"My felt hat!"
Standing on the top of the barrier, suddenly a strong wind blew, Wan Zhang only felt a chill on the top of his head, raised his eyes and saw his hat flying into the sky with the wind, blowing far away, towards the Huns stationed in the horse a few miles away.So angry that he pointed at it and scolded: "You felt hat, you are warm and intimate on weekdays, I don't want to openly surrender to the enemy!"
”This is just two months after coming to Dabancheng, Wan Zhang's third felt hat was blown away by the wind, which made him want to cry without tears.Wan Zhang muttered and scolded, and blamed him, he was too anxious when he heard the drum beat just now, and everyone hurriedly went to the barrier, forgetting to tie the tassel, and could only consider himself unlucky.Qu Chang Sima Shu scolded with a smile: "Be content, I heard that over there in Xiersui, someone was blown up by the wind yesterday, fell off the beacon and broke his head, that was the first person to die in the western marquis, fortunately, he was killed by Captain Han."
And these three barriers are stuffed on dozens of beacons, and even a Han flag can't be erected, there is no way, it will fall as soon as it stands!
”Sima Shu sent a letter to Yumen with Captain Xi Chongguo many years ago, led the pursuers in the Devil's City, but he was not dead, and escorted Prince Wusun with Zhao Han'er, the Marquis of Tangyi, and now he is also a Qu Chang, and his biggest hobby is to tell meat jokes.Because Ren Duhu was the matchmaker, Sima Shu married a fair-skinned woman from the royal family of Cheshi, and he always liked to mention "grapes", and he stuffed a raisin into his mouth when he had nothing to do, so he was nicknamed "Sima Grape" by Han Dang as a lieutenant.Sima Shu asked everyone to keep their bodies down when they were on the barrier, not because they were afraid of Hu Lu coming forward to shoot arrows, but because they were afraid of the strong winds in Daban City.To say that this Dabancheng is rare enough, Wanzhang and their previous chariot master who stayed for half a year is only more than a hundred miles away, and Dabancheng goes to the only fortress of the Han army in Beiting, Xiyimi, which is also more than 100 li, but the weather is completely different: the chariot is as hot as a furnace, and Xijimi is cold, it is really cold.And this great contrast between the temperature of the two places, but also let the middle of the city of Daban become an old outlet, strong winds and small winds every day, the soldiers who came to build the Great Wall earlier joked that the wind here only blows once a year, "from winter to spring, only summer".There are many trees and water near Dabancheng, elms, aspen trees, and apricot trees, and the trees will be tightly packed far and near, but they are not tall, and the trunks of the trees are all inclined to the southeast without exception.In Wan Zhang's opinion, this is probably blown by the wind, and he is a little afraid that if he stays here for a long time, will he also be blown crooked."
Cover the point when you are relieved, don't be hard, in case of strong winds, the life may really be blown away."
Sima Shu laughed, after arriving at Bancheng, there was no beautiful warm quilt for the wife of the driver around him, and his life was even more miserable, so he could only rely on meat jokes to tease the recruits for fun.Because Sima Shu is an old pawn who has followed Ren Duhu and Zhao Han'er, the Marquis of Tangyi, he often talks about his past experiences, Wan Zhang asks about the wind here, and the battle between the right valley and the king of Li."
I wasn't there for that fight."
