Chapter 181 My old Pang has never fought such a rich battle. Where are my soldiers? !


Chapter 181 I, Lao Pang, have never fought such a rich battle... Where are my soldiers? !

Cao Mao blinked: "Hang heavy objects to replace manpower?"

Imagining the scene of using heavy objects to drive levers, Cao Mao frowned slightly: "Isn't it necessary first? Use manpower to pull up the heavy object, and then let the heavy object fall to drive the catapult?"

"This is purely..."

Qi Ai gave Cao Mao a hard blow. Give him a hard look.

The person standing in front of us is the coach!

Do you dare to question the coach’s request?

If you don’t want to die, take us with you!

Immediately Qi Ai immediately handed over his hand: "I'll try it now!"

Cao Mao also realized that he had almost walked into the gate of hell unconsciously, a layer of cold sweat oozed from his forehead, and he suddenly handed over his hand: " I'm sorry! I'm sorry, just do what the general said and hang the weight under the sling pole!"

Although Cao Mao didn't finish what he said, Ying Chengyu also knew that what Cao Mao said after that was nothing more than "taking off his pants and farting" or something like that.

But Ying Chengyu didn't care, he just waved for these craftsmen to gather around him.

After breaking a branch, Ying Chengyu drew a sketch on the ground: "This is what I thought."

"The main structure of the trebuchet remains unchanged, but the trebuchet must be The bottom of the machine is made of a strong square wooden frame, with wheels on both sides of the wooden frame so that it can be pushed."

Cao Mao couldn't help but refute: "If this is the case, the wheels may be crushed."

"And the wheels will also make the trebuchet shake during the throwing process."

"Adding wheels is beneficial to throwing, it just makes the car easier to push."

"Yes It’s not laborious to disassemble the trebuchet, so why bother?”

Ying Chengyu pondered for a moment, and then drew another trebuchet with only a wooden frame at the bottom: “Then make two types.”

“A smaller one, loaded with wheels, and uses stones to block the wheels when activated.”

"The other type is larger and does not carry wheels. The frame is rammed into the ground when it is built."

Cao Mao still wanted to speak.

The current trebuchet consists of two supporting timbers, a beam and a tip pole.

There are only four pieces of wood in total. It is very easy to disassemble and install. Adding the wheels will definitely do more harm than good!

But before he could say anything, he was pulled hard by Qi Ai, and he had to hold all the complaints in his throat.

Ying Chengxuan continued: "In addition to the frame, I originally intended to make the tip rod into a shape that is thin at the front and thick at the back."

"Connect the thick end of the tip rod to the bracket, and then fix it at the end of the tip rod. A wooden basket filled with a large number of stones weighing it down."

Qi Ai didn't hold it, and Cao Mao already frowned and asked, "What if the pole will be thrown up in this way? Let the tip pole fall below?"

Ying Chengyu drew two traction lines on the front end of the tip pole extending to the ground: "Tie the front end of the tip pole with several ropes, and use the power of oxen, horses or soldiers. Use the force to pull the tip rod downward."

"Wait until the tip rod hangs to the ground and then secure it with the hook lock."

"When activated, knock open the hook lock, and the wooden basket will fall down, causing the stones on the top of the pole to be thrown out."

The corner of Cao Mao's mouth twitched slightly: This girl is so impure. Lift up your lower garments and fart!

But Cao Cao thought about it and finally resisted the desire to complain.

Ying Chengxuan continued: "And the matching stones..."

Squatting on the ground, Ying Chengxuan talked with the two craftsmen for two hours.

After "full" and "friendly" communication, Ying Chengxuan finally agreed on specific regulations with the two craftsmen.

Throwing away the wooden stick, Ying Chengyu stood up and said with a smile: "Now that we have decided, we will start building it immediately."

"You can dispatch the corvee with the army at your will, and the baggage The materials in the camp are at your disposal, and the craftsmen in the army will allocate them to you and other five hundred people.”

“If you need materials that are not available in the army, I will personally send a message to the rear, and have the rear forge them and send them to the army. "

"In half a month, I will need you to build a cross one hundred and eighty feet outside Xiuyu City"

Cao Mao immediately shook his head: "General Qi, we can't do it!"

"This object is a new object, and it is extremely complicated. We have never made it before, and we are likely to encounter new things in the process. Problem."

"All kinds of wood need to be re-cut, and some bronze accessories may even need to be forged, which will take time."

"Half a month is not enough! "

Ying Chengyu said in a deep voice: "Half a month is the longest time I can give you."

"I will give you the right to face me directly."

"If you find any problems during the construction, you can ask me to solve them."

"I will give you the right to wait for the night. The right to move freely in the transport camp. "

"If it can be completed on time, the master craftsman Cao Mao and the master craftsman Qi Ai will be considered to have two levels of merit, and the craftsmen who participated in the construction will all be considered to have one level of merit. ."

