Outside Quang Binh City, somewhere in a barracks near the mine.
Originally, this place was heavily guarded, not only the soldiers and overseers stationed in the mine, but also a thousand households stationed in the periphery of the training camp, in addition to training, the biggest task of this thousand households is to protect the safety of the mine, and idlers are not allowed to approach, of course, those prisoners and prisoners of war in the mine, even if they find a loophole in the internal security of the mine and escape from the mine, it is difficult to cross this blockade line.
Today's situation seems to be a little different, in addition to the soldiers who have been stationed here, there are a lot of troops in the city, even the most dull people, they know that there must be something going on today, especially seeing the guards with long guns and short knives in the general's mansion appearing here, it is difficult for the soldiers of the instructor not to guess whether there is a big man arriving today.
A few wagons brought some strange things to the school yard where these soldiers practiced normally, and then, some people who seemed to be craftsmen, out of nowhere, began to toss and turn on those things, and in less than an hour, several devices that seemed to be powerful but did not know what to do were assembled by these craftsmen and set up on the school grounds.
"The speed of assembly is still okay, but these catapults seem to be a little small."
Lin Wushuang looked at the catapult, which was less than two people high, and asked with some doubts, small, it means that the throwing distance is not far enough, and the strength is not strong enough, can such equipment send a few kilograms or even more than a dozen kilograms of items to a distance of hundreds of meters, this is really a problem.
Especially from the high platform they were standing on, those catapults were really like models compared to the huge catapults that Lin Wushuang had imagined.
"This is already the best plan that has been come up with after trial and error, and that's it, it takes about four to six people to operate one" Lin Xiaohong explained softly on the side: "Moreover, whether this catapult is powerful or not has little to do with the size, this kind of empirical mistake, or not."
"If you don't look at your age, listening to you talk so old-fashioned, I really suspect that you are an old monster who has not died for a thousand years" Lin Wushuang glanced at her: "It's as if you've used this thing before" "My lord, the assembly is complete, can we start?"
A middle-aged man in a military uniform ran to Lin Wushuang with a little excitement, and asked Lin Wushuang to instruct, Lin Wushuang looked into the distance, this is the school field, and it is also the edge of the entire barracks.
"The targets are all set," Lin Wushuang asked.
"Two hundred steps, three hundred steps, four hundred steps, every hundred steps, set markers, four hundred steps, set markers, set markers, six hundred steps, set markers every twenty steps, until eight hundred steps away" The person who was asked replied: "When it was assembled, Commander Tian had already sent someone to set the markings."
"Then let's start, follow the plan" Lin Wushuang nodded, the middle-aged man ran down excitedly, and began to shout at his own people, some stones, clods of soil, and even clay pots, were quickly moved to a suitable position for launching by the soldiers near the catapult.
"The first test is the stone, estimating the throwing distance, then the test of the fire pot, the test of whether the lit fire pot can burn smoothly after landing, and the last test is the number of throws, the standard I give them is a catapult, at least twenty throws are not bad" Lin Xiaohong was in Lin Wushuang's ear, explaining the test plan to him: "All the materials and technologies are used in this era, and there is nothing beyond their time" "Seeing that they are so excited, it must not be simply made for this thing" Lin Wushuang smiled slightly: "At that time, we said that we would make this thing at any cost, and these craftsmen made it in such a short period of time, there must be other motivations."
"If it succeeds, these people will be the officers of the craftsman battalion, and everyone's treatment will be at least from the general flag, and in this mission, I took out three thousand taels of silver from Su Su's hand to make a reward, it would be strange if they had no motivation" Lin Xiaohong smiled slightly: "Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and it's time for us to have our own baggage team."
Lin Wushuang smiled and stopped talking, the stall of the Qingfeng Camp looked like blowing up balloons, first the three major battalions, then the teaching battalion, and now, even the skillful craftsman battalion has been tossed out, and entering the camp is the general flag treatment, no wonder these guys who may just be ordinary soldiers or even soldiers are excited.
