Chapter 363 Salvage the Iron Bull
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When everyone rushed to the bank of the Yellow River, there were three floors inside and three floors outside. They were crowded with soldiers of the Qin army. Everyone was curious, how should the king fish out the iron ox that was stuck in the river?
You know, if you place it on the flat ground and put a few logs underneath, you can push the iron ox to move, but this is in a river and it is still buried by sand!
Even at Puban Pass, six miles away, the formation on the opposite side was filled with Jie troops. They couldn't figure out what the Qin army was going to do.
Two large flat-bottomed boats were moored on the bank of the Yellow River. The soldiers were lifting loads of soil and rocks onto the boats. The boats were sinking little by little at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye.
Seeing this completely incomprehensible scene, Cao Xiangban Suoji couldn't help but ask: "Your Majesty, why do you have to carry earth to the ship when you salvage the iron ox? Is there any connection between this? If you carry it further upward, I'm afraid the ship will be unable to survive?"
"How is that possible? There is no wind and no waves today, which is the perfect time for salvage!" Yunfeng responded without any worry, then he chuckled and said: "It's just a secret, you watch first, I promise you to open it up
Vision!”
"Oh!" Cao Xiangban Suoji actually wanted to put her breasts against Yunfeng's arm and act coquettishly, but in front of the entire army, she also knew not to be too presumptuous, so she had to reluctantly agree, with a clear voice.
There was a strong disappointment.
"Hmph!" Yu Wenjun followed with a muffled snort: "Cao Xiang Banner Suo Ji, don't ask him. The general likes to whet people's appetites the most. The more you ask him, the prouder he becomes and the less he talks! Look, Sister Yueru
Sister, Master, Sister Qizhen, including Wenjun, no one asked him! You, you have to learn how to do it in the future!"
Caoxiangban Suoji secretly glanced at Yunfeng and nodded. She liked this atmosphere without any restraint. From a woman's perspective, Yunfeng was not a ruthless person with the power of life and death.
But an ordinary head of a family, in
During the contact, she also found that Yunfeng was very easy to get along with. He seemed to have no temper and never vented his anger on women. She even regretted it. It would have been nice if Qin Jun had come a few years earlier? She was still a virgin at that time, so she could
I dedicated my entire body to him.
"Hey~~" Caoxiang Banner Suo Ji secretly sighed. What is gone is gone and can never be brought back. Even if she feels regretful, what can she do?
"Stop!" Just when a trace of melancholy filled her heart, a loud shout came over, and Suo Ji, the grass-flavored flag, looked up. The soldiers had stopped loading earth on the ship, and the two ships slowly sailed away from the shore, and
The river water reached a height of just over a foot above the side of the boat. A slightly larger wave could capsize the boat at any time, making people sweat in their palms unconsciously.
The two ships stopped six feet away from the river bank, and clamped one of the pre-determined iron oxen on the left and right. On the side of the ship facing the iron ox, five long poles were stretched out on each side.
They were all held tightly by five strong sergeants. These ten long poles were not wooden poles, but the tip poles of trebuchets, with a large iron hook on the top.
The Qin Army's trebuchets are being gradually eliminated and replaced by ballistae with longer range, easier operation, and greater power. Especially the passes and important cities are the first to change their equipment. When Jin Linguan faces Jie Zhao
, naturally among the first batch, so the nearly a hundred idle trebuchets in the city can just be used to remove the tip poles and retrieve the iron bull.
Compared with ordinary wooden poles, the tip pole is made of composite, which is tougher and stronger, and can carry more loads. The only disadvantage is that it cannot be in the water for too long, but this is not a big problem.
The tip rod is available and can be replaced at any time.
"Get into the water!" shouted another loud voice!
"Plop~~plop~~" Each of the two boats has five soldiers who are proficient in water skills and dive into the river holding the other end of the tip pole. They will hook the iron ox with iron hooks.
Not long after, the poles stopped swinging one after another and stabbed into the river with a huge arc. Ten people also surfaced one after another, all making a "OK" gesture!
The commander ordered again: "Get rid of the soil!"
The sergeant on the boat got busy, picked up the shovel, and quickly shoveled the mud and rocks into the river. Everyone was shocked. Why did they shovel it out when it was just full? Isn't this torturing people when they are full and have nothing to do? But
They just thought about it privately, no one dared to say it in public.
Yu Wenjun suddenly realized: "Isn't this similar to the description of Cao Chong weighing an elephant in "Three Kingdoms"? The book records: At that time, Sun Quan once sent a giant elephant. Taizu wanted to know its weight, so he visited a group of people, but they couldn't find it.
reason,
Chong said: Put it on a large elephant ship, carve the mark of the water, weigh the object and carry it, and you will know! Taizu was very pleased and immediately implemented it. What kind of extraordinary method did Wen Jun have?
Or are you just copying the wisdom of your predecessors?"
"Tsk!" Yun Feng chuckled and said with a strange air: "There are only a few laws in the world that we can understand and apply. Clichés are not the point. The point is how to learn and apply them. You say you have lost the wisdom of your predecessors.
Yes, Gu admits it, but it is better than some people to be slow when things happen. Hey~~ Some people can only talk and talk, but they will wilt when they really do it. This is a typical case of high-mindedness and low-handedness. Miss Yu, what do you think?
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"Huh!" Yu Wenjun's pretty face turned red instantly, but he was speechless. He could only snort angrily, twist his head away, and ignore him at all!
Xun Guanniang couldn't laugh or cry, and said helplessly: "Duanshan, can you say a few words less? You, you feel comfortable attacking Wen Jun, right? We are already married, so we can't coax her? Are you as good a husband as you?"
"Hehe~~" Yunfeng smiled coquettishly: "The teacher is right, the disciple will be good to her." As he said that, he turned his head to the river.
Although the girls were secretly amused, they still admired Yunfeng in their hearts. Although this was very different from Cao Chong's weighing an elephant, they all understood it at one point. The principles were similar, they all used the buoyancy of water, as he said himself
He learned and applied it flexibly, and his beautiful eyes were swept away one after another.
Although Yunfeng felt very touched in his heart, he did not show any emotion on the surface. He stared at the river. As the mud on the boat decreased little by little, the curvature of the tip pole also increased slightly. Obviously, although it is not easy to distinguish with the naked eye,
The ship is slowly floating upward.
"Gululu~~" A bunch of bubbles suddenly appeared in the waves, all rising from all around Tieniu. Yunfeng couldn't help but shout: "Hurry, work harder, Tieniu is coming out soon!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked over without blinking. The soldiers on the boat also worked hard, and their hands were as fast as flying. The soil was splashed into the river much faster, and the tip pole was obviously bent.
stand up!
There were more and more bubbles, and a muffled sound of "buzz~~" was heard. Although the water of the Yellow River was turbid enough, there was still very conspicuous mud at Tieniu's position, and the tip pole was bent to the maximum extent.
!
"Look, it's out!" A general exclaimed in disbelief!
In the undulating yellow water, a black shadow gradually appeared below the water. Isn't this a big iron bull or what?
For a moment, there was silence on the shore, and the soldiers all turned their eyes to Yunfeng. The king is indeed a man of God! Although there is a restriction of military discipline and no one speaks a word, the meaning in the eyes is self-evident! (
Chapter completed!