Section 1683: 2 Large Serial Crossbows

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Chapter 1683 The Second Chain Crossbow

For Situ Sheng, they used whatever to put on the top, and it seemed that the effect was good at that time.

"General, this is the front sight,... the front line, there may be some shock after firing, and then aim again and fire again." Meng Tianye over there has never used it before, so he can't help but scold at the moment. Meng Tian is troublesome, if he hits it, it's okay, it will definitely improve his dignity, but if he misses it, it will be embarrassing to himself, and it is an adult who loses.

Situ Sheng looked nervously at that... the first line. He had never been in contact with these places before. The one who shot at the bull soldiers was a fool. At this time, what should be shot is a huge one on a tree not far away from them. The hornet's nest, if it can hit this thing, it is estimated that the dozen or so cattle soldiers around there will have an explanation.

"Whoosh..." Situ Sheng's basic skills are definitely good. Others need to aim for a while, but for Situ Sheng, it takes a few seconds. He just feels a little easy retreat, but what's the big deal? In a second, another two-meter-long crossbow bolt is already in place. The speed of the first crossbow bolt flying out can definitely reach two hundred meters per second. When they got to the hornet's nest on the tree, some of the guys watched it, but the dozen or so soldiers of the Niu tribe watched their actions in the sky.

"Haha, when is this true and when is it false, it seems that at this time, they are all from the heart.

"Everyone is ready to launch." Situ Sheng took over the loudspeaker from the messenger, and his own voice spread out quickly. Following Situ Sheng's order, the flag bearers in several directions began to move toward the others. The bunker issued an order, and all the giant crossbow bolts in the hundreds of bunkers on the city wall that stretched for 20 miles began to be fired. The vanguard of the hundreds of thousands of wildlings facing them suffered disaster, and they seemed like living targets. , there is no place to hide at all, except for a few places protected by rocks, even standing behind a tree is useless. Many people have seen the power of giant crossbow bolts, and many soldiers have fired hundreds of crossbow bolts Meng Tian didn't blame them when he saw it. He said he fired fifty of them, but he himself fired more than a hundred of them, and killed at least four hundred soldiers of the savage tribe. In just ten minutes, tens of thousands The gold coins are gone, but there is no need to worry. Hundreds of thousands of these crossbows are shipped every day. Many farmers in the empire have started to produce this thing at home. Of course, agriculture cannot be neglected. The task is also stipulated according to how much grain your family produces. For example, if your family produces 1,000 catties of grain a year, you can produce 20 grains. It is much faster to make money growing food, and Li Cong was also afraid that many people would stop farming, and it would be troublesome to go out to fiddle with this thing. It would be better for the entire empire not to experience a food shortage.

After fifteen minutes, basically all the crossbows stopped,

The savage army on the opposite side suffered disaster. The hundreds of thousands of troops were killed by half before they saw the enemy. Many people died together in two or three people and were strung with candied haws. This is what this war crossbow has. In the past, the soldiers on Guangming City had to use cavalry to usher in a small victory, but this time they were unscathed. Just firing some crossbow arrows made them retreat so far. At this time, the savages They were also obviously irritated. Hundreds of their catapults had already been shipped out. Meng Tian was afraid that they would not realize that this opportunity is really rare. If their opponents were soldiers from the Southern Empire, They wouldn't be stupid, right? The catapult was pushed out. Just now, they have seen the power of other people's crossbows. It would be foolish to push the catapult out again.

The swishing sound was endless, and a large number of crossbow arrows roared and flew towards their catapults. The catapults of the barbarians were made of stone. Although they were very hard, they could not stand the impact of a large number of crossbow arrows. Yes, and the crossbow arrows of human beings are all heading towards the fulcrum of the catapult, which makes their fate doomed to be so good. Many people are already desperate after seeing this scene, and they don't want to think about it at all. The catapults are gone, and they want to run. Just like this, more than a hundred catapults, which are very precious to the wildlings, are finished, accounting for more than a quarter of their total catapults. How can this continue.

The Snake Queen also believes in the fact that he has recruited more soldiers from more races, and human weapons have become more and more advanced. In the past, they were absolutely safe in this position, but looking at it now Looking at these dead people on the ground, you can tell that they are not safe at all.

