"You're the two thieves you killed with something?" Song Laosan and a group of veterans gathered in front of Wang Mai, looking back and forth at the narrow black iron box, and their mouths were amazed. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"That's right," Wang Mai pointed to the wooden knobs on both sides of the box, "I have little strength, and Lao Huang can't pull the crossbow they use, so I thought of such a way to make this catapult to defend myself." ”

"What do you do with this?" A group of people asked curiously.

"It's simple." Wang Mai took the catapult, tightened the knobs on both sides, and pulled the trigger on the wooden pillar not far away.

There was a "bang", and the iron arrow that was fired was nailed into the wood. Just as everyone was about to applaud, there was another sound, and there was an iron arrow on the pillar.

"There are two launch tubes in the box, so it is possible to fire two iron arrows at once." Wang Mai explained.

Lao Huang walked to the pillar and used a lot of strength to pull out the inch-long iron arrow.

"Good stuff." Song Laosan's eyes lit up, and he also tried it in the same way as Wang Mai.

"This thing is better than strong concealment and simple operation, but the lethality is limited to ten steps, and if you take ten steps, you will not be able to get your head." Wang Mai explained.

"Why is such a small box so powerful?" After Song Laosan tried it, Lao Huang couldn't wait to try it again.

Wang Mai took out a homemade Phillips screwdriver from his arms, pointed to Song Laosan to open the iron box, and pointed to the box to explain to them: "This is called a spring, you turn the knob next to it...... Right...... By turning the knob, the spring is compressed, and a lot of power has been accumulated, and by pulling the switch, the accumulated power will eject the iron arrow......"

This catapult king wheat is made of imitation of the toy guns of later generations, but it is more powerful. Through getting along with the skilled craftsmen of this era, Wang Mai found that there is no spring now. However, the production of the spring is very simple, and the power of the catapult that meets the requirements is quickly produced, but the disadvantage is that with the arm strength of Wang Mai as an adult, it is not easy to compress this spring to the extreme.

So he thought of the ratchet, which is the gear with its teeth in one direction and an important part of the pendulum clock. Due to its irreversible characteristics, the ratchet wheel completes one-way intermittent rotation, and it is precisely because of this feature that when the knob rotates the upper force one by one, the force will not be discharged.

Song Laosan and the others watched Wang Mai's demonstration and quickly understood the principle: "My God, if this thing is mounted on a crossbow arrow, even a child can also string the crossbow arrow!" ”

Wang Mai nodded, it was for this reason that he didn't publicize this matter, and he didn't want to let this thing fall into Wang Shichong's hands. The spring is the biggest gain at present, because I can't stand the never-ending bump of the carriage, and I want to vomit every time I get off the car, so it's best to get a few springs to cushion it.

After the banquet and comforting the emotions of the veterans, he and Song Laosan took the carriage back together. Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, but there is no New Year's atmosphere at all, and there are occasionally more corpses than living people on the streets, but the soldiers patrolling the streets walk in front of them from time to time, and it seems that after what happened last night, patrols have been added to the city.

Song Laosan insisted on sending Wang Mai in, and as soon as he closed the door, he frowned: "There are people outside your mansion who are watching!" ”

"What?" Wang Mai was shocked to sweat when he heard this, and he woke up a lot of wine. Could it be that last night's events have been exposed?

"Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve, but there is a soup cake stall on the street corner, which is very abnormal. So I looked at it twice, that person used to be from the Right Guard Mansion, and then he was transferred to the camp of the guard, I have seen it before, and there will be no mistake. Song Laosan explained.

"Yes, I also think that stall is very problematic." Liu Da thought for a while and said, "That location is close to the street, and it is very windy, who will sit on the tuyere to eat?" But it's easy to look at our door, there must be something wrong with that person. ”

What to do? Wang Mai's first thought was to escape, but now that it was dark and the city gate had been closed, even if the city gate was still open, it would be difficult to avoid the interrogation, and even if he dodged the interrogation, these friends in the city would definitely be implicated by himself......

"Those people are here for me." As soon as Fugui heard the sound of the door, he knew that Wang Mai had returned, "They will be there when I go home today." ”

"They? Is there more than one person? Wang Mai's heart sank.

"Six people at least." Fugui said, "I've been secretly observing for an afternoon. ”

"You say these people are coming for you?" Song Laosan asked puzzled.

"Come into the house and talk...... Wang Mai pulled a few people into the front yard hall and retreated.

Wang Mai had no choice but to show Song Laosan the identity of the rich and noble, Song Laosan's face was solemn, but Liu Da was very calm, although Wang Mai did not tell him clearly, but he had long realized that the meaning of wealth was not simple.

