Approaching the crossbow car, three strong men in green clothes and gray hats greeted them, and when they arrived in front of Yang Fan, they all knelt down on one knee and saluted.

"Dear master, the crossbow rider salutes you. ”

Yang Fan raised his hand and said, "Get up! ”

"Host, it's our pleasure to serve you, we don't work hard. The three crossbow riders replied at the same time.

Yang Fan smiled and nodded, looked the three of them up and down, and saw that they were the same as the other soldiers, dressed in uniform clothes, with gray fur firmly covering their entire heads, and a cyan leather armor that looked light and flexible.

Like the blacksmiths seen before, the three crossbow riders all had strong muscles, and the strength of their muscular bodies could be imagined just by the sharp lines of their water chestnut muscles on their leather armor.

The leather armor that was tightly attached to them even gave Yang Fan the feeling that he was about to be blown up by muscles as soon as he was **.

But what made him wonder was why such a strong three people were only in charge of one ballista! Curious, Yang Fan turned his gaze to the ballista behind the three of them.

The first thing that catches your eye is three crossbow arrows with the thickness of Chengren's wrists, the body of the arrow is nearly two meters long, the whole body is dark, the cold and shining arrows are triangular, there are barbs, and there is a bloodletting groove in the middle.

The entire body of the ballista is almost entirely made of wood, four meters long and two meters wide, with three wheels at the bottom. The only thing that isn't made of wood is the bow of the ballista, which is actually the widest part of the ballista. The material of the bow is the same as that of the crossbow arrow, and it is also dark throughout, which looks very strong.

Above the bow there is a fixed wooden square beam, and a gap of several tens of centimeters is left between the beam and the bow body for the placement of crossbow arrows.

The two ends of the bow are connected to a bowstring with a diameter of about five centimeters, and it is impossible to tell what material it is made of, but since it can shoot such a thick crossbow arrow, it is not comparable to ordinary animal tendons.

At the back of the ballista were some complex mechanisms that Yang Fan couldn't understand at all, and the only thing he knew was the huge iron trigger.

Looking at the entire ballista, Yang Fan finally knew why a ballista needed three such strong men to make it.

Not to mention loading that heavy arrow, just trying to pull such a thick bowstring is not something that ordinary people can do. Moreover, the ballista is not stationary, the reason why it has three wheels is to facilitate movement, so that it is easy to adjust the position of the shot. Although most of the entire body is made of wood, the weight of the bow and the three crossbow arrows on the car is not light, and if you don't have a strong force, you can't move it at all.

What worries Yang Fan is that although the ballista looks full of attack power, there is not much room for adjusting it up and down, and according to the body, the angle of its up and down adjustment is only 30 degrees at most, and this angle is simply not able to shoot at the target in the sky.

His original purpose in placing the ballista on the city wall was to protect against flying monsters from the sky, but now it seems that this method simply does not work.

The three crossbow riders who had been following Yang Fan frowned slightly when they saw him staring at the ballista, as if they were a little dissatisfied. One of the crossbow riders couldn't help but walk up and asked, "Master, do you think there's anything wrong with the ballista?"

Yang Fan, who was secretly contemplating, was slightly stunned, raised his eyes and looked at the big man who spoke, "What's your name?"

"Back to the host, my name is Chenier. The big man bowed and replied.

Yang Fan nodded and pointed to the crossbow lane: "Can this thing only attack targets on the ground?"

"Of course not, there is no enemy in the sky or on the ground that cannot be attacked by a ballista. Chenier puffed up his chest and said proudly.

Yang Fan didn't pay much attention to his somewhat arrogant tone, as all the Templar classes he recruited seemed to have a fanatical confidence in their profession, such as the archers before and the current infantrymen.

Therefore, after hearing his words, Yang Fan just smiled slightly and said, "In my opinion, the angle at which this ballista can be adjusted up and down is not large, and it seems to be a little difficult to attack the enemy in the sky!"

Xie Neier and the other two crossbow riders all showed a mysterious smile, and did not answer Yang Fan directly, but walked to the side of the crossbow cart and started to work.

Three crossbow riders, each with their own division of labor. Two of them stood on the left and right sides of the ballista, crouching and holding a rocker in their hands, while Chenier grabbed the tail of the ballista with both hands and lifted it up vigorously.

As the strong men on both sides of the ballista shook the rockers in their hands, the entire ballista slowly rose from the ground and did not stop until it was about one meter five. Xenier carried the tail of the ballista on his shoulders and began to move left and right, and the direction of the entire ballista was constantly adjusted left and right with Xenier's movements.

It wasn't until this moment that Yang Fan saw clearly that there were two thick layers of iron plates at the bottom of the ballista, and the iron plates were connected by a criss-crossing iron frame, and there was a very thick iron pillar connected to the crossbow body on the top iron plate.

The iron frame between the two iron plates can be retracted, and its method of operation is obviously the rocker on both sides of the ballista. The key to the fact that the ballista can adjust its direction with the movement of Chenier is the role of the iron pillar on the top iron plate.

Seeing this flexible ballista, Yang Fan couldn't help but think of the heavy artillery he saw in film and television dramas in his previous life, and the working methods of those cannons were almost the same as those of this ballista, but the power of the two sides could not be compared.

Yang Fan, who was originally a little disappointed, was already smiling from ear to ear at this time. According to the current movement angle of the ballista, it can strike almost in all directions, and the previous worries about flying monsters are also forgotten.

Waving his hand, he signaled Chenier and the others to put down the raised ballista, Yang Fan stepped forward and touched the crossbow body and said: "Very good, so that the air defense of the territory does not have to worry anymore, in the future, you must pay attention to the sky above the territory at any time, as long as you find signs of a demonic beast attacking the territory, shoot me hard." ”

As long as we are here, we will never let the territory be threatened by the sky. Chenier patted his chest and said.

Yang Fan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Letting you guard the sky above the territory is only temporary, and after the territory develops, except for leaving a small number of ballistas on the city wall, the rest will have other uses." Of course, for now, I can only grieve you for a while, and before our flying troops come out, the sky above the territory will be handed over to you. ”

Knowing that they didn't need to stay on the city wall forever, Xenir and the others were very happy and nodded yes one after another.

For the crossbow rider, he has been with the ballista for almost his whole life, and if he wants to use his talents to the fullest, he can only follow the lord to fight everywhere, and if he always guards the city walls, there are too few opportunities to show his skills.