Chapter 245 Battle Situation
While Dong Fan ordered people to assemble the trencher, Zhao Zilong and Zhang Liao had already arrived on the city tower.
When Qing Cang saw the two of them return, he immediately went up to him. "Thank you for your hard work in the two masters. How is your battle?"
Zhao Zilong replied: "Report to the commander, our side has lost more than a thousand people, and the injured were sent to Minister Guan for treatment. The enemy army was cleared out by the harvesters, more than 8,000 people were cleared out by our two divisions, and there were countless soldiers who fled. The Second Division of our Chinese Army cleaned up 83 catapults and killed five enemy generals. The data on Commander Zhang's place is unknown."
Qing Cang turned his head to look at Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao immediately said, "Return to the commander, our First Division of the Chinese Army has cleared 84 catapults, one more than Zilong's Second Division. Kill four enemy generals."
The two of them came back in a hurry and did not get through. Zhang Liao deliberately increased the words "one more than Zilong", as if he was saying that although four enemy generals were killed behind him, the military achievements such as an extra catapult were similar to Zhao Zilong.
He also subconsciously glanced at Zhao Zilong. Qing Cang thought that this kind of competition was a good thing, and for the Chinese Legion, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages.
When Qing Cang heard this, his face showed joy. He hurriedly said, "Very good. You two will remember the first-class merit first and reward 5,000 Huayuan. The military position remains unchanged for the time being. After this war, our army will set up military positions again. As for the soldiers of your two divisions, each of them will be rewarded."
At present, although he had ideas, the timing was wrong, so he would wait until the war was over before getting promoted to military positions.
The two of them were overjoyed and replied: "Thank you, Commander!"
With the surge in the military population, military positions must be further enriched. This is probably the last time that the number of soldiers has been reset. Perhaps one day, another division commander will be set up, but the time should be considered relatively long.
He also thought that if the commander goes upwards, will the commander be more strict about the commander's military merits? For example, through the time of joining the post and the number of military merits obtained, the selection of the commander over a period of time, and then the position of commander is better, or the promotion of people with both civil and military talents, etc. This will be said later and will not be done in the short term. Unless he reaches a million troops, he will consider the conditions for promotion to the commander.
The two men made great contributions to this trip, and together they cleared 167 aircraft, plus the 40 aircraft that the Reaper cleared. Now there are less than 100 enemy catapults, and the threat has been reduced to one-third. However, the threat still exists. If you want to prevent problems from burning, you must completely solve the enemy catapults.
Zhang Liao asked at this time: "Commander, when we crossed the suspension bridge, we saw hundreds of weapons, which seemed to be somewhat different from the enemy's catapults. Usually, what is this?"
Although Zhang Liao has seen some trenchers, this is the first time he has seen this style, so he asked this question.
Qing Cang introduced. "These are serial catapults. It has many functions, you will know in a while. I have been debugging some time ago, and finally the debugging is completed at this time. We have done a good job of confidentiality. This is its debut."
From today on, the reputation of the chain of trenchers will inevitably spread to various cities until it is introduced into the ears of the Han emperor. Such a huge weapon should not be stolen, right?
Zhang Liao said, "Then let's wait and see."
The performance of weapons under Qing Cang will not be too poor, and this time it will be the same.
Zhao Zilong had a question that was unsolvable. "Commander, this Qiang Qu Shanyu is really interesting. We have killed so many of them, but he still has not appeared. They did not send troops to help the Han army until we almost finished dismantling his speculation."
Qing Cang said: "This is because there is a secret fight between Qiang Qu Shanyu and the Han army. After all, foreign personnel were arranged in his own army, and he felt a little confused. Qiang Qu Shanyu is not stupid. He can do less effort, but of course he will not do anything. He did not expect that we would be dispatched to support the Han army. Then he sent troops to support the Han army."
Zhao Zilong expressed his understanding, and at this time Guo Jia said: "It has been so long since time has passed, but Qiang Qu Shanyu still has nowhere to be seen. This probably confirms the rumor. It is possible that Qiang Qu Shanyu will not show up in this battle, but will only secretly command it."
In this way, the plan to kill Shanyu with a sniper rifle is basically a waste.
"This guy..."
Wu Chaojing interrupted, "Actually, it's not his fault. It's just that our commander is too powerful! Without Qiang Qu Shanyu, it's like missing the main force, what kind of big waves can the Qiang and Hu soldiers make? It's right that he dare not come out."
His words were recognized by everyone, and in fact, they were indeed the case.
Qing Cang asked again: "How many months are now?"
“September 13.”
"Is it September 13th? I believe Huangfu Song is fighting fiercely with Zhang Liang's army now. October is coming soon, and the battle will be decided."
Guo Jia asked: "Commander, are you worried that Huangfu Song will raise his troops to invade?"
Qing Cang expressed his concerns. "I don't know how capable Qiangqu Shanyu is, but Huangfu Song is a war genius, so he should not be underestimated. I am afraid that he will suddenly abandon Zhang Liang and join forces with Qiang Hu to attack our city."
His concerns are not unreasonable, because of his appearance and forcibly intervening in it, history has some deviations; as his strength becomes stronger and stronger, the future is really becoming more and more unforeseen. In addition, there seems to be a capable man around Emperor Ling of Han, who is most afraid that he will suddenly give up Zhang Liang and turn to Huaxia City.
Guo Jia only said: "This is possible, but it is not very likely. If Huangfu Song really attacked, it would be like giving the Yellow Turban a chance to breathe, and perhaps he would end up being attacked from both sides. He would also consider the consequences. Because it might be the result of annihilation of the entire army. Smart people would not do this."
"I hope so!"
A guard held a telescope and reported: "Commander, the enemy is already assembling a catapult."
Now the work of observing military situation has been left to the guards to do. After all, they can take turns to observe the enemy situation. The enemy's actions become very transparent under their eyes. With this telescope, everything can be prepared in advance.
"Okay, let them see the power of our serial catapults! Pass the order and all catapults are ready. We will give the enemy a heavy blow!"
"yes!"
After this order, the whole army cheered. The soldiers who operated the catapult were ready immediately. They had clear division of labor, and they were responsible for the loading, transportation, and launching processes, which were extremely efficient.
When everything was ready, soldiers came to report. "Reported that the enemy had assembled ten trenchers."
Qing Cang took the telescope and saw that there were indeed ten trenchers standing next to them, as if they were already debugging.
After assembling ten units in just a short time, it can be seen that Dong Fan really wants to win. He has invested a lot of manpower to speed up the progress. How could Qing Cang let him succeed?
He gave the order. "Prepare to smash their trencher for me! Blow them up! Let them taste the power of our Chinese Legion!"
After receiving the order, the soldiers immediately began to act. When the 'fire' sound fell, a hundred flying stones the size of a bucket flew out, with the target of the enemy's group of stone catapults and a large number of Qiang and Hu troops.
Flying stones crossed the sky, and a small number of flying stones smashed towards the Qiang and Hu army.
Chapter completed!