[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

Xia Anran didn't know what Cao Cao did with this thing, a not-so-smart person should never worry about what a smart person did, let alone ask.

Knowing the result must be an unbearable burden for life.

Take care of your mouth and eyes, don't worry about it too much, this is the life philosophy of getting paid among big bosses.

Xia Anran felt that she adapted very well.

Even so, Xia Anran still silently guessed in his heart that Cao Cao must have used this as a tool to convey messages to other princes, and he never expected that his boss would directly reach out to the little emperor to make fun of him! !If he knew, he would have to kneel down to the boss of the family.

But in fact, this is not surprising. Cao Cao has always been a model of boldness of the talented.

He dared to assassinate Dong Zhuo alone; only a 1000-man team dared to fight Dong Zhuo's army head-on, and he even dared to personally lead the army deep into the enemy's belly during the battle of Guandu. What.

Because Cao Cao now gradually has the awareness of division of labor and cooperation, he has made a clearer responsibility plan for his advisers during this period of time.

Except for the mastermind Xun Yu...you still have to take care of everything, Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia are mainly responsible for the military and overall situation, Zhong Yao is responsible for culture and education, Xia Anran...Xia Anran is in charge of all miscellaneous studies.

Of course, this is Xia Anran's summary.

Miscellaneous learning probably means that, except for the above, you will do it.

Xia Anran was silent about this for a while, and obediently admitted it, heck, the boss's arrangement is actually quite in line with his wishes, probably because he was a county magistrate, and he knows nothing about military affairs, but he can indeed say that in terms of people's livelihood good at.

Riding a horse with an interpreter, Xia Anran sent a stack of transcribed autumn and winter farmland care formulas to every county.

In fact, he didn't need to come for this trip, but Xia Anran felt that it would be more conducive to develop advantages according to local conditions to see the farmland under his control.

For example, he found two counties this time. There were persimmon forests, but they were not taken care of in this season when the persimmons were ripe.

After careful questioning, I found out that this is because this area is a place where persimmons are produced, so the price of persimmons is cheap, and the persimmon trees are planted, which means that the villagers tasted fresh ones.

Anyway, it doesn’t need to be taken care of, and the bright red ones are also pretty. If they are eaten by birds, they will eat them. If they fall on the ground, they will be fertile fields.

Xia Anran was silent for a while in front of these special Taoist villagers, and then looked at the farmland they carefully tended, and asked a question - do you know about persimmons?

Persimmon is the most important processed product of persimmons, because it takes two to three months to make, and it happens to be the Chinese New Year season, and it is mid-winter, so it has almost become a must-have for every household in the 90s and [-]s when supplies were scarce in later generations. Buy New Year.

Dried persimmons retain a lot of glucose and fructose during the production process, which would be too sweet and greasy for modern people to eat, but when Xia Anran was young, being able to eat persimmons was still very satisfying for children... Cough, even if When he grows up, he also likes to chew a persimmon in his mouth in winter while doing other things.

Moreover, persimmons can provide sufficient vitamin C for the human body in winter when there is a lack of green vegetables, and can also cure constipation.Cough, smooth bowel movement in winter is very important.

And this persimmon, which can supplement calories in winter, did not appear at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Luckily it was discovered early.

Xia Anran stretched out her hands and squeezed the persimmons on the tree. It should be that they haven't been fully ripe yet, and the persimmons still maintain a certain degree of hardness.

He blinked, took out a paper and wrote down the matter, and ordered the local county magistrate to send someone to look for him before the persimmons ripened, and he had to follow along to make persimmons for the first time.

In addition, he dragged the county magistrate here to find some other county magistrates who planted persimmons to learn how to make persimmons. After making persimmons... they can be sold to the west and south, which is another foreign exchange earner. Good idea!

In addition to persimmons, green persimmons can also be made into persimmon lacquer, which is a natural preservative and insect repellent. If the quantity is large enough, it can greatly reduce Cao Jun's dependence on tung oil.

When making weapons, tung oil is as important as wood, especially bows and crossbows. In order to ensure the performance of bows and crossbows, a bow needs to be immersed in tung oil many times during the construction process. Maintenance is, and it is indispensable for the soldiers to maintain themselves after receiving tung oil.

