After a while, Guo Jing's expression became normal.
Possessing the two unique skills of Jiuyin Quanzhen, Guo Jing's attainments in internal skills are no less impressive than his Dragon Subduing Palm.
"Rong'er! Mohe has completely retreated!"
Guo Jing asked the first sentence after opening his eyes.
When Huang Rong saw that Guo Jing was fine, she felt relieved.
"Brother Jing, don't worry. You smashed the thousand-jin boulder with one palm. The morale of Mohe's soldiers was greatly reduced. The sky was also dark. They all retreated!"
Guo Jing felt relieved after hearing this, then stood up and walked out of the tower.
As soon as they stepped out of the city tower, the soldiers who were repairing the city defenses and cleaning up the battlefield all stopped what they were doing and looked at Guo Jing feverishly, as if they were worshiping a god.
The power of that palm just now was so terrifying!
"General Guo!"
"Master Guo!"
Guo Jing also felt this surprise and was a little at a loss for a moment!
While hesitating, Huang Rong sent a message, "Brother Jing, you just need to be as usual. You are now the backbone of the Zhou soldiers. When you are on this city wall, they can burst out with extraordinary courage!" "
Guo Jing calmed down after hearing this, and then walked all the way to the horse trail to the city.
As usual, he greeted the army sergeants and martial arts people, but the other party's reaction was obviously different!
Originally, although Guo Jing had a certain reputation in the martial arts world, he was just like any other martial arts knight. His greatest reputation was that he was the disciple of Beixia and the son-in-law of Dongxie.
A disciple of the Jiangnan Seven Monsters...this is not a big reputation.
Although the Seven Heroes are chivalrous people, their martial arts skills are really inferior and they are not considered big shots.
The prestige in the army mostly comes from his method of leading troops and Yu Yanyi's trust.
Today's palm has completely established his reputation, and his name will be added to the list of Tianji Tower in Jianghu.
Among the lieutenant generals in the army, they respected him as a god.
Just when Guo Jing and his wife were about to get off the horse trail to the city, a familiar man with thick beard came over.
"Wudang Mo Shenggu, I have met Guo Daxia and Huang Nuxia!"
It is Mo Shenggu, the youngest of the Wudang Seven Heroes.
Mo Shenggu has an upright personality, is bold and open-minded, and has a bit of a social spirit in him!
"My mentor once said back then that the power of the Dragon Subduing Palm, one of the two great skills of the Beggar Clan Sect, is infinitely more powerful than the Shocking Iron Palm, Yiqi Palm and other palm techniques that my Wudang disciples have learned. I didn’t believe this at that time and thought it was my mentor’s self-effacing words. Only today did I know that the power of the Dragon Subduing Palm is so powerful.”
Under Zhang Sanfeng and Yang Qingyuan of Wudang, Mu Dao Ren was respected in swordsmanship, and Zi Yang Zhenren was undoubtedly the best in palm skills.
Ziyang's Yiqi Palm is also extremely powerful, and his Thunder Palm is also fierce and unforgettable, but compared to Guo Jing's Subduing Dragon Triple Wave just now, it is still far behind.
"Mo Qixia is so complimentary!"
Compared to Guo Jing who is a bit dull and shy, Huang Rong is a social expert!
"Speaking of which, Brother Jing and I have a nephew who is also studying under the Wudang sect. He is also like Mo Qixia. He comes from the true martial arts lineage!"
If you say this, doesn't the relationship get closer? !
According to the Law of Seven, everyone can recognize any seventh person in the world through the six people they know.
Including old man Deng and Chuan Jianguo!
Mo Shenggu's eyes lit up when he heard this. Are you a third-generation disciple in the sect? ! There is no third-generation disciple of the Zhenwu lineage that he doesn't know!
"I wonder who your nephews are from?"
"My nephew, whose surname is Yang Guo, studied under Yang Qingyuan and Yang Shaoxia of the Wudang Clan!"
Hearing Huang Rong's answer, Mo Shenggu was embarrassed!
Second... second generation? !
He knew this Yang Guo. He had met him during the Zhenwu Taoist birthday banquet, and he was also a second-generation disciple of Wudang Zhenwu lineage.
Yang Qingyuan's disciples are the same generation as Mo Shenggu, and Guo Huang and his wife are Yang Guo's elders. After all, Guo Jing, Huang Rong and Mo Shenggu have become Mo Shenggu's elders.
Huang Rong is such a smart person. When she saw Mo Shenggu's smile, she knew what he was probably worried about!
"Master Mo doesn't have to worry about red tape!"
It's not that Mo Shenggu doesn't want to be compared to his elders, it's just that Mo Shenggu originally wanted to get to know a good brother, but when this good brother suddenly became his elder, it would be difficult to accept it!
