Chapter 23 Logging in danger
The relocation of the mountain village began in the evening. A famous bandit carried some important supplies along the mountain road, but did not walk on the main road. At this time, Cao's army probably learned that Cao Ren's death was because he had taken the main road.
The location of Xinshanzhai is still uncertain, but it must be left as soon as possible. It is not unreasonable that Wei Yue and others were able to survive under the pursuit of Cao's army over the years.
Liu Yi silently polished a wooden arrow. The wooden arrow he used had not made any contribution before. He was on the battlefield and faced with Cao's army, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart. If Cao Ren had not been stuck there, things would not have reached this point now.
However, Liu Yi was not very satisfied with the Mu Jian. The attribute bonus was too small, which really made people unable to get excited.
After all, what he made now is basically attributed, and usually more than one attribute is good, so in Liu Yi's view, a wooden arrow with sharp + 2 attributes was a failed work.
Before, he did not compare the crossbows when he was doing the crossbows, but he just polished them based on his own guesses. But now it is different. There are many crossbows in this village that can be used as reference objects, so Liu Yi is preparing to take advantage of the opportunity of cooperation between the two parties to create a good self-defense crossbow arrow for himself.
However, the workmanship of the crossbow machine is relatively complicated, and the materials required to build a good crossbow machine are very sophisticated. Although there are ready-made crossbow machines here, there is no material suitable for making crossbows.
Liu Yi didn't just want to simply copy a crossbow. There are records of crossbows in the Mohist mechanisms, which can fire nine arrows in a row, but the material must be bronze, and ordinary wood is difficult to withstand the operation of those mechanisms.
My wooden crossbow has the attribute of range +4, so it is enough for temporary self-defense.
"Sir, you're almost gone, it's time for me to get up!" Wei Yue came to Liu Yi's side, looked at the arrow in Liu Yi's hand in confusion and said.
"Okay!" Liu Yi packed up the dozen arrow shafts and corresponding arrow clusters around him, and did the rest of the way.
After getting on the carriage prepared by the "Young Master" for him, the group began to march into the forest.
The carriage is far less comfortable than the donkey cart I used to ride. It is also a mountain road, and it is stumbling along the way. After several times, it almost made the crossbow material that Liu Yi made for most of the night was wasted.
After a long time, he finally finished the three arrow clusters. Liu Yi looked at the attributes, sharp +5, armor-breaking +4.
The three crossbow arrows have similar attributes, basically with sharpness and armor-breaking effects. As for their power, they have not been used yet, and I don’t know how powerful it is.
Just as Liu Yi was preparing to assemble the third crossbow arrow, the sudden riot from behind made Liu Yi temporarily give up his thoughts and walk out of the bumpy carriage.
"What happened?" Liu Yi grabbed a bandit and asked.
The bandit shook his hand away and said angrily: "Cao army has set fire to the mountain, run away!"
Set fire to the mountains!?
Liu Yi widened his eyes in shock. This was really cruel.
Funiu Mountain is not big or small. Within a radius of dozens of miles, it is not only a group of bandits like Wei Yue, but even many mountain people live in it. Cao's army is trying to kill them all!
Wei Yue hurriedly rode his horse to the 'Young Master' and bowed and said, "Young Master, you have investigated everything, and Cao's army is setting fire!"
"Can't break through?" The young master frowned and asked, "Since you set fire to attack the mountain, it's because you're not enough troops."
After all, the Cao army obviously hasn't found their exact location in the mountains of dozens of miles. No matter how many troops the Cao army has, it is impossible to send large troops to siege for a group of bandits. Therefore, setting fire to the mountains is cruel, but it is the most economical and affordable way.
"It's too far. When we arrive at the foot of the mountain, the fire will probably be out of control. At that time, Cao's army will only need hundreds of people to stop our army." Wei Yue said with a wry smile.
I shouldn't have killed Cao Ren!
Liu Yi sighed when he heard this. If Cao Ren had not died, the Cao army would not have fought a lot because of a group of bandits. He was Cao Cao's relatives and a relatively powerful general in the Cao family. Now that he was killed, the Cao army would definitely ask for an explanation.
Although he did not take action throughout the whole process of killing Cao Ren, and even wanted to help the other party escape from the trap later, Cao Jun must have ignored this reason.
Liu Yi rubbed his temples with some distress. Now it seems that it is not the time to think about this issue. The most important thing now is how to survive. Breaking through is death. If you don’t break through, you will have to be burned to death when the fire comes up.
Looking at the smoke columns rising in the distance, the temperature on the mountain seemed to have risen a lot at this moment.
"Hurry, let's cut down all the trees around you, don't let the fire burn here!" Liu Yi came to Wei Yue and said to Wei Yue.
Cut off the fire source first to at least ensure that it will not be burned here.
As for the later incident, after Cao's army burned all the plants and trees on the mountain, they found that they were no longer caring about so many places.
When the young master and Wei Yue heard this, they nodded. They couldn't break through now and were unwilling to die. What Liu Yi said may not be useful. Even if the fire could not be burned, if the entire mountain was burned, the scorching temperature alone could suffocate them to death here, but it would be better than doing nothing.
At this moment, a group of bandits seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw and began to cut down crazily. The trees were cut off and threw them randomly on the ground, which was difficult to deal with.
"Split some people and cut off the branches of these trees. I'll make some studs to see if I can make a simple wooden wall before the fire comes." Liu Yi looked at the trees that were gradually piled up. If the fire comes, these trees will ignite and they will die faster.
Wei Yue and the others had no choice but to do as Liu Yi said at this moment. Although it might not be of use, at least they could do something and not have random thoughts.
Liu Yi had some hope in his heart. He remembered that when his courtyard was completed, there was a building complex attribute, which was fire protection. Although he didn't know how effective this fire protection attribute was, it was better than waiting to be burned to death here.
At present, Liu Yi chose Le a piece of wood, took out tools, and started to make some parts. He has been studying the Mohist art in the past two days. His knowledge is profound and profound, and it is definitely not something that can be understood during a while. However, the Mohist art emphasizes the integration of the components, which is the combination of the components of the mechanism, and is not fixed by nails or ropes, but the parts are made into a linkage interface. Similar to high-end building blocks, they can be assembled with each other. The things made are not only beautiful but also strong.
Chapter completed!