readx;?readx; Chapter 562: Blackmail

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"Show them." Qin Lei didn't care, and walked away after speaking.

Prince Rong glanced at each other, then followed Shi Meng into the car and drove towards the Qin army.

"May I ask this general, what are we going to see?" Prince Rong asked softly.

"Trebuchet." Shi Meng didn't look back, and said to the two of them with a brain shell: "My lord ordered a trebuchet to be placed in front of the array, and the two of you will know by looking at it yourself." ”

The two stopped talking and followed Shi Meng to the front of the Qin army's position. Less than 600 feet away from the city wall, I saw a huge machine...... Being located here can avoid the range of most of the precision weapons on the city tower, including the terrifying bed crossbow, which can only be reached by the trebuchets of the Qi army, but the range of that thing is really not spectra, and it is estimated that even the Qi people do not count on it.

I saw that the foot of the Qin State was two zhang high, and one pole arm was more than six zhang. The arm of the rod was dragged by the end of the winch with a long leather bag, which was already loaded with stone bullets.

Prince Rong has seen catapults in his country, so he can naturally see the biggest difference between the two...... Qi needs a few or even a dozen soldiers to pull it to stretch the pole arm. However, there are only two soldiers in the Qin State, who are lifting heavy objects through the winch, although they don't know how effective it is, but just looking at this posture feels advanced.

"Send it to them." Shi Meng said in a deep voice: "The target is directly ahead, and the maximum range is launched!" ”

"The walls of your kingdom are seven feet high." Shi Meng introduced in a deep voice: "And the maximum projection height of our trebuchet is fifteen zhang, so it is more than enough to cross the city wall. Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud bang, and the pumpkin-sized stone projectile flew out in the blink of an eye, drew a graceful arc, and fell over the city wall.

Immediately afterwards, I heard a faint thud in the city, and black smoke rising...... It turned out to be on fire.

Prince Rong couldn't help but swallow and foam, and wailed in his heart: 'What kind of world is this?' How come the weapons of the Western barbarians are as advanced as they are? Are we still alive together? 'Qi's infantry and all kinds of siege and defense equipment have always been ahead of the other two countries. Among them, all kinds of war equipment were regarded as 'killer weapons' by the Qi imperial court, and the manufacturing process was strictly guarded.

If even the equipment is not as good as the Qin State, then how can you play?

Monk Huineng was still more calm, and said with his hands together: "Amitabha, has your army been marching with such heavy equipment?" ”

"You Qi people, you always think that we Qin people are too stupid." Shi Meng smiled proudly: "Let me tell you, in fact, this catapult is valuable in several key places such as a winch, a belt, and a rod." When we marched, we only took these parts with us, and the rest was taken from local materials. As he spoke, he patted his chest and coaxed him with cowhide: "As long as there is wood and stone, a hundred can be made in a day." "It's pure bragging, but the other party doesn't know.

When the two of them thought that there would be hundreds of such big creatures, throwing incendiary objects into the city, both white and black, they were immediately frightened, and said to themselves: 'Isn't that like living in a furnace?' They overlooked the fact that it could only hit a dozen houses close to the city walls, and it didn't work for the adults living in the middle of Kyoto.

But no one would remind them, and Shi Meng wished they thought so.

Prince Rong and Zen Master Huineng looked at each other again, and they both saw fear and compromise in each other's eyes, so they sighed together and said to Shi Meng: "General Lao sent us back, we all understand what the prince meant." ”

Shi Meng immediately raised his eyebrows and smiled: "It's good to understand, look at the trees in your Meishan for hundreds of years, it's a pity to cut them down." ”

Prince Rong said in his heart: "Sure enough, things gather like like, and the second pole prince is full of such unobtrusive soldiers under his hands." Then he boarded the car and returned to the Chinese army's tent.

entered the big tent, but there was no trace of Qin Lei and those Qin generals.

When I asked the only attendant who was still in the tent, the reply was, "The first stage is over, and my lord has gone to dinner." ”

It's really rude, so angry that Prince Rong rolled his eyes and said: "We haven't eaten a drop of water or rice since the morning, but he has eaten?" Where is the etiquette? Where is the magnanimity? ”

Shi Dang shrugged his shoulders and said, "I told the prince, we are in a hostile state, and we can't eat with the enemy," he said, arching his hand and saying: "As long as you sign the contract, the prince will personally set up a banquet for you to have a good meal." So saying, he turned around and went out of the back tent, and hung the two of them in the field.

