The carpenters went to the county town first to help. Li Mengxi then arrived outside the city and saw people shouting for death in the city. Liu Xuande was training troops in full swing.

Li Mengxi stood forty steps outside the city and carefully watched the battle between the offensive and defensive sides.

The current situation is that many of the siege ladders built at that time have been broken.

These broken siege ladders were carried away by carpenters to be repaired.

Using the only six good ladders left, the siege team launched an ant attack on a small section of the city wall, while the defenders also gathered on a small section of the city wall and gestured at the city with weapons.

There are too few people, so the only way to achieve a training effect is to gather them together to give the appearance of a war.

If we spread out the people, there would be more than a hundred people, and even if one person stood ten paces, it would not be enough to circle the city wall.

Li Mengxi raised his head and watched with interest for a long time.

I wonder how Liu Xuande is practicing this offensive and defensive tactics for a while. Li Mengxi is very curious.

Someone was fighting outside the city. Liu Bei could see clearly at the top of the city. He waved from a distance under the enemy tower. Li Mengxi saw it and responded from a distance.

The attack and defense were in full swing, but were temporarily stopped due to the arrival of Li Mengxi.

Li Mengxi walked into the city safely.

Under the enemy tower, Li Mengxi and Liu Bei met.

Li Mengxi first asked if the nearly one-hour drill had yielded any results.

Liu Bei looked a little excited. It seemed that Liu Bei must have gained something. He could gain something from his first training, which made Liu Bei very happy.

Liu Bei ordered the siege troops under the city to line up in attack formation.

Then, Liu Bei took Li Mengxi to the city to watch.

"Xi'er, look, what's the difference between looking at the siege troops from the top of the city and the siege troops below? No, look at the shield soldiers on the left and right sides." Liu Bei didn't know what to say, and pointed it out to Li Mengxi, asking Li Mengxi to see for himself.

Li Mengxi held the battlements and looked down. Looking to the left, the shield soldiers holding their shields were squatting on the ground. Looking to the right, the shield soldiers holding their shields were standing on the ground. From the perspective of the city wall, you can see the difference.

Already.

The siege soldiers below the city squatted on the ground holding up their shields. Their bodies were well covered by the shields. Even from the top of the city, they couldn't see many flaws.

As for the standing shield soldier, half of his legs were exposed, and the upper part of his body was not completely covered. Either his shoulders were exposed a little, or his head was not covered properly.

Crossbow attacks don't require much space. Even if only the head is exposed, a stray arrow can kill someone.

It turns out that the postures of the sword and shield soldiers are different, there is such a big difference.

This was something Li Mengxi had not expected the night before. He thought of many tactics, but forgot to stipulate this point.

When the city was attacked, some soldiers were standing with their shields raised, while others were squatting. It can be imagined that a considerable number of casualties could have been avoided.

"With the shield formation under the city, the soldiers can crouch on the ground and are less likely to be injured by crossbows. Is this true?" Li Mengxi asked Liu Bei.

Liu Bei's eyes were full of approval. He smiled and nodded, "Ha! How about it? Even though you are as smart as Xi'er, you didn't notice these slight omissions. But I was training my troops for the first time today, so I noticed it!"

Liu Bei actually looked proud.

Li Mengxi glanced at Liu Bei in surprise. Is he so proud?

After thinking about it carefully, Li Mengxi understood why Liu Bei was so arrogant.

Originally, Guan Yu was in charge of military training, not Liu Bei.

Liu Bei was like a primary school student when it came to military training. A primary school student got a big red flower on the first day of school. How could he not be happy?

Li Mengxi had an insight into people's hearts, so he paid special compliments to Liu Bei for a while. Li Mengxi shamelessly and against his will praised Liu Bei for his unique vision, his unique talent, and his natural ability to train soldiers. Liu Bei was embarrassed to praise him.

Li Mengxi satisfied Liu Bei's vanity well.

"Xi'er, what do you think of our army's shields?" Liu Bei asked again.

When Liu Bei mentioned the shield, Li Mengxi went to see the shield.

There were many people in the enemy tower. Li Mengxi glanced around and could see most of the shields.

The small one has a hooked shield.

The hooked shield is very special and is a shield type unique to China.

