Chapter 207 Hundred-foot sighs inside and outside the hook (2)
The first escaped disciple heard the order of the King of Chu and said in his heart: "Those people in the city once said that all princes and nobles must be merciful in masks, but they like the most blood of beasts! Today, they will die by traversing the earth mountain, and they will die by retreating. It is better to tell the truth, or it may be reasonable!"
The other disciples were used to being driven. After a military order, everyone hesitated. However, the disciple thought about the truth that many people in the city told, and stepped forward and said, "I..."
He said one word, and the leader of General Chu said, "Those who retreat privately! Dead!"
An arrow flew out and hit the man's throat. The sage was shot to death before he could even say a word.
Seeing this, the rest of the people did not dare to stop, so they had to carry the earth basket and continue to build the platform.
By noon, the platform finally approached enough range, and the crossbow chariots above the city seemed to have no crossbow arrows, or those who were operating were exhausted and were very slow to fire one.
Seeing this, the King of Chu hurriedly ordered the archer to go up to the high platform and no longer push forward. Instead, he used the archer to shoot against the city head, suppressing the archer at the city head and covering the Chu army to fill the trench.
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In the city, Mozi was still calm and kept asking Mo to send orders.
Shi asked, "Sir, the people of Chu no longer seem to accumulate earth mountains in the distance. Do we continue to shoot with crossbow chariots?"
Mo Zi shook his head and said, "You must pay attention to the changes in the enemy in everything. The pile of earth mountains may use elite swords and shields to build bridges to rush to the city, or they may use archers to suppress and fill trenches to prepare for ants to attack the city."
"The function of the crossbow chariot is to delay the speed of the Chu people building the earthen mountain. If it cannot be delayed, the Chu people may be able to complete it within an hour and a half."
"The delay has been completed now. The Chu people can only attack for a while in the afternoon and then withdraw their troops. Moreover, the Chu people no longer dare to continue building a mountain of earth and swords and shields to attack the bridge, and they will inevitably shoot at high places with their archers."
"The function of the crossbow truck has been completed, and the rest depends on the relay machine, the chariot and other equipment."
After saying that, he taught the art of defending the city, and said, "If you want to set the door, you will be strong and will be the enemy, and those who are good at shooting will be the enemy, and those who are good at shooting will be the enemy, and those who are strong will be the enemy."
"There are all six feet high and four feet wide. They are all soldier crossbows."
"The squirting machine is six feet long and one foot long. The two materials are combined to make it a squirt. The squirting machine is two feet long. The squirting machine is a Taoist arm, and the arm is as long as Huan. Twenty steps per, please help one person who is good at shooting it, and do not leave it."
Shi recorded it one by one, and Mozi gave some tips. Shi also recorded it in vernacular language for future viewing.
At the top of the city wall, the person who fired the crossbow chariot was not without strength, nor did he have crossbow arrows. Although the firing speed of the crossbow chariot was slow, the man who controlled it was not very exhausted.
Mozi had already sent an order that the Chu archers had climbed the earth mountain. The crossbow chariot was too bulky and was afraid of being damaged, so he asked someone to dismantle it and put it under the city and push it away.
A simpler transducer that is more than six feet long is transported from below to the city wall. This transducer is also a powerful crossbow, which is closer and more convenient to control, and only two people can fiddle with it.
One is responsible for steering and the other is responsible for shooting. In a suitable way, the difference between the crossbow and the crossbow is that the crossbow is a large-caliber cannon, while this type of relay machine is more like a three-pound cannon or leather cannon from the gunpowder era, and is more suitable for close-range shooting.
On the city wall at the top of the city, a crossbow grid has been prepared, and the city walls are connected together to form a simple defense measure similar to the chest wall.
The outside is covered with mud and wheatgrass inside, which can be shot by the enemy's feather arrows and taken down and used, and can prevent the enemy from using rockets. The mud plays a role in setting fire.
There is a large water tank filled with water every thirty steps on the city wall, which is also intended to prevent the enemy from shooting with rockets.
