Yang Fan's eyes lit up, and he turned to look at Keith and said, "Keith, you also heard what Gate's words were, do you think it's feasible?"

"The master can rest assured, although we are not as skilled as a special crossbow driver, but at a distance of 100 meters, we can still accurately hit the target. Keith replied with a puffed up.

Yang Fan glanced at the rest of the archers, saw that they were all full of confidence, smiled and said, "Very good, now it's up to you to perform, two infantry and one archer per ballista, let's go and prepare first!"

Hearing Yang Fan's order, the infantry put down their huge shields and broadswords one after another, and walked to both sides of the crossbow cart. The archer also carried the longbow on his back, and then walked to the back of the ballista and lifted the crossbow.

Gate had been with Yang Fan on the walls of the Templar camp before, and had visited the crossbow riders working on the ballista carts, so he automatically took over the command at this time.

Seeing that all the personnel were already in place, Gatet shouted loudly: "All infantry, pay attention, there is a rocker on the left and right sides of the tail of the ballista, everyone can use the rocker to raise the ballista, and stop when the ballista rises to about one meter." ”

With his order, the two infantrymen next to the ballista crouched down and began to shake the joystick, and a moment later, all five ballistas rose to a distance of one meter from the ground.

The archers all crouched down, put the tail of the crossbow on their right shoulder, held the trigger with their right hand, and held the crossbow with their left hand. If you want to adjust the direction, you can carry the car and move it left and right, so let's get familiar with it first!" Gate.

When Gate's command, Yang Fan didn't speak, just stood in the back and silently watched everyone familiar with the ballista, with a satisfied smile on his face.

After hearing Gat's words, the archers put the tail of the ballista on their shoulders, and began to move their crouched bodies up and down, left and right, and after they were a little familiar with how to control the direction, they stopped and waited for Gat's next instructions.

After seeing that all the archers had stopped, Gat shouted again: "Attention all the infantry, now your work is the most critical, when the archers have fired the arrows, you must quickly pull the bowstring and reinstall the new arrows." After saying that, he walked to a ballista and pointed to the bottom of the ballista, and said, "Each ballista has twelve arrows, except for three on the ballista, the rest are in the iron box at the bottom of the ballista." ”

Yang Fan exclaimed, walked quickly to a ballista and looked at it, only to see that the bottom of the ballista was originally in the shape of a box, and nine arrows of the same thickness were placed in the iron box.

The last time he was on the city wall, he had only taken a cursory look at the ballista, and hadn't noticed anything underneath it, so he didn't know that it had spare arrows. He had thought that each ballista would only have three arrows, but he was going to buy an ammunition cart at the smithy for the ballista!

Seeing Yang Fan's surprised expression, Gate asked suspiciously, "Master, what's wrong?"

"Nothing, just surprised that the ballista had so many arrows, and I didn't notice them last time on the walls. Yang Fan shook his head and replied.

Git smiled and said, "I see, in fact, I was just curious about the ballista being able to rise through the joystick, so I paid special attention to its principle, so I found the following arrows." ”

Sure enough, he is worthy of being a magician in the academy camp that he likes to study the most, and he will subconsciously pay attention to anything that makes them curious, Yang Fan thought to himself.

"Okay, you guys go on!" Yang Fan said with a wave of his hand.

Gate nodded, turned to look at the infantry who were looking at the arrows, and said, "In order to save time in loading arrows, the infantry should first take out all the arrows and stick them in the ground next to them! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the infantry crouched down and took out all the arrows under the ballista, and then the tips of the arrows fell into the ground beside them, making a dull popping sound.

"Alright, all the infantrymen quickly familiarize themselves with pulling the bowstring, and the strength must be mastered, and the bowstring must be pulled on the trigger before it can be released. Gatet said.

Looking at the strong infantrymen, struggling to pull the bowstring of the ballista, Yang Fan smiled and said: "Don't be reckless, if you can't pull it away, it's not a shame to pull it together." ”

Listening to Yang Fan's words, the infantrymen who pulled the bowstring alone turned slightly red, and then beckoned their companions on the other side to work together. It was much easier for two infantrymen to exert force at the same time than for one person to pull the bowstring alone, and it was almost effortless to stretch the bowstring to the trigger.

Yang Fan asked the infantry to try to reload the arrows and pull the bow and arrow as quickly as possible, and the effect was not bad, and it took only five or six seconds in total. The distance of 100 meters is almost ten seconds for a dire crocodile, after all, these guys live in swamps and water more often, and the speed of running is not very fast, so this time is completely enough for the ballista to shoot twice.

Combined with the initial shot, a total of fifteen arrows can be fired three times, for a total of forty-five arrows, and each one will have to withstand an average of about three arrows according to the number of dinosaurs in the lake.

How much damage the three Chengren's wrist-thick arrows will cause, Yang Fan didn't know for the time being, but just with a trace of imagination in his mind, he couldn't help but shudder. His eyes subconsciously looked at the glittering arrows, and he seemed to finally understand why these things were called "war machines".

Looking up at the sky, Yang Fan calmed down and said loudly: "Everyone is probably familiar with the ballista cart! It's not too early, let's get rid of this group of reptiles as soon as possible, and we can go back to the forest camp to rest." ”

"Master, we're all set. The archers and infantry replied at the same time.

Yang Fan nodded and smiled: "Okay, all the ballistas are ready to aim." Except for the ballistae and archers, take your shields and broadswords, and keep an eye out for any fish that slip through the net, and if a crocodile rushes at us, you must stop them at the first opportunity. After saying that, he patted Gate's shoulder and said, "You can give a wrath to the infantry and archers who don't need to use ballistas, and support them with magic by the way." ”

"Yes, master," Gat said with a slight smile.

After arranging all the personnel, Yang Fan looked at a few farmers on the shore of the lake in the distance and shouted: "Cut down all those trees, and if there is a dinosaur coming ashore, you can run back quickly." ”

"Got it!" the peasants shouted, and then waved their machetes and slashed at the base of the tree. The two peasants who were stationed on the side of the lake watched every move closely, ready to inform everyone to retreat.