When Li Yan heard this, he suddenly realized. Yes, what's so hard about attacking a city? If it is really as Wei Ba said, there are thousands of thunderbolts launched at the same time, what kind of city wall cannot be attacked? In the face of the absolute disparity in strength, no conspiracy and trickery can be attacked, and no city wall can stop the pace of progress.

He glanced at Zhuge Ke and the others, who were pale, and smiled. Wei Ba is not only attacking Wancheng, but also attacking the heart of the monarchs and ministers of the Wu State, thousands of thunderbolts, bombarding Wancheng, but warning the monarchs and ministers of the Wu State. This siege method may seem simple and crude, but the deterrent power is more direct and effective than any clever plan.

Looking at the expressions of Hu Zong and others at the moment, they already know how good this effect is.

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"Thousands of thunderbolts firing stone projectiles together?" Sun Quan was inexplicably frightened, and his blue eyes widened. "Wei Ba really said that, he won't be ashamed, right?"

"I don't think so." Zhuge Ke shook his head a little frustratedly, he lost one after another in the contest with Wei Ba, and he also very much hopes that Wei Ba is bragging now, so that he can watch Wei Ba's jokes when the time comes. However, from the point of view of reason, he felt that Wei Ba should not be exaggerating, and he might really plan to attack Wancheng like this. "They now need us to provide food and grass to support, it must not last, and a quick solution should be their best choice."

Sun Quan slowly relaxed his body, stroked his purple hair, and muttered for a moment: "So, he is demonstrating to me." ”

The minister thought so.

Sun Quan let out a long breath softly, and his heart palpitated. The power of a thunderbolt. He's seen it with his own eyes. When he attacked Jiangxia, he only used more than 500 thunderbolt cars to form an absolute advantage, and if it weren't for the serious delay in the supply of stone bullets, he could have won more easily. If Wei Ba could really use thousands of thunderbolts to launch at once, and could ensure a sufficient supply of stone bullets, it would not be difficult to conquer Wancheng.

It is not difficult to have more than 1,000 thunderbolts, but more than 1,000 thunderbolts to fire the stone projectiles needed together, which is definitely a number that can make people's scalps tingle just thinking about it. The time it takes for a Thunderbolt to launch once is about twenty to thirty breaths, that is. A Thunderbolt can fire nearly a thousand stone projectiles in a day and a night. A thousand is a million, and if you fire multiple stone bullets at once, you need more stone bullets.

How many people does Wei Ba need to keep up with the supply of stone bullets? In other words, the stone bullet manufacturing jishu that he has always refused to transfer to Wu Guo is really so amazing. Can meet the needs of more than 1,000 thunderbolts?

Think of the scene of a salvo of more than a thousand Thunderbolts. Sun Quan shuddered involuntarily. A thought crossed my mind: stay calm and don't mess with Wei Ba until you find out his true strength.

"Ask Fei Yi. Let's see if they can supply us with some stone bullets to help General Fuguo capture Kunyang. ”

"Whoa." Zhang Wen answered, bowed and retreated. He could hear that Sun Quan was really a little timid this time.

……

Li Yan, Ma Yan, Meng Da and others sat in groups and watched Wei Ba draw a schematic diagram of the siege on paper.

Wei Ba pressed the picture with a paperweight, clapped his hands, and washed his hands on the copper basin brought by the guards, and then said: "General, the southeast of Wancheng is surrounded by water on both sides, which can be used to transport stone bullets. There is Dushan in the north, there is a low post in the west, although Dushan is high, it is too far away from the city, and it is inconvenient to transport, although the low post can not be directly used as the position of the thunderbolt car, but the mountain is relatively stable, and there is the Meixi water boat, which is most suitable for the placement of the thunderbolt car. Therefore, I plan to place more than 1,000 thunderbolts in the western corner to quickly destroy the Wei army's city defenses with a thunderous blow and open the way for the general. ”

Li Yan stared at the picture and muttered for a long time: "Can you guarantee that the thunderbolt behind can also hit the city?" ”

Wei Ba smiled, although Li Yan's personality is annoying, but he still has a vision, thousands of thunderbolts are in formation, it is a large area, even after his careful arrangement, the attack position is arranged in the southwest corner of the city, making full use of the terrain, attacking a corner from three sides, but the farthest thunderbolt is nearly five hundred steps away from the siege, and ordinary thunderbolts can't hit so far.

"General rest assured, this is the latest designed thunderbolt car, and it is not an ordinary stone bullet, but a hollow pottery bullet, which is equipped with a fire starter, which is lighter and can hit farther." Wei Ba took a fist-sized clay pot from the side and sent it to Li Yan: "This kind of pottery bullet will shatter after it hits the ground, and the enemy can no longer use it, and the ignition inside can spontaneously combust." The general opened the mouth of the can and took out the contents to take a look. ”

Li Yan was very surprised, looked at Wei Ba, and carefully opened the seal. This seal is not very tight, probably Wei Ba specially for him to see. As soon as he opened the seal and took out a cloud of flocculent, a faint white smoke came out, and then it became an open flame, igniting the flocculent while also illuminating Li Yan's eyes.

A pungent smell immediately permeated the big tent, Li Yan and the others were choked, and they were busy covering their noses, but they found that Wei Ba had covered his nose well at some point, and looked at them with a wicked smile.