However, most of the tung oil is in the hands of the country and warlords. Now Cao Jun basically gets it from Yuan Shao, and some rich households. There are only a few tung trees in Dongjun, which are not oil-producing oils. Tung is a paulownia tree.

Even if the artisans eat delicious food and supply the paulownia with fertilizers, the amount of oil will not be produced in a short time.

The craftsmen had already reported this matter to the public before, and now Cao Jun’s weapons are basically sufficient, most of which are obtained by robbing the rich and helping the poor, but this also led to imperfect regulations, and the main weapons were supplied to Cao Cao’s personal soldiers and Cao Chun’s tiger and leopard battalion , the rest of the army went out to get everything.

The ancient army paid attention to the formation, which is to use the group army and individual arms as an individual, through the cooperation of various arms and the situation of the enemy's troops, combined with climate, temperature, terrain and other factors, the generals arranged offensive formations one by one.

It has nothing to do with metaphysics, the formation will not make the enemy hallucinate, and it will not make people drop their weapons and cry for no reason.

To put it bluntly, I just look at what the enemy is good at, and I just form an array to attack his weaknesses.

Usually a set of formations will be used for a long time, because it takes time for soldiers to train and adapt to the formation. Although the enemy knows your formation pattern very well, they just cannot break through it.

It's like a very simple reason. We all know that light cavalry has to deal with archers, so can you figure out a way to break through the archers without affecting the cavalry's load?This problem was not solved until the bow and arrow were replaced by muskets.

Cao Cao was good at soldiers. The battle array in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was still in a relatively rough stage, but no matter how rough it was, it needed clear arms, uniform attack range of weapons, and consistent defensive armor.

Cao Jun is currently limited by the lack of weapons, armor and raw materials, and this step is progressing very slowly.

If persimmon lacquer is really available, or if it can replace part of the effect of tung oil, it must be able to greatly reduce Guo Jia's burden.

That's right, Guo Jia was in charge of the logistics of combat preparations. For the happy life of her friends, Xia Anran asked carefully about the persimmon planters in Dongjun County, and went around one by one in the next half a month to confirm. The number of persimmons in Dongjun is ready for the production of persimmon lacquer next year.

During this period of time, the persimmons gradually matured. Mr. Xia took the farmers from East County to make the first batch of semi-finished persimmons, and then explained in detail the problems that might occur during the production process.

In the end, he said helplessly that he only knew so much, and if there were problems during production, everyone still needed to share production experience with each other.

This year is just a trial run, so there is no need to have too much psychological pressure, the villagers all clenched their fists to express their reassurance, Mr. Xia, we will work hard!

Then they stuffed a bunch of unqualified persimmons that were picked out to make persimmons and dragged Xia Anran back to Cao Cao and others to eat.

The persimmons used to make persimmons need to be ripe and hard, and the ones left after being picked are naturally already soft. These persimmons were carefully placed in two bamboo baskets by the villagers, one on the left and one on the right. On Xia Anran's horse.

Xia Anran watched her mount stagger when being crushed, and her eyes widened involuntarily.

This, this is how much is put!

He hurriedly waved his hand to the interpreter soldier and said that he didn't want that much, so take it back quickly. Although the persimmons are not expensive, they are still an income, and it would be good for everyone to eat them by themselves.

After going back and forth with the villagers for a few rounds, Brother Bing said to Xia Anran, "The village chief said, Mr. Cao must be able to eat it."

Why

Xia Anran's eyes widened,

"Because Mr. Cao is magnanimous, since he has a lot of food, his appetite will naturally be large."

"...So, just because of this sentence, you brought so many persimmons back?" Guo Jia picked up a persimmon without washing it, squeezed the fruit until it was soft, and then peeled it off and took a bite, "Well, Pretty sweet."

"They all said that," Xia Anran didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "What else can I do?"

If this matter is passed on to later generations, the prime minister can hold a boat in his belly, but this is Cao Cao who can hold a persimmon in his belly, which doesn't sound very good.

"What's more, it's the hearts of the people. They also think about the lord. Apart from these, they want to give chickens and so on. I refuse those."

Guo Jia was silent for a while, then finished eating the persimmons quietly, and said after cleaning his hands, "My lord is benevolent. He has entered Dongjun since he was born. He reclaimed wasteland, reduced taxes, built water conservancy, stabilized prices, and kept refugees. However, within a year, Dongjun has died. Recovery from the Yellow Turban Rebellion, they will naturally see it."

