Although there are only a thousand Divine Arm Crossbows, if they are used intensively, the power is considerable, and next, Wei Feng set his sights on the ballistas.

To Wei Feng's surprise, the ballista was divided into two kinds, no wonder two were lifted, one was equipped with a standard arrow slot, which was used to fire giant arrows, and the other had a semicircular holster in the center of the bowstring, and the arrow slot also increased the width and depth, from bottom to top it was an inverted trapezoidal shape and engraved with a shallow groove, which was higher than the main beam, and it was obvious that stone bullets of different weights could be placed!

This is slightly different from trebuchets, which fire stone projectiles, while catapults are fired into the air, while ballistas fire stone projectiles as arrows.

Compared with the crossbow type, the stone bullet type is more sturdy and bulky, and it is easy to understand that the weight of the stone bullet is heavier than the crossbow arrow.

But the height of the two ballistae is the same, both are one and a half people, the extended arm can touch the top, the main beam is placed above the solid support, since the development is successful, the spring must be used in the trigger, the structure is slightly different from the drawings taken out by the old craftsman at that time, one is to add iron racks on both sides of the beam, so that the bow does not have to be done in one go, but also to adjust the projectile power of the ballista, to obtain the required range, the second is that the winch is not one, but two symmetrical left and right, the whole body is pure copper, Probably considering that twisting the winch from only one side could throw the ballista off balance.

It is worth mentioning that the base of the ballista is probably based on the record in "Mozi", which can be rotated freely, with flexible direction and elevation angle!

'The creativity of the working people is truly infinite! Wei Feng secretly praised and ordered the soldiers to operate the ballista on the spot. Unlike bed crossbows and stone throwing ruts, which require more than 10 or even dozens of people to operate, only five people are needed to operate the ballista at most, four people work together to winch the winch, and another person is full-time aiming and firing, which can not only greatly improve the mobility flexibility of the operation, but also liberate a large number of manpower.

Take Sun En's attack on Yuyao as an example, there were 100 trebuchets in the Weifeng camp, which required 5,000 people to operate, and now, the same 100 ballistas. Five hundred people are enough. Saving 90 percent of the troop is undoubtedly a major leap in the history of the development of cold weapons, and it is no exaggeration to say that it was before the development of artillery. The ballista can be called the pinnacle masterpiece of long-range throwing weapons!

The first thing the soldiers operated was the throwing ballista. The two soldiers worked together to lift a 120-pound stone bullet into the holster. Then he immediately turned around and twisted the winch, and after a click of gears, the bowstring was slowly tightened to the tightest.

The orientation was carefully corrected. A soldier pulled off the wrench with all his might!

"Whew!" A huge whistling sound swept by, the stone bullet soared out of the air, hitting about one hundred and fifty steps, the smoke and dust near the landing point were filled, and the gravel and soil shot out in all directions like raindrops, until the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, what was unbelievable was that there was a small crater about one foot deep and two feet in diameter on the ground, and the huge kinetic energy carried by the stone bullet itself was scattered and cracked at the moment it hit the ground!

Wei Feng suddenly felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, this is simply a small bomb, the stone bomb is no longer a point attack, but a surface attack, and the lethality of the fragments is quite terrifying.

Not only did Wei Feng stop, everyone present was happy, and then, Wei Feng ordered to test fire a smaller weight stone bullet, and those soldiers were also full of energy, and practiced hard, unlike one hundred and twenty pounds of bullets, the stone bullets fired behind did not burst, it should not be enough to crush itself, and the ballista ballista also brought surprises, the bed crossbow can launch a giant arrow out of about three hundred steps, but the ballista can hit four hundred steps!

Shocked again and again, surprised again and again, everyone in the audience was dumbfounded, and a thousand words could not express the mood at the moment!

After a long time, Feng Ying's son Feng Lun gave a deep salute to Wei Feng: "If you have this sharp weapon, it is easy to break Li Xun, and your subordinates will congratulate you first." ”

Wei Feng waved his hand and said: "Tuo Feng Sima's auspicious words, please send someone to tell Ling Zun that I will attack Lijiashan City within ten days, please Ling Zun come and join me." ”

"Obey the order, and the subordinates will do it immediately!" Feng Lun took the order and hurried away.

Feng Lun had just left, but Zhang Ning was puzzled: "General, it's only fifty miles from Anping here, if you don't delay, Feng Taishou will arrive tomorrow night, why do you want to stay for a few more days?" ”

Wei Feng looked at Zhang Ning with a slight smile, still silent, just like last time, putting on a look like you think about yourself.

Zhang Ning hurriedly used his brain to figure out Wei Feng's intentions, and suddenly, oh screamed, and suddenly realized: "The last general understands, Li Xun can't be restrained, he must have colluded with the surrounding dock forts, the general wants to annihilate the reinforcements in one fell swoop, saving him from wasting his hands and feet by attacking in turn, the general is really clever!" ”

Wei Feng nodded: "This is called encirclement and reinforcements, I hope Li Xun can call more reinforcements, don't let me down." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Lijiashan City.

