Infrastructure masters in the red building

Two hours after Tonghuan Sanliu sighed "Run", Jia felt relieved and almost had the idea of ​​"Run".

At this moment, he and the villagers of Taoyuan Village were guarding in front of the protective wall in the direction of Wuyuan County.

There are two roads in front of them, one is the high-grade road leading to Wuyuan County, and the other is the rail transit whose wooden tracks have been burned and urgently need to be rebuilt.

These two avenues provide countless conveniences for the traffic between Taoyuan Village and Wuyuan County.However, after the spies sent the news that bandits were approaching, the road was blocked, and the villagers of Taoyuan Village built a wall to defend the village, so they cut off communication with Wuyuan County.

Earlier today, red signal smoke rose from the sky above Wuyuan County, and Taoyuan Village knew that bandits had arrived at Wuyuan City.The villagers are ready to fight.More than half of the reinforcement materials for the protective wall were sent here.About half of the inspection team's manpower is also guarding here.

Unexpectedly, not long after, the inspectors guarding the protective wall turned their heads to look at their partners in panic, pointed to the distance and said, "Look, it seems that something has been brought over there."

Jia Fang felt something was wrong when he heard the words, so he immediately climbed up the wall and looked into the distance.Sure enough, there was smoke and dust billowing in the direction of Wuyuan County, and bandits from the brigade were gathering here. Looking around, the entire road was paved with black clouds, and it seemed that there were four or five thousand people.

In addition to the bandits who came on foot and dragged along without military discipline, a few big guys were transported on the road in the distance——

"It's a siege engine!"

Jia Fang punched heavily on the protective wall in front of him on the spot.Fortunately, he was not a superhero, and he punched it down, and he didn't crack the newly repaired concrete wall.He was just infinitely angry and confused—what the hell is this bandit?These guys actually have siege weapons?

Jia Fang's guess was right, after about half an hour, the bandits made a way out.A large group of bandits surrounded the siege equipment and came to the newly built protective wall of Taoyuan Village.

"It should be that they got the news that the siege weapons that were originally used to deal with Wuyuan County were used to deal with Taoyuan Village." Jia Fang shouted to Zhao Wuguang, the inspection captain beside him.

Zhao Wuguang also cursed loudly, "Damn it", and immediately ran down the protective wall to convey Jia Fang's instructions to the villagers in Taoyuanzhai who were waiting around the protective wall.When the villagers heard about it, they ran away one after another, and after a while, they dragged over what Jia Fang wanted.

Jia Fang's judgment was correct.Now the bandits have learned that Taoyuan Village has built a protective wall.

Earlier, the bandits around the Qingfang River came back defeated, embarrassed and useless—those bandits thought it was the "Qingfang City Labyrinth" set up by Jia Fang and Gui Xia. No one dared to pass through the gossip formation left by Zhuge Wuhou, so he gave up crossing the Qingfang Bridge and chose to cross the Qingfang River, where the current in the dry season is not too fast, and came under the protective wall, preparing to cross the river. Attack Taoyuan Village.

But the inspectors on the protective wall of Taoyuanzhai didn't allow them to approach, and a row of swift arrows made many bandits settle in the Qingfang River.

The bandits had seen the equipment of Taoyuan Village before, and they didn't take them seriously at all earlier. But when they saw them today, the equipment of Taoyuan Village suddenly increased by a level.The feather arrows were sharp and had a long range, which caught the bandits by surprise and caused many casualties.

A few of them risked their lives to swim to the other side of the Qingfang River, came to the dingy, bare protective wall, and found that they could do nothing with the hard, smooth protective wall.On the contrary, the villagers guarding the city are condescending, and the bandits are almost meat on the chopping board——

Therefore, the bandits in the direction of Qingfang River did not insist on attacking by force, and tried a few times. After losing a group of men, they retreated and retreated into the forest on the right bank of Qingfang River.

But their group probably sent a signal to the bandits coming from Wuyuan County, or Wuyuan County received the news that Taoyuan Village built a protective wall early in the morning.

In short, I don't know what made the bandits make up their minds. They turned around and headed straight for Taoyuan Village with the siege machines that were ready to deal with Wuyuan County.

