Chapter 729

More than ten miles outside Chang'an, on a flat ground, thousands of Liangzhou troops gathered together, surrounded by a wooden car, were curiously watching and discussing in a low voice.

"What is this?"

It is said that the new chariot was specially developed by Jiyang

"Chariot? Can this chariot carry people

This "chariot" surrounded by people is not the same as the chariot used in general vehicle warfare. The chariot is towed by several horses. The empty space on the chariot can be used as three soldiers, one is a Royal horse, one is holding halberd, the other is holding bow and arrow.

But the chariot had no empty seat at all. Instead, a huge wood stretched out like a big spoon on the wooden frame.

Ma Teng frowned and looked at the chariot in front of him with a strange look on his face.

"General, Liu Ziyang designed this... Thunderbolt car, what is it for?"

Ma Teng has been fighting in the northwest of Yongliang all his life, not to mention vehicle and step battles. He has been fighting on horses all his life. Of course, he has never heard of such chariots.

Liu Ye is a smile: "Shoucheng brother, you will know later."

Ma Teng doesn't know about the thunderbolt, but Liu Ye naturally knows. During the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao raised his height in a building and covered Cao's barracks with arrows. Cao's soldiers could only carry shields when they walked in the camp, which was unbearable. And it was Liu Ye who developed the thunderbolt car and smashed the building.

The catapult has a long history, and the thunderbolt car developed by Liu Ye is definitely an epoch-making work.

Along with the thunderbolt car came four soldiers who had learned how to operate the thunderbolt car, so they were dispatched by Liu Ye.

"Are you all proficient in thunderbolt?" Liu Ye asked the four soldiers.

The leader clasped his fist and said, "please rest assured. Mr. Ziyang has taught us how to operate the thunderbolt car. We have been practicing every day and we are sure of it."

Liu Ye nods with satisfaction, and says to Ma Teng and Fazhen, "brother Shou Cheng, FA Gong, we'll step back and watch Liu Ziyang's thunderbolt car."

"Ha ha, good. Liu Ziyang is a famous scholar in Huainan. Although he is old, he has heard about it." Fazhen stroked his beard with a smile and looked at the thunderbolt car with concentration.

But Ma Teng still looked down on the thunderbolt car, muttered: "but a wooden car, can it compare with my Liangzhou iron horse?"

Liu Ye doesn't speak. He just looks at the thunderbolt with a smile.

Seeing the general watching in person, the four stone throwers were a little nervous, but after all, they were well trained, took a few deep breaths, and soon calmed down.

The commander's stone thrower yelled, "adjust the yuan!"

The other catapult, who seemed to be in charge of the projection, began to adjust the rope and length of the thunderbolt. His eyes narrowed slightly in front of him and stopped after a busy work.

"Loading."

The remaining two stone throwers grabbed a stone weighing about 20 jin and ran into the stone arm.

"Prepare - test fire."

At the command of commander Wu, two stone throwers, who had been carrying stones, tightened the ropes on the stone arms, dragged them backward and then released them.

Whoosh!

More than 20 kilograms of stone shot out, throwing a black shadow toward the ground, and then a rapid fall, severely hit the ground. With a huge impact force, the stone bomb suddenly lands, and immediately smashes a soil pit on the ground, and the mud splashes everywhere.

The soldiers in Liangzhou were surprised, while Ma Teng frowned and said, "this is too uncertain, right?"

"Hehe, it was just a test shot." Liu Ye said with a smile.

Sure enough, dozens of grass men were set up about 150 steps away, and the stone bullet just fell to the east of the grass man. The stone thrower adjusted the thunderbolt vehicle again and then filled it with a stone bullet.

"Let go

Whoosh!

This time, a stone bullet weighing more than 30 jin was replaced, which was more powerful than that just now, and it fell precisely in the grass man. Weighing more than 30 jin, the stone bomb fell to the ground, and the mud splashed all over the ground, and a few grass people were suddenly twisted.

"Let go

Another stone bullet fell from the sky. This time, it happened to hit a grass man. The grass man was smashed in an instant, and sawdust and straw were splashed everywhere.

"... if the stone bullet falls on the human body, isn't it going to be smashed into flesh and mud?"

Fazhen was astonished and worried: "it's just that the thunderbolt car is too overbearing. I'm afraid it will hurt Tianhe."

"What hurts Tianhe? This is ridiculous

After witnessing the power of the thunderbolt car, Ma Teng was unconventional. His eyes lit up and said, "it's very miserable to pour gold juice on people, but it's a sharp weapon to defend the city. This thunderbolt car is used to attack the city..."

in Ma Teng's mind, it seems that hundreds of thunderbolt cars are aimed at a city, and the scene of indiscriminate bombing together, and hundreds of stone bombs fall from the sky to the city The scene of smashing and breaking."General! It has to be mass produced. " Ma Teng said eagerly: "if you attack the city with this object, no matter what kind of strong city it is, I'm afraid it can be conquered."

"Well."

Liu Ye nodded slowly, turned to Fazhen and said, "Fagong, you personally urge us to build 300 thunderbolt vehicles. Our army's attack on Sichuan and Sichuan, with many strong cities in Bashu, is sure to be useful."

Fazhen bowed his head and said, "please rest assured that some migrant workers will be able to build a thunderbolt car in five days. However, the journey to Sichuan is very dangerous. Will our army wait for Hanzhong to build a thunderbolt vehicle?"

"No harm. The thunderbolt car researched by Ziyang can be disassembled, and then it will be good to install it on the vehicle and pull it over. " Liu Ye explains.

"That's the case. I'm going to transfer civilian drivers to build thunderbolt cars."

Fazhen immediately dispatched 20000 people from around Chang'an city to cut down the trees around Chang'an city to make thunderbolt cars. The people in Guanzhong respect Liu Ye very much. Therefore, after hearing that this was the order given by Liu Ye, every one of them was full of enthusiasm, not to mention Liu Ye's salary.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court did not pay for the recruitment of civilian workers, but only paid for food. This is called "corvee". According to the law of Qin Dynasty, adult men have to take corvee for four months every year. As part of the tax, the enthusiasm of the people is not high.

Liu Ye, on the other hand, stipulated that he would subsidize the people's grain according to the standard of one stone a month, so the people were full of enthusiasm. Fazhen even said with emotion: "the great general is considerate of the people's power, which has never been seen before."

With the concerted efforts of the people, 300 thunderbolt cars were soon built and divided into numerous parts, which were put on wooden carts and pulled to Hanzhong.

Liu Ye, on the other hand, is personally in charge of the 50000 steps in Guanzhong, leading the way to Yangping pass.