Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1716 Don't cheat or be happy

When the Qiang messengers in front of Zhang Liao's infantry were about to blow the horn to turn around, they suddenly heard a sound that made his hair stand on end, and then saw a sudden jump from the array of Han infantry. black cloud!

Thinking that they were Qiang cavalry at a safe distance, they never thought that the Han would have such a long-range attack, and they didn't have much defense at all. Under the shooting of crossbow arrows, the galloping horses seemed to be lost. The control was not good, the volley flew up, and fell to the ground. Many Qiang soldiers rolled in the air like war horses, screaming and falling to the ground!

The Qiang messenger opened his mouth wide, and the horn in his hand fell down unknowingly. He saw that some Qiang cavalry who were sitting on horseback were pierced by crossbow arrows and flew upside down, and some followed the fallen horses. Flying out, some were nailed to the back of the horse, some were knocked into the air by the horses rushing up from behind, and some were trampled into meatloaf. His horse suddenly disappeared like this, and his eyes were full of blood.

The messengers of the Qiang people were dumbfounded, hearing the roar of war horses filling their ears, the howling sound of crossbow arrows piercing the air of the Han people, the mournful howls of the Qiang people before they died, and the sound of human beings being trampled to pieces. Forgot everything, even the fear, leaving only inconceivable numbness.

He saw another wave of crossbow arrows soaring into the air from the Han army formation, and several Qiang people riding past him were pierced by the crossbow arrows in a blink of an eye, and flew out of their horses bloody. Then fell into the yellow dust.

Suddenly, as if being pushed violently, a crossbow pierced through the chest of the Qiang messenger. The moment he fell off the horse, the Qiang messenger saw the clear blue sky, It suddenly occurred to him that he hadn't had time to blow the horn yet...

The Qiang people who were close to the infantry positions of the Han army fell down in groups, scaring the other Qiang people to run away from this area quickly. I didn't know that after three rounds of shooting, the Han people's ballista would need to be re-stringed and loaded with crossbow bolts, and there would be a period of time when no crossbow bolts would be fired at all...

  The ballista has a longer range than the general kicking crossbow, but it has its own shortcomings. One is that there is no concept of aim at all, because the ten crossbow bolts are projected in a row, so they can only strike in a roughly covering manner. The second flaw is that it consumes a lot of energy. Generally speaking, only one or two of the ten projected crossbow bolts can be retrieved for reuse. The rest are basically disposable items. After a period of use, the strength weakens and it must be replaced, and the overall cost is very high.

  As for the lack of a steering shaft, the steering has to turn around as a whole, which leads to unfavorable steering, and the laborious loading and winding, resulting in a low rate of fire, etc. The shortcomings are common to the original ballista, so there is no need to say more.

  On the whole, the modified ballista has great advantages, but it also has its own defects.

  However, for Yao Kehui and the Qiang people, this was the first time they saw the power of the ballista, and they couldn't help being frightened. In the past, they heard that the Han people are good at weapons and have all kinds of weird gadgets, but they only heard about it before, and they didn't know what kind of equipment the big man's equipment has reached. The ability to strike makes these Qiang people terrified.

   Fortunately, I ran a little slower. If those guys rushed ahead, wouldn't it be me who died at this time?

  At that moment, many Qiang people had thoughts like this in their minds...

   "Beat the drum!" Zhang Liao shouted loudly, "Come on! The big man wins!"

   Immediately, more soldiers responded in unison, roaring like thunder: "Wan Sheng! Big man! Wan Sheng!"

"Blow the horn!" Yao Kehui sighed, "Blow the horn... get out, let's get out!" Yao Kehui didn't want to fight Zhang Liao and others, but after seeing such equipment, he was more motivated. The reason for retreating. It's just that for Yao Ke, this reason is naturally enough, but for the Fan people, it may not be enough...

  …_(:qゝ∠)_…

  Since routines can become routines, the main reason is not the routines themselves, but human nature. It's like it's easy to evaluate others, but when you need to evaluate yourself, you often lose this ability. This is the reason why routines can succeed again and again, just like routine loans in later generations, knowing that it is a pit, there are still people who continue to jump forward.

  Yuan Tan is also facing a big pit now.

  In other words, the three Yuan brothers are actually facing a big pit. Although they are in different places and their situations are different, they are actually teetering on the edge of the big pit...

