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Chapter 362

On the northern city wall of Linyuan, the sound of shouting and killing was overwhelming. While watching the battle, Pan Jun said to Zhuge Liang: "Kong Ming, from this point of view, Linyuan must be conquered today."

It is not surprising that Pan Jun has such self-confidence. Liu Jing's army's attack on the city can be described as "like a broken bamboo". Right now, there are soldiers of Liu Jing's army everywhere at the head of Linyuan City.

Before Zhuge Liang could reply, Pan Jun pointed to the five "giant buildings" under Linyuan City, and said, "This thing is really an important weapon for the army, and it deserves the name of 'Linchong'." It all depends on the merits of Lin Chong.

There is a saying in "Poetry Daya Huangyi": "Let's fight with you to defeat Chongyong."

"Six Secret Teachings · Military Strategy" says: "When besieging a city, there will be a rush."

Both Lin (car) and Chong (car) were originally siege tools. Liu Jing developed a siege giant "Siege Tower" in the classical era and named it "Linchong".Liu Jingjun's officers and men all said in private: "Lin Chong Liu Jun's car." "

The siege tower was first created by the "besieger" Demetrius at the end of the fourth century BC. Before that, both the East and the West had mobile towers with similar principles for siege operations. Ordinary siege towers are insignificant.

As a composite giant siege weapon, the siege tower is undoubtedly the master of mechanical weapons in the classical era.

The first time the siege tower appeared in Chinese history was in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was called "Lu Gongche."

Perhaps it was a technology developed in the Song Dynasty, or perhaps it was introduced to China by the Mongols just like the "counterweight trebuchet".

Compared with the capture of the strong city Xiangyang by the counterweight trebuchet, the performance of the siege tower was much dimmer and did not play any role.The reason is actually very simple. At that time, China had entered the age of gunpowder. The siege towers that had been on the world battlefield for nearly two thousand years, because of their huge targets and slow movements, faced tubular firearms as if they were live targets, and soon withdrew from the stage of history. .

But Liu Jing didn't know this. His impression of the siege tower mainly came from modern film and television works. He was referring to the film and television works and ordered the craftsmen to develop the siege tower so that it would appear on the land of China more than a thousand years in advance.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said in agreement: "Although Linchong is big and slow, his flaws are not hidden. He really deserves the name of 'Army's Heavy Weapon'."

Pan Jun then sighed: "The general is good at ingenuity, and is beyond the present. The pole, the crossbow, the flying stone cart, the horseshoe, the high bridge saddle... are all from the general's intention, and now they are used as a siege weapon. When our army confronts the enemy, we must win every battle, conquer every attack, and be invincible.”

Zhuge Liang also admired Liu Jing's ingenuity in his heart. Liu Jing was not only good at inventing military weapons, he also composed Qu Yuanli for the people, and the people were deeply benefited by it.

Some time ago, Liu Jing became very interested in paper again, and proposed to use bamboo as the raw material for papermaking.

A hundred years ago, Cai Lun improved the papermaking technique, using tree skin, hemp, cloth, and fishnets as paper, which not only improved the quality of paper, but also greatly reduced the cost of papermaking.

Bamboo can be seen everywhere in Jingnan. If bamboo can be used as a raw material for papermaking, the cost will undoubtedly be further reduced. The problem is that bamboo is hard and not suitable for papermaking.

However, this may be a difficult problem for the people of the Han Dynasty, but it is not difficult for Liu Jing. He has read a lot of information about paper making in his previous life, and he has watched more than one documentary about paper making. The solution is easily given:

Take young bamboo as raw material, soften it in the pond, smear lime, and cook it with fire...until the bamboo material is decomposed enough to be used for papermaking.

If there is no accident, you can see the first batch of bamboo paper when you return to Linxiang...

Zhuge Liang really wanted to see what Liu Jing said "the bamboo paper that will replace bamboo, silk, and the paper of the world" looked like.

While Pan Jun and Zhuge Liang were talking, one of them caught fire and turned into a ball of torches, burning blazingly.Immediately afterwards, another Linchong was ignited by the Linyuan defenders.

Pan Jun and Zhuge Liang didn't care, and they still talked freely. With the current situation, even if all five Linchong were burned down, it would be difficult for the Linyuan defenders to reverse the defeat.

The fact is just as the two expected, with the passage of time, in the face of Liu Jingjun's fierce offensive, the Linyuan defenders finally reached their limit, collapsed, and rushed to escape from the city.

"Win... win..."

"Long live... long live..."

Linyuan City was filled with jubilation.

Pan Jun also clapped his palms and smiled, "Look at Linyuan, Wuling is settled, the general has no worries, and can concentrate on dealing with the north in the future."

When Pan Jun defected to Liu Jing, he had doubts about whether the latter could annex Liu Biao, according to Jingzhou, not to mention helping the Han Dynasty and pacifying the world.

He is a native of Jingnan, and has lived in Xiangyang in the north of Jing for a long time. He is very clear that the gap between the two is all-round. In ancient times, Jingbei was the important place of Chu. Far inferior.

Although Liu Jing is an outstanding person in the world, but Liu Biao is not a mediocre master. Although he has setbacks and his foundation has been slightly damaged, he will not be completely defeated. It will not be easy for Liu Jing to capture Jingbei.

Pan Jun came to Changsha at the beginning of the year and suggested to Liu Jing: "Seize Wuling, unify Jingnan, march the people of Hunan and Heng to the north, face Jiangling, settle Xiangyang, and occupy Jingchu entirely to facilitate great things." Strategic Planning He stopped in Jingzhou because he lacked confidence in Liu Jing's prospects.

But today, Pan Jun's inner doubts have long dissipated, replaced by unprecedented confidence in the future.

It is no exaggeration to say that Liu Jing has single-handedly bridged the gap between Jingnan and Jingbei. Even in terms of military affairs, Jingnan has surpassed Jingbei.

Pan Jun firmly believed that Liu Jing would definitely defeat Liu Biao, unite Jingzhou, and then march into the Central Plains to save the country from the fire and the people.

Before facing the Wuxi Man, Liu Zong used his cronies Chen Jin and Huang Wu as the first to ascend, and Cai Sheng was reduced to a foil. In this attack on the city, Liu Zong took Cai Sheng as the governor of the city in order to appease the resentment in Cai Sheng's heart.

Cai Sheng is a fierce general who is brave and crowned the three armies. He was the first to supervise the attack, and he was the first to serve as the soldiers. He climbed the Linyuan city wall. He successively killed two Sima and more than ten warriors. Under his leadership, Liu Jingjun only took more than an hour. He completely defeated the Linyuan defenders and won the victory.

Cai Sheng was not satisfied with breaking the city. He led hundreds of elites to pursue Liu Rui and went straight to the Wuling County Mansion. None of the officials along the way stepped forward to stop him. Like pounced on.

There are only a hundred people around Liu Rui, how can he fight against the hundreds of tigers and wolves led by Cai Sheng?

Liu Rui's original plan was to retreat into the prefect's house and surrender with dignity as much as possible, but Cai Sheng didn't give him this chance at all.

(End of this chapter)