Under Gaoque City, two giant siege guns were finally assembled.
Yi Zong was standing under one of the siege guns at this moment, looking up at this terrifying and unprecedented human creation.
A huge wooden structure supports its main body.
Under the base, a winch-like instrument has tightened the rope.
A huge wooden box was hung from one end of the long arm. The box was filled with sand, rubble and waste and weighed at least several hundred stones.
Yang Yi, a great figure in contemporary Mohism, stood in front of this unprecedented behemoth and explained to the Han army the principles and usage of this weapon.
"This is a counterweight box. The power of the so-called siege gun depends on this..." Yang Yi pointed to the wooden box and said: "This is somewhat similar to the lever principle. Of course, the actual situation is more complicated..."
"This kind of siege gun, under ideal circumstances, can throw stone projectiles weighing two hundred kilograms (haanjin) three hundred steps away, causing huge damage to the enemy's city walls, fortifications and personnel..."
Of course, for the Mohists, no matter how much they talk about it, it is not as shocking as actually taking a step forward.
Therefore, when Yang Yi introduced it, the parts and gears on this terrifying civilization creation began to rotate slowly.
Two strong men lifted a stone ball with a diameter of about one foot and placed it inside the obvious spoon-shaped 'shovel' at the other end of the arm.
"Gentlemen, let us come together and bear witness to the first sound of this thing!" Yang Yi said confidently: "Let it be announced that all old-style fortresses and city defenses will be eliminated!"
In the Chinese dictionary, there has never been a fortress that cannot be broken, and there has never been a city that cannot be trapped.
Even the famous Hangu Pass was once occupied by Jin and Wei in history.
Therefore, Wu Qi told Wei Wenhou that the country is not in danger, but virtue.
Chinese rulers throughout the ages have also pursued virtuous governance and moral governance assiduously.
Even Qin Shihuang was not exempt from vulgarity.
Therefore, Yang Yi's words did not violate any taboos, let alone make people think of anything.
Everyone looked expectantly at the behemoth that was ready to go.
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"Prepare for test firing!"
Following an order from a Han Army officer, the thick rope that had been tightly restraining the 'weight box' that was hoisted into the air suddenly broke, and then everyone only heard a loud bang.
Like winter thunder, it exploded across the world.
Its sound was so loud that even the Huns in Gaoque City heard it.
And because Gaoque City happened to be stuck on the valley road leading in and out of Yangshan Mountain.
Therefore, after the initial loud noise, endless echoes arrived in the Huns' cochlea almost at the same time.
However, before they could react, a huge boulder screamed from the sky and hit a horse in Gaoque City directly. Blood immediately flew everywhere, and the scene was horrific.
From the perspective of the Han army, most people only saw the Mohist operators cutting off the ropes of the counterweight box and shooting out the stone bullets the moment the counterweight box landed.
Many people didn't even react.
"It's a little further, and then adjust..." Yang Yi immediately took a pen and paper and wrote something in a notebook. While writing, he said: "You can lower the height of the counterweight box and move the base slightly forward three steps. ,Test firing again..."
In the eyes of others, and in the eyes of many Han soldiers, the test firing just performed by the Mohists can be called a miraculous workmanship, and can even be compared with the immortal strike in myths and legends. I am afraid that even an immortal cannot achieve three hundred. He could throw a boulder weighing hundreds of kilograms at his enemy without even taking a single step!?
But in the eyes of Mohists like Yang Yi, these are not important.
Why are they concerned?
Why is it that after adding a counterweight box, the siege gun does not need the manpower of hundreds of people to pull it, but its power is increased so much?
Why, when a stone bullet of one hundred kilograms and a stone bullet of two hundred kilograms are projected from the same counterweight box and the same machine, the damage caused is not the damage caused by the two hundred kilograms of one hundred kilograms, but the damage caused by the two hundred kilograms. Several times or even more than ten times?
Through hundreds of experiments in Moyuan and constant exploration and exploration.
Yang Yi felt that he had grasped something key.
His booklet was filled with words such as...speed...weight...and a lot of thoughts and ideas.
Now, Yang Yi feels that he is getting closer and closer to the great road.
Tao is the truth that Chinese literati, literati, and even nobles and officials have been tirelessly pursuing and exploring throughout their lives.
