Chapter 367: A New Type of Trebuchet

Yang Yi's brain flew quickly, put down the teacup, and said with a smile: "Yang Jie is a national thief, everyone will be punished, Yang Yi really admires the heart of the country and the people, but... There are many ways to deal with Yang Jie, I wonder if the prince has the heart to listen to it? โ€

Li Cen looked up at Yang Yi, and he didn't know what kind of medicine Yang Yi was selling in the gourd, and asked, "Your Highness, please speak." ~With~Dream~Small~Say~ั‰~Suimะตng~Lฤ"

Yang Yi stood up, stood with his hands behind his back, and said: "Yang Yi believes that the biggest factor in determining the outcome of the war is undoubtedly financial and military strength. โ€

Li Cen nodded and did not speak.

Yang Yi said again: "Then if the prince wants to defeat Yang Jie, he naturally needs to think of a way to improve his military strength quickly, which is the current urgency of the prince." โ€

Li Cen's eyes lit up and asked, "Does Your Highness have a way to quickly increase your military strength?" โ€

Yang Yi said: "Military strength naturally refers to the combat power of the army, the elite and brave Linjiang army of the marquis, it can be said that it is rare in the world, and it is very difficult to improve the combat power from the side of the quality of soldiers. โ€

Li Cen frowned and said, "What does Your Highness mean?" โ€..

Yang Yi said with a smile: "Recently, I have developed some new types of armaments in Shuzhong, I wonder if the prince is interested in watching them?" โ€

Li Cen is a smart person, and immediately understood that Yang Yi wanted to use armaments and materials to trade with Li Cen and obtain the ownership of Qinzhou, and secretly laughed in his heart, although the equipment of the Linjiang army could not be said to be comparable to the world, but it was definitely excellent, and Yang Yi had the courage to conclude that the armament of the Shu army was stronger than that of the Linjiang army.

However, armament is the biggest factor in determining the strength of a force, Li Cen once heard from the mouth of the secret agent and the envoy that the equipment of the Shu army is mysterious and weird, which also made him wonder, I don't understand why the word "weird" is used here, since Yang Yi is playing with his heart, he also wants to see where the armament of the Shu army is weird.

Li Cen nodded and said: "Su Wen Shu army is excellent and strong, in the previous battle of Qianzhou, the Shu army defeated nearly 100,000 Immortal Sect troops with 20,000 expeditionary divisions, and the old man is also waiting for such a strong army." โ€

Seeing that Li Cen agreed, Yang Yi turned around and whispered a few words to Monkey Jian'er behind him, Monkey Jian'er nodded a few times, hurriedly walked out of the camp tent, led a fast horse, and quickly ran towards the Shu army camp twenty miles away.

Seeing Monkey Jian'er leaving, Yang Yi turned around and asked Liu Andao: "Liu Tingshi, is there a place where you can watch from afar?" โ€

Liu An thought for a while and said, "The wall of Huicheng is three feet high, enough to be seen from afar. โ€

Yang Yi nodded and said to Li Cen: "Then please ask the prince to move to the city wall with Yang Yi." โ€

Li Cen hesitated, although he didn't know what pipe Yang Yi was selling, he still followed Yang Yi towards the city wall.

The group came to the city wall and stood on the side facing the Shu army.

The city is surrounded by plains, and the view is wide, which is one of the reasons why the land of the generals was chosen here, and once an army approached the city, the lookout post could quickly find out.

"Guohou, in order for us to see clearly, I have an ordnance team of more than 100 people to get a little closer to Huicheng, but definitely not to enter within five miles of Huicheng, I don't know if Guohou can agree?" Yang Yi said with a smile.

Li Cen nodded, the troops of more than 100 people could not pose a threat to themselves, not to mention that they were still five miles away.

Seeing Li Cen's permission, Yang Yi waved his hand to a general beside him, and the general bowed, pulled out two small red and white flags from his waist, stood at the head of the city and waved a few times to the Shu army post in the distance.

Soon, a team of more than 100 people was divided into the Shu army array as far as the eye could see, and the more than 100 Shu troops were divided into three teams, pushing several carts and slowly approaching Huicheng.

Soon, more than 100 Shu army troops marched to a stop ten miles away from Huicheng, and a flag officer came out of the formation and played a flag to the head of Huicheng.

After Yang Yi's family general who knew the flag language saw it clearly, he bowed down and said to Yang Yi: "Your Highness, it's ready." โ€

Hearing this, Yang Yi turned to Li Cen and asked, "Guohou, can you start?" โ€

Li Cen was stunned for a moment and nodded suspiciously.

"Let's get started." Yang Yi said a word to the general, and the general immediately turned around and waved a flag outside the city.

I saw that the commander of the Shu army of more than 100 people outside the city gave an order to the soldiers, and the soldiers moved quickly, moved the sundries and equipment on the large number of carts in an orderly manner, and then turned them up in a seemingly disorderly but orderly manner.

Li Cen's eyes were so old and spicy, and his eyes lit up when he saw the group of soldiers, who skillfully went about their own work as soon as they received the order, obviously after a special training.

In front of everyone's eyes, without a stick of incense, Bai Yuyu soldiers quickly built three wooden base towers on the spot, and soon three tall giant trebuchets stood up, and Li Cen and Liu An and others who were looking directly were stunned.

"It's... How is this done? Li Cen exclaimed.

You must know that the biggest disadvantage of the trebuchet is that it is bulky and unbearable, and it often takes at least two days to build a trebuchet, and it takes a huge amount of manpower and material resources to carry it to the battlefield and put it into use, and it is very difficult to move. Therefore, although the power of this bulky machine is objective, it is really a bit of a chicken rib, and it is used in fixed city offensive and defensive battles, and rarely appears in field battles.

However, the catapult of the Shu army can be disassembled and transported, and it can be assembled so quickly, which shows that the army can be equipped with such a powerful catapult anytime and anywhere, and it can play a role on any battlefield.

Of course, Yang Yi will not tell Li Cen that these catapults are using the latest roller skating assembly technology of Wuzhishan, and in the production of accessories, it is stipulated that all parts of the ruler measurement are all consistent, and the "vernier caliper" invented by Yang Yi is standardized, and the error is compressed to the limit, which means that any part can be placed on any trebuchet.

Yang Yi smiled and said, "Don't be surprised, let's continue to look down." โ€

Yang Yi looked out of the city, pointed to a pile of rubble in the distance in front of the trebuchet force, and said to the general on the side: "Order the mechanical team to attack that pile of rubble." โ€

The general immediately turned around and played a series of complicated flags.

Li Cen and Liu An on the side looked at Yang Yi suspiciously, and Liu An said: "Your Highness, that pile of rocks is five hundred steps away from the trebuchet, as far as the lower officials know, the farthest attack distance of the trebuchet is three hundred steps, and if it is farther, the trebuchet will not be able to withstand such a huge rebound force, and it is likely to collapse." โ€