The face under the white veil of the Snake Queen has never been seen before, and now something that surprised everyone even more happened. The crossbow arrow thrown by the Snake Queen actually stared at the city wall. This is the first time for the Snake Queen I have to say that this boosted the morale of the savages. The human beings looked at this scene in surprise. They knew that the city walls were made of the hardest stones. Now he was able to break in. It's great.

"Hmph, what's the big deal, even if you can throw yourself, there is only one person, it's impossible to throw them all.

"Haha, it seems that we humans won this war. What's so great about the Snake Queen? We have our prince. This time, the prince has brought a lot of secret weapons. He will definitely let these beasts drink One pot, the meat and other things stored in Guangming City are gone, and these beasts are our best food." Other soldiers and low-level officers also said loudly, especially those low-level officers. The most important thing is to make these soldiers arouse their interest, and strive to minimize the influence of the Snake Queen. Sure enough, under their leadership, the people on the city wall became happy again, and some people even organized Several crossbow arrows attacked towards the Snake Queen. Although the Snake Queen avoided it easily, the Snake Queen did not fight back. He used a lot of strength to throw that one by himself. If he continued to throw it , I can't guarantee whether I can throw it on the city wall. If it falls halfway, it will be a big joke. of jokes.

"Hmph, I just want you to be happy for a few more days. I ordered you to retreat a thousand meters and set up camp. No one is allowed to take out the catapult without my order." The Snake Queen put down a few harsh words and took The people left, and it can be seen that the soldiers of the orc clan were hit hard by this, although the Snake Queen's own skills are not her own.

The soldiers who returned to the camp were obviously very excited. They were even more happy about the future war. Situ Sheng was also very happy. Anyone on the mainland hates the savages very much, and he is also very happy. The exception is, what did he come here just now, but now the attack of the savages is about to start, and at this time, you can't do things that hinder your legs, although he also really wants to call the army some military regulations. In the past, they I don't care.

"General, an urgent letter from the imperial capital." The soldier left after saying a word. This soldier appeared to be Situ Sheng's man, but in fact the boy was an eunuch, the closest one to the queen mother, The one who caught up with the army on the third day of departure took the Queen Mother's handwritten letter and pretended to be Situ Sheng's personal soldier. This kind of thing never happened in the past, but now the Queen Mother has nothing to do with it. Useful, this is already the seventh letter from the Empress Dowager this month, the Empress Dowager is urging something, the Empress Dowager is too inconsiderate of the feelings of the frontline soldiers at this time.

The guy standing outside is still waiting for his reply, Situ Sheng is really depressed, fuck, he is a great general, and even an eunuch is embarrassed, but behind him is the queen mother, so I can't be too embarrassed. It's too much, I can only reply to the queen mother patiently, and talk about the situation on the front line. The queen mother is very wise, and she should understand my difficulties now. dead.

Li Cong is not in the same mood as Situ Sheng now. Li Cong has already rushed to the northern provinces. Originally, Li Cong has everything here. The city gate is in front of him. You can see the inside of the city from outside the city. The top of the huge warehouses, all of these warehouses are full, and it is less than 150 miles away from Guangming City. There was no city wall in the past, but since the appearance of the Snake Queen, the empire has spent 200 million gold coins for it. This temporary warehouse has built a huge city wall. The function of the city wall is not to resist the attack of the savages, but to delay the time. If the savages approach the city, what the people inside have to do is to ignite a few giants. They must not let these materials fall into the hands of the savages. It is too sad to say that this city wall has such a fate, but such preparations are still necessary. Everyone knows that the savages with weapons are How horrible.

Li Cong passed by when he entered the city.

"I said, brother, why did you get so many live pigs? This is the gate of the city. If you don't get rid of them, maybe those officials will kill you." Li Cong said with a smile, but it seemed that he But I didn't mean to joke with him.

"Hey, this little brother doesn't know something. I'm a big pig farmer around here. My family has more pigs than here. I've already paid the fee, so I hope someone will come and buy them for them." Ah, it turned out that my place was very popular when there were a lot of people here, but now it’s no longer possible. I heard that the savages are coming, and most of them have dragged their families to the mainland. No one wants them anymore, my biggest property is these pigs, now I can’t stay with these pigs and run with them.” This guy was depressed when he said that, in the past, his pigs couldn’t be supplied to the market at all, but now Fortunately, because people have left, no one wants good pork. Li Cong sees him really pitiful. The population of this city has decreased by at least one-third, and many landlords are very depressed. Light, their land is there in a panic and they can't go, no, it's a bad place to be so close to the northern border, and they have to worry about the attack of the savages.