All the elite archers in the city, famous people in the village shooting, and taxis trained from childhood are above the city.
Each elite archer is equipped with a sergeant, similar to a knight's entourage, responsible for taking feather arrows, delivering feather arrows, observing the enemy situation, etc.
These people who are good at shooting will not shoot at the city, but use their own techniques to deal with the Chu archers on the earthen mountains.
Beside Gongsun Ze, the servant he had trained in the bet with was preparing feather arrows for him and observing the situation on the opposite side of the Tushan Mountain.
Twenty steps away, several Mozhes were urging some people to pull the radiator below to the city. Gongsun Ze thought to himself: "Mozhe is not good at shooting, and can only rely on machinery. It's just that machinery is ruthless, how can there be etiquette? Today I want the Mozhes to know that people will surpass machinery."
His shooting skills are excellent, and shooting skills are a gentleman's art and are even more intensive. He is also famous for his own gang of arrows.
The servant who delivered the feather arrows next to him was familiar with him, and the distance was good enough, which was the time to show his means.
He took off his bent bow, hooked his thumb with a ring to the bowstring, waiting for the opportunity.
The servant beside him said, "Gentleman, the people of Chu are already in the whole line, but they have never seen the leader."
Gongsun Ze only stared at the distance, waiting for the gust of wind to stop, and then wanted to show his own methods.
At this time, two ink men who were twenty steps away had already installed the light transmitter. One of them squatted on the transmitter, and the other used Wangshan to control the direction of the transmitter.
The string pulling device of the lever principle has been tightened, and the man is adjusting his direction and waiting for the order from the city wall.
More than twenty relaying machines were at the top of the city, one every twenty steps, and more than forty ink masters were controlled by them. These crossbow arrows were more powerful than bows and arrows, with straighter trajectories and faster speeds.
The ink-giver shouted at the top of the city, and as soon as the breeze stopped, more than 20 relay-emitting machines were launched together.
The power is smaller than the previous crossbow beds, but it is not much different for the Chu archers who were just ready to suppress the city. They are all dead, but they are not as shocking as those crossbow beds just now.
The moment dozens of crossbow arrows flew out together, Gongsun Ze also found an enemy. Taking advantage of the moment when the breeze stopped, he hooked the bowstring, clamped the feather arrow with the tiger's mouth, and quickly pulled it open. Without waiting for his arm to tremble slightly, he quickly bounced his fingers away.
Whoosh...
The arrow he shot was bent into a terrible arc when it flew out, which shows the power contained in his bow.
The feather arrow straightened his body twenty steps away in the air and flew towards the Chu people opposite.
The servant praised, "A gentleman, right!"
While speaking, he quickly delivered a feather arrow to Gongsun Ze. Gongsun Ze did not go to see the person he shot, but quickly looked for the next target.
But I didn't expect that I only saw the crossbow arrows thrown by Mozhe's relay machine, which completely broke the Chu people's formation in front. The Chu people's formation that had just been in full swing was once again chaotic.
Gongsun Ze was secretly surprised. He could not have imagined that more than twenty relay-emitting machines he despised were fired at the same time, and the power was so: shooting one person was naturally a superb method, but Mozhe's relay-emitting machine completely broke the Chu people's front line and left many gaps.
Once there is a gap, the power of the ejection will be greatly reduced. There are many people who are good at shooting among the Chu people, but those who are good at shooting may not be willing to fight against the Mozhe's ejection machine on the Tushan Mountain.
Gongsun Ze sighed, knowing that today, he was afraid that ejaculation could not be better than the mechanics, so he had to give up his comparative thoughts and only buried his head in doing his own duties to calm down.
Under the city, the King of Chu was no longer surprised by Mozhe's various machinery, but just sent orders to continue to let the archer take the stage, and with twenty arrows, he returned to rest after shooting, maintaining his suppression of the city.
Another former military soldiers filled the prepared firewood, earth baskets, etc., and then the elite soldiers prepared the ladders made by the Gongshu squad. Once the moat was filled, the ant would attack the city.
