Bad people in Qin Dynasty

Chapter 184 New Alloys
"Please ask Xiakui to take us to Longxi, we want to avenge our master!"

Chen Sheng angrily requested that he must avenge his master and not only kill Huang Tianhou, but also the descendants of Bai Qi.

Wu Kuang was also filled with hatred, and he vowed not to be a human being unless he avenged this revenge.

"Forget it, I'll take you to Longxi of the Qin Kingdom, but it's not appropriate to bury the three elders in the Liuxian Tomb for the time being, otherwise accidents will arise."

Seeing their persistence, Tian Guang sighed and finally agreed.

With the attitude of the two of them, even if they don't agree, they will definitely go to Longxi secretly. Rather than letting the two of them go into danger alone, it is better to take them with them.

"Wait until you bring back the heads of Huang Tianhou and Bai Qi's descendants, and then bury them for Master!"

Pulling out the giant sword behind him and slashing a big tree next to him with his sword, Chen Sheng said angrily, vowing to kill the thief and use his head to pay tribute to his master's spirit in heaven.

"First bring the bodies of the three elders back to Kuei Hall. You should also calm down and don't be seen by others. Then we will secretly leave Daze Mountain under the pretext of practicing in seclusion."

After saying this, Tian Guang stepped forward and closed the eyes of the Medicine King in the first coffin. Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang also came to the coffins of their respective masters and closed his eyes with anger, and they became more and more angry. .

The three of them led the carriage and took the coffin back to an underground secret room in Kuikui Hall for sealing. They practiced as usual for half a month before announcing their retreat, secretly leaving Daze Mountain and heading straight to Longxi, Qin State.

Not to mention Tian Guang and the others who came to Longxi here, Tian Hao and the army on the other side marched for more than a month and successfully arrived at the Longxi Great Wall.

Although it takes a long time, the speed in ancient times cannot compare to the rapid speed of automobile transportation in previous lives.

But you don't need to go too fast. Rushing like this can be used as a kind of exercise. Running is a very important ability, and it is especially important on the battlefield.

If you are fast, you can escape quickly to save your life when your own side fails. If you are fast, you can better pursue the enemy and kill the enemy when your own side has the upper hand. That is all meritorious service.

At the same time, the fish obtained from the Wei River can also be used as food to further enhance the soldiers' physical fitness, and can even grow a layer of fat.

A real warrior is not one with obvious muscle lines, but with big shoulders and round waist. Especially in ancient times when the material conditions were not good, those who were hungry and well-fed, those with beautiful muscle lines looked good-looking. If you are really hungry, you will definitely collapse on the ground and be unable to get up, let alone run a long distance to fight.

Ying Qi and others stayed at the Longxi Great Wall to take over the [-] troops that had been allocated long ago, as well as the most important grain and grass, while Tian Hao Tianze and others led their own troops to that base.

Because smelting steel requires a large amount of charcoal, Mo Ban and others cut down all the surrounding trees. Therefore, it is obvious that people have discovered the abnormality here long ago. During this period, they have been hiding in the dug out of the mountain. Now there are tens of thousands of troops Come here just in time to defend this place.

Of course, they must be equipped with enough armor and weapons, otherwise they, who are just ordinary people, will not be able to deal with those warriors who come and go.

"Master, please go back to the Great Wall and keep an eye on Lord Changping secretly. He will definitely not be honest. I need to know who he has been in contact with and what kind of plans he has."

Looking at the heavy stone door that fell down after Dahei came in, Tian Hao just said to Six Fingers Heixia.

Since the other party is Lord Changping and came to Longxi on his own initiative, if he doesn't do anything, he won't be called Lord Changping.

"I'll keep an eye on him."

Nodding his head, the Black Man with Six Fingers turned and left.

Now that people have been escorted here, relying on the defense lines of many agencies here, even if a strong person in the heavenly realm comes in, it will be difficult to break through. There is not much use in staying here. It is better to go to the Great Wall defense line and keep an eye on it.

He also wanted to know how many people and forces would participate in the battle of Longxi, especially those in Guancheng.

"You didn't target Mr. Changping just to use him as bait?"

Huaying, who was following behind, understood, and Huayu also suddenly realized.

I had been wondering before, with this guy's insidious nature, how could he not take the initiative to provoke Lord Changping? You must know that Fan Yuqi could have been maimed before.

