"Mengde, go and get the topographical map of the Changsha"

"Mengde, go find a carpenter with the best craftsmanship."

"Meng De, go and find General Sun Jian"

.....

Early in the morning, Cao Cao was sent around by Lin Xu.

Soon, a small, dark-faced old man was led over by a personal guard.

"Little old man Jia Fu, meet the general"

"Come here, come here"

Lin Xu looked up at Jia Fu and greeted:

"Look at this thing, how long does it take to make one?"

Jia Fu took the few drawings handed over by Lin Xu with both hands, and looked at them carefully for a while before asking cautiously:

"Dare to ask the general, could this be a stone thrower?"

"yes, you don't care about so much, just tell me, give you enough manpower, how long will it take to make one?"

Jia Fu looked worried, he knew that the stone throwing cart didn't look like this, in case it didn't work, he couldn't afford it

Lin Xu looked at Jia Fu and said unhappily:

"What? Is there anything to be embarrassed about? ”

"General, the little old man of the stone-throwing truck also knows something, it doesn't look like this, or will I change it?"

Lin Xu was amused when he heard it, this is a simplified and improved version of the stone-throwing car that he drew after tossing around the prototype of the Xiangyang cannon in the Song and Yuan dynasties overnight, can you change it for me?

"Okay, you, just you, take him to make the things on this drawing for me immediately, give what you want, hurry up"

Lin Xu pointed to the guards on the side and said.

"No"

.....

"General, General Sun Jian is out asking to see you"

"Please come in"

Soon, Sun Jian walked in with a sword in his hand

"Dare to ask the general, what are the instructions for the last general?"

Sun Jian actually has some disdain for Lin Xu, he thinks that Lin Xu is just a rich and noble child with a very high status, who can't endure hardship, can't endure hard work, and is just a cowardly and afraid of death.

"When will your subordinates arrive in Xiapi? How many soldiers have been recruited? ”

Lin Xu asked while studying the topographic map of the Changshe.

Sun Jian frowned when he heard this, he still has subordinates who have never mentioned this matter to others, especially the matter of recruitment, although he wonders how Lin Xu knows, but he is not panicked, he was a county lieutenant in Xiapi before, and it is reasonable and legal to recruit soldiers and horses to resist the yellow scarf.

"General Huiyu, in three days should be able to rush to Changshe, as for how many soldiers were recruited, the last general was in a hurry to rush to Luoyang, but now it is not clear."

"Okay, you inform them, don't come directly to the Changshe, go outside and hide, and act when the opportunity arises."

"This...."

Sun Jian hesitated, because this was already a military deployment.

Lin Xu glanced at Sun Jian, he also knew that this guy looked down on him, so he said bluntly:

"You can go to the two generals Zhu Jun and Huangfu Chong to discuss"

"No"

Sun Jian breathed a sigh of relief, bowed his hand and strode away.

Repeatedly despised!

Lin Xu took a deep breath, he was not a very arrogant person, but he was not without arrogance! In this Yellow Turban Rebellion, he has to let the world see his demeanor! Otherwise, how can you mix under the emperor in the future!

"Mengde! Mengde! ”

Cao Cao, who had just stopped to drink a sip of water, heard Lin Xu's pager, his face was bitter, and he hurried over.

"General~, whew~, please command"

Looking at Cao Cao, who was sweating profusely, Lin Xu was also a little embarrassed, and hurriedly took a bowl of water and handed it over:

"It's hard for Mengde, there are no credible people around me, and most things have to trouble Mengde"

Cao Cao drank the water in one gulp, wiped his big hand on his mouth, and hurriedly said

"Don't dare, don't dare, I'm the leader of the general's personal guard, driven by the general, as a matter of course"

"Okay, then bother Meng De to find Tan Yuan, who is in charge of the servant army, and order him to immediately send people to start building horses, city crossbows, arrows, fire pots, and digging trenches under the city wall, and you will personally supervise them!"

Cao Cao was stunned after hearing this, and lost his voice

"The Yellow Turban is actually going to attack my long club?"

The corners of Lin Xu's mouth curled slightly, and he said with an unfathomable expression

"Not for the time being, but it's going to be soon, you can do it, Zhu Jun, I'll go and say it to the two generals of Huangfu."

