Chapter 196 Festival

Dao climbed up the pass, they were carrying or carrying, and they were hobbling to transport the stone arrows, kerosene and other items used to retreat the enemy to Shichong Pass.

There are many people and great strength, and the combat materials that have been used up are being filled up by them little by little.

Some people came and went to carry the wounded and sick for placement, but the lady was not enough, so the people helped. For those with minor injuries, they helped to stop the bleeding with medicines and bandages. For such people, after a night of rest, they can continue to fight tomorrow.

There are also women, children and children walking among the soldiers with baskets on their backs. The steaming buns were taken out of the basket and distributed to the soldiers one by one, while the children followed obediently and poured water for them.

“Thank you for your hard work.” A word is worth a thousand words, and the extra words here and now are cumbersome.

Everyone comes and goes in an orderly manner doing their own thing. They are all people in Liangzhou, who came to send things spontaneously. Just like what the lord said, the military and civilians are like the relationship between fish and water, and no one can do without the other. Soldiers guard the country and protect the people. The people send supplies and **** the wounded, and they can also contribute to Liangzhou.

Wang You also got a piece of cake. He smiled honestly, smelling the aroma of the cake, his stomach was already grumbling after he hadn’t eaten for a day, and he hurriedly devoured it.

so good! After taking a sip of water, Wang You sighed. Where have they been treated like this before. The people can’t even feed themselves, how can they make food and send them over?

It is different now. After the prince came to Liangzhou, many things have changed and become better and better. Many merchants came to Liangzhou, and they brought a lot of food supplies and even brought out the goods produced in Liangzhou. Everyone has spare money in hand, and they can eat and wear warmly.

Like the food sent by the common people, in addition to the contributions from the common people’s own homes, most of them are donated by those merchants.

Those merchants have just tasted the sweetness in Liangzhou, how can they let the barbarians destroy them? Whatever you do, try to support yourself. Otherwise, when the barbarians break through Shi Chongguan and Liangcheng falls, wouldn’t they be busy working in vain?

A group of people came over from a distance. It was General Wei, followed by a few people in plain clothes, and behind them were a few strong men who were carrying baskets. Inside the baskets were round, pitch-black things the size of watermelons. .

Wang You couldn’t recognize what was inside, but he recognized the people in commoner clothes behind General Wei.

He had seen him when he followed General Wei to the craftsmanship. It’s just that he couldn’t understand, how did the people from their craftsman come here? On weekdays, they all stay in the craftsmanship to do research, and they easily refuse to go out. It must be something important to be able to follow General Wei at this time, right?

General Wei furrowed his brows. Since the time when the army of the Yi people came under the city, he hadn’t slept at all. Now that the prince and General Xie are not there, all the pressure is on him alone, and his whole person has lost weight visibly.

The group walked forward until they reached the trebuchets on the wall.

This happened a long time ago, and most of them rely on these catapults to defend Shi Chongguan.

A few people ignored the catapult and carefully checked the catapult. Huang Lao circled the catapult a few times, shook his head, and sighed again after turning a few times.

Seeing him like this, General Wei raised his heart. He rubbed his hands together, wondering if he should ask. When Huang Lao sighed for the eleventh time, he finally couldn’t help it. He opened his mouth and asked, “Old Huang, didn’t you say that you have something new to bring to the enemy? Is there something wrong with this catapult?”

Huang Lao shook his head, “It’s not a problem, it’s a big problem, this thing, tsk tsk! It’s even worthy of being placed here, and it’s not accurate to vote, and it’s also laborious. It’s better to burn it directly.”

These trebuchets are their treasures, and they are worthless in Huang Lao’s mouth. If he hadn’t known that Huang Lao was capable, he would have been furious and let people lead the army.

After swallowing a sigh of relief, General Wei said dully: “Shi Chongguan has been stationed to this day, these catapults have great achievements, how can Lao Lao look down on them? However, since that is said, I think there is more Okay?”

His words were also angry words, but Huang Lao listened to him and said with his gray beard: “Old Wei, it’s not me talking about you, your precious things are really useless. Look at what I brought. Which of these things was not made with great effort? I really don’t feel comfortable using these trebuchets, for fear of wasting my precious treasures.”

“No!” General Wei stomped his feet anxiously, “Old Huang, you said you could use that thunderbolt to repel the enemy, but what do you mean?”

Huang Lao didn’t say much nonsense, he waved his hand and said: “Demolish!”

