Gao Kaidao thought for a while and said, "In fact, the Sui army was also afraid of crossbow arrows. Bei Zhi tried it himself. Within fifty steps, the Sui army's shields and armor could not block the penetration of crossbow arrows, and could block them a hundred steps away."

Kang Shuoli shook his head, "It's meaningless to say these things now. I only care about practical and effective means. You are responsible for logistics and the craftsmen are also under your control. You should be the one who makes good suggestions."

Gao Kaidao said for a while: "Although I have no choice, one of my craftsmen may have a choice."

"Then you send someone to find him right away."

Gao Kaidao ordered his entourage to find someone. Soon, an old man was taken into the camp. He knelt down and kowtowed in fear, "Xiaomin Bian Xiaode greeted the general!"

Kang Shouli could speak fluent Chinese. He smiled gently and asked, "Where are you from? What kind of business did you do in the past?"

"Xiaomin is from Shanggu County. He used to be a carpenter. Daye fled into the grassland in eight years."

Kang Shuoli nodded and asked again: "Now our siege is not good, mainly because the enemy's crossbow arrows are too sharp, and our shields and armor cannot be stopped. I want to ask you, do you have any simple and effective methods?"

The old man thought about it and said, "Xiaomin once made a wooden board for Lu Mingyue, covering two layers of cooked cowhide. The crossbow arrows could not be shot through fifty steps, but they still could not block the crossbow arrows within fifty steps."

Kang Sangli immediately became interested. Isn’t this the same as the armor and shield of the Sui army? He hurriedly asked, “What kind of wooden board?”

The old man hesitated a little, Gao Kaidao urged impatiently: "If you have anything, do you want to hide anything here?"

The old man stuttered: "The small board I use as a table is this kind of shield."

Kang Shouli was overjoyed and hurriedly sent someone to pick it up. Soon, two Turkic soldiers brought back a wooden board. The board was very strong and grinded over time. Kang Shouli took the board and looked it over and over again. The board was about three feet long, one foot wide, one inch thick, and one side was covered with leather, which felt very heavy.

Kang Shuoli immediately walked outside the tent and asked the soldiers to hold it up next to a torch sixty steps away. He raised a Sui army crossbow and aimed at the wooden board. The "Click!" arrow shot away. The crossbow arrow was very powerful and was hitting the wooden board. The tail of the arrow was still trembling. The soldiers took the wooden board back. Kang Shuoli was overjoyed and did not shoot through the wooden board.

He walked back to the tent with the wooden board and checked it over and over again. He felt that the wooden board seemed to be made of pine wood, but the pine wood was loose and could not be so dense and heavy. He couldn't confirm it, so he asked, "What kind of wood is this?"

"General Qibing, it's pine wood."

Kang Shuoli was surprised and asked in confusion: "Is the pine wood so fine?"

"Of course it wasn't like this at first. You had to soak the oil, dry the vagina, then soak the oil, and then dry the vagina. In the end, the wood became very thick and dense."

Kang Shouli frowned, "How much time will it take to make this plank?"

“It will take about six months.”

Kang Shouli couldn't hide the disappointment on his face. Six months ago, the daylily was cold. Gao Kaidao next to him felt Kang Shouli's disappointment and hurriedly said to the old man: "Is there any quick way to make it?"

"Either just bake it on low heat, and it may take ten days. It mainly takes a little time to soak, but the effect is far less effective than the shade."

Shitian Kangshaoli couldn't wait. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Since it takes time to dry the yin because it takes oil to dry the yin, what if you don't use pine wood to replace it with a fine wood? You don't need to dry the yin because you don't need oil to dry the yin, how much time will it take?"

"A day is enough!"

A thought flashed through Kang Shuoli's mind and asked quickly: "Is there any wood that looks very similar to this wooden board?"

The old man said for a while: "There is a kind of green oak in Mayi County. The wood is strong and hard. If you only need a layer of oil on the outside, it will look exactly the same as my board."

After thinking about it, the old man said again: "If it is two inches thick, even though it is difficult to hold, it may be able to block the crossbow arrow. This is just my guess and I cannot be sure."

Gao Kaidao whispered: "General, the two-inch thick raw wood is too heavy, and it is very difficult for the soldiers to hold it. It is better to cover two more layers of cowhide on the original shield."

Kang Shuoli smiled faintly, "Have you heard of the allusion of quenching thirst with plums? It doesn't matter whether the shield can block the arrow. What is important is to give soldiers hope. Soldiers holding the new shield will have confidence. With confidence, you can conquer the city. Hope and confidence are the most important."

Speaking of this, Kang Shuoli picked up the wooden board and stood up and said, "I will demonstrate to all the soldiers tomorrow morning so that they can see with their own eyes that this shield can block the crossbow arrows of the Sui army."

As soon as dawn was dawn, Kang Shuoli sent people to cut wood on nearby mountains. The old man said that the green oak was everywhere on the mountain. Turkic soldiers cut down thousands of big trees. The craftsmen sawed them into pieces of wood according to the old man's wooden boards, but it was slightly thicker, and directly installed the handle and painted a layer of earth paint. It looked exactly the same as the old craftsmen's wooden boards.

