The steam crossbow is not far behind, if not an epoch-making weapon.

Weapons are always in pursuit of power and range. The steam crossbow was far superior to the trebuchet and bed crossbow of the same era in every respect. Not to mention that it also has such a huge advantage that it can be used sustainably and will never get tired.

Qin Mu personally fired the first huge crossbow arrow. It is said to be a crossbow arrow, but it is a little longer and thicker than the crossbow arrow of the bed crossbow.

The power of the steam engine is far beyond that of manpower. Therefore, the increase and length of the crossbow bolt is a must, otherwise it is not enough to reflect the power.

Caliber is justice, range is truth. The thicker the bolt and the longer the range, the more truth and justice there is.

Qin Mu undoubtedly represented the greatest justice and truth in this time and space, and he shocked Yu Liyan and Da Shi Linya at once.

The range of the steam crossbow of more than 600 meters has already left behind the trebuchets and bed crossbows of this time and space, and it can be said that at this distance, the army equipped with the steam crossbow completely hangs the enemy. Because there are no weapons on the other side that can hurt themselves.

Neither a trebuchet nor a bed crossbow could reach it.

Moreover, both the trebuchet and the bed crossbow are more complex in construction than the steam crossbow. Don't look at the steam crossbow is a complete system, but it can be understood as a combination of a bunch of iron lumps, there are not many movable parts, and they are all iron, porcelain is forbidden, and there is no risk of damage.

The target's armor was pierced by the crossbow arrows, and the power of the crossbow arrows was still unstoppable at such a distance.

Yu Liyan looked at Qin Mu as if he was looking at a rare treasure, this was simply a life-saving gift from God to the Liao State, and he must not be allowed to escape.

Qin Mu not only made a steam crossbow, but more importantly, the new method of iron smelting. The iron of this time and space is pig iron if it is not refined twice, and its usefulness is very limited—it is too brittle. It must be made into steel, even if it does not go through a hundred refining, it has to be refined ten or twenty times, and after many subsequent processes, it can barely be used.

Armor and blades cannot be made of pig iron, they need to be made of steel.

This results in inefficiency, which is difficult and very rare. That's why Xiao Changcai cares so much about steel, and he is reluctant to give it to Yu Liyan at all. Indeed, good steel is too rare.

Now with the new method of steelmaking, it is different. The molten iron that comes out of the furnace is directly close to the quality of 100 steel, even if it is almost the same.

The key is that it can be used directly as an armor blade. The bolts of this steam crossbow are made of freshly baked steel.

Qin Mu not only gave Liao a brand-new, powerful weapon, so that Liao could gain absolute technological superiority in the war against Jin, but also gave Liao's weapons manufacturing industry wings, or tires.

If you used to be able to make ten pieces of armor a day, now you can make a hundred. Because the steelmaking process is eliminated, the manufacturing time is greatly reduced.

Yu Liyan's heart was full of joy. Even if there is no motorcycle, the Liao State can be kept for the time being. can even recover Shangjing, and can also hit Jin Guo's hometown and cut off Wanyan's head as a ball.

A wonderful prospect appeared in front of Yu Liyan's eyes, and she couldn't help but pat Qin Mu on the shoulder: "Young Master Qin, you will be my person in the future, follow me, I can't treat you badly." ”

In Yu Liyan's opinion, Qin Mu can follow himself and follow the princess of Liao, such a beauty difference is definitely a great reward.

In this time and space, is there a more powerful country than Da Liao? No!

Qin Mu can follow himself and follow the princess of Liao, which is a blessing from his previous life. What is the future in the Great Song Dynasty? He has such a great ability, but does Zhao Ji use him? No!

Yu Liyan felt that he was the world's Bole, Qin Mu's thousand-mile horse, no one else could see it, only he could ride.

Qin Mu didn't care about her either. The success of the steam crossbow and the promotion of the new method of ironmaking can be said to have achieved the goal he wanted to achieve in Liao, next, run.

