Imperial Power Of Han Dynasty

Chapter 729

More than ten miles outside of Chang'an City, on a flat ground, thousands of Liangzhou troops were clustered together, surrounded by a wooden cart, watching curiously and talking in a low voice.

"what's this?"

"I don't know, it is said that it was a new type of tank developed by Mr. Ziyang from Jizhou and sent it to Chang'an."

"Chariot? Can this tank carry people?"

The "chariot" crowded by the crowd is different from the chariot used in general car warfare. The chariot is towed by several horses. The empty space on the car can be used for three fighters, one horse and one holding a halberd. , The other holds a bow and arrow.

But this chariot has no empty seats at all, but a huge wooden stretched out like a big spoon on the wooden frame.

Ma Teng frowned and stared at the chariot in front of him with a strange look on his face.

"General, what did Liu Ziyang designed... What the **** does the Thunderbolt do?"

Ma Teng spent his entire life fighting in the northwest of Yongliang and Liangliang, not to mention chariots and foot battles. He basically spent his entire life fighting at once. Of course, he has never heard of this kind of chariot.

Liu Ye smiled, "Brother Shoucheng, you'll know later."

Ma Teng didn't know the Thunderbolt, but Liu Ye naturally knew. During the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao rose up from the tower, and the rain of arrows covered Cao Jun's camp. Cao's soldiers could only hold their shields when walking in the camp, which was miserable. It was Liu Ye who developed the Thunderbolt and smashed Loulu.

The catapult has a long history, and the Thunderbolt developed by Liu Ye is definitely an epoch-making work.

Four soldiers accompanied the Thunderbolt. They had already learned how to operate the Thunderbolt, so they were dispatched by Liu Ye.

"Are you all able to operate Thunderbolt cars proficiently?" Liu Ye asked the four soldiers.

The leader clasped his fists and said: "Please rest assured, the general. Mr. Ziyang has taught me how to operate the Thunderbolt. I will practice it every day and I will be sure."

Liu Ye nodded in satisfaction, and said to Ma Teng, Fa Zhen and others: "Brother Shoucheng, Fa Gong, I will step back temporarily and watch Liu Ziyang's thunderbolt car."

"Haha, okay, Huainan Liu Ziyang is a celebrity. Although Famou is old, he has heard of it." Fazhen smiled and stroked his beard, staring at the thunderbolt car, focusing on it.

But Ma Teng still looked down on the Thunderbolt, and mumbled: "It's just a wooden car, can it be compared to my Liangzhou iron cavalry?"

Liu Ye didn't speak, just smiled and looked at the Thunderbolt.

Seeing the general watching in person, the four slingers were a little nervous, but after all, they were well-trained. After taking a few deep breaths, they soon calmed down.

The commanding slinger shouted: "Adjust Zhu Yuan!"

The other slinger seemed to be the person in charge of the projection. He began to adjust the ropes and length of the Thunderbolt, staring slightly in front of him, and then stopped after a while.

"Reload."

The remaining two slingers grabbed a stone weighing about 20 kilograms together and crashed into the stone arm.

"Prepare—test shot."

The captain gave an order, and the two slingers who had moved the stone tightened the rope on the stone arm, dragged it back vigorously, and then released it.

Whoosh!

A stone bullet of more than 20 kilograms flew out, casting a black shadow towards the ground, and then it fell quickly and hit the ground fiercely. The stone bullet suddenly landed with a huge impact, and immediately smashed the ground out of a pit, and the mud splashed everywhere.

The Liangzhou soldiers onlookers were amazed, but Ma Teng frowned and said, "Is this too much of a chance?"

"Haha, it was just a test shot." Liu Ye smiled.

Sure enough, dozens of Cao Ren were set up about one hundred and fifty steps away, and the stone bullet fell to the east of Cao Ren just now. The slingers adjusted the Thunderbolt again, and then filled a stone bullet.

"put!"

Whoosh!

This time I changed a stone bullet weighing more than 30 kilograms, and it was even more powerful than before, and it fell accurately among the grass man. The stone bomb weighing more than 30 kilograms crashed to the ground, and the ground was splashed and muddy, and several grass men suddenly twisted and twisted.

"put!"

Another stone bullet fell from the sky, and this time it happened to hit a straw man. The whole straw man was smashed in an instant, and sawdust and straw flew everywhere.

"...If this stone bullet falls on the human body, wouldn't it be smashed into flesh?"

Fa Zhen was amazed, and said anxiously: "It's just that this Thunderbolt car is too domineering, I'm afraid it will hurt the heavens and peace."

"What hurts heaven and harmony? Fa Gong said that is ridiculous."

After Ma Teng witnessed the power of the Thunderbolt, he was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic. His eyes lit up and said: "Golden juice poured on people is also miserable, but it is a weapon for defending the city. This Thunderbolt is used to attack the city..."

Ma Teng seemed to have hundreds of thunderbolt cars aiming at a city, bombing indiscriminately, and hundreds of stone bullets falling from the sky, smashing the city abruptly.

"General! This thing must be mass-produced." Ma Teng said eagerly: "If you attack the city with this thing, no matter what kind of strong city it is, I'm afraid it can be conquered."

"Ok."

Liu Ye slowly nodded and turned to Fazhen said: "Father, you personally supervise the construction of three hundred Perak vehicles. Our army will definitely use it in this raid of Sichuan and Shu, Dujiancheng Xiongguan in Bashu."

Fa Zhen bowed his head and said: "Please rest assured that a certain migrant worker will be able to build a Perak car within five days, but the road into Sichuan is difficult and difficult. Will our army wait to build a Perak car after arriving in Hanzhong?"

"It's okay. The Thunderbolt car studied by Ziyang can be disassembled, and then it's fine to install it on the car and pull it over." Liu Ye explained.

"So that's the case, it's really a matter of mobilizing civilians to build Thunderbolt cars."

Fazhen immediately drew 20,000 civilians from around Chang'an City to cut down the trees around Chang'an City to make Thunderbolt cars. The people of Guanzhong respect Liu Ye. Therefore, after hearing that this was Liu Ye's order, everyone was full of energy, let alone Liu Ye Pay back wages.

Before the Ming Dynasty, the imperial government did not pay any money for levying the civil servants, but only for food. This is called "corvage". According to the Qin law, adult men have to perform corvee for four months each year as part of the taxation. Therefore, the people are not highly motivated.

However, Liu Ye stipulated that according to the standard of one stone per month, the people would be subsidized with food, so the people were full of energy. Fazhen even sighed with emotion: "The general is sympathetic to the strength of the people.

Under the concerted efforts of the people, three hundred Thunderbolt cars were quickly built, and they were divided into countless parts, placed on the wooden cars, and pulled to Hanzhong.

But Liu Ye personally commanded Guanzhong's 50,000 paces rider, personally took command, and headed towards Yangping Pass in a mighty manner.