At this time, Kang Shuoli demonstrated the powerful defense of the new shield in front of tens of thousands of soldiers, and indeed blocked the powerful crossbow arrows of the Sui army from fifty steps away.

The morale of the Turkic army was immediately boosted, and an experienced general put forward a very useful suggestion. If you ride a horse and run to block, the penetration of the crossbow arrow will be very strong. However, if an infantryman squats down to block, the penetration of the crossbow arrow will not be that strong. In fact, everyone knows this principle, but to use actual combat, the Turkic army needs to change its traditional formation.

For three consecutive days, the Turkic army was in full swing to carry out new shield production and new formation drills. At the same time, the Sui soldiers in Loufan Pass stopped to rest. In order to implement the strategic intention of the commander, they began to change some of the structures of Loufan Pass.

The change was still in the northwest corner, which was the warehouse of Loufan Pass. At the earliest, the exterior wall of the warehouse was the city wall, which made the warehouse become the weakest part of the pass. It was easy to smash the exterior wall with a catapult, so later a new exterior wall was built for the warehouse. The city wall in the northwest corner was as strong as other city walls, and it was difficult to destroy with a giant catapult. But I was afraid of being interested in everything. The Sui army decided to create a hidden back door in the warehouse to leave a foreshadowing for their future recapture of Loufan Pass.

Three days later, with the birth of eight thousand new shields, the Turkic army began a new round of offensives. In this battle, the Turkic army was determined to win. Not only did they have a new shield, but more importantly, the death order of Chuluo Khan was issued. He could not get down to the Lou Fan Pass within two days, and all the generals above the thousand-man commander were executed.

As soon as the sky was dawn, the dull sound of horns and war drums sounded in the Turkic camp. Fifty thousand Turkic troops began to gather quickly. This time, Basil's army was still the vanguard. They did not ride horses, all were infantry. Each soldier held a new shield. Their mission was to attack the city and launch a bow and arrow battle, suppress the Sui army's crossbow formation on the top of the city, and create opportunities for the army behind to attack.

Basil's army was only four thousand left, and Kang Shuoli added four thousand Xueyantuo soldiers to him, bringing his army to eight thousand.

"Why do you want me to go? You are clearly revenge and want to kill all of our tribe!" Basil was furious and pointed at Kang Sauli's nose and shouted.

Kang Sauli raised the Golden Wolf-headed order of Luo Khan, "This is the Khan's military order, those who do not obey the military order will be killed!"

The Golden Wolf Head Order suppressed the basil. He spat hard on the ground, turned around and ran away, shouting, "Prepare to go to the battle!"

Kang Shuoli said coldly to his left and right: "One thousand swordsman, his army dares to retreat and kill immediately!"

‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’ The earth-shaking sound of war drums sounded.

The eight thousand troops of Basil have been arranged in formation, all of which are infantry. The five thousand soldiers in front are the Geluo and Xueyantuo people, and the three thousand soldiers in the back are the tribe of Basil. Basil can only use this method to minimize casualties of the tribe.

Basil pulled out his battle knife and roared. The eight thousand Turkic army shouted and rushed towards Loufan Pass. They were all equipped with new shields. Kang Shuoli gave them all eight thousand new shields. Basil felt a little more comfortable. At least his soldiers had solid equipment, and the god of death was a little far away from them.

At this time, the defenders on the top of the city entered a state of war. A thousand long yellow crossbows pointed coldly into the air. Ten giant catapults began to be started. More than 100 kilograms of huge rocks filled both sides of the catapult.

The Turkic soldiers were getting closer and closer, and the vanguard infantry had entered within 500 steps. Wei Wentong had already seen the situation of the other party, and it was indeed slightly different from the last time. They were all infantry. The army behind seemed to be holding a new shield. Wei Wentong sneered and ordered: "Prepare for the catapult!"

The kill range of the giant catapult is about a hundred steps away from the Great Yellow Crossbow, so the catapult will undertake the first wave of strike missions.

The ten giant catapults in the urn city were creakingly opened, three meters high and six meters long. The catapults could reach four hundred steps away. With the help of a winch, half of the manpower was saved, but fifty people still needed to move them. The dark ten catapults stood in the city, like ten monsters. The huge stone weighing a hundred pounds was put into the bullet pocket, and the thick iron hook held the ground hook, ready to go.

On the southern city wall, a thousand soldiers held long bows and arrows, and two-foot-long thick arrows were already on the bowstring. The bows and arrows used for defense are different from those used for flat combat. The arrows do not need to shoot far, but they must be heavy, so that the arrows can penetrate the enemy's armor by relying on their own gravity. Therefore, large arrows are generally used, with arrows as thick as fingers, sharp arrow tips are streamlined, and there are bloodletting grooves on all sides. When shooting, the arrows shoot into the air and shoot down the city with parabola, which has strong lethality to the enemy within fifty steps in the front of the city wall.

The enemy vanguard had gradually entered the range of the 400-step trek. Wei Wentong issued a shooting order, and the low horn sounded suddenly: "Woo" (to be continued.)
Chapter completed!