Chapter 162: Huang Yueying's improved short crossbow

Huang Chengyan was accompanied by Huang Yueying.

"Bokang really came to the academy!"

Huang Chengyan's face was overjoyed, and he peeked into the room, and when he saw Cai Yan, he showed an expression that was like this.

Xu Dingdao: "My father-in-law has something to do with me?" ”

Originally, Xu Ding wanted to find Huang Chengyan to develop experiments, but because Huang Chengyan had many tasks, on the one hand, he had to teach at Donglai College, on the other hand, he had to develop various machinery, and at the same time, he had to be sent to various places to popularize the newly developed waterwheels, quli pears and other agricultural tools, so he was not called.

Huang Chengyan retracted his gaze, and then handed the object in his hand to Xu Ding's body and said:

"Bokang, this is Yueying's improved repeater, the shooting distance is twenty to forty steps farther than the previous Han crossbow, and the penetration is stronger, take a look."

"Oh!"

Xu Ding's expression moved, and he took the short crossbow handed over by Huang Chengyan, and found that the feel was lighter, and said with a little suspicion:

"Let's go, let's wipe it off!"

Xu Ding was in front, Huang Chengyan was behind, and Huang Yueying waited for Cai Yan to close the door of the workshop, and followed together.

Cai Yan said: "Sister Yueying, you are really amazing, the short crossbow has been improved so much, and the overall combat effectiveness of our Donglai Army has been greatly improved. ”

The short crossbow of the Great Han was already well-made, and the shooting distance was considerable, but the development entered a bottleneck period, and it was almost difficult to break through.

The entire Han Dynasty fought against the Xiongnu for 400 years, and the short crossbow played an indelible role in it, which made the Huns fearful.

In particular, it became possible for the Han to restrain the Hun cavalry with infantry.

One of the most famous battles was that Li Lingtong, the son of the flying general Li Guang, led 5,000 infantry and 80,000 Huns to fight in Junji Mountain.

Although he was defeated and captured in the end, it was still a great victory that was not won and was remembered by the world.

Of course, what Cai Yanyi, Huang Yueying and others didn't know was that not long after in the original history, another person named Lu Yi killed Gongsun Zhan's most elite white horse Yicong with a Xiandeng Dead Man with a short crossbow, and achieved another classic.

So Cai Yan's praise is not half hypocritical.

It's really remarkable to be able to raise an existing short crossbow by twenty to forty steps.

The short crossbow relies on the advantage of shooting quickly to hit the enemy, and if there is an improvement in the firing range, the overall military strength will be improved.

As Xu Ding's wife, Cai Yan is naturally happy.

Moreover, Huang Yueying had already given Xu Ding a promise, and she would also be Xu Ding's wife in the future, that is, her own family, so she was naturally happy for her.

After all, Huang Yueying is still a thirteen-year-old girl, and she is naturally happy when she hears the praise, and replied:

"Sister Zhaoji has an overreputation, compared to what you did for Brother Xu, I'm still far behind, I'm at most idle to pass the time and mess around."

Although Huang Yueying is also a talented woman in Jingzhou, she is really far behind Cai Yan, and her talent is different from Cai Yan.

His interests and knowledge are focused on ingenuity, which is fundamentally different from Cai Yan, a talented woman in pure piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

So she's simpler, and she's more humble.

"If this is nonsense, then the husband will definitely want you to mess around a few more times and improve all kinds of weapons." Cai Yan smiled slightly, then held Huang Yueying's hand and patted it gently:

"I don't know much about this with Diao Chan and Linglong, and I can't help my husband in military and political affairs, I heard that Sister Yueying also likes to study military books, and I will rely on you to share my husband's worries in the future."

Cai Yan said solemnly, Huang Yueying was a little moved, no matter how Cai Yan is a wife, being able to say such things to him, a flat wife who has not entered the door, in this tone, really makes her heart warm and comfortable, and there is a kind of motivation and expectation that she has never had.

Nodding slightly, Huang Yueying said: "Sister Zhaoji, don't worry, Yueying will definitely help everyone share their worries for Brother Xu!" ”

"It's also called Brother Xu!"

