Chapter 222: Behead Jing’s dog!
Under the order of Ying Chengyu, the soldiers of various ministries were integrated and reorganized, and they stepped onto the four walls to resist the enemy.
While the soldiers, horses and ordnance were being mobilized, Ying Chengyu was thinking and giving the order: "Password to the great craftsman Cao Mao!"
Soon, Cao Mao hurried over: "Coach , are you looking for me?”
Ying Chengxuan immediately asked: “How much do you know about Chu Nu?”
Cao Mao said subconsciously: "What's there to know about Chu Nu?"
"There's nothing like this..."
Notice that Su Jiao was staring at him. , Cao Mao had to change his mind: "Yes, it can be of some use."
"When I was young, I followed Aweng to form Chu crossbows and used them to shoot birds."
Su Jiao:? ? ?
Shooting birds for fun?
Are you polite!
Cao Mao revealed his disdain for Chu Nu both inside and outside his words.
If Ying Chengyu leads the main force of Qin to fight the Chu army in Anling City, the Chu crossbow will still pose a threat to the Qin army, but the threat will be greatly reduced.
Unfortunately, without what-if, Ying Chengxuan’s position in this battle is just a partial one.
This resulted in most of the armored soldiers being transferred to Wang Jian's main force, and the armored rate of Ying Chengyu's troops was far lower than the normal level of the Qin army.
This gave Chu Nu the opportunity to show off his power.
Ying Chengyu asked: "In other words, you can make Chu crossbow?"
Cao Mao nodded, then shook his head: "I know what to do, but this thing It is not easy to build, it can even be said to be extremely difficult!”
“The structure of the Chu crossbow is not difficult. The difficulty is that every crossbow arrow and every crossbow must be exactly the same. The slightest deviation will cause the crossbow to be damaged. The arrow cannot fall into the crossbow smoothly.”
During the Warring States Period, military trade among various countries was very frequent.
For example, Da Qin often exported war horses to Chu, Han, Wei and other countries.
Most of Chu’s crossbows were imported from South Korea.
Why do these countries sell weapons that can be used to kill enemies on the battlefield to hostile countries?
One is because of interests, and the other is because every weapon that can be named a country is not only the structure, design and excellence of the weapon itself, but also represents the perfect production system behind it. !
The core of Chunu lies not only in its structural design, but also in the standardized manufacturing process behind it.
Cao Mao asked tentatively: "Coach, you don't want us to build Chu Nu, right?"
Ying Chengxiao nodded: "Not bad, can we build it?"
< br>Cao Mao thought for a while and then nodded vigorously: "Yes!"
"But it will definitely not be as easy to use as the Chu crossbow made by Chu State, and there will definitely be crossbow arrows stuck in the crossbow box from time to time."< br>
Ying Chengyu said happily: "That's enough!"
"What others have, my soldiers must also have."
"Great Qin must make its own Chu crossbow!"
If it was before the expedition, Cao Mao must have had 10,000 words waiting to reply to Ying Chengyu.
What did that stupid thing do for making it!
But after the impact of the counterweight catapult, Cao Mao could only salute without hesitation: "Wei!" !”
Ying Chengyu:? ? ?
Ying Chengyu looked at Cao Mao in shock: "Half a year?"
You want me to wait for half a year?
Do you think I can withstand the Chu army for half a year with this mere Anling City and 50,000 troops?
You really think highly of me!
Cao Mao hurriedly explained: "The crossbow is different from the catapult. The wood and tendons used take a long time to process."
"What was made in half a year is only usable. It might be broken by the time this battle is over.”
“If you want to make a crossbow that can be used for a long time, it will take several years.”
How many more years?
If Da Qin’s main army does not come to help in a few years, then my eldest brother will definitely be killed by other time travelers!
Ying Chengxuan immediately said: "Then use the old wood and bow strings."
Cao Mao shook his head repeatedly: "That won't work."