Jia Fang gritted his teeth: After all, we are still not prepared enough!

The spies from the Pingnan Camp and the "Dicui Pavilion" have been inquiring about the bandits, and have accurately estimated the number of bandits and the direction of their actions - but perhaps no one expected that Taoyuan Village would be in such a state. A protective wall was built in a short period of time.And the bandits also adapted to the situation and used the siege weapons used to deal with Wuyuan County to deal with Taoyuan Village.

How can the newly built protective wall in Taoyuan Village compare with the solid city wall in Wuyuan County that took decades to build?No matter in terms of the height or the strength of the city wall, it is far inferior to Wu Yuan's city wall.

The siege weapons used to deal with Wuyuan County, when they came to Taoyuan Village, it was like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer.

Jia Fang and the inspectors guarding this side of the protective wall watched the bandits push two siege machines over through the flat and spacious high-grade road.

These siege weapons are also called "rushing cars".The car looked very heavy, with six rows of twelve wheels in total—it seemed that the high-grade highway of "Wuyuan-Taoyuan" did provide great convenience for the transportation of this kind of siege equipment.There is a beam on the car, and a thick log is hung on the beam. The front end of the log is cut into a sharp cone and covered with a layer of iron.

This log is called a battering ram, and it relies on the inertia and kinetic energy of the battering ram to destroy the city gate during the siege—for Taoyuanzhai, these battering rams can also destroy the city wall.In front of these terrifying battering rams, the concrete and bamboo-reinforced concrete protective wall built overnight was as thin as paper.

For a moment, Jia Fang really regretted letting the villagers use bamboo instead of iron brazing to pour bamboo-reinforced concrete walls.If he had known that he would encounter a battering ram, he should have gone to find Shui Xian and asked for more iron rods.

But it's too late to regret now.Right now, the only thing Taoyuan Village can count on is that the bandits don't know the details of Taoyuan Village's protective walls, and they don't know that the protective walls in front of them are sombre in color, smooth in surface, and without a single seam, they are actually only a few feet thick.Bandits will use traditional methods to attack the gate of Taoyuan Village first with these battering rams.This may buy time for the villagers to find a way to destroy the siege equipment first.

At this time, the villagers had already delivered what Jia Fang wanted.

These are the cement bunkers used by Taoyuanzhai to fight bandits last time.They were not thrown away after use, and were transported to special carts by the villagers, and pushed along the track.

Jia put down the order to pile up all these cement bunkers behind the gate of the Taoyuan village, which is equivalent to adding another layer of protection for the gate of the village.

When the siege weapons arrived in front of Taoyuan Village, most of the bandits were waiting and watching—the villagers guarding the opposite protective wall could clearly see each other's expressions, some were puzzled, some even showed awe.The other party was probably also thinking about how the Taoyuan Village built such a long city wall in such a short period of time.

Although the wall doesn't look very high, given the general height of the villagers in the south of this time and space, they can't easily climb over it.

Now both sides are hesitating, not knowing how to fight this battle.

Suddenly, the bandits seemed to have received the order, shouted in unison, and charged upward together with weapons in hand.

The arrows in the hands of the inspectors on the protective wall were shot one after another, and the bandits in the front row immediately fell down.

The bows and arrows in the hands of all inspectors have been replaced with excellent weapons given by the "gods", and they use them as if they were aided by gods.These inspectors armed with bows and arrows used to be the best hunters in Taoyuan Village and Yujiang County. Now they aimed relentlessly, shooting out arrows. Many bandits lost their lives without even snorting.

Bandits are not soldiers. The biggest difference between them and soldiers is that they do not obey orders.As soon as these life-saving bandits saw their companions like this, they immediately uttered another cry, turned around and fled.

But these bandits are not exactly bandits, they are also private soldiers controlled by certain forces in a sense.So after the bandits retreated, they didn't just run away, but took their weapons—also bows, high-quality bows, and well-made arrows with a long range.

These arrows shot towards the top of the protective wall together.

The inspection captain Zhao Wuguang gave an order, and everyone shrank under the protective wall, including the villagers who were passing supplies and transporting bunkers behind the protective wall.

