… Bian Zhang Xiugang changed clothes Zongbi Xiaoxiao hurriedly came to Zhang Xiu's house, gathering the world! , "Report to Da Sima, outside" Three dirt mountains appeared outside overnight. The enemy's archers are all over the dirt mountain, and now the enemy army is still building the mountain in front of the earth mountain, depending on the situation, I am afraid that he wants to build the earth from a distance in front of our army's camp, please make a decision. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu frowned, quickly put on his armor, and then ordered: "Summon the two gentlemen, as well as the generals, and go out of the camp to watch with the general." ”

The little colonel answered, and immediately went out to give the order. Soon, Jia Xu, Fa Zheng, the two major strategists, as well as Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Xu Huang and other generals all arrived, and even the injured Huang Zhong also came to standby.

Zhang Xiu led the generals to the front of the camp, looked from afar, and saw that no less than 20,000 Xiliang troops were constantly digging earth to build mountains, and the first earthen mountains were already full of archers.

Zhang Xiu and everyone looked at each other and then returned to the big tent, Xu Huang said first: "Lord, if you let the Xiliang army build the earth mountain. I am afraid that he will really build the earth mountain in front of the camp, and then he will be condescending and shoot his bow and arrow into the camp. I'm afraid that our soldiers won't be able to get out of the account, if their army comes to attack. I'm afraid that we will suffer heavy losses, and then our army will have to retreat. ”

After hearing this, Zhao Yun said: "My lord, what Gongming said is reasonable, if you let Lei Qi and Pangulux go to destroy the Tushan, with the armor of Lei Qi and Pangulis, the power of the bow and arrow is not enough to penetrate the armor." ”

When Fa Zheng heard this, he shook his head and said, "You can't send troops." Lei Qi and Pangulis can Ma Teng and Han Sui also knew that since they had come up with this strategy, they had their own ways to prevent our army from destroying Tushan. Just thinking that he would ambush the army behind the dirt mountain, if Lei Cai and Pangulis went forward, he was afraid that he would be ambushed by the enemy. ”

When the generals heard Fa Zheng's words, they were all silent, and after thinking about it, they all felt that what Fa Zheng said was reasonable.

When everyone was worried, Zhang Xiu, who was on the main seat, laughed and said: "It is just futile to build the earth mountain, and let him build it." ”

When Tai Shici heard this, he was puzzled: "Could it be that the lord has a good plan to break the enemy?" ”

Zhang Xiu smiled and didn't answer, but asked: "Based on Ziyi's calculation, when can the earth mountain be built before the camp?" ”

Tai Shi Ci calculated for a moment and replied, "It will take twenty days at the earliest." ”

Zhang Xiu heard it and said with a smile: "Twenty days." That's enough. When Dezi led the troops and Deheng and a thousand craftsmen to return, it only took ten days, and the general would have a method of breaking the earth mountain, which could make the Xiliang army spend half a month. ”

As soon as Zhang Xiu's words came out, all the generals were puzzled, but Fa Zheng was thoughtful, and Jia Xu was silent with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Let's say that on the side of Wancheng in Nanyang County, Zhang Liao, Zhong Xuan, Ma Jun, and Li Yan are all discussing in the Taishou Mansion.

I only heard Zhong Ra say: "Wenyuan, your army can be trained properly, Chang'an has been lost, and the lord is at a disadvantage compared with the combined forces of Ma Teng and Han Sui." Now that the battle situation is stalemate, if Wen Yuan's reinforcements are available, they can add help to the lord. ”

Zhang Liao nodded and said, "The fifty-five thousand cavalry has completed the whole city, and the Bai Bo Surrender is also available." The lord's order has arrived, and the 30,000 cavalry have been ready, but the lord's order is to escort the winter clothes with Deheng and a thousand craftsmen at the same time, so Liao came to see the two gentlemen. ”

Zhong Xuan heard it and said: "I have already prepared 30,000 collars for the winter coat fall, and I can only prepare so much in a short time." Bohou was transferred to the rank of lieutenant of Sili. The general manager is under the affairs of each county, and Shangyong County is also included in Nanyang County by the lord, and it is necessary to take over the government affairs of the original Shangyong County, so the preparation of winter clothes has been put in charge of the Zhengfang.

