Chapter 261 Crossbow Cavalry

The two cavalrymen, Lu Fei and Lei Ming, played the role of shit sticks perfectly on the grassland.

The news that the army of the Great Yu Kingdom had reappeared on the grasslands almost made Chagatai gnaw a mouthful of steel teeth.

"Flaghead, withdraw your troops!"

In the camp of Chagatai, a group of barbarian flag leaders fell to their knees one after another, and their clansmen came to ask for help. At this time, many barbarian soldiers were also unwilling to fight because of this news.

Chagatai suddenly felt a little tired at this time. He looked deeply at the direction of Cangzhou City, and suddenly felt that the Golden Horde might no longer be able to break through this city.

Because this is not just a city wall, but because there is a scheming King Qi sitting here.

The raids a few days ago had made his army very tired, and at this time there was another problem in the rear. There were wolves in front and tigers in the back. Chagatai has never been so desperate.

"King Qi, have the ability to go out of the city and fight with us on the grasslands, you cowards of the Great Yu Kingdom!" Chagatai roared hysterically from the camp.

It's just that this voice is destined to not reach the city of Cangzhou.

Facing Bei Shan's order and the safety of the tribe, Chagatai was very entangled in his heart. At this moment, the messenger brought news.

"Banner, Bei Shantaiji let us retreat to preserve our strength, and don't waste our troops on this city wall."

Chagatai and the flag leaders in the account breathed a sigh of relief.

"Bei Shantai Ji Yingming."

Chagatai put his hand on his right chest and bowed in the direction of Shengdu.

Bei Shan was far away in Shengdu, and he didn't know the situation of Cangzhou City. He learned that the harassment tactics could no longer stop the construction of the new city wall, and the army of the Great Yu Kingdom showed a determination to defend it to the death. After weighing it, he decided to preserve his strength. Waiting for the artillery to be cast.

In his opinion, the new city wall just needs to consume more shells, and his army is fighting one less time.

After receiving Bei Shan's order, Chagatai chose to retreat without hesitation. He did not want to throw his soldiers into the bottomless pit with no end in Cangzhou.

The next time they come again, they will definitely bring the firearms that make Dayu tremble and burn Cangzhou City in flames.

"Boom..."

When Chagatai led the army to retreat, Cangzhou city head fired artillery again, Chagatai looked back, it seemed to be mocking him.

At this time, his heart was full of anger. The Golden Horde had never suffered such a great humiliation. He secretly swore that when Cangzhou city was broken, they would lead the iron cavalry to kill all the people who belonged to King Qi. Erjing, to snow today's shame.

At the head of Cangzhou City, looking at the barbarian army slowly leaving, the soldiers cheered again, and Luo Xin excitedly let the soldiers celebrate with the sound of cannons to drive away the barbarian army again.

The soldiers cheered. In their eyes, the barbarians are no longer scary. As long as there are artillery and city walls, no amount of barbarians can break through Cangzhou City, and their families can live in peace behind the city walls.

It's just that Niu Ben and Xiao Ming were happy and a little worried at the same time.

"His Royal Highness, I have repeatedly suffered losses in front of gunpowder. The barbarians have become more and more savvy. I am afraid that they will not easily attack the city if they are not sure in the future." Niu Ben said.

Xiao Ming nodded, "The blood wolf tribe's sudden retreat must have been ordered by Bei Shan. In the early stage, it mainly harassed us and prevented us from building the city wall. Now that we are serious, he doesn't want to lose his troops in vain. There is one more thing that worries me the most. , I am afraid that the barbarian artillery has made good progress, and he will retreat so calmly."

"His Royal Highness, if this is the case, it will be bad. The barbarians already have a comprehensive advantage over the Great Yu Kingdom. At this time, when they have artillery, how can the Great Yu Kingdom resist the barbarian attack." Niu Ben worried.

Xiao Ming frowned, "This king is also worried, I don't know how the artillery technology of the Ottoman Empire is? Hey, this time, it seems that we will send artillery to the Imperial Army as soon as possible, but you don't have to worry, this artillery is not It is so easy to produce, even if it is produced, it may not be as durable as our artillery, and without our iron mold casting method, the production of artillery is very slow, even if Beishan has a batch of artillery, he will immediately seek revenge on us."

"Isn't this even worse?" Niu Ben looked at Xiao Ming with a calm face and felt a little helpless, thinking that disaster was imminent, he was not nervous.

"Hahaha..." Xiao Ming laughed, "General Niu, my new city wall is built for the barbarian artillery, when Bei Shan comes here, he will find that this is a building that he will never be able to break through. fortress."

The reinforced concrete fortress was strong enough to withstand World War II-era artillery bombardment, let alone solid bullets.

Moreover, the reinforced concrete structure uses steel as the skeleton. Even if all the outer concrete is blown up, the city wall will still stand.

Celebrating the retreat of the barbarians on the city wall, Xiao Ming organized craftsmen to continue the construction of the new city wall.

Now that the five-meter structure on the ground has been completed, the following is the work of backfilling the soil, while the carpenter continues to support the formwork, and the rebar worker continues to be responsible for tying the steel bars.

This time the barbarians retreated, and it was impossible to come back. After all, Lu Fei and Lei Ming's attack on the grassland had already exhausted them.

Without the threat of barbarians, Xiao Ming organized the craftsmen to do all the construction work. After the first floor was built five meters above, he handed over the construction work to Xu Changgui.

During this time, he had already explained the drawings clearly to Xu Changgui, and Xu Changgui also knew exactly how to construct it, and the rest was practice.

Lu Fei and Lei Ming returned to Cangzhou City after the barbarians withdrew their troops. This time they had a good harvest. They attacked more than ten tribes and looted tens of thousands of war horses.

This time, the Guanning Iron Cavalry can be expanded by about 3,000 people. As a result, the number of Guanning Iron Cavalry has basically reached 8,000.

And Xiao Ming thought that it was time to equip Guan Ning Cavalry with new weapons.

The barbarians can't compare to the Great Yu Kingdom. After all, the barbarians have been riding horses and archery since they were young. He can't let the Guan Ning iron cavalry compare to the barbarians, but he has prepared another kind for the Guan Ning iron cavalry. It is not allowed to practice for a long time. The weapon - the pulley crossbow.

There are many designs for pulley crossbows in the technology library. Xiao Ming plans to produce a three-wire pulley crossbow. This crossbow can save two-thirds of the effort, so that soldiers can use crossbow arrows on horseback.

Of course, Xiao Ming also thought about temporarily equipping Guan Ning's iron cavalry with a three-eyed fire gun, but the power of this weapon is too weak, and it can only shoot three shots in the face of battle, far less than the continuous shooting of crossbow arrows.

Although the most ideal weapon configuration is a flintlock gun, but before there is no lathe for bore cutting, the production of hollow steel pipes is relied on by blacksmiths hammering hammer by hammer, and the speed is very slow.