Zhao Junsheng asked: "There is one thing I don't understand, Liu Jinming's men and horses did not rush into the enemy formation, according to the battle report, they broke the five rows in front of the Song army, but they were blocked in the sixth row, and they couldn't rush in anyway, and nearly a thousand people were killed and injured in just one moment, they were just blocked, and they didn't fall into the formation, how could they be so badly killed and wounded?" ”

Lu Shuang stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, Yichen guesses that he should have been killed by a large number of arrows from the Song army!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was a little unconvinced, and said in surprise: "Song Jun's bow and arrow are so powerful? ”

"If it's in place, crowded together, and dense, it should be possible!"

After Lu Shuang finished speaking, he turned his head and ordered a deputy general beside him: "Go and bring one of the Song Army crossbows that we captured from the battlefield, as well as spears, and bring two of them!" ”

The lieutenant clenched his fists and turned to leave.

Everyone talked about other things in the lobby for a while, and the deputy general quickly brought a Song crossbow and two spears.

"Your Majesty, these are these two things!"

Zhao Junsheng got up and walked over, his eyes first looked at the two spears, these two spears are really long, I am afraid that they are about three meters, but he knows that the longer the length of the spear, the higher the requirements for the material of the gun barrel.

He took a spear and looked at it, took it in his hand and weighed it, the weight was not light, and then he played a few tricks casually, but in the process of using it, he felt that the material of this gun shaft was not ordinary, both strong and tough, the gun shaft was very straight, and it would not bend if it was pierced out by force, but if it was forced horizontally, it could be bent again, and it would not be easy to do so, even if it was a soldier wearing heavy armor, if the spear head was good steel, and the user's strength was large enough, such a spear could also pierce heavy armor without breaking.

At this time, whether it is the Southern Dynasty or the Northern Dynasties, the infantry mostly use spears, and only the generals and officers use spears, and these spears are specially made, the cost is not small, and the average person cannot afford to use them, and there are some generals and colonels who use long lances, this thing is more troublesome to make, but each rod is worth a lot of money, and the production process takes a long time, each rod can be regarded as an heirloom, and there is no such thing in the non-general's family.

The rod of the spear is much shorter than the spear, and it is easier to find materials, and the spears made by all dynasties are made of special wood, which is strong enough, the wood density is large, and there is also a weight, but the disadvantage is the lack of toughness, if it encounters a strong force or is chopped, it is easy to break, so if you use a spear soldier to put out a spear formation, once the enemy cavalry is hit head-on, even if it is a light cavalry, the spear of the spearman is easy to break after being hit, and is often broken by the cavalry.

The spears used by the generals and officers are very tough, and they are generally not easy to break, and some martial arts moves must be performed with a spear that can be bent sharply, but if such a spear is used to equip ordinary soldiers, the cost is too high.

Zhao Junsheng asked, "This is the spear used by the infantry of the Song army?" Do you know what kind of wood the barrel is made of? ”

A minister stood up and said: "Your Majesty, on this issue, the minister thinks that everyone present does not understand this, and if you want to know what kind of material it is, I am afraid that you will have to ask the people of the ordnance supervisor!" ”

Yang Lie clenched his fists and said, "Your Majesty, wouldn't you find a few carpenters with good skills to come over and ask?" ”

"Then go!"

After a while, three skilled carpenters were brought in, and when they saluted, Zhao Junsheng pointed to the two spears and asked, "The three of you are carpenters, do you know what kind of wood these two spears are made of?" ”

One of the middle-aged carpenters took a spear and observed it for a moment, then turned around and handed it to an old carpenter and said, "Daddy Wang, you are always a senior, what material is this spear made of?" ”

The old carpenter took the spear and touched it, knocked it with his fingers, and saluted Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, most of the spears used by the soldiers are spears, and the spear shaft is made of wood, because it is not too long, so a little stronger wood can be used, but it will break when it is forced." If you make a gun, the barrel of the gun is long, and it will break with a little force, so the wood requirements are very high, and it must be very tough and straight, and it can be bent. In the opinion of the little old man, this gun barrel should have a three-layer structure! The innermost layer should be a kind of wood, the middle layer does not know what it is, the outermost layer is a layer of fine hemp rope wrapped, and then brushed with a layer of tung oil, and after drying, the production of the gun barrel is completed, so this gun barrel is not smooth! ”

Zhao Junsheng pointed to a royal guard next to him and ordered: "Dismantle one of the spears and see if it is the inner and outer layers!" ”

The imperial guard walked over and drew his sword and slashed at the barrel of the gun three times, but although there was some damage to the barrel of the gun, it was not cut.

One of the carpenters hurriedly said: "Just do this villain, and please allow the villain to bring the tools!" ”

"Go ahead!"

