Chapter 206: The Battle of Yaozhou (1)

Xerne said strangely, "Did they discover our plan?" ”

This time, in order to attack Yaozhou City, some good plans were also made, especially the final plan. Li Wei didn't answer, but said, "Since it's invalid, let's go back." ”

"Your Highness, no, go back at this time, toss back and forth, morale will be depressed......"

"Xue Ne, what do you say you should do?"

"It's better to simply attack Erhai."

"Xue Ne, the Book of War is dead, but the Art of War is alive," Li Wei said. Looking at the art of war and battle strategies, Xue Ne must have more than himself, but after this march, he faintly felt that Xue Ne was still very indebted. In other words, to let him march and fight, perhaps according to the art of war, is very dangerous. I don't read much by myself, because I have some knowledge of my past life, as well as the general direction of history, and I don't seem to be weaker than him. Of course, he knew that this was his own delusion, but the current Xue Dingshan was indeed much weaker than Pei Xingjian.

But if you put it carefully, it can be regarded as cultivation.

"It's not that they can't advance, but in front of them is not only the rebel army, but mainly the Tibetan army, and the mountain is gradually rising, which is beneficial to them. The scouts also reported, the exact number is unknown, but there are more than 10,000 soldiers transferred from Tibet twice. From Weishan to Erhai, Yangjiang, and Bijiang, plus the rebels, the number of enemy soldiers is far from imagining. ”

Because of the compass and the cooperation of various edicts loyal to the Tang Dynasty such as Mengshe Zhao, the scouts found more news this time. The compass, in particular, allows scouts to enter some deep mountains and old forest canyons more bravely. That's where direction matters.

"We still have my father's army."

"Remember, whoever this matter is, don't talk nonsense." Knowing the existence of Xue Rengui's army, there were no more than thirty people in the camp, and they all gave a death order, and said: "It's not what you think, once there is a stalemate, and the army of Yaozhou attacks from behind, even if your father's army arrives immediately, between the two halves of the victory, even if it wins, it will be a miserable victory." Money has a price, but human life has no price. There were already a lot of people dead, and Lone didn't want more soldiers to die. ”

"However, this time, the morale is depressed, and the Tibetans will definitely attack. It's even more dangerous......" Xue Ne said. Even with the two big victories, he still looked down on Pei Xingjian.

"Don't underestimate Pei Shilang, when Luo Shengyan arrived, Pei Shilang asked how much about the local terrain, customs, weather, and production," said here, he sighed, Pei Xingjian's various miracles have not yet been shown, and the history books say that he is a famous general, about later. The reason why it is called miraculous is precisely these subtle and meticulous preparations, which continues: "Look at things, not at the surface ......"

The army did not open, because they had to wait for two people, and when they came here, the princess and Wang Dian'er took the soldiers to the mountains to collect medicine.

When I waited until noon, I saw two young girls and a few soldiers coming back with bamboo baskets on their backs, and when they heard that they were leaving, the princess was stunned and said, "Why do you want to go back again?" ”

"They are still making turtles, and they are helpless to ......"

"What then?"

"I had to storm it."

The army marched slowly, the roads were not very good, and it was drizzling with misty. But the scenery on both sides of the road is very good, sometimes the majestic mountains are verdant, sometimes the canyons are cloudy, the water is also clear, and the spring water carries infinite blueness, but the soldiers are a little commotion.

Until the third watch, he returned to Yaozhou City and set up a camp. The black tooth Changzhi came out of the ground and said indignantly: "This group of people is as timid as a mouse, the big mother. ”

"General Blacktooth, they're turtles, but you made a mouse."

Hei Tooth Changzhi didn't laugh at this cold joke, and said, "Your Highness, I have a headache this time." ”

"Think about it again. But the army needs to rest. ”

It was not until noon the next day that the soldiers got up, and had to practice the siege, and began to cut down a lot of wood on the hills, and to make towers, ladders, and trebuchets. Li Wei also came to look at the equipment, but became interested in the trebuchet.

The order was to let the soldiers practice, but Li Wei was very dissatisfied.

A very primitive and backward instrument, a stone nitrate, is erected on a wooden frame, one end is tied to the holster containing the stone bullet with a rope, and the other end is tied with many ropes, and many people pull the rope to throw the stone bullet. Sometimes there are as many as seven pins, and it takes more than 200 people to release the stone bullets. It can also shoot far and throw more than a hundred yards, but the equipment is bulky and inefficient, and it is not very useful in combat.

Actually, it's still the principle of leverage.

At this time, people don't know much about the principle, but they just do it roughly, and figure it out step by step. But Li Wei knew, sitting on a rock, thinking. In fact, I have seen trebuchet drills before, but I didn't come to the city of Yaozhou, and I don't know how difficult the city is, so I don't start my head...... Then he beckoned, called the guards to bring pen and paper, and began to draw a few pictures, I don't know the specific effect, but there are more than 10,000 troops under his command, and some of them have some other skills, and the experiment is always possible.

