The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 180
Jia Xu stood in front of a map and pointed to some places on it and said to Dongfang Sheng: "The north is the area north of the Jianghuai and Qinling Mountains, including Si, Liang, Ji, Qing, You, Bing, Yan, Yu, and Xu Jiuzhou. The Hangu Pass is the boundary, the north is divided into Kanxi and Kanto, and the Kanto is divided into Henan and Hebei. The Lord is now in Hebei. The north is the foundation of Qin's kingdom since the Han Dynasty. If the northern places are captured, great things will be accomplished. "

Of course, the Henan and Hebei mentioned by Jia Xu are different from the Henan and Hebei today. At that time, the Yellow River was the boundary. The south of the Yellow River was called Henan, and the north of the Yellow River was called Hebei.

Liangzhou was divided by Han Sui and Ma Teng, Gongsun Du occupied Liaodong, Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan separated Youzhou, Zhang Yang ruled Hanoi, in Henan, Cao Cao separated Yanzhou, Yuan Shu successively separated Nanyang and Jiujiang, Tao Qian Liu Bei and Lu Bu fought for Xuzhou together .

Dongfang Sheng was at the time when the new princes were rising, and the old coalition princes were almost dead: Han Fu, Qiao Mao, Liu Dai, Wang Kuang, Yuan Yi and Bao Xin, except for the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, Cao Cao Apart from Sun Jian and others, the older generation of Dong Lianjun is almost dead.

In this chaotic world, how can I rise up?Dongfang Sheng suddenly felt a little confused. He didn't have enough background and influence. How could he get those people of insight to submit to him?

Jia Xu was also worried that Dongfang Sheng's reputation was not prominent enough. After all, a person could not choose his own origin. No matter how bad Cao Cao was, he was still an official, and Dongfang Sheng was a commoner to put it bluntly.

If Cai Yong is still alive, the relationship between Dongfang Sheng and Cai Yong can gather a group of people, but it is a pity that Cai Yong is dead.

"Hey." Dongfang Sheng and Jia Xu sighed together.

However, Dongfang Sheng's psychological quality is obviously superior to ordinary people. If it weren't for this, how could he survive in various difficult environments? In just a moment, Dongfang Sheng figured it out: Zhu Yuanzhang started his career as a beggar monk and joined Liu Futong's Red Scarf Army. Can win the world, why can't I?
Thinking of this, Dongfang Sheng felt much relieved. Grassroots can also counterattack, just need to develop patiently and lurk, and one day they will succeed.

"Wen He, follow me to see Ma Jun." Dongfang Sheng suddenly remembered that Ma Jun had said that he had built a model a few days ago, and he wanted to see it by himself.

Jia Xu didn't want to go at first, he didn't like people like Ma Jun who relied on cunning tricks, but because of Dongfang Sheng's face, he had to go and see.

Ma Jun's house was not closed, and when Dongfang Sheng was about to lift his legs to enter, a green brick rushed towards him.

bump!
Without even thinking about it, Dongfang Sheng chopped off the green brick with a knife.

Who would have thought that three more blue bricks would fly over immediately.

However, Dongfang Sheng didn't care. Using his hands and feet together, the three blue bricks were directly broken and scattered on the ground.

After seeing Dongfang Sheng's skill, Ma Jun clapped his hands and applauded: "My lord's skill is really extraordinary."

The sergeants of the Changsheng Army around Ma Jun looked terrified, for fear that Dongfang Sheng would blame them.

"This... this!" Jia Xu saw a mini trebuchet in the yard, and suddenly opened his eyes: "Could this be the thunderbolt car!?"

"Exactly!" Ma Jun proudly walked to the side of the mini catapult, picked up a few green bricks and filled the empty slots on the wooden wheels one by one, "My lord, please get out of the way."

As soon as Ma Jun manipulated the wooden pole, the wooden wheels on the catapult started to rotate, and the blue bricks were thrown out one after another.

"Burst!" Jia Xu saw that the catapult was throwing all the green bricks without stopping, and immediately put away his thoughts of underestimating Ma Jun.

If the catapult developed by Ma Jun was only a single-shot, Jia Xu might have underestimated him, because the single-shot catapult had already been invented by predecessors, but it has been lost now. If you study ancient books, you may be able to restore it. But the continuous-fire catapult can be regarded as an invention. Although Jia Xu is a scribe, he is also proficient in the art of war, so he naturally knows the usefulness of the continuous-fire catapult.

If a single-shot catapult is attacking a city, the opponent only needs to spread it with wet cowhide to block it, but a continuous-fire catapult can catch the opponent by surprise, and it is definitely a sharp weapon for siege.

"My lord, you must send troops to guard this place!" Jia Xu suddenly turned around and said to Dongfang Sheng, "This thing is a sharp weapon for attacking the city."

Dongfang Sheng glanced at it and said to Ma Jun, "I wonder if Deheng can improve the accuracy of this thunderbolt car?"

Ma Jun shook his head and said: "If the Lord wants to improve the accuracy, he must change to a single shot. If he wants to attack continuously, he must lose the accuracy."

The implication of Ma Jun's words is that you can't have both the fish and the bear's paw, but this sentence also shows that he can modify the catapult to improve the accuracy of the catapult.

"It's so good!" As soon as Dongfang Sheng said it, a light flashed in Jia Xu's eyes, obviously he also thought of it. "Deheng, you can develop a thunderbolt car with high accuracy, it is best to have enough flexibility."

"Here!" Ma Jun replied, "It's just my lord..."

Ma Jun hesitated to speak, Dongfang Sheng smiled and said: "If Deheng has any request, just ask, I will agree."

Ma Jun blushed slightly and said, "I want to improve the satin weaving machine. Don't worry, my lord, I will never delay the manufacture of thunderbolt chariots."

Ma Jun was born in poverty. Although he likes to make some war tools, he also wants to make something useful to the people from the bottom of his heart. The satin weaving machine is something he has always wanted to improve.

At that time, the silk weaving machine still had fifty warp threads and fifty creases, and the weaving machine with sixty warp threads had sixty creases, which was very clumsy.This kind of silk weaving machine is not only very tiring to operate, but also has extremely low work efficiency.

And damask can be used as a material for clothes or as a framed painting and book, which is very useful. During this period, damask was widely used and many people relied on weaving and selling damask to improve their lives.

If the silk weaving machine can be improved to increase production efficiency, it must be a great thing that benefits oneself and the people.

Of course, Ma Jun knew that the princes who ruled over one place like to fight each other the most, and they didn't care much about the people's livelihood, so he was prepared to be rejected when he said these words.

"Haha, this is the top priority!" Dongfang Sheng said with a smile, "Just let Deheng do it, and just ask for anything you need, and I will definitely be satisfied."

Jia Xu, who was about to persuade, also showed a relieved smile when Dongfang Sheng said this.

Ma Jun even blushed and said: "Ma Jun will definitely make a thunderbolt car for the Lord as soon as possible!"

Dongfang Sheng encouraged the ten Ever Victorious Army soldiers who followed Ma Jun and left with Jia Xu.

After getting into the carriage, Dongfang Sheng took out a secret letter from the hidden compartment of the carriage and opened it to read: Le He, leader of Bai Mayi, planned to attack Bohai County, and threatened to destroy Bohai County.

It was time to come. Dongfang Sheng knew that Gongsun Zan would take revenge, let alone kill his younger brother Gongsun Fan. However, Dongfang Sheng was not afraid. On the contrary, he was a little excited. After all, Baima Yicong met Ju Yi He was undefeated before he boarded the camp first.

(End of this chapter)