That morning, the weather was very good and the sun rose early, which was a suitable day for death.

He realized that the Chu people were moving abnormally and was also making sufficient preparations, and the Mozhe had never relaxed.

Mo Zi was condescending and personally directed, and Shi and others followed him, both for the order and for learning.

The Chu people outside the city did not attack in a rush, but after arousing morale, they directed everyone to approach the moat and then organized the soldiers to dig soil near Yangdi Tushan to build high platforms so that they could stand high.

Shi stood on the high tower, looked at the movements of the Chu people in the distance, and asked, "Sir, what are these Chu people going to do?"

Mo Zi just glanced at it and smiled and said, "Wuyou, it's just a building of high platforms with mud. One is to be able to shoot with a bow and crossbow from a high place. In addition, after getting close, the elite sword and shield can jump directly to the city wall. This is the stupidest method. More than thirty years have passed, and the Chu people's attacking city is still the same, and they have no progress."

"If you want to deal with this, you either send a bow and crossbow to delay the Chu people, or send elite soldiers to fight back, or rely on our Mo family's mechanical skills."

"I prepared a car with a crossbow, with a large material of one square and one foot, and a long thickness of the city. Two axles and three wheels are in the basket, and the wheels are in the basket, and the upper basket is heavy. Two plants are planted on the left and right sides, and there are Heng plants on the left and right sides. Heng plants are both inside the circle, with four inches inside diameter. The crossbows are tied to the left and right sides, and they are all planted with strings and hook strings, as for the large strings. The crossbow arm is in front and behind with the basket, and the basket is eight feet high, and the crossbow shaft is three feet and five inches lower. The crossbow machine Guo Tongtong, one stone is 30 jin. The string deer long slave is drawn. The basket is large and half-dimensional, and the left is the same as the basket. The crossbow shaft is three and a half.

There is a hook distance on the right, three inches square, two inches thick, and four inches away from the arm, seven inches thick, and six feet long. The cross arm is as close as the basket, five inches in size, six inches thick, three inches long, just like a basket, and there is a plaque, and there is a victory, and it can be up and down. It is a martial arts heavy stone, and it is a large surround of five inches. The arrow is ten feet long, and the arrow end is tied with a rope, and it is like a sword, and it is a grinding and winding. The arrow is three feet high, and the crossbow arm is used for countless crossbows, and sixty people are produced, and small arrows are used without leaving. Ten people are the master of this car."

While talking, I saw that on the flat and open street below, many people were pushing several heavy crossbow trucks, carrying these heavy and easy-to-break city guarding equipment to the city on the pulleys.

The Mohist skills in using lever and pulley are not weaker than those of Greek legends at this time, and the heavy crossbow chariot is the pinnacle of equipment at this time.

These are all made by the Mohist weapon workshop and are not sold, because once sold, they may be used by the other party to attack the city.

Mozi pointed to the crossbow cart below and said to Shi: "This thing is bulky. If you and the public casting have already found it, I don't have to use the crossbow cart to prevent the enemy from falling down."

There is no need to climb the city head in person, just watch the crossbows being hoisted onto the city wall with pulleys, and I understand in my heart that these equipment are expensive and will not be used even if it is necessary.

The heavy bed crossbow with a height of more than 200 kilograms and the extremely long special crossbow arrows were all hoisted behind the city wall. The Mozhe who guarded the city already had a distance advantage. At this time, the Chu people on the opposite side could not effectively suppress the city.

A group of ten ink masters control a crossbow chariot. The rest of them who guard the city could not use this item.

Relying on levers, winch and pulley equipment, we are yelling the trumpet and placing crossbow arrows.

Crossbow arrows are long and short. Those with long ones are tied with ropes, while those with short ones have no ropes and cannot be recycled.

The squeaking sound of winding strings can be heard from a distance, making people's teeth sore.

It was noticed that there was already an aiming device called "Ying" on the crossbow bed, which could also be called Wangshan, and the ink man who controlled the crossbow bed was adjusting the angle.

Mozi knew the power of this weapon, and looked at Shi Zheng and smiled and said, "You know a lot of things, but you may not have seen these machines. However, with your understanding of the geometry of the nine numbers, it is easy to control. In the future, you will still teach these skills in the village school."

Shi nodded, and carefully observed the control of these Momen, secretly praising Mozi's level.

The firing team of ten people per unit is not messy at all. It is obviously a long-term exercise. Just like the gun group after gunpowder appears, everyone knows what they are going to do and cooperates closely with each other.

After several crossbow trucks above the city were ready, the operator of the operation stretched out his thumb to measure the distance according to the appropriate distance measurement method and shouted.

Buzz...

The copper machine suddenly opened up, causing the long-abundant crossbow bed to be stretched straight in an instant, and the long crossbow arrows flew towards the Chu people on the high platform with the buzzing sound of the wind.

…………

Under the city, the King of Chu personally visited the battle to boost morale.

Chu Sima said: "You can first accumulate high platforms and shoot with crossbows to prevent those who are in the ink from going out of the city to attack and counterattack. When you get closer, you will let the elite swords and shields build a wooden bridge from the tower and rush straight to the top of Shangqiu City."

"The Mo must have a means to defend the city. He may not be able to stand firm at the top of the city. He can also allow the archery person to shoot on the platform, then fill in the trench, and the ant will attack the city!"

The King of Chu thought that today's attack on the city can only be done with all means to force the Mo to defend with all his might and cannot pay attention to the changes in the city.

