Can the thousand-step giant crossbow hit Fang Qifo's Chinese army? The answer is yes, this crossbow can hit that position.

The longest range of the thousand-step crossbow is more than three miles, and the Li in the Song Dynasty is farther than in later generations, which is about equal to the distance of three and a half miles in later generations.

Jiangning South City is three miles away from Fang Qifo's Chinese army, some words in the romance say that the city's military generals shoot the opponent's commander, that is the opponent's Chinese army pressed over, maybe about a mile, a strong bow can be shot, but even if the bow is strong, it can't shoot three miles away.

The longest range of the thousand-step giant crossbow is more than three miles, so can this crossbow in the city shoot this longest distance?

As long as this bed crossbow is not broken, it will inevitably be able to shoot so far, because three miles away is the distance of flat shooting, but at this moment, it is shooting from the top to the city, from top to bottom, and inertia has a bonus.

The thousand-step crossbow was brought by Zhao Ta from Tokyo, and the person in charge of this crossbow cart was the person of the heavy crossbow battalion, and the heavy crossbow battalion was also a forbidden army establishment, which was the same as the flying artillery battalion, which belonged to the infantry army, and the naval army also belonged to the infantry.

Zhao Ta has been training the forbidden army of the Mabu Military Division in the past few years, and he has one requirement for the second battalion of flying artillery and heavy crossbows, and he will be on the head!

Relatively speaking, the training of these two battalions is easier, after all, there is no need to charge into battle, and there is no need to be proficient in knives and guns.

In the past two or three years, the people of these two battalions have been able to play quite good results, and it is impossible to hit every hundred shots, after all, this is a huge weapon, and sometimes the targets to watch too far are blurred, but the general range is not bad.

At this moment, there was the tall handsome banner of the Chinese army of the Seven Buddhas as the target, and the crossbowmen naturally did not need to shoot blindly, so they calibrated the arrow path of the thousand-step crossbow, and the crossbow guns whistled and broke through the air.

Fang Qifo was indeed under the handsome banner at this moment, he was wearing a helmet looking at the sun, wearing a golden lock chain armor, and a lightning purple horse on his crotch, looking at the battle ahead.

The terrain where Shuai Qi is located is a bit high, which can be convenient for him to watch, but after all, the distance is too far, which means to see a blur and listen to movements.

At this time, his gaze wandered, turning from the front to the head of Jiangning City, and he could barely see the figure moving above.

At a distance of three miles, ordinary people may not even be able to see the human form in the city, he is strong in martial arts, and his eyes are naturally amazing.

Suddenly, Fang Qifo's pair of lying silkworm eyebrows raised, his eyes bloomed with astonishing brilliance, and a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Just before the people around him could react, he snorted coldly: "It's really brave!" ”

Just look at the black light whistling in the distance, and there is something shooting in front of me between the lightning and flint, and I can't see what it is, but the shape is like a spear.

Fang Qifo's face changed drastically, but in an instant, he seemed to be more than ten years old, and then he suddenly raised his arm, and he actually shook his hand into a fist, and struck at the galloping black light.

At this moment, the color of his fist became similar to the black light, and his whole face became iron and withered, as if he was seriously injured.

saw that this punch hit directly to the side of the black light, making a "poof" sound, and the black light from afar was beaten out diagonally, turning over his head to the sky, and then everyone saw that it was a huge crossbow arrow like an iron spear.

"Marshal?"

"Lord Left Envoy!"

"It's okay!" Fang Qifo waved his hand, his face returned to his original appearance, and he smiled faintly: "I didn't expect this Jiangning City to have crossbow arrows with such a range, it's really unexpected." ”

The generals around him saw that he was fine, and they all admired, "The left envoy is brave and unparalleled", "The left envoy is invincible"!

Fang Qifo shook his head and said: "There are people outside the world, there is a sky outside the sky, what is the point of flying a crossbow spear, this thing has lost its strength from afar, and it has lost its invincible sharpness, you can do it." ”

The generals shook their heads one after another, maybe as Fang Qifo said, at such a distance, the crossbow guns were no longer as powerful, and they could also fly, but that must be with weapons, not ...... Fist!

"Lord Zuo's Seven Lives and Seven Deaths Fist has been practiced to perfection, even Grandmaster Chen's mortal fist is not as good as it!" A senior general said beside him.

"Although Grandmaster Chen's mortal fist is powerful, but the left envoy's seven lives and seven deaths fist is even more unique in the world, unparalleled in the world, once this fist comes out, there is no fist in the world!"

"Yes, yes, this Seven Lives and Seven Deaths Fist is the first punch of my Holy Sect, that is, when the Holy Gu came, she also said that the Holy Sect has its own fist, and no one has ever practiced it, but I didn't expect Lord Zuo to practice this punch three months ago!"

"Seven lives and seven deaths, one practice seven deaths, all seven die, put it to death and then live, life and death cycle, if you want to practice, you must go through seven lives and seven deaths, if the holy aunt learns that the left envoy has practiced this seven lives and seven deaths, she will definitely be surprised!"

