warring states careerist

Chapter 207
Hearing the order from the King of Chu, the first soldier who fled said in his heart: "Those people in the city once said that all princes and nobles must have masks and benevolence, but they are like beast owls who are the most pleasing to blood! Today, climbing the earth mountain is death, and retreating is also death." , if it doesn’t make sense, it might make sense!”

The rest of the disciples were already used to being driven, and when the military order was issued, everyone hesitated, but the disciple thought about the truth that many Mohists in the city had said, stepped forward and said: "I..."

He just uttered a word, and the leading Chu general said: "Those who retreat without permission! Die!"

An arrow flew out and hit the man's throat, and he was shot to death before he could say a word.

Seeing this, the rest did not dare to stay any longer, so they had to carry the soil baskets on their backs and continue to build the high platform.

At noon, the high platform was finally close enough to the shooting range, and the ballista on the top of the city seemed to have no more arrows, or those who controlled it were exhausted and took a long time to fire one.

Seeing this, the king of Chu hurriedly ordered the archers to go up to the high platform and no longer advance forward. Instead, the archers were at the top to shoot at the top of the city, suppressing the archers at the top of the city, and covering the Chu army to fill up the trench.

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In the city, Mozi remained calm, and kept sending orders to Mozi.

Shi asked: "Sir, it seems that the people of Chu in the distance are no longer piling up mountains of earth. Shall we continue to shoot with the ballista?"

Mozi shook his head and said: "We must pay attention to the changes of the enemy in everything. The piled up mountains may use sharp swords and shields to build bridges to attack the city, or use archers to suppress and fill up trenches to prepare for ants to attack the city."

"The function of the ballista is only to slow down the speed of the Chu people building the earth mountain. If it can't be delayed, the Chu people may be able to complete it an hour and a half ago."

"Delaying the completion until now, the Chu people can only attack for a while in the afternoon before withdrawing their troops. Moreover, the Chu people no longer dare to continue to build earth mountains and use swords and shields to build bridges and attack. They will inevitably shoot from high places with archers."

"The function of the ballista has been completed, and the rest is to rely on equipment such as the transfer machine and the jig."

After all, he taught Yu Shi the art of defending the city, and said: "If the building makes the ears, the powerful will lead the enemy, and those who are good at shooting will lead the shots, and the assistants will be sharp."

"Judging the garments. All the battlements are six feet high and four feet wide, all of which are simple crossbows."

"Turning shooting machine, the length of the machine is six feet, and the length of the raccoon is one foot. The two materials are combined to form a scorpion, and the scorpion is two feet long. The middle chisel is used as the arm, and the arm is as long as the huan. Twenty steps and one, so that those who are good at shooting , with one person, don’t leave.”

Shi recorded them one by one, and Mozi pointed out some techniques, and Shi also wrote them down in vernacular at this time for future viewing.

At the top of the city, the person who launched the ballista did not lose strength, nor did it lack the arrows. With the pulley lever and winch, although the firing speed of the ballista was slow, the man who controlled it did not consume much energy.

Mozi had sent an order that Chu people's archers had climbed the earth mountain, and the crossbow carts were already too heavy, and they were afraid of damage, so they were dismantled and pushed away under the city.

The more convenient and more than six feet long shooting machine is transported from below to the city wall. This kind of shooting machine is also a powerful crossbow, with a shorter distance and more convenient manipulation, and only two people can fiddle with it.

One is in charge of turning, and the other is in charge of shooting. From Shi’s point of view, the difference between the bed crossbow and the bed crossbow is that the bed crossbow is a large-caliber gun, and this kind of transfer machine is more like a three-pound gun or leather gun in the gunpowder era. It is more suitable for Shoot at close range.

On the battlements at the head of the city, crossbow grids have already been prepared, and the battlements are connected together with rattan, wood or mud to form a simple defensive measure similar to a parapet.

The outside is covered with mud, and the inside has wheat straw, which can be used after the enemy's feather arrows are shot, and can prevent the enemy from using rockets. The mud plays the role of setting fire.

