The female prisoner was fierce

Chapter 6 The First Appearance of Pulley Systems

The night passed quickly.

Nothing happened.

After a full night's rest, the female criminals were in significantly better condition than the day before.

At least my steps are no longer so unsteady, and I can definitely last through a small battle.

After washing up and having breakfast, Xiao Jianyang ordered training to continue, but at a much lower intensity, in order to build up physical strength for tonight's night raid on Qinglong Village.

At this moment, Li Tiezhu also arrived with his men.

There were a full 11 strong and muscular men.

Several carried fine bows and quivers, while others held triangular steel forks. They wore different clothes and all had indignant expressions.

"Lord Xiao, this is the best fighter in our village."

Li Tiezhu came up to me and spoke, his eyes were somewhat sunken, clearly indicating that he hadn't slept all night.

"Um."

After scanning the room, Xiao Jianyang nodded slightly.

"The team is fairly complete. How many of you are skilled archers?"

Li Tiezhu:

"My lord, apart from me, the others are not so great. The bows and arrows they carry are from earlier stockpiles, but they are all quite strong."

Indeed, although most of them are very thin, they must have strength from doing farm work all year round.

Xiao Jianyang pondered for a moment, then gave the order:

"Except for you, take all the bows and arrows from the rest of the men and distribute them to the women's army."

"You will be temporarily assigned to the personal guard, and will obey my orders. You will be used in critical moments."

Li Tiezhu:

"This…"

I hesitated a bit, but after thinking about it, I agreed:

"Yes, Lord Xiao."

Do as instructed immediately.

Although he didn't understand military strategy, he quickly grasped the meaning behind it after a moment's thought.

This way, both male and female soldiers can play their best roles and won't fight alone.

A hint of appreciation appeared in Xiao Jianyang's eyes.

Li Tiezhu is definitely a promising talent; we should keep a close eye on him.

After the organization and weapons were distributed, they were distributed along with the 10 bows that had been temporarily made last night.

At this point, the team had 10 ordinary carpenters and 4 good bows.

Then Li Tiezhu was appointed as the temporary squad leader of this archer squad.

However, it is still not enough.

Xiao Jianyang then found the only carpenter in the village, and after nearly an hour, along with materials such as animal sinew, he finally managed to handcraft a crossbow.

They also managed to add a set of wooden pulleys to maximize the crossbow's lethality.

but…

Li Tiezhu looked at the crossbow in Xiao Jianyang's hand with a puzzled expression:

"Lord Xiao, what is this? Why is it so strange?"

Lin Qingxue, who was supervising the training from the side, also cast a strange glance at him.

"Let me demonstrate, and you'll understand."

"Gather the people together."

Xiao Jianyang answered slowly.

"Yes."

Li Tiezhu immediately carried out the order, while Lin Qingxue gathered all the female soldiers she had trained.

Even Su Wanruo and Chu Yiran, who had been busy with logistics, were watching from a distance, and low murmurs arose from the scene:

"What Lord Xiao is holding looks like a crossbow, but it's so strange, don't you think?"

"That's strange indeed. I've never seen a crossbow with wooden wheels before. What is Lord Xiao trying to do?"

"I heard there will be a demonstration, but while crossbows are powerful, they are limited in number and not particularly rare."

Various puzzled, strange, and curious gazes were cast upon him.

Xiao Jianyang stood before the crowd, offering no further explanation, but instead raising the world's first pulley crossbow, a feat he had painstakingly crafted.

Aim at the trunk of a large tree 50 meters ahead and pull the trigger with your index finger.

Whoosh!!

The crossbow bolt, pre-installed in the firing slot, flew swiftly toward the trunk of the large tree ahead with a piercing whistle and a long afterimage.

With the addition of a set of movable pulleys and Xiao Jianyang's special modifications, the force was nearly doubled.

Under the immense force of inertia, the iron arrowhead easily pierced the tree trunk, followed by most of the arrow shaft, which was completely submerged inside. Finally, it trembled violently and emitted a piercing buzzing sound.

Quiet~~

A deathly silence.

Lin Qingxue, Chu Yiran, Su Wanruo, Chun Ya, and hunter Li Tiezhu.

At the scene, there were all 95 female criminals and 11 men from Lijia Village.

Looking at the crossbow bolt, most of its shaft embedded in the tree trunk, I felt a bit dazed, my mind went blank.

"This...this is..."

Several breaths passed before everyone suddenly realized what was happening and gasped in shock.

"Hiss hiss hiss~~~"

"How can this crossbow be so powerful? The most powerful crossbows I've ever used could only penetrate a small portion of the arrow shaft, but this one has already gone in more than half!"

"Yes, I've heard people say that even military crossbows can only achieve that much, but this strange-looking crossbow in front of us has such terrifying power!"

"All I want to say is, if this were shot on a person, it would pierce their body!"

Upon hearing this, everyone subconsciously switched roles, and then a chill ran down their spines.

After all, they were just ordinary mortals, and they couldn't withstand crossbow bolts that could almost pierce through small tree trunks.

But then...

A glimmer of light gradually appeared in his fearful eyes.

Because with this thing, we have a much better chance of winning the battle against Qinglong Village!

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Xiao Jianyang was about to speak up and give everyone a brief explanation to boost morale.

however.

Just now.

Right now.

"Lord Xiao, something terrible has happened!!"

From the northwest of the snow-covered square in the village, a familiar female shout came.

Immediately afterward, a familiar young woman, dressed in a high-ranking military officer's uniform and carrying an official's sword, came running rapidly from the northwest of the village.

Upon arriving at the village square and standing before Xiao Jianyang, he immediately gripped his knife with both hands and anxiously reported:

"Reporting to Lord Xiao, a group of mountain bandits has been spotted lurking about two miles northwest of the village."

The woman in front of him was Xiao Tao, Lin Qingxue's maid.

Currently, they are temporarily responsible for guarding the area around the village.

"Is there any other information?"

Xiao Jianyang immediately pressed for more information.

"Reporting to Lord Xiao, it's too far away to hear clearly, but I vaguely remember a few words: Qinglong Mountain, snatching women, leaving none alive."

"In terms of numbers, there are 6 people."

Xiao Tao answered quickly but clearly.

"Leave no one alive."

Xiao Jianyang's gaze turned cold again.

It's obvious that these are bandits from Qinglong Mountain.

Although his whereabouts were not exposed, the other party unexpectedly came to his door by sheer coincidence.

"Lord Xiao, what should we do now?"

Lin Qingxue stepped forward, her eyes filled with murderous intent.

The same was true for most of the female prisoners and male villagers in the surrounding area.

Only a very few people instinctively showed fear in their eyes.

Ultimately, they haven't experienced the trials of bloodshed, so it's understandable.

Withdrawing his gaze, Xiao Jianyang decisively gave the order: