Chapter 528: The arrival of the public transport class
Fortunately, in the early Warring States period, battles began to rely on cunning tactics and more on upright strength. Otherwise, Zhiyao would not have the confidence to compete with the elites of his generation.
That's the truth. An ordinary modern person might be able to invent and create something if he goes back to ancient times. In the military, he can use some seemingly amazing tactics, conspiracies or other means to start from the same starting line as other people.
Based on the fact that you are an ordinary person in modern times, to a certain extent, the upper limit has already been set there, and even aspects such as personality have been fixed. There is really not much room for improvement.
In many aspects, talent is important. If you can't do it, you really can't do it. It's not a matter of hard work or not.
In other words, Zhikai is more malleable than Zhiyao, but with Zhikai's background and future positioning, he doesn't need to specialize in anything, he just needs to know a little bit about everything.
Now Zhikai is very self-aware. When he encounters something he knows a little about, the first thing he thinks of is to call in professionals.
As a top executive, this is what you should do. You understand what is happening and you have professional talents under you. Why do you have to do it yourself?
More than half a month later, the public transport squad led some people to the former military camp on the outskirts of "Shangqiu".
Zhikai came to see the public transport squad as soon as he learned that they had arrived, and then took the public transport squad to the front line.
This front line is outside the city of "Shangqiu".
The public transportation team had heard about the emergence of a defense master in "Shangqiu", handed over the supervision power of "Zhongjing", and rushed over without stopping.
Hearing people describe it requires a lot of imagination to imagine something. The public transport team dug a ditch that was close enough to the edge of the "Shangqiu" city wall. They were very satisfied to find that the difference between what they imagined and what they saw was not too big.
Many things are actually common.
For example, there are two metal leaves. Guessing their purpose, they must be rotated to exert their lethality, which inevitably requires a turntable.
Gongshuban is an expert among experts, so why are we unfamiliar with this type of components?
"Have these items ever been used?" asked the public transportation class.
Zhikai, who accompanied him personally, shook his head and replied: "Recently, our army has pulled out the enemy's stronghold outside the city and is busy digging trenches, but has not launched an siege."
It’s not that fighting broke out, the Song army in the city would not just watch the original army deploy fortifications outside the city to besiege the city. They would definitely open the city gate to let the defenders come out and take necessary actions with the friendly forces outside.
Fierce battles broke out repeatedly between the two sides around the construction site where trenches were dug. On the contrary, the city's offensive and defensive battles never occurred once.
This is considered normal. The initial stage of every city offensive and defensive battle is a field battle. Only when the defenders cannot bear it can they retreat to the city for defensive battles. It is not true that the attacking party will immediately start a city offensive and defensive battle upon arrival.
In this kind of battle, the battle in the wild will be much more intense than the battle of city attack and defense. To put it bluntly, the city is the last barrier for the defending side. How can it be possible for the attacking side to let go of the fight from the beginning?
As for many modern film and television works, as long as there is a plot related to siege, there is no fierce outdoor battle, and the scene changes directly to the city attack and defense battle mode. Maybe the filming funds are limited, or maybe there is no knowledgeable consultant.
Bar?
If you ask Zhiyao, the answer is that there is only one movie called "The Tribulation of the Ming Dynasty" that truly restores the fighting process in the cold weapon era. Fierce fighting continued in the wild until the defenders' strength was too low before they withdrew into the city. There were still soldiers outside the city.
The mobile unit is left behind. This alone is different from other movies or TV series.
"Can I try it out?" The public transportation team wanted to see with their own eyes how the equipment on the city wall was used.
Zhikai said: "There are still more than 20,000 Song troops outside the city, and they need to be eliminated or driven away."
That's how it is. Knowing that there are enemy troops outside the city and knowing where they are, if they don't deal with them first, how serious must the siege command team be before they attack the city?
Really, if the attacker sends out troops to attack the city, the enemy troops outside the city will definitely take action, either to attack the attacker's siege troops, or to target the attacker's camp, no matter which point it is.
It’s enough for the attacking side.
It is not that the Gongshu Ban does not understand war at all, but only slightly. This is also a common characteristic of classical aristocrats. Nobles who do not understand war at all have long been eliminated.
While the two were talking, a sound broke through the air.
Without thinking, Zhikai pounced on Gongshuban and suppressed him. Then many samurai ran over and dragged Zhikai away first, and only then did they take care of Gongshuban.