Xia Anran heard the words and looked at him, and felt that the country still had something to say. Sure enough, Guo Jia said next, "It's just that our East County has become fat in the eyes of others."

Hearing this, Xia Anran was silent for a while, and asked, "Yellow Turban Army?"

"Yes."

The two sat in the living room, hot water was warming on the stove in the room, Xia Anran brought water to fill the teacups of the two, he frowned, and said after a while, "Is it from Xuzhou?"

"Xuzhou Inspector Tao Gongzu tried his best to reject the Yellow Turban Army, and the leader of the bandits turned to Taishan County."

Taishan County is in the southeast of Dongjun, bordering Xuzhou. The prefect of Taishan County is not good at soldiers. At this time, Cao Cao received a request for help from the prefect of Taishan County.

At the end of October of this year, Cao Cao set off with his entire army. He took away 2000 troops and left [-] to guard Dongjun.

Because this campaign took away all the generals under Cao Cao's tent, the two thousand troops were handed over to Xun Yu's direct command.Xi Zhicai and Guo Jia accompanied the army, and Xia Anran was responsible for the supply of food and grass.

Xia Anran was not too worried about this battle. Although it was more than half a year earlier, in history, Cao Cao won Yanzhou by virtue of this battle... Uh, if Liu Dai still dies this time, he should wait for Cao Cao to come back. He is about to become Yanzhou Shepherd.

But things didn't go as smoothly as he imagined.

In history, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army that Cao Cao fought this time was actually a remnant army that escaped from Gongsun Zan, but now he is facing an army that has grown stronger by looting along the way. Passing by Xuzhou, but Tao Qian was much smarter than Liu Dai in dealing with them. He hid in the city, and once the city gate was closed, they would not open the door no matter how they jumped.

After persisting like this for more than half a month, the Yellow Turban Army had no choice but to go west. Although they didn't gain anything, they didn't suffer too much damage, so what Cao Cao encountered was a Yellow Turban Army...although there was no battle, it was a large number of Yellow Turban Army.

It is not difficult to fight, but it is very time-consuming. The Yellow Turban Army does not treat people as human beings, but Cao Cao does not. Especially after the war, the Yellow Turban Army did not care to clean up the battlefield. Cao Jun had to leave people to clean up the corpses during the pursuit to avoid plague.

So this fight lasted for more than two months.

When Xia Anran waited for them to return by wringing his fingers every day when he was arranging food and grass, the Dongjun prefect's mansion suddenly reported urgently that a yellow scarf army bypassed Cao Cao's main force and rushed straight to Dongjun.

When Xia Anran heard the news, her first reaction was: This is unscientific!

He would have this reaction entirely because of the geographical location of Dongjun. The north of Dongjun is the Yellow River, and the other three directions are all Yanzhou's own cities. If this is not the case, Cao Cao will not leave 2000 people and go to the battle with confidence.

At this time, Cao Cao was fighting the Yellow Turban Army due east. Can you tell me where the Yellow Turban Army came from?

This is the second time!

The second time I encountered the enemy when I thought it was safe.

The first time Xia Anran was cheated and logged out, and now she is coming again.

He was outraged.

He intuited that it was the [Will of the World] that did it. He must think that he was not pleasing to the eyes for helping Boss Cao, so he wanted to drive himself away!

Ha ha.

No kidding, I'm not married to my man yet, and I'm not out yet!

We haven't set up a FLAG in this life, and it's not so easy for me to log out.

Xia Anran ordered people to take out the crossbow arrows in the inventory, and ordered people to beat gongs along the way to warn the villagers that there would be an enemy attack. At this time, Xun Yu had already arranged military affairs. It looks like a puppy whose tail has just been stepped on, its eyes are wide open, and the fur on its back is blown up, but it can't be found who stepped on its tail, so the whole body is hunched over, waiting for that person to appear , I want to bite it.

Xun Yu was taken aback by this man's state, couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and called out, "Jingxi."

"Wen Ruo." Xia Anran followed the sound, he was holding a crossbow in his hand, and he was full of murderous looks, of course he didn't know that Xun Yu had just thought of him as a son of a bitch who was going to bite someone , he hurriedly put down the crossbow and went up to meet him, and saw the handsome master Cao Jun lightly pressed his shoulder.