I saw feather arrows whizzing past their heads, but none of them could hurt anyone.There was the sound of clanging nails on the other side of the protective wall. There must have been a lot of feather arrows poking at the protective wall, but the concrete wall was not damaged at all.

At the same moment there was the rumble of ruts on the other side of the parapet.Jia Xinxin knew something was wrong, the other party was using the siege equipment, using bows and arrows to cover, pushed the siege equipment near the gate and the protective wall, and then used the siege equipment to attack the city.

Jia Fang made a decisive decision and gestured to Zhao Wuguang. Zhao Wuguang understood, and immediately said loudly: "Smoke bombs, get ready, release—"

A group of villagers guarding behind the protective wall took out the pre-bundled smoke bombs from their arms, lit the fire, lightly cut the bundled string, and threw the whole ball of straw go out.

The straw rolled up in the air and spread out, and a large amount of smoke quickly emerged, covering the sky and the sun in an instant, forming a curtain wall of smoke in front of the bandits and the protective wall of Taoyuan Village.

This batch of straw rolls made by Gui Xiaxue is "additional" compared with the last time. Some irritating medicinal materials are added, and the eyes will become red, swollen and teary due to the smoke, which lasts for a period of time.In this way, the archers who stayed in the front row among the bandits temporarily lost their combat effectiveness.

Jia Fang ordered: "Push out our catapult too!"

Bandits have two siege machines, and Taoyuan Village also has three catapults.

These three catapults were also given to Taoyuan Village by the "God".Among the vehicles that transported all kinds of weapons and equipment last time, there were three vehicles with their own catapult equipment, which were modified slightly to become catapult vehicles.

This kind of catapult is also called "throwing cart". It is based on the principle of leverage, using the counterweight on one side of the lever to throw the stone projectile on the other side.

But the catapult Shuixian sent to Jia Fang was a little different.The "throwing rod" of the catapult can be turned and the angle can be adjusted to determine the "trajectory" of the catapult.

This is a very complicated calculation, but with these two things, everything is very simple.Users only need to follow the markings on the catapult and choose "150 steps", "180 steps" and "[-] steps", and fine-tune them if necessary.

This catapult Taoyuan Village has not tried it much after getting it. Only three or five people in the village know how to use this machine, and of course Gui Xiaxue from the School of Science is among them.

The threat from Fang Yujian was gone, and Gui Xiaxue immediately ordered the villagers to start reloading.

"Old Zhao, at what time is my direction?"

"Zishi three quarters!" Zhao Wuguang pointed out the coordinates of the first trebuchet.It was this trebuchet that rushed towards the gate of Taoyuan Village just now, and it was about to threaten the gate of Taoyuan Village.

Gui Xiaxue tried hard to adjust the throwing angle of the catapult.

"How far is it? Is it still moving?" He asked twice.

Zhao Wuguang replied: "180 steps, moving forward, very slow!" The smoke caused by the smoke bombs earlier had gradually dissipated, and the archers pushed it down, but the trebuchet was still moving forward.

Gui Xia took the time to praise Zhao Wuguang: "Very good, there is not a single word of nonsense!"

Zhao Wuguang was speechless immediately, and shouted loudly: "Quick, let me help you see if you can make a hit!"

Gui Xiaxue immediately shouted to the villagers in front of him who were controlling the throwing pole: "Shoot!"

"Four or five steps closer!"

Zhao Wuguang immediately responded.

"cast!"

"It's far away, it's too far away, come closer!"

"cast!"

"bingo!"

Zhao Wuguang's joyful voice sounded.Accompanied by bandits laughing in unison: "What is this shot, is it painless?"

Indeed, ordinary trebuchets throw huge stones weighing hundreds of catties. Wherever the boulders go, it is common to see bloody heads, broken limbs and arms—but the trebuchet thrown by Taoyuanzhai, It was a small stone bullet of three to five catties. Although it came fiercely, it only left a shallow hole in the hard log of the siege engine.

Gui Xiaxue also heard the laughter from this side of the protective wall, but he didn't care at all. On the contrary, he felt a sense of pride after playing a prank without being noticed.He yelled, "Change the oil bomb!"

Immediately, an "oil bomb" made of pig urine foam was installed on the trebuchet.

"cast!"

