Three Kingdoms: My father-in-law is Lu Bu

Chapter 194 Small Cannon Cart
In Guangling City, Ye Xiao and Chen Gong were testing new weapons here, and they didn't care about what happened to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao outside.

Back in the day, Ye Xiao read the urgent report and guessed that there would be no major problems, so he put aside the matter of Chen Dao being blocked.

At the same time, Ye Xiao not only developed a new trebuchet from Zhang Hong's report, but also captured an unusual piece of information.

At that time, Zhang Hong reported: "In Sheyang County, a barren land along the coast of Guangling County, black kerosene was found floating on the water and burning. The smoke was thick and black and choking, which almost caused a fire. "

Ye Xiao was very interested in this description. Today there are black combustibles floating on the surface of the water. This is not oil or something.

On the spot, Ye Xiao decided to go to Guangling to check the development progress of the new weapon, but he was actually going for oil.

Zhang Hong received Ye Xiao's plan to come to Guangling, and rushed to work overnight to manufacture a standard trebuchet according to the requirements, and then sent people to Sheyang County to bring back two barrels of black kerosene.

When Ye Xiao came to Guangling, he came to the military restricted zone outside the city without stopping. This is the testing ground for Ye Xiaojun's large weapons. The soldiers on the outer three floors and the inner three floors took turns to be on duty.

"Zigang, where is our trebuchet?"

Ye Xiao cut to the chase and asked directly.

Zhang Hong turned around and nodded to a man dressed as a craftsman, who saluted and turned to leave.

"My lord, according to your instructions, how about demonstrating the whole process of our trebuchet from parts installation to launch calibration?"

Ye Xiao's eyes brightened slightly, and this Hong looked very confident, indicating that the development and testing of the trebuchet had passed.

"Very good. Zigang, when you go back this time, let Gongtai remember your great achievements."

Zhang Hong looked at Chen Gong standing next to him and said with a smile: "My lord, Hong is just doing trivial things in the rear. I don't dare to take credit."

"That won't work. There are three of you Zhang family, father and son. You are the prime minister in Guangling, and Zhang Jing is helping with political affairs in Xiapi. You know I often run around. If it weren't for him, I don't know what kind of chaos Xiapi would be."

Ye Xiao felt a little emotional. The three fathers and sons of the Zhang family were all talents. When Henry Zhang entered the army, he did not rely on any relationship. Because of his outstanding performance, Lu Bu was appointed as a superintendent and arranged for Cao and Zhang Jing to guard Pengcheng on weekdays.

"So, I don't have to treat you badly, haha, your family is like Zizhong's family, they are important ministers!"

Ye Xiao said half-jokingly, causing Chen Gong to roll his eyes helplessly.

As far as the princes of the world are concerned with the employers, Ye Xiao is unique, he only uses talents, he does not doubt the employing person, and does not use the suspicious person.

For example, the three brothers Zhang Yan and Sun Guan, for example, Mi Fang who still can't get rid of the smell of copper.

"My lord, can we begin then?"

Zhang Hong was proud, seeing the craftsman holding a flag in the distance to signal, he hurriedly asked.

Ye Xiao nodded and led Chen Gong to sit aside, signaling Zhang Hong to start.

"The launch test of the trebuchet assembly has begun!"

The little official beside Zhang Hong lit a stick of incense and started the timer.

The craftsman with a look on his face directed twenty civilians to quickly push the heavy cart into the designated position.

"Install the chassis, quick!"

The craftsman did not take action. He began to instruct the workers to move the parts from the car and assemble them. The large wooden structures were quickly assembled with steel connecting parts.

The chassis is installed very quickly. After the craftsman checks that there is no error, continue to the next step of installation.

The whole process took nearly half an hour, and a tall trebuchet was erected in front of Ye Xiao.

Looking at the trebuchet in front of him, Zhang Hong felt a little emotional. They had been developing it for so long, and finally they combined Cao Cao's thunderbolt to create this one.

"My lord, this trebuchet is about nine meters long. There is an organic gear plate under the plate, which can be operated by two people to power the trebuchet. With fifteen peasants as handles, the trebuchet can be operated."

"Compared to Cao Cao's Thunderbolt Chariot, which requires 200 people to operate one, ours has more mechanisms, so it saves more manpower. As long as the craftsmen of the equipment are skilled, the assembly speed will be faster."

Although Ye Xiao felt that it took half an hour to assemble, the efficiency should be considered top-notch.

The trebuchet in front of us is a reusable structure, easy to transport, but the cost is a bit high.

"That's right, Zi Gang, let's try the power now."

Zhang Hong had already prepared, he asked Ye Xiao and Chen Gong to step aside to avoid accidental injury.

Seeing this, Wei Yan, who is the commander of the guards, nodded slightly to the two subordinates, and moved closer to Ye Xiao to prevent accidents.

The craftsman received Zhang Hong's instructions and looked at the simple wooden house standing at the shooting range in the distance.

"Correction target!"

"Load!"

"Ready to launch!"

The trebuchet creaked, and the swinging arm made a whistling sound, and a stone of about one hundred catties suddenly swung into the air with the swinging arm.

"Shh!"

Ye Xiao squinted his eyes as the huge boulder flew past with howling noises in the air. Even Lu Bu dared not fight directly against this force.

Unless Ye Xiao drew a golden card again, he would not dare to go up against such a terrifying throwing stone.

With a bang, the huge boulder flew over the target board, hit the ground and rolled out, creating a trench on the ground, and then hit the blocking sandbag wall, shaking the sky full of dust.

"Ahem, my lord calibrated the target for the first time, and there was some deviation."

Zhang Hong was a little embarrassed, and missed the first shot. Fortunately, Ye Xiao looked at the ravine plowed by the boulder with great interest.

"It's okay, this throwing stone is accurate."

Zhang Hong nodded, walked quickly to the craftsman, and said a few words in a low voice.

The craftsman was a little nervous, wiped his sweat, and shouted: "Reload! Wind up!"

Twenty civilians received the order and began to move the boulders on their vehicles. A dozen people cooperated with two civilians who used crowbars to turn the gears, and quickly fully powered the trebuchet.

"Turn left half a scale, lower the altitude by one point, and get ready to shoot!"

With a bang, the boulder was pulled up again, roaring and smashing towards the wooden house on the shooting range.

Everyone quieted down, watching the wooden house being smashed into pieces, and the smoke and dust billowing from the shooting range in the distance, they couldn't help but let out a cheer.

"That's right, the research and development of the trebuchet has made great contributions, and all of them will be credited with a great contribution."

Ye Xiao was in a good mood, and walked up to the trebuchet to touch it.

Everyone was overjoyed, Ye Xiaojun's military merits were the most valuable, and they all saluted and thanked him.

"This stone bomb is powerful, but can it fire oil bombs?"

The craftsman bowed his hands respectfully: "My lord, kerosene bombs can be launched. But kerosene is too expensive, so we only tested it once."

Kerosene is indeed very expensive, and it is all extracted from resin oil and animal oil. Ordinary people may not be able to use lamp oil, let alone make kerosene bombs.

However, Ye Xiao had some differences and asked: "I heard that floating flammable kerosene was found in Sheyang, why not use it?"

Hearing this, Zhang Hong quickly replied: "The black oil burned a little unstable and almost caused a fire during transportation."

"So that's it. This black kerosene is actually quite good. If we solve the problem of transportation and use safety, we can solve the problem of kerosene being too expensive in the future."

(End of this chapter)