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Chapter 846 Your Majesty, wait a moment

The court officials present surrounded this huge thing and looked at it. Emperor Qianwu also walked down from the jade steps.

Most of the civil officials could not quite understand his power, but many military generals looked at him with shining eyes.

"It can be used for attack or defense. Apart from being a little clumsy, it's really a powerful weapon!" Huo Yuanlang spoke first, nodding continuously.

A friendly civil official nearby asked in a low voice: "General Huo, how do you use this thing?"

Huo Yuanlang looked around and said in a deep voice: "See those tall boards up there? Our soldiers can hide in them and shoot their crossbows through the holes in the boards."

"Besides that, if the enemy wants to attack the crossbow, the boards on the crossbow are hard and covered with spikes, so it will be difficult for them to succeed."

"So no matter where this thing is placed, it will be a powerful weapon that is difficult to deal with. It is equivalent to building a natural protective wall for our soldiers."

Hearing this, Xiao Tingshan cupped his hands and said, "General Huo is indeed an experienced veteran. It is indeed as you said. As long as this item is used on the battlefield, it will definitely be of great help to our soldiers."

Huo Yuanlang nodded and said, "But there is a problem with this thing? How is he going to move?"

He observed it carefully and felt that it would be more accurate to call this thing a chariot crossbow, after all, it had wheels underneath.

Moreover, this thing has a pusher on one side, so it must be pushed and pulled by manpower. In this way, the soldiers pushing and pulling it will become sitting ducks.

After all, the enemy could not capture the soldiers who were carrying the crossbow, nor could they destroy the crossbow, so they could only deal with the soldiers who were pushing the crossbow.

Xiao Tingshan coughed a few times and said slowly: "General, you are right, but we have many soldiers. If the soldiers responsible for pushing the carts are eliminated, we can just send someone to replace them immediately."

"Sixth Prince, this thing clearly looks like a cart, why not call it a cart crossbow?" Huo Yuanlang always felt that calling it a bed crossbow was a bit awkward.

After all, it's okay for you to push a chariot onto the battlefield, but who would push a bed onto the battlefield?

When talking about this, Xiao Tingshan looked normal, but he couldn't help but think of the day when Mo Xiu came back and said that he wanted to change the name to Chuangnu, and refused to use the word "Che" no matter what.

He asked him several times, but he refused to tell him. He thought it was an insignificant name, so he just let him go.

"Because this thing is far less flexible than the frame, it needs to be pushed by soldiers." Xiao Tingshan said gently.

Emperor Qianwu thought for a moment and said, "It is indeed a good thing, but how about using a warhorse to pull it in from the front?"

If the crossbow is pulled by a warhorse and then driven by a person, wouldn't it be much more flexible and convenient?

Xiao Tingshan bowed and said, "Father, you are wise. I have also thought of this method, but this thing is too heavy, and ordinary war horses simply cannot bear it. Moreover, once a war horse is killed, it is difficult to immediately replace it with a new war horse."

After all, connecting the warhorse and the crossbow requires a lot of tools and equipment, but on the battlefield, you don't have that much time to prepare.

So after much thought, Xiao Tingshan still felt that relying on manpower was the safest option.

In this way, when a person is killed, other soldiers can immediately run up to replace him. Moreover, when they are pushed by manpower, if there is an enemy attack, they can draw their weapons at any time to fight.

Emperor Qianwu nodded slightly, looked around the bed crossbow, and nodded: "Although it has some shortcomings, it is not easy. If we can build ten or eight of them and put them out before attacking or defending the city, I think it will greatly boost morale!"

While the emperor and his ministers were discussing heatedly, Shen Jingchuan also squeezed to the front to flatter his old self.

"Master Shen, you don't understand these things, why are you joining in the fun?" Someone was pushed aside and couldn't help but speak.

Shen Jingchuan pretended not to hear it and squeezed to the front, standing on tiptoe to see the thing clearly from a close distance.

Tsk, it does look intimidating, but Yijie came in a hurry this morning, so he just listened to a few words. It seemed like she said something... saying that the one she made is better than this one, and it can run by itself without being pushed?

Shen Jingchuan was a little nervous. How could such a big creature run away by itself?

Emperor Qianwu nodded and said, "Tingshan, you are thoughtful. It's hard for you to worry about state affairs even though you are weak and sick."

Xiao Tingshan immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, thank you for your praise. It is precisely because I cannot help with other things that I want to study these things..."

Xiao Tingshan pretended to be harmless. If not for the previous events, Emperor Qianwu would have believed that he really had no intention of fighting for anything.

However, the open and secret struggles between him and Xiao Yuncheng a while ago did not escape the eyes of Emperor Qianwu.

Coupled with the previous bad impression, Emperor Qianwu could be said to not believe that his son could be so pure and kind.

"Well, no matter if it was intentional or unintentional, as long as it is beneficial to the country, it is a great achievement." Emperor Qianwu defined the matter, and for a while, many court officials complimented him.

Xiao Tingshan's face turned pale, but he felt relieved in his heart.

Now, using the bed crossbow to lift the siege of Liangzhou and gain prestige, and then relying on the Li clan to win over a group of court officials, in addition to this, with the secrets he had previously mastered from the Third Prince, and spending a large sum of money to win over some people, Xiao Tingshan was thinking that in this way he would be able to have a place in the court.

It’s just... my body is really a hindrance.

I think even if someone wants to come to me, they will be hesitant because of this.

But fortunately, everything has its pros and cons. At least his appearance can make Emperor Qianwu let down his guard against him and perhaps not think that he has any ambition to compete...

When he thought of this, Xiao Tingshan couldn't help but think of Shen Shuyi again.

If it weren't for that woman who repeatedly ruined his plans and made him infamous, his father should have loved him now, instead of making him go through so much trouble.

While Xiao Tingshan was thinking hard, Emperor Qianwu asked several generals to test the bed crossbow. After getting good feedback, he immediately gave the order.

"Send a message to the Ministry of Industry, immediately..."

Emperor Qianwu hadn't finished speaking yet, but Shen Jingchuan knew that this was his last chance. If he didn't speak, it would be too late.

He made up his mind and took a step forward without caring about anything else: "Your Majesty, wait a minute."

As soon as he opened his mouth, many people turned to look at him.

Emperor Qianwu was obviously quite surprised: "What do you think, Lord Shen?"

Shen Jingchuan said, "Your Majesty, it is a coincidence that my daughter was sent to Liangzhou because of Lord Xie, and she is also paying attention to the war in Liangzhou."

As soon as Shen Jingchuan spoke, he found a reasonable reason for Shen Shuyi.

Emperor Qianwu nodded: "That's true. It's rare for them to be separated so soon after their marriage. It's really not easy."

"That's why my old minister's daughter and His Highness the Sixth Prince came up with an idea and designed two powerful weapons for attacking and defending cities." Shen Jingchuan was extremely humble.