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"Master, I have read that during the Warring States Era, there was a type of ballista. When the crossbow was placed on the ballista, it could be used to enter or leave. The crossbows on the carriage are made of twelve stone and each arrow is about seven arrows. The arrows on both sides are about three times smaller and have a great power. It can shoot for more than a thousand steps and destroy the walls in the middle, making it unstoppable. "

"A ballista?"

Yang Lin could not help but laugh, they wanted to kill Zhang Mancheng, so why would they need to build a ballista? Besides, no one else knew how to make it. At this moment, Zhang Banxian coughed loudly.

"Master, this humble one has read that General Li Guang went out to hunt one day and was suddenly startled when he saw a fierce tiger crouching by the side of the road. He quickly shot an arrow at the tiger, killing it. "When I looked again later on, I realized that it wasn't a tiger that was shot but a rock. Not only the arrow, but the eagle feathers on the shaft and tail of the arrow had also entered it."

"The powerful crossbow that Li Guang uses is actually the Big Yellow Energy Crossbow. Its range can reach up to over a thousand steps, and it cannot be pulled apart unless it is a mighty warrior. If it could even penetrate rocks, it would be no problem to shoot it into armor. I once searched for a way to make this crossbow many times, and it was found by me. I also carefully observed its structure, which was composed of a crossbow arm, a crossbow, a bowstring, a crossbow, and so on. I suggest that the craftsmen in our camp make a copy and try out the range and strength first. If it is possible, then you can aim at Zhang Mancheng from afar, and fight to the death with one strike. "

For three whole days, Court officers hid in his camp and licked his wounds. Sun Jian was fine, he could ride his horse to war again, but the shadow of Qin Ming still lingered in his heart. Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun decided, on the next day, they would bring the Imperial army and Jing Zhou to initiate another siege on the Wan City.

At this moment, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun could be said to have gotten angry from embarrassment. Sun Jian was beaten to the point of spitting blood, but the Imperial army was actually unable to accomplish anything against the xanthopanax, causing them to lose a lot of pride.

Since their plan to trick Zhang Mancheng into leaving the city had failed, they decided to attack the Wan City at all costs and let the cavalry chase them down, not letting a single one of them escape.

The sky was overcast and there was not a trace of sunlight. The clouds were very low and they weighed heavily on everyone's hearts. The sun seemed to know that the battle was about to begin. He hid his face in the thick clouds, unwilling to look at the tragedy that was about to happen.

Under Wan City City, it was also desolate. There was not a single plant that was more than a foot tall, and the slightly taller plants had already been trampled on until they were lying on the ground, only those tenacious little grasses stubbornly exposing their unyielding heads, some of them even sprouting new buds.

"Howl …"

The low and deep horn sounds started to sound in the Wan City's North Gate s. This horn sound was mixed with trembling sounds like the sorrowful howls of wild wolves in the Wasteland. It was sad and long and even in the broad daylight, it made people's hair stand on end.

"Dang, dang, dang, dang …"

Almost at the same time, the urgent sound of a gong came from inside the Wan City. It sounded urgent and ear-piercing, a warning signal from the xanthopanax.

The xanthopanax s immediately started to panic, under the shouts of the officers, they all ran to the top of the city walls one by one, wielding their blades and guns, while running with their heads held high, they looked outside the city in fright.

The Imperial army slowly surrounded the Wan City, the soldiers lined up and slowly walked forward, looking calm and composed. The soldiers held their sabers and spears up high, their sabers glinting with a cold light. The procession rolled to a stop a stone's throw from the wall.

Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun stood at the back of the convoy, their eyes sweeping across the city walls, their expression cold as they watched the xanthopanax soldiers running on the walls. From the panic they had from running, it could be seen that the soldiers of xanthopanax were panicking, and their morale was low. On the other hand, the Court officers s were filled with hope for victory, and both sides had already decided the victor in terms of momentum.

"Dong Dong Dong …"

Just then, the strong Battle Drum s started to sound out, the Imperial army's attacks started. Amongst the Battle Drum, Sun Jian held onto the ring blade in his hand, and led a team of imperial officials with shields on their shoulders, carrying a ladder as they walked towards the city wall.

Ignoring Huangfu Song's and Zhu Jun's persuasion, Sun Jian insisted on going up on stage and personally lead the Imperial army to attack the Wan City. He himself knew in his heart that if he didn't defeat Qin Ming, he would probably live his entire life in the shadow of Qin Ming.

"Shoot!"

The generals of xanthopanax shouted, and the archer on the city wall immediately began shooting arrows, shooting down like arrows towards the rain. Many of the Court officers s had fallen, the shield wielding soldiers were all panicking.

"Stop."

Sun Jian raised the blade in his hand and shouted. After all, Imperial army was well-trained, his panic quickly disappeared, the team with the shields immediately stopped, they quickly blocked the shields in front and reorganized their group.

"archer, step forward."

Under Sun Jian's orders, the imperial army who were holding onto bows and arrows took a few steps forward. They nocked their bows and pulled their bowstrings tightly, staring at the xanthopanax on the city wall.

"Ready, shoot!"

The arrowheads whistled as they shot towards the xanthopanax soldiers on the city walls. The fierce arrow ruthlessly nailed the xanthopanax soldier, immediately releasing waves of wails.

"Aooo …"

Not many soldiers of the xanthopanax had armor, and only a small amount of it could be worn on the body of the Generals. How could a human's body withstand the sharpness of sharp arrow? Some of the xanthopanax's soldiers were nailed to the walls.

