Chapter 684: Each Move (II)

Under the expectant gaze of a group of Huainan army officers and soldiers, Sun Tu ...... turned around and got off the tower, turned over and got on the horse, and then left without looking back.

All the generals watched him and his soldiers disappear completely, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time. Peng Yongzhen's face changed several times: "What does Sun Chan mean by him?" If you have an idea, just say it, and if you can't do it, you have to give us an accurate word! At this point, he didn't know what to say.

However, Fan Feng was quite confident in Sun Tu, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Don't panic, General Sun must have his reasons for doing this, since he said that there is a way to destroy the thunderbolt car outside the city, he will definitely be able to come up with a way!" ”

Peng Yongzhen glanced at this subordinate, although he was anxious, he could only appease the army at this time, so he quickly said loudly: "Fan Tuanlian is right, since General Sun said that there is a way, we must have confidence." It's getting late today, the rebels won't attack again, and one night is enough time for us to prepare. Now, let someone clean up the city first, otherwise it will be difficult to even go to the city tomorrow to defend it! ”

When the Huainan army sent people to clear many debris and stones at the head of the city in the north, Sun Tu had already appeared in front of a wide open space in the middle of the county. There are more than 100 elite guards there, not to mention the common people, even ordinary soldiers are not allowed to approach. But after seeing Sun Tu coming, they quickly made way out and let him enter it directly.

There are many equipment for defending the city, and a few large cauldrons are boiling the stinking gold juice. However, Sun Tu didn't care about this, but came to a young general who was standing on the edge of the huge bed crossbow and frowned secretly: "Commander Hua, how about it, can you study some famous halls?" ”

This young general has a handsome face, long eyebrows and phoenix eyes, it is the famous Xiao Li Guanghuarong on Liangshan, and there are few people who can compare with his magic archery skills today.

Once, he was a low-level military general of the imperial court, and he knew the village of Qingfeng Village, but because he admired the great name, he embarked on the road of no return. Even if he has now returned to the imperial court, his original status as a thief makes it difficult for him to gain too much respect in the Shandong army. And this time, when Sun Tu deliberately transferred him here from Song Jiang's side, he also had doubts, and it wasn't until Sun Tu explained his purpose that he put his mind at ease.

Hearing Sun Tu's question at this time, Hua Rong quickly came out of his thoughts, and said with a solemn expression: "Tsuki, although this bed crossbow is also a kind of crossbow machine, its principle is very different from ordinary bows and crossbows, it is too big, and the range and strength are more than ten times that of ordinary bows and crossbows, it is difficult to achieve the accuracy of ordinary bows and crossbows...... Even if I were to take aim, I was afraid that none of the three arrows would be hit. ”

It turned out that Sun Tu invited Hua Rong here so that he could come up with a way to make this crossbow accurately hit the enemy!

Of course, it is impossible for Sun Tu to use such a sharp weapon to defend the city, but because there are too few relevant "arrows" equipped, it is naturally impossible to use them as a conventional weapon like the Song army at the border pass, so it needs to have a considerable accuracy. If you can shoot the enemy's main general with one arrow like in the Battle of Lanzhou, then this offensive and defensive battle will naturally be won.

However, Rao is an archery master like Hua Rong, and he can't come up with an accurate idea for a while after facing such a behemoth. For this reason, he also tried firing a few arrows, but he could only maintain a certain accuracy in the land of Lixu, and it would be difficult to go any further.

After talking about his difficulties, he added: "And once the arrows are fired, they will be affected by the direction of the wind, anyway, as long as they are off the string, it will be difficult to control the direction and target of these arrows!" ”

Sun Tu nodded clearly, not to mention the bed crossbow at this time, even the guns that were faster and more accurate in later generations would also be affected by external factors, making the difference a thousand miles away. However, he did not cancel the decision to use the bed crossbow to strike accurately, but said with a serious expression: "Actually, do you think things are too complicated, just apply the various methods of archery to the bed crossbow." For example, the speed and height of the arrow after leaving the string, and the arc when it descends...... "Sun Tu really wanted to explain it to the other party with more scientific terms such as parabola, but now he can only replace it with other words, after all, it is impossible for Ren Huarong to understand the mathematical principles after a thousand years.

Originally, Hua Rong was still a little dissatisfied with Sun Tu's statements, but with the other party's introduction in simple terms, a light suddenly appeared in his eyes. As a marksman, he is too familiar with the various skills of archery, but he may not be able to say too much truth, and now after listening to Sun Tu's introduction, he has a further understanding of this, and even feels that his archery skills have improved a little.

Sometimes, theory can provide the possibility of further improvement in practice! Of course, if you want to put these theories into practice, you still need the elites to complete them.

