Three days later, in the early morning, the sun was just right.

Outside the eastern city of Jidu, the Qin army began to assemble, attracting the attention of the defenders of Jicheng.

"The Qin people are going to attack Dongcheng today!"

Someone shouted, like a frightened bird, causing tension on the city wall.

All the Yan soldiers hurriedly took their blades, bows and arrows, and prepared for a bloody battle with the Qin army today.

But to their surprise, although the Qin army gathered, it did not beat the war drums, and it did not look like a siege.

"Maybe it's just a feint in the East City."

The Yan pawns breathed a sigh of relief, but immediately someone stretched out his hand and pointed to the open space outside the city and shouted, "What is that, what are these Qin people getting in front of the city?" ”

In the open space about two hundred steps away from the city wall, the Qin soldiers walked with giant trees one by one, and they stood on the ground and assembled them according to a certain structure.

"Flying stones again?"

The Yan army at the head of the city guessed probably, but breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Qin Jun's stone machine was amazing when shooting, it was actually very poor, and only one or two of the ten stones could hit, as long as it was not particularly unlucky, Yan Zhu would basically not be hit. Moreover, this thing is very labor-intensive when launched, and it is rarely used except for the suppression of fire before the siege.

"General, are we going to strike the enemy with bows?"

A Yan pawn asked the Yan general who was guarding the city.

The Yan general sneered and said, "It's just a stone machine, it's useless, don't worry about it." ”

At a distance of nearly two hundred paces, the bow and crossbow may not be able to hit, but it will cause the Qin army to be angry, so why bother.

But immediately, some sharp-eyed people discovered that the stone machine assembled by Qin Jun this time seemed to be different from the previous ones.

Several giant logs are assembled into two triangular brackets, connected by a sturdy horizontal log, which is very stable. At the top of the bracket there is a stout metal transverse shaft with a vertical cannon rod running through the metal shaft, and a long metal iron hook on the bottom crossbar, which looks very strange.

But in a few moments, a huge strange-looking device appeared in the clearing.

"Hundred generals, we have already assembled."

Lu Jun's voice trembled.

Zhao Ji next to him was also full of excitement, during this time, he had been completely conquered by the siege equipment in front of him.

"Okay, hard work, everyone, today is the time to test our results, and I will go and invite the general to come."

Zhao Tuo arched his hand to everyone, and was about to turn around and go to the rear military formation to ask for it.

Li Xin had already walked over.

In addition to a few subordinates, there were several people dressed in general's uniforms with him.

General Xin Sheng, General Qiang ......

But the most striking thing is the old man who walks at the forefront.

Wang Qian!

Unlike Zhao Tuo's imagination, Wang Jian did not wear gorgeous armor, but only cloth clothes.

His body is not tall and straight, and even slightly rickety because of his age, but the crown on his head is towering, showing his identity as the commander of the whole army, and also showing his merits in destroying the Zhao State.

"I've seen the generals, the generals."

Zhao Tuo hurriedly bowed his hand, and the others also saluted in shock.

A siege machine actually attracted the high-ranking members of the Qin army, which made people both excited and afraid.

"Don't be nervous about the second and third sons. The general heard that someone under General Li had made a device that could break Jicheng based on the remnants of the Gong's lost son, so he was curious and came to take a look. ”

Wang Jian said with a smile, with a kind attitude, like the grandfather next door, which reduced the tension in everyone's hearts a lot.

At this time, all the generals looked at the strangely constructed siege machine.

Xin Sheng was puzzled: "Hey, why didn't this thing have a rope." Ben will be in the army for decades, and he has seen a lot of stone machines, and the stone must be pulled by the soldiers, and there is no rope connected to this utensil, how to let the soldiers shoot the stones out? ”

"Zhao Tuo, come on."

Li Xin opened his mouth lightly and gave Zhao Tuo the right to speak.

Zhao Tuo arched his hand and said: "General, this thing is a stone, and it doesn't need to be dragged by soldiers." As long as the heavy object is suspended at the end of the cannon rod and the stone is placed on the bullet socket, the trigger is opened at that time, and the heavy object sinks, and the boulder can be sent out to bombard the target. ”

Hanging heavy loads?

Hair arrest device?

You don't need to be pulled by someone to launch a boulder, how is it different from what you think?

The generals looked at each other, and even the well-informed veteran General Wang Jian didn't understand it.

However, Wang Jian did not show it, he still had a faint smile on his face, as if everything was under control.

Among the generals, Qiang has the most irritable personality, and only likes to fight on the battlefield, and has never been interested in these clever things.

At this moment, I saw that Zhao Tuo's mouth was full of words that he didn't understand.

Qiang Qi suddenly shouted: "Kid nonsense, what is the use of hanging heavy objects, how can it be compared with a hundred people pulling." Ben didn't believe that you could shoot boulders without being pulled by someone, how could such a device exist in this world. ”

Because of their status, the generals did not shout like Qiang, but judging from the expressions on their faces, most of them did not believe it.

Li Xin sneered, "It's just that some people are rare and weird. ”

Qiang Qi was furious and shouted, "Li Xin, you dare to insult me!" ”

"What about insulting you."

Li Xin is also undaunted and-for-tat.

The generals hurriedly opened their mouths to dissuade them, and Wang Jian rubbed his head helplessly.

Qiang and Li Xin, one was born in Qiangdi, and he was irritable and impulsive by nature. The other is brave and resolute, young and vigorous.

The two seemed to be at the tip of a needle, and they were about to quarrel if they didn't agree.

Wang Jian waved his hand and said, "Stop talking." Whether this thing can launch boulders or not, you will know if you want to fight, so why fight with words. ”

Hearing the general's persuasion, Qiang suppressed the fire.

He sneered: "Then try it, if the big words can't be fulfilled, according to military law, General Li is so wasted manpower, I'm afraid he will be punished, then I will see what kind of face you have in front of me." ”

Li Xin ignored him at all and looked at Zhao Tuo.

"Go ahead."

Zhao Tuo was very moved.

He felt Li Xin's trust and love for him.

"Black buttocks, Shibuma, cannonball!"

Zhao Tuo gave the order.

"Yui!"

The two men answered, leading dozens of soldiers to work together to hang the counterweight object from the end of the cannon pole. The cannon rod at the other end was pressed down, locked with a clasp device made of iron hooks, and finally the 100-pound boulder used as a cannon was moved to the bomb socket.

"Hello General, the artillery shells are ready and ready to be fired."

Shiruma replied with his head held high.

Hearing this, everyone looked forward to it.

Zhao Tuo took a deep breath and gave a special command: "Open the cannon!" ”

Hearing the command, Shiruma and Black Buttocks pulled the hook device apart.

The weight at the end of the cannon rod fell suddenly, and the other end of the boulder loaded with 100 catties was cocked, and the boulder in the bullet socket flew out under the action of centrifugal force.

In an instant, the sound was like thunder.

The boulder spanned the sky, carrying a strong wind, and rushed straight to Jicheng in the distance.

Rumble!

At this moment, the sound shook the world.

It's like the gods are roaring.

In the rolling waves, the city tower on the east wall of Jicheng has been hit by a cannon......