The Queen's Engineering Army

Chapter 63 Arrow Tower Blocking
The Qin army only had to suffer arrows, even if they reached the roadblock, they could not shoot the militiamen in the arrow tower.

Shooting from above and shooting from below are completely incomparable in terms of lethality.

Moreover, there are only a few rectangular holes above the arrow tower. Unless you are a sharpshooter, it will be difficult to shoot at the militiamen in Dahan Village through the holes.

"Take a wooden shield to block it, and the rest of the people get close and shoot at me." Bai Lixiong roared.

Never before has such a useless battle been fought, hundreds of people can't even take down this small stronghold.

One man guards the gate, and ten thousand men cannot open it.

Don't underestimate this small arrow tower. It is built in a dangerous position and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. You can't even think of removing it without paying a price.

After paying the lives of five soldiers, Qin Jun began to behave. The people in front were all holding wooden shields. The square shields were very rough, but they could effectively block the wooden arrows that were shot.

Don't care if the quality is good or not, as long as it works.

The people in the front row held shields, and the people behind them followed with their waists down. When they reached the roadblock, dozens of people fired volleys at the small holes in the arrow tower.

clang clang.

Almost most of them were shot on stones, and even if you were unlucky, one or two shots would go in.

puff.

A feathered arrow hit the militiaman in the throat, and the arrow was fatal.

The militia began to suffer casualties, and the wooden arrows in the arrow tower continued to be shot, and the two sides shot at each other there.

Even if the Qin army is blocked by shields, the Qin army behind them will still leave a gap when they want to shoot arrows, and they will be shot by the militiamen in the arrow tower.

These two arrow towers are at the outermost perimeter of the village's defense circle, without any support, their function is to buy time for the rear.

Knowing the Qin army's offensive route, Su Lin ordered the militiamen who were defending in other directions to be transferred back to defend in the direction where the Qin army could attack.

At the same time, a death order was issued: never confront the enemy head-on.

Because Su Lin is well aware of his own disadvantages, once he fights the Qin army head-on, he will almost die.

"Damn it, can we still take it down? It's been almost two hours with these two broken stone towers."

Bai Lixiong's face was gloomy, he walked back and forth angrily, and yelled at the centurion next to him.

The centurion grimaced and said: "General, there is no way. There is only this road, and there are roadblocks in the middle. I can only push a little bit to remove the roadblocks. I have never seen the fortifications built by the opponent. There are only a few small holes." It’s hard to beat.”

"Fortunately, five or six arrows have been shot, and I believe it will be taken in half an hour."

Bai Lixiong was dissatisfied when he heard the words: "Look at how many people we have died? We have already lifted more than 30 Daqin warriors, and the price we paid for this path is too high."

The centurion sighed and said: "My subordinates have never fought such a useless battle, but there is really no better way."

"Take down these two stone towers, and cut off the heads of the people inside, and use them as urinals!"

The war was not going well, and Bailixiong's violent mood continued to deepen.

As time passed, the last militiaman in the arrow tower was also killed by an arrow. Without the pressure from above, the Qin army finally opened up the passage of this road.

But the price paid was too great.

Killed eight militiamen, but paid 37 Qin troops, a casualty rate of one to four.

This result made Bailixiong's face feel burning pain.

Bai Lixiong stood under the arrow tower, stretched out his hand to touch the stone wall outside, and couldn't calm down for a long time.

The centurion next to him couldn't help sighing: "It's really a defensive weapon. It's really surprising that such a fortification was built in this deep mountain."

"It seems that they have been prepared for a long time, but what is the use of building such a fortification? Only eight people can guard it? If we send more people, maybe we will pay more casualties to take this road Passage." Although Bai Lixiong was amazed in his heart, he sneered again and again.

"Indeed, it seems that the opponent's generals don't understand the art of war. More people should be sent to defend such dangerous areas." The centurion also nodded. Although his position is not high, he has been fighting for many years, and he still knows simple military common sense. of.

"Haha, a woman is a woman, what do you know about the art of war? He is probably hiding in the village and trembling with fear."

Bailixiong laughed out loud, the corners of his mouth curled up in disdain.

Having such a sharp weapon but not knowing how to make good use of it, Bai Lixiong really wanted to see the woman's expression after conquering the village.

"I heard from the old man that the leader of Dahan Village is still a very beautiful woman. When the village is conquered, the general must have a taste of it." The centurion said with a flattering smile.

"Haha, don't worry, after this general has used it, you can go and taste it too. You can't come all the way to this wild forest for nothing." Bailixiong laughed.

"Thank you, General."

I haven't won the village yet, so I started thinking about how to enjoy it after victory.

If Su Lin saw their lascivious expressions at this moment, I don't know how he would feel.

village center.

"Kill a soldier, you get 70 gold coins, 150 experience points."

"You lost a militiaman."

"Kill a soldier, you get 70 gold coins, 150 experience points."

……

"You lost a militiaman."

After the first prompt, there would be another prompt after a while, and the number of people killed on the opponent could be known in detail. Until the last prompt sounded, Sulin knew that the first line of defense had been taken by the enemy.

"The enemy broke through the outer defensive point, and will soon reach the second defensive point." Su Lin sat on the wooden chair and said expressionlessly.

"My lord, do you want to send some people to guard the second defensive point?" Wei Qi couldn't help asking.

"No, we just need to defend the village." Although Su Lin's tone was flat, there was no doubt about it.

"This...here."

Wei Qi had no choice but to surrender, although Wei Qi was only a manager in Shangyu County, not a general, but had he never eaten pork or seen a pig running?
There were many military generals in the Qin State who were friendly with Lord Shang, and they often listened to their discussions. Wei Qi was not ignorant of military matters.

It should be defended at dangerous places to block the enemy's attack, but the lord only let the militia in the arrow tower defend, and there is no follow-up support.

These militiamen fought alone without support, and indeed caused damage to the Qin army.

But if there are reinforcements to support the defense, wouldn't the effect be better?

"Do you not understand my strategy?" Su Lin glanced at Wei Qi and asked.

"Subordinates don't dare?" Wei Qi quickly handed over his hand.

"I did this to let the Qin army attack from this road. If we send people to defend, there will be two results."

"The first one is that the Qin army is desperately attacking. The militiamen in the tower are defended by arrow towers, but do you think the militiamen without arrow tower defenses can win against the Qin army?"

"Secondly, if we put all our strength on this road to defend, the Qin army is likely to take a long detour, and my goal will not be achieved."

After listening, Wei Qi couldn't help but ask: "What purpose does the Lord want to achieve?"

"It is to win the greatest victory at the lowest cost, drag them until dark, and tire them out." Su Lin leaned back, closed his eyes and rested his mind.

"Beat them tired?" Wei Qi frowned, chewing these four words over and over again, as if he understood something, but he didn't seem to understand.

Bai Lixiong asked old man Liu to lead the way and continued to move forward.

"How far is it?" Bai Lixiong asked coldly.

Old man Liu pointed forward and said with a smile, "We're almost there. We'll just have to walk up a slope to get there."

Not long after I finished speaking, I turned a corner and saw the slope that Old Man Liu was talking about.

Just like the previous slope, there were still two arrow towers standing on both sides, and two layers of roadblocks were set up on the way up the slope.

"Hey, I didn't see this arrow tower when I passed by two days ago. When was it built?" Old man Liu scratched his head in confusion.

"You old bastard, didn't you mean to take us for a ride on purpose?" Bai Lixiong stepped forward and grabbed Old Man Liu's clothes, roaring angrily.

Although the damn arrow tower can be taken down, it will take a lot of soldiers' lives and time.

(End of this chapter)