If you take another three hundred steps back, it will be eight hundred steps.
From ancient times to the present, no ballistae has ever been able to reach a range of 800 steps.
Everyone looked at each other, no matter how calm they pretended to be, they couldn't help but complain in their hearts:
"This kid is so arrogant. He will be 800 meters away as soon as he comes up. If he misses, I'll see where his face goes."
"Maybe it will work. I didn't see the coach calling him polite."
Everyone made eye contact for a while and continued to maintain a wait-and-see attitude.
"Archery——"
Following Gongshuyu's order, the crossbowmen worked together to twist the shaft and stretch the string. The strong man raised his giant ax and hammered the trigger hard.
The mechanisms were jointly activated, the bowstring suddenly tightened, and seven arrows were fired in unison!
Under the scorching sun, the arrow instantly turned into a shining meteor, leaping up and riding the wind up into the vast clear sky.
Liu Ruyan quickly raised her eyes and only had time to see seven cold rays of light flashing away, the iron plume passing by, and the frightened birds scattering in all directions!
The seven arrows were fast and urgent, like javelins, piercing into the rocks on the opposite side.
Because the distance was too far, Liu Ruyan couldn't help but stand on tiptoes and looked around, and could vaguely see the direction of the arrow.
"It's really eight hundred steps..." she said.
"Congratulations to the general for acquiring such a magical weapon!" A group of people below took advantage of the situation and applauded him.
Xie Feng was in high spirits, "He is indeed a famous craftsman from Bianjing. Thanks to Master Gongshu for his great help this time."
Everyone was complimenting each other, but at this moment, there were several strange sounds coming from the rocks on the opposite side. The originally bare rocks began to peel off, and then more and more pieces of earth and rock crashed down along the mountain.
Everyone was confused about the situation, and they didn't know who shouted: "The earth dragon has turned over, everyone get down quickly!"
So the soldiers fell down one after another.
"Everyone, don't panic -" Liu Ruyan rubbed her brows and explained to everyone, "It has rained heavily in the mountains for several days, and the arrows were too powerful. It was just a landslide, not an earth dragon turning over."
Although her face was calm, she knew very well in her heart that the power of the three-bow bed crossbow was really terrifying.
Gongshuyu looked at the falling gravel with great interest. He asked the crossbowmen to stay idle and take another two hundred steps back.
Taking another two hundred steps back equals a total of one thousand steps.
If he can still shoot in this way, the Song army can attack the city while sitting in the tent.
Tsk tsk, don't be too arrogant.
After re-aiming at the target, the crossbowmen took up their positions, tightened the bow strings, and pulled the triggers. The seven iron feathers were like wild horses, shooting towards the opposite side at high speed.
Liu Ruyan: "..."
Dong Qingxian: "..."
Xie Feng: “…………”
Everyone set up a tent with their right hands, looked at themselves for a while under the scorching sun, and asked in a low voice: "Did you see clearly, that arrow hit?"
Dong Qingxian couldn't see it either. He simply closed his eyes and listened for a long time, and finally shook his head: "It's too far away, I can't hear any movement."
Xie Feng sent soldiers over to check the situation.
The soldier was so tired that he ran back and forth and reported it to the general.
"Report - hit - all seven arrows hit!"
The news just came, and there was an uproar.
What is the concept of hitting everything within a thousand steps range?
This is an unprecedented feat!
Some people looked down on Gongshu Yu before, but now they dare not neglect him anymore. They say "Gongshuzi" on the left and "good craftsman" on the right. That's called intimacy.
Xie Feng was also overjoyed, and he immediately ordered all the craftsmen in the army to fully assist Gong Shuyu in continuing to build the bed crossbow.
In view of the tight time limit, Gongshuyu moved to a temporary straw shed that day and instructed the craftsmen to build a three-bow bed crossbow, and did not come back to rest until late at night.
A few days later, all bed crossbows were completed.
"I see—I see—"
The cicadas kept chirping in the forest, and Gong Shuyu rubbed his sore knuckles.
He stretched his limbs and lazily watched the craftsmen cleaning the place.
There was a craftsman who was responsible for tidying up the carpentry table. He wiped off the wood chips with a cloth and was about to clear away the drawings of the table, but Gong Shuyu stopped him.
Gong Shuyu took a few steps closer, picked up the pile of sketches, and said to him: "I will take care of it here, you can go and do your business."
The other party nodded and went to clean other debris.
Gong Shuyu collected all the drawings, re-categorized them, and arranged them in order. However, at this moment, he discovered that among all the sketches, the most important drawing of the crossbow bed was missing.
He clearly remembered that the bed crossbow diagram was among this pile of drawings, how could it disappear?
Gong Shuyu called everyone over and asked them one by one, but still found nothing.
The craftsmen explained: "We had seen that picture before noon, and it was placed on the carpentry bench. At that time, we only referred to the dimensions in the picture and looked at it from a distance. Who dared to take it?"
Others are even less likely to admit that everyone knows what the bed crossbow picture means, and stealing it privately will not be as simple as losing one's head.
The news that the bed crossbow picture was stolen soon reached the ears of the commander-in-chief Xie Feng.
Xie Feng had been on the battlefield for more than twenty years. He made a prompt decision and blocked the news. On the other hand, he ordered Liu Ruyan and Dong Qingxian to investigate the matter secretly.
When Liu Ruyan came outside the pergola, the area was under full martial law.
She walked around the pergola and stood in the shade, meditating.
Logically speaking, Gongshu Yu and the military craftsmen stayed in the shed during the day and left at night. Before leaving, everyone had to be searched. In addition, there were soldiers patrolling in all directions, so even a fly should not fly.
It's better not to go in.
Unless... the guard is stealing.
But what is the use of the other party stealing the blueprints? Could it be related to the previous electric fish murder?
Thinking that there might be spies in the army, Liu Ruyan made a special trip to the naval camp.
Zhao Dutou was training troops in the river when he saw a young man walking quickly from a distance. He shouted familiarly: "What brought Wang Dazhuang here today?"
Liu Ruyan glanced at the float in the water and responded to him with a smile: "It's the southeast wind."
"Hey, you kid-"
She stood still on the shore, crossed her hands and saluted: "You are all fine."
Zhao Du stepped ashore with his head in the water and looked her over and over, "I heard that I recently joined General Xie and got along well, and my body looks much stronger."
"Thanks to the good food in the camp." She smiled.
"Why, you didn't come all the way here just to see my old face." Zhao Dutou teased her.
"I do have something to ask." Liu Ruyan lowered her voice, "Something happened in the camp earlier. I wonder how the investigation went?"
He felt distressed when talking about this matter, so he frowned and said: "Our 50,000-strong navy has all been investigated, and their identities and backgrounds are very clean. Let's start the investigation from electric fish, but this kind of foreign object, let alone the soldiers
I haven’t had any contact with him, or even seen him, so I can’t find out the details hidden in the army, which is really a headache.”
Zhao Dutou was straightforward and told the truth about the information he knew, "But in the past half month, things have been quiet in the camp. I guess the spy also knows that we are conducting a thorough investigation in secret, and he is very cunning."
"Oh?" She was slightly surprised, "It seems that Xizuo's identity is not simple."
Liu Ruyan continued to inquire about the situation. When she came back from the river, the sky was half dark and a full moon hung on the branches.
Several howls came from the deep mountains and old forests in the distance. The sounds sounded wild, like hungry wolves howling under the moon.