Chapter 42

There's less than an hour left!

After determining the military power, Chen Ze left the military aircraft office in a hurry with all the generals without delay.

But Mr. Jing really handed everything over to Chen Ze, who didn't even go downstairs.

Whether Cao Lang or the goatee counselor, after tacitly accepting that Chen Zelai was in charge of the military, they, including their students, have all belonged to the Xiyun garrison, and Chen Ze has the right to move directly with a military aircraft token.

When he got out of the gate, Chen Ze thought about it and asked Cao Lang and others to go to the southeast gate with more than 300 followers.

The terrain of Xiyun city is quite high. There are only three gates in the East, West and south. The east gate connects bo'an City, and the south gate leads to qiuding city. The west gate is facing the forest of poisonous fog, and it is also the gate with the heaviest defensive pressure at present.

As for the north, it is a steep cliff. A thick wall has been built according to the cliff. I'm not afraid that someone will take the opportunity to touch it.

It is said that the private soldiers of Cao Lang and others have also experienced combat, which is far stronger than the weak recruits of Xiyun City, but Chen Ze still assigned them to the two gates in the southeast.

It's not that he doesn't want to use it, but that he doesn't dare to use it!

Marching and fighting requires a travel order to prohibit, just as he went to the barracks with a military aircraft token just now. As soon as the order is in hand, the soldiers will do whatever he says, and no one has raised an objection.

But private soldiers are different.

Private soldiers have their own masters. Cao Lang and others have to pass the order again. Although everyone acquiesces in Chen Ze as commander, how convinced are they in the bottom of their heart?

I'm afraid not.

More for their own consideration, let Chen Ze this lengtouqing jump out to carry the pot.

In this case, if Chen Ze's order makes Cao Lang and others feel that their interests are damaged, how can they seriously implement it?

Even if you don't refute on the spot, it's a flattery but a contradiction.

In that case, it's better not to use it.

As for Cao Lang and others, they are happy that Chen Ze assigns them idle posts. After accepting the recruitment, they will have basic military achievements. What's wrong with lying comfortably to earn military achievements?

If there's a chance that the general situation is bad, it's easier to run, isn't it?

So everyone was polite on the surface. As soon as they got out of the military aircraft office, they asked their students to follow them down the two city gates in the southeast, leaving only Chen Ze standing alone in the street.

Li Quan'an and others who went to the post house first settled down at this time. They hurried to join Chen Zehui and rode to the west gate under the leadership of Chen Ze.

There was no trace of people in the street, and Xiyun city was not big. After galloping for only a quarter of an hour, they had reached the gate of the city.

The closer we get to the city gate, the more people there are. They are all soldiers sent here by Chen Ze. At the moment, they are nervously carrying materials to the city gate.

Weapons, arrows, stone bullets, rolling wood, asphalt and other weapons were removed from the armament warehouse at the root of the city wall. Because they shoulder the responsibility of guarding the forest of poisonous fog, these reserves are still rich.

Chen Ze looked at those stone bullets weighing up to 30 or 40 kilograms being carried by the soldiers to the city tower. He couldn't help looking stunned.

There are stone catapults for siege and stone catapults for garrison.

However, Xiyun city is not big, and the city wall is naturally short. A total of five stone throwers are erected on the city gate.

It's not that I don't want to have more than one. It's really that this thing is too large and narrow on the city wall. If you add a stone catapult, you have to pile stone bombs. In addition, each stone catapult needs dozens of people to pull and launch, which makes it even more crowded.

Forced by helplessness, five stone throwers are the limit that xichengmen can set up.

"Wait a minute and move something else!"

Looking around, Chen Ze turned over and dismounted and shouted at the soldiers who were still struggling to lift stone bullets.

The soldiers were stunned and looked at Chen Ze blankly.

"This... Counselor."

Next to the soldier commander who commanded the handling, he hurried forward, looked at the badge on Chen Ze's chest, and asked, "excuse me, are you..."

He was the leader of the defense army in Xiyun city. When Chen Ze went to the barracks, he was still patrolling the city, so they had not seen each other.

"I don't know what to call it?"

Chen Ze took out the token directly and asked at the same time.

"Little man Xu Qing, what do you want?"

As soon as the other party touched the military aircraft token, the soldier commander immediately straightened up.

"Xu Qing, right? I want to ask..." Chen Ze pointed to the catapult upstairs. "How many more such catapults are there?"

"Yes!"

Xu Qing said, "these are heavy-duty catapults. It's not easy to make and carry them. There are only two in the warehouse for backup, seven in total, except for the five on the city tower at the west gate!"

"Seven?"

Chen Ze frowned and thought, "what about the southeast side?"

"Over there?"

Xu Qing was stunned and said, "the walls on both sides are narrower, so there are four for one, a total of ten."

"What's the range?"

Chen Ze asked again.

In his previous life, he had entered the era of scientific and technological war. His understanding of the catapult was limited to books. Moreover, there were many kinds of games here, which made great differences between China and foreign countries in ancient times, let alone this distant alien continent.

Xu Qing didn't show impatience because of this common sense question, and answered meticulously: "if you throw it on the ground, it's a hundred steps. If you stand high on the city tower, it can be as far as 150 steps!"

A hundred steps, almost a hundred meters.

After pondering for a moment, Chen ZEWANG looked at the city wall, estimated it in his heart, and ordered Xu Qing: "in this way, the spare one will be transported from the south gate, and the relative pressure from the east gate is the smallest. You can dismantle one from the city tower, and the spare one will also be transported."

"So there are ten stone throwers here, barely enough!"

"This..."

When Xu Qing heard this, he was embarrassed and hesitated: "my Lord, although the power of the catapult is great, we can't put it on the city tower. If we force it to be installed, my subordinates are afraid it will backfire!"

Chen Ze nodded and said, "well, the catapult is really too big, so you order another team to go up and dismantle the five above."

"What?"

As soon as he said this, Xu Qing's eyes stared at the boss and looked at Chen Ze incredulously, for fear that he had heard wrong.

"I said, take down the five above."

Chen Ze repeated.

"My Lord, you can't use it!"

Xu Qing hurriedly stopped and said, "without the catapult, what shall we take to defend the city?"

I still have a bad word in my heart: I have to move other places and dismantle the existing ones. This is not enough!

"You are such a fussy person. You can do whatever my big brother says!"

Next to Meng Yang, he was impatient. He rolled up his sleeve and went forward to teach Xu Qing what it was to carry out orders. He was pulled in time by Chen Ze.

At the same time, Wen said, "don't worry, I have my own arrangements. Just do it!"

While talking, the general machine token was revealed to Xu Qing intentionally or unintentionally.

"This..."

Xu Qing hesitated for a long time and finally gritted his teeth and said, "my subordinates, I'll send someone to do it."

Woo——

At this time, the low and stuffy horn sounded loudly on the tower, and everyone's faces changed greatly at the same time.

give a warning!

Enemy attack!