As they climbed up the pass, they carried or carried them on their backs, and they were staggeringly transporting stones, arrows, fire oil and other items used to retreat from the enemy to Shichong Pass.
There are many people and strength, and the combat supplies that have been used up are being filled up by them little by little.
Some people came and went to carry the wounded and sick to resettlement. If the elder lady didn't have enough hands, the common people would lend a hand to help. For those with minor injuries, they helped apply medicine to stop the bleeding and put on bandages. For such people, they can continue to fight tomorrow after a night of rest.
There are also women, children and children walking among the soldiers with baskets on their backs. Take out steaming pancakes from the baskets and distribute them to the soldiers one by one, while the children follow behind obediently and pour water for them.
"Thank you for your hard work." One sentence is worth a thousand words, and redundant words at this time and place seem cumbersome.
Everyone comes and goes in an orderly manner doing their own thing. They are all Liangzhou people, who came here to deliver things spontaneously, just like what the prince said, the military and civilians are like the relationship between fish and water, and no one can live without the other. Soldiers guard the land and protect the people. The common people can also contribute to Liangzhou by sending supplies and escorting the wounded.
Wang You was also given a piece of cake. He smiled honestly and smelled the aroma of the cake. His stomach was already rumbling after not eating for a day, and he quickly ate it voraciously.
so good! After taking a sip of water, Wang You sighed with emotion. Where did they have such treatment before. People can't even feed themselves, so how can they make food and send it over
It is different now. After the prince came to Liangzhou, many things have changed and become better and better. Many merchants came to Liangzhou, and they brought a lot of food and materials, and even brought out the items produced in Liangzhou. Everyone has spare money in their hands, and they can also eat and clothe themselves warmly.
Like the food sent by the people, in addition to the contributions from the people's own homes, most of them are donated by those merchants.
Those merchants have just tasted the sweetness in Liangzhou, how can they let the barbarians destroy them? Whatever you say, support your own people as much as possible. Otherwise, when the barbarians break through Shichong Pass and Liangcheng falls, wouldn't their work be in vain
A group of people came from a distance, it was General Wei, followed by a few people in common clothes, and behind them were a few strong men carrying baskets, inside the baskets were round, dark things the size of watermelons .
Wang You couldn't recognize what was inside, but he recognized the clothed people behind General Wei, and one of the older ones was Huang Lao whom even the prince respected.
He had met him when he followed General Wei to the workshop. It's just that he couldn't figure it out, why did the people from their crafting workshop come here? On weekdays, they all stayed in the workshop to do research, and they refused to go out easily. To be able to come here with General Wei at this time must be something important, right
General Wei furrowed his brows tightly. Ever since the Yi people's army approached the city, he hadn't slept soundly. He couldn't eat well and sleep well. He had to study the battle situation every day. Now that the prince and General Xie are away, all the pressure is on him alone, and he has already lost weight visibly to the naked eye.
A group of people walked forward until they reached the trebuchets on the wall.
This happened a long time ago, most of them defended Shi Chongguan by these catapults.
A few people looked at the trebuchet carefully regardless of their care. Mr. Huang circled the trebuchet a few times, shook his head, turned a few more times and then sighed.
Seeing him like this, General Wei's heart ached. He rubbed his hands, wondering if he should ask. When Mr. Huang sighed for the eleventh time, he finally couldn't bear it anymore. He opened his mouth and asked: "Old Huang, didn't you say that you have something new to use to defeat the enemy? Is there something wrong with this trebuchet?"
Huang Lao shook his head, "It's not that there's a problem, it's that there's a big problem. This thing, tsk tsk! It's even worthy of being placed here. It's not accurate to cast, and it takes a lot of effort. It's better to just use it as firewood."
These trebuchets are their treasures, and they are worthless in Huang Lao's mouth. If he didn't know that Huang Lao is capable, he would have sent someone to lead the baton in anger.
Swallowing a breath, General Wei said sullenly: "These trebuchets have made great achievements in being able to garrison Shichongguan until today. How can Mr. Huang look down on them like this? But, since I said that, I think there is more OK?"
What he said was also out of anger. Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, Mr. Huang raised his gray beard and said, "Old Wei, I didn't mean you. These precious things of yours are really useless. Look at the ones I brought. Which one of these things was not produced with great effort? I really don’t feel comfortable using these trebuchets, for fear that my precious treasures will be wasted.”
"No!" General Wei stomped anxiously, "Old Huang, you said that you could use that kind of thunderbolt to repel the enemy, but what do you mean?"
