Chapter 579: Mechanism Technique (II)
Chun Yubo picked up a sketch and showed it to everyone, what was drawn was the giant chariot used by the Qin army, and said: "I know that this car is called Linchong Lu bus, according to legend, it was created by Jiang Taigong who helped Zhou Jianguo, this car is six feet wide and four feet wide, eight feet long and six feet long, and four feet high and eight feet, the car is divided into five layers, each layer has a ladder to go up and down, and the exterior is covered with thick leather, which is extremely strong, and the car can carry hundreds of soldiers, can be equipped with various crossbow equipment, can be attacked and defended, very powerful."
Li Yinghong said: "Is this chariot really created by Jiang Taigong?" Why haven't you heard of it before, and haven't seen it? ”
Chun Yubo said with a smile: "Whether it is really created by Jiang Taigong is indeed impossible to verify, maybe it is just a pretext and I don't know, but what I see below is still seen from the book [Lu Gong Technique]. ”
Gao Yuan said: "[Lu Gong Technique]? What is this book? ”
Chun Yubo said: "[Lu Gong Organ Technique] is written by Lu Ban, a famous craftsman during the Warring States Period, and the records are all war machines designed by Lu Ban. In the forty-fourth year of King Chu Hui, Chu wanted to destroy the Song State, and hired Lu Ban to supervise the construction of siege machinery for him, and Mozi in order to save the Song State, he and Lu Ban fought in front of the King of Chu. This is the allusion of Mozi to save the Song Dynasty. After Lu Ban returned to Lu State, he was extremely dissatisfied in his heart, so he devoted himself to studying for more than ten years, doing what he had learned in his life, correcting and perfecting the nine siege machinery he had designed before, and at the same time designed four new war machines, a total of thirteen kinds, and wanted to compete with Mo Xiao again, so he knew that when Lu Ban rushed to Song Guo to find Mozi, he learned that Mo Xiao had passed away several years earlier. So after Lu Ban returned to China, he compiled the book [Lu Gong Technique] to record all the thirteen kinds of machinery for posterity. The Linchong Lv bus is one of the four new war machines, but the book notes that this car is still created by Jiang Taigong, so it is called the Linchong Lv bus. ”
After listening to Chun Yubo's words, everyone suddenly realized, Gao Yuan said: "Where is this book now, I don't know if Mr. Chun Yu has it?" ”
Chun Yubo shook his head and said: "In the next is a chance opportunity, I saw some fragments of [Lu Gong Technique], which recorded this Linchong Lu bus, but it was incomplete, and there was no pattern, and I only knew the size of the car in the road, the power of the effect, and I didn't know the details of some details of the structure, and then I searched in many ways, and I didn't find it, and it was rumored that Lu Ban had told his disciples before he died, and what was recorded in this book was a weapon of killing, and it was only because of his own momentary anger that he won with Mozi to design these weapons of killing, If this book is passed on to future generations, I am afraid that it will kill more stamps, so after his death, he will be buried with this book and not let it circulate. ”
After hearing this, Gao Yuan also sighed and said, "It's a pity that such a precious and good book has been lost like this, and Master Lu is too stupid." ”
Chunyu Zhongxiu frowned and said, "I think Master Lu has done the right thing, if such a book is circulated to future generations, I don't know how many killings it will cause, so it may not be a good thing to let it be lost." ”
Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "Miss Chunyu, I don't agree with you, water can overturn a boat, but it can also carry a boat, because there will be a fire and no longer use fire, isn't it because of choking to waste food?" It can be seen that whether it is a machine or a weapon, it is only a dead thing after all, and there is no distinction between good and evil, right or wrong, and it is the person who uses these mechanical weapons who makes the killing stamp, so the fault cannot be pushed onto the utensils. And if the [Lu Gong Technique] can be handed down, the machinery recorded in it will not be difficult to become a machine for the benefit of the people if it is slightly transformed. For example, if this Linchonglu bus is used to transport goods and people, isn't it more convenient and effective than a horse-drawn carriage? ”
Chunyu Zhongxiu was stunned for a moment, because of Gao Yuan's point of view, she had indeed heard of it for the first time, but it was not unreasonable for Xi Zai to think about it, and she wanted to refute it, but she couldn't find a suitable word.
Fortunately, Chun Yubo smiled at this time: "But it seems that this book has fallen into Han Teng's hands, because in addition to this Linchong Lu bus, several other cars have also been seen in the fragments." ”
When he said this, he really diverted everyone's attention, so they all looked at these sketches drawn by Chun Yubo.
