Legendary star: Signed to the Palace at the beginning

Chapter 86: Bed Crossbow
The Xiongnu were really in decline. The first thought of thousands of Xiongnu soldiers in front of fifty Han troops was not to organize resistance, but to escape.

Fighting alone without an array was vulnerable in front of the arrow formation. The Xiongnu soldiers did not dare to fight the Han army at all. Seeing the Han army rushing to kill them, they fled in panic.

Xiao Chuan led his troops to chase for more than ten miles, and saw tens of thousands of Xiongnu appeared in front of him, and the flag belonged to King Zuoli.

Xiao Chuan asked Zhang Junhou to wait for the Han army to return to the city first, and he came to the Huns army full of anger.

When King Zuo Li looked at Xiao Chuan across from him, he quickly ordered the army to stop. He ran over and said with a flattering smile: "Immortal, why are you here?"

Xiao Chuan sneered and said: "King Zuoli, are you pretending to be confused with me on purpose? Didn't you say that the Han army should be ready before you attack the city again?"

King Zuoli slapped his thigh and called out to Qu: "Immortal, how dare I disobey your orders. I swear to Changshengtian, I didn't attack the city. You see, my [-] troops are here."

Xiao Chuan saw that it was true, King Zuoli's army stood neatly like quails, Zuo Da Danghu, King Che Shi and other generals bowed their hands to salute him.

Xiao Chuan's anger subsided and he asked, "Whose army is that?"

King Zuoli recognized the flag and said, "Immortal, that is Shan Yu Wangting's army, it should be the vanguard of Shan Yu's reinforcements."

Xiao Chuan took out two glasses and said, "Well, King Zuoli, you did a good job this time. This is a luminous cup that I will reward you with. You can besiege the city first and then attack after three days."

King Zuoli said: "Immortal, my little king dare not."

Xiao Chuan smiled and said: "If you are afraid of losing your tribe, arrange for Shanyu Wangting's army to attack."

King Zuoli's eyes lit up, and he said: "Okay, don't worry, Immortal, Xiao Wang will definitely arrange everything properly."

Xiao Chuan returned to Shule City, where Geng Gong was arranging for the Han army to repair the city wall and install crossbows and catapults.

Shule City is a small fortress built on a mountainside in the Tianshan Mountains. It is no more than 300 steps long from east to west and no more than 200 steps wide from north to south. There are steep slopes to the north and south, making it extremely difficult to attack. To the east, there is a confluence of melted snow from the Tianshan Mountains. The Magou River flows through the city and flows continuously all year round. It can provide a steady stream of drinking water for the Han army in Shule City. To the west is a narrow slope, which is relatively flat and can be used for offense, but is limited by the terrain. Restricted, it can only accommodate a few hundred people to attack at a time.

The Han army stocked up a large amount of grain, grass and weapons here, as well as the cattle and sheep captured in the first few days, and the grain and grass supplies sent by the queen of Che Shi.

In the past two days, Xiao Chuan signed in and obtained the "bed crossbow manufacturing technology" and "primary surgical suture technology", so he drew the drawings of the three sharpest long-range weapons in his mind: the eight-ox crossbow, the bean-inch crossbow, and the continuous ballista. on silk.

"Lieutenant Geng, a certain teacher has passed down three kinds of ballistas. Let's see if the craftsmen in the Han army can make them."

Geng Gong was fascinated when he saw the blueprint, and said for a long time: "Hero Xiao, these ballistas must be quite powerful. With the ballista, I am more confident to defend Shule City."

The eight-oxen crossbow is also called the three-bow bed crossbow. The crossbow arrows are as thick as an arm. It is said that eight oxen are needed to pull them apart.

"Song History Wei Pi Biography" records: "The old bed crossbow shot only [-] steps, and Pi increased it to a thousand steps."

In the Song Dynasty, one step is 1.536 meters, and one thousand steps is 1536 meters. This is one of the highest range records achieved by ancient long-range weapons.

