When Yang Xitong heard Zhang Shihua's words, he hurriedly lowered his head and said to Zhang Shihua respectfully: "General Huiqi, if it is an ordinary stone machine, it is not difficult to make, but if the general wants to make a return cannon, it is not made by his subordinates." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

"Oh, and how powerful is this ordinary stone machine?" After hearing Yang Xitong's words, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but ask.

"General Hui, this ordinary trebuchet is simple to make, but the weight of the object it throws should not exceed 100 catties, and the range is about 300 steps, and the power is small, but if the general wants to use the trebuchet to attack the Tartar on the opposite bank of the river, it can also be used."

When Zhang Shihua heard Yang Xitong's words, he couldn't help touching his chin and thinking: "A hundred catties of stone can be projected nearly 300 steps, that is, more than 400 meters away, this power is definitely not small, at least in this battle for Rushui, the role of catapults is definitely not small." ”

But when he thought of this, Zhang Shihua couldn't help but say to himself: "It's strange, this catapult is best used for city defense, but why don't you see the Tartar using this thing?" ”

However, after hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Yang Xitong in the tent lowered his head and explained to Zhang Shihua: "General Qiyu, in this Ruyang Mansion, nearly eighty percent of the craftsmen have been transferred away by the Tartars not long ago, and the lower officials and the dogs were taken out of Ruyang City by the Tartars at that time, so as far as the lower officials know, there are no craftsmen who know how to make catapults in Ruyang City now. ”

"I see." When Zhang Shihua heard this, his face was also overjoyed, and he couldn't help but say happily: "I thought that this Tartar wanted to use a trebuchet to catch our army off guard, but I didn't expect that the Tatar couldn't make a trebuchet at all, this is really God help me." ”

Saying that, Zhang Shihua couldn't help laughing happily.

And after Zhang Shihua smiled, he also said to Yang Xitong with a smile: "Xitong, you immediately go down and gather people to build a trebuchet now." I'll give you five days, can you build me fifty trebuchets? ”

"Five days, fifty crosses." Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Yang Xitong couldn't help but say with a sad face: "General Hui, with the current manpower of our army, it will take five days to produce at most twenty catapults, and if there are fifty cranes, the manpower is really insufficient. ”

However, when Zhang Shihua heard Yang Xitong's words, he waved his hand indifferently and said: "It's okay, in the first battle of Yuemiao, Marshal Liu's account also captured a lot of craftsmen, I will go to help you ask Marshal Liu for manpower now." ”

After speaking, Zhang Shihua walked to Yang Xitong's side with a smile, patted him on the shoulder and said, "How the battle is going this time, it all depends on you." ”

"I will not dare to fail the general." Yang Xitong lowered his head and said respectfully.

Seeing this, Zhang Shihua also laughed, and then took Li Wu and them and strode towards Liu Futong's big tent.

And at this time, Liu Futong, as the generalissimo of the Red Turban Army, was also worried about how to cross the river under the attack of the enemy. After all, the Red Turban Army has now suffered two defeats in a row, and the morale of the sergeants and soldiers is already a little low, if he can't think of any way to get back to the field, it is estimated that they may really have to withdraw their troops.

However, Liu Futong knew very well in his heart that this soldier could not be withdrawn at all. Don't look at the current Red Turban Army's military might, it can be regarded as a momentary flourish, but this is the result of the Red Turban Army's victories one by one. If you talk about the background alone, the Red Turban Army, a righteous army that has just started its army, cannot be compared with the huge Yuan and Mongolian courts.

Just by looking at it, you can understand that the Yuanmeng Imperial Court and the Red Turban Army fought three or five battles and were defeated, but as a result, except for a small Runing Mansion, the Yuanmeng Imperial Court was still unscathed. To put it mildly, the Red Turban Army has been fighting with the Yuan Dynasty court for so long, and it seems to be a big victory everywhere, but in fact, it is equivalent to a mosquito sucking two more mouthfuls of blood on people, so in the eyes of others, the so-called Red Turban Army is still just a group of rebellious mud legs, scabies.

To put it more simply, at this time, the Red Turban Army and the Yuanmeng Imperial Court are fighting, which is equivalent to mosquitoes challenging bulls, and every time they compete, it is equivalent to dancing on the tip of a knife. The bull is strong and strong, and he won't die if he loses ten or twenty times, but as long as the mosquito is hit by the bull, the little life will be lost immediately.

To put it bluntly, the current Red Turban Army is not qualified to fail at all.

