wild trail

Chapter 402 Armed Natives
"This city looks like I've seen it somewhere before!" the captain murmured.

Zhou Yan looked at the cylindrical thing on his cell phone, not sure what it was for, but when he heard him muttering something, he couldn't help asking: "What did you find?"

"nothing?"

At this moment, a black shadow suddenly flashed in the field of vision of the telescope, the captain was startled, and quickly moved the telescope to search for that thing again, but nothing was found in the field of vision.

"Captain, look over there!" A team member reminded in a low voice.

In doubt, he pointed the binoculars in that direction and saw what the thing looked like. The captain's eyes suddenly widened with an expression of disbelief.

"This... what kind of monster is this!"

In that abandoned city, on the collapsed city wall, an unknown creature with a gray body and six legs was lying on the pile of rocks, and the monster's fat head didn't even have eyes. The huge mouth full of sharp teeth is tearing at a prey that has long been invisible.

Looking at other places with the telescope, in those dark corners, there are still a few of these things lying motionless on the ground. Obviously, these things have already regarded this abandoned city as their lair.

Putting away the binoculars, the captain had a solemn expression on his face.

"Is that what suddenly appeared here?" The captain asked Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan nodded and said, "That's the thing. The monster is so powerful that wild beasts can't beat it."

"The quantity of these things is too much. Our manpower is not enough at all. We will just die if we go there. Let's go back first and discuss it carefully." The captain suggested.

Zhou Yan was a little disappointed, but quickly adjusted, nodded and said: "Okay! It's dark, it's dangerous here, and you can't stay here overnight."

"Well, let's find a safe place first and return to the tribe early tomorrow morning."

Everyone quietly left the hill, trying not to be discovered by the monsters entrenched there, and left here in a hurry after descending the hill.

After walking for two or three miles, it wasn't until it was completely dark that everyone found a relatively safe place to settle down.

Sitting by the fire, the captain looked at everyone and said, "The monsters are really weird. They look like bugs, but they're not bugs. I've never seen anything like this before."

"Then what should we do? Will we still help them?" Zhou Yu asked.

The captain was silent for a while and said: "Although the monster looks scary, but the beast is a beast after all, as long as we think of a way, we can definitely kill them."

"But we only have so few weapons now. I guess bows and arrows are not effective against them. If we fight them head-on, we will inevitably suffer casualties. We are here to explore, not fight monsters desperately." Someone said worriedly.

Everyone agrees with this sentence very much. No one is willing to take this risk for a small tribe to put themselves in danger, and the atmosphere is extremely dull for a while.

"Why don't we leave here first, explain the situation here to the court after we return to Xia Guo, and let the army handle the situation here." Zhou Yu put forward his own idea.

The captain shook his head and said: "It will take at least a few years, and it is not certain whether the people here will survive. We can gather the surrounding tribes and create a large number of bed crossbows. It’s too big, as long as we can kill them within 20 meters, we’ll set up an ambush and send people to lure those monsters over, as long as a few dozen bed crossbows should be able to kill them.”

Everyone lowered their heads and pondered, thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

"But bed crossbows can't be made in a short while. Dozens of bed crossbows, even if they don't require too much power, based on the conditions here, it will take at least half a year to make them. This is still the most ideal. The situation, if we encounter difficulties, it may take longer, can we stay here for such a long time? We still have our own tasks!" Zhou Yu said in a deep voice, he disagreed with this approach.

The captain smiled and said: "Don't worry about this. The purpose of the imperial court to let us explore is to find something that can bring benefits to Xia Guo. If we can get the help of these people, our task will be much easier. There is no need to go to the westernmost part of the mainland, and as you have seen, the Ministry of Salt knows the location of that metal."

"This..."

Zhou Yu felt a little embarrassed.

Seeing that everyone is still worried, the captain said slowly: "Well, let's try it for a month first. If this method is really difficult to operate, we will give up this plan and try our best to persuade people here to move to summer." Go to the country, and the matter here will be handed over to the imperial court, what do you think?"

Everyone thought about it, and felt that this was a good idea, and a one-month delay would not affect too much, so they all agreed with this plan.

The next day, everyone left here in a hurry, and returned to the residence of the Ministry of Salt in the afternoon.

Zhou Yan called the capable men in the tribe over, and the captain had already explained his plan.

Zhou Yan is also skeptical about whether this plan is feasible, but after all, it is better to have hope than to have no hope. Those monsters reproduce very fast. If it is delayed, there will be no place for humans in the entire mountain range.

Let these capable men contact the rest of the tribes. With the prestige of the Yan Ministry over the years, he believes that the leaders of these tribes should give him a face and come to participate in this discussion.

The warriors who received the order set off immediately with food. The rest of the tribes are some distance away from here. In addition, most of these tribes hide in relatively hidden places and are scattered. It is not easy to notify all the tribes things.

After deciding to stay, the team members lived temporarily in Youyanbu. After getting in touch with each other slowly, the natives fell in admiration for the wisdom of these team members.

Although they are the failed students of the Xia Kingdom, their knowledge is far superior to that of others in this era. Although they are not craftsmen, the miscellaneous books they have read have recorded many mechanical manufacturing methods, even if they are not comprehensive. Under my own research, I still get it out in sevens and eights.

The children in the tribe like the ditties that the team members usually hum when they have nothing to do. This unique melody can draw the distance between each other through singing even if they do not understand the language.

When working, these children surrounded the team members, imitating their appearance, as if they were playing a very interesting game.

As for the woman who was married to Zhou Yu, during this time, he also knew the name of that woman.

Zhou Yan told him that this woman's name was: "Ashgi Lennon, which means a child born by the river."

