After the crossbow is assembled, the natural next step is shooting.
Zhao Bu personally picked up an extra thick, long and heavy crossbow arrow and filled it into the groove on the top of the crossbow.
A soldier immediately sat behind the crossbow and used his hands and feet to pull the mechanical arm. The dense and complex gear set then rotated crazily. With the help of mechanical force, the crossbow arrow was loaded heavily and slowly.
At the same time, the posture of the crossbow also changed. The lying tiger stood up and tilted its head towards the sky.
As a crossbow, of course it needs to be aimed, and this new type of crossbow needs to be fully loaded before it can be freely rotated and adjusted.
"Towards the mountains and forests in the southeast, aim!"
Zhao Bu gave an order, and the sound of the gear set started to rotate again. The soldiers controlled the crossbow to rotate and adjust the direction and height.
"put!"
With a wave of Zhao Bu's big hand, the bow string sounded, and the crossbow arrows shot out through the wind and flew into the distance.
The giant crossbow arrow passed the highest point and began to fall downward, heading towards a mountain forest.
At this moment, the arrowhead of the crossbow clicked and disintegrated automatically. Dozens or hundreds of small arrowheads were shot out from the giant crossbow. They continued to swoop down to the ground unabated, startling a crowd of flying birds.
In the camp, Wang Li, who was looking at this scene from afar, couldn't help but widen his eyes.
When he saw the arrow disintegrated and spit out a bunch of small arrows just now, he thought that the Gongshu family was very innovative this time, and he was waiting for this new weapon to give him a big surprise.
The result...is this?
He didn't see the big surprise, but he got a big one.
Wang Li's eyes immediately turned to Zhao Bu and said in a bad tone:
"Zhao Bu, if this is a joke, it's not funny at all!"
Before Zhao Bu could explain, a series of explosions suddenly sounded in the distant mountains and forests, along with a strong wind and an obvious vibration.
Black smoke rose from the forest, as if it was burning.
Seeing this scene, Wang Li finally understood the effect of this specially made giant crossbow arrow - it turned out to be an explosive arrow.
This is just right!
"Good! Good stuff!"
"Does it have a name?"
Zhao Bu bowed and replied, "I haven't given a name yet."
In fact, Gu Xun was exposed to this kind of crossbow during the research and development stage, and he gave a suggestion at the time - call it the Jericho missile.
Unfortunately, he knew these five words separately, but when put together, he had no idea what the meaning was, so he decisively rejected the proposal.
Gu Xun didn't care either.
Later, Gongshuqiu did not give this thing an official name.
To him, this kind of machine creation is just a gadget. The real romance that belongs to the machine master is the machine beast, so he simply leaves the naming right to the user.
It can be regarded as selling Wang Li, a military giant, as a personal favor.
This old boy has always been a good person.
Wang Li was indeed happy to name this new type of weapon, and he made a decision after pondering for a while:
"In that case, how about calling it...Hundred War God's Crossbow?"
Zhao Bu certainly didn't dare to say anything bad, and immediately praised, "What a good name, the general is wise!"
Wang Li couldn't help but show obvious pride on his face, and then asked, "How many of these things have been transported in total?"
"There are two hundred in total, and they can be assembled and deployed at any time."
Wang Li followed up with the order, "Deploy all these two hundred Hundred War God crossbows around Daze Mountain. Wait until the news comes from the farmers, and coordinate internally and externally."
"My subordinates are obeying orders!"
………………
Outside the Six Sages Tomb in Daze Mountain.
Faced with Gui Gu Zongheng's doubts and accusations, everyone in the farm family had different reactions, and naturally Tian Hu was the first to speak.
Between Tian Yan and Gui Gu Zongheng, he would definitely have no idea to side with his niece - he really couldn't understand how Wei Zhuang and the others could blame his niece for his eldest brother's death.
"I don't have time to play riddles with you. What I want is the truth!" Tian Hu pointed his finger in angrily, not at all polite.
Gai Nie Weizhuang glanced at everyone in the farmhouse. The former stepped forward and said:
"The eldest lady just revealed a truth, and we have another truth here."
Gai Nie talked eloquently and explained in detail, "What the eldest lady said before is true. The wounds on Tian Meng's body did come from the hollow sword, but the wounds were deep on the left and shallow on the right. It can be seen that the murderer used his left hand to attack."
"So what?" Tian Hu asked impatiently.
"Facing a top expert like Tian Meng, even if the opponent is unprepared, if he wants to ensure a one-hit kill, the assassin must use his best hand."
Even Gai Nie wouldn't be able to display much of his strength if he held the sword with his left hand.
