Chapter 411 Beiqu’s helplessness


    Nature is magical because it can create many amazing things.


    For example, the Beiqu camp in front of Yufuluo and the old man in black robe. A winding river and a raised mountain formed a complete defense system.


    “There used to be a market in front of it, the only one in this northern land,” Yu Fuluo pointed to the flat land where a straw shed was built in front of Beiqu Camp from a distance, and said, “But it has been temporarily closed now.”


    ??The old man in black robe said: "Open the market, Yi''er. Now that the matter is over, it can be reopened."


    Yu Fuluo ignored the meaning of the black-robed old man''s words, but pointed to the hilltop behind the market, across the Xinshui River, and said: "There are bed crossbows on the mountain, and the number is no less than ten."


    ?The old man in black robe was shocked when he heard this.


    ??The bed crossbow has too high a technical content and cannot be played by anyone who wants to play it. Like the catapult, it belonged to the category of advanced machinery in the Han Dynasty and was a weapon for attacking and defending cities. The most important thing is that crossbows and slings are not used against infantry, but against siege equipment. If you hit a crossbow or a stone bullet, it is almost useless.


    ??The old man in black robes reacted quickly, smiled, and said: "Why be afraid? Although the crossbow is powerful, it is not accurate, so there is nothing to worry about."


    Yu Fuluo glanced at the old man in black robe and said, "There were Qiang people who were guests here before. They once gave a demonstration. A target a hundred feet away could hit every five shots." Of course, it may not be a hundred feet, but the Qiang people may not know how to count. There may be some moisture at this distance, but all five shots hit, no problem at all.


    Yu Fuluo said it very simply, but the old man in black robe suddenly opened his eyes wide and hit the target within a hundred feet. Does this mean that the crossbows on this mountain have quite good accuracy within a hundred feet? Even if you take a discount, based on fifty feet, it''s still a pretty scary number.


    ??The old man in black robes set his sights on the distant mountain top, searching hard, as if trying to find the little bits of cold light hidden on the mountain.


    ?The crossbow throws stones, which has huge destructive power and a terrible blow to morale. If it is not accurate enough, it can also be used as a psychological comfort for the soldiers. But now, if Yu Fuluo''s words are not false, it will be quite troublesome.


    The Hu people themselves are not very good at attacking fortresses. It would be fine if it was just an ordinary wooden camp, but now it has obviously become a wooden and earth structure, and a trench has been opened outside to introduce the Xinshui River. Overall, it has become It looks like a small city, plus a bed crossbow...


    Yu Fuluo stopped talking. He didn''t want to hit Beiqu, it was too hard and difficult to hit.


    Now Beiqu seems to be covered with a hard shell, and it is also covered with thorns. With these crossbows, the siege equipment cannot enter the body of Beiqu''s camp. It is equivalent to using flesh and blood to knock it hard. Then even if it is pried open, the hands will definitely be a **** mess.


    The old man in black robe looked at it for a long time, but couldn''t find any obvious flaws in the Beiqu camp. Finally, he gave up the idea of ??prying open this hard shell and said: "In this way, the Chanyu can send people to cruise around and cut off its transportation. Is it possible? "This is also a helpless move. After all, the original plan was to seize the Beiqu camp first and then take advantage of the situation. However, according to the current situation, the Southern Huns are not willing to bite this hard nut at all, and they are really forcing It''s too difficult to attack, so we can only do the next best thing and cut off its connection with Pingyang.


    Yu Fuluo smiled and said: "Of course this is feasible."


    Yu Fuluo now only has four to five thousand men under his command. It is not impossible to attack by force, nor is it impossible to win, but after all, it is too difficult and the losses are too great to be worth it.


    But if you chase the transport convoy in the wild and cut off the grain road, there is still no big problem. Therefore, Yu Fuluo no longer refused and agreed readily.


    ??The old man in black robe turned his horse''s head and took one last look at the Beiqu camp before leaving. He sighed in his heart, it was indeed a good land!


    ?It’s a pity that I only have a good set of branches and leaves, but failed to take root...


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    On the hilltop of Beiqu Camp, there are not only ten crossbows as Yu Fuluo said, but twenty-five!


    Of course, the best accuracy is only the five units assembled from the core components brought from Xiangyang at the beginning. The rest can only be shot, but there is no guarantee that they will be accurate... Ma Yan stood on the top of the hill. Go up, frowning and watching the small group of people in the distance go away.


    ?Although they are far away, they can be roughly distinguished as people who should be Xiongnu, as well as some Han soldiers wearing black robes.


    Yesterday, the Qiang marshal Linagu sent a Qiang man to say that the tribesmen who were grazing their cattle recently discovered that a group of black-robed Han people appeared among the Southern Huns...


    ?Mayan saw it with his own eyes today.


    ??Although Ma Yan didn''t know which party the black-robed Han people who suddenly appeared belonged to, Ma Yan knew that this was not a good thing. Ma Yan was really not worried that these people would attack the camp rashly. Not only were the crossbows around him, but the "S" structure of the Beiqu camp made it extremely difficult to launch the entire attack unless a large number of soldiers and horses were along the Xin River. Attack both sides of the river at the same time, otherwise Mayan can pass the pontoon bridge that has been set up and put his cavalry into the attack on the enemy''s rear at any time.


    There is no problem in defending, but in attacking...


    ??Although the number of the Southern Xiongnu is not enough to counterattack the Xiongnu royal court, they are still considered a considerable force in this land and are not that easy to deal with.


    After getting the message from Linagu yesterday, Mayan sent someone to send some cloth to express his gratitude. At the same time, he also inquired about the Qiang people''s tone.


    The result was similar to Ma Yan''s expectation. The Qiang people did not like the Southern Huns being kings and hegemons here. Most of them thought that the Huns should go back to the Yinshan Mountains and not invade their pastures because they should have come here, but they wanted to Let these Qiang people and the Huns really start fighting on a large scale, and the Qiang people are not willing to fight easily.


    These Huns come and go like the wind. Without enough cavalry, there is no way to take advantage. Ma Yan does not have many troops now, especially the Han people''s cavalry. Although there are some horses now, he can strengthen this aspect. training, but the cavalry team could not be formed for a while.


    Although there are a few recruited Hu people, they are still Hu people after all. If they really want to take action and take advantage of the situation, these recruited Hu people will probably rush faster than anyone else, but they must overcome the difficulties. If it is difficult, it may not be reliable.


    Therefore, all Ma Yan can do now is to squat in the hard shell of the Beiqu camp and take an optimistic view of Fei''s hidden family here. If he wants to expand his troops, he has more than enough ambition but not enough power. In the end They could only send troops to Pingyang to report the news, but they were unable to stop it, which was somewhat helpless.


    ?Ma Yan looked eastward, where was the direction of Pingyang County? How is the progress now?


    Although Beiqu is deep into the territory of the Hu people, surrounded by large and small Hu people, it is not as dangerous as imagined. First, because Beiqu is the only market set up in recent years, and the Hu people I also need it very much; secondly, here are just branches and leaves of trees in full bloom, but the roots are still in Han Dynasty, or over there in Feiqian...


    Why did Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Zhuge Liang remain loyal to Liu Bei throughout his life?


    because…


    It’s written in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and it’s also written in official history…


    Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms records: "When the first lord slept with the two of them (Guan and Zhang), they slept in the same bed, and they were as kind as brothers..."


    Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms·Shu Book Six: "The First Lord slept with the clouds... He secretly sent Yun He to recruit hundreds of people..."


    In the novel, it is said: "...treat Kong Ming like a teacher, eat at the same table and sleep on the same couch..."


    (End of this chapter)