While speaking, the catapult had already completed the preparations, and one after another orders came over, Lin Xiaohong didn't know where to find out, felt out a small flag, handed it to Lin Wushuang, Lin Wushuang looked at the eyes of so many eager people under the stand, and waved the flag vigorously for a while.
"Put" With the sound of the password, the tooth-aching sound of the machine spring, the gurgling sound of the leather strip pulling, several catapults made a huge noise in turn, and the stones placed on the throwing bucket, with a huge whistling sound, flew up from the school yard, drew a huge parabola, and leaped through the sky.
"It looks like the distance is enough" Lin Xiaohong muttered to herself, Lin Wushuang stretched out his eyes, and in the distance there were dusty stones flying down from the sky, and the stones and clods of soil that fell to the ground made the distance a little dusty, anyway, no matter what the power was, at least, it seemed that the movement was not small.
Not far away, a few cavalrymen who had been riding horses near the mark, after the stone landed, immediately rode towards the side of the school field, the catapult was not very accurate, the direction was good, they took on this job, there was still a bit of risk.
Soon, the data of the distance of several catapults was sent to Lin Wu's hands: the farthest distance was almost 600 steps, but the closest was only half of this distance, according to the ordinary "step" converted into the metric system, this distance can almost be hit 300 meters away, this distance, for the shape of the catapult, is really good.
"Launch a few more rounds, take an average number" Lin Wushuang ordered, so, all kinds of voices on the small school field, one after another, after three rounds, Lin Wushuang finally had a bottom in his heart, almost the distance of this catapult, it should be two hundred meters to three hundred meters away, beyond this distance, it is not something that the catapult can master.
"This distance doesn't seem to be enough" Lin Wushuang was a little hesitant, in terms of intelligence, the two cities of the forecourt and Tianming are all placed with cannons at the head of the city, and the distance of two or three hundred steps means that these catapults can only be fired within the range of other people's cannons "Almost, didn't you just say that these things are small" Lin Xiaohong replied: "If it's small, it means that it is mobile, and the cost is not high, take advantage of the night to push it to the city of the Dayue people, and leave after the fight, it's a big deal not to want these things, these distances are enough" Next is the live ammunition acting, not surprisingly, the effect of live ammunition acting is much better than just throwing stones, at least, as soon as those burning crockpots hit the ground, it was immediately spread a raging fire, this light and shadow effect is much more eye-catching than those dusty, the only regret is that when the durability test is carried out, most of the catapults simply do not meet the requirements of twenty cars, a total of five catapults are equipped on the field, and after more than ten rounds are still being launched, there are only two left, and, These two did not last until twenty times, and when they were launched for the last time, the crockpot in the bucket fell directly to the ground with the breaking of the leather strip, which also caused a small chaos in the small school field, and the craftsman who operated the catapult was even slightly burned.
"The injured will be rewarded with twenty taels of silver for each of the decoctions, and the other participants will be rewarded with ten taels of silver each."
Lin Wushuang ordered, and the school field suddenly fell to its knees, in the eyes of the craftsmen, today's experiment was a failure, Rao is so, and the general is still so generously rewarded, which can't help but make them grateful.
"The craftsman battalion can start making these catapults on a large scale" When these craftsmen withdrew with a thousand thanks, Lin Wushuang said to Lin Xiaohong: "I suddenly thought that the scale of this catapult was made so small, and it was composed of various parts, this is a reference to our assembly line and modular method, making these parts, you don't need many advanced skills, skilled assembly and assembly, and not many skills, with this first batch of craftsmen taking the lead, no one will bring some apprentices, I think it will be productive in no time.1" "I plan to build two hundred units first" Lin Xiaohong raised two fingers, "The promise they gave me is that as long as the manpower and materials are enough, it can be completed in seven days at most, and after seven days, you, the general, will personally take these catapults to the vestibule city, this kind of time to brush up on the battle record and prestige, if you are not there, wouldn't it be a waste."
