Two huge ballistae are erected at the top of the gentle slope. From here, about 300 meters from the sea, it is a safe location verified by countless Panshizhai villagers with their blood and lives.

The sophistication of the northern barbarians seems to be focused on weapons. According to Tianhao's requirements, the ballista originally erected on the guard tower of Panshizhai was dismantled overnight, and people transported various parts to the sea for installation. This thing is not much different from the old version in Tianhao's memory, the bar made of hard logs is not polished, showing that the northern barbarians only value practicality, and completely ignore things associated with beautiful terms like "smooth".

The strong, powerful tendons of the maned bear are undoubtedly the best source of bowstrings, but it takes time to process fresh tendons, and the old thick leather rope on the ballista is barely enough. According to Tianhao's orders, people carefully folded a strong bundle of rope nets. Starting from the center of the rope, centering on the intersection of each knot, the left and right sides intersect, shrinking the entire rope net, compacting it tightly, stacking it into a spherical shape about three meters in diameter, and stuffing it into a net pocket connected to the bowstring at the end of the ballista.

This heavy weapon poses a deadly threat to beasts such as the Stormmaned Bear. The only drawback was that the shot had to be fixed. The reason why Panshi Village has been able to exist in the mountains and forests full of fierce beasts for so long is not for nothing.

People stood on the shore and surrounded two ballistas, forming two groups of about fifty meters from left to right.

Yonggang and Tianmad each stood next to the ballista, their thick and powerful hands holding the hammer, and they all looked at Tianhao standing in the middle of the two crowds.

Tianmad let out a loud voice full of excitement: "I'm ready." ”

Yonggang Zhang shook the five fingers of his right hand that grabbed the wooden handle at the end of the hammer, and nodded at Tianhao: "I'm okay too." ”

"Three, two, one, put!" As the countdown was over, Tianhao vigorously waved off the piece of animal skin in his hand. He had a little regret in his heart: this thing was supposed to be red, but there was really no suitable dye in the stockade.

"Bang! Boom! ”

With two huge impacts, the tight bowstring instantly contracted with great force, and the spherical rope net in the net pocket shot into the sky under the rapid push, turning into two black arcs under the gaze of a pair of eager eyes full of antiquity, and accurately threw down on the sea surface mixed with a little white crushed ice in the distance, splashing two not very large splashes.

The rope nets shot out by the two groups have tail lines, just like the "rope tennis" that were made in the era of civilization due to the limitations of the venue and wanted to meet the requirements of sports enthusiasts.

Before the launch, Tianhao explained his plan in detail to everyone. A few craftsmen were left to adjust the crossbow machine, and the rest of the men shouldered the thick ropes that lay under their feet and walked along the demarcated safety line towards both ends of the coast.

The person who gives the orders always enjoys some special authority. Tianhao stood next to a ballista, staring at this ancient weapon, and under his calm face was the turbulent waves that filled his body.

Making a ballista is far from being as simple as a bow and arrow, and requires a complex set of mathematical knowledge. In the distant era of the Ptolemaic dynasty of ancient Egypt, two basic rules about ballistas were summarized: for ballistas that fired heavy spears, the optimal torsion spring should be one-ninth of the length of the spear; And for a ballista that fires stone projectiles, the diameter of its torsion spring should be equal to 1.1 times the square root of the mass of the projectile.

A group of cannibalistic barbarians should have such a subtle mathematical theory?

A normal ballista usually has a range of three hundred meters, and five hundred meters is not a problem if it is reinforced using the steel processes of the civilized era. However, the distance between the two rope nets that were now ejected was more than 600 meters, and there must be an error between the visual inspection and the actual distance, but it would definitely not exceed 20 meters.

This made Tianhao once again sure that he had not traveled through time and space to another world, and he was sure that the land under his feet was the earth, but he didn't know why he became what he is now.

Huge in stature over the average person, the wood fibers are tighter and resistant to firewood, and the ferocious beasts that don't exist in any biology book...... There is also this ballista, the various parts that make it up should be very dense, including metal springs and leather ropes, otherwise it would never have burst out with such a powerful pushing energy.

The leader Fu Song and the old priest stood at the edge of the pine forest more than ten meters away, looking at the villagers who walked into the forest happily with thick ropes on their shoulders, Fu Song looked a little hesitant: "Will they succeed?" ”

Hunting captain Yonggang walked over with brisk steps, excitement was a dye, making the blood burn in his body, his face was full of red rising from excitement, and his words were full of fiery infectiousness: "It will be!" Hao's idea will definitely work! ”

The old priest Wu Xing was old, and his movements were a little sluggish. He leaned on his crutches, his fingers touching the smooth grip, the confusion in the depths of his eyes disappeared little by little with time, and something that had never been there before took the initiative.

