Sima Xin had one hundred reasons to believe that once the general understood the situation, he was ready to leave Yuntong County.
Then his end was almost very miserable. He died in a foreign land with no bones left.
Even the whole family had to be buried with him.
Because once he returns to Shangguo and raises a large army, it will cause a lot of constraints to Yuntong.
Don't say that he won't tell anyone. It's childish. It's okay to deceive a novice like this. No one with a little bit of brain will believe it.
Sima Xin even felt that this kind of dirty work might require the New Army or Tianshou Division to take action.
Lian Angxiong made fists with his hands and kept walking around. He was very excited. If such an army was in his hands, how powerful it would be.
To deal with ordinary generals and armies, it is not unusual for five thousand people to defeat one hundred thousand people.
"Besides that strange chariot, are there any more powerful ordnance?"
After Lian Angxiong came to Yuntong County, both military and agriculture gave him strong stimulation.
Some of the common sense that I was proud of was torn to pieces here.
It can even be said that the three views were shattered.
Sima Xin naturally knew your Majesty's intention to recruit this person, but he felt that it shouldn't be the case.
Your Majesty's mind is as deep as the sea, so he must have a back-up plan. As the only general in the Shang Kingdom, he must be a proud and arrogant person.
Sima Xin was stunned. Based on his own analysis, he felt more and more that this was the case.
Your Majesty must polish this person well, otherwise he will be too arrogant and bring the habits of Shangguo's army here, which may conflict with the entire military system of Yuntong County.
And once this person puts on airs, he will be in trouble.
Since you arrived in Yuntong County, you have been fighting almost every year, and many people have achieved military honors.
Once he gets into trouble with Ran Jing and other major generals, it will be troublesome.
Thinking of this, Sima Xin raised a strange smile on his lips.
"General, why don't you go take a look at our Yuntong County catapult."
"Catapult? Isn't that a siege weapon? Well, let's go and take a look."
Lian Angxiong didn't dare to draw a conclusion now. Everything in Yuntong County was weird, and some normal weapons had been changed into something nondescript.
It's just that I haven't seen actual combat, so I can't say anything. But judging from Wu Anjun's record, even if it's not good, it won't stretch the crotch too much.
Sima Xin took several soldiers and picked up a few boxes and came to the training ground behind the military camp.
A ferocious catapult was pushed out from the warehouse.
Lian Angxiong couldn't help but look at it carefully. The sky was a bit dark at this time, but he had good eyesight and could still see carefully.
After all, once you become interested in something, how can Lian Angxiong hold it back?
After careful inspection, Lian Angxiong frowned.
"This catapult is just a little more refined than the ordinary catapult. There is nothing special about it!"
"And it's useless to build a catapult now. After all, it's so big that it can't be pushed onto the battlefield."
"It must be to make a prototype, and then use local materials during the siege. At most, some key components will be brought."
Sima Xin smiled.
"The general is wrong. This catapult was made by gathering all the top craftsmen in Yuntong. In the future, whenever there is a siege, the catapult will be transported to the front line."
Lian Angxiong glared.
"It's ridiculous. If we get a dozen catapults, wouldn't it cost countless manpower and material resources to push them over? If it rains along the way and the ground is silted up, I'm afraid we won't be able to get there even after the battle is over!"
Sima Xin nodded to several soldiers.
The four soldiers quickly began to disassemble it, pulling out the metal pins one by one from each structural component of the catapult.
The entire catapult turned into wooden parts, mixed with some ropes, baskets and metal components.
Over a cup of tea, a catapult as big as two carriages was dismantled into parts.
Lian Angxiong opened his mouth and looked at everything in a daze.
"Here, just tear it apart now?"
"That's right!"
Sima Xin nodded again, and the soldiers spent another cup of tea leaning on him.
After assembly, the four soldiers quickly debugged it and then reported.
"Captain Sima, the adjustment has been completed!"
Sima Xin pointed to the catapult, with a calm expression on his face.
"General, would you like to give it a try?"
Lian Angxiong nodded, stretched out his arms and pressed them on the frame, exerting force suddenly. Suddenly, his front was loosened, and he stumbled out, almost falling.
Lian Angxiong looked at the catapult in disbelief, and pushed the catapult up with some disbelief.
After pushing around, Lian Angxiong looked at Sima Xin with a confused face.
"Why, why is it so easy? It doesn't take any effort at all."
"What the general doesn't know is that these wheels are specially made and not only are they very smooth, but the axle in the middle uses the latest technology, so one or two soldiers can push a catapult."
After speaking, he looked at the soldiers and said, "Test fire an ordinary bullet!"
"promise!"
