Late at night.

The Flowing Fire Legion entered the position, 50,000 people lined up, full of momentum, and the Fire God Legion and the Yinping Legion on the right were divided into front and rear sequences, guarding the northern strategic point of Fenglai City together, and in the middle of the night, the sound of horses' hooves and the screams of the sergeants were all together, and anyone could feel the suffocating momentum of the imminent outbreak of the big war.

In the distance, a large number of Molin Knights have appeared in the jungle north of Fenglai City, and they are gathering, and there seems to be no sign of attack, most of them are waiting for dawn, thinking that the night combat ability of the Molin Knights should not be too strong, or the immortal Sturrem wants to defeat the last main legion of the Light Camp in one fell swoop during the day.

Riding the black deer, just walking in the sequence of the Flowing Fire Army, when I took Zhang Lingyue and Chai Lu to the camp, I saw a door of heavy artillery and bed crossbows on standby, in addition, there are rows of crossbow cannons, the principle of these ballista cannons is similar to that of crossbow arrows, the more rounded stones are placed in the arrow trough, and they are ejected with a thick bowstring, generally speaking, they are thrown diagonally towards the sky, and the boulder is thrown into the enemy formation to obtain a certain killing effect.

However, the Ballista Cannon is much less effective than the Heavy Cannon and the Bed Crossbow.

"My lord, what's wrong?"

Zhang Lingyue saw me staring at the crossbow cannon in a daze, and couldn't help but smile: "This ...... Stone cannon, is there any problem? ”

"A little bit."

I gently patted the cold wood of the ballista cannon and asked, "Zhang Lingyue, if this ballista cannon is fired flat, how far can it hit?" ”

"Flattened?"

Zhang Lingyue smiled slightly: "Just give it a try, come on, put it down, and try to shoot a stone cannon to see." ”

"Yes, sir!"

Three soldiers operated, two pulled the bowstring, one filled the stone in the trough, and then adjusted the direction, and suddenly the entire ballista cannon was flattened, aimed at a clearing on the left, "Peng", the force was beyond my expectations, this huge rock actually flew flat for nearly fifty meters, and then rolled down into the grass.

"That's ......"

I looked at the ballista cannon, walked forward in person, looked at the thin scale on it, and found that it was actually a 360-degree scale gauge, so I gently adjusted the firing direction of the ballista cannon to a position of 15 degrees above the horizontal slope, and said, "Come and show me again." ”

"Yes!"

This time, the stone cannon flew out of the ground with a "whoosh", but the height of the front end of the flight was slightly higher, about three meters, and it was not until the position of 40-100 meters that it re-entered the ground height of 0-2 meters, that is, the real killing range.

"Your Excellency, what are you...... What to do? ”

Zhang Lingyue was confused.

"Flame Thorn."

I turned to look at him and said, "Zhang Lingyue, do you know a creature like the Flame Thorn Demon?" ”

"Who wouldn't know?"

Zhang Lingyue's face changed slightly, and he said, "Aren't important places such as Yanmen Pass and Huoling County captured by the Alien Demon Legion because of the attack of the Flame Thorn Demon?" But my lord, what does this Flame Thorn Demon have to do with the Ballista Cannon? ”

I groaned, looked at the ballista cannon, and said: "The most terrifying thing about the Flame Thorn Demon is the self-explosion, the power of their self-explosion is too strong, the city defense can't stop it, and the effect of the Flame Thorn Demon Breaking Formation is similar, once it self-detonates, even our Tiebu Battalion will definitely not be able to stop the terrifying explosion power, but...... I've studied some of the Flame Spikes that explode when hit by heavy objects, and I think the weight and speed of the Ballista Cannon should be enough to cause such a self-detonation. ”

Zhang Lingyue was so smart: "I know, my lord, you are going to use a ballista cannon to deal with the Flame Thorn Demon, right?" ”

"Yes."

I gently stroked the cold stand of the ballista cannon, and said with a smile: "This kind of broken thing, the empire is about to abandon it, a tool that is about to be eliminated by the times, this time it may be able to tie us up, Zhang Lingyue, how many ballista cannons do we have in total?" ”

"Forehead ......"

He thought for a moment and said: "These crossbow cannons were directly transferred to us by the quartermaster from the material depot when we passed through the Northern Wilderness Province, saying that these heavy and dilapidated things can only give birth to moths if they are left behind, so they will simply pull them all to us for the Drifting Fire Legion, and then use or chop wood to burn them for heating up at our disposal, so the subordinates carefully selected a total of 3,000 ballista cannons, all of which are here." ”

"That's ......"

I frowned: "The material warehouse in Fenglai City is very sufficient, there should be one, you go and apply for it, how much you can bring is nothing." ”

"Huh?"

Zhang Lingyue was stunned: "My subordinate is just a deputy commander, and I haven't applied for the right to apply for wartime materials, so don't embarrass me, my lord." ”

"Don't worry, since it's something that no one wants, as long as you open your mouth, I believe that the quartermaster will definitely not embarrass you."

"Okay, subordinate rights and go try."

……

As soon as Zhang Lingyue left, I immediately turned to look at the veteran Chai Lu and said, "Chai Lu is in charge." ”

"My lord, veteran!"

Chai Lu immediately clenched his fists solemnly, waiting for the order.