Xun Yu's strength was not heavy, but his hands were steady.

He said, "Jingxi, this is the first time, but it will definitely not be the last time."

"As a counselor, as the most trusted person of the lord, if you stay behind, you must get used to the enemy's attack." Xun Yu raised his hand. He was holding Guo Jia's goose feather fan. In Xun Yu's hand, there was a hint of fairy air about the fan. With his movements, the fan seemed extremely calm, as if what he was facing was not a group of Yellow Turban rebels who didn't know how many or how strong their opponents were, but just a group of Guests from afar.

Xia Anran thought about Xun Yu's history of defending the city in history, and her heart slowly settled down.

Afterwards, Dongjun was able to operate quickly under Xun Yu's command. The biggest problem the two encountered was that Dongjun had no generals.

Cao Cao sent troops this time to fight against the thieves. One was to preemptively prevent the Yellow Turban Army from invading Dongjun after winter, and the other was also for training. Since Cao Cao was stationed in Dongjun, students and warriors gradually came to defect. The increase in talents also brought screening It is not easy to figure out who is suitable for what to do and who is not suitable for what to do by chatting.

So Cao Cao's young generals and veterans were all brought out, the veterans were the finale, and the young generals practiced.

It was a good idea at first, but it turned out that there was no one left for Dongjun who could lead the army.

Xun Yu was not in a hurry, he sent someone to call Cao Ang and Cao Pi, and asked the two sons to sit in town together. Madam Ding, as Cao Cao's official wife, also showed his complete trust in Xun Yu at this time. The young master was immediately relieved, and ordered people to restrain his subordinates and control the beauties in Cao's mansion. In this chaotic moment, no one is allowed to go out, and the food will be delivered. No matter which beauties dare to go out, they will be killed on the spot.

With such an order, Cao's mansion fell into a dead silence, and Xun Yu's troubles were saved in a certain way.

Xun Yu called Cao Ang here because according to his understanding of Cao Cao and what the two chief ministers said during their chats on weekdays, the son of the Cao family will inevitably go to the battlefield in the future. As the eldest son, Cao Ang is more likely to sit in the rear. Xun Yu is now It is to teach Cao Ang how to dispatch when he is in charge.

Facing the problem of lack of generals, Cao Ang put forward a suggestion after listening for two days——

"Bo Fu is young and brave, he can be a general." Cao Ang stood in the hall and bowed to Xun Yu to make a suggestion. Cao Ang, who was standing in the hall, looked at Cao Pi who was sitting beside him, feeling a little confused.

The next thing he heard was a question that might have changed his life.

"Bo Fu, can you hand over this Dongjun city and its thousands of people?"

The young man opened his eyes when he heard the words, and the starlight was bright. He didn't know whether to be moved by Cao Jun's trust, or excited to be able to lead the army, so he clasped his hands and said to Xun Yu, "It's all about death."

The biggest trouble has been solved, Xun Yu still looked indifferent, he nodded, issued an order and handed it to Sun Ce, and after Sun Ce entered the camp, the supplies for the city defense were also ready, and the city wall was planted The winter wheat, however, was only in the seedling state at this time, and looked like weeds at a glance, and all the grain and grass were ordered to be transported to the city.

In general, this is another state of solid walls and clear fields.

Dongjun City was repaired after Cao Cao settled in. The city wall, which was originally only one meter short because Dongjun was not a place where military strategists fought, was cast to a height of two meters, and the outer wall was repaired to make it flat. It is not easy to climb, and Xun Yu's evaluation of this is, "It's okay. Time is short, and it's too late to make defense equipment."

Xia Anran silently looked at the shooting towers, the moat, and the horse-rejection posts under the city, then at the crossbows fixed on the city wall, and then at Xun Yu who had a regretful face, and suddenly felt that she understood her immediate superior Some are not enough.

Then he listened to Xun Yu standing on the wall and explaining to them several key points when defending the city, which Xia Anran didn't know in Yongchun.

In Yongchun, as a county magistrate, he was a purely civilian official. The imperial court did not teach civilian officials how to defend the city, because they did not need to learn this, and defending the city was the task of the military officer.

Because of this, Xia Anran realized how ridiculous her "tragic" defense of the city was when she received Xun Yu's advice.

