Chapter 1314 Details determine success or failure (Page 1/1)

Yuan Shao's premonition is unfortunate.

His subordinates were still deploying the formation. Before the stone thrower was deployed, the city had already started a counterattack. One projectile after another flew out of the city wall and smashed into his position. Before the assembly was completed, one stone thrower after another was hit before it could be launched. Some brackets were broken, some of the tips were broken, and more, the force of operating the stone thrower was easily injured and killed. The smoke and dust rolled on the position, and screams were heard.

People were in panic, and there were many more projectile fragments on the ground, and the speed of the formation was slower. Seeing that the sun had set in the west, Yuan Shao was anxious, and his mood was as full of darkness and despair as the upcoming night sky.

Ju Su was also very anxious and suggested that Yuan Shao start counterattack immediately without waiting for the battle formation to be completed. All the stone throwers that had been installed were launched. Yuan Shao felt it was reasonable and immediately ordered, but the result made them even more desperate. Although dozens of stone throwers started to launch, most of the projectiles fell outside the city, and only a small part could hit the city, and very few could fly to the top of the city.

"How could this be the case?" Yuan Shao was furious and his face turned pale.

Ju Su was also stunned, not knowing what to say. The stone thrower made with great effort is level? He can't even fly up the city. What's the use of this stone thrower? Will he hit the moat and see the splashes?

Geng Bao and others were also panicked, especially Geng Bao, with a pale face. He was the chief clerk, and it required a lot of manpower and material resources to build a stone thrower. Even if he was not the person in charge, he was also a main participant. He had countless money passed through his hands every day, but in the end he created a pile of waste. He could imagine what Yuan Shao would react. He couldn't help but shrink back and stay away from Yuan Shao, so as not to let Yuan Shao get angry and pull out the Sizhao knife on his waist and chop him.

Yuan Shao slowly turned around, his face was ferocious, and his eyes were blazing fire. "What the hell is going on?"

Everyone was speechless. No one knew what was going on, but they all turned their eyes to Geng Bao with tacit understanding. Geng Bao was about to cry without tears. He didn't know what was going on. The day before yesterday, he and Yuan Shao went to check the progress of the stone throwing machine. He tested the shooting more than a dozen times on the spot. Each time the range was more than two hundred steps, and the farthest one even hit 250 steps. According to this range array, you can attack the city.

Yuan Shao reached out and grabbed the hilt of the knife. Geng Bao's legs became weak and he almost knelt on the ground. Ju Su hurriedly stepped forward.

"Lord, there must be something wrong with it. It's better to hire craftsmen responsible for manufacturing to ask."

Yuan Shao gasped and glared at Geng Bao. Seeing this, Ju Su turned around and shouted to Geng Bao, "Why don't you go!" Geng Bao woke up in a dream, looked at Ju Su gratefully, and rolled and crawled down. Yuan Shao was furious and slapped the railing twice, feeling a little angry, and his face was burning hot. He looked at the projectiles flying continuously under the city, the chaos on his own position, thinking that Sun Jian might be laughing at him in the city, and his indescribable mania, his fingers were ready to move, and Sizhao's knife jumped in the sheath.

After a while, Geng Bao came with two craftsmen in short clothes. Yuan Shao looked down and saw that one of them was the operator they were the day before yesterday. He was so angry that he shouted sternly: "Tell me quickly, what's going on?"

Two craftsmen fell down in the audience, and one of them stuttered loudly: "General, these stone throwers...the construction period is too short, the adobe is not dry, and it is much heavier than expected, so the shooting range cannot meet the expected requirements, and it will be enough to wait for three or five days."

Yuan Shao and Ju Su looked at each other and suddenly realized, but were amused and laughed. This is the reason? This also makes sense. The projectiles are made of straw mats wrapped in adobe. The adobe is mixed with water and is inevitably water-containing. It takes at least three to five days to remove the moisture. It takes at least ten days and half a month to completely dry. When I went to see it the day before yesterday, I was naturally dry adobe, which was much lighter, so the range could meet the requirements. Now the adobe is not dry thoroughly, which is heavier than expected, so it is naturally not far away.

After a long time of trouble, he lost such a big face. It turned out to be such a detailed mistake. Yuan Shao was so angry that he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Why don't you use dry projectiles, but wet ones?"

Seeing Yuan Shao getting angry, the craftsmen became even more nervous and stammered. Geng Bao had to explain on his behalf. The projectiles were too many and they didn't have time to dry them completely. The newly made ones were piled on top and the dry ones were piled down. In order to save trouble, the craftsmen took the wet ones on the top first. They originally planned to assemble the array overnight today, and there would be fires at night. They planned to roast them on fire and use them tomorrow. Unexpectedly, Yuan Shao would launch an attack in advance.

Yuan Shao was very angry and wanted to kill people, but he couldn't find a suitable reason. The war had just begun and these craftsmen were still needed. Killing people now will definitely disrupt the morale of the army. He felt depressed and had to wave his hand to order the craftsmen to go down and immediately change to dry projectiles. The craftsmen got up as if they were amnesty and went there as if they were flying.

The stone thrower in front of the formation also stopped the meaningless attack, and only the projectiles flying out of the city were roaring constantly, as if they were merciless ridicule at Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao's face was as cold as frost and he didn't say a word.

Guo Tu leaned against the car window and looked at the car window in a daze. This was Yuan Tan's carriage, which was equipped with four car windows. The windows were made of diamond patterns from wooden strips. The gaps were filled with palm-sized glazed glass. Even if the windows were not opened, the car was bright enough to read. If the road conditions were better, writing could barely deal with it.

Needless to say, Guo Tu knew what Sun Ce meant to give this carriage to Yuan Tan. This kind of window design is very fresh and unique, and the aristocratic families in Yecheng would definitely like it, but Jizhou could not make such a large and transparent glass, so they could only buy it from Sun Ce. When the two armies were fighting, buying this luxury from their opponents was tantamount to capitalizing on the enemy. Yuan Shao would definitely not agree, but the ban would only cause scarcity, which would make Sun Ce raise the price, but it would not discourage the aristocratic families that were not short of money. Scarce to a certain extent could better reflect their taste.

This selling melons is quite good at Guan Zhong's governance.

"Xiansi, your car is very stable and bright, very good."

Yuan Tan said lightly: "Yes, the car is good, I can't use it either. It's really a waste. I'm willing to give it to Mr. to handle matters on the way."

Guo Tu shook his head and smiled. "Don't worry about me. I want to own one at any time. You can give this car to Zheng Kangcheng later, which is considered to be a respectful teacher on behalf of Cui Jigui." Guo Tu looked at Cui Yan riding a horse through the car window and gave Yuan Tan a wink. Cui family is a family in Jizhou, but Cui family in Qinghe is not famous, far less than Cui family in Boling. Geng Bao didn't like Cui Yan because of this. But for Yuan Tan, this was an opportunity. Guo Tu had talked to Cui Yan and recognized Cui Yan's abilities very much. Cui Yan was versatile in civil and military affairs, and Zheng Xuan, a famous teacher, was just around the corner.

Yuan Tan understood and nodded calmly. "When will sir return to Junyi?"

"No hurry." Guo Tu smiled mysteriously. "Zheng Kang is old and can't walk too fast. I'll accompany him for a few more days."

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