Chapter 59: Thunderbolt Cannon
"Emperor Gongde of Great Xia served as the Governor of the Qingzhou Department of the Supervision Yuan, the assassin of Shi Yi, the King of Beihai, and the commander of Jimo County...... Now there is a plot against the land thief, Xu wants to rise in the storm, and the trust of the Son of Heaven is in disregard of the people's suffering...... The area of the four counties is more than 10,000...... Nian Beihai King won the hearts of the people, and was specially awarded Penglai Protector...... Tongjiao, Dongting County, Zhuangwuyi, Anshu County...... Huishi and Drama County...... Fang lives up to the hope of the Son of Heaven! β
Zhao Min looked at the official document in front of him and only felt a pain in his brain, this ancient document is very different from today's text, pay attention to the neatness and symmetry of the writing, and there is no punctuation mark throughout the text! Fortunately, this is still the format of the writing written by the superior officials to their subordinates, although because he is the king of the North Sea, the words between the lines are more polite, but after all, it is a downward text, and the content still basically adheres to the style of saying things; If it is written to the superiors, half of the text may be filled with flowery rhetoric, often hiding the content to be expressed in the rhetoric, and it really takes a little skill to figure out what the other party is going to say. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Zhao Min was not a liberal arts major in his previous life, but fortunately, there are only a few hundred words in this official document, and even guessing can still figure out the general meaning. The general meaning of this official document is to give Zhao Min a position as the protector of Penglai, and let Zhao Min lead the troops of several counties in the eastern part of Beihai to quell the rebellion, and strive to take the three cities in the east of Xiami, Duchang, and Pingshou, and then join the army of Qingzhou Mansion under the city of Xixian to jointly exterminate the rebels. In addition to Zhao Min, the object of this official document is also the Jimo County Order, because the post of Jimo County Commander is temporarily vacant, so a letter of appointment of the Jimo County Order is also attached to the text, agreeing that Hu Zhen, recommended by Zhao Min, will serve as the Jimo County Order.
Zhao Min couldn't help but secretly slander himself in his heart: the letter recommending Hu Zhen as an order was delivered to the state government as early as a month ago, but there has been no reply, making Zhao Min think that the state government has other plans; As a result, now that Lu Xu's rebellion has occurred in Beihai, how long has it been? The appointing instruments were delivered immediately! This also gave him a deeper understanding of the reality of this group of officials.
Zhao Min handed the document to Meng Hou beside him and said, "What do you think, sir?" β
Meng Hou's face was light, and after glancing at the paperwork, he replied, "Reasonable, unexpected." β
Zhao Min saw that Meng Hou's expression was calm, and he must have been confident, so he couldn't help but feel a lot more relieved, "I would like to hear it in detail." β
"The Qingzhou Prefecture Army is located to the west of Xixian County, and the three counties of Xiami, Duchang and Pingshou that followed Lu Xu's rebellion are all east of Xixian County, and the state army must first take Xixian if they want to attack Lu Xu; However, as Beihai County, the city is high and thick, and it is impossible to go down easily, so the three eastern counties will become Lu Xu's rear, providing him with soldiers and food in a steady stream; And this situation is precisely the result that the state government is most unwilling to see, because it will evolve into a war of attrition between the two armies, not to mention protracted, and it will seriously affect the evaluation of the Qingzhou government's ability today; In this case, the state capital will inevitably think of sending troops from the eastern counties of Beihai to attack the three counties and wipe out Lu Xu's rear. β
Speaking of this, Meng Hou twisted his beard and continued: "And among the eastern counties of Beihai, there is a lack of a dominant figure who can convince the public, and the state capital obviously does not want to see the eastern counties fighting separately and finally being broken by Lu Xu, so ......"
"So let me be the commander?"
"Exactly!"
Zhao Min touched his nose, "Then dare to ask Mr. What are the pros and cons of being this commander?" β
"If you serve as this commander, you can naturally increase the prestige of the King of the North Sea in the North Sea, which is also beneficial; The state government temporarily granted the position of Penglai Protector, that is, the right to worship the king of Beihai, although it was granted temporarily, but most of these worshiped generals can be retained afterwards, which is also beneficial to the two; As for the disadvantages, once you fail, of course, it will also hit your prestige; However, with the strength of Lu Xu's three counties to fight against several counties in the eastern part of Beihai, there is almost a situation of defeat and no victory, so that the king of Beihai can refuse to defend the city, it is impossible that Lu Xu still has the strength to attack the county seat, right? Therefore, it is beneficial and harmless to accept this edict! β
Hearing this, Zhao Min was relieved, since there is no harm, then take this task. At the moment, he arched his hand to Meng Hou and said, "Thank you, Mr. for solving your doubts." Mr. Lao also needs to make some preparations for the departure of the army, and a military meeting will be held in the lobby early tomorrow morning. β
After Meng Hou said goodbye and left, Zhao Min suddenly thought of one thing: Meng Hou talked about prestige just now, and he has been busy dealing with Lu Xu since Bo Hai's return, and he didn't have time to see how much his current reputation is.