Confucius said: He who hears the Tao in the morning will die in the evening.
Quzi said: The road is long and long, and I will search up and down.
On this point, all the schools of thought have the same understanding.
But the difference is that everyone has different opinions on what Tao is.
For the Mohists, there are three thousand Tao, which is the ultimate principle of heaven and earth, the basic rules of the world, and the standards set by God.
Just like fire will go out, people will die, and plants will wither.
In order to get closer to the Tao, everyone from the various schools of thought will do whatever it takes.
The Mohist family is even more famous for their love of getting into trouble.
Yang Yi has obviously now entered into a desperate mode.
So, he held the brush and bit the pen holder, feeling excited for a while and depressed for a while.
Until, a scholar came up to him with a report and said: "Juzi, this is the data from the test just now..."
Yang Yi nodded, took it and took a look.
Then, as if he had discovered something, he grabbed the inkman and said, "My lord, are you sure this data is correct?"
"Well, this was recorded under the supervision of a certain person personally..." Mo Mo, surnamed Wang, asked, "Is there something wrong with Juzi?"
"No problem!" Yang Yi flushed with excitement, holding the data like a child and said: "Your Majesty's words are always correct! Mathematics is indeed the answer to most of the unsolved problems in the world. The key to the mystery!"
"I feel that I have mastered the key. Whether I can open the door depends on the next verification..." Yang Yi murmured to himself, leaving the Han generals aside. He was like a low-level bureaucrat, commanding The soldiers raised the tunnel camp, re-tied the weight box, and raised it with a winch.
"speed……"
"weight……"
Yang Yi licked his lips and looked at the weight box hanging high in the air. He thought: "If what I predict is correct, I will issue a trace of the avenue..."
He excitedly pointed at Gaoque City in the distance and shouted: "Let go!"
boom!
The loud noise sounded again.
This time, the Han army accurately hit a corner of the tower of Gaoque City with a stone bullet weighing more than 200 kilograms. The huge stone bullet carried terrible kinetic energy and directly destroyed the tower. A large amount of smoke and dust rose up. At the same time, it was time to come out. There were obvious cracks in the city wall.
With one blow from the siege artillery, a fortress built by the ancestors of Qin and Zhao that was considered unfallable at the time was actually destroyed by one shot!
horrible!
powerful!
Invincible!
This is the view of the Han army.
But Yang Yi has already fallen into an even more joyful carnival.
"This year's 'Xuanyuan Sword' belongs to my Mo family..." Yang Yi took the pen and entered the crazy mode.
Xuanyuan Sword is a brand new policy announced by the emperor at this year's imperial meeting.
It is mainly aimed at scholar-bureaucrats from various schools of thought, aiming to reward those heroes who have made great contributions to the country and nation, or who have discovered the irrefutable "Tao".
Every year, the Shaofu will send a special person to make a replica of the legendary Xuanyuan Sword as a reward for the winner.
The winner of this Xuanyuan Sword will not receive any material reward.
However, it can fully satisfy the strong character of this school.
The holder of the Xuanyuan Sword is automatically elected as the Taixue Jijiu. This is also the highest-level position in the Taixue institution besides the Taixue Order and the Taixue Superintendent. It is roughly equivalent to the teaching director.
To the Mohists, this was simply the sound of nature.
As long as one can enter Taixue, then the Mohist school can openly enter the world, enter and exit the market, government offices, and even recruit disciples to carry forward Mo Zhai's knowledge and ideas.
This is just one of them.
What is more important is the fight for the right to speak.
It is obvious that whoever gets the Xuanyuan Sword may be closer to the royal family.
Although the Mo family is very close to the royal family, both Yang Yi and the Mo family feel that they should be closer.
For example, there should be a Mohist who becomes the prince, or at least the teacher of the potential prince.
In fact, it is not just the Confucianists who are full of frivolous things and bad habits. None of the Mohists, Legalists, and Miscellaneous Schools are vegetarians.
Today's Chinese academic circles have regained the grand splendor of a hundred schools of thought contending during the Warring States Period.
Hundreds of schools of thought are reviving and rising.
Countless schools of thought have risen and died, and countless ideas have converged and then collided, blooming with incomparable brilliance.
