"You call this a catapult?"
Zhao Kuo looked at the twenty catapults in front of him of different sizes and shapes, with concave and convex surfaces, and even the bark of the tree had not been scraped off, and he was instantly dumbfounded.
Then he looked at Jin Bi suspiciously, "Did you make it according to the drawings I gave you?"
"Commander, I ordered the craftsmen to build it according to the drawings." Jin Bi said with some embarrassment.
Zhao Kuo instantly doubted his life. The drawings he gave to Wei Jun and to Mo Feng were clearly the same. The catapult built by Mo Feng was just like it was carved from the same mold.
And among the twenty catapults built by Wei Jun, not one of them was the same!
I have to admit, this is also a skill!
"Well, why don't you try to see if it works first? As long as it works, it's fine. Whether it looks good or not is secondary." Wei Wuji was trying to smooth things over. He was a pragmatist.
"Okay, okay." Zhao Kuo waved his hand helplessly, "Just listen to Lord Xinling and blast me hard."
"No." Jin Bi waved excitedly: "Brothers, put the stone on me."
He had suffered losses from Qin's catapults before, but now he also had a catapult. If he didn't vent his anger, he would not be sorry for the sins Qin had done.
A group of strong soldiers lowered the catapult arm with difficulty, and then several strong men lifted a stone the size of a millstone and threw it into the basket.
Zhao Kuo looked at the unfamiliar movements of the soldiers and then at the rough-made catapult. An unpleasant feeling suddenly came to his heart. He quickly stepped back dozens of steps before he felt relieved.
"put!"
Following Jin Bi's order, thousands of strong soldiers let go at the same time, and twenty stones flew out like cannonballs.
Immediately afterwards, there was only a "click" sound, and the arms of three of the catapults were instantly broken in the middle. The stones fell from mid-air and smashed deeply into the soil, almost killing the soldiers operating the catapults.
There were a few remaining catapults that broke because the ropes were not strong enough, causing the stones to fall; they were not strong enough, so they fell off before they could fly to the city wall; their direction was not corrected, and they hit the Yellow River next to them, causing a splash. Big bunch of water splashes.
In short, it hits everywhere.
If Zhao Kuo hadn't taken dozens of steps back in time, he suspected that he might have been hit.
"Nah, no matter how many heads Wei Jun and his group were placed in Qin, they wouldn't be enough to cut off."
For the first time, Zhao Kuo felt that Qin Fa was really a good thing. It was time for these old men in Wei to have a taste of Qin Fa. They would not dare to fool them like this in the future.
Fortunately, the twenty catapults were not wiped out. Four stones hit the city wall, and one stone even hit a Qin soldier.
The whole person was hit by a boulder weighing hundreds of kilograms, and was instantly turned into pulp. Then the stone was deeply embedded in the city wall...
The whole scene was simply horrific.
Zhao Kuo had seen such a big scene, he almost vomited and immediately turned around and walked towards the camp.
Jin Bi looked at Wei Wuji, and Wei Wuji waved his hand: If you messed up, you should solve it yourself.
Seven of the twenty catapults were disabled in the first use, and only four hit the city wall. Anyway, Wei Wuji was not going to defend these people.
"General, general, cough cough, although the quality of these catapults has some problems, the effect is still very significant as long as they hit. Why not, cough cough..." Jin Bi quickly caught up and said with some embarrassment.
"Order to continue building. Tomorrow I will see two hundred catapults, which will be smashed by me day and night." Zhao Kuo said.
Catapults do little damage to city walls built of rammed earth and stone, and the holes they make are sometimes not enough for the defenders to repair.
What Zhao Kuo has to do now is to make it impossible for the defenders to repair.
Two hundred catapults, even if only one tenth of them hit, it would be terrible.
Seeing his companions smashed into pulp and embedded in the city wall, Zhao Kuo did not believe that these Qin soldiers could still fight normally.
"No, general, don't worry, it will never be like this next time." Jin Bi quickly patted his chest and promised, as long as he is not pursued.
"Next time? Haha! Divide all the craftsmen into groups and number them, and engrave the number of the corresponding group on each catapult. If the catapult is used for the first time and the damage rate exceeds 10%, all craftsmen in the group will be executed."
Zhao Kuo said murderously.
He doesn't believe that these people can't be cured!
Since then, the Wei army has never seen a catapult damaged in the first use.
"General, South Korea's 100,000-strong army has arrived ten miles away."
Not long after returning to the camp, Liu Ping walked in to report.
Zhao Kuo stood up quickly: "Gather all the generals in the army and follow me to greet him."
The Korean army is finally here! The strength of the coalition forces has increased by half!
Zhao Kuo did not lead many men, only a thousand soldiers and some major generals. After all, the Korean army was not the enemy.
Jin Bi stayed at the camp to prevent the Qin army from sneak attacks. In the ancient military system, if there was no general in the army, one hundred thousand people might not be able to defeat even one thousand enemies.
Not long after, a row of dense black spots appeared on the horizon, and then got closer and closer, revealing the true appearance of the Korean army. The steps are neat and vigorous, and each soldier carries a crossbow on his back.
"At the forefront are South Korea's crossbowmen, the most elite regiment in South Korea, with a full strength of 5,000 people. However, these have just been formed in the past few years, and there is still a long way to go before the military spirit can be condensed." Wei Wuji pointed at Han Jun and said.
The strong crossbowmen of South Korea, like the Wei soldiers of Wei State, were wiped out by Bai Qi as early as the Battle of Yique. The current army just inherited the names of their ancestors.
"They are indeed elite, but unfortunately they lack murderous intent." Zhao Kuo commented.
He has experienced several wars, and his vision has changed a lot. The strength of the army can naturally be seen at a glance.
The quality of these crossbowmen has obviously surpassed that of most elites. Even Zhao Kuo could tell that most of the soldiers inside had internal energy, but they still lacked the training of life and death battles.
Without experiencing life and death, it is impossible to become a true elite.
The Han army seemed to have seen Zhao Kuo and others. A chariot came galloping from the rear of the Han army. When it arrived not far from the Wei army, the chariot stopped. A veteran got off the chariot and strode Walking towards Zhao Kuo and others.
Zhao Kuo and his party also rushed forward to greet them.
"Bao Yuan has met the general." The veteran said, cupping his fists.
Although he has never met Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo is the only one in the entire coalition army who can stand at the front at such a young age.
"General, quickly follow me into the camp." Zhao Kuo quickly helped Bao Yuan up.
Bao Yang was older than Lian Po and could be Zhao Kuo's grandfather. Zhao Kuo didn't dare to let him salute.
"Commander, please go first." Bao Yuan said without any arrogance.
Entering the camp, Zhao Kuo sat in the first place, and the generals of South Korea and Wei sat on both sides.
Bao Yuan followed the rules and handed Han Jun's tiger talisman to Zhao Kuo.
Although Zhao Kuo had received the seal of the Korean general before, it was only in name. He must have the tiger talisman in order to legitimately mobilize the 100,000 Korean troops.
"Since the Korean army has arrived, then both sides will take turns sending troops to attack Hangu Pass. There is no problem." Zhao Kuo looked to the left and right.
"No problem." Wei Wuji and Bao Yuan nodded.