When facing Mr. Changping this time, they remembered that someone simply gave him a warning. Looking at it now, I'm afraid that warning was just a pretense to make Mr. Changping relax his vigilance.

Otherwise, if you really don't care about anything, it will make the other party suspicious.

"The enemy hidden in the secret is the most terrifying and the biggest variable. Before the war begins, we must find out all the people in the secret.

Moreover, as the eldest son of the King of Chu, Changping Jun has been restricted in Xianyang City as a hostage. Even if he has ideas, it is difficult to use them. When he leaves Xianyang this time, he will inevitably be unable to help but come into contact with some people. This will be a problem for us. a chance. "

Tian Hao indeed planned this. A Changping Lord himself is nothing, the key is the people Changping Lord can contact, so Changping Lord himself will be a good bait, hiding those who want to cause trouble in secret. lead out.

Those people want to use them as prey, but they don't know that the identity of hunter and prey can be reversed, and truly excellent hunters often appear as prey. It depends on who will take the bait this time.

"Someone will definitely come from the Chu Kingdom, and Lord Xinling will definitely come, and someone from the Zhao Kingdom may come. The rest is hard to say."

Tianze said, he had met Lord Xinling when he was dealing with the Chu army. He could support the Chu army in dealing with Baiyue. This time, the Battle of Longxi, which was directly fought by Qin, should come.

Then there is the Chu State. The Chu State suffered heavy losses last time. Naturally, they don’t want to see the Qin State win and expand its territory. Coupled with the existence of the Chu Clan, people will definitely come.

The State of Zhao has many contacts with the Yuezhi, and many war horses were even obtained from the Yuezhi through trade. This time when Great Qin goes to war with the Yuezhi, there is a high probability that people from the State of Zhao will also come.

Apart from these three, the rest is hard to say.

Ying Ge then analyzed: "South Korea has been almost crippled, and after Han Wangan's bloodbath, there are not many people available. Furthermore, the Qin army is still in South Korea to assist the migration of Baiyue people, so they should not send anyone to intervene in Longxi. war.

Yan and Qi have never taken the initiative to participate in the war against Qin. Among the hundreds of scholars, the only ones who may intervene are the Nong family and the Mohist family. Last time they helped the Chu army to deal with Baiyue, but they suffered heavy losses. I wonder if I will intervene in the battle of Longxi here again.

The Yin Yang family may also intervene, but the Yin Yang family is too mysterious to analyze. "

When she was still in Bai Niao, she was mainly responsible for the intelligence against the Six Nations. She knew a lot about the situation of the Six Nations. Coupled with the various intelligence reflected in the previous Baiyue War, it was enough to make some analyses.

"That's all there is with a high probability, but it's hard to guess who came and how many people there are, we can only wait for Mr. Changping to help us lure those people out.

Well, the farmers will definitely come. "

Nodding slightly, Tian Hao also guessed the same. In the previous Battle of Baiyue, many problems and enemies were exposed, and it would be similar this time.

"Why are you sure the farmer will come?"

Bai Ye came to her senses, she always wanted to destroy the farm family to avenge her father, although the father is not dead, but this hatred is still there, the farm family must pay the price, at least those who surrounded and killed her father had to die.

"The bodies of the three soldiers who were buried before were dug up and taken away."

Telling a piece of information, Tian Hao specially asked Master Six Finger Black Man to visit Bai Qi's tomb before setting off, and found that the bodies of the three elders of the farm family buried nearby were indeed missing.

"Is that the bait you left intentionally?"

Sima Jin realized that it was this boy who proposed to bury her next to Jun Shang's tomb, but now it seems that he has already made a plan.

"You've been scheming like this all day, aren't you afraid that one day you'll be exhausted?"

Hearing that it was another calculation, Bai Ye couldn't help but complain.

Ever since he got to know this perverted thief, he has been constantly scheming. There are countless schemings in the open and in the dark.

"Long hair, short knowledge!"

Curling his lips disdainfully, Tian Hao ignored the girl's angry eyes, looked at a burly figure walking quickly from the passage in the mountain's belly, and greeted with a smile.

"Old Ban, are those equipments ready?"

The person who came was none other than Mo Ban, who came specifically to greet him.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. I'll take you to see it."

Mo Ban said with a smile and motioned for everyone to follow.

