Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 216 Thunderbolt Car

Well, Wang Hao admits that fifty meats are a lot of money-neither Baekje, Goguryeo, nor Silla have yet mastered the technology of casting a large amount of copper coins, nor do they have enough copper materials, so copper coins are only It can be imported through trade with Tang, and its purchasing power is much higher than in Datang, but no matter how much money you have, you have to be alive to spend it, right?
Near noon, even standing aside to supervise the work, Wang Hao felt exhausted. His nose and mouth were full of dirt, and the corners of his mouth were already dry and cracked, so he couldn't speak at all.But the diggers seldom stop, even if they are exhausted, they refuse to go back to the village. Instead, they drink water, eat something, rest in the shade for a while, and then continue to work.Wang Hao has become numb to this kind of desperate effort. In his opinion, if he joins the army and pays enough money, these guys will be able to dig down Cunshan City even if they are elected.

Food deliverers came, with wooden barrels full of porridge on one end of their shoulder poles and wattle baskets filled with stacks of dry biscuits on the other end, beating the barrels with wooden spoons.The people in the trench climbed up, patted their dusty bodies, received food in front of the porridge bucket in an orderly manner, and then hid in the shade in groups of threes and twos to eat.Wang Po walked to the side of the ditch and began to check. The progress of the project was much faster than he imagined. If this continued, the ditch would be almost finished before dark, and the rest would be to insert sharp stakes. Too much, if you work overnight, you will be done before dawn tomorrow.Hearing the chatter and laughter of the civilian husband, and seeing everything in front of him, Wang Gao couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.

"Wang Pu, Wang Pu!"

Hearing someone call his name, Wang Po turned around and hurried up to meet him: "Master Yuan, what's the matter?"

"Let the peasants enter the village quickly! Hurry up!" Yuan Fei looked nervous, his chest heaving under the leather armor: "Don't delay!"

"But the work is almost over, and the work can be finished before dark!" Wang Po replied nervously: "It's a pity to just go back like this!"

"Don't talk too much, time is running out, enter the village immediately, I'll be busy!" Yuan Fei gave a few hasty instructions, then turned and left.Wang Pu hurriedly turned his head and called the leaders of each team, telling them to quickly gather the people and enter the village in an orderly manner.Although the scene was chaotic, after about half an hour, all the peasants entered the stockade, leaving only half-dug trenches and bundles of pickets.

The battle started around Weishi. When Wang Hao was a child, he heard his father say: Once there are more than ten thousand people, there is no limit.It seemed that his father was telling the truth. Wherever he looked, there were black and dense crowds. The flags were like clouds, the spears were like stars, and the wind and sand were blown up by his breath. Even if he did nothing, the huge pressure generated could make him can not breath.

"Master! There are so many people, can the Tang Dynasty masters stop it?"

Wang Po turned his head and saw faces that were either familiar or unfamiliar, but each face was full of mixed fear and hope.

"Yes, of course!" Wang Gao raised his voice, as if to convince himself: "We have been working for so many days, ditches, barriers, and watchtowers, what is the Tang Dynasty saying? Yes, it is as solid as gold, so strong How did the thieves get in here?"

"Yep!"

"The ditches are full of pickets. If you fall into it, you'll end up with a dead end. Just like that, the thieves won't be able to get through!"

The peasants were chirping like a flock of sparrows. Courage seemed to return to them. Wang Po let out a long breath. If he could bring courage to them, who could bring courage to himself?

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boom!
The stone fell and hit the ground between the two trenches, then jumped high, crossed the inner trench, rolled a few times, and stopped three steps away from the barrier.

"It seems that Fuyu Zhongsheng and the others were not idle a few days ago!" Wang Wenzuo looked at the falling stones and said to Hei Chi Changzhi with a smile, "It's just that the accuracy is a bit off!"

"I think it's okay!" Hei Chi Changzhi has long been accustomed to bluntly speaking in front of Wang Wenzuo: "Not all siege machines can compare with your scorpion!"

"No, I didn't compare the scorpion with this thing!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "It's hard for a scorpion to fire a heavy stone bullet, and the range is not as far as this thing!"

"Then you are—" Hei Chi Changzhi couldn't keep up with Wang Wenzuo's train of thought.

"Another kind of trebuchet!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile, "The thieves should have used small cannons, dragged by human power, and the catapults can be more than a hundred catties at most, and the longest distance is only two hundred steps. What's so powerful!"

"More than a hundred catties? Two hundred paces?" Hei Chi Changzhi was taken aback: "Joining the army, my subordinates thought it was powerful enough. Ordinary horse faces, watchtowers, and arrow shelters encountered such small cannons, and they would definitely turn into weapons." Mi powder!"

"The defenders in the city are not fools. They wait to be beaten, and they will shoot back with artillery. The two sides shoot at each other. The small artillery on the city is condescending, and the range is naturally longer. Which one do you think will win?" Wang Wenzuo laughed.

"Joining the army is a good idea, but the besieging side must have more troops and more stone cannons. If you outnumber the few, it will be evened out!"

"Then what if the defenders stand behind the city with stone cannons and let the people in the city report the location of the enemy's stone cannons and throw stones at them, but the sight of the attacking stone cannons is blocked by the city wall and they can only be beaten, what should we do? "

"Then, then the only thing we can do is to pile up the watchtower outside the city and look down on the situation in the city!"

"Why not build a machine that saves effort, has a longer range, and can fire heavier stone bullets?"

"Joining the army is also reasonable, but manpower is sometimes poor!"

"Hehe, whatever, let me open your eyes later!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile, "Come here, Liu Pingji, go and lift the curtain of that Thunderbolt car!"

"Yes!"

"Thunderbolt car?" Hei Chi Changzhi turned his head in surprise, and looked in the direction Liu Pingji was running. He knew that this person was originally a craftsman from Dinglin Temple. It's just to protect those "scorpions", but I didn't expect to have other uses.

"Look, this is the thunderbolt car! You can also call him a counterweight trebuchet!" Wang Wenzuo was very satisfied with the stunned look of the people around him. In front of him was a giant machine with a height of seven meters. The long arm, one long and one short, the short end is a wooden bucket, the size is easy enough for two adults, the long end is tied with a long rope, and the end of the long rope is a leather pocket, at the bottom of the stand There is a wooden wheel with a height of one person on each side.

Everyone was amazed by this giant machine, but no one seemed to know what it was for.

"Join the army, everything is ready!" Liu Pingji said loudly.

"Then let's get started!"

(End of this chapter)