Liu Xie¡¯s eyes twitched and he looked suspicious, wondering what Yuan Fang was up to.
The soldiers on the left and right sides of the city were also very suspicious and could not guess what their Qi Gong would do.
You must know that the front line of Hangu Pass in the west city is at least a thousand steps away from the Xiliang military camp outside Guancheng. With such a long distance, what sharp weapon can be used to hurt the people of Xiliang.
Amid everyone's suspicion, Zhuge Liang commanded thousands of soldiers to move heavy and heavy machinery onto the city with great difficulty.
Looking at the machines equipped with bowstrings, which looked like crossbows but were different from crossbows, the soldiers at the top of the city were all amazed.
Liu Xie was stunned at first, but then he suddenly realized and sneered at the corner of his mouth: "I thought Duke Qi had some kind of magical weapon, but it turns out it's just a crossbow."
"So your Majesty also knows about the crossbow?" Yuan Fangwei was a little surprised.
Liu Xie disapproved and said: "My Han army has been equipped with chariot crossbows for a long time. This crossbow is extremely heavy and is only suitable for defending the city. Although the range is far, it is only more than 500 steps. Qi Gong thought that based on the range of this chariot crossbow, Just want to shoot at the enemy camp a thousand steps away?"
Liu Xie¡¯s tone clearly contained cynicism, as if he wished Yuan Fang could not hurt the Xiliang army.
"Your Majesty is quite knowledgeable and knows a lot about things in the military. As for whether it can be shot, Your Majesty will have to look at it before making a final decision."
Yuan Fang sneered and ignored Liu Xie. He just stood with his hands behind his back and looked out of the city.
His "rudeness" made Liu Xie very unhappy. He couldn't help but look angry, but he was afraid of Yuan Fang's power. He didn't dare to attack openly, so he could only snort in protest.
"Okay, then I'll wait and see what Qi Gong's ability is. How can he hit an enemy camp a thousand steps away with a mere crossbow?"
Liu Xie flicked his robe sleeves and stood up, shoulder to shoulder with Yuan Fang, looking up outside the city.
Such momentum. It was clear that he had extreme disbelief in Yuan Fang. He looked like he was waiting for Yuan Fang to laugh.
Wen Chou and other generals on the left and right showed their displeasure when they saw the emperor's attitude.
Amid the gasps and gasps, more than a thousand Qi soldiers were sweating profusely. Finally, nearly two hundred "car crossbows" were pushed onto the city. Evenly distributed along the Guancheng line.
After each "car crossbow". Five crossbowmen were even set up, obviously for coordinated operation.
"Master, everything is ready. Just listen to Master's orders." Zhuge Liang cupped his hands and said.
"Well, let's pack the arrows." Yuan Fang nodded.
Zhuge Liang stood in the center of the tower and shouted: "Load the arrows!"
Along the city line, the crossbowmen who had already been in position, three of them worked hard at the same time, pulled the winch, and pulled the crossbow string with difficulty. The other two carefully placed the crossbow arrows, which were nearly one person long, on the arrow trough. .
After some methodical work, more than a thousand "car crossbows" were all loaded with crossbow arrows, adjusted the shooting angle, and aimed at the enemy camp more than a thousand steps away.
Liu Xie, who was standing with his hands behind his back, glanced at Yuan Fang secretly. Seeing that he was still so confident, he couldn't help but feel guilty.
"That's a distance of a thousand steps. Since the Han Dynasty, there has been no crossbow that can shoot such a long distance. There's nothing to worry about. I'll just wait and see his joke"
Liu Xie comforted himself in his heart, cheered up a little, and straightened his chest.
Yuan Fang took a breath, slowly raised his hand, pointed towards the enemy camp, and said sternly: "The time has come to scare the people of Xiliang, shoot me arrows!"
A loud roar, as powerful as thunder, shook the city.
Liu Xie, who was beside him, yelled at Yuan Fang, causing him to tremble all over, and an uncontrollable chill surged through his heart.
Along the city line, two hundred "car crossbows" were activated almost at the same time.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The strings rang and howled suddenly, an unprecedented buzzing sound, as if the space was being torn apart, and it was extremely shocking.
Amidst the sharp sound of piercing the sky, two hundred long crossbow arrows rose into the sky with huge impact, drawing arcs one after another, and shooting out overwhelmingly like falling stars.
Whoosh whoosh!
Amidst the sound of violent wind breaking through the sky, streams of water flowed across the sky, crossing a distance of a thousand steps and pouring towards the Xiliang camp.
The officers and soldiers of the Qi army along the city line all exclaimed in exclamation when they witnessed this spectacular and surprising scene.
Beside Yuan Fang, Liu Xie, who was originally waiting to see a joke, suddenly changed his face in shock, as if he himself had become a joke.
"I forgot to tell Your Majesty that these sharp weapons are not called chariot crossbows, but bed crossbows."
That¡¯s right, Yuan Fang¡¯s secret weapon is called the Bed Crossbow.
This three-bow composite bed crossbow was greatly improved on the chariot crossbow of the Han Dynasty. Its prototype was only equipped on a large scale in the Song army during the Song Dynasty.
This powerful bed crossbow can reach a maximum distance of more than 1,500 steps. It can be called a rocket launcher in the cold weapon era.
When Yuan Fang saw that the Xiliang people were arrogant and forced the city to retreat, he had an idea and wanted to make this bed crossbow with an extremely long range. It would be able to severely attack the arrogance of the Xiliang people in Guancheng without having to go out to fight outside the city.
