Li Shimin stood with a straight face at the gap in the rear camp fence, looking at the mess on the ground and the two sentry soldiers from the archery tower who had been carried away, feeling dumbfounded.
On the side, there were generals Wei Chigong and others from the Xuanjia soldiers who came in a hurry to help, as well as the commanders of the rear camp, Li Shiji, Wang Junkuo and Gongsun Wuda.
These people looked gloating and winked.
Of course, the culprits Xia Yu and Yuwen Shiji are indispensable. At this time, the two of them were not in a beautiful mood and were very worried.
Military law is strict and those who poke trouble will be punished. God knows how Li Er will punish them.
Li Shimin glanced at the trebuchet that was very far away, estimated the approximate distance, and walked up to Xia Yu and Yu Wenshi: "Did the trebuchet hit it during a test shot?"
"Yes." The two said honestly.
"Huh, you two are fooling me!?" Li Shimin looked in disbelief: "It's so far, it must be four hundred steps. What trebuchet can shoot so far?"
He knew everything about military affairs, but he had never heard of such a sharp trebuchet.
"Back to Your Highness, this is a new type of trebuchet invented by the military advisor. It is also called the 'Thunderbolt Chariot'. Its range and power are twice that of the old ones." Yuwen Shiji said cautiously.
The generals were shocked: So awesome!?
Li Shimin's eyes also lit up and he said eagerly: "Seriously?!"
"It's more real than real." Xia Yu smiled faintly.
"Uh, Your Highness, I'm here to testify." Li Shiji interrupted: "A few days ago, military advisor He Que and Lord Yuwen were studying a new type of trebuchet."
"Oh!" Li Shimin believed it and couldn't help but said: "Is it so sharp? Let's go and see these magical objects."
A group of people suddenly rushed to the trebuchet. They circled three circles to the left and three to the right to look at it. Sure enough, the structure was very different from the previous old objects.
Even their sizes are not on the same level.
"Mom, it's so big!" Cheng Yaojin touched the fuselage and drooled with greed: "You can tell at a glance that it's definitely powerful!"
"Quickly, let Gu have a test launch." Li Shimin couldn't wait any longer.
Xia Yu and Yu Wenshi looked at each other in confusion.
"Why are you two messing around?" Prince Xiao Qin was a little annoyed.
"Your Highness," Xia Yu reminded, "A camp fence has already been broken. If you shoot again, you will break more." You must speak clearly, and let them take the blame again.
Li Shimin waved his hand impatiently: "A little camp fence is nothing, repair it if it's broken, and shoot it quickly."
"promise."
Yuwen Shiji had no choice but to call on the craftsmen to reload the heavy stone bullets, and then spent a lot of effort to raise the counterweight again.
Li Shimin and others opened their eyes and looked carefully.
They are all veteran generals in the army. The principle can be understood at a glance. Looking at the terrifying counterweight hopper, I can't help but look forward to the power of the new trebuchet.
Finally, when preparations for launch were completed, a craftsman swung a big hammer and hit the machine bracket hard.
"boom!"
The heavy hopper fell again, and the stone bullets endowed with huge potential energy roared into the sky and rushed into the distance.
This time, the range seemed to be farther than before, and the stone bullet fell directly 390 steps away.
"Boom——"
Where it landed, the ground shook, and dust rose everywhere. Immediately, the stone bullets, which still had considerable remaining force, bounced up again and rushed towards the camp fence crazily.
"Click——"
Not surprisingly, a large area of the camp fence was smashed to pieces. Not only that, but a deer antler placed more than ten steps in front of the camp fence was also smashed to pieces.
At this time, Shi Dan seemed unwilling to give up and stayed in the dust.
Jaw-dropping!
Stunned!
Although Li Shimin and the generals had expected it, they were still shocked by this terrifying scene!
"Very good!"
After a long while, Li Shimin came back to his senses and slapped his thigh happily: "It is indeed a divine thing! What is it called? Thunderbolt Car? Appropriate!"
"Oudi mother!" Yuchi Gong was also stunned: "If this thing is used to attack cities and demolish strongholds, won't it be invincible?"
"That's right, let alone the camp. No matter how strong the city is, it can't withstand the bombardment of this thing for a long time."
"With this magical artifact, we will be able to defeat Luoyang now."
All the generals also agreed, and they were all very happy.
Li Shimin was in a good mood.
Facing the city of Luoyang, which is known as the 'Great Pass in the World', he was also under great pressure. Now that he had this powerful new trebuchet, he could not help but feel more confident.
"Tell me, whose handiwork is this?"
Seeing Li Shimin's smiling face, Xia Yu and Yu Wenshi breathed a sigh of relief: I guess this level is over, hey, you escaped!
"It was invented by the military advisor." Yu Wenshiji did not dare to ignore Xia Yu's contribution.
"I just came up with an idea and drew a picture. It's Master Yuwen's credit for making it into reality." Xia Yu also carried people in a sedan chair.
"Don't be modest, you will be rewarded." Li Shimin waved his hand generously.
"By the way, with such a magical thing, why didn't you two tell me earlier?" Classmate Li Er was a little dissatisfied: "If I told you earlier, it would make me happy."
