Whose people are we? What are we desperately resisting the Huns for? Inevitably, some people in the crowd asked such questions.

Seeing that everyone was in a state of confusion, and then there was a sluggish mood, Ruoxin suddenly took the case: "No matter whose people we are, in short, we must resist the rebellious alien thieves to the end. Even if it is not in the face of the Huns, but in the face of my Chinese traitor, it should be so. Otherwise, how can there be justice and righteousness? ”

Indeed, there is a father, and there is a son. Ruoxin's temperament of neither humble nor arrogant, righteous and awe-inspiring is exactly the same as that of his father Han Ning.

In the face of life and death, in the face of major rights and wrongs, it is really rare to be able to stand up and choose a position and make a statement in such a clear manner. Shu Yan couldn't help but admire and rejoice: "That's right. The so-called loyal ministers are not two masters. What's more, although the Great Jin Dynasty is covered with dust, there is still the Sima royal family, and we are still the people of the Great Jin. ”

Just as I was getting here, there was a sudden thunderclap. It turns out that I don't know when, just like everyone's mood at the moment, the sky has long been cloudy. As the scorching thunder sounded, dense white spots fell from the sky, but instead of rain, it was hail the size of mountain apricots.

Peng Hui's military training is strict, which can be described as training in winter and training in summer. No matter in the wind, rain or snow, the soldiers all practiced correctly, and no one flinched. But now it is not such a rare big hailstorm to fall, like stones, and the strength is not to be discussed. When you hit it on the head, it will bulge a bag. Of course, Peng Hui couldn't watch his subordinates suffer such senseless suffering, so he urgently ordered the dissolution to be announced.

Shu Yan and the others on the military platform were also embarrassed by the sudden hail.

"Get out of the tent and take shelter."

Shu Yan shouted, led the officials to run off the stage, and rushed to the camp tent to hide.

At this brief moment of sprinting, Du Jian and Ruoxin both received two blows on their heads and bulged their bags. Peng Hui and Tang Hui used their hands to protect their heads in time, but the back of their hands was also smashed painfully.

After a while, the hail seemed to have picked up, but it was mixed with heavy raindrops. Everyone was lamenting the swiftness of the hail, and suddenly heard Shu Yan shouting: "Look at this gas, there must be a rainstorm after the hail." ”

Peng Hui said indifferently: "What about the rainstorm? Our tent is very strong, so we don't have to worry about it. ”

"I'm not worried about people, I'm worried about that pile of wood, I can't stand the rain!"

As he spoke, Shu Yan rushed out of the house with an arrow step, quickly ran to the edge of the training ground, and used the straw curtain to remove the pile of wood.

"Oh, brave the hail, what a pile of broken wood!"

Although Peng Hui was like this, he couldn't bear Shu Yan to be alone in the rain. Just about to go out to help, Ruoxin preemptively said: "You are so old, let me go." ”

Shu Yan and Ruoxin came back, soaking wet, and their heads and faces were hit by hail a few times.

Thinking of the scene of the crowd running away just now, Ruoxin joked: "It would be nice if a hailstorm could fall on the Huns when the Huns arrived." ”

Tang Hui smiled and said: "It's good to drop the stones, but you don't have long eyes, do you only smash the other party and not us?" ”

Du Jian knew that the pile of wood was taken back from Gamodu's hands, so he said to Shu Yan without complaint: "This pile of stones and wood, I sent someone to bring it back with the great effort, and you still have to bother to manage it." I really don't know what the use is, it would be nice if I sold it at a discount! ”

"Stone, wood, ......" Shu Yan's eyes were fixed, and he did not refute Du Jian, but thought about the scene full of flying stones.

"Cannon."

"Cannon."

Shu Yan and Tang Hui spoke in unison. At this time, Peng Hui changed into dry clothes from the inner room and came out. Er Rao looked at Peng Hui together: "When you were fighting before, did you see a device that could shoot stones in the army?" ”

"Yes. Gun carriages. ”

"How's that device? Is it easy to use? ”

"It depends. For example, what terrain is on the battlefield, the distribution of formations, and so on. ”

"Under normal circumstances, how does it compare to a bow and arrow?"