After being silent for a long time, Hua Rong finally let out a long sigh of relief, and then solemnly bowed his hand to Sun Tuyi: "Thank you Sun Chuzhi for such guidance, the last general has a further understanding of this bow and crossbow technique." If you aim according to what you say, the last general believes that he can hit Zhang Xu Fangyuan's target within three to five miles, no matter how small it is, it will not be accurate. In the end, he showed pity on his face, this is obviously not a small distance from Sun Tu's proposal to snipe and kill enemy generals.

But Sun Tu was already overjoyed: "Are you really sure to do this?" ”

"I don't dare to say ten percent, seven or eight percent are still sure." Hua Rong nodded.

"That's good, you hurry up and follow me to the North City, and ask someone to send everyone's bed crossbows, and I will destroy all the enemy's catapults early tomorrow morning!" Sun Tu was overjoyed and hurriedly said.

It is said that since he found those bed crossbows in Nancheng that day, Sun Tu thought about using them on the battlefield. However, because the enemy commander was extremely cautious and did not really approach the Changshu city wall, coupled with the accuracy of the bed crossbow, Sun Tu temporarily dispelled this practice. And he was afraid that there were Wu army spies in the city who would come to destroy such weapons to defend the city, so he took them down from the city first and put them here for Hua Rong to familiarize himself with and debug.

And now, it's finally time to make a difference with these bed crossbows!

At that moment, the soldiers and horses on this side quickly moved, dismantling the huge bed crossbows and transporting them to Beicheng in batches. This made the Huainan army over there a little puzzled, and it wasn't until these bed crossbows were reassembled one by one that they understood Sun Xuan's intentions, but everyone still had doubts about this.

"We've seen this crossbow before, but can we really shoot those thunderbolts as we wish?"

"I've seen enough, they're so far away that if we get lucky enough to hit one or two, the other thunderbolts will throw rocks up and destroy our bed crossbows!" ……

Rumors were spreading below, and the soldiers, who had been beaten by the enemy's catapults, had little confidence in it. Hua Rong, on the other hand, was not affected by such rhetoric, but ordered people to set the five bed crossbows at key positions according to their own wishes, and kept pointing forward, and asked people to fine-tune the position of the arrows: "Yes, the body of the fourth crossbow machine is three inches to the west, stop, and two feet back, yes, it's ......."

Under his greetings, all the soldiers were sent around, and even Sun Tu couldn't understand the use of him doing this. But Sun Tu absolutely believes in Hua Rong's professionalism, if anyone in the city can make these bed crossbows completely exert their power, it must be Hua Rong.

"Sun Chan, can you really destroy the rebels' thunderbolt with a bed crossbow?" After enduring it for a while, Peng Yongzhen finally asked the doubts in his heart.

Sun Tu glanced at him, and then looked at the stone-throwing carts that were already hidden in the darkness: "This is the only way for us to reverse the situation, and I also believe that with Huarong's ability, he will be able to live up to his trust!" ”

"Thank you for your trust, the last general can only say that he did his best. However, it is already dark today, and it is impossible to achieve accurate aiming after all, and it may be decided until dawn tomorrow. Hua Rong also walked over at this time, and said with a still somewhat apprehensive expression. To be honest, he really doesn't have much confidence before he has used a bed crossbow to strike accurately.

Sun Tu stepped forward with a smile and patted him on the shoulder: "You just have to let it go, I believe in your ability." ”

These words made Hua Rong stunned, and his heart was even hotter, and he didn't know what to say.

To be honest, since he voted for Liangshan, he finally regretted it in his heart, and this emotion became even more serious after returning to the imperial court. After all, his body has been engraved with the mark of a thief, even if he is now an official again, it is still difficult to have a chance to get ahead.

It is precisely because of such thoughts in his heart that Hua Rong has always been restless recently, and he can only follow Song Jiang with one heart. But now, Sun Tu's attitude of trust in him made him feel different, and even moved him a little.

After a while, he was relieved and said, "The last general will not let the ruler down!" ”

The constant busyness of the defenders in the city naturally fell into the eyes of Wu Jun outside, and soon the news also reached Pang Wanchun, making him hurriedly go out of the tent and check forward.

Although it was already dark and he couldn't see it very well from a distance of several miles, he still understood that the bed crossbow was being arranged at the head of the city, which made his brows furrow deeply again: "What a mistake, I shouldn't have sent the bed crossbow here in order to kill and injure the Song army more, but now it's cheaper for the Song army!" Of course, what he wanted to complain more about was Fang Shifo's unauthorized actions, which caused his entire plan to go wrong.

But even so, Pang Wanchun still didn't take the threat of these bed crossbows too seriously: "Hmph, then Sun Tu was also sick and rushed to the hospital, and he actually wanted to use these bed crossbows to break my thunderbolt, do you really think he is a god?" Tomorrow, let him know what a mistake he has made! ”

Yes, when it dawns tomorrow, it will be the last battle between the two sides!

At least that's what he Pang Wanchun thinks.