Chapter 1159 Secret Agents From All Sides

Several people joked again, and the knight suddenly said: "Boss Chaobo, there is something I want to discuss with you."

When everyone heard this, they all calmed down and looked at the knight, waiting for him to speak.

"That's right," the knight cleared his throat and said, "I have been thinking about this issue since the Pass War last year. It is estimated that our two counties will focus on defense in the next few years, but Lu Bu will become more and more wary of us later on, so it will be more difficult for us to obtain any supplies from Luoyang, so I wonder if we can bring back a batch of rhubarb crossbows this time, preferably two. A stone big yellow crossbow, if that doesn’t work, a stone big yellow crossbow will do.”

The rest of the people also nodded and looked at Huangfu Chaobo expectantly.

"Yes, in last year's war, thanks to the crossbowmen, our defense would be much easier. Without them, the losses would probably be greater, so this time we will take advantage of this opportunity to make a trip." Zhao Zilong He nodded and added on the side;

After these two years of development, the crossbowmen of the Tang Army have begun to change their equipment on a large scale, from the original one-stone big yellow crossbows to the sharper two-stone big yellow crossbows. If a batch of two-stone big yellow crossbows can be brought back from Luoyang, For the four of them, the harvest from this trip was already very good. As the knight said, there are still people in Zhao Jun who are eyeing Wuyuan and Shuofang counties, and Chen Gong and Zhang Liao are among the strongest supporters.

After listening to the words of the two people, Huangfu Chaobo also fell into deep thought. The Ershi Dahuang Crossbow's own battle barracks has not been replaced. Currently, only more than half of the crossbow soldiers have been replaced. If it were given to them, each of them would It must be equipped with more than one thousand to form a combat effectiveness. Four people are four thousand. If you add Zhou Qiang and Zongheng Tianxia, ​​you will probably need to prepare ten thousand to be able to use it.

Nowadays, the crossbows in the world are no longer the only specialty of the Tang army. For example, in Yuan Shao's Wei State, all of Ju Yi's first soldiers to die were equipped with crossbow machines, so they were indirectly involved in the production of crossbow machines in the Wei State. There are also Cao Cao's Qi State and Sun Ce's Wu State. These vassal states that mainly rely on infantry have also begun to produce large quantities of crossbow machines to prepare infantry. Of course, the large-scale production here is closely related to Huangfu Chaobo. The large-scale production under his command is not of the same level at all. Several player lords also make crossbows, which are used to equip their own soldiers and horses, and a small amount is sold.

However, the crossbows of other families are still far from the crossbows of the Tang Army. Now the Tang Army has been equipped with a large number of two-stone big yellow crossbows, while the other families can only produce sophisticated one-stone big yellow crossbows at most, and there is also a difference in output. Very far. Now Huangfu Chaobo has ordered several masters in the workshop to start developing more sophisticated three-stone rhubarb crossbows and more sophisticated cavalry crossbows.

"Brother! Big brother!!!" Lao Du saw Huangfu Chaobo in a daze and couldn't help shouting next to him;

"Huh? Oh!" Huangfu Chaobo reacted fiercely. Seeing the expressions of several people around him, he quickly explained: "I'm sorry, I was thinking about other things and was a little distracted. How about this, I'll give you five pieces of the two-stone big yellow crossbow. Thousands of them, Lao Zhao, you four will form a force of one thousand strong crossbowmen, and then leave two or three as backup. As for the one-stone rhubarb crossbows, each of you should have more than two thousand in hand. Bar?"

Several people were overjoyed when they heard this. They all knew that Tang Jun was changing his clothes now, so they didn't think about buying too many. Everyone could take away about five hundred, which was already very good. They didn't expect Huangfu Chaobo to speak. There are more than a thousand, which is enough for each family to form a strong crossbow force of a thousand people.

When Huangfu Chaobo asked about the situation of the Yishi Dahuang crossbow, several people nodded.

"I still have more than fifteen hundred."

"Twelve hundred."

"I still have two thousand more!"

"I also have about two thousand."

The four of them answered one after another, and Huangfu Chaobo nodded. This was similar to the number he remembered. After all, in the past two years of war,

There will always be some crossbows to break.

"I will give you ten thousand one-stone crossbows, and each crossbow will be equipped with five bow strings and three hundred crossbow arrows. If you add in your own damaged crossbows, based on the current situation, it should be enough for you. After all, there is no shortage of people in the army. Maybe all of them are crossbowmen. You are in the north of Bingzhou, and the cavalry also accounts for a large proportion." Huangfu Chaobo thought for a while and said to a few people;

"Hey...what about me? Where about me?" Zongheng Tianxia said anxiously from the side;

"Brother Chao, I want it here too!" Zhou Qiang also interjected;

"You two use a stone crossbow first. My inventory is not enough now. The four of them will definitely face difficulties from Lu Bu's army later, so it will definitely be difficult to transport a large amount of supplies. You are different. You can come and get it at any time, and when the time comes, each of your families will have one thousand, two hundred two-stone crossbows.”

"Okay!" Upon hearing this, the two of them knew that Huangfu Chaobo's words were reasonable, so they stopped insisting.

Everyone was chatting when suddenly Shi A hurried over to ask for an audience: "Your Majesty!"

When Huangfu Chaobo saw Shi'a's appearance, he quickly got up and went to the backyard. Shi'a stepped forward and reported softly: "Your Majesty, Shadow has captured many people snooping in the workshop area in the past few days. Look, They look like spies from other countries. Let the king decide what to do with these people now!"

"Heh..." Huangfu Chaobo said with a smile: "It must be quite a lot!"

"We have captured more than ten people in the past few days, and there are probably many more we haven't found yet."

"Catch them first, don't torture them, and send them out of the country after the ceremony. Don't hurt their lives."

Huangfu Chaobo would find it strange at all about the news reported by Shi A. After all, this is the best time to blatantly send spies into Luoyang. Among the envoys sent by Huangfu Chaobo himself to other vassal states, aren't there also many shadow guards mixed in? This is inevitable.

Shi A was stunned, looked up at Huangfu Chaobo, and immediately bowed his head to receive the order: "I obey the order!"

As Huangfu Chaobo's status and power increased, although he did not deliberately show anything, his subordinates were more and more in awe of him unconsciously. Just like this time, although Shi A was a little puzzled that Huangfu Chaobo did not order all the spies to be disposed of, he still subconsciously bowed his head to receive the order.

Seeing the doubt in Shi A's heart, Huangfu Chaobo smiled and said, "What? Are you confused?"

"Please help me, Your Majesty!"

"All of them came with the delegation. If we just deal with them, it will be inappropriate. Besides, when we first agreed, we had already thought that there might be a large number of spies taking advantage of the situation, so we strengthened the defense in all important places. Besides, although they can watch the workshop area in the inner city from a distance, it is not easy to enter, and the workshop in the inner city does not involve secrets." Huangfu Chaobo explained with a smile;

Suddenly, he remembered something and said, "However, there is one thing you must be more vigilant about, that is, the important craftsmen and other personnel need to be protected to prevent anyone from attacking them, and there may even be assassinations."

"Yes!" Shi A was also shocked, and hurriedly bowed to accept the order, and then quickly left to make arrangements.