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Zhao Junsheng took a look and found that this trebuchet did not use a long-arm lever to launch stone bombs. A huge wheel was suspended in the middle of a tall wooden bracket, and a thick iron bearing passed through the middle of the wheel to support it. On the bracket, there are two large gears on the bearing closely combined with the gear below.

Some complex gears and bearings are connected, which looks extremely sophisticated and complicated. On both sides of the trebuchet bracket are two smaller wheels, and a large circle of thick ropes is wrapped around the wheels. There are four horses on each side, and four horses. The knights are on horseback and are holding a rope in their hands.

Zhao Junsheng waved to a craftsman: "Come, come, tell me how this trebuchet fires stone balls!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The craftsman ran over and agreed, and introduced Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan, and other officers and officers, "My lord, generals, please see that the ropes on both sides of the wheels are the driving force. Each knight pulls a rope to ride his horse. Start running backwards, accelerate, pull the rope, and the wheels will turn rapidly, and their turning force is transmitted to the launch wheel through the gears and shafts!"

"In advance, hang multiple, or even a dozen, or dozens of net bags on the launch wheel, and put stones in the net bags. Once the knights ride their horses and run, the launch wheel will start to rotate, and the speed will become faster and faster. It will spin around!"

"When the launch wheel was turned to the highest speed, a knight also ran to the end and threw away the rope. At this time, the pawns on the top of the bracket would stretch out their sharp blades, and the ropes of the nets hanging on the launch wheel would be cut one by one. It will be thrown out with a heavy load..."

Zhao Junsheng was deeply shocked after hearing the craftsman's introduction. Who said the ancients were not as smart as the moderns?This kind of trebuchet is simply the pinnacle of ancient machinery. It uses the high-speed rotation of the flywheel to launch stone bullets. The person who invented this kind of trebuchet is simply a genius!

Zhao Junsheng asked excitedly: "Who? Who came up with the idea of ​​using a flywheel to launch stone bombs? Who made this trebuchet?"

The craftsman said: "The villain heard that Jiao Sima in the camp said that the trebuchet that used this kind of rotating flywheel to shoot stones actually appeared at the end of the Han Dynasty. It seems that a minister named Ma Jun of Cao Wei ordered someone to make a simple one. Reported to Cao Shuang, wanting Cao Shuang to order manpower, money and materials to support him to continue research and increase its power, but Cao Shuang thought it was unnecessary, so let it go! This trebuchet was the idea of ​​everyone in the artisan camp to use Ma Jun together It was researched!"

Zhao Junsheng was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Okay, it's done! You tell Jiao Yunzhe that in the future, the craftsmen in your craftsman battalion can write down any ideas and report them to the chief. As long as the demonstration is feasible, the king will allocate property and manpower to support you! You have made such an amazing siege weapon that is of great help to the siege, this king will reward you all!"

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Chapter 633 The Power of the Flywheel Catapult!

Zhao Junsheng rewarded the artisans in the artisan camp. Money, cloth, meat, and grain were transported to the artisan camp in carts. The artisans were very excited and full of energy.

Zhao Junsheng looked up at the rising sun, then at Liu Songjun who was busy on the city wall, and said to Gao Xu: "It's getting late, let the soldiers of the catapult crew start!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The trebuchets had been prepared long ago. Following the command of the commander, the soldiers dropped the heavy hammers one by one, and the heavy baskets of the heavy trebuchets dropped quickly. At the highest point, the stone bullets inside were thrown out.

The grooms quickly led the horses over to pull the ropes, and pulled the heavy objects to the top of the bracket to hang them again. This process was coordinated smoothly and skillfully by the soldiers and the grooms.

Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan and others watched the stone bullets fly out and hit the direction of the city wall, like a rain of stones all over the sky, some fell under the city wall, some hit the wall, some fell on the city wall, and some fell on the city wall. Some flew into the city.

"Boom..." As a large number of stone bullets fell, the top and bottom of the city wall were shaken, and the city wall was shaking. The stone bullets that fell on the top of the city made big holes, and the wall bricks were smashed , The stone bomb also shattered, and a large amount of gravel flew around.

"Ah——" the defenders around the stone bullets fell screamed one by one. Some were smashed into meat on the spot, and some were injured by flying gravel, lying on the ground and screaming.

Some stone bullets that hit the wall stacks directly smashed the wall stacks to pieces and collapsed, affecting the surrounding soldiers and generals.

"Don't panic, don't panic, just temporarily hide for this general, hide under the wall, or squat down, hurry up!"

It is not that the generals of the Southern Dynasties have never seen the scene of the trebuchet launching, but they used the trebuchet to attack the city where the Northern Wei army was stationed. They have never encountered the Northern Wei army using the trebuchet to attack them. They were really terrified, especially when many of them saw their companions being smashed into meat paste by huge stone bullets. No one could keep calm in the face of such death.

At the catapult launch site outside the city, Hua Mulan saw that the accuracy of the catapult was not ideal, so she asked the officials of the siege battalion: "How to adjust the launch distance of the catapult?"

The official of the siege battalion replied: "As for Mrs. Hui, at present, the only way to achieve this goal is to increase or decrease the weight of heavy objects, which is to take out or increase the stones in the basket! As for the aim, it is too difficult to control!"

Hua Mulan asked again: "Just now I saw that there are no stone bullets on the flywheel trebuchet. I will use them later. Where did the stone bullets come from? Is there still time to deliver them?"

