbow, and after firing a few crossbow arrows, they covered the crossbow with camouflage made of branches and grass leaves, and found a place for themselves.
, began to eat dry food and drink water.
Su Lu sat in the lee of the wind, nibbling on the still warm meat buns, and asked Ye Qingmei.
"When you shoot down the big bird later, you have to be the first to rush up and fake kill everyone. You have to make people unconscious, but the wounds look like they are dead."
Ye Qingmei looked unhappy: "This is a bit difficult. It would be easier to just kill the person."
"Bring over the guard named Wen Jian. His ancestors were actors. Putting on makeup is the simplest thing. It couldn't be easier to apply some wounds to a few people."
Su Lu called Ma Ping over and gave some instructions. After Ma Ping left, a guard came up and saluted Su Lu with his fists clasped in front of his chest.
"I've met the prince. Wen Jian's ancestor has the skills of makeup, but his time is limited, so there is no guarantee that he can fool everyone's eyes.
Su Lu said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter, just do your best. If you don't succeed, I have other ways."
When Wen Jian and Ye Qingmei heard this, their brows relaxed, and they felt more relieved.
"Your Majesty, we have discovered a big barbarian bird. It is coming from the Langya Mountain in the northwest. It is expected to arrive in about half an hour."
A black flag soldier rushed over and reported to Su Lu in a respectful tone.
Su Lu suddenly stood up and looked at the northwest sky. A small black dot appeared in the sky, accompanying the barbarians marching on the ground, slowly coming towards Huzuizi Mountain.
"Send the order, and the crossbow and artillery troops everywhere will return to their positions and prepare for the battle."
Su Lu ordered.
When the big bird of Tule flew over Huzuizi Mountain, Cao Bao also woke up, and under the protection of several imperial guards, he arrived next to Su Lu.
Cao Bao's face was red and his eyes were sleepy: "Your Majesty, the big bird has arrived, what should we do?"
Su Lu nodded and stared at the big bird in the sky, thinking that if he had such bird soldiers, he wondered if corresponding soldier cards or array cards would appear.
Hey, I don’t even have a crossbow artillery unit card, so I’m thinking about flying bird soldiers. I’m really out of my mind.
Level 1 crossbow artillery card, +1
Su Lu was stunned when he saw a crossbow artillery card appearing in front of him.
Su Lu then remembered that since he was the commander-in-chief of the Jin Army, he had taken the initiative to create the formation cards for the formation of soldiers. Maybe he could have these bird soldiers too.
Thinking like this, Su Lu meditated on the Bird Soldiers.
no movement
Aircraft
Still no movement
pilot
Still no movement.
Su Lu couldn't help but get annoyed. He just thought about the crossbow artillery unit and a new crossbow artillery unit card came out. No matter how much he thought about it, the flying bird soldier card just didn't come out.
Level 1 crossbow artillery card, +1
Another crossbow artillery card appears.
Level 1 crossbow artillery card, +1
Following Su Lu's thoughts, the crossbow artillery troop cards appeared one after another, and soon sixteen troop cards were issued, which was exactly the number of the four newly formed groups of crossbow artillery troops under Su Lu.
It seems that you must have soldiers in order for the corresponding soldier card to appear.
Su Lu looked regretfully at the big barbarian bird flying closer and closer, his eyes flashing with fire. He had to find a way to get such a bird, so that he would have bird soldiers under his command.
"Your Majesty, the big bird entered and shot."
Cao Bao reminded Su Lu that these days, Cao Bao often watched the crossbow artillery training and had a general understanding of the shooting performance of the crossbow. After visually observing the height of the flying bird, Cao Bao made his own judgment.
Looking at the birds in the sky, Cao Bao suddenly realized that fighting under the prince seemed quite interesting.
"Second the order, each group should pay attention. Only when the big bird comes within the shooting range of Group C can the other groups start shooting."
Several messengers bent their waists to deliver military orders.
Not long after, Big Bird entered the range of Group C's ballistae.
"Swish swish"
Group C took the lead in shooting arrows, but without exception, all of them missed.
"Swish swish swish"
Groups A, B, and D also fired one after another, but without exception, all failed.
In the sky, the big bird slowly turned, and the densely packed arrows shone with a cold light as they began to turn.