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There is a wide river in the north of Dangyin, which is called Dangshui, and Dangyin is named after this water. About three miles on the south bank of the river, there is a circular hill, the mountain is overgrown with weeds, except for foxes, rabbits, roe deer and rats, there are no people. But ten days ago, hundreds of dragon and wolf sergeants suddenly appeared on this barren hill, including cavalry and infantry, to seal off this barren hill. More than 100 foot soldiers set up sentry towers at high places and sentry posts at the mouth of the valley; The hundreds of cavalry were scattered in three groups for several miles, patrolling day and night.

Previously, the Yuan army in Yecheng had no less than ten sentry horses across the river to snoop, but after Ma Han led the army to settle in Dangyin, he directly dispatched two hundred dragon and wolf horsemen, with an average daily speed of seven levels, in just three days, he killed more than 20 enemy sentry horses, and then the Yuan army sentry did not dare to approach a hundred miles.

The generals followed the horses to the mouth of the valley of this hill, and under the guidance of the garrison marquis, they marched to the valley. The generals were all confused, seeing that this posture did not look like a garrison, and it was unlikely that they would ambush the soldiers; However, I saw some wooden houses and mud houses, but they were obviously not barns, indicating that they were not grain storage places. So what are these soldiers guarding this place like a great enemy? Could it be that there are mysteries hidden in these seemingly humble houses?

As the generals walked deeper into the valley, their eyes were immediately drawn to the row of buildings in front of them. But hundreds of steps ahead, there is a wall three zhang wide and three zhang high, and the thickness is equivalent to half of the city wall. This wall not only has military buildings such as pheasant saucers and female walls, but also uses reed branches to tie two rows of about 20 straw men.

It's obvious. This is a section of the city wall of Yecheng, which was "moved" here.

Ma Han pointed with a long whip: "This subject matter was made by me to the craftsman with reference to the thickness, height and width of the Yecheng city wall, and made it by example. Gongren, Junyi, Yuanbo, you are more familiar with Yecheng, you might as well climb this wall, inspect it, and see if there is anything inconsistent. ”

Dong Zhao, Zhang He, and Gao Ran all got off their horses and climbed the stairs, touching here and looking there. Gao Ran after getting Ma Han's consent. He also took out a chopping knife from his waist and slashed a few times at the battlement, cutting out shallow edges. Gao Ran rubbed his hand on the knife mark for a moment and nodded. In the end, the three of them jointly confirmed that this wall is basically the same as the wall of Yecheng no matter the height, thickness and solidity of the wall.

After reading this high-imitation city wall, everyone still doesn't know what medicine is sold in the lord's gourd.

Ma Han didn't say much, as if he was waiting. It's going to be a while. A person walked out of an inconspicuous grass hut in the valley, carried the hem of his robe, and hurried over, and bowed his hand to Ma Han from a distance: "Zuo Zhangchang Ma Jun has seen the hussar general. ”

See this affiliation will be signed. Ma Jun, who specializes in construction, appeared here, and the generals were more or less surprised.

Ma Han didn't explain, only nodded to Ma Jun: "How?" ”

Ma Jun bowed respectfully and said, "It's assembled." ”

"So, let's get started."

With Ma Han's faint order. The seemingly inconspicuous grass shed that Ma Jun walked out of suddenly made a loud noise, and the grass walls on all sides were knocked down. The canopy was also lifted, and smoke and grass clippings were flying. This sudden movement frightened the war horses under the crotches of the generals, and let out a long neigh. The generals were shocked and turned around one after another.

Despite a certain amount of mental preparation, when the smoke cleared and the behemoth was revealed, everyone's eyes widened and they were full of questions - what is this?

It was a siege machine-like thing made of solid wood, with a long arm, a thick central shaft, dense hemp rope, and a heavy hanging basket, and the height of its main frame was almost level with the "city wall". Around this peculiar siege weapon, there are eight powerful soldiers lined up.

Ma Chao approached, looked left and right, patted and pushed, and then said to Ma Jun: "This thing is no less than a thousand catties, and the bottom frame is wide, but it is not easy to overturn." It's just, Deheng, you don't have wheels, how can you push it? ”

Ma Jun said with a smile: "Usually disassembled, assembled in time, and transported by ox cart, but no wheels are needed." ”

"What?" Ma Chao fussed and shouted, "When did it take to assemble? Isn't that assembled under the walls? How many people have to die......"

Ma Han and Ma Jun looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

Looking at the inexplicable expressions on the faces of Ma Chao and the generals, Ma Han finally spoke: "This is not a siege weapon, but a city breaker...... I don't need to bother with words, but I ask you to meditate and take a look. ”

Ma Jun looked at the city-breaking weapon made by himself, and then looked at the "city wall" two hundred steps away, his eyes were burning. I don't know where he took out a small triangular red flag, and with a strong wave, the eight sergeants on standby immediately took action.

First, the four sergeants turned the winch and used two pulley sets on both sides of the bracket to lift a huge wooden counterweight gondola filled with mud and stones, weighing 5,000 catties, and park it on the front bracket. Thanks to the use of crawler ratchet pins, the winch does not reverse and the weight box does not fall off when the weight box is raised. At this time, the other two sergeants began to turn the turntable behind the seat frame, pulled the arm rod down, and then fixed it to the bottom of the crank with a sliding hook. The last two sergeants put a round stone projectile weighing 50 catties into a cowhide sling pocket.