"The lethality of a weapon depends on its weight and the force of the shot. The so-called force is fierce, just take the knife, the five-pound knife and the ten-pound knife are far worse than the slashing effect, the weight difference is doubled, and the strength of the wheel is even more, so most of the fierce generals use heavy weapons. The lethality of the artillery carriage was naturally much greater than that of the bow and arrow. How powerful is a bow and arrow? One stone weighs more than a hundred arrows. Even if a bow and arrow are fired three times faster than a stone, they can still differ in strength by dozens of times. Armor can effectively protect bows and arrows. It is true that armor can also effectively protect against flying stones, but if dozens of catties of large flying stones fall, it is impossible for any armor to resist. If hundreds of artillery trucks fired a salvo, it would be like a hail just now, covering the ground, and the enemy would have nowhere to hide. ”

Shu Yan was overjoyed when he heard this, and said to Peng Hui without complaints: "I'm worried that there is no good way to deal with the Hun cavalry. If you knew there was such a weapon, why didn't you warn me earlier? ”

"What? Are you going to use a cannon? Peng Hui seemed a little skeptical.

"Since the cannon is so powerful, of course I want to use it."

"Although the power of the cannon is great, where can I find it?"

"We make it ourselves." Shu Yan seems to be very confident.

"Make it yourself?" Peng Hui pursed his lips, "Have you ever seen a cannon and know how to make it?" ”

Tang Hui smiled: "It's not just him, I haven't even seen anyone my age." Most of the people present probably had never heard of it, let alone seen it. If you want to build a gun car, it's all up to you. ”

Peng Hui looked embarrassed, waved his hand again and again, and said, "You take me too seriously!" I was a reckless man on the battlefield, and I never paid close attention to everything. I had only seen the gun carriage from a distance during the siege, but I didn't know what the structure was. ”

Shu Yan said: "You just need to rely on your memory, do your best to recall what it looks like, and leave the rest to me." ”

"It's easy for you to think! Don't just rely on memory, even if there is a ready-made appearance to imitate, we have no materials, and we have no technology, it is difficult to make it so well. The artillery cart is going to go to the battlefield, it is no better than the calf car, whether it is easy to use or not, it does not matter. If the gun wagon is built in a nondescript manner, not only will it not achieve the expected killing, but it will also be a burden. Self-defeating, on the battlefield will be a mistake for a big thing. ”

"The monks of Kamaduna did not hesitate to build a Buddhist temple, and the wood they bought was all good hardwood, so we used those woods as the main body, and then used some ordinary willow wood as accessories, and the skeleton of the gun carriage was available; The stones used for firing are everywhere, and if the clusters are not enough, there should be as many as there are on the West Mountain; We also had ready-made hemp rope and ox tendons for war to fire the gun wagons, and we had all the necessary supplies. As for the technology to build a car......"

Ruoxin smiled and interjected: "Don't worry about the car-making technology, you forgot that my brother-in-law has made a car order, how complicated and exquisite the car has not been built?" ”

"Oh." Peng Hui woke up like a dream, "I forgot about this stubble." Shu Cheng was born in the imperial court, and it is not a problem to build any complicated cars. ”

Tang Hui smiled: "Of course it is not a problem. What kind of calf cart and safe car are things, and I heard that I have built a unique elephant car. ”

Peng Hui and everyone else couldn't help but be stunned, because they had all seen the elephants in Ruan Shan and thought it was incredible: "Elephant car—isn't that as big as a house?" ”

In order to improve his confidence, Shu Yan was no longer low-key, and said quite proudly: "The elephant car is just bigger, but it's not difficult." If you want to be subtle, it is the Sinan car and the drum car in Jili, although I have not built it, but I have studied it......"

As he was doing, he heard someone shouting, "We are riding on the elephant cart, and the elephant is coming!" ”

Shu Yan looked back, and sure enough, he saw a person riding a giant elephant walking slowly. No, it's Nguyen Shan.

