Chapter 613 Crazy Ghost Fang

As all parties began to exert their strength, the day of the war was getting closer and closer.

The border between Dayue Kingdom and Qiuchi is only about 200 miles away from where Yunzheng and the others built the city.

The enemy troops will come over soon.

Yunzheng has already received the news brought back by the Eighteen Ghost Riders.

The soldiers and horses of Dayue Kingdom and Qiuchi have joined forces and are marching towards them.

According to their marching speed, they will be here in about seven days.

This result was somewhat beyond Yun Zheng's expectations.

Yun Zheng originally thought that if he sent people to secretly attack and kill some Dayue Kingdom soldiers, there would be some gap between Dayue Kingdom and Qiu Chi.

Unexpectedly, this matter seemed to have no impact on both parties.

This incident also proved Dayue Kingdom and Qiu Chi's determination to defeat the Beifu Army.

Yun Zheng pondered for a moment, and then ordered You Qi, who came back to report the news, "Order those more than a hundred people to withdraw immediately! Order You Jiu to lead the eighteen ghost cavalry into the enemy's rear, and use all means to harass the enemy's rear, so that The chickens and dogs are restless behind the enemy's rear..."

"Yes!"

You Qi immediately took the order and left.

Just after You Qi left, Tong Gang came to report again: "Your Highness, there is news from General Yu and others. It is roughly estimated that there should be about 100,000 capable soldiers in the army in front of Gui Fang..."

"How many?"

Yunzheng's eyelids twitched, "One hundred thousand?"

Crazy!

There are still 40,000 people on the ghost side going to Beihuan!

There are still 100,000 people on the front?

In this battle, the ghosts dispatched an army of 140,000?

Wasn't Guifang defeated at the hands of Beihuan just six years ago?

Did you feel relieved so quickly?

"Yes!"

Tong Gang replied: "General Yu sent people to set up an ambush and captured two enemy spies. We learned from the enemy spies that the ghosts sent a total of 200,000 troops this time! Among them were 60,000 civilians and Quanrong soldiers. An army of ten thousand servants..."

"Only 60,000 civilians?" Yun Zheng was slightly surprised.

"Yes." Tong Gang nodded, "The ghost army previously transported grain and grass to Quanrong, and then sent troops from Quanrong to advance steadily. Like us, soldiers escorted the grain and grass, so they have relatively few civilians..."

Is that so?

Yunzheng thought secretly.

Yu Shizhong and the others were only 20,000 people, but they had to face an army of 100,000 people!

This pressure is even greater than what they have here!

Yun Zheng thought for a moment and immediately ordered: "Send orders to Qu Zhi to move fifty miles closer to Yu Shizhong's troops! Be prepared to support Yu Shizhong's troops at any time! Tell Yu Shizhong that you can mobilize Qu Zhi's troops on your own without asking for instructions!"

After issuing the order, Yunzheng continued to supervise the construction of the trebuchet.

He has not specifically studied the structure of the return gun, but he understands the basic principles.

However, they still have too few carpenters at present, and he has recruited all the people in the army who can do carpentry work.

In the case where the carpenter's tools are not very comprehensive, many tools are modified from spare ordnance or hammered and tempered.

Fortunately, there are many of them and there is no shortage of people to transport wood.

After four days of hard work, the first trebuchet was finally ready.

However, the workmanship is a bit rough.

Even if he didn't try, Yun Zheng knew that the power of his trebuchet was far less than that of the returning cannon.

"Your Highness is so talented that he actually made this trebuchet!"

"Your Highness, let's quickly try the power of this trebuchet!"

"Yes, the general can't wait to see the power of this new trebuchet..."

A group of people were milling around the newly assembled trebuchet, touching here and knocking there, all like curious babies.

I don’t know, maybe I thought it was their first time seeing a trebuchet!

"Okay, let's try it!"

Yunzheng also wanted to know how powerful the trebuchet was, and immediately ordered people to start loading stones into the counterweight box.

To be honest, Yun Zheng is not very confident.

The trebuchet he made must look like a returning cannon, but it should still be lacking in structure.

The power is a problem, and the stability of the structure is also a problem.

If this thing falls apart after just a few uses, then it would be a shame for them to put so much effort into it.

After all the preparations were completed, Yunzheng immediately ordered everyone around to disperse, leaving only one person to pull the latch.

After everyone dispersed to a safe distance, Yunzheng immediately ordered: "Pull!"

Following Yunzheng's order, the person who stayed behind immediately pulled the latch hard.

As the latch was pulled open, the other end of the trebuchet immediately fell rapidly, and at the same time, the stone weighing about fifty kilograms in the leather pocket was thrown out.

The stone flew out in a parabola, crossed the stone wall in front, and hit the ground heavily.

"Throw it out!"

"Haha, I really threw him away!"

"Quickly, go and measure the distance personally..."

Seeing the stone in the leather pocket being successfully thrown out, everyone cheered immediately.

Although they still don't know how far they can throw the stone, they don't think it's close just by looking at it.

Tong Gang ran to measure the distance himself.

Not long after, Tong Gang ran back and said with excitement: "Your Highness, preliminary measurement, it is about ninety feet!"

Ninety feet?

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then cheered again.

"Sure enough, it can be thrown farther than a trebuchet pulled by a person!"

"If it were replaced with a smaller stone, wouldn't it be able to fly more than a hundred feet?"

"This trebuchet will definitely become a weapon for me to defend the city from now on!"

"..."

The crowd cheered and everyone's face showed excitement.

This distance is actually a little closer than Yun Zheng expected.

Theoretically, if you put more stones into the weight box, you should be able to throw the fifty-pound stone farther.

But Yunzheng was not confident about the structure of the makeshift trebuchet, and did not dare to add any more weight.

Although this distance is a little less interesting, it is enough for now.

"Okay, don't worry about being happy now!"

Yun Zheng raised his hand to stop cheering, and immediately ordered Tong Gang, "Send someone to push the trebuchet behind the stone wall immediately. Send some people to familiarize themselves with the trebuchet. Try it a few times to get the accuracy right..."

Although the production of this trebuchet was considered a success, Yunzheng did not show too much excitement.

He knew in his heart that the damage effect of this kind of trebuchet on the enemy was actually very limited. To block the enemy's attack, it still relied more on people.

The use of trebuchets as a city defender is mainly to destroy the enemy's large siege weapons.

I really want to kill as many people as possible with a trebuchet, but that’s not realistic!

If the enemy does not carry large siege weapons, the deterrent effect of this thing may be slightly greater than the actual combat effect.

Tong Gang took the order and immediately led his men to the trebuchet.

"Hurry up and continue making!"

Following Yunzheng's order, everyone got busy again...