And Zhou Yu gave her the name of Xia Guo, He Nu.

And in this world, He Nu has been pestering Zhou Yu all the time. Everyone can see that this woman is very interested in Zhou Yu, and that Zhou Yu's fun has become a flavoring agent for the team members in their boring time.

The design of the bed crossbow went smoothly. Although most of Xia's bed crossbows had been eliminated in the army, there were still some samples of this weapon that accompanied the establishment of Xia's country in every city.

Design according to things, which is obviously not a problem for these high-IQ students.

In order to save time, the team members planned to imitate the modular production mode of the Ministry of Industry. For this reason, the team members also specially made a ruler. Although this ruler is not standard, it is barely enough for them.

Drawings are easy to draw, but it is not a simple matter to put them into practice.

What troubled everyone was the shortage of tools. Although the expedition team had axes and even a small saw, these things were too few to work as efficiently as they did in Xiaguo.

There is a saying that there are always more solutions than difficulties. After everyone's discussion, it was decided to use stones instead of saws. Of course, stones are too brittle and cannot be processed into planks. It is processed into rough embryos, and the remaining fine processing is carried out by a small number of metal tools, which can ensure the service life of these precious metal tools.

During the day, the women are responsible for collecting the wild vegetables and fruits around them, and the hunters are responsible for hunting. Those who stay in the tribe become a rare labor force for the expedition team.

The arrival of the expedition team brought new technology to this very primitive small tribe. The appearance of the fire bow brought great convenience to the way of making fire. There will be situations where Mars appears.

Although Yanbu has very primitive fishing techniques, the expedition team gave them the method of fishing with nets, which greatly enriched their diet.

Although the arrival of the team members increased the number of tribes, the technology they brought brought great convenience to these natives. Not only was there no shortage of food, sometimes there was even leftover food.

Ten days later, the liaison warriors who went out returned to Youyan. The leaders of those small tribes had already hated those monsters, and Zhou Yan's prestige among these tribes was also very high. After seeing that there might be a way to eliminate those monsters, they all raised their hands in favor of this method.

And explained that they will send people to the Ministry of Salt in the near future to discuss the specific course of action.

This is undoubtedly good news. As long as these tribes join in, the united humans may really be able to kill those ugly monsters.

In more than ten days, the bed body of the bed crossbow has basically taken shape. Although it looks bulky, the team members all know that Wang Lang and the others used this kind of thing to kill several titan pythons. The power of the crossbow is not enough, and in the case of close range shooting, the large number of crossbow bolts should be able to wipe out those fat monsters in one go.

The bed crossbows made by the team members are different from the bed crossbows in the Xia State army. The bed crossbows used by the Xia State Army are combined with several huge bows, and the power generated is very huge.

But what the team members made is undoubtedly a simplified version. If there is a reference object for comparison, the bed crossbow they made is very similar to a ballista. Although the power is much smaller than that of the bed crossbow, the production process is simplified. Not a lot.

The ballista has a solid bracket, the main beam is placed on the bracket, and two torsion spring groups are installed on both sides of its front end. The spring group is powered by the torsion generated by two tensioned leather ropes or animal tendons. A spring set drives a crossbow arm, the end of which is attached to the bowstring.

There is a dovetail long slot on the upper side of the crossbeam, a slider with a long guide rail can slide back and forth along the long slot, and a set of firing mechanism is installed behind the slider, which can lock and release the bowstring conveniently.

The end of the beam is equipped with a winch, the operator can pull the handle, and the slide is moved by the rope dragging. When the firing mechanism locks the bowstring and pulls it back, the weapon is in the ready state.Although in order to make the operation of the winch less laborious, metal racks can be set on both sides of the beam, which can not only make the work of opening the bow unnecessary, but also adjust the projectile force of the weapon to obtain the required range.

But at present, for the expedition team, metal is too extravagant, so they can only take the next best thing, and replace the metal rack with a wooden circular ratchet.

Although the bed crossbow has been simplified, it is still very difficult to make. This bed crossbow needs nearly a month to prepare, and this is still an experimental product. The material for making it is fresh wood. It can be said that it will not be used a few times. The thing is useless, basically not of much value, but the expedition team didn't use it to arm these natives, as long as those monsters are dealt with, it doesn't matter whether this thing is there or not. If you want to hunt with this thing, the efficiency is not as good as The convenience of being stoned.

And the team members are not worried at all that they will pose a threat to Xia Guo after they master this weapon. With their backward conditions, if they rebel, Xia Guo can send an army of hundreds of people to completely wipe them out.

Time passed slowly in these peaceful and busy days. After a month of hard work, the first bed crossbow, or ballista, which the students made by themselves was completely completed.

Zhou Yan looked at this big guy with a complicated structure, and wondered, "Do Xia people use this kind of weapon?"

The captain shook his head and said: "How can this kind of weapon be used? What we made is incomparable to what Xia Guo's army has. If we show this to the soldiers, it will only be regarded as useless waste."

"Can you show me the power of this thing!" Zhou Yan said with some expectation.

"can!"

As he spoke, he asked the team members to carry the ballista to a relatively spacious open space.

Putting the carbonized and polished crossbow arrows into the groove, Zhou Yu and another team member laboriously turned the winch to pull the crossbow strings to a fixed position.

Listening to the teeth-stinging sound of the crossbow body, everyone was extremely nervous, worried that this simple ballista would break under the huge tension.

But fortunately, when the crossbow string was fixed, nothing particularly serious happened.

"Captain, are you ready, can we start?"

Zhou Yu asked.

The captain nodded and said, "Let's get started!"

(End of this chapter)