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

The weight of swans can definitely be regarded as the front row among birds. For this reason, birds that are good at long-distance flights must pay more physical strength to resist gravity.Therefore, medium and large birds such as swans and wild geese must plan their physical strength distribution during flight.

During the non-breeding period, the temper of swans can really be called very good, and they are one of the few birds that will adopt the children of other swans.Therefore, the eagle, who is the overlord of the grassland in the air, never imagined that he would be swooped down by a swan one day.

Despite being shocked, it flapped its wings in an attempt to avoid it.

Such a heavy goose is at this height, and it will not be able to do well if it is bumped.

However, it was too late—the weight that used to consume more physical strength of the swan became its biggest weapon when it dived. Even though the eagle was not flying too slowly, it had already missed the best time to escape.

The whooper swan tilts its head slightly, and skillfully changes direction by manipulating the angle of its wings. Under high-speed action, it only needs a slight adjustment to catch up with the eagle flapping its edges for half a day, and then the goose adjusted in mid-air In his own flying posture, the moment the two birds came into contact, he stretched out his legs and kicked hard on the eagle's head.

The poor air master was knocked out of his wits by the blow.Fortunately, swans are swimming birds, and their feet are webbed, unlike raptors, which have sharp claws.Although he was dizzy by the bump, Falcon managed to maintain his figure in the air after staggering for a while, and did not encounter the "bloody disaster".Unexpectedly, before it adjusted its posture to retaliate, the strong wings of the whooper swan flapped down in a row.

The cunning whooper swan stepped on the falcon's body with two paws, stared at its head with its big wings and twitched, while twitching, it desperately pulled the falcon's neck hair with its red beak.

In order to stabilize its body in the high altitude and not fall to its death, the eagle had to spread its wings to maintain a gliding posture, and had no time to fight back except to flip over and try to shake off the rogue goose.

If it could talk, it would definitely yell at it—crazy!Didn't I just glance at you!Obviously did nothing!

And if it really said so, then this domineering swan will definitely arch its strong wings and say to it: You can't even take a look, do you know the identity of the master?

In the end, the eagle was barely let go when it was more than 50 meters from the ground.

The whooper swan gave the hawk who dared to covet the little goose it took care of another kick, and then flapped its wings twice with this force, raised the altitude again, and moved upward with the airflow, with an extremely elegant posture.

The eagle was disgraced by the kick and fell down again. Fearing that the goose would continue to attack, it hid in the grass without hesitation. The whole bird lay on the ground with its two peas eyes separated. The grass looked upwards, and secretly observed the movement of the swan with his sharp eyes capable of catching the traces of prey at high altitudes. Its posture was so insignificant that it did not have the aura of a sky overlord.

Only when the swan flew away did it let out a cry of grief and indignation—is there any reason?Herbivores beat carnivores, is there anyone in charge?

After teaching the eagle a lesson, the whooper swan increased the vibration of its wings, and after a while it caught up with the swan team that was not waiting for it. As it approached, the members of the swan team uttered clear and clear calls .

The male swan who had been the team leader for the time being just now backed away immediately, giving back the position of leader to him. The cooper swan who had returned heroically took his place, and then he immediately adjusted the frequency of his wings, using the wind he broke to provide support for the cockerel behind him. Swans reduce stress.

This process is so smooth that it can be seen that it has been done more than once.

The whooper swan, who beat all the predators all the way back south, proudly raised his little head. It took it for granted that the members of his small team expressed their admiration for him, and only felt the pain on his neck. The golden neck collar is more colorful.

Migratory birds return to the south, but there are also a group of people who have to leave their hometowns in this not-so-beautiful season.

This is a Han army team composed of five people, and it is responsible for investigation. There are many small teams like this on the grassland.

At the end of summer, the relationship between the Han and the Huns was harmonious. Generally, if there were no unexpected wars, the Huns would not easily go south, so this was a good time for the Han army to investigate the situation on the grassland.

This group of people is mainly infantry and does not carry horses.On the grasslands, the presence of horses is too conspicuous. If the Huns see domesticated horses nearby, they will immediately launch a carpet search.In contrast, infantry has an advantage.When the grass grows in summer, they can hide their whereabouts by crawling down.

This is the valuable experience that the Han army has learned from countless painful lessons.

But infantry scouts also have disadvantages, that is, if they encounter an emergency, it is very easy to wipe out the entire army.Therefore, for the transmission of information, the five people quickly established a division of responsibilities. If they were in danger, they would focus on grabbing the horse and letting one person go, while the other four were responsible for holding back the enemy.

These scouts sent out have undergone rigorous horse-hunting training during the training in the barracks.