Zhao Min sank his consciousness into his mind, and before he entered the fame system, he suddenly found that there was a message in front of him that he had just ignored: You have adopted model innovation in the military and political system, your potential has been stimulated, and your politics is +5!
Zhao Min couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, this is the system that has recognized his own summary meeting model? It can still be like this! Isn't it true that as long as you apply some of the mature experience of later generations to the present, that attribute will rise gradually? So far, I haven't found any effect on my stat values, but at least it doesn't hurt, right? At the very least, it should look much more pleasing to the eye! Calculate carefully,Watching Zhao Yun and Zhang Han compete in martial arts, the force increased by 5 points,And then the learned skill 'Throwing LV1' added another 5 points;And then on the nameless island, in order to save Zhu Pujia's arrogance burst into an inexplicable state, the intelligence increased by 5 points,This will develop a summary meeting, politics has added 5 points,Unconsciously these unexpected increases have 20 attribute valuesγ And what are the attribute points required to complete the task of 'Crafting Jade'? 79 points! A quarter of the way has been done at once! And it only took a month, which means that completing this task is actually far less complicated than imagined? It seems that in the past, it was a worry in vain.
Zhao Min didn't delay too much on this information, and directly entered the fame system to check, and his fame value increased by 87 points. Unlike the previous time, the Fame value you see now is displayed as 87/376, and it seems that the meaning of the total Fame value is behind this separator, because the previous redemption of points cost 289 points, which adds up to exactly 376. Although I don't know what the total value is for, there is a sentence in the system prompt "Please explore the other functions of the fame system by yourself", which makes Zhao Min still have some expectations for this system.
Now that you have 64 points left, and if you convert these 87 points of fame into points, it will exceed 100 points, so you can try the 'technology exchange' again. In other words, if it is really as Meng Hou said, this expedition can win a lot of prestige, and now this point really has no value to keep. Well, why don't you exchange a set of technologies again and see if you can get this expedition off to a good start!
Zhao Min immediately entered the first exchange column of the fame system, exchanged 36 points with fame points, just enough to make up 100 points, and then clicked into the "technology exchange" column in the "reward system", and waited for the system to prompt "This exchange will consume 100 points, please confirm whether to exchange" After the appearance of the appear, he couldn't wait to choose to confirm, and then looked at the rotating roulette wheel with his eyes. Although there have been many similar lotteries, the expectation value of each time has not decreased, but increased, and the nervous feeling has not been alleviated with the increase in the number of draws. Eventually, the white ball stopped beating as the wheel slowed down, and finally landed on the red "17". Zhao Min was overjoyed: Red, that's military? Haha, yes, the civilian military is the same half, there is no reason why the civilian draw last time can't be military this time! Immediately after, a system prompt appears: Congratulations on obtaining a copy of the 'Thunderbolt' manufacturing blueprint.
'Thunderbolt?! Zhao Min was stunned at first, and then ecstatic! What do you want! Knowing that I was going to attack the city, I sent the siege weapon, God helped me! In the Battle of Guandu, the Cao army relied on the thunderbolt built by Liu Ye to break the Yuan army's earthen and mountain projectile formation, thus reversing the unfavorable situation in one fell swoop. And isn't this 'thunderbolt' even more powerful than the thunderbolt?
Zhao Min hurriedly looked at the 'Thunderbolt Cannon' drawings in his hand. This is a leather drawing that is almost the same as the 'Quyuan Columb' drawn before, the same illustrated and illustrated, and the same suitable for all ages, but Zhao Min, who read the content, was a little disappointed. The synopsis of this 'Thunderbolt' reads:
Thunderbolt cannon: It is modified from a chariot, a pivot is placed on the vehicle, and the stone is thrown by the principle of leverage, because the sound is like thunder, so it is called a thunderbolt. Looking at the drawing design, it is a chariot more than two feet long with a bracket on it, a long boom extending backwards, and a round leather pocket of five feet at the top; During the battle, the stone is loaded in a leather pocket, the boom is pulled down, and then the elasticity of the boom itself is used to throw the stone out. The stone thrown is only the size of a human head, and there is no ruler or crosshair, only two people are needed to operate, which is a huge difference from the giant trebuchet in Zhao Min's imagination! Fortunately, because the pedestal is in the shape of a chariot, there is no need to worry about dragging behind on the march.
In fact, the catapult of the Three Kingdoms period is quite simple in real history, because China has been a centralized country since ancient times, and the city walls attacked by siege warfare are very different from the castle-like buildings in the West, and the catapult is not as good as the ladder or battering ram in terms of effectiveness, so the catapult has not been regarded as a key military project in all dynasties, and even Cao Cao's character who is so good at using the catapult is only used in the battle of Guandu, and later Sima Yi used it when attacking Liaodong, and the west is a castle attack and defense battle at every turn. Thus the evolution of counterweight catapults and even winch catapults is not the same.
However, although slightly disappointed, at least it still has a leading edge in this era, so there is nothing to say, it is still the old rules, Zhao Min found his ruler pen, and began to draw and decompose the ancient version of the "toy manual" again, and after many years, he once again experienced the career of a drawing dog.