Time is of the essence and cannot be wasted. He wanted to return to the Great Song Dynasty and Wujiazhuang to continue his great cause of reunification.

But how to run? This is Zhongjing of Liaoguo, surrounded by Yu Liyan and her female soldiers, it can be said that everyone is an enemy country. If you want to run, under Yu Liyan's nose, it is a thousand difficulties.

It's obviously impossible to just run away. An excuse must be found and an opportunity must be created.

Qin Mu had been planning for a long time. Seeing that Yu Liyan was in a good mood today, he hurriedly said: "This steam crossbow is basically a success, but there is still a key thing missing?" ”

"How?" At this time, even Da Shi Linya couldn't help but ask: "What else is missing?" ”

"Sponge." Qin Mu made up nonsense for them: "The steam crossbow is different from the catapult machine crossbow, this thing, made of iron, needs multiple maintenance. Sponges are required for maintenance. ”

"What is a sponge?" Yu Liyan didn't know.

"There are in the Bohai Sea, I'll go and get it back for the princess."

Sponges, which were very common in later generations, are generally industrial products, but there are also such creatures as sponges in the sea, which are grown in nature and have the same effect as industrial sponges.

Qin Mu wanted to find an excuse to leave, and after thinking about it, he remembered the sponge. He was not prepared to take the overland route, because going south would definitely arouse Yu Liyan's suspicions, and with Yu Liyan's shrewdness, it would never be allowed.

It's not okay to go north, it's getting farther and farther away from the Great Song Dynasty, and it's the Jin Kingdom over there, if you go over, you will inevitably lose your life. Jin Guo has just broken away from Ru Mao and drinking blood, so it is better to be cautious.

It's as if aliens come to the 21st century with technology that has been ahead of the earth for an unknown number of years, so they are naturally treated as guests, but if aliens are unlucky enough to come to the wild era of the earth, then whoever treats him as a green onion and doesn't get roasted and eats it is good.

Qin Mu didn't have the courage to rashly run towards Jin Guo.

To the west, more and more desolate, to the prairie, is it to let him run, he ran over the horses of Yu Liyan?

Only to the east. There is the sea to the east, which is a possible way to survive. Therefore, Qin Mu chose the gimmick of sponge. Listen to me, follow me to the sponge.

"If there is no sponge, this steam crossbow is prone to failure, and I am afraid that it will not be good in war." Qin Mu must strengthen Yu Liyan's beliefs.

He knew that this princess of Liao was only thinking about Liao. Anything that is conducive to the development of Liao, she will try. Otherwise, he would not have kidnapped himself from Bianliang all the way away, and let himself come nonsense.

To be honest, when playing with mud, Qin Mu didn't know if he could do all this.

"Are you going to Bohai?" Yu Liyan looked at Qin Mu carefully, trying to see some clues from his face. Are you lying to me, or do you really need a sponge?

Since Qin Mu was caught by Yu Liyan, he has been working hard, never complaining, and never mentioning going home, which made Yu Liyan unconsciously relax his vigilance. Now that Qin Mu said that he was going to the sea to fish for sponges, Yu Liyan had seven or eight points of belief in his heart, and three or two points of worry.

She thought about it for a moment, and finally made up her mind. Since Qin Mu said that he needed a sponge, then believe him once. The changes in front of her, each of which is extremely important to the Liao Kingdom, so even if this sponge sounds a little suspicious to Yu Liyan, she still thinks that she must get it.

Of course, Qin Mu must not be allowed to go alone, Yu Liyan is still very clear about this. If you want to go, I'll follow you, in front of my eyes, you can't play tricks if you want to.

Yu Liyan is also very confident in his own ability.

If it weren't for his outstanding ability, how could he arrest Qin Mu all at once? And it's the same in front of you, isn't it all done under your own supervision?

Yu Liyan is now full of confidence, with a steam crossbow and more and more steel, he will definitely be able to kill all the livestock of the Jin Kingdom. When the time comes, let them learn their prestige.