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Zhang Liao heard it and said: "In this way, I can only send these 30,000 winter clothes to Chang'an first, thinking that the lord will use it, but at this time, the summer has just passed." The winter clothes are not in a hurry, but the Zhengfang also needs to prepare the winter clothes as soon as possible, and Liao thought that this time he would fight with Ma Teng and Han Sui. It can be finished in a short time. ”

Li Yan said, "General Zhang rest assured, Yan will definitely get this matter done." ”

Zhang Liao asked Ma Jundao again at this time: "How is Deheng'er preparing?" ”

Ma Jun said with a smile: "Jun and a thousand craftsmen can come out at any time." ”

Zhong guessed this time and said: "Wenyuan is also going to Chang'an?" You must know that Nanyang is the foundation of the lord, and once Wen Yuan leaves, there will be no general to guard it, just afraid"

Before Zhong Xuan finished speaking, Zhang Liao shook his head and said with a smile: "No, this time, Zi Zheng transported the corpses of Zhang Xian and Lei Xu back to Wancheng, and then led 30,000 troops and winter clothes to Chang'an with Deheng and 1,000 craftsmen, and Liao still stayed in Wancheng." ”

Zhong Jian listened, nodded and smiled: "That's fine." ”

When they had finished deliberating, they dispersed. Zhang Xiu fought on the front line. They were no more idle than Zhang Xiu in the rear.

Two days later, Huang Xu transported the bodies of Zhang Xian and Lei Xu back to Wancheng, and threw all the miscellaneous matters such as dealing with the aftermath of the two and comforting their families to Zhong Chai later. Huang Xu took Zhang Xiu's order to see Zhang Liao.

After Zhang Liao received the order, he ordered the deputy general to reorganize the army, and then grabbed Huang Xu and asked; "Zi Zheng. What happened to Chang'an? ”

Huang Xu sighed and said:

Good o when the day is out of the battle point. General Zhou beheaded two generals in a row. Da Sima waved a thousand talents. There was a small victory, but on the second day, the thieves used a poisonous plan and shot General Lei Xu to death with an arrow, and his father was also wounded by an arrow, and the morale of the army was damaged. Although they fought with the Xiliang army for the next ten days, they were only small fights, and the battle was still stalemate. As for the situation of the fighting in the next few days after Syria, it is not yet known. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Liao thought about it, frowned and said: "Chang'an fell, and Han Sui made a plan to suppress the morale of the army when the morale of the lord's army was like a rainbow. As a result, the army could not break its army in one go. I'm afraid that there are high-ranking people in the Xiliang army. ”

Huang Xu heard it, nodded and said, "What the general said is very true, and the two gentlemen have also talked about it. After speaking, he patted his head, and then took out two letters from his arms: "I almost forgot about it." There are two epistles to this. It was given to the general and Zhong Taishou by the lord. ”

Zhang Liao took his letter, opened it and read it, and said, "It seems that the lord is really ready to go down with the Xiliang army." ”

Huang Xuqi said: "What do you mean by the general's words? ”

Zhang Liao raised his hand: "The lord's letter is to ask Liao to transfer troops to various parts of the division." And cooperate with the construction of the division and other matters, if the Liao is not bad, the lord should be prepared to build the division at the same time, and fight with the army of Ma Teng and Han Sui, so as to resist the enemy outside the door, so that the division and Nanyang and Hanzhong can be at ease. ”

Uncle Huang heard it and said, "I see. While the two were talking, the deputy general could report that the army could come out at any time. Huang Xu said goodbye to Zhang Liao, and then led 30,000 freshly finished cavalry to escort 30,000 winter clothes and 1,000 craftsmen to Chang'an.