Therefore, the current Liu Futong can be said to have been forced to a dead end, no matter how difficult it is to attack Liu Futong in Ruyang Fucheng, it must be fought, because only in this way will the Red Turban Army not be underestimated by those landlords who are like snakes.

Otherwise, once the Red Turban Army shows its defeat, then there is no need for the Yuanmeng Imperial Court, just these landlords in the Runing Territory can bite off a piece of meat from the Red Turban Army, after all, no one who can make his family business bigger in this era is eaten by fasting and reciting Buddha.

But, it can't be helped. Although Liu Futong is a hero, he is also an ordinary landlord from a wealthy family, although he has gained a lot of knowledge in order to avenge his family in recent years. However, the limitations of class and life did not make him aware of the great power of artisan technology in warfare.

It can be seen from Zhang Shihua's dedication to his method of training that Liu Futong, as the marshal of the Red Turban Army, is still only in the stage of "fighting a swarm of wars and winning thousands of troops with brave generals." It is obviously unrealistic for you to let him understand the tremendous role of strengthening the army with technology at once.

Therefore, although Liu Futong has been thinking about it for a day and a night, he still hasn't been able to think of any good way.

However, just when Liu Futong had a headache for this, Zhang Shihua came to his big tent.

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"The last general, Zhang Shihua, meet the marshal." After Zhang Shihua entered the tent, after seeing Liu Futong sitting in the main seat, he immediately bent down and saluted Liu Futong with a respectful expression.

And although Liu Futong was very tired at this time, after seeing Zhang Shihua again, Liu Futong was still in good spirits, smiling and saying to Zhang Shihua with a gentle expression: "Bochang, no need to be polite, sit down." ”

When Zhang Shihua heard Liu Futong's words, he bowed his head and answered, then he also found a seat and sat at the bottom of Liu Futong.

And after Liu Futong saw Zhang Shihua sit down, he also continued to smile and asked Zhang Shihua: "Bochang, you have always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and you came to me today, what is the matter?" ”

When Zhang Shihua heard this, his face was upright, and he said to Liu Futong with a serious face: "Marshal Qiyu, our army has been fighting with the Ruyang Tartars so far, it can be said that there are three small battles and two major battles, but so far, our army has suffered heavy defeats one after another, and none of them have won. Now the morale of our army is depressed, but I don't know what you can do to break the enemy, Marshal? ”

According to Zhang Shihua's words, if he changes to a narrow-minded boss, he will definitely not give Zhang Shihua a good face, and not even give Zhang Shihua a good face, but will hate Zhang Shihua because of this, after all, what he said is too impulsive, and he no longer wants to be a subordinate to say it.

However, Liu Futong deserves to be Liu Futong, after hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Liu Futong not only did not get angry, but still shook his head, and said to Zhang Shihua with a smile: "Even so, I won't hide it from you." To be honest, up to now, Ben Shuai really didn't think of a suitable way to break the enemy, but since you asked like this, Bochang, you must have already made up your mind with a plan. ”

When Zhang Shihua heard Liu Futong's words, he couldn't help but smile on his serious face, and said to Liu Futong with admiration in his smile: "Sure enough, you can't hide anything from the marshal." However, before I can tell you how to do it, there is one more thing I want to ask the marshal. ”

However, when Liu Futong heard Zhang Shihua's words, he couldn't help but smile, pointed at Zhang Shihua with his finger, and said with a smile: "Bochang, you, you still sell me Guanzi." Okay, listen, you ask. ”

When Zhang Shihua heard this, he couldn't help but smile on his face, and then his face turned straight and asked Liu Futong: "Marshal, you said that our army's white-bladed field battle far surpasses the enemy's army. In siege field battles, the Tartars have never been our opponents, but why is it that on this small Rushui, our army has repeatedly failed and sunk in the sand? ”

When Liu Futong heard Zhang Shihua's words, he just smiled on his face and did not speak, but Liu Bao, the commander of Liu Futong's personal troops in the big tent, said to Zhang Shihua: "General Zhang, do you still need to ask?" We are indeed stronger than the dog tartars, but on this Rushui, this dog tartars don't fight with us at all, but use their strong bows and crossbows to press our side and can't raise their heads, so that they can only be beaten and unable to fight back, how can we be their opponents. ”

"Liu Shuang, what you said is right, the Tartars have strong bows and crossbows that we don't have, so they can crush us so that we can't raise our heads on the Rushui, and we will fail. But on the other hand, if we can also have something that the Tartar can't hold up, we can also win. Hearing Liu Shuang's words, Zhang Shihua continued unhurriedly.

