Chapter 140: Test the crossbow
Half an hour later, Wei Changfeng came out of the tent of the Chinese army.
He was going to see how the crossbow was made, and although Bai Qi took over the responsibility, as a tooth general, he had to take a look at it often. What's more, General Fang was about to give an order to mobilize the army, and he had to take advantage of the fact that the army had not gathered to take a look.
In the second half of the camp, a special workshop was opened, and a group of craftsmen were methodically making repeating crossbows.
Seeing Wei Changfeng coming, Bai Qi saluted and said with a smile: "Wei Ya will be free today." ”
Wei Changfeng also smiled, thinking that he was free, but he had to take a look. He saw that a group of low-level generals were practicing hard, and he also smiled and said, "General Bai Shen has come to train the generals first." ”
Bai Qi nodded and replied, "This thing is still relatively easy to use, I will first let the generals familiarize themselves with its power, and then I can command the soldiers to use it." ”
Wei Changfeng nodded, Bai Qi must do a good job of such things, and he will do it better than himself. He also took a repeater and aimed ahead.
Bai Qi stopped Wei Changfeng and said, "Wait a minute." Then he waved his hand and shouted to the side.
I saw a soldier on one side pulling a rope hard, snapping a few times, and a few feet on the opposite side, a row of human-shaped wooden planks bounced up from the ground, and some graphics were drawn on the wooden boards, which looked like Donghu soldiers.
Wei Changfeng smiled: "What is this?" Target? ”
Bai nodded: "Exactly." This thing was designed by Zheng Dutong, and it is very useful. With a wave of his hand, several soldiers pulled the ropes one after another, only to see the targets move back and forth.
Wei Changfeng admired it, but he didn't expect this Zheng Dutong to really have a set. It is very common to set up arrow targets in the army, and the arrow targets are drawn like Donghu soldiers, although it is Zheng Dutong's business, but it is not creative, but this moving target is very creative, so that it can be closer to the situation on the battlefield.
He flat-ended his crossbow and pulled the trigger on a moving target.
Click...... I heard the sound of a bowstring, and ten arrows flew out like a splash of wind, five or six of them were staring at the target, and none of them had any arrows, and the force was great.
Bai Qi reached out and picked up a row of arrows tied with thin wood and string and handed it to Wei Changfeng: "Wei Ya General, as long as you attach this directly to the crossbow, you can fire it again." ”
Wei Changfeng took the arrow, put it on the crossbow, buckled the buckle on the string, raised the crossbow again, pulled the trigger, and shot out another row of arrows.
Bai Qi looked at the arrow, and also sighed to himself: "Weiya General is really a blessed general, as soon as this thing comes out, the Donghu people are only afraid that they will be sad." ”
Wei Changfeng sighed a little: "It's a pity that it's late." If it had been earlier, we would have saved a lot of work and sacrificed a lot of lives. ”
Bai Qi nodded silently, thinking of the soldiers who had been stained with blood before, he was also a little sad in his heart.
Wei Changfeng saw that Bai Qi was silent, and thought that this matter was helpless, so he changed the topic and asked: "It's just that this crossbow is fired so fast, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to supply the arrows." ”
Bai nodded his head and said, "That's true, and this crossbow shoots extremely fast, and the bowstring will soon be seriously worn, these are all troubles." Zheng Dutong said that he was studying the diagram of the repeater, and planned to place the crossbow on the cart, so that there would be many more arrows, and the repeater could be made bigger and stronger, and the power would also increase, and the bowstring would be used for a long time. ”
Wei Changfeng nodded, seeing that everything was going according to plan, and Zheng Dutong was still improving, there was really no need for him to worry about it here, so he said to Bai Qi: "In this case, I'll go and take a rest, and I will get rid of General Bai here." ”
Bai Qi hesitated for a moment and said softly, "You should go to Miss Li again." ”
Wei Changfeng thought to himself that this is called a good thing that doesn't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles, and the dispute between him and Li Qianyue is even known to Bai Qi. However, Bai Qi knows the Tao of Lu is nothing, not to mention that Bai Qi has always been well-informed, and many things are unknown to others, but he has long known the Tao of Lu, but he is extremely strict, even if he knows the Dao, he will not say it easily. Now Bai Qi said this, hoping that he and Li Qianyue would get back together, but he was kind.
It's just that when he thought of the scene where Li Qianyue and Wang Gonggong helped each other out of the tent, Wei Changfeng's heart ached, and he reluctantly smiled: "Let's talk about it later, I have to rest early today, and I have to send troops at night." ”
Bai Qi Daqi looked at Wei Changfeng, hesitated for a moment, but just said, "Okay, have a good rest." ”
In fact, of course Bai Qi wanted to ask what troops would be sent out at night, but such things in the army should not be asked, so Bai Qi did not ask.
At the second watch, two Han army teams of 10,000 people quietly set off. One is the second team Ma Yong, and the other is the third team Zhao Zi'an.
These two troops first marched towards Liaoyuan, and when they approached Liaoyuan, the troops were divided into left and right, Zhao Zi'an on the left and Ma Yong on the right, bypassing Liaoyuan left and right, and then ten miles forward, and ambushed behind Liaoyuan City.
Although the soldiers did not dare to speak out, no one knew what it was. Speaking of which, anyone can understand the night attack on Liaoyuan, but now this is obviously not a night attack on Liaoyuan, but an ambush ten miles behind Liaoyuan City, what are you doing here? Can't beat a roe deer?
Zhao Zi'an and Ma Yong were also suspicious. The orders they received were extremely simple: they were ordered to lie in ambush ten miles behind Liaoyuan City, wait for the enemy to arrive, let go of the forward, and start to volley from the middle and rear sections, killing as many enemies as possible.
But where is the enemy? What kind of information did General Fang get, and he knew that there would be enemies coming? You must know that Lu Dao had won a big victory before, and the Donghu army was almost exhausted, but how to mobilize reinforcements? Even if it is mobilized, how can it arrive so quickly? Even if it was really so fast, General Fang didn't even mention anything for him, and didn't even say hello in advance? With such important information, how can there be a reason not to tell the generals?
Both of them had a problem with one head, but neither dared to speak, so they could only wait quietly.
The third watch has passed.
The fourth watch has also passed.
It was so easy to get tired of waiting so quietly on such a night, and many soldiers couldn't help but nod their heads, and some were already snoring slightly.
Ma Yong yawned, and seeing that the sky was about to dawn in half an hour, he couldn't help muttering to himself: "Where did the enemy army come from, this time General Fang is mysterious, let us run for nothing." ”
Wei Changfeng looked at the road ahead, but his heart became more and more nervous.
The idea was his brainstorm. He thought that this was very likely, and if he was wrong this time, he would not be surprised by General Fang. It's just that this can be said, but he can't carry the responsibility if he wants to, because he is a tooth general, and it is General Fang who gives the order. Even if he can bear the responsibility of anticipating the enemy, but he is credulous and credulous, and the responsibility for making decisions indiscriminately still has to be borne by General Fang.
It's just, is he really wrong? Although it is said that there is no always correct general in the world, but in such an obvious situation, would he be wrong? Did that Abri guess his plan?