[MTL] I Built a Territory in Ancient Times

Chapter 159

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next day, the sky was twilight, and the army of the barbarians outside the customs had been assembled.

General Wei did not sleep all night, anxiously watching the craftsman The people who built the workshop were fiddling with the trebuchet, and Huang Lao couldn't support his spirit, so he took a nap on the reclining chair on the side. He didn't ask much, but the people below were fiddling around there.

General Wei was very anxious, just because Huang Lao yesterday I said that I can basically fiddle with it overnight. But now? Except for a lot of wood and iron parts on the ground, the prototype of the trebuchet has not been seen.

Seeing that the enemy is about to launch an attack, these people He was still taking measurements with a ruler in a leisurely manner. From time to time, someone was writing something down on the paper with a pen, or three or five people were talking to each other about something.

He finally couldn't bear it anymore, not wanting to disturb other people who were busy, so he had to walk to Huang Lao in two or three steps, "Huang Lao, the Yiren are already ready, why is your trebuchet still missing? One?" If he knew this was the case, he should have stood firm and never let them dismantle.

At this time, Huang Lao couldn't really fall asleep. He just closed his eyes and rested his mind. At this time, he waved his hand and said, "What's the panic? Isn't it just a pile of them on the ground?" There

were pieces of wood scattered on the ground . It really has nothing to do with the trebuchet. General Wei's face turned dark, and he couldn't talk to Huang Lao, so Huang Lao shook his head, stretched his waist, and then reached out and beckoned a craftsman to come over, "Why haven't you done it yet? It's too late at this time. It took so long for such a simple thing to get negative points after going back?"

The man smiled: "There are mainly two interns who got the wrong symbols, we have already changed them according to the comparison, and now we have calculated That's right, it can be installed and integrated right away."

Huang Lao nodded, "Okay, I'll give you half an hour. Is there any problem in assembling these trebuchets?"

The man replied quickly, "No problem."

Huang Lao Only then did he look at General Wei, "Did you hear it? Half an hour."

General Wei did hear it. He could see the new trebuchet in half an hour. Why is it so unreliable? However, he still waited for half an hour, as long as he didn't delay the big thing, it would be fine. He wanted to see how these people did it.

The man agreed to turn around and said a few words to the others. Everyone nodded and started to get busy. They began to divide and cooperate, using assorted woods and parts on the ground, splicing them one by one. Under their hands, it didn't take long to assemble a brand-new catapult.

The more General Wei looked, the more surprised he became. In less than an hour, five trebuchets were in front of him. In fact, it is simple to say, just like an assembly line, each part is split to make exactly the same parts, and then it can be assembled anytime, anywhere. In this way, it saves time and effort, and it is convenient to use and transport.

General Wei rushed forward and touched the already formed trebuchet with his hand. It was larger than the previous one. Although the shape did not change, there were some more tricks.

Huang Lao walked over slowly, checked all over, nodded, "Not bad."

After speaking, he said to General Wei: "This is an improved catapult, with a scope and a special machine bracket. Find the slinger, and our people can demonstrate it and let them see how to operate it a few times, and it will come naturally."

Although I don't know what scopes, what kind of machines and so on. However, he still believed what Huang Lao had said, and quickly asked people to find the slinger.

Their men talked to the catapults, explaining how the new catapults were different from the old ones, and what was the use of the parts in various places.

The conclusion is that the new trebuchet has a long projection distance and can be aimed at, which means that as long as the machine is properly adjusted, it can hit a hundred targets. And the biggest change is that it used to require several people to operate, but now it can be easily projected with only one or two people.

All the onlookers couldn't help but look at the effect, and the barbarian drums outside the gate were already sounding, and all the soldiers began to act.

General Wei was worried that Huang Lao and others would be damaged, and wanted someone to escort them back, but Huang Lao shook his head and insisted on staying here.

General Wei couldn't, so he could only send more people to protect it, but Huang Lao stopped it and went directly to the trebuchet. Someone even took out a pen and paper and recorded data on the side.

Put the cobblestone in the catapult, aim the catapult to locate it, and then fire it, and the round rock falls into the enemy's army. This is not over yet, with the strength, and rolling out a long distance, the enemy army has no time to avoid, alas.

The effect was much better than before. General Wei was overjoyed when he saw the result. In this way, their hope of keeping the customs is even greater.

The lord handed over the border to him because he believed in him, and he must not let the lord disappointed. When he is still waiting for the prince to come back, can he bring back the good news?

After a few rounds of stone throwing, the enemy's offensive slowed down a little, and the art of warfare had a boost, and then declined again. Seeing that the enemy's offensive was slowing down, one was declining and the other was growing, Dayan's soldiers were all excited, and their archery was more vigorous.

After observing for a while, Huang Lao nodded with satisfaction. They made this trebuchet, and they have only tried it a few times on the experimental site. The power effect is definitely not as shocking as the one seen on the spot.

Huang Lao's eyes fell on the black iron ball they brought, and he rubbed his hands excitedly, his beard was up and down, and he made a loud gesture to his subordinates.

This is their top priority here. Now that the trebuchet has stable performance and looks good, it is perfect to experiment with this large thunderbolt.

General Wei has long been in doubt, but it is not appropriate to say more at this time. They had already negotiated when they came. General Wei was not allowed to intervene in their experiments, so they could only let Huang Lao and the others fool the arrangements.