In particular, he made a mistake when he built the city wall. The correct posture of the city wall should be the shape of the Forbidden City, with a concave character. Xia Anran was deeply poisoned by TV dramas, and Yongchun County did not need the guardian of the deep city at that time, so the establishment The most is a straight wall.

So he can only do nothing after the enemy army reaches the bottom of the city and defends the top. If it is a concave wall, the left and right flanks can attack at this time, and the defense equipment is too short, what lime... Xun Yu alone is preparing charcoal, lime, kerosene, asphalt, a large number of crossbow bolts, rolling stones, sulfur and so on.

The world where Yongchun lives is nearly 1000 years later!But his creativity is not as good as Xun Yu's! !

Xia Anran, who deeply reflected on herself, silently offered a batch of flour, all of which were from Cao Cao last time, but was rejected by Xun Yu with a wave of his hand, and Xun Yu severely criticized his behavior of wasting food.

"When defending the city, the morale is the most important, and if the morale is high, you must have enough food."

Xun Yudao

"For soldiers, as long as they have enough food and weapons, they are not afraid. So unless it is absolutely necessary, don't waste food."

Xia Anran nodded to be taught, and actively improved. He ordered people to make these flour pancakes, "Although it is a bit dry, it is very convenient to eat, and you can eat it with your hands." Several people standing on the tower Everyone was very happy to eat a pancake. When Xun Yu got down from the tower, he asked people to try to make corn pancakes. After steaming, this stuff would make you very hungry. Although the taste is not very good, but you can't bear to eat it quickly. , Today's military rations still carry corn directly. If a certain amount of processing is done in advance, then the army can also save this part of the time when eating.

Especially when on duty, it can also save the time of handover.

This idea flashed into Xun Yu's mind for a moment, he secretly wrote it down, and continued to explain to several people on the stage how to calculate the distance between the enemy and ourselves based on the comparison objects, and how to deal with various distances in order to maximize the hand-to-hand combat At that time, the largest city had to weaken the local forces, and several students studied very seriously.

Their opportunity to practice soon came. Two days later, the Yellow Turban Army came from the west.

Looking at the direction, it was Chen Liu who was coming.

It seems that Chen Liu's situation is not good.

Several people who heard the news had this idea, and Sun Ce quickly judged the intention of the Yellow Turban Army. They wanted something to surround Dongjun.

"Presumably, it's the toothbrush and tooth powder, which are eye-catching."

In order to buy toothbrushes and tooth powder from Dongjun, other capitals have sent a large amount of food and cloth these days, and it may be this move that attracted the attention of the Yellow Turban Army to this barren Dongjun.

"I'm afraid, what they want is not just food and grass." Cao Ang said, "There should be a formula for making tooth powder."

The production of tooth powder is actually not difficult. It can even be said that as long as you touch it with a medical craftsman, you can solve the formula seven or eight points. However, the status of medical craftsmen in this era is extremely low, and the spread of tooth powder is still above the rich peasants, let alone mint. The application of the tooth powder has not been popularized yet, and it is difficult to analyze this material. Therefore, in this era of no copyright protection, there have been no counterfeit products in the past two months, and the Yellow Turban Army is likely to take a fancy to it. The formula of tooth powder is intended to make a profit.

Xia Anran is not the only one who knows the importance of craftsmanship and recipes.

The number of Yellow Turbans who besieged Dongjun was about 8000 to [-], which is already a very impressive number for a small county with the best of the best.

After Xun Yu heard the numbers reported by the soldiers, he smiled slightly.

Although he didn't say anything, everyone present understood what he meant—hold it.

So everyone relaxed.

This is Xun Yu's strength and everyone's trust in him.

As long as he said it, everyone would believe it.

On the first day of defending the city, Xia Anran didn't go up to the tower. The previous few days were just a test. They didn't need to go to command. Everyone had to operate step by step in the city. According to Xun Yu's order before, they were all ordered by Xun Yu at night. Forced breaks.

Especially the lively Sun Ce and the excited Cao Pi, the former went to sleep with Xia Anran, and the latter was thrown to Cao Ang.

"Now is the time to recharge your batteries." Even when the soldiers approached the city, Xun Yu still had a leisurely drink of tea, "If the mind is not disturbed, the army will not be chaotic."

"Jingxi/Ang Shoujiao."

