First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 14

　　 Today is the fifteenth year of the first lunar month, to the thirteenth year, and there are still fifteen years before the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

　　 Today is the third day of the siege of Haozhou.

　　The future Hongwu Emperor Zhu Chongba is just a humble nine-in-law, relying on the identity of the marshal and righteous son-in-law to oversee Xicheng.

　　 Among the famous Huaixi nobles, only Tang He followed Zhu Chongba to help defend the city.

　　 At this moment, Tang He is still Guo Zixing's thousands of households, and he is not Zhu Chongba's subordinate. In other words, the first and only one under the command of Old Zhu is Zhang Ximeng, who has just passed his twelfth birthday.

　　 Fifteen years of entrepreneurship, to build an empire, this is not much more inspirational than the story of garage entrepreneurship!

　　 Zhang Ximeng's heart is surging, his blood is boiling, but he is also worried and shuddering.

　　 For three days in a row, Jia Lu was using the collected shards to siege the city.

　　 These people are mostly robbers from all over the place, and they have no intention of rebelling against Yuan Ting. They just rob homes, looting property, and harm the common people. Jialu gathered them up and gave them food, which saved many people from suffering.

　　 But Jialu is not a bad guy either. He treats these gathered people as cannon fodder to consume the morale of the materials that defend the city.

　　 "This old Piff, let me catch him, and he must screw his head off!" Tang He said viciously, and then bit down the steamed bun in his hand, biting off most of it, as if the steamed bun was Jialu's head.

　　 Zhang Ximeng also holds the hot steamed buns, he is much more elegant than soup and gentle, and he is full when he starves to death.

"En Gong, Tang Qianhu, in my opinion, Jialu will send elites today. If you continue to consume them, the group of people may not be willing to sacrifice. After all, they are all gangsters, and there are not many good things. The officers and soldiers are strong and they have to obey, but if they are pressed too quickly, if they are not allowed to survive, they will have to kill themselves if they are not."

　　 Zhu Chongba thought for a moment, then nodded vigorously, "Mr. is right, we must be more careful!"

　　 A few steamed buns, Zhu Chongba and Tanghe went back to the city.

　　 As expected by Zhang Ximeng, there are many soldiers among the soldiers who are siege of the city today. These men are strong, draped in iron armor, armed with machetes and axes, and are protected by archers behind them.

　　 They gradually replaced those poorly equipped miscellaneous soldiers and became the main force of siege.

　　 Coincidentally, at this time, more than half of the equipment on the city's head was consumed, and the casualties of the Red Turban Army began to rise.

　　The number of people carried off the stretcher, Zhang Ximeng calculated that today's sacrifice is at least twice as much as yesterday's. The entire offensive and defensive battle has entered a relatively **** stage.

　　 But this is just the beginning, because Zhang Ximeng knows very well that he was born in the Ministry of Industry, a water management wizard, what is the real advantage of Mr. Jia Rujia, and he does not know when he will be able to come up with his real skills...

　　While Zhang Ximeng was thinking about it, suddenly someone at the top of the city exclaimed, Yuanbing started!

　　 I saw a few things like earth dragons appearing behind Yuanbing.

　　 The height is at least about two feet, three or four carriages are as wide as they are together. As for the winding length, it should be thirty or fifty feet in length, in other words, it is more than one hundred meters in length.

　　 On the ground, such a giant appeared, like a wild beast, winding around, causing panic as a matter of course.

　　 "Mr. Chongba, let you go up!"

　　 Tanghe came down from the head of the city, grabbed Zhang Ximeng's arm, and could not help but almost lifted him up.

　　 When he saw the monster under the city, Zhang Ximeng also took a cold breath, forgetting the pain in his arm.

　　 "It's Lu Bus!"

　　 Zhang Ximeng called out his name, and Zhu Chongba couldn't help but be overjoyed. The young man was really knowledgeable, and since he knew him, there must be a way.

　　 "Little sir, you can talk about it!"

　　 Zhang Ximeng frowned slightly, looked at it again, and finally determined that this thing is Lu bus.

　　 It is recorded in "Xu Zi Zhi Tong Jian": Building Lu bus, immortal bridge, long wooden ladder, lazy dragon claw, rushing to the city, high and the city, want to climb. "History of Ming Dynasty" also has records about Lu Gongche.

　　According to records, Lu Gongche was probably a siege machine used in Yuan and Ming Dynasties. When the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty emerged, they were good at using small and compact vehicles, which was different from Lu Gongche.

　　 If this widely used Lu bus was invented by Jia Lu, it would not be surprising. After all, this behemoth fits the aesthetics of engineering men.

The biggest feature of 　　Lu Bus is its huge size.

　　 The height is more than two feet, it can be as high as the city wall, and the length can reach fifty feet. It is very slow and awkward to move. It requires hundreds of people and a lot of cattle to push together to move forward steadily.

The shortcomings of 　　Lu Bus are obvious, but the advantages are also outstanding.

　　 First of all, this thing is big and tall enough, so the difficulty of climbing the city is naturally eliminated, and you can go directly to the city, just like walking on the ground.

　　 Secondly, the Lu bus can transport hundreds of people at a time.

　　 Again, Lu bus uses wooden rawhide, which is tightly protected and cannot be shot through with bows and arrows. It is simply a super-large armored personnel carrier.

　　 As the Lu bus approached, the morale of the Yuan soldiers outside the city was like a rainbow. Looking up at the huge siege equipment, their confidence doubled, as if Haozhou was within easy reach.