I touched the stone cannons placed on the wooden cart on the side, each of these stones is about the size of a basketball, the whole is round, but it is not particularly rounded, just a little axe chiseling, the edge is craggy, but maybe this can play the most lethal effect, so I said to the heron: "Look for stones like stone cannons from the surrounding mountains, and then give me the cannonballs I need to make stone cannons, the more the better." ”

"Huh?"

Chai Lu was stunned: "But my lord, the axes and chisels of these stones need stonemasons, although there are many brothers born of stonemasons in our Flowing Fire Legion, but we don't even have a hammer, so we can't make axes and chisels at all!" ”

"Then mobilize stonemasons directly from Fenglai City, hurry up, rush to work overnight, make as much as you can, tell you, don't slack off, these stones are related to the life and death of our brothers in the Flowing Fire Legion!"

"Yes, my subordinates understand!"

After all, after one battle after another, during the battle of the Northern Wilderness Province, my torpedo tactics were originally unknown to everyone, but later they proved to be effective one by one, and this time it was the same, the Flowing Fire Legion wanted to resist the self-detonation tactics of the Flame Thorn Demon, so they could only rely on this crossbow cannon.

……

Soon after, Zhang Ling went and returned, his face was full of excitement, and he said with a smile: "My lord, when I spoke, the quartermaster of the material depot actually didn't say a word, and directly gave us five thousand crossbow cannons that had just been made, and gave us a lot of stones, saying that these materials were not wanted by other legions at all, and since the Flowing Fire Legion sent someone to collect them, they were all given to us." ”

"Hahahaha, God help me too......"

I smiled and said: "Zhang Lingyue, the positions of these ballistae cannons are all moving forward, and they are arranged behind the first line of defense of the Tiebu Battalion and the Shenbow Battalion, and the firepower of the ballista cannons must be kept to cover the position of the whole fire corps, in addition, you go and inform all the soldiers who operate the ballista cannons that the ballista cannons are calibrated horizontally upwards by 15 degrees, and the effective killing distance is 40-100 meters away, which must be controlled. ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand!"

Zhang Ling rushed more and more, lowered his voice and smiled: "My lord, I heard that the Flame God Legion and the Templar Order have suffered a big loss under the hands of the Flame Thorn Demon, and even formed a dead battalion to deal with the Flame Thorn Demon, this time, will it be an example of our Flame Legion teaching them how to fight the Flame Thorn Demon?" ”

"Perhaps."

I smiled slightly: "Hurry up and prepare, and if necessary, our Flowing Fire Legion will also prepare the Dead Soldier Battalion, which has been urgently needed." ”

"Don't worry, my lord, our brothers can die when they need it, and everyone has already expressed their attitude before going on the expedition."

"That's good."

After a while, Chai Lu returned with thousands of stonemasons, so the sound of "clanging" axes chiseling stones was soon heard in the position of the Flowing Fire Legion, which seemed a little out of place with the sound of armor and blades colliding with the armor and blades that the rest of the Legion were actively preparing for.

……

"Wind Patrol Position!"

In the distance, someone suddenly shouted, and then, the white-clothed Qingxiang, who was high-crowned and bookish, rode a majestic white horse, surrounded by a group of generals, and inspected the front-line positions, and walked through the positions of the Yinping Legion, the Yunxi Legion, and the Fire God Legion one by one, with a smile in his eyes, but until he came to the position of our Flowing Fire Legion, he couldn't help but let out an "oh" sound when he heard the "clanging" sound of the stonemasons' axes and chisels, but he didn't know whether he was surprised or suddenly realized.

"The wind is coming!"

A group of people reminded each other, and even the stonemasons stopped what they were doing.

"Don't stop, keep going!"

I rode the black hedgehog, waved my hand directly, and ordered the stonemasons to continue working, while the firewood heron carried the war knife and said in a low voice: "Keep working, be fast!" ”

Looking at the scene of the stonemasons working under the dim light of the bonfire, accompanied by the sparks from the friction of hammers, chisels and rocks, the wind slowly reined in the war horse, and said with a smile: "Ah...... This? ”

I stepped forward and respectfully said, "See the wind phase." ”

"Hmm."

Feng Buwen flicked his sleeves and said with a smile: "The commander doesn't have to be formal, so ...... The other legions are actively preparing for battle, preparing equipment, blades, and food and grass...... But in the opening of the mountain quarrying, may I ask, why is this? ”

I stretched out my hand and pointed to the neat rows of ballista cannons in the distance, and said, "I'm ordering someone to make the firing materials for the ballista cannon." ”

"Ballista?"

Feng Buwen glanced at it and said with a smile: "This kind of antique, which no one uses, didn't expect to be added to the blue eyes of Lord Qiliuhuo, this is really ...... Surprising. ”

I smiled embarrassedly: "There is no way, I am a person who has seen the power of the Immortal Legion, the regular array combat method, our Flowing Fire Legion may not have any chance of winning, we can only think of other ways, the sword is on the sidetrack." ”

"Hmm."

The wind did not smell or intervene, rode by, and said meaningfully: "Your Majesty is not blue-eyed to you, do it well!" ”

"Yes!"

Looking at the back of the wind that did not smell, I slowly hugged my fists: "Thank you Fengxiang!" ”