The clan is quite satisfied with Yamada Nagamasa's answer, as long as this army is in hand, even if the enemy has tens of thousands of troops, he dares to fight hard, this crossbow is simply a machine gun in the era of cold ice, who is its opponent, even if a fool is in command, he can defeat the enemy.

But just when the clan was satisfied, a basin of cold water was ruthlessly poured down.

I saw Yamada Nagamasa frown, and continued: "Lord, although this crossbow can be imitated, and as long as there are enough people, it can be imitated, but it is not easy for this crossbow arrow to be mass-produced. ”

"Huh? What do you mean? After hearing this, the clan couldn't help but be stunned, and couldn't help but hurriedly ask.

"Lord, this cross bow has very strict requirements for crossbow arrows, thick can not be loaded into the crossbow groove, thin after shooting out not only greatly reduced power, the range may only reach half of the road, and the distance of the iron cannon shooting is not too much, and the accuracy is greatly reduced, even inferior to the iron cannon, and the arrow body needs to be very smooth, if it is made of steel, it can only be built by the most skilled craftsmen, because the requirements are too high, so the output is low.

Even if it is made by skilled craftsmen, there are only one or two at most a month, and ordinary craftsmen are simply not competent, so up to now, there are only a few dozen crossbow arrows created. ”

"Can't we replace it with other materials?" Hearing such news, the excitement of the clan was immediately completely extinguished, even if the ashigaru under his command had a crossbow, but what was the use of the crossbow arrows not keeping up, it seemed that he was happy a little early.

"The subordinates instructed the craftsmen to use hardwood instead, because there is no wood and no steel is hard, so the speed of production is much faster, but the disadvantage is that the range is much shorter, and the effective killing distance can only reach fifty meters, once it exceeds such a distance, it will be difficult to penetrate the armor on the enemy's body."

The effective killing distance is only a little higher than that of the iron cannon, which is a bit of a chicken to use, and this crossbow is not as deterrent as the iron cannon. If you use a wooden crossbow arrow, the only advantage is that it is quick to learn, and you can use it with a little learning.

After listening to Yamada Nagamasa, although there is still a long way to go from the big killer in the imagination of the clan. However, the crossbow can have such power, and it can be satisfying, and there is still a long time before the equipment is ashigaru, and maybe when the problem of making crossbow arrows can be solved, so the clan has no plans to stop production.

Thinking of this, I only heard him speak: "Well, I know the situation." Continue to make crossbows and crossbows, as many steel bolts as possible, but I'll keep it a secret. ”

"Please rest assured, the production of crossbows and bolts has always been carried out separately."

"So I'm relieved."

Just after the clan and Yamada Nagamasa finished talking about the crossbow, Watanabe Moritsuna and a hundred ashigaru under his command were also ready to trade goods to Kai Town.

Due to the tight schedule and the urgency of the task, the goods prepared were also miscellaneous, which were purchased from a village not far outside the city of Luozhongcheng.

The mountain castle had just experienced a great war. What can be received from the villagers, farm tools account for more than half, and there is still some grain left. It was already in the eyes of some samurai, but in order to fill a few large carts, they had to use these rags to make up the numbers.

When the clan saw those big cars, he was very satisfied with the Watanabe Moritsuna and the hundred elite armor who had been dressed up. And the clan also took off his gorgeous clothes, put on a fine cloth jacket that was slightly better than the fine armor cavalry, and after making all the preparations, he was a little uneasy, and checked it from beginning to end, and after seeing that this caravan did not have anything to do with the Takayama family, he decisively gave the order to set off. …,

From Yamashiro I want to go to Kaimachi. It is necessary to pass through the inner and the spring. Although there are no checkpoints along the way, it is not uncommon to encounter troops patrolling the territory, usually consisting of a junior samurai and ten ashigaru, who have long been accustomed to caravans passing through the territory. So along the way, except for a few squads that occasionally came to check, most of the squads turned a blind eye to this caravan.

Especially after entering the hinterland of the Miyoshi family, no one came to disturb them, and the teams patrolling the territory all thought that since this caravan could come here unimpeded, then it could prove that they had no problems, otherwise they would have been treated as the border long ago.

And even if someone comes to check, the customs clearance documents in the hands of the clan can settle everything, this thing doesn't seem to be easy to get for others, but in the eyes of Yamada Nagamasa, it's nothing, as the number one wealthy merchant in the Kaimachi row, he always has a few copies on him, just in case.

