Early that morning, the weather was excellent, the sun rose early, and it was a suitable day to die in battle.

The head of the city, which was aware of the Chu people's movements, was also making adequate preparations, and the ink man had not slackened.

Mozi was condescending, personally commanded, and was accompanied by appropriate people, which was both a herald and a study.

Outside the city, the Chu people did not rush to attack, but after inspiring morale, they commanded everyone to approach the moat, and organized the disciples to dig up the soil and pile up high platforms near the Yangtuo Tu Mountain, so as to be condescending.

Shi stood on top of the tower, watched the movements of the Chu people in the distance, and asked, "Sir, what are these Chu people going to do?" ”

Mozi just glanced at it and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's just to build a high platform with a clay fortress, one is that you can condescendingly shoot with a bow and crossbow, and after getting closer, you can let the elite sword and shield people jump directly to the city wall, this is the most stupid means, more than thirty years have passed, and the Chu people's siege skills are still like this, and there is no progress." ”

"If you want to deal with this, you either send bows and crossbows to delay the Chu people, or send elite people to fight back, or you have to rely on the mechanical skills of my Mo family."

"Prepare for the crossbow car, the material is generous and one foot, and the length is called the thickness of the city. Two axles and three wheels, the wheel is in the basket, and the upper basket is heavy. There are two plants on the left and right, and there are balanced plants on the left and right, and the left and right sides of the balance plant are all in the circle, with an inner diameter of four inches. The left and right crossbows are planted, and the strings are hooked with strings, as for the big strings. The front and back of the crossbow arm are in line with the basket, the basket is eight feet high, and the crossbow shaft goes down to the basket three feet five inches. The crossbow machine Guo Tongtong, one stone and thirty jun. Lead the string deer long slave. The basket is three and a half times in circumference, there is a hook distance on the left and right, three inches square, two inches of wheel thickness, four inches of hook distance from the arm, seven inches thick, and six feet long. Outside the basket of cross arms, flea feet five inches, there is a distance, six inches of fighting, three inches thick, as long as the basket has an instrument, there is a victory, can go up and down, for the martial weight of a stone, to the material around five inches. The arrow is ten feet long, and the end of the arrow is tied with a rope, and if it is shot like a gun, it is reeled by grinding. The arrow is three feet high, and there are countless crossbows, sixty people, and there are no small arrows. Ten people are in charge of this car. ”

As he spoke, he saw that on the smooth and open streets below, many people were pushing several heavy crossbow carts, and they were relying on the pulleys at the head of the city to transport these heavy and fragile city defense equipment to the city head.

The Mohists' skills in the use of levers and pulleys were not weaker than the Greek legends at this time, and the heavy crossbow cart was the pinnacle of equipment at this time.

This is all made by the Mo family's weapon workshop, and it is not sold, because once it is sold, it may be used by the other party to siege the city.

Mozi pointed to the crossbow cart below, and said to him: "This thing is bulky, the kind of gunpowder and copper pipe you and Gong Zaozhu talked about, in fact, if it is available now, I don't need to use the repeater to guard against the enemy's condescending." ”

It was not necessary to go to the top of the city in person, but to see the ballistas being hoisted onto the city walls on pulleys, knowing in my heart that these instruments were expensive and would not be used unless they had to.

More than 200 catties of heavy bed crossbows and extremely long special crossbow arrows were all hoisted behind the city wall, and the ink defenders who defended the city already had a distance advantage, and at this time, the Chu people on the opposite side could not effectively suppress the city head.

A group of ten ink men controls a crossbow cart, and the rest of the city defenders can't use it.

Relying on levers, winches, and pulley equipment, they are shouting with all their strength to wind their crossbows and put on their crossbow arrows.

Crossbow bolts come in lengths and shorts, with long ones tied with ropes tied to them, and short ones with no ropes behind them and cannot be recovered.

The sound of squeaking and crunching winding, which can be heard from a long distance, makes people's teeth sore.

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

Mozi knew the power of this weapon, looked at Shi Zheng and looked at it, and said with a smile: "You know a lot of things, but you may not have seen these machines. However, with your knowledge of the geometry of 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 manipulation of these ink masters, and secretly praised Mo Zhai's high level.

The firing group of ten people is not chaotic at all, and it is obviously a long-term run-in, just like the artillery group after the appearance of gunpowder, everyone knows what they want to do, and they cooperate closely with each other.

After the several crossbow carts above the city were ready, the ink man who operated it stretched out his thumb to roughly measure the distance according to the ranging method taught by Shi, and shouted.

Airplanes......

The copper machine that suddenly opened made the long-stored crossbow bed instantly straighten, and the long crossbow arrows flew towards the Chu people on the high platform with the sound of the buzzing wind.

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Under the city, the king of Chu came to watch the battle in person to boost morale.

Chu Sima said: "You can first pile up high platforms and shoot with bows and crossbows to prevent the ink from going out of the city to raid and counterattack." When they got closer, they let the elite sword and shield set up a wooden bridge from the tower and head straight to the head of Shangqiu City. ”、

"The ink man must have the means to defend the city, and he may not be able to stand firm at the head of the city, but he can also let the person who is good at shooting on the high platform to shoot, and then fill the trench, and the ants will attack the city!"

The king of Chu said that he could only use all the means to attack the city today, so as to force the Mo people to defend with all his might, and he could not notice the changes in the city.

If you don't attack with all your strength, I'm afraid that you won't be able to touch the city defense at all, and it will be impossible for the ink artist to focus on the city wall.

