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    Yang Zilu changed the siege method and said: "I used three armies to attack three sides of the city, and sent people to dig tunnels on the last side. With an army of 110,000 people restrained, I believe that Zheng's army must be in a hurry. We can't prevent our surprise attack this time."

    Mo Zhai said calmly: "Under the city wall, place a large water tank every fifty feet, and send people to observe in turn. Blind people are the best! This way you can know the direction of the tunnel, and send people in the corresponding direction to dig out the clues.  The tunnels are flooded with thick smoke! We can defeat the Han Hou's plan!"

    The calmness on Yang Zilu¡¯s face finally disappeared, and her face looked a little unsightly!  He said angrily: "The few people used hundreds of cloud ladders to attack it, but what can you do?"

    Mo Zhai thought for a long time this time and said to Yang Zilu: "Erect the thunder cannon on the city wall and counterattack with the thunder cannon!"

    Yang Zilu¡¯s face was stunned for a moment, and she sneered: ¡°Sir, what a good idea!¡±

    Mo Zhai did not refute, but said to Yang Zilu: "Please, Marquis Han, please lend me a pen and paper!"

    Yang Zilu gave Mo Zhai a stack of papyrus and a brush. She didn't say anything to ridicule Mo Zhai, but looked on coldly.

    Mo Zhai did not take the brush, but just took the straw paper and took out a charcoal pen from his body. Compared with the brush, charcoal pen is more suitable for painting.  Mo Zhai left Mazar, knelt on the ground, put the straw paper on the carpet, took a charcoal pencil in his hand, and began to draw rustlingly.

    Yang Zilu looked on with cold eyes at the beginning, but as he watched a sketch slowly take shape under Mo Zhai's pen, Yang Zilu couldn't help but look a little ugly.  A simple trebuchet slowly took shape, nearly 90% similar to the thunder cannon.  The reason why it is 90% is because there are many differences from the Thunderbolt Cannon in some details, such as the saw gear used to adjust the shooting angle.

    The trebuchet described by Mo Zhai does not have saw gears, and the adjustment of the shooting angle is completely fixed by manpower.  Although this may seem like nothing, it is enough to reduce the Thunderbolt Cannon's already low hit rate by nearly half.  In addition, when ejected, it is more laborious than the standard thunder cannon of the Han Dynasty.  But no matter how you say it, although the trebuchets written by Mo Zhai are not as good as the thunder cannons of the Han army, they are more advanced than the crude fully human trebuchets of the princes today.

    "Where did you get this drawing from?" Looking at his drawing written by Mo Zhai, Yang Zilu couldn't sit still. She put her hand on the sword at her waist and asked with a cold face.  His tone was not as polite as before, and he no longer called me sir.  There was a big disagreement and they drew their swords at each other.

    Mo Zhai was not afraid. He took a closer look at Yang Zilu, sighed regretfully and said, "Looking at the appearance of the Marquis of Han, he doesn't seem too nervous. It seems that this thunder cannon is not complete yet! Although I have already  It was expected, but it¡¯s a pity! What a pity!¡±

    "I ask you, where did you get this drawing from? It's not a pity or a pity! Please note, I don't want to ask you three times. And if you don't answer, although I don't like it, in order to get the origin of the drawing. I'm afraid you won't  You will have to do something that neither you nor I will like!" In order to show his determination this time, Yang Zilu slowly pulled out the long sword from his waist. The sword body exuded a trace of cold air, and the cold murderous aura rippled in the tent.  .

    The four Yulin Army soldiers in the tent also immediately took a step forward. They did not point their spears or knives at Mo Zhai.  However, they all picked up the waist-opening crossbows hanging on their waists, quickly stringed the bows, pulled the triggers, and pointed the waist-opening crossbows at Mo Zhai.

    "I designed the drawings myself!" Mo Zhai said calmly, as if he didn't know that he was being pointed at by four men with crossbows. As long as a Yulin Army soldier's finger trembles, it will bring about a terrible chain reaction.  , enough for him to explain here today.

    Yang Zilu did not immediately express disbelief, but thought seriously for a while, waved her hand, and signaled the Yulin Army soldiers to lower their waists and draw crossbows.  Looking at Mo Zhai, he said seriously: "How did you design this thunder cannon? Don't say you thought it up out of thin air, I don't believe it."

    "Because I am very curious about the thunder cannon, I have been to the Han and Chu countries. I got a description of the appearance of the thunder cannon from the soldiers who had seen the thunder cannon. Coupled with some of my own ideas, I came up with him!  It's a pity that the range of the thunder cannon I made is not as far as that of the Han Dynasty. At the same time, it is not as huge in shape as the Han Dynasty. I think this may have some reasons!" Mo Zhai touched the beard on his chin and said in thought.  Instead, his mind was more focused on Thunderbolt. Mo Zhai seemed to be a scientific madman.

    Yang Zilu looked at Mo Zhai without saying anything. He also didn't know how to treat Mo Zhai now.

    Mo Zhai put aside the drawing of the thunder cannon, replaced it with a new piece of straw paper, and started drawing again.  This time the painting is no longer a thunderbolt, but a bed crossbow.  Although Yang Zilu is not very familiar with machinery, the most primitive bed crossbow in Han Dynasty was made by him.  It was later improved by more than a hundred craftsmen, so Yang Zilu is no stranger to bed crossbows.??.

    After looking at it for a while, Yang Zilu was startled and said hesitantly: "Your bed crossbow seems to be firing continuously? This"

    "Yes! The Marquis of Han has really good eyesight!" he replied while lowering his head to paint.

