Chapter 885 Ah This?

late at night.

The Liuhuo Legion entered the position, 50,000 people lined up, full of momentum, while the Yanshen Legion and Yinping Legion on the right were divided into front and rear sequences, guarding the northern strategic hub of Fenglai City together. The screams were connected together, and anyone could feel the suffocating momentum of the imminent war.

In the distance, a large number of Mo Lin Knights have appeared in the jungle north of Fenglai City, and they are gathering. It seems that there is no sign of attacking, and they probably have to wait for the dawn. The night fighting ability of the Mo Lin Knights should not be too strong. , or the Immortal Stuirem wants to defeat the last main force of the light camp in one go during the day.

Riding Wu Xiezhi, just walking in the sequence of the Liuhuo Legion, when I brought Zhang Lingyue and Chai Lu to the camp, I saw heavy artillery and bed crossbows standing by. Rows of crossbow catapults, the principle of these crossbow catapults is similar to that of crossbow arrows. They place relatively round stones in arrow slots and shoot them with thick and long bowstrings. Enemy formation to obtain a certain killing effect.

However, the attack effect of the ballista cannon is much worse than that of the heavy cannon and the bed crossbow.

"My lord, what's the matter?"

Seeing me staring at the ballista in a daze, Zhang Lingyue couldn't help laughing and said, "Is there anything wrong with this... stone ball?"

"a little bit."

I lightly patted the cold wood of the crossbow, and asked, "Zhang Lingyue, if the crossbow is fired flat, how far can it hit?"

"Let it go flat?"

Zhang Lingyue smiled slightly: "Try it and you will know. Come on, put it flat, and try firing the stone cannon once."

"Yes, my lord!"

Three soldiers operated, two pulled the bowstring, one filled the groove with stones, and then adjusted the direction. Immediately, the entire crossbow was leveled and aimed at an open space on the left. To my surprise, this giant rock flew nearly 50 meters flat before rolling down into the grass.

"That's it..."

I looked at the ballista, stepped forward, looked at the thin scale on it, and found that it was also a 360-degree scale, so I gently adjusted the firing direction of the ballista to an angle of 15 degrees above the horizontal. position, said: "Let me see again."

"yes!"

This time, the stone cannon flew nearly 100 meters close to the ground with a "swish", but the height of the front end of the flight was slightly higher, about 3 meters, and it did not re-enter 0-2 meters until the position of 40-100 meters The height above the ground, that is to say, is the real killing range.

"My lord, what are you...doing?"

Zhang Lingyue was at a loss.

"Fire Stinger."

I turned around and looked at him, and said, "Zhang Lingyue, do you know creatures like flame thorns?"

"Who wouldn't know?"

Zhang Lingyue's face changed slightly, and he said, "Isn't Yanmenguan, Huoling County and other important places captured by the strange demon army because of the attack of the flame thorn demon? But my lord, what does the flame thorn demon have to do with the crossbow stone?"

I groaned, looked at the crossbow cannon, and said: "The most terrifying thing about flame thorns is their self-detonation. Their self-destruction is so powerful that even city defenses can't stop them, and the effect of flame thorns on breaking the formation is similar. , once it explodes, even our Iron Step Battalion will definitely not be able to stop the terrifying explosive power, but... I have studied some flame thorn demons, and they will explode immediately when they are hit by heavy objects. I think, the crossbow The weight and speed of the stone cannon should be enough to cause this kind of self-explosion."

Zhang Lingyue is so smart: "I understand, my lord, you are going to use the ballista to deal with the flame stabbing demon, right?"

"Yes."

I gently stroked the cold bracket of the crossbow cannon, and said with a smile: "This kind of crap, the empire is about to give up. It is a device that is about to be eliminated by the times. This time, it may be of great help to us, Zhang Lingyue, How many ballistas do we have in total?"

"Forehead……"

He thought for a while, and said: "These crossbows were delivered to us directly from the material warehouse by the quartermaster when we passed through the Northern Wilderness Province. Bring them all to our Flowing Fire Legion, and we can choose whether to use them or chop firewood to keep warm, so our subordinates carefully selected a total of 3,000 crossbows, and they are all here."

"That's it..."

I frowned: "Fenglai City's material warehouse is very sufficient, and there should be some. You can apply for it, and it doesn't matter what you can get."

"ah?"

Zhang Lingyue was taken aback for a moment: "This subordinate is just a deputy commander, and has no right to apply for wartime supplies. Don't embarrass me, my lord."

"Don't worry, since it's something no one wants, you just need to ask, and I believe the quartermaster will definitely not embarrass you."

"Okay, the subordinate has the right to try."

...

As soon as Zhang Lingyue left, I immediately turned around to look at the veteran Chai Lu, and said, "Chai Lu controls."

"My lord, the veteran is here!"

Chai Lu immediately clasped her fists solemnly and waited for the order.

I touched the stone cannons on the wooden cart beside me. Each of these stones was about the size of a basketball. The overall shape was round, but it was not particularly round. Therefore, he said to Chai Lu: "Find stones like stone cannons from the surrounding mountains, and then give me the shells needed to make stone cannons. The more the better."