"But if it can't be completed on time," Ying Chengyu's voice turned cold: "I will take the heads of both of you, and all the craftsmen involved will have one thumb!"

"Do you dare to accept my order?"

Although being knighted for consular service will be looked down upon by military generals, Cao Mao and Qi Ai are not soldiers but generals themselves. They only need titles!

Level 2 meritorious deeds can earn them a title!

But if you can't do it, you need to pay with your life!

A pressure arose spontaneously, but in the end Qi Ai became cruel and handed over his hand: "If you are humble, you will not disappoint the general!"

If you can't complete it, you will just die alone. If you can complete it, it will benefit the whole family!

Qi Ai gambled on this life!

Cao Mao looked at Qi Ai in shock: "Brother Qi, time is too tight!"

Qi Ai whispered: "I didn't hear that the general gave me a plan to wait while walking in the supply camp at night. "Is it the right to win?"

"If you can't finish it in fifteen days, can't you finish it in fifteen days and nights?"

Although it is very hard to work day and night, as long as Kuanggan completes this project in fifteen days, he will be at the same level as the township chief and will be appreciated by the commander-in-chief.

It’s worth it!

There was a little more madness and pleading in Qi Ai's voice: "Fight with my brothers for fifteen days!"

"I will definitely not be able to complete this task alone, but you and I can work together. , this is not impossible.”

“If you win, you and I will both be nobles from now on”

Under Qi Ai's pleading, Cao Mao reluctantly handed over: "I humbly accept the order!"

Ying Chengyu nodded slightly: "Since I have accepted the order, we will start work immediately."

"I don't have much time to wait!"

Cao Mao and Qi Ai both raised their hands: "Wei!"

After watching Ying Chengyu go away, Cao Mao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I It’s really crazy, I’ll go crazy with you!”

"Look at this thing!" Cao Mao tapped the picture drawn by Ying Chengyu with a wooden stick: "What's the use?"

"The trebuchet is used to hit the soldiers on the city wall, General But they made the trebuchet so big and heavy that it couldn't move at all."

"A three-kilogram stone bullet can kill a person if it hits it accurately. How can a thirty-kilogram stone bullet be killed? Can more people be killed?”

“No!”

“Can only kill one person!”

"What's the use of throwing heavier stones!"

The target of today's trebuchets has always been the people on the enemy's wall, not the enemy's wall itself!

Even a thousand years later, the main targets of Chinese catapults were still soldiers on the city wall and buildings such as turrets and water dragon towers. They never thought of attacking the city wall itself, which was the same as Western catapults. Two completely different development routes.

But this is not because the Chinese craftsmen are not smart enough, but because the development speed of Chinese city defense far exceeds the development speed of catapults.

Just like Xinzheng City, its city wall is about five feet high (11.55 meters), the base of the wall is eighteen feet wide (41.58 meters), and the top of the wall is one foot wide (2.31 meters). The entire city wall is made of rammed earth. Each layer of rammed earth is about 8 centimeters thick. There is a crossbar every 60 centimeters to strengthen the strength and withstand tensile force, just like the steel bars in later buildings.

With a city wall like this, a stone weighing more than a dozen kilograms would not cause any damage to the city wall at all, and it could even help the enemy force the city wall to become stronger!

What's the use of smashing it?

It was not until more than a thousand years later that the development of city walls fell into a bottleneck period. Counterweight catapults, which had been developed in the West for more than a thousand years, were also introduced to China. Only then did China finally begin to try to use catapults against enemy forces. The city walls launched an attack.

The essential difference in tactical thinking and the generation gap of more than a thousand years made it impossible for Cao Mao to understand the new trebuchet proposed by Ying Chengyu.

On a normal day, Cao Mao might have been interested in studying whether there was anything subtle about this thing.

But now, this thing has been linked to Cao Mao's life. It's no wonder that Cao Mao is in a good mood!

Cao Mao sighed helplessly: "I don't know how powerful this thing should be in the general's imagination."

"But if this thing is used in actual combat, it will definitely be of little use."< br>
“Based on the seriousness with which the general drew the sketch himself, I wonder if the general will kill you and me in a fit of rage!”

Qi Aiqiang smiled and said: "Perhaps the general wants to use this thing to hit the city wall?"

"I heard that the general used a catapult to throw oil altars into Xinzheng City when he attacked Xinzheng City."

Cao Mao was stunned and thoughtful: "What brother Qi said makes sense."

"But what is the difference between the oil in the big altar and the small altar?"

Qi Ai Patted Cao Mao on the shoulder: "Don't think so much, the general will naturally have his own reasons."

Cao Mao sighed helplessly: "What brother Qi said is true, hurry up and grab the construction deadline!"

Qi Ai directly brought the topic to the point: "The general needs this trebuchet to throw heavier stones. That will definitely require harder wood."

"Brother Cao, what do you suggest?"