In a large complex halfway up the mountain of Wubao, Li Xun and his son had just received the news that Wei Feng had reinforcements coming, and the eldest son Li Kai sneered: "Father, the surname Wei is not stupid, it seems that he also understands that the rainy season is coming, and he has to attack my mountain city in a hurry." ”

The second son, Li Lin, smiled disdainfully: "Even if he doesn't know, someone will tell him, this is not surprising, the key is that according to the exact news inquired, the person surnamed Wei came out of Guangzhou with 30,000 foot cavalry, and Deng Yi's dog thief originally had 5,000 troops, but he had already collected troops and returned to Longjiang a year ago, that is to say, the Panyu garrison and the original defenders will not exceed 35,000!"

The surnamed Wei brought 10,000 light cavalry to grab grain last year, and Panyu also had to be guarded, so his reinforcements will not be more than 15,000 people, plus the original troops, only more than 20,000 troops want to capture our Lijiashan City? It's a joke!

A safe policy, we only need to stick to the city to slowly consume him to death, but if he attacks several times and finds it difficult to break, he is likely to retreat to Panyu, at that time, the situation of the host and guest is easy to turn, if he is allowed to retreat, this person will inevitably rely on cavalry to come over every year to grab food, how can this be bearable? But in order to clean him up, he must attack the city with a large army, not to mention who is difficult and who is easy to attack and defend the city, he will definitely recruit people or foreign merchants with a lot of money to strengthen his own strength, this will not bring heavy casualties in vain? It's not worth it! ”

Saying that, Li Lin arched his hand to Li Xun and said solemnly: "Father, according to the estimate, our attack on Panyu will only be a defeat for the surnamed Wei, although he has no power to offend me again, but there will always be a time when the term of the assassin expires, what if the court sends another strong person to assassinate Guangzhou?" If he learns from the man surnamed Wei to steal my grain and rice with cavalry, at most two years, the fort will change due to the lack of food, so for the long-term plan of my Li family, it must be that the man surnamed Wei will never be able to return to Panyu!

The son asked his father to immediately summon reinforcements and go down to the village near the dock, so that he could not leave by boat, and secondly, he was restrained from moving, and dragged him until the rainy season. ”

"Good! Second brother's clever plan! Li Kai immediately shouted.

Li Xun frowned, and hesitated: "The one surnamed Wei has cavalry in hand, what if the reinforcements are intercepted by him halfway on the way here?" ”

Li Lin said disappreciatively: "Father, don't worry, when the surnamed Wei first arrived, we had already agreed with several nearby dock forts to do things together, how could they not prepare in advance?" Father can be reminded that it is necessary to concentrate troops in order to prevent being broken by each other, and he calculated that these dock forts can gather 20,000 troops, as long as they send more scouts to explore the road during the march, and then support them with chariot formations, why should they be afraid of cavalry interception? Father and brother, please don't forget, our goal is not to fight him early, but to delay as much as possible! ”

"Hmm~~" Li Xun muttered: "It makes sense, even if the reinforcements are intercepted halfway by the surnamed Wei, it doesn't matter, as long as you don't mess up your position, it is enough to contain the cavalry and make it unable to move, maybe we can also take advantage of the emptiness of his troops to attack the dock and completely cut off his hope of returning to Panyu!" ”

Li Xun turned his head violently and shouted: "Someone!" ”

"See Lord Lang!" Several of them rushed into the temple.

Li Xun didn't say much, returned to a few cases and sat down, wrote several letters in a row, handed one to each person, and advised: "The matter is very important, you must send the letters to the hands of the masters of the forts, otherwise you will come to see you!" ”

"Please rest assured, Lord Lang!" The relatives bowed and left.

Seeing several figures disappear outside the hall, Li Kai couldn't help but say: "Father, if you can take off the head of the surnamed Wei, Panyu will surrender without a fight, you can temporarily take the history of the Guangzhou Thorn, and then ask Guangzhou Dazhong to negotiate the conduct for you, and recommend you to join the list of scholars, at that time, because the raw rice has been cooked and cooked, unless the court is crazy, otherwise, it should be officially issued to correct your position as the Guangzhou Thorn History!"

But I heard that the court is also very chaotic, since Emperor Xiaowu Yan driving, Wang Gong and the king of Xiang are incompatible, as a result, because of Liu Gaozhi's secret rebellion, Wang Gong was unfortunately captured when he attacked Jiankang, and was tragically wiped out by the disaster of the three clans.

Now, the person in charge of the center is Nanjun Gong, father, don't forget whose son Nanjun Gong is, Huan Wen tried to replace Zen back then, and the son inherited his father's business, how could Nanjun Gong be willing to be a minister? But there must be loyal and righteous people in the court, and seeing that the dispute will set off again, in such a situation, where does the court have the energy to take care of Lingnan? Father, as long as you can take off the head of the surnamed Wei, it is a sure thing to be appointed as the assassin of Guangzhou!

Think back then, taking advantage of the chaos in the world at the end of Qin, Zhao Tuo, the captain of Nanhai County, raised troops and Guilin and Xiang County, and established the Nanyue Kingdom on its own. ”

"Hahahaha~~" Li Xun suddenly stroked his beard and laughed wildly, the words of the eldest son entered his heart, and his eyes were full of yearning! (To be continued......)

PS: Thank you for the reward ~~~~~~~~ of the idle years