The Three Kingdoms: Home Travel

(Damn it, newbies always have to put up with this! Today was infuriating! I'm speechless about that programmer. Oh, right! I'll update three chapters a day tomorrow and the day after to make up for the previous chapters. I'm a bit too tired today.)

Although it wasn't a defeat, Jiang Zhe felt terrible. Seven hundred elite soldiers from Xuzhou! Seven hundred living, breathing people!

It was less than an hour...

So this is what war is all about!

"Husband..." Xiu'er snuggled up to Jiang Zhe and gently hugged him, saying, "Husband, please don't be anxious. Now that the soldiers are united, I believe the Yellow Turbans will not be able to do anything to Xuzhou."

That's Zhang Yan! Jiang Zhe frowned as he thought.

"Aren't you... afraid?" Jiang Zhe looked at Xiu'er strangely.

"Why should I be afraid?" Xiu'er smiled gently and said softly, "I believe that my husband can protect Xiu'er and all the people of Xuzhou..."

"Xiuer..." Jiang Zhe murmured, feeling a wonderful sense of trust...

Xiuer sat on Jiang Zhe's lap and whispered in his ear, "I have prepared everything for the wedding. I am just waiting for my husband to defeat the Yellow Turbans and marry me."

One sentence made Jiang Zhe's heart beat several beats higher: marriage! In his later life, he had lived for over twenty years without ever experiencing what marriage was like.

"Xiuer, don't be in such a hurry!" Jiang Zhe suddenly exclaimed with boundless pride, "After your husband defeats the enemy, I will marry you!"

"Tch!" Xiu'er said shyly, "I'm not in a hurry... Anyway..." She glanced at Jiang Zhe and said, "Anyway, I'll be a member of the Jiang family sooner or later..."

"Hehe, I love hearing that..." Jiang Zhe happily hugged Xiu'er and wouldn't let go.

"Husband, please let go..." Xiu'er said after struggling for a moment. "Husband, you should think about how to defeat the Yellow Turbans first. This concerns my happiness and the happiness of the people of Xuzhou..."

"What you're saying puts a lot of pressure on me... but no matter how much pressure I'm under, I have to overcome it!"

(Jiang Zhe, inspired by Xiu'er, gains +5 to his Command rank. Just kidding, haha.)

"Now I can rest assured..." Xiu'er walked away quietly. "I'll go prepare a meal for my husband."

Jiang Zhe nodded and watched Xiu'er leave with a smile.

As soon as Xiuer was out of Jiang Zhe's sight, Jiang Zhe's smile vanished, and he rested his head on his hand, deep in thought, trying to come up with the most effective solution under these circumstances.

Xuzhou City is surrounded by a moat, making it difficult for the Yellow Turbans to get close...moat?

Jiang Zhe's eyes lit up, then dimmed again. "This will only stop it once or twice; it's a temporary fix, not a permanent solution."

In ancient times, siege towers were usually attacked by infantry and siege towers. The former was used by infantry and the latter by archers and crossbowmen. However, siege towers were difficult to manufacture and time-consuming. Therefore, it is most likely that Zhang Yan used siege ladders.

A strong infantry attack will inevitably be supported by archers. The Yellow Turban archers are numerous, raining down like a waterfall, making them extremely difficult to defend against. Even if all the soldiers in Xuzhou were to use bows and crossbows, they would only number around two thousand, facing an enemy three times their size... That's the downside of bows and arrows! They're too slow! Nocking an arrow, drawing the bow, aiming, and then firing takes at least five seconds. How can that possibly suppress a Yellow Turban attacking the city?

However, if the situation cannot be suppressed, then those fanatical Yellow Turbans will continuously attack the city walls, and the consequences will be unimaginable!

Damn! If I had a few heavy machine guns right now, would I need to go through all this trouble? I'd kill them all!

Heavy machine guns?!

Speed?

Jiang Zhe seemed to have grasped something.

He carefully recalled the battle just now, his eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands, exclaiming, "Triple Shot!"

"Hmm?" Xiu'er poked her head out from the kitchen and looked at Jiang Zhe, asking curiously, "Husband?"

"It's alright, it's alright!" Jiang Zhe looked at Xiu'er with a smile, "You can continue..."

