"Impossible!"

"Absolutely impossible!"

Zhao Ji didn't believe it at all, he pointed to the trebuchet next to him and shouted: "These stone machines shoot more than ten catties of stones, and dozens of people still need to be dragged before they can shoot out." You have a hundred-pound boulder, and less than a hundred people pull it, and you can still shoot it on the city wall of Jicheng? ”

"No way! Master, this person must have committed a stupid disease, don't talk to him much, just report to the general. ”

"You are a thief who has committed a stupid disease, and my family will say that you don't want a hundred, so you don't want a hundred. If you can't do it, it doesn't mean that my family can't do it. ”

Although the black buttocks didn't quite believe Zhao Tuo's words, now was not the time to care about these, and he must not admit defeat in a fight, so he scolded back on the spot.

Lu Jun was also stunned by Zhao Tuo's words, and he didn't care about the disciple who was fighting with the black buttocks.

stared at Zhao Tuo suspiciously.

Lu Jun asked in surprise: "Dare to ask General Zhao Bai." Are you sure you don't need a hundred people to launch a hundred-pound boulder? Where does the power to throw boulders come from? And how many steps can such a device shoot a boulder? ”

Zhao Tuo didn't hold it up this time, picked up a smaller number, and said, "Two hundred steps should be there." ”

"Hiss......"

This time it was Lu Jun's turn to change his face and exclaimed, "Two hundred steps!" This...... How can this be done! ”

You must know that dozens of people can shoot 200 steps by dragging more than 10 catties of stones, and you can shoot the same distance with less than 100 people to launch 100 catties of boulders. This is completely unreasonable, you are here to talk about the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

In fact, the suspicions of Lu Jun and Zhao Ji are reasonable, and they are also in line with the principles of science and technology.

After 1,200 years of development, when the trebuchet reached its peak in the Song Dynasty, the stones that its seven-tip cannon could launch were only more than 90 catties, and it required 250 people to pull, and the shooting distance was only 50 steps away, far less than 100 steps away. This is not far from the inference of the Mo.

Zhao Tuo's words are tantamount to a fantasy for them.

Seeing that the two ink artists were shocked by their words, Zhao Tuo was also very helpless.

This is the limitation of the times, and it is difficult for even the most powerful scientific and technological researchers of this era to imagine what technology beyond the times will look like.

However, Lu Jun deserved to be a wise man in Qin Mo, he quickly calmed down, stared at Zhao Tuo and said: "I don't know that Gong Loser has such a magic skill, how to make this instrument, please tell the hundred generals." ”

Zhao Ji on the side was puzzled: "Master, this person is obviously talking nonsense. There is no such device in the world, and even if there is, it will never be able to be made by ordinary people. ”

Lu Jun glared at him and reprimanded: "Shut up, there are many things that the world doesn't know, such as the wooden magpie made by the male loser can fly to the sky for three days without falling to the ground, this is a classic record of the Wu Mo family, don't you also question it?" The male loser is highly skilled, and maybe he really has the ability to do it. ”

Although Lu Jun also thinks that such a device is whimsical, but after all, this thing has the name of Luban, so he can hold on a glimmer of hope.

Zhao Tuo nodded secretly, glad that this Mo family master was not a person with arrogance, with the assistance of this person, he wanted to make a counterweight trebuchet, but he could save a lot of effort.

Thinking of this, Zhao Tuo also bowed his hand to Lu Jun and said: "I was ordered to make this thing, and I will need my husband's help in the future, and I will tell the truth." ”

Zhao Tuo took a deep breath and said, "The principle that this device can successfully launch a hundred-pound boulder does not lie in the number of people, but with the help of a force. ”

"Force, what force?"

Lu Jun blinked.

"According to the original words on the text of the public loss, this force is called gravity."

"Gravity?"

Lu Jun was stunned.

In the following days, Zhao Tuo devoted himself to the manufacture of a new type of trebuchet.

Li Xin also kept his promise, as long as Zhao Tuo opened his mouth, whether it was manpower, or wood, metal and other resources, he was fully supplied, and at the same time, he did not ask about the progress of the project, as if he was full of confidence in Zhao Tuo.

This made many people around Li Xin feel puzzled, and they didn't understand why the dignified General Li would trust a hundred generals so much, but because of Li Xin's usual majesty, they could only secretly guess in their hearts and didn't dare to talk nonsense.

At the same time, in order to keep secrets, Zhao Tuo did not make trebuchets in the barracks, but asked Li Xin to reallocate a secret camp and send soldiers to guard nearby, so no one knew about the progress of the project.

With the passage of time, the rumor that a hundred short-handed generals under Li Xin's command was going to create a device that could throw a hundred catties of boulders and break through Jicheng became more and more widespread in all departments of the Qin army, and even the generals in several other military camps heard about it.

"I said, General Li, did you really believe the words of a little hundred generals and want to make a siege machine that fires a hundred pounds of stones? What kind of secret technique is passed down like a public loss, and how many years ago is that the public lost a lot of people, and the manufacturing method of this thing can be left? It's ridiculous, isn't it? ”

"Yes, in my more than 20 years in the army, I have never heard of such siege equipment. And even if it can really be made, then what's the use, can a stone weighing a hundred pounds shoot thirty steps? I'm afraid it won't work, if you can't shoot thirty or fifty steps, you can only put it under the city, and at such a distance, before you can launch it, you will be shot into a sieve by the people in the city with crossbows. ”

"That's it, and how many people do you need to pull the stone machine at this level, I'm afraid it doesn't take hundreds of people, there are so many manpower, it's better to organize a first climb, and the chance of directly taking the city wall is greater than the possibility of breaking the city with this thing, hehe, it's empty manpower."

In the commander's tent, all the generals gathered to discuss the matter, and several generals began to make fun of it, and even Xin Sheng, who has always been steady, shook his head and said: "General Li, this matter is not safe, if it doesn't work out, it will make people laugh." ”

Faced with the ridicule and dissuasion of many colleagues, Li Xin was expressionless.

He said coldly: "It's not up to you to worry about it. At least my men are still seriously thinking about how to break through the city and win, even if it doesn't work out in the end, it's all a matter of blood. Instead of being like you, you make fun of others with your lips and tongues in this tent, but you can't come up with the slightest strategy to break the enemy. ”

"Li Xin!"

The grumpy General Qiang was suddenly furious, and was about to shoot the case, but was stopped by Xin Sheng on his side.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the tent was getting more and more tense, Wang Jian on the main seat coughed twice, causing everyone to stop moving.

Wang Jian was really coughing, he spat on the ground, picked up the silk again, and wiped the phlegm from the corner of his mouth.

Only then did he say slowly: "What is there to argue about." Jicheng is strong and difficult to break, and a little more strategy is a good thing. But I've also heard about this for a while, General Li, how long will it take for that thing to be built, and the old man also wants to see how powerful the legendary male loser who can make a cloud ladder and a flying wooden magpie is. ”

Hearing Wang Qian's words, all the generals looked at Li Xin.

Li Xin closed his eyes and thought of the time that Zhao Tuo had said when he reported before.

When he opened his eyes again, he said firmly, "Three days." ”

"In three days, this thing will be ready for siege and trial!"