    It¡¯s just that Mo Zhai¡¯s tone had no pride, it was very natural, as if he was talking about an ordinary thing.

    This made Yang Zilu a little ashamed and angry, because Yang Zilu had always asked craftsmen to develop the repeating crossbow, hoping to produce the famous Zhuge repeating crossbow in history.

    "It's a pity that there was no progress at all, and we had to give up in the end."

    Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liannu, who spent all the strength of the Han Dynasty, did not make any progress. Instead, he saw the immature form of Zhuge Liannu in Mo Zhai, who seemed to be from an extremely poor family.  This made Yang Zilu couldn't help but feel a little ashamed and angry. The power of the country could not be compared to Mo Zhai alone. Now Yang Zilu even wanted to kill the leading R&D craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry of Han Dynasty.

    Mo Zhai handed the completed drawing to Yang Zilu. He was not afraid that Yang Zilu would learn from it, because he deliberately blurred some key points in the drawing, but it could allow professional craftsmen to roughly see his power.  "This bed crossbow was developed by me after three years. It can fire three arrows at a time and twice in succession, for a total of six arrows. And I am currently developing a bed crossbow that can fire three times in a row. It has achieved some results recently. If nothing goes wrong,  It should be developed in two years.¡±

    What a talent!  Yang Zilu's eyes immediately shone, and she temporarily put aside her dissatisfaction with the Ministry of Industry.  If Zheng Guo could be exchanged for Mo Zhai, Yang Zilu would agree without hesitation.  Yang Zilu's desire to win over Mo Zhai became even stronger, and she praised, "Sir, you should be respected as your 'son'!"

    As soon as Yang Zilu finished speaking, his face froze. If he respected Mo Zhai as his son, according to the custom, wouldn't he be called - Mozi!  ?

    ? **!  This guy in front of me can't really be Mozi, right?  Yang Zilu thought about it and thought of a text, Mo Zi broke the ladder.  It is said that Lu Ban invented the ladder while serving the Chu State, and the Chu State prepared to use the ladder to attack the Song State.  Mozi rushed to the state of Chu on foot and met with the king of Chu and Lu Ban, but he could not convince them.  He conducted war deductions with them, and in the end Mozi used facts in the war deductions.  Let the Chu State know that as long as Mozi is around, it is completely impossible for the Chu State to conquer the Song State.  The plan of Chu State to attack Song Dynasty was forced to be stillborn.  This war that was about to break out was finally stopped by Mozi alone, which also made Mozi famous.

    Yang Zilu looked at Mo Zhai with a different look at this time, and asked with some awe, "Sir, there is a giant from the Mo family!"

    (Note: Juzi, professional title, the number one person in the Mohist family.)

    This time it was Mo Zhai's turn to be surprised. He looked at Yang Zilu and said, "I didn't expect that the Marquis of Han also knew about my reputation."

    Yang Zilu was depressed when she heard this. Mozi was an extraordinary talent.  The Mohist school he established occupied a considerable position in the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the pre-Qin Dynasty. Before the Qin Dynasty, Mohism was a three-thirds faction with Legalism and Confucianism, and it was one of the largest factions among the hundreds of schools of thought.

    At the same time, he is a rare master in martial arts in the world. This is not even the most powerful. Mozi is also proficient in the art of war and has taught a large number of disciples.  Everyone in the world knows how powerful Lu Ban is, and knows that his craftsmanship is top-notch.  But few people know that Mozi made Luban feel inferior, and Mozi also changed the direction of Luban's invention.  Let Lu Ban focus on inventions that are helpful to ordinary people from now on, and no longer invent machinery that is beneficial to war.

    If given a choice, Yang Zilu would really rather fight Jin than Mozi.  Of course, this also has a moral mentality. Mozi advocates non-attack and love at the same time. He is simply a saint. Anyone who goes to war with him will feel a lot of pressure.

    Yang Zilu looked at Mozi helplessly and said: "Sir, it seems that before you came to see me, you have already thought of a way to defend the city. However, I have mobilized so many troops to attack Zheng Guo. Just because of what sir said, I was dismayed.  If we withdraw our troops in a hurry, how will our prestige remain?"

    Before Mozi could speak, Yang Zilu had already continued: "Of course, I know your ability. So here, I can only be rude."

    Mozi frowned, looked at Yang Zilu and said, "The Marquis of Han is planning to kill me, I'm afraid"

    "No!" Yang Zilu interrupted Mo Zi, shook his head and said: "Although I think I am not a gentleman, I will not be so cruel. I just want to ask you to rest nearby for a while, and I will stop fighting Zheng Guo.  , I must apologize to my husband!"

    Mozi glanced at Yang Zilu, shook his head and said: "I'm afraid I have disappointed the Marquis of Han. Before I came, I had sent Qin Huali and other three hundred disciples to the State of Zheng to help the State of Zheng in setting up defenses! Every one of them has learned  My method of defending the city is useless even if the Marquis of Han puts me under house arrest! I hope the Marquis of Han understands that war is not good for either Zheng or Han! He has??It has brought countless widows and orphans who have lost their relatives to both countries.  "

    Yang Zilu was silent. If it were someone else, Yang Zilu could have ridiculed their hypocrisy.  But Mozi was different. Mozi was really a saint, and there was nothing to say about his moral character.  The most important thing is that Yang Zilu doesn't know whether to fight Zheng Guo or not.

    When attacking Zheng, how can Mozi restrain Mozi and defend the city?  If we don¡¯t fight Zheng Guo, how can we end it with dignity?

    (To be continued)
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