"My mother, fortunately, was chosen as a general and a short soldier, if I had replaced us with the day to attack the city, I am afraid that she would have died a long time ago."

"That's right, thanks to the blessing of the hundred generals, otherwise we would have been corpses."

In the tent, Black Buttocks, Xiaobai and others had palpitations, and even the Western Beggar who was eager to make meritorious contributions also echoed him.

When they besieged the capital of Yan State before, as wounded soldiers, they repaired in the rear for a month before escorting the captives to Wuyang, and they did not see the most tragic siege scene in the early stage, so they only heard that the siege was miserable, but they didn't expect it to be so miserable.

They followed the general to stand on the high hill during the day, overlooking the siege of Jicheng in the distance.

The corpses and limbs all over the ground, the blood-stained red city wall, looked dazzling and seeping from a distance.

Ant-attached tactics.

Countless Qin soldiers were like ants, pushing siege equipment, holding blades, and climbing along ladders to the city wall.

They were swept down one by one, and the arrows rolled into the sky like a shower of locusts, falling with screams, and the scene was very terrifying.

Listening to everyone's words, Zhao Tuo also frowned, and while he was grateful to Li Xin in his heart, he couldn't help but guess: "How long will it take to win Jicheng with such a play?" ”

Jicheng.

Although the geographical location of this northern capital with a history of thousands of years is not as dangerous as that of Wuyang, the lower capital, since it was captured by the Qi people during the reign of King Yan, the subsequent generations of King Yan have learned a lesson and kept strengthening the city walls and building defensive facilities.

As a result, today's Jicheng city wall is tall and thick, and it is extremely strong, like a turtle shell, which is difficult to quickly capture with the siege technology of this era.

The strategy implemented by Wang Jian in Wuyang, the lower capital, is also difficult to have an effect in Jicheng.

Here, it is the nest of Yan Kingdom.

Not only are the King of Yan and the crown prince in the city, but there are also countless nobles of the Yan Kingdom who have a long heritage, who have been loyal to the King of Yan for generations, and also enjoy the rights and glory given by the Yan Kingdom.

If the Yan Kingdom is destroyed, these old nobles, as ministers of the fallen country, will have their status plummeting even if they do not die. Therefore, until the last moment, the aristocratic class of the Yan Kingdom will never surrender.

As for the ordinary people, under the propaganda of Prince Dan, they have long been afraid and hated of the Qin army. In addition, the Yandi boy has a fierce personality and is full of blood, and he will not have the heart to surrender.

The time, the place, the people.

The Qin army took less than half of the advantage.

If you want to destroy a big country that has been inherited for 800 years, how can it be so easy, with a knife and a gun, there is no room for the slightest falsehood.

"If you let me come, this Jicheng will be just around the corner."

Zhao Tuo is very unwilling, he comes from later generations and has a lot of insight beyond this era.

Facing this Thistle City, if nothing else, as long as he can make a counterweight trebuchet, the time to break the city will definitely be much earlier.

The so-called counterweight trebuchet, which is often called the return cannon in later generations, is a siege weapon invented by craftsmen in the Western Regions 1,500 years later, and after being used by the Mongol army, it is powerful all over the world.

The trebuchet of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period could only throw more than ten catties of stones, although it could kill and injure soldiers, but the damage to the city wall was limited.

The counterweight trebuchet can throw more than 150 catties of boulders, and its power is earth-shattering.

The Mongol army besieged Xiangyang for five years and did not fight.

So let the craftsman make a counterweight trebuchet and place it outside the city, at that moment "the machine fired, the sound shook the heavens and the earth, and all the blows were destroyed, and it fell into the ground seven feet." ”

The terrifying power frightened the defenders of Xiangyang City to surrender directly.

This siege weapon is amazingly powerful, and the production principle is not complicated, as long as Zhao Tuo points out the direction, it can be completely made with the productivity level of the Qin Dynasty.

Bombarding the cities of the Warring States with a giant cannon 1,500 years later, even if it does not break the city immediately, will scare the Yan people in the city into trembling and losing the will to resist.

Under ideal circumstances, the Qin army would have access to siege weapons, reduce casualties among soldiers, and quickly destroy the Yan state. Zhao Tuo can also rely on the credit for inventing this thing, and it should be no problem to upgrade the title.

Win-win!

But alas.

Zhao Tuo didn't dare to say it, let alone invent and create indiscriminately in this era.

"The rigid Qin people, this rigid system has discouraged the enthusiasm of invention and creation!"

Zhao Tuo gritted his teeth, very unwilling in his heart.

When he first entered the Qin State, he thought that he would be knighted for meritorious service by virtue of his invention and creation. In that way, you don't have to fight on the battlefield, and you can also get promoted and make a fortune all the way, isn't it beautiful?

However, reality gave him a slap in the face.

What could be achieved in other dynasties was difficult to achieve under the system of the Qin state.

Because the Qin State has strict household registration restrictions!

Soldiers, Hundred Workers, Merchant, Traveler......

The state of Qin divided the household registration of the common people, and stipulated that those who belonged to which household registration could only do the corresponding things, and must not exceed their duties.

The soldiers could only farm at home and fight on the battlefield, making all kinds of tools and blades, and the merchants were responsible for business......

According to the logic of the Legalists, this is the so-called chicken night, the cat and the mouse, each showing its ability.

If the soldiers went to make agricultural tools, the merchants farmed and fought, and the workers engaged in business, wouldn't the whole social order be chaotic?

Therefore, the Qin Law stipulates that if you do something other than household registration, you will be severely punished.

Even if what you invented is indeed useful, but it has given a bad start to the society of the Qin State, if the people at the bottom compete to follow suit, then it will be fine.

Therefore, Zhao Tuo, who is from Shiwu, dares to invent and create indiscriminately, such as making something to step on, make paper, and so on.

Not to mention whether he can get a knighthood and monetary rewards, I'm afraid he won't even be able to keep his own title.

"It's a pity that I don't have a relative who is a native of a hundred workers, otherwise I could have invented a lot of things with his hands."

Zhao Tuo felt sorry in his heart.

In fact, the counterweight trebuchet is such a thing, and the invention of hundreds of crafts naturally belongs to the matter.

But it is also a weapon of war, which seems to be plausible to be made by the soldiers who specialize in farming and fighting.

After all, the purpose of inventing this thing is to break the city, and one of my generals in the army is worried about the war and makes a useful siege weapon, which shouldn't be considered overstepping his duties, right?

But Zhao Tuo still didn't dare.

Because in addition to household registration restrictions, Qin's military law is also very strict.

The so-called "death to those who overstep the score".

If anyone in the army dares to go beyond the level and ask for instructions, he will be directly executed.

Zhao Tuo could not give direct advice to Li Xin and Wang Qian, otherwise he would be beheaded for public display.

If he wanted to make a counterweight trebuchet, he had to ask his superiors for instructions first. Then the 500 lords asked the 2500 lords for instructions, and after reporting layer by layer, they could reach the ears of Li Xin and Wang Qian.

But Zhao Tuo's superior, Su Jiao, the five hundred masters, had only warned him not long after.

"If I find out that you have other thoughts, I will punish you."

Zhao Tuo smiled bitterly and regained what the horn had said at the beginning.

Is this invention of a siege weapon a "different mind"?

Su Jiao didn't like Zhao Tuo, if he didn't wait for Zhao Tuo to finish speaking, he would be directly punished for the crime of transgression, it would be miserable.