Others are fleeing famine, but I am a salted fish

Most of the men in black who were unable to dodge had their arms and legs blown all over the place, with their brains and blood splattered everywhere.

There was also a small number of people who ran fast, covering their heads and running away, crying for their parents.

The leader of the men in black, who had been so arrogant just now, also had his leg blown off in the chaos. He now fell in a pool of blood, wailing and screaming while holding his broken leg that was oozing with blood.

The originally one-sided decline was miraculously reversed. However, after the deafening explosion, everyone's ears were filled with the buzzing sound of cicada-like tinnitus, which stung their heads and made them ache.

The remaining assassins either lost their composure and fled in all directions; or fell to the ground seriously injured with missing limbs, and those with bad luck were blown into pieces, without even a complete body left.

The air was filled with smoke from the explosion, blinding everyone's eyes and making the bloody scene even more horrifying and terrifying.

Lin Xiaoyue quickly checked to see if the space was still there.

Fortunately, I'm still here.

This time, the connection was not disconnected for her inexplicably. As expected, the iron lumps and the charcoal made from nitre, sulfur and wood were all locally produced. As long as no modern objects were used, it would not affect the use of the space.

The others took advantage of this gap, rushed forward with their swords, and quickly finished off those black-clad men who were still breathing hard, missing limbs, and lying on the ground wailing and screaming, and sent them on their way.

After a while, all the remaining men in black on the ground were killed, and the tinnitus in everyone's ears was slightly relieved.

The Seventh Prince was thinking about the iron lump that Lin Xiaoyue had taken out. After putting away his knife, he immediately came to her side and asked, "What was that iron lump just now? Are there any more? Let me take a look."

Lin Xiaoyue spread her hands, indicating that they had all been used up, so how could there be anything left?

Even if I have it, I can’t give it to you.

In the era of cold weapons, it is beyond doubt how destructive the hot weapons are.

As soon as this old man appeared, he had a solemn and fierce aura, and he didn't look like an ordinary person. If the iron lump was given to him, if it was leaked out, it would surely lead to the destruction of lives and the flow of blood.

She dared not do this sin.

The Seventh Prince wanted to pester Lin Xiaoyue to ask her something more, but was quickly carried away by Doctors Lin and Qiao.

Damn it, this old guy is already old, but he still pesters the young girl and asks her all kinds of questions. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that she is unwilling to give it to him, but he still keeps nagging and asking questions endlessly. Aren’t you annoying?

Drag away, drag away.

The guards were not idle either. After killing all the men in black, they began to look for any possible information from them.

They had no hope of keeping any of them alive. Generally, the assassins kept by powerful families would rather die than reveal any information.

In order to avoid wasting time, I simply killed him and then searched again to see if I could find the seal or token of trust of the relevant person.

Unfortunately, every person in black was clean. I guess it was because the host wanted to prevent them from getting into any accidents and not leaking any information.

The guards were not discouraged when they didn't find what they wanted. They just couldn't help but stab the men in black twice more while collecting the bodies of their companions.

As for those fleeing men in black, it was too late to chase them. They could only set off as soon as possible. Otherwise, once the men in black went back to report, there would be more assassins lying in ambush on the road.

As for whether Lin Xiaoyue's secret weapon would be leaked, there was no time to worry too much at this point.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the Seventh Uncle ordered everyone to pick up their belongings and rush to the next post station as soon as possible.

Now, most of their horses had been killed by poison arrows when the enemy launched the first wave of attacks, and the rest had fled in all directions after the earth-shaking explosion just now.

Without fast horses, they could only take Route 11 and walk to the next post station where they could find fast horses.

The nearest post station was about ten miles away from them. In modern terms, it is equivalent to about 5000 meters, which is just a matter of stepping on the accelerator.

But this is ancient times, surrounded by mountains, a pure ecological wilderness without any modern facilities. More than ten miles is already a long distance, enough for the enemy to set up ambushes along the way.

It was not advisable to stay here for long, so the Seventh Prince waved his hand and ordered everyone to hurry on their way and try to reach the post station before dark.

Lin Xiaoyue turned around and went back to the carriage. Using the cover of the carriage, she transferred some items and iron lumps from the space and stuffed them into her backpack in case of emergency.

After getting off the car, she had no less than a dozen crossbows in her hands, and distributed them to everyone present, making sure that everyone had one.

Although everyone was curious about why Lin Xiaoyue had hidden so many contraband in the carriage, their strong curiosity about the unique style of the crossbow overshadowed the confusion in their hearts.

"This is..." The Seventh Uncle was obviously not unfamiliar with crossbows. After all, in the army, crossbows were an important weapon for infantry to effectively restrain cavalry.

However, the crossbow Lin Xiaoyue gave him was very different from those in the army.

The bowstring was not made of tendons and rawhide, but of steel wire rope with high tensile strength and wear resistance. The Seventh Prince pulled it, but he had never touched this material before and did not know what it was made of.

But he was sharp-eyed and could still see that the bowstring made of steel wire had stronger shooting force and power than previous crossbows. Moreover, it was more durable.

The crossbow arrow is 8 inches long and made of black iron. Put 10 crossbow arrows in a crossbow slot. Pull the trigger once to shoot one arrow out. Then, an arrow in the crossbow slot will automatically fall into the arrow chamber. Then the string can be wound up to continue shooting.

This design enables continuous firing of the crossbow, which can be said to be very advanced at present.

After a few test shots, I found that the crossbow had great killing power against enemies at long, medium and short distances, but it also required a lot of force to fire. Therefore, if the arm strength is insufficient, using the crossbow will hinder the user's own physical fitness and strength limitations.

Therefore, taking all factors into consideration, Lin Xiaoyue only took out two repeating crossbows, and the rest were single-shot crossbows.

Needless to say, one of them was definitely reserved for his own use. The other was held tightly by the sharp-eyed Seventh Prince, who refused to let go no matter what anyone said. If you said a few more words, he would glare at you, as if he was going to pounce on you and bite you to pieces in the next second.

Such behavior is totally unbecoming of a royal uncle.

After the final distribution, the Seventh Prince and his guards held the crossbows with sparkling eyes, as if they had seen a rare treasure. Even the eunuch Quanfu held one in his hand.

Doctor Qiao, Doctor Li and others looked at the group of people from the imperial city, holding bows and crossbows with greed in their arms, and felt as if they were the bumpkins from the remote corners of the border who had never seen the world.