After the tools were brought in, the middle-aged carpenter picked up the saw and sawed it at the place where the knife had been cut, and soon sawed it into two sections.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed three layers, inside and outside!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "I want to know what materials are made and what process is used to make them?" ”

The three carpenters got together and discussed, and then the old carpenter said to Zhao Junsheng: "Your Majesty, if the villain is not mistaken, the heart of this gun should be the sword spine wood, the second layer is wrapped with a thin layer of bamboo, and the outermost layer is wrapped around with fine hemp rope, and then soaked in tung oil, taken out and dried, and this gun is made in this way!" ”

Zhao Junsheng sighed: "No wonder the toughness of this spear is good, the toughness of the sword spine wood itself is very good, and then wrapped in thin bamboo slices to strengthen its hardness and flexibility, and the outermost layer of paulownia oil wrapped with fine hemp rope not only plays a fixed role, but also maintains its toughness, and it does not slip in your hand!" ”

"What Your Majesty said is exactly so, the Song Kingdom has adopted the skill of making lances to make guns, they have simplified the process of making guns, and this guns can be used as horse lances for ordinary cavalry, and they are a little worse for generals!"

Zhao Junsheng said: "This Southern Dynasty man is really smart enough, simplifying the process of making lances and using them to make spears for infantry!" ”

Spears, spears and lances are different, first of all, the sharp parts of the head are very different, the spearhead is generally flat, with a certain chopping effect; The tip of the gun is relatively sharp, prismatic, and can break through the armor because of the edges and corners; The lance is longer than both the spearhead and the spearhead, and it is an enlarged and lengthened version of the spear head, which is equivalent to a tetrahedral long sword with two ridges, and its armor-piercing ability is stronger than that of a gun.

The spear shaft is shorter than the spear shaft and the lance shaft, the spear shaft and the lance shaft are a single material, generally made of wood, the knight's gun is generally a one-time combat weapon when charging, and even before a charge is completed, the gun shaft is broken, and the knight can only use the sword to chop and stab straight into battle.

The barrel of the gun is longer than the shaft of the spear, and the material requires a certain degree of flexibility, because the length is too long, and it is easy to break if there is no flexibility.

The lance is generally a composite material, which is made of several materials, which is both weighty and tough enough and not easy to break, and the production process is complex and the cost is higher.

From the point of view of applicability, practicality, and economy, spears and guns are popular weapons that can be used by non-commissioned soldiers, but the lance can basically only be used by generals, which are too expensive to make and the ruling class cannot equip ordinary soldiers on a large scale.

Zhao Junsheng took the remaining spear and said to the ministers and generals: "If my cavalry uses this kind of spear, will it be more penetrating when charging into battle?" ”

Zhao Junsheng himself is a master of using guns, of course he knows that if such a spear is equipped with cavalry, it must be much better than the spear that the cavalry of the cadre army is equipped with now, at least its flexibility is better than that of a spear, and it is not easy to break, although it is not necessary to use the horse lance used by the cavalry generals, but it is enough to equip ordinary cavalry soldiers!

More importantly, it is longer than the spear, as the so-called one inch is long and one inch stronger, which is a great advantage for the cavalry, the enemy and our cavalry hedge, if one of the weapons is longer, it will definitely stab the other party first, how much advantage does this have?

Yang Lie stood up and said, "Your Majesty, if such a spear is equipped with our cavalry, the penetration of our cavalry can be increased by more than one percent when sprinting, and the same is true for infantry!" If our infantry uses spears to attack the infantry of the Song army, it will suffer a little in terms of weapons! ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded, and said to the accompanying ministers: "Immediately send people to collect more new spears of the Song Army and send them to the Ordnance Prison, so that they can ponder how to learn from the production process of the Song Army's spears to make more tenacious spears, the production process should not be too complicated, and the cost of the spears produced should be low, and they should be able to be universally equipped with officers and soldiers!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Junsheng asked the three carpenters to go out, and then picked up the Song Army infantry crossbow in the hand of a soldier next to him, "Hey, the weight of this Song Army infantry crossbow is still very light, how is the range?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the range is twenty steps farther than the previous repeater, its bowstring has a strong elastic power, you look here, it can be wound easily, you can wind it with a pull, and when you pull here, the crossbow arrows in the arrow box will automatically fall into the arrow slot!"

Zhao Junsheng observed and groped, this Song Army crossbow is more convenient and labor-saving than the previous repeater crossbow, it is simply equivalent to the earliest rifle in later generations, and it can be fired by pulling the bolt and pulling the trigger, which is faster than using a bow and arrow!

He fired his bolts at a nearby wooden pillar supporting the tent, and it took less than fifteen seconds to fire all the bolts in one barrel in one go, and on average, it took only 1.5 seconds to fire a crossbow arrow.

"No wonder the Song army shot and killed nearly a thousand of my cavalry in just one moment, with this kind of fast and dense arrow firing ability, it is really lethal when used on a large scale!"

"Come on, immediately send someone to collect more of this Song Army infantry crossbow, send it back to the Chang'an Weapons Supervisor, let them copy it for me first, and the performance cannot be worse than this, and then use this as the basis to develop a single crossbow with a longer range, easier operation and stronger lethality!"

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