"Of course, this has nothing to do with us." A veteran said to the soldiers following him, "You were brought out to learn a lot. The main thing is to learn the skills of lurking on the grassland, and how to distinguish the direction on the grassland , finding water sources, and how to hunt and so on.”

He patted his quiver, "From now on, you have no supplies, and each of you only has [-] arrows. Remember, these [-] arrows are all you rely on for survival. Only twenty."

He suddenly pulled out a sharp smile, "Accurately speaking, the ones you can use are actually nineteen, because you will use the last one to kill yourself. Believe me, you will never want to know that it fell into the hands of the Huns." What will happen in the future, especially us little soldiers."

"You will be squeezed out of the last ounce of value, and then your heads will be cut off for them to exchange for battle honors. So, remember my advice, the last arrow, keep it for yourself."

His eyes slid across the faces of the four recruits below, and he was satisfied to see fear above.

No, there is one exception.

The corporal scoffed in his heart, secretly unhappy.

He was assigned to the team this time with a man who looked like a thorn in the head, with his own weapon and a luxurious suit, he guessed that he was the son and grandson of some family.Such people go to the border either to experience life or to be gilded.

Although there were not many of them, such people did come to the border once in a while, but he didn't expect that he would encounter such an unlucky encounter. It was really bad luck.

The corporal wanted to say something terrible to scare people away, but he didn't know that the others were frightened, but the young man was completely unmoved.

fine.The corporal thought to himself that it was only a matter of time before such a son would frighten him when he saw the Huns.

They spent their first night on the grassland eating pancakes.The head of the corps said that this place is too close to the Great Wall of Han Dynasty, and the prey will generally not approach there, and it will take another day or two to see the livestock.

"But that's not a good thing," the corporal said. "You can't light a fire on the grassland. No matter what you catch, you can only eat raw meat. You have to run away quickly after eating, otherwise the smell of blood may attract wolves."

"Remember, on the grasslands, concealment is the most basic requirement. Here we have to live worse than the Huns in order to save our lives and then send the message back."

His eyes swept across the face of the young master again, and he was defeated by that expressionless face, "Hey, let's talk about the vigil first. You are newcomers, so you should form a group of two. Remember, when the time comes, sit Sit back to back, and be vigilant in all directions, front, rear, left, and right. Only light the torch if you encounter a wild beast."

"It's close to the Han land, and we can still light a torch. When we go deep into the grassland, we don't even have a torch. When we encounter wild animals, we have to fight them with real swords and guns. Cherish the present days, boys."

He arranged the grouping in twos and threes, and the noble son was put in the ranks of the first day's vigil.It's not that he wants to send a killing stick, but to put it bluntly, the corporal leader doesn't believe this little boy. It's only the first day, and this place is close to Han territory, so there are fewer wild animals and it's safer.

There will be nothing else except darkness in this day and night. If you can't stand this, you should turn your head and go back earlier.

Unexpectedly, the pretty boy just nodded lightly when he heard the words, and sat down cheerfully holding his weapon.On the contrary, the other partner with him was hesitant. He looked at the pitch-black environment, then at the corporal leader and the other two colleagues who had fallen down in their clothes, feeling panicked.

He hurriedly sat down with his back leaning on the young master's back as the corporal leader said earlier.

The two of them have been silently observing the surroundings, but it is the most sleepy time when the moon is in the middle of the sky, and today Japan has been marching for a day, and there are three men snoring one after another in front of them, which is really provocative.

Jun Han's eyelids began to fight, he finally couldn't hold it anymore, and patted the shoulder of the person behind him, "Hey, brother, let's chat."

"it is good."

Hey, this little brother looks cold, but his temper is not bad!

The military man immediately became interested, "Why did you come to the border? I grew up eating a lot of food in our village. This time, the men in the village gave me the opportunity to serve in the military. When I go back this time , you can take that sum of money to marry a daughter-in-law!"

"I..." Junhan heard the little brother behind him silent for a while, and there was a hint of a smile in his words, "I can be counted, for the purpose of marrying a wife."

This topic instantly shortened the distance between the two men, and Junhan immediately became excited. It seems that men all over the world are the same, regardless of whether they have money or not, they must work hard to marry a wife!

He hooked the little brother's shoulder with one hand, "Hey, the men in the world are running around to marry a wife. How old are you, brother? Which village? What? Zhongshan country, that's a good place, do you like it?" His wife is also from Zhongshan, right? I heard that the girls there still study... tsk tsk tsk, they are really rich."

"Hey, by the way, young man, you look good, isn't your wife also pretty?"

"nice."

