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“Hey~hey~hey~”

"Just like that, keep pulling, pulling the whole arm up, yes, that's it, there's that winch, yes, that's it, a few people come to carry him over..."

In Xuanwu Pass, there were more than 57,000 defenders and those who were originally left behind. This temporarily solved the problem of insufficient number of Xuanwu Pass. Now, under the command of Luque, some soldiers have begun to allocate equipment to build the city guard.

"Craftsman Lu, is this thing really OK?"

After He Ji and his accomplices installed the huge hardwood winch to the designated location, they asked Lu Que suspiciously.

Lu Que said affirmatively: "Don't worry, as long as it can come in handy, you will know how powerful it is. Don't rest first, and then go and fix the arm rod..."

He Ji nodded and said nothing more, and continued to work hard with his companions as Lu Que told him.

On the other side, near the stone field on the left side of Xuanwu Pass, nearly 10,000 soldiers were constantly waving tools such as shovels and wooden rakes, and drilling down the huge rocks with force, and then putting them into the designated cart, and then pulling them under the mules and horses, wanting to go to the pass.

"Huh~"

Du Zhenxiao exhaled a breath of turbid air, took off the iron helmet from his head and sang it and said, "It's been a long time since I've been sweating so comfortably, I feel so happy..."

Seeing this, a soldier with the army next to him immediately handed a water bag to him and said, "Du Baichang, take a sip of water and rest..."

Du Zhenxiao took the water bag and pulled the water plug and took a big mouthful of it. He shouted, "It seems that he will be serious now. I will be cheered up at that time. Such a good opportunity to kill the barbarians and earn silver rewards, don't miss it..."

The entourage soldier next to him nodded, but said with concern: "Chang Du, do you think the Hu Nu who embroidered red banners outside the pass really attack?"

Du Zhenxiao said, "I don't know, but looking at this attitude, it's probably a big deal. Why are you afraid?"

"A little bit..." The follower soldier did not hide his inner thoughts and said to Du Zhenxiao, "After all, my Dazhou and the Hu people have always been at a disadvantage. Although I want to make a profit from this silver reward, my subordinates are even more afraid of losing their lives..."

"So why am I the hundred-ranking?" Du Zhenxiao said with a grin, "I don't look at who is guarding the Xuanwu Pass this time, it's the Hanling Marquis! Do you understand? This Hanling Marquis is not an ordinary person. He has crawled out of a sea of ​​corpses and blood since his debut. Are the Hulan people powerful? He has been driven back to the frontier by him,

This time he is here. As long as we follow his instructions, we can make great contributions and earn a lot of rewards. Maybe after a battle, you will be promoted to three levels tomorrow..."

"I don't have that idea..." said the follower with a smile, "I just hope that if the Lok people from outside the pass really come this time, I can kill two slaves at will and get dozens of taels of silver. As an official, I am afraid that it will not be enough to kill dozens of enemy heads and respect the top...

After saying that, he swung the iron elm again and used all his strength to hold his milk to start digging out a huge piece of stone on the side.

"I'm afraid, I don't have a chance..."

Du Zhenxiao complained disdainfully, and then began to dig up with his entourage. Soon the stone began to loosen. The other soldiers around him rushed forward and pried it out together. Soon another group of soldiers were transported to Xuanwu Pass under the command of the craftsman.

While soldiers and craftsmen were busy with this, the armament warehouse in Xuanwu Pass was not idle either. I saw the crowds of people and figures inside, and the weapons, bows and armors were reclassified in full.

Xiao Yu held a cross sharp axe that was sixty or seventy centimeters long and asked Xiao Liang: "Is this thing you always have?"

Xiao Liang took the sharp axe and replied: "Of course, last summer, General Zhang Dingbian came out of the pass to spy on the enemy situation, and he relied on this sharp axe to kill six Monroe spies in a row.

According to him when he came back, although those Monroe were infantry, their leather armor was inlaid with thick copper and iron leaves. It was difficult for ordinary swords to break the armor, but sharp axes could…”

Xiao Yu nodded thoughtfully and asked curiously: "I have also fought with Hu Nu in the Far East. Most of the Hulan people are mainly chain mail and armor. If the materials of the weapons are not good, it is really difficult to break the armor on them. In comparison, such sharp axes and blunt weapons do not require so many requirements..."

Xiao Liang heard this and said, "By the way, this brother, I heard that your Far East Army was beheading Hu Nu and making achievements under the command of the military commander. It makes people envious. I wonder what your military commander is to be with your military commander?"

"Aren't you talking nonsense?" Xiao Yu muttered and pulled out a sword from his hand, and looked at it seriously for a while, "The Military Supervisor clearly distinguished from rewards and punishments. He never stings on rewards to those who have made meritorious contributions. Of course, he will not be ruthless to those who have failed. In short, he is a general who is awesome.

It’s hard to say anything else, I only know that my brothers and family members from Jingweiying never felt scared about this ghost weather again…”

Listening to Xiao Yu's words, Xiao Liang remained silent, glanced at the cold Blade in his hand, and sighed: "I really envy you for following such a good general. We are different. At this time, I always care about my family, afraid that the mother and son at home will be injured by cold, alas..."

