Chapter 461: Catapult in hand
"Heroes spare their lives! Heroes spare their lives! The plot repeated again, but this time the two unlucky coachmen were not so lucky, and they were intercepted by Mu Tian and others again.
However, this time Mu Tian was not interested in asking about the situation in Yuyang County again, after all, Mu Tian had occupied it several times, this time Mu Tian asked bluntly, "The construction drawings of the catapult are not in your car"
Hearing Mu Tian ask, the bodies of the two coachmen suddenly stiffened a little, and their mouths were speechless, seeing this scene, Mu Tian was sure that in this carriage, there was a chance that there were catapult drawings.
The last time he searched the entire Yuyang County, Mu Tian determined that there was no extra catapult drawing in Yuyang County, so there was only one possibility for this drawing, that is, it had been transported out of Yuyang County.
And given the consistent urine nature of the system in orchestrating copies, this catapult drawing is most likely hidden inside the carriage.
Sure enough, after seeing the stiff expressions of the two coachmen, he knew that things could never go wrong, and without saying a word, he immediately began to signal his men to completely toss the entire carriage, and finally found a small box at the bottom of the carriage, and in the box was a drawing of a catapult that Mu Tian could not find.
"The drawings are in hand, and there is only one last craftsman left!" Mu Tian tightly held the catapult drawing in his hand, and whispered to himself at the same time.
In fact, the craftsman has a ready-made one, that is, the craftsman in the Yuyang County military camp, and through the full communication with this craftsman last time, Mu Tian knew that he was indeed not the same person as Qin Jun, and he was even full of hatred for Qin Jun.
Because this craftsman was originally a small nobleman of the Yan Kingdom, after the Qin army conquered the Yan Kingdom, this little nobleman had no rights, and in the end he could only rely on a little trick handed down by his ancestors to live, and now he was forcibly conscripted to the military camp to do day labor, and he was naturally full of hatred for the Qin army.
Therefore, Mu Tian was very confident to persuade this craftsman to help him make a catapult.
Now the crux of the matter is how to get in touch with this craftsman.
If he directly entered Yuyang County as before, it would be impossible for Mu Tian to contact the craftsmen in the Yuyang County military camp anyway, after all, the entire military camp was in a state of absolute alert.
Only by quietly and sneaking into Yuyang County can it be possible to break away from that craftsman without arousing the vigilance of Qin Jun.
But if you want to enter Yuyang County quietly, this has become a thorny problem.
"First of all, you have to get a photo post!" Mu Tian muttered, and then his eyes were fixed on the two coachmen, and he felt furious in his heart when he saw these two coachmen.
In the end, Mu Tian pointed to one of the coachmen and said, "Take a look, is this guy similar to me in terms of appearance and figure?" ”
"That's a big difference, isn't it...... Although the figure is indeed similar, the appearance is ......" The ancient queen said with a strange face, the coachman on the finger of Mu Tian's hand is indeed almost the same as Mu Tian in terms of figure, but his appearance is the same as heaven and earth.
"Well, this guy does look a little ugly though!" Mu Tian squinted his eyes and said, "But in fact, the face shape is similar, and the skin is similar, the most important thing is that neither of us has a beard!" ”
"Well, but even so, the appearance is still very different!" The ancient queen said puzzled.
"That's when you saw the two of us with your own eyes!" Mu Tian rolled his eyes and said, "But this photo post is just a simple text description, and the text description is nothing more than the length of the body, the contour of the face, the condition of the skin, and the beard and the like, how can the words perfectly show a person's appearance!" ”
After Mu Tian finished speaking, he directly knocked the long knife in his hand on the coachman's head, and said lightly, "Take out your photo sticker, so that you can continue to live, otherwise I will only rob it!" ”
"Don't, this hero!" The coachman immediately said with a sad face, "If we don't have a photo post, we can't even enter the city gate, we will die!" ”
"It's fine!" Mu Tian smiled, "I will capture the entire Yuyang County immediately, and then you will go back to Yuyang County, I promise I will not ask you for your photograph!" ”
Under Mu Tian's coercion and temptation, this coachman really took out his photo post, only to see that it was written: "Wan Rui, no word, male, Chinese New Year's Eve has two, five feet has two, white face, beardless, face like a duck egg, is a Yanjing chariot official." ”
The post is actually a long bamboo slip with a not too long text engraved on it, and these words must be concise enough, otherwise the length of the bamboo slip will not be able to complete the description!
So in the end, there was only such a short paragraph on the bamboo slips.
It is precisely because of this that although Mu Tian and this coachman do not look alike, they are almost the same in terms of text description.
Although I don't know if I can get past the inspection of Yuyang County with this photo post, but a dead horse is a live horse doctor, try it first.
So Mu Tian asked the two coachmen to watch them, and then took his team to hurry for a while, and finally asked Mu Jiajun to collect wood in the woods first, and Mu Tian himself took the coachman Wanrui's photo post and walked into the city gate again!
