For such a large camp, no matter how hard the Qinghe people tried to build it, there would not be enough time and manpower, and there would inevitably be countless flaws. If they carefully explored and found these flaws, and then deployed troops accordingly, it would make things much easier.

However, there is no time to explore in detail now, so we should send more people to attack the entire contact surface. By probing with human flesh, we can quickly find the weaknesses of the Qinghe people. As for casualties, that's it, there are casualties in every war.

If he dies, it’s his bad luck!

While the main force was still making preparations, Qin Shou ordered two small forces to launch two exploratory assaults on Qinghe's camp.

The effect is very bad.

Although they did not see the Qinghe people's catapults, their crossbows caused heavy casualties to the assault troops.

Moreover, the seemingly useless barbed wire proved to be extremely difficult to deal with. Once trapped in it, the soldiers became sitting ducks for Qinghe's powerful crossbows.

Fortunately, the people of Qinghe were not that rich and could not set up barbed wire on the contact surface of more than ten kilometers, otherwise Qin Shou would have thought of turning back home.

Qin Shou ordered that the soldiers be given an extra meal at noon. After a full meal and a short rest, they would start the real battle.

Three quarters after noon is an auspicious time.

Qin Shou personally led 5,000 veteran soldiers to hold the line, and then sent out a large number of infantry to start the attack on the Qinghe Third Army.

Although these infantrymen were not as well-equipped and well-trained as the veterans of the garrison corps, they were at least soldiers who had received formal training and had enhanced equipment. Moreover, most of the officers were deputy positions in the garrison corps, and some were drawn from the defenders of various cities. Therefore, their attack seemed to be quite organized, and they did not rush forward in a disorderly manner.

Not only did half of the soldiers wear armor, but about 20% of them also had iron armor. In addition, each century-man team was reinforced with a number of powerful crossbows and heavy axes for attacking the Qinghe heavy armored infantry. The light armored and unarmored soldiers were also equipped with spears and swords and shields, which they could use to stabilize their position and expand the breakthrough after tearing through the defense line.

"As long as we open a gap, you must pour in as much as you can. Then I will personally lead my men to follow and break through the Qinghe people's defense line in one fell swoop."

This is Qin Shou’s military order.

To achieve this goal, even though it was too late to cut down trees and fire cannons, Qin Shou still brought out all the crossbows. The crossbows had a range far exceeding the Qinghe crossbows, and concentrated fire at critical moments could effectively suppress the Qinghe people's crossbows.

As for the Qinghe people's crossbow...

Qin Shou saw with his own eyes that the Qinghe army had deployed a large number of crossbow arrays and bed crossbows behind the defense line composed of trenches, chevaux de frise and barbed wire, and set up a fence in front of it. Behind the fence should be the last trench. The soil dug out of the trench had been piled up into small mounds about ten feet in size. The front of the small mounds was reinforced and the slope was steepened, so that the bed crossbows on it could not only have a longer range but also be safer.

So theoretically, there is nothing your own crossbow can do to the Qinghe crossbow.

Besides, Qinghe's crossbows are famous for their long and fast range.

So at this point, it all depends on fate.

But fortunately, I have many soldiers and many lives. Even if it depends on fate, my chances of winning are not small.