Cao Mao stroked his beard thoughtfully: "What about Fraxinus manchus?"
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Qi Ai and Cao Mao worked hard for the crowns they could wear on their heads.

On the other side, Wei Qi is also working hard for his own life and the great Wei behind him.

"Zhao Jun has arrived?" As soon as he stepped into Xiuyu City, Wei Qi got an answer that surprised him: "Where is General Zhao Jun?"

The defenders He quickly said: "The Zhao army is entering the city from the north gate."

"This army has not yet entered the city."

Wei Qi said excitedly: "That's very good!"

"Follow me to the North City Gate!"

With a pinch in the horse's belly, the war horse under Wei Qi's crotch stepped forward with four hooves. Run towards the north gate.

But it had already carried Wei Qi for eighty miles, foaming at the corners of its mouth, and it was really unable to run at high speed.

Wei Qi simply turned over and dismounted, held the hilt of his sword with his right hand, and ran towards the north gate.

"General, wait, I'll wait!"

"Hurry, catch up with the general!"

"I can't catch up, Male is too tired to bear it."

"The horse can't run anymore. Can you still run? Chase!"

Wei Qi's soldiers and generals such as Chen Mao had to get off their horses.

A group of the most senior generals of the Wei army ran wildly in Xiuyu City in a panic, attracting many soldiers to look in surprise.

Through the entire Xiuyu City and all the way to the North City Gate, Wei Qi could already see the big banner from a distance.

Wei Qi gasped in surprise and shouted: "I dare to ask, but~huh~but~chi~General Pang's face?!"

There was a faint commotion in the middle of the Zhao army, and then several The ten men crossed the soldiers and rode forward.

Wei Qi waited impatiently for a long time, and finally, a handsome old man over ninety years old, with white hair and beard, a gentle and powerful face, and firm and energetic eyes rode into the city.

"Mr. Pengcheng?" Seeing that Wei Qi was not riding, Pang Nuan immediately dismounted and stepped forward: "The last time we met was three years ago."

"We haven't seen each other for three years. How are you doing, Mr. Pengcheng?"

Wei Qi returned the favor and said bitterly: "It's not good at all!"

Seeing Wei Qi covered in sweat and panting, Pang Nuan's voice became more serious: "But there are Something big happened?”

“Does Mr. Pengcheng need my help?”

Wei Qi looked in the direction of the Yellow River, his eyes slightly moist: "Just today, I just suffered a huge defeat."

"All my front troops were trapped in the Yellow River."

“If it weren’t for my soldiers fighting to the death to protect me, I would have died in the Yellow River!”

“I am ashamed of my expectations of my soldiers and my king’s trust!”< br>
Zhao Jun scouts had already reported the battlefield situation, so Pang Nuan also knew that Wei Qi was defeated, and defeated miserably.

But seeing Wei Qi's appearance, it seemed that Wei Qi's defeat was worse than he imagined?

Pang Nuan asked tentatively: "I wonder how much Pengcheng Jun's profit or loss will be in this battle?"

"Profit or loss?" Wei Qi smiled bitterly: "A disastrous defeat!"

Knowing Pang Nuan When asked about specific data, Wei Qi did not hold back and said bluntly: "Our army captured more than 7,100 enemy heads, which is roughly the total number of enemy casualties."

"Our army has captured more than 7,100 enemy heads." The estimated casualties in this battle were more than 63,100, and nearly 10,000 soldiers were missing.”

Pang Nuan's eyes widened: "More than 60,000 people were lost in the battle and nearly 10,000 people were missing?"

"How many soldiers are there in Lord Pengcheng's army?"

Wei Qi lowered his head in shame: "150,000."

Pang Nuan asked in shock: "150,000 soldiers, more than 60,000 were lost in the first battle?"

"There are only more than 70,000 soldiers left under the general's command?"< br>


Wei Qi hurriedly said: "If there are not more than 70,000 soldiers, when those soldiers return, our army will have more than 80,000 soldiers!"

Pang Nuan was at a loss.

Pang Nuan was quite happy before the expedition.

The State of Zhao has been relatively young and strong in recent years. Except for the Five Kingdoms' War to Defeat Qin, Pang Nuan's several foreign wars were fought with a small number of troops against the enemy's superior strength.

Although only 50,000 of Zhao's 250,000 troops were dispatched by Pang Nuan in this battle, didn't they still have the entire army of Wei!

The combined forces of Zhao and Wei are on par with Qin. This is already a rare battle of wealth for Pang Nuan!

But Pang Nuan hasn't seen the army yet, so half of the Wei army's troops are gone?

Aren’t you just giving it away!

Wei Qi accompanied Xin and asked, "I wonder how many reinforcements the general has brought this time?"

Pang Nuan was silent for a few moments before giving the answer: "Fifty thousand."


Wei Qi's eyes widened: "Fifty thousand?"

"Only fifty thousand?!"

"You and I only have a total of 130,000 troops?!"

“How to fight this!”

I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

(End of this chapter)

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