Ruan Shan rode an elephant and walked to Shu Yan. Before the two could speak, the elephant first stroked Shu Yan's arm affectionately with his nose, and Shu Yan also rubbed the elephant's back enthusiastically, like the reunion of a pair of old friends. After a long time of "reminiscing", the elephant bowed on its front legs and lowered Ruan Shan from his neck.

"Brother Ruan, where is this?"

"I will only tam elephants in my life, and now that the court is declining, what else can I do? has been sending food to the Han family for a long time, although they are close relatives, they are also very embarrassed. Brother Shu led the whole county to fight against the Huns, and I came here to see if I could make some efforts. If it didn't work, I went back. ”

Shu Yan knew that Ruan Shan's parents died early, and only the two brothers and sisters depended on each other. And Jiaozhi is thousands of miles away, and the road is difficult, so why bother to let him go? Even if you can't remember what it is for a while, you have to keep him. After thinking about it, he patted the elephant and said: "There is a lot of heavy work in the army, and there is a shortage of such a strong man." If you can't please it, how can I let you go? ”

Ruan Shan was also helpless when he returned home, in fact, he didn't want to go, and of course he was happy to hear that Shu Yan was staying. He also said to Peng Hui and others: "Even so, if there is any need for orders, I will definitely do it below." ”

Peng Hui tentatively touched the back of the elephant and said with a smile: "This is a real big living treasure, even if it is useless, you can talk about it to relieve boredom." ”

Everyone felt new to seeing the elephant and learned from Peng Hui to pet the elephant.

After the rain passed, Shu Yan hurried to develop a catapult truck. After repeated experiments, repeated improvements, and drills again and again, one was finally successfully built and achieved the maximum killing effect. Using this artillery carriage as a standard, hundreds of them were intensified. At the same time, the militia was arranged to collect nearby stones for combat readiness.

Ruan Shan knew that his elephants consumed a huge amount of food, and if he ate white food, he couldn't bear it, and he was afraid of bringing a bad impact to Shu Yan. So he also joined the militia with the elephant, and what Zheng Ling didn't expect was that the huge body of this elephant was not white, it was like a Hercules, and it also had a long trunk that was as flexible and fun as an arm. The large wood, which usually requires the combined efforts of three or four people, was easily placed on the cart with its big nose as soon as it was rolled. When a cart of oxen and horses carrying heavy loads gets stuck in the mud, everyone can't help them get out of trouble, and the elephant only needs to use a slight arch of his body to solve the problem. Over time, this image spread out in the barracks and became an indispensable force. In order to give full play to the elephant's ability, Shu Yan wanted to build another elephant car for it with his own experience, but Ruyin County was not as good as the car government office of the imperial court, and there was no spare money to buy suitable materials. It just so happened that there was an abandoned broken boat by the river, which had been slightly remodeled. Four long wooden axles were installed at the bottom of the boat, and eight wheels as large as horse-drawn wheels were inserted, and the wheels were also omitted, and they were directly pulled by two ropes. Although this ship is nondescript, it is worth the cargo capacity of several horse-drawn carriages. Seeing that he could play a role here, Ruan Shan's heart was steady, and he no longer thought about returning to his toes for the time being.

The Hun cavalry may come back at some point. When there is a shortage of war, the common people suffer the most. Even some stragglers can cause great harm to the common people. For this reason, Shu Yantong ordered the people everywhere, especially those on the side of the road or in densely populated places, to temporarily evacuate to hidden places such as mountains and forests as much as possible. At this time, it is important to save your life, and you can't care about a stable and normal life.

I'd rather be a peaceful dog than a chaotic person. Many counties around Ruyin have fallen to the Xiongnu. It returned to the state of the great chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, and the people were tired of living and displaced. A succession of refugees helping the elderly and children shuttle back and forth in Ruyin, coming from the east and going to the west, trying to find a safe place to stay, but there is no destination. Although Ruyin was temporarily stable, under the impact of this general environment, the already weak confidence brought about by the victory in the first battle was quickly diluted. People revert to the panic of Zheng