The portable magic tower of the Three Kingdoms

"Rhubarb crossbow?" Liu Tao looked forward to hearing this.

"That thing is only available to the Imperial Army..." Zang Min shook his head, "Besides, it will be given to you, can it be used?"

Han crossbows range from one stone to ten stones, among which ten stone crossbows are also called Dalihuang crossbows, and one stone crossbow needs 27-30 kg of strength to pull it open.In other words, the rhubarb crossbow theoretically needs about 250-300 kilograms of force to pull.Therefore, in many materials, the soldiers who stringed the rhubarb crossbow stepped on the crossbow with both hands and feet to string it.

Needless to say, it is powerful, and it can easily shoot 400 meters to kill the opponent's cavalry.But basically just one shot, if you want a second round of shooting, unless you prepare three to four teams of rhubarb crossbows, and then shoot according to the method of queuing to kill.It's just that the overall number of rhubarb crossbows has not changed, it's just a concentrated use technique.

Liu Tao also probably knew about this, and shook his head immediately when he heard this. There really isn't anyone in his army who can fire a crossbow.For example, a stone bow is selected from a hundred soldiers with the strongest strength, and it can only be drawn by constant exertion of strength.

"There are no big yellow crossbows, but there are two hundred pairs of two stone crossbows!" Zang Min said here, but changed the subject, "But to keep it for the defense of the city, there is only one stone crossbow that can be deployed at present."

That is, the kind of crossbow with a range of 100 meters and an effective range of 75 meters.Winding may be more troublesome, but if it is already wound well, even ordinary people, women and children can use it, and can easily shoot and kill generals wearing heavy armor.

Therefore, the big man can not restrain the bow and arrow, but the crossbow is a controlled product, and non-state troops are not allowed to use it.Whoever uses it among the people will be unlucky!

Not only big men, since the crossbow was invented, all dynasties have basically banned the manufacture and possession of crossbows by the people.

"It doesn't matter how many crossbows you have, crossbow arrows..." Liu Tao still got to the point.

"We recovered a lot on the battlefield one after another, and at the same time, we are hurrying to make them... If so, there is a slight deficiency..." Zang Min felt a little embarrassed, and spent more than a month in the trap, naturally consuming a lot of crossbow arrows.

"How much can you transfer to the last general?" Liu Tao was a little annoyed at this faltering.

"Up to a thousand!" Zang Min thought for a while, and finally gave this number, no matter how many, I really can't afford it, it's hard to give!

"Barely enough to fight a few battles." Liu Tao sighed, armor and weapons for 3000 people, plus a hundred pairs of crossbows and a thousand crossbow bolts, this deal... still feels a little bit of a loss.

"No matter how much, Lu Nu can't take it out..." Zang Min shook his head, "After the war, I will perform for Liu Sima!"

"We were ordered to go south to crusade against the Yellow Turban Bandit, and our target is the Yellow Turban Bandit Headquarters in Julu County, not the city that has already fallen..." Liu Tao still looked embarrassed, "If the army is expanded to five thousand, let alone the combat power , This person also eats a lot of horse chews. If not, why don't you write a document that allows me to transfer some food from the government treasury in the conquered counties to subsidize the military, is that okay?"

"Brother, it's up to you whether you can beat him or not..." Lu Yan secretly tried to persuade him by tugging on his clothes.The voice was a bit loud, yes, it was intentionally made for Zang Min to hear it.

"Okay, I'll give you a document, but I can only take half of it at most, okay?" Zang Min thinks about it too. If you win the city, it's all easy to talk about, but the speed needs to be controlled.Otherwise, it will be a headache to resume work later.

I can only hope that the imperial court can see such a big disturbance in Jizhou and exempt them from paying taxes for a year... Among other things, this year's spring plowing was directly delayed by the yellow scarves.

"We are also the army of the imperial court. Naturally, we don't want the local soldiers and civilians to suffer too much loss. Let's say we also took some supplies in Wangdu County and Puyin County, but not much. The prefect can investigate this point." Liu Tao replied.

"I know, that's why I said that..." Zang Min nodded, and Liu Tao did not go too far, "Then, to restore the entire county of Zhongshan County, please count on Sima Liu!"

Chapter 71 Five Thousand Soldiers and Horses

The focus of the negotiation has been completed, and there are some minor issues left, so the negotiation is much simpler.

Liu Tao has entrusted someone to write a letter to Lu Zhi at the front, and is ready to go south at any time.Therefore, it is impossible to stay in Zhongshan County and help Zang Min slowly recover one city after another.

There are thirteen counties under the jurisdiction of Zhongshan County, with Lunu as the center, surrounded by a circle from southeast to northwest.Even if Puyin and Wangdu counties are deducted and all of them are defeated, it will not be impossible for more than a month. This is still a smooth attack.

Fortunately, Zang Min was also prepared, and immediately replied: "It's nothing. Maybe it's because of the fact that Puyin County and Wangdu County have been restored. The county magistrates of Tang County, Beiping County, and Shangquyang County have sent people to report. The three cities have not yet fallen."

Which door has not yet fallen, at most it is the same as Puyin County, seeing the situation is not good, surrendering first, so as not to be liquidated.It's just that at this time, it seems that even Zang Min is planning to pretend to be confused.

After a pause, he continued: "That is to say, there is no need to go to the north, and the focus is on the six cities in the southeast and southwest...you can go down the river, attack Anxi County first, and then take Liwu County. After crossing the river Take Anguo County, go west and take Hanchang, turn to attack Xinshi County, and finally go south to Wuji County, and you're done!"

Liu Tao has also probably seen the map of Zhongshan County, and admires Zang Min's skill in this painting.