The Doucunzi crossbow is a powerful continuous crossbow, another type of three-bow bed crossbow in the Song Dynasty, which can shoot more than ten arrows at a time to a distance of a thousand steps.

Doucunzi crossbow needs 75 to [-] people to twist it with ropes and borrow mechanical power. It is a powerful weapon, a machine gun in cold weapons.

The ballista, which existed in the Warring States Period, is a kind of ballista. It is placed on the cart with wheels underneath, and can be moved forward and backward.

There are twelve stone crossbows on the chariot, and each crossbow shoots seven arrows. The center arrow is slightly larger than the main arrow, and the three arrows on each side are slightly smaller.It can be regarded as an ancient rocket launcher.

Geng Gong immediately called the craftsmen in the army, and the craftsman took the three blueprints, looked at them for a while, and said: "Lieutenant Xiao, Daxia Xiao, the three-bow bed crossbow and continuous ballista are good things, but it takes too many people to pull them apart. .”

Another blueprint appeared in Xiao Chuan's hand, and said: "I have considered this issue. If we can add a wheel shaft to the crossbow, it will save effort. I estimate that a few soldiers can pull the eight-ox crossbow."

The craftsman said: "Okay, the villain will organize manual production immediately."

Xiao Chuan said: "Lieutenant Geng, a certain teacher once said that the bed crossbow is so powerful that it violates the harmony of nature, so I don't want it to be exposed to the world, so after the success of defending Shule City this time, I will take these bed crossbows back. , and the blueprint of the bed crossbow cannot be leaked.”

Geng Gong said seriously to the craftsman: "Do you remember everything Xiao Daxia said?"

The craftsman said solemnly: "Captain, Xiao Daxia is a fairy-like figure, the villain must remember what he said, and never let anyone touch the blueprint."

Xiao Chuan said: "Weapon manufacturing is the country's top military secret. Not only must the blueprints be kept secret, but the production process must be done in an assembly line. Each worker can only touch one part, and cannot know the entire production process. Anyone who leaks the secret will be killed!"

The craftsman crossed his hands and saluted, "No."

Xiao Chuan took out a few more barrels of gasoline and said, "This is gasoline, which is extracted from black oil stored in the desert. It can be used to make incendiary bombs. Let the soldiers make more."

Geng Gong said: "There is tung oil in the army, but it was used up in Jinpu City last time, so it happened to use gasoline to burn the Huns again."

At this time, Zhang Junhou came over with a bitter face, and said: "Lieutenant Geng, more than a dozen brothers were injured in the first few battles, and how many people were injured by the Death Squad today. "

Geng Gong has always loved soldiers like sons, so he immediately said: "Let's go."

Xiao Chuan said, "I'll go and have a look too."

The three of them came to the wounded barracks. More than twenty Han soldiers were lying or sitting. Although their injuries were serious, none of them felt pain.

A teenage soldier was held down by several Han soldiers, and an old soldier was about to scald his wound with a red-hot iron to stop the bleeding.

Xiao Chuan hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute, what are you doing?"

The old soldier hurriedly put down the soldering iron, crossed his hands and saluted: "Xiao Daxia, I am treating Xiao Liuzi's injury."

Xiao Chuan said: "Are you treating the wound or executing it?"

The old soldier was in a dilemma: "Hero Xiao, Little Six's wound is too big to stop the bleeding, and the wound medicine was washed away. We always burn it with a soldering iron first."

Xiao Chuan said: "Balding with a branding iron is painful for the wounded soldier, but it turns the skin into dead flesh, which is not conducive to recovery. Come here."

Geng Gong asked curiously, "Hero Xiao can cure injuries?"

Xiao Chuan said: "A certain person will stitch up the wound."

The old pawn said, "Can the wound be stitched up?"

Xiao Chuan smiled and said, "It's almost like sewing clothes."

There are various medicines and medical devices in the system space. Xiao Chuan happened to have obtained the "primary suturing skills" yesterday, so he took out a bottle of medical alcohol to disinfect Xiaoliuzi's wound, then opened a medical bag, took out the Suture needles for casing thread and begin to suture the wound.

(End of this chapter)