The interest of the generals increased greatly, and they all excitedly discussed how much material they should ask for from Huayang and surrounding counties to make up for the shortfall in their accounts.
Squeak.
At this time, the door of the conference room quietly opened a crack.
A young guard knew his identity. Although his face was anxious, he only dared to stand at the door and did not come in.
Feng Haohan, who was at the top, did not participate in the discussion, and his seat was facing the door of the conference room, so he could see it at a glance.
He just frowned.
The guard next to him was very discerning and quickly walked towards the door.
He put his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist and asked with a bluffing face: "Bold, who do you belong to? Do you know where this place is? Do you want to die?"
"Back to the general, the young one is the personal guard of General Fang Yuan Wufang on the left defense line." The man shrank his neck in fright, and quickly turned his head and pointed to the left, "The young one knows where this place is, but the one on the high ground is Something happened in the trebuchet position, and we urgently need to report to General Fang."
The generals in the conference room were also sensitive. When they saw Feng Haohan's bodyguard suddenly striding away, they couldn't help but follow him.
Fang Yuanwu, who was sitting in front, recognized the guard standing at the door at a glance, and his heart suddenly dropped.
"General," his mind was racing, and he stood up to salute Feng Haohan, "This guy is the general's personal guard. He is always careless in his work, but he is still honest and honest. Something must have happened at the position. It's a big deal, otherwise he would never..."
snort.
Feng Haohan snorted and waved his hand to interrupt Fang Yuanwu.
"For your sake, I will spare him the death penalty." He raised his voice: "Tell me! What happened to the stone-throwing group?"
"Thank you, General."
Breaking into the legion meeting hall without permission is a capital crime that can be killed on the spot.
Fang Yuanwu knew this and breathed a sigh of relief.
He turned back and glared at his subordinates: "Why don't you quickly tell me what happened?"
"Yes, General." The young guard wiped his sweat before murmuring, "Envoy Fang Yinbao Fang suddenly raided my trebuchet position this morning..."
Some generals disagreed, "It's just an investigation. That's what Fang Yinbao and the others are doing on this trip. Besides, haven't everyone already made the accounts? Why are you all panicking!"
"That's right, don't be afraid, just let him check it out. I dare to bet you that the person named Fang can't even tell the difference between a light crossbow and a heavy crossbow."
Ha ha……
The people in the conference room couldn't help laughing.
However, Feng Haohan's face, who was sitting at the top, slowly became stiff.
Fang Yinbao.
The Ministry of War, or rather the inspection imperial envoy sent by Emperor Changxing to the central legion, holds in his hand the Shangfang Sword that kills first and then plays.
It is said that only by knowing the enemy can you be victorious in every battle.
Therefore, after Feng Haohan received the news, he immediately carefully learned about the past experience of the imperial envoy.
Fang Yinbao was born in Yongchang Houfu.
In the first half of his life, he was just an ordinary wealthy kid in the imperial capital.
He is proficient in eating, drinking and having fun, but it can also be said that he is not outstanding in everything. It can be said that he is incompetent in writing and martial arts.
Until he got married more than ten years ago...
It seems that as long as a man gets married and has children, he will grow up overnight.
That year Fang Yinbao applied for release.
Although the Yongchang Marquis Mansion has been in decline, as a wealthy family in Xingji City, it is still no problem to arrange for a son to be gilded.
So Fang Yinbao became a supervisor and stationed at several border passes before arriving at Zhennanguan Pass.
Later, he followed Yuan Xingwen on the battlefield, fought into Nanfeng, and saw with his own eyes Yun Chui's army conquering the capital of Nanfeng.
He is not some waiter from the Ministry of War who only knows how to translate books and fight around all day long. He is someone who has actually seen, touched and even used various weapons...
"General," the little guard said in a bitter tone, "the imperial envoy is asking us to test-fire certain remote trebuchets to verify various data and performance. My subordinates dare not make the decision and can only let others delay first. Hold him..."
Some people didn't know why, "Just test fire, just one or two stone bullets, why do you have to cry so hard?"
But many people, especially Fang Yuanwu, changed their expressions.
The Central Army Group has a great cause, but its accounts are in chaos.
Among so many things, baggage is the most expensive, especially various heavy weapons. Each one is worth thousands of gold, so it has always been the focus of Star City's inspection.
