Chapter 35: Where 'ICBMs' Go (Part II) 20/5

Li Er was still galloping in the inner garden, still very indifferent to Zhao Chen's arrival, and he didn't show any impatience at all, at least on the surface.

Zhao Chen then stood on the periphery of the inner garden with the eldest grandson Wuji and others, chatting while watching Li Er gallop in the inner garden with a group of hundred horsemen, fully showing off his superb riding skills.

After about half an hour, Li Er finally ended the 'hunt' and returned to the place where Zhao Chen and the others were standing with a group of hundred horsemen.

Turning over from the horse, the waiter who had been waiting brought the prepared clean water to Li Er, and there was actually a piece of soap. The weather was already sweltering, and Li Er had been running for most of the day, and he was also sweating.

"If I don't send someone over to invite you, aren't you going to go to the palace to see me?" When cleaning his hands, Li Er turned his head to look at Zhao Chen and said meaningfully.

"What a thing!" When Zhao Chen heard this, he immediately smiled, looked at Li Er and said, "Weichen has already removed the gauze and is ready to enter the palace!" ”

"So, I urged you?" When Li Er heard this, he had a strange expression of believing you, and couldn't help but snort lightly, straightened up and took the handkerchief handed by the chamberlain, looked at the scar on Zhao Chen's forehead and said, "It's all right?" ”

"It's all right!" Zhao Chen raised his hand and touched the scar on his forehead that was obviously convex to the touch, and smiled at Li Er: "It may leave a scar in the future!" ”

"What's the scar on the man's body!" Li Er didn't care about this, wiped his hands, immediately put his hands on his back, looked at Zhao Chen and said, "I have a few scars on my body, and my generals, the one who has no scars on his body!" ”

When Zhao Chen heard Li Er's words, he immediately bowed his head and said in his heart. If you have the ability, try to hang those scars on your face!

"Everything?" When Li Er said this, he looked at the carriage guarded by the old eunuch over there, and only at this moment did he show a fiery look in his eyes, frowned, and asked.

"The same does not pull. All bringed! When Zhao Chen heard this, he immediately said to Li Er.

When Li Er heard this, the expression on his face paused slightly, and then his eyes turned to the eldest grandson Wuji and the others behind him, and said with a smile: "What?" I've already said that this kid won't just make that armor and crossbow! ”

"Your Majesty still understands the Marquis of Chang'an!" As soon as the eldest grandson Wuji and the others heard Li Er's words, they immediately put that sycophancy. He didn't want money and slapped Li Er's body, and Zhao Chen, who listened to it, muttered in his heart.

Since everything has been brought, there is no reason not to try it on the spot, otherwise, Li Er would not have chosen this place in the inner garden, which Li Er had already thought about.

Li Er said hello, and a group of people all walked to the carriage, the old eunuch who was originally sitting cross-legged in the carriage. As soon as he saw Li Er coming, he immediately got off the carriage. Then, the curtain was lifted.

The eldest grandson Wuji and the others followed behind Li Er, and when they were about to reach the side of the carriage, the group of people immediately stopped, and Zhao Chen was about to walk forward. Seeing that the eldest grandson Wuji and the others were all standing at a distance of Li Eryizhang with a smile, after thinking about it, they had to stop depressedly.

No way, who made the family the emperor!

Even, knowing the people present. There is no threat to Li Er, but this is a etiquette system, even if the eldest grandson is unscrupulous, he must abide by it!

As the old eunuch lifted the curtain, Li Er's gaze swept into the carriage, and the whole person stayed there for a moment, and after a while, he subconsciously gasped.

Looking at Li Er's gaze, he saw that the small carriage was full of all kinds of weapons, ranging from the equipment for attacking and defending the city, to the bow and crossbow sword, of course, they were all very different from Datang so far.

"......" Li Er's eyes were filled with great shock, and after a while, he couldn't help but turn his head and glanced at Zhao Chen in shock, only then did he turn around and take out a bow and crossbow from it.

The bow and crossbow taken out by Li Er were about one zhang high, and the bow body was made of wood, slightly curved, and painted on it. Located at each end of the bow, there are two wheels, and the bowstring passes through the middle of the two wheels.

At the grip of the bow body, layers of twine are wound, and an iron nail is also installed, and the entire bow and crossbow are very different from the existing bows and crossbows in Datang.

"Good bow!" Li Er was originally the emperor immediately, Yu Junwu was naturally an expert, this bow and crossbow, even if the bow had not been opened, just from the extremely tense appearance, you could feel the horror of this bow and crossbow.

"A good bow indeed!" The eldest grandson Wuji and the others, naturally they were no strangers, and when they saw the extremely tense bow and crossbow, they immediately echoed and said.

"But I don't know, what is the range of this bow and crossbow of Chang'an Hou?" Is it the book of the military department, Du Ruhui spoke, suddenly looked at Zhao Chen with a smile, and asked.

When Du Ruhui's words fell, everyone turned their eyes to Zhao Chen, it was Li Er, who also heard this, and couldn't help but look at Zhao Chen, full of curiosity.

