"Squeak~~Squeak~~"

Amu pushed his wheelbarrow with a tooth-aching sound as the thick wooden wheels rubbed against each other, and his ears were filled with the sound of the hammer from the lakeside artisan camp through the entire camp to the main array, all sorts of slow-moving siege equipment, like a long dragon.

The most common is the ladder. Three pairs of wheels were attached to a thick plank more than one person wide, and at the end of the plank stood two thick wooden stakes, about five feet high; A wooden ladder was placed diagonally on top of the stake from the other end of the plank, and a longer ladder with two large iron hooks at the top of the stake was folded backwards from the top of the stake and tied to the plank with ropes.

Amu knew that when the battle was approaching, the wooden ladder in the upper part was untied, and it was extremely difficult to shake it on the head of the city, and the soldiers could go up the ladder and seize the head of the city - a cloud ladder of this size would have no problem on the city wall four or five zhang high, let alone the Yuan Forbidden City.

Equally huge are wooden donkeys and shield carts.

The wooden donkey seems simple, that is, a wooden four-frame is installed on four wheels, and the two planks on it are built in the shape of a human being, which is one of the instruments for safely transporting soldiers to the city - Amu is very clear that if this wooden donkey wants to say that it is qualified, it is actually very important, and the wooden beams that are supported first must be very strong, otherwise the city will be smashed into a pulp; Then the top plank should be covered with a layer of cotton and then covered with cowhide, and the cotton should be watered to prevent fire attack when the battle is about to occur.

The shield cart is actually a giant shield that can be pushed along: two large rectangular shields with two wooden wheels attached to it, and a long stick behind it, which the soldiers use to propel the shield cart forward; The importance of the giant shield lies in the fact that the wood on the shield surface is very thick, and at the same time, the front part is also inlaid with a whole piece of iron sheet, which is fireproof and arrow-proof.

As soon as he entered the Beiying Gate, Amu saw the towering nest car.

At the bottom of the cart is also a wooden plank, equipped with four wooden wheels, and two wooden stakes are erected high in the middle of the plank—these two wooden stakes are Amu's masterpieces, and the whole pine tree, which is more than five feet long, was completed by himself from cutting off the branches to planing and then laying the tenon, which took him two whole days.

Now a small wooden house has been installed in the middle of the wooden stake, and a rope is tied to the wooden roof, and when the rope is twisted in front of the large array, the wooden house can be raised to the top of the wooden stake, and the situation in the city can be seen clearly.

Equally tall, but more like a desolate monster, was the well - the upper level of this fellow was a wooden castle five zhang on each side, with thick wooden beams erected three zhang high, and the lower level rested on eight thick wooden wheels.

It's a true siege weapon - a wooden castle can be used by dozens of men to suppress the enemy at the head of the city, and with the help of ladders and goose carts, it is easy to occupy a section of the city wall - but it is too labor-intensive and the entire army has only built three.

In front of the shaft was a goose cart: two wooden stakes were erected on four wheels, and between the stakes were a roller, on which was tied a five-foot long spear with a rope, but the head of the spear was replaced by a semicircular crescent shovel, which was pushed under the city and could be manipulated to attack the enemy at the head of the city.

Looking at the long line of instruments that were slowly moving forward, Amu suddenly felt a sense of pride in his heart - so many siege weapons were made by craftsmen like himself, and he believed that no matter how ferocious Mingkou was, he would flee under the attack of these weapons.

Feeling something, Amu's pace quickened even more - he still had to rush to the front of the battle to assemble the trebuchet.

"Get out of the way!"

"Stop!"

"Get out! Get out of the way! ”

As soon as he walked to the center of the camp, Amu saw hundreds of chaotic soldiers lining up, because the craftsmen pushing the equipment blocked the way, and several centurions and people who looked like they were whipping people, and the scene suddenly resounded with screams and cries.

"You're in a hurry!" The centurion in cotton armor whipped a few gray-haired craftsmen while scolding viciously, "If you don't go out, who will use you?" …… The handsome man has a limited time, and if he can't catch up at some point, Lao Tzu will lose his head! ”

Speaking of this, the centurion raised his whip and pointed at the door of Dongying, "See, then the is the end of the mistime...... The eldest brother of the prince has his head cut off! ”

Amu trembled when he heard this, and looked up in a panic, only to see that under the high fighting of Dongying Gate, there was a hideous head hanging like a gourd, and the top one was not the invincible prodigal son - he had also eaten this whip!

No matter how Amu looked, he felt that the dead fish-like eyes of the prodigal son were staring straight at him, and in an instant, he was so frightened that his calves and stomach turned tendons, and his lower abdomen was swollen for a while, and he almost lost his pants!

The crackling whip sounded again, but this time it was the centurion beating the noisy soldiers, "Fucking a little bit of sloppiness!" Hurry up! Stand up! …… Pu Laosan, where's your spear? Fell in the tent again? Don't hurry up and get it! …… Cui big mouth, why are you wearing your fucking armor backwards? Change! ……”

In the midst of the noise, Amu suddenly remembered that the foreman had told him this morning that he must rush to the place of the trebuchet before the third pole of the sun, otherwise the military law will be involved; After glancing at the string of heads quickly, he straightened up and picked up the handlebars of the wheelbarrow, changed the direction through the long queue of stopped instruments, bypassed the whole team of soldiers, and walked quickly towards the Dongying Gate.

Out of the Dongying Gate, the noise became louder: on the road from the Dongying Gate to the place where the Chinese army was located for more than a mile, there were clusters of soldiers everywhere, either marching or in the whole team; All kinds of instruments that had been pushed out were also struggling to march on the uneven grass under the shouts of the people and craftsmen.

After being whipped a few times along the way, Amu finally pushed his wheelbarrow and staggered to the left side of the Chinese army's large array—here, where they were going to set up the trebuchet, exactly three and a half miles away from the east gate of the Yuan Imperial Palace—and when he looked up, the sun was just at the height of three poles.

To say that the Chinese army is the elite is indeed worthy of its reputation, the large array of 3,000 people is neatly arranged, although it is not said that it is silent, but there is not too much noise, compared to the messy camp heads that Amu saw on the road, it is simply better to the sky.

While moving tools out of the wheelbarrow, Amu peeked at the Chinese army array around him: he saw that the easternmost side was a long three-column of bird-fired soldiers, and he was afraid that he would not be able to grow a mile when he was discharged; Behind the Bird Soldier were the thicker five rows of spearmen, and the spears lay flat on the ground at the moment, like a fallen forest; The spearmen were followed by sword and shield soldiers, each armed with a thick-backed machete and a small round shield inlaid with iron plates.

All the soldiers are now sitting on the ground, or packing up their weapons and armor, or closing their eyes to recuperate for the coming battle.

Amu was watching intently, and suddenly the entire Chinese army array rose up like a disturbed ant nest, and there was a huge noise around him.

Amu straightened up and looked to the east for some reason, his mouth wide open in surprise. (To be continued.) )