She did not doubt Liu Feng's words, but she just couldn't understand how Liu Feng could know so many things that she never knew.
Like this caltrop, she had read many military books, but had never seen it in any of them.
"By the way, caltrops can also be used with horse traps, and can also be used against infantry. You can study these things yourself."
Linghu Xiaoshan nodded.
"However, what the Fengling Army lacks most right now is ironware. We can barely meet the daily maintenance needs of weapons, but I'm afraid we can't produce them on a large scale."
Linghu Xiaoshan expressed her doubts.
"This question?"
Liu Feng thought for a moment.
"This way, you can raise funds from the public. Every blacksmith shop must have some in stock, including discarded farm tools from the common people."
"As long as we make it clear to the people that this is prepared to defeat the Northern Barbarians, I think they will donate generously."
Liu Feng suggested with a smile.
Linghu Xiaoshan was stunned again. Yes, there was no iron in the army, but the people in the city did. If every family contributed one kilogram of iron, that would be an astronomical figure.
Although Dali restricted the circulation of important items such as iron among the people, every family still had an urgent need for it, and blacksmith shops were even more cunning.
"Good idea."
Linghu Xiaoshan smiled and was about to write it down when she looked up at Liu Feng again.
"What's wrong?"
"If we had a military advisor as clever as you in our army, we wouldn't have to worry about defeating the Northern Barbarians."
Long Zhu had tried to recruit Liu Feng before, wanting him to be a Lang Jiang, but Liu Feng refused.
Linghu Xiaoshan knew that Liu Feng would not join the Fengling Army, and since she was engaged to Liu Feng, she gave up the idea of ​​recruiting Liu Feng.
He could see that Liu Feng had great ideals in his heart.
"If I really were your military advisor, do you think the Fengling Army would still need to exist?
Liu Feng smiled faintly. For someone with his talent and knowledge, if he were given an army of tens of thousands, it would be enough to sweep across the world.
Besides, how could the emperor trust such a person?
You wish.
Linghu Xiaoshan became a little angry after hearing this.
"What happened to my Fengling Army?"
"Every member of the Fengling Army is a brave warrior, capable of fighting ten enemies at once. They are one of the strongest forces in the entire Dali Dynasty."
"They are the elite among the elite."
"In that case, why are you asking me?"
"Take 5,000 Fengling soldiers out of the city and see if you can repel the Northern Barbarians?"
Linghu Xiaoshan was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to refute.
For some reason, she had led the Fengling Army for several years, and had fought in countless battles, big and small, and had always been invincible.
But in front of this guy, it really seems worthless.
"Okay, I'll give you another weapon to defend the city."
"This thing is called a bed crossbow."
"But I want to make it clear that I cannot give you the blueprints for this thing, and your military craftsmen are not allowed to copy it."
"Five days later, you can send someone to pick it up."
"I'll prepare twelve of these crossbows for you. Each one is enormous. Install them on the city walls, and their lethality will exceed 500 steps."
"Is there something so powerful?"
"Wait, you are not kidding."
"Five hundred steps, how is this possible?"
The powerful Xiaoshan has not recorded what Liu Feng said, but she is extremely sensitive to the words "five hundred steps".
This is not a killing weapon, it is a divine weapon.
You have to know that the current bow and arrow can only shoot a hundred steps at most. Even if you stand on the city wall and look down, the maximum range is one hundred and twenty steps.
Five hundred steps, what does this mean?
She absolutely didn't believe that there was a bow and arrow that could shoot so far.
Think about it, when the Northern Barbarians start to charge, our crossbow arrows can hit them, and the enemy archers will fall down before they even draw their bows.
"That's right, at least five hundred steps. The advantage of this thing is that it gives you the upper hand. It's up to you to decide how to use it to its maximum value."
"But I can't let you take this thing away. After this battle, you have to return it to me."
"Can you do it?"
Linghu Xiaoshan couldn't believe it. He could no longer listen to what Liu Feng said.
All he was thinking about was how to get Liu Feng to give him the drawings of this technology.
It would be great if it could be promoted in the army of Dali, and the army of Dali would be invincible.
Liu Feng doesn't want an official position.
What about the silver?
There must be no one in the world who is not greedy for money.
"Liu Feng, can you please leave the bed crossbow behind?"
"I can petition His Majesty to purchase these twelve machines and the blueprints for ten thousand gold coins."
As a general, he was well aware of the strategic value of this crossbow that could shoot five hundred steps.
Even if half of the national treasury was given to Liu Feng, she felt it was worth it.
Liu Feng frowned.
It's his habit all along.
What he hates most is someone negotiating conditions with him.
Even if it's his own woman, it's not allowed. This is not male chauvinism, it's a matter of principle.
If the technology leaks out, the whole world will know about it sooner or later, and then it will be the common people who will be killed and harmed.
To put it bluntly, in the end, it is the common people who suffer in war.
"I already said, no."
Liu Feng flatly refused, leaving Linghu Xiaoshan no room for maneuver.
Seeing Linghu Xiaoshan's still longing eyes.
Liu Feng said directly: "If you really want my bed crossbow, then I don't need to lend you these twelve."
"No, no, no."
"I don't want it anymore."
Linghu Xiaoshan immediately changed her attitude.
In fact, the bed crossbow does not have much technical content and its power is just so-so. It is actually nothing to give it to her.
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