Chapter 122 Winch Crossbow (1) 2/5
The name "Mihe" was first seen in "Book of Northern Qi".
The marina is homophonic with the tapir and raccoon, and is composed of the fusion of the Taribe and raccoon tribes.
In ancient times, most ethnic minorities in Northeast China experienced such situations, such as the Zhen Fan tribe, Man Fan tribe, Manli tribe, Huangtou Shi Wei tribe, etc.
After the integration of the Takrei and Raccoon tribes, a new nation was formed.
Overall, the Marine clan should have been born from the Sushen clan who lived in Baishan for generations. This is recorded in the Sui Book: Marine clan is the ancient Sushen clan. By the time of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Marine clan was divided into seven major divisions, namely Sumo, Baishan, Bodu, Anchegu, Haoshi, Funi and Heishui. Among them, Sumo was the most powerful, with thousands of soldiers at that time.
However, during the reign of Emperor Yang of Sui, Miyako was defeated in Goguryeo, so he moved from Fuyu City.
The Sumo people who stayed in their old place became vassals of Goguryeo. They knew that in 668 AD, the Tang Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo. The Sumo people moved to Yingzhou with tens of thousands of Goguryeo survivors, thus forming the current Sumo people. After Zuorong became the leader, he retained the seven major divisions of the Sumo people at that time to strengthen his momentum, and at the same time formed an alliance with the Turks.
Yang Shouwen felt a little painful in the back of his teeth and took a breath of cold air.
"More than 10,000 people?"
Yang Chenglie nodded and smiled bitterly: "However, we didn't dare to tell everyone, we just said that they were thousands of rebels."
The entire Changping has only a thousand soldiers and a population of only more than ten thousand. The number of rebels is almost equivalent to the entire Changping population. When the ferry is scared, I will be surprised. Brother Guan, please watch the new sister Zhang.
It is reasonable that Yang Chenglie did not dare to report the number of rebels.
It's like in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao pretended to have 800,000 troops entered Jiangdong. Before the people arrived, Jiangdong was panicked.
It’s a deterrent force! If the Changping people knew that there were so many rebels, they would probably not have to fight and surrender obediently.
"Then Lu Yongcheng..."
"Test suicide by taking poison!"
Yang Chenglie's eyes showed a complex look and he said softly: "But I will report it to the prefecture in the future, saying that he died in the city. This guy is also a pitiful person. I was a son of a noble family, so I know the helplessness in my heart."
When Yang Shouwen heard this, he looked at Yang Chenglie in surprise.
"Yang County Wei, Yang County Wei!"
A sudden cheer came from the city, and then Lu'an's shouting was heard.
He whistled from the road like a gust of wind, and in a blink of an eye he came to the city, with his expression particularly excited.
"Prince Yang, guess what I found?"
"What?"
Lu'an shouted loudly at the people on the road, "Come on, hurry up."
Then he saw more than a dozen burly men, bare-armed, walking from the city with huge instruments. The instrument was covered with a black cloth and couldn't see what was inside. In a short while, the big men carried the things to the city gate. Lu Ang walked forward without waiting for Yang Chenglie to ask questions, grabbed the black cloth, and then pulled it hard.
"Winding Crossbow?"
Yang Chenglie's eyes lit up and he shouted in dismay.
Lu Ang laughed and said, "That's right, it's just a winch crossbow, there are two in total."
Yang Chenglie was immediately excited and waved his hand and said, "What else do you want? Install the winch crossbow for me immediately... Place one on the city gate tower and one on the other side. Hurry up, I guess the rebels will be dispatched as the fog dissipates."
"Father, what is this?"
Yang Shouwen looked at the strange-looking instrument in surprise and couldn't help but ask softly.
"This is a powerful weapon to defend the city!"
Without waiting for Yang Chenglie to answer, Lu Ang said, "If I had this magical weapon in Juyongguan, how could I be defeated by the rebels?"
Should I break through or be broken through... The reason why you failed is not because your weapons are not good, but because there are Su Mo people who are sneak attacking behind the scenes?
Yang Shouwen stood aside and complained in his heart.
Gai Laojun whispered: "This is a crossbow, which is placed on the top of the city, and can destroy the siege of the city tower.
I remember that before Taizong ascended the throne, he fought fiercely with Wang Shichong in Luoyang. Wang Shichong placed a crossbow on the top of the city, defeating Taizong several times, and causing Taizong to lose his troops and generals. This thing is very powerful and cannot be resisted by flesh and blood."
After saying that, he asked Luang: "How much force does this thing have?"
Lu Ang said without looking back: "Looking at the same time, there is at least eight stones of strength."
"That's five hundred steps, it's barely available."
When Lu Ang heard this, he immediately turned around and looked at Gai Laojun.
Damn, who are the people in Changping County? I only said one thing, can this guy prepare to report the range?
To be honest, Lu Ang doesn’t think much of Chang’s civilians.
It was just a group of people who were strong, and they maintained public order on weekdays and were able to catch thieves. When it comes to war, they were a mob.
But after the past half day, Lu Ang was a little shocked.
Not to mention Abusjda, who has a hundred enemies, Yang Chenglie is in good command, and he can see that he is definitely experienced. Now another old army has popped up, which is said to be the head of Changping! Damn, what's that thing! Lu Ang certainly knows that the so-called head of the group is the leader of the community. Such a person has become a general openly?
But now, Luang was speechless.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, crossbows were widely used in attacking and defending cities.
The Tang people called it a winch crossbow, which is also called a chariot crossbow. It was mentioned in the 149th volume of Du You's "Tongdian": There is a winch crossbow now, which is 700 steps in the footsteps and is used to attack the city and raid. The 160th volume of the same book describes its structure. After installing a twelve-stone crossbow, the winch is stringed and the bow is opened. There are seven arrows on the crossbow arm. In the center, the giant arrows are placed, and three small arrows are placed on each side. When a strong man strikes the machine, the arrows are fired at the same time, which is said to be invincible.
The two crossbows in Changping City were obviously castrated.
Old Guard came forward and commanded people to install a crossbow on the city gate tower, while Lu Ang took his men to install another one.
"If it is a twelve-stone crossbow, at least six strong men are needed to open it."
After installing the crossbow, Gai Laojun said to Yang Chenglie: "This kind of eight-stone crossbow also requires four strong men. Once the war begins, at least eight people must be prepared to take turns to draw the bow."
Yang Chenglie is not a rookie either. He did not have the longest time in the army, but he had served as a captain.
So, before Gai Laojun finished speaking, he waved and asked someone to find Lishi.
At this time, Yang Shouwen suddenly spoke, "Father, it's really a waste for four people to open a crossbow, so why not let me try it."
"you?"
Yang Chenglie glanced at Yang Shouwen and whispered: "Shizi, this thing is quite powerful, don't underestimate it."
At this time, Lu Ang also came over.
He happened to hear Yang Shouwen's words and couldn't help but sarcastically: "Young Master Yang, this is not a joke. Don't show off."
"I'll try it."
Yang Shouwen took off half of his arm as he spoke.
He walked to the crossbow, reached out to grab the winch, and then said with a smile: "If it doesn't work, then change it; if it works, arrange four people for me and place arrows. In this way, a few people can be freed up... Unfortunately, Jasmine is not here now. Otherwise, the two of us will be enough to control the crossbow and save several strongmen." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!