Ji Tang

Chapter 254 Ballista
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There was a rapid sound of horse hooves outside the rear army camp. Liu Laoer, who was looking for his Lord Marquis, heard the sound and looked. When he saw the person clearly, he hurriedly stepped forward to hold the opponent's horse.

"General, why are you here?"

The visitor was Chai Shao, who had come to attend the military meeting. After he finished his work, he came over to see Ji Song and explain some things.

"Stop talking nonsense, where is Brother Song?" Chai Shao threw the riding whip to the soldiers and said to Liu Laoer.

Liu Laoer said awkwardly: "Aren't we looking for these little ones? They were in the tent just now, but the soldiers said they were out and they were not allowed to follow."

Chai Shao was stunned for a moment, then took the riding crop that was just handed over and whipped it.Fortunately, the clothes I wore were relatively thick, otherwise my skin and flesh would have to be ripped open.

"This whip is a lesson to you. Although nothing will happen to Brother Song with his abilities, as the leader of the soldiers, you don't even know where your own prince is. Can you accept this whip?" Chai Shao said.

Liu Laoer's expression changed, he knelt on one knee and said, "I surrender!"

Chai Shao was right. As the leader of the soldiers, he was the first person to know where the general had gone. But now even he doesn't know. This is a serious dereliction of duty. It is not an exaggeration to kill him according to military law. .

"Why don't you go find it quickly!" Chai Shao said angrily.

"promise!"

It wasn't until half an hour later that he learned from the guarding soldiers that Ji Song had gone to Jiangzuo Camp, which made Chai Shao relieved.

Although I knew nothing would happen to him, I was still a little nervous after all.

Under the leadership of Liu Laoer, Chai Shao walked into the general camp and saw that Ji Song seemed to be experimenting with something there.He walked over without thinking much.

"Bang, bang, bang"

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh"

The continuous sound of smashing the machine and the sound of breaking through the air during launch surrounded everyone's ears.The lightning-like speed and the force of impact on the mountain wall made everyone feel inexplicably shocked.

In less than half a quarter of an hour, nearly fifty arrows as thick as a child's wrist were shot out. If this happened again on the battlefield.
Chai Shao couldn't help but shudder when he thought that the enemy was unable to move forward under the volley of thousands of arrows, and was shot like a gourd skewer.

It wasn't until a large piece of the mountain wall in the distance fell off from its pride that everyone woke up!
"What is this?"

When Ji Song was about to say something, he suddenly heard a familiar voice. He turned around and saw that it was Chai Shao.

The way he looked at the ballista at this time was as if he had seen a rare treasure, and he wanted to grab it immediately.

In fact, Chai Shao thought the same way, but he knew it was impossible. What he was thinking about now was how to get this thing from Ji Song.

I really fell in love with this thing when I saw it. It is simply a killing weapon on the battlefield. As long as there are enough, it doesn't matter how many enemies come.

"This is a crossbow cart, which can also be called a repeating crossbow cart. "Mozi" records that a repeating crossbow cart is a large crossbow that is placed on the city wall and can release sixty arrows at the same time.

The large-scale mechanical crossbow vehicle with countless arrows requires ten people to drive it. The most ingenious thing is that the tail of the ten-foot-long crossbow arrow is tied with a rope. After being shot, it can be quickly rolled up and retrieved with a windlass. " Ji Song explained.

Then he said with some regret: "It's a pity that there are only a few words about how to make the ballista, and my nephew didn't figure it out in the end.

Now this is considered a castrated version, it can only fire 49 arrows, and it can only be fired one by one to ensure its power.

The better thing is that my nephew has made some slight improvements, reducing the number of operators to three, and it is also much lighter.

But at the same time, it also makes manufacturing more difficult, and it is not easy to use on a large scale. "Chai Shao was stunned after hearing this. He didn't expect that this thing already existed in the Warring States Period and was even more advanced than the current one. How is this possible?

When he thought about it, the crossbow in front of him could already be regarded as a sharp weapon for the Zhu Kingdom. Why was it so expensive?What’s wrong with manufacturing?
As long as it is useful and easy to use, it must be done no matter how difficult it is.Even if it cannot be popularized, it can still be used as a secret weapon.

At a critical moment, this is something that can change the outcome of a war. Some flaws are not a problem at all.

"See General!"

Su Lie and several captains saluted Chai Shao.

Chai Shao nodded, taking care of them. They were originally soldiers of his Zuo Xiaowei. If nothing goes wrong when they return to Chang'an, they will still be under his command. There is nothing to be polite about.

"How many of these are there now?" Chai Shao asked hurriedly.

Ji Song scratched the back of his head and looked at Gaoliang. He really wasn't sure about this. He didn't care much about it after handing over the drawings to them.

Today, he also received a report that it had been made, so he came to take a look. As for how many there were, he didn't know.

Chai Shao raised his forehead and smiled bitterly. This kid simply didn't know how to be blessed despite being blessed. He handed over such a good thing to a group of craftsmen and then ignored it. Is this what humans do?

If this happened to him again, he would have to be whipped a few times.

Gao Liang said quickly: "This thing is extremely difficult to make, especially the mechanism inside. The gears are extremely precise. If you are not a familiar craftsman, there is nothing you can do about it."

This sorghum is also very good. No matter what, let me first explain the difficulty and my own merits. It is exactly the same as his father.

But Chai Shao wanted to hear this from you, so he said impatiently: "Just tell me how many fights there are now. How can there be so much nonsense?"

"Fifty, this is all the crossbows we have had in the past three months." Gao Liang said immediately.

"Give me thirty!" Chai Shao waved his hand, showing no intention of discussing it with Ji Song. Those who didn't know thought it was his own.

Ji Song became anxious when he heard this. How could this be possible? This was his secret weapon for this expedition. He was preparing to surprise Jie Li!

You took away most of it in one go, so what a fool I am!
"This is impossible!" Ji Song refused without even thinking, which was called a clean move.

"Twenty!" Chai Shao rolled his eyes and said again.

He just opened his mouth like a lion, otherwise how could he sit on the ground and raise the price?

If it had been anyone else, he would have robbed it long ago. It's not like he hasn't done it before.When I first came here, I went to the Ministry of Industry to grab a batch of armor and weapons, but in the end I was only punished for a year.

But this kid is different. If Pingyang finds out that he robbed this kid's things, he will have to hunt him down for seven streets back to Chang'an.

As an elder, it's okay if you don't support something, but you still want to take something from the younger generation, why are you so shameless?
Seeing that Ji Song was still unmoved, Chai Shao gritted his teeth and said, "There can't be any more crosses."

Ji Song's face darkened as he thought about the bottom of the pot, and glared at Liu Lao'er, a guy who failed to achieve anything but failed. He came here alone just because he didn't want too many people to know about this.

But this guy brought Chai Shao over without even announcing it. Hmm, wait and see how I deal with you.

Liu Laoer now wanted to die. What kind of thing is this?

(End of this chapter)