"Ouch! Young man, you are so unkind! It's too much in front of a bachelor, let me tell you. Hehe, my sweetheart is also very good-looking...it must be better than yours."

"impossible."

"...Little brother, you can't do this. People like you will be beaten in our place."

"..."

In the distant Zhongshan country, Xia Anran, who was writing and writing quickly to catch up with homework, sneezed big.

He rubbed his nose, looked up at the sky in some confusion, got up and added an extra dress to himself.

In the past, Dou Wan took good care of him, and would add clothes to him when the weather was a little bit cold. The people who have been taken care of all the time usually don't notice it, only now that they leave this care, they will realize that they have been boiled in warm water Frog gone.

He smacked his lips, and moved his fingertips to his waist involuntarily, and there was now a piece of jade pendant next to his king seal, with his lover's name on it.

Jade is good jade, but the craftsmanship of carving is not.When I first started, I felt that it was bumpy and the craftsmanship was really rough.Although Dou Wan has worked very hard and honed for a long time, this kind of thing can still make Master Jinshi see the roughness of sighing.

But what does it matter?

The corners of Xia Anran's lips rose.Thinking of the man who hastily stuffed things to him before leaving, he smiled for fear of his refusal, so he walked to the middle of the yard in cold clothes.On a midsummer night, the stars were brighter than the moonlight, and the sky he looked up at was no longer as strange as before, because a person gnawed down a book of star charts by himself, just so that he could enjoy the night sky without No more fun.

Just as he was enjoying the night scene happily, he suddenly saw a silver glow streaking across the sky, and a meteor streaked across the sky.

The little king's expression immediately became serious. He stood where he was, and what he heard were the gasps of the servant and the female officer one after another.

But after a while, he heard a series of hurried footsteps, and the servant approached, "Your Highness, the prime minister, the lieutenant, and Doctor Yushi are here to see you."

"Let them in." Xia Anran turned around and entered the room. After he sat down firmly for a while, he saw three senior officials of Zhongshan Kingdom with two thousand stones all in court uniforms. .”

"You don't need to be too polite, just sit down."

This is not the little king's office, but a private study. The environment is smaller than the office, and Xia Anran can see the expressions of several people clearly under the bright lights.

Almost without exception, they are all serious. The passing of meteors is indeed a major event at this time. Although it is not as good as Yinghuo Shouxin or solar eclipse, lunar eclipse, etc., it is also unfavorable to declare, from their names. It can be seen - the broom star.

The four of them looked at each other, Xia Anran coughed first, and sighed first. Fortunately, it is not the most prosperous era of the culture of interaction between heaven and man, otherwise he would have to write a small essay on self-reflection.

He turned his gaze to Tai Shiling who was standing behind, and with his permission, the latter stood up to Jie Xing.According to the angle, direction, and time of the stars crossing the sky, the young man judged that in the next two years, there will be disasters in the northeast of Zhongshan, and it will be military disasters.

"Northeast?" Xia Anran knew where it was without even having to think about it.

That was Yuyang County where Dou Wan went.

Xia Anran subconsciously touched the pendant on his waist. He reminded himself that this was the dross of feudal superstition, but on the other hand, he felt that he needed to respect the characteristics of this era, and he was quite conflicted for a while.

He took a deep breath, got up suddenly and took down a folder from the bookshelf at the back. He took out a few sheets of paper from it, and handed them to the servant standing beside him, so that the servant could pass them on.

He lowered his eyes and waited for the three of them to finish reading, then said slowly: "This is my plan five years from now, but now it seems that it should be ahead of schedule."

"Advance the development of weapons and armaments." The little king said softly, "This year, the trade between the Han and the Hungarians is on behalf of the county, and the goods of the Zhongshan Kingdom will be adjusted to export mainly non-combat supplies that are unfavorable for storage. I will discuss this matter with you. The government said."

"Prime Minister, build another granary this year. In a few days, my second brother and I will also talk about buying another batch of corn, wheat and salt from Hejian Kingdom. This year, the domestic production structure will be adjusted to focus on grain, grass and military equipment. .”

"Here." Zhi Du responded, "Your Highness, the matter of city defense..."

"Well... I know." Xia Anran only thought for a moment before he came up with an idea, "My elder brother has iron ore there, and I will place an order with Zhao Guo and let them produce chain mail on their behalf."

"Your Highness!" Hearing this, the three courtiers exclaimed at the same time, with disapproval in their tone.

The production process and finished products of chain mail are the top secrets of Zhongshan State, and if one wants to order chain mail from Zhao State, it is necessary to teach Zhao State the forging technology.

Although the Lord Zhao is the brother of His Royal Highness, no matter who passes this kind of thing to Zhongshan, it means that technology is no longer a monopoly.

