Chapter 369: Expansion of Chang'an City

Listening to what Zong Majun said, he thought about it and said! , flying hooks and other things to make more beautiful craftsmen should be competent, especially flying hooks, Yizhou is mountainous, flying hooks in addition to being used for climbing the city, for mountain climbing should also be useful. ”

When Fa Zheng heard this, his eyes were bright, and he said: "The lord is curious, climb the mountain with a flying hook, so that the army can climb over the mountains of Yizhou and raid the city of Yizhou." ”

Zhang Xiu smiled slightly and said, "This plan may be feasible, but it may not be so simple. There was a pause. Zhang Xiu continued to say to Ma Jun: "As for the large cars, big crossbows, and large crossbows, I thought that they should be manufactured, although these took a long time. However, it is really a sharp weapon on the battlefield, and it should be made in a big way. ”

Ma Jun heard this, nodded and asked, "How much does the lord think he should build?" ”

Zhang Xiu thought for a while, touched his chin, and said: "Two hundred large bed crossbows and two hundred crossbow cars each, in terms of the number of crossbow cars, two hundred crossbow cars and two hundred bed crossbows need four thousand people to control, plus the rest of the personnel, five thousand troops can be equipped, how long does it take to build two thousand bed crossbows and two hundred crossbow cars?" ”

Ma Jun pondered for a while, and replied: "Now the craftsman is not yet proficient, and the crossbow is precise after all. If the lord sends 500 craftsmen to make it, it will take an average day to complete one plane. However, this is not counting crossbow arrows. If you are familiar with it in the future. It should be possible to build two in a day. The crossbow arrows required for these large crossbows were specially made, so it took more time to manufacture a large number of crossbow arrows, so it took at least ten months to build two hundred bed crossbows and two crossbow carts, and the crossbow arrows could not be budgeted. And this is also when the wood and fine iron are complete. ”

After Zhang Xiu heard this, he was secretly speechless, it took five hundred craftsmen ten months to make two hundred bed crossbows and crossbow cars, and I am afraid that it will take longer to count other equipment. However, generally speaking, the siege weapons of the vehicle were made temporarily before the war. The carts walked too slowly, and it was impossible to follow the army for hundreds of miles to attack the city, so what could be built was a crossbow.

Zhang Xiu gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, a wood and iron will be provided by himself, and in ten months, Deheng will make two hundred bed crossbows and crossbow carts." And the rhubarb crossbow and the arm crossbow and the kick crossbow each make thousands of frames, I don't know how long it will take? ”

Ma Jun thought for a moment and said, "Thousands of craftsmen make them at the same time, and if each of these three kinds of crossbows is made into a thousand frames, it will take a year and a half to two years. ”

Zhang Xiu heard this, nodded and said, "Build!" As for the light crossbow and the thin crossbow, although they shoot quickly, they have few arrows, and Ben General probably knows the principle of the repeater. I wonder if Deheng can reinvent it? ”

Ma Jun heard it and said in surprise: "What the lord said is true? ”

Zhang Xiu nodded and smiled: "This is natural, Deheng will wait for a while." After finishing speaking, Zhang Xiu took out the pen and ink, wrote and drew on the paper. About a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Xiuhua handed the paper to Ma Jun, who hurriedly took it and watched it. At first glance, the eyes can no longer leave this piece of paper. While looking at it, he also praised: "Qiao! What a coincidence! ”

Zhang Xiu's painting is not another object, it is the famous Zhuge crossbow that has been passed down to future generations, and Zhang Xiu, the name of Zhuge repeater, has naturally heard of it, and has seen the appearance of this crossbow before crossing. The Zhuge repeater is actually different from the ordinary crossbow style, and the key core of it is also deciphered in the modern times before Zhang Xiu crossed. If someone wants to check, they can naturally find it, and Zhang Xiu will draw it out one by one.