  The name of this pit is "Fame and Fortune".

  Why did Yuan Tan think he had to let go of fame and fortune? Why don't other people let it go, but you have to be yourself? Especially Wen Chou's behavior at night gave Yuan Tan an illusion. It seemed that there were still many people supporting him in Yecheng. It's just under the control of the third brother...

  If I can show a stronger side, then I believe many people will fall to me!

  Then the question now is, how to make yourself stronger?

  Krypton gold...

  Ahem, are you looking for an outsider?

  Yuan Tan seemed to see a small ad for a routine loan, and he scoffed at it on weekdays, but suddenly encountered something, and remembered it again and again.

   Yuan Tan is still very confident about his ability to pay back in the future. As long as he overcomes the current difficulties, after he takes over Jizhou in the future, he can get whatever he wants? Even if there is no new income, the property left by my father is enough to repay the principal and interest of the loan provided by Cao's company...

  In this case, then...

   "Borrow!" Yuan Tan gritted his teeth, and rose up aggressively, "I want to borrow soldiers!"

  …ヽ(o`dish’)…

   "The defeat this time is not the reason why our son is not brave!" Yan Rou said loudly, immediately attracting everyone's attention and whispering.

Bu Dugen lost the first battle and had to back down and recuperate, but it was obviously impossible to admit defeat and surrender, so he called all the leaders to discuss the matter, and because Yan Rou saved Bu Dugen, he was also highly regarded by Bu Dugen , let Yan Rou sit in a relatively front seat.

  But Bu Dugen didn't expect that when Yan Rou opened her mouth, it made him a little scared, and even a little angry. It's not that the sons are not brave, so it means that my command made a mistake?

   "Oh? Yan Da is in charge? Then what do you mean?" Bu Dugen frowned, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said while staring at Yan Rou.

  Yan Rou stroked her chest and saluted, "My lord, I mean this guy Ke Bineng used tricks and tricks! He used the armor of the Han people to fight us. Of course our son suffered a big loss!"

   Budugen frowned, "Oh? Is there such a thing?"

   "Dear King, yes..." Yan Rou said, and then greeted outside, "Come here, bring in two of the captured weapons!"

   Immediately, some guards took some swords and armor into the big tent and put them in the middle.

   "Look, my lord..." Yan Rou pointed to the sword armor and said, "This is what Ke Bineng's subordinates use! It's not that our son is not brave, it's this kind of sword and armor, it's really... alas!"

   Bu Dugen slowly raised his saber, and then slashed on the iron armor, with the sound of clanging, the flames splashed everywhere.

   "This is the sword armor of the Han people!" Someone shouted in the big tent.

   "We don't have such a sword, and we don't have such a battle armor!" Someone interjected, "If Ke Bineng's subordinates all have such swords and armor, then..."

  Budugen frowned again.

Yan Rou said calmly: "Everyone! Not all of Ke Bineng's subordinates have such armor and swords and guns! These swords, guns and armor must have been acquired by Ke Bi Neng from the Han people over the years! The battle...the king was also there at the time, if Ke Bi could not use such a sword and armor, how could he be able to resist the king and your warriors?"

   "Hmm..." Bu Dugen nodded slightly.

  Everyone nodded.

"Your Majesty, and all the nobles, if we also have such a saber armor, what advantage does Ke have over Neng?" Yan Rou urged, "Our sons are all brave, if we add such a saber A, like a tiger with wings, it will definitely defeat Ke Bineng!"

   "Oh, so the big household has these swords?" Budugen said.

  Yan Rou smiled, and said: "It's not that you don't know what my subordinates are holding, but I think you can get a batch of sword armor from the Han people in Yuyang! Those Han people must have them!"

   "Haha! Of course the Han people have, but will the Han people give it to us? They wish we could all die!"

   "Of course the Han people will not give it to us for nothing, but we can exchange it!" Yan Rou said firmly, "We can exchange it with cattle and sheep!"

   "Exchange cattle and sheep?! Are you crazy?!" someone shouted.

