As darkness fell, the number of casualties from the day's siege was finally counted.

The number of casualties in the first battle reached more than 480, accounting for one-sixth of the troops invested in the siege, which was more than double the number in the siege of Wen'an County.

It seems that the casualties have only doubled. However, the one hundred people who attacked Wen'an County are not the same as the one hundred people today.

At that time in Wen'an County, there were not enough armors in the army, and there was not enough armor per person at that time.

In addition to the gap in military equipment, the quality of the soldiers also differed greatly. In Wen'an County, the siege soldiers could not even form a shield formation well.

As of this siege, the soldiers who are attacking the city are all wearing a set of armor, and the current soldiers are all brave and strong men, the best soldiers, selected from thousands of refugees. This time, the siege of the city is

The shield formation of the soldiers is truly like a shield formation, and the combat power of the soldiers is not comparable to that of Wen'an County.

The more than 400 casualties this time were all elite soldiers. If they were replaced by the local braves from Wen'an County, the 400 casualties in this battle were worth eight hundred local braves.

In other words, 800 people died in one battle.

According to previous statistics, in every battle, excluding those who died on the spot, only less than one-third of the remaining wounded soldiers, regardless of their severity of injury, would survive in the end.

When it got dark, caravans of traveling caravans hurriedly delivered several carts of chickens, ducks, sheep, geese and other livestock from our village.

The traveling caravan once again played an important role. The traveling caravan was originally formed to focus on purchasing along the way. In order to enable it to keep up with the march, the traveling caravan was specially equipped with a carriage.

The fast horses and light chariots of the Rangers are actually the fastest part of the army besides the cavalry.

Although the roving caravan stopped due to the war, its carriages and horses were still there. The messenger went back and said he wanted to send chickens and ducks, so the roving caravan directly pulled the carriage over. Otherwise, the army is now short of horses.

The negotiating parties had to find horses, bridle the horses, and set up the cart, which took a lot of time.

When it came time to transport the chickens and ducks, no one told them, so the caravan still followed the usual practice when purchasing, only filling half of the car without loading it, so as to save it from being filled to the brim and not run as fast.

Therefore, the carriage was not loaded with much and moved very fast. It was just after dark, and the traveling caravan worked hard to deliver the required chickens, ducks, sheep, geese, and fish.

The delivery of materials is extremely fast. No one cares about this trivial point. In fact, if it weren't for the various arrangements and operations earlier, it wouldn't be fast even if we think about it, and the chickens, ducks, sheep and geese would have to wait for a long time.

If it is too large while waiting, it will have adverse effects.

Why did Liu Bei want chickens, ducks, sheep and geese? Because he wanted to reward those who had made meritorious deeds after breaking the city.

If the chickens, ducks, sheep, and geese arrive late, the start of the evening meal will inevitably be delayed. They were supposed to be rewarded, but instead they made the siege soldiers hungry and delayed in eating. How could the soldiers not complain in their hearts?

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If you can't keep up with one step, you won't be able to keep up with every step.

If there is no caravan in the army on standby, the chickens, ducks, sheep and geese cannot be delivered quickly, and Liu Bei will not be able to reward them at the meal time, making the soldiers hungry, so he uses

Everyone has complaints, and the effectiveness of rewards is greatly reduced.

With the caravan, the supplies were delivered quickly, and the chickens, ducks, sheep and geese arrived in time, so Liu Bei was able to kill the chickens and sheep in time. It happened that the soldiers were hungry, and the meat was cooked. Everyone ate the fish and was very happy, so he rewarded them.

The effect was a great success.

One is a big success, the other is a huge failure, the difference between the two is as big as two rewards.

The chickens and ducks have arrived, and Liu, Guan, and Zhang are busy killing the chickens and ducks.

"I forgot to bring the Butcher's Camp." Li Mengxi, who was helping to collect the sheep's blood, muttered.

The butcher camp not only has wooden racks and hooks for killing large animals, but also many skilled butchers, a large number of butchering tools, pointed butcher knives and axes, etc.

If the butcher's camp were here, all these sheep and other things would be cooked to death in no time.

The butcher camp is no longer there, but there are still butchers.

Butcher Zhang, General Zhang San, was slaughtering the sheep with a short ring-headed knife.

Zhang Fei was also unhappy because the sword was not easy to draw.

All seven sheep were killed.

On the other side, Liu Bei grabbed the necks of two or three chickens and ducks with one hand, and he also killed the chickens and ducks.

Just wait for the hot water to boil and remove the hair.

After about two moments, all the chicken, duck, sheep and geese were finished.

The chickens and ducks were plucked, the sheep were skinned and boned, and chopped into pieces.

The meat is all put together, and several door panels cannot fit together.

"I see how strong it is," Liu Bei wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to everyone, "There are many people but little meat. Let's chop the meat into pieces and we can separate the meat."

When Li Mengxi heard this, he thought this method was good.

For two to three thousand people, if the meat is too big, there won't be enough to divide it. If the meat is minced finely and the meat porridge is cooked, everyone can share a bowl.

After that, it was time to chop meat, whether chickens, ducks or whatever. Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liu Bei, and other helpers were holding axes and knives around the table made of door panels. The sound of axes and axes falling on the table came one after another.

, the tuk-tuk is non-stop and very lively.

Whether it's mutton, chicken heads or duck legs, they must be chopped into pieces.

Zhang Fei held a ring-headed knife in his hand, held down half of the chicken, and slashed down hard with the knife, clicking.

Suddenly there was a soft click.