Looking secretly at Lu Yan, the latter nodded unobtrusively.Looking at Zang Min this time, he replied: "I still need to stay in Lu Nu for three to five days before going out to fight, okay?"

"Good!" Of course Zang Min would not refuse. It is a good thing that more than 2000 people help defend the city.

"Brother, the county magistrate asked us to go around like this. How long will it take to call these counties?" When leaving, Zhang Fei had to step forward and asked in a low voice.

"It's about three hundred miles, and it can be completed in six days if you only march..." Lu Yan was already very familiar with the map of Zhongshan County, and he probably knew the distance between the counties.When Zang Min finished speaking, he had roughly calculated the distance.

After a pause, he added: "The Han Dynasty set up counties, with one hundred miles under its jurisdiction as the upper county, the middle county with 75 miles, and the lower county with fifty miles. Except for the frontier army, the local county garrisons are all villagers serving in the military, so the combat effectiveness Basically can't be counted on.

Therefore, the garrisons in each county, except Puyin, Wangdu and Anxi, count Wuji County at most. The number of garrisons in these four counties exceeds [-], and the number of garrisons in other counties does not exceed [-]! "

"200 people is still a bit too much. Most of the people who have been coerced have been taken to the front line. In the lower counties in places, there are at most 100 people guarding them, which is considered to be the sky." Liu Tao is more optimistic.

"If there are only 100 people, not to mention siege equipment, a direct force attack can take down the city." Guan Yu nodded thoughtfully.

The city in Xia County is about three to four meters high, and it can be climbed up with a long ladder, and it is not so easy to get injured if you fall down.It is the stones and logs thrown by the opponent, and even the boiling soup (boiling water) and golden juice (boiling dung water) are more troublesome.

Even the most primitive sanhe soil will not be invented until more than 200 years later.However, in this era, wood and stone were mixed into the soil, and the city walls built with rammed earth were not so easy to destroy.

Therefore, before the development of the thunderbolt car, the main methods of attacking the city were hitting the city gate and climbing the city wall.It's just that the city gates are usually sealed in advance, so how to climb the city wall is a technical task.

"How long will it take to build the ladder truck, well fence truck, and catapult?" Liu Tao couldn't help but ask.

"You have to ask the craftsmen about this, but I'm afraid that the time will not be short. The fastest ones are the hammer and the long ladder!" Lu Yan shook his head. There are no craftsmen in their army who can make siege equipment. The biggest shortcoming lies.

A city hammer, to put it bluntly, can be made into a city hammer with the trunk of a tree. There is only one way to use it, that is, to hit the opponent's city wall or gate; the long ladder is four to five meters long, or even seven meters long. The long ladder can be equipped with hook claws on the top to build a city wall, and then soldiers can climb from bottom to top. It often appears in many movies and TV shows.

Generally, these two siege weapons are enough for attacking Xia County.It's just that in a middle county like Anxi County, if there are no ladder carts, well rail carts, or even catapult carts, the casualties may increase rapidly.

"Ask first, since they know how to build siege weapons, they probably know when to build them." Liu Tao felt that staying like this was not an option, so he looked at Lu Yan.

"I'll ask about it later." Lu Yan nodded.Siege is no better than field battle, so the more cautious the better.

The next day, the Zhang family, the Su family and the Zhen family were more active and sent 1000 soldiers to the barracks directly.Among them, [-] people are servants of the three families. They have already undergone certain training, and their discipline and obedience are very good.Naturally, the commanding officers also came from the children of these three families.

The other 2000 people are the young and strong gathered by the three families in Lunu, and many of the 2000 people are tenants of the three families.In addition, there are some craftsmen. In this regard, the Su family can be said to be bleeding a lot.

At the same time, there were several children from the three families who said they were helping with paperwork, supplies, logistics and other trivial matters.Liu Tao also accepted all of them, and handed them over to Lu Yan for arrangement.The latter is also relieved, he is short of manpower!

"These 250 people here are all members of the Zhang family who are best at equestrian skills." Zhang Shiping stepped forward, pointing to the cavalry troops beside him, and introduced, "There are two others, worshipers of the Zhang family. They admire Liu Sima very much and are willing to Come and run."

To put it bluntly, there are some rangers and the like, but they are recruited by local wealthy families and become doormen. To put it bluntly, they are high-level bodyguards.Help train and control the servants, as the family's protective force.

The names of these two people were reported. Among the more famous people in the Three Kingdoms in Liu Tao's memory, there were no names of these two people. They should not be some historical celebrities, but they still pretended to be enthusiastic and went up to say hello.

The servants of the Su family are all too strong, so Liu Tao selected 100 people to be incorporated into the crossbow troops.

In the end, there were 500 pikemen, commanded by Liu Tao and Liu Ge respectively; two hundred crossbowmen, commanded by Shangguan Yu; three hundred cavalry troops, commanded by Zhang Fei; and three hundred swordsmen, commanded by Guan Yu. .

Lu Yan was in charge of the [-] troops of luggage, fire heads, and artisans. The organization was directly dismantled and mixed with the original luggage troops, striving to have Liu Tao's old army serve as an officer.In the final analysis, it is to strengthen the control of this army.

"Unexpectedly, within a few days of going south from Zhuojun County, there are already 300 troops under my command." Liu Tao said with emotion.

"Even so, there are only [-] soldiers... and after they were dispersed and mixed, the combat effectiveness of the troops has declined." Lu Yan could not help reminding.The supply troops have some combat effectiveness to some extent, but after the soldiers are killed in battle, they basically don't expect the supply troops to be able to resist to the end.

"Then fight a few more battles. Once you get used to it, your combat effectiveness will improve!" Liu Tao was not so worried.

"That's right!" Thinking back on everything during this period, Lu Yan nodded in agreement.

Chapter 72 Lu Zhi's Reply