"Oh," Song Laosan suddenly realized, "Fugui is the big-headed soldier you asked me to find at the beginning, I didn't expect that in just two years, I would have become a centurion, good guy." ”

"What's the big deal," Wang Mai pouted, "I was so dizzy that I was deceived by King Qin in a few words, and I was afraid that my father and mother didn't even recognize it." ”

Fugui was a little embarrassed when he heard Wang Mai's sarcasm: "Brother Mai, this time I didn't think it well and caused you trouble." He told me about the experience of being followed and fighting with people yesterday.

"That's what you were injured yesterday for?" Wang Mai suddenly understood.

"It's bad...... the four of them all understand that since Fugui has been suspected, it is likely that Zhu Cang's death is related to everyone.

"Those bows and crossbows are from the black market, so they shouldn't find us, right?" Wang Mai said uncertainly.

"As I said earlier, there is no such thing as an impermeable wall." Song Laosan shook his head, "I handled this matter, I know those people best, if it is an ordinary murder, it is just an ordinary murder, a general of the third rank of Wang Shichong's imperial seal, I'm afraid no one dares to keep this secret." ”

"It's really miserable for you!" Wang Mai scolded.

"I'm sorry for you," Fugui walked over and knelt down in front of Wang Mai, "I'll leave the house and never drag you down." After saying that, he knocked his head on the ground heavily, got up and walked towards the door.

"Alas......" Song Laosan sighed and pulled him back, "You are Wheat's brother, that is, my Song Laosan's brother, how can being a brother let you die?" ”

"Ah Lang......" Liu Da touched Wang Mai's arm, "You really can't bear to go out rich and rich?" Since the people outside have already set their sights on here, he will die this time. ”

"Come back!" Wang Mai covered his forehead and shouted.

Fugui glanced at Wang Mai and was pulled back to his seat by Song Laosan.

Liu Da moved his eyes: "So far, I will not stop doing anything, gather all the brothers, help Fugui open a city gate, and lead the Tang army into the city." ”

Song Laosan shook his head: "At most, one or two hundred people, what can be done?" Even if the inner gate is opened, what if there is still an outer gate? Guo Cheng is now guarded by at least tens of thousands of people, and unless there are thousands of elite soldiers, it will be difficult to succeed. "He had defended Luoyang City before, so he naturally knew how well prepared Luoyang City was, even if he suddenly launched an attack from within the city, a few hundred people would be no different from sending them to death.

Everyone was silent for a while when they heard this, Song Laosan's opinion was obviously the most referential, and even he couldn't say no, could he just sit at home and wait for death?

"Now those people are still watching and not directly moving, which means that they haven't determined Fugui's identity yet, so we still have some time ......to prepare," Wang said.

"Not bad!" Song Laosan nodded, "But how much time is left ......?"

"Drag ......," Wang Mai said, "try to delay the time as much as possible, confuse the public, and give us enough time to prepare." When Fugui came back, it was already night, and yesterday was the end of the month and there was no moonlight, so it was difficult for those people to see Fugui's face...... The other party was just suspicious, and he was not 100% sure of Fugui's identity, and I think this is the reason why they have not made a move for a long time. ”

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up, and they all looked at Wang Mai.

"Although Fugui is tall, there are many people like this in Luoyang City...... Wang Mai continued.

"I understand......" Fugui was surprised.

"Let's find some big men who look like Fu Fu to hang around here and get their attention!" Song Laosan's eyes lit up.

"But we will still be suspicious." Liu Da said worriedly.

"As long as we can delay enough time," Wang Mai said, "Let's take advantage of these times to recruit more troops, and most of the people in Beishi must be unsustainable now, so take out all the food......

"It's useless to just have people, and there aren't so many weapons......" Song Laosan shook his head.

"Even if you have weapons, you can't beat the trained soldiers head-on...... Wang Mai said, "but we can fight street battles......

"What is street fighting?" The three of them looked puzzled.

"The lane is the ...... of the lane," Wang Mai explained, "The lane is very narrow, and it is difficult for the army to form a queue, so that the opponent's advantage is reduced to the lowest possible." However, our side is familiar with the terrain, and the strength of one side is eliminated, and the combat effectiveness of the two sides is basically equal. Sticks, sneak attacks, stumbling and throwing stones from behind...... In short, the smallest method in exchange for the largest casualties of the other party......"

The three of them looked at Wang Mai dumbfounded, and they couldn't speak.

"What's wrong?" Wang Mai looked at the three of them puzzled, a little suspicious of his thoughts, and his voice became smaller and smaller, "I am also thinking about this method......

"Okay, good way......" Song Laosan hammered his chest hard, "You scholars can really come up with any idea when you are damaged, and your stomach is full of bad water." ”

"I finally know why King Qin asked me to read more......" Fugui muttered to himself.

"Ah Lang should be a general's ......" Liu Da's words were a little suspicious.