Chapter 10 The Power of Technology

"Ziyang, what on earth is this Thunderbolt car?" Even if Cao Wei is proud of the heroes, these machine-making skills are completely laymen. After looking at the schematic for a long time, he didn't see a name.

" Prime Minister, this Thunderbolt car is one foot high, two feet long, and made of coarse wood. It was developed by the minister to deal with Yuan Shao's crossbowman. I have ordered the craftsmen in the army to build one that can throw more than a hundred catties of stones dozens of feet away!" Liu Ye is quite confident.

"How can it be like this?" Cao Yan listened well at first, and finally heard Liu Ye say that the Thunderbolt car could throw stones dozens of feet away, and his eyes suddenly lit up. Where is the Thunderbolt? Where is it? Take me to have a look!"

"Just in the rear army, Prime Minister, please!" At present, Cao Yan and Liu Ye were surrounded by a bunch of guards with shields and walked to the rear army. It was not until they got out of the range of Yuan Shao's bow and crossbow that they dared to walk in a "normal" way. Is that it?" Cao Wei looked at a very rough wooden shelf in front of him, which was a little unbelievable.

"This is exactly what it is, Prime Minister, please have a look." Liu Ye introduced and ordered people to fill the stones in it while adjusting the cantilever. When the other end of the cantilever could not be higher, the section where the stone was placed was ordered to be released. Suddenly, the large stone weighing more than a hundred catties was thrown out with a "hula" and hit dozens of feet away before falling, and a half-foot deep pit was smashed on the ground.

Shock, absolute shock. Cao Yan looked at it for a long time, and then touched his mouth. Although his martial arts skills are not particularly high, Cao Jian also knows that even Xu Chu, a rare strange male general in the world, throws such a heavy stone a few feet away when he is so full, which is absolutely impossible to do.

"Ziyang, you want to use this Thunderbolt to deal with Yuan Shao's crossbowman on Tushan." After Cao Wei reacted, he sighed and asked.

"That's right, Lord, as long as there are a hundred and ten such Thunderbolts, it can definitely scare Yuan Shao's bow and crossbowman!" Liu Ye is full of confidence. Cao Yan did not deny it. After all, a pile of stones on his face was far more horrible than random arrows. Random arrows can still be resisted with a shield. Even if you block this kind of stone with a shield, as long as you hit it, you can't eat it. Ziyang, the quick craftsman will build this Thunderbolt as soon as possible!" Cao Hen recovered from the shock at the beginning and suddenly returned to his always vigorous style.

"Your lord, there are not many craftsmen in our army. We need to go to Yanzhou to recruit as soon as possible!" Liu Ye made another suggestion when he heard the words, and Cao Qian did not delay. He immediately nodded and agreed, letting people start to deal with this matter.

So in the next few days, Cao Jun's rear army, which was not greatly affected by Yuan Shao's arrow rain, began to be lively. A group of sergeants went out to cut down thick trees, and then the craftsmen near Yanzhou were also recruited into the army. The whole rear army could hear the sound of saws and chistles everywhere, and Cao Jun began to open a large carpenter's workshop. Among the busy people, there is a thin carpenter who is chiseling holes while watching the production process.

"How is Cao A's life these days?" In Yuan Shao's military camp opposite Guandu, Boss Yuan asked proudly. According to the lord, since our army began to shoot arrows on their heads, Cao's army almost dared not move!" The counselor beside him said with a smile. As a member of the same party as Yuan Shang, it is appropriate to applaud the same party when it is disciplined.

"Hmm!" Yuan Shao also nodded with satisfaction, and he also sighed with emotion: "The magic plan of judging Zhengnan is really good. Although it is simple, it is directly pointed to Cao's key point. I guess that if it lasts like this for another half a month, Cao's will be exhausted!"

"The Lord is wise!" A group of Hebei counselors praised in unison, and for a moment, the atmosphere of the Hebei army was also extremely harmonious.

"Master, more than 60 Thunderbolts have been built in the past few days. You can try it first!" On this day, Liu Ye came to Cao Yan's big tent. Cao Qian was also slightly surprised when he heard the words, but then he understood what Liu Ye meant: Yuan Shao's arrow rain had a great impact on the morale of the soldiers, and it was better to solve it one day earlier. Originally, I planned to build a hundred and ten, but now it seems that it's better to act early.

"It's so good. I'll transfer 3,000 swords and shield soldiers to cover the Thunderbolt car and hit me hard!" He couldn't move freely for a month after being shot, and even Cao Shen was so aggrieved. Under his order, three thousand swords and shield soldiers immediately gathered and escorted 60 catapults to slowly move forward.

"Well, Cao Jun moved. What is that?" The crossbowman of the Hebei army on Tushan outside the camp gate saw that Cao's army, which had been shrinking for a month, suddenly came out to attack, and couldn't help but be puzzled. When they could see clearly that the brigade of knives and shield soldiers were still dispatched, and dozens of wooden shelves were carried in the middle, they immediately scratched.

"Don't panic, the archer continues to shoot arrows, and the rest are ready to fight!" A lieutenant of the Hebei army, who was a little smart, saw that the sergeants were a little flustered and quickly commanded loudly. At his insti, the dense rain of arrows began to shoot at the slowly advancing Cao army.

"Drip" arrows hit the shield and made a series of sounds. Although most of the arrows were blocked, there would still be several soldiers who stabbed Cao Jun through the cracks. The luckier is not that the arrows can continue to persist, and those who are unlucky will die. Finally, after paying the price of more than 100 casualties, the 3,000 people and more than 60 Thunderbolts finally advanced to Tushan, which was only a hundred steps away from the Hebei army.