Speaking of which, it has been said very clearly, Liu Futong is not a fool as a generation of heroes, and he has not come up with a way to deal with it just now, but the inertia in Liu Futong's thinking is that he has entered the wrong thinking area, but after Zhang Shihua's dialing, Liu Futong is also open-minded.

I saw the others smiling at Zhang Shihua and said, "Bochang, what you want to say is a trebuchet." ”

When Zhang Shihua heard this, he immediately stood up from his seat, smiled at Liu Futong and hugged his fists: "Marshal is wise, that's what the last general means." ”

Seeing Zhang Shihua like this, Liu Futong couldn't help laughing, but after laughing, Liu Futong was also puzzled and said to himself: "It's strange, why haven't you seen the Tartar's trebuchet for so long?" ”

Zhang Shihua in the tent couldn't help but feel a burst of amusement in his heart when he heard Liu Futong's words, and he and Liu Futong thought of it again. However, although he thought so in his heart, Zhang Shihua immediately told Liu Futong the news that there was no craftsman in Ruyang City who knew how to make trebuchets.

And after Liu Futong heard Zhang Shihua's words, he couldn't help but say with joy on his face: "Okay, this can really be said to be God bless our army." ”

However, after saying this, Liu Futong immediately turned his gaze to Zhang Shihua, and said to Zhang Shihua with a smile: "Bochang, since this plan is what you came up with, and you are the only one in our army who is the most proficient in craftsmanship, then this matter will be handled by you, okay?" ”

"The last general obeys the order, ask the marshal to give the last general five days, and then hand over the craftsmen among the generals to the command of the last general, and the last general will supervise the construction of fifty trebuchets for the marshal."

"Okay, with Bochang's words, I will be relieved." Hearing Zhang Shihua's words, Liu Futong couldn't help but say this.

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On the first morning of the fifth day, Mi Jiang, the general of the defending army of Runing Mansion, inspected the camp of his officers and soldiers with his personal guards as usual. In fact, Mijiang was not the Wanhu official of Runing Mansion, and the Wanhu official of Runing Mansion was originally a bald man under the tent of Heguo, but because the bald man died in the battle of Yuemiao, Mijiang, who was the most prestigious in the Ruyang army, was temporarily promoted to the commander of the defenders of Ruyang Mansion by the Ruyang Prefect and Ruyang Mansion Daru Huachi.

Therefore, it can also be known that Mijiang, who can provoke the remnants of Ruyang in times of crisis, is not a simple person.

And at this time, when Mi Jiang took his personal guards and walked to a high ground by the river, Mi Jiang looked at the Red Turban Army camp on the other side of the river, and couldn't help but say to himself: "It's strange, this red turban thief has not attacked in a big way for five days, but has been harassing endlessly, this is not in line with the temper of this group of thieves?" ”

Hearing Mi Jiang's words, the commander of the personal guard behind him couldn't help but say, "General, isn't this normal." Although the Red Turban Army is rampant, they are not stupid, every time they come to attack, they are beaten by us and their heads are bleeding, how can they dare to come. ”

However, when Mi Jiang heard this, he shook his head and said, "Impossible. This Red Turban Army is the same as us, no one has a way out, and if they don't eat us, they will die. That Liu Futong is a ruthless man, I don't believe that he will be timid at this juncture. ”

Hearing Mi Jiang say this, the commander of the personal guard behind him opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but before he could speak, the Red Turban Army on the other side of the river seemed to be in order to confirm the correctness of Mi Jiang's words, and nearly 8,000 Red Turban soldiers marched out of the camp and gathered on the bank of the river, as if preparing to launch the most violent attack.

And Mi Jiang looked at the Red Turban Army of such a scale, and couldn't help but show a smile on his face. Yes, it's a smile. To be honest, at this time, the last thing Mi Jiang is afraid of is that the Red Turban Army will go head-to-head with him, because he has enough confidence in the arrow array on his side, that is, he can control the situation at this time.

On the contrary, he was afraid that the Red Turbans would do something contrary to common sense like they had done five days ago, because the unknown on the battlefield often equaled danger. Therefore, after seeing that the Red Turban Army was preparing to attack, Mi Jiang waved his hand and immediately asked his guards to issue an assembly order.

And he himself, at this time, also walked off the high platform in a hurry, and seemed to be so confident.

However, to his surprise, fifty trebuchets like giant beasts had been quietly built by the Red Turban Army, and today these trebuchets were assembled by the Red Turban Army on the bank of the river, and brought the most terrible nightmare to the nearly 10,000 court officers and soldiers on the other side of the river.