In fact, some years ago they even thought about selling the chain mail.At the moment when leather armor is the mainstream armor, this kind of lightweight, breathable armor with better defensive effect should be very marketable.Among other things, Xia Anran's fifth brother Liu Fei, who was originally the main cat, must not be able to resist the temptation of chain mail.

Seeing their expressions, Xia Anran smiled and shook her head, "It's okay, chain mail is just a wire forging technique, generally speaking, it doesn't require much technology, and it's too time-consuming to make. Time is not as good as forging a few more knives."

Black-hearted capitalists are right to outsource low-level and tedious work to areas with cheap labor and low raw materials.

Xia Anran coughed lightly, and said again: "In the future, Zhongshan Kingdom will focus on forging and training on knives and crossbows, let's put bows and arrows aside for now."

None of the three had any opinion on this decision.

Compared with crossbows, bows and arrows require a lot of time and effort, both in their own polishing time and in the training of archers.It doesn't matter if you have plenty of time. For example, because there was a Li family in Zhongshan, he inherited Li Guang's archery skills. In this respect, he is very good at bringing up young people. If it is better than archery, the young people in Zhongshan can definitely beat him. Overwhelm most of the people in the closed country.

But if war is likely to break out at any time, then it would be a waste of time to continue training archers.Since the Qin Dynasty, the crossbow machine has gradually moved towards the battlefield of long-range weapons, and it occupies a large proportion in it, because the training time for crossbowmen is short, and newcomers can start work at any time.

Moreover, the crossbow machine has an advantage that bows and arrows absolutely do not have, that is, the distance of the arrow is not affected by the operator.

That is to say, no matter whether you just went to the battlefield and got blood all over your body, or you are so tired that you are about to vomit blood, after you buckle the string to the bracket, this arrow can be set according to its design at the beginning. The initial velocity is shot.

Archers, on the other hand, must have a shorter range as human physical exertion increases.

In this regard, the crossbow has a great advantage in defending the city, because defending the city itself is a double test of fatigue and willpower.The siege army usually adopts the strategy of besieging and not attacking, but at the same time, they will also frequently harass, such as doing immoral things such as suddenly starting to make trouble in the middle of the night, so that the defenders cannot rest mentally and physically, so as to reduce their The effect of combat power.

But for ballista players, they will be much less affected.

And when it comes to crossbows... Xia Anran has one more thing to do.

——Make a defensive crossbow.

The city defense crossbow is not just an enlarged version of the ordinary crossbow machine. After all, the crossbow is the same as the bow, relying on the reaction force produced by the wood being pulled up to the limit and suddenly released to shoot the arrow, but the crossbow machine relies on mechanical force The driving force and the bow and arrow use the reaction force of human pulling force, but the essence is the same.

Therefore, if the crossbow is to be expanded, the wood to find, how to temper it, and what materials to use to make the bowstring are all big problems.

But Xia Anran can take a shortcut.

The king of city guard crossbows - the manufacturing method, materials and drawings of the three-bow bed crossbow in the Northern Song Dynasty are in his mind.

This seems very unscientific.Because the three-bow bed crossbow is a major military secret in the Northern Song Dynasty, although it is recorded in the "Wu Jing Zong Yao", its production method is not written in detail.In other words, the Three-Bow Bed Crossbow, like the Zhuge Liannu, is a legendary existence.In addition, the recurve bow technology has been lost, and it is difficult to restore it.

But Xia Anran had something in her mind...

He felt that this might be an exchange item for his previous missions, just like his magical little flower hoe that planted everything that would never die.

But no matter how it is, since he has it, he must use it.

There is a bed in the name of the three-bow bed crossbow, so you can know how huge it is. Such a crossbow cannot be pulled by manpower at all, and needs to be pulled and wound by oxen. Its bow and arrow are a javelin.

Such a huge crossbow has a very long range, and it is said that it can reach more than one kilometer if there is a favorable wind. The reason why Song Zhenzong was able to repel the Liao country was this weapon.When the two armies confronted each other, the unprepared Liao general was killed with an arrow. The Liao army was leaderless and frightened, and their morale was greatly reduced. Thus, the "Chanyuan Alliance" came into being.

But in fact, due to its tricky winding method and the unique positioning of the bed crossbow, it would be overkill to say that the three-bow bed crossbow is used for killing people. In fact, it was invented for siege at the beginning.

The three-bow bed crossbow can shoot through three horses side by side in normal use. Such shooting power can easily nail a thick javelin to a solid city wall.As long as they can shoot steadily, the siege soldiers don't need to build ladders, they can climb up by stepping on their guns.