The most important thing about a weapon is control, and using your non-dominant hand means completely giving up control of the weapon.
In this way, no matter how powerful the swordsman is, he will be basically useless.
Wei Zhuang continued, "I have fought against the real Shu Lu. People can pretend, but the sword can't lie. Shu Lu's dominant hand is his right hand."
Situ Wanli stepped forward and said doubtfully, "But, all of us are right-handed."
It's a coincidence that none of the top management of the farm are left-handed.
"Ha!" Wei Zhuang chuckled and reminded, "But some people wield swords with both hands."
Everyone's eyes suddenly focused on Ah Ci, who was so frightened that he ran behind Tian Yan and hid.
Guigu Zongheng's words just now pointed the finger at A Ci, and now he directly pointed out his problem.
At this point, everyone's hearts were shaken.
However, Situ Wanli still raised questions:
"There are many masters in the world who are good at wielding left-handed swords, so why must it be... uh, where is this little brother?"
"If you two have doubts, you should at least give some real evidence, right?"
Situ Wanli didn't care about the truth. He only knew that his team was on stand and Tian Yan couldn't be defeated no matter what.
Tian Meng loved whoever killed him!
Wei Zhuang responded with a sneer, "Special swords, combined with special techniques, will leave special wounds."
"The more unique each condition is, the more distinctive the final wound will be."
"For a swordsman, especially a skilled swordsman, the sword mark is his signature, which is difficult to forge and unique."
"So what?" Situ Wanli knew something was wrong, but he still had the courage to question.
Gai Nie asked in a deep voice, "The body of Qu Shang who died under his sword not long ago should still be well preserved, right?"
Although Qu Shang's real cause of death did not lie with A Ci, there were some wounds on his body from General Mo Xie. With a little inspection and comparison, everything would be clear.
As for why Gai and Nie were able to confirm that the sword marks were left by Ah Ci without comparing samples... it was naturally because one of them could recognize it.
Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Tian Zhong also stepped forward to help - originally he would not help Tian Yan, but now that Tian Yan seems to be related to Luo Wang, he can no longer stand by and watch.
"What do you mean by this? Do you want to say that the eldest lady ordered others to kill her biological father? Did she use Luowang's engraved sword!?"
Hearing this, Wei Zhuang and Gai Nie's expressions were very subtle, but unfortunately no one could see it.
Wu Kuang also stepped forward to speak at this time, "The carved sword can be changed hands."
His attitude was very subtle. He seemed to be discussing the matter, but in fact, he was secretly targeting Tian Yan.
For the Chen Sheng brothers, they didn't really want to support Tian Yan in the first place, not to mention that she was now suspected of being involved in a trap.
Situ Wanli quickly retorted, "The Luowang sword slaves are named after their swords, and the sword is their life. How could Shuluo hand over the sword to others?"
At this time, Chen Sheng stepped forward to help his brother and said, "Because there is an iron law in the net, the mission is more important than everything else, including life!"
Tian Yan nodded calmly and said, "Such an inference is indeed possible..."
Then she turned around and looked at Chen Sheng and Chen Sheng behind her, "So you two are more willing to trust outsiders than Tian Yan?"
Chen Sheng replied in a deep voice, "We only believe in the truth!"
Wu Kuang followed up and said, "During the Four Seasons Town War, Luo Wang arranged an ambush against Shadow Secret Guard Zhang Han in Daze Mountain, and Shurou personally took action."
"And when Shurou showed up at the Six Xian Tomb, there were only two people from the farm family who were not in Four Seasons Town. One was Tian Mi, and the other... was you, the eldest lady."
Wei Zhuang lazily interrupted, "Tian Mi was not in Four Seasons Town at that time."
Everyone in the farm family tacitly ignored Wei Zhuang, while Tian Zhong just questioned Wu Kuang:
"Wu Kuang, how can you tell the whereabouts of Shurou so conclusively?"
Wu Kuang smiled and explained, "I... or Mr. Jin, I am the undercover agent arranged by Xia Kui in Luo Sheng."
"Before, I was a first-class assassin in Luowang, so I naturally knew about this operation."
"I see..." Tian Yan murmured softly, "It seems that Manager Wu Kuang's suspicion is indeed justified."
"But haven't you two thought carefully about the source of this chaos?"
"The root cause?" Wu Kuang frowned, a little confused.
What could be the source of peasant chaos but a snare?
Tian Yan gave another explanation at this time, "Guigu is angry and the princes are frightened. If there is no dispute, there will be no strife."
"The Guigu sect always controls the world's chaos with words and words. I originally thought that the two of them are kind-hearted and willing to help each other, so I went specifically to get their support."
