Chapter 627

Then the warriors winch together, the crossbow string is opened, fastened to the teeth, and the crossbowman who is in charge of loading the arrows sets the crossbow arrows and aims them at the target. When firing, the power of the human hand cannot pull the trigger, and the crossbowman in charge of firing must raise a sledgehammer and hammer the plate machine with all his strength, so the huge crossbow arrow will fly towards the enemy with a roar.

The other type is the three-bow bed crossbow, and the two in front of it are the three-bow bed crossbows, which are more powerful than the previous type and have twice the range. The three crossbow bows on the crossbow arm, two at the front end and one at the back, are also installed opposite each other. Because this kind of bed crossbow is stronger, it is also called "eight bull crossbow", which means that it can be pulled apart with the strength of eight old cows.

It usually takes 20 to 100 people to open a crossbow by manpower, and the range is generally up to a mile away. The crossbow arrows used in the three-bow bed crossbow are even larger, with a thick arrow shaft like a child's arm and iron arrow feathers, and the front end is equipped with a huge three-edged blade iron arrowhead, because it is about the same size as the spear used by ordinary soldiers, so it is also called "one gun and three sword arrows".

It also has another name called "Stepping Arrow", that is because it also has a special function, that is, when attacking the enemy's castle, the thick three-bow crossbow arrow is shot at the enemy city wall, so that the front end of the crossbow arrow is deeply inserted into the wall, leaving only half of the thick arrow shaft and tail feathers exposed outside the wall, and the besieging soldiers can climb these huge arrow shafts inserted in the wall under their own cover to climb the city wall and capture the city.

As a result, this huge crossbow bolt became a pedal for siegers to climb, so these arrows also got the name "pedal arrow".

It's just that at this stage, what the Song army needs is not to attack the city, and naturally it can't use this kind of powerful crossbow arrows.

In the original bowstring position, there is an extra leather pocket, and when the time comes, the gunpowder weapons that ignite the fuse can be loaded into it and thrown into the sky.

Wang Yang has already tested the force of the current gunpowder weapons of the Great Song Dynasty, to be honest, it is really a bit frustrating, I am afraid that the greater significance of its gunpowder weapons is only in its sound and light, as for the explosion effect, it really makes Wang Yang feel a little miserable.

The main reason is that there are still certain problems with the formula of those gunpowders, and those craftsmen like to mix a lot of useless things into the gunpowder, such as arsenic in some gunpowder bullets.

This made Wang Daguan very congested, pyridine is also known as arsenic trioxide, which is an arsenic compound that needs to be taken orally to make people poisoned.

In other words, if you have a wound on your body, arsenic can enter the bloodstream and can also take effect. But the question is, what does it mean to load this kind of thing in explosives?

Could it be that when the enemy sees this kind of gunpowder bomb thrown over, he will only open his mouth in a daze, keep a surprised appearance, wait for the powdered arsenic to enter the mouth, smash his mouth, and then swallow it with saliva into his stomach, and then he will fall to the ground with a satisfied face and convuls, foaming at the mouth and dying?

This style of painting is really unscientific, but it's a pity that I'm not in Bianliang, Tokyo, or in the Ordnance Prison, otherwise, I would definitely volunteer to stand up and justify the name and occurrence of gunpowder, and these dangerous explosives should not be made like this.

However, in any case, at least the emergence of gunpowder weapons represents the importance and research and development of this new weapon in the Great Song Dynasty.

When he can leave Shaanxi Road and return to Beijing, he will definitely play to the Son of Heaven and obtain the right to develop gunpowder weapons......

Thinking of the wealth of the Great Song Dynasty, with the support of the whole country, and under the guidance of Wang Yang, an expert in the development of real gunpowder weapons, I believe that it will not be long before the era of black powder will come hundreds of years in advance.

When gunpowder weapons became the mainstream, no matter whether they were nomads or other barbarian civilizations, they would all be trampled under the big feet of the benevolent and righteous Great Song with the Analects in one hand and a musket in the other.

Listening to the sneering laughter of the Wang Daguan who was wearing armor and standing in front of the two bed crossbows with his hands on his waist, the generals around him couldn't help but feel chills down their spines. Could it be that this little Lord Wang is thinking about some evil idea?

At night, the slope was finally finished, and the two heavy bed crossbows were slowly pushed up to the top of the slope at the shouts of the young men, and then began to stuff stones under the wheels of the bed crossbows.

Bags of gunpowder weapons that had already been weighed and transformed were stacked next to them, and Wang Yang stood at the top of the slope, looking into the city, at such a distance and height, without a telescope, he could see the scattered firelight in the ancient city of Wuyan.

The smoke of the cooking was rising, and it seemed that the Western Xia barbarians in the ancient city of Wuyan were contentedly waiting to enjoy their dinner.

"My lord, it's all ready, should we try the crossbow now?" The general next to him reminded Wang Yangdao.

"All set? Let's give it a try, well, I'd better do it. Wang Yang turned around and walked towards the bed crossbow not far away.

Walked to the bed crossbow, at this moment, the two bed crossbows were pulled by animal power, opened to the top winding position, Wang Yang motioned to the young man over there to bring a bag of gunpowder arrows weighing fifty catties and had been tied together with ropes.

The shaft of the gunpowder arrow, which could only be used by a crossbow or a bow, had been cut off, leaving only a uniform gunpowder tube about ten centimeters long and as thick as a thumb, and the fuses at the back had been lengthened and screwed together.

Wang Yang first untied the rope into a slipknot, and after taking the incense, he nodded to the soldier beside Wu Kongli who was eager to try with a sledgehammer. That's when the pinched fuses were ignited.

After the gunpowder fuse was ignited, Wang Yang moved out of the way as fast as he could, and the soldier with the sledgehammer roared angrily, raised the sledgehammer in his hand high, and then smashed it down fiercely.

The trigger was smashed down by a sledgehammer in an instant, and in an instant, it seemed that a strong wind was blowing in the face, and the fuse on the buttocks was smoking dozens of pounds of modified gunpowder arrows and bullets into the night sky.

Everyone tried their best to widen their eyes, and without blinking at the point of light flying in the sky, after a few breaths, it seemed that after a slight stagnation, it began to fall downward, and in the process of falling, the original point of light seemed to spread out like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers, falling downward.

"What the hell are these?" The Western Xia defenders standing on the head of the ancient city of Wuyan looked at the sky inexplicably, these Song people were doing something, as if there was a faint fire flying out of the Song army's camp, and then flying towards this side.