"Ziyu, you ...... Ahem, ahem! Ma Tan coughed while pointing at Wei Ba, snot and tears flying.

"I'm sorry." Wei Ba said apologetically: "In order to let you have an intuitive understanding, I didn't tell you in advance. ”

"Shaft!" Meng Da scolded with a smile while his eyes flowed: "It's good for you to give us a wake-up, the old man's breath is already short, and this choking will kill people." ”

Wei Ba hurriedly walked behind Meng Da to help him stroke his back, and at the same time asked people to open the tent door for ventilation. Meng Da is old and has a slight asthma, and winter is the hardest time for him, so it is indeed a little embarrassing.

There was chaos in the tent, not to mention Meng Da, even Li Yan, who had always been unsmiling, was a little out of shape, and Ma Yan, who usually paid attention to his appearance, did not have his former demeanor. For a while, the laughter and scolding were endless. Wei Ba had no choice but to arch his hands and say good things again and again, like a junior who had made a mistake.

Li Yan easily regained his strength, glared at Wei Ba, and couldn't help laughing again. "Yes, with such a sharp weapon, it is enough for Sima Yi to drink a pot. Ziyu, where did such sharp weapons come from? ”

"It was newly developed by Jiaozhou School." Wei Ba said: "I don't know exactly what is inside, it seems that there is some poison." The general must also know that there are many poisonous miasma in the Jiaozhou area, and it is not difficult to find these things. ”

"Well, good stuff, good stuff." Li Yan's confidence increased greatly, and he patted his thigh: "With Ziyu's help, I have confidence in winning Wanchengda." Let's talk about what other good ideas there are. ”

Wei Ba spread his hands: "There is a general in command, Ma Changshi is full of wit, Meng Zhendong has been on the battlefield for a long time, what else is the general not worried about?" Well, I'll be a quartermaster for the general, and make sure you eat and sleep well. ”

Li Yan smiled, very satisfied with Wei Ba's knowledge. If everything is done by Wei Ba, what use is he as the main general? He turned his gaze to Ma Jian and Meng Da, and said, "Ziyu has made full preparations for us, next, if you have any good suggestions, please say it quickly." ”

Ma Tan wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief and sniffed: "Ziyu, you fought with a fierce dog and rode a tiger and leopard before, I thought you used the most ingenious killing trick to help me." Now it seems that you still left the most proud killing move to the hussar general. ”

Wei Ba shrugged his shoulders in embarrassment, and Li Yan raised his eyebrows and smiled.

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Li Yan immediately ordered the construction of a mound of earth under Wancheng, which was a routine operation for the siege of the city, and there was nothing unusual. Sima Yi didn't take it too seriously, but just routinely sent crossbowmen to block and harass. The Shu Han army had a huge shield and siege carts as cover, and although the shooting of the Wei army at the head of the city caused some casualties, it did not have much effect, and they could only watch the mounds of earth rise one by one.

When Li Yan was building the mound, one ship after another came from the south along the Weishui, loaded with stone bullets and parts of the thunderbolt car, and almost every ship had a deep draft, but fortunately, there was no strong wind and waves in the Weishui, and there were warships in front of it, so these supply ships traveled quite smoothly.

Wei Ba erected a track on the preset position, and the track stretched into the middle of the river, and at the end was a tall pulley hoist, the wheels on which were driven by waterwheels. The supply ships docked under the crane in turn, opened the canopy, hung the hooks on the heavy bamboo baskets, and someone closed the waterwheel, and the waterwheel was pushed by the river, and the heavy bamboo baskets would be hoisted, loaded onto the trolley on the track, and then dragged by two strong people to the position.

With the help of various machinery, the labor intensity was greatly reduced, and the position of the thunderbolt gradually took shape at a dizzying speed.

Wei Ba sat on the mound, looking at the lively construction site, in a happy mood.

The design and installation of these machines were not his credit. He doesn't need to do it himself now, if he has any ideas, as long as he arranges it, he has a group of craftsmen to design and manufacture. He felt a bit like the legendary Joe gang leader, who was only in charge of ideas, and had a whole bunch of capable engineers under him to help him bring those wild ideas to life.

Watching ideas become reality and about to change history, as an engineer who once boasted of being a bright school and a jishu house, what an intoxicating thing it is, and it is even more satisfying than winning the world.

The attack on Wancheng was a major battle for Li Yan's troops, and of course he would not show his hand. Therefore, after Wei Ba undertook the task of the thunderbolt position, Li Yan took over all the remaining tasks, and Wei Ba did not need to make any more moves. Wei Ba is very satisfied with this result, but his satisfaction does not mean that others are satisfied.

For example, Wei Wu is not very satisfied, he came to Nanyang for the sake of fighting, the first few battles were very enjoyable, and he was on the rise, but Zuihou had to stand by and watch from the sidelines in a big war, he was really a little unwilling. But the most unwilling is Sun Luban, so far, although Zhao Tong has successfully mobilized the Wei army, causing the confrontation between the Wei and Wu armies in Yuzhou, creating opportunities for Wei Ba and Li Yan, but he has not yet established a real outstanding military exploit that can make him promoted to three levels in a row, how can she be satisfied?

No, she came to ask Wei Ba again. However, she wisely chose the lady route and curry favor with Guan Feng

(To be continued......)