"Okay, I don't think you should do this anymore, how about it, I am in the army, you can give me all your pigs or those in your family, if there are people like you around Take it for me, I will order all the dishes according to your usual price 10% lower, as for the meat, I don’t even need to think about it, how much is a catty of meat, if it is opened to supply the army, it will cost How much is it? In this society, a catty of meat costs 20 copper coins. It is absolutely no problem for a soldier to eat a catty of meat a day. Fifteen million people cost 300 million copper coins a day, which is 30,000 in gold coins. For gold coins, this is just raw meat, and it will be even more expensive to serve it up, but this small amount of money is nothing to Li Cong, and now the army uses meat for one meal a month, which is not enough at all Yes, those meals are okay in normal times, but now it is a time of war, these meats are things that can give soldiers great strength, and Li Cong will naturally not be stingy.

"In the past, this was not a small amount." This guy sat up immediately when he heard Li Cong say that, a big customer.

Hundreds of thousands of pigs are equivalent to tens of thousands of gold coins. Speaking of it, it is not enough for the soldiers on the front line to feed for a day. This amount is nothing but a minority. Now everyone is going to flee to the mainland. In other words, although the young man said that he would reduce it by 10%, he still has profits to make, just like his pork, which usually costs 20 copper coins a catty, but now he sells it when someone offers ten. He does this business up.

"Hehe, this is a gold ticket of 10,000 gold coins. You take it, and take these pigs over there quickly. If you pass twenty miles now, you can still catch up with dinner in the evening. You should hurry up and buy it from other people. Well, just send me 200,000 heads every day, and you will have the money.” Li Cong said with a smile, it seems that the price of meat in this northern province should make him stir up, and this old guy is not Fool, looking at the gold ticket of 10,000 gold coins, he immediately went to work cheerfully. He himself is in the northern province, so he won't leave now. In several provinces, I know that they are used a lot in the army. This pork is the most common thing in ordinary people’s homes. Every family has one or two pigs, and some may have five or six pigs. If you want Collecting these things is not something that can be easily grasped, this guy happily took some things and went to work.

"My lord, I'm late. I just saw that my lord loves the people like a son. I really admire my lord from the bottom of my heart. To be honest, the population of the entire northern province has decreased a lot since the news about the Snake Queen came out. Although His Majesty the Emperor has already said that there is no need to relocate the entire northern province, but as long as there are a large number of officials who belong to the wrong officials at home, those officials who only want face but not face will probably drive those people away long ago. Listening to him, I also feel that this guy is also very annoying to the savages' invasion, which is too damaging to the local economy.

"Hehe, I don't dare to say that as an adult. In fact, I can help a little bit. Our economy has been destroyed by the savages. Although they haven't come in yet, our The influence of the side is really not small, but it is the same as the young master. When he came, he asked someone to open the warehouse. It was not bad. It was full of various types of crossbow arrows. Gunpowder, the explosive power of this black powder is not so great, but it can be regarded as a very powerful weapon in this society, and Li Cong will not take it out until the last moment.

"My lord, this is the large warehouse we built recently for your Invincible Battalion. It is already full of crossbow bolts, about 140 million. Now we go there every day, and it takes at most an hour to get there. , Now with the cement road you invented, it is nearly half as fast as before. I am not flattering you. Many people now praise you, wondering if the road will be smoother in the future? That cement can be used to pave the road, the idea of ​​my own hometown, the officials have such an idea to do better, this guy is right, this is a war zone, and it must be prioritized.

"Hehe, don't worry about this. The road leading to Guangming City here is the first batch, and the road leading to the provincial capital is the second batch. I won't forget this place. How many people are left in your county? ?” Li Cong said, looking at the empty houses around him.

