Three Kingdoms Strong Army System

Wudu has a registered population of 8, Anding County has a registered population of 3, and Beidi County has a registered population of 1.8.

These three counties have twenty counties under their jurisdiction, covering a very wide area, mostly in mountainous areas, and most of the counties are mountain cities.

The city is basically built in the valley or flat land between the mountains. The city is not very big, but it is extremely dangerous.

Fazheng formulated his military strategy according to Liu Zhang's plan.

First occupy Wuguan, and then guard the Yellow River, Tongguan and Wuguan, forming a defensive trend to the east.

In fact, only Dong Zhuo may come to attack, and the other princes are unlikely to come to attack.

In the south is Hanzhong, don't worry, Zhang Lu will not cross the Qinling Mountains.

Only the west and north require attention.

Among them, Wudu County in the west can be taken as long as it is attacked from Sanguan.Once you win, you can get in touch with Yizhou, but this will also offend Ma Teng.

And if Anding County and Beidi County in the north are won, they will have direct contact with Han Sui and Ma Teng.

Han Sui and Ma Teng both have prestige among the Qiang people. Now they each have a team of [-] people, and they can let the Qiang people help in the battle at any time. Their strength cannot be underestimated.

Even if it is Liu Zhang himself, guessing, with one against two, the odds of winning are not particularly great.

Once they occupy any city in the three counties, it will definitely arouse their vigilance, but if they don't occupy it, it would be a waste of any of these three counties to be in the hands of those small princes.

Therefore, Fazheng suggested to attack Beidi County first to test the attitudes of Han Sui and Ma Teng.

Beidi County is adjacent to Wuwei County in the north and Anding County in the west. Attacking Beidi County poses a great threat to Han Sui. For Ma Teng, there is still an Anding County in the middle, so there is not much threat.

Beidi County is vast and sparsely populated, and there are not many cities. The people who need the most attention are the Qiang and other Hu people.

Liu Zhang adopted Fazheng's suggestion, sent troops to the south to capture Wuguan, and then spread beacon towers on the west bank of the Yellow River in Shangjun.

Suddenly, the servant told Liu Zhang that Ma Jun, the man from Fufeng, asked to see him.

Ma Jun was an inventor at the end of the Han Dynasty. Even during the entire Three Kingdoms period, no one could surpass him in his mechanical inventions.

Including Huang Yueying and Liu Ye.

Ma Jun's most important inventions include restoring the ancient sharp weapon compass cart, improving the silk weaving machine, making the keel water wheel, and improving the Zhuge Liannu.

This man is simply the greatest inventor of the Three Kingdoms. His inventions and improvements are beneficial to the army and the people's livelihood.

Obtaining him is equivalent to obtaining one hundred thousand troops.

See, must see.

He didn't expect this person to be in Fufeng County, and now he wants to join him.

Liu Zhang dropped everything and met Ma Jun in the side hall.

Seeing Ma Jun was almost the same as Liu Zhang imagined.

He was dressed decently, but he was a bit slovenly. He was about [-] years old, and the beard at the corner of his mouth was already an inch, and he didn't seem to have time to trim it.

"Xiaomin, I pay my respects to the prefect."

"Exemption."

Liu Zhang held his hands empty, and then pointed to the cushion next to him. "Sir, please sit down."

"Thank you, Lord Prefect." Ma Jun seemed a little nervous, but he was not rude.

After Ma Jun sat down on his knees, Liu Zhang asked, "Sir, you are far away, what can you teach me?"

"I heard that the prefect is a clan member of the Han Dynasty. He defeated Dong for the country. The common people admire him and are willing to present a catapult."

"But the catapult from the Warring States period?" Liu Zhang asked immediately.

"Exactly."

"It's just that this map of the catapult has long been lost, and no one could make it 400 years after the Warring States Period and Qin Dynasty."

"This is the map of the catapult, please take a look at it." Ma Jun took out a piece of cowhide from his arms, with the corners of his mouth raised, and smiled triumphantly.

The boy waiting at the side immediately stepped forward, took the cowhide from Ma Jun's hand, and handed it to the desk in front of Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang immediately spread out the cowhide on the case table and looked down at it.

On this point of cowhide, the record is indeed the map of the catapult.

This atlas is extremely detailed. In the middle is the overall stereogram of the catapult, and on both sides are atlases of the various components of the catapult.

According to this catapult, as long as it takes a certain amount of time, it can be manufactured.

Before he knew it, Liu Zhang was dumbfounded.

While having a cup of tea, he suddenly remembered that Ma Jun was still by his side, so he raised his head and said with an apologetic smile: "The eunuch was surprised for a moment, but I have neglected you sir."

"It's okay."

"This is the map of the catapult restored by Mr.?"

"Exactly, I love research on weekdays. By chance, I found a catapult from an ancient book, but the map was broken and unrecognizable. I deliberated from the text and restored it while making it. Finally, it took half a year to make a catapult. .”

"Oh, Mister actually made a catapult by himself. I don't know how long it will take? How big is it? How far can it be thrown?"

Ma Jun pondered for a moment, then replied: "I make one myself, and it takes one month. The catapult is about one foot long, one foot five high, and half a foot wide. The range can be adjusted, and it can throw three hundred steps to five feet." One hundred and five."

One step is about 1.2 meters. In this way, the range of the catapult is 360 meters to 600 meters.

This range is much farther than that of a crossbow.

But the production time is too long, which is not conducive to marching and fighting.

Liu Zhang continued to ask about the specific situation of the catapult based on the atlas of the catapult, and Ma Jun answered them one by one.

The two talked for about a stick of incense, and Ma Jun became more and more surprised.

Because some of the questions Liu Zhang asked were very professional, and there were some suggestions that Ma Jun had never thought of.

But now it sounds like Liu Zhang's proposals are very constructive, and he wants to give it a try immediately after returning home.

After a long time, he sighed: "Your Majesty the prefect of Weicheng wants to know how to build."

"A little understanding, a little understanding!" Seeing the adoring expression on Ma Jun's face, Liu Zhang felt a little proud.

Being able to use the knowledge of later generations to bluff this inventor still has a sense of existence.

Liu Zhang made three suggestions to Ma Jun.

The first one is to send extra manpower to make the catapult, and work together in a division of labor. Different people are only responsible for one or a few parts of the catapult.

The second is standardization. The size of each part of the catapult is fixed. In this way, if a part of the catapult is damaged, it can be replaced in time.

The third is to divide the catapult for easy transportation, and when it is used, it can be assembled immediately.For some important parts, you can prepare a few more, and you don't need to prepare so many parts that can be obtained locally, such as levers and wheels.

Of these three suggestions, two are good for production and one is good for transportation.If these three items can be improved, then the practicability of the catapult will be greatly increased.

Looking at the eager expression on Ma Jun's face, Liu Zhang knew that he had already impressed him.

He said on the spot that he appointed Ma Jun as the in charge, directly obeying himself, recruiting craftsmen to make catapults.

For this reason, Liu Zhang generously allocated 500 million yuan to Ma Jun as a research fund.