Chapter 267: Koji Wentai

Compared to bows, although the reload time of a normal crossbow is much longer than that of a bow, it has a longer range, greater lethality, a higher hit rate, and lower requirements for the user.

Different from ordinary crossbows, Zhang Yunwen originally designed this crossbow composed of pulleys and curved arms, which is not large, only a little larger than a hand crossbow, and is also lighter, especially the shooting interval, which is almost the same as a bow. But for the sake of this size and lightness, range and power were sacrificed. This is a crossbow specially rationed to the reconnaissance battalion.

Later, however, the craftsmen who would be in charge of the prison developed a steel crossbow that was the same size as a wooden crossbow but much more powerful than a wooden crossbow, and was called the "Divine Arm Crossbow". This crossbow was equipped for the guards during the war.

This time in the test with bone strength, Zhang Yunwen used a crossbow used by scouts, so it was inferior to the three-stone bow of bone strength. If it is a divine arm crossbow, the power is probably much stronger than that of the three-stone bow.

Song Waterfall quickly threw out the second, third, and fourth branches, and each branch was shot out by the feather arrow before it went up to the sky, but Zhang Yunwen did not shoot the arrow at the same time as the bone force, after the feather arrow hit the branch, Zhang Yunwen shot a crossbow arrow, shot the falling branch, and pushed it far away. There is no chance for bone strength to make up for another arrow.

By the time he reached the fifth branch, Zhang Yunwen found that his right arm had begun to tremble a little. Thinking about it, every time he pulled the three-stone bow into a full moon and aimed at the sky, Song Pu deliberately dragged the time during the period when the bone force pulled the bow. In this way, even the bone strength could not withstand the fatigue of this arm, and began to tremble a little.

Zhang Yunwen smiled secretly in his heart and nodded to Song Waterfall. Song Waterfall understood, and suddenly threw the last branch in his hand, and when he threw it, he used a little skill, only to see that the straight branch was spinning like a windmill, drawing a circle of phantoms.

Gu Li took a deep breath, and the feather arrow in his hand flew out.

However, the arrow missed its target, shooting into the sky through the illusion created by the spinning.

Zhang Yunwen never shot a crossbow arrow, staring at the branches that began to fall.

Seeing that the blow missed, Gu Li quickly drew his feather arrow, preparing to shoot another arrow before it hit the ground.

However, Zhang Yunwen, who was glancing at the bone force movement with his residual vision, took advantage of the fact that his bow was full, so he decisively pulled the trigger and fired the crossbow arrow at the moment before the bone force.

The crossbow arrow in Zhang Yunwen's hand had just been launched, and the feather arrow of bone power was also shot.

The bolt is shot into the branch, pushing it away. And the arrow was still shooting along the original trajectory, and naturally it shot into the air.

At this point, there was no time to shoot the third feathered arrow.

Branches fall to the ground.

Seeing this, everyone naturally knows what the final victory will be. Zhang Yunwen accepted the steel crossbow, smiled at Gu Li, and then came to Li Shimin's side: "Your Majesty, now you can announce the result!" ”

Li Shimin laughed, patted Zhang Yunwen on the shoulder and said, "Yunwen is worthy of being my general Zuo Wuwei!" After speaking, Zhang Yunwen was immediately announced as the first in this hunt. As for the reward, Li Shimin rewarded 500 horses of silk and 100 gold.

This was followed by an open-air barbecue meeting by the Kunming pool, where the prey was roasted on a roaring bonfire, and the grease dripped on the firewood and made a "squeak" sound.

Zhang Yunwen, Su Dingfang and several personal soldiers sat around a bonfire. The fire roasted deer that had been half-browned. From time to time, the venison is turned so that it is evenly exposed to the fire.

grabbed a few white porcelain jars beside him, but what was in them was the seasoning that Zhang Yunwen asked for from the imperial chef brought out by Li Shimin, including salt, cinnamon, etc., each in a jar. Zhang Yunwen sprinkled these condiments on the barbecue from time to time.

"Hehe, I didn't expect Yunwen to have such a craft! Brother, I'm full of salivation now! Staring at the barbecue that was gradually golden and exuding a rich meaty aroma, Su Dingfang said without raising his head.