The elite soldiers behind were lined up in an array, preparing their respective weapons, and divided into four teams. This was the real elite. They could not rush over in a swarm, but had to attack in the whole team.
The archers and selected famous local shooters on the top of the city fought against the Chu people on the earth, while the fewest archers shot arrows into the moat.
People who are approaching are constantly being shot, or step on the "dog walk" prepared by the Mozhe in advance, or step on the pit dug in advance, and people scream from time to time.
The moats accumulated by soil are far less efficient than wood, because the wood is lighter and more accessible. The Chu people kept moving forward and put the firewood prepared in advance into the moats.
Seeing this, the King of Chu thought to himself: "With ant attacking the city, the Mo who guarded the city will do his best."
But he saw the disciples of the Gongshu squad who were following the army shook their heads and couldn't help asking: "You once served in the Gongshu squad. When Mo Zhai entered Chu alone, he must have talked about the means of preventing ants from attacking the city."
"Now the four elite teams are gathered to attack the city. How many people do the Mozhe on the top of the city need to resist?"
The disciple of the Gongshu squad sighed and said, "I'm afraid only four thousand people are needed."
The other Chu generals disbelief and said angrily: "Nonsense! These four elite teams, can the Mozhe only need 4,000 people to defend?"
The disciple of Gongshuo squad smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. I couldn't think of a solution in the past. Do you think that the siege is as good as the siege in the past?"
He bowed to the King of Chu and said, "There are only a thousand of these four thousand people who are light and strong, and the rest are just old people and their women."
The rest of the Chu people were not willing to believe it. They couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, but they felt that this person was afraid of being crazy.
However, the King of Chu knew that Mo's defending the city would make him famous all over the world. Besides, the King of Chu was not a mediocre person at that time. Gongshu Ban even improved the Chu people's Zhou Shi with one person, allowing the Chu people and Yue people to win the competition in Huaibei. Such a person was forced to retreat by Mo Di, which is probably unreasonable.
He also knew that it was impossible to conquer Shangqiu today, but the four teams of ants elites he prepared were actually told by the disciples of the Public Sous squad that only needed 4,000 people and there were three thousand old and weak people in it to defend. He couldn't help but be surprised and asked how he was back then.
The disciple of Gongshu squad said, "Mr. I once said that if Mo Di is able to defend the city, I will definitely attack the city. This person once said that if a 100,000 army attacks the city randomly, it will have no effect. Therefore, if an ants attack the city, you must cooperate with each other."
"The archers in Yangdi Tushan suppressed the moat and prepared for impact, etc. There is no need to say. For a group of 100,000, there can only be four teams in the entire team. If there are more than four teams, it will be more convenient to defend. If it exceeds four teams, it will lose the power of the siege and cannot be used. The archers behind cannot concentrate on covering. Even a big city like Shangqiu can only line up in four teams."
"The largest platoon is 500 steps. The team with a wide defense of 500 steps requires 1,000 men, 2,000 adult women, 4,000 old men, 4,000 old men, 4,000 people, which is enough to deal with it, so that the old men cannot do things and defend in places where the road is not on the city."
The King of Chu said strangely: "What is the use of a woman defending the city? Could it be that Mo's guarding the city, and the woman also goes up to the city wall?"
The disciple of Gongshu sect said: "Women can also defend the city. But the gentleman vowed that since that incident, he would not engage in unjust wars or create any weapons for unjust wars. Therefore, he did not teach Mo Di's methods of guarding against ants to attack the city."
"But the gentleman was convinced that he thought that Mo Zhai would use these thousand men, two thousand women, and one thousand young men to defend against a team of five hundred steps."
The King of Chu sighed and said that today he was about to meet one thousand men and two thousand women, and could defend a team of elite siege.
The other nobles of Chu did not believe it, but just sneered.
At this moment, a strange sound suddenly came from the distance, and some strange wooden barrels flew out from behind the city wall, as if they were thrown out by someone.
Chapter completed!