Yan Rou ignored it, but said to Bu Dugen: "If the Han people in Yuyang don't have swords, guns and armor, they are just like tigers... Well, there is no such thing as a tiger at all, just like cattle and sheep without claws and claws? What else is there to worry about? Besides, if we defeat Ke Bineng, will we still worry about these cattle and sheep? I am afraid that there will be no place to raise so many cattle and sheep! And to take a step back, use The exchange of cattle and sheep for the swords and guns of the Han people is actually just a temporary deposit of some of our cattle and sheep in the hands of the Han people. Everyone, think about it, the Han people have no swords and guns in their hands. When the time comes, hehe, ah? Isn't it, hehe..."

   Bu Dugen immediately understood, nodded repeatedly, laughed, clapped his hands and said, "Good point! That's right! Everyone! What do you think of this method?"

  ...

   "So..." Although Liu He had one arm hanging, he was still smiling, as if the wound didn't hurt at all, "Now is the perfect opportunity for you..."

  Although Yuan Xi was a little moved, he still had some concerns in his heart. Over the years, Yuan Xi is not as good as Yuan Tan, able to command troops to fight, nor is he like Yuan Shang, who is favored by Yuan Shao. Therefore, he is on the political fringe, so he does not have much self-confidence. For Liu He's portrayal There is still some hesitation about the wonderful future.

   "What are you worried about, my lord?" Liu He drank honey water with a smile on his face.

  Yuan Xi pondered for a while, and said: "I heard...Xianbei Budugen has fallen? In this way, wouldn't it be..."

   Liu He said with a smile: "My lord, don't worry!...Budugen has great ambitions and talents, but he is not enough to accomplish things. He will definitely lose to Ke Bineng...If this is as expected, Budugen should send someone to come..."

   "Report!" A soldier ran over, bowed down and reported, "Xianbei sent envoys here!"

  Yuan Xi was startled, and stared at Liu He with wide eyes.

  Liu He smiled inscrutably, stood up and said, "Don't worry! You will know the difference when you see the young master... I will avoid it for the time being..."

  Yuan Xi got up quickly, sent Liu He behind the screen, then turned out again, and ordered Xianbei's envoy to come in.

Xianbei's envoy is a confidant guard next to Bu Dugen, although he can speak Chinese, but not so fluent, when he saw Yuan Xi, he said in a daze: "We want knives, guns, and armor! All of yours are good! You want a lot, preferably 5,000 sets!"

  Yuan Xi froze for a moment, then said, "What? Five thousand? So much?"

   "We don't want it in vain, we give it to cattle and sheep!" The Xianbei envoy said with his tongue straight, "I want it now!"

Yuan Xi was about to say something, when he suddenly heard Liu He's soft voice behind the screen, he coughed to cover up, and then said: "Five thousand sets, it's not a decimal, I have to think about it... so, you go to rest first, How about I give you an answer tomorrow?"

  The Xianbei envoy frowned, obviously a little unhappy, but now he is begging to come to the door, so he nodded and said: "Okay! Tomorrow! Reply!"

  The Xianbei envoy left, Liu He turned around from behind the screen with a smile, greeted Yuan Xi again, then frowned and looked at the mat that the Xianbei people had sat on...

  Yuan Xi understood, waved his servants to change a mat, Liu Hecai sat down, then straightened his robes, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, you can agree to this matter..."

  Yuan Xi frowned and said: "Five thousand soldiers, why do you have them?"

  Of course, Yuan Xi could still make up 5,000 sets of armour, but if they were changed, would Yuan Xi's soldiers be prepared to go into battle wearing sheepskins and holding big bones?

Liu He smiled and said, "Don't worry, my lord. Is this a soldier armor... Hehe, I have some too. How about that, my lord is half of it, and so is half of it. How about it? But when you reply tomorrow, you might as well have more If you want some cattle and sheep, I think Bu Dugen will agree to it..."

"That's it...since the envoy has something to say, I will allow it..." Yuan Xi thought about it for a while. If it is half the quantity, 2,500 sets of armor, he can scan the inventory and put them together. It's not too big, and with Liu He's attitude, it seems that there is something in it, so he finally nodded in agreement, and then said, "But... the Xianbei of cattle and sheep, like the husband of Zhuang He... How can Xianbei be willing? "

  Liu He laughed, "Now that Budugen has lost for the first time, he is in urgent need of a victory! No matter how many cattle and sheep there are, what good is it? What's more, Budugen can rest assured that we have received our soldiers..."

  (end of this chapter)