"Open the door! I am Li Nong, the deputy general under General Zang Ba!"
Pengcheng's defender dropped a bamboo basket and said, "Bring me the military medal!"
Military medals, an object that has been used since the Qin State during the Warring States Period, are engraved with name, place of origin, unit and other information on a small square wooden plaque. This makes it easier to check the soldier's information, and also allows his comrades to collect his body after he dies in battle.
"Open the door!" After the garrison at the top of the city finished checking, they let Li Nong in.
"Boom!"
As soon as he entered the city gate, Li Nong fell heavily from his horse.
"Quick, save people!"
Li Nong was hit by three arrows, one in his chest, one in his leg, and one in his shoulder. Despite this, he still insisted on running from Langya County to Pengcheng!
Being supported by several city guards, Li Nong said weakly, "Quick, help me go to see Mr. Zhou Mu."
"Your Majesty, I would like to see Li Nong, the deputy general of General Zang Ba."
"Li Nong?" Dong Zhao was confused for a moment. He also knew this Li Nong. Among Zang Ba's lieutenants, he was considered to be the two more outstanding ones. The other one was named Hu Zhen.
"It's so late, why is he here at this time?" Dong Zhao was wearing a sweater, and he was ready to sleep. Then, Dong Zhao seemed to have thought of something, "How is he now? Is he injured? He's back.
Is he the only one?"
The messenger quickly replied, "He was hit by three arrows and had more than a dozen stab wounds. We were going to help him heal his wounds first, but this guy refused to say anything and insisted on seeing you first."
"Where are the others?"
"Just outside the house."
"Bring him in, no, wait until I change clothes and go out. Forget it, bring me my shoes." Dong Zhao was very uneasy at this moment.
Outside the mansion, a group of soldiers and the guards of the Zhou Mu Mansion tightly surrounded Li Nong. But Li Nong was lying on the ground, holding a repeating crossbow tightly!
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, Mr. Zhou Mu is here!"
Hearing this loud shout, Li Nong, who was weak on the ground, seemed to be on steroids, his eyes widened, waiting for Dong Zhao to come over.
"Li Nong, what's going on?" Dong Zhao, wearing a sweater, squatted beside Li Nong and asked.
"Lord Zhou Mu, our army has been defeated. Thirty thousand brave knights, some died in battle, some were captured, some disappeared. I am the only one who escaped."
A man who could fight on the battlefield without shedding tears was now weeping and telling his grievances, "General Zang Ba did not listen to Hu Zhen's advice and led the cavalry ahead, leaving the infantry to Hu Zhen. Zhou Yu outside Kaiyang City
In formation, General Zang Ba asked me to take Kaiyang City back first. Our cavalry charged and attacked, but was severely defeated."
"Speak slowly, don't be anxious." Dong Zhao was a little heartbroken, and Li Nongquan relied on his belief in coming back to see him to support him until now. After suffering such a serious injury, it was really hard to say whether he could survive after saying this.
"The enemy had a group of armored infantry, which blocked the rhythm of our cavalry attack. Then, they used crossbows that could fire many times to kill and injure our cavalry."
"After General Zang Ba was defeated, he ran into Kaiyang City. The enemy turned around and attacked the city. Our army changed from cavalry to infantry to defend the city. Even if we resisted desperately, we were no match for the enemy."
After speaking, Li Nong handed the repeated crossbow in his arms to Dong Zhao, "General Zang Ba told me to bring this back before he died in battle."
Dong Zhao took the Liannu, and the blood on it had dried, "Hurry and help him go down for treatment!"
"promise."
Several soldiers stopped after taking a few steps, "Sir, General Li is dead!"
Dong Zhao closed his eyes and sighed, and after a while he said, "Call Chen Jiao, call the craftsmen from the army!"
"promise."
After a while, Chen Jiao and the craftsmen arrived at the Prefectural Mufu Mansion. Dong Zhao was sitting in front of the desk. On the desk was the repeating crossbow.
"Gongren, why did you call me here so late? What happened?" Chen Jiao looked at the bloody crossbow on Dong Zhao's desk and asked uneasily.
Dong Zhao pinched the soft flesh between his nose, forced himself to cheer up and said, "Ji Bi, don't be anxious first, let's take a look at this first."
"This is?"
Dong Zhao did not speak, but picked up the repeating crossbow, put it on his arm, aimed at the pillar in the hall, and fired.
"bite!"
The arrow was nailed to the pillar, and the arrow feathers were trembling violently.
"Crossbow?" Chen Jiao was a little confused. In the middle of the night, I fell asleep with my arms around the beauty. You asked me to come and show me this?
"bite!"
"What?" Chen Jiao was completely sleepless, and the beauty in his mind was gone. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief. Did he read it correctly? Dong Zhao continued to fire the crossbow without loading it?
"bite!"
"bite!"
"bite!"
"bite!"
A total of six arrows were nailed to the pillar. Dong Zhao placed the repeating crossbow on the table and waved to several craftsmen, "Come and take a look at this crossbow."
Several craftsmen came over and started disassembling the repeating crossbow.
"Wonderful!"
"Can this hoop still bounce?"
"This? This? This is a force-relieving thing?"
The craftsmen kept exclaiming in amazement, but Dong Zhao did not urge him. He waited until they had finished reading and then asked, "How is it?"
"Master Qi, this crossbow is very exquisite. It not only improves the look of Wangshan, but also adds an iron ring to relieve and exert force. With this thing, only one person is needed to launch this crossbow. It can also be used for
The arrows fired provide some strength, making the shooting range longer!"
"But the most exquisite thing is the arrow clip of this crossbow. Judging from the grooves inside, twelve crossbow arrows can be installed. In other words, this crossbow can fire twelve times in a row without loading arrows!"
"hiss!"
Chen Jiao took a breath of cold air and his face changed. He seemed to have thought of something.
Dong Zhao asked several craftsmen, "Can you imitate an equivalent repeating crossbow based on this crossbow?"
Several craftsmen looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.
In this era, the best craftsmen served the supreme ruler. In other words, the best craftsmen of Cao Jun were in Xudu. The same was true for Liu Cong, the best craftsmen were all in Xiangyang.
Dong Zhao sighed and said, "No problem, just install it again."
"This?" Several craftsmen looked at each other again and did not move.
Dong Zhao understood. These idiots had just dismantled it and had not remembered the overall appearance of the thing. "This is what the frontline soldiers fought to get back. There is only one like this. I will give you one day. If you can't pretend,
Okay, just wait until the whole family goes to jail!"
"Sir, please forgive me, we will definitely install it."
"roll!"
"No, no."
After the craftsmen exited with the parts of the serial crossbow, Chen Jiao asked, "Gongren, what happened?"
Dong Zhao leaned on the back of his chair, closed his eyes and sighed, "Zang Ba was defeated and died. Of the 30,000 cavalry, only one Li Nong escaped. Li Nong also died after he returned."
"What?" Chen Jiao's ugly face changed again, "I thought he just encountered this kind of thing and failed? He, he, how could he be wiped out?"
Immediately, Dong Zhao told Chen Jiao the battle between Zang Ba and Zhou Yu.
"How could he be so arrogant! He abandoned his infantry and led the troops first. Zhou Yu gave up Kaiyang City and used his infantry to fight the cavalry. There must be some deception in this. Zang bullied him, he..."
As he spoke, Chen Jiao shut up. If he were in charge of 30,000 cavalry, he would attack without hesitation if he encountered infantry in the wild.