"Who is rare...... As soon as the only outsider left, Prince Rong was so stubborn, and he rolled up his sleeves and said: "Xiban is Xiban, and prisoners are prisoners!" When he said this, he looked at the old monk, and really hoped that the national teacher would say a few words of crusade, so that he could be angry with the enemy.

But Monk Huineng's eyes were staring straight at the opposite wall......

Following the old monk's gaze, Prince Rong found that there was a map hanging there, and some eye-catching small circles were outlined on the map with a red pen. He walked over and looked at it carefully, and tasted it in a loud voice: "Don't say it, it's quite fine, the Forbidden City, Wanshou Palace, Prime Minister's Mansion, Baisheng Mansion, Rongwang Mansion, ......" As he spoke, he was speechless, staring at the map with his eyes straight away, and only after a long time did he lose his voice: "This is actually a detailed map of the capital......"

The old monk stared at the place where the 'Huguo Temple' was located, and said in a tone that could not hide his horror: "Why do you want to circle our residence? ”

After all, Prince Rong is not old, his mind turned faster, and he suddenly thought of a possibility, so he blurted out: "Won't you use that trebuchet and some 'You Ai Fuou'...... Burned all these places, right? They only listened to Qin Lei and Shi Meng blowing amazingly, but they didn't know that both of these things had fatal flaws, one was even worse if it fell, and the other was even worse, at most they could only beat the side drum.

That's the disadvantage of having a young man and a religious person come out to negotiate...... Don't look at them as shrewd, but because of their lack of expertise, it's normal to be fooled.

The old monk Huineng was stunned for a moment, and then slowly shook his head and said, "If these places are smashed and burned, what else can we talk about?" As he spoke, he believed his own inference, looked up at the map fixedly, and said in a deep voice: "It should be a ...... that will knock the mountain and shake the tiger."

"I remember he seemed to say five million taels?" Prince Rong sat down dejectedly, picked up the dirty porcelain bowl, and sent it to his mouth a few times, but he couldn't drink it, so he had to put the bowl down heavily, and said helplessly: "It's really a lion to open his mouth, even if he moves all the treasury to him, he may not be able to make up so much." "Don't look at his hard mouth, in fact, he has the intention of giving money when he says this.

"Okay, according to the meaning of the two of you, not five million." Seeing Prince Cheng walk in, his generals of the Qin State also came back with their stomachs patted and red, and seemed to have drunk a little wine.

After the generals sat down, Qin Lei continued with Fang Cai's words, but the turn of the words was unbearable. Just listen to him slowly: "Seven million, silver, gold, jade antiques, don't be alone." ”

The two of them were dumbfounded, and said in their hearts: 'How can there be such a bargain?' Prince Rong smiled bitterly: "Since ancient times, negotiation has been 'asking for a price and paying off the money', the prince has already asked for five million taels in the sky, and now it should be Xiao Wang's 'sitting on the ground to pay back', how can you add it further?" ”

Qin Lei laughed and said, "I rely on this." As he spoke, he took out a piece of letter paper from his sleeve, put it in front of Prince Rong's eyes, and said, "See for yourself, is this news worth two million taels?" ”

The fox took the piece of paper suspiciously, and when he looked at it, he saw that there were only two lines of slightly scribbled words on it: 'Nearly ten fires ......broke out in the Prime Minister's Mansion, etc.' The question that the two of them were still worried about had an answer.

After a long silence, Prince Rong finally bowed his head and said, "Five million taels of silver." ”

"Six and a half million taels." Finally entered the bargaining link.

"Five and a half million taels at most," Prince Rong said resolutely, "This will have to be done by the princes and scholars." ”

"I don't care." Qin Lei was unmoved and said: "When you were in the capital, who didn't know that you were full of fat intestines and tens of millions of family wealth, and you wanted to push your whole body without a little blood?" ”

"Six million taels, it really can't be added more." Prince Rong was about to be driven crazy, and he bowed and said to Qin Lei: "It is up to Xiao Wang to raise most of the funds...... More and nothing can be done. ”

"Okay." Qin Lei agreed with a smile.