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After being invited out of the felt tent, Zhai could feel the gaze of the people around him, he was wearing a leather jacket with narrow sleeves, his hair was covered with gold rings, and he was also inserted with the feathers of a bird (zhui). As the so-called "Northern Di is said to be a cave dwelling in clothes and feathers, there are no grain eaters", this person is the son of the king of the Bai Zhai Gaonu Department in Shangdi.

Shangdi, the same state as the Qin State, all belong to the northern part of Guyongzhou, that is, the northern Shaanxi region of later generations, in the early Spring and Autumn Period, there was a "Zhai State" established by Bai Zhai.

Calculated carefully, Shangdi Bai Zhai and the Zhao family still have a bit of "origin". One hundred and fifty years ago, Jin Xiangong killed the prince Shensheng and expelled the sons, and Chong'er and Huyan, Zhao Yuan, Wei Li and others went into exile in Zhai State, because Zhai State is the motherland of Chong'er's uncle Huyan, which is equivalent to Chong'er's mother's family. Chong'er married Ji Kui, and Shu Kui gave it to Zhao Yuan, which gave Zhao Dun this vein.

At that time, the Zhai State was powerful and was regarded as one of several major enemies by the Jin State, and due to their geographical location, it was bordered by the Jin State to the east and the Qin State to the south, and was often caught in the contradictions between the Jin and Qin States. The Jin State both wooed and attacked Bai Zhai, the two sides had both marriage and war, and the Qin State always wanted to annex the Zhai State like destroying Xirong.

About 60 years ago, there was also internal turmoil in Bai Zhai, the Qin people also took the opportunity to attack, the Zhai State was scattered and collapsed, and the tribes successively entered the Taiyuan Basin from northern Shaanxi, and continued to migrate eastward, some of which moved to Hebei, and established Xianyu, Gu, Fei, and Qiuyou, which is now the Zhongshan State.

Although most of Bai Di migrated to the east, some of them still remained, and after that, the Qin people and the Jin State were repeatedly frustrated in their struggle for Hexi, and the battle line even retreated to Jingshui for a time, and they were unable to map north. So Shangdi Bai Zhai will develop with peace of mind, three generations have passed, they have grown up again, cattle and sheep breed, the population is dense up to more than 100,000, and the city of Gaonu, Fushi and so on, and the Jin and Qin well water do not violate the river water.

It wasn't until the autumn of last year that Shang Yidun entered Shangdi with an armed caravan of hundreds of people, which caused countless ripples in Zhaibu, which was like a pond of mirror lakes......

Yi Dun first went to the largest Gaonu department in Shangdi, and brought all kinds of gifts from the Zhao family, in addition to luxury goods such as porcelain, Lu Min, and glass mirrors, there were also practical things such as seeds, flour, and green salt.

Bai Zhai Gaonu had long heard of the wealth of the Zhao clan of the Jin Kingdom, and wanted to communicate with the envoys, but at that time, the eastbound road was only Longmen, which was hindered by the middle stalk of the Qin people and could not be realized. Now the unexpected arrival of Zhao Envoy made them very happy. After getting acquainted with the Zhai people, Yi Dunyi began to constantly boast about the strength of the Zhao clan, trying to persuade Bai Zhai to submit to the Zhao clan, and let the young people in the tribe join the Zhao clan's army and fight for Zhao Jun's southern and northern wars.

Zhai Renren had doubts and refused to agree, the newly destroyed Daiguo was too far away from here, and it didn't touch them. So after the beginning of spring this year, Yidun came again, he changed his strategy this time, first borrowed from the ministry, so that Zhao Qi could go straight to Liangshan from Lin and Lishi along the Yellow River, and after the various departments were shocked by Zhao's Qianqi and walked Pinggang, Yidun invited the Zhai people to send envoys to meet Zhao Jun with him in Shaoliang.

"The dragon gate has been opened, Shaoliang will go down, the Qin people are the enemies of the two sides of Jin and Zhai, you might as well go with me to watch the battle."

After realizing the strength of the Zhao family, the various Zhai tribes did not dare to disobey, and Zhai Ji was also among them. After coming to Shaoliang, he was surprised by the large number of Zhao troops, the benefits of soldiers, more than 10,000 troops were dispatched together, and all the warriors of their Shangdi Di Department were combined, but I am afraid that there are only so many, and it is said that this is only one-tenth of the strength of the Zhao army......

Zhao Jun Wuxian also said to them seemingly casually at the welcome banquet: "The Zhao family has six counties and one capital in the west, including Youdai, Taiyuan, the eldest son, Hanoi, Dongyang (Handan), Hejian, and Yecheng, and the Lu country in the east, and Bai Zhai in Shangdi is not as good as the Zhao family's one county......"

Such a threat did scare many Zhai envoys, but Zhai Mo of the Gaonu Department was a person who had been to Yongcheng, the capital of Qin, and he thought that he had seen the strength of the great power of China, and the strength of the Zhao clan of the Jin State was only slightly stronger than Qin? As long as they are united, the Qin State is also helpless against the Shangdi Bai Zhai, what can they do if they change the Zhao family?

He whispered to the others, how strong the Zhao clan is, let's see how they want to conquer Shaoliang City first.

The Zhao people were not in a hurry, they surrounded the city on three sides, slowly cut down trees, built machinery, mined stones, day after day, and finally used giant trees to build ten tall wooden machines in the open space outside Shaoliang, as high as three zhang, from a distance, people have an inexplicable fear.

The soldiers of the Zhao clan forbade the Zhai people to approach, saying that they would wait for the people from all the upper and lower parts to come and let them watch a good show......