Some improvements have been made, the rod arm is wrapped in animal tendons and animal skins, increasing firmness, reducing weight, and elasticity, the main principle of trebuchet is leverage and torsion, elasticity. Because of the lever, the rod arm is lengthened. The holster for firing the stone bullet was replaced by a grenadier belt, and the stone bullet rope was replaced by a cow tendon, which collapsed before firing, and the principle was simpler, like a bowstring. The stone tip behind the stone bullet was originally pulled by manpower or animal power, and it was directly pressed with a heavy object, so that as long as three or four soldiers pressed the heavy rope and released the rope when firing, the tendon suddenly relaxed, just like a giant bow, throwing the stone bullet out at once. The entire operation, including reloading, requires less than ten people.

There are some different tastes, or the stone thrower in the Middle Ages, and the shadow of the trebuchet in ancient Greece and Rome, and some structures of the return cannon can be found. Indeed, he can know the principle, but the memory of historical knowledge is very little and imperfect. But after some improvements, it is better than the current bulky trebuchet.

By the next day, four or five nondescript trebuchets had been built. Curiously came to watch, the result of the first trebuchet, the stone projectile could not bounce out at all, and as soon as the heavy basket was released, the stone rolled off the grenade belt by itself. The second trebuchet was pushed out, the bar arm was very long, this time it bounced out, and it was far away, and it was thrown more than two hundred meters away at once, just as the soldiers were admiring, there was a "click", and the bar arm was broken.

The princess let out a silver bell-like laugh.

"You little girl, don't you like to watch lonely people?"

"I dare," said that, but the Mid-Autumn Festival was full of waves, obviously.

The third trebuchet was pushed out again, but the result was not ideal, and instead of throwing it forward, it was thrown into the sky, which frightened everyone to disperse. Li Wei was also touching his chin, and when he saw that the stone was falling, the power was still not small, and he immediately smashed a small hole more than two feet deep into the ground. The fourth trebuchet came out, but it was still not ideal.

However, Li Wei turned around, called some skillful soldiers over, discussed in a low voice, and then drew a few more pictures. No one said that he was not doing his job, at least the power could be seen and improved, and it was much more powerful than the current trebuchet, and it was mainly easy to operate, and it would be a sharp weapon for siege.

On the third day the rain stopped, and this time more trebuchets were made, reaching a dozen, and by the seventh one, the stone projectiles were finally thrown out in a standard manner, and the range was very long, and they were actually thrown on the other side of the frog river. Everyone smacked their tongues together. Li Wei said: "Add weight. ”

After thinking about it again, he said, "The stone is rounded." ”

The more the circle pops up, the less resistance it encounters, and the longer the range will be, until it reaches almost two hundred kilograms, and the range reaches one hundred yards. Everyone's faces became solemn.

Li Wei was silent for a moment and said, "Push it to the river." ”

The pontoon bridge was dismantled, the distance was somewhat far away, reaching more than 150 meters to the head of the city, reducing the weight of the stone projectiles, and putting 100 kilograms of stone bullets on the grenade bags, the first time because the soldiers put the weight bags slowly, the stone projectiles did not shoot far. But the second time it was faster, and the huge stone projectile with a whistling sound smashed into the city at once. The two soldiers defending the city let out a terrible scream and were crushed down.

In fact, there are many flaws, and this trebuchet is still very imperfect and has a short service life. But everyone didn't know it, and they all cheered. With such a sharp weapon, it was impossible to do without, and began to let soldiers make this new type of trebuchet on a large scale. Seeing the movement of the Tang Dynasty troops outside the city, the rebels in the city finally panicked.

When night came, Li Wei and Pei Xingjian stood outside the camp, looking not far away, not far away, the princess seemed to miss her relatives, and she was playing the Qiang flute.

Li Wei asked, "Pei Shilang, what kind of tune do you hear she playing?" ”

Pei Xingjian shook his head.

"Didn't you stay in the Western Regions for a long time?"

"No one in the Western Regions plays the Qiang flute."

"Is she a Tibetan or a Qiang?"

"The minister didn't know that even if it was a Qiang person, it would be a Qiang person on the high mountain. But judging by her demeanor, it is possible that she is from an extraordinary background. ”

"Lone suspects that she is a princess." Of course, the princess Li Wei was referring to would not be the princess of Zampu, but he guessed wrong, thinking that it was the princess of a small tribe in Tubo. Just like the Xinuluo of Mengshe's edict, he also claimed to be the king, but in the eyes of the Tang Dynasty, he was nothing. There are also many small royal families around Tibet, and Tubo's attitude towards these royal families is also acquiescence and semi-restraint.

"It seems possible, but the things invented by His Highness this time will make a great contribution."

"yes, the weather is getting warmer, and I don't want to drag it out any longer."

"Not only that, because of this incident, the Tibetan army had to speed up its journey. I used to think that our morale was depressed and we went east, but now we are worried that we will conquer the city of Yaozhou, and the faster we march, the soldiers will be tired and ......" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to ***(***.***) to vote for recommendation, ***, your support is my biggest motivation. )

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