Looking carefully at the arrow in his hand, Zhao Sheng found that this arrow was different from ordinary bow arrows. This arrow was shorter than regular arrows.
A normal bow and arrow is about four feet long (70cm), but this arrow is only a little over three feet (50cm).
Moreover, normal arrows have fletching at the tail part, but this one does not.
The entire arrow is not only shorter than normal arrows, but also thicker!
The arrow part had a special shape that Zhao Sheng had never seen before. It had three edges and corners, and there were three grooves extending down the edges on the arrow. He didn't know what they were for.
Gently bumping the arrow in his hand, Zhao Sheng raised his eyebrows, handed the crossbow arrow to the man in black and said, "Break the arrow shaft."
Although the man in black didn't understand why the fifth prince would do this, he immediately used his strength with his hand. Under the infusion of inner energy, he only heard a click, and the wooden arrow shaft shattered with the sound.
However, what neither of them expected was that under the wooden arrow shaft, the direction in which the arrow was connected to the arrow shaft was not inlaid or glued together, but an iron core that was the same length as the arrow shaft was directly wrapped in it. into the wooden arrow shaft.
This means that the entire arrow, except for the wooden arrow shaft, is all in one piece. There is no trace of splicing on it, so it should be directly cast.
Seeing this, Zhao Sheng showed an expression as expected, and said: "This prince said why this arrow is so heavy, and the emotions inside are actually made of iron.
You just said that when you met Lao Liu's men, they would shoot at least hundreds of arrows every time they attacked, and you didn't feel any distress at all? "
The man in black recalled it and nodded affirmatively: "That's true, it's like asking for no money."
Bobbing the arrow up and down, which had revealed its true appearance, Zhao Sheng suddenly showed a smile: "They are all made of good iron!
It seems that Lao Liu is getting rich!
I knew before that wherever iron was produced, he had money to recruit refugees to fill Yunzhou County, but he didn't expect that there was such an abundance of iron.
If such arrows were placed in the army, the cost alone would be enough to make the Ministry of Industry and Household Affairs feel distressed.
Even if it is made, it will be a good thing for the army to use sparingly.
Unexpectedly, Lao Liu would throw out hundreds of sticks without hesitation every time he attacked in order to chase down someone.
So rich! "
Zhao Sheng couldn't help but show an expression of envy. He used to think that there were no good things in the remote areas of Yunzhou County.
Now it seems that it's not that it didn't happen, it's just that no one noticed it, which gave Lao Liu an advantage.
It's just that the sixth prince has developed such strength. Even the Tatars were repelled by him. I don't know what the fourth prince and his father would think. It's really interesting. Things suddenly become interesting. Already...
Zhao Sheng looked in the direction of the palace with a playful smile in his eyes.
After thinking for a while, Zhao Sheng asked: "Is there any chance to get a weapon like that?"
The man in black shook his head: "I once tried to steal it, but they were very defensive, and this thing seems to have been specially processed. Once there is a possibility that it will be snatched away by me, the weapon will be destroyed immediately, and what I will get is a pile of broken pieces." parts."
"Well, it seems there is no chance.
By the way, is there really no way to investigate the specific situation at Lao Liu? "
Zhao Sheng asked again.
The man in black thought for a while and then said: "Others can't do it, but you, the Fifth Highness, should be able to do it."
Zhao Sheng was stunned and asked: "Why can I do it?"
The man in black explained: "Your Highness, you have the support of the aristocratic family. The aristocratic family on the Hedong side of the Great Song Dynasty has power in the Hedong Corridor. The Liaoyun Pass is tightly defended by the Sixth Prince. We cannot even connect with him on the Hedong side." Can it be blocked?
Your Highness, if you send someone to sneak into Yunzhou County from the Hedong Corridor, they should be able to find out the details of the Sixth Prince. "
Zhao Sheng suddenly understood and nodded: "Indeed, Yunzhou County is so big, there are always gaps that can be exploited, I will take note of it.
The news you brought this time is very important. In addition to the old wild ginseng, I will give you another five thousand taels of silver. If there is any news in the future, you should understand..."
When the man in black heard that he still had five thousand taels of silver, he immediately grinned.
He nodded repeatedly and said: "Your Highness, put it down, I'm sorry, if there is any information, I will pass it on to Your Highness as soon as possible."
"So, very good!"
…
When leaving the fifth prince's residence, it was already dark.
There were no people on the street, and in the distance one could only hear the sound of Wu Hou patrolling the streets and the occasional barking of dogs.
I looked around and saw that no one was there. The figure of the man in black disappeared into the darkness in a few jumps.
And the direction in which it finally disappeared was exactly where the imperial palace was.
…
In Hedong County, outside Wujia Fort, a group of Huns cavalry walked towards the way they came from, cursing.
The leading Hun centurion Budute irritably waved his riding crop to whip a cannon fodder slave who was brought to attack the city.
The slave screamed as he was being whipped, but he remained unmoved and instead whipped harder. It seemed that this was the only way to vent his dissatisfaction.
Just now, they launched an attack on Wujiabao as they did a few days ago.
First, they drove cannon fodder slaves to attack the city, and then they relied on their superb archery skills to roll call the Song people who showed up outside the city.
They have long been proficient in this method of warfare. Under normal circumstances, the number of defenders in a medium fortress like Wujiabao will not exceed 300. As long as they reduce the opponent's number to half, then Wujiabao will They will definitely be able to win it.
It's nothing more than consuming more cannon fodder slaves.
Originally, with their numbers, they would not attack a medium-sized fortress like Wujiabao, but they received news that the Song people were also attacked by Tatars at the same time.
Therefore, troops will inevitably be divided and sent to support the northeast. As a result, the guard force in the northwest will inevitably decrease. According to their investigation, the manpower of Wujiabao has been reduced to about a hundred people, and the rest should have been transferred away. .
This is already the second day of their attack on Wujiapu. Yesterday, more than twenty defenders of Wujiapu were named by their arrows.
It seems that if we work harder today, this fortress will be broken.
But what they didn't expect was that as soon as they started attacking the city today, they realized something was wrong!
The number of arrows fired from the city head was obviously far more than what the remaining people in Wujiabao could shoot.
What happened next proved this point.
Yesterday, due to the lack of manpower, the fortress wall could only be defended in one place, but today there were people guarding every part of it.
As soon as those cannon fodder slaves approached the city wall, a large basin of rich golden juice was poured down from above, scalding the slaves who were attacking the city to death!
Even those who are not dead are still human.
During this period, they also took the opportunity to shoot a few arrows at the city wall, but they were all blocked by the guards on the fort with their shields, and no one was killed.
This situation continued until the three hundred slaves they brought were almost exhausted, and Wujia Fort showed no sign of being breached. Only then did Budute finally react.
Last night alone, the manpower of Wujiabao was probably replenished. Not only the manpower, but judging from the situation of the siege just now, the originally insufficient defense materials seemed to be sufficient.
The three hundred slaves he brought didn't even reach the top of the city, and they were all consumed alive!
I'm afraid that all the people who were originally transferred will be transferred back.
But...how is this possible?
Weren't most of the people in Wujiabao transferred away?
When did this person suddenly come back again!
Are they not paying attention to the Northeast?
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