According to the craftsmen, this stone pot should be available in cities with more than 20,000 people, because it only needs wood, can be built, manpower can operate, with a long range and huge power. However, in Shandong, there are preparations for cities everywhere, such as Jinan, the provincial capital, Jining and Linqing, which is backed by the canal, and the Yanzhou Prefecture City, Ziyang, the Yanzhou Prefecture City. Dengzhou Prefecture is equipped with artillery, but the other places are poor, so they don’t care about it.

The stone beads were quickly built, and they were nailed into the connections with wooden wedges and tied with ropes. It can be seen that the Scented Sect also had preparations for this. The civilians climbed high and climbed low, and they were very skillful in their movements, but no matter how skilled they were, it took a lot of time to build such a frame.

However, the battlefield was being cleaned up at this time, and there was plenty of time, so I just arranged for people to clear out the empty field within the range of the stone bead.

Zhao Jin knew that this stone croaker was a trencher. It had been in ancient times and was strengthened during the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. However, he did not expect that he could still see this under Jining City. Moreover, this trencher had to be set up in advance before it could be launched, and was often used in siege. However, he did not expect that the fragrance-smelling had a sudden idea and wanted to use this thing in field battles.

The "stone bead" that was erected is actually a huge lever, a huge bracket, and a counterweight. One end is filled with a launching mud bullet and a thick rope at the other end, which requires almost thirty people to drag.

"Isn't it a launching stone?" someone asked.

"Is this thing used stone to attack the city, and it is best to defend the city, field battles or mud bombs." The craftsman replied with a flattering smile.

The shouting order was made, and the dozens of people dragged the rope and raised one end with the counterweight, then used a bayonet to snap the bayonet, and then hit the bayonet with a wooden hammer, and the mud bullet was suddenly shot out.

The mud ball with a diameter of nearly a foot was shot out, flew nearly two hundred steps away, and hit the ground heavily, stirring up a piece of dust.

The launch of this mud bomb caused a stir again in the already quiet battlefield. Seeing this scene, everyone around Zhao Jin changed color and had such a long range.

"Go and have a look with me." Before everyone could continue thinking about it, Zhao Jin spoke again.

When they walked to the place where the mud bomb landed, everyone was shocked again. The area with a huge explosion was full of traces of mud balls splashing.

"If there really is a cannon, otherwise we will suffer a great loss if we are mounted by this thing," Shi Manqiang said.

With the range of mud guns and bows, the distance within ninety steps can only be barely blocked, and the stone gun can be fired from this distance. At that time, a few mud bombs will be thrown away. Not to mention the archer and the mud gun servant, the strict spear platoon will be directly broken.

Liu Yong bowed and picked up a piece of soil. Although the ejection force was so strong, the thing had not completely turned into broken soil after it fell, and it was quite hard.

Everyone has an estimate of what kind of damage it can cause. I am afraid that the size of a fingernail can also make bleeding holes in the unprotected human body.

"Several masters, the method passed down in ancient times. This mud bullet should be used to wet two kinds of mud. Mix sand and glutinous rice into a ball. After drying, dozens of fist-sized Yuzu balls are mixed with wet soil to form a large mud ball. If you hit it, you can blow it up and hurt the enemy."

The craftsmen explained very similarly. Everyone who came to watch all took a deep breath, and they were all glad that they brought the cannon this time, otherwise they would have suffered heavy casualties.

"It's not as scary as you think. Even if we don't bring artillery, we will definitely order a charge when we see this thing mount on the battlefield. The square formation of our Zhao camp hits us, and they can't stop it. In our tactics, this artillery has two great uses. One is to deal with the opponent's artillery, and the other is to make the opponent's cavalry unable to form a formation to charge, but it is not available here."

Everyone can understand such tactics by telling them just by telling them, and only in actual combat can they deeply understand them.

The refugee prisoners on the battlefield were gathered and kept in charge of their labor. As the sky gradually became dark, the prisoners who recovered from fear and panic began to get a little turmoil. After all, from morning to night, they were extremely hungry. Before the fight, they heard the people of the Scented Sect preaching that if they were not fighting to the death and being caught by the Xuzhou soldiers, they would definitely be dead and they would torture them all. Although there was no beating or scolding after being captured, no one knew what would happen next. Even if the Xuzhou soldiers and horses did not kill and starved to death, they would be suffering worse than death. Waiting for death and not knowing how to die, this fear made people unable to calm down.

That is, when this commotion is about to begin, there are a lot of people stumble on the top of Jining City. They can also estimate that there will be chaos and see if there is any chance.

However, when the canal ships docked, the prisoners were driven to carry bags of food, and set up a large pot on the battlefield to start cooking porridge. Then, when each of the prisoners received a bowl of porridge, the entire battlefield became completely quiet.

Since you are willing to give a bite of food and can give a bite of food, you won’t kill anyone. These days, food is a precious thing. Since you are given a bite of food, you won’t kill anyone. Food is much more valuable than human life.