Every thirty steps on the city wall, there is a large water tank filled with water, which is also used to prevent the enemy from shooting rockets.

All the elite archers in the city, the famous shooters in the countryside, and the taxis who have been trained since childhood are all above the city.

Each elite archer is equipped with an assistant shooter, similar to a knight's retinue, responsible for taking feather arrows, delivering feather arrows, observing the enemy's situation, and so on.

These good archers will not shoot at the city, but use their own skills to deal with the Chu archers on the dirt hills.

Beside Gongsun Ze, the attendants he had trained in the betting agreement with Shi were preparing feathers and arrows for him and observing the situation on the opposite side of the mountain.

Twenty steps away, several Mohists were urging some people to pull the shooting machine below to the top of the wall. Gongsun Ze said in his heart: "Mohists are not good at archery, so they can only rely on machinery. It's just that machines are ruthless. Etiquette? I want to let Mohists know today that people are better than machines."

His archery skills are already excellent, and archery is a gentleman's art, and he has studied it even more. He is also well-known for his skillful arrows.

The servant who delivered the feather arrow next to him was familiar with him, and the distance was good enough, so it was time to show off his skills.

He took off his bow, hooked his thumb on the bowstring with the trigger, and waited for his chance.

The servant at the side said: "Gentleman, the people of Chu are already lined up, but the leader who is the leader has never been seen."

Gongsun Ze only stared into the distance, waiting for the gust of wind to stop before showing off his skills.

At this time, the two Mohists twenty steps away had already installed the light transfer machine. One squatted on top of the transfer machine, and the other used Wangshan to control the direction of the transfer machine.

The pulling string device based on the lever principle has been tightened, and the shooter adjusted his direction, waiting for the order from the city chief.

There are more than 40 shooting machines at the top of the city, one every [-] steps, controlled by more than [-] Mohists. These crossbow arrows are more powerful than bows and arrows, with straighter trajectory and faster speed.

The Mozhe who sent the order shouted from the top of the city, and as soon as the breeze stopped, more than 20 relay machines were launched together.

The power is smaller than the previous crossbow beds, but for the Chu archers who are just preparing to suppress the city, there is not much difference. They are all dead, but not as shocking as the previous crossbow beds.

The moment dozens of crossbow arrows flew out together, Gongsun Ze also found an enemy. Taking advantage of the moment the breeze stopped, he hooked the bowstring, clamped the feather arrow in the tiger's mouth, and quickly pulled it away. Pop your fingers.

whoosh...

The arrow he shot bent into a terrifying arc the moment it flew out, which showed the power contained in his bow.

Yujian straightened up twenty steps away in the air, and flew towards the Chu people opposite.

The servant praised: "Gentleman, right in the middle!"

While speaking, he quickly delivered a feathered arrow to Gongsun Ze. Gongsun Ze didn't look at the person he shot, but quickly looked for the next target.

But I didn't want to, I only saw the crossbow arrows thrown by Mo Zhe's shooting machine, which completely broke the front line of the Chu people, and the formation of the Chu people who had just formed the team was chaotic again.

Gongsun Ze was secretly surprised. He didn't expect that more than 20 of his disdainful shooting machines were fired at the same time, and their power was so powerful: shooting one person was naturally a superb technique, but Mo's shooting machine completely broke up the front line of the Chu people. A lot of gaps were left.

Once there is a gap, the power of the projectile will be greatly reduced, and there are many good shooters among the Chu people, but those good shooters may not be willing to fight against the Mozhe's shooting machine on the dirt mountain.

Gongsun Ze sighed, knowing that even today his archery skills would not be better than the Mozhe Mechanic, so he had no choice but to let go of the comparison, and just concentrate on doing his own job well to calm his mind.

Under the city, the King of Chu was no longer amazed by the various machines of the Mohist. He just ordered the archers to go on stage, take twenty arrows for a round, and then return to rest after shooting, so as to maintain the suppression of the city.

In addition, the soldiers of the previous army will fill the moat with the firewood and earthen baskets they have prepared, and the follow-up elite soldiers will prepare the ladders made by Gongshuban back then. Once the moat is filled, they will attack the city.