The two people whom he focused on educating nodded their heads to express their understanding. Xun Yu continued, "At this moment, if the enemy calls for a general, you don't need to pay attention."

"The attacking party is always more anxious than the defending party... Be careful of the aggressive generals..."

Xun Yu, who was slowly walking towards the city wall with his arms folded, heard the loud voice of a young boy on the city wall, "Is my daddy something you can say? My father is loyal to a big man, and he is strong. They're just a bunch of selfish and short-sighted little thieves!"

Especially when he heard Sun Ce stand on it and shouted, "Fighting General? Yes, if you can enter the city, I will honor the face and accompany you to practice."

Xun Yu slowly revealed a smile.

Seeing that there was no way to coax this immature-looking young general into opening the door, the opposing general snorted coldly, turned his horse's head away from the range of the archer, and when Xia Anran and the others climbed onto the wall, he heard Sun Ce spit softly, "Tsk, I'm so vigilant. "

Xia Anran glanced at a longbow in his hand that was hidden under the cover of the city wall, and blinked immediately.

It turned out that Sun Ce wanted to deceive people to the front of Dongjun City, and then kill the general with one blow, but it was a pity that the opponent saw through.

Seeing his regretful look, and seeing that the distance between the two is not too far, Xia Anran asked curiously, "What is the range of our arrows and crossbows now?"

"About one hundred paces." The one who answered him was Cao Ang. The eldest son of Cao, who single-handedly recommended Sun Ce, had shown his trust in Sun Ce just now.

He looked at Sun Ce, "Bo Fu was born with supernatural power, so he can shoot 130 steps."

Xia Anran made a rough estimate in his heart. From this attitude, he could see Cao Ang's appreciation for Sun Ce. He also knew that in ancient times, it was a kind of praise to shoot an arrow through Yang with a hundred steps. Excluding the different definitions of distance between different dynasties, now One step is about 140 centimeters, which means that Sun Ce's effective range is about 180 meters.

But Xia Anran had heard from Cao Chun before that the range of the crossbow made now is about 120 steps. This is the power of the crossbow. Through mechanical power, everyone who uses the crossbow becomes a strong man .

That is to say, for the enemy, when they do not plan to attack, they generally keep 130 to 150 steps away. Cao Jun has nothing to do with them at this distance.

In other words, if the Yellow Turban Army is more shameless, he will not approach you, just stare at you. Cao Jun has nothing to do with them when they leave the city. This is also a way of besieging the city. It depends on who survives first Can't live.

The Dongjun city is rich in high-storage food, and theoretically, it is not afraid of this method of besieging the city, but there are exceptions to everything-the exception is that because of the terrain, Dongjun is in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. If the Yellow Turban Army pollutes water resources outside the city, The people of Dongjun, who depended on water from the Yellow River, could not guard against this situation. They could only rejoice that Cao Cao built water conservancy projects as soon as he settled in Dongjun. Drinking water should not become a major problem in a short time.

Even so, Xun Yu also issued an order before that the water should be boiled before drinking. In particular, all drinking water for the defenders is provided uniformly, and raw water is not allowed.

Seeing that the Yellow Turban Army looked like they were about to fight the Dongjun people, and they also made a gesture of cutting down trees and setting up camp there, it made the young people here very angry.

Xun Yu was extremely calm about this matter, and after ordering people to observe carefully, he went down the tower, and when he walked all the way back to the Dongjun government office, his expression was a little dignified.

"This is unreasonable." Cao Ang said to Xun Yu after sitting down, "Xun Gong, the Yellow Turban Army retreated from Xuzhou, and there should be insufficient food and grass. Although it is difficult to attack the city, they still have a numerical advantage. cannot."

Xun Yu nodded, "Young Master Ang guessed, why?"

"Ang, I'm sorry." Cao Ang pondered for a moment, "Their intention...is it to delay us from transporting food for father?"

Indeed, in order to prevent the military rations from being robbed, and the enemy army taking advantage of the situation after opening the city gate, Cao Ying did not provide food to the front troops in the past few days.

If Xia Anran hadn't included the loss when transporting grain before, 20.00% of the loss would have been added each time, I'm afraid Cao Cao, who was going on an expedition at this time, would not be far from being short of food.

And being able to let the Yellow Turban Army split out to cut off the food road proves...

"Cao Shishu's progress must be excellent." Sun Ce said.