Cao Cao hesitated for a while, but could only agree. In his opinion, it was impossible for the Yellow Turbans to attack the Changshe, after all, the Changsha was a big city, and the walls were tall and strong. Now there are still 60,000 well-equipped Han troops stationed, how big will Bocai have to attack Changshe?

"It's nonsense!"

Zhu Jun was very angry when he heard Lin Xu say that he wanted to build all kinds of equipment to defend the city. He felt that Lin Xu was completely full and had nothing to do, and he took military affairs as child's play.

"Is this matter harmful to General Zhu? Can it be harmful to the long company, can it be harmful to my big man? ”

Lin Xu asked three times in a row, and Zhu Jun was speechless. If you want to say that it is a waste of resources, most of the wood used is wood, and wood was considered a ghost resource in the Han Dynasty. Manpower? Those servant troops have nothing to do all day after arriving at the Changshe, and they don't have to do it in vain.

"Since the auxiliary general wants to build defensive equipment, it is not a big deal, this matter depends on the general, and I hope the general will bother more."

Huangfu Chong made a round, he felt that this was nothing, even if the city defense equipment was not needed, it should be added to the ordnance reserve of the Changshe, what is this. Of course, he also knew that Zhu Jun's reason for targeting Lin Xu was nothing more than jealousy, and his heart was extremely unbalanced.

Zhu Jun was born in a poor family, and he has worked hard for the Han Dynasty for most of his life, he has experienced a hundred battles, killed countless enemies, was born and died, and how many military merits he made to get the current position of Zhonglang General, and Lin Xu did nothing, and he started as an auxiliary general! This is really unbearable for ordinary people.

The western suburbs outside the city

Lin Xu looked at the catapult in front of him and was very satisfied, the ancients were real, and their work was not discounted at all.

The shape of the stone-throwing cart is basically the same as the traditional one, except that Lin Xu replaced the counterweight stone with a thick string made of a large number of cow tendons, borrowed elastic power to launch the stone, and added two pulleys so that only ten strong men could pull the throwing cable down.

The fifty-pound stone was put into the mouth of the spoon by the guards, and after Lin Xu signaled, Cao Cao took out the matching sword and cut the bound rope with a sword.

With a buzz~, the stone was thrown far away in an instant, and it smashed into the distance with a bang, and it was about 400 meters away.

Seeing that the strange-looking stone-throwing truck successfully threw the stone out, Jia Fu and the people, who had been busy for several hours, cheered and jumped.

"Alright, alright, there are rewards, there are many rewards, but we have to wait until this battle is over. Now go ahead and test! ”

Lin Xu clapped his hands and said.

After some testing and improving a few small problems, he left this matter to Jia Fu and left with his hands behind his back, he still had more things to do.

Soon, Huangfu Chong knew the test results of the stone throwing truck, and he didn't care, and now he doesn't need it at all.

"It's called rolling wood?"

Lin Xu, who came to the west of the city to inspect the construction of city defense equipment by the servant army, pointed to a slippery short wooden stake and said.

"Yes, yes, General Hui, this rolling log has always been like this."

Tan Yuan was a little panicked, his status was low, but he couldn't afford to offend the auxiliary general in front of him.

Lin Xu was helpless, and slapped himself on the forehead, how lethal can this thing be?

"Go and nail some blades, nails, spear heads, and so on, to this stake!"

"Yes, yes, the villain will do it immediately"

Tan Yuan hurriedly ran out, and after a while, he ran back sweating profusely.

"General, this, we don't have any extra weapons, you see..."

"Pig, you! Then sharpen the wood and put it in, remember to tie the rope to the stake, and you can take it back if you smash it, understand! ”

"Yes, yes, the villain is stupid, how can he be as far-sighted as the general"

Looking at Tan Yuan, who was running fast, Lin Xu looked displeased, and there was no one under his hands who could do anything.

on the city walls

"Mengde, Mengde, come, come up"

Lin Xu looked at Cao Cao, who was supervising the digging of trenches and the rejection of horses under the city, and greeted.

Cao Cao hurriedly ran up and saluted

"Please command, General"

"On each wall, build three platforms three meters outward, and build a strong one, and wrap the surface with iron sheets."

"Why is that?"

Cao Cao asked suspiciously.

"When it's ready, think about it yourself~"

Lin Xu patted Cao Cao's shoulder, and walked towards the mansion in a hurry, the time is not early, I heard that there is a good dog meat restaurant.