Chapter 1616: Catapult

Two days passed, and in these two days, Baifeng finished making the Catapult; although it looked very crude, and the tree bark had not even been peeled off, there was no problem with its practicality.

Afterwards, he did a distance test, added stones into the pouch, aimed towards the direction of Changyang Mountain and threw them a few times, confirming its throwing distance and its accuracy.

It was indeed not accurate enough; Baifeng did not expect such a rough product to have very good performance, but its distance was far enough. As long as they pushed it as close to the foot of the mountain as possible, its projectile range could completely hit the Xingtian Tribe soldiers on the hillside, which was also exactly the location where they were most gathered and most densely packed.

Xuanyuan was also quite shocked that such a simple structure could erupt with such power. If there were so many Huaxia Artisans, it would be extremely simple to make some on the spot on the battlefield to attack their Xuanyuan Tribe.

However, Huaxia also discovered some problems, which was that the initial velocity of the throw was relatively slow, and combined with the long distance, it was not very feasible for Huaxia's Bomb to be put into the pouch, then ignited, and then launched, because the Bomb was highly likely to explode in mid-air, causing the power to be greatly reduced.

Therefore, they had no choice but to dismantle some Bombs, then remake the Fuse, and tie the Fuses of all the Bombs together to extend a main Fuse; in this way, they could carry out the throwing of the Bombs more calmly.

As for whether the throwing force would be too great, causing the Bomb to shatter directly upon landing and fail to explode, there was no need to worry about this problem, because the dead weight of the Bomb was not high, unlike a stone, which had a gravity bonus when landing, so it would cause greater destructive power; the Bomb would definitely be subjected to impact when it landed.

However, in order to transport enough shrapnel, the paper wrapped outside the Bomb package was quite thick, and paper was a very peculiar substance; if you threw a book down from a hundred-meter height, it would not shatter, this was its characteristic, and if you pasted paper into thick cardboard, its strength was also quite high.

Furthermore, Huaxia had long ago conducted experiments that using a Catapult to throw a Bomb was no problem; after all, there were many Catapults in Huaxia City, and the combination with the Bomb was a tactic that had existed a long, long time ago, and it was also one of the subjects that Huaxia Soldiers needed to train in.

The people of the Xingtian Tribe were also observing the movements of Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Alliance at all times; they currently had a great disadvantage, so they dared not take the initiative to attack. Once they made a move, the fact that Slaves were mixed into their massive Soldier ranks would be exposed, so they had to remain steady and stay hidden.

Moreover, they were still waiting for reinforcements from the surrounding tribes; in these two days, support from two more distant tribes had arrived, but the number of people was still very small, and adding the existing Soldiers, they were still in a disadvantaged position.

Shennong was quite angry about this; he completely did not understand why his own tribe did not come to support him with all their might. Could it be that they just wanted to watch the Shennong Clan perish?

Ting'ao met the arriving envoy again and learned from the envoy that the main forces of Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe had all arrived at the foot of the mountain, and their numbers were extremely large; Changyang Mountain was in imminent danger, and the Tribal Chief asked Ting'ao for troops again.

Upon hearing this, Ting'ao already knew what he should do. Since the destruction of the Shennong Clan was a foregone conclusion, there was no need for him to worry about a tribe that was about to be destroyed; he still had to worry about how to keep his own tribe firmly protected.

Therefore, he killed the envoy again. The tribesmen were puzzled: "Tribal Chief, why kill him again? If we don't go, will Shennong really not blame us? When the time comes for him to punish us, I'm afraid..."

Ting'ao was quite resolute: "At this time, if we are going to do it, we should do it thoroughly. Don't be afraid of Shennong, and don't be afraid of Huaxia and Xuanyuan. We have already decided to defect to Huaxia and Xuanyuan, so don't worry about Shennong's punishment."

"In the current situation, does Shennong still have the ability to manage us? I'm afraid that by the time we bring our Soldiers over, Huaxia and Shennong will have already started the war; bringing a few hundred people will likely have no impact on the final result."

"But if we firmly stand on the opposite side of Shennong now, the possibility of Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe winning will be greater, and in this way, we can be considered helpful to them, and naturally, they won't treat our tribe too badly afterwards."

"Tribal Chief, then what do you mean? We are now taking our Soldiers to help Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe to fight Shennong?"

Ting'ao did not hesitate: "You go, mobilize our Soldiers, the Soldiers who can go on an expedition, bring food and Weapons and set off. However, we won't go to help Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe first; I want to see if Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe really have a chance to defeat Shennong."

"If there is no problem, then I will take our Soldiers to negotiate; if they have no hope at all, then it would be better to go and help Shennong first."

"Alright, alright, Tribal Chief, I'll go arrange it now!"

Shennong was still looking forward to having more Soldiers join in to help him resist Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe together, but now it seemed that the possibility was not high.

Moreover, looking at these few days, the Soldiers of Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe basically never left their camp; they did not go out to hunt, nor did they go out to find water. This made both Shennong and Xingtian suspicious. Did they really not need to eat food or drink water? How did they survive?

Also, there were many cattle in their camp. Xingtian and Shennong guessed that this might be one of their food sources, because livestock could eat Grass that humans could not eat; they could get full just by eating it, and humans could slaughter the cattle to obtain food.

It was just that the number of their cattle did not look very large either; even if they were all slaughtered, it would not be enough for so many people to eat for too long. Why were they not short of food?

Those cattle mooed incessantly every day, which made Shennong quite irritable. When he slept at night, he had the feeling that the people of Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe would suddenly rush up and pull him out of his bed; he could not sleep soundly.

And just today, Soldiers came to report again, saying that the people of Huaxia and the Xuanyuan Tribe had made a strange thing, like rotten wood, but it could cause damage to very far places, just as if they were using something to throw stones far away.

At first, they did not pay attention to that thing, until the stone flew over and smashed into the ground, stirring up a cloud of smoke; only then did they notice this strange thing, which was powerful and quite terrifying.