　　 Looking back at the city, the soldiers were frightened, their faces pale in fright, and they kept shaking. Can they fight this monster?

　　 Seeing this, Zhu Chongba was also anxious and anxious, furious.

　　 Actually, it is not impossible to deal with Lu Gongche.

　　 If, as Zhang Ximeng reminded, clean up the moat, dig trenches, build sheep and horse walls, layer by layer, to protect Haozhou. There are ditches and ridges on the road, layered fortifications, and Lu Bus wants to get close to the city, not knowing how much it will cost.

However, there was too little preparation for defense outside the city. Jialu only took more than two days to fill the moat, and then used the miscellaneous soldiers to lay planks and piles of sand on the road. It was a surprise that three strips were ten feet wide and could be used for Lu. The bus goes smoothly on the road.

　　 What else can Zhu Chongba say, these worms in the city are really harmful!

　　 "En Gong, Lu Gongche uses cowhide more often, so we should be afraid of fire. Let's use crossbow arrows, wrapped in sulfur grease, and burn this bastard!" Zhang Ximeng thought of a way.

　　 Zhu Chongba resolutely agreed that at this moment, Lu bus was only two hundred steps away from Haozhou City.

　　 Zhang Ximeng can clearly see that there is a feather flag on top of Lu bus, which is very conspicuous. It looks like it should pass the position to the follow-up soldiers and horses.

In the front of the car, there are three layers, each layer is protected by wooden boards, but these wooden boards do not block all sight lines, but also leave gaps. People inside can observe the situation, shoot arrows, and attack. The defenders of the city.

　　 At the top level, there is a guy with a disheveled hair holding a sword in his hand. He is responsible for giving orders and directing the advancement.

　　 Looking at his appearance, Zhang Ximeng even reminded Zhang Ximeng of Zhuge Liang who borrowed from the wind.

　　 I want to say that this was not made by Jia Lu, and I didn't believe Zhang Ximeng was killed.

At this moment, Zhu Chongba had already prepared twenty hard crossbows and aimed them at all directions of Lu Gong's car... These crossbow arrows were all picked up from Haozhou's arsenal, and the Rebels had not yet issued such a powerful force. Weapons.

"put!"

　　 Zhu Chong looked dignified. With a wave of his hand, twenty crossbow arrows flew out. The crossbowman hurriedly opened the string again, placed the crossbow arrows with fire, and fired again.

　　 Three consecutive rounds of shooting, the number of crossbow arrows that fell on Lu's bus was no less than 20, and the hit rate was still quite good. But what is surprising is that the cowhide-covered Lu bus only caught fire in one or two places. And the fire was quickly extinguished.

How is this going?

　　 The soup and the eyeballs almost fell off. There is no magic trick, right?

　　 Why can't you even touch the cowhide?

　　 "It must have been watered!" Zhang Ximeng suddenly gritted his teeth, Jia Lu was really cautious, and even thought of this.

　　At this moment, Lu Gongche had reached within a hundred steps, like a giant beast, approaching its prey.

　　The soldiers at the head of the city were even more anxious, and they turned around to flee for their lives.

　　 "Gong, concentrate on the bow and crossbow, shoot the front!" Zhang Ximeng said eagerly.

　　 Zhu Chongba also reacted immediately. The top and two wings of Lu bus were covered with cowhide, which was very strong. Because the front side had to be connected to the city wall, it could not be sealed up. It could only be framed with hardwood and then protected by a wooden fence. And for archery ~www.mtlnovel.com~ also left a hole.

　　 Zhu Chongba categorically ordered that all the bows and crossbows were aimed at Lu bus, shooting frantically, and a dense rain of arrows rushed towards his face.

　　 Just in the third round of shooting, he suddenly stood at the highest point with a sword. The guy in charge of the command, if he was struck by lightning, was shot by two arrows, his body retreated two steps, and he fell from the top.

　　 Lost the commander, maybe I can stop.

　　 Just as the big guy breathed a sigh of relief, Lu bus continued to move forward. It turned out that the person below ran up to take over the commander.

　　 This old man, Jialu, really made no mistake at all!

　　 "Chong Ba, use that one!" Tang He suggested in a low voice, Zhu Chong Ba's face was heavy and he was not sure, he looked at Zhang Ximeng.

"En Gong, Lu Gongche is by no means Jialu's most powerful weapon. Now Lu Gongche is getting closer and closer, using a crock pot to fill fish oil, throw it out, and continue to burn! I don't believe it, I can't click it!" Zhang Ximeng red The eyes screamed.

Naturally, his small arms and legs could not do the job. Zhu Zhong nodded his head. He was the first to grab the prepared oil tank and threw it towards Lu Gong's car. There are also two wings, both dipped in fish oil.

　　 was covered by another round of rockets.

　　 There were a few more places where the fire started this time, especially on the front. There was no wet cowhide blocking it, so the fire was so bright that the soldiers in the front row were scared to run back...

　　 And accompanied by the fire, a lot of white mist rose from the Lu bus.

　　 The moisture has evaporated!

　　 Zhang Ximeng was overjoyed, "Hurry up, throw more arrows, throw more oil cans!"

　　 Zhu Chongba and Tang He also saw hope and took the lead in throwing. After a while, thick smoke emerged from the Lu bus, followed by flames, this terrible monster... finally!

Chapter end