As soon as he was ready, Ma Jun began to measure the distance, arm resistance, and adjust the counterweight, and finally felt that there was no problem, so he stepped aside, raised the red flag, and slammed it.

A sergeant with a sledgehammer in his hand swung his hammer at the iron bolt, the spring bounced off, the hook slipped, the counterweight box fell, and the boom bounced up—

Whew-

The generals opened their mouths wide and watched the huge stone projectiles fly through the air, until they flew three feet in front of the city wall, and landed with a bang, resounding through the valley, the ground trembled, and the stones were groundless. Fortunately, the war horse has been pulled away from the distance, otherwise it must be another toss.

"Cough, test firing, just test firing......" Ma Jun lost the start, his face was full of embarrassment, and he apologized repeatedly.

Ma Han was noncommittal, and he didn't blame him, even the modern firing of cannonballs, there is also a test firing, not to mention ancient catapults.

Before the generals could recover from the shock, after another repetition of the operation, the second stone bullet flew out with a roar.

Rumble! This time, the stone bullet hit the city wall accurately, and in an instant, the mud and sand were scattered, the pheasant saucer shattered, and the nearby straw people were pierced by the flying hard mud blocks, and the sound was amazing.

As Ma Jun continued to adjust the shooting distance, the red flag in his hand was split again and again, and the flying stones became more and more accurate, each time more and more fierce, ten shots in a row, except for two missed the target, and eight shots were hit. The city wall was smashed beyond recognition, the female wall was shattered, a large part of the wall collapsed in the middle, and the straw man had already been swept away. The last shot, like the straw that crushed the camel's camel, exploded in the rocky city, collapsed, and the smoke and dust rolled up to the sky.

The onlookers, the surrounding guards, and the guards on the watchtower were all dumbfounded, even if the mud and dust were blowing, they all forgot to shut up.

The trebuchet, the first weapon for siege, although it has been recorded in the Spring and Autumn Period and was also used when Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, has long been lost after hundreds of years. Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Xun You, Dong Zhao, Le Jin, Xu Huang, and Zhang He, who are familiar with allusions and proficient in the art of war...... None of the generals had ever seen the atlas, let alone the real thing, so they were all shocked when they saw it for the first time.

Liu Ye stepped forward quickly, around the trebuchet while watching and tinkering, regardless of the mud and dust staining his clothes, after a while, his face was black and yellow, and he was excited with surprise: "Ye once saw this object from the ancestors' books, and was quite surprised...... It's just that Ye has something unknown, and this thing seems to be different from the ancient picture. According to the ancient map, there are many people who need manpower, and then look at the general's tools, replace manpower with hundreds of heavy objects, and there are various machine spring hooks, which are interlocking. is so exquisite, quite a legacy of the Mo family, I don't know if it is due to the improvement of the general and Ma Zuozhang, or is there another ancient map? ”

Ma Han smiled: "I haven't seen any ancient pictures, if Ziyang has it, can you borrow it?" ”

Liu Ye admired and shook his head: "Ye's Tibetan map is far away, not enough to see, not enough to see." ”

Pound couldn't help but interject: "If this thing can be heavier and twice as big, it would be better if it could throw a hundred catties of boulders." ”

"yes!" Ma Chao also frowned, "If a few boulders fall down like this, a wall will collapse." ”

Ma Han looked at Ma Jun, who smiled bitterly: "Logically, it is possible, but it is very difficult to make zuò, and it is also very troublesome to carry and use." And the general thinks that big is not necessarily good......"

The counterweight trebuchet developed by Ma Han and Ma Jun is only a medium-sized trebuchet, a real large-scale trebuchet with a counterweight of more than 10 tons, which can throw hundreds of kilograms of stone projectiles. However, the targets of this giant trebuchet are mostly Western stone castles, and how heavy they are is not too much. And what Ma Han has to deal with is nothing more than rammed earth buildings, and there is no need to develop such a large guy. After all, the larger the trebuchet, the heavier it is, and the difficulty of manufacturing, transporting, assembling, making bombs, and casting will increase exponentially or even several times, resulting in an increase in the cost of war.

Strategic weapons are not the better, the most applicable, the best.

Ma Han smiled and asked the generals: "How?" ”

Yu Ban couldn't hide his excitement, this was the special force he was going to command, and asked Ma Jun eagerly: "How many trebuchets are there?" ”

Ma Jun pointed to the inconspicuous earthen houses and wooden houses in the valley: "It's all in there." ”

This time, even Le Jin couldn't help it: "How many?" ”

Ma Jun raised his outstretched fingers: "Nearly a hundred." ”

Yu Ban sighed lightly: "Yecheng, it's over." ”

Zhang He bowed deeply to Ma Han: "I only ask the lord to break through Yecheng, and his subordinates will be merciful and spare the life of the third prince of Yuan." ”

Ma Han said lightly: "Of course, if he is lucky enough." ”

Also, the army is attacking the city, all the sharp weapons are out, the arrows are like rain, the swords and guns are eyeless, and no one can guarantee who will survive to the end, but by luck.

Ma Chao finally found the answer himself: "It turned out that it was not 10,000 soldiers who fought Yecheng, but tens of thousands of stones ......" (to be continued......