The four of them nodded in unison. Ma Wangshan swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said slightly proudly: "General Zhang's barbecue technique is well-known in the reconnaissance camp!" The earliest batch of scouts, who hasn't eaten the meat roasted by General Zhang! ”

As soon as these words came out, Yang Shi suddenly nodded again and again: "Not only is the meat roasted well, but the other dishes are also well done!" Especially the fish that Brother Zhang cooked, it was delicious and tender, smooth and refreshing, and people will never forget it after eating it! ”

Su Dingfang and Song Pu suddenly looked at Zhang Yunwen with strange eyes. They really couldn't imagine that a general could make such a good dish!

As he spoke, the barbecue was almost done. Zhang Yunwen hurriedly removed some of the burning firewood. The roaring bonfire suddenly became much smaller.

As soon as everyone saw Zhang Yunwen's movements, they knew that the meal was about to start, and they took out the dagger at the moment, and looked at the barbecue with flashing eyes.

Zhang Yunwen smiled, quickly took out the dagger from his calf, slashed it on the breast of the roast deer, and cut off a large piece of deer breast meat and served it on the plate.

As soon as the rest of the people saw Zhang Yunwen making the first move, they all pounced, and the dagger slashed on the barbecue. Among them, especially Yang Shi's knife skills are the most exquisite, every knife down, almost all of them are attached to the bone and cut, without the slightest condensation, the knife into the room, quite the style of Ding Ding. Seeing Yang Shi's knife technique, even Su Dingfang couldn't help but let out a "huh" in surprise.

In this way, a large roast deer was divided into pieces of roasted meat by five people and placed on a plate.

Looking at these barbecued meats, Su Dingfang couldn't wait to eat a piece, squinted his eyes, and savored it, then said regretfully: "It's a pity, there is meat but no wine!" What a pity! ”

Zhang Yunwen smiled, took out an iron kettle from his waist, shook it slightly, and then opened the lid. A smell of wine suddenly wafted out.

"Immortals are drunk, they are immortals drunk!" Su Dingfang, who had drunk this wine, suddenly laughed and said, "Yunwen, quick, give my brother two sips!" ”

Zhang Yunwen threw the wine jug over, and took a large piece of barbecue and chewed it in a big gulp.

Ma Wangshan and the others smiled at the same time, and each took out an iron kettle from their waists and drank it.

Su Dingfang took two sips of wine on the barbecue, smacked his mouth, and seemed to be in the aftertaste. let out a long breath, and threw the kettle back into Zhang Yunwen's hand: "Well, go on!" ”

Zhang Yunwen was about to bring the kettle to his lips when a voice came to mind beside Zhang Yunwen: "Hehe, General Zhang has such a good wine, how about inviting Xiao Wang to drink it?" ”

Zhang Yunwen looked back, but it was Gaochang Wang Lu Wentai standing beside him with a smile. I want to get up and salute right now.

Lu Wentai held down Zhang Yunwen's shoulder, sat beside him, and said with a smile: "General Zhang and the generals really know how to enjoy it!" The delicious barbecue is in front and the mellow wine is on the side, and the taste is really wonderful! ”

After more than a month of living in Chang'an, the king of Gaochang can already speak fluent Chinese with a Guanzhong accent.

Zhang Yunwen heard Lu Wentai's praise, and couldn't help but smile faintly: "The lord of the country is polite!" Everyone just got together to eat meat and drink wine, where did the beauty come from! ”

Lu Wentai did not answer, but his eyes fell on the dagger on the plate after the people had cut the venison. Picking up this dagger made according to the style of sixty or fifty sabers in later generations, Lu Wentai tried the feel and sharpness, and couldn't help but praise lightly: "Good, what a good knife!" ”

After saying that, he put the dagger back in its place, but took a piece of roast meat from the plate and put it in his mouth.

