Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

Ning Fan stared at the corpses of the people in the city and was speechless for a long time. War is cruel, but the innocent lives of these people should not be used to lead the battle.

When he looked at the Jurchen team again, Ning Fan's eyes became cold and firm.

If there was some pity and kindness in Ning Fan's heart before, now there is only a coldness as cold as a blade.

"The Jurchens have come a long way, and they will probably rest for two days before attacking the city, and it will take time to build the ladder."

Ning Fan stared at the Jurchens' camp, which was about 2 kilometers away.

"Your Highness, why don't we attack the camp at night and kill the Jurchens individually while they are tired from coming from afar?"

Chen Yuanqing is a typical militant. Looking at the Jurchens' cavalry and horses, there is uncontrollable excitement on his face.

"Don't underestimate the other party. They will definitely step up their defenses at night. If they rush to attack, they might fall into a trap. We have such a strong city defense and just wait for the Jurchens to come and die."

Ning Fan was not in a hurry to take action.

At this time, when the two armies came into contact, they were in a state of explosion. If they took the opportunity to attack at night, they would definitely hit the tip of the knife.

At night, the craftsmen carried the finished steel blade to the city wall and began to install it bit by bit according to the drawings Ning Fan had drawn before.

These steel gears are composed of bearings and gears, and the power is the horses in the city. Once there is an emergency, or the enemy is about to climb the city wall using a ladder, the horses will pull the gears to rotate and drive these blades to form a meat grinder.

Not to mention humans, even ladders cannot withstand the agitation of these steel gears.

Luo Yong followed Ning Fan on the city wall and watched these craftsmen installing these war machines. Seeing these sharp gears flashing with cold light, Luo Yong felt a chill in his heart. Once the blade turned on the flesh and blood, instantly It will be ground into minced meat.

"Your Highness, the trebuchet you requested will basically be completed by tomorrow night. One hundred and fifty trebuchets will all be put into use by then."

Shen Mengxi took advantage of the gap between the craftsmen's installation and came to Ning Fan to report on the construction status of some war machines.

Ning Fan was not in a hurry when he came to Jiangzhou Customs. In fact, everything had been prepared. As early as when Ning Fan returned to Jiangzhou, he ordered the Ordnance Department to start building war machinery.

Shen Mengxi and the other blacksmiths just followed the drawings and built them step by step according to the drawings designed by Ning Fan.

"The information must be strictly blocked and not allowed to leak out at all. Once the drawings are completed, they will be destroyed immediately and must not be leaked out."

Ning Fan gave instructions to Shen Mengxi with a serious face.

After the huge winch was installed, Shen Mengxi began to order the horses under the city to pull the wheel. A column of horses pulled at the same time. The huge gear started to rotate slowly, and then rotated rapidly to drive the minced meat placed outside the city wall. The gears also started to rotate.

These high-speed rotating gear pieces emit an astonishing chill. Once a flesh and blood body comes close, it will be minced into flesh in an instant.

Ning Fan stood on the city wall and observed the movement of the gears hanging outside the city. After seeing the result, Ning Fan was very satisfied.

"In fact, it is impossible for the enemy to climb such a high city wall. If they encounter this kind of meat grinding gear again, it will be impossible for them to break through the city."

Seeing this thrilling scene, Luo Yong was so excited that his face turned red. If the Jurchens wanted to enter Jiangzhou from Yunzhou, they had to pass through Jianghaiguan, but the city defense at Jiangguan was extremely strong and rare in the world.

"Don't continue to exert force at the beginning, don't scare these Jurchens, let them suffer a loss, but not a big loss, let them invest their troops little by little, and wait until they are stuck in the quagmire of the war and want to leave. , but it’s already too late.”

Ning Fan looked at the brightly lit Jurchen Bank in the distance with a hint of coldness on his face.

"Those who are not from my race must have a different heart. At first, Dakang was kind and did not kill all the Jurchens. But now, these Jurchens have repaid their kindness with revenge and want to rush up and tear off a piece of flesh when Dakang needs it."

Ning Fan acted out of emotion.

"It's time for your Highness to rest. A Jurchen attack tonight is unlikely."

Snowflakes were falling in the sky again, and gusts of icy cold wind blew in through the gaps in the armor, as if it was taking away the last trace of heat in the body. Even though Ning Fan took two sips of hot wine, he still couldn't dispel the cold.

After returning to the temporary tent, Ning Fan immediately felt the warmth. There was a stove, fine wine, and food in the tent.

After eating something and drinking some wine, he fell asleep drowsily. It was almost noon the next day that Ning Fan woke up leisurely.

When I walked out of the camp, I found that the outside was covered in snow. It turned out that it snowed heavily last night.

This is a good thing. The Jurchens are camping outside Jiangguan. The impact of the heavy snow is far greater on them than on the Dragon Scale Army. After all, the Dragon Scale Army has built a large number of houses in Jiangguan and has fixed residences. The cold is not It cannot have much impact on the Dragon Scale Army.

Although it is unlikely that the Jurchens would launch an attack today, the city defense should not be delayed at all. Ning Fan first walked up to the city wall, inspected it, and then came to the ordnance station to watch the final assembly process of stone-throwing. machine.

These trebuchets were redesigned by Ning Fan based on the original trebuchets of this era. The original trebuchets only used the principle of leverage to project boulders. This was not very lethal, and the projection distance was only two meters at most. Just a hundred meters.

But when Ning Fan added a torsion structure to these trebuchets, the power was greatly increased, and the projection distance even tripled on the original basis, directly increasing from the original two hundred meters to now. three times.

Moreover, the ammunition is no longer just stones, but hollow stone balls filled with kerosene. Once these stone balls are thrown away, they will directly shatter when they hit the ground.

The kerosene filled in it will spatter in all directions, and the white phosphorus mixed in it will be instantly ignited by the heat generated by the huge impact.

During the previous experiment, Ning Fan had seen that after a stone ball was thrown, it could instantly ignite a fire within a radius of ten meters. In other words, if one hundred and fifty trebuchets threw stone balls at the enemy at the same time, the enemy would be The battlefield will instantly turn into a sea of ​​fire.

"Your Highness, what is this?"

When Chen Yuanqing saw a steel chariot, he was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.