With Huang Rong's words, Mo Shenggu regained She Niu's character.
Walking down the mountain with Guo Huang and his wife.
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That night, military affairs were being discussed in the Jinyang City Commander's Mansion.
The failure to install the catapult early today resulted in a lot of casualties.
"Yu Shuai, the biggest casualties of our army today were local catapults. Twelve of them directly hit our army on the city wall. Three of them hit the Shenji Crossbow Formation at the rear. The soldiers lost their lives without checking. Tragic! Ninety-seven divine machine crossbowmen were killed, over 100 were lightly or seriously injured, and 159 divine machine crossbows were damaged." Guo Jing, the deputy general of Dongzhaomen, concluded.
"Yes! Yu Shuai! If Guo Shenjiang hadn't taken action today, my life would have been thrown into a catapult!"
Zhu Zhangui on the side was still frightened when he thought of the scene where the boulder was flying!
"In the bitter cold land of Jianzhou, naturally there will be no such equipment. It should be after entering the Central Plains that they began to plunder and learn. While our soldiers and horses are being tempered, these Mohe people are also making progress, absorbing and learning our battles. Law."
"Alas! I'm afraid there will be more catapults tomorrow. Today's catapults have played a big role. I think those Mohe people will continue to use them in large quantities. There should be my craftsmen from Da Zhou in their army, and they will definitely step up their efforts to build them!"
Zhu Zhangui felt anxious when he thought of the catapult. These were originally the essence of Zhou Dynasty's siege equipment, but now they are used by these Mohe people to attack the cities of Zhou Dynasty. This feeling is really unpleasant!
Yu Yanyi, who was sitting at the top, said with relief,
"You don't have to worry too much. The master craftsman who will be the supervisor has already found a way to neutralize the lethality of these catapults. I have sent people to make them overnight. I think they can be used to defend the city tomorrow!"
"In these two days, Dongzhao and Dongzheng gates are under tight pressure, but the other six gates must also be careful to guard against a large-scale attack by the Mohe tribe! If there is any slack, I will punish them severely!"
"I obey Jun's order!"
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In the early morning of the next day, as the trumpet sounded, Mohe's army set up their formation and reorganized their army to fight again.
The defense change has also been completed on the Jinyang City Wall.
The soldiers who had been guarding the whole night had returned to the camp to rest. The soldiers of the Jinyang Army who had rested all night to recharge their batteries returned to the city wall.
Different from yesterday, the walls of Jinyang City today have more shelves covered with cowhide. The top is sloping. The places where the cowhide is connected have been specially reinforced and covered on the city wall.
"Woo!" The familiar thick horn sound sounded again in Mohe's army formation, heralding the beginning of the next day's siege.
After two days of siege battle, Nur Haqi could confirm that the catapult had an excellent effect on the damage and morale of the Zhou army.
Today's battle also starts with the catapult.
Now, please give me the floor, Catapult!
"Sling! Get ready!"
The captain in charge of the slings was Nur Haqa's confidant. Looking at these big guys in front of him, the captain felt proud that these powerful slings were now under his control.
"put!"
In view of the performance of the catapults yesterday, Nur Haqi urgently ordered five catapults to be transported from the rear, and asked the Zhou craftsmen in the army to make five simple light catapults.
At this moment, there are twenty-two light and heavy slings in the Mohe army.
Light catapults have a shorter range and are used in military formations. However, light catapults also have the advantage of being light, and the rate of fire is slightly faster than large catapults.
Five new catapults started moving at the same time. Since they were made on a rush, the manufacturing process was very rough, the joints did not fit well together, and they kept making a heartbreaking creaking sound.
Five small stone bullets flew towards the Jinyang city wall.
Two pieces landed in front of the city wall, one hit the front of the city wall, and one flew over the city wall and hit the houses behind. Only one stone bullet hit directly above the city wall.
In the military formation, Kong Youde also saw the abnormality on the Zhou army's city wall and suddenly laughed.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Why is Mr. Kong laughing!" Noor was puzzled.
Kong Youde smiled and said to Nurha, "I laugh at Yu Yanyi's short-sightedness, thinking that building these wooden sheds can withstand the stones! You must know that these stone bullets, after being blessed by catapults, even light catapults , the force of the stone bullets when they fell was over 1000, how could such a wooden shed be possible..."
Then Kong Youde couldn't talk any more, and the slap in the face caught him off guard.
The stone bullet hit the shed and was immediately bounced away.
Nurha Chi and Kong Youde looked at each other without saying anything. This was so embarrassing!
"Well, don't worry, Your Majesty, this is just a light catapult. Even if the Zhou army is lucky enough to prevent it, it will definitely be difficult to deal with the large catapult!"