It was at this moment that Xia Anran finally noticed what Sun Ce called Cao Cao, hey, why is he called Uncle Shi?

The title Shishu is usually used to refer to elders who have a very good relationship with their father, but as far as Xia Anran knows...Cao Cao and Sun Jian only met once.

Could it be...is this Sun Ce's relationship with Cao Cao specially?

In addition to Sun Ce's strategy of luring the enemy to go deep today... Well, in Xia Anran's heart, Sun Ce has become an unfathomable person.

He blinked and thought about it. In history, Sun Ce was a self-made man like Cao Cao and Liu Bei who built a large country from scratch. How could it be possible that he really has the silly and sweet appearance he is showing now.That's right, Xia Anran's definition of him at the beginning was silly and sweet.

It was really because the first time he met Sun Ce was when he went to play at Cao Chun's house, he saw this man blocking the door of his man's house, and he looked like he was going to have a fight with him.

Cao Chun, who was disturbed by the world of the two, was also unambiguous. Although Xia Anran didn't know what Cao Chun's kung fu was like, Cao Cao could let Cao Chun take charge of his elite troops, and Cao Chun sent all the members of this army from each battalion. The selected thorns are all obedient, and it can be seen that his strength is at least one of the best in Cao Ying.

On this day, Sun Ce went back with a bruised nose and a swollen face. Cao Chun beat Sun Ce with the handsome face he inherited from his parents.

Xia Anran looked quite frightened, after all, this is Cao Cao's guest, and he is also the little overlord of the Sun family. Is it just like this?

He didn't think so when someone knocked on the door again the next day when he was eating fried noodles with Cao Chun.

However, it is understandable that he has some scheming.After all, a big change happened suddenly at a young age.

Xia Anran nodded, and silently took out a blueprint, on which a machine was drawn with a pencil.

The pencil was made by him when he was forced to write on glutinous rice paper. The method is also very simple. Like modern pencils, there is a graphite sandwiched between two wooden sticks, but the purpose of these two wooden sticks is not to prevent Injure the hand, but to protect the graphite from breaking.

Modern pencils are made of graphite purified and mixed with clay. Unfortunately, Xia Anran does not remember the ratio. The craftsman is still figuring it out. The one he uses now has the darkest color, but the hardness is also relatively low. Beware it breaks easily.

But it is worth mentioning that the invention of the pencil has brought great convenience to the craftsmen of Cao Ying, especially in terms of engraving and portability, which is much more convenient than using a writing brush. The drawings that Xia Anran brought from Chenggao, Many of them were re-drawn by him with a pencil. The reason is very simple. When using a brush, his lines can't be straight.

What he took out now was one of the blueprints he had redrawn.

Xun Yu took a look and frowned, "This is... a trebuchet?"

Yes, it is a trebuchet, but it is not the human-powered trebuchet used in the Han Dynasty, but a counterweight trebuchet, which is the siege machine that modern people are more familiar with and seen in TV dramas.

The front section is tied with a heavy object, and the stone is thrown out by the weight of the heavy object.

The appearance of this thing was actually carried forward by the Mongols 1000 years later. The first imprint it left on the Chinese clan was the battle when the Mongolian army broke through Xiangyang City. The Southern Song Army who defended the city for several years. This counterweight trebuchet, known as the "returning cannon", was unable to resist the attack. The key reason was that the reciprocating cannon got rid of the artificial factors of the human trebuchet.

The power of the trebuchet in this era comes from the traction force brought by dozens or even hundreds of soldiers pulling the rope together, because this traction force is distributed to each soldier. It is possible that the machine's stone attack distance is not enough to hit one's own people.

What's more, when the manpower is exhausted, the tacit understanding of the team equipped with a human trebuchet can only reach the strength of a team after a long period of training. It is by no means easy to replace ordinary soldiers. Once these soldiers are tired, it is almost impossible to find them. Alternative power.

But these influencing factors, the counterweight trebuchet does not.

All he needs manpower is only: 1. Build it up. 2. Move the stone up. 3. Open the mechanism.

In other words, the counterweight trebuchet no longer needs special troops, and it can ensure the stability of the projection distance and uninterrupted work.

"If you use this attack..."

Xia Anran blinked, "You can hit the rear of the Yellow Turban Army and force them to move forward."

