Chapter 50

attend class;class begins?

Xu Qing's face was fierce, and he said in his heart: coming!

Before, according to Chen Ze's order, he almost clenched his teeth and asked people to dismantle the stone throwing machine set up at the head of the city.

As a soldier, Xu Qing must obey the commander's orders, but he still can't figure out why he should do so.

Especially later, Chen Ze asked him to set up the dismantled catapult on the square under the city, which made Xu Qing unable to see through his purpose.

Although it is more crowded than the one on the city tower, the capacity of the catapult in the square has doubled. If it can be used to attack the enemy, the natural firepower will also be doubled.

But there is also a wall between the catapult and the enemy!

On the one hand, the attack distance of the catapult has been greatly shortened. On the other hand, the stone bullet accidentally fired may also hit the city wall, or even fall directly on the head of its own soldiers on the city tower, causing unnecessary casualties.

No matter how you look at it, putting the stone throwing rack in the city will do more harm than good.

However, because Chen Ze has repeatedly tried to block the enemy's progress, Xu Qing's view of him is not as one-sided as before. When he arranged to set up a stone catapult, he has been waiting for Chen Ze to open the mystery for him.

Chen Ze was confident. He first walked around these catapults. After close observation, he ordered someone to get a knife.

Compared with Chen Ze's previous life, the development of the catapult in Haotian mainland is still in the primary stage. According to the research on the catapult in his previous life, the catapult in front of him still belongs to the category of human machine.

The frames of these catapults are fixed on the ground with dozens of thick rivets. There are erected columns on both sides of the frame. A fist sized hole is drilled at the top of the column, and an elastic rope twisted by hundreds of elastic bows is fixed between the columns.

A lever perpendicular to the frame is erected in the middle of the two columns. The bottom end of the lever is connected with the movable shaft on the frame. On the top is an iron bowl for placing stone bullets and other projectiles. In addition, there is a small cross bar on the top, which is tied with more than ten ropes for soldiers to pull.

When fighting, the soldiers will pull down the lever, put stone bullets into the iron bowl, and then loosen the rope. The lever will be like a bow and arrow, which will be violently ejected by the elastic rope in the middle of the column, so as to achieve the purpose of throwing stone bullets.

Each stone bullet weighs 30 to 40 kilograms. It is full of weight and has the impact of throwing. The soldiers hit by the stone bullet are either dead or injured.

However, it is difficult to strike accurately with a catapult, and only a range of strikes can be roughly determined.

But it doesn't matter in the siege war. There are enemy soldiers everywhere under the city. Where to fight is not to fight. Therefore, the defenders have always been more Buddhist in the use of stone throwing machines.

Chen Ze naturally doesn't want to be so Buddhist, so what he has to do now is to make a small improvement to the catapult.

Under the gaze of Xu Qing and many soldiers, they saw Chen Ze mark the scale with a knife on the movable shaft of each catapult.

Xu Qing and others were at a loss and didn't understand Chen Ze's purpose, but if they changed to previous lives, most people can see what Chen Ze is doing at a glance.

X-axis and y-axis.

Chen Ze marked these two coordinate axes on the movable axis of the catapult.

He carved very quickly. Not long ago, he had engraved the coordinate axis on ten stone throwers. Then he straightened up, clapped his hands and said with a smile, "come on, we don't have much time for class!"

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Night was approaching, and the dark Xiyun city gate was illuminated by the fierce burning fire wall in front.

"Explain it and get ready to attack the city!"

Outside the city, general Fang, who waited patiently for the fire wall to extinguish, looked more and more ferocious. When the last fire wall was lit 80 meters away from the city wall, he knew that the time to wait had come!

From 200 meters away, as general Fang expected, the trenches behind were all equipped with fire oil. He could not think of it. He had to order people to stay on guard, extinguish a fire wall and move forward. Two hours later, he finally pushed slowly here.

The catapult is ready, and the stone bullets dipped in resin fire oil are also placed in the launch bowl. The siege tower is also pushed to the front line. Hundreds of soldiers in the tower look cold, and the siege hammer is also pushed close. The soldiers responsible for crashing into the city gate are rubbing their hands, and they only see the Xiyun city gate close at hand.

The cavalry stepped up the frequency of inspection to guard against the ambush that disappeared in the rear array.

General Fang was ready for all attacks except that the scouts sent to the other two gates did not return any news.

Just wait for the fire wall to go out!

His catapult is similar to the catapult in Xiyun City, and the attack distance is about 100 meters. However, considering the problem of throwing stone bombs into the city building, the actual attack distance will be shorter, about 70 meters.

Thinking of this, he had to admire the other party's commander. The last fire wall was just stuck in the limit attack distance of the catapult. At the current distance, the stone bullets fired by the catapult could not cause damage to the garrison.

But that's it!

General Fang smiled grimly and finally took a look at the gate of Xiyun city. When he suddenly turned around, he shouted coldly: "do you remember what I said to you?"

Gang leader Xu and others heard the speech, their bodies were stiff, and their fierce eyebrows were upright, and their eyes were murderous.

"Do you want to stay in the forest of poisonous fog all your life, or do you want to fight hard and fight for prosperity?"

General Fang continued to roar: "you think the poison fog forest is the shelter left to you by the Qingyang Empire? Wrong!"

"The forest of poisonous fog is just a prison, or a prison for you to throw yourself into the net!"

Not only leader Xu and others, but also the soldiers behind him were furious.

Yes, the forest of poison fog is a prison!

It's also a prison where they throw themselves into the net without arrest.

I thought the poison fog forest was a refuge for these fugitives, but is it really so?

The difficult living environment, the complex and dangerous intrigues, the precarious fear, all of which make people yearn for the outside world.

Under such circumstances, general Fang came to the forest of poisonous fog.

It can be imagined how much temptation he has for the people in the forest of poison fog when he takes freedom as a condition.

"Now! Your opportunity is at hand. As long as you capture Xiyun City, I promise..."

General Fang looked around at the soldiers in front of him and said in a deep voice: "from now on, you will no longer have to be trapped in the forest of poisonous fog. From now on, money, wine, women and everything will ensure that you enjoy your life!"

"Yes!"

Guild leader Xu raised his arms and shouted loudly: "brothers, whether to eat soup or meat depends on today's fight. Today we're going to..."

"We..."

"My mother!"

The impassioned leader Xu's face suddenly changed, and then changed again. That bloody shout immediately turned into a scream of panic!