Cai Yan was angry, Huang Yueying was stunned for a moment, then her whole face blushed to the root of her ears, and then she shook Cai Yan's hand and said, "Sister Zhaoji, you actually made fun of me, Yueying hasn't passed the door yet!" ”

"Hee-hee, isn't it sooner or later? When the time comes, you will be slept with by your husband, and you will be ashamed of something. Cai Yan wanted to be serious, but when he thought of Xu Ding's jokes on weekdays, he was even rare and not serious.

"I ...... Can you not ...... No...... Not true!" Huang Yueying was made to cry by Cai Yan's joke, and neither was she laughing.

"What are you two talking about, laughing and crying?" Seeing that the two did not follow, Xu Ding turned his head back and asked.

Cai Yan and Huang Yueying glanced at each other, and both said in unison:

"I won't tell you!"

Xu Ding felt that the second daughter was definitely talking about her, but the second daughter didn't say anything, he shook his head helplessly, and then focused on the short crossbow.

When he came to the shooting range of the academy, Xu Ding asked people to get crossbow arrows, load them and shoot them.

Ten crossbow arrows were fired continuously and uninterruptedly, and all of them were shot out at the fastest speed.

Ten bolts landed steadily twenty paces farther than usual.

Sure enough, he was able to shoot farther, Xu Ding was overjoyed, and walked over to inspect it, and all ten crossbow arrows had shot through the target.

"Good! The penetration is strong enough, and with such an artifact, my Donglai's cavalry has a big guarantee. Xu Ding said excitedly.

This time he went to Youzhou to quell the rebellion, although he won, but it also made Xu Ding discover many shortcomings of the Donglai cavalry, and the Donglai cavalry still has many shortcomings.

For example, the training time is still not long enough, after all, the soldiers are all people from the Qingzhou area, and they are far less skilled than the people in the border areas.

In terms of horsemanship, it is even less natural than that of a nation on horseback like Wuhuan, who has been trained since childhood.

So he concluded that if he hadn't taken advantage of the Wuhuan brigade to attack south, he would not have been able to sweep the Wuhuan troops smoothly.

If it weren't for the night raid, and it happened to kill Qiu Liju, facing the Wuhuan army, it might not be able to win.

What's more, in the north of the Han Dynasty, there is also Xianbei, a real grassland strong enemy, and the Xiongnu, an old rival.

Therefore, Donglai's cavalry must be strengthened in order to defeat all enemies in the future.

The current Donglai cavalry is just a young eagle, even if they have seen blood, they still can't be called a strong army.

So Xu Ding needs to arm them.

The improved Short Crossbow is now a piece of their protective armor and a sharp counter-weapon.

"In this way, Yueying's improved short crossbow can be regarded as a success." Huang Chengyan stroked his beard and smiled.

Xu nodded with approval in his eyes:

"It's a success, Sister Yueying is amazing."

After speaking, Xu Ding bowed solemnly to Huang Yueying.

Huang Yueying saw that Xu Ding affirmed her achievements, and her heart was also overjoyed, and she hurriedly said, "Brother Xu, what are you doing?" ”

Xu Dingdao: "Sister Yueying, this worship is my contribution to the improvement of the short crossbow on behalf of the soldiers of Donglai, you have increased the shooting distance of the short crossbow by twenty to forty steps, which will make them suffer a lot fewer casualties, and when fighting, you can afford to take the lead." ”

"This ......"

After all, Huang Yueying is only a thirteen-year-old girl, and she still accepts the worship of her beloved, she always feels a little uncomfortable and embarrassed, so she also bows to Xu Ding, and says in a little panic:

"Brother Xu, it should be me...... I should thank you for giving me this opportunity, if it weren't for Brother Xu, you encouraged my father to improve more farm tools, and if you hadn't encouraged me to make these things more, I wouldn't have been able to make a short crossbow. ”

In short, Huang Yueying's heart is sweet, and the more she talks, the more chaotic it becomes.

"Hahaha, okay, you guys are husband and wife." Huang Chengyan looked at this scene and said with a smile.

(End of chapter)