"Dongjun itself has trebuchets. It just needs to be modified. If it goes well, it will be available in about two or three days." The person who took out this big killer said very calmly.

Xun Yu's hands trembled slightly. At this moment, he crossed the era, and had the same thought as Hubu Shangshu in the world of Red Mansions: What else do you have!Take it out together!Don't hide it, just take it out together!

The improvement of the crossbow is not complete, and now an improved trebuchet has been produced.

It's a pity that there are some things that Xia Anran can't remember to do when she doesn't meet them. =w=

Xun Yu took a deep breath, calmed down, and said to Xia Anran very kindly, "There are three catapults in Dongjun, and I will leave this matter to Jingxi. The food and grass there can last four or five days, my lord. Three days later, we will attack the enemy."

His eyes fell on Sun Ce, who was about to move, "If there is no accident, when that happens, Bo Fu will lead the attack."

Sun Ce cupped his fists and bowed, "Even though Duke Xun ordered it to be done, other Ce dare not guarantee it, but this will definitely not lose to others."

Xun Yu smiled when he heard the words, "Then, it will be three days later."

For these three days, Sun Ce and Xun Yu recharged their batteries, but Xia Anran did not repair day and night and followed the craftsmen to build the catapult.

The biggest problem they encountered was that the three catapults owned by Cao Jun came from different methods, and there was no so-called standard at all. The regulations of these three catapults were different, and the raw materials were also different. trouble.

They had no way to quickly judge the suitable counterweight size of each trebuchet, and in order not to damage the body of the trebuchet, everyone only dared to increase the weight a little bit, and finally the heaviest one was controlled at about 80 catties. Weight, according to experiments, using this weight as a counterweight, throwing a stone of about 20 catties can reach 300 meters to 400 meters, which is similar to Xia Anran's memory.

The other two are slightly lighter and have a range of about 280 meters to 350 meters.

As a counterweight trebuchet that appeared at the peak of the development of the bed crossbow in the Song Dynasty, its range was supposed to exceed the bed crossbow. The evolution of ancient Chinese weapons is an attack and armor; the range of long-range weapons and long-range weapons; hardness A race between strength and intensity.

The catapult won, so the Southern Song Dynasty perished.

It was night, the moon and stars were sparse, Xia Anran stood in the cold wind with his hands in his hands, standing on the city wall, looking up at the catapults that were transported here by craftsmen and then installed in place, and the rough stones that were continuously brought up , sighed softly.

In today's world where the range of 200 meters is common, this behemoth with a range of 400 meters is like a goose mixed into a flock of chickens, opening its mouth full of fangs.

He released this ferocious beast out of the mentality of ending the war as soon as possible. After him, someone will absorb this nourishment and make a more terrifying trebuchet. What will the future war be like...

"Quack..." At this moment, he heard the sound of birds flapping their wings and a familiar cry, and the big black crow landed beside him with fire.

He brought Cao Chun's information.

The author has something to say: Today, the author also got a knowledge point, the Huihui cannon was not invented by the Mongols, but the Huihui people!

The little angel in the comment area pointed it out, thank you little angel! !

Today you call the new knowledge point of GET: persimmon paint & trebuchet.

Persimmon paint cannot completely replace tung oil. During the production process of weapons, several layers of tung oil will be applied, especially for bows and arrows. The bus in the Han Dynasty is a composite bow, which is the kind of many materials combined. Each material needs paulownia oil to prevent corrosion and waterproof. So it depends a lot on this, but tung trees produce more in the south... So you know why the Three Kingdoms always want to go south around the north, right? The economic development of the Yangtze River Basin in the Eastern Han Dynasty was not as good as that of the Yellow River Basin, but There are many medicinal and economic crops in the south.

The trebuchet... should be easier to understand, right?The trebuchets before the end of the Southern Song Dynasty were all pulled down by humans, but no matter how much they were trained, the strength of the people would be scattered. When the Yuan army attacked Xiangyang, they used the trebuchets in the text, and the advantages are all in the text.

In war, what is really fought is armaments, basically any long-range, with a range of more than 100 meters.When the number of people is not much difference, the victory can be decided.

Wow some people were really dirty yesterday! !It's normal to have another person's smell when kissing! ! (It’s not bad breath, it’s just that everyone’s taste is different.) Someone actually drove a car in his head………………… Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm What does it taste like...

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