Zhang Fei looked at the broken knife in his hand, and everyone was stunned, "Xie Niang!" Zhang Fei cursed angrily, "Broken it again!"

Zhang Fei was really unlucky that day. When he was attacking the city, he fought hard in the city gate and grabbed a knife. He cut too hard and hit the wall with the knife, cutting it off.

Then he went into the city and picked up a knife. By chance, the yellow turban thief came and stabbed him with his spear. Zhang Fei took the knife to chop, but the knife broke again.

Just now, while chopping meat, the knife broke again!

Zhang Fei threw away the knife angrily and turned to look at Li Mengxi who was laughing. "Xiao Meng, didn't you say you can make a good knife? You can quickly give me, Lao Zhang, a knife. This knife keeps breaking and I'm so angry."

Got it!"

On the side, Guan Yu pushed aside the minced meat in his hand, took a new piece of mutton, chopped it, looked over with a smile, and said, "Third brother, you have found the right person. A few days ago, Xi'er painted siege equipment.

At that time, I saw him drawing a broad sword. The blade was thick and heavy, and it was not similar to a short sword with a ring head."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! As he said that, Guan Yu looked at Li Mengxi, "Xi'er, what kind of knife is that?"

Li Mengxi was at a loss for a long time. When did I draw the sword for siege equipment?

Guan Yu reminded him again, saying that when he was drawing the formation umbrella that day, the sword in the hand of the sword shield warrior was.

Guan Yu was also good at drawing on the door panel for Li Mengxi.

Li Mengxi suddenly remembered, "Hand knife."

In fact, it is a Song hand knife.

That is, the earliest version of the war sword of later generations, the thick-backed hand sword of the Song Dynasty.

The Song and Yuan Dynasties were at a peak period of the development of armor. Heavy armor units, such as infantry armor, iron pagodas, and iron kites all came from that period.

Because the armor was thick, weapons were forced to develop in the aspect of breaking armor. Therefore, the knives changed from the narrow ring-headed knives in the Han and Tang Dynasties to thick-backed heavy knives with certain armor-piercing capabilities.

The Song hand knife is still a one-handed knife. The Huanshou knife is slender and relatively long. However, since the Song hand knife has become thicker and heavier and can be held with one hand, the length of the blade has naturally decreased, becoming shorter and thicker.

, and heavy. The Song Hand Sword has enhanced its cutting ability, and it can kill someone with a heavy blow. Li Mengxi glanced at Zhang Fei a few times, especially at Zhang Fei's thick arms.

With Zhang Fei's physique and strength, using an ordinary Huanshou sword is indeed a bit light and cannot give full play to its strength advantage.

Either abandon the sword and use heavy weapons such as iron whips and maces, or use heavy swords.

Li Mengxi thought about the feasibility of making a heavier and thicker hand knife for Zhang Fei to use.

Zhang Fei is extremely powerful. He can use a heavy ghost-headed sword with one hand as fast as a light sword. He can cut off the enemy's ring-headed sword with one blow...

So Li Mengxi said to Zhang Fei, "The Huanshou sword has a thin blade. Unless it is a good sword, it cannot withstand the general's force.

I have two ways to solve the problem of cutting off a general's sword. One is to use a heavy armor-breaking weapon such as a mace and whip instead of a sword. The other is to find another sword shape and use a broad-backed and thick-edged hand knife.

Look, Third General, do you want to use a bamboo whip, a corrugated gold mace, or a thick-edged hand knife?"

Zhang Fei stopped doing the work in his hands, his eyes widened, his mouth opened, and he rolled his eyes, "Do it all for me! I want it all!"

Li Mengxi immediately became happy, "It's easy to talk about! When we settle down, we will make various weapons and give them to the general."

With Li Mengxi's promise, Zhang Fei's depression because his weapons were repeatedly broken was relieved.

It is normal for the inferior Huanshou knife in Zhang Fei's hand to break. A good knife is not so easy to break. Then again, if you want a good knife, the cost of the knife will go up. It must be made of good iron and carefully crafted.

The lowest-cost method is to make the knife thicker and wider, regardless of the quality of the iron or precision craftsmanship. You can use rotten iron to make a knife that won't break.

That is to say, in fact, it can be used without using the shape of the Song hand knife. It can be used if the Huanshou knife is made thicker and heavier.

However, when the Huanshou sword is enlarged in proportion, it is still a single and slender sword. In terms of thickness and cutting ability, it is still not as good as the Song hand sword.

As for the bamboo steel whip and the corrugated gold mace, these two weapons are also famous. Unlike swords, these blunt-hit weapons have stronger armor-piercing capabilities.

That is to say, when hitting the enemy's elite armored soldiers, the sword will not do much damage, but the iron whip will be rounded and hit when hit, and the enemy will be shocked to the point of vomiting blood.

Zhang Fei changed his knife and continued to chop meat.

The busy people chopped the meat again and again, insisting on mincing the meat.

At this time, there were no dumplings in the late Han Dynasty, otherwise the minced meat minced by Zhang Fei and his men would have been used to make dumplings.

Another half a moment.

After the meat was chopped, dozens of pottery jars were brought in, and the meat was put into the dozens of jars. After each amount of meat was put, a lot of water was added.

If the seasoning is gone, you can add more salt.

This meal should be about an hour later than the usual dinner. Although it is a little late, it is not too late.

When the meat porridge was cooked, Liu Bei summoned the soldiers who were attacking the city. After an impassioned speech, he had people carry urns and each person was given a bowl of meat porridge.

Although there is not much meat, everyone has a share.

Liu Bei made an impassioned speech. On the side, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Li Mengxi were talking together.
To be continued...