Three days later, in the morning, the sun was just right.
Outside the east city of Jicheng, the Qin army began to gather, attracting the attention of the Jicheng defenders.
"The Qin people are going to attack Dongcheng today!"
Someone shouted, like a frightened bird, causing tension on the city wall.
The Yan soldiers quickly picked up their weapons, bows and arrows, and prepared for a bloody battle with the Qin army today.
But to their surprise, although the Qin army gathered, they did not beat the war drums, and it did not look like they were attacking the city.
"Maybe the east city is just a feint attack."
The Yan soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately someone pointed to the open space outside the city and shouted: "What is that? What are these Qin people doing in front of the city?"
In the open space about two hundred steps away from the city wall, Qin's soldiers came carrying giant trees. They erected these giant trees on the ground and assembled them according to a certain structure.
"Are we going to add flying rocks again?"
Yan Jun on the top of the city had a rough guess and breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the Qin army's stone machine fired with amazing momentum, its accuracy was actually very poor. Only one or two out of ten stones could hit. As long as it was not particularly unlucky, the Yan soldiers would basically not be hit. Moreover, this thing is very manpower-consuming to launch, and is rarely used except for fire suppression before siege.
"General, do we want to attack the enemy with our bows and crossbows?"
Some soldiers of Yan asked the generals of Yan who were guarding the city.
General Yan sneered and said, "It's just a stone machine. It's of no great use. Don't worry about it."
At a distance of nearly two hundred steps, the crossbow may not be able to hit, but it will arouse the Qin army's anger, so why bother.
But immediately, some sharp-eyed people discovered that the stone-generating machine assembled by Qin Jun this time seemed different from the previous ones.
Several giant logs are assembled into two triangular brackets, connected by strong crossbars in the middle, making them very stable. There is a thick metal horizontal shaft above the bracket, with a vertical gun rod running through the metal shaft, and there is a long metal hook on the bottom horizontal beam, which looks very weird.
After a while, a huge, strange-looking instrument appeared in the open space.
"General Bai, we have assembled it."
Lu Jun's voice was trembling.
Zhao Jiyi next to him was full of excitement. During this time, he had been completely conquered by the siege equipment in front of him.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work. Today is the time to test our results. I will invite the general here."
Zhao Tuo bowed his hands to everyone and was about to turn around and go to the rear to greet them.
Li Xin had already walked over.
In addition to a few subordinates, there were actually several people wearing general uniforms with him.
General Bi Xin Sheng, general Qiang Yu...
But the most eye-catching thing was the old man walking in the front.
Wang Jian!
Contrary to Zhao Tuo's imagination, Wang Jian did not wear gorgeous armor, but only cloth clothes.
His body is not tall and straight, and is even slightly stooped due to old age, but the crown on his head is towering, which shows his identity as the commander-in-chief of the entire army and his achievements in destroying Zhao State.
"I have met the General, generals."
Zhao Tuo hurriedly bowed his hands, and everyone else also saluted in shock.
A siege equipment actually attracted the Qin army's top brass, which made people both excited and frightened.
"Don't be nervous, second or third son. I heard that someone under General Li made a device capable of destroying Jicheng based on the remnants of Gongshuzi's writings. I was curious and came here to have a look."
Wang Jian said with a smile, his attitude was as friendly as the grandpa next door, which made everyone feel less nervous.
At this time, all the generals looked at the strangely constructed siege equipment.
Xin Sheng wondered: "Hey, why doesn't this thing have a rope? I have been in the army for decades, and I have seen a lot of stone machines. The equipment must be pulled by soldiers to produce stones. There is no rope connected to this equipment. How can the soldiers make it work?" Shoot the stone out?"
"Zhao Tuo, tell me."
Li Xin spoke calmly and gave Zhao Tuo the right to speak.
Zhao Tuo cupped his hands and said: "General, this thing is used to fire stones. It does not need to be pulled by soldiers. Just hang a weight on the end of the cannon rod, place the stone on the bullet hole, then open the triggering device and the weight will sink. Send out boulders to bombard the target.”
Hanging heavy objects?
Hair arresting device?
You can launch boulders without anyone pulling them. Why is it different from what you thought?
The generals looked at each other in confusion. Even the well-informed old general Wang Jian could not understand what he was saying.
However, Wang Jian didn't show it. He still had a faint smile on his face, as if he had everything under control.
Among the generals, Qiang Yu had the most violent temperament. He only liked fighting on the battlefield and had never been interested in such clever things.
At this moment, Zhao Tuo's mouth was full of words he couldn't understand.
Qiang Xu immediately shouted: "You kid, what's the use of hanging heavy objects? How can it be compared with a hundred people pulling it? I don't believe that this thing of yours can launch huge rocks without people pulling it. How can it be possible in this world?" Such equipment exists.”
Due to their status, the generals would not shout like Qiang Yu, but judging from the expressions on their faces, most of them did not believe it.
Li Xin sneered and said, "Some people are just rare and strange."
Qiang Yu was furious and shouted: "Li Xin, how dare you insult me!"
"So what if I humiliate you."
Li Xin was not afraid and responded tit for tat.
The generals hurriedly tried to dissuade him, and Wang Jian rubbed his head helplessly.
Qiang Yu and Li Xin were both born in the Qiang region and were impulsive by nature. The other one is brave, courageous, young and energetic.
The two of them seemed to be at odds with each other, and they would quarrel if they disagreed.
Wang Jian waved his hands and said, "Shut up. Whether this thing can launch boulders will be known once you try it. There is no need to fight with words."
After hearing the general's dissuasion, Qiang Yu calmed down.
He sneered and said: "Then give it a try. If the big words cannot be fulfilled, according to military law, General Li will be punished for wasting manpower in such a wasteful way. Then I will see how you can be arrogant in front of me."
Li Xin ignored him at all and looked at Zhao Tuo.
"Go ahead."
Zhao Tuo was very moved.
He felt Li Xin's trust and love for him.
"Black butt, Wabama, load the cannonball!"
Zhao Tuo issued the order.
"only!"
The two men answered in response, leading dozens of soldiers to work together to hang the counterweight object at the end of the gun barrel. Then he pressed down the other end of the cannon rod and locked it with a locking device made of iron hooks. Finally, he moved the hundred-jin boulder used as a cannonball to the bullet hole.
"General, the artillery shells are ready and can be fired at any time."
Shebama answered with his head raised.
After hearing this, everyone looked forward to it.
Zhao Tuo took a deep breath and issued a special command: "Fire!"
Upon hearing the order, Shejian and Heihipu pulled away the iron hook device.
The weight at the end of the gun barrel suddenly fell, and the other end loaded with a hundred kilograms of boulders tilted up. The boulders in the bullet hole flew out under the action of centrifugal force.
In an instant, the sound was like thunder.
The huge boulder stretched across the sky, carrying the strong wind, and rushed straight into Jicheng in the distance.
boom!
At this moment, the sound shook the world.
Like gods roaring.
Amidst the roaring sound, the tower on the east wall of Jicheng has been hit by a cannon...
