Chapter 164: Barbarian tricks

The fragrance of wheat mixed with soil bursts, and the clear river water is rippling with blue waves.
The natural and beautiful scenery made everyone standing in the ridge relaxed and happy. If there were no threats from the barbarians, this would be a quiet field picture.
The five people talked about the trivial details of the harvest. At this time, Xiao Ming told the Niu Ben three people that the barbarian envoy had entered Chang'an.
"More than two months?" Niu Ben frowned.
Seeing Niu Ben's attitude, Xiao Ming asked, "Old General, is there anything wrong with this?"
Niu Ben said: "His Royal Highness, the totem of this barbarian is a prairie wolf. This is also the cunning of the wolf pack. Don't believe this barbarian's three-month siege."
"Yes, your Highness, judging from the situation when I was waiting for the barbarian clan, this is indeed the case. This barbaric clan never talks about credibility, is cunning, and is unscrupulous in order to achieve the goal."
Pang Yukun and Xiao Ming glanced at each other, their faces darkened. They didn't deal with the barbarians much, and no Niu Ben and others understood the characteristics of the barbarians.
"Please also the old general to elaborate." Xiao Ming asked sternly.
Niu Ben said: "The barbarians say that they will be attacking the city for three months. It seems that the general must be letting His Highness be negligent, so we can be caught off guard. From now on, His Highness should send scouts to explore the grassland News, guard against the barbarians' sudden attack on Cangzhou."
"Exactly, and before the barbarian army attacks the city, it will inevitably send out small tribes on the grassland to conduct a tentative attack in order to investigate the defense of the city." Lu Fei also looked solemnly.
Luo Xin wanted to say something, but found that the two had said it, so he stopped talking.
Xiao Ming nodded. The information the two said is very important to Xiao Ming. If the barbarian really has a tentative offensive, then this time the artillery must not be exposed in advance, but can only be used until the main barbarian arrives.
"In that case, I invite the old general to go to Cangzhou to supervise the battle, leaving only some soldiers to harvest wheat."
Niu Ben nodded, "His Royal Highness is at ease. With me Niu Ben, Cangzhou City is as solid as a rock."
After agreeing on this matter, Niu Ben and the three left first. They needed to lead the Qingzhou Army to Cangzhou City immediately to avoid accidents.
And Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun continued to ride their horses to see other Guantians.
Niu Ben is responsible for this marching battle, and what they have to do is to ensure the logistics of Cangzhou City.
At noon, the two basically saw all the official fields, and Pang Yukun returned to the Dudu Mansion.
Niu Ben's words completely brought Qingzhou into a state of combat readiness ahead of time, and Pang Yukun needed to be responsible for transporting various materials to Cangzhou City, so as not to be in a hurry.
In the afternoon, Xiao Ming went to the Department of Equipment and asked Chen Qi to deliver the ten artillery produced by Pang Yukun to Cangzhou City. The remaining artillery was reserved for training. Said, his plan was completely disrupted.
This is really the plan to keep up with the changes.
"His Royal Highness, are these ten enough?" Chen Qi looked worriedly at the slave who was about to transport the artillery away.
"It's not enough. I just hope that the barbarian army can come later." Xiao Ming frowned, "By the way, what happened to the gunpowder cans you made?"
Speaking of Chen Qi's weird look, he said, "His Royal Highness, there are rusty iron nails in this gunpowder canister, I understand, but what is the purpose of stuffing it in?"
"You don't understand this. You just need to do it. Now you immediately allocate extra manpower to fill the gunpowder cans. This can slightly make up for the lack of artillery." Xiao Ming said.
Chen Qi nodded dejectedly, the matter of the gunpowder pot was really surprising to him.
After talking about the gunpowder cans, Xiao Ming asked again: "What happened to the catapult?"
"This one already has thirty cars. I asked Zhang Liang to borrow a lot of carpenters. This is a simple catapult, which is very fast." Chen Qi pointed to the yard next door, "Now they are assembling the catapult there. ."
This time, the range of the catapult manufactured by Xiao Ming was only within 200 meters, and the catapult was so small that it was easy to transport to the city wall.
Now no one knows when the barbarians will come, he can only speed up the production of this gunpowder can and use quantity to compensate for quality.
In the yard next door, hundreds of carpenters were beating.
This is a catapult similar to a bow and arrow structure, with a pole-like bamboo bent in the front, hemp rope on both sides, and a spoon-like object in the middle for putting a gunpowder can.
When launching, you only need to hold the handle of the spoon, just like winding a bow and arrow. When you let go, you can shoot the gunpowder can in the spoon.
But even so, this requires three soldiers to operate simultaneously.
This catapult was found by Xiao Ming from the science and technology library. It has the simplest structure. In order to cope with the immediate crisis, he had to rely on this fast production catapult.
"Let Zhang Liang mobilize some more craftsmen, Cangzhou City needs at least 50 units, and Cangzhou City needs it these days." Xiao Ming said.
From Xiao Ming's ecology and urgent tone, Chen Qi realized something. He asked, "Your Highness, is it possible that the barbarians are here?"
"I'm afraid so. From now on, the city defense must be prepared properly." Xiao Ming said.
Chen Qi nodded and realized the seriousness of the problem. He said: "His Royal Highness, the fourth iron mold is about to be formed soon. By the end of next month, the Department of Equipment will be able to build 16 artillery pieces."
"A total of twenty-six artillery pieces, I hope it can be enough to deal with." Xiao Ming smiled bitterly.
In Niu Ben's tone, the Barbarian's three months can actually give two, which is the same as counting one, two, three in a boxing, and punching the opponent before the third strike.
However, the soldiers are tricky, if the barbarians are well-behaved, the army of Great Yu will not be beaten without fighting back.
Chen Qi scratched his head. This was his fastest speed. Thinking of something, he suddenly said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the glass you have polished in the glass workshop is in place. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is here with me. ."
"Really? Give it to me. Niu Ben will go to Cangzhou tomorrow. Before that, he must bring this thing for investigation." Xiao Ming said.
Chen Qi turned and walked out, and soon came over with a box in his hand.
Xiao Ming opened it. Inside were three pairs of round glasses. The glass was thick in the middle and thin on both sides. It was a modern magnifying glass, and the other half was a concave lens with a sunken middle.
Naturally, let Chen Qi prepare these to assemble the telescope, but this telescope is not enough for two magnifying glasses, because the image seen by it will be inverted if it lacks a prism.
So Xiao Ming used a magnifying glass and a concave lens to assemble the telescope so that the image he saw would be positive.
But the field of view will be relatively narrower, and the multiple will be smaller.
For the current situation, Xiao Ming pursued simplicity in everything, and the single-scope telescope was sufficient.
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