"Let Hao do it! How do you know if you don't try. If he succeeds, we won't have to worry about salt again. If he fails, we'll just lose some rope. Let the women in the village move, and weave more ropes at home next summer and autumn, that's it. ”

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Tianhao, who was carrying a war knife, led a giant horned deer and walked slowly towards the beach below the gentle slope.

When the wind whistle led the deer into the valley of death, the leader Fu Song, who was lying in ambush on the opposite side of the pass, could not resist the temptation and threw his throwing spear in advance, and the wounded deer were too physically exhausted to keep up with their frightened kind. They were left far behind, but they were also blessed by misfortune, avoiding the fate of falling off the cliff and falling to their deaths.

This is an injured and not yet adult fawn. It is only half the size of an adult Bighorn deer, and the antlers on the top of its head are about 80 centimeters in diameter. The wound on the back that was shot by the throwing gun was covered with herbs, and there were black blood scabs, and there were knife wounds on both hind legs, but the incision was not large, and the bleeding had stopped.

Don't look at the world's wildlife through the eyes of the old world. This is the experience that Tianhao gained after successful parasitism. To ensure safety, he cut part of the hind leg tendon of the young deer ahead of time. This will not be fatal, nor will it affect the young deer's waddling, but it will never be able to run at a very high speed that exceeds the pursuit of hunters and spears as it once did.

A rope passed through the middle of the deer's nose, and the wild animal could only obediently follow Tianhao's footsteps.

The fierce Tianmad tiptoed behind Tianhao, staring at the sea in the distance with alert eyes. He carried a huge battle axe on his back and a bundle of ropes rolled in a loop. Thick black hairs grew on the exposed shoulders and neck, and because of the tension, the surface of the skin continued to ooze sweat, and soon froze into ice, and they shook and fell deep into the leather robe, melted by the body temperature, and turned back into a liquid mixed with strong body odor and salty smell.

Tianhao deliberately slowed down, he and Tianmad wore soft leather boots, and the bait of the young deer was wrapped in hay on all four legs. In doing so, the sound of the collision between the soles of the feet and the ground is minimized.

A sturdy noose is tied to the deer's head, which wraps the entire deer's mouth tightly. About fifty meters away from the sea, Tianhao stopped, and together with Tianmai, he pressed the deer body hard and put it down, the front and hind legs in a group, each tied with a strong rope. After doing this, Tianhao subconsciously glanced sideways at the sea, where it was still calm, and there was nothing but white crushed ice that drifted with the waves.

The poor deer didn't understand anything. It lay on its side on the ground, looking at the two humans who had controlled it with bewildered eyes. Tianhao pulled out the war knife that was slanted into the leather sheath on his back and gestured to Tianma, who nodded knowingly and held the tomahawk in his hand with nimble movements. Knowing that he must not make a sound now, Tianmad stared intently at Tianhao, observing his movements, following his frequency, the two of them invariably raised their weapons above their heads, and almost at the same time, they each slashed towards the bound young deer.

The sensation of cutting through the flesh with the sharp metal blade is so clear that the bones are broken and the splinters form sound waves into the cochlea, forming an incomparably lucid mental concept in the brain. The bloody deer blood splashed on his face, hot, wet and sticky, but Tianhao didn't have the idea of raising his hand to wipe it off, he jumped over the young deer that was howling miserably on the snow with a big stride, threw down the war knife in his hand, and ran towards the road with the fastest speed in his life.

Plans that have been rehearsed many times do not need to be stated again. Tianmad also threw away the battle axe and rushed towards the top of the gentle slope at a speed that was not inferior to Tianhao. As long as you return within the allotted time, it means that you are safe.

The severed fawn was lying on the ground and struggling in pain, curling up several times to get up, but unable to find the normal support point of its body as before. The rubble floor mixed with ice spilled large spills of red liquid, which quickly condensed in the cold wind of the call sign.

"Whoosh!"

A huge current suddenly burst out of the calm sea, and a silver-white serpentine creature jumped high from the water, smashed through the sea with huge kinetic energy, and swooped down towards the land that was close at hand.

The huge movement behind him made Tianhao feel the urge to turn around and look. This is not a time he is familiar with, and there are so many things that fascinate him. However, he knew that he could never do this now, and if he didn't want to die, he could only run forward at a faster speed.

You can already see the raised bow of the ballista directly ahead. The strong smell of blood stimulated his nostrils, and Tianhao roared: "Pull, pull quickly!" ”

The sound of the ballista twister was so clear that the two brothers, who were running wildly, saw a dense mass of black stones suddenly appear in the sky, and they flew behind them at an extremely high speed.