What? General Wei was shocked. What did Mr. Huang mean, did he dismantle all these trebuchets? This… how can this work? They are all demolished, how can they attack the enemy from a distance?

When the people below heard this, they started to act. General Wei turned around in a hurry, but was pulled aside by Huang Lao, “Come on, don’t say I’m stingy, we’ll give you a few new ones later, no need for you. Count the money.”

General Wei is about to vomit blood. You dismantled things for me and asked me to give me money. Did you get into the eyes of money? Sure enough, what kind of master has what kind of subordinates. Wang Ye has to mention money in ten sentences and nine sentences all day long, and the people below will naturally not suffer at all.

Thinking about the days when the lord came to Liangzhou, how much money did their garrison spend in the craftsmanship? Clairvoyance, crossbows, and sometimes even the money is not available.

What does Wangye mean is that the research of the craftsmanship needs to be funded, doesn’t it all depend on the money from the sale of these things? The so-called wool comes out of the sheep, and you can smash as much as you can.

This time, they took the initiative and said that they had developed a new type of thunderbolt, which could kill and injure the enemy in a large area. Now that the two armies are at war, they can also experiment with the lethality of this thing. If there is any defect, it can be improved next time.

Since it is an experiment with new things, General Wei is of course happy to see it. It’s just that Huang Lao’s words made him throw a basin of cold water on his head, and he couldn’t be happy.

Huang Lao smiled, and the folds on his face stretched out, “General Wei, I’ll keep you on the account this time. Try it out first and then pay, all for the sake of everyone being old friends.”

“…” Speechless, General Wei was speechless.

Stop gossip and get back to the present. When General Wei heard Huang Lao’s words, there was a hint of joy. It’s like picking up a big bargain, there is no way, this has become a natural reaction, you can imagine how miserable he is usually stabbed.

“Is it too late? It’s just one night tonight, and early tomorrow morning, the enemy will launch an offensive.”

The barbarian army has been here for two or three months. Before they attacked, they could easily cope with the terrain. Later, they actually started logging for siege vehicles, trebuchets and ladders, which had never happened before. Just a few days ago, the siege vehicles and catapults were almost done, and the barbarians used these siege equipment, causing them to suffer a lot of losses.

Just today, their defense was negligent, and the Yiren took this opportunity to climb the barrier and open a gap. Fortunately, their people reacted quickly and rushed up in time to block the gap.

However, the dead barbarians were indeed fierce and unusual. One person injured more than a dozen of their brothers, and when more than ten people broke in, they sacrificed dozens of brothers.

It has to be said that the barbarians have the tools to attack the city, and they will have more difficulty in dealing with them in the future.

Huang Lao looked at the sky, calculated in his heart, and then nodded: “As long as your hands and feet are quicker, there should be no problem, but we need to train people in the operation of the assembled projector. Our people will teach them how to do it by hand. Aiming, how to shoot, it’s actually not difficult, it only takes a day or two to get started.”

General Wei was relieved, that’s good, that’s good.

Tuoba Ren, who had withdrawn his troops and returned to the camp, was in a good mood, “Haha, thanks to Mr. Song. The siege vehicles and trebuchets that you brought out are really useful, and I believe it won’t take long for the soldiers to break through Shi Chongguan. ”

They have seen hope today. Their dead men reached the pass for the first time. Although they failed to go further, they were killed by the enemy. However, I believe that many times, there will always be success.

Song Lian said humbly, “It’s not my work, it’s all due to the proper command of the prince, and even the life of the soldiers, to achieve this effect.”

This time Chachaqi was not dissatisfied, Shi Chongguan was like a turtle shell, and they had nothing to do with it. A few years ago, Tuoba Ren was able to break through Shi Chongguan, only relying on the deployment of spies who got in. This tactic is inseparable, and one lesson is enough for them to devote themselves to it. Now Shi Chongguan is guarded like an iron barrel, and their army has been attacking for two months and still remains motionless.

But today, their people climbed the pass with the help of the siege vehicle and the ladder, which gave them hope, and the day when they broke Shi Chongguan was not far away.

“Tomorrow, we will send more dead soldiers to attack the city, and strive to win Shi Chongguan as soon as possible.” Chacha Qi said proudly.

Tuoba Ren nodded approvingly, “Still be careful, the enemy’s thing called a crossbow is very powerful. Unfortunately, we don’t have it. If this thing can be equipped with our army, it will be invincible.”

“This thing should be made by Duanwang’s craftsman, but I have observed it below. There are not many soldiers and soldiers equipped with this thing, only a small part of it.