It can be said that Yan Yan can't really be afraid at all.

Because no matter how she lives her life, she is only a weak woman, and she is a woman who grew up in a peaceful environment, how can she know what to arrange for troops?

Even the little science knowledge she learned in high school was basically returned to her teacher, so it was unlikely that she would want to figure out some advanced weapons to help this war.

In fact, if Yan Peng's disappearance hadn't stimulated her, she wouldn't have thought about it so much, her original wish was to do what she could, such as planting cotton and yasam, and then donating some food and grass to this war, or finding a few masters to study gunpowder or something, otherwise, she had never thought about it before.

But now the cruel reality is approaching her, the Great Zhou lost three cities, and the people's hearts quickly panicked, and if it continues like this, the other party will soon approach the Yellow River, and the tragedy of the Northern Song Dynasty will be repeated in the Great Zhou.

But what could she do?

"Your Majesty, I heard that someone mentioned a trebuchet in the previous war book, that is a sharp weapon for siege of the city, do we have it in Da Zhou?" Yan Yan asked.

Regarding trebuchets, the original owner has indeed seen one or two in ancient books, but the original owner has never been interested in this kind of instrumental things, so he only glanced at it twice.

However, Yan Yan has watched a TV series, it seems that the Qing Dynasty used a red-clothed cannon when attacking the Ming Dynasty, and Yan Yan also saw that kind of rusty cannon when she visited the city wall of Shanhaiguan in her previous life, but unfortunately, she only remembered a general shape, where would she have thought that she would use it one day.

Yan Yan couldn't make a cannon for a while, but she had gunpowder, so she thought of a trebuchet, although the trebuchet couldn't hit the distance of the cannon, but it should be no problem to send an explosive that ignited the fuse to the city wall, right?

Also, it is not necessary that there are really any smart people in this era who have gone from trebuchets to artillery.

"Naturally, there is not much use, mainly because the trebuchet is too cumbersome, and it takes a lot of people, and a trebuchet usually requires more than 200 people to operate, which is time-consuming and laborious, and is generally used in cities that cannot be attacked for a long time." Li Cong's eyes lit up for a moment, and soon darkened again.

Although the Great Zhou has trebuchets, it is indeed rarely used, because most of the Great Zhou to deal with the Khitan, Western Xia, Gaochang and other Beiyi countries, most of these countries are cavalry to win, the characteristics of cavalry is fast and accurate, and when you have one or two hundred people fiddling with a trebuchet, maybe the other party's cavalry will come with swords.

Therefore, the application of trebuchets is really not particularly wide.

"Your Majesty, if the stone is not good, we can switch to gunpowder, we will send gunpowder or burning rockets to the other party's city gate or city wall with trebuchet, and the power of gunpowder explosion must be much greater than that of stone. Also, the trebuchet you said is bulky, you can ask the craftsmen to try to improve it, and see if you can make a simple and lightweight trebuchet. Yan Yan proposed.

It's just that in this way, the number of dead and injured on the other side must be quite a lot.

But the war was originally cruel, and in order to avoid greater casualties, only one could be ruthless, and it was best to force the Tanguts back.

Yan Yan's proposal made Li Cong's eyes light up, and soon he ordered someone to call the officials of the Ministry of Industry, and Yan Yan hurriedly retreated when he saw this.

Coming out of the south study, Yan Yan came to Cining Palace, Cining Palace was silent, when Yan Yan arrived, the queen and the princess and other concubines were standing in the main hall, seeing Yan Yan, the queen and the princess stepped forward, saying that the imperial doctor was in it to consult the queen mother, and when she learned that Yan Yan came from the south study, the queen wanted to ask something, but when she saw that the room was full of people, she swallowed the words back.

It was the one named Concubine Chen who heard Yan Yan come from the south study to look at her, although she didn't say anything, Yan Yan felt her hostility.

What's going on, why is she still hostile to her?

When I was checking, I saw Aunt Rong send two imperial doctors out, and when she saw Yan Yan, Aunt Rong seemed a little surprised, nodded slightly, and soon went into the house again, and after a while, Aunt Rong came out and invited Yan Yan in.

When Yan Yan entered the door, the Queen Mother was lying on the kang, her eyes were open, and there were tears in the corners of her eyes.

Seeing this, Yan Yan hurriedly took a few steps forward, took out his handkerchief and wiped her tears for her, "Back to the Queen Mother, I just came from the emperor's side, the emperor said that he had sent someone to find my second uncle, my second uncle should be injured and rescued somewhere to hide to recuperate, and please ask the Queen Mother to think more leniently, and it is not terrible to lose these three cities, we will find another chance to take it back, my father can take it back then, and he will definitely be able to do it in the future." ”

"Child, you said it simply, I, I, your grandmother is just such two sons, if they are all gone, I, how will I see her in the future... The Queen Mother's tears spurted out again.

"Grandmother, don't say this, if someone outside hears it, it's not good for the royal family, as long as there is a war, there will definitely be casualties, this is an eternal truth. Not to mention, the glory of the Yan family today is due to the ancestors of the Yan family. Therefore, whether it is my father or my second uncle, their mission is to guard the territory and people of the Great Zhou, this is their duty, they can't just think about enjoying the glory brought to them by the title of Marquis of Dingnan without taking on the responsibility of Marquis of Dingnan, this is a sentence that my grandmother often said when she was alive. Therefore, I also asked the Queen Mother to be relieved, take a step back and say, even if my second uncle unfortunately died on the battlefield, my grandmother will never blame the Queen Mother, and I can only blame my second uncle for not being proficient in learning and failing to share the emperor's worries... Yan Yan persuaded softly.

"It's still the lord of Baihui who can speak, but that's not what it means, and ask the old lady to want to open some, in case something happens to the Hou Ye, you have to take care of the Yan family more for the old lady Yan." Aunt Rong said with tears in her eyes.

"I, my body, my age... When the Queen Mother said this, she stretched out her hand to Yan Yan.

Yan Yan hurriedly stretched out his hand and held the other party's hand, "Don't worry, the Queen Mother, the Yan family is my maiden family, and I was brought up by my grandmother, I will never look at the Yan family, I will definitely do my best to help Ah Zhangli stand up." ”

"Okay, okay, I'm relieved to have your words." The Queen Mother seemed a little tired after saying this, and let go of Yan Yan's hand.

Yan Yan saw that the corners of her mouth were a little purple, as if she had a bad heart, and knew that she couldn't be stimulated at this time, so she discussed with Aunt Rong and dismissed the people outside, and Yan Yan told Aunt Rong to say a few words and leave with the queen and the princess, leaving the two imperial doctors waiting.