The original defense equipment of Juyongguan was nothing more than a crossbow, a knife cart, a shooting pole, and a set of rolling wood, stone, and kerosene.

They are standard city defense equipment and have no merit or demerit. Generally speaking, facing the siege of the grassland tribes, these things are enough.

It doesn’t even require too many military tactics, as long as no one harms the public and enriches private interests, and the maintenance quality of the city defense equipment is guaranteed.

As long as the disparity in military strength is not exaggerated, there is no problem in defending a city.

The main challenge for the border governor is to figure out where the Huns' large army is and make corresponding defenses in a timely manner.

Once the decision is made, we can no longer be swayed by the Huns' constant movements, constantly mobilize our troops, and let our side fall into a mobile war.

But obviously, this attack and defense is not like that.

The disparity in strength between the two sides was too great. It was just the vanguard, which was already more than twice the size of the defenders.

According to common sense, if the Huns' vanguard army had 20,000 soldiers,

Then the headquarters army will be at least 100,000 or more!

A small Juyongguan can block it for a while, but it cannot block it for a lifetime!

Generally, when encountering such a situation, the defender will adopt the method of locking the gate to cut off all his own escape routes.

Then fight to the last man to give the people and the army at the rear in exchange for mobilization time.

If Huo Qubing and Li Guang hadn't come to the rescue this time, the right captain Chen You would have gathered all the soldiers together and issued a mobilization to fight to the death!

Of course, even if there are 10,000 reinforcements, when facing the hundreds of thousands of troops that the Huns may have, it seems that there is no other way but to fight to the death.

In fact, both Chen You and Lu Fang had given up hope of surviving.

Even Li Guang, the captain of Hu Cavalry, was also determined to die!

However, there were two major variables in Juyong Pass at this time that were unprecedented in history.

One is called Huo Qubing; the other is called Tang Qi!

And now is when one of the variables plays an unexpected role.

Tang Qi used 500,000 system funds as a price in exchange for 10,000 Majun improved versions of the Zhuge Liannu, as well as crossbow arrows that could last more than a month!

And because there are no quality inspection problems with system products, each one is produced according to the theoretical upper limit of the quality of the improved Zhuge Liannu.

No matter in terms of range, accuracy, or power, the "Western Han Dynasty Version Repeating Crossbow" produced by the inner government cannot compare!

What's more, the standard Zhuge Liannu blueprint given by Tang Qi was too heavy to build, and was only suitable for city defense or large group operations, and did not have enough mobility and flexibility.

The current improved version of the Zhuge Liannu has not only greatly improved its power and accuracy, but has also been lightened enough to be used by a single soldier!

"How is it?" Tang Qi threw the serial crossbow into Huo Qubing's arms, "Is it a good thing?!"

Huo Qubing followed Tang Qi's command and personally experienced the operation method and power of the lower serial crossbow.

Then his eyes gleamed: "Brother Tang, why didn't you take out this thing earlier!"

Li Guang even moved directly to Tang Qi's side. He thought about Lou's shoulders but did not dare to hug him due to his status, so he had to chuckle and say: "Da Nong Order, the last general's son also followed you from Chang'an to Shanggu. I don't know him well."

Are you familiar with it? Look at these ten thousand repeating crossbows..."

Huo Qubing was anxious at that time: "No, we have to follow our Yulin army first!"

The types of arms in the Han Dynasty were not so clear, especially the use of crossbows instead of bows and arrows, which made it possible to transform melee and long-range arms into each other.

Crossbowmen are often equipped with weapons, and after shooting the crossbow arrows, they can turn into infantry to participate in the battle.

Cut off the cavalry at the top, cut off the horse's legs at the bottom!

Infantry are often equipped with light crossbows. When encountering an enemy, they will fire a round of crossbow arrows first!

The cavalry are even less particular. They mount and dismount to fight on foot. Everyone is equipped with weapons and levers.

Although the improved version of the Zhuge Liannu is not yet light enough to be used in immediate combat, as long as it is a good thing, it is always right to equip your son first!

Chen You, the captain on the right side of Shanggu, reacted a little slowly and was a little confused.

The craftsmanship skills of the inner government are already so good now, but in general, newly developed weapons should not be installed first in the border counties?

Why has he never heard of such an awesome repeating crossbow?

And the shoe!

For a while, Chen You felt a sense of disparity that the border troops were stepmothers.

But just because he couldn't react, it didn't mean that Tang Qi couldn't react either. He directly knocked the two "Central Army" generals to the left and right!

"You two just take it easy, okay?" Tang Qi had no choice but to say, "Qu Bing, your 500 cavalrymen are useless if they have to repeat their crossbows, and they are not going to go deep into the attack alone!"

"Captain Li, don't think I don't know. Before you set off, you took away all the crossbows that the inner government had made, and you are still here licking your face and asking me for weapons. Don't you feel cold?"

The two of them laughed apologetically, but didn't look the least bit embarrassed.

However, Chen You came to his senses, but instead of going up himself, he called a soldier and said, "Quickly, report the situation here to the prefect!"

Then Chao Tang Qi Gong, who was trying to please him, handed over his hand: "The Great Farmer's Order doesn't require many generals. Our Juyongguan garrison has 5,000 crossbowmen, but they still use arm-shaped crossbows and step-shaped crossbows..."

But he asked for half as soon as he opened his mouth!

Tang Qi couldn't laugh or cry.

Sure enough, no matter what era, the leader of the army is not polite when asking for weapons!

"There's no need to look for Governor Lu, I'll allocate it to you here!" Tang Qi said honestly and politely, "But first, I can't decide who owns this batch of crossbows, so I can only lend them to you first.

.Whoever wants it should go to His Majesty to file a lawsuit!"

Tang Qi would not rush into something like this that was destined to offend one party.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the three military leaders calmed down a little, and each planned to find allies in the DPRK to get things together.

"Since the Guanzhong soldiers are all under the command of Lieutenant Li, the Northern Army and the Border Army should be on one side and half on the other." Tang Qi said, "Let your men come over to lead the Liannu, and no fighting is allowed. Do you understand?"

Under the pressure of the dignified Jiuqing, although both Li Guang and Chen You wanted to monopolize it, they did not say anything in the end.

Only the boss Huo Qubing was dissatisfied: "Brother Tang, are you treating one favorably? My 500 men are all your personal guards!"

"I'm kidding, can I treat you badly?" Tang Qi smiled mysteriously, "I'll give you the shoe first, so take your sons and follow me to the armory in the back city!"

As a military fortress, Juyongguan certainly does not have only one armory.

What Tang Qi was talking about was a small armory located between Juyongguan and Nankou, used for transit.

Huo Qubing followed Tang Qi's instructions and summoned five hundred cavalry to go there together.

Anyway, now the continuous crossbows have been issued, the offensive and defensive battles on the city are under the command of Li Guang and Chen You, and the security of the city is under the responsibility of Lu Fang.
Chapter completed!