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After returning to the Song army camp after the siege of the day, Meng Zhong found a piece of cloth and painted the general shape of the "Jing Lang" on the cloth.

The so-called well is simply a "mobile arrow tower", but it can also play the role of a "foot passage" like a "cloud ladder", and its shape is like a small compound house, with a platform on the top, where crossbowmen can stand and shoot soldiers on the enemy city by taking advantage of the height.

The interior of the well can generally be divided into several layers - according to the height of the enemy city to determine the number of layers of the well wall, between each layer set up a back staircase, in addition to the "top platform" of the highest "attic", there is a suspended wooden board, the board has a barb, can hang down the wall of the enemy city when hanging down, so that the "attic" and the enemy city to build a bridge-like passage, to help the foot soldiers quickly attack the enemy city.

Therefore, the perfect design of the well has both the functions of "moving arrow tower" and "foot passage", the former is used for crossbowmen to suppress the enemy soldiers on the city with long-distance weapons, and the latter omits the steps of foot soldiers to climb the city wall, so it is a very convenient and excellent siege equipment.

The reason why Meng Zhong thinks that Jing Qian can restrain Tengcheng's "B Wall" is because Jing Yan's "hanging plank" can directly cover the "B Wall" and make the latter useless.

Of course, although it is an excellent siege weapon, it also has its disadvantages, such as poor mobility, easy to destroy, and difficult to build.

The ability to move is poor, which is easy to understand, after all, the height of the well is generally taken from the height of the enemy's city wall, if the enemy's city wall is three zhang high, then the well must be higher than three zhang, otherwise it is meaningless to build this siege machine. In the case of "heightening", the base is bound to increase, which greatly increases the weight of the well diaphragm, so the ability to move is very poor.

Since the well is generally made of wood and has an interior that resembles the attic of a house, it is easy to target and destroy, especially if enemy soldiers use fire bolts to attack.

As for the difficulty of building, it involves the craftsmanship level of the world.

As the most important tool for carpenters, "nails", especially "iron nails", are far from being popular in modern times, so contemporary craftsmen's buildings or furniture generally use the "tenon (sǔn) 卯 (mǎo) structure", that is, a technique in which the concave and convex parts of the two constituent parts fit together to strengthen the whole object.

Among them, the protruding part is called "tenon (tenon)", and the recessed part is called "tenon (mortise and tenon)", and if the mortise and tenon technology is used properly, the two pieces of wood can be tightly fastened to the extent of "seamless".

It is a contemporary craftsman's thing, from the palace to the furniture, without nails. [PS: Nails will be used in the wheels of the carriage, on the one hand, to strengthen it, and on the other hand, to prevent the mortise and tenon joint structure from falling apart due to vibration. Others and so on. 】

The problem is that the mortise and tenon structure is a technique that only experienced craftsmen can master, if Meng Zhong drew a sketch of the well and found a group of foot soldiers with almost no relevant carpenter work experience, he could create the well car, it would be too much to underestimate the technical content of the siege equipment of the well block.

Yes, even if Meng Zhong had already drawn a sketch of the well chariot, how to build it was a problem, after all, even on the side of the king, there were no excellent craftsmen to accompany the army - this is also the reason why the besieging side can only build crude and simple siege equipment.

In addition, Meng Zhong also has a knot in his heart.

He was considering whether or not to build the well.

Because according to his judgment, Jing Qian, an excellent siege equipment, can largely restrain the "Yibi" of Tengcheng, making it unable to play a role, and then help the Song army conquer this city.

But once Tengcheng is conquered, the Teng State will be completely destroyed, and the Teng people in the city will lose their country, and may even be slaughtered by the Song soldiers - this is also what Meng Zhong does not want to see.

『……』

Looking at the cloth with the sketch of the well cast, Meng Zhong fell into deep thought.

And at this moment, suddenly Meng Hu broke in, and Meng Zhong was about to say hello, but saw Meng Hu followed by two brothers in armor.

Quietly putting the cloth away, Meng Zhong stood up.

"Ah Zhong, these two are clan brothers Meng Heng and Meng Min." Meng Hu smiled and introduced: "I just met two clan brothers, and they asked me to take them to you." ”

"Looking for me?" Meng Zhong was a little puzzled.

In fact, a few days ago, when Meng Qing summoned all the "chariot officials" in the clan, Meng Zhong had seen Meng Heng, and he was also one of them.

But before that, whether it was Meng Heng or Meng Min, he had never been without contact before.

"You're Momber's brother, aren't you?"

The clan brother named Meng Heng stepped forward and said with a smile: "Ah Bo was quite close to Brother Wei and others before his death, and since you are his younger brother, you are the same as our younger brother. ”

Hearing this, the clan brother named Meng Min also smiled and nodded.

That night, Meng Heng and Meng Min invited Meng Zhong and Meng Hu to their tent, and immediately ordered the soldiers to get some wine and meat, and the four of them drank and chatted in the tent.

Is it OK to drink alcohol in the military?

Of course, it is not allowed for foot soldiers, but for Meng Heng, Meng Min, Meng Zhong, Meng Hu and other Meng's clansmen, even if they slightly violate the rules of the army, Sima Mengqing will not blame them for this, and Wang Shi will not care.

All in all, clansmen like Meng Heng, Meng Min, Meng Zhong, and Meng Hu have some privileges, and they are not comparable to ordinary soldiers from civilian backgrounds.

Through some small talk, Meng Zhong learned that Meng Heng and Meng Min met his brother Meng Bo on the march.