Therefore, Feng Haohan usually makes various data on baggage or heavy weapons very beautiful. Even if Guanyi, the Minister of War, personally comes with an abacus, he may not be able to see any errors.
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Left wing, trebuchet position.
At the turn of spring and summer, it is still quite cold in the eastern part of the empire offshore.
Fang Yinbao stood coldly under a huge long-range trebuchet, standing still as the cold sea breeze blew his hair and beard flying around.
"Just test the attack range of this trebuchet. It won't take long." He looked around, "When do you want to wait?"
There were many soldiers of the Central Army Corps around, all of them greeted him with smiles and chattered nonsense, which made Fang Yinbao roll his eyes, but no one came forward.
"You won't take action?" Fang Yinbao sneered, "The imperial envoy came by himself."
"This is a long-range attack trebuchet developed by the empire six years ago. The maximum loaded weight is two hundred and fifty kilograms. The maximum range of the standard two hundred kilogram stone projectile is three hundred feet. Due to factors such as wind direction and stone projectile structure, , usually as long as the shot reaches 270 feet, it is considered qualified. I will use this distance as my calculation."
He looked at the men beside him, "Xiao Zhu and Xiao Luo, immediately go to the south to mark the place 270 feet away, and prepare to verify the attack range of this trebuchet."
The two of them responded and closed the distance with a roar.
The surrounding generals knew the identities of Fang Yinbao and others, and they all looked at each other in confusion. Especially looking at the gleaming Shang Fang sword he held in his arms, no one dared to stand up and stop him.
Not long after, Song Xuewen squeezed out with a chuckle, "Your Imperial Envoy, this general, Song Xuewen, is the commander of ten thousand men under the command of General Fang Fang of the left defense line of the Central Army."
"I've met General Song." Fang Yinbao gave him a non-smiling look.
Captain Ten Thousands, are you awesome?
I think back on when I sat next to General Yuan of Zhennan Pass for many years, and had tea with General Wei of the Starfall Army, how could you be considered a fool?
Song Xuewen didn't know what Fang Yinbao was thinking. After reporting to his house, he felt confident and continued talking.
"Brothers, as the saying goes, the presence of the Imperial Envoy in person is like the presence of His Majesty in person. Lord Fang, with his wealth of gold, is lucky enough to step onto my left-wing position. This is a great honor for us. Do you think so?"
"yes."
"General Song is right."
"Thank you for your hard work, Imperial Envoy."
The surroundings were silent for a while, and then they suddenly reacted and started cheering.
"Everyone applauds."
Hua Hua Hua.
This time the soldiers reacted quickly, and the applause started quickly and continued.
After a while, Fang Yinbao's face was still expressionless, and the onlookers stopped in silence.
Only Song Xuewen's face remained unchanged and he was still smiling.
"As the inspection envoy, Mr. Fang is required to test-fire weapons. It is his duty. The Central Army Corps will never dare to refuse. But there is something I should not say, general?"
However, Fang Yinbao ignored him at all and just stared at his men who were measuring the distance.
"Xiao Zhu and Xiao Luo, please be careful and don't make any mistakes."
A response came from afar below, "I know, sir. You must measure the small ones carefully."
"Very good." Fang Yinbao nodded with satisfaction.
Seeing this, Song Xuewen was so angry that the corners of his mouth twitched, and he had no choice but to continue speaking.
"Lord Fang, as the saying goes, every row is separated by a mountain. You have been sitting in the military department. Maybe you don't know something. This long-range trebuchet is the final weapon of all major legions. It is a magic weapon used to kill or suppress the enemy. Every time Every launch must be carefully adjusted, otherwise it will not be able to play its role. "
"It's not that we don't want to test-fire, it's actually that one of the commissioning soldiers happened to have a bad stomach this morning and is still in the latrine and hasn't come over yet. Why don't you wait a little longer?"
"It doesn't matter." Fang Yinbao chuckled, "It's just a long-range trebuchet. I happen to know how to operate it, so I won't bother my brother with diarrhea."
Of course, operations are operations. Whether or not you hit the target is another matter.
But Fang Yinbao only needs to know the approximate range, and the rest doesn't matter.
Hum.
Comparing the throwing rod frame, cable, force handle and weight, you can see that this is just a medium-range suppressed trebuchet. How dare you pull it over and use it as a long-range attack trebuchet? Do you really think that our Yinbao has never seen the world?
(End of chapter)
