The people who came were panting like a cow, sweating like beans, and looking panicked.

"What's wrong?" asked Liu Mao.

"Horse thief...... Horse thief from ...... Came up from the back mountain. is doing evil in the village, sister-in-law she...... She ......"

When Liu Mao heard this, he knew what was going on when he thought about it. led more than 200 people back to the village quickly, leaving more than 200 people to defend the city.

When they returned to the village, the horse thieves had already looted and smashed from house to house, and several of them had insulted the women of the village.

Seeing Liu Mao and the others returning to defense, a leader of the horse thieves ordered his subordinates to defeat the former and others.

In the face of horse thieves with martial arts and cultivation, Liu Mao's more than 200 people are obviously not enough.

Although they also worked hard, they were still defeated in front of strength in the end.

Soon, less than a hundred of the more than 200 people remained.

But the leader of the horse thieves stopped his men and said, "Enough, kill them all, who will produce food for us?"

This is to treat the people of the Liu clan as slaves! They also regard Xiaoqishan as their own granary, and they can come whenever they want.

But the clansmen of the Liu clan may have the strength to defend the city, but when it comes to hand-to-hand combat, ten clansmen can't beat a horse thief. It's like ten sheep against a ferocious jackal.

Therefore, the clansmen of the Liu clan were held hostage by some horse thieves and went to Chengguan with food, gold and silver property.

This deep sense of powerlessness made the Liu clan hateful, but they were powerless.

Lu Gongxue saw from a distance the horse thief holding a knife on Liu Mao's neck, the latter's eyes were blank, and six of the seven souls had been lost.

In order not to hurt the lives of his clansmen, Liu Liangbo immediately opened the city gate to send them out at He Qi's request.

It's very humiliating, but there's nothing you can do about it.

Therefore, the horse thief strode out of the city pass, and it was not until the bottom of the small cry mountain that Liu Mao and the others were put back.

Liu Mao was still not angry at that time, and the clansmen still carried him back.

It took more than a month for him to come back to life.

"Damn horse thief, too arrogant. Xiao Yang scolded viciously.

After listening to Liu Mao's story, after all, they are all hot-blooded young people, not only Xiao Yang, but the rest of them are just as indignant.

Shen Shifang was not carried away by anger, he already knew that the mountain lacked defense last year, so he caused losses.

And this year, after the redress of Lu Gongxue, there is also a defensive line in the back mountain.

It's just that there are two points that Shen Shifang needs to think about. One is that after last year's raid on the back mountain, will the horse thieves use the same method this year?

Second, if it really strikes from the back mountain, will the trap of Lu Gongxue be able to stop some people with high cultivation?

Shen Shifang's worries are not unreasonable, after all, he has also overcome obstacles all the way up the mountain.

To put it mildly, those traps can be found with a little effort and careful probing. Isn't that exactly what Shen Shifang did? He only needs to take it step by step, and then ask for directions by throwing stones, and it is not difficult to go back to the mountains.

As Liu Mao said, in last year's war, the feint horse thieves used the capture of dead soldiers to open a safe passage for themselves, so they swaggered up the mountain, and had the ability to pull two heavy catapults.

"Maybe I'll be able to explore with Mr. Lu in more detail. ”

After Shen Shifang secretly said, his eyes caught sight of something on the city wall.

These shapes are two horizontal and vertical, with a round shaft in the middle. It is ten paces in one, and is distributed on the battlements in front of the enemy's platform.

Seeing this, everyone became curious and watched carefully.

"What is this?" said Xiao Yang.

"It's ...... Machine?" Song Wenruo asked uncertainly.

Liu Mao smiled:

"I didn't expect that the girl had a lot of eyesight, and she actually knew how to turn the shooter. ”

Even Kongling was not happy, pouted and said, "Are you indirectly talking about our soil buns?"

Liu Mao smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer.

Shen Shifang smiled and said, "Wen Ruo, have you seen it?"

Song Wenruo nodded lightly and said, "In the early years, when I passed by the capital of Dongqian with my father, I saw that there were some things on the city wall, and my father said that this was a transfer machine. However, it was a bit far away and I couldn't see the shape clearly, so I'm not sure if this is a transigrapher?"

Song Wenruo's father was a powerful guardian under Han Immortal, named Song Fu, and he was a strong person in the middle spirit back then.

Now that he is in his old age, he doesn't know how much strength he has. Therefore, he specially asked his daughter to "serve in the army on behalf of his father".

Thinking of his father, Song Wenruo somewhat understood why he resolutely let himself come out of the rivers and lakes in the first place. Not only can you see a lot of things in the rivers and lakes, but you can also see a lot of things. You can also follow a few excellent people like Shen Shifang to practice, and you can always spur yourself.

Hearing Song Wenruo's words, Liu Mao said: "That's right, the Son of Heaven Capital Guancheng was designed and built by Mr. Lu in the early years, and it is normal to have a transfer machine. ”

"That'...... What is the use of these transfer machines?" Situ Jie couldn't help but ask.

In fact, she was not interested in these things in her heart, but when Shen Shifang became curious about these things, she herself was unconsciously infected.

Liu Mao pointed to the machine and said, "This machine is six feet long, and there are oblique holes with high inside and low outside, which are used to rotate left and right. Look, I'll put an arrow in it, and I'll be able to fire it left and right. Among the crossbow type weapons, it is more powerful than a traditional bow or crossbow, with a wider strike range and a longer range. Compared to the repeater, the transfer machine is more flexible and only needs to be operated by two people. ”

A few people now understood that this is also a crossbow machine, which is used for continuous firing, greatly increasing the attack power and improving the defense ability.

