Novoland: Eagle Flag Chapter 2: Eastern Continent Secret Envoy Seven

The feather arrow made a shrill whistling sound in the night sky, and plunged into the target a hundred steps away with a "bang". When the warrior rushed to get the arrow, the tail of the arrow was still trembling slightly.

The samurai took off the cowhide that was shot by the arrow, walked back quickly, and presented it on his knees. King Taigor Khan carefully looked at the cowhide that hit the arrow, and nodded with satisfaction. This piece of leather is densely glued together with five layers of raw cowhide, and the long sharp arrow pierced through five layers of cowhide at one time, half of the arrowhead gleamed darkly on the back of the cowhide.

"The Great Khan tried to pull out the arrow." The black-clothed servant whispered behind him, his voice was hoarse, and it sounded unspeakably uncomfortable.

The Great Khan grabbed the cowhide with one hand and the arrow tail with the other, and pulled it out with all his strength. The arrow did not come out, but his hand holding the cowhide slipped away. The Great Khan frowned and stared at his aching hand. King Taigor the Great Khan was also a warrior when he was young, but his physical strength was still good when he was old, and he was really surprised that he could not draw an arrow.

The servant in black took the cowhide. He seemed to have a small knife hidden in his palm, and a cold light turned silently. The cowhide was cut open, and the entire arrowhead was exposed in front of people. It was a thin, pointed thorn twice as long as an ordinary arrowhead, with a raised spine and barbs on both sides of the blade.

"The King Khan is not the only one who can't pull out this kind of arrow. The barb will bite the leather. Unless the cowhide is completely torn, no one can do anything." The servant in black held the arrow and handed it to the onlookers King Suha Khan and King Gele Khan, "The effect will be better when shot at people."

King Suha the Great Khan lightly stroked the arrow thorns. He was also a person who had been in battle, but when he stroked this strange sharp arrow, he was in awe, as if there were some small thorns on it. finger.

"It's a vicious arrow," he whispered to himself.

"The Great Khan had better not touch it." The servant in black stretched out his hand to stop him, "This arrow is not made of forged steel. Half of it is copper, and the copper will corrode after a long time. The thorns will naturally contain copper poison!"

King Suha the Great Khan was so startled that he threw away the arrow, and King Taigor the Great Khan had already caught the arrow in the air.

"It's useless!" He growled at his younger brother, "I didn't shoot you!"

He then turned to the servant in black: "Half of the arrow is made of copper, and the arrow thorn is so long that it is easy to break. The arrow is useless when it is shot out. It cannot be forged, but it can only be cast with a mold. How much does the arrow cost?"

The black-clothed servant smiled hoarsely: "In terms of cost, this arrow is more than three times that of ordinary spike arrows. This is an imitation of the armor-penetrating arrow 'pine needle' of the Eastern Jin and Northern Izumo Cavalry Army, but we The barb was added and the ridge was thickened. The Izumo cavalry army has been using pine needle arrows for nearly 20 years. The northern Jin Dynasty can afford this cost, and so can the Great Khans.”

King Taigor the Great Khan gave him a cold look, then turned around and began to walk up and down, twirling the sharp arrow in his hand silently.

"King Khan, if you want to dominate the grassland, don't be reluctant to spend money. If you don't use this arrow, it may be okay if you are against the white wolf regiment going up to the north. If you face the tiger and leopard cavalry in Qingyang one day, other arrows will be fine Don’t think about doing anything. I’ve seen the armor of tiger and leopard riders. The inside is lined with leather and the outside is made of forged steel. Ordinary arrows, even if they shoot through the steel, will bite to death in the leather. Only this kind of stabbing arrow , the arrowhead is long and thin, so it can be hit with one blow." He sneered, "If it is shot from the chest, the length of the arrowhead is just right to send the copper poison to the heart."

"Okay! Start working as soon as possible, when can our warriors start practicing this stabbing arrow?"

"It takes three months to make blueprints, make models, and temper iron and copper in large quantities. However, the arrows for practice can be made within ten days. Counting ten arrows for each warrior , we need 500,000 arrows, equivalent to 6 gold baht, about 50,000."

"50,000 pieces?" Gele Khan blurted out, "The wild wormwood cut from our grasslands can also be used to make arrows. You actually need 50,000 gold baht to make a batch of arrows?"