Just as he was about to call for the drums to be thrown at the city wall, he heard a buzz in the distance.

The huge crossbow arrows several feet long, dragging long ropes, flew straight from the top of the city to the high platform, and the two Chu people who were drawing their bows there were immediately shot through, and not a single wail was issued.

The fist-thick crossbow arrow directly penetrated the two of them, firmly tying the two of them on the high platform, and the Chu archers next to them had seen death, but where had they ever seen such a miserable death?

The chests of the two men were completely shattered, blood spurted wildly, and long crossbows continued to shoot out from the top of the city.

The king of Chu was far away and could not be affected, but those close attendants hurriedly raised the long pestle and big shield and guarded the king of Chu behind.

Then I heard a few more sounds breaking through the air, and a few more crossbow arrows were shot on the high platform, and the Chu archers above could not form a team, but could only scatter.

Long-distance projectiles, if you can't form a team, are useless, and it is impossible to suppress the city.

And if the city head is not suppressed, the apprentices who dig pits and fill the ditches may flee with great inefficiency.

The King of Chu had never seen such a weapon, and exclaimed, "What is this?" ”

There was a disciple of the public defeat class who accompanied the army nearby, and hurriedly said: "This must be Mo Zhai's crossbow car, compared with the master in the past, the master can't do anything about this thing!" Specially prepared for high-level, can shoot more than 100 steps, crossbows are as thick as spears, and the flesh is powder! ”

The king of Chu raised his head and saw that there was chaos on the high platform, although he had not shot a few people, but the tragedy of crossbow arrows as thick and thin as spears flying out and shooting was too shocking, no less than five horses splitting the corpses, and those archers could not form a queue at all.

"Is there a way to crack it?"

The king of Chu asked urgently, and the disciple of the Gong Losing Class thought for a long time and said: "This crossbow is complicated to operate, and the rate of fire is slow, but it is powerful, and the big shield cannot be guarded. The only way to do this is to send elite men to cut the ropes while they have cast them. ”

"The master once fought in Mo Zhai, and knew that this thing is generally equipped with sixty crossbows, thirty long and thirty short, the short one is not powerful enough, and the old one is slow, as long as the rope is cut so that it cannot be recovered."

"Just ......"

The disciple of the public losing class swallowed for a moment, gritted his teeth and said: "It's just that if there is no one on the high platform, the ink artist will not shoot ......."

The king of Chu did not hesitate, and ordered: "Order the archers to withdraw, let the disciples climb the platform and pile forward, choose elite men to hold sharp blades, and cut the ropes of those long crossbows!" ”

The person who gave the order immediately went down to give the order, and the king of Chu knew that even if he praised the methods of the ink man at this time, he could not choose this time to say that he would damage his morale.

Just looked at the vast machinery at the head of the city, and sighed secretly, such a thing is used to attack the city, it is a sharp weapon; If the ink can help them defend the city in the future, why be afraid of the methods of those Jin people?

Just such a crossbow car is enough to show the Mo family's mechanical skills, Chu Wang Xindao has long heard that the Mo family's mechanical skills are unparalleled in the world, and today I can see it, and it is really shocking.

He was ruthless, and today would cause tension in the city no matter what, but if it continues like this, I am afraid that the other party's means of defending the city are endless, and it is not a lie.

The archers on the high platform are all elite, it is difficult for a good archer to become a talent without eight years of training, and the production of a bow also takes three cycles, and the king of Chu can only let the apprentices go up to attract the crossbows of the ink man.

On the stage, the archers, who had seen many of their companions being crossed by the crossbows, were ordered to retreat as if they had been pardoned.

Those helpless apprentices could only fill the earth in earthen baskets, carry them on high platforms and go forward to fill them, striving to get closer to the city.

The long crossbow at the head of the city was still fired, and the Chu warriors hidden on the high platform had sharp blades hidden in their bodies, and once they found that a long crossbow was fired, they rushed over to cut the rope.

These long crossbows are not simple spears, and they are made of wood that are easy to split when they bear the huge impact of the crossbow strings, and these long crossbows are specially made and extremely difficult.

On the high platform, people kept falling, people kept screaming, and there were constantly long crossbows that were cut by the Chu people.

The apprentices who carried the soil were inferior to the archers, and it was even more difficult to see such a bloody scene, and when a prisoner who had been released from Shangqiu ran up with a basket of earth on his back, one of his companions happened to be shot by a crossbow arrow.

The long crossbow bolt pierced the man's body and pinned him to the ground, but he was not dead for a while, only screaming.

The apprentice who carried the soil couldn't help but throw the earthen basket and ran backwards, and remembered that the inkman in the city had said that he did not blame the people, and shouted: "Why doesn't the gentleman do such drudgery?" Do you want us to do it? I'm afraid that before we get close to the city, we will die! When we die, will the princes, nobles, and gentlemen be able to support our parents, wives and children? ”

As soon as he shouted, the trembling apprentices beside him, who had already been frightened, threw away their earthen baskets and fled backwards, and crossbow arrows came from behind him, and they ran faster.

The king of Chu didn't know what he was shouting from the high platform, and knew that if he withdrew at this time, he was afraid that the siege methods of building the earth mountain prepared in the middle of the morning would become a laughing stock, and he might not be able to organize an effective attack in the afternoon. Let the withdrawn archers shoot those who flee first, and the military order must not be merciful! ”

The people beside him immediately gave orders, and those archers who retreated from the high platform immediately drew their bows, and some people held up command flags to order those who retreated to return to Tushan immediately, or else they would be shot.