The officials of the siege battalion smiled and pointed to the baskets hoisted by the heavy trebuchets in front of them and said: "Madam, these heavy-duty stones used for heavy trebuchets will be used as stone bombs for flywheel trebuchets later. Otherwise, after these heavy stone bombs are fired, these small stones can't be moved back, right!"

Hua Mulan smiled: "Okay, make the best use of everything, this idea is very good!"

Round after round of stone bullets were fired, and the time interval between each shot was shorter than that of similar catapults, which made the soldiers and generals of the Liu Song defenders in the Southern Dynasties feel chills. This kind of firing speed would greatly increase the hit rate.

The heavy stone bombs fired by the trebuchets did not directly kill too many people, but the stone bombs that fell on the top of the city were basically smashed, not only causing the broken stones to fly randomly and injuring many people, but also killing people on the ground at the top of the city. The bricks on the wall were smashed, creating large pits, and the city wall was also damaged to a certain extent.

The wall bricks on the outer wall of the city wall were also smashed a lot, and they were smashed into pits, exposing the rammed earth wall inside.In addition, many wall stacks on the top of the city were smashed, and the bunkers used by the defenders for cover were greatly reduced.

After firing more than a dozen loyalty stone bombs in a row, today's heavy stone bombs have all been fired.

Next, the soldiers of the catapult unit carried all the small stones used as heavy objects to the flywheel catapult unit, and they put these small stones into the net bag hanging on the flywheel.

"Are you ready?"

"It's all ready to launch!"

The commander pulled out the battle and swung forward: "Launch!"

The flag soldiers waved the small yellow flag vigorously, and the knights of each group of catapults who received the order galloped forward holding the ropes and hitting the horses. The horses carried the knights and pulled the ropes. A series of complex transmission devices such as gears and bearings make the flywheel rotate rapidly, and the small stones hanging in the full net bag also rotate rapidly.

But when the knights ran two hundred steps, they let go of the ropes. At this time, the soldiers on the flywheel trebuchets pushed the sharp blades forward, and the ropes hanging from the net bags were cut one by one.

"Swish, swish..." The small stones suspended on the flywheel flew out one after another, and flew towards the distant city wall.

The generals of the Liu Song garrison who were hiding under the walls or squatting on the ground at the top of the city could only hear countless whizzing sounds, and they couldn't help but look up to the sky, only to see densely packed, countless little black and white flying from the sky outside the city. point.

In an instant, these small black spots turned into fist and head-sized stones and fell inside and outside the city wall.

"what--"

"what--"

This is a real rain of stones. The inside and outside of the city walls suffered devastating blows. Some people were directly smashed to death, some were smashed to the ground, some were hit and fell down, and some were blown to pieces by falling stones. The soldiers and generals of the Southern Dynasties had never encountered such a dense stone bomb attack.

After a round of stone rain attacks, the city walls were in a mess, wailing sounded one after another, and the inside of the city was also smashed upside down.

Xue Tong stared blankly at the tragic scene on the city wall, those with broken arms and legs, those who were beyond recognition, those who were smashed and paralyzed, and those who were directly smashed into meat paste. At least five of the ten people were caught in this round of stone rain die or be injured.

"How did they do it? How did this happen? Tell me, how did this happen?" Xue Tong yelled with a flushed face.

The lieutenant yelled: "General, don't be dazed, order the soldiers to go down the city wall to hide! The second round of stone rain attack of the Qianjun is coming soon, don't let the soldiers go down the city wall to hide, after a few rounds, the city wall is still alive!" Those who can pick up weapons are really few left!"

Xue Tong finally came to his senses after being called out by the lieutenant general, and he immediately gave a loud order: "Order to scare everyone to hide on the city wall, leaving only a few sentinels on the city wall to observe, and once they find that the enemy is attacking the city, immediately ring the bell to warn !"

"Yes, General!"

Under Xue Tong's order, the defenders on the city wall were not injured, and those who were injured were still alive, and quickly retreated down the city with their weapons.

Xue Tong stopped at the stone stairs of the city tower and turned his head to look at the city gate building. This city gate building was hit by a heavy stone bomb during the initial attack, and a big hole was smashed in the middle. The stone rain just now Falling down, the city gate building is already riddled with holes, and it will collapse at any time.

"Damn, I've never been in such a mess like today!" Xue Tong yelled angrily, "Go!"

Before the soldiers defending the city had time to completely withdraw from the city, the second round of stone rain from the catapults of the army outside the city had already fallen, and the last batch of Liu Song troops suffered a devastating blow. He was so frightened that he jumped directly from the top of the city, and some people were smashed and rolled down the stone ladder. Other soldiers on the stone ladder were knocked down one after another, screaming and wailing endlessly.

Xue Tong, the lieutenant general, and other generals of the Liu Song army who had retreated under the city wall squatted at the base of the wall, holding their heads tightly, shaking with fear.

Wave after wave of rocks rained down, as if natural disasters had happened again and again, it was simply shaking the earth, which was many times more destructive than hailstones falling from the sky.

Liu Songjun originally set up many iron pots at the top of the city. Boiling water was boiling in the iron pots, and some iron pots were burning tumbling hot oil. These were all used to defend the city, but now these are all useless. All the iron pans were smashed through, and all the boiling water and hot oil were spilled on the city wall.

The stone rain fired a total of five rounds, and finally ended. The guard Xue Tong, the lieutenant general and other soldiers of the Liu Song Army seemed to have experienced the end of the world. Place

Some people feel that the end of the world is coming.

This feeling is hopeless, Xue Tong and his soldiers almost lost the will to resist, almost lost the will to fight, this is simply a natural disaster created by people, how can manpower resist it?