The day after they went to collect medicine during Zhu Yushi, Luo Tianchu got the news that the main force of the Jin Kingdom was opened. It was personally led by Wanyan Wushu, and the entourage also included Wanyan Li, Ni Hongyan, Chu Laike and other masters. After the Jin army rendezvoused with Wanyan Lou Room in Shencha Village, they set up ten camps and prepared for a general attack. Someone proposed to take advantage of the unstable establishment of the Jin soldiers at the beginning of Luo Tianchu and lead the cavalry to kill them by surprise. Luo Tianchu disagreed, the reason was that the other party had too many troops, and there was a master like Ni Hongyan, who could not take advantage of any surprise attacks, and would lose hard-won cavalry.

In the evening, Luo Tianchu and the others rode horses to check on the enemy camp. They didn't dare to take the big road, so they walked the mountain path under the leadership of Wu Jie, and after an hour the mountain road was difficult to walk, and the horses could not walk, so they tied the horses to the trees, hiked up the mountain, and after crossing two more mountains, they looked down on the top of the mountain.

The torches in the camp were bright, and they had a condescending view of the whole picture. I saw that ten camps were placed into two 'plum blossom arrays', and the five villages were connected to each other to form a plum blossom shape, and the middle was empty, and the troops were mobilized very quickly, and the enemy soldiers could also send troops to meet the enemy at the same time. The two 'plum blossom arrays' gather together, each other is a horn, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Luo Tianchu was secretly shocked when he saw it, but he didn't expect that in addition to the strong cavalry, the Jin soldiers were also proficient in formations, and Wanyan Wushu was known as the most outstanding young commander in the Jin country, and he really lived up to his reputation. Luo Tianchu said: "The observation point we are at is very important, we must send people to squat at all times and transmit information at any time. Wu Jie said: "Okay, I'll arrange this." They watched for a while and then went down the hill and returned to the camp.

That night, the army was regrouped in the monk's plain, and the next day it was safe, and at dusk the scouts came to say: "Enlighten the leaders, the siege equipment of the Jin soldiers has just arrived. Everyone was shocked, and Wu Jie asked, "What siege equipment?" The scout took out a note and read, "Two hundred ladder trucks, two hundred siege towers, one hundred ram cars, fifty trebuchets, and a tall and large cart like a house, which cannot be named." Wu Jie asked him to describe the appearance of the huge chariot, and the scout said: "The chariot is several zhang high, dozens of zhang long, covered with animal skins, the car is divided into five layers, each layer has ladders for going up and down, can carry hundreds of soldiers, equipped with bows and arrows, crossbows, guns, halberds, knives and spears, and is also equipped with crashing wood to destroy the city wall." ”

Wu Jie exclaimed: "That's the Linchong Lu bus, the largest siege chariot in the world. Because it is too large, limited by geography, and inconvenient to move, it was almost extinct in the wars after Zhou Qin, and I have never seen it. I didn't expect Jin Guo to use this kind of weapon. Luo Tianchu said: "I don't know how the giant car is used?" Wu Jiedao: "It is recorded in ancient books that when attacking, the car is pushed under the city wall, and the roof of the car is in line with the city wall, and the soldiers can rush to the city through the overpass to fight with the enemy, or they can hide in the carriage and release arrows to the city, and the collision wood under the car can destroy the city wall and the city gate, which is a combination of the siege tower and the crash car." Everyone was silent for a while, and they could all imagine the power of the Linchong Lu bus. ”

Luo Tianchu said: "I am shallow in my knowledge, and I am ashamed to be the commander, and I also asked Wu Jingluo to preside over the overall situation." Wu Jie said with a smile: "Where does the commander speak, the soldiers and generals of the monk Yuan are all soldiers of the Blood Sword Castle, and it is difficult for me to convince the public even if I am an outsider, and this one belongs to you." Luo Tianchu persuaded a few more words, but Wu Jie insisted on not accepting it. Luo Tianchu had no choice but to say: "Although I have studied the art of war, I don't know anything about siege equipment, and I hope that Wu Jing will explain in detail the purpose and use of ladder vehicles, siege vehicles, ramming vehicles, and trebuchets." ”

