The continuous harassment for more than ten days has long made the soldiers responsible for defending Liangshan Dazhai exhausted.
If there are many soldiers in the stronghold, the tired soldiers can be replaced so that they can rest for a while and recuperate their energy to prepare for the big battle in the future.
But now in the Liangshan Dazhai, except for the soldiers guarding the four gates of the village, there are almost no soldiers available.
To put it simply, if Ruo Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen, Yang Zhi and Liu Lao don't build the complete enemy-disturbing jet cannon.
Then the day when Liangshan Dazhai will be destroyed is not far away.
Although the catapult seemed simple, the catapult research team encountered many technical difficulties during its construction.
For example: The catapults that Lin Chong, Lu Zhishen and Yang Zhi saw in the army were all used when attacking cities.
The car body is huge and powerful.
But now, if that catapult is copied as it is, new problems will arise.
The huge car body will inevitably increase the amount of wood used.
The direct problem caused by the increase in the amount of wood is the inevitable increase in the construction period.
And all the inconveniences encountered when transporting giant catapults.
Therefore, in order to produce a catapult as quickly as possible that can meet the current environmental requirements, it is necessary to scale down the original size.
And what is the factor of this reduction?
If the catapult multiplier is reduced too small, the significance of doing so will not be reflected.
And if the catapult is scaled down too much, it will be difficult to achieve the expected effect when throwing cannonballs.
Of course, this is just one of the simplest problems encountered by the catapult research team in the process of manufacturing catapults.
In addition to this, there are also issues such as the adjustment of the catapult's ejection power, whether to install rollers for easy implementation, etc.
As for more detailed issues, they are countless.
More than twenty days later.
Wu Zhi, who was sitting in the Juyi Hall, looked at the various data in the village presented by Zhu Wu and felt extremely anxious.
Currently, the food in Liangshan Dazhai is only enough for a few days.
In the following days, even if the average person only eats porridge, it will definitely not last for seven days.
Even if Wu Zhi now has the world's most advanced communication method, the Peregrine Falcon, he still doesn't have a single support force to call.
Some time ago, he would go to Liu Laosan almost every day to inquire about the construction progress of the catapult.
But the answers given to him, without exception, were:
There are several technical difficulties that still cannot be overcome.
If you want to mass produce, you still have to wait a long time.
Gradually, Wu Zhi lost interest in asking about the progress.
Because he was really fed up with the feeling of leaving full of hope and returning disappointed.
"Brother, if it really doesn't work, we can only give up Shuibo Liangshan temporarily."
"In the future, when we become stronger, it won't be too late to take it back."
Zhu Wu looked at Wu Zhi, who was frowning and thinking for a long time, and slowly suggested.
Wu Zhi understood what Zhu Wu meant. He simply wanted him to lead the brothers and their families on the mountain to use the secret passage to escape as a golden cicada.
After all, if you keep the green hills, you won’t have to worry about running out of firewood.
But until the last moment, Wu Zhi really didn't want to give up.
But now, they can't think of a better way to defeat the enemy.
If the delay continues, it will only put thousands of people in Liangshan Dazhai into an even more dangerous situation.
Just when Wu Zhi was in a dilemma, a series of loud laughter came from outside the door.
That sound, from far to near.
After a while, people appeared at the door of Juyi Hall.
But I saw that man with a messy hairstyle like a bird's nest on his head.
His face was even more dirty, covered with various colors.
Red, gray, black...
The coarse linen clothes he was wearing were, for some unknown reason, stained with countless dirt and leaves.
At this moment, as the man moved around, dirt was still falling on the ground.
If he hadn't seen a catapult as tall as a person standing next to this person, Wu Zhi would not have been able to tell who this person was.
Liu Laosan?
Catapult!
Is it possible that Liu Laosan built the catapult?
When Wu Zhi thought of this, the sad look on his face suddenly disappeared.
Instead, his face was full of excitement.
I just wanted to get up and go over to take a look at the treasure I dreamed of.
Then he saw something as big as a fist, flying towards him at an extremely fast speed.
Wu Zhi, who was horrified in his heart, quickly shook his head and was able to avoid the thing.
But then, there was a muffled click from behind him.
When Wu Zhi, who was still in shock, slowly turned his head and looked behind him.
He saw that the backrest of the chair he was sitting on had been shattered by a pebble the size of a fist.
Sawdust was scattered in all directions along with bursts of dust.
Wu Zhi, whose mind was still down, heard Liu Laosan's hearty laughter the next second.
"Brother, how powerful are these things that I made?"
"Hahaha, not bad, right?"
Wu Zhi wiped the dust and sawdust from his face, then quickly stood up and came to Liu Laosan.
Pretending to be angry, he shouted:
"What kind of evil are you doing?
What do you want to do?
Involving an assassination?"
Liu Laosan quickly grimaced, looking at Wu Zhi's embarrassed look. He wanted to laugh but didn't dare, and felt uncomfortable even if he didn't.
He looked dumbfounded.
Wu Zhi rolled his eyes at Liu Laosan angrily.
"I have made up my mind a long time ago. After you build the catapult, I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver."
As soon as Wu Zhi finished speaking, Liu Laosan immediately started talking.
"Brother, is this true?"
"Then, little old man, now..."
Wu Zhi glared at Liu Laosan.
"However, in view of the serious mistake you made just now, old man."
"I specifically inform you that the reward has been cancelled."
Wu Zhi looked at Liu Laosan's aggrieved expression and continued:
"But if you can make the shells that disrupt the enemy's jet cannon within two days."
"The reward of one thousand taels before is still yours."
When Liu Laosan heard this, his eyes suddenly brightened up again.
"Brother, don't worry."
"The most critical step in making shells for disrupting enemy jet cannons is the proportion of black powder."
"This is how the ratio of nitrate, sulfur and charcoal can be adjusted to maximize the explosive power of the cannonball."
"But before that, you had already solved the matching problem for me."
"So now, it only takes one day for the little old man to produce dozens of shells for the big brother to disrupt the enemy's jet cannon, in less than two days."