If there are hundreds of secret stones lined up under the city, firing more than ten catties and more than twenty catties of big stones at the same time, it is indeed unstoppable. At present, there are more than a hundred stone machines in Xiaweihe, which is enough to deter any city.

The second is the Flying Crossbow. Those who are swordsmen shoot with ropes tied to arrows. At ordinary times, the arrow cannot be retracted, and there is no turning back arrow from the so-called open bow. Sleeve arrows, short arrows are OK, if it is a long arrow made by Seiko, it is a pity that it cannot be recovered, only the good wood arrow shaft, the fine copper arrow is very rare. Later, clever barracks craftsmen made a long arrow with a rope, and if it was missed, it could be retracted and reused. This kind of rope flying arrow is called "Yi".

During the Yin Shang period, Yi was only a weapon for hunting and shooting birds. Later, the skilled craftsmen gradually made the "Yi" into a kind of machine-fired arrow, the firing frame was fixed to the ground, and dozens of people pushed the winch to fill the bowstring, which could shoot a huge arrow with a length of one zhang, and the enemy's castle tower, iron armor, building turret, shield, barrier, etc., could be pierced with one arrow. What's even more wonderful is that the tail of this labor-intensive and costly arrow is equipped with a rope, and if it misses, there is a roller winch to drag it back for reuse.

The crossbow is the revolution of the bow and arrow. The bow and arrow purely rely on the strength of the human arm to shoot the arrow, and it is necessary to aim while pulling the bow strongly, if the bow is delayed for too long, it will be difficult for manpower to support it. "The Book of Shooting" records: nine catties and four taels are a "force", ten "forces" are one stone, and the strongest marksman can open a ten-stone hard bow and shoot to nearly 200 steps.

However, with the strength of a person's arm, it is not possible to lead the bow for a long time without firing, the aiming time is very short, and the long arrow is shot fifty or sixty paces away, and it is difficult to have an accurate head. In actual combat, this kind of arm-strength bow and arrow can only shoot people and horses at close range, but cannot cause damage to city walls, iron armor and shields.

The crossbow is different. The crossbow is a large bow equipped with a time-delay mechanism, relying on the greater strength of the feet, waist and knees to open the bow, and the machine-fired crossbow is a collection of dozens of people, and the power of hundreds of people is wound with a winch; After winding, there is a fixed mechanism to fasten the arrow to the string, and then calmly aim and fire a salvo at the same time. In this way, the sharp and sharp arrows should be born at the right time, and the fighting power is intensive.

There are many records in the classics of the art of war, and the power of strong crossbows and arrows is amazing. "Arrows are like the spokes of a chariot, and arrows are like great axes, shooting five hundred paces." A huge arrow a foot long, with a shaft like the spokes of a thick wheel, at least thicker than an ordinary man's arm, and an arrow like a huge battle axe. Such a weapon that is longer and sharper than a warrior's spear, roaring with the power of ten thousand jun, what can't be destroyed?

Large, machine-shot crossbows were more cumbersome, so there were infantry crossbows that could be operated by individual soldiers. Light soldiers rush or ambush operations, mostly using individual crossbows. It is divided into two types: one is to use the arm to open the bow, which is called the arm crossbow; The other is to open the bow with your foot, which is called a stretching crossbow. The weight of the arm open crossbow is limited, and it is not as powerful as the kicking crossbow, so the individual strong crossbow has gradually become dominated by the kicking crossbow.

The last nearly 1,000 barrels of fierce fire oil is what later generations call oil. This kind of thing that can be burned violently is mainly produced in the plateau area of the Hexi Plateau, and it was not more useful at that time, except that the locals used it to burn the fire and cook rice, that is, the military camp took it to put it in barrels and sealed, and one set up fire for a picnic when marching and camping on a rainy day, and more importantly, it was used to make fire attack things.

However, there was a siege battle, throwing thousands of wooden sticks that penetrated the fierce fire oil, shooting thousands of rockets that burned urgently, and pounced on the city's head, city gates, suspension bridges, trenches and other key places, igniting a fire all over the sky, worthy of thousands of troops and horses.

The news of Zhao Bohu's imminent resignation came out, and Rong Yi's work was even more like a thunderbolt. As soon as Wei He returned to Chengcheng on Wednesday and Friday, a team of ox carts brought nearly 1,000 barrels of fierce fire oil stored in the Luoyi Mansion Treasury in the starry night. For the First World War, it was barely enough.

These large-scale sharp weapons were the first concentrated drills in the Wang Division, and the soldiers were extremely excited, lest they would not be able to master the skills and be eliminated on the spot, so they did not eat, drink or sleep and kept the big school field for repeated drills. Qiang Xing, the commander of the infantry, patrolled the camp back and forth, his voice was hoarse, and his eyes were red and swollen.

Wei He was in a hurry, and strictly ordered all the soldiers to perform in accordance with the unified order of the unified time, and those who violated the order were immediately dismissed. This stopped the endless crazy *** performance of the infantry soldiers.

At the end of summer and May, everyone was skilled and proficient, and none of the soldiers were eliminated due to equipment.

The scene of the camp in full swing in Chengzhou had already transmitted the news back to Echeng through various fast horse scouts, and Ekun was anxious. Wang Shi is fierce this time, and he is about to come violently, and he is clearly coming to destroy the country. can

It is a huge Hubei country, a towering temple, and it seems that he is the only one who is worried about the country.

The common people in the country who suffered from the collapse of the orchid madder and had nothing to eat, all those who could move fled in all directions, and there were countless displaced people. Large and small cities, the countryside is already empty. If you can't walk, you can only hide in caves and grottoes, and barely survive by fishing and hunting. Worrying about food all day long, where can you care about the country not being destroyed?

And what are the courtiers doing? Since the Yi clan entered Chu and Qin, they were only worried that the sons of the E clan would take the opportunity to peep into the position of the heir of the family, and only kept their eyes on themselves and the Pomfret all day long. That Huaiqing jumped up and down in the court, forming gangs, for fear that if he had a good eye, he or the pomfret would become a party of his own in the court.

So what is the father doing? Since the defeat of Luochuan, the state of the Eyu side can be described in four words - a slump.

After retrieving a life from the Utar, Eyufang's depressed aging was obvious, and he assigned state affairs one by one, the military affairs were handed over to the eldest son Ekun, the government affairs were assigned to the eldest brother-in-law Huaiqing, and the foreign affairs were taken care of by his cousin Eyun. He stayed in the harem every day to drink and play music, and the whole person clearly revealed a kind of helplessness in the twilight period in the decadence.

After that, every time he met E Kun to report on state affairs, E Yufang either leaned on the couch and took a nap, or sat on the top of the hunting ground and watched the soldiers chase the beasts. In other words, since the defeat of Luochuan, E Yufang has changed from a middle-aged monarch who is proud of the world and has great ambitions to a dying old man.

At the moment of life and death, E Kun could only enter the palace again to report the bad news transmitted back by Cheng Zhou, and finally said in frustration: "Now that the danger of the country is imminent, I can only ask my father to decide the national policy."

E Yufang was leaning on the couch, with a long stream of saliva flowing from the corner of his mouth and was drowsy, and he vaguely heard a "Father...... Decisive ......", suddenly trembled, and stopped the snoring: "Has the royal master entered Echeng?"

"Not yet, it's just coming." E Kun paused: "The 100,000 of the Eighth Division of Chengzhou are ready to go, and they may go south at any time. Dare to ask my father, why can you stop it?"