Chapter 81 Muze
The offensive and defensive situation was different, and the Qin people were not as familiar as before. However, the Qin people were the Qin people's own business. The Chu State only did what Chu State thought it should do. It was to avoid Penglai and build bridges in Yu Muze.
As of last year, the cement production of Chu State exceeded 120,000 tons. After the relocation, it was decided to store the cement in Nanzheng, Hanshui and Guanzhong was quickly transported to Xinying and various terminals to Xinying. However, due to the limitation of the tonnage of boats, this could only transport part of the reserve cement. How to deal with the remaining 40,000 or 50,000 cement was a headache for the Grand Sima Mansion. It would be left to the Qin people, which was the enemy of capital; it was a pity that Muze Changqiao happened to use these tens of thousands of tons of cement.
The bridge was set up in March, and within a few days, the Chu army and the Fengren master sneaked into Muze at night to determine the bridge route, and measure the location, water depth, and flatness of the piers along the line. Then more than 2,000 craftsmen in the Concrete Mansion immediately became busy. First, they built mold reinforcement to pour more than 750 piers. These piers were about two meters high, thirty centimeters thick, four meters in diameter, and weighed forty tons. At the same time, more than 3,800 bridges were poured. The size and length of these bridges were exactly the same, each with fourteen meters long, twelve meters wide, and a little two meters thick. Each bridge was not light, weighing thirty tons.
Installing wooden molds, knitting huge tendons, pouring and thrusting... Pouring concrete is very simple. With the preliminary preparation time, more than 2,000 craftsmen and more female laborers poured more than 100 piers and more than 700 corresponding bridges in three months. The remaining piers will be completed within four months.
Pouring is not a problem, and transportation is not a problem. The key is the lifting of piers and bridges, which is a big problem. The key is not the lifting itself - Roman engineers can use manpower to lift bases and statues with a weight of more than 50 tons. Powered by steam engines, the craftsmen in the building can easily lift piers weighing forty tons - but the damage and obstruction of the Qin army's boat troops during the lifting process.
In order to prevent the Qin army from harassing, Zaofu could only design a square tower ship like a giant raft. The center of the ship was a crane, supported by a crane, and surrounded by dense cannons. In order to pursue high-fire rates, these cannons were all equipped with spring recoil mechanisms.
At the same time, the four sides of the tower ship were also equipped with large iron plates that could withstand the collision of warships, as well as low wooden walls and hand-to-hand combat soldiers stationed behind the low walls. This was the case with cranes, and the transport ships equipped with piers and bridges. When the huge tower ship appeared on Muze, the Chu army caused a sensation, the beams caused a sensation, and the Qin army also caused a sensation. Before Wang Jian arrived at Muze, the Ze Shangze was surrounded by crowds.
The Chu people who entered Muze in the morning did not rush to build the bridge, but first sacrificed to Muze with three animals. After the sacrifice, the steam engine suddenly burst out white air, pulling the thick giant silk rope on the lifting boom to lift the bridge pier on the transport boat. As soon as the huge bridge pier on the transport boat was lifted, the Chu people on the shore would cheer and jump. When the bridge pier fell, the people cheered again.
The Chu people were like this, and the Qin soldiers and soldiers on the warships in Ze were also extremely shocked. Although Qin and Chu were enemies, people of this era still deeply respected nature. The huge crane lifted huge piers and bridges, and in a moment, a long bridge was built. They couldn't help but admire the huge machine floating above Muze.
The Wei people and Zhao people at the head of Daliang City reacted very fiercely. They were surrounded in December last year. Although the corn and firewood in the city were not used up, the Chu army kept looking away from Mu Ze and had no movement for several months, which easily made people feel anxious and desperate. Three months ago, the strange man told the Chu people in the city that they had decided to build a bridge to rescue the siege. It was incredible to build a bridge to rescue the siege, but what if they didn't accept it?
Hundreds of thousands of people in the city were waiting for three months before they saw the huge tower ship sailing into Muze. The Chu people finally started building bridges. Every time a bridge was lifted and every time a bridge was lifted, the Zhao and Wei soldiers on the city wall would scream until they shouted loudly. The Daliang City under the city wall was also full of excitement. When Wang Jian arrived, the flags of King Wei and King Zhao had already floated at the head of the city of Daliang.
