"Go on. Ron's face didn't change, and he smiled and motioned for Yazov to continue.

"The beast tide of the Sky Ferry Territory, Lord Ron, you must have heard that in previous years, the Duke of Winton sent troops to assist in the guards, but this year the Duke handed over this errand to you......" Yazov covered his eyes that were stinging by the sea breeze, and then said: "The impact of the beast tide and the barbarians is difficult to resist, even if we send thousands of soldiers to the Sky Ferry Territory, if we want to defend the wooden house, it will cause at least hundreds of casualties." ”

"So, I don't plan to send my army to support the Kongdu Territory, and the rand can't die anyway, so I can't resist it, so I can go back to the base camp and take refuge. Ron shrugged his shoulders, not thinking that there was anything worth paying attention to, "The place in which the Empty Ferry is poor and broken, I should have persuaded my father to give up that land, but in this way, my dear brother will have no territory of his own, I'm afraid he will cry." ”

Even if Rand left his people and soldiers and fled back to Lindong City alone, no one would go back to blame him, after all, he was the son of the duke, and the nobles usually didn't care much about the lives of the commoners.

"This is not the case, Lord Ron, I have heard that Lord Rand, instead of returning to the East for refuge, has purchased armaments, manufactured weapons, and gathered his soldiers to prepare to hold the town of Cabins. Yazov shook his head and said, "When I was in the Empty Domain, I heard from his assistant minister, Love, that Rand had transferred all the tar and coal, as well as the arrows, blades, and grain to the Cabin Town, and he wanted to stay there. ”

"It was a bit of a surprise to me. Ron looked amused, "Could it be that he has recently read some military history and is going to learn from those dead ghost generals and martyrs who are in the city and the city is ruined?"

"I don't think he should be on a whim, I heard from his subordinates, Rand has changed a lot recently, the laziness and wanton problems of the past seem to have been uprooted, and now, the government affairs, income, and the transfer of soldiers in the air ferry territory are all through Rand's hands, he has completely adapted to his lordship and began to develop his territory. I think that His Excellency Rand's mind seems to have changed somewhat, will he also have some thoughts about the inheritance of Lord Duke, ......" Yazov said, his eyes began to become cold, he lowered his voice, leaned in and said: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency Rand is likely to become your rival, do you want us to take the following measures in advance?"

"Let the Shadow Regiment make a move, there will be no handle left, and you will definitely die by accident. Yazov's tone was full of cold killing intent.

"......" Ron squinted, not seeming to hear Yazov's advice, he kept his position unchanged, and after a long time, he snorted and laughed, "Yazov, how unconfident are you in me?"

"I have absolute confidence in you, but things are impermanent, so adults should be prepared in advance. Yazov reminded.

"Yazov. Ron suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, he took out his handkerchief and wiped the mud on his hands, and said, "I have never been averse to competition, and I have never been afraid of competition. ”

"Because I know that no matter how many people there are, I will be the one who will win in the end, and only I will be able to recreate the glory of the former Lionheart. ”

"Even my father can't stop me, you know?"

Yazov was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, "In the empty crossing, there is a ...... named Love"

......

Standing in the blazing assembly room, Rand squatted in front of the ballista that had not yet been assembled, and personally snapped the bronze plate marked with the scale into the groove, which is the aiming device of the ballista, the scientific name is "Wangshan", although it is not as accurate as the lens sight of later generations, but for striking enemies in a large area at close range, its aiming accuracy has reached the standard.

"Upper bowstring!" The four sturdy men, wearing bearskin gloves in both hands, fixed one end of the "compound" bowstring made of cowhide bands mixed with hemp rope to the bow arm, and then forcefully pulled the bow arm back into an arc, and after measuring the angle with a rudimentary ruler, Rand chose the most suitable force and fixed the bowstring all on the bow arm.

The degree of bending of the bow arm and the tension of the bowstring determine the launch speed and penetration of the arrow, if it is too small, the power of the arrow will be weakened, and if it is too large, it is easy to damage the bowstring, and the replacement of the bowstring is very troublesome, it takes four big men to join forces, and the replacement can be completed within ten minutes, and in these ten minutes, the range of the long-range attack of the ballista is lost, and it is likely to be attacked by the barbarians.

The angle chosen by Rand was carefully measured and calculated, and the barbarian ran very fast, at this angle, the effective strike range of the ballista was within one hundred and fifty meters, and it only took about ten seconds for the barbarian to run this distance with all his strength.

Ten seconds, one hundred and fifty meters, and ten crossbow wheels attacked, Rand believed that absolutely no creature would be able to break through the line of arrows, and even the heavily armored cavalry known as the Iron Fortress would fall under the rain of arrows.

"My lord, according to your request, the number of armor-piercing arrows has increased to one thousand and two hundred, and the number of ordinary bows and arrows is more than ten thousand. Payne crouched beside Rand and smashed a spike into the wheel, "We've bottomed out our coffers for these weapons." ”

"I still have some gold in my private coffers, and we have to gamble on it at the moment. Rand didn't feel sorry for his pockets, as long as he could guard the air ferry leader, all the costs were worth it, as long as he survived this winter, the first deposit of the Peruvian family would arrive at the beginning of the next spring.

Thinking of this, Rand turned his head and asked Payne, who was holding a hammer and trying to smash nails, "Payne, have you found out the details of the three families I asked you to investigate?"

The Peruvian family didn't give money to the rand for nothing, and it would not be a simple character to grab business with a middle-power family, let alone three, and the rand didn't want to wait for the people to gather troops to come to the door, and he still didn't know anything about the situation of the people.

"The results of the investigation may not put you in a good mood, my lord. Payne didn't stop what he was doing, he had a nail in his mouth, and said indistinctly: "The power of these three families is no weaker than the Peruvian family, the number of troops may be more than eight thousand, and they are very rich. ”

"What does it mean to be rich?"

"Having money means that they can also hire pirates or mercenary groups. Payne dropped his hammer and sat down cross-legged, "Luckily, their family's city is too far from our territory, and they are not just in the luxury business, and if the losses are acceptable, I don't think they will risk offending the Duke and send an army against you." ”

"But you may well be assassinated, and if you die unexpectedly, even the Duke will not be able to cross the Serra River to the far south to avenge you without proof. ”