"Everyone has a bowl of porridge every day. If you are a coolie, you can increase the amount to prevent them from eating enough or starving to death. When everything is waiting for the shelter, you will talk about it. Why are you laughing at?"

"There will definitely be people who think that the big brother's arrangement is cruel and these refugees are too miserable, but they didn't expect that if we do this, they will have a way out."

Although the city gates were closed, there were still results in battle. After the battle here, the Wenxiang Cult troops retreated into the city and did not know how to react for a while. However, after a little rectification, they immediately sent messages to other places for help. The city gate was unlucky and could only hang down from the top of the city. The horse-riding servants and volunteers in Xuzhou were not vegetarians. They swam around the city and came to kill the other. As for the water gate connected to the Jining City and the canal, the diving people had no way to go. They stabbed them directly with harpoon spears on the straw boat.

Anyone can think that this time when you leave the city and deliver the letter, the game of cat and mouse will continue after dark.

At night, the various regiments and brigades of Zhaozi Camp did not relax and remained in wartime. Everyone took turns to rest. The remaining enemies in Jining City had not been wiped out, and tens of thousands of prisoners were not stable, and they might start a fuss at any time.

"If you want to say it's totally safe, I can have 300 people here, and it's always awkward to say that. The three guards of Xuzhou are all their brothers, and they all follow their birth and death."

"No, I must be requested. It's the same thing to be able to follow us to fight the government army."

The central army tent was brightly lit, and only the regiment commander and the brigade commander were here. Even Zhao Jin's personal guard was guarding outside, and he had to supervise the guards and servants not to get too close.

Zhao Jin said that he would choose the most reassuring servants everywhere. Everyone came here alone according to their own rules and ideas. The children of Xuzhou Wei who joined the previous ones were fine, but later they were not. The first ones were poor at home and had a hard time for the generals of the Wei army. The later ones often had a good family background and looked promising. It was not that the latter was not loyal, but if you want to prevent risks, you could not enter it.

After discussing, Chen Huang, Shi Manqiang and Ji Xiang were a little dissatisfied. Lu Da and Zhang Hubin also had their own opinions. So many servants were born and died with their families. I was very uncomfortable here to discuss who could believe it and who could not believe it. However, everyone also knew that this matter was a big deal and there could not be any mistakes.

After the settlement was about to happen, it was already very late, but a servant came in and reported, "Ma Chonghao asked for a meeting."

Zhao Jin led the brigade to set off from Xuzhou and specially named Ma Chonghao from the inner guard. However, when he came here, he did not fight with the brigade, but trained with the Xuzhou Volunteer and the regiment, responsible for the baggage brigade. If someone else was replaced, there would be some complaints, but Ma Chonghao faced it gently and did his best to do his best.

"Mr. Jin, Xuzhou general Zhou Baolu entrusted his subordinates to lead the message, saying that he would ask Jung to give him a way out for his past relationship. If it was really not possible, his life would not matter. Please spare his family and young people. In order to get his subordinates to come over, he also gave a little jade pendant, saying that he could mention thousands of taels of silver in the silk shop in Qingjiang City." Ma Chonghao reported with a smile, and took out a jade pendant while saying that.

Zhao Jin shook his head and smiled, "It's such a random thought. This time he came to give him a great contribution. What did he think of?"

"Maybe I think that Master Jin wants to do a big thing, and this time I will break up with the government and court." Ma Chonghao was not very taboo and continued with a smile.

Zhao Jin did not respond. Ma Chonghao looked at the people in the military tent. At this time, only Niu Jinbao and Sun Dalei were there. He lowered his voice and said, "Master Jin, please bring your subordinates with you what you want to do this time."

Hearing this, Zhao Jin raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are you going to do?"

"I don't know, but I think I can do this with you. In the future, Master Jin and everyone will treat me as my own." Ma Chonghao was humble, but the content of his words was another matter.

Zhao Jin narrowed his eyes and looked for a while, and said with a smile: "This time, there is no way to make any mistakes. If you have any mistakes, you will die on the road. You have to figure it out."

"I understand very well, but if I follow you this time, I will not let my subordinates look at the baggage next time. I should follow everyone to fight, or guard in important places."

"Okay, then you go with it."

Zhao Jin's quick answer this time made Ma Chonghao feel a little stunned, but among the Zhao camp's troops, he always acted calmly and asked with a smile: "Would you be afraid that Master Jin will do such a big thing, and will he cause a disaster?"

"You are too capable, it's a pity that you can't let go of your hands. This time is the time to set, which is worth it." Zhao Jin said with a smile.

Ma Chonghao didn't react too violently to this sentence, but he felt a little sigh on his face, and finally he just bowed solemnly.

Note: The catapult is recorded in Song Yingxing's "The Art of Heaven and the Works". Friends who are interested can check it out.
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