Chapter 153: Arms Tensioned Crossbow

Cao Tiancheng's panda eyes narrowed with a smile, and the whites of the eyes could hardly be seen, but the spot in the middle was bright like a twinkling star, "County officer, for this!" His finger pointed to an object on the table, and the object Wrapped tightly with a large piece of cloth, lying quietly on the table

"What is this?" Gao Yuan threw the wet clothes in the corner, stretched out his hand to uncover the piece of cloth, and a crossbow appeared in front of Gao Yuan

"The arms are tense!" Gao Yuan exclaimed in surprise, "Is it really done?"

"It's done!" Cao Tiancheng nodded fiercely, "After the county captain drew the blueprint of this thing, I called the most experienced blacksmiths and carpenters in the village to start researching your thing. It's been almost half a year. Failed countless times, yesterday, finally made the first finished product"

Lifting the arm crossbow on the table, it was very heavy, not less than twenty catties. After carefully examining the various components of the arm crossbow, it seemed to be quite different from the original drawing. The astonishment in Gao Yuan's eyes, Cao Tiancheng pointed to several parts, and said: "County, the parts you drew for these parts back then, the masters said that it was impossible to make such an exquisite thing, everyone worked together , trying to design thousands of ways to change these parts without reducing the range and strength of this crossbow. The disadvantage is that this thing is too heavy."

Gao Yuan nodded. The parts drawn by himself are indeed difficult to polish with the current level of productivity, but the craftsmen of this era have never lacked ingenuity. Although the replacements they came up with are heavier, they are not It is enough to reduce the lethality of this thing

He stretched out his hand to pull the bowstring, but it didn't move at all. With a hmm, he put more force on his hand, and the bowstring slowly opened. Halfway through the draw, Gao Yuan's arm strength had reached its limit, but he couldn't open it any more.

"Good thing!" He praised again, put his arm crossbow on the ground, and stepped on it. Cao Tiancheng handed over an iron finger in time, and Gao Yuan put it on his finger. With a low shout, the string was finally completely pulled. fully pulled apart

"Have you tried it?" With both hands stretching the crossbow, Gao Yuan aimed out the window, hooked the trigger, and the bowstring jumped out, making a strong buzzing sound

"It's been tested. Last night, we worked hard all night. Four hundred steps can hurt people, three hundred steps can kill people, and two hundred steps can basically kill those who fall in." He took out a prismatic arrowhead, which is different from the iron-headed wooden shaft of feather arrows that are usually used. This arrow is made of iron all over the body, and the arrowhead is prismatic

"This arrow is also a little difficult to shoot." Cao Tiancheng's face showed embarrassment for the first time, "According to the county captain, this kind of arrow will spin at a high speed after being shot. Once it hits, it will cause more damage to the enemy than the arrow." Ordinary feathered arrows are much larger, but they are too difficult to make."

Received the black featherless arrows,

Gao Yuan glanced at him in surprise, "Tian Cheng, did you let the master blacksmiths hammer it out bit by bit? Could it be that you can't make a mold, boil iron into molten iron, and cast it in one go?"

"Mould?" Cao Tiancheng looked at Gao Yuan in astonishment, before he stomped his feet heavily after a while, "I, I'm so confused, this arrow is not the kind of knife used by soldiers, it needs to be tempered into steel and directly cast, wouldn't it be faster much?"

Gao Yuan laughed, "You're being stupid. This kind of one-time items don't need to be finely polished. I just need them to be able to cause major damage to the enemy at a long enough distance."

"County lieutenant, is this specially used to deal with cavalry?" Cao Tiancheng asked tentatively

"Of course!" Gao Yuan nodded and said: "The Donghu people have too many cavalrymen and they are too powerful. We are innately at a disadvantage when we fight against them. Tian Cheng, to be honest, sometimes I dare not imagine tens of thousands of cavalrymen The spectacular scene during the impact, that scene, not to mention the soldiers, even me, is sweating when I think about it. If you want to fight these cavalry, you must first have enough soldiers, and secondly, the soldiers must have iron nerves , there will be no panic under such a scene. In the end, if we want to block the impact of large-scale cavalry, the infantry must pay a huge sacrifice to do it. Now, what we lack the most is manpower. As far as I am concerned, they are all precious. I can only think of ways to attack cavalry at a longer distance, reduce their impact speed, disrupt their formation, and make them feel afraid. Bed crossbow Although it is powerful, it is difficult to move, inconvenient to carry, and has a slow rate of fire. This kind of arm crossbow is different. You can bring a lot of it with the army. Think about it, if we had 10,000 of these arm crossbows, they would be used by the enemy. When the impact is launched, effective damage can be caused four hundred steps away, what kind of effect is that?"

"But the county captain, the shooting speed of this kind of crossbow can't be fast, and it takes a long time to wind it. Unlike a longbow, infantry can shoot three or five feathered arrows in an instant?" Cao Tiancheng said.