"Uh," Xia Yu said with a calm and airy face, full of pretentiousness: "It's not a big deal, just a random graffiti, how dare you disturb His Highness."
Everyone was stunned, what does it mean to be a master? This is it!
Looking at the admiring expressions on everyone's faces, Xia Yu knew that he was pretending to be cool again.
"The military advisor is really——" Li Shimin thought about his words and said with admiration: "You are really smarter than the Marquis of Wu, but you are also indifferent to fame and wealth."
"However, you should be rewarded for your meritorious service, otherwise you will not be able to convince the public."
"When I am alone, I will write a memorial and ask my father for credit for you two."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Xia Yu and Yuwen Shiji were very happy. Who wouldn't be happy after receiving an award?
Li Shimin turned his head and his eyes lit up: In addition to stone bullets, there seemed to be several other kinds of ammunition where the ammunition was placed.
Even the boxes containing ammunition are different in color.
"There are also many kinds of ammunition?"
"Yes, Your Highness," Yuwen Shiji said hurriedly: "It is also the idea of the military adviser. In addition to stone bombs, there are also three types of stone fire bombs, arson bombs and poisonous smoke bombs."
"I and the craftsmen worked hard for more than half a month before they finally came up with the matching."
"To make it easier to distinguish, the boxes for the four types of ammunition are black, blue, red and green, and we are planning to test-fire them together today."
"Let's go and have a look."
When Li Shimin heard this, he was very interested. He and his generals surrounded him and looked up and down at the other three types of ammunition.
Behind the crowd, seeing everyone looking around, Xia Yu turned around and asked Yu Wenshiji: "Are the poisonous smoke bombs also coming out?"
Nothing else is difficult, just this thing has technical content.
"It's been mixed." Yuwen Shiji said with a wry smile: "It's quite difficult. It's hard to find all kinds of poisons, and how to mix them is also very nerve-wracking."
"I mobilized many doctors from the army to help. During the development, several of them were poisoned."
"..." Xia Yu was stunned for a long time, and then asked hurriedly: "Is he okay?"
"It's okay. Knowing how powerful this thing is, everyone covered their mouths and noses with wet cloths. Even when they tried to burn it, they couldn't withstand the poisonous gas."
"I'm glad I was prepared in advance. I quickly towed him away and rescued him. It's not a serious problem."
Xia Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was only responsible for talking, not doing anything.
"Military advisor, Master Yuwen," Li Shimin waved at this time and asked the two of them to step forward: "Let me test-fire the other three types of ammunition for you to take a look at."
When Xia Yu heard this, she was startled: "Your Highness, there are two kinds of ammunition used for arson. How could anyone set fire to his own village?"
Classmate Li Er, are you crazy?
"What's the problem?"
"Just let the water dragon team stand by and wait for orders. Just use the camp fence to test the power of the ammunition."
Li Shimin didn't care, he just waved his hand and let him get started.
Yes, as long as you are happy. Xia Yu shrugged and stopped talking.
Immediately, the water dragon team was ordered to come and stand ready. The stone fire bombs were also ignited and loaded onto the catapult. At the command, they fired again.
"call!"
The stone fire bomb streaked across the sky like a beautiful shooting star, forming a gorgeous wake and falling heavily to the ground.
"Boom——"
Even though the ground was shaking and the dust was flying, the range still remained at about 380 steps, but the accuracy was still average. This time it hit another section of the stockade fence.
At the broken part of the stockade fence, the tung oil on the stone fire bomb also ignited it, and the flames grew from small to large and began to burn.
The water dragon team, which had been waiting for orders for a long time, came forward and quickly extinguished it.
Then came the arson bomb. As soon as it hit the ground, the clay pot exploded and dozens of kilograms of tung oil splashed all over the floor. In just a moment, flames shot up into the sky and ignited a large fence.
This arson effect is much stronger than stone fire bombs!
The water dragon team quickly attacked and worked for a quarter of an hour before extinguishing the raging flames, leaving everyone with black and gray faces.
Finally, there is the poison smoke bomb. This thing has no physical damage, it just smokes people.
As soon as it hit the ground, it exploded into several pieces. Under the burning flames, it was black, red, and green, and all kinds of poisonous mist rolled out, like poisonous dragons rolling and wreaking havoc.
From far away, you can smell the spicy and pungent smell.
Everyone changed their colors at the same time. Some of them were covered by the poisonous mist, and some of them were either smoked to death or choked to death. It is estimated that it would be very difficult to save them.
The military advisor is worthy of being a disciple of Guigu, he can even think of cruel things to do.
"Very good." Li Shimin was very satisfied. He looked at Yu Wenshi and said, "I only have two requests: First, make a large number of them immediately in preparation for attacking the city."
"Second, all processes must be kept strictly confidential. Anyone who dares to leak or eavesdrop will be killed!"
"promise."
Yu Wenshiji quickly took the order.
Li Shimin called Li Shiji again and gave secret instructions from the side.
Xia Yu probably knew what was going on. The rear army was responsible for protecting the baggage, but nearly half of the rebels like Xun Fang were also in the rear army, so they naturally had to be cautious.
It is estimated that Li Shiji also knows the inside story.
Of course, these things are not his turn to worry about, he just needs to wait to receive the merit.