"Oh..." Xiuer blinked, continuing to cook with a puzzled look.

"That's right! Two thousand men facing five or six thousand or even more enemies can only be suppressed by using three-volley fire. Well, then let the archers use two-volley fire, and the crossbowmen use three-volley fire since their reload is too slow. This should be able to effectively suppress the Yellow Turbans."

I could even... I could keep 500 as reserves, 500 as support, and 1,000 archers...

"Okay!" Jiang Zhe nodded.

Also, while using stones and similar objects to deal with the Yellow Turbans on the siege ladders is effective, it consumes too many resources and is too strenuous for soldiers to carry. What can be used instead?

Boiling oil?!

Boiling oil is good! Not only can it burn the other person, but it can also be used further. However, in cold weather, boiling oil is prone to solidification.

Sigh, I'll use it for now. If I had springs, I could build simple crossbows and catapults, which would be much better than those from the Three Kingdoms period... much better...

Yes! There were crossbows and catapults during the Three Kingdoms period!

What did they use instead of springs? Rubber? Definitely not...

Tendons? Tendons! Animal tendons!

However, it seems that even if it were made, it wouldn't be of much use... Jiang Zhe's excitement immediately cooled down. Sigh, how can we effectively injure the Yellow Turbans?

Those despicable Yellow Turbans, attacking the city in the dead of winter! Are you out of your minds?! I curse you all to freeze to death!

snort!

freeze to death……

Jiang Zhe blinked, then suddenly realized, "You're so stupid!"

This isn't a game, this is reality!

With its sturdy city walls, Xuzhou should be able to hold out for a few days. Why do I always have to think of the quickest way to achieve the desired effect?

Even if it's slower, there are still effective methods that can be used!

Stupid!

water!

Jiang Zhe stared intently at the table, silently recalling history. The Yellow Turban Rebellion was hasty, and many Yellow Turban soldiers did not receive adequate supplies. Their equipment consisted of nothing more than a large sword, or even worse, wooden sticks and hoes...

How could such an army possibly have cotton-padded clothing?

If they were doused with a bucket of water during a siege, a gust of wind could instantly render them incapacitated. Even if they managed to return to camp alive, they would likely fall seriously ill. Ancient medicine was so primitive and not widely available, and there were no accompanying doctors in the army. Needless to say, their chances of survival were extremely slim.

Boiling oil... can be used in the first round... Jiang Zhe had a somewhat gloomy expression on his face, and he glared at Xiu'er who came out with the food.

After using up the boiling oil, they fetched water from the spot... well, they might have to dig for ice... When all else fails, ice blocks can be used as stepping stones, and they won't fall into enemy hands...

The tactics can be used in two or three stages to maintain the archers' continuous pressure. However, the archers cannot wear armor, which is a problem in terms of defense. Hmm, I can learn from Zhang Yan in this regard. He can put up a row of wooden planks on the city wall, leaving a space every half meter for the archers to shoot arrows. Wouldn't that indirectly increase the height of the city wall?

If the Yellow Turbans manage to scale the city walls, then we can set these wooden planks on fire and then remove them; that should hold them off for a while. Not bad...

As for using water to repel the enemy, the water consumption is too great, and these people probably won't be enough. Forget it, let's wait and see. We can mobilize the people later… No! Perhaps there are Yellow Turban spies mixed among the people of Xuzhou right now; it might be difficult to deal with them then…

Hmm... let me take another look...

Outside the city, Zhang Yan filled in the trenches and returned to his camp. He had planned to take advantage of the recent defeat in Xuzhou to launch a night attack, but upon arriving in Xuzhou, he was filled with despair and returned home disappointed.

As Jiang Zhe had instructed, Chen Deng had placed a bronze mirror every twenty or thirty meters on the city wall, so that everything outside the city could be seen over the huge bonfire.

Zhang Yan glanced at him, and although their identities were different, some other thoughts began to form in her mind. "Although Chen Yuanlong is despicable and cowardly, he is full of schemes and should not be underestimated... It seems I was careless the other day..."

"Let's wait until sunrise tomorrow, then join forces with the three gates to take Xuzhou!"

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