"About seventy or eighty feet!" Zhao Chen just wanted to say that it was seventy or eighty meters, but when the words were about to be spoken, he reacted suddenly, and immediately changed the rice to zhang.

"Impossible!" As soon as Zhao Chen's words came out, the scene was slightly stunned, obviously, Zhao Chen's answer made everyone present a little unacceptable.

The bow and the crossbow are two completely different concepts, the crossbow has a long range and is a long-range strike weapon, while the bow is more than half the range of the crossbow.

In the army of the Tang Dynasty, almost everyone was equipped with a bow, but there were only a small number of crossbows, because there were very few soldiers in the army who could use crossbows.

This is also the reason why when Zhao Chen said that the range was seventy or eighty zhang, the people present were surprised, and this range was almost half the range of the crossbow.

When Zhao Chen heard Du Ruhui exclaim, he immediately smiled helplessly, and set his eyes on Li Er, the meaning was very clear, since he didn't believe it, he could try it on the spot.

Li Er was also a little unbelieving in his heart, and when he saw Zhao Chen's gaze, he immediately did not hesitate, turned his gaze to the carriage, and prepared to take an arrow and verify it on the spot.

There were a lot of things in the carriage, there were several kinds of arrows alone, Li Er glanced at it, his expression was stunned, he had to look at Zhao Chen, and said, "Choose one for me!" ”

When Zhao Chen heard this, he immediately stepped forward with a smile, took out a sharp arrow from the carriage, and handed it to Li Er.

After all, it is a new-style bow and arrow, even if Li Er is a master of bows, but for a while, he is still a little unsuitable for this new-style bow and arrow, and Zhao Chen has to be next to Li Er again, explaining to Li Er little by little.

The wheels at both ends of the bowstring are naturally used to weaken the force of pulling the bowstring, and the iron nail in the middle of the bow body is used for aiming.

Of course, this thing is a bit chicken for the soldiers of the cold weapon era, and the battlefield is crowded, where you need to aim, and you can shoot the bow directly.

As early as the first time, the people of the hundred horsemen carried an arrow target to a place of seventy or eighty zhang, and when the people of the hundred horsemen left, Li Er held his breath, erected the bow body, and aimed at the arrow target in the distance.

As Li Er raised his bow, the scene suddenly quieted down, and all the people, at this moment, looked straight at the arrow target in the distance, with a faint sense of expectation on their expressions.

At this moment, Li Er suddenly pulled the bowstring, and pulled the bowstring out of the full moon in just one moment, and the entire wooden bow body made a 'squeak' sound, obviously, the bow body had reached the limit of bearing.

Zhao Chen, who was on the side, heard the sound of this bow body being overwhelmed, his scalp suddenly went numb, and his nerves immediately tensed, and the soles of his feet moved slightly, and he had an urge to run away immediately.

I have already made it clear to Li Er just now, because of the installation of wheels, when pulling the bowstring, it doesn't take much arm strength at all.

But obviously, Li Er took his words as a deaf ear, and suddenly used his strength too much, and pulled the bow body with a creaky sound.

Li Er probably didn't expect that when he pulled hard, he actually pulled out the full moon, and the expression on his face was slightly stunned for a moment, and then, in the frown of Zhao Chen on the side, he released the bowstring.

At the moment when Li Er let go of the bowstring, the bowstring he heard let out a tremor, a 'hum' sound, and with this sound, a sharp arrow came out of the string, and lightning went straight to the arrow target in the distance.

When Zhao Chen said that the range was seventy or eighty zhang, everyone still looked very surprised, however, at this moment, everyone watched as the sharp arrow that was off the string, like lightning, rushed straight to the target.

'Duh! In the blink of an eye, the sharp arrow was nailed to the target, but the remaining strength of the arrow was not exhausted, and at the moment of nailing into the target, the whole target was pushed backwards, and then fell back to its original place.

It's quiet!

Li second-hand held the bow body, still maintaining his previous appearance, his eyes looked straight at the arrow target, penetrating the arrow target, and the slightly swaying arrow feathers, the old man did not react for a long time.

"Your Majesty's archery skills are outstanding, which is an eye-opener for Weichen!" Just when everyone was shocked on the spot, Zhao Chen was also shocked, this is a distance of seventy or eighty zhang, Li Er really hit the bull's-eye with one arrow, Zhao Chen was not surprised.

"Hahahaha!" Li Er, who was originally shocked, heard Zhao Chen's timely shot, and immediately opened his mouth with joy and laughed, and when he had laughed enough, he looked at Zhao Chen and asked, "Does this bow have a name?" ”

"Wechen calls it a compound bow!" When Zhao Chen heard this, he looked at Li Er and said with a smile: "If Your Majesty thinks it doesn't sound good, you can take another name!" ”

"It's a compound bow!" Li Er stroked the bow in his hand with satisfaction, his eyes were full of enthusiasm, obviously satisfied with this compound bow.

The surrounding eldest grandson Wuji and others also reacted at this time, and hurriedly sent Li Er a sycophant, so, in the blink of an eye, this compound bow made by Zhao Chen became a symbol of Li Er's mandate.

Zhao Chen, who listened to it, was depressed for a while, but on the surface, he had to pretend to be disgusting. (To be continued......)