"I came from afar for the merits of the Great Khan. The Great Khans are unwilling to build it, and I don't persuade it. But I heard that Prince Bimogan just invited 20 people from the East Luchun Kingdom to the tent. A blacksmith from the Khan helped make the armor, and a piece of high-grade Chunguo steel armor cost more than a hundred gold baht. I wonder if King Gele Khan’s Wild Artemisia arrows can penetrate Bimogan’s armor?"

"What nonsense?" Taigel stretched out his arms to fend off his younger brother, "My family is paying for the 50,000 gold baht. You save your money to curry favor with women and buy Dong Lu's gadgets Go! Gele, I heard that the glazed pagoda in your tent is very exquisite? Wait for someone’s sword to chop off your head, and your exquisite treasure will belong to them! Your woman serving others may be better than serving others. You are still working hard."

"I... I can't say no money..." Gele's face flushed red, "But... Guo Leer is still our younger brother, and decades have passed since he became the maharaja , does he really want to turn back and harm his brothers?"

"Yes, brother. Although Erlu and Bimogan have made great contributions to destroying the Zhenyan tribe and returned, Erlu has become the Great Khan. But our side is not useless. My elder brother is enthroned to participate in politics, and Xu Dahan now holds all the documents for the population of cattle and sheep outside the capital city. Mustang." Suha said cautiously, "Is it too far to worry that Guo Leer will join forces with Bimogan and Erlu to deal with us? If you spend so much money to build bows and arrows, if Guo Leer Perceive..."

"It's all nonsense!" Taigel spat viciously on the ground, "You guys who don't wink are all fooled by that white-eyed eagle of Guo Leer! Back then, the Chao clan supported him, and the rest of us His power is no match for him, and he bowed his head to him. He promised that he became a maharajah, brothers are still equal, eat the same food, wear the same clothes, and we don't have to salute him. But you have seen it all these years, Food and clothing are the same, but what is this small favor? We have no control over the political affairs of the tribe. Our slaves and warriors are not allowed to enter the northern capital casually. We have no part in going to war. Now only the maharaja of Qingyang is known on the grassland. , who else remembers you, Suha, you, Gele, and me, Taigor?"

With force in his hand, he snapped the stabbing arrow: "Participating in politics, enthroned on the bed, and wild horses, these are just bullshit! Guo Leer gave all the actual benefits to Erlu and Bimogan, Let Bimogan and Erlu go out together, and today even the tiger and leopard riders are given to Erlu. Tiger and leopard riders! Aren’t you afraid that one day the jagged saber will cut your necks?”

"This..." Gele hesitated, "Could it be that Guo Leer has decided to pass on the position of Maharaja to Bi Mogan? Then we still support Xu Dahan...how about..."

"Joke!" Taigel sneered, "How much money have we invested in Xu Dahan these years? How much Bi Mogan hates us, now you go back to shoot Bi Mogan's nephew's horse Fart, is it too late? What's more, he already has the Chao family's generals and Erlu to support him, and he doesn't lack you, the Great Khan of Gele. Among them, the most cunning is Guo Leer! He can think clearly It is clear that he can pass the position of Maharaja to any son, but he will not leave the power to us brothers!"

"No need to say any more!" He threw the broken arrow into the soil, "Immediately start building this kind of arrow and equip our warriors. We will catch more wild horses on Huoleiyuan!"

The servant in black carefully pulled out the broken arrow from the soil without saying a word, put it in his sleeve, and laughed a few times: "This is the first time that pine needle arrows have appeared on the grasslands of Beilu. Don’t leave any clues for people to discover. When the rain of arrows from Pine Needle Arrows hits the enemy cavalry one day, let it shock Bei Lu!”

King Taigor Khan stared at him coldly for a while with a pair of brown eyes: "Okay! You are fine!"

"One more thing." The servant in black said, "According to our scout reports, there seems to be a group of Dong Liu people active on the grassland recently."

"Dong Liu people?" Taigel became alert, "Do you know them? Are they our friends or enemies?"

"There are no definite clues to catch them so far. They are just wandering around and have not approached the northern capital. But they will not be simple people who can escape from the sight of our scouts. At least, their purpose It is different from my intention."

Tigore was silent for a moment: "Check this matter carefully."

"Yes!"