"ah?"

Chai Lu was stunned: "But my lord, these stones need a mason to chisel. Although we have many brothers who were born as masons in our Fire Army, we don't even have a hammer, so we can't make chisels at all!"

"Then mobilize stonemasons directly from Fenglai City, hurry up and work overnight, count as much as you can make, tell you, don't slack off, these stones are related to the life and death of our brothers in the Flowing Fire Legion!"

"Yes, this subordinate understands!"

Although Chai Lu didn't know what to do, but he obeyed my words. After all, after battle after battle, my torpedo tactics in the battle of the Northern Wilderness Province were originally unknown to everyone, but later proved to be effective one by one. , this time is also the same, if the Liuhuo Legion wants to resist the self-destruction tactics of the Flame Sting Demon, they can only rely on this kind of crossbow.

...

Not long after, Zhang Ling left and returned, with an excited look on his face, and said with a smile: "My lord has a clever plan, when I opened my mouth, the quartermaster of the material depot actually gave us 5,000 pieces of equipment just now without saying a word." We were given a lot of stones for the crossbow cannons that were rushed out, saying that other legions didn’t want these materials at all, since the Liuhuo legion sent someone to collect them, they gave them all to us.”

"Hahahaha, God help me too..."

I smiled and said, "Zhang Lingyue, the positions of these crossbow cannons are all moving forward, and they are placed behind the first line of defense of the Tiebu Battalion and the Shenbow Battalion. The firepower of the crossbow cannons must be kept to cover the entire Fire Corps." Position, in addition, you should tell all the soldiers who operate the ballista that when the ballista is fired and calibrated, the horizontal direction is 15 degrees upward, and the effective killing distance is 40-100 meters. Everyone in the front line of defense knelt down to avoid being affected by the ballista."

"Yes, this subordinate understands!"

Zhang Lingyue was very excited, and laughed in a low voice: "My lord, I heard that the Yanshen Legion and the Knights Templar have suffered a lot under the hands of the Flame Stinger, and even formed a battalion of dead soldiers to deal with the Flame Stinger. This time, will it be How about our Flowing Fire Legion teach them how to fight the flame stabbing demon?"

"maybe."

I smiled slightly: "Hurry up and prepare, and if necessary, our Flowing Fire Legion will also prepare the death camp, which is already needed."

"Don't worry, my lord, when our brothers need it, everyone can be a dead soldier. Before going out, everyone has already expressed their attitude."

"That's good."

After a while, Chai Lu came back with thousands of stonemasons, and soon there was a "clinking" sound of axes chiseling stones in the Liuhuo Legion's position, colliding with the armor and weapons of the rest of the legions who were actively preparing for battle. The sound seemed a little out of place.

...

"Wind phase patrols the position!"

In the distance, someone shouted suddenly, and then, the bookish white-clothed Qing Xiang, with a high crown and a broad belt, rode a handsome white horse, and surrounded by a group of generals, he patrolled the frontline positions one by one, passing by the Yinping Army, Yunxi Army, There was a smile in the eyes of the Yanshen Legion, but when he came to our Liuhuo Legion's position, he heard the "clinking" sound of the stonemasons chiseling in his ears, and he couldn't help but "oh", but he didn't know it was Surprised or stunned.

"The wind is coming!"

A group of people reminded each other, and even the masons stopped their work.

"Don't stop, keep going!"

I rode Wu Xiezhi, waved my hand, and ordered the stonemasons to continue working, while Chai Lu held a saber and said in a low voice, "Keep working, hurry up!"

Looking at the scene of the stonemasons working under the light of the dim bonfire, accompanied by the sparks from the hammer, chisel and rock friction, Feng Buwen slowly reined in the horse, and said with a smile: "Ah... this?"

I stepped forward and respectfully said: "See Fengxiang."

"Um."

Feng Buwen flicked his sleeves, and said with a smile: "The commander does not need to be formal, then...other legions are actively preparing for battle, preparing equipment, weapons, and food, but Mr. July Liuhuo is here...but they are digging rocks. Excuse me, what is this?" Why?"

I stretched out my hand and pointed to the neat rows of ballistas in the distance, and said, "I'm ordering people to make the firing materials for the ballistas."

"A crossbow cannon?"

Feng Buwen glanced at it, and said with a smile: "This kind of antique, which is no longer used by anyone, would have been favored by Mr. Qiyue Liuhuo. This is really...unexpected."

I smiled awkwardly: "There is no way, I am a person who has seen the power of the Immortal Legion, and the regular array of tactics, our Flowing Fire Legion may not have any chance of winning, so we can only think of other ways, and the sword has gone sideways."

"Um."

Without hearing the wind or interfering, he rode his horse past and said meaningfully: "Your Majesty has always favored you. Do it well!"

"yes!"

Looking at Feng Buwen's back, I slowly cupped my fists: "Thank you, Feng Xiang!"