Chapter 524 523. Giant Beast Appears (2)

The young man hurriedly said: "Historically, Demetrius, the son of King Antigonus, used this machine to capture Rhodes Island and many other cities one after another, so he was nicknamed the Besieger..."

After listening to the history introduction, Li Du began to call for someone to assemble the wooden giant.

There are many people playing here in the camp every day, and he calls for help.

A treasure hunter said: "Boss Li, what's the benefit of helping out? Do you provide beer?"

Li Du said: "Drink beer as you like, I will hold a party after the formation is established, and then the guys can enjoy it as much as they want!"

I heard that there is a party to play, and treasure hunters are interested.

In fact, even if there is no party, they are willing to help. After all, siege towers exist in legends. They have only seen them in movies and TV shows, and have never encountered them in reality.

Many people are powerful, even if there is no blueprint, relying on everyone's discussion, a part can be quickly assembled.

Moreover, Li Du can use the ability of the little flying insect to turn back time, and constantly check the appearance of the siege tower when it is formed, so as to guide everyone to build it.

The first thing to be built is the protection room, which is the main body of the siege tower and is a small solid wooden house.

The protection room is a basic building, with steerable wheels on the bottom floor, the wheels are also made of wood, they are as tall as a person, and it takes two big men to help them up.

Except for the wheels, the other parts of the protective room are mainly composed of hard wooden boards, which are connected and reinforced with iron nails, and there is a thick leather hanging layer on the outside.

Hans stroked the connected thick cowhide and said, "Even if the siege tower can't be built in the end, then we can still gain something. These cowhide are quite valuable."

After looking at it, Mr. Martin said: "This is old cowhide. It is not worth much now. It is a hanging layer to resist incoming arrows."

"Cowhide is easy to catch fire, right? Why do you shoot arrows at them? Shouldn't you attack them with fire?" asked a treasure hunter.

Mr. Martin said with a smile: "Of course, so there is a layer of guards on the outside of the cowhide, which is made of fresh branches and covered with sticky mud, so that it can resist both flames and falling arrows."

The protective room was gradually built. Although everyone was tired, their spirits were high.

The protective room that appeared in front of them was very domineering, with three sharp spikes fixed around it. The shape of the spikes was similar to lightning, and the texture was steel with rust, but it did not hinder its lethality.

After seeing the spikes, one student said, "Okay, we've come to the right place, this is a siege tower in the Greek style, and look, the spikes are in the shape of Zeus' lightning."

Mr. Martin shook his head, and said: "No, you can't infer that from the spikes. Read on. I think it's the work of Indians."

In addition to the spikes, there are some patterns in the protective room, which he judged from the patterns.

Li Du had to admit that the old man had a vicious vision. When he turned back the clock, he saw that the siege tower was in the hands of the Indians in the early stage, and it was used for the Indian tribal war.

Continue to build, the required accessories of the siege tower are very complete, they are like assembling a large building block, the procedures are complicated, but not difficult.

The protection room is more than two meters high, and there are multi-layered towers above. Each floor can be equipped with different weapons and equipment, and thus has different functions.

Among them, the protective room does not have only one floor, but two floors, with another floor in the middle.

Mr. Martin said: "The coolies on the first floor are strong. They are responsible for pushing the siege tower close to the target wall. The second floor is the warriors. They hide in it and try to climb up to fight after getting close to the wall."

On the next level, there is a crossbow machine slot, and a total of four large crossbow machines can be equipped. Unfortunately, although the crossbow machine is there, the crossbow arrows are missing, otherwise they can even pull the crossbow machine on the spot.

The top floor is the arrow tower, on which soldiers can shoot arrows and attack the opponent to cover their own side. In addition, the arrow tower can also be converted into a suspension bridge for soldiers to climb the city wall, which is very clever.

Below the arrow tower are some eagle claw-like tools, all made of fine iron. This kind of thing can destroy the enemy's top wall and fix the own side's climbing bridge.

More than 20 people worked hard all day, from morning to evening, and finally built this siege tower.

Everyone is very tired, but they have a sense of accomplishment. The completed siege tower looks very domineering and looks great.

The entire siege tower is more than six meters high. During the siege, a large number of soldiers hid in the huge machine, relying on wheels and ropes to move forward.

Everyone works together to move the siege tower to the weak part of the enemy's wall, and then they can launch an attack. Unless the defender's strength is much higher than that of the attacker, the siege tower will successfully open a huge gap in the wall.

Mr. Martin took a few photos, and everyone was taking photos, and they all went up to take photos with the siege tower.

Obviously, this siege tower is an out-and-out weapon, not a simple prop, so if they miss this opportunity, they may never have access to this thing in their lifetime.

Mr. Martin sighed: "This should be the siege tower of the Indian tribe. It may be an antique with a history of hundreds of years or even longer."

Hans asked in surprise, "Really?"

Mr. Martin said with certainty: "Yes, I don't know which tribe specifically, but the Indians stopped making siege towers at the end of the 19th century. Because of the government's communication, the tribal war between them ended and the siege towers ended. The city tower is useless."

For the Indians, the movable siege tower has a great psychological deterrent effect on the enemy defending the city. It often makes the enemy fearful and surrenders without a fight. This is its real function.

Until a hundred years ago, Indian tribes still fought from time to time, and some tribes built cities. Of course, cities are villages surrounded by walls.

If you do not use firearms, it is not easy to capture this kind of village, and it will even cause huge losses to the attacker.

Therefore, before the Europeans came to North America, the Indians relied on this kind of siege tower to attack the city.

If what Mr. Martin said is correct, then this siege tower will be of great value. Nowadays, Indian tribes are often very rich, and they must be willing to collect such a siege tower.

Mr. Martin seized the opportunity to teach the students a lesson and discuss with them the historical events associated with the siege towers.

"In 363, the Roman expeditionary force besieged the Persian fortified city of Pilisapora. After the persuasion failed, the Romans used siege towers to launch an attack, opened a gap in the city wall and entered the city..."

"In the Third Macedonian War, Rome marched into Greece, and the Roman legion suffered repeated setbacks in the early days. In 168 BC, the consul Paulus led the main force to launch an attack and used siege towers to frighten the Macedonian army and civilians to victory..."