"Captain, all the people have been taken, and none of them are alive!"

Situ En's own soldiers reported to him.

"Didn't I tell you to keep your mouth alive as much as possible?" Situ En was a little depressed, he couldn't ask for more news without a living mouth, and it was difficult for him to explain to Li De at this time.

"Captain, it's really not our fault, they all committed suicide by taking poison." The guard explained.

Situ En checked the situation of dozens of men in black in the past, and what he told the guards was completely true.

After the crisis, the soldiers cleaned up the battlefield, and the Assassins and the people who had infiltrated the people were all killed.

Li De returned to the camp and listened to the reports of Gao Cheng and Situ En.

"Failed the mission and committed suicide by taking poison, these people are really resolute." Li De muttered.

Zhang Chuchen entered the camp tent, she had just checked the situation of the man in black, and confirmed that he had committed suicide by taking poison and had not left anything of value behind.

"There are no clues left."

"What is the condition of the people at the barracks gate?" Li De asked.

"More than 100 people were injured, and more than 100 people took the opportunity to deliberately cause trouble, and now all of them have been controlled, and all the assassins have been killed." Elevation Tract.

Li De felt that no matter whether the man in black was Dou Jiande's person or not, the other party was happy to see it, and what to do next to complete the task.

"Pack your bags, let's leave Zhangshui and return to Youzhou."

"Yes." The two lieutenants immediately responded.

There was no one in the barracks, so Zhang Chuchen asked, "Is it really like this?" ”

"Is there any better way to do it?"

Zhang Chuchen couldn't think of it.

"The man in black who assassinated this time was not aimed at the governor, maybe we can get some news from Liu Wuzhou's mouth, and now it seems that someone wants to kill people and kill them." Yang Yuer hurriedly entered the camp tent and said.

When she returned to the barracks, the battle was over, and she dared to conclude something based on the information provided by the two lieutenants, and when she heard that the vanguard was about to withdraw from Zhangshui, she was eager to find out what it really was.

"I'll leave this matter to you." Li De said dryly.

Yang Yu'er was stunned for a moment, she felt that Li Dete was ready to speak.

"Yes, my subordinates will interrogate Liu Wuzhou now." Yang Yuer said.

"Mei'er, you go to assist the Jade County Lord." Li De said again.

Xiao Mei was slightly embarrassed, she called so kindly that people always felt shy when they heard it, and the appearance of her blushing face was all covered by half a mask, and outsiders couldn't see her expression at all.

Yang Yuer didn't mind.

Xiao Mei followed the past, and Chen Xuanhua was indispensable.

"The safety of the boss is the most important thing, how about I let the female guards guard you?" Luo Luo said worriedly.

"No, they have their own things to do, and it's not a problem to have a tiger to protect my safety."

Li De was really not afraid of a few assassins in his heart, and even if there were hundreds of assassins, they might not be able to successfully approach him.

"By the way, has the ballista pulled back?" Li De asked suddenly.

"Brought back, right in the school grounds, a total of three old bows and crossbows are no longer for regular combat use, the leader of the gang is ready to use them as firewood, and is preparing to dismantle." Zhang Chuchen said.

"Don't, it's hard to see such a siege vehicle crossbow, let's see how powerful it is."

Li De said that he wanted to see, and the people around him followed.

There were three ballistae on the makeshift school grounds, all of which looked very old, and Li De was curious about where he got such things, how much power the Assassins could use them, and how much power they had behind them.

"Do you think such a crossbow will be provided by Dou Jiande?" Li De asked.

"As far as I know, not everyone has this kind of ballista, even my father-in-law's Northwest soldiers are less than ten such large ballistas, Dou Jiande is a rich family, how can they have such a thing."

Yang Yuer said what she thought in her heart, she still knew a lot about weapons and equipment, at least she knew the weapons system of the Sui State better than Li De.

"Why haven't anyone used such a huge arrow, let's put it on it and try it to see how powerful it is."

Li De thought that if the vanguard could be equipped with this kind of equipment, wouldn't it be more capable of attacking the city, but before that, it was necessary to determine the real effect of this ballista.

"Prepare the masonry fence, measure the distance, and start testing."

This kind of thing was naturally handled by Situ En's personal guards, and it took a stick of incense to prepare, and the installation time of the arrows was recorded by the person in charge.

"Governor, the ballista is ready." Situ En said.

"Start the test, 500 steps in front of the target, release!"

Javelin-like arrows fly out, slowly, but you can see that their strength barely decreases as they fly.

"Bump!"

Hit the target, sawdust and stone shatter.

Li De ran over to look at the target that had been hit, and the rubble was splashing, confirming that the ballista had a strong destructive power against the wooden fence, but it did not do much in the face of masonry.

However, the bow and arrow pull of the ballista is relatively large, which can extend the range of the crossbow arrow, which is desirable, and if the advantages of the ballista are brought into play, it seems to be a big killer.

A crossbow cart with multiple arrows gathered together, is it feasible for the ancient version of Katyusha?

Li De felt that it was feasible, and it was nothing more than arranging the bows and crossbows in a centralized manner, putting the winders together, and using the winch to achieve the overall strength.

If it were really made, he would like to call this kind of ballista that gathers multiple arrows a ballista, a multi-bundle ballista, and a ballista can hold thirty bows and arrows in one group.

In the bow cart to install the gear to adjust the pitch angle, to meet the archer start to build the angle, with the strong pulling force, can completely surpass the advantage of the archer.

The vanguard is equipped with ten of these ballistae and can be used as a continuous long-range support, especially against enemy cavalry and dense charges.

The battle against the Gongcheng will also show the advantage of range.

"Governor, do you want to continue testing?" Seeing that Li De didn't speak for a long time, Situ En asked out loud.

"Give it to the leader to make firewood."

Li De already had a plan in mind, and after returning to the barracks, he took out the banknotes and began to paint the ballista according to his thoughts.

I don't know how long it took, Luo Luo came over with food and said, "Boss, let's eat something." ”

Li Decai noticed that it was already dusk, and reacted that his stomach was really a little hungry.

"We can leave tomorrow!" Lolo said.

"Well, if the things in Zhangshui City can't be done, let them withdraw, remember that the mission is very important, but the safety of the personnel is even more important." Li De mentioned.

"Got it."

Before dawn in the morning, the two thousand soldiers and horses brought by the vanguard left silently.

As soon as he left, Dou Jiande received the news that he left in a carriage with an escort almost at the same time, and the whole process did not pass through many people.

There were twenty soldiers and horses in the entourage, all of whom disguised themselves as merchants and went directly to Gangneung.