Wu Sheng Jiedu made Hou Zhang pull Wei Chang over and looked up and down, and found that he was not seriously injured, so he relieved himself and asked, "What did your ship hit on?" Barrage chain or stake? ”

The deputy commander of the Wusheng Army, Wei Chang, wiped the black ash and dirt off his face, and replied with a sad face: "Neither!" It was a thick iron rod with a pointed head in the river, which was stuck diagonally in the river, and slammed into it, and the hull of the ship was immediately pierced, and it couldn't move at all! ”

"How far is the distance between the two adjacent iron rods?" Zhao Kuangyin asked.

"It's about two or three meters, so none of the big boats in our first row can rush through." Wei Chang replied with annoyance.

Everyone couldn't help but gasp, the space distance was only two or three meters, and they could only sail through ordinary small fishing boats, and even small warships couldn't pass smoothly!

"It seems that we can only take a small boat to raid and burn the water village." A general interjected next to him.

"No! I almost forgot a little. Wei Chang suddenly remembered something, patted his head and said hurriedly, "I glanced at it, and there was a whole row of thick wooden piles exposed to the river about five meters north of the water village. ”

Everyone couldn't help but shake their heads together, and with this barrage stake, the possibility of using a small boat as a match to burn the water village was basically stifled.

At this time, only bursts of cheers and cheers were heard from the south bank, and a group of people looked into the distance and found that groups of Nantang soldiers were dragging layers of large boats away from the scene, and at the very edge, there were soldiers pulling the big boats that had become "skewers" from the iron rods.

Li Gu asked with a cold face, "Have the losses been counted?" ”

A lieutenant general stepped forward nervously and said: "Back to Li Shuai, twenty-one big ships have returned, and more than half have not returned; Fifty small boats came back, and the losses were not significant. There were about a thousand soldiers who did not return. ”

You are shaking your head secretly, in this short charge, you have lost twenty-nine large warships and nearly a thousand soldiers!

Shi Detong interjected beside him: "Why can't that kind of big iron rod be all over the riverbank, right?" Why don't we choose another location to raid? ”

The other generals all looked at the pig-headed general with some disdain and did not make a sound. Zhao Kuangyin replied softly: "In this section of the south bank of the Huai River, except for the two places where the water flow is gentle and easy to cross, the other sections of the water are deep and rapid, and the bank is steep, sometimes there are mountains, it is inconvenient to land, and it is easy to be attacked in the river. Zhao had observed last night that there were garrisons on the south bank of the Huai River not far away, and with those guard towers, it was not easy to sneak attack from other places. ”

Zhao Kuangyin was a kind explanation, but it hurt Shi Detong's sore feet, and after understanding the reason why everyone ignored him, he immediately turned the spearhead of the attack to Zhao Kuangyin: "Xie Lu, General Zhao pointed out!" No wonder General Zhao is so powerful, he can easily get in and out of Lin Feng's army, and he is really heroic! ”

Hearing Shi Detong's sarcastic words, Li Gu and several generals couldn't help but look at Zhao Kuangyin again, with a trace of doubt in their eyes. In the past, Zhao Kuangyin's so-called encounter with Lin Feng in Linhuai Town was quite suspicious, but now, everyone has seen it with their eyes, and the Shouzhou Army, which can leave Zhao Kuangyin and a group of them, has withdrawn its troops in time!

Yes, kindness is not rewarded! Zhao Kuangyin, who was secretly ridiculed, scolded in his heart, pulled his face down, and said coldly: "Those who are clear will clear themselves!" Zhao didn't go out to save people on a military order! ”

A group of people were suddenly woken up, yes, if Zhao Kuangyin really had a problem, there was no need for him to take the initiative to rush out to save people just now, and provoke others to be suspicious?

Shi Detong, who was a little embarrassed, suddenly remembered a detail and asked loudly: "By the way, General Zhao, when you dived across the river last night, didn't you find this kind of iron rod in the river?" ”

This question once again succeeded in lighting a small flame from a group of generals' suspicions about Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin shook his head and replied: "We deviated far downstream last night, and we really didn't find this kind of iron rod. ”

Hou Zhang interjected beside him: "That Lin Feng is treacherous like a ghost, even if there are iron rods on both sides of the water village, it is very likely that he will urgently enter the riverbank in the early hours of this morning." ”

Li Gu coughed lightly twice, and said unhappily: "Generals, don't dwell on these anymore, how should we cross the river and attack next?" ”

The generals looked at each other and remained silent. The facts are already obvious, and it is already delusional to cross the river easily to win, so the only way to fill it in with the lives of soldiers is to fight this Huashan Road!

Li Gu snorted coldly, got up and brushed his sleeves away.

Compared to the North Shore, the atmosphere on the South Shore is much more relaxed and pleasant. The Shouzhou soldiers who won the first battle and the people who helped shouted the trumpet, collected the surrendered soldiers, collected weapons, and sorted out the ships, and they were very happy.

In the entire team, Lin Feng seemed to be the only one who was unhappy, he squatted next to the trebuchet, frowning and silent. In later generations, Lin Feng was very impressed by the two huge trebuchets of humans and half-orcs that appeared in the final battle of "The Lord of the Rings", and he had watched the details on the DVD player slowly, screen by screen, but in this era, it was really difficult to replicate that trebuchet.

Gazi and Deng Jiayu also squatted on the side, scratching their ears and cheeks, and couldn't figure out how to improve the trebuchet for a while, so as to meet Lin Feng's demanding requirements such as allowing the trebuchet to change the throwing distance, change the weight of the trebuchet, and move at any time.

After all, this is not the mechanical age of the later generations! Lin Feng sighed secretly, and according to his memory, he drew a sketch of the half-orc trebuchet in "The Lord of the Rings" on the ground, and said: "You see, if you first install four turnable huge round wheels under the trebuchet, you can push it by manpower, or you can fix it at any time; Then learn from the idea of the four-wheeled carriage spring, install a huge spring under the slinging arm from small to large, and pull the slinging arm down every time, the lower the pull, the greater the rebound force, wouldn't it be possible to solve the problem of changing the throwing distance and the weight of the sling? ”

Gazi and Deng Jiayu's eyes lit up, and they looked around the sketch.

"Also, if we want to control the landing point, we can do a simple trimming of the stones, and I think the spherical shape must be more accurate than the irregular shape of the landing point! Moreover, after the stone ball lands, it can also roll forward by inertia, causing additional damage! Lin Feng continued.

Gazi and Deng Jiayu nodded together again.

Speaking of this, Lin Feng's mind suddenly lit up, and he drew a steering wheel for navigation next to it, and then said: "If you can install such a stirring wheel on the trebuchet, can you save some manpower?" ”

Deng Jiayu interjected: "Is this the same principle as the pulley on the city wall?" ”

Lin Feng nodded appreciatively and said, "Yes, the principle of leverage is used as a whole. The longer the distance, the less effort there is. ”

Ghazi nodded, jotted the sketch in his head, and got up to leave.

Lin Feng grabbed him and said softly, "Think about it again, if this kind of spring and wheel are applied to the ballista, is it okay?" ”

Gazi slapped his head and gave Lin Feng a thumbs up.

Lin Feng approached the two of them and said in a low voice: "You go to find Xi Mucheng, let him allocate more reliable manpower to you, you can allocate more time to research and design these new weapons, and you will definitely be able to surprise our enemies when you turn around!" ”