Huang Lao didn't talk nonsense, waved his hand, and said: "Tear it down!"
What? General Wei turned pale with shock, what does Huang Lao mean, is he going to dismantle all these trebuchets? This... how can this work? They are all demolished, how can they attack the enemy remotely
The people below started to fight when they heard this sentence, General Wei turned around anxiously, but was pulled aside by Huang Lao, "Come on, don't say I'm stingy, we'll give you some new ones later, don't need to Count the money."
General Wei is about to vomit blood. You dismantled my things and asked me to give you money. Did you get into the eyes of the money? Sure enough, there are such subordinates as there are masters. The prince has to raise money for ten sentences and nine sentences all day long, so the people below naturally can't suffer at all.
Thinking about the days when the prince came to Liangzhou, how much money did their garrison spend in the craftsman's workshop? Clairvoyance, crossbows, and sometimes even the money is not available yet.
What the lord means is where the funds for the research of the craftsman's workshop come from, doesn't it all depend on the money sold for these things? The so-called wool comes from the sheep, if you can squeeze as much as you can, you can squeeze as much as you can.
This time they took the initiative to propose, saying that they had developed a new type of thunderbolt, which could kill the enemy in a large area when projected out. Now that the two armies are at war, they can also experiment with the lethality of this thing. If there is any defect, it can be improved next time.
Since it is a new gadget experiment, General Wei is of course happy to see it. It's just that Huang Lao's words made him splash cold water on his head, and he couldn't be happy.
Huang Lao smiled, and the creases on his face stretched out, "General Wei, this time I will record it for you first. Try it first before paying, because we are old friends."
"..." Speechless, General Wei was speechless.
Cut the gossip and get back to the present moment. After hearing Huang Lao's words, General Wei felt a little joy. Like picking up a big deal, there is no way, this has become a natural reaction, one can imagine how miserable he is usually.
"Is it too late? It's only one night tonight, and the enemy will launch an offensive tomorrow morning."
The barbarian army has been here for two or three months, and they attacked before, relying on the convenience of the terrain, they can easily deal with it. Later, they actually started logging to make siege vehicles, trebuchets and ladders. This has never happened before. Just a few days ago, the siege vehicles and trebuchets were almost ready, and the Yi people suffered a lot of losses by using these siege equipment.
Just today, their defense was negligent, and the barbarians took this opportunity to climb up the pass and opened a gap. Fortunately, their people reacted quickly and rushed up in time to block the gap.
However, the Yi people's dead soldiers were indeed extremely fierce. One person injured more than a dozen of their brothers, and when more than ten people broke in, they sacrificed dozens of brothers.
It has to be said that the Yi people have the tools to attack the city, and it will be even more difficult for them to deal with it in the future.
Mr. Huang looked at the sky, made some calculations in his mind, then nodded and said, "As long as your hands and feet are fast, it should be fine, but we need to train people to operate the assembled projector. Our people will teach you how to do it hand in hand. Aiming and how to shoot are actually not difficult, and it only takes a day or two to get started."
General Wei breathed a sigh of relief, that's good, that's good.
Tuoba Ren, who returned to the camp, was in a good mood, "Haha, thanks to Mr. Song. The siege vehicles and trebuchets you brought out are really useful. I believe that the soldiers will be able to break through Shichong Pass in a short time. "
Today, they have seen hope. Their dead soldiers climbed to the pass for the first time. Although they failed to make further progress, they were killed by the enemy. However, I believe that many times, there will always be a success.
Song Lian said humbly: "It's not the merit of the subordinates. It's all due to the prince's command and the dedication of the soldiers to achieve this effect."
This time, Chachaqi was not unconvinced. Shi Chongguan was like a turtle shell, and they had nothing to do with it. A few years ago, Tuoba Ren was able to break through Shichong Pass, relying on the spies who got in through the layout to break through. This strategy is inseparable, and one lesson is enough for them to plan firmly. Now Shi Chongguan is as defensive as an iron bucket, and their army has not moved a single bit after attacking for two months.
But today their people reached the pass with the help of the siege vehicle ladder, which gave them hope, and the day when they broke Shichong Pass was not far away.
"Tomorrow we will send more dead soldiers to attack the city, and strive to win Shi Chongguan as soon as possible." Chachaqi said boldly.
Tuoba Ren nodded approvingly, "You still have to be careful, the enemy's thing called a crossbow is very powerful. It's a pity that we don't have it. If this thing can be equipped with our army, it will be invincible."
"This thing should be made by King Duan's workshop, but I have observed it. There are not many soldiers equipped with this thing, only a small part