Wang Yi left, and the military tent fell into an eerie silence.
Because Wang Yu held his chin with one hand and had a thoughtful look on his face, although the generals were confused, they did not dare to disturb them. They could only look at each other in confusion. No one knew where Fufeng Ma Deheng was from.
It actually seemed to scare the lord.
The only person who behaved differently was Zhuge Liang, who was standing next to Wang Yu. The young counselor frowned, but it seemed that he was not thinking, but troubled about something.
Zhuge Liang has heard of this name. Wang Yu's list of hussars has been rumored to the outside world, and is highly confidential within Qingzhou. However, for Zhuge Liang, the counselor who records confidential affairs and joins the army, it is not a big deal to take a look.
What a difficult thing to do.
Only when you actually see the directory can you realize how big the gap is between legend and reality. The directory is much simpler than everyone imagined. Many of the names on the list only have the most basic information, and only 10 to 20% of them have their exact place of origin.
Most of them only have a rough location, and many even don't even have complete names.
For example, this is the case with Ma Deheng from Fufeng. In the list written by Wang Yu, the only record of this person is his name and a short description of his specialties: Ma Jun is good at craftsmanship.
Zhuge Liang knew that, except for that girl Yueying, Ma Jun was the only person mentioned on the list as having expertise in this field. Mr. Wenhe had always been considerate and knew that his lord valued craftsmanship, so he made a lot of impressions on this person.
With a little effort, the information about this person was gradually improved.
Ma Jun was born in poverty, was dull, and had a stutter. Even his relatives and neighbors in his hometown could not tell many details about him. We only know that he seemed to have had a master when he was young, and he was taught some blacksmithing and carpentry skills.
Kind of work.
The social status of craftsmen is very low, far less than that of scholars. However, the Ma family was originally from a poor family and had no hope of providing for their children to study. Being a craftsman is considered to have the ability to survive, which is not a bad thing. Therefore, Ma's father
He also let this happen without any obstruction.
Ma Jun is indeed very talented in this area. After only learning for two or three years, his skills have surpassed those of the local craftsmen who have been working for decades, and his reputation has even spread to Chang'an City.
Of course, Ma Jun was overjoyed, thinking that his family's situation would finally improve. However, just a few days after becoming famous, Ma Jun said goodbye to his parents, saying that he would travel to the Central Plains with his master to improve his skills.
Of course, Father Ma was unwilling, but after several years of practice, Ma Jun had transformed from a submissive child into a very independent young man. Father Ma tried hard to persuade him to no avail, and finally had no choice but to let him go.
This happened during the Zhongping period. Once traced here, the clues were interrupted. The Central Plains was full of wars and order was not maintained. It was not easy to trace the whereabouts of a person. Moreover, Ma Jun seemed to be incognito while traveling abroad, although he could occasionally be traced.
Some skilled craftsmen made some miraculous objects, but they were completely unable to use them as clues to trace Ma Jun's whereabouts.
Among the suspected works of Ma Jun, there was something that impressed Zhuge Liang extremely deeply. It was something called "Water Turning Hundreds of Plays". The general operation method is to use water as power and a mechanical wooden wheel as a transmission device to make the puppets
Can perform automatically.
At that time, Ma Jun probably had no travel expenses, so he went to see the general Yuan Shu at his residence. Yuan Shu was a young man, and he was most interested in these rare toys. When he saw the water spin Baixi presented by Ma Jun, he was overjoyed.
He rewarded Ma Jun heavily, and then took the things to show off everywhere, without any thought of keeping this brilliant craftsman.
Later, Dong Zhuo entered the capital, Yuan Shu fled alone, and the Shuizhuan Baixi was also lost. The Intelligence Department was unable to obtain the actual object, but it met many people involved. From the descriptions of these people, we can also deduce Ma Jun's craftsmanship.
Zhuge Liang was not a person who studied hard, and he also had some research on craft manufacturing. He knew very well that someone who could create such a complex structure as Shuizhuan Baixi would have amazing mechanical manufacturing skills.
Thinking more deeply, if such skills are used in war facilities, what kind of power will be displayed? No one knows better than Zhuge Liang that a person who is good at craftsmanship will have trouble if he meets a close friend.
What will the scene be like after the Lord’s death?
What was that girl Yueying's state like when she was in Jingzhou? Young elites hid when they saw Huang Chengyan, not daring to be alone with him for fear of being roped in as their son-in-law. What now? The little girl is already the head of the Qingzhou General Division
People, their positions can be compared to the former Jiu Qing, they are still ranked very high!
Ma Jun created Shuizhuanbaixi during the Zhongping period. At that time, he was only a few years older than Yueying, which shows that he was also a genius. Now, six or seven years have passed, and his skills have reached the level of
At what level?
Zhuge Liang pinched his eyebrows and felt a headache. He was not surprised why Ma Jun chose to help Cao Cao instead of Wang Yu, who was from the same family.
The truth, what Wang Yi just said is very clear, the purpose of Momen is to stop the war. This war in the Central Plains is strategically inevitable, but on the surface, it is the Qingzhou Army who took the initiative to attack Cao Cao's army.
The tradition of Momen is to help the weak side, and Cao Cao seems to be quite weak now.
After knowing everything, Zhuge Liang also understood why Cao Cao was reluctant to come up with the means to suppress the situation even though he was beaten badly by the Qingzhou Army's crossbow. He must have been in contact with Ma Jun for a while, and he deliberately did not
Showing the contents of the weapon secret book presented by Liu Ye was just pretending to be pitiful.
