Chapter 126: Ballista

The next day, at the end of the day, Yelu Tiande and the others were brought to the main hall by Yelu House, but they were all fearless, and when Yelu House exposed them yesterday, they all heard the news and had already had a countermeasure, so they didn't care much about today's Bo Gongtang.

Sure enough, under the questioning of Yelu Wu, Yelu Tiande and others dealt with it properly, refusing to admit that they were suspected of rebellion, and Yelu Ruan did not delve into it, so that Yelu Tiande left the hall in a dignified manner.

Lu Tiande and the others walked out of the hall, Yelu was speechless for a while, and there was silence in the hall.

"I'll leave this matter at that! If they are still not honest, they will be severely punished! "Khitan Emperor Yelu Ruan Dao,

"Your Majesty! This matter is by no means so simple, it must be strictly investigated to the end, if they continue to plan, when something happens, it will be irreparable, but His Majesty and the old minister will be prisoners. Yelu Wu said excitedly, his eyes angrily looking at Yelu Ruan.

Yelu Ruan said slowly: "It's okay, when they show some horses, I will take them down in one fell swoop!" It's just that if you do it now, the people of the Fear Tribes are not convinced! ”

"They rebelled first, and the wolf's ambition is well known, who will not accept them if they take them?" Jeremiah said earnestly,

But Yelu Ruan was unmoved, and shook his head a little impatiently: "It's not that serious, everything is in the hands of the widow!" The most important thing now is to regain the lost ground! The rest need not be mentioned! ”

"This is not a trivial matter...... "Jeruya was about to continue his defense.

"That's it!" Yelu Ruan scolded sternly, and the scroll in his hand slammed on the desk, and there was a whimper.

"Yes!" Yelu Wu bowed his hand, but there was a feeling of helplessness in his heart, he had done his best, but he couldn't exchange Yelu Ruan's trust, he was working hard to ensure the stability of his throne, but he was repeatedly not recognized.

Yeluwa sighed secretly, Yelu Wu and Yelu Ruan are both strong people, Yelu Ruan ascended the throne, it was not right, relying on these old ministers to sit in that position, but Yelu Ruan was extremely disgusted with Yelu Wu, the old minister of the three dynasties, pointing at the court affairs, so the two ministers became more and more stiff.

"That's it! If you have nothing to do, step down! Yelu Ruan waved his hand and said,

Yelu Wu and Yeluwa glanced at each other, their eyes full of helplessness and unwillingness, but they couldn't reverse Yelu Ruan's thoughts, so they had to bow down and retreat.

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In order to rectify the imperial power, the Khitan poured into each other, but the Northern Han did not stop, except for the three counties in the north that Liu Feng took over, the rest of the military formations as in previous years, after offering gifts to the imperial court, they continued to do their own thing.

In the 28th year of the Han Dynasty, because of the greatest reliance of the Later Han court, the Hedong Army was confronted with the three towns in Hexi, but it also made the festival of other military towns ready to move.

The Central Plains is still full of wars, from Luzhou, Xiangzhou, Tai'an, Qingzhou, and other places to Cizhou and other places, although it has caused a lot of pressure on the economy of Fanyang Mansion, but Liu Feng still received it, disrupted the hometown of the villagers who came to defect, and distributed them to all parts of the country.

Deng Junliang, who is good at internal affairs, takes care of government affairs in Yucheng, and Liu Yandong also inspects everywhere, building water conservancy facilities and immigrating to Tuntian.

Sanguan, the Tiger Guard garrison.

Liu Feng stuck two knives in his back, straddled a slightly majestic iron-hoofed horse, and stared at the sergeants who were training on the training exercise with blazing eyes. He was dressed in military armor and had a tall body, if he had a slightly immature face, he would never have thought that this was the young envoy of Fan Yang Mansion.

Because muskets, artillery and other hot weapons are still under development, the standard weapons in the army have not changed much, such as three-edged spears, Qiang knives, Pu knives, sharp shields, round shields, longbows, riding knives, three-edged javelins, etc. In addition to pikemen, sword and shield men, light horsemen, and longbowmen, there are also heavy cavalry, heavy infantry, grenadiers, engineers, and so on.

At present, the Tiger Guards are also changing guns, almost the whole army is armored, the Wu'an refinery is full of firepower, tens of thousands of miners and craftsmen are working in two shifts, and a steady stream of crude iron and refined iron is transported out of the refinery.

The steel output of the entire Fanyang Province reached almost one-third of the steel output of the Northern Han Dynasty, and the villagers also benefited, and a series of production tools such as farm tools were produced in Wu'an with much better quality and cheaper prices than other places.

There is also a ballista newly produced by the craftsman battalion on the three passes, which was originally made for the warships of the Seawolf Battalion, but it also made the eyes of the sergeants stationed in the three passes bright, so the ballistas were also installed on the pass.

Liu Feng didn't know where this weapon originally came from, but now this weapon has been launched in Yucheng, and the torsion ballista was refined by Liu Yunfu and others according to Liu Feng's vague description.

The ballista has a sturdy bracket on which the main beam rests, and its front end is flanked by two torsion spring sets, each of which drives a crossbow arm with a bowstring attached to the end of which is a braided mesh bag for the projectile.

The upper side of the beam has a long dovetail groove, a slide with a long guide rail can slide back and forth along the long groove, and the rear end of the slider is equipped with a set of ingenious firing mechanism.

The bowstring can be easily locked and released, and the end of the beam is equipped with a winch that allows the user to move the slider by flipping the handle or dragging the rope. When the bowstring is pulled back and fixed by the firing mechanism, the weapon is in a state of readiness.

In order to make it less laborious to operate the winch, metal racks were set on both sides of the beam, which not only made it possible to open the bow in one go, but also adjusted the projectile power of the weapon to obtain the required range. Later, the metal rack was replaced by a round ratchet, making the operation easier and more reliable.

It can easily throw fifty catties of stone projectiles to a distance of 250 meters, although the range is comparable to that of a longbow, but its destructive power far exceeds the deterrent of longbow arrows.

And with such a sharp weapon, the powder bag in the gunpowder camp can easily shoot into the enemy position, but this is greater than the power of the stone projectile, which must have enough gunpowder bag, and the Khitan army will not be able to reach the city.

However, it is still the output of fine iron, which greatly limits the production of ballistas, and the ships of the Seawolf Battalion also need such ballistas, but fortunately, the refinery in Wu'an City is adjusting the smelting, and after the refinery has made great progress, it is the time for this murder weapon to be powerful.

At this time, there was no temporary replacement for the artillery, but Zeng Yu and others were extremely rare for the ballista, not only to send more manpower but also to the maintenance of the ballista, not to mention the treatment of the ballista, but also far beyond other branches of the military.

Gaocheng Port was also established, although everything was waiting to be prosperous, but it also gradually gained popularity, and as Yuwen Jiayou dispatched villagers from all over the country to settle down in Gaocheng, the fish market and salt market here also rose.