Wu Jiedao: "The ladder car is a clever craftsman Lu Ban of the Warring States period to create a city climbing weapon, the bottom of the car is equipped with wheels, can be moved, the ladder is divided into two ends, the middle is connected by a rotating shaft, when used, the folded part is pushed up to the city wall, the top two iron hooks can hook the battlements, the bottom of the ladder is a shield made of iron sheets, and the soldiers can hide under when pushing the ladder car forward. The siege tower is made of solid wood, and there are wheels at the bottom of the tower, and the top of the tower is as high as the city wall, and there are stairs in the tower to lead to the top of the tower. When fighting, let it against the city wall, soldiers can drill through the bottom of the tower, go up to the top of the tower through the spiral ladder, and then jump on the wall to fight. There is a huge wooden stake on the crashing car, the pile is equipped with an iron head, which is designed to hit the city gate and the city wall, after the collision the wooden stake will swing back and repeatedly collide, the roof of the car is equipped with a cover to protect the soldiers and the wooden stake, and the car is also covered with soaked animal skins to prevent fire. The trebuchet has a long, tough crossbar on the wooden frame, one end of which is tied to a holster that holds the stone eggs, and the other end is tied with many ropes for human pulling. As the name suggests, it can be used to drop stone eggs into the city, which can be a large stone or a number of small stones, which is amazingly powerful, but it requires a lot of manpower or animal power to launch, and the accuracy is slightly worse. Luo Tianchu was silent when he heard this, thinking about how to deal with these powerful instruments.

When Gu Yao was describing Wu Jie, he took a pen and drew the graphics of the siege equipment on the paper while listening. When Wu Jie finished speaking, he also stopped drawing and finished. He showed Wu Jie's sketches of Linchong Lu's car, ladder car, siege tower, crash car, and trebuchet, and said, "Is this what it looks like?" Wu Jie looked at it and praised: "Brother Gu is a good painter, that's basically it." Gu Yao handed over the drawings to Luo Tianchu again, and said with a smile: "It's better to look at the picture and think." Luo Tianchu said "yes", took the drawings and looked at them several times, and said: "The volume of the Lu bus is too large, if you attack Chengdu, a big city like Hanzhong will naturally be infinitely powerful, and the path of the monk's original city is narrow, it is actually not practical." Although the threat of the ladder car is great, but the iron hook on the wall is a weakness, I intend to draw 150 infantry to form a 'chopping hook team', the weapons are all replaced with heavy weapons such as back knives, axes, heavy hammers, etc., and the iron hook of the ladder car is specially chopped. Yue Yunxi said: "Clever plan, in the future, our Yue family army can also defend against cloud ladders like this." Luo Tianchu said: "Although the iron sheet of the collision car can be used to prevent fire attacks and bows and arrows, it cannot prevent the boulder from being crushed, and a boulder can be flattened by going down. By the way, how many of our Saimen knife cars are there?" Wu Jie said: "There are more than fifty of them. Luo Tianchu nodded and said: "As long as the Jin Bing's collision car crashes into the city gate or city wall, the Saimen knife car must immediately go to block the entrance, and the Jin Bing must not be allowed to enter the city easily." Wu Jie said: "Wu has trained a group of soldiers to be responsible for the Saimen knife car, please rest assured." Luo Tianchu nodded and said: "To deal with the siege tower, you can only attack it with fire, it is made of solid wood, but there is no covering, first splash it with hot oil, and then release rockets to destroy it." The trebuchet did not have an accurate head, and during the launch did not gather too many soldiers on the walls, so that there would be no room to dodge. The soldiers in the city also had to stand against the wall to minimize the damage of the trebuchet. Everyone nodded yes. Luo Tianchu said: "Although we have countermeasures, but the battlefield is changing rapidly, and a vicious battle is inevitable, we must go all out." The crowd shouted in unison.

At night, Luo Tianchu watched the drawings in the room, and Ling Xue'er sat silently next to her. Luo Tianchu was too busy to talk to her, imagining how the Jin soldiers would attack and how their own side should defend. Ling Xue'er didn't dare to annoy him, and sat there obediently without saying a word, looking at him gently.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door, which made Xue'er stand up in embarrassment and whispered, "What should I do? If others see me in your room, they will definitely gossip." Luo Tianchu looked back and smiled: "I told you to go back, you have to listen, what can I do." Ling Xue'er's eyes wandered around, and finally stared at the bottom of the bed and said, "I'll hide under the bed, right?" Luo Tianchu said with a smile: "If others find out that you are under my bed, it will be even more intelligible, and you are not afraid of shadows, there is nothing to be afraid of." After speaking, he opened the door, and when it was Zhu Yu, he looked at Ling Xue'er and said with a wicked smile: "I didn't bother you, right?" Luo Tianchu smiled: "When did the stinky boy come back?" Come in and talk. (To be continued.) )