However, everyone knows that so far, it is just a warm-up match.
Hundreds of schools of thought wooed each other, made promises to each other, and even sent undercover agents.
However, as the princes of today's emperor are born one by one, they thrive one by one.
This brief and quiet peace is coming to an end.
In order to be able to bet on success, at that time, all schools of thought will no longer be merciless.
The struggle will become fierce and white-hot.
I don’t know how many schools of thought that were once so powerful will decline in such a struggle, and I don’t know how many lucky people will be able to soar to the sky through this.
Although, it is still unclear what the emperor's intention and attitude are.
But it’s always good to plan ahead.
Moreover, for a Mohist, the most beautiful thing is actually the moment when he is pursuing the great road and catching a glimpse of the truth.
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Yang Yi entered a state of madness. Naturally, the command of the siege artillery returned to the hands of the Han army.
With the help of the Mohists, the Han army quickly mastered the use of this weapon.
The only troublesome thing is the reloading time.
Each time a siege gun is fired, it takes more than a quarter of an hour to reload.
But fortunately, the Han army had two siege guns.
Therefore, after you become proficient, you can basically guarantee a speed of one shot every quarter of an hour.
Boom boom boom!
Bang bang bang!
One shot of stone bullets every quarter of an hour is equivalent to almost eight shots being fired in one hour.
The stability of this weapon is surprisingly good. As long as the first shot hits, the subsequent hit rate can be basically guaranteed. Even if there is an error, it will not be big, whether it hits the city wall, the side of the city wall or inside the city.
As long as it hits, it's a good thing.
The Huns, on the other hand, were frightened to death by the sudden stone bullet.
Have the Huns ever seen such a method?
Many ignorant herdsmen knelt on the ground, prayed to the gods and mountain gods, and asked for atonement.
In their opinion, besides God, who else has such great power?
Although the upper-class nobles knew that this was the function of Han Dynasty weapons.
But they would not and dare not tell this to the slaves below.
For a time, people in Gaoque City were in panic, and no one dared to stand on the top of the city.
Because, now, there are countless pieces of meat on the city wall, warning those who come after.
boom!
Another stone bullet hit the city wall.
Although for the Han army, this was obviously a mistake.
But for this stone bullet, it was successful.
The boulder, which weighed more than two hundred kilograms, carried powerful kinetic energy and caused huge damage in an instant.
What's worse is that because the Huns lacked the technology to manage and repair a fortified city like Gaoque, they had always just left this job to the Luhou people.
But the Luhou tribe's own technology is only at the level of building a county town. How do they want to maintain a strong city like Gaoque?
It was really too difficult for him.
Therefore, Gaoque City has actually fallen into disrepair.
If it weren't for the quality of the Qin people's projects, and the Luhou people, it would have played a more or less role.
Only then can it stand firm to this day despite the erosion of wind and sand.
However, during the stone-throwing offensive of the Han army, Gaoque City suffered huge damage, and cracks appeared on many walls.
And this stone bullet is like the first domino to fall.
It instantly caused a chain reaction throughout the city wall, and suddenly, there was a strange clicking sound.
Then the city wall inlaid with bricks, stones and earth fell down with a crash, and countless bricks, wood and earth flew across.
Gaoque, this great city, the fortress of King Wuling of Zhao, the end point of the Zhao Great Wall and the center of the Qin Great Wall, finally opened a corner of its door to the Han army.
"How is this possible..." Huyan Dangtu couldn't believe his eyes. He stared at the collapsed city wall.
Even if he is a Huns, he knows what the collapse of the city wall means to the defenders?
This means that the Han Dynasty's army can pass through this gap and invade Gaoque City, but Gaoque can no longer be defended by the city wall.
"Damn it!" Huyan Dangtu said angrily: "Send someone to seal the gap immediately!"
No matter what, Han Dynasty people cannot be allowed to enter Gaoque City through this gap.
The current Xiongnu, let alone whether they can fight with the main force of the Han army.
I am afraid……
Very likely……
"No one dares to fight against the Han Dynasty army..." Huyan Dangtu murmured.
Therefore, people from the Han Dynasty must not be allowed to enter Gaoque through this gap. In that case, everything will be over. (To be continued.)