Chun Yubo picked up a picture again, and said: "This car is called the thunderbolt car, it is the most complete record of a chariot in the remnants seen below, this car is one zhang two feet wide, two zhang four feet long, nine feet high, with four-wheel drive, the front door beam of the car, set up a wooden pole under it, winding and twisting with ox tendons, can launch stones, although it is not as strong as the general trebuchet, but it is light and dexterous, the whole car is a total of five people, two people live in the front of the car body, with pedal axles, drive the chariot forward, one of them controls the direction of the chariot, and two people operate wooden poles to launch stones. ”
Gao Yuan nodded, to put it simply, the thunderbolt is to use the torque of an item such as a rubber band to launch stones, although such a trebuchet cannot throw large stones, and the range is not far, but it is light and flexible, and it is easy to transform into a vehicle.
At this time, Chun Yubo also explained to everyone several other sketches, and the names of the other chariots were the Arrow Nest Car, the Crash Car, and the Ruyi Car.
The size of the arrow nest car is slightly larger than the thunderbolt car, and it is also five members, but the power system is at the back of the car, and two large crossbows are installed in the front of the car, this crossbow is also specially customized for this arrow nest car, smaller than the bed crossbow, but larger than the crossbow used by a single person, each crossbow can be supercharged with only one person, and three crossbow arrows can be fired at the same time, although the penetration of the crossbow is far less than the bed crossbow, but the two crossbows are launched in turn, which can cause continuous blows to the enemy. In addition, the Arrow Nest Car can move smartly, and can also directly ram enemy soldiers, so the actual effect is much greater than that of the bed crossbow.
The size of the crash car and the Ruyi car is larger than that of the thunderbolt car and the arrow nest car, the width of the car is about one zhang and five feet, the length is between three and four zhang, the height is more than one zhang, the wheels are three pairs, and the car crew is more than ten people.
Among them, the crew of the crashing car reached 16 people, and the main weapon was a collision log as thick as 1 foot 8 inches, which was powered by six people, and ten people used the collision wood to hit the enemy's city gates, wooden fences and other fortifications. And the roof of the car is pointed, which prevents enemies from attacking from the roof.
The crew of the Ruyi car was 12 people, six people drove the car, and six people were responsible for the battle. However, the Ruyi car is not specially used as a weapon for war, mainly relying on the soldiers in the car to use bows and arrows, spears to fight, but the top and front bash of the Ruyi car are movable, can be disassembled and disassembled, usually separated as a cover, defensive operations, when attacking can build bridges, can pass through the ditch within four zhang.
It's just that Chun Yubo only knows a rough idea of these chariots, and he doesn't know the detailed structure of the chariots, which is the internal composition of the chariots and the power system, but this also makes Gao Yuan and others feel that they have benefited a lot, because they understand the principle of these chariots, at least it can be proved that these chariots are actually artificially made, and they are not a strange force, and as long as they are made by people, then there is a way to deal with them.
Gao Yuan nodded to Chun Yubo and said, "Mr. Chun Yu, thank you for your advice, it seems that this [Lu Gong Technique] must have fallen into the hands of Han Teng and the others, otherwise they would not have been able to manufacture these chariots."
Chun Yubo also nodded and said, "It should be so." ”
At this time, Li Yinghong was also a little worried, and said, "But how to deal with this kind of chariot?" Ordinary bows and arrows are almost useless against them, and can only be struck with boulders or heavy hammers, but we don't have many trebuchets now, and we can't find many soldiers who can make heavy bells. ”
Gao Yuan smiled: "No kind of weapon is infallible, since it is something made by people, it naturally has its weaknesses, and chariots are no exception." Whether large or small, these chariots have some common characteristics, that is, they can generate power and move flexibly on the battlefield, so that they are naturally much stronger than large weapons that can only be fixed or need to be pulled by human and animal power. In addition, the body is a fully enclosed structure, and covered with raw cowhide, so the defense is also greatly increased, and the general means of attack have little effect on them. But if you think about it, they certainly have weaknesses. ”
Zhao Xuan said: "All chariots are wooden structures, even if the exterior of the chariot is covered with raw cowhide to strengthen the defense, but as long as it is wood, it will be afraid of fire, which is probably the biggest weakness of these chariots." If we think about it in terms of fire, we should be able to break these tanks. ”
Li Yinghong's eyes lit up and said, "That's right, didn't we bring a lot of fire oil bombs, which can be used to deal with these chariots." ”
When the Dai army was stationed in Daliang, it used a pottery oil bomb, which played a great role, and it was the most important weapon for the Dai army to win and defeat the Qin army in the water war. Later, after returning to Daigun, this kind of fire oil bomb also attached great importance to it, and the craftsmen also made some improvements, first of all, the pottery bullet body was replaced by a thick bamboo or log planing, so that the body of the fire oil bomb was more slender and light, and a batch of crossbows that fired this fire oil bomb were specially made, instead of being transformed with bed crossbows. Therefore, the range is also longer, the stability is stronger, and the power is naturally greater. And the Dai army accompanied him with a lot of such crossbows and fire oil bombs.
But Gao Yuan shook his head and said, "I don't think it will be very useful to use fire oil bombs against the chariots of the Qin army. ”
Li Yinghong was puzzled and said, "What is it for?" ”