It was very difficult to pull out such an arrow from the city wall, and it was impossible for the city defenders to have this condition. They could only choose to throw things from top to bottom to break the body of the arrow or smash it down.But such measures have little effect, because the pits left by such arrows are much easier to climb than the small holes in modern rock climbing.

That is to say, the enemies faced by the Song Dynasty later were nomads, and such a siege weapon changed its use method and became a city defense tool.

But now the enemies of the Han Dynasty are also nomads. The Liao Kingdom at that time could not withstand this shocking blow, and the Huns might not be able to do it if they wanted to.Especially the three-bow bed crossbow is aimed at the leader. When you think that the opponent is a small rifle, the opponent suddenly takes out a super-long-range sniper rifle, and likes to headshot the army leader. It is undoubtedly a huge blow to the enemy general. hit.

Because of the characteristics of the Xiongnu and the civilization of the prairie, they have always advocated force and worshiped the brave, so the Xiongnu led the army, and hundreds of households rushed to the forefront in every battle.

In terms of the rate of fire of the three-bow bed crossbow, as long as it touches any part of the person, it can overturn the person. It depends on its fate, but injuries cannot escape.Walking in the forefront is a living target, and hiding behind is looked down upon by your own family. All cavalry generals will face this problem.

There is no way to solve it. After all, the three-bow bed crossbow needs precise aiming. As long as the position is coquettish enough and the movement is fast, there is a chance to avoid such a clear kill.

But this also means that during the siege, the Huns cavalry did not have enough time to line up at the most suitable distance outside the city wall, let alone observe the city defense layout there.

In the era without telescopes, it would be difficult to launch targeted attacks if one could not observe the situation of local camps within sight.

--deterrence.This is the true meaning of the existence of the bed crossbow equipped with bows and arrows.

But the price that such a magic weapon needs to pay is also huge.

Expensive is its first price.

No matter the wood or the processing method, they all need to be piled up with money. In comparison, the iron part of this crossbow has become the cheapest material among them.When he got the design draft, Zhi Du frowned.

The various processes in this manuscript are written so carefully that Zhi Zhi has to wonder if this is a family heirloom that His Highness got from.

But if such a huge crossbow actually exists in the world, how could it be unheard of?

Considering that there is now an entire Mohist team in Shaofu, Zhidu finally added the production of this crossbow machine to the to-do list.

In addition to these things, Zhi Du also mentioned that in October this year, it was time for Xia Anran to go to Chang'an City to worship, and at the same time, the three-year agreement between Chen Jiao and Liu Che also arrived.

Regardless of whether Chen Jiao and Liu Che are compared in the end, Lord Weng will definitely return to Chang'an.So Zhidu is here to ask this time, Your Highness, what are you interested in about Tangyi Wengzhu?Is it possible for Lord Weng to become the future mistress of Zhongshan Kingdom?If there is, you have to find out with us first, so that we can prepare.

Xia Anran was stunned.

He really wanted to ask these humerus ministers, why do you have such an idea?Do you know that your Lord Chen Jiao secretly wants to call me Mom?

The author has something to say:

Xia Miao: It can be said that the heart is very tired.

I couldn't help but think of the small theater when I was writing.

Three-bow bed crossbow: biubiubiu

Hun cavalry: I hide, I hide, I am so stupid, I can walk around in a zigzag!

Guardsmen: ...

With a wave of his hand, the city defenders set up a row of three-bow bed crossbows.

Defender: I will kill you with money. jpg, AOE full coverage, are you afraid? .jpg, It's too late to call me daddy.jpg

Xia Miao: Getting thinner because of poverty.jpg

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For those who haven’t read the prequel, the three-bow bed crossbow is Xia Miao’s GET skill in the Song Dynasty. At that time, he was the little prince of the Song Dynasty so he can see it.

But in fact, the three-bow bed crossbow has indeed been lost, leaving only the appearance and performance legends, and the raw materials and production techniques are all lost, so it cannot be restored now.

Some masters have restored it before, and the range can indeed reach 1KM, but there is a skill similar to a shotgun that cannot be realized. The Song Dynasty did develop cold weapons to the limit because the enemy was a powerful nomadic empire. The development focus of the Ming Dynasty has already Turning to hot weapons, Qing Dynasty... well, Qing Dynasty himself is a nomad, he will not be stupid enough to study how to restrain his own weapons.

After reading yesterday’s comment section, the author almost doesn’t know the word Duoduo =w=

There are people who want a swan cub... Then let me ask, if you want a swan cub, have you considered the possibility that it may grow taller than you in the future?

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(I'm not afraid because I'm taller than them)