"What did Jing people build bridges like this?" Seeing the crane easily lifting a bridge of six or seven meters long, Wang Jian, who was thinking hard, couldn't help but exclaim.
"Report to the general, the Jing people did build bridges like this." Tian Pu said. The Chu people went out to sea to avoid migration in April. The Qin army's boat troops, who were worried that after going out to sea, were attacked by the Chu army, returned to Daliang. Because Tian Pu was responsible for Daliang, Yang Duanhe stayed in Zhifu.
"Build a bridge like this..." Wang Jian was amazed and soon noticed the danger. Building a bridge at such a speed would take up at most six months. The siege of Daliang would be untied before the decisive battle between Qin and Chu. The Wei and Zhao armies in the city would inevitably be united with the Chu army. The Chu army was already difficult to deal with, and the Wei and Zhao armies were 30,000 to 40,000 people, which would be even more difficult to deal with.
"General, you must try to stop it. The last general has mobilized the warships..." Before Wang Jian came, Tian Pu sent warships to attack the Chu people's tower ships at the first time, but there were artillery all around the tower ships, and several warships were dispersed by artillery before they got close. During the time waiting for Wang Jian, Tian Pu mobilized hundreds of warships to come to Muze, and these warships had arrived.
"Can you win?" Wang Jian was not familiar with the water war, and he could only ask Tian Pu, the general of the Zhou army.
"Although the Jingren Tower Boat is large, it is only a few, so it is even more inconvenient to move and turn. If our army's warships hit it, it will be broken." Tian Pu was very confident in his words. At the first glance, he knew that it could sink, but the price was not small.
"Good. If you can break today, you can break it. Don't wait for tomorrow." Wang Jian said, and then cheers broke out from the Muze Riverside and Daliang City. The crane lifted a new bridge pier. With the two piers in front, in just four hours, a long bridge about twenty steps was added to Muze. At this speed, construction can be carried out day and night, eight bridge piers can be hoisted a day and built into an eighty-step long bridge. In other words, this long bridge of more than twenty miles can be built in one hundred days.
"The last general will take the order!" Tian Pu agreed loudly. He knew what Wang Jian said, so he didn't have to wait. He should quickly give the enemy a heavy blow, defeat the Chu army's bridge building operations as much as possible, and let the Zhao, Wei and Zhao countries in Daliang City fall into despair again.
"Send the order! Beat the drum." Tian Pu bid farewell to Wang Jian and gave the order to the combat army. The drum on the five oars and warship suddenly rang, leaping on the ze side, conveying Tian Pu's more detailed orders.
The sound of drums made the Chu army on the south bank of Muze, the Wei people on the Daliang city wall at the north end of Muze and the Zhao people. They had already seen more and more Qin army warships on the Ze. The low-collision and high-rise sterns of these warships reminded people that the Great Qin boat army is no longer the same as before. It is no longer the water marsh that the Chu army warships rule the world, but the Qin people rule the water marsh lakes in the world.
Amid the drums, hundreds of three-oat warships in Muze began to line up, aiming at the lifting ship that was lifting the bridge piers. The collision was not one side, but four sides, and all sides were colliding with rows of warships in order to destroy with one blow.
"Da Ao..." Xiong Jing arrived at Qifeng with the tower ship. He had no more annoying plaster in his hand, and the broken bones had healed. Standing on the roof of the carriage, he could clearly see the lifting tower ship, the Qin army warship, the King of Wei, and the Queen Mother of Zhao who was standing sadly on the top of the city.
"How?" Xiong Jing heard the drums, but he didn't care at all.
"The Qin people's warships are about to hit me, our army..." There are not many Qin soldiers on the Ze's face, and many of the Chu soldiers rowing the warships are on standby on the gulf. Once needed, they can rush into Muze.
"How about our army?" Xiong Jing subconsciously licked Tian's lips after looking at the sect.
"Although the tower ships had artillery, there were many Qin people fighting boats." Zhuang Wudi didn't know Da Ao's thoughts beside him, and he thought he was as concerned about the war as he did.
Chapter completed!