When Meng Bo and his entourage went to Pengcheng from Jingbo, it was the cold winter wax moon, and the ice and snow blocked the road, at that time, Meng Heng and Meng Min were just ordinary soldiers who were on foot, because the weather was cold and almost froze to death on the road, it was Meng Bo who gave up his position on the chariot, so that these two brothers could get a full rest, and after that, Meng Heng, Meng Min and Meng Bo became close friends.

Meng Zhong suddenly remembered that in the letter of his brother Meng Bo, he wrote that when Meng Bo and others were stationed outside Pengcheng, Peng Cheng had sent some women to "comfort" them, and at that time, Meng Bo was laughed at by Meng Heng and Meng Min the next day because he "refused" the woman assigned to him—at that time, the relationship between the two of them was already very close.

"Abel is a warrior."

In the second half of the drink, Meng Heng was faintly drunk, recalling the night attack of Teng Hu, and drunkenly said to Meng Zhong: "At that time, there was chaos in the camp, fires broke out everywhere, and the soldiers of Teng State entered the army, and they killed people when they saw them, and Teng Hu ......."

Speaking of this, there was a slight fear in his eyes, as if he was still apprehensive about the night attack.

After that, Meng Min took over the conversation and continued to tell.

According to his account, at that time, the Meng clan was panicked and fled in all directions, but Meng Bo followed Meng Zhi and tried his best to gather the clansmen.

Under his shouting, Meng Heng, Meng Min and others gathered together one after another, and under the leadership of Meng Zhi, they resisted the attacking Teng people, but they didn't expect to just bump into Teng Hu, so that a series of things such as "Teng Hu seriously injured Meng Zhi" and "Meng Bo was killed by Teng Hu in order to save Meng Zhi".

According to Meng Heng and Meng Min, Meng Bo that night can be said to be conscientious, brave and resolute, and the usual Mu Na and honest judgments, these things, Meng Zhong secretly sighed.

Because he can feel that Meng Heng and Meng Min's closeness and nostalgia for his brother Meng Bo are from the heart.

That night, Meng Zhong and Meng Hu returned to the tent to rest.

The next day, Meng Heng and Meng Min found Meng Zhong and Meng Hu again, saying that they wanted to take them out for a walk—in fact, they were taking them out on patrol.

Since they had been living in the barracks for a few days and were feeling depressed, Meng Zhong and Meng Hu happily accepted the invitation of Meng Heng and Meng Min.

Originally, in terms of the establishment of the "one-ride soldiers", about 30 of the 75 soldiers were Meng's clansmen, but only the two of them were Meng's clansmen, and the rest were all foot soldiers, about 50 people.

Among these fifty people, only a small part were family soldiers who had been brought from Mengyi—that is, soldiers composed of domestic slaves and homeless people, while the rest were civilians, homeless people, and so on recruited from the Pengcheng area.

For these soldiers, Meng Heng and Meng Min have the power of life and death.

"I'm driving! Let me try what it's like to be a leader. ”

Meng Hu boarded the chariot with great interest.

"Haha." Meng Heng laughed and said, "Okay, I'll let you be a driver for a day." With that, he instructed the soldiers behind him, "Everyone obey the order." ”

"Yes!" Fifty soldiers replied in untidy voices.

After getting the permission of Meng Heng and Meng Min, Meng Hu drove the chariot forward with a smile.

Meng Heng and Meng Min sat in the car with Meng Zhong, and the two introduced Meng Zhong to the nearby terrain and the battles that had taken place there.

During this period, don't look at Meng Heng and Meng Min temporarily ceding their positions to Meng Hu, but when they introduced the surrounding situation to Meng Zhong, they always scanned the surroundings with vigilant eyes from time to time, which made Meng Zhong secretly think: The cruel battlefield has sharpened the two clan brothers to be extremely vigilant.

Suddenly, Meng Heng seemed to see something, stood up suddenly, patted Meng Hu on the back, and whispered: "Ah Hu, Le Ma!" ”

Meng Hu was startled and quickly grabbed the reins and stopped the chariot.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Meng Hu asked with some panic.

Immediately, Meng Heng pointed to a forest in front of him on his right and said, "There, four people have run in." With that, he instructed the soldiers behind him, "Go to twenty people, catch those four, and let them live." ”

"Yes!"

At the sound of an order, even ten soldiers rushed towards the forest with weapons in hand, and in a moment, the two men that Meng Heng said were arrested.

Two men and two women, both in their twenties, seemed to have been punched and kicked by the twenty soldiers, so that they left new scars on their faces and bodies, while the two women were unharmed, just hugged each other, and looked at Meng Heng, Meng Min, Meng Zhong, and Meng Hu on the chariot with frightened and pleading eyes.

"Tengren?"

Meng Zhong was stunned in his heart, and before he could have any thoughts, he heard Meng Heng's voice beside him.

I saw Meng Heng with a slight smile on his face and said, "Ah Zhong, Ah Hu, kill those two men." ”

“……”

Meng Zhong and Meng Hu looked at each other.

At this time, Meng Heng had already pulled out the sword on Meng Zhong's waist, stuffed it into Meng Zhong's hand, and immediately put his arms around his shoulders and whispered: "Ah Zhong, you are Ah Bo's younger brother, although Ah Min and I have the heart to protect you, you also have to learn how to protect yourself...... What we can teach you is how to take the first step...... Kill them, and your heart will no longer be afraid, and your heart will not be shaken again! ”

“……”

Meng Zhong looked at Meng Heng in amazement, only to find that this clan brother who was smiling and chanting in front of them was kind and kind, and his eyes were cold at the moment.