Gao Yuan smiled, "The infantryman has been studying archery, so he can do it naturally, but his lethality is also around 100 paces, how many arrows can he shoot against the cavalry? He is the same, what about the other soldiers? What’s more, isn’t it? As for the firing speed of the arm-tensioned crossbow you mentioned, Lao Cao, if each archer is equipped with two or three such arm-tensioned crossbows, there will be a dedicated person behind him for him during the battle. How about winding?"

A picture immediately appeared in Cao Tiancheng's mind. On the battlefield, thousands of troops from the Donghu people charged forward, while at this end, the infantry was heavily arrayed, and the spears in the spearmen's hands stretched out, forming a piece of steel. Jungle, behind the spearmen, the crossbowmen raise their crossbows, take aim, shoot, and behind them another soldier sits on the ground, stringing another crossbow, while the first crossbow fires Finished, the archers put down the empty crossbow, bent down to lift the second one, and re-aimed to shoot round after round. The endless and fierce crossbow bolts ruthlessly swept away the opponent's cavalry. It was already sparse, and the spearmen howled and rushed out, stabbing the icy-cold blades of the spears in their hands, piercing the stomachs of the horses, and flying the knights on the horses. What a joy! !

"I understand!" Cao Tiancheng said excitedly, "As long as we have enough manpower, we can make this kind of crossbow a dream weapon for cavalry."

"That's right, it's definitely Mengyao!" Gao Yuan said affirmatively, "Call Sun Xiao, Yan Haibo, Zheng Xiaoyang, Naha, there are no infantry, let's try the power of this crossbow together."

"Okay!" Cao Tiancheng said happily: "If the county captain is satisfied, I will arrange all the blacksmiths and carpenters in the village to work day and night to make this kind of crossbow."

"Okay, you can make a batch in advance. While making it, don't forget to improve it. This thing is still a bit heavier. If it only weighs about ten catties, it will be even better!" Gao Yuan weighed it. Arm stretched crossbow weighing more than 20 kilograms

On the school field, the soldiers watched curiously as a target was placed at the gate of the camp, while their county lieutenant stood on the other side of the school field, with a distance of four hundred steps between them, watching the county lieutenant's hand The thing in his hand seemed to be a crossbow. Could it be that this crossbow could shoot so far? It's the bed crossbow, it's only at this distance, but the bed crossbow guy is too big. Now there are two bed crossbows at the top of the city of Juliguan, which were dragged by the county captain from Fufeng County. come over

Amid everyone's surprise, Gao Yuan held up the crossbow arrow with both hands, took aim, and felt that he was not sure, so he gave up his idea of ​​showing off his prestige, and stretched out his hand to call the infantry, "Infantry, you shoot!"

"This thing can shoot so far?" The infantryman took the crossbow with some doubts. As soon as he took it, he felt his hand and couldn't help crying: "So heavy?"

"Shoot an arrow and see!" Gao Yuan said with a smile

The infantryman stood with his feet one in front of the other, raised his arms, as steady as Mount Tai, took a look for a moment, hooked his machine gun, and with a whining sound, the featherless short arrow came out of the string, and with a snatching sound, it was inserted squarely in the four corners. On the target a hundred paces away

The soldiers immediately applauded vigorously, "Infantry Cao is so accurate!"

The soldiers cheered vigorously, the infantry was an expert, but their hearts were filled with shock, this crossbow really could shoot so far, the recoil of the crossbow just now made him suffer a dark loss, he bumped back, his shoulders were still hot at this moment ground pain

Cao Tianci flew over and retrieved the target. The three-edged iron arrow was inserted into the wooden target and penetrated about three points into the wood.

"Three hundred steps!" Pulling out the sharp arrow, Gao Yuan ordered Cao Tianci to say, "Infantry, try three hundred steps!" Gao Yuan took the crossbow in his arm, wound it himself, and handed it to the infantry again

Cao Tianci planted the target, and immediately hid far away, seeing the power of the arrow just now, if the infantry missed it and ran to him, it would be a disaster.

The infantry nodded, aiming and shooting again, this time with experience, but did not let the strong recoil hit him again

With a sound of Lin, the feather arrow hit the target again as everyone expected. Speaking of archery, among the Fufeng soldiers, the infantry is the number one figure.

On the target carried by Cao Tianci, half of the featherless short arrow completely penetrated the several-inch-thick wooden plank, and cracks appeared like fishnets.

"Change another target and try 200 steps this time!" Gao Yuan laughed

Two hundred steps away, an arrow hit, but this time Cao Tianci was not required to carry the target back, because at a distance of two hundred steps, when the arrow went out, the target was already broken into countless pieces. Scattered all over the place

On the school field, all the soldiers stretched out their tongues. The force was too great, and the infantry was the first to bear the brunt. His face turned pale

The people present were all battle-tested guys. After Sun Xiao was silent for a moment, he suddenly let out a strange cry, rushed over and grabbed the crossbow with his arms, "What a joke, with this thing, infantry, next time we will ride on foot." If we fight again, we will not defeat you, but will wipe you out!"

(This week, an additional chapter will be published at 2 o'clock in the afternoon! In addition, two guaranteed chapters will be updated on time at 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.) (To be continued..)