When I first entered the land of the three good families, the hundred elite armor riders were still a little nervous, but seeing that the defense of the three good families was so lax, the tense nerves finally relaxed, and at first they also laughed with the clan on their backs, and later saw that the lord was not forbidden, and occasionally joined in with them, which made the elite armor rider ashigaru feel flattered at the same time, and his courage was also enlarged a lot, and even when he was laughing, he no longer carried the lord on his back.

Watanabe Shoutsuna, as the commander of the elite cavalry, saw that the army under his command was so dispersed, and he couldn't help but be angry, those elite cavalry ashiki forgot, but he always remembered that this time they were not here for an outing, their existence was to protect the safety of the lord, and this was still on the enemy's territory, in case the enemy found out the traces of his team of men and horses, and led the army to launch a surprise attack, then with the current state of the elite armor cavalry, it was impossible to quickly enter the battle state, and the safety of the lord depended on them, and they dared to do so, Isn't this deliberately trying to blacken yourself?

If the lord feels that he has no way to govern the army, then I am afraid that this elite cavalry commander is almost at the end of his work.

Thinking of this, I saw him walk quickly in front of several ashigaru who were laughing, and raised it with a kick, kicking one of the ashigaru who laughed the loudest to the ground.

"What are you waiting for?" Watanabe Moritsuna crackled and slapped the participants, and said with a straight face.

Those ashigaru cheeks were fanned, but no one dared to cover them. "Back to unification... The task of the commander and his subordinates is to protect the safety of the lord. ”

"Humph! Since you know the way, why are you laughing during the march, do you really think of yourself as a caravan escort? If that's the case, then I'd like to discuss it with Yamada Nagamasa, but the Sparrow House is very short of manpower. ”

"No, no, my subordinates know that they are wrong, and I ask the commander to give his subordinates another chance." The Zoshigaru is really scared now, if they really kick them out of the Elite Cavalry Sequence, then they will have to hit the wall.

Although the elite cavalry needs to fight hard with the enemy often, and it is not good when he will die on the battlefield, but the relative welfare is absolutely impeccable, not to mention that the rewards that Fenglu and from time to time are enough for himself and his family to live a happy life, even after he dies, the large amount of pension is enough for the family to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

And most importantly, everyone in the elite armor has the hope of becoming a samurai, which is the biggest reason why they are reluctant to leave.

What is a samurai, that is a high lord, and even if he dies, then his son can also inherit the family, since these people can become the flag book, and they are also the nominal guards of the Takayama clan, then they have basically put life and death out of the way, so they are ashigaru, but their thoughts are very close to the samurai, and the only thing missing now is the matching identity. …,

According to rumors, the lord has planned to vigorously promote the banner warriors from several armies several times, if he is kicked out of the army at this time, it will not be worth it, if he really becomes the guard of the sparrow house, all of the above has nothing to do with him, and now the world is in chaos, thieves are swarming, and it is not necessarily safe, so when it comes to this, everyone is not afraid.

Of course, Watanabe Shougang is just to scare and scare them, not to mention that he doesn't have this power, even if he does, he won't let them leave, after all, these are all elites trained by himself, each of them is very precious, not to mention that he blew them away, even if someone wants to take them, he will desperately defend them, and every extra strength will be strengthened.

He was already scared when he saw these ashigaru, so he didn't want to dwell on this issue more, but the punishment still had to be punished, otherwise the army's morale would be slackened like this, and it would be difficult to bring the team after that.

Thinking of this, I saw that his face softened a little, and he said: "If you don't want to leave, you can do it, after returning to Hachiman Castle in the gun, in the next month, the training will be doubled, who wants to finish it or not, give me a bastard as soon as possible, hear clearly." ”

"It's the Commander." Although they secretly complained in their hearts, they didn't dare not agree, it was better to suffer for a month than to kick them to be guards.

When Watanabe Mamoru was about to get them up to catch up with the team and continue the march, he noticed the anomaly over there while he was talking to several other Ashigaru clans about the future, so he immediately ended his conversation with Ashigaru and hurried over, just in time for the reprimand to end.

"What's going on?" When the clan came closer, he couldn't help but ask when he saw that the ashigaru cheeks were red and swollen, and Watanabe Moritsuna's face was not good.

"Back to the lord, the subordinates talked and laughed all the way when they saw the military situation under their command, and the morale of the army was dissipated, so I just taught a few people, and the subordinates promised that this is because the subordinates are not strict in governing the army, and I also ask the lord to punish him, but the subordinates promise that there will never be such a situation in the future."

Looking at the ashamed Watanabe Shougang, the clan said with a smile in front of those ashigaru: "It's no wonder that Ashigaru is here, I did it on purpose, didn't you see that I was still chatting with Ashigaru just now, you don't have to worry about the military discipline along the way, I have my own arrangements." (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )