As soon as Qin Ming heard that Murong Yanda was going to behead his whole family, he angrily scolded Murong Yanda, where could Murong Yanda stand this, snatched the horsewhip of others, and beat Qin Ming is head and brain, and beat him dozens of times, Murong Yanda had no strength to throw the horsewhip that had been stained red with blood to the sergeant next to him, pointed at everyone and said, "Have you seen it?" This is the end of collusion with bandits, press me down! ”

Qin Ming was already knocked unconscious at this time, and was dragged to the cell by several sergeants.

Liu Gao looked at Qin Ming, who was dragged down, and said in Murong Yanda's ear, "My lord, according to the villain, this Qin Ming should not be an accomplice of the Liangshan thieves... Do we need to find out? ”

Murong Yanda said, "Don't you know when I do? But there is such a big thing in our Qingzhou, you say that the imperial court knows, who will be responsible? What is a bandit? It can be a person who disobeys the king, or it can be a common person who is forced by the government to rebel! I am also a member of my relatives, and I can sit in the prefect of Qingzhou, and I am already an official family, should you be unpopular?

I've got to find a substitute first! This Qin Ming has always dealt with me, not to mention that now that the soldiers and horses of Liangshan have retreated, I also wrote a letter to ask the soldiers and horses of various cities to come to the rescue, Qingzhou is already foolproof, what else do I have to be afraid of? ”

Only then did Liu Gao understand that Murong Yanda was not really stupid, but was using his strength, he just wanted to treat Qin Ming as a scapegoat, even if he was not guilty, he would be charged with the crime, not to mention a general, even if he was unjustly killed, who would not be able to speak for him?

Liu Gao's eyes narrowed, and he said to Murong Yanda, "My lord, if that's the case, don't forget that there is a good apprentice of Qin Ming outside, and he still has hundreds of soldiers and horses in his hands." ”

Murong Yanda nodded and said, "Not to mention that I forgot him, in this way, you are originally the Zhizhai of Qingfeng Village, go to Qingfeng Mountain immediately, let him go back to Qingfeng Village to rest, and then take it, all the hundreds of soldiers and horses are under your command, the credit of Qingfeng Mountain and White Tiger Mountain, don't let him slip away!" ”

Liu Gao smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will do my best!" ”

In the prison, Song Jiang and Hua Rong were resting, when they heard a commotion, and then saw a military general dragged to the cell, Hua Rong's eyes were good, and he immediately saw that it was Qin Ming, and couldn't help shouting, "Qin Commander? You.. Why did you come in too? ”

Qin Ming had already woken up at this time, and when he saw that it was Hua Rong, he smiled bitterly and said, "General Hua, this is really... That's a long story! That Murong Dog Officer is not a thing! At the moment of the great enemy, but doing this, I am afraid that Qingzhou will not be protected! ”

Song Jiang heard it clearly, and hurriedly asked, "But my brother Chao Gai is here with troops?" ”

"Chao Gai?" Qin Ming's eyes were in a trance for a moment and said, "I only heard that person called the owner of the village, but I don't know who it is, Song Jiang, Song Jiang, it was really you who caused the incident, because of you, I Qingzhou is bitter!" ”

Song Jiang immediately said: "Why did the Qin system say this? If Murong Yanda governed the people well, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, where would there be so many bandits and bandits? In the end, it's the fault of these traitors! ”

Speaking of Murong Yanda, Qin Ming couldn't help but get angry, and scolded loudly, "Murong old thief! I, Qin Ming, don't share the sky with you, you wait for me, and when I see Shangguan, I must join you! ”

Before the words were finished, they heard another sound, and the three of them saw a bunch of people being pushed in, but there were old and young, Qin Ming saw it and immediately exclaimed, "Erniang, why did you come in?" Then Murong Dog Thief really did it? ”

The woman who was called Erniang saw Qin Ming and immediately cried, "Official, it's not good, the old lady is frightened and has gone!" ”

When Qin Ming heard this, he rolled his eyes and fainted in anger, Song Jiang and Hua Rong couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh when they saw Qin Ming like this.

Not to mention the inside of Qingzhou City, and then look outside the city, Dai Zong walked into the big tent and said to Jiang De, Xu Guanzhong, and Zhu Wu, "The owner of the village, I asked clearly, there are really no heavy ordnance such as three-bow bed crossbows in this Qingzhou City, only some ordinary bed crossbows, and they have not been used for a long time, and it is said that they were added during the Shenzong period."

As for the soldiers and horses, excluding those captured by us, there are less than 2,500 people left. ”

"That's it? How many are we? Jiang De touched the fan and sighed and said, "It's not easy to fight a big city like Qingzhou, do you have any ideas?" ”

Xu Guanzhong shook the feather fan lightly and said, "The only good thing is that now there are no good generals in Qingzhou City, and the equipment is not complete, and it has been at least thirty years since the Divine Sect, so it is not certain whether the bed crossbow can be used." ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "Those so-called mountain strongmen in Qingzhou can't take the turn of a bed crossbow to deal with it at all, although the price of a bed crossbow is not as expensive as a three-bow bed crossbow, but it is not cheap, with the current official temper, they will definitely not be willing to replace a place like Qingzhou."

But even so, Qingzhou City is also a city with high walls and thick walls, and if we want to break it head-on, we must have heavy ordnance. ”

Zhu Wu said in embarrassment, "That's a trebuchet and a bed crossbow, these things are extremely difficult to build." ”

Jiang De thought for a while and said, "Then don't use a bed crossbow, use a ballista!" ”

"Ballista" Xu Guanzhong and Zhu Wu chanted this word together, not knowing what it was.

Jiang De nodded and said, "Yes, it's a ballista, a ballista is a weapon in the far west, and the bed crossbow has the same effect, but his principle is different from our bow and crossbow, our bow and crossbow generally use the power of the bow and string to shoot arrow feathers, and the ballista uses torque to shoot projectiles, to say which is better, it is definitely you who say you are good, I say mine is good, but from the perspective of manufacturing process, the bed crossbow is simpler, the ballista is more complex, but the material requirements for the bed crossbow are higher, and the material for the ballista is simpler.

Our bed crossbow is the best cow tendon, the best bow body, and extremely clever mechanisms to make it, and this ballista can be made with hemp rope, of course, it would be better if it used animal tendons and skins, but he has no requirements for the bow body, and we don't lack animal tendons and skins... Didn't you capture a lot of Qin Ming's cavalry this time? Pick those horses that died in battle and those who can't go to the battlefield in the future, kill the skinning and cramps, I'll draw the drawings, and we'll make them overnight! ”

After listening to Jiang De's introduction, Xu Guanzhong sighed, "There is still such a killing weapon in the world? I don't know how the range compares to the bed crossbow? ”

Jiang De crooked his mouth and said, "The range is naturally inferior to the three-bow bed crossbow, and I estimate that half of it is not bad." In terms of accuracy... Look at the person who operates, if you want to say, the three-bow bed crossbow shoots far, and the ballista can shoot heavy things, it is said that the army in the far west, but also used a large ballista, shot hundreds of pounds of stones, it is simply a trebuchet. ”

Zhu Wu said with a smile, "If there is such a thing, as long as the tactics are properly arranged, it will not be difficult to smash the gate of Qingzhou." ”

Jiang De shook his head and said, "Lei Heng has already sent news, Linzi has already received the news that Qingzhou is besieged, I believe that in a few days, the nearby state capitals will get the news, we are running out of time, it is natural to smash open the city gate, but I am afraid that it will change, so I decided to blow up the city gate!" ”

"Explode?" Xu Guanzhong said: "Could it be that the lord wants to use gunpowder? The owner of this thing turned out to be my student, and it was also useful in the Song army, but he just wanted to blow up the city gates..."

Jiang De smiled and said, "It's not difficult, I have a plan, let the craftsmen come in, we will rush to work overnight, if it is fast, we can surprise Murong Yanda tomorrow night!" ”

- Qingfeng Village

At this time, in the palace of Qingfeng Village, a team of sergeants with bows, arrows, knives and guns were facing a table of banquets, and two people stood at the banquet, which was the same as fire and water.

"Liu Gao! What are you doing here? Huang Xin glared and looked at Liu Gao, he couldn't believe that Liu Gao actually dared to do it to himself, although he was a military attaché, he was also a soldier and horse supervisor, only under the control of soldiers and horses, and Qin Ming was his own master, moving himself, that is, moving Qin Ming, in this chaotic situation now, what is this crazy?

Liu Gao sighed, put down the wine glass and said, "Huang Dujian, speaking of which, you are also the one who invited me to drink, I invited you to eat this glass of wine today, even if I return you a favor."

Your master Qin Ming has been confirmed to have secretly had an affair with the Liangshan thief, defeated thousands of soldiers and horses in my Qingzhou, and also intended to secretly sacrifice the city, but fortunately was discovered by the prefect of Murong, and this did not become a catastrophe, you say, your master rebelled, do you really not know anything about it?

So, my Huang Dujian, if I were you, what I should do now is to figure out how to explain to the prefect, how to explain to the imperial court, and how to draw a clear line with Qin Ming. ”

Saying that, Liu Gao squatted down and said to Huang Xin, "That's it, as long as you write down the testimony of Qin Ming's secret collaboration with thieves, and then show that you have severed relations with Qin Ming, and I, Liu Gao, will guarantee you, not only will you be fine, but also the position of this soldier and horse control will be yours!" You can even immediately re-lead your troops, conquer Qingfeng Mountain, and make a great achievement!

Huang Dujian, think about it yourself, on the one hand, it is a great crime of rebellion, and on the other hand, there are high-ranking officials, how to choose, you shouldn't understand, right? ”

Liu Gao understood very well that he really didn't understand military affairs, and if he wanted to lead troops into battle, he still wanted someone like Huang Xin, so he went against Murong Yanda's meaning and wanted to subdue Huang Xin with this.

In Liu Gao's eyes, a martial artist like Huang Xin should be driven by a scholar like him by nature, so even if Huang Xin's official rank is higher than him, he is not afraid, and even feels that he has suppressed Huang Xin.

Huang Xin was shocked when he heard that Qin Ming had been taken, and then he was furious, although he was not much younger than Qin Ming, but since he recognized Qin Ming as a master, Qin Ming has done his best to him, whether it is martial arts or commanding troops, he has taught him everything. The reason why Huang Xin was bent on getting Song Jiang down was half because he was worried that his position would be taken away by Song Jiang, and half was also worried about Qin Ming's safety, after all, the feud between Murong Yanda and Qin Ming was no secret for a long time.

Between the high-ranking officials and the master, Huang Xin did not hesitate for a second, he stood in line, he smiled and picked up a glass of wine, drank it all, and then said to Liu Gao, "Liu Zhizhai, have you heard of a sentence?" ”

Liu Gao asked, "What words?" ”

Huang Xin said with a teasing face, "Ah, I still saw it from the new "Legend of the White Snake", called *******, most of the negative hearts are readers, I didn't understand it before, but now I understand, surnamed Liu, I tell you, I, Huang Xin, have been loyal and righteous all my life, and I want to be sorry for my master, no way!" ”

Liu Gao chuckled and said, "Okay, then wait, come on, press down the Huang Dujian, wait for the Qingfeng Mountain matter, and then send it to Qingzhou for trial!" ”

"Who do I think would dare to do it?" Huang Xin gritted his teeth and yelled at everyone, and the sergeants looked at him, and they really didn't dare to step forward for a while.

"What? Do you want to rebel? Liu Gao glared at Huang Xin and said.

Huang Xin thought for a while and snorted, "Liu Gao, don't you want to put a hat on me, I, Huang Xin, have my own hands and feet, I don't need you to serve, I know where the cell is, let's go!" ”

Looking at Huang Xin's back, Liu Gao shook his head and said, "It's all a group of reckless people, and they don't know how to lift..."

——

"The owner of the village, it's done, can you see if that's the case?" A warsmith ran over and said to Jiang De, who was teaching him how to prepare gunpowder.

Jiang De looked back, ah, this is really done, this can save points.

I saw that a huge object about two meters high had appeared on the grass at this time, the giant was made of wood, similar to a bed crossbow, but there was no bow, but two strong wooden sticks connected to a bow hyun, the bow was connected by a rope with a hook, and behind it were two wheel-like objects, and there were several poles that could be turned to pull the bow hyun.

Xu Guanzhong walked up to the giant and said, "Interesting, interesting, it's not to use the bow body to charge power, but to use the tendons and skin of the animal to keep turning in circles, using such torque as the source of strength, this kind of thinking is completely different from the bed crossbow." ”

Jiang De nodded and said, "Come, let's try this thing to see if it's good, come, bring a stone." ”

A stone weighing two or three catties was brought over, this stone was selected, almost a round shape, Jiang De asked the sergeant to turn the lever, and because of the ratchet on the crossbow, the bow could be jammed every time he pulled it down until the end. And the tendon and other things that have been twisted to the extreme are twisted again, such a strong torque must be fixed with something, Jiang De looked at the crossbow machine made of solid wood with some worry, but what made Jiang De breathe a long sigh of relief was that the components made by using Luban locks were no worse than the components specially made by the Roman Empire.

The bow was pulled to the end, Jiang De put the stone into the magazine, then adjusted the direction, faced the big tree in the distance, held the iron rod, thought about it, handed it to Xu Guanzhong and said, "Mr. Xu, come on?" ”

Xu Guanzhong smiled, "Okay, the students also want to try this ballista." ”

As he spoke, Xu Guanzhong struck the trigger hard, only to hear a jump, and the ballista shook as a whole, and then he saw a black shadow, and then saw a small tree next to the big tree two hundred meters away being broken in two.

Jiang De smiled, "It's a passing grade, Mr. Xu, what do you say?" ”

Xu Guanzhong looked at it and said, "Qingzhou City is broken!" ”