After watching the tea, he remembered that he was in Zhang Xiu's mansion, and hurriedly raised his head, and when he saw Zhang Xiu looking at him with a smile, Ma Jun rolled up the paper. He arched his hand and said: "There is a master with this picture, and he is confident that he can make a repeater." This repeater is completely different from the previous generation of repeater crossbow production method, very ingenious. According to its principle, this small repeater can be transformed into a large repeater. Fifty arrows at a time. ”

Zhang Xiu could hear it. Surprised: "Fifty arrows? Even the ballista and the size of the arrows add up to only sixty arrows? ”

Ma Jun laughed and said, "With the master of this picture, the repeater can be transformed." There are three bows hidden in the car, and the big arrows can be 150 arrows. Plus small arrows. A repeater can have more than 180 bolts. ”

Zhang Xiu was extremely surprised when he heard this, one hundred and eighty arrows, three times the number of the previous crossbow carts. The large repeater that can be used only by a single person can make fifty arrows, which is comparable to the previous repeater carts, and the large ones are the previous repeater carts: if it can be made into this battlefield weapon, it will be a nightmare for the enemy.

Just when Zhang Xiu was secretly speechless, Ma Jun continued to look at the picture drawn by Zhang Xiu, frowned when he looked at it, looked at it for a while, and said: "My lord, I think that the crossbow in the picture drawn by the lord can be ten arrows.

Zhang Xiu heard it and was surprised: "How is it inappropriate?" ”

Ma Jun said: "This crossbow can be used by a single soldier, if ten arrows are together, I am afraid that only five to six arrows are needed, and the enemy is dead, and the remaining four arrows are somewhat redundant." Therefore, it is better to change it to five arrows. However, if you change it to five arrows, the arrows will be more difficult to make than the arrows drawn by the lord. ”

Zhang Xiu heard this and asked: "If it is changed to five arrows, how does it compare with the time it takes to make ten arrows compared to five arrows?" ”

Ma Jun thought about it secretly and said: "I haven't made it, I don't know, but five arrows are more difficult to build than ten arrows, and five arrows take longer than ten arrows in terms of a single arrow." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu laughed and said: "Deheng has not been on the battlefield, and he doesn't know that the attack on the battlefield is overwhelming. The five arrows are not easy to make, and they require skilled craftsmen to make them. If it is changed to five arrows, I am afraid that there will not be enough arrows on the battlefield. The arrows of the Ten Arrows are easy to make and can be made by ordinary craftsmen. There may be too many arrows to waste, but the supply of arrows is sufficient. Moreover, after the war, the arrows can also be recycled, and those with little loss can be used directly, and those with great loss can be recast. In this way, ten arrows are better than five arrows used on the battlefield. ”

After hearing this, Ma Jun's expression was clear, and he nodded: "I see, fortunately, the lord reminded me, otherwise it will be changed to a five-arrow crossbow." Although the arrows are less lost and not wasted, it is too difficult to make, and I am afraid that the crossbow will be abandoned because of the trouble of making arrows in less than a few decades. On the contrary, the crossbow arrows drawn by the lord in this picture are easy to make and can be used. ”

Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "Deheng only missed the arsenic without the danger of the battlefield, but the large repeater and the large repeater car general couldn't think of it." Ma Jun smiled and said: "In this case, this crossbow is made by the lord, please give it a name."

Zhang Xiu heard it and thought secretly: "If you call Zhuge Repeater again, it's not very reasonable, so let's use another name for him." After thinking about it, Zhang Xiu said: "This crossbow is named Yuan Rong." ”

Ma Jun heard the praise: "Yuan Rong crossbow." Good name. These ten texts are Yuanrong crossbows, fifty arrows are Yuanrong crossbows, and one hundred and eighty arrows are Yuanrong crossbows, indeed

Zhang Xiu suddenly thought of something and asked, "Deheng, if the repeater car is transformed into the Yuanrong repeater car, will it take longer?" ”

Ma Jun shook his head and said, "I don't know about this yet, and I can't tell the lord until I build the first one."

Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "Yes." This matter is not urgent, and there will be no husband war this year, and Deheng can be made slowly. As for the big crossbow, add 2,000 Yuan Rong crossbows, which is a field weapon, and the ordinary ten Yuan Rong crossbows will be made five thousand pairs first, and then continue to build, and it is best that the major cities and the defenders of the dangerous passes are equipped with a ten Yuan Rong crossbow army. ”

Ma Jun heard this, made a silent calculation, and said: "It will take at least a year and a half to add two thousand Yuan Rong crossbows with one thousand craftsmen, and as for three thousand pairs of ten Yuan Rong crossbows, it should be possible to build them in half a year with five hundred craftsmen."

Zhang Xiu nodded and said, "Okay, I will allocate three thousand craftsmen." Deheng was responsible for making all kinds of crossbows, and as for providing wood and iron, he would have ordered Yan Pu to deal with them, and the flying hooks and other things were handed over to the cities to manufacture, and Deheng could supervise them. ”

After hearing this, Ma Jun arched his hand and said, "No! ”

Ma Jun's task of building mechanical equipment this time is actually very heavy. However, Ma Jun is honest, and Zhang Xiu has the grace of knowing him, so although the task of building machinery and equipment this time is heavy, Ma Jun also gritted his teeth and took it.

After Zhang Xiu and Ma Jun finalized the matter of the organs, they turned their heads and asked Fa Zhengdao: "Filial piety is so urgent, there should be something else to do."

Fa Zheng nodded and said, "That's good." Lord. Today, Chang'an, Luoyang, and Wancheng have regained their status as the centers of the Han Dynasty, and merchants from all over the world are converging in these three cities. Wancheng has been expanded by the lord for several years, it is no less than Luoyang of the year, and now the rebuilt Luoyang is more than Wancheng, and the design of the square city is even more wonderful. On the contrary, Chang'an City has been declining since Guangwu. After the rebellion of Dong Zhuo and Li Xuan, Guo Ji and Fan Chou, the city defense became even more unbearable, so Zhang Xian had an army of 10,000 on that day before he could hold Chang'an City and was broken by the Xiliang army. And now the lord's fat cavalry general's mansion is in Chang'an City, and he thinks that it is urgent to strengthen Chang'an City. ”

Fa Zheng finished speaking. Yang Zhuo also said loudly: "Chang'an is broken, it is indeed time to reinforce, and Jia Xu and Ma Jun next to him also nodded.

Zhang Xiu heard it and said: "What Xiaozhi said is reasonable, but this matter should also listen to Yuan Chang's meaning."

Fa Zheng smiled slightly and said, "Yuan Chang is helping the lord find the drawings of the rest of the big cities for the lord's reference

Zhang Xiu heard this, and suddenly said: "I see, and when Yuan Chang arrives, we will discuss it together, and everyone will nod their heads together."

I waited for about half an hour. Zhong Yan and Yan Pu came to the mansion of the general with a large pile of drawings and cloths, and Fa Zheng and the others hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Zhong Wei and Yan Pu put down the drawings and cloth, and saluted Zhang Xiu in unison: "I have seen the lord in the garden

Zhang Xiu smiled: "No need to be polite, you have all worked hard." Sit down

After everyone sat down again, Zhang Xiu asked, "Yuan Chang thinks that how about strengthening Chang'an City?"