"We from Great Qin The crossbows are large, and the wood used is also large and thick. One crossbow arm is larger than the entire Chu crossbow.”
"How can we use the wood of Qin's crossbow to make Chu's crossbow!"
Ying Chengyu unsheathed his sword, squatted down, and drew a few lines with the tip of the sword.
Cao Mao's eyes suddenly brightened, and he hurriedly shouted to his subordinates: "Get the wooden board quickly!"
Taking the wooden board and carving knife handed over by his subordinates, Cao Mao squatted directly under Ying Chengxi On the side of the body, he was carving according to the lines drawn by Ying Chengyu.
But as he continued, Cao Mao hesitated: "Isn't this the Korean Xizi crossbow?"
Ying Chengyu nodded slightly: "Compared to our Da Qin crossbows and South Korea's Ju Lai, Shi Li and other crossbows, South Korea's Xizi crossbow is the lightest."
"And I will count South Korea after destroying South Korea. There are a lot of Xizi crossbows in the county arsenals, which are very suitable for modification."
Cao Mao couldn't help but said: "But even the smallest Xizi crossbow in South Korea is more than twice the size of the Chu crossbow."
"If the Xizi crossbow is modified, it will definitely not be as compact as the Chu crossbow."
Ying Chengyu smashed his mouth: "As long as it can be used."
"Anling City is not a hilly and mountainous area, so it does not need to be so compact."
Ying Chengxuan also knew that renovation was not as good as building it as a whole, but time did not allow it!
Cao Mao became increasingly speechless: "But if it is not compact, how can it be wound quickly?"
Before he finished speaking, Cao Mao saw Ying Chengyu drawing a pole above the crossbow machine. .
Cao Mao was startled for a moment, then suddenly realized: "General, you are going to use the tip pole of the catapult on the crossbow backwards!"
Ying Chengyu smiled happily: "Not bad."
"I will call this structure a lever structure."
"The position of the fulcrum on the rod, and the force exerted The arm determines whether the lever structure is labor-saving or labor-saving. "
"The catapult is a labor-saving lever, but the crossbow wrench is a labor-saving lever."
"Add this lever to the crossbow string. On top of that, even the Xizi crossbow can be quickly cocked. "Put the Chu crossbow's arrow box on the Xizi crossbow machine to complete the reloading of the crossbow arrows."
Cao Mao looked at the sketch drawn by Ying Chengyu with bright eyes: "How can it be like this! So it is so! It really is so!"
At this moment, Cao Mao had many things that he had never figured out before. All problems are solved.
Cao Mao felt that he had opened the door to a new world, and he wished he could quickly return to the supply camp and use this structure to improve his previous works.
But Cao Mao’s reason held him in place and told him that business was more important!
After Ying Cheng finished the drawing with his sword, he asked in a deep voice: "I will give you five days to trial-produce a repeating crossbow like this. Is it possible?"
Cao Mao suddenly handed over his hand: "I will not be humble. What a disgrace!"
Ying Chengyu nodded happily: "Good."
"When this battle is over, I will personally take credit for you!"
Cao Mao looked excited. After rushing down the city wall, Ying Chengyu looked out of the city with a gloomy expression: "Send the order to Wang Pan, as long as the Jing family's regular army enters the shooting range, they will be beaten hard by this general!"
……
Twenty days later.
“Boom!”
The sound of falling rocks sounded again, and Zhao Yuan could even feel the tremor of the ground.
But Zhaoyuan showed no fear at all. Instead, he looked at Dongfang with interest: "Jing was beaten again?"
Zhaohuang smiled and said: "I don't know what the deep hatred between Chang'an Lord and the Jing family is, but he actually threw all the catapults into the East City, and sent out troops from the east city gate many times."
"I think the Jing family suffered losses in the battle. It should be over ten thousand, right?”
Zhao Yuan nodded and agreed: “It’s just a lot more.”
In the first few days of the siege, all the clans were trying their best to attack the city. Please board first.