Therefore, Yuan Fang brought up the idea of ??a bed crossbow to Zhuge Liang and ordered him to mobilize weapon craftsmen to rush into production.
The Zhuge family was already good at machinery manufacturing. Zhuge Liang used Yuan Fang's idea and supplemented it with the family's weapons manufacturing map books to create two hundred bed crossbows based on contemporary chariot crossbows.
Today, Yuan Fang is going to use this crossbow that transcends the times to shoot down the arrogance of the Xiliang people and make them pay the price for their arrogance in forcing the city into the village!
"Bed crossbow!?"
Liu Xie was shocked as he recited this unheard-of name, his eyes widened, and he stared in shock as the crossbow arrows filled the sky, blasting towards the camp of his King Qin's army.
At this moment, the Xiliang camp was completely unprepared.
The gate of Hangu Pass was closed, and the Qi army showed no signs of attacking. Of course, they would not be alert at all. Everyone in the camp was gathering around the stove to keep warm and have lunch.
In the Chinese army¡¯s tent, Ma Teng and his allies were drinking strong wine and discussing ways to break through the barrier.
"Reporting to the alliance leader, the scouts outside the camp have reported that the enemy troops at the top of the city seem to be moving." Yang Qiu, the patrolling general, stepped into the tent and said with cupped hands.
"Yuan Fang, this boy, has finally got the courage to go out of the city and confront our Xiliang cavalry head-on?" Ma Teng put down his wine glass with a hint of excitement on his face.
Yang Qiudao: "To report to the alliance leader, the enemy seems to be showing no signs of fighting. According to reports from the scouts, they seem to be moving crossbows and other things to the top of the city. They probably want to launch crossbows from the top of the city to attack our camp."
As soon as these words came out, the Xiliang generals in the big tent were stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
Even Ma Teng, the leader of the alliance, couldn't help laughing, as if he had heard the most bizarre joke.
"Yuan Fang, this kid, is really whimsical. The maximum range of a crossbow is only 500 steps. He actually wants to use that thing to shoot at our camp from the top of the city. It's a shame that he can think of such a ridiculous method. He really laughs at the National People's Congress. Teeth."
Amidst the roar of laughter, Zhang Xiu was the first to jump out, laughing and mocking Yuan Fang.
Ma Chao also snorted coldly: "Yuan Fang does have some martial arts, but I didn't expect him to use such ridiculous methods. I really don't know how Yuan Shao and other princes were defeated by him."
"Yuan Fang's methods are unpredictable. We should not underestimate the enemy too much, lest we fall into his trap again." Everyone was laughing, but Fa Zheng remained somewhat calm.
Zhang Xiu glanced at Fazheng and said displeasedly: "I'm talking about filial piety, but you think too highly of that boy. I don't deny that that boy does have some abilities. Otherwise, how could he occupy the Central Plains? But do you think he can?" Is this how you can shoot arrows from Han Valley into our camp?"
The princes of Xiliang in the tent all said so and agreed with Zhang Xiu.
Fazheng frowned slightly, but he didn't know what to say. Although he was afraid of Yuan Fang, as Zhang Xiu said, he really didn't believe that Yuan Fang could shoot them with arrows from Guancheng, a thousand steps away. Camp.
"Don't worry too much, just continue to monitor the enemy." Ma Teng waved his hand.
"No!" Yang Qiu cupped his hands and turned around to step out of the tent.
Just when he took a step, a sharp buzzing sound suddenly came from his ears, coming from far and near.
That sound sounded like the sound of a cold arrow coming.
But, how could there be a cold arrow attacking in this large tent of the Chinese army?
An illusion must be an illusion.
Yang Qiu only hesitated for a moment, then didn¡¯t take it seriously and continued to take the second step.
Before his footsteps even fell, he heard a "chi-la" sound coming from the top of the tent, and then a cold light shot down from the top of his head and went straight towards Yang Qiu.
With a scream, Yang Qiunuo's big body flew out upside down, fell back to the sky, and fell heavily in front of Ma Teng's desk.
His chest was suddenly pierced by a sharp arrow as long as a person!
Ma Teng's color changed in shock, and the whole tent was filled with astonishment. The wine glass was brought to Zhang Xiu's lips, and the glass fell off his hand, causing the wine to splash all over him.
"WherewhereThe arrow coming from inside? Ma Teng shouted in shock.
As soon as he finished speaking, screams and exclamations suddenly arose outside the tent, and the originally quiet camp seemed to explode in an instant.
Ma Teng thought that the Qi army was coming, so he jumped up and ran out of the camp with his gun in hand.
Ma Chao, Zhang Xiu and other generals also woke up from their shock. They quickly picked up their weapons and followed Ma Teng out of the tent.
Looking around, all the Xiliang generals from Ma Teng on down suddenly fell into shock and horror.
I saw countless arrows rising into the sky from Hanguguan City, crossing a distance of more than a thousand steps, and falling into their camp in a steady stream.
The sudden sharp arrow was so powerful that it easily pierced through the Xiliang people, and even pierced through several people in a row.
Blood foam flew everywhere, screams were everywhere, and the unsuspecting Xiliang soldiers were in panic under the attack of such an arrow with terrifying range and super power.
Yuan Fang actually shot the arrow from Hangu Pass into the Xiliang camp from a thousand steps away! ?
In front of the Chinese army's tent, everyone in Ma Teng looked at this incredible scene, and everyone was shocked and dumbfounded.
"How can this be?"
Ma Teng from the Xiliang Camp and Emperor Liu Xie from the top of the city almost unanimously expressed the same exclamation. (To be continued)