A few days later, he arrived at the Qingni Pass, Huang Xu put his winter clothes at the Qingni Pass, and let a thousand craftsmen live at the Qingni Pass, and he led 30,000 troops and horses to the front line to meet Zhang Xiu.

When Huang Xu, Ma Jun and the 30,000 army arrived at the camp, Zhang Xiu had already met in the big tent. After Huang Xu arranged for the soldiers to live in the camp, Zhang Xiu left Ma Jun alone in the tent.

Ma Jun saw that there were only Zhang Xiu, Jia Xu, and Fa Zheng in the tent, and knew that there must be something important to discuss, so he first saluted Zhang Xiu and waited for Zhang Xiu to inquire.

When Zhang Xiu saw it, he smiled and said, "Deheng doesn't have to be polite, and sit down first." After Ma Jun sat down and used the tea on the case, he said: "This time to summon Deheng and a thousand craftsmen is really to use the thing that Deheng transformed that day." ”

Ma Jun heard it, and said: "The thing that the lord said is not a thunderbolt?" ”

The so-called dancing thunderbolt is actually a stone-throwing machine, mounted on the card, bouncing stones, because the sound is like thunder, so it is called the thunderbolt. Zhang Xiu since he got Ma Jun, a craftsman, discussed with Ma Jun in his spare time, thinking that there were countless big cities in the future attack, if he only used the ladder to attack the city, he was afraid that he would lose tens of thousands of troops and could not break the city, so he thought of the large-scale siege equipment used in the war.

The stone throwing machine actually existed earlier than the pre-Qin period, but those stone throwing machines are too simple, and the power is not great, if you use those stone throwing machines to throw boulders to attack the city, you often only need to hang wet cowhide on the city. It can block boulders, that is, because the stone thrower is not powerful, so it is not commonly used in war.

But Zhang Xiu is a traverser after all, so he naturally knows the power of the stone thrower in later generations. Seeing that Ma Jun was such an expert in manufacturing, he immediately found a large number of books recording stone throwers from the collections of Dongguan and Lantai. Some of the well-preserved ones are even more patterned. Zhang Xiu once again felt that the Dongguan and Lantai collections were really priceless.

Referring to the records of ancient books, coupled with Zhang Xiu's knowledge of the stone thrower in later generations, he told Ma Jun all the knowledge of the stone thrower, and after more than nine months of study by Ma Jun, the stone thrower in the pre-Qin period was finally improved, which greatly increased the power of the stone thrower.

The years when you could hang wet cowhide to block the attack of the catapult are a thing of the past.

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Zhang Xiu heard this, nodded with a smile: "That's right, Fang Cai Deheng also saw that the Xiliang Army built ten mountains in front of our army's camp, and it has been eight days now, I'm afraid that after more than ten days, the earth mountain will be built before the camp." The only person who can break the earth and mountain is the thunderbolt car, and he will send 5,000 soldiers to collect wood, I wonder how long Deheng thinks it will take to build 20 thunderbolts? ”

Ma Jun made a silent calculation in his heart and said: "The south is Qinling, there is no shortage of wood, and the lord sent troops to collect wood. It takes 1,000 craftsmen to build a thunderbolt that can be completed in less than a month. ”

After Zhang Xiu heard this, he thought for a while and said, "If Deheng builds a thunderbolt car, it will be transported to the camp immediately." It would be better if we could build more, what does Deheng think?

Ma Jun could hear it. Nodding his head, he said, "That's fine." ”

Zhang Xiu was overjoyed and said: "In this way, Deheng will first go back to the Qingni Pass to prepare the pattern, assign tasks and 1,000 craftsmen, and let the emperor lead 5,000 soldiers to collect wood and stone for Deheng." ”

After hearing this, Ma Jun responded: "No." Then he turned around and went out. Ma Jun is a real person, and he immediately executes the order when he receives it, without any delay or ambiguity. To get the genius of Ma Jun, Zhang Xiu felt extremely lucky.