Sponge, go, go fish.

"Where are you going to get the sponge?" Yu Liyan is ready to act, and he must first say hello to the destination.

"Jinzhou." Qin Mu had already prepared the answer.

Jinzhou is on the verge of the Bohai Sea, and when I arrived in Jinzhou, I found an opportunity to take the sea route and ran away. Moreover, from Jinzhou to Zhongjing, there is the Daling River between them, and you can take a boat without riding a horse.

If he rode a horse, Qin Mu would definitely not be able to outrun Yu Liyan, but it would be different if he took a boat. The northerners are not good at taking boats, and when they get on the boat, Yu Liyan's ability on horseback can't be displayed, and half of his kung fu is gone. Although she is no match for herself alone, it is better than having no hope at all.

The ship is not a steppe, and the various cabins are enough to perform on their own. There's a pistol, what are you afraid of.

Just go, don't delay for a moment. Yu Liyan ordered a team of female soldiers, who were her own soldiers, packed up all kinds of items, and followed Qin Mu out of Zhongjing immediately and set off for Jinzhou.

Their first destination was Wending. Here you can change boats and go directly to Jinzhou along the Daling River.

Qin Mu didn't know how to ride a horse, and Yu Liyan specially prepared a carriage for him, which could be regarded as a reward for him.

Wending is not very far from Zhongjing, but it takes a long time to ride a horse. The road in the mountains is far less easy to walk than in the plains, either up the mountain or down the mountain, and it is still crooked, even if Qin Mu is sitting in the carriage, he is also dizzy.

A carriage without springs as shock absorbers is not something that ordinary people can bear.

Just when it was difficult, I heard the sound of a bowstring, and then there was a scream outside the carriage.

was attacked. This voice is familiar to Qin Mu. The last time I returned to Bianliang from Fuzhou, the Zhejia army encountered such a scene.

How did you get to Daliao and come again?

Is it because he is unlucky, or is Yu Liyan hated? Do you want to kill yourself or kill Yu Liyan?

Qin Mu immediately quietly opened the curtain and looked out.

Yu Liyan's own soldiers fell to the ground, not even the horses were spared, and they collapsed to the ground with many arrows stuck in their bodies.

It seems that the opponent is well prepared, and it didn't take long at all from start to finish. Yu Liyan's own soldiers are all dead.

The opponent didn't know why and didn't target Yu Liyan. Now only himself and Yu Liyan are in good shape in the field, not only are they not dead, but they are not even injured.

Qin Mu didn't have an assault rifle to rely on now, and what he could barely save his life was a pistol and fifteen bullets.

Because he was walking in the territory of Liao and had to take a boat, Yu Liyan did not have many people, only thirty people. However, all thirty people were killed by the enemy in an instant, although there was a reason why Yu Liyan's soldiers were all women and their reaction was slightly slow, but it also showed that the other party was quite numerous and well prepared.

Relying on these fifteen bullets, Qin Mu definitely didn't think that he could rush out.

Now we can only wait.

Yu Liyan was furious. Who's this? Who would dare to assassinate themselves in Da Liao?

"Who is it, get out of here for Princess Ben." She rode on her horse and shouted, "If you dare to do it, don't be as brave as a mouse." ”

She understood the danger ahead. The enemy killed all his men in one fell swoop, and this arrangement was not unscrupulous. If they wanted to kill themselves, they would have died long ago.

Since you don't kill yourself, you must have a plan.

In Liao, who would dare to do such a rebellious thing? The ambush was on the hills on either side, but none of them showed up.

At this time, a person turned out from behind the corner of the mountain in front, with a few entourages, and said to Yu Liyan on the horse without smiling: "Yu Liyan, the emperor has a decree to order you to return to Zhongjing with me." ”

"Xiao Chang, it's you? You dare to kill my own soldiers? Yu Liyan was furious. These female soldiers were personally created by her, and they are all her confidants. In this time and space, except for the Great Song Dynasty Bianliang, other places are very advocating force.