The elite soldiers in the back are lining up in a whole team, preparing their own weapons, and they are divided into four teams. This is a real elite. They cannot rush over in a swarm, they must attack with the whole team.

Those good at archers on the top of the city and the selected famous archers from the countryside fought against the Chu people on the dirt hill, while the inferior archers shot arrows towards the moat of the moat.

People who approached were constantly shot, or stepped on the "dog walk" prepared by Mo Zhe in advance, or stepped into the trap dug in advance, and people screamed from time to time.

The accumulation of soil in moats is far less efficient than wood, because wood is lighter and can be carried more. The people of Chu kept moving forward and put the firewood prepared in advance into the moats.

Seeing this, the King of Chu thought, "Siege the city with ants, and the defenders of the city will be able to go all out."

However, he saw the disciples of the Gongshu class accompanying the army shaking their heads beside him, and couldn't help asking: "You used to be with the servant Gongshu class. When Mo Di entered Chu alone, he must have explained the methods of preventing ants from attacking the city."

"Now that the four elite teams are gathering to attack the city, how many people are needed to defend the Mohists at the top of the city?"

The disciples of Gongshu Ban sighed and said, "I'm afraid we only need 4000 people."

The other Chu generals didn't believe it, and said angrily: "Nonsense! These four elite teams, don't they only need 4000 people to defend?"

The Gongshu class disciple smiled wryly: "Mr. Past Years couldn't even think of a way to crack it. Don't you think that when it comes to siege, you can match Mr. Back then?"

He also bowed to the king of Chu and said: "For the four thousand people, only one thousand are light and strong, and the rest are just old people and their women."

The rest of the Chu people couldn't believe it, and couldn't help but take a breath, thinking that this person might be crazy.

However, the King of Chu knew that the Mohists defending the city would be famous all over the world, and there must be something extraordinary. Besides, the King of Chu back then was not mediocre. In the competition for Huaibei, if such a character was forced to retreat by Mo Di's words, I'm afraid it is not unreasonable.

He also knew that it was impossible to capture Shangqiu today, but the disciples of the Gongshu class said that the four teams of ants he had prepared could defend with only 4000 people and there were [-] old and weak among them. how.

A disciple of the Gongshu class said: "Master once said that Mo Di, who knows how to defend the city, will definitely attack the city. This person once said that if an army of [-] troops attacked the city indiscriminately, it would be useless. So I want to attack the city with ants." The city must cooperate with all parties.”

"It goes without saying that the archers of Yangdi Mountain suppressed, filled the moat to prepare for the attack, etc. However, if there are [-] people, the whole team can only attack the city with four teams at most. No matter how many there are, it will be more convenient to defend. If there are more than four teams, It will also deplete the siege force, and you will not be able to use it, and the archers behind you will not be able to concentrate on cover. Even in a big city like Shangqiu, you can only line up four teams."

"The largest line is 1000 paces. A defense team with a width of 2000 paces requires 4000 men, [-] adult women, and [-] young and old. A total of [-] people are enough to deal with it. Defend where the road is not appropriate."

The king of Chu wondered: "What's the use of women guarding the city? Could it be that the Mohist guards the city, and women also go up the city wall?"

The disciples of the Gongshu class said: "Women can also defend the city. It's just that the master swore that after that incident, he would never engage in unjust wars and never make any weapons for unjust wars, so Mo Di used to guard against the means of attacking the city by ants. , and he did not teach it."

"But sir, when he bowed down back then, I think Mo Zhai could defend a team of five hundred paces with just one thousand men, two thousand women, and one thousand young and old."

The king of Chu sighed, and said in his heart that today he was going to see how one thousand men and two thousand women could hold off an elite attacking team.

The rest of the nobles of Chu didn't believe it and just sneered.

At this time, there was a strange sound in the distance, and some weird wooden barrels flew out from behind the city wall, as if they were thrown by someone.

The disciples of the Gongshu class said: "This must be the fire tunnel made by Mo Di. The master knows this thing, but he can't break the method, and he didn't teach us how to make this thing."

(End of this chapter)