A thick and large crossbow arrow was inserted three meters in front of where Zhikai and Gongshuban were standing just now. Its arrowhead was completely inserted into the ground, and only about two-thirds of the arrow shaft was exposed.
Gongshu Ban was wearing regular clothes, and without caring about the dust on his body, he asked urgently: "This place is one hundred and eighty steps away from the city wall. Can the enemy's crossbow range exceed it?"
Zhikai, who was wearing armor and stomach, was adjusting the armor that had become crooked due to the violent action just now, and said at the same time: "The enemy's crossbow has a maximum range of 250 steps."
The current step... that is, both left and right legs step forward once, which is about 1.5 meters.
Two hundred and fifty steps equals three hundred and seventy-five meters.
The Gongshu Ban was stunned at first, then reacted and said more frightenedly: "The prince already knows, can An Neng come here?"
Zhikai is the crown prince of the Yuan Kingdom. If it sounds ugly, anyone can die, but he alone cannot die.
If the Yuan army captured "Shangqiu" and Zhikai died during the battle, the Yuan army would still lose.
Zhikai also knew that he was wrong, but how could a prince who didn't even dare to go to the front line win the support of the military? Especially since the Yuan Kingdom inherited the Jin Kingdom's military fruitism, once Zhikai behaved too cowardly, not only the prince
The problem of unstable position will cause big problems in the future.
They didn't just stand dangling outside the ditch, they just stayed inside the ditch to observe. Maybe there were too many people accompanying them, which attracted the Song army to use crossbows to attack?
Zhikai said with a dignified attitude: "This is the only time, there will be no other examples."
This is not only said to the Gongsu Ban, but also to the rest of the group.
It's a bit risky today, but to a certain extent it's a good thing.
If word spreads, if the prince Zhikai can go to the front line and be shot by the enemy's crossbow, how can the others dare to spare their lives?
The Gongshu Ban returned their attention to Song Jun's bed crossbow. While observing it with a telescope, he was mumbling something unknown.
In general, the Song State really has talented people. Otherwise, other countries have imitated the bed crossbow of the original country. How could the Song State's bed crossbow have a range of up to 250 steps? Other vassal states imitated it.
The bed crossbow made can only shoot about 150 steps at most.
"I must have been aiming and shooting just now. The ballistics released were correct, but the elevation angle was wrong." Gongshu Ban's concept of ballistics was learned from Zhiyao.
They returned to the Chinese army's tent.
Zhixuwu heard about what happened just now and showed no anger. He seemed extremely satisfied with Zhikai's performance.
Regardless of whether their status is noble or not, if they dare not take any risks, such people are destined to be completely ruined if they encounter an accident.
Zhixuwu was satisfied that Zhikai did not show obvious panic after encountering danger, but would definitely give advice in private.
Battles between the Yuan army and the Song army occurred every day, and the difference lay in the scale.
The battlefield stretched for nearly thirty miles from outside "Shangqiu" city to the suburbs. The most intense fighting was the offensive and defensive battles at some strongholds.
The public transport squad heard the cry of killing and was surprised to find that no one in the tent responded at all.
Zhikai saw Gongshuban's actions and said with a smile: "The Song army must have come out of the city to harass."
Similar things have happened too many times. If they make a fuss again, wouldn't they be unprepared?
The fact is that the former army made various preparations from the beginning. Officers on the front line will only ask for emergency help when they encounter a situation that they can handle, such as insufficient troop strength. Generally, they will just take care of their own affairs.
good.
These things are relatively new to the public transportation class, so I urge you to go and see them for yourself.
Originally, Zhikai wanted to go with him, but Gongshuban, who was shocked just now, couldn't agree.
Zhi Xuwu waited until no one was around before he said with a straight face, almost scolding: "The prince must not take any more risks."
This is Zhikai's direct uncle and one of Zhiyao's trusted ministers.
However, no matter what seniority you are in, or how much trust you receive, it is completely because Zhixuwu treats Zhikai with sincerity, otherwise he would not reprimand him as a human minister.
Zhikai smiled sarcastically this time and said, "It's Kaimeng Lang."
The bed crossbows of the Yuan Army are somewhat accurate.
The bed crossbows imitated by the princes were not accurate at all.
In the past, the Song Army rarely fired bed crossbows. Once fired, it was aimed at a relatively large number of auxiliary soldiers of the original army. It was not easy to confirm the accuracy of the Song Army's bed crossbows.