"Holy Aunt ......" Fang Qifo showed a lonely look when he heard this, smiled, sighed and didn't speak again.

Zhao Ta was standing at the head of the city at this time, watching the thousand-step crossbow black light break through the sky, but he couldn't see the situation under the handsome flag on the other side, but he saw that the crossbow spear was faintly shot into the air at the end, flying away and not knowing where to go, so he squinted.

There are two grandmasters in the Fangla camp, Wang Gong Lao Buddha and Chen Hoop Bucket, and there are also several small grandmasters, among which Shenlong Jiuchang Chen Fan, Bao Daoyi, and Deng Yuanjue are all small grandmasters.

As for Fang Qifo's martial arts, Liyan Nazha only told him that he couldn't see through it, and he couldn't see what realm this person was, even if Fang Qifo had done it, he had also been seen by Liyan Nazha, but he still couldn't determine which level his martial arts were.

Zhao Ta walked between the battlements, and after a round of crossbow arrows, the siege speed of the opposing army had slowed down, but some rudimentary catapults were pushed over and thrown across the moat to the top of the city.

The catapult is actually a simplified version of the stone cannon, which is relatively easy to make, and the power is average.

When Fang Qifo captured Yuezhou and other places, it was not that the stone cannons were captured, but they were basically bad, although the Song army defending the city was not good at fighting, and the courage was small, but seeing that the city was about to fall, he did not forget to destroy the stone artillery ballista, and some even fell directly from the city to act as rolling wood, so although Fang Qifo also captured a lot, but most of them could not be used, and no one would repair it, and finally it was dismantled and changed into other siege utensils.

Zhao Ta looked down, a bluestone hit, he flicked his sleeves and knocked the stone away, and then frowned.

There are too many people on the other side, even if there are constantly arrows and stones flying in the city, and there are moats and moats under the city, but they still keep coming, and even many cloud ladders have been transported.

There are two kinds of ladders, one is the same as ordinary ladders, dig a deep pit on the ground when you use it, sink the bottom of the ladder into the pit, and then erect it to the head of the city, so that there is a pit stuck, even if the ladder is pushed back by the defenders of the city, it will not fall down directly and kill the soldiers besieging the city.

There is also a ladder truck, which is more complicated, most of them have wheels underneath, which can be pushed and driven, equipped with anti-shields, winches, grappling hooks and other appliances, and some also have pulleys that can be lifted.

According to records, the ladder has existed since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but at that time the city was short, and it is estimated that it was an ordinary ladder with a rope that was lengthened.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, in order to achieve the goal of dominance, King Chu Hui ordered skilled craftsmen to improve the ladder, and created the first real ladder in history, which was the ladder car, which was Luban.

Nowadays, the ladder car has been improved again, the main ladder is also divided into two sections, and adopts a folding structure, the middle is connected by a rotating shaft, and the auxiliary ladder also appears in a variety of styles, making the city robbery action more concise and fast.

The bottom of the ladder cart has also been changed, designed to be shielded on all sides, and the outside is reinforced with raw cowhide, so that when the cart is approached by the opposite wall, it can effectively resist the damage of arrows and artillery.

There are two kinds of ladders in the Fang Qi Buddha army, and it seems that there are quite a few of them, so they will make a gesture to set up under the city.

Zhao Ta glanced at Wang Yu, shook his head and said, "Give them a wave of fierceness, don't let the cloud ladder rise." ”

Wang Yu immediately commanded the soldiers defending the city to violently knock down the wood and stones, which was not sparse and sparse before, in order to save utensils, and to find a good target and then throw, but indiscriminately threw it down like raindrops.

Suddenly, the thieves below were killed and wounded, even the ladder was smashed a lot, and the remaining soldiers could only hide in the shield cart or the compartment under the ladder to hide.

A moment later, the gong sounded on the other side of the moat, and the soldiers under the city began to retreat, and Wang Yu commanded a round of arrows to be released, and many heads were harvested.

The situation of the other three cities is about the same, the siege soldiers have gradually withdrawn, the siege of this kind of thing has always been divided into priorities, it is very rare to appear on all sides of the fierce attack, today the thief army is obviously the southern city as the main attack place, but it is obviously in vain again.

Zhao Ta inspected the city, turned around and went down to the city, and after going back to Xuanfu Division to rest for a while, he went to find Zhu Xiuniang.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Zhu Xiuniang sitting beside the couch with a pale face, and when he saw him come in, he stood up and asked, "Lord Wang, Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road, what is the other saying?" ”

Zhao Ta frowned and said, "Where is there anything else?" ”

Zhu Xiuniang panicked: "Lord Wang, didn't you say there was last time?" ”

Zhao Ta thought for a while and said, "I drank too much wine, and I have forgotten what I said, but Xiuniang, you remember it clearly." ”

Zhu Xiuniang shook her head: "There must be something else in the prince's words, and please let the princess go home!" ”

Zhao Ta said unhappily: "Why do you want to go home again?" This will be your home from now on! ”

"Huh?! Lord, don't ......" Zhu Xiuniang couldn't help but feel dizzy when she heard the words, her steps were unsteady, and she almost fell directly to the ground, she was still lucky in her heart, thinking that Zhao Ta would let her go in a few days, but at this moment she woke up when she heard the words, Zhao Ta had not only taken off the mask of hypocrisy, even if it was the fangs of the tiger and wolf, he had no intention of letting his family go at all!

Zhao Ta said: "What don't you want? This king said that this is your home, and I will go back to Tokyo with this king in the future, and the Qin Wangfu in Tokyo will be your home in the future! ”

When Zhu Xiuniang heard this, her little face turned even paler, her eyes flashed, and she said slowly: "Why did the prince say that? Even if the prince wants the people to serve, but it must be agreed by the people's family, as long as the prince speaks, the family will not object, why do you want to imprison the people here, and what do you plan to take back to Beijing? ”

Zhao Tan touched his chin, looked at Zhu Xiuniang and said, "Xiuniang's words are so ugly, where did you come from to be imprisoned here?" How can you say that you are held hostage back to Beijing? If you and I were a family, I am afraid that we would not be able to speak like this, right? ”

Zhu Xiuniang was shocked when she heard this, hurriedly took a few steps back, held the bed lattice next to the couch with her hand, and said, "How do you want to stay?" Although the people's daughter is not a prominent family, it is always a gentry family, even if the people want the orders of their parents and the words of the matchmaker, the people's daughter's family will not agree, why would the prince disregard his reputation and defile himself! ”

"House of the Gentry...... Reckless of reputation? Zhao Ta looked at Zhu Xiuniang and shook his head, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Zhu Xiuniang looked at his demeanor, suddenly thought of something, and said, "Lord Wang, nothing will happen to the people's daughter's family, right?" ”

Zhao Ta squinted his eyes and took a few steps forward with his hands behind his back: "How does this king know!" ”

"No, it's not ......" Zhu Xiuniang stared at Zhao Tan's eyes, and said with some confusion and some shock: "Why does the prince look like this, say like this?" The prince didn't dare to respond to the words of the matchmaker of the people's daughter's parents, and said that the Zhumen wine and meat stinked and explained that the prince ...... Nothing will happen to my family, no, these families in the city, right? ”

Zhao Ta looked at her playfully, and said, "This king doesn't have the ability to predict the future, how can he know this!" ”

Zhu Xiuniang was shocked: "The prince is in charge of Jiangning, how can he not know?" ”

Zhao Ta continued to take a few steps forward, approaching Zhu Xiuniang's body, Zhu Xiuniang only felt that his breath was heavy, and he couldn't help but be confused, and then he stepped back but wanted to fall to the couch, so he had to hold on to the bed and said, "Lord Wang......"

Zhao Ta smiled and said: "Once Jiangning is lost, the thief army enters the city, not to mention you and other big scholars, I'm afraid that even this king will be difficult to protect himself, not to mention the horse leather shroud, burying the bones in Jiangnan, the soul is scattered, and the world will no longer exist from now on!" ”

Zhu Xiuniang stared at Zhao Ta when she heard this, she always felt that he was wrong at the moment, it was all perfunctory, she always felt that something was wrong, it was all coaxing and deception, she settled down, turned her body to the side, and suddenly thought that she had been deceived to come here, how could she believe his words again? was about to say a question, but suddenly his body trembled, and he was numb in an instant, and when he looked again, it was Zhao Ta who put his hand on her waist.

"Ah......" Zhu Xiuniang immediately exclaimed, regardless of whether the bed was behind her, she fell on it, and then hugged her knees and moved in.

Zhao Ta glanced at her and saw that she even dropped one of her embroidered shoes in a panic, revealing her snow-white ankles, slender as jade.

Zhao Ta couldn't help but think about it, Zhu Xiuniang followed his gaze and saw his embarrassment, exclaimed again, and hurriedly hid the slender and white skin under her skirt, and her body trembled uncontrollably.

Zhao Ta was silent for a moment, then turned around and left......

At noon the next day, in the west city of Jiangning, above the tower of Jiangdong Gate, Zhao Ta changed his face, wore a general's armor, and stared at the city.

In the distance below the city, Luo Jinshui and Wu Song were waving flags on the side of the moat with a sentry of men and horses, showing off their might.

Behind them, another team stood quietly, and in the middle of the team was a man wearing a golden lock chain armor, lying silkworm eyebrows, Danfeng eyes, and a calm expression, and he couldn't tell the specific age for a while.

The eyes of the two met in an instant, and Zhao Ta couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, Fang Qi Buddha! Zhao Ta confirmed the identity of the other party almost instantly, the left envoy of the Ming Sect, seven births and seven deaths, seven Buddhas!

A faint smile appeared on Zhao Ta's face, and he said to Zhang Xian beside him: "Playing the flag, agree to steal Jiangning at midnight in three days!" ”

(End of chapter)