Chapter 465: Catapult from Hundreds of Years Later
"Pile up the earth into a mountain, and set up a high tower on the mountain. Place the archers on top of it. When we attack, we can fire thousands of arrows at once?"

In the camp, Guan Yu heard Huang Zhong's retelling and his face turned strange, muttering to himself.

Just when Huang Zhong was thinking, why don’t we ask Military Advisor Xu for advice and see if he has any good ideas.

Unexpectedly, Guan Yu laughed and raised his hand to stop Huang Zhong.

"Yunchang, why is this?" Since there was no one else around, Huang Zhong called Guan Yu by his name.

Guan Yu said in a clear voice: "General Huang, don't worry. He has a plan, and I have a ladder. Pile up earth to form a mountain? What we are fighting for is to pile up earth to form a mountain!"

"Yunchang also has many ingenious plans!" Huang Zhong was extremely surprised. He thought to himself: Sure enough, what I saw in the dream is a little different from what I see now. Yide is a brilliant writer, the lord is brave and unparalleled, and Yunchang has many ingenious plans. It all makes sense!

Guan Yu's face was a little embarrassed. "Ahem, General Huang, you are too polite. I am just a warrior from Jie Liang. How can I know any extraordinary strategies? It's just that you brothers made some preparations before. My role is really not worth mentioning."

"This" Huang Zhong wanted to say, 'Yun Chang, you are too modest'.

But he turned around and thought, that's not right. Yide said that the poem was not written by himself, and the lord said that the "Gu Yingfa" in the army was a summary of Wang Yue's personal experience.
So, modesty is the virtue that the Lord and Yunchang Yide advocate? !

The more Huang Zhong thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible.

That's it!

Huang Zhong gave Guan Yu a reassuring look and nodded, "Yun Chang is right!"

?

Guan Yu was not as insightful as Liu Bei, nor as bold and careful as Zhang Fei. For a moment, he could not make out what Huang Zhong meant by his expression.

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Why did he feel that this was not what Huang Zhong really meant?

Guan Yu shook his head and didn't pursue the matter further.

Huang Zhong also took the opportunity to ask: "I wonder what Yunchang's ladder is?"

"A catapult, a new type of catapult." Guan Yu did not keep the secret. He turned around and took out a blueprint from his bag and slowly spread it out in front of Huang Zhong.

These drawings were what he gained from his trip to the fairyland this time.

Fan Li's Art of War states that a flying stone weighing twelve pounds can be launched by a mechanism and travel two hundred steps.

As for the blueprint he got from the fairyland, it is said that it was used by a certain emperor in later generations who was the most capable of fighting a war, and was able to "throw a stone weighing fifty catties and throw it two hundred steps."

Although both are two hundred steps, this two hundred are not the same as that two hundred.

Guan Yu clearly remembered that Zhen De once mentioned that "Fan Li's Art of War" was probably a military strategy written by the Han people under the name of Fan Li.

The weights and measures of the Han Dynasty were somewhat different from those of later generations.

The range of the catapult in the picture is two hundred steps, which is at least twenty steps more than the catapult mentioned in "Fan Li's Art of War"!
The weight of the thrown stone
It even reached a terrifying number, fifty kilograms! A full fifty kilograms!
Fifty kilograms at that time was at least ten times the weight of twelve kilograms now!
That means it can hurl a boulder weighing 120 kilograms!
Initially, Zhang Fei expressed to Zhen De that he wanted the catapult of later generations. However, before Zhen De could recover, Zhang Fei had already captured the city, so this map was recorded by Guan Yu.

It’s a good deal for me.

Just by seeing these pictures, Guan Yu lost control and his breathing became rapid.

What is the point of building a higher earth hill on Yuan Highway?
Can it withstand a 120-pound boulder?

After a few breaths, Guan Yu broke free from his excitement. He suddenly realized that something was wrong. Why didn't General Huang say anything?
He hurriedly looked towards Huang Zhong, only to see Huang Zhong standing there like a statue.

Feeling Guan Yu's gaze, Huang Zhong said a little embarrassedly: "Yun Chang, these drawings are catapults? I don't quite understand these markings."

Guan Yu lowered his head and looked at the blueprint, then he woke up from his dream.

It turned out that the specific diagram was placed at the top, with various annotations. If it weren't for the craftsman, it would be difficult to understand. "General Huang, please look at this picture!" Guan Yu quickly turned over the cover.

Huang Zhong took a closer look. The seven words "flying stones weighing one hundred and twenty kilograms" were like steel knives stabbing into his chest!
As an old soldier, Huang Zhong knew very well the significance of a catapult that could hurl 120 kilograms of flying stones!
"Is it true?" Huang Zhong's lips trembled involuntarily.

Guan Yu nodded vigorously, "It's more real than gold."

"Really!" Huang Zhong muttered to himself, then he slapped his thigh and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!"

"General Huang, why are you so happy?"

Xu Shu's voice sounded behind Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong turned around quickly and grabbed Xu Shu's arm. "Military Advisor Xu, look at the catapult! It's a catapult! A 120-jin catapult!"

"I saw it, I saw it."

Xu Shu was shaken by Huang Zhong.

Guan Yu couldn't bear it any longer. He grabbed Huang Zhong's wrist and said, "General Huang, stop shaking. If you shake again, Advisor Xu will fall apart!"

Huang Zhong came to his senses after hearing the voice.

He saw Xu Shu in front of him had turned pale due to being shaken by him, so he quickly let go of Xu Shu's arm, looked apologetic, and apologized repeatedly.

Xu Shu waved his feather fan and said with a smile, "No problem, no problem."

"General Huang is also devoted to the country. How could Shu blame General Huang?"

"And this map is indeed great news. If we can build the catapult shown in the map, Yuan Shu? He's nothing but a pile of bones in a grave!"

Huang Zhong said worriedly: "It's just that the catapult in this picture is difficult to make."

"Hahaha, how difficult is that!" Guan Yu stroked his long beard and laughed, "The craftsmen have already prepared everything, so why worry about not being able to build the catapult?!"

Yuan Shu's camp.

Yuan Shu sat in the main seat, still feeling some lingering fears about what happened on the battlefield.

The living Ji Ling was killed by Huang Zhong just like that?
Could it be that God was playing a joke on him?
Fortunately, the counselors had a backup plan. The camp built based on the terrain might be able to block Huang Zhong's army's eastward advance. Once Yuan Shao resolves the rebellion in Jizhou, he should be able to repel Huang Zhong, right?

Yan Xiang, who was sitting next to Yuan Shao, roughly guessed what Yuan Shu was thinking.

Jizhou was simply a quagmire, and Yuan Shao was stuck in it, unable to move. It was simply wishful thinking to expect Yuan Shao to come and rescue him.

It is better to hope that Huang Zhong will retreat on his own due to lack of food and grass than to rely on Yuan Shao.

Yan Xiang just thought of this when Xu You, one of the people sitting there, suggested, "Relying on the terrain to hold on is only a temporary strategy! If we want to defeat Huang Hansheng, we can't continue like this!"

Yuan Shu became interested, "Oh? What do you mean, Ziyuan?"

Xu You didn't want to pay any attention to Yuan Shu. He really despised Yuan Shu's behavior of running away from the battlefield. But who could blame Yuan Shu for being so generous and being the younger brother of Yuan Benchu?

After thinking for a moment, he decided to give Yuan Shu face.

"Simple, of course we have to cut off their food supply routes and destroy their granaries!"

"In this case, Huang Zhong will definitely retreat!"

Everyone present frowned. It was easier said than done. How could they bypass Huang Zhong's army in front of them?
(End of this chapter)