Then, the thunderbolt replaced the cobblestone and was put on the catapult, and the person who recorded it carefully observed and recorded the data. Huang Lao was also a little nervous. Everyone in the craftsmanship looked solemn, and they didn't dare to let out the air.

"Ignition!" Huang Lao gave an order, someone had already set the fuse on fire, and then Huang Lao waved, and the slinger started the machine. Like the previous cobblestone, the thunderbolt flew out high and landed with a bang, and the fire burst. This momentum shocked everyone, what the hell is this?

The smoke gradually dissipated, and the dark thunderbolt had long since disappeared. Instead, there was a big deep pit, and in the foggy enemy camp, it seemed that a hole had been cracked, and there was no life on it, leaving only the land of scorched fireworks.

Tuoba Ren's face was ashen, looking at this scene, as if he saw the mysterious thing that Ming Yu and the others used when they were in Xiqi Mountain. It's just that this one has greater power, wider damage range, and stronger destructive power than before.

The soldiers were wailing and screaming, and they were stunned for a long time.

"My lord, hurry up and call Jin to withdraw the troops, and then come down and discuss the solution." Song Lian was also extremely shocked in her heart, and hurriedly said.

Tuoba Ren's fingers trembled. After hearing this, even if he didn't want to, he could only order the army to withdraw.

He didn't expect that the hope he saw just yesterday would be ruthlessly destroyed today. What exactly is this? How did Dayan get it? How many do they have? These questions swirled in Tuoba Ren's mind, no! He must not concede defeat, be defeated without knowing it.

The army of the barbarians retreated like a tide, and the soldiers at Shi Chongguan couldn't help cheering: Dayan is mighty! Dayan mighty!

General Wei has recovered from his stupor. If he hadn't taken into account his identity as General Dayan, he would have already jumped up and down with joy.

"That's great! This thunderbolt is so great! With it, why should we be afraid of the barbarians! Hahaha!"

Mr. Huang was supervising the people below to record the data. At this time, he heard the words and raised his head, coolly. Glancing at him, he splashed cold water and said, "Don't be too happy. We did our best to make so many of this stuff. Do you think this is the cabbage on the street? Is it so easy to produce?

" Let General Wei calm down and look at the few remaining thunderbolts, which can be counted on one hand. The flying heart fell to the ground with a snap, and it was impossible to pick it up.

General Wei grimaced, "Huang Lao, look. Can't you prepare more?"

Huang Lao shook his head, "Why is it so easy, not to mention the precision of making this thing, the materials used alone are very It's not easy."

Now General Wei has nothing to say, it seems that he can save some money!

    Today's experiment was very successful, and Huang Lao packed up his things with satisfaction and left with the people from the craftsmanship. Although General Wei was depressed about the thunderbolt, he finally gave him some comfort when he saw the catapult that was left behind and improved.

Tuoba Ren was walking around in the tent, and he did not expect the heavy casualties today.

He was calm and did not speak, and the people next to him didn't dare to let out the air, but Song Lian let out a chuckle. Tuoba Ren looked up and said coldly, "Mr. Song, what can you say?"

Song Lian casually arranged her robes, and finally waved her sleeves and said, "Why should you be worried about this, my lord? In my opinion, it's not worth it at all. Just mention it."

"What do you mean by Mr. Song? Do you have a way to deal with this thing?" Before Tuoba Ren could speak, Cha Chaqi asked.

Chachaqi's heart is still bleeding now, and today's thunder-like things have caused him to lose a team or two. What's more important is that what they have seen before is very small, and the casualties are not too big. Now that this thing has a large number of casualties, and if this thing is lost on the battlefield in the future, how many of their 50,000 soldiers and horses will be left?

Song Lian shook his head, "Although there is no way to deal with it at the moment, we can try to prevent it. Besides, I think that there may not be many of them."

Tuoba Ren raised some interest, "How do you say this?"

" The lord thinks about it, they have been fighting for so long before, and they have never used it once, but today it seems more like a temptation."

Tuoba Ren frowned, he did not speak, and put his hands behind him in thought.

Chachaqi thought for a while, and said uncertainly, "Who knows how many ghosts they have, even if it's not many, if we give you one or two times a day, our troops can't stand it."

Song Lian smiled slightly, " Therefore, we must have a way to avoid and prevent it, even if they have this weapon, there is nothing they can do."

Tuoba Ren coughed a few times and said solemnly: "How to prevent it?"

"I had a little understanding of this thing before, but this time it's just bigger, but the truth is the same. In general, its damage and destructive power is such a wide range, our people can be spread out, and such casualties would come. It won't cause too much impact."

Song Lian spoke in a very organized manner, a few people were stunned, Tuoba Ren nodded, a gloom flashed in his eyes, "Just do this, we will attack again tomorrow, but I want to see them. How much is hidden? In addition,

General Chachaqi, you go and capture the people in the borderlands, and when our army attacks, put these people in front first to reduce the casualties of our people." He stroked his palms and smiled, "That's right! Why didn't I think of this method, this minister will do it now."

Song Lian opened her mouth with an unbearable expression on her face, but in the end she didn't say anything.

There are both Han and Yi people in the borderlands, but most of them are mainly Han people. Tuoba Ren ordered these people to be cannon fodder.

I am also a person with a lot of fate, how can I have pity on these ants?