Zhe Meiluan and Zhe Meifeng all have their own personal soldiers, not to mention Yu Liyan.

These female soldiers are not only her attendants, but also her capital, and now they are all gone. And he died not in battle, but at the hands of his own people. This made Yu Liyan unacceptable at all.

She didn't pay attention to what Xiao Chang said, and impulsively, she immediately picked up the crossbow arrow, ready to shoot Xiao Chang.

How could Xiao Chang be defenseless, he immediately raised his shield, shrank behind the shield, and said, "Yu Liyan, if you dare to do it, you won't survive today." ”

As he spoke, the figures of ambush soldiers appeared on the mountains on both sides, pointing at Yu Liyan with crossbow arrows one by one.

"See," Xiao Chang hid behind the shield and said loudly, "It's not my private soldiers, it's all the leather room army, I didn't lie to you." If it weren't for the Holy Decree, how could I mobilize the Leather Room Army. ”

The leather room army is the regular army of the Liao State, and Yu Liyan knows that although Xiao Chang is arrogant and domineering with his own identity, if there is no holy decree, he really can't mobilize the leather room army.

So, it's true that my father issued a holy decree to arrest himself? But he is his own daughter, why should he arrest himself?

And he worked hard, worked hard for the safety of Da Liao, and even disregarded the dignity of the princess, did not want to be famous, and caught a man from the Great Song Dynasty back, isn't this enough to prove his loyalty? You must know that Yunying is unmarried, and if an unmarried princess catches a man, she will definitely be rumored.

Could it be that the emperor has been set aside? Xiao Changna's false decree?

"Show me the decree." Yu Liyan put away his crossbow arrows. At this time, a crossbow bolt was useless, and the regular army was placed on the opposite side.

"This can be given to you, but you throw the sword and bow first."

Yu Liyan casually threw the sword, bow and crossbow to the ground. Resistance is useless. Facing an army alone, Yu Liyan knew that he had no chance of winning at all.

"Okay, you get off the horse first." Xiao Chang continued to order.

Yu Liyan got off the war horse as he said.

"Come forward."

Yu Liyan walked a few steps. This is exactly what she wants. As long as he is close to Xiao Chang, with his own skills, he will definitely be able to catch this person. Capture the thief and capture the king first, catch Xiao Chang, and maybe move back to the situation in front of you.

She walked in front of Xiao Chang unhurriedly, and she was only a few steps away from breaking out.

At this moment, several entourages who were following Xiao Chang suddenly cast several fishing nets, and Yu Liyan didn't expect the enemy to have this trick at all.

She put all her energy on Xiao Chang, and the current situation can only turn around if she captures him, who would have thought that a fishing net would fly in front of her.

Fishing nets are not yet one, but three or four. Yu Liyan dodged one but couldn't dodge the second, dodged the second but couldn't dodge the third, and finally covered his whole body with a fishing net and fell to the ground.

"Yu Liyan, I'm not afraid to tell you that I don't have your holy will. However, I am not pretending to pass on the holy decree, your mother and your brother conspired to rebel, and now they have been killed by the emperor's order. As for your life or death, it's up to you how you behave! Hahaha. Xiao Changyang smiled.

Qin Mu was in a cold sweat when he heard this. He suddenly remembered that Liao had indeed made such a fuss. Emperor Tianzuo beheaded the prince and daughter-in-law. But the name of the Liao State is too awkward, and it has nothing to do with his great cause, he didn't remember it carefully, until he listened to Xiao Chang's words, he didn't know that the dead prince was Yu Liyan's brother, the daughter-in-law killed by Emperor Tianzuo, and it turned out to be Yu Liyan's mother.

It's called something. Why is it so unfavorable for me to pass the year, and I still encounter a secret case of Gong Fu when fishing for sponges!

I'm really annoyed, what should I do next?