The bandit leader returned to the village and met the second master, Mr. Zhao. When he explained the situation, Mr. Zhao immediately frowned.
Although the second boss called him Mr. Zhao, he was thick-set, fierce-looking, and with a full beard, he looked like the black Li Kui.
After hearing what the little leader said, Mr. Zhao slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Where does this kid come from, and he has such a loud tone?"
The little leader shook his head: "I don't know who he is, but Xue Xian, the governor, is standing behind him. He must have a lot of background."
"The person that even Xue Xian is afraid of must be the confidant of King Qiong." Mr. Zhao calmed down and said: "The most important thing for us here is to do the things assigned by the superiors. It is not appropriate to cause more troubles for the time being.
, I originally wanted to scare King Qiong, but I didn’t expect this bone to be quite hard.”
"Mr. Zhao, what should we do?"
Mr. Zhao stroked his beard and said thoughtfully: "I still have to say this. The superiors have told me to keep an eye on them, so we can't let them live too freely."
"Then shall we..." the little leader said, extending his palm to make a chopping motion.
Mr. Zhao nodded and said: "This is feasible, but it must be done properly. We cannot let our own people go, but must arrange for some barbarians to go. After all, our people are precious, and we cannot fall into the hands of King Qiong."
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The little leader nodded: "I understand."
Mr. Zhao patted the little leader's shoulder again and said: "I have wronged you today. It just so happened that the red-haired Hu Shang sent some barbarian women as gifts. I will give you one to calm the fire."
The little leader's eyes suddenly lit up, and after thanking him repeatedly, he withdrew.
The little leader led the Yi people's women and marched all night. When he fell asleep, it was already dark.
But just as I fell asleep, there was a sound of drumming outside.
Boom boom boom.
Just as he was feeling confused, there was another knock on the door: "Boss, boss, get up quickly, someone has surrounded our village."
The little leader suddenly became excited and woke up instantly. He grabbed his clothes and put them on.
When he came out of the house, many bandits had gathered outside, and Mr. Zhao, the second boss, was standing on the table in the middle.
The little boss quickly stepped forward.
"What happened? Someone surrounded our village?"
Mr. Zhao's face was as dark as water, and he snorted and said, "I want to see who is so bold and dares to cause trouble for us?"
The little boss followed Mr. Zhao up to the wall of the village, took a look outside, and was dumbfounded.
There were people all over the mountains and plains, completely surrounding the entire village.
The little leader was confused: "Who are these people?"
Mr. Zhao squinted his eyes and looked outside the main gate of the village. There were several tall horses there. The leader was tall and tall, holding a silver gun and looking at him coldly.
"Who are you, who dare to surround my village?"
Mr. Zhao's voice was just like the person he was. He roared out loud and his voice was heard both inside and outside the village.
The man in the lead was Yang Xiao. He raised his arm and pointed the spear in his hand directly at Mr. Zhao: "You must be the bandit leader. I, the Qiongzhou Guard Army, are here. Why don't you quickly open the gate of the village and kneel down to surrender?"
"Bang!" Mr. Zhao said disdainfully: "You can really brag, and the Qiongzhou Guard Army is obviously a bunch of idiots. You are scaring a three-year-old child. I am here. If you have the ability, come here."
He was talking grand words, but in his heart he was already muttering about what kind of tricks the Qiongzhou Prefecture was playing, and how come even the common people were encouraged to come over.
Those common people were indeed a rabble, but it was similar here. In addition to the hundred or so subordinates directly under him, the other barbarians and Japanese were also a rabble.
Although those guys are more ferocious than ordinary people and dare to kill after seeing blood, the difference in numbers is too big. If they really want to fight, if they are at a slight disadvantage, these guys will definitely turn around and run away.
"Qu Er, go and summon the barbarians and tell them that as long as they defend, each of them will be rewarded with five taels of silver."
Mr. Zhao has spent a lot of money. Otherwise, how could he make those barbarians sacrifice their lives?
This Qu Er was the little leader from before. He acted quickly when he heard this.
However, outside the cottage, under Yang Xuan's instigation, the workers became excited again and kept shouting for the bandits to get out.
The shouts of three to four thousand people were like rolling thunder, and the momentum alone scared the bandits to death.
Although the bandits, encouraged by five taels of silver, climbed onto the village wall one after another, they couldn't help but feel a little frightened when they saw the people outside.
However, just as they were trembling, the soldiers of Qiongzhou Guard had already strung their crossbows and were about to launch an attack just waiting for the order.
The reason why the arrows have not been released yet is because a huge wooden frame is being built among the crowd.
Soon, the crowd dispersed, and Mr. Zhao saw the whole thing. His mouth opened wide immediately. This thing was just a trebuchet.
This trebuchet was an idea proposed by Yang Xuan, improved by shopkeeper Fang, and finally built as a counterweighted trebuchet.
Trebuchets have actually been around for a long time, but the previous trebuchets were torque trebuchets, which had a poor range, and the manufacturing process was more complicated.
This counterweighted trebuchet is easy to use, simple to make, and has a far enough range.
With so much wood on Qiongzhou Island, it is the best place to study and make this kind of trebuchet.
And today, this is the first time that this trebuchet has actually been put into use.
At this time, the long pole on the trebuchet has been lowered and fixed, and the workers are adding sand and soil into the counterweight bucket along the ladder.
Dong Tianbao carefully took out a large Thor's Hammer from a box and placed it in the projection compartment at the top of the long pole.
Soon, the counterweight bucket was filled with heavy objects. Shopkeeper Fang nodded to Dong Tianbao, and Dong Tianbao took out the fire stick and ignited the fuse of Thor's hammer.
Mr. Zhao naturally couldn't see things so far away. In his opinion, with only such a trebuchet, it might be a bit difficult to break through the gate of the village.
But the next moment, he saw the long pole of the trebuchet suddenly stand up, and at the same time, something sparkling was ejected.
Mr. Zhao's heart suddenly became tense and he subconsciously lay down behind the village wall.
'call!'
The big iron ball flew high and far, directly over the wall of the village. Just when Mr. Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, the big iron ball had already hit the mud in the village.
‘Bang!’
A loud noise accompanied by fire shot into the sky.
The shock wave of the explosion instantly blew away several people around them, and the exploded iron fragments flew in all directions. At least a dozen people were hit by shrapnel, and lay down amid the shrapnel, wailing in pain.
All the people in the village were confused, panicked and fled in all directions.
Mr. Zhao was also dumbfounded and had no reaction for a moment.
At this time, next to the counterweight trebuchet, shopkeeper Fang was muttering calmly: "The shot is farther, so the counterweight will be reduced by five kilograms."
Following his calm voice, the valve under the counterweight bucket opened, and the sand inside poured down. Shopkeeper Fang stared at the scale marks in the counterweight bucket, raised his hand, and the valve closed.
At the same time, dozens of workers were pulling the ropes on the long pole and struggling to pull the long pole down in preparation for the next launch.