Tian Hao stepped forward to walk side by side with Moban, communicating while walking.

Tianze and others followed quickly, especially Hua Yu who was always curious about the crossbow someone mentioned. "We dug the iron ore here, but unfortunately the iron ore here is of average quality and unevenly distributed. We can only dig out the good-quality parts, leaving these empty spaces."

Mo Ban led everyone to a huge space in the middle of the mountain. When everyone looked around, they found traces of excavation. There was a faint smell of rust inside, and the ground was simply repaired.

"You have been here less than a year, and you have hollowed out the entire mountain so quickly?"

Huaying was amazed. Calculated from the length of the passage that came here before, this place has reached the depths of the mountainside, and there are many connected huge cavities on the way here. Apparently, the iron ore with a slightly better quality has been dug out.

As far as she knew, it had only been less than a year since her eldest nephew Ying Zheng returned to Qin. How could it be so fast?
"We don't need people to mine, it's too slow."

He replied with a smile. Of course, Moban would not use humans to mine. After communicating with Brother Tian, ​​he designed several mechanical beasts specifically for mining, which are far more efficient than manpower and safer.

Because of this, they were able to dig enough iron ore to produce unlimited amounts of arrowheads.

Without further explanation, Mo Ban walked to the stone table nearby, pointed to a set of armors and said: "This is a standard armor directly pressed out of carbon steel. You only need to heat the steel plate slightly and put it on the machine tool." It can be formed by extrusion, and then simply quenched and tempered, the hardness and toughness are excellent, and it is not a problem to defend against arrows."

Everyone stepped forward and picked up a piece of the armor to observe. Hua Yu even pulled out his sword to cut it, and finally cut open the arm armor in his hand with great force.

This result surprised her very much. You must know that although the saber in your hand is not a famous sword, it is also a rare sword. Growing steel armor was a lot more difficult.

On the opposite side, Tianze also held a piece of arm armor and squeezed it into a ball.

"It's not for you to have fun like this."

Looking at the violent testing methods of everyone, Mr. Xu, who had just arrived, saw a black line on his forehead.

He and Mo Ban specially built this mine into a shooting range just to show off their own works, but everyone was so rough and brutal, even showing off their legs.

And why do you all bully others and fiddle with armor parts? Why don't you try that all-steel shield?

"The strength seems to be worse than the steel armor cast at Baiyue."

Compared with Tianze's steel armor made in a mountain city in the southern part of Bainan, it feels a little less strong.

"This is the latest carbon steel we have developed. Some other minerals have been added to it. Although the strength is a bit lower than the previous generation, it solves the problem of rust. As long as you pay attention to maintenance, it can basically be passed down forever."

Master Xu nodded. This generation of armor is indeed a bit weaker than the previous generation, but not much. The reason is that they added some minerals to solve the rust problem.

Although the previous generation of carbon steel armor is very strong, it is too easy to rust. Even if it is placed in a humid environment, it will rust quickly, and the rust can quickly penetrate deep into the armor, thereby destroying the armor.

Furthermore, it is dangerous to wear rusty armor on the body, and it will be even more deadly if it is stained with rust in case of injury.

To this end, he and his mother tried many ores and finally came up with this brand-new formula.

"Can it be mass-produced?"

Tian Hao asked, armor is used to arm soldiers. If it does not reach a certain scale, its effect will be very limited.

"Those kinds of ores are available nearby, and the demand is not large. As long as you send people to mine them, it is not difficult to produce tens of thousands of sets. The only problem is that the series connection of chain armor is troublesome and requires skilled craftsmen."

Master Xu replied that the proportion of that kind of ore added is very small and not much is needed. The main material is still iron, which is currently not in short supply.

Even the old boy from Mobana is using this new type of steel to make new machine giants.

That kind of armor is also very easy to make. It can be stamped directly with a machine. Although the performance is not as good as that of forging, it is not much worse. The important point is that this method can be mass-produced and is very suitable for making standard weapons.

"Craftsmen are not a problem. This time we brought not only craftsmen from Baiyue, but also three thousand craftsmen from the Qin royal family.

However, I'm not sure if there are spies from other forces inside. Just make arrangements and don't let them come into contact with the core secrets. Pay more attention to it. "

At the end, Tian Hao reminded him, but Hua Ying Huayu, who was born in the royal family, didn't say anything. They also knew that those words were mainly about those from the Chu family.