But after several days of continuous fierce attacks without any results, all the princes realized that despite its reputation, Anling City was not so easy to break with Ying Chengyu guarding it!
This is a tough battle involving soldiers, morale and equipment!
After discovering that Ying Chengyu was targeting the Jing family, the various clans not only put away their thoughts of attacking by force, but also did not send reinforcements at all. Instead, they began to paddle.
Because the princes are not only the heroes on the battlefield, but also the opponents in the court struggle.
Every time the strength of the Jing family is weakened, the relative strength of the Qu family, Zhao family and the royal family also increases.
Due to unity, they cannot add insult to injury.
But why not kill someone with a borrowed knife?
Confirming that there were no reinforcements from the Qin army on the city wall, Zhao Yuan chuckled and ordered: "Instruct all our generals to slow down the siege!"
The atmosphere in the three cities in the southwest and north was quite relaxed. .
But in the east of Anling City, the atmosphere was very heavy.
A group of Jing's private soldiers who were originally marching towards Anling City were hit head-on by the Qin army's catapults as soon as they reached fifty feet outside the city wall.
"Boom!!!"
Another flying stone smashed into the Chu army's formation.
The stone weighing one hundred and fifty kilograms did not break after falling, but bounced forward on the ground.
Every leap will take away the life of at least one soldier.
“Get out of the way! Quickly!”
"Stand back, the flying rocks are coming! Ah!!!"
"Big brother! I, I ate my big brother!"
Faced with this overwhelming flying rocks, there are some How many people can stay calm?
Many Jing's private soldiers were wailing and dodging. The military formation originally used to resist Qin Nu dispersed, allowing Qin Nu to easily harvest a large number of lives.
A few soldiers were kneeling in front of the minced meat and blood, their faces covered in blood, wailing.
Obviously, the people who were smashed into mincemeat by stones were their close relatives!
Seeing the morale of the private soldiers collapsing, Jing Ku said anxiously: "Master, we can't do this anymore!"
"More than 14,000 of our soldiers have died in this battle."
"If we continue to fight like this, even if I, the Jing clan, conquer the city first, we still won't be able to make up for the losses in this battle!"
Jingchou's face was also very ugly.
Did he want to continue the siege?
No!
It was Xiang Yan who ordered every clan to attack the city.
If it weren’t for Xiang Yan’s order, how could Jingchou send his private soldiers to die?
But looking at Jing's military camp which was obviously somewhat empty, Jingchou finally said in a deep voice: "Tell Jingpo's troops to retreat!"
"I will personally go find General Xiang and explain."
"We can't fight like this anymore!"
All the Jing clan members breathed a sigh of relief and immediately handed over their hands: "The master of the family is wise! ”
As soon as Jingchou reined in the reins, he was going to look for Xiang Yan.
But as soon as the war horse turned its head, a high-frequency and rapid vibration quietly rose and became more intense.
Jing Chou and other members of the Jing clan suddenly turned their heads and looked to the east.
A black line caught their eyes.
Gradually, the line turned into a surface, and a large number of Qin troops jumped down from the hillside and ran towards Anling City!
Anling City Head.
Ying Chengyu stood up suddenly, took two steps forward unconsciously, leaned out of the city wall, and looked into the distance with joyful eyes.
There, there is the flag of Da Qin!
Seeing the familiar military flag, Ying Chengyu almost cried.
With 50,000 soldiers and horses, he held out for 20 days under the siege of Xiang Yan's 350,000 troops.
Do you know how Ben will spend these twenty days!
Now, reinforcements have finally arrived!
Full of anger, he turned into a roar, and spewed out from Ying Chengyu's mouth: "Order! Open the east city gate!"
"Zhang Xiao's troops are preparing for battle, and they will go out with the general to kill the enemy and kill all Jing's dogs. Head!"
All the soldiers roared in excitement: "Behead Jing's dog!"
(End of this chapter)