The entire Qingfeng Village is developing in an orderly manner. In the past half month, Qingfeng Village has recruited thousands more people, most of whom are soldiers. The labor force has been almost saturated before, and there is a shortage of troops. There are many members.
The number of soldiers in Qingfeng Village has reached 5,000, of which more than 1,000 are cavalry, and the rest are all well-equipped and well-trained infantry.
Da Dangjia, Lin Guang, Wang Hao, and Da Zhuang are all serious soldiers. They train soldiers without any sloppiness and focus on maintaining strict military discipline.
The current Qingfeng Village has completely broken away from the category of a bandit village and is just like a military camp and arsenal.
All the bandits in Qingshui County have taken refuge in Qingfeng Village. They all see the strength of Qingfeng Village, and they know that they can enjoy the coolness by hugging their thighs without having to worry about being surrounded by officers and soldiers. They still have food and money, although it is not as good as I was happy before, but at least I no longer have to live a precarious life.
For a time, Qingshui County was free of bandits within a hundred miles of the county, and the people no longer had to worry about bandits coming down the mountain to plunder every day. They lived a peaceful and worry-free life. Everyone praised the righteousness of Qingfeng Village, and it became a matter of time to go up the mountain to seek refuge in Qingfeng Village. It has become the first choice in the hearts of the people.
However, everyone in Qingfeng Village knew that the peaceful days would not last long. They had robbed the county government, and the county guard would not let them go easily. Sooner or later he would go to the mountains to suppress the bandits.
Five days after the Shadow Guards dispersed, Qi Huan found Nie Chen who was teasing his maid and said,
"Second Master, the brothers from the county government sent news that the eight thousand garrison troops from Hukou Pass have arrived at the county government and are now heading towards Qingshui County. They said they are coming to Qingfeng Village to suppress the bandits. The leader is Hukou Pass. The gatekeeper, Ye Xing, will arrive at our Qingfeng Village in about five days."
"Five days? It won't take five days to crawl from the county government to our Qingfeng Village, right?"
Nie Chen let go of his hand holding Xiao He's face and looked at Qi Huan in surprise.
Xiao He rubbed her little face angrily, then stepped hard on Nie Chen's feet, snorted coldly, and went to do the laundry.
After getting along with her for half a month, Xiao He was no longer afraid of Nie Chen. She found that the young master no longer indulged in debauchery all day like before, and he no longer beat her. He often joked with her and teased her. Gradually, she He became bolder and dared to hit Nie Chen from time to time, making Nie Chen laugh.
She has a fair face, a little baby fat, and is very cute. Nie Chen likes to pinch and play with her cheeks.
Qi Huan glanced at Xiao He and then said,
"They came with trebuchets."
"Trebuchet?"
Nie Chen was a little surprised. This was the first time he heard that there was a trebuchet here when he came to this world.
Qi Huan thought that Nie Chen didn't know what a trebuchet was, so he quickly explained,
"Second Master, the trebuchet is a very tall siege equipment, with a large counterweighted stone tied to one side..."
"Stop, stop, stop, you don't need to tell me, I know what the trebuchet is for."
Qi Huan nodded and said,
"Second Master, the attack range of the trebuchet is very long. If they push the trebuchet in front of our stronghold and hide outside the range of our broken crossbows, they can completely destroy our stronghold wall and eliminate our advantage. , Second Master, you have to be careful."
"How many trebuchets do they have?"
"Five."
"Only five?"
Qi Huan was stunned by Nie Chen's question.
Qi Huan said,
"Second Master, you may not know that the production of trebuchets is very complicated and fragile. Only the 10,000-man corps level can have trebuchets, so there is no trebuchet in this thousand-man camp in Qingshui County.
There are very few craftsmen who know how to make trebuchets, and they are all passed down from family.
The power of this weapon cannot be underestimated. The stone bullets thrown can destroy the battlements on the city wall. If it hits a person, a large area will be killed. "
Nie Chen smiled when he heard this, patted Qi Huandu on the shoulder and asked,
"This thing is very simple. It's just a lever principle. Do you know why I don't build a trebuchet?"
"Ah? Why?"
"I don't care, that thing is too weak."
Nie Chen spoke and walked out, Qi Huan immediately followed.
"Don't worry about the opponent's trebuchet, I have a way to solve it.
By the way, have you found the sulfur I told you about last time? "
"No, I have never seen such a thing. I just heard that it looks and has characteristics. It is difficult to find. Maybe there are them in other places or countries, but we don't have them in Weihu County."
"It's okay, look for it slowly, don't be in a hurry."
Nie Chen sighed regretfully.
As an arms dealer, how could he not have the idea of gunpowder? Saltpeter and charcoal are easy to find, but sulfur has never been found.
It may be because Feng Kingdom is the northernmost country, and Weihu County is located in the northernmost country of Feng Kingdom. The resources are too poor, and maybe they can be found in the south.
Nie Chen was not in a hurry, and now he mainly focused on dealing with the enemy's catapults.
It seems that the county guard has found out the situation of Qingfeng Village clearly. He knows that the walls of Qingfeng Village are strong and tall, and he also knows the range of the army-breaking crossbow, so this time he specially brought in a trebuchet to attack Qingfeng Village in one fell swoop.
It's a pity that the county guard didn't know that Nie Chen still had a big killer weapon that he hadn't yet developed.
This great weapon is the city-breaking crossbow. The city-breaking crossbow requires three horses to pull. It is a serious bed crossbow. It is extremely powerful, far better than a trebuchet.
And it's easier to target and attack.
As Nie Chen walked to the craftsman's workshop, he was thinking that he was going to invent something good this time and save the village from fire and water. Should Weng Qiuchan reward himself that night and unlock something new? posture.
As for the eight thousand enemy troops, Nie Chen didn't feel too much pressure. With Qingfeng Village's geographical location, weapons, and troop strength, he could easily deal with them in a defensive battle.
On the other side, Weng Qiuchan, who was settling accounts with several accountants, suddenly shuddered and felt as if he was being targeted by something dirty.
After Nie Chen arrived at the carpenter's workshop, he ordered the carpenter to take his apprentices down the mountain to cut down the trees. They must choose the strongest and straightest wood, which is neither thick nor thin.
The carpenters went down the mountain without saying a word. After they carried the logs up the mountain, they asked Nie Chen what weapons he wanted to use the wood to make.
Nie Chen smiled when he heard this and said,
"These wood are used to make crossbow arrows."
As soon as this statement came out, the carpenters were dumbfounded. How big a crossbow could use the wood of a tree to make crossbow arrows?
Nie Chen gave up and took out the drawings he had just drawn and asked them to build a super large city-breaking crossbow according to the design on the drawings.
Qingfeng Village is now cooperating more and more with the barbarians, its productivity has greatly increased, and more and more materials can be exchanged. There is no end to the good cowhide and tendon, which is just right for making city-breaking crossbows.