"However, I didn't expect that the two of them were just taking advantage of the vacancy of Xia Kuai to stir up the situation, trying to control and use the peasant family to join you in the dead end against the empire."
Tian Yan, who was stabbed blackly by Gui Gu, responded unceremoniously with a wave of insults and slaps on his face, which was not elegant at all.
"This..." Situ Wanli was hesitant to speak at this time.
Although Guigu Zongheng pointed the finger at Tian Yan, which made him very dissatisfied, but he directly fired at these two men... To be honest, he was a little nervous.
If they were angered, there was no telling whether any of them would be able to escape alive.
Compared to Situ Wanli who was hesitant to move forward, Tian Yan was much more straightforward and left no room at all:
"The matter has reached this point. It is a matter of life and death. The affairs of the farm family do not allow others to stir up dissension!"
"From the very beginning of the farm dispute, Gui Gu has been influencing the situation with ulterior motives."
The slandered Wei Zhuang Gai Nie was very calm. The former asked with a smile, "So, the real culprit who killed Tian Meng is not important now?"
Tian Yan thought for a moment and responded, "The Tian family's affairs are a family matter. I really shouldn't trust outsiders."
Her thinking is very clear. Now that Chen Sheng and Wu Kuang have made it clear that they are no longer willing to support her, she must unite the strength of the Tian clan to the greatest extent possible.
Without the Zhu family, no matter what, the vote of Shennongtang is in her hands and she cannot run away.
There was no way that Situ Wanli could side with Chen Sheng, who was closer to the Zhu family.
As long as he wins over Chi Youtang and Gonggongtang, represented by Tian Hu and Tian Zhong, Tian Yan will still have an absolute advantage. Chen Sheng and Kui Weitang alone can't change anything.
Tian Hu agreed very much with Tian Yan's words and immediately gave his approval, "Ayan, you finally said something nice."
For Tian Hu, a fundamentalist supremacist named Tian, Tian Yan's words are absolutely politically correct and must be greatly praised.
Tian Yan continued, "The peasant family will choose its own path and become the most powerful group among the hundreds of scholars."
In this sentence, Tian Yan's ambition is fully exposed, and it also expresses her intention to cooperate with other scholars.
Of course, to be precise, it actually means not cooperating with Mohism and Taoism...at most, adding a political strategist.
The other factions are basically not very active, or they are like the Yin Yang family who are more lone wolves than lone wolves.
As soon as these words came out, Chen Sheng became excited and immediately accused Tian Yan and said:
"The Qinglong Project inherited by Xia Kui is to unite hundreds of families to resist the tyranny of the empire. If you say this, you are clearly betraying the peasant family!"
"Don't forget, Tian Meng is also the inheritor of the Qinglong Project!"
Regarding Chen Sheng's accusation, Tian Yan responded coldly and said nothing.
………………
In Daze Mountain, Zuimeng Tower, Zhang Han rests in the room.
He sat in front of the desk, holding a book in one hand and supporting his head in the other. He didn't know when he fell asleep.
A cold wind blew outside the window, bringing with it a faint sound. Zhang Han seemed to be awakened and opened his eyes.
Looking at the dim sky outside the window, Zhang Han, who had regained his consciousness, had a flash of doubt in his eyes.
Is it already night?
Also, how could I fall asleep without realizing it?
Before he could think more about these two issues, he immediately discovered a new one.
Apart from the faint sound of wind outside, he could hear no other movement at all.
Including the soldiers standing guard outside, there was no movement at all.
Under normal circumstances, there must be at least the sound of breathing!
Without hesitation, Zhang Han immediately walked through the dim room, pushed open the door and saw the armor-piercing soldiers lying on the ground next to the door. They had all encountered unexpected events.
Faced with an unexpected situation, Zhang Han subconsciously wanted to draw his sword. He stretched out his sword and touched something empty before he remembered that his weapons had been taken away.
Without the weapon, his combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and he wonders whether he can deal with hidden threats.
Before he had time to worry about this problem, his heart suddenly began to beat violently, and he felt so weak that his legs almost gave out and he could not stand.
Zhang Han barely managed to stand still by holding on to the door frame, covering his heart with one hand, trying to relieve his discomfort.
He immediately made a judgment - poisoned!
But how?
Could it be wine?
Zhang Han stumbled back into the house while denying this speculation.
No, the wine can't be poisonous, and I've already taken the antidote specially made by Shadow Guard.
Before he could figure out how he was poisoned, the door he pushed open suddenly closed on its own, and several figures appeared around him, surrounding him.
At the same time, more figures appeared outside the window, surrounding Zhang Han in circles.