The archer s of the Imperial army were all wearing the standard Imperial armor. As long as they were not too close or had been hit in the face, they were basically safe.

"Prepare, fire."

Sun Jian shouted continuously, as if he was gritting his teeth. His hatred for the two General of the Yellow Scarf Army s caused him to vent all of his anger on them.

swish swish swish … *

A series of arrowheads accurately flew towards the city walls and shot towards the soldiers of the xanthopanax, causing the archer s who were shooting to the point that they did not dare to raise their heads, suppressing the morale of the city guards.

"Kill …"

"Pu pu pu …"

"Ding ding ding …"

The officers and soldiers carried the cloud ladder and quickly rushed towards the city wall. Meanwhile, the xanthopanax soldiers who were hiding behind the city gates immediately stuck their heads out, pulled their bows and arrows, shooting downwards. Hearing the pouncing sound was an echo that had shot into the bodies of the soldiers. It was very melodious, but it carried a strong aura of death. Ding Ding Ding Ding, that crisp sound was the sigh of the arrow as it knocked against the armor.

Many casualties occurred on the way.

However, they were still unwilling. Some of them crawled back towards their own team, while some reached towards their own team, never getting up again. They stared at the sky, but there was no sun today, so they could no longer see tomorrow's sun.

Sun Jian suppressed the anger in his heart, and vowed to fight with Zhang Mancheng to the death. xanthopanax on the city wall started to shoot again. However, Sun Jian could not care so much. Holding his shield, he carried the cloud ladder and rushed forward without a care for his own safety. Very quickly, he reached the city wall.

"Let's go."

At his command, the ladder went up to the city wall. He lifted his leg and climbed up the ladder, shield in one hand and sabre in the other. Behind him, several soldiers also went up.

"Quickly smash rocks! Quickly smash rocks!"

The xanthopanax army guarding the city shouted loudly. Soon after, large rocks dropped from the sky, and soldiers who were climbing upwards screamed and fell from the sky.

The soldier in front of Sun Jian was hit by the stone and cried out miserably as he fell down, falling right onto Sun Jian's body. In a moment of desperation, Sun Jian's legs suddenly exerted force, stepped off the ladder, and jumped down.

The archer below the city immediately shot at the xanthopanax defending the city, his arrowheads making it impossible for him to hide behind the walls.

Under cover of the arrows, the soldiers climbed up the wall again. However, xanthopanax also rushed over, the stone once again fell, the cloud ladder was also pushed open, and many soldiers fell to the ground. Sun Jian's eyes turned red, this was the second time he was thrown down, luckily he was not injured, he was burning with anger, he could hear him screaming from far away.

"Kill them all! Go!"

Under Sun Jian's urging, the imperial officers and soldiers s surged forward, climbed the cloud ladder for the third time, and rushed up once again. However, no matter how angry Sun Jian was, it could not match up to the fact that there were too many xanthopanax s. This time, he did not manage to climb up the city wall, and was pushed down halfway.

While the imperial army was still resting, Yang Lin and Zhang Banxian had already started to develop strong crossbows. Yang Lin picked out a dozen or so experts from among them. All of them had once made longbows and crossbows, ordering them to produce a strong crossbow according to the description given by the Zhang Banxian. But the craftsmen asked questions.

"Master, whether it is making a crossbow or creating a batch of crossbows, it will take at least a year to go from selecting the materials, to making the bow arm, the bowstring, the bow arm shape, to creating the crossbow, debugging and finally painting the crossbow. If the crossbows are made within a short period of time, within a few years, the arms and bowstring will deform and become useless. "

"I don't care about all that. I'm in urgent use now. As long as it takes me half a year." If it succeeds this time, you can slowly work on it in great detail. "

"Understood."

In accordance to Yang Lin's request, the craftsmen quickly finished making a set of crossbows. However, testing the firing range, Yang Lin was disappointed. This type of crossbow, which could be used by individuals, had a range of only 500 steps and was not much stronger than an arrow. Of course, there was one advantage, and that was that the shooting speed was quite stable and the accuracy was very high.

At this time, Yang Lin remembered the technique used by the fresh inferior to make bows and arrows. They used wood, horns, tendons, silk, bones, glue and many other materials to make the bow and arms. If this method of making a bow arm was combined with a strong crossbow, the result would be even better.

"The range of the crossbow is mainly dependent on the arms and bowstring of the crossbow. In order to increase the range and power of the crossbow, one can only think from the arms and bowstring. Fellow craftsmen, is there anything you can do? "

The dozen craftsmen, on the other hand, were experienced and knowledgeable, proposing many ideas at once. Everyone unanimously felt that beef tendons were the most suitable type for bowstrings. In order to increase the tension of the bowstring, it could even increase the number of beef tendons and twist them together. As for the bow and arms, they were very different, so he put forward a lot of methods. Seeing that they couldn't think of any effective methods, Yang Lin gave them an idea.

"Blacksmiths, look and see if you can glue the bamboo pieces together with the wood pieces, or add the iron pieces together to make a multi-layered composite strong arch. Then, use your bull's horn to make a thin piece and stick it onto the inside of the bow arm. With animal tendons, stick to the outside of the bow arm. The function of the tendons and horns was to increase the elasticity of the strong arch's arm, allowing the arrow to shoot with greater speed and penetrate even deeper. Wrap them tightly with a thread to make them firmer. "