To be honest, if Zhikai knew that Song Jun's bed crossbow was accurate, he would not have taken the risk if something went wrong.
This is simply too true. Zhikai still has a bright future. An accident is a force majeure. If he takes a risk knowingly, there is something wrong with his brain.
However, it is somewhat good news, as it confirms the accuracy of the Song Army's bed crossbow. Next, the senior officers of the original army will be more careful and not give the Song Army the opportunity to use the bed crossbow to implement decapitation tactics.
The public transport squad patrolled under the protection of some people and saw the Song Army's bed crossbows fired several times, confirming that the bed crossbows imitated by the Song Dynasty were really good.
This discovery made Gongshu Ban want to compete, not by personally operating the former army's crossbow to shoot at each other, but by competing with the master craftsmen from the Song Dynasty and the equipment manufacturers for the city's offensive and defensive battles.
The Gongshu Ban once again found Zhi Kai and asked, "I don't know how many craftsmen there are in the camp. How many people can the Ban send?"
Zhikai wanted this effect and said: "The craftsmen in the camp can be dispatched by Gongshuzi, and the materials can be used at will."
After getting permission, the public transportation team did not delay. They asked where the craftsman camp was, first went for a patrol, and then went to the material storage camp for inspection.
After walking around and looking at it for a while, the public transport team couldn't be more satisfied.
According to the order of preparations for the original army to attack the city, the level of attention paid to facing the fortified city is beyond imagination. Not only will the relevant wood materials be stored in the camp early, but enough iron and copper ingots will be stored, and a smelting furnace will even be built.
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There is not just one kind of wood in reserve, there are various types of wood of different lengths, and even different types of logs.
The smelting furnace is just one of the tools, and the original machine tools will be carried with the army.
Machine tool? To put it bluntly, it is an instrument for processing the required wood. It has a special device to confirm that the specifications of the processed wood are consistent.
It is not difficult to make this thing. What is missing is the relevant concept. It does not look complicated. It has a device to fix the logs and some fixing brackets equipped with planers, saws and other replaceable parts.
With the existence of machine tools, the former army no longer has to rely purely on the careful processing of experienced craftsmen to manufacture trebuchets, siege towers, ladders, siege vehicles and other equipment. Even apprentice-level craftsmen can quickly produce equipment.
Required wood.
There is no need to worry about siege equipment such as trebuchets, siege towers, etc. Gongshuban has just carefully observed the defensive equipment on the city wall and will modify the old siege equipment based on some guesses.
For example, there is a shooting pole on the city wall, which is aimed at the soldiers climbing up the ladder. The public transport squad will add an arched protective fence on its own ladder. It does not need to be too close, and it should be about one and a half meters apart.
Just install one more.
The shooting pole on the city wall is a hardwood structure and will be photographed in a vertical manner. The protective fence of the ladder will be blocked when photographed, which may cause the ladder to vibrate. It will be difficult to photograph the soldiers climbing up.
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As for the city defense equipment with two metal leaves? The public transportation team knows that once activated, it will rotate rapidly to produce lethality. This thing looks very scary. Once they are fixed in one position, the worst thing is to focus on the crossbow in advance.
Bad, you can also choose not to attack from that side, Gongshu Ban didn't pay much attention to it.
In terms of other offensive equipment, Gongshuban has more or less made some targeted modifications.
Since there are only so many that can be seen for the time being, many of them are used by public transport squads based on their own experience. Only after the actual siege is launched and the actual use of those defensive equipment can we make effective countermeasures.
Just knowing that there were one or more people in the Song Dynasty who could manufacture those tools to defend the city, Gongshu Ban was already very excited.
Of course, this kind of excitement is a little bit weird, for example, it ignores the casualties of the original army that will appear on the siege side.
But what? Experts always feel lonely. Once you find someone who can compete with you in a field that you are good at, excitement is inevitable.
The public transportation team waited and waited. During this period, they had itchy hands and made many novelty gadgets, including a gadget that relied on a bed crossbow to launch and would expand its wings after launching.
This thing is actually a glider. The difference is that it cannot seat people, but it can carry heavier objects.
It appeared because the public transportation team thought it could carry kerosene, and then used some small mechanisms to time it and land it accurately on the city wall.
Of course, everything is still in the experimental stage of the public transportation class and needs to be tested again and again.
Waiting and waiting, until one day Zhikai came to tell the Gongshu Ban that they were about to launch an siege. Three months had passed.