Just as several people were still praising Lu Gongxue, Xiao Yang saw another object with sharp eyes.

He shouted excitedly: "Brother, look, what is this?"

When a few people heard the sound, they looked over, and Xiao Yang had already done something to that thing, which made the Liu clan very embarrassed. First, I felt that the identities of these people were not simple, and Liu Mao was respectful and did not dare to speak.

Second, Liu Mao, the son of the patriarch, didn't say anything, so how could it be their turn to stop them with a low rank?

So I could only watch the young man be careless about this dangerous weapon, and for a moment he was worried that he would touch the switch.

"It's a catapult? No, it's a lot more complicated than a catapult. ”

It was Su Muxin who spoke.

He had seen catapults, which consisted of throwing rods, wooden frames, bases, live hooks, and shafts. And the one in front of me, although the shape is somewhat similar, is only some.

The one in front of me, with four wheels on the front and back, left and right, is topped by a huge bow, the string has been pulled apart, and the string is a throwing rod. Under the head of the throwing rod, there is a rotating shaft connected to the underframe with iron cables, and the rotating shaft is connected with a switch-like handle.

Moreover, this whole thing is wrapped in fine iron sheets, and the cold light seems to express its power, which is so chilling.

Liu Mao explained: "This is called a car, and there is a hook at the bottom of the city wall nailed. The function is to throw charcoal fire and stones, which can be said to be an enhanced version of the catapult. Because it's easier to handle than a catapult and has a wider range of damage, it only requires three people to handle. ”

After Shen Shifang and the others saw the car, they didn't know what to say to express their admiration for Lu Gongxue.

Looking at these three kinds of weapons on the head of the city, why worry about the attack of horse thieves? What I am most afraid of is He Qi in the high spirit realm.

If he also has a light-weight exercise like treading snow and looking for plums, then once he reaches the top of the wall, it will be a massacre.

Shen Shifang stood in the hope that Zhang Yi would run fast

Otherwise...... If He Qi had a realm, it would be difficult for the eight of them to resist it.

After reading the arming of Xiaoqi Mountain, Shen Shifang and the others asked to go back to Lu Gongxue and ask for some detailed details.

A dozen or so people went back to the village.

At the same time, the former site of the original Hundred Ghost Village of the Black Dead Mountain, which has been officially renamed the Black Dead Mountain Garrison Division, has a garrison of 1,000 troops.

At this time, the training on the school field was in full swing, and some soldiers were carrying weapons and escorting some thieves back and forth.

Under the banner of the school's marshal, the unexpectedly sitting in the main general's seat was not Bu Yifan, but a man wearing a Rakshasa mask, and his armor looked bulky and lean.

He was the general sent by An Pu, who was originally the supervisor of the army.

However, isn't the eunuch in charge of the army?

That's right, because most of the positions of the superintendent are held by eunuchs, An Pu feels that it is not suitable. He asked his staff to serve as the commander of the garrison of the Black Death Mountain, and the official was named the general, commanding all the troops of the Black Death Mountain.

And Bu Yifan is still the captain of the Black Death Mountain Garrison, leading 1,000 troops.

At this time, Bu Yifan was standing next to his boss, reporting on the latest military affairs.

"All the eighteen villages have been removed, and some of the prisoners in each village have passed the layers of examination, and there are 152 people who can be enlisted. But what should we do with the remaining 300 or so?"

Bu Yifan is also very worried about these problems, if he wants to let him kill, he doesn't say a word, picking up a weapon is a matter of getting a knife in his hand.

But if you want to say that this trick is safe...... It is not his strength, so he also deeply admires Shen Shifang's methods.

Of course, for the general in front of him, his admiration was no less than that for Shen Shifang.

Because due to the arrival of the great general, the difficulties he faced were perfectly solved.

Before Bu Yifan was encircling and suppressing the hundred villages, but he couldn't attack them for a long time, and in desperation, he could only choose the siege plan, and when the hundred villages ran out of water and food, they would naturally collapse.

Later, when he heard that the imperial court had sent his superiors, he immediately reported the current military affairs.

As soon as the general of the unified army saw the terrain around Baijue Village, he asked them to give up the plan of long-term siege without attacking.

He instructed Bu Yifan to use a strategy to wait for work, attack the village while eating or sleeping, and retreat with one blow.

At the same time, the general ordered another group of men and horses, with tree cutting tools, to build a road in the overgrown back mountain.

After setting up an ambush in the rear of the Baijue Village, the general gave an order, and the two teams of men and horses opened fire at the same time, attacking on both sides.

In the end, in just one hour, the Baijue Village has been breached.

Bu Yifan himself led the army to fight the Baijue Village for eleven days without effect, and as soon as the general came, it only took three days to wipe out all the Baijue Village.

From then on, Bu Yifan was convinced, and he willingly obeyed the general.

No, his deferential attitude speaks for itself.

The general frowned deeply, but it was not because of Bu Yifan's report, but because of the letter in his hand.

This was found by the white-fronted tiger in the main room of the Baijue Village when he was cleaning the battlefield, and in addition, there was a small piece of kraft paper.

The general looked at the contents of the letter, and replied to Bu Yifan without looking back: "Put the prisoner in prison, and early tomorrow morning, let people go to Jingnan Mansion to find someone from the government to come and receive it, and judge it according to the law of Nanliu." ”

Bu Yifan said: "Well, I'll arrange it." ”

But the general said, "No, there is something else for you to do now." ”

"I don't know what, General, please command. ”

In the general's mask, his expression was already cold, and his eyes suddenly became fierce and domineering. He raised the letter in his left hand and held the vellum paper tightly in his right hand.

"This ...... It is related to the Shura Temple. ”