"Stop! Get your photo card out! "The plot is staged again, if it is according to the previous development, now Mu Tian has started.
But this time, Mu Tian obediently took out the photo sticker in his hand and handed it to the soldier who tested it!
"You're Yanjing's charioteer?" After reading the content of this photo post, the soldier guarding the city gate was a little surprised, and said with some respect, he didn't even ask a word, he directly made a gesture of invitation to Mu Tian, indicating that Mu Tian could enter the city!
"So easy to get into?" After entering Yuyang County safely, Mu Tian also felt a little incredible, Mu Tian prepared a lot of rhetoric along the way to deal with the interrogation of these Yuyang County soldiers, but he didn't expect that in the end, these words were all useless, which made Mu Tian very puzzled.
Later, Mu Tiancai figured out that these two coachmen were different from the coachmen of later generations, and the coachmen of later generations were just a lowly handyman, an industry that did not enter the stream, and no one would afford it!
But in the Qin Dynasty is different, in the Qin Dynasty, or in the Spring and Autumn Period before the Qin Dynasty, and even in the Xia, Shang and Zhou periods, the coachman is an extremely important position, and even only those who have status and status can be a coachman, and ordinary people are not qualified to do this position.
For example, Shun during the period of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors in ancient times, a dignified generation of emperors, was actually a coachman at the beginning, specializing in driving for Yao, and then he was appreciated.
In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a guy who was appreciated by Zhou Tianzi because he was in a good car, and finally gave this guy the starting place of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Well, his name is Qin Feizi, and then his 36th generation descendant is called Zhao Zheng, that is, Ying Zheng, and the dignified Qin Shi Huang is also!
Take the current communication between the Qin and Han dynasties as an example, there is a special driver for Liu Bang called Xiahou Ying, after Liu Bang became the king of Han, he was named the Marquis of Zhaoping, and became the first batch of meritorious sons of the Han Dynasty.
Later, when Pengcheng was defeated, it was Xiahou Ying who personally rescued Liu Ying, who was driven out of the car by Liu Bang, so later Liu Ying succeeded to the throne, Xiahou Ying was promoted again, and finally became a servant, a member of the Standing Committee of a state-level power agency, and became one of the few people at the peak of power in the Han Dynasty.
What do later scholars like to talk about the six arts of the gentleman, and the so-called six arts of the gentleman refer to, etiquette? Happy? Shoot? Manage? Book? Count, this is what Master Confucius decreed.
In later generations, many scholars took it for granted that this royal feeling was the ability to ride a horse, but in fact, it was a big mistake, this imperial reference was actually the ability to drive, that is, the ability to be a coachman.
Because in ancient times, there were no universal wheels, no spring shock absorption, and no bearings and the like, the ancient chariots were very simple, and the technology of taming horses was not high, if you want to make the horses obedient and obedient, follow the path you want, it is not enough to have a whip, this requires superb technology, not everyone can do it.
A coachman who can really make the carriage move at will, that status is much better than what modern postdoctoral fellows, doctoral supervisors, and professors are, and they are important talents at the national level.
And the ordinary coachman, although he does not have such an important position, in front of the ordinary people, it is also a respected status.
Even in the army, all the soldiers who are responsible for driving the chariot have a different status, and the food they eat is several grades better than that of other soldiers, so in the Qin Dynasty, the coachman was a very awesome position, at least a grade with a pilot.
In particular, the coachman who can drive a horse-drawn carriage at high speed on the gallop is even more awesome, almost the same as a pilot who drives a fighter jet.
Therefore, the soldiers of Yuyang County respected this coachman very much, and even did not dare to inspect too much, so they just let Mu Tian pass.
After Mu Tian left the city gate, he immediately ran to the vicinity of the barracks, but Mu Tian didn't dare to run to the barracks directly with the note, because the catapult drawings here were transported out through this coachman, and it was not clear that this coachman had entered the barracks before, so it would be easy to go.
So Mu Tian quietly walked into a restaurant next to the barracks, quietly ordered a pot of wine, ordered a few side dishes, and ate quietly for about half an hour, and then walked in with a scolding and scolding, and asked the boss to give him a pot of wine!
"This brother, why don't you come to me for a drink, I have the best bamboo leaf wine in the store here!" Mu Tian's eyes lit up, and he greeted this person with a smile, this person was none other than the craftsman in the barracks.
The reason why Mu Tian is waiting for this craftsman here is of course not because of any unpredictable prophetic spells, but because Mu Tian has interrogated this craftsman in great detail before, and almost forced the daily movement trajectory of this craftsman to be asked, and learned that this craftsman will run to the restaurant at this time every day at noon to make a pot of wine as a tool to dispel the worries of the day.
Naturally, alcohol is forbidden in the Qin army, but the status of craftsmen is different after all, they are not specialized soldiers, and the entire Yuyang County is such a skilled craftsman, and the captain of the Qin army is not much to blame, as long as the other party works hard and only delivers all kinds of war tools, so this craftsman has become the only one in the entire military camp who can buy alcohol and drink.