Those people are too closely integrated with the royal family, and it's hard for them to judge by themselves, so they can only be on guard.

"Someone will do it."

Nodding seriously, Master Xu also knew the importance of this aspect.

The future must be an era of steel, and the smelting technology of steel must be kept secret.

The core of today's steel smelting lies in Brother Tian's new concept and the structural design of the blast furnace. These concepts can be understood by knowledgeable people at a glance, so outsiders must not be allowed to interfere, otherwise it will be troublesome if the secrets are leaked.

"Is this the repeating crossbow you designed?"

Zhao Ji suddenly picked up a strange-looking crossbow next to her, guessing that it was the repeating crossbow that the little man had mentioned.

Everyone's eyes turned around. Compared to this set of armor, they were more interested in the repeating crossbow, which was the key to victory in the Longxi battle.

"This is an individual repeating crossbow designed by Brother Tian. It is specially used for close combat. It uses three-inch-long all-steel arrows. An arrow box can hold 99 arrows. The effective range of a single arrow is thirty feet. Three arrows It can shoot through bronze armor within ten feet, which is no worse than the Korean foot crossbow.

This drawstring is to be hung on the clasp on the back of the armor. The drawstring passes through the shoulder. When holding a crossbow, you only need to push your arms forward to wind it through the drawstring and two levers. It is much more labor-saving and faster.

In addition, it can also be connected to the legs, and the drawstring can be driven by the feet to wind up, which is more labor-saving, and is suitable for fixed defense. "

Moban explained, then picked up another repeating crossbow and started operating it. First, he stuck the arrow box on it, then passed the drawstring through the shoulders and armpits, temporarily fixed it, and then held the crossbow with both arms towards Pushing hard forward, the rope pulled the small levers on both sides and the inner machine expansion, driving the bow string to be wound. Finally, the trigger was pulled, and three arrows shot out, accurately piercing a wooden man stake ten feet away.

This was not over yet, Mo Ban pushed and fired again, and continued this operation until all the arrows in the quiver were shot before stopping.

"After you become proficient, how long will it take to shoot an arrow?"

Tian Hao also picked up a repeating crossbow and asked. The key point of a repeating crossbow is to fire continuously to form continuous fire suppression. If the interval is too long, it is easy for the opponent to seize the opportunity to counterattack.

"After an ordinary person becomes proficient, he can probably shoot a hundred times in thirty breaths."

Mo Ban also knew that this was the key point, so he had already tested it. He even privately improved the hand crossbow designed by Brother Tian to make it more effortless and smooth to pull.

"It's enough."

Tian Hao made an estimate and felt that it was similar to the [-]-year-old Gai in the anti-Japanese drama in his previous life.

Of course, it's just the combo speed, but the range is far incomparable. After all, it's still a gun after all.

"That's why you asked the soldiers to practice that push-up a lot?"

Everyone realized that they had been wondering why they had to do that kind of training on the march, but now they realized that it was to prepare for the use of this new type of repeating crossbow.

"boom!"

At this moment, a muffled sound came from afar. Everyone heard the sound and turned around, only to find that it was coming from a wooden wall fifty feet away, with three arrows that were still trembling nailed to it.

Immediately, she turned around and found that Yan Lingji and Ying Ge had stepped on a special crossbow at some point. The three arrows just now were obviously their handiwork.

Everyone's attention and interest were immediately attracted by that special crossbow. Mo Ban walked over and explained: "This is a new type of bed crossbow. The power mainly comes from pedaling. Step on the pedal with both feet and step on it continuously. It can be fired once, and the quiver can also be loaded with 99 arrows, and the full load is three arrows.

The effective range of a fully loaded three arrows is one hundred feet, and a single arrow can reach 150 feet, and even further if thrown.

If you want to step on this bed crossbow, you must weigh at least two hundred kilograms. The heavier it is, the easier it is to step on it, even if you are wearing armor. "

Everyone realized that this was an enhanced and enlarged version of the previous individual repeating crossbow. The previous one needed to pull the lever to wind it up, but this one used the foot pedal, or the advantage of body weight to step on it. It was naturally stronger and could shoot. It will also be further away.

"what about this?"

Bai Ye, who had been sizing up a big guy, suddenly asked. Judging from the size, this big guy must be stronger than the first two.

(End of this chapter)