Chapter Ninety-Two: The Catapult

On the second day after Gong Wufu went out to fight, there was a change among the demon army, a large number of demon troops cut down trees in the woods outside Dingyang City, and some demon armies piled loess and built high platforms about 1,700 steps away from Dingyang City. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Because the demon clan acted very strangely, the defenders at the head of Dingyang City told Jiang Mingxuan and the others what they had seen.

On the fifth day, Jiang Mingxuan led the generals of Dingyang to the top of the city and looked at the high platform being built by the demons in the distance.

Jiang Mingxuan looked at the high platform that had just begun to be built in the distance, and said in confusion: "Everyone, what do you see in the distance? What the hell is the demon clan doing?"

Ming Yifeng looked at the demon army in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "The demon clan seems to be building something!"

"It's a high platform!" Yun Chen suddenly spoke.

When Jiang Mingxuan heard this, he was puzzled: "What? High platform, what are the demons doing outside Dingyang City building a high platform?"

Shangguan Jie also said: "Yes, what are those demon people doing building a high platform so far away from Dingyang City? Do they still want to use that high platform to attack the city? What a joke!"

Tie Liufeng looked at Shangguan Jie next to him, shook his head and said, "Shangguan City Lord, don't be careless about the enemy! Since the demon clan is building a high platform outside the city, it must have a reason. What's more, this time the Heavenly Demon Palace is worry-free, the demon clan will have a change, the heavenly demon is incomparably intelligent, and his status in the demon clan is extremely high. ”

At this time, Yun Chen sighed and said, "Hey, what I was worried about still happened!"

Jiang Mingxuan was puzzled in his heart, and then asked, "What are you worried about?

"Hey, five days ago, in the next battle in Dingyang City, the Heavenly Demon Palace Wuwu personally led the army to fight, and the Demon Beast Legion of the Eight Elders of the Demon Clan helped to lead to the rout of our army. But now it seems that the demon clan is not only here for Gong Wuwu and the eight elders!" Yun Chen said.

When Yi Feifei heard this, he asked, "Chen'er, what do you mean by this? Could it be that the demon clan still has strong reinforcements?"

"That's good!" Yun Chen continued: "Uncle Yi, I was originally guessing, but what I saw today confirmed my thoughts. The Demon Army fought yesterday with an ordinary Demon Army, with two intentions, one is to test the reality of our race, and to publicize the power of the Demon Beast Legion, so that our army will not dare to fight easily, and the other is to test the range of our Shenwei artillery. ”

Hearing Yun Chen's analysis, Jiang Mingxuan was puzzled: "I can understand this temptation, but what is the purpose of testing the range of the artillery?"

Shangguan Jie was also puzzled: "Yes, test the range of the artillery?

Yun Chen pointed to the high platform in the distance with his finger and said, "Your Majesty and all of you, you see, the thing that the demon clan built outside Dingyang City is called the siege platform. ”

"Siege high platform?" Jiang Mingxuan said.

"That's right, it's the siege platform!" Yun Chen continued: "I have seen in the collection of the Famous Sword Villa that in the great turmoil of the Holy Dynasty more than a hundred years ago, the contemporary owner of the Famous Sword Villa came out of the mountain to help the Holy Emperor of the Human Race calm the turmoil. In the war in which Mingyang participated, once when attacking the demon walled, because the demon walled city was unattainable, Mingyang ordered people to build a high platform opposite the demon walled city, and finally, set up a divine artillery on the high platform, borrowing the power of artillery, to conquer the opponent's walled city. Therefore, according to my estimate, the demon clan is probably used to attack the city by building a high platform this time. ”

Hearing Yun Chen's words, Jiang Mingxuan's face sank, and he said, "Siege the high platform, then how should we deal with it?"

Yun Chen sighed: "Hey, five days ago, the Demon Clan went to war, and Gong Wuwu not only measured the longest-range range of our artillery, but also told us that the Warcraft Legion was unstoppable and not something we could handle." Now, the siege platform built by the demons outside Dingyang City is about 1,7800 steps away from the Dingyang City Wall, and the firing range of our Shenwei artillery is about 1,000 steps, plus the height of the city wall, the wind speed and the attack range of the artillery, the farthest attack distance of the artillery is between 1,500 and 1,600 steps, and the location of the high platform built by the demons is just outside the range of the artillery.

When Shangguan Jie heard this, he frowned and said, "If according to Yun Shuai's words, the demon clan also sets up artillery on the high platform to shoot at us, then wouldn't it be dangerous for us." ”

When Yun Chen heard this, he shook his head and said, "Don't worry, Shangguan City Lord, the manufacturing process of this Shenwei cannon is extremely complicated, and the main body and various parts of its cannon body are all completed with special materials and the unique casting technique of the Famous Sword Villa, so the demon clan will definitely not be able to make the same artillery." ”

Hearing this, Tie Liufeng was puzzled: "Can't the demon clan be replaced by ordinary artillery?"

Yun Chen shook his head and said, "No, it's impossible. The firing range of ordinary artillery is extremely limited, and even if it is installed on the siege platform, it will not be able to shoot at the Dingyang city wall! This is also the strangest point for me, back then, the five generations of famous Zhuang Zhuang built the high platform because of the divine artillery, but now the demons are also building high platforms, what are they going to use to attack the city? In addition to the powerful artillery, what other weapons can break through the solid Dingyang city wall?"

Yi Feifei said: "Since the demon clan has spent manpower and material resources to build a high platform, it must have a plan, and we still need to deal with it carefully." ”

"What Uncle Yi said is, in my opinion, let's send someone to monitor day and night first! In case the demon clan has any abnormal movements!" Yun Chen said.