Sima Shu glanced at Wan Zhang, stuffed another raisin and chewed it between his teeth, and only stretched out his left hand, which had been wounded by an arrow, to feel the direction of the wind: "I only heard people say that this time it was against the wind, and this time, the wind direction is favorable to our army." ”Dabancheng belongs to the monsoon climate, the southeast wind blows in the summer half of the year, and the northwest wind blows in the winter half of the year, and the southeast wind blows just in the past few days, and the hot wind from the Turpan Basin passes through the canyon pass, making people unconsciously, the back of the head is full of sweat.The Huns were not so comfortable, but were disturbed by the wind that almost kept going on all day.At the beginning of the day before, they sent three or four thousand archers, hoping to use the range of their bows and arrows to besiege the barrier to the west, near the salt lake.However, the arrows shot by the archers collided with the oncoming southeast wind, and the range was greatly reduced, not to mention the more than ten steps in front of the beacon, and the accuracy was not good, and the Han army raised its shield or shrank its head to easily dodge.On the contrary, the Han soldiers on the Fengsui used crossbows and shot, which had the effect of tailwind, and the sudden increase in range could often frighten the Huns, forcing them to retreat.Therefore, Wanzhang's work is actually quite simple, as on weekdays, put a sentry on the beacon, and when they see a Hu Lu coming, they will put a few crossbows, and raise the beacon to inform the enemy of the situation, so that Han Xiaowei and Feng Sima are ordered by the capital to supervise the battle, and no one is allowed to go out of the fortress.Wan Zhang, who fought for the first time, was a little worried, because although this "Great Wall" almost blocked the road to Cheshi, and there was also a tiger fall and a ditch dug outside the Changyuan that was as high as Zhangyu.However, the number of Han troops was limited, 3,000 people were placed in Xijimi, and only three or four thousand were left to guard the Daban fortress, and after they were dispersed, if the Xiongnu concentrated on attacking a little, it would not be difficult to break through.Sima Shu is very experienced, he has been in the side for many years, and he knows the true effect of these seemingly small walls."
The Great Wall is not defending people, but horses."
When riding a horse, the dangerous road is tilted, and galloping and shooting, China's riding is indeed a bit incomparable, if you are impatient to chase, meet the master, you may be killed by its play.But if the horse is lost and the Han army fights on foot, the Huns' rudimentary armor and weapons can almost only be defeated.People can easily climb over the Great Wall with more than one foot high, but the cavalry of the brigade can't do it, and as we all know, Sima Shu said with a smile: "Everyone in the border knows that the Hun cavalry with horses and the Hun infantry without horses are completely different things!"
”As an old opponent, the Huns naturally understood this, and on the third day, they really played the trick of attacking the west again, trying to attack the barrier in the west, but the main force appeared in the east and concentrated their forces to attack a beacon.Regardless of the light warriors, they only filled in the ravines and let people carry wide planks on the walls, hoping that the horses would cross the obstacles.But after more than 100 rides, the Huns ushered in a surprise.With the beacon raised, the Han army naturally knew where it was attacked, and the cavalry Qu stationed at the barrier of Daban City was immediately dispatched, and the leader was the captain Xi Chongguo.This captain has always been known for his speed, more than ten miles away, the galloping cavalry arrived in a moment, but instead surrounded the Huns who crossed the wall, forcing them to leave more than 100 corpses and retreat.This is also the routine of the Han army on the Great Wall of Hexi, relying on Fengsui to determine the location of the Huns entering the Kou, and then supporting them with cavalry stationed at the Commander and Hou Guan's office, so that there is no need to blindly look for the Huns all over the world.And the heads of these dead Huns were soon hung on each beacon under the order of Feng Fengshi.The Han army loudly ridiculed the Huns, but hoped that they would continue to attack and send more heads, which was completely insufficient.If it was a veteran King Hu, he would naturally not be fooled, but Zhizhi was young and vigorous, and in a fit of anger, he really ordered an attack on the easternmost barrier "Donggou Plug" on the Daban Great Wall.Because of the strong wind and the tight time, the barrier is no more than two feet high, and anyone with nimble skills can climb it, giving people the illusion that it is not difficult to attack.The Huns chose a windless afternoon, 5,000 people threw arrows like rain with strong bows, and 3,000 people carried simple wooden ladders to launch a back attack.But the Han army is not false, the big yellow crossbow, the stumbling crossbow, the strong crossbow and the long halberd shoot far away, and when the Huns are lucky enough to climb the wall, they are greeted by a strong armor blade, long and short.Wan Zhang and other light chivalrous evil boys from Sanfu, although they have only received a few months of systematic training in the car division, they can barely form a formation, and the golden drum banner is not very clear, but they don't have to pay so much attention to defending the city, listening to the order of the tun trombone to stand behind the female wall, after hearing the order, they raised the long and short soldiers in their hands and stabbed the Huns.It was difficult for the Huns' swords and collars to break through the iron armor of the front row of the Han army, and the sharp spears and halberds that continued to fall made them suffer heavy casualties, and the attack was very difficult.And in the corner of the barrier city, above the corner tower that is more than the wall, there are more dangerous weapons waiting for them!