Kong Youde's tone was extremely firm, and Nur Haqi nodded frequently. What Kong Youde said was consistent with his views!
Soon, facts proved Kong Youde's point of view.
Seventeen catapults were launched together, and seventeen huge rocks rose into the sky!
But in the end only four pieces went as planned.
The four pieces, almost in no particular order, hit the temporary howling cowhide barrier heavily. The purple lin bamboo and iron wood supported below also made a sound of bearing huge force and deformed.
Although the momentum was terrifying, I still supported it.
Finally, the boulder, whose power was completely neutralized, was ejected a short distance by the reaction force of the cowhide and landed directly in front of the city wall.
The Zhou army on the wall and the Mohe army below watched this scene in silence.
This is too childish!
Yu Yanyi watched this satisfying scene from the tower, smiled and nodded, saying that he was one of the creators of the scene here.
Looking at the actual results in front of him, Yu Yanyi felt that last night was not in vain!
This is a fortification that the master craftsman in prison made after a night of experiments using multiple layers of cowhide as the surface, purple lin bamboo as the bone, and iron wood as the support.
This howling cow is a unique type of cattle in the southeast. Its cowhide is extremely tough. It is difficult to break with a powerful crossbow from a hundred steps away. Its defensive power is comparable to that of Yuan Hua realm masters who are accomplished in physical training.
Purple Lin Bamboo is also extremely tough and difficult to break even with great force, so it is often used to make weapons.
Previously, Yu Yanyi ordered all the materials that could be used in the warehouse of Shendu General to be transported, and they were indeed used.
This cowhide canopy can not only withstand bows and arrows, but can also withstand dozens of stones from the Mohe clan's slingshots without breaking!
"Continue to prepare!" The captain in charge of the catapult of Mohe's army felt that his faith was about to collapse!
Ever since he saw the power of the catapult, he began to be superstitious about the power of the catapult. He thought that the power of the catapult was infinite, and the indestructible flying stones were blocked by Niuhide, who looked so childish. How could he believe it! ?
The second round of boulders continued to be fired under the command of the commander. This time, the accuracy was even worse. Only two boulders hit directly, but the huge impact attached to them was still resolved by the tough howling cowhide.
The captain's eyes were a little dull, and his supposedly invincible catapult failed again.
In the military formation, Nurha looked at Kong Youde with resentful eyes. This was different from what he said!
Kong Youde stopped talking, he was also very embarrassed!
But you can't blame him, he is a liberal arts major, nothing like that! How do you know about science and engineering? !
It's the same situation here in Dongzhaomen!
Zhu Zhangui looked at the scene and smiled, now it's time for Da Zhou to fight back!
"Get ready! Aim at the target! Set up the elements!"
"Fifteen hundred enemy slings ahead! Prepare! Release"
Both sides shouted preparations, but the second half of the sentences were completely different.
Under Zhu Zhangui's command, four rotating boulders rose into the air from behind the wall of Zhaomen in the east of Jinyang City and flew rapidly towards their target slingshot.
Only one of the four stone bullets hit the Mohe tribe's catapult, and the other two missed extremely far!
The rest fell less than fifty steps away from the catapults of Mohe's army.
This Mohe soldier also felt what the army in Jinyang City felt yesterday. There is no use resisting and struggling in front of the rapidly flying boulders. The only thing they could do was to pray to the god Tengri not to let the stone hit their heads.
"The enemy also has slings! Fight back!" The slinging captain of the Mohe tribe felt his blood boiling. He finally had a decent opponent!
"The target is behind the city wall! Release it to me!"
The captain thought well. Since there was no catapult on the city wall, it must be hidden behind the city wall. After estimating the angle at which it had just been shot, the Mohe clan's catapult began to counterattack.
But what they didn't know was that Zhou Jun's catapults were not within their range at all, and the performance of the two sides was not on the same level.
The catapult used by Zhou Jun was called the Flying Stone Cannon. It was conceived by Master Yang Qingyuan, a former bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and made by the craftsmen who served as supervisors.
This kind of flying stone cannon is actually a counterweighted catapult.
It consists of a horizontal lever and a base, and the counterweight used is lead. The entire catapult is pulled open by a winch. There is a cable on the winch, and the end of it is connected to the driving wheel of the iron winch. The rope is pulled by dragging the rope. The beam arm of the trebuchet was pulled down.
These four catapults are the work of the general, with fine workmanship. Compared with the old catapults of the Zhou Dynasty, although they require 20% more people to operate, their power and range are at a higher level.
I remember that when Yang told the general about the design concept of this catapult, everyone was shocked. After testing, this new catapult was not only more powerful than the original design, but its range was 500 steps beyond the original old catapult.
Yang Qingyuan named it "Hui Hui Pao"!
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