Early the next morning, they were ready to go, but in addition to the siege equipment such as the well, there were many special things in King Li's army this time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This is also the first time that King Li has put into use on a large scale, and it is called a catapult.

The original structure of the catapult was very simple, a huge lever, the long end was a leather holster or a wooden basket loaded with stones, the short end was tied to dozens of ropes, when the order was given, dozens of people pulled the ropes at the same time, using the principle of the lever to throw the stones.

The first large-scale use of catapults in the history of Chinese warfare should be Li Xin (the distant ancestor of the flying general Li Guang) to attack Chu, the Chu army secretly prepared a large number of catapults, when the Qin army crossed the river suddenly launched at the same time, countless sharp stones smashed into the Qin army like dark clouds, 200,000 Qin troops were completely defeated, and later Wang Qian, one of the four generals of the Warring States Period, led an army of 600,000 to capture the Chu State, which shows the power of the catapult at that time.

The catapult used by King Li this time is the product of Ma Jun's improvement, which does not need dozens of people to operate, and there is a huge ship under it, which is easy to transport.

On the basis of the original catapult used in combat, Ma Jun redesigned a new type of siege weapon -- the rotary catapult. The original catapult, like a large scale, hung a bucket at one end, filled with large and small stones, and at the other end hung many ropes, and during the battle, the soldiers pulled the rope together, and the end of the stone was quickly warped, so that the stones were thrown out to strike the enemy. This kind of stone cart has many disadvantages, and every time it is launched, it takes some time, and the effect is not great.

Ma Jun's new wheel-type stone truck overcomes these shortcomings, it uses a wooden wheel to hang stones on wooden wheels, so that the machine is equipped to drive the wheels to rotate rapidly, and the big stones can be launched one after another, so that the enemy has no time to defend.

Ma Jun once used wheels to do experiments, which could shoot dozens of bricks and tiles hundreds of paces away in a row, which was quite powerful at the time.

Of course, Li Wang also played a big role in it, he was an engineer in his previous life, although he mainly focused on the Internet, but he was a military fan, not only modern military, but also some ancient artifacts have dabbled, but unfortunately he did not understand the repeater and other equipment, otherwise with memory, plus Ma Jun and others day and night design, it will definitely make the repeater come out in advance.

However, although there are no specific details, after all, he comes from later generations and has some unique insights on many principles, so King Li met Ma Jun alone and put forward some opinions on the equipment, and Ma Jun is also very useful and patiently recorded.

It can be said that the craftsmen have received enough attention and respect under the command of King Li, which is impossible in the previous life, which is not enough for these skilled craftsmen to be grateful to Dade.

Ma Jun's ability has been recognized in later generations, but in the late Han Dynasty in the previous life, due to the corruption and decline of the feudal ruling class, many inventions and creations of Ma Hook were not taken seriously.

His life, from youth to old age, has been unsuccessful, and although he has served as a lieutenant, his work is still hindered and despised, and his skills have never been given the opportunity to develop smoothly.

Fu Xuan, a writer in the Western Jin Dynasty, was deeply moved by this and said: "Mr. Ma's ingenuity, although the ancient Gong Yi and Mo Zhai, and Zhang Heng of the Han Dynasty can not be compared, but when the Gong Yi and Mo Zhai can be used, Zhang Heng and Ma Jun's lives can not play their strengths, which is really the most sad thing." ”

It is a pity to see how many inventors in Shenzhou have been buried, but Wang Li gave these people a way to live, not only the thousands of shipbuilders and craftsmen in Shouyang Mountain, but also the skilled craftsmen in Changshan who heard the news, not to mention the skilled craftsmen like Qi Wuhuaiwen and Ma Jun.

Such a role was not understood at the beginning, and even if Zhang Juzheng did not say it, King Li could know that he also had complaints, but considering that he did not abandon the war and hinder his reforms, he never brought it up.

Until now, from the advent of the first batch of horseshoes and other utensils, King Li's vision has gradually been understood, and the last improved iron core is beginning to take shape, as long as this catapult is a blockbuster, I believe that most of the soldiers under his command will recognize this group of people with their hearts.

If you reward a group of craftsmen again, you must be able to drive the trend of invention and innovation among the people......

But after all, it is not an overnight effort, Ma Jun and others can correct their reputations, and if they can't, they can only slowly figure it out.

At this time, the army is arranged, stretching for ten miles without end, the magnificence of more than 100,000 people needless to say, the relative belief has been written, and the scene of thousands of people in the playground has been seen, and then dozens of times can imagine such a scene, which can be described as majestic.

The generals of the towns ran back and forth, deployed the armies everywhere, and it took a full hour to return to the Chinese army and report to Wang Shouren.

King Li stood on the chariot, the battle flag fluttering in the wind, and the battle robe was also hunting, full of spirit, who would have thought that he would also have this day.

However, King Li was thinking about a problem, when Cao Cao went south to start the battle of Chibi, he claimed to have nearly a million men and horses, even if he was half, there were three or four hundred thousand, so the scheduling of grain and grass was not mentioned for the time being, just the arrangement of this army, I am afraid it is also a difficult problem, thinking about it, I am afraid that when Cao Cao was in Chibi, he should have counted the personnel who supported the supply of each town in the rear, and the actual number should be about 200,000.

Many people don't understand why the two sides are at war, and at the beginning they were able to connect more than ten counties, but soon after they fought each other, and the number of troops invested was calculated in tens of thousands.

This kind of thing is actually very easy to understand, for example, King Li ordered Zhao Yun to go to Xuzhou, and at the beginning he invested 40,000 men and horses, such a force is not something that more than 1,000 people in a county can stop, so they can only look at the wind and surrender.

Therefore, generally as the defender, it will take the initiative to issue a war letter, that is, to request a big war, in the words of later generations, it is a battle to win or lose, and as an attacker, it naturally hopes to solve the belongings through a big war, which not only saves trouble and effort, but also gives the side a buffer period after the war, and captures the county at a small cost, and also makes other forces dare not act rashly.

Of course, there are exceptions, just like King Li has a problem in overcoming the Tiger Pass, so as the attacker, he will also take the initiative to issue a war letter, hoping to confuse the enemy army and expose his flaws, but the battle situation is ever-changing, and it is not a single paragraph that can be explained clearly.

And King Li once faced Yuan Shao, and was able to lay down the battle in Yangping, the reason was also to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop.

If you still don't understand, look back and see Zhang Liang defending Liu Ji from Shangjun to attacking to his initiative to march to Chang'an, you can understand why the two sides broke out in a big war inexplicably. (To be continued.) )