Thunderbolt CartSpeaking of Thunderbolt Truck, we have to talk about Catapult first, because the Thunderbolt in the text is also transformed from the Lufangtong Guò Catapult, and the ancient Thunderbolt Cart, which is also an evolution of the Catapult.

Catapult is a large-scale manpower long-range weapon that uses the principle of lever to throw stone projectiles, and its appearance is the progress of technology and the need of war. The cannon of the Chinese chess black side is written as "cannon", which is a catapult, and the cannon on the side of the word fire, which mostly refers to cannon branding in ancient texts. It has been used in the Spring and Autumn Period, and has become an important weapon for attacking and defending cities after the Sui and Tang dynasties. However, the Song Dynasty was further developed than the Sui and Tang dynasties, and was not only used to attack and defend cities, but also to use it in field battles. The "throwing stones" and "flying stones" in the ancient books refer to the catapults. The catapult was also one of the main means of attack in the ancient West, and it was used extensively by both the Persians and the Greeks.

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 rope at the same time, using the principle of the lever to throw the stones, this is the ancient god of war (Stalin said that artillery is the god of war). 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, it was 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 Li Xin himself committed suicide in defeat. 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.

With the development of technology, catapults have become more and more advanced, and many "thunderbolts" in the Three Kingdoms games are an improved form of catapults in the Warring States period. Catapults in China reached their peak during the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty military book "Wujing General Essentials" said, "all cannons, sharp weapons in the army, offensive and defensive divisions are used", which shows the importance of catapults, the book also details eight commonly used catapults, the largest of which needs to drag 250 people, up to 8.76 meters, 45 kg of stone projectiles fired, can shoot 90 steps (the Song military system is converted into modern units is 140.85 meters), it must be pointed out here that the "Wujing General Essentials" may be for the purpose of secrecy or deliberately misleading the enemy, the range of the catapult is greatly reduced, In fact, according to other ancient records and modern scientific calculations and simulations, the launch distance of this catapult is not less than 500 meters, which can be said to be an ultra-long-range strike in the era of cold weapons.

China is the Northern Song Dynasty - the Southern Song Dynasty invented the counterweight catapult, the Jin State in the destruction of the Northern Song Dynasty in the battle of Bianjing, set up more than 5,000 stone throwing vehicles overnight, in Bianjing up to 50 miles of the city wall at the same time centripetal assault, the Jin army fired countless stone projectiles, so that the suburbs of Bianjing at that time can no longer find stones! During the siege, the moat was filled in first, and then 10,000 cannons were fired, supplemented by a large number of strong crossbows, to defeat the deployment of the defending troops in one fell swoop, and then dispatch a giant siege vehicle with a height of the city wall and a capacity of 80 people to launch a battle against the city.

The ancient thunderbolt cart evolved from the catapult and was a type of ancient chariot. Mounted on the body, bullet stones. Because the sound is like thunder, it is called the thunderbolt car. Romance of the Three Kingdoms? Wei Zhi? Yuan Shao's Biography": "Taizu (Cao Cao) is a stone cart, hitting (Yuan) Shaolou, all broken. Shaozhong is called a thunderbolt. Also known as "throwing a car". It refers to throwing stones out of the car with thick bamboo; as a means of attacking fortifications. History of the Ming Dynasty? Bingzhi IV :(16th year of Hongzhi) idle, the prefect Fan Ji Xian pioneer thunderbolt car. ”

The thunderbolt in the article, because of the relationship between the brackets, so the author has added a lot of changes, specific, readers and friends can compare in the thunderbolt, there are relevant descriptions in it.

Because there is the true qi of the warrior, the element of fantasy is included. So the range has also been slightly modified by the author, but it should be within an acceptable range.