Chapter Eighteen: New-Style Weapons

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  "Good, good, indeed good! Send it to the arsenal and let them make a full effort!" General Robert looked at the blue cloth strip in his hand with great interest, overjoyed, excited, and couldn't help but praise.

  The soldier took over the blue cloth strip stained with blood and was about to leave when he was stopped by the general.

  "Halt, gather all the blacksmiths from nearby towns and complete mass production of new weapons in a short time. This is my general's token, see to it! No mistakes are allowed!" General Robert commanded.

  "Yes sir!" The soldier took over the token and quickly left.

  "Haha, this kid Rayn is a genius, how come I didn't think of that?" General Robert muttered to himself, he couldn't help but feel delighted whenever he thought of Rayn, the surprises this kid brought him were endless.

  On the city wall of Bian Guan, everyone including Lain was covered in blood, holding military knives and looking majestic. Among them, Rus and Dakota were shirtless, with sweat dripping from their faces from time to time.

  "Hurray!" This is everyone's heart voice, finally can have a big battle.

  Raine led over 400 people, after the intense battle just now, more than 100 casualties, but they repelled countless enemy attacks and killed thousands of enemies.

  The parapet of the city wall was piled up with dense corpses of soldiers, making the entire city wall much higher and adding to the eerie atmosphere. This is war, a cruel war.

  The north wind howled by, its sound mournful and dismal, as if the wronged souls of these soldiers were bellowing in anger, protesting against this world...

  Outside the main city wall of Bian Guan, the army of the Kaisa Empire began to retreat to the outer moat, forming a battle array and waiting for another charge order.

  Tens of thousands of troops have begun to disperse, and a crazy attack has been launched simultaneously on the border towns along the line for over 100 miles. Especially in the main city tower of the border town, more than 20,000 troops have gathered, including more than 1,000 cavalrymen.

  The terrain of the Xia Hai Guan is treacherous, with either high mountains and steep cliffs or deep valleys and waterfalls nearby. The area around the main city gate is relatively flat, with a natural waterfall forming a moat that protects the city. The river surface is narrow, making it slightly easier to cross and attack the city. In other areas, even before entering the city walls, thousands of soldiers would be lost.

  As the sky gradually brightened, the scattered Caesar army regrouped in front of the main city gate tower, preparing to launch another frenzied attack.

  The two armies stood facing each other like this for a long time, as if they had agreed to do so. The hail of arrows and the catapults also stopped, and the scene was eerily quiet.

  The soldiers on the city wall began to clean up the scene, after a fierce battle that lasted all night, the bodies of the soldiers were piled up densely, the scene was gruesome, but the soldiers of the military knife team drank wine and gnawed dry rations, their appetite was still very good, while some soldiers from other teams had already started vomiting.

  The soldiers of the castle, with ropes tied around their waists, were repairing the damaged walls, not worried about Caesar's army in the distance. It was as if the war between empires had formed a kind of tacit understanding. As a modern person, Rain was extremely puzzled by this strange phenomenon.

  "Report! Captain Rain, the reinforced crossbow you ordered has arrived. Please inspect it!" Suddenly, a report came in, startling Rain who was deep in thought.

  "Whoa, so fast!" Rain exclaimed in surprise.

  The crossbow is easy to operate, with even force and high accuracy. Its penetration power is several times stronger than that of an ordinary longbow, and it also has a repeating device.

  "Not bad, very good!" He picked up a crossbow, an enhanced crossbow, and Rain was fascinated by it, excitedly not knowing what to say.

  The arrow shafts equipped with the crossbow are also made of special materials, which are much longer than ordinary arrow shafts. The workmanship of the arrow feathers is also very fine, and the arrowheads are triangular with inverted thorns.

  "How many were made in total?" Rain asked.

  "It's currently 300 shields, 15,000 arrows, and the rest are still being made. General said that if you have any other requests or need new weapons made or improved, you can find him anytime."

  "Oh, if I were still alive, I would!" Rayn said.

  The soldiers heard his words and burst out laughing, temporarily forgetting that they were still in a dangerous situation.

  Raines distributed these crossbows among those archers and personally demonstrated operational procedures.

  Suddenly, a mournful cry came from the moat near the city wall hundreds of meters away. A patrolling soldier fell to the ground with a long arrow stuck in his chest and more than an inch of the arrowhead protruding from his back. He struggled constantly before finally closing his eyes reluctantly.

  "What?!" The Caesar camp began to fall into chaos, soldiers started to retreat in terror, too terrifying, the range of the bow and arrow was only a hundred meters away, but where did this strange bow and arrow come from? Was it...

  Originally, some of the soldiers who first came into contact with the crossbow, one of them lost control during operation and shot an arrow flying towards the enemy without a clear target.

  "Ah?" The soldiers defending the city were also stunned, and the arrow shot out due to operational error had a range of several times that of an ordinary bow and arrow. Everyone was extremely excited, waving their arms and shouting loudly.

  "What are you still dazing about? Fire at me!" Reyn shouted, then gave the order to shoot.

  Three hundred soldiers, standing in formation, holding reinforced crossbows, at an angle of forty-five degrees, firing simultaneously, a hail of arrows whizzing through the air towards the distant army of the Caesar Empire.

  The soldiers of the Caesar Empire had not yet recovered when they heard the whizzing sound of arrows flying through the air.

  "Ah... Ah... Ah..."

  A chorus of screams erupted, even the soldiers holding shields with high vigilance were stunned, because the penetrating power of the arrows was so great that they actually penetrated through the shields...

  The army of the Czar Empire began to retreat frantically, with soldiers in front forming three rows, holding thick shields, but the arrows shot by the reinforced crossbows had different forces and ranges, some even shooting hundreds of meters away.

  The enemy troops were in a state of confusion and disorder, and when they finally calmed down, the defending soldiers' arrows had almost run out. In an instant, the enemy suffered casualties of four to five thousand men, which shows just how powerful the reinforced crossbows were.

  The General's Tent in the Garrison of the Border Town

  "Hahaha..." When General Robert learned of the crossbow's power, he laughed again with joy, his face beaming with delight, his eyes shining brightly, as if he had become many years younger.

  "The enhanced crossbow of the new-style weapon is just fierce. Hmph, this time let's see how long you can last, Caesar Empire! Haha!" General Robert said.

  "Tell the officers of the arsenal to speed up the production of crossbows, especially the arrows. They must use the best materials, do you understand?" Then General Robert gazed at the soldier who came to report and instructed him.

  "Yes sir!" The soldier said and hastily left the tent.