Xiao Yu comforted, "It's all the same. Last year, I followed the military commander to fight south and north. This time I entered the pass and suppressed the bandits. The first thing I did after returning to the Far East was to take my old mother to Yong'an City, Jizhou.

Thinking about it, I was really not a person before, and I didn’t do my job well all day long, so I didn’t enjoy a happy life at such a time. This time, I will make up for all my debts to my mother over the years..."

Xiao Liang sighed, "I don't want you to be a person with temperament, brothers, we are here because of fate. Your surname is Xiao, and your surname is Xiao. We are homophonic. We may be a family member more than a hundred years ago. How about I invite you to drink when we have dinner later?"

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Okay, but your wine is definitely not as exciting as my Jingweiying. I just keep some of it. I will finish the work here first. Let's taste the wine together and share it together. I will make sure you drink it very comfortably in the cold weather."

Xiao Liang replied: "Then the relationship is good. Let's work hard first. After hearing what you said, I really want to try the wine from the Far East Army..."

The two looked at each other and smiled, and started to work with the soldiers around them again. A group of soldiers carried bundles of arrows on their shoulders and transported them outside the armed warehouse. In a short while, hundreds of bundles of arrows were sent to the wall at a speed visible to the naked eye...

At this moment, Jiao Luo and several guard soldiers were setting up one of the lines of defense together with Wen Yuan and a group of guard soldiers.

He placed the iron pot with gold juice and the rolling wood that can be thrown to fight against the enemy in a suitable hidden position. He also ordered people to place the octagonal crossbow in a wide area to shoot, and asked someone to install the hardwood baffle made by the craftsman on both sides of the octagonal crossbow to prevent the crossbow from being injured by the enemy's arrows...

"Guard Jiao, do you think we can do those Hu people outside the Frontier?" Wen Yuan, who was facing Jiao Luo, said uneasy while packing up his things, "The Monroe is not easy to mess with. When I think about fighting, my heart is still full of excitement."

Jiao Luo scoffed at this and pulled the hemp rope on the baffle heavily, then said, "Does the Monroe have three heads and six arms? Or are they made of iron and copper? As long as it is a flesh-and-blood body, two shoulders and one head, what's there to be afraid of?

Win? Didn’t Hulan people say they couldn’t win before? Now they are still obedient by us. Their heads have become the spoils for us to show off our achievements and exchange for wealth. I really don’t understand what you are afraid of…”

Listening to Jiao Luo's ridicule, Wen Yuan was not dissatisfied, but felt much more at ease. Seeing Jiao Luo's indifferent look, he could only sigh inwardly, saying that he is worthy of being a soldier under the command of the former army commander. He is really not afraid of heaven or earth. No wonder he has such terrible combat power that shocks the whole world.

"Okay~"

Jiao Luo shouted loudly, patted the octagonal crossbow baffle that had just been tied with a dead knot, nodded with great satisfaction, and then came to the wall and looked out, but saw that there were also a large number of people outside Xuanwu Pass, so busy...

"Plant all these wires according to the drawings and must be completed within two days, so that the defense burden on the city can be reduced a lot..."

The line of defense that blocked the Monroe people's siege at the main gate outside Xuanwu Pass was personally supervised by Liu Ce. He saw that wooden stakes on the ground were deeply trapped in the soil, densely spreading for hundreds of steps away.

The wooden stakes are covered with "horizontal x" style defensive nets, all of which are barbed wire from Yuncheng Arsenal, and are the only defensive fortifications in the entire Dazhou.

Zhang Dingbian looked at the laid barbed wire and sighed to Liu Ce: "Mr. Military Governor, you really opened your eyes to the general. The iron net made of cooked iron is very tough, with three as many as possible. It would take a lot of effort to attack the enemy. Is it too wasteful to make cooked iron into a net..."

Liu Ce said: "Waste? Which is more valuable than just iron materials or human life? As long as you can defeat the enemy, don't talk about these iron nets, even if it is real money, this military governor will find a way to use them all to kill the enemy."

Zhang Dingbian nodded: "The courage of the military governor is really admirable, but I am a little puzzled, so I even gave advice to the military governor..."

Liu Ce said: "Deputy General Zhang doesn't have to be humble, but it doesn't matter..."

Zhang Dingbian pointed to a wooden stake and said, "Mr. Military Governor, why do you have to leave room for a person to lay the iron net? If the enemy crawled forward, wouldn't it be a waste of things?"

Liu Ce showed a cruel smile on his face: "This is intentional. I dare to ask General Zhang, do you think the person lying on the ground moves quickly, or the person walking with two legs moves quickly?

Once the three lines of defense passed, the enemy just entered the distance of twenty steps of the wall. At this time, my defenders were descending from a high place to use rock-beating wood and arrows to fight back. How many of the Monroe people do you think can survive?

In addition, the iron wire defense line was set up completely hindered the advancement speed of the Monroe siege equipment, and it could also prepare enough time for our army to fight back calmly. What do you think, General Zhang?"
Chapter completed!