"It's so delicious, it's a must!" After eating a piece, Ko Wentai stood up abruptly and said. Immediately, as if he was aware of his faux pas, he smiled and said to the stunned Su Dingfang and the others: "Uh, please don't mind, it's Xiao Wang who is reckless, or continue to eat, continue to eat!" ”

Looking at the smile on Lu Wentai's face, Zhang Yunwen was guessing the purpose of this Lu Wentai coming to find him. There was a gesture of giving gifts before, although Zhang Yunwen first refused, but with Li Shimin's acquiescence, Zhang Yunwen accepted many gifts from him. And now, he came to find him in person, but he didn't know what his intentions were!

Lu Wentai sat down again, and said to Zhang Yunwen with a smile: "General Zhang not only trains well, but also roasts good meat, which is really amazing!" ”

As soon as Zhang Yunwen heard this, he immediately caught a flaw: "Hey, the lord of the country, who told you that you are training well!" It's just a military general, who only knows how to charge into battle, where will he train any soldiers! ”

Lu Wen Taiton made a look of surprise: "Then all the military offices in Longxi are training soldiers according to the general's law, and now the border army in Longxi can be said to be a powerful Western Regions!" How can it be said that generals do not know how to train troops? ”

Zhang Yunwen made a sudden appearance: "Oh, it turns out that the lord of the country is talking about that booklet!" Oh, the work of the game, not enough to worry about! ”

Lu Wentai smiled when he heard this: "Hehe, General Zhang is really a god, just a game work, it is so powerful, if it is really trained soldiers, then how majestic and mighty the trained soldiers should be!" ”

Zhang Yunwen saw that he didn't leave the training every word, but he didn't know what he was going to do, so he just said "um" at the moment, stopped answering, and sent barbecue meat to his mouth.

Lu Wentai was not depressed, and continued to smile and said: "Today's competition between the general and the unbelievable bone strength is really an eye-opener for Xiao Wang!" The general's martial arts are not to mention for the time being, just the general's crossbow machine, Xiao Wang is unseen and unheard of! Not only is it made of iron, it's small and lightweight, and it's no worse than a bow when it's wound! Such a sharp weapon is really enviable! ”

Hearing him speak like this, Zhang Yunwen guessed his thoughts, and it seemed that the king of Gaochang had the idea of a steel crossbow. At the moment, he chuckled and said, "The lord of the country has praised it!" This kind of steel crossbow is a sharp weapon of our Tang Army, which is rare to see in peacetime, and will only be equipped on a large scale in wartime! ”

After a while, he finally gritted his teeth and said: "General Zhang, Xiao Wang wants to buy a batch of crossbow machines from the Tang Dynasty, but Xiao Wang knows that this matter is in the Tang Dynasty, and the resistance is very great, so Xiao Wang also hopes that General Zhang can make a match!" ”

Zhang Yunwen's brows suddenly furrowed deeply, and he said to Lu Wentai: "Lord, this matter is extremely difficult to handle!" Besides, in Gaochang, there is a desert, and there are few wars, so I don't know what the country wants to do with this? ”

When Lu Wentai heard Zhang Yunwen's tone, he did not resolutely refuse, and looked distressed at the moment: "General Zhang doesn't know, this Turkic civil strife, the attacks are endless, but it has affected the peace and tranquility of my Gaochang, today this family is killed, tomorrow the family is robbed, and my Gaochang border is like no one!" Xiao Wang asked Datang to buy a crossbow machine, just to deal with this Turk! ”

Zhang Yunwen said with a smile: "That is the case, then the lord of the country does not have to worry, he has already received information that the Turkic civil strife is over and has been unified under the tent of the Yehu Khan, so the lord of the country does not have to worry!" ”

Who would have expected that as soon as these words came out, then Lu Wentai was even more anxious: "What! Yakhu Khan? But what about it? Seeing Zhang Yunwen nodded, his anxiety was even worse: "It's over, it's that little girl!" When he was hunted down, he asked to enter my territory, and he passed by, but I refused! This person is narrow-minded, and he will repay him, and after becoming a great khan, he will definitely raise troops to trouble our country! As he spoke, he turned his eyes and looked at Zhang Yunwen, "General Zhang, Xiao Wang is counting on you, and I hope that Datang can allow me to buy a crossbow machine to save my life!" ”

Zhang Yunwen looked at Lu Wentai's anxious appearance, his mind turned quickly, and he quickly weighed the pros and cons, and he already had a plan in his heart!