This disguise lasted for almost two months. After being in danger at Hulao Pass, he finally succeeded in impressing Ma Jun. This battle added another variable.
"My lord, Ma Deheng may be highly skilled, but making ordnance is not that simple. Not only does it require a large number of skilled craftsmen, but organizing production also requires a certain amount of energy and time. Cao Cao's army may not be able to be strengthened in the first place. Now Cao Cao has personally
If we lead a large army to come to our aid, our army may... gain the advantage of fighting quickly?"
"Yes." Wang Yu nodded, then shook his head: "Things may not be that simple. Cao Cao recruited craftsmen only in the summer and autumn of last year. With the effort he put into this, there should be some results. It can be relied on.
So far, Cao Jun has not shown anything new, so he has recruited a large number of craftsmen and just waited, right?"
"That's true." Zhuge Liang frowned, feeling very depressed by this accident.
Equipment suppression is one of the major trump cards that enables the Qingzhou Army to repeatedly defeat its opponents without suffering very small losses. In this Central Plains War, the Yan and Henan battlefields that were mainly attacking relied on siege equipment to win quickly.
The gap has been leveled, how easy is it to achieve a quick victory?
Now Sun Ce is leading his army to the north, and that fool Yuan Shu is still dreaming. When Sun Ce successfully annexes Yuan Shu and takes over Yuan Shu's territory and strength, Xuzhou will be in danger.
Xuzhou only has 30,000 soldiers and horses. After Sun Ce annexes Yuan, his military strength will nearly double. If there is another change in the Chen family in Guangling, they will be attacked on both sides and outnumbered!
"He has Zhang Liang's plan, and I have a wall ladder. Kong Ming, it is useless to think too much. Let's see what action Cao Cao will take after his troops arrive. Everyone, please return to your base camp to rest and prepare for the battle in the future." Wang
Yu didn't seem to care too much about this matter, and waved his hand to dismiss the generals.
"Follow the order!" The generals agreed in a loud voice. Taishi Ci wanted to stay a little longer and say something, but Zhao Yun saw that Wang Yu still had something to discuss with Zhuge Liang privately, so he grabbed Taishi Ci and pulled him out directly.
When the generals retreated, Wang Yu looked at Zhuge Liang with a solemn expression and said in a low voice: "Kong Ming, please write a letter to Wen Yuan and Han Sheng. They must be careful and beware of sudden changes in the enemy's formation."
A large number of remote devices appear..."
"...I understand." Zhuge Liang replied in surprise. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but ask: "Does Ma Deheng really have such abilities?"
"I'm just guessing..." Wang Yu muttered: "Kong Ming, you don't know something. Xu Gongqing didn't finish what he said that day. It wasn't until he met Gongsun Shengji that he learned that the Momen had been divided as early as the Hanwu era.
For two branches, one fled far away from the Great Wall and inherited the Mohist philosophy of governance and military techniques, while the other joined the old enemy Lu Ban’s sect and hid in the streets..."
"The relationship between these two branches should be a little difficult to deal with. Maybe there are some secrets behind it, such as the fight for the name of orthodoxy... Therefore, I have been governing in Qingzhou for several years, and one branch has never seen the Mo clan.
Among them, those who are good at craftsmanship came to serve. Judging from Wang Yi's words, there may not be three hundred children behind these two brothers!"
When Mo Zhai stopped Chu from attacking Song, he competed with Gongshu Ban in terms of offensive and defensive methods in front of the King of Chu, and finally convinced Gongshu Ban. The latter was not convinced and said to Mo Zhai in private, "In fact, I still have a way to deal with you, but I won't tell you."
Mo Zhai smiled and replied: My disciple Qin Huali and three hundred people have been waiting in the Song Dynasty for a long time. Even if you instigate the King of Chu to kill me, it will be useless.
Wang Yu's guess is that the disciples of the Mo sect and the Gongshu Ban sect have probably gathered around Ma Jun. If Cao Cao got in touch with Ma Jun early enough, he could make a large number of parts first and only keep the core.
The parts are not moving, waiting for Ma Jun and his team to complete it by hand.
This kind of technological decomposition was very common in later generations, and it was still a bit too advanced for the Han Dynasty. However, the inheritance of the two great gods Lu Ban and Mo Zhai were combined, so it may not be impossible to realize such a project.
As for why Cao Cao speculated that he would first put new weapons into the Eastern Front instead of Hulao Pass, Wang Yu analyzed it from a strategic perspective. The key to attacking Hulao Pass now is not Hulao Pass itself, but the peripheral defense facilities and
The main force of Cao's army was restrained.
On the eastern front battlefield, Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong's offensive was so fast and fierce that Guo Gong was completely defeated at the first touch and was in urgent need of weapons to counter the Qingzhou Army's siege equipment.
If the outcome is determined early on the eastern front, the two armies of Zhang Liao and Zhang Jia will merge. Even if Sun Ce completely annexes Yuan Shu, he will still have to face two armies supporting each other, not Xuzhou's lone army.
.The favorable situation that Cao Cao painstakingly created no longer exists again. Of course he will be anxious.
"I understand," Zhuge Liang nodded, with a hesitant look on his face, but still reminded: "My lord, do you also need to make some arrangements for what the military advisor said?"
"This..." Wang Yu was also quite hesitant. After thinking about it, he waved his hand and said: "Forget it, you don't have to trust the people you employ, and you don't use the people you suspect. We will be away, so there is no need to intervene." (To be continued. Please search Gone with the Wind. Astronomy, novels are better and updated faster!)