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The natural beauty of the scenery makes everyone standing on the ridge feel refreshed, if there is no threat from the barbarians, this is a quiet picture of the field.

The five of them talked about the trivial things of harvesting, and at this time, Xiao Ming told Niu Ben and the three of them the news that the barbarian envoy had entered Chang'an.

"More than two months?" Niu Ben frowned.

Seeing Niu Ben's demeanor, Xiao Ming asked, "Old general, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

Niu Ben said: "Your Highness, the totem of this barbarian is a steppe wolf, and this is also the cunning of the wolves, don't believe the words of this barbarian to attack the city for three months." ”

"That's right, Your Highness, judging from our fight with the barbarians, it is true, this barbarian has never been trustworthy, cunning, and unscrupulous in order to achieve the goal."

Pang Yukun and Xiao Ming glanced at each other, their faces sank, they didn't have much to do with the barbarians, and they didn't have Niu Ben and others to understand the characteristics of the barbarians.

"Please also elaborate on the old general." Xiao Ming asked.

Niu Ben said: "The barbarians said that they would attack the city in three months, and it seems that the last general must have let His Highness be unprepared, so that we can be caught off guard, from now on, His Highness should send scouts to inquire about the news on the grassland at any time, in case the barbarians suddenly attack Cangzhou." ”

"Exactly, and before the barbarian army attacks the city, it will inevitably send small tribes on the grassland to conduct a tentative attack in order to reconnoiter the garrison of this city." Lu Fei also looked solemn.

Luo Xin wanted to say something, but when he found that the two of them had said it, he stopped talking.

Xiao Ming nodded, the information that the two of them said was very important to Xiao Ming, if the barbarians really had a tentative attack, then this time the artillery must not be exposed in advance, but wait until the main force of the barbarians arrives before they can use it.

"In this case, please also ask the old general to go to Cangzhou to supervise the battle, and only leave some soldiers to collect wheat."

Niu Ben nodded, "Your Highness is at ease, with my Niu Ben here, Cangzhou City is as solid as a rock." ”

After agreeing on this matter, Niu Ben and the three of them left first, and they needed to immediately lead the Qingzhou army to Cangzhou City to avoid an unexpected situation.

And Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun continued to ride their horses to see other official fields.

Niu Ben was in charge of this march and battle, and what they had to do was to ensure the logistics of Cangzhou City.

At noon, the two basically looked at all the official fields, and Pang Yukun returned to the Governor's Mansion.

Niu Ben's words completely made Qingzhou enter a state of war readiness in advance, and Pang Yukun needed to be responsible for transporting various materials to Cangzhou City, so as not to be in a hurry.

Xiao Ming went to the Equipment Division in the afternoon, and asked Chen Qi to hand over the ten cannons produced to Pang Yukun to transport to Cangzhou City, and the remaining artillery was reserved for training.

It's really a plan that can't keep up with the changes.

"Your Highness, are these ten doors enough?" Chen Qi looked worriedly at the slaves who were about to transport the artillery away.

"If it's not enough, there's no way, I just hope that the barbarian army can come later." Xiao Ming frowned, "By the way, what happened to the gunpowder canister you produced?" ”

Speaking of this Chen Qi's strange face, he said: "Your Highness, I understand that this powder jar contains rusty iron nails, but what is it for?" ”

"You don't understand this, you just need to do it, now you immediately send out extra manpower to fill the gunpowder canister, so that it can also make up for the lack of artillery a little." Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi nodded depressedly, the matter of this powder jar was really surprising to him.

After talking about the gunpowder canister, Xiao Ming asked again: "How is the catapult?" ”

"There are already thirty of them, I asked Zhang Liang to borrow a lot of carpenters, and this is a simple catapult, which is very fast." Chen Qi pointed to the courtyard next door, "Now they are assembling catapults there." ”

This time, Xiao Ming asked the catapult made by the Equipment Division to have a range of only 200 meters, and the size of the catapult was very small, which was convenient for transporting to the city wall.

Now no one knows when the barbarians will come, so he can only speed up the production of this powder jar and make up for the quality with quantity.

When they arrived in the courtyard next door, hundreds of carpenters were banging and beating.

It is a catapult similar to a bow and arrow, with a bamboo pole-like bent in front, twine on either side, and a spoon-like thing in the middle to put into a gunpowder jar.

When firing, you only need to hold the handle of the spoon, just like a bow and arrow, and when you let go, you can shoot the powder jar in the spoon.

But even then, it requires three soldiers to operate at the same time.

This kind of catapult was rummaged out by Xiao Ming from the science and technology library, the structure is the simplest, in order to cope with the current crisis, he had to rely on this kind of catapult with fast production speed.

"Let Zhang Liang transfer some more craftsmen over, Cangzhou City needs at least fifty units, and Cangzhou City will need it in the next few days." Xiao Ming said.

From Xiao Ming's ecological and urgent tone, Chen Qi realized something, and he asked, "Your Highness, is the barbarian here?" ”

"I'm afraid so, from now on we must prepare the city defenses." Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi nodded, realizing the seriousness of the problem, he said: "Your Highness, the fourth iron mold will be formed soon, and the equipment department will be able to make sixteen artillery pieces by the end of next month." ”

"Twenty-six guns in total, I hope it's enough." Xiao Ming smiled bitterly.

In Niu Ben's tone, the three months of the barbarian tribe are actually good to be able to give two, which is the same as boxing counting one, two, three, and punching the opponent before counting the third sound.

However, the soldiers are treacherous, if the barbarians are in order, the army of the Great Yu Kingdom will not be beaten and have no power to fight back.

Chen Qi scratched his head, this was his fastest speed, remembered something, and suddenly said: "By the way, Your Highness, the glass you let the glass shop polish is already in place, and it is here with me." ”

"Really? Then give it to me quickly, Niu Ben will go to Cangzhou tomorrow, and before that, this thing must be brought to him for investigation. Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi turned around and walked out, and after a while, he walked over with a box in his hand.

Xiao Ming opened it, and inside were three pairs of round glass, which was thick in the middle and thin on both sides, which was a modern magnifying glass, and the other half was a concave lens with a depression in the middle.

Asking Chen Qi to prepare these is naturally to assemble the telescope, but this telescope is not enough for two magnifying glasses together, because if there is a lack of prism, the image will be inverted.

So Xiao Ming used a magnifying glass and a concave lens to assemble the telescope, so that the image seen would be positive.

However, the field of view will be relatively narrow, and the multiplier will be smaller.

For the current situation, Xiao Ming pursues simplicity in everything, and the monocular, this is enough.

(To be continued.) )