Sima Shu, who was ordered to garrison the Donggou Fortress, personally stood on the corner tower to give orders, and near the left was a few soldiers and craftsmen controlled by the equipment: it was like a "car" installed on a high place, with a crossbow arm made of big wood, which was one foot and two feet long, bigger than a rhubarb crossbow!
The car has two axles and three wheels, and now the wheels are dismantled and fixed on the corner tower, and there are horizontal pillars on the left and right sides of the carriage, and the soldiers are tied to the crossbows next to the pillars.This is a "crossbow car" or "winch crossbow", it is said to be the invention of Mozi during the Warring States Period, commonly used in the defense of the city, Qin Shi Huang once placed it on the ship, shot the fish in the sea in Jiaodong, can send thirty arrows at a time!
But in the Han Dynasty, no matter how skilled craftsmen tinkered, they could only make crossbows at most, and dozens or hundreds of black technologies at a time seemed to only exist in ancient books, and it seemed that the descendants were not working too hard.The crossbow chariot in the Han army was the original version of the bed crossbow, firing one shot at a time, but it still retained the unrealistic name of "repeater".It is said that when Li Ling's lone army went north, he brought a crossbow car, and when he was pursued and besieged by Hulu Gudan, he was forced to withdraw for a time because of the crossbow shooting.When Ren Du Hu came to the Western Regions to take up his post, he also brought some craftsmen from the engineering officials in Chang'an to find suitable wood and create this rare Han-style equipment.However, the accuracy of this object is very bad, although the range is long, it is meaningless, but it is very deterrent at close range.Therefore, Sima Shu was first induced but not provoked, until the Huns under the barrier became more and more crowded, and then let the craftsmen operate.The ballista machine is made of 150 catties of copper, and it depends on the soldiers to turn the winch handle little by little, drive the roller to pull the bowstring, so that it slowly opens and tightens, and fastens it on the teeth.Another person carried the long arrows over and loaded them, adjusted the position and aimed at the Huns who could not advance or retreat under the barrier, and the craftsman raised the wooden hammer and smashed the machine suddenly!
With a thunderous roar, the arrow was ejected, pulling the long rope attached to it and speeding forward, directly into the pile of people more than ten steps away.Shot the head of an unlucky ghost, splashed a sea of red and white flowers, pierced the chest of the second person, took out his heart, liver and lungs, nailed it into the stomach of the third person, and shot down several people behind him, wailing for a while.One crossbow knocked down ten people, not to mention the efficiency of this long-term aim, whether it is comparable to ten ordinary crossbows, but the deterrent power is quite amazing, and the morale of the Huns who were already strong collapsed in an instant, no matter how the Zhizhi who was far away in the rear reprimanded, they all retreated like a tide.And the Han army did not pursue, although there were only 10,000 Huns to attack as far as the eye could see, but who knows if the edge of the desert behind is hiding the main force of Shan Yu and Youxian Wang?
Although the Xiongnu were not as equipped as the Han army, they were masters of tactics, so it was better to be cautious in order to lure the enemy into suspicious soldiers.After the failure of this wave of offensive of the Huns, the light heroes and soldiers happily hummed a song to cut off the heads of the Huns.While Sima Shu sent the military judge to clean them up, he carefully inspected the winch repeater and personally anointed it with oil, which was softer than serving his wife, and the wind in Dabancheng was so strong that the wood was easy to crack.It took more than a dozen craftsmen a year to build five winch crossbows, two of which were placed in Xijimicheng, and three were placed in Daban City, waiting for the Xiongnu to send people's heads.And Ren Duhu also specially named them: "Three sisters of Dabancheng!"
”The girls from Daban Castle are here!