Zhong Harrier said: "Today's Wancheng and Luoyang are larger than Chang'an, and even the newly built Zhengcheng in Hanzhong and South is also the same, so I think that Chang'an City should not only be strengthened, but also expanded. If Chang'an City is too worthy of the location of the Fat Cavalry General's Mansion. ”

Everyone listened and nodded their heads. This Zhong garlic said: "The main public built Wancheng first adopted the design of the Sifang City, the Han Dynasty city is not a regular Sifang City, when Yuan Shu's army came to Wancheng, the design of the Sifang City made the defense of Wancheng greatly increased, so it is not thought that the expansion of Chang'an City should also apply the design of the Sifang City

Fa Zheng heard this, nodded and said: "Yes, now Chang'an City has Changle Palace and Weiyang Palace after all. It cannot be demolished. Therefore, it is thought that the current Chang'an City should be used as the inner city, and the city wall should be changed to a square city wall, and then expanded outward. ”

Zhong Chai heard it, nodded and said: "What Xiaozhi said is reasonable, I don't think that now that Chang'an is full of merchants, he can dig the river and lead Weishui into Chang'an." So that merchants can go straight out of Weishui from Chang'an, and then enter the Yellow River. To Hedong and Luoyang, there is no need to cross the Yellow River by land, so the transportation is also much more convenient

In ancient times, there were not many means of transportation, and land transportation was carried out by livestock or manpower, which was not large. And the largest volume is water transportation. Since the Tang Dynasty, China has become more prosperous, in fact, it is greatly related to the opening of the Grand Canal by Emperor Lindi of Sui. Now Zhong Harrier proposed to excavate the east of the river in Chang'an and divert Weishui into Chang'an. It makes it possible to take the waterway from Chang'an directly to Hedong, Henan, and Hanoi, which is indeed convenient for trade.

Zhang Wei naturally knew the importance of the waterway in ancient times, and immediately nodded and said, "What Yuan Chang said is reasonable. Don't know how many rivers to open up? ”

Zhong Chai picked up a piece of cloth and said to Zhang Xiu: "This is the layout of Wucheng, the seat of Wu County, Yangzhou. The lord also saw that the water network of this city was dense throughout the city, so that the city was breached, and it was not easy to completely occupy Chengcheng. However, Wucheng is north of the Yangtze River, which can make this pattern. Although the amount of Weishui is not as large as that of the Yangtze River, it is not impossible to excavate four to six rivers to introduce them into Chang'an City. ”

Zhang Xiu looked at the layout of Wu Cheng. Said: "What Yuan Chang said is reasonable, digging rivers in the city, two in the east and west, and surrounded by moats outside the city. The rivers are connected to communicate, and the introduction of Weishui living water from the northwest into the river can greatly strengthen the defense of Chang'an City

Zhong Wei heard it and praised: "What the lord said is very true, Weishui is in the north, and leading Weishui as a moat can greatly strengthen the defense of Chang'an, and the living water moat, if the enemy attacks it, it is difficult to fill it, so Chang'an City can be described as solid."

At this time, Jia Xu suddenly interjected: "Excavating the moat can indeed strengthen Chang'an's ability to defend the city, but it is beneficial for Chang'an to lead Weishui into it." There are also disadvantages, if there is an enemy army attacking the city, only need to build a dam in the upper reaches of Weishui, and then break Weishui, Chang'an City water network is called water, so Chang'an is dangerous

Everyone heard Jia Xu's words and was silent together, but at this time, Yang Zhuo said: "Jia Changshi's words are wrong, Guanzhong is a plain, and Chang'an is in the west of the Guanzhong Plain. If there is no river channel with Weishui, if you want to break Weishui and irrigate Chang'an, the first amount of water must be large enough to flood the entire west of the Guanzhong Plain, and then irrigate Chang'an, with the amount of Weishui water, I am afraid that it can't. In this way, it can be shown that it is too difficult to attack Chang'an with water, if the water network in Chang'an communicates with Weishui, the difficulty of water attack may be reduced, and the water can enter Chang'an directly along the river, but this method may not be unsolvable. After speaking, Yang Zhuo chuckled at the corner of his mouth. If you want to know what will happen next, please log in to ......... More chapters, support the author, support genuine reading! Gangze old mouth yang...... The body clam of the fishing book is not concave!