Steel Dynasty - Chapter 154

[Chapter 154 Artillery arrives]

“Wait.”

Xiao Ming looked at the Uburg in front of him and gave the order.

At this time, a figure who seemed to be a leader appeared on the city wall of Ubao. They were looking at the reinforcements of the Qingzhou Army below.

At this time, Chen Fu pointed at the man on the city wall and said: “Your Highness, this person is Liu Chuang, the leader of this gang. His father participated in the plot of Hehuachi against Your Highness. After the failure, the general led the Cangzhou army to capture it by surprise. He captured the Liu Family’s Wu Fort and killed most of the Liu Family’s tribe, but he still let Liu Chuang escape.”

The dazzling sunlight made Xiao Ming squint his eyes. After the barbarians in Hehua Pond were wiped out, the news was blocked. At the same time, Xiao Ming ordered the arrest of the wealthy families involved in the rebellion.

At that time, many wealthy families were wiped out by the army before they could react. If the Liu family had been on guard at that time, Wubao would not have been captured so easily by the Cangzhou army.

According to Lu Fei, Chen Fu also used the method of cooperating inside and outside at that time, pretending to send people to buy grain in Wubao, and suddenly launched an attack at the gate of Wubao to capture the Wubao.

Unexpectedly, a month later, the Wubao was taken back by the Liu family in the same way.

“The old method is to persuade them to surrender first to delay the time and make them unprepared.”

This group of bandits is different from the Sun family or the Wang family. They are fashionable and can be persuaded to surrender. However, this group of bandits have been suppressing the barbarians for so long. Still resisting, it means that you already have the idea of fighting him to the death.

Moreover, these bandits are probably all children of wealthy families. Unlike the tribes of the Wang family and the Sun family, there are many servants among them. These servants are dissatisfied with the wealthy families themselves, but they are just coerced by the wealthy families and can easily be persuaded to surrender.

These children of wealthy families are different. Persuading them to surrender will not be effective.

Chen Fu responded, went out to the front of the formation and started shouting to the bandits on the tower, which meant nothing more than common expressions such as “surrender and not kill”.

But before he could finish speaking, a sharp arrow suddenly shot down from the city gate and stabbed diagonally at his feet.

Niu Ben glanced at the city tower and said: “There are some masters among these bandits who can shoot arrows so far.”

After estimating the distance between the city tower and Chen Fu, it was at least 230 meters, and even if the barbarians The range of the bow and arrow is only about 180 meters, which shows that there is an archer with amazing arm strength.

Then, Niu Ben suddenly said to Lu Fei: “Go get my bow and arrows.”

Luo Xin heard this and said with a smile: “How dare these gangsters do anything in front of the old general. Who doesn’t know that the old general’s bow and arrows are from the Forbidden Army? “

“Absolutely.”

“I haven’t practiced in five years, and I don’t know how I am now. Just don’t lose face in front of His Highness,” Niu Ben said, but everyone could hear the confidence in his mouth.

Xiao Ming smiled and said: “The old general is famous all over the world for his archery skills, please!”

Niu Ben nodded and took the bow and arrow from Lu Fei. Unlike other Qingzhou Army archers, the bow and arrow in Niu Ben’s hand was obviously much thicker. One look and you can tell it takes a lot of force to pull.

At this time, he saw the bull galloping without getting off his horse. He bent his bow and set an arrow directly on the horse. With a “swish” sound, the bow and arrow flew out as fast as lightning.

Before anyone could react, a scream suddenly sounded from the city gate, and the provocative archer fell from the city gate with an arrow stuck straight in his chest.

“Okay!” Lu Fei and Luo Xin shouted at the same time.

Chen Fu was dumbfounded. He still didn’t know who this awesome man was. After all, the bull couldn’t run for a few days and he couldn’t get it in Cangzhou.

The soldiers of the Qingzhou Army also looked surprised at this time. When the veteran general first arrived, many soldiers were unconvinced. After all, in their eyes, Lu Fei was the undisputed commander of the Qingzhou Army. ‘

Now that it has been taken away by such a person whom they have never seen before, many people feel unhappy.

But then, they realized that His Highness King Qi was not hiring people randomly.

The corner of Xiao Ming’s mouth rose slightly. After two pieces of bad news, he finally felt a little better. At least Niu Ben, the veteran general, lived up to his reputation. He had a strong general to deal with the barbarian cavalry.

The bandits at the city gate were obviously frightened by Niu Ben’s move, and the few people who showed up immediately hid behind the battlements.

Generally speaking, the shooting range of bows and arrows is basically about 180 meters, and the effective shooting range is basically about 120 meters. Within this effective shooting range, bows and arrows can effectively kill the enemy, and this is still a projectile, while the shooting range of bows and arrows is basically about 120 meters. The power lies in the projection.

Niu Ben can use projectiles to accurately kill the enemy within this distance. This is the truly terrifying thing. Without decades of practice, it would be impossible to do it.

However, it can also be seen from this that Niu Ben’s arm strength is different from ordinary people.

“How about it? Let me tell you, bows and arrows are much more powerful than crossbows.” Luo Xin said at this time: “Your Highness, your Qingzhou Army is equipped with crossbows in large quantities instead of bows and arrows. I don’t agree with this.”

Niu At this time, Ben handed the bow and arrow to Lu Fei, snorted and said: “I don’t know how your father taught you. It is only right for His Highness to equip the army with a large number of crossbows. These archers need at least three to five years of training.” You can go to the battlefield, and this single crossbow only needs a little training. When defending the city, the crossbow is much more useful than the bow and arrow. Within a short distance, the crossbow is more powerful than the bow and arrow, and it can shoot accurately.”

Luo Xin was said .

While scolding, Lu Fei was secretly having fun on the side, looking like he was gloating about his misfortune.

In fact, he didn’t understand Xiao Ming’s approach at first, but later he gradually came around to it. Now that the barbarians were about to move south, they had no time to train archers.

“The old general is right, this king is also considering this, and in two days you will see something more powerful than bows and arrows, crossbows, and catapults.” Xiao Ming took the guesswork.

When Niu Ben heard this, he was surprised and said: “Is this why His Highness is busy in the Equipment Department these days?”

“Exactly, it would be safer for the old general to dismount at that time.” Xiao Ming joked.

The gangsters in Wubao were like turtles in an urn. They obviously didn’t expect that even the Qingzhou Army would mobilize in large numbers for a Wubao, let alone that they would be killed because of unintentionally robbing cement.

Three days later, a carriage, escorted by cavalry, slowly entered the temporary barracks stationed outside Uburg.

In the past three days, the Qingzhou Army and the bandits basically tried to persuade them to surrender, but the bandits retaliated with insults. Both sides fired arrows at random, and Niu ran out to kill several enemy archers.

The ladder in the barracks was ready, but he didn’t want to lose the soldiers to internal friction.

And this Uburg had to be taken down, because not only did it contain cement, but it also occupied a traffic artery, posing a great threat to Cangzhou’s logistics.

“Your Highness, the artillery has arrived.” Chen Qi arrived with twelve craftsmen from the Equipment Department.

Looking at the artillery wrapped in layers on the carriage, Xiao Ming smiled happily and said to Niu Ben: “Old General, this is my king’s secret weapon.”

(End of Chapter)