If you don’t attack with all your might, you will probably not be able to reach the city defense at all, and it is even more impossible for Mozhe to focus all his energy on the city wall.

Just as he was about to ask someone to beat the drum and let the good shooting person shoot at the city wall, he heard a buzzing sound in the distance.

A giant crossbow arrow several feet long dragged a long rope and flew straight from the top of the city onto the high platform. Two Chu people who were pulling their bows there were shot through immediately, without even a single wail.

The crossbow arrow with a fist was directly penetrated through the two of them, and they pierced them firmly on the platform. The Chu archer next to him had seen death, but where had he seen death so miserably?

The two men's chests were completely shattered, blood was squirting wildly, and long crossbows were still shooting out from the top of the city.

The King of Chu was far away and could not be affected. However, the close servants hurriedly raised their long pestle and shielded the King of Chu in the back.

Then he heard a few more sounds breaking through the air, and several crossbow arrows shot on the platform. The Chu archers on the top could not be united, so they could only scatter.

Long-distance shooting, if you cannot complete the team, will be useless and it will not be possible to suppress the city.

If the city cannot be suppressed, those vassals who dig holes and fill ditches may flee, which is extremely inefficient.

The King of Chu had never seen such a weapon before and said in surprise: "What is this?"

There was a disciple of the Gongshu squad who was accompanying the army nearby and hurriedly said, "This must be the crossbow chariot of Modi. In the past, he was unable to do anything to this thing! He specially prepared a high position and could shoot more than a hundred steps. The crossbow was as thick as a spear, and his body was covered with powder!"

The King of Chu looked up and saw that the platform was already in chaos. Although he had not shot a few people, the tragedy of crossbow arrows as thick and thin as spears were too shocking, no less than five horses to dismember the corpse, and the archers could not form a queue at all.

"Is there a way to crack it?"

The King of Chu asked anxiously, and the disciple of the Gongshu squad thought for a long time and said, "This crossbow is complicated to operate, with a slow firing speed, but it is powerful, and the large shield cannot be defended. You can only select elite soldiers and cut off the rope after they cast it."

"The Master once fought with Modi and knew that this object was generally equipped with 60 crossbows, thirty long and thirty short. The short ones were not powerful enough, and the elderly were slow to operate. Just cut the rope so that they could not be recycled."

"only……"

The disciple of Gongshu sucked and gritted his teeth and said, "But if there is no one on the high platform, the Mozhe will not shoot..."

The King of Chu did not hesitate and sent an order: "First order the archer to remove it, let the priests take the platform and pile up forward, select elite soldiers to hold sharp blades, and cut off the ropes of those long crossbows!"

The person who sent the order immediately went down to pass the order. The King of Chu knew that even if he praised the Mo, he could not choose to damage his morale at this time.

Just looking at the vast machinery on the top of the city, I sighed secretly that such things are used to attack the city, which is a sharp weapon; if the Mo can help his side defend the city in the future, why should he be afraid of the methods of the Jin people?

Such a crossbow cart alone is enough to show the mechanical skills of the Mohist family. The King of Chu thought that he had heard that the mechanical skills of the Mohist family were unparalleled in the world, and he was only able to see them today, and he was indeed shocked.

He made up his mind that he would cause tension in the city no matter what. But if this continues, he is afraid that the other party's endless means of defending the city will not be false.

The archers on the high platform are all elite. It is difficult for a good archer to become successful without eight years of training. The production of a bow also takes three years. The King of Chu could only let the disciples go up to attract the Mozhe's crossbow.

On the stage, I saw many archers who were passing through their chests by long crossbows and retreated as if they were given amnesty.

Those helpless soldiers could only fill the soil with a basket of earth, carry a high platform and fill it in front of the land, striving to get closer to the city.

The long crossbow on the top of the city was still firing, and the Chu warriors hidden on the high platform hid sharp blades. Once they found that the long crossbow was shot, they rushed over and cut off the rope.

These long crossbows are not simple spears. Considering that they bear the huge impact force of the crossbow string, ordinary wood is easy to split. These long crossbows are specially made and extremely difficult.

People kept falling down on the platform, screaming, and long crossbows were constantly chopping off the ropes by the Chu people.

Those vassals carrying soil were even worse than archers, and it was even harder to see such a bloody scene. When a prisoner who was released from Shangqiu ran up with a basket of soil on his back, a friend next to him was shot by a crossbow arrow.

The long crossbow arrow directly penetrated the man's body, nailing the man to the ground, but he was not dead for the time being, and only screamed.

The priest carrying the soil couldn't help throwing the earth basket and ran to the back. He thought that the man in the city had said that he would not blame the public and shouted: "Why don't a gentleman do such a labour? He insisted that we do it? I'm afraid that we will die before we get close to the city! We are dead. Can princes and nobles support our parents, wives and children?"

When he shouted, the thugs next to him who had been scared and trembling all over their bodies threw away the earth basket and fled backwards. Crossbow arrows shot from behind him, and immediately ran faster.

The King of Chu didn't know what was shouting on the high platform. He knew that if he retreated at this time, the attack method of building a dirt mountain prepared in the middle of the morning would become a laughing stock. He might not be able to organize an effective attack in the afternoon. He made a quick decision and shouted: "Anyone who retreated privately, die! Let the retreated archers shoot and kill those who fled in the front, and the military order should not be merciful!"
Chapter completed!