Today, Zhai Ji was finally able to get close to these wooden beasts, and together with more than a dozen Zhai envoys, he was amazed around them.

Bai Zhai is unique in metallurgy, but he is very general in carpentry, and he can't understand the use of all kinds of complex parts and winches on this giant beast, but seeing them buried on the surface, a few feet deep, more than a dozen craftsmen and soldiers hurriedly manipulated one of them, counterweight the soil and gravel, put more than 100 catties of big stones, and then pull the machine spring, and as the soil and stone in the heavy hammer sink with gravity, throw the big stone!

The sound of the stone was like a thunderbolt, so startled that Zhai Ji and the others stared round, their mouths opened slightly, and some people even sat down on the ground in fright......

This...... This is definitely not a power that can be produced by humans, this is a huge power that only ghosts and gods have!

They just watched as the boulder that had been thrown flew high into the sky, drew a parabola, and then fell under the pull of gravity, flying towards Shaoliang City, two hundred steps away!

This is the first cannon, and it directly hit the Shaoliang City Tower, the sound is like thunder, the city is turbulent, and the Zhai people are panicked......

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"Hair stone!"

Waving the command flag, letting the tenth giant cannon named "Deer Water" shoot out of the boulder, and blasting the female wall at the head of Shaoliang City into a piece, causing a ghost to cry wolf howl in the city, Lu Ban turned his face sideways, looking at the frightened white faces of the Bai Zhai people on the ground, and his heart was very proud.

Someone always asked Lu Ban, which invention was he most satisfied with, such as paper transport, umbrella, hydraulic mill, trebuchet, and ballista?

Lu Ban would always say, "Next." ”

However, as far as he was concerned, the ten rugged and beautiful beasts in front of him were already the best works of the devil's work.

When the primitive trebuchet was used, it used too much force, and the weight of the thrown cannon was very small, only a few catties or dozens of catties, and it was lucky to kill a few people. Because the battle of Chaoge was its debut, it frightened the soldiers in the city and greatly reduced their morale, and then the Lu army used this weapon to attack the Great Wall of Qi, which had little effect. Ballista is also more suitable for field battles and defending cities rather than sieges.

Although Lu Ban has been trying to improve, even if it is a powerful "seven-tip cannon", the number of people who drag it when shooting is as many as 250 people, the weight of the cannon is only 90 catties, and the range is only more than 100 steps. This is too far from the new trebuchet that can fire 150 catties, has a range of more than 200 steps, and only needs dozens of people to operate.

In fact, the principle of its cannon making is not complicated, the main body is built with giant wood, plus copper and iron parts, buried on the spot before use, and plunged into the ground seven feet to stabilize its center of gravity. The essence of the design is still derived from the "lever principle" proposed by Zhao Wuxian, the production of the weight box, this design liberates the manpower of pulling, and at the same time makes the size of the cannon and the weight that can be projected to the maximum!

If you want to throw a boulder into the city, the cannon position is a little farther away from the city wall, and if you want to hit the castle tower and defend the enemy, the cannon position is slightly closer, and the angle can be reduced.

Judging from the results of today's test firing of 10 guns, except for the "Otogi" whose accuracy was very problematic and the "Jitu" collapsed because of the wood, the remaining eight have all achieved the expected results. The stone weighing one hundred and fifty catties flew from the air, and there was nothing that was not destroyed, hitting the towers on the city and shaking the heavens and the earth, and falling into the city was full of panic, and the next few days were enough for the Qin people and the Zhi clan to suffer.

Zhao Wuxian was also very satisfied with this, the Qin people's hard will to resist, and the battle of the trapped beasts of the Zhi clan, under the bombardment of the giant cannon, would easily break like a blister.

He couldn't help but praise: "With this cannon, if it is used to attack the city, the city will be destroyed, and if it is used to hit the boat, the boat will not sink." Before he further asked Lu Ban to configure gunpowder, perfect the pre-technology, and finally make a mature metal cannon, the counterweight trebuchet is undoubtedly the most advanced weapon of this era in terms of design structure and power, and it is not too much to say that it is ahead of the world for a thousand years!

"In the past, the seven-tip cannon was famous for the battle of the song, so it was called the song cannon, and today the giant cannon will grind the young beam into powder, and call it 'less beam cannon'!"

After naming this epoch-making weapon, Zhao Wuxian asked Lu Ban to continue firing, causing the fear in the city to spread to the maximum, and he also walked up to several Bai Zhai envoys from Shangdi with a cold smile on his face.

"Second and third sons, if the Zhao soldiers go to the ground slightly, and the iron cavalry burns the fields and grasslands of the various departments, and then uses this cannon to attack the skin Shi and Gao Nu, can you stop it?"

In the loud sound of the "Shaoliang Cannon" continuing to send stones, Zhai Ji and the others prostrated on the ground with interest, and bowed to Zhao Wuxian's head: "Bai Zhai's relics, a small state, how dare you be the enemy of a big country?" ”

In the face of a powerful force that could not be resisted, they invariably chose to surrender!

But if the Zhao clan openly set up counties on their land and sent officials to point fingers, Shangdi Zhai still had some reluctance in his heart......

But I heard Zhao Wuxian say: "It's good that you have self-knowledge, Bai Di and Qin Tongzhou since ancient times, the two sides are like enemies, but they are the in-laws of the Jin State, and now the Jin State and Qin are at war, it is a good opportunity for Bai Zhai to completely sever relations with Qin!" In order to ensure that the Qin State no longer covets the land, and the land is better than being ruled by the Jin State, I will set up the upper county in the homeland of the Zhai State, but the counties under the jurisdiction will not send Jin officials, just fetters, and the rule of the tribes will be as always! (To be continued.) )