According to the shape of the shield, shields can be divided into round shields, square shields, kite-shaped shields, oval shields, etc.

According to functions, they can be divided into heavy shields such as array shields, fighting shields, infantry shields, cavalry shields, and shield vehicles.

According to size, it can be divided into small, medium and large.

The hooked shield is a type of fighting shield.

The fighting shield is generally a swordsman's off-hand weapon, used to assist in blocking attacks.

Fighting shield is a type of shield. Because it requires flexibility, fighting shields are generally not too big.

In India and Southeast Asia, small fighting shields that are not much larger than the mouth of a bowl and can barely protect a fist are very popular, while in China, the hooked shield is only as big as a palm.

The hook shield is a weapon used to restrain the enemy. Different from the ordinary fighting shield, the hook shield is more like a small fighting shield with two slender iron rods. The sticks have a hook shape on the head. The iron rods are used to block the enemy.

Ge, and then use the hook to hook the Ge's head, so that the hooked shield soldiers will have an advantage in the battle with the Ge.

The structure of the hooked shield is full of wisdom - a small shield with only two thin iron hooks added. These two small iron hooks make the hooked shield not only light and dexterous, but also have a defense against enemies that is not inferior to the larger shield.

ability.

The iron rods hooking the two ends of the shield are equal to the defensive width of weapons such as swords. The longer the hook is, the wider the defense can be.

In a one-on-one duel between a hooked shield and an enemy, the defensive width of the hooked shield is equal to the width between the two iron hooks, and the defensive capability is equal to a giant shield, but this giant shield is extremely light.

The Gou Chi has an advantage against enemies, and also has certain advantages against long soldiers. It can also block swords and take into account the dexterity of a fighting shield and the large protective area equivalent to a conventional shield. It can be said to be a good shield type.

However, the hooked shield is only as big as a palm, which is not conducive to siege operations.

Then looking at other shields, most of them are large and small wooden shields, and there are also a few leather shields and iron-clad shields.

The quality of these shields varied, and Li Mengxi could not see any problems.

"How about the shield? Please tell Mr. Xuande clearly." Li Mengxi asked puzzledly.

"Our army's shields are not thick enough and can easily be penetrated by crossbow arrows, and they are not large enough to cover the body."

Liu Bei made two points in a row.

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If a person squats for a moment, he can be completely covered by the shield.

In the east, the Han Dynasty also had similar huge shields, but Liu Bei's army was not so rich in weapons and large shields could not be found.

As for larger shields, there are also some. The Han Dynasty had a formation shield, also called a tower shield, which was as tall as a person.

Liu Bei said that the army lacked a large shield specially designed for siege.

Li Mengxi scratched his hair, "Since the shield is not enough, we can let the carpenter camp use good wood to try making some first. What do you think, Mr. Xuande?"

Liu Bei nodded in agreement.

Li Mengxi got another job for his subordinates.

The two of them continued to look down slowly.

"The siege ladder is built on the city wall and can easily be pushed down. Meng Xi, do you have any way to solve this problem?" As he spoke, Liu Bei walked to the city wall, reached out and pushed hard against a siege ladder leaning against the city wall.

, the long siege ladder creaked and was pushed backwards.

Li Mengxi was amazed by Liu Bei's strength when he overthrew the siege ladder with one hand.

In fact, Li Mengxi had already thought of the problem that Liu Bei thought of.

To solve the problem of the siege ladder being easily knocked down, Li Mengxi already had at least two methods.

First, make a hook on the top of the siege ladder, and hang the hook on the city wall to make it difficult to be overthrown. I have seen many costume dramas in my previous life and have seen this kind of siege ladder.

The second solution is to build a real ladder.

Cloud ladder, as the name suggests, is a ladder that reaches into the clouds.

The ladder is a heavy siege equipment that does not need to be set up on the city wall. Its structure is a giant tower. The overall shape of the tower is a right-angled triangle. The ladder of the ladder is the position of the hypotenuse of the right-angled triangle.

The ladder has huge wheels that can move dexterously, and the ladder can rely on its own support to support the ladder directly close to the city wall without anyone having to hold it up, and there is no need to worry about the ladder being pushed over.
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