"Fand!" With Cao Ren, who personally led the team, 60 Thunderbolts were powerful at the same time, and more than 60 boulders of more than 100 catties flew into the sky together. After crossing beautiful arcs, they abruptly smashed the position of the Hebei army, smashing the stunned Hebei soldiers one by one.

"Mom!" I don't know who was the first to shout, but the fear quickly spread to the whole Hebei army on Tushan. At that moment, everyone shouted and threw away the weapons in their hands and ran back. Although these soldiers are not the first time to go to the battlefield, let alone the first time they have experienced death, it is the first time they have encountered such a terrible way of death. Have you ever seen your comrades-in-arms smashed into a pile of meat sauce by stones falling from the beginning? No, so this fear is beyond words.

"Don't panic, hold on, fight back!" The captain is still trying to stabilize the army, but more and more people are running back. At the same time, Cao Ren did not expect that a round of stones would have such a big effect. However, as a general who had experienced many battles, Cao Ren was keenly aware of the fighter plane. At present, he ordered the soldiers to take advantage of the victory to chase. For a moment, Yuan Shao's army was even more chaotic, and they were beaten back to the ferry and fled in a hurry. If you don't have time to get on the ship, you will either be killed or captured.

"The Prime Minister, as soon as the Thunderbolt started, Yuan Shao's crossbowman was scared. The last general took advantage of the victory to chase, killed 2,000 enemies, and captured 3,000!" In Cao Jun's account, Cao Ren reported to Cao Qianqi with joy.!

"Zi Xiao, thank you for your hard work!" Cao Yan is also smiling. Not only him, but the whole Yanzhou army is full of momentum. How wonderful life would be without that annoying arrow rain!" Reward the craftsmen. From the Ming Dynasty, they will be ordered to build more Thunderbolt cars. I, Cao Mengde, don't think it's too much!" Cao Yan added this sentence in the end, and Liu Ye also hurriedly passed on the order.

However, on this night, almost all the craftsmen were put down by the rewarded wine. It was still the thin craftsman who found an opportunity to leave Cao Jun's camp and then walked north, where someone had already prepared several fast horses to pick him up.

"Lu Junhou, thank you for your hard work. The general said that he was in Lujiang now, and ordered you to go quickly!" When the person in charge of the response saw the thin craftsman, he hurried forward to greet him.

"I understand!" Come on a horse and quickly run north. On the way, he suddenly remembered something and asked the person who came to answer, "What do you call me Junhou?"

"The general said that the military marquis made such a great contribution, so the official was promoted to the next level." The person explained happily. " So that's it!" Lu Hao also nodded when he heard the words, but there was still a trace of doubt in his heart: How did the general know that Cao Jun was going to build a Thunderbolt car?

At this time, in Lujiang City, the arrival of the Xuzhou army did not cause any panic. Most of them were stationed outside the city with strict military discipline, and there were only Zhao Feng and other direct troops in the city. General, only less than 2,000 of the more than 10,000 soldiers in the whole county of Lujiang can be integrated into the front-line troops of our army, and the remaining more than 8,000 people, at most 3,000 can be county soldiers, and the rest can only be field soldiers!" In the nominal county guard of Lujiang, Li Tong reported all the surrenders to Zhao Feng in disbelief. The rest of the generals were also dumb when they heard the words. Unexpectedly, Sun Quan played so well and directly gave them a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled.

"General Guoyi, how can I give you these old, weak, sick and disabled?" Zhao Feng also said to Sun Fu with some tears and laughter. This is the second day after he occupied the Lujiang River. At present, all the infantry are in place, and they are now waiting for Ganning's naval divisions to meet. Fortunately, there is a water village in the Lujiang River, but there is no place to be stationed. It's just that the Jiangdong navy, Sun Quansuo's surnamed a soldier, didn't give him a cousin.

"General, this is really chilling!" Sun Fu had to shake his head when he heard the words. Since he was sent here, he knew that Sun Quan wanted to kill people with a knife, so he simply surrendered. The only thing that talks about ** is that Zhao Feng is not bad to him. Of course, this is also because Zhao Feng wants to learn more information from him.

"Since this surrender is so unhelpful, Wenda, choose a thousand to join our army. The rest are transferred back to Xuzhou as county soldiers or field soldiers, and then transferred from Xuzhou to take over the city. Zhao Feng thought about it and could only do this. This is also one of the benefits of the last military reform in Xuzhou: in the past, the division of labor between the county soldiers and Tuntian soldiers in Yuzhou in Xuzhou was not clear. Now they perform their respective duties under Zhao Feng's suggestion, requiring the county soldiers to have a certain combat effectiveness. At the same time, the original front-line combat troops under Liu Bei's rule were nearly 400,000, which was reduced to no more than 200,000 at Zhao Feng's suggestion, including 80,000 in Yuzhou and 150,000 in Xuzhou, but the corresponding number of county soldiers increased. The advantage of this is that the rear defense is stronger and the front combat troops are more elite. Every time they hit a place, the soldiers of Xuzhou County took over the city defense, and at the same time, the soldiers and prisoners were reorganized and trained. For example, Zhang Fei attacked Qingzhou in the past. At the beginning, the 100,000 troops dispatched were all front-line combat troops. Later, after conquering the three counties, they recovered Pingyuan County and began to transfer the long garrison to guard the Acropolis. At this time, the front-line combat troops in the four counties of Qingzhou were only 50,000.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers trained by Zhao Feng and Gao Shun, even the county soldiers, should not be underestimated. Even if there is a gap with Cao Qian's front-line combat troops, Zhao Feng estimates that his combat effectiveness should not be inferior to that of the Jingzhou Army or the Yizhou Army.

At this time, the Huaihe sailors in Ganning are expected to arrive in Lujiang tonight. At the same time, a navy of about 8,000 people in Jiangdong has just left the Sanshan Port and is coming to Lujiang.

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