Subsequently, Jiang Mingxuan ordered: "Shangguan Jie, you immediately send someone to monitor the movements of the demon clan day and night in Dingyang City, and if there is anything unusual, report it immediately." ”

Shangguan Jie said: "The minister obeys the order!" After that, Shangguan Jie went down to make arrangements.

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Time passed, and five days passed in a hurry. In the early morning of the sixth day, the soldiers at the head of Dingyang City suddenly came in a hurry to report.

"Hey, Your Majesty, the demons are there...... Over there...... Something strange!"

When Jiang Mingxuan heard this, his face sank, and he said, "What's strange?

"Your Majesty, on the high platform built by the demon army outside the city, suddenly there are many strange things overnight!"

Jiang Mingxuan was puzzled: "Strange thing?"

Yun Chen said: "Your Majesty, let's go out and have a look!"

When Jiang Mingxuan heard this, he said, "Okay, let's go out and have a look together!" After that, Jiang Mingxuan took the people of Dingyang, Yi Feifei, Tie Liufeng and others to the head of Dingyang City.

When everyone came to the top of the city, they looked at the high platform in the distance, and saw that many wooden trebuchets were installed on the high platform at this time, but these trebuchets were much larger than ordinary catapults, which could be called huge.

Shangguan Jie said: "Your Majesty, if the minister is not mistaken, those trebuchets installed on those high platforms should be trebuchets, but these trebuchets are several times larger than ordinary trebuchets, and the appearance is slightly different." However, the range of the trebuchet is extremely short, and although it is larger, it should not threaten our Dingyang. ”

Jiang Mingxuan looked at Yun Chen next to him and asked, "Yun Aiqing, what do you think?"

Yun Chen looked at the trebuchet on the high platform in the distance, and said worriedly: "I'm afraid something is not good!"

When Yi Feifei heard this, he wondered: "Chen'er, what's wrong? As far as I know, the range of the catapult is not very long, I don't know what the purpose of the demon clan's move is?"

Yun Chen shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, Uncle Yi, if you look carefully at the trebuchet on the high platform, it is by no means an ordinary trebuchet. The appearance of the trebuchet is peculiar, and it is several times larger than an ordinary trebuchet, especially the trebuchet in the middle of the trebuchet is much longer and thicker than the lever of an ordinary trebuchet, and some important parts are made of cast iron, which is very strong. ”

Hearing Yun Chen's words, Jiang Mingxuan, Yi Feifei, Shangguan Jie and others all observed carefully. Then, Shangguan Jie nodded and said, "What Yun Shuai said is very true, it is true. The trebuchet on the other side is indeed very different from the ordinary trebuchet, I wonder what the demons mean by making these special trebuchets?"

Yun Chen let out a long sigh and said, "Hey, the thing made by the demon clan this time is called the Stone-throwing Cannon. This thing is made based on the principle of an ordinary catapult, but after the improvement of the demons, it has become what it is today, this thing not only has a range of several times that of an ordinary catapult, but also can throw giant stones, and the power is huge. Because the sound of this thing is loud when it is used, it is like a thunderstorm, so it is also known as the thunderbolt stone cannon...... This cannon,I was only fortunate to see the design once back then.,The cannon hasn't really been successfully manufactured.,But now,In front of us is a real stone-throwing cannon.,Two days ago, when the demons built the high platform,I'm still thinking about what weapons the demons want to use to attack the city.,It seems,It's this catapult that the demons want to use.。 ”

Yi Feifei said to himself: "The catapult cannon, is this thing really that powerful?"

Yun Chen nodded and said, "Uncle Yi, it's true, when I traveled back then, I had the honor to communicate with the designer of this cannon, once this cannon is successfully manufactured, it will definitely be invincible." ”

When Jiang Mingxuan heard this, his brows furrowed, and then he asked, "Then Evian Aiqing, what should we do?"

After thinking for a while, Yun Chen said: "Although this catapult cannon is powerful, but the manufacturing and installation process is also very complicated, time-consuming and labor-intensive, now, although the stone cannon has been installed on the high platform, but there are still some important parts that have not yet been installed, if you want to really use it, it will take a few days, we can only destroy the giant cannon and eliminate the threat by immediately sending troops to conquer the high platform in just a few days, but ......"

"However, once we send troops, we will definitely encounter the opponent's Warcraft Legion, and the Warcraft Legion can restrain our cavalry legion, not to mention conquering the high platform and destroying the giant cannon, even if it is not easy to get close to the high platform. "Iron Flow Duct.

Yun Chen nodded and said, "What Senior Brother said is extremely true, this is the most difficult thing for us now. ”

Jiang Mingxuan said: "Is there no other way?"

Yun Chen looked at the giant cannon in the distance and continued, "Another way is to transform the current Shenwei Cannon to increase its range. However, the design of the Shenwei artillery is the secret of the famous sword villa, and after the improvement of the owners of the previous generations, the artillery has been very perfect, if you want to continue to improve, it is not easy. I still need to think about it......"

Seeing this, Jiang Mingxuan said, "Okay, Yun Aiqing continues to think about the transformation of the artillery, Shangguan Jie, you immediately send a team of cavalry to attack the demon battery." ”

When Yun Chen heard this, he sighed and said, "Your Majesty, let Yi Feng and Huangfu go, the ordinary cavalry can't help the Demon Beast Legion, let the eight groups attack." ”

When Jiang Mingxuan heard this, he nodded and said, "Okay!"