Steel Dynasty - Chapter 164

[Chapter 164 Barbarian Tricks]

The aroma of wheat mixed with earth came in waves, and the clear river water rippled with blue waves.

The natural and beautiful scenery makes everyone standing on the ridge feel relaxed and happy. If there were no threat from the barbarians, this would be a peaceful picture of the field.

The five of them talked about some trivial matters about the harvest. At this time, Xiao Ming told Niu Ben and the others that the barbarian envoys had entered Chang’an.

“More than two months?” Niu Ben frowned.

Seeing Niu Ben’s demeanor, Xiao Ming asked: “Old General, is there anything wrong with this?”

Niu Ben said: “Your Highness, the totem of this barbarian tribe is a prairie wolf, and he learned from the cunning of wolves. Don’t believe it. This barbarian has been attacking the city for three months. ” “Yes,

your

highness, judging from the situation of our fight with the barbarian, this is indeed the case. This barbarian has never been trustworthy and is cunning and will use any means to achieve his goals.”

Xiao Ming looked at each other and his face darkened. They didn’t have much dealings with the barbarians, and Niu Ben and others didn’t understand the characteristics of the barbarians.

“Old General, please elaborate.” Xiao Ming asked seriously.

Niu Ben said: “The barbarians said they would attack the city in three months. It seems that the general will let His Highness be unprepared. In this way, we will be caught off guard. From now on, Your Highness should send out scouts to explore the grasslands at any time.” News, to prevent the barbarians from suddenly attacking Cangzhou.”

“Exactly, and before the barbarian army attacks the city, they will definitely send out small tribes on the grassland to conduct a trial attack in order to investigate the defense situation of the city.” Lu Fei also looked solemn.

Luo Xin wanted to say something, but found that both of them had already said it, so he stopped talking.

Xiao Ming nodded. The information the two said was very important to Xiao Ming. If the barbarians really made a tentative attack, then this time they must not expose the artillery in advance, but wait until the main force of the barbarians arrived before using it.

“In this case, I would also like to ask the old general to go to Cangzhou to supervise the battle and leave only some soldiers to harvest wheat.”

Niu Ben nodded, “Your Highness, rest assured. With me, Niu Ben, Cangzhou City will be as solid as a rock.”

After discussing the matter, Niu Ben and the others left first. They needed to lead the Qingzhou Army to Cangzhou City immediately to avoid unexpected situations.

Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun continued to ride their horses to see other official fields.

Niu Benlai is responsible for the march and fighting, and what they have to do is ensure the logistics of Cangzhou City.

At noon, the two of them basically looked at all the official fields, and Pang Yukun returned directly to the Governor’s Mansion.

Niu Ben’s words completely put Qingzhou into a state of war preparedness in advance. Pang Yukun needed to be responsible for transporting various supplies to Cangzhou City to avoid being in a hurry.

Xiao Ming went to the Equipment Department in the afternoon and asked Chen Qi to hand over the ten produced artillery pieces to Pang Yukun and transport them to Cangzhou City. The remaining artillery piece was reserved for training. Having said that, his plan was completely disrupted.

This is really a plan that can’t keep up with the changes.

“Your Highness, are these ten enough?” Chen Qi looked worriedly at the slave who was about to transport the cannon away.

“There is not enough and there is no other way. I just hope that the barbarian army can come later.” Xiao Ming frowned, “By the way, what happened to the gunpowder cans you asked to produce?”

Chen Qi looked weird when he mentioned it. : “Your Highness, I understand that there are rusty iron nails in this gunpowder jar, but what’s the purpose of just stuffing shit in it?”

“You don’t understand even after I tell you this. You just need to follow the instructions. Now you immediately allocate extra manpower to fill the gunpowder. Cans, this can slightly make up for the lack of artillery,” Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi nodded depressedly. The gunpowder jar thing really surprised him.

After talking about the gunpowder pot, Xiao Ming asked again: “How is the catapult?”

“There are already thirty of these. I asked Zhang Liang to borrow a lot of carpenters. This is another simple catapult, and it is very fast. “Chen Qi pointed to the yard next door, “They are assembling the catapult there now.”

This time Xiao Ming asked the Equipment Department to make the catapult with a range of only 200 meters, and the catapult was small and easy to transport to the city wall. Go up.

Now no one knows when the barbarians will come, so he can only speed up the production of the gunpowder cans and use quantity to make up for quality.

In the yard next door, hundreds of carpenters were hammering away.

This is a catapult with a structure similar to a bow and arrow. A bamboo pole like a pole is bent in the front, with hemp ropes on both sides, and a spoon-like thing in the middle for putting the gunpowder pot.

When firing, you only need to hold the handle of the spoon, just like winding a bow and arrow. When you let go, you can shoot out the gunpowder can in the spoon.

But even so, this still requires three soldiers to operate at the same time.

This kind of catapult was found by Xiao Ming from the technology library. It has the simplest structure. In order to cope with the current crisis, he had to rely on this kind of catapult with fast production speed.

“Ask Zhang Liang to mobilize some more craftsmen. Cangzhou City needs at least fifty craftsmen. Cangzhou City will need them in the past few days,” Xiao Ming said.

From Xiao Ming’s ecology and urgent tone, Chen Qi realized something. He asked, “Your Highness, are the barbarians coming?”

“I’m afraid so, the city defense must be well prepared from now on.” Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi nodded, realizing the seriousness of the problem, and said, “Your Highness, the fourth iron mold will be formed soon. The Equipment Department will be able to produce sixteen artillery pieces by the end of next month.”

“A total of twenty-six artillery pieces. I hope I can handle it enough.” Xiao Ming smiled bitterly.

In Niu Ben’s tone, it would be good to give two of the barbarian’s three months. This is like counting one, two, three in a boxing match, and punching the opponent before the third count.

However, the soldiers were cunning. If the barbarians behaved themselves, the army of the Chongqing Kingdom would not be beaten to the point of being unable to fight back.

Chen Qi scratched his head. This was his fastest speed. Thinking of something, he suddenly said: “By the way, Your Highness, the glass you asked the glass shop to polish is ready and is here with me.”

“Really? Then Give it to me quickly, Niu Ben will leave for Cangzhou tomorrow, and before that, this thing must be brought to him for investigation,” Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi turned around and walked out, and soon came over with a box in his hand.

Xiao Ming opened it and found three pairs of circular glasses inside. The glass was thick in the middle and thin on both sides. It was a modern magnifying glass. The other half was a concave lens with a depression in the middle.

Chen Qi was naturally asked to prepare these to assemble the telescope, but this telescope is not enough to have two magnifying glasses together, because if there is no prism, the image seen will be inverted.

So Xiao Ming used a magnifying glass and a concave lens to assemble the telescope, so that the image he saw would be positive.

However, the field of view will be relatively narrow and the magnification will be smaller.

Regarding the current situation, Xiao Ming pursues simplicity in everything, and the monocular telescope is enough.

(End of chapter)