Lian Angxiong did not retreat at all. Instead, he stood behind the catapult with great interest, watching how they operated.
As a general who is good at conquering and fighting, this kind of ordnance is not uncommon, but it is not often encountered. It is usually made on the spot when encountering siege warfare.
Moreover, the timing of manufacturing is also very important. It is usually built by craftsmen in the middle of the siege. After all, at this time, no soldiers have ascended first, which means that the city is extremely strong, and the only way to break the city wall is with a catapult. .
It is also because of the local materials that there is almost no standard for the distance of the catapult, there is only a vague range.
Even some catapults can only throw stones fifty or sixty meters.
Since the first siege in Goguryeo, Yang Qian has been throwing money at catapults, almost responding to every request.
Ouyang Moyan was also full of confidence and finally made a major transformation of the catapult that was produced on site at that time.
First: The biggest advantage of transformation is that it can be dismantled into parts and transported directly to the front line.
Second: Hemp rope and animal sinew are mixed and tightened, making it more elastic than before.
Third: Increasing the body shape can increase the catapult's energy storage.
The previous catapults only had a distance of 200 steps at most, and some catapults hovered at a distance of 150 steps. After all, they were made in the wild. Their performance was not synchronized at all, and they felt somewhat uneven.
The soldier held a glass bottle wrapped in wet linen, lit it, and shouted.
"emission."
Motivate the soldier and hit the trigger immediately.
There was a "buzz" sound.
The ammunition was fired, drawing a line of fire in the semi-darkness and hitting the target like a falling meteorite.
In an instant, flames shot into the sky and the fire rose.
Lian Angxiong instinctively took a step back, his eyebrows beating rapidly, and he was inexplicably horrified.
His expression was all seen by Sima Xin.
"General, how about our Yuntong County catapult?"
Lian Angxiong pursed his lips, but returned to normal in an instant, and his face became a little serious.
"How far can this catapult be thrown? What is this thing that can explode into flames? Have you ever used this catapult? What's the record?"
It had to be said that he had never seen such a catapult in his life, and it really subverted his views.
Sima Xin said.
"We at Yuntong like to use the unit of meter when measuring the distance of catapults."
"Oh? Mi? What do you mean?"
"According to the size of our Xia Kingdom, one foot is 3.3 meters. A catapult can throw ammunition about 75 feet away."
"According to records, during the attack on Goguryeo, we encountered the opponent's main city and could not capture it for a long time. Your Majesty ordered the construction of a catapult, and took turns throwing ice cubes and Molotov cocktails."
"It only took five or six days to capture a century-old main city. As for what an incendiary bomb is, it would be a long story to explain. When the general joins Yuntong County in the future, he will naturally know everything."
Sima Xin looked at the sky.
"General, it's getting late. We'll stop here today. If there's anything else you want to see tomorrow, I can go with you tomorrow. Anyway, I have plenty of time."
"good!"
Seeing everyone leaving, Lian Angxiong took a deep breath and hurried to the place where the fire was.
Even if a cup of tea has passed, there are still a lot of flames on the ground. If this thing hits a wooden house, it will be simply terrifying.
How terrifying it would be if there were a hundred catapults throwing such flaming ammunition at the same time.
Thinking of this, Lian Angxiong felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. It was really terrifying.
It's a pity that he still doesn't know that this is just the most ordinary alcohol bottle. If it is an alcohol bottle with plastic powder and sulfur added, that would be the real horror.
When all the flames were extinguished, Lian Angxiong went back a little dejected.
All this will keep him awake all night. What he sees and hears is simply shocking to his eyes.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye.
In these three days, Yang Qian didn't come once. Lian Angxiong completely let go. No matter what he encountered, if he didn't understand something, he would call Sima Xin over and ask.
Every morning at nine o'clock in the morning, Da Gu would remember that soldiers rushed out towards the playground one by one.
I don’t even know my mother who will be punished if she is late.
Strangely, there was no bullying in the military camp.
This puzzled Lian Angxiong. That day he was reading a history book compiled by Yang Gan.
When the Yellow Emperor, Yan Emperor, Chiyou, the Shang Dynasty, Emperor Xin, and the ancestors of the Central Plains came to life in his mind, he was instantly absorbed and looked at them carefully.
Back then, most of the teaching materials for selling health care products in Yang Qian's company were copied from the Internet, but he still wrote them himself. After all, he still sorted the paragraphs by himself.
He is confident that once he reads this book, as long as he reads the first few chapters, he will unconsciously be drawn into it and gain a deeper identity.
A figure like an iron tower blocked the sunlight.
Lian Angxiong looked up and immediately smiled.
"General Krisna."
