Lu Dynasty

Chapter 641

Although Yuan Shao was taken down, our army's projection did not stop.The boulder roared and smashed on Quyang City, making a huge roar!After about half an hour, the craftsman turned to Lu Bu and said, "General, our army has run out of stone bombs, can we dismantle the catapult and transport it back?"

Lu Bu asked suspiciously: "Can you run out of stone bullets? There are stones all over the ground, just pick up some and keep hitting them!"

Hearing Lu Bu's words, the craftsman was dizzy for a while, but he had to answer Lu Bu's question, so the craftsman said depressedly: "The general doesn't know! The batch of catapults from the Ministry of Industry are still under study, and they can't fully use their power. Performance! Just now, several of them have broken down! If stones of unknown weight are used for projection, it will affect the projection accuracy and service life of the catapult! You must know that the cost of these catapults is very high. The core part It's still made of fine steel!"

The craftsman said a lot of words, but Lu Bu didn't understand a word, but he knew that the craftsman meant that these catapults could no longer be used!Lu Bu laughed and said, "Big brother said that there is a specialization in art. Since you are an expert in this field, we will withdraw if you say so. Anyway, big brother asked us to protect these catapults! You take someone to dismantle the catapults first, Alright, let's retreat!" The craftsman nodded and began to lead people to dismantle the catapult. After dismantling, Lu Bu protected the craftsmen and the transport team and returned to the camp.

I have been waiting in the barracks for a long time. As soon as Lu Bu brought Guan Yu and Zhang Fei into the tent and saw me, he laughed and said, "Brother, it's a pity that you didn't go! When dozens of catapults smashed like this, Yuan Shao's old boy was thrown into a trance immediately." I'm confused! There are too few stone bullets, and the smashing is not enjoyable, so I need to get more stone bullets later!"

I looked at Lu Bu with some helplessness. If he had fun, Quyang City would probably be full!The reason why our army does not have enough stone bullets is because the new catapults have not been fully developed. Stones of similar weight must be used to project them accurately. Therefore, all stone bullets must be measured and polished before they can be used!The more delicate things are, the higher the requirements are, and the vision of the ancients is somewhat narrow. Not everyone is as innovative as Zhuge Liang. They always fix the things to be cast by the catapult on the stone, which makes it so troublesome!But I couldn't follow Lu Bu's wishes, so I said depressedly: "What else can the big man do to make you happy? If you want to have fun, why don't we do two tricks?"

"You'll bully me!" Lu Bu said with wide eyes, "Can't I stop talking?" After speaking, Lu Bu sat down on the chair, picked up the tea provided by the school, and poured it fiercely.Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at Lu Bu with a smirk, which made Lu Bu very depressed.

Lu Bu stopped talking, and the craftsman began to report to me about the situation of the catapult.In fact, I can only offer some opinions. I really don’t understand if I was asked to modify the catapult, so I asked the craftsman to report the situation of the catapult to Liu Ye, and let Liu Ye decide how to do it. I made a suggestion to use stone bullets for catapults, and let them see if they can shoot with sacks filled with clods of soil. If not, they can be dried with mud to make stone bullets.My opinions have always been valued by the Ministry of Industry, and facts have proved that my opinions are often correct.The leading craftsman immediately took out a booklet from his pocket, and asked me to borrow a pen to record my opinion.I was very satisfied with his actions. As the saying goes: A bad pen is worse than a good memory. I think this craftsman is very promising, so I praised his good habit and asked him to let Liu Ye promote the habit of recording at any time. .The craftsman didn't expect that just a small habit could get my praise, he nodded excitedly!

After the experiment of the new-style catapult was completed, the craftsman was going to take all these things back to continue researching. How could I let them leave like this, so I smiled and asked the craftsman to keep almost all the good catapults!Originally, the craftsman rejected me on the grounds that the trebuchet had not been completed, but seeing such a sharp weapon, even if I spent more money to develop it, I would accept it!
Yuan Shao was smashed indiscriminately by me, his face was disgraced, and Quyang City was in a mess!The crumbling city wall, even Yuan Shao suspects, if I launch a strong attack after throwing stone bullets, I may take Quyang City!It's a pity that Lu Bu didn't know how to attack the city with cavalry. No matter how short the city wall of Quyang was, it was still a city wall. There were hundreds of thousands of Yuan troops outside the city, so it was not so easy to break through.Our army has always been able to lose as little as possible. Who told us that our family is poor and has a weak foundation!

After Lu Bu retreated, Yuan Shao came to the top of the city again. Now he couldn't see the majestic city tower, but only saw the gravel all over the ground, and then the smashed and torn corpses. It was like a hell on earth.Looking at the messy city towers, Yuan Shao murmured to himself, "What should I do with such a sharp catapult? If there are a few more such catapults, there is no need to stay in Quyang City!" Suddenly, Yuan Shao Shouted: "Send me an order, whoever has an idea to deal with Lu Fengjun's catapult will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of gold, and named Tinghou!" Yuan Shao's capital is really not small, but my new catapult is not so easy to deal with of!In terms of its ultra-long range, Yuan Shaojun's catapults or crossbow arrows cannot reach it.If Yuan Shao sends generals out to destroy our army's catapults, that's exactly what I want to see.Lu Bu, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei guarding the catapult will let Yuan Shao's generals know what an invincible general is!
Yuan Shao's order had been issued for several days, but no one came to advise him!Looking at Lu Bu who was walking around the city from time to time, Yuan Shao was afraid that he would hit him with a catapult again.However, Lu Bu didn't use the catapult for several days, which made Yuan Shao feel very strange. He thought to himself: "Could it be that Lu Bu's catapult is broken?"

Of course it’s not that Lu Bu’s catapult is broken, it’s just that the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry asked us to love the fruits of labor of the Ministry of Industry when they left, and asked us to use stones that meet the standards to project!At first, I thought that the craftsmen would keep a few people and agreed, but I didn't expect that the craftsmen just handed over the polishing method of the stone bullets to the soldiers and then all evacuated. Those unskilled soldiers could only grind a few stone bullets a day , so that we can only accumulate more stone bombs and then use the trebuchet!Don't look at the mountains full of stones in ancient times. I really want to use it, but I can't find the kind that meets the standard. This makes me very depressed!Helpless, I had no choice but to ask Lu Bu to take people to Quyang City to demonstrate every day.Yuan Shaojun, who was already demoralized by the catapult, saw the attitude of his lord and the commanders towards the enemy, and suddenly became a little bit demoralized!
(End of this chapter)