Eastern Jin Invincible Iron Army

Chapter 89
The principle of leverage is also used, one end is equipped with a heavy object, and the other end is equipped with a stone bullet to be fired. Also rise at this time, release or cut the rope after putting the stone bullets, let one end of the heavy object fall, and the stone bullets are also thrown out.

Just when Gao Jingzong drew the counterweight trebuchet according to the imagined return gun, Hou Defu's face showed a ecstatic expression, and the old man Hou Defu, who had all white beard and hair, looked at Gao Jingzong strangely. Admiration, shock, absurdity...the list goes on. "Hey, don't look at me with the eyes of a prehistoric monster, okay?" Gao Jingzong touched his nose a little depressed.It's true that he plagiarized, but there is no rule against plagiarism!
"The governor is really a genius!" Hou Defu was so eager that people would misunderstand that he had a tendency to turn his back on the mountain. Although the trebuchets painted by Dadu Du are a variant of traditional trebuchets, but such a whimsical idea of ​​counterweight design has never been heard or seen before, so it is hard to understand how Da Dudu came up with it!"

"As for it!" Gao Jingzong laughed disapprovingly.It's a pity that he really didn't know how gunpowder was made, otherwise, it would have shocked their jaws.

However, the advantages of the counterweight trebuchet are very clear, albeit on a small scale.With the labor-saving effect of the moving pulley block, even with a weight of [-] jin, one person can easily pull it up.In this way, the counterweight trebuchet can control the operator within ten people.In the same space, manpower can be saved and more trebuchets can be assembled.

As a master craftsman of weapons, Hou Defu could tell the quality of Gao Jingzong's drawing paper at a glance.After Gao Jingzong completed the rough drawing of the drawings, Hou Defu immediately organized manpower to build the return gun.Of course, in this era, Gao Jingzong not only plagiarized the idea of ​​the counterweight trebuchet, but also plagiarized the name of the return gun.

Of course, it will take a long time for the pattern on the blueprint to become a real thing. Gao Jingzong is thinking about how to build some big killers.

In fact, weapons have been constantly developing. In terms of crossbows, the crossbows in the Warring States period, rhubarb in the Han Dynasty, Yuan Rong in the Three Kingdoms, foot-deng crossbows, Wanjun in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, etc., are becoming more sophisticated and sharper from generation to generation; , Pre-Qin leather armor, Zha armor in Han Dynasty, scale armor in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and Mingguang in Tang Dynasty, each generation is stronger and thicker than each other.

Even so, the ancient production and manufacturing technology was too backward, and the production cost of each set of armor was quite high. It was acceptable to equip a part of the army, but the financial resources to equip the entire army were not affordable by ordinary people.

Although Gao Jingzong didn't think of any good ideas for a while, the people of the whole city responded to Gao Jingzong's call and donated their own stone tables, stone rollers, stone mills and stone benches as counterweight slings Machine stone bombs.

Under the mobilization of Gao Jingzong, the governor, the wood and stones donated by the people in the city piled up like a mountain on the school field outside the governor's cave in the Banished Fairy Valley.All the craftsmen in the Valley of Immortals, carpenters, blacksmiths, leather craftsmen, and stonemasons, are making stone cannons according to the drawings.And the other common people were also armed by Gao Jingzong with the equipment in stock. The black military uniforms were put down, and they were all equipped with weapons and armor. Can't tell the difference between them and regular soldiers.The army of more than 3000 old, weak, sick and disabled lacks backbone members and is inconvenient to mobilize and command.

After a little thought, Gao Jingzong decided to become a general in charge of the army, and more than [-] people under his personal guard Wei Dafu were assigned to serve as officers.As the veterans of Gao Jingzong's personal guards entered the grassroots of the new army to serve as officers, this dead army was immediately revived.

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The camp of the Lulongqi Living Army opposite the Banished Immortal Valley.

After losing the first battle, Tian Luo felt depressed, and hid in the handsome tent alone, depressed.At this moment, Xu Jingxuan, who joined the army in the recording room, entered the account and said: "Young commander, the results of the battle damage have come out. We have killed 850 people in total, and more than [-] of them were injured."

"There were more than 500 casualties!" Tian Luo shook his head and said, "It's too heavy. Although it didn't hurt the muscles and bones, the problem is small. But why did Xu Canjun teach me?"

Xu Jingxuan said without hesitation: "It depends on how the young commander chooses!"

"Choose?" Tian Luo quickly understood Xu Jingxuan's intention.Now Lu Longtian's begging army has suffered more than [-] casualties. According to the proportion of the total number of the army, the number of kills is close to one-third. If the casualty rate of the general army exceeds one-third, it should collapse.At this time, although Lu Longtian's Begging Army, the attacking side, did not collapse, its morale was frustrated, and none of the soldiers had the will to fight.

Tian Luo nodded and said: "We only have more than [-] people. It is obviously unrealistic to take the city. We have to wait for the commander to send reinforcements."

Xu Jingxuan didn't speak for a while, and finally sighed, "We shouldn't just lead an army of [-], it's a bit of a mistake."

"The [-] troops were just for a sneak attack. I didn't make a mistake. My mistake was in the way I captured the Banished Immortal City." Speaking of this, Tian Luo also showed a remorseful look on his face. They should send sharp soldiers and scouts to attack the Beacon Tower and not let the Beacon Tower warn. If there is no warning from the Beacon Tower, it will be easy for them to seize the Valley of Banished Immortals.Now it is a wrong step, wrong step, I am afraid they will have to pay a heavy price.

The low-morale Lu Longtian clan begged for a living army and launched an ant-attached siege, but they used trebuchets to repeatedly bombard the city walls of Banxiangu.The five-point trebuchet has limited power and limited threat to the city wall.

At the time when Tian Luo had nothing to do to attack the city, he was at a loss.Cavalry Captain Jiang Fang brought a forty-year-old cavalry veteran forward, and introduced to Tian Luo: "Young commander, this is Jiang Wu, who will be taken in at the end of Hebei (ancient Hebei generally refers to the north of the Yellow River) Part [-], he has thaumaturgy to destroy this city, so he came to the young commander to offer advice!"

Jiang Wu immediately knelt down on one knee and cupped his fists and said, "See the young marshal for the humble position, the young marshal Jin An!"

"Don't be too polite!" Tian Luo stretched out his hand to help Jiang Wudao: "I don't know how you broke the city?"

At this time Jiang Wu got up and whispered something in Tian Luo's ear.Tian Luo was overjoyed when he heard the words, stretched out his hand and patted Jiang Wu's shoulder and said: "If you can break the Immortal City, you will be the first to give the military merit of three ranks!"

Jiang Wu was overjoyed when he heard the words, "Thank you, Young Marshal, for your kindness!"

"You deserve it!" Tian Luo's depression, frustration, and unhappiness were all swept away, and he said vigorously: "The whole army stops attacking and rests for an hour to fight again. This young commander must be ashamed. Break through the Immortal City!"

(End of this chapter)