It was precisely after being asked about this that Mu Tian gave up the idea of going directly into the barracks to find someone, but sat in the restaurant next to the barracks, silently waiting for the craftsman to take the bait.
Sure enough, when he heard that Mu Tian invited him to drink the extremely valuable bamboo leaf wine, although the craftsman felt that something was wrong, he still ran over in a hurry, and directly put a few bowls of rice wine into his stomach, which was delicious!
"Say, what's the matter with me?" This craftsman is not stupid, knowing that the other party is kind enough to ask him for a drink, he must have something to ask for.
Sure enough, Mu Tian then said, "I want to build a catapult, and I ask Brother Ji Xin to help!" ”
"What! You lunatic! I've never seen you before! As soon as this Ji Xin heard Mu Tian's request, he changed color on the spot, and he was ready to leave Ji Xin without saying a word.
It's just that Mu Tian then whispered, "Brother Ji Xin, have you forgotten the humiliation you suffered in Po Ruolin back then?" ”
Hearing Mu Tian say this, Ji Xin's fist instantly clenched, and the whole person seemed to be burning with an angry small universe.
Po Ruolin was the biggest humiliation in Ji Xin's life, that was when the Yan Kingdom was captured, his father and mother fled with him who was still young, and his fiancée, but halfway through, that is, the place called Po Ruolin, was caught up by the Qin army.
Qin Jun killed Ji Xin's father on the spot, and then in front of Ji Xin, Ji Xin's mother and fiancée were given to ooxx, and finally Ji Xin's mother couldn't help but commit suicide in such humiliation, Ji Xin's fiancée tried hard to survive, but because of this, her temperament changed greatly, from a well-behaved little girl to a slut, and brought Ji Xin an unknown number of green hats, and finally abandoned Ji Xin and ran to live with an officer of the Qin army.
Ji Xin has hated Qin Jun and Qin people from the bottom of his bones, but he has never had the courage to take revenge, but the story of Po Ruolin has always been hidden in Ji Xin's heart, and he knows that he has been directly broken by Mu Tian!
"Who are you? How do you know about this? Ji Xin looked at Mu Tian with a wary face and asked.
"Of course you told me personally!" This matter was indeed told to Mu Tian by Ji Xin himself, and it was still the story that Mu Tian told in person after Mu Tian let Ji Xin go and killed a large number of Qin troops for him in revenge!
But such a big truth naturally can't be told to Ji Xin. So Mu Tian said with a deep face, "I am the military master under Han Guang, and your cousin Ji Xuan is serving as the leader of craftsmen under Han Guangren, these are what he told me personally." He said that Ji Xin is a man who can help us build a catapult and finally capture the entire Yuyang County! ”
"You want to attack Yuyang County!" Ji Xin was taken aback by Mu Tian's words again, but this time he didn't choose to leave, but sat back down, and after being silent for a while, he said, "What you said is true, do you really have the strength to capture Yuyang County and kill all the Qin troops here?" ”
"Of course!" Mu Tian nodded, "It's not a secret, my 1,000-strong army has arrived outside the city, and now I am hiding in the woods to collect wood and prepare to build engineering equipment, and I need the help of Brother Ji Xin!" ”
"I can help you build it, but building a catapult doesn't just have materials and craftsmen, you also have to have construction drawings, do you have construction drawings on you??"
"Yes!" Mu Tian nodded, and at the same time put the scavenged catapult drawings in front of Ji Xin.
"That's fine!" Ji Xin also showed an excited expression on his face and said, "Listen, because of my special identity, I am strictly ordered not to go out of the city, so you must find a way to sneak me out of the city now, so I can build a catapult for you, otherwise it will ......"
"You don't have to go out of the city so troublesomely...... "Mu Tian waved his hand, "I already have a way to attack the city, the key is that this military camp is not easy to deal with, so Brother Ji Xin, please sit in this restaurant for an hour and don't leave, wait for my army to come in, and then look for you to build a catapult!" ”
"Okay, I'll wait for you for an hour!" Ji Xin nodded, and at the same time breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, after all, there is no need to venture out of the city, just stay outside the barracks for an extra hour, it won't have much impact, just pretend to be drunk!"
"That's great!" The corners of Mu Tian's mouth were also full of smiles.
Less than an hour later, Ji Xin was stunned and looked at Mu Tian who had returned to him, but at this time, Yuyang County was already in flames, Ji Xin watched a large number of Qin troops flee back to the barracks in embarrassment, and then saw Mu Tian who appeared with a large army.
"Brother Ji Xin! Now you can help me build a catapult! Mu Tian smiled and handed over all the materials and catapult drawings to Ji Xindao.
"Good!" Ji Xin nodded vigorously, and half an hour later, a brand-new catapult appeared in front of Mu Tian.
Some catapults, the military camp in Yuyang County, are like stripping off all their clothes, leaving only the last little ** girl, ://./10_10485/