Afraid that the crossbowmen sent on errands would not know what a fork pole was, Li Mengxi deliberately drew a sketch on the ground with his fingernails.

The crossbowman understood it as soon as he saw the sketch.

Isn't this a pitchfork?

The crossbowman went with Li Mengxi's order, and soon came back. The crossbowman and Lu Li each carried three or four forked poles and trotted all the way to deliver the forked poles.

When the two arrived at the watchtower, they dropped the fork pole on the ground with a clatter.

Li Mengxi looked at the fork pole Lu Li brought and smiled.

The fork pole is obviously a pruned tree branch, and it can be as simple as possible.

The Luli people looked dumb, but they were actually smart.

Li Mengxi picked up a fork and looked at it. It was okay. The branch he chose was good, neither thick nor thin. It was about the same as a shovel handle. It was very comfortable to use.

Once you get the artifact, you still have to try it to see if it works well.

Li Mengxi called to the warriors who defended the city and countryside and asked them to take away the forks and divide them.

When the village warriors received the forks, they immediately showed their power. Although there were few forks, Liu Xuande had six siege ladders, and on average, one siege ladder could only get less than two forks.

But when the two Xiangyong who took the fork poles crossed a siege ladder and used both hands to exert force, a total of four arms worked hard together. In addition, the people assisting next to them also held their hands on the fork poles and exerted their strength, gathering everyone

With a strong push of the fork pole, a siege ladder was immediately pushed down amidst the cheers of the warriors defending the city.

The people below the city were afraid of being hit, so they hurriedly took cover.

It was normal for the siege ladder to be knocked down, and Liu Xuande didn't take it to heart at all.

But then, the remaining five siege ladders were knocked down one after another in a short period of time.

A small tool actually made the defenders of the city feel as if they had divine help. No wonder people say that the biggest difference between humans and beasts is that humans can use tools.

It was originally a stalemate, but all the siege ladders fell down in the blink of an eye.

Liu Bei was surprised.

Commander Liu Bei urged the soldiers to carry the siege ladder again and move towards the city.

Something happened that puzzled Liu Bei. For a long time, the siege ladder was pushed down as soon as it came close to the city. This happened several times, and no one could stand on the city wall for even a while.

What happened at the top of the city, and why did the situation turn around in the blink of an eye?

Liu Bei raised his head and looked at the enemy tower with confusion in his eyes.

Liu Bei trotted up the stairs to the city and reached the enemy tower.

Li Mengxi seemed to know what Liu Bei was here for. Seeing Liu Bei coming, Li Mengxi took a fork and introduced it to Liu Bei with a smile, "Mr. Xuande, let's take a look. This is the weapon I just thought of for defending the city, the fork."

Liu Bei took the branch and listened to Li Mengxi's explanation. He held the branch in his hand and looked left and right. It was just an ordinary branch, but it could restrain the siege ladder.

Li Mengxi invited Liu Bei to try it himself.

Liu Bei has extraordinary arm strength and can overturn a light siege ladder with one hand. But he tried the fork pole and it really saved his effort.

"Saving effort is not the key. The key is that people are crowded in the city and it is inconvenient to move around. When pushing the ladder by hand, at most two people can push one ladder. With the fork pole, six or seven people can push one ladder in total by borrowing the length of the fork pole.

You can also push one ladder with three or five forked poles. In this way, how can the siege ladder not fall down?"

A small tree branch can actually play such a big role.

Liu Bei thought about it more carefully. When he was attacking the city that day, he saw that the siege ladder was overthrown by the yellow scarf at the top of the city. Indeed, he could vaguely see that the yellow scarf at the top of the city was holding a pitchfork.

If the Yellow Turbans were well-trained and consciously sent people to use pitchforks to push the siege ladder, the casualties in the siege battle that day may have been more than dozens.

Liu Bei glanced at the tree branches that could be seen everywhere in his hands, and admired Li Mengxi even more.

Just the seconds when Li Mengxi discovered the use of the fork pole made Liu Bei feel that the two-day pause in the march was worth it.

Liu Bei weighed the branches of the tree. Seeing that the branches were heavy and not very straight, he thought to himself, "Meng Xi, I think a pitchfork can also be used as a fork pole, and a pitchfork can be used as a weapon. Compared with a tree fork,

It’s lighter, what do you think?”

Li Mengxi tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Pitchforks... are indeed better. Mr. Xuande, I think there are a lot of pitchforks among the seizures. You can put the pitchforks in one place for the purpose of defending the city."

Liu Bei agreed to Li Mengxi's suggestion on the spot and called his soldiers to count the seizures and leave the pitchforks alone.

Pitchforks can be collected as strategic reserves. If you want to defend the city, just take out the pitchforks and distribute them.

If you don't collect them specially, you will have to spend time looking for them before the war, which will delay the military situation.

Li Mengxi had already achieved the second point in his strategy of defending the city.

Also, in addition to using forked poles to deal with siege ladders, you can also use a wolf fang swatter, which is a huge fly swatter-like thing tied with a rope. When the rope is loosened, the wolf fang slaps down and hits people.

Those who came up were knocked down.

Then pull the rope, and after smashing the person's mace, you can still use it after pulling it up.

Li Mengxi recalled that the Wolf Fang Beat seemed to be in the Military Classics. The Song Dynasty was a period when ancient cold weapon military technology and tactics flourished.

When the Song Dynasty was about to fall, there were still myths about the defense of fortified cities such as Diaoyu City and Xiangyang City. The technology of defending the city was very advanced and perfect.

If we simply compare the tactics of defending the city, the Han Dynasty should be less advanced than the Song Dynasty.

I just don’t know, did the Han Dynasty have a vicious instrument like a wolf-fang swatter that can treat people like fly swatters?

If not, then don't blame me for slapping you with my wolf fangs. Li Mengxi smiled as he thought of this.

Liu Bei felt that Li Mengxi's smile was extremely vulgar.

It was almost noon at this time.

The people on the city were sheltered from the sun by the watchtowers. Fortunately, the people below the city were covered in sweat.

Liu Bei sympathized with his soldiers and ordered the entire army to disperse and go back to eat and practice again in the afternoon.

Liu Bei, who was covered in sweat, stood under the tower to cool down. He was sweating all over, and Liu Bei didn't even bother to open his clothes a little to cool off.

In contrast, Li Mengxi, who didn't sweat much but felt stuffy and hot, had already pulled his linen clothes wide open, exposing his chest and abdomen in an unflattering manner.

When Liu Bei saw Li Mengxi's lack of etiquette and laziness, he straightened his face and said, "Xi'er, put on your clothes. You are our army's military advisor and a general. You should cherish your dignity. If you are like you, you are disheveled. Where is your dignity?"

When the soldiers see it, how can they obey you?"
Chapter completed!