"This is Guangping City, I think it's just like that, it doesn't look as big as our five peaks."
When they saw a city in the distance, the teenagers got out of their carriages, and the apprehension along the way, and only when they reached the destination did they completely relax their minds, and it was already like this, it seemed that that place was the place where they would stay in the next few years.
"Let's go into the city, I can't wait to see what the city is like."
"That is, I heard that this is a radius of five hundred miles, and the most prosperous place is here, but I didn't expect it to be such an inconspicuous city, there must be a hole in the city."
"No, let's not go into the city" Qian Wu pointed in another direction, "Second Uncle said, let's go directly to the barracks outside the city, brothers, don't forget, you are not here to enjoy the mountains and rivers, you are here to be soldiers and eat food, the barracks outside the city is where you should go" "Oh" a burst of disappointed voices sounded, not to mention that the young people are cute, this worried all the way, and in the end, they were actually disappointed that they could not enter the city.
The dust was flying in the distance, and at a glance, there was a large group of people and horses coming towards the caravan, and the caravan guards who were nervous when they encountered this situation along the way couldn't help but clench the weapons in their hands as they did before, and cautiously looked at the people and horses coming from afar, on guard.
"Don't worry about it, take it easy, it's all in Guangping, there won't be any bandits ringing horses and the like, near Guangping City, it can only be the soldiers and horses of the Qingfeng Battalion, presumably our people were discovered by the patrolling soldiers and horses, they came to see what was going on" Qian Housheng comforted these people he brought loudly, there was really nothing to worry about, if he could still meet the bandits Xiangma in this place a few miles away from the city, then this Qingfeng camp was not worth such a big capital from his Qian family.
The banner of the people and horses from afar was exposed in the dust, and it did not disappoint Qian Housheng, it was a huge "forest" character.
"It's from the General's Mansion" Lin Qiaoqiao stood on the wheel and looked into the distance: "I don't know if it's Sister Xiaohong or my brother who came out of the city, how did they come from there, did they go to the mine?"
Soon, the two groups of people approached, and a small group of people separated from the team and ran towards this side, thinking that they were here to inquire about the identity of this group of people, but when they saw Lin Qiaoqiao standing on the wheel, the team stepped forward to say a few words, and immediately turned around and left.
"My brother and Sister Xiaohong are out of the city" Lin Qiaoqiao said to Nan Qiqi, jumped down, and Qian Housheng, who had been watching the situation from the side, immediately followed.
"Miss Lin, it's General Lin's tiger driver," Qian Housheng asked in a low voice.
"You're lucky, you met my brother as soon as you arrived, come over and say a few words to me" Lin Qiaoqiao patted Qian Housheng's shoulder, Qian Housheng nodded gratefully, with this opportunity, and this little incense with Miss Lin, his Qian family must be more important than others in the eyes of General Lin.
Seeing Lin Qiaoqiao with a guy coming over from a distance unhurriedly, Lin Wushuang really wanted to teach a few words with a straight face, but before this face could be raised, Lin Qiaoqiao had already pounced with a smile: "Brother, I haven't seen you for a few days, miss me, Sister Xiaohong, do you miss me?"
"I don't want to" Lin Wushuang shook his head and looked behind her: "This is what you said about the Qian family" "Yes, this is the head of the Qian family, brother, you have seen him, this time he brought the children of the clan to serve me Qingfeng Camp together" Lin Xiaohong let go of her body and let Qian Housheng behind her be exposed, "Brother, I stayed in the Qian family for a few days, I am very happy, don't you keep a straight face" "I've seen General Lin" Qian Housheng didn't have much flattery, and saluted Lin Wushuang: "Qian Mou brought twenty-seven children of the Qian family to serve the general, and let the general drive" aa2705221 t1706231537: