Eastern Jin Invincible Iron Army

Chapter 88 Heavenly Wizards
With the sound of Jin Ming, the begging army of Lu Longtian's family that was attacking receded like a tide.Ji Kan briefly checked the battle damage report, and found that there were no more than a hundred casualties.More than half of the casualties were caused by Gao Jingzong's random command.However, the attacking Lu Longtian clan's begging army lost more than [-] troops.

"One vs. Five" Ji Kan heaved a sigh of relief, and said with a smile, "Finally, the fight wasn't too bad!"

The tenacity of the dead army was beyond imagination. Cavalry Captain Jiang Fang thought that the cavalry's maneuvering advantage should be used, and he cautiously advised Tian Luo: "Young commander, the walls of the Banished Immortal City are tall and strong, why don't we attack in another place. The Valley of the Immortals is surrounded by mountains on three sides, but the mountains are not steep. Although the horses cannot gallop up, it is difficult to prevent the infantry from attacking the mountain. Why don't we take advantage of the number of people, look for their loopholes around the Valley of the Immortals, and wait for the opportunity..." .

Tian Luo was furious when he heard the words, and cried out like a wounded lion: "No, I'm going to stay here, I won't be exiled to the Immortal City for a day, and I won't leave for a day!"

Jiang Fang's face was full of misery. Although this majestic pass does not look tall, it is built with bluestones and is extremely strong.If you want to use your life to gnaw at this city, it's not impossible to gnaw it down, but you will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

But Tian Luo didn't think so. Lu Longtian's begging army created too many incredible and miraculous achievements. Without reinforcements, he guarded Lulongzhai for 46 years, and fought no less than a hundred bloody battles with Xianbei Murongbu, Xianbei Duanbu and Wuheng. However, Tianjiabao in Lulongzhai still stands.Later, even in western Liaoning, the proverb passed down by mouth among the Husbands, "There is no war in every field".

Of course, this "field" does not refer to farmland, but to Lu Longtian's begging army.Just like the strong man spent 400 years setting up a rule for the Huns and nomads: "Array without fighting", just four words, but it is the bloody blood piled up by the Huns and the Huns outside the Great Wall with countless corpses. experience.Later, Ran Min led the army to the west of Liaoxi, and Tian's Qihuo army joined Ran Wei's army with all his family members, leading them as the vanguard of the whole army. They fought all the way to Daling River, and they were invincible.However, a small Banished Immortal Valley blocked Lu Longtian's begging army, so this Banished Immortal City became a thorn in Tian Luo's heart, which was deeply poisonous.

He wants to pull out this thorn, he wants to restore the honor of Lu Longtian's begging army for invincibility, and maintain the dignity of his ancestors who set up "every field without fighting", so conquering this city of exiled immortals has become a must.Tian Luo said: "The more impassable mountains, the higher the summit; the impassable rivers, the other shore. In this world, there is no city or enemy that our Lulongzhai cannot conquer."

Honor, especially collective honor established with blood, must be maintained with blood.Hearing Tian Luo's words, the soldiers of Lu Longtian's begging army showed a hint of determination on their faces!Tian Luo and Banxian Gumao came together, and he commanded three to 4000 men (5000 horses lost more than 1000). The horses were like blacksmiths wielding hammers, and Banxian Valley became a huge anvil. It is a steel Great Wall made of flesh and blood by [-] soldiers of the dead army.

It will take time to test whether the hammer of Lu Longtian's begging army is harder, or the iron will of the soldiers of the dead army is stronger.

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Gao Jingzong came down from the city wall and walked straight to the workshop.Everything in the Immortal Valley prioritizes the military. In the Salt Workshop of the Immortal Valley Workshop, there are actually not many young and strong people left.Even though it was already dark outside, the craftsmen in the workshop and salt factory were still working hard.Those who make salt are still making salt, and the workshops that make various utensils are still working overtime!
Gao Jingzong did not adopt the big pot rice system in his workshops and salt factories, but adopted the system of more work and more pay for private companies. This system flexibly mobilized the work enthusiasm of the majority of craftsmen.Private capital is indeed the most dynamic, Gao Jingzong rubbed his nose with a wry smile.

Gao Jingzong came to the workshop and shouted: "Who can build a trebuchet, the governor of the Great Commander wants to build a trebuchet!"

Just as Gao Jingzong finished speaking, he saw three hundred and four people rushing towards him from the workshop.

Gao Jingzong was very surprised. The trebuchet is equivalent to the ancient version of artillery. As a military technology, there should not be many people who can master it. But how come so many people can build trebuchets?

In fact, Gao Jingzong didn't know how many unscrupulous people among the ghosts had blood on their hands.If you want to survive in Guishen, you can't be hard-hearted, and you can't do it without unique skills.An honest farmer will definitely not be able to survive.However, those who can survive until now, no matter what their status is, have at least experienced the baptism of war.

Ancient Chinese peasants were all-rounders. If they were given weapons, they became soldiers.Give them tools, and they will become excellent craftsmen, and give them capital, and they can turn into businessmen.

Almost 50 years old, the foreman Hou Defu, who was already in his dying years in this era, came to Gao Jingzong tremblingly and said: "The governor, the little old man learned from the great Zhao master Wei Gongmeng (Note, Wei Meng, the famous Zhao master after the Southern and Northern Dynasties, He presided over the construction of Ye City. He also built warships for Shi Hu in his later years to prepare for the Southern Expedition to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. However, Shi Hu died suddenly, and the Southern Expedition ended without a problem.) The little old man has been able to build various weapons since he was 20 years old. Is it the bed crossbow or the eight ox crossbow (there are three crossbows on the crossbow arms, two are installed at the front and one is installed at the back, and the front and back are also installed relative to each other. Because this type of bed crossbow is more powerful, it is also called "eight ox crossbows", which means It takes the strength of eight old oxen to pull it apart.) Or a trebuchet, an old man can build it!"

"Okay, it's up to you!" Gao Jingzong was overjoyed when he heard the words, pointing to Hou Defu and said, "If you need any materials, you can get them from the workshop right away, and how many people you need to cooperate with, you can also get them from the workshop. Wait a minute I'll draw you a blueprint, and you build the trebuchet I need!"

Hou Defu said: "Governor, actually there is no need for blueprints, the size of all kinds of guns is in the little old man's head, you just need to tell the little old man how many guns you need to build!"

Gao Jingzong said: "I am not building an ordinary trebuchet, but a brand new trebuchet, which can throw heavier stone projectiles farther and with greater power!"

"Is there such a trebuchet?" Hou Defu asked puzzled.

"Of course there is." Gao Jingzong found a charcoal pencil, and immediately began to draw on the paper.

Ancient Chinese trebuchets were mainly human-powered trebuchets, also known as traction trebuchets.Because this kind of trebuchet is pulled by manpower, it is easy to be pulled slowly, and the power loss is relatively large.Generally speaking, the human-powered trebuchet has a shorter range, while the return gun can throw a stone projectile weighing 150 kilograms 390 meters.In fact, the so-called Xiangyang artillery return artillery is just a counterweight trebuchet modified on the basis of Chinese trebuchets.

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