I saw a plump pig urine bubble drawing graceful curves in the air, and the end was unbiased, hitting the siege engine, and it burst open with a "pop", and the liquid that was contained in it immediately splashed all over the siege engine.

"One more!" "Vote!" Gui Xiaxue continued to order.Then the second oil bomb flew out and hit the siege engine squarely.

"Mother, it's oil!" A bandit pushing a siege engine finally discovered the problem.

Immediately, a rocket from an Orion in Taoyuan Village shot at it, and with a "whoosh", the oil splashed on the entire siege engine began to burn rapidly, and even the bandits near the siege engine were also on fire.

The bandits fled quickly, crying and howling, rolling on the ground or asking their companions for help to extinguish the flames on their bodies.

The siege engine continued to burn.It seems that someone in the bandit team gave an order to everyone to work together to extinguish the flames on the surface of the siege equipment.After all, the whole siege machine is huge, and it can't be burned out in a short time. If you start now, spread sand or the like on the surface of the siege machine, and it will be no problem to extinguish the fire.

Immediately, a bandit took off his clothes, picked up the sand from the ground, and rushed back to the side of the siege engine.

At this time, the arrows of the hunters in Taoyuan Village shot again, and the arrows hit.Amidst the miserable howls of the bandits who were hit by the arrows, no one could even take half a step closer to the burning siege engine.

"The other two trebuchets are throwing boulder bombs. Aren't they laughing? Let them have a good laugh!" Gui Xiaxue ordered with a smile: "Throw!"

The other two trebuchets were already on standby.Hearing Gui Xiaxue's instructions, the two catapults did not need to deliberately adjust their directions, and just threw the huge stones pre-loaded on the catapults according to the furthest range.

On the other side of the protective wall, there was another scream of misery—this is the real power of the trebuchet. Wherever the boulder went, wailing was everywhere.

"Teacher Gui, hurry up!" Zhao Wuguang shouted quickly: "There is still a siege machine!"

Gui Xiaxue: "Okay, please report the direction." He replaced the stone with the same weight as the "oil bomb" and began to adjust the direction and distance of the projectile.

"cast!"

The first shot was a bit far away, but Zhao Wuguang said loudly: "Hahaha, they are going to run!"

The other party still has a siege machine left, and now it is being pulled back by the bandits, as if they want to get rid of their companion's previous fate.

Gui Xiaxue hastily adjusted the range to the farthest, and directly replaced it with oil bombs: "You just want to leave after running around to show off your power? This is not allowed!"

Before he could say the word "vote", Jia Fang suddenly shouted: "No, they are not going to run away!"

Before Jia Fang finished speaking, Zhao Wuguang yelled again: "Everyone stay hidden!"

The opponent's second batch of feather arrows shot again at this time.As a last resort, Jia Fang, like everyone else, shrank under the protective wall to avoid the threat of Yujian.

After this wave of feather arrows passed, Zhao Wuguang poked his head out, and he was dumbfounded by the sight in front of him.

He saw that the siege engine that he thought was going to "flee" earlier was rushing towards the protective wall of Taoyuan Village with all its strength.

The distance was too close, and even if Gui Xiaxue's trebuchet could adjust its position in time, it would be too late.Before the stone throw hits the opponent, it will hit the protective wall of one's own side first.At this time, Zhao Wuguang waved his hand and wanted to call his companions to shoot arrows at the bandits behind the siege machine, but the scale of the siege machine was huge, and the bandits shrunk behind the siege machine seemed to have a huge bunker. Fear of feathered arrows shot from the wall.

Just pushing the siege weapons forward like this, the bandits were also a little confused about the direction. They missed the gate of Taoyuan Village, and when they missed it, they veered too hard, and rushed towards a section of the protective wall of Taoyuan Village past.

Something unexpected happened to both parties.

Hearing a loud "boom", the siege engine smashed through a section of the protective wall of Taoyuan Village, which was more than ten feet wide, and rushed in directly.

Before the people on both sides could react, a "smoke bomb" in Zhao Wuguang's hand had already been thrown, and the dazzling smoke quickly diffused, covering the gap in the protective wall of Taoyuan Village.

The bandits on the opposite side were stunned for a moment, and finally happily shouted "Ou" "Ou"——