Chapter 66: Battle Plan

After continuous improvement by Lu Shen and his craftsmen day and night, the first trebuchet that met the minimum standards of Gongsun Xu was finally released.

This trebuchet is much more powerful than the trebuchet made by Lu Shen for the first time, especially the load-bearing capacity of the trebuchet and the accuracy of the launch have been greatly improved, but in terms of distance, it is a little different from Gongsun Xu's imagination, but it can also reach a distance of one hundred and sixty or seventy steps.

Although Gongsun Xu was still a little dissatisfied with this trebuchet, he also felt that being able to make such a killing weapon on the march was already an act against the sky, and he no longer asked for too much.

Gongsun continued to urge his soldiers to cut down trees, and began to divide the wood according to the instructions of the craftsmen, so that the craftsmen could concentrate on research and mass production.

In terms of mass production, Gongsun Xu even came up with the plan of the assembly line of later generations, so that most craftsmen were only one part of the production, and the final synthesis process was operated by Lu Shen and those craftsmen who he trusted and were loyal to him.

It is very easy to believe and be loyal to Gongsun Xu, as if there is that kind of Wang Ba's anger in countless novels, and all kinds of powers have begun to show their loyalty, but in reality, that kind of Wang Ba's qi is to deceive Xiao Penyou.

Gongsun Xu is a real estate developer in later generations, and he has a good grasp of this kind of thing, a meal of radish and stick, almost all the means are used, which makes these people say that they want to be loyal to Gongsun Xu, and there is no second heart.

Gongsun Xu told Lu Shen and Zhang Ye that his family had asked his father Gongsun Chan to make the most appropriate arrangements, and each family would be arranged according to the corresponding highest standards, and each family would be rewarded heavily.

In the process of making trebuchets, if someone leaks secrets or does something that he thinks is inappropriate, the military law will not say anything, at least the relatives of Wufu will not be punished.

The degree of punishment for not doing well can be said to be ruthless to a certain level, especially in the process of Zhulian, it is already terrible for all relatives within five suits to be executed.

After the advent of the trebuchet, the secrecy work must be done to the best, once it is learned by others, it is definitely not a good thing for Gongsun Xu.

Gongsun continued to think very clearly, only by holding the most powerful means of attack in his own hands would he have the ability to protect himself at the end of the Han Dynasty.

Only by having a big killing weapon that no one else has in your hand can you lay the foundation for winning more in the future.

And the more trebuchets the better, Gongsun Xu even imagined that if there were hundreds of trebuchets lined up and bombarded Xiangping City, I believe that it would not be long before Qiu Liju and Zhang Chun would collapse.

People in the late Han Dynasty were the most superstitious about ghosts and gods, believing that something that could not be explained was a miracle.

As soon as hundreds of trebuchets came out, how many of those soldiers who were defending the city could not be frightened and could insist on standing on the city wall, Gongsun Xu did not dare to imagine.

As soon as the improved version of the trebuchet came out, Gongsun Xu began to train soldiers who specialized in using trebuchets, and let them take turns to learn to fire and aim at the trebuchets they made.

Everything is difficult at the beginning, and the first trebuchet is the most difficult to make, and after making one, the speed of trebuchet production is much faster.

In two days, Lu Shen and Zhang Ye have made more than 20 trebuchets, and all of them have passed the verification of Gongsun Xu.

It is worth mentioning that although the arithmetic of the soldiers in the late Han Dynasty was not good, but the eyes and talent were extremely high, and the trained soldiers were more than 100 soldiers who mastered the use of trebuchets in two days and were able to use trebuchets proficiently.

The distance between Xingcheng and Xiangping is very long, more than 300 kilometers.

This is calculated according to the late Han Dynasty, and if it is according to the current distance, it should be two hundred and seventy-one kilometers.

But what! The distance calculation and road traffic in the late Han Dynasty and the present are different, so it is said that there are more than 300 miles.

Among the soldiers led by Gongsun Xu, although there are cavalry and infantry, Gongsun Xu keeps the speed of their march consistent, and now that there is enough food and grass, there is no hurry, Gongsun Xu naturally wants to run in these soldiers under him during the march.

While training the soldiers while walking, Gongsun Xu took the map of Youzhou given to him by his father Gongsun Zhan, as well as the map of the distribution of various surrounding forces, and began to study it carefully.

There is a considerable blank area between Xingcheng and Xiangping, and there are more than a dozen forces in this area.

These forces are all tribes in the form of tribes, although they belong to the Han Dynasty, but after the rebellion of Zhang Chunqiu Liju, they also began to disobey the arrangements and commands of the Han Dynasty.

Among them, there are several large bandits, which belong to the forces that occupy the mountains and are kings.

These large-scale bandits seriously affected the trade route from Xingcheng to Xiangping, but because of the high mountains and dangerous roads, the bandits were able to survive happily in this place.

The brush in Gongsun Xu's hand kept sliding back and forth on the map, and he used a wooden stick next to the map to calculate some things that his generals couldn't understand.

After two or three days of analysis, Gongsun Xu finally circled a few circles on the map, if the big bandit leaders between Xingcheng and Xiangping knew that they had done nothing, and they had not even offended Gongsun Xu, they had already been sentenced to death by Gongsun Xu on the map, and they really didn't know what to think.

On the sixth day of the army's march to Xiangping, Gongsun Xu suddenly announced that he would change his battle plan and carry out a campaign to suppress bandits between Xingcheng and Xiangping.

When Gongsun Xu told Meng Yi Gongsun Zan about his battle plan, he had already told them the truth, and this time he adjusted and arranged the operation of Xiangping by himself, and before attacking Xiangping, he might suppress and intimidate some surrounding forces.

There are two advantages to this: First, it can suppress other forces, so that the surrounding forces will not dare to act rashly.

The second is to be able to run in with the soldiers under him in the process of cleaning up these forces, so that the soldiers under him can cooperate with each other, and there will not be too many problems when fighting a big battle, after all, the existing soldiers in his hands are newly given to him, and if they are not run-in, these soldiers will definitely not be of great use.

What Gongsun Xu values the most, Gongsun Xu did not tell Meng Yi and cheap Lao Tzu He.

Since the rebellion of Zhang Chun and Qiu Liju, between Xingcheng and Xiangping, both the large bandit forces and the power of various tribes have been greatly expanded, and countless people have joined the forces of various tribes or large bandit forces.

He felt that while he exterminated the large bandits between Xingcheng and Xiangping, he would not only be able to obtain a large amount of supplies, but also be able to collect a considerable number of men.

Gongsun Xu has always regarded Xiangping as a bag, and in such a situation, he must deter the surrounding Xiaoxiao, and even more so to obtain certain benefits from their hands.