As soon as he said this, the guy who was still smiling lost his smile, "My lord, to tell you the truth, although I, Wang Tong, can't be said to be very capable, I can still handle the things you told me to do well. But my sister has done a good job of retaining the population. Originally, there were more than 4 million people in this county, but now there are less than 2 million people left. Half of the people have left, and most of the rest are It's the army or some servants in the major yamen and their families." The guy said with a bitter face, the northern region sounds not very good, but the soil is very fertile black soil. Because of the Snake Queen, there were not many ordinary people rushing to farm, and they all fled to famine.

"So it seems that a lot of land has been vacated in the surrounding area?" Li Cong said looking at the place where the grass was already higher than people in the distance. It would be too wasteful to go on like this. I can't let go of the opportunity.

"Yeah, it's not just us here recently, I guess the whole northern region is selling houses and land. Anyway, people will go to the inland to live, so there is no need to stay here." This Wang Tong is nothing, according to Really answered.

"Okay, it's not very useful, but for some people with no money, it's still very attractive.

"By the way, Mr. Wang, when you see someone selling cheap houses and slaves, you will write it down for me. Every five days, I will tell my housekeeper to know whether people with a little money can sleep tightly. Yes, it is impossible to repay the investment. Wang Tong was a little confused when he heard Li Cong's words. It is true that you have money, my lord. Now let alone give them two-thirds of the house, even if it is one-third It is estimated that these people will definitely be sold. We all know that the Snake Queen has become ruthless this time. If you don't pay attention, you may die here. If you can leave early, leave early.

After visiting this city, Li Cong hurried to Guangming City. Meng Tian had already told Li Cong all the news of today. Li Cong was also very surprised by Situ Sheng's actions. Could it be that this guy has some tricks? There is still no etiquette at all. It is a time of war, and it is useless to ask for those vain, and it is serious to defeat the enemy honestly. Li Cong was very satisfied with Meng Tian's welcome, and Meng Tian brought dozens of cavalry Waiting for Li Cong ten miles outside Guangming City, correspondingly, Li Cong didn't bring many people with him, and there were only so many people coming from the imperial capital.

"My lord, you are here. If you don't come, my heart will be pounding." It stands to reason that a brave guy like Meng Tian would not say this, but these words come from his What he said out of his mouth, to be honest, Meng Tian is really a bit clueless, in fact, as long as the enemy can't climb the city wall, he knows that they are not capable of attacking the city at this time before.

"Hehe, I think you are a very good guard. This Guangming City looked like this when I left. Now I have nothing missing. You are already very competent." Li Cong said with a smile. Li Cong must be very happy.

"Although that is said, the attack of the savages is getting stronger every day. At the beginning, they just threw stones casually, but now their humanoids have joined the battle. More than 20,000 of them command hundreds of thousands of savages. The soldiers formed a bow and arrow unit, and their bow and arrows are also very powerful, if we hadn't dodged in time, they would definitely have caused us more damage." Meng Tian picked out some main things and explained, this savage is born They are archery masters. You can tell by their strong arms. If they want to shoot arrows, no one can reach as far as them. But in terms of skills, they are not as strong as their bodies. They are typical Simple-minded brawn.

"External enemies are easy to solve. I'll let the people in Jingxi Camp have some trouble in advance. What I'm most worried about is that Situ Sheng. This guy is not a fuel-efficient lamp." Li Cong looked around and whispered Said, Situ Sheng dare not fight against human beings in Guangming City, and Li Cong, as the coach here, can't do that even more. If people say that he is looking for another suspect, Li Cong can't get along with just gossip .

"Fortunately, it's not a big deal. That Situ Sheng has been honest recently. I can see that when this guy led people to fight against the wildlings on the city wall, he really wanted to kill the enemy in his heart. These days It seems that they have a close relationship with the letters in the imperial capital, and I have asked people to pay close attention to them, because the war has not yet started, so I can’t take them apart, and now they are still in a lump.” This conspiracy Naturally, Meng Tian couldn't do it anymore. After so long, these people from Jingxi Daying were still together. If it was Li Cong, they would have been divided into several pieces. It is impossible for them to have such a big one. threatening.

"You are such an idiot. In the past, the heavily armored army was useful, but the lightly armored army is not so useful. Go to work honestly. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come () Subscribe, reward, your support is my biggest motivation.)

Chapter 1683 The Second Chain Crossbow