Song Qian said: "I only have to make sharp weapons, but I don't know how to train sergeants." ”

Fang Jinshi didn't understand the training of sergeants, so he immediately shut up, and said, "How much is it worth to make a crossbow like this?" How long does it take for a skilled craftsman to make one? ”

Song Qian picked up the crossbow and said: "This crossbow is also simple to make, and it is more troublesome than the Divine Arm Bow, but it is a little bad." ”

Xie Wanli said: "What's bad? ”

Song Qian flicked the string of the crossbow with his fingers before saying: "This bowstring, because it shoots too fast, and the damage is also fast, it must be made of good beef tendon and cowhide mixed with other materials, you also know that there are many farmlands in the Great Song Dynasty, and farmers are reluctant to kill cattle for meat. ”

Xie Wanli said: "If it is in Liao, it is not difficult. ”

Song Qian looked at him but didn't say anything more, because what Xie Wanli said was nonsense at all, this is the Great Song Dynasty, not the Liao Dynasty. Fang Jinshi said on the side: "I've heard of the kidnapping horse of the Jin Kingdom, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes, Fifth Brother Song, if I have this crossbow arrow of yours in the official army and deal with the kidnapping horse of the Jurchens, what are the odds?" ”

Song Qian said: "In your opinion, what can it be?" ”

Fang Jinshi said with a smile: "The little brother has never seen the kidnapping horse, how do you know, but if you think there is a chance of winning more than sixty percent." ”

Song Qian said: "Don't say that it is six, there is no chance of winning." ”

Fang Jinshi choked suddenly, and Song Qian said: "The kidnapping horses of the Jin Kingdom, each crutch is divided into three kinds of killing forces, and when it is one hundred and sixty steps, the Jurchen riders attack it with bows and arrows; At sixty paces, he will attack it with spears and spears; In close combat, attack it with a mace, a heavy axe, and a long knife. ”

Xie Wanli said: "That's right, the kidnapping horse is very fierce and fast, and it is difficult to meet the enemy head-on. ”

Fang Jinshi said: "Then can't I do the same?" ”

Xie Wanli said: "The Jurchen abduction horse riders are the elite of the cavalry elite, each crutch must go through long-term training and running-in, and the crutches must cooperate appropriately, not a one-day effort, and each rider is not only long archery, will throw, but also to make heavy weapons, it is difficult to gather these people for a while, Jin Guo has been planning for many years, and the reserves are endless, and once there is a battle damage, it can be made up immediately, and other armies can't imitate it." ”

Fang Jinshi bowed his head and was silent, these are the truths, and more importantly, these riders of the kidnapping horses all have to rely on the momentum of not being afraid of death, braving the impact of the opponent's enemy arrows, it is really not easy to get together these people.

Song Qian said again: "Although the kidnapper horse is ruthless, it is not without weaknesses, light armor is its weakness, the golden man can only open the bow one hundred and sixty steps away, but my crossbow can penetrate dead wood three hundred steps away, so these three hundred steps outside to within sixty steps is where my lying crossbow comes in, the key is that my crossbow arrows must be dense and fast." ”

Xie Wanli said: "Even if more than half of the kidnapping horses of the Jin Kingdom have lost, if half of the kidnapping horses rush to within sixty steps of the front, throw the second wave of spears and spears, and then rush to the front in a blink of an eye, most of the archers of our army are still lying on the ground, wouldn't they be slaughtered and have no power to fight back." ”

Song Qian said: "To deal with the second wave of the abduction horse, I also have a tool to deal with it, in fact, you have also seen and used it, it is the bed crossbow." ”

Xie Wanli was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Old Five, are you joking?" ”

Song Qian said with a serious face: "How can it be a joke?" ”

Xie Wanli said: "How is it a bed crossbow?" The bed crossbow is good for long-range shooting, it is large and bulky, and the distance of sixty paces, it is only an instant for the kidnapper horse to kill the front, but I am afraid that the bed crossbow will come out in a cluster, and the second long cluster has not yet been installed. ”

Song Qian said: "You only know one thing but you don't know the other, I'll take you to see my newly made bed crossbow." After he finished speaking, he got up and walked to the courtyard, led Xie Wanli and Fang Jinshi to another room with the door closed, turned around and said to the two proudly: "Let you see and understand." With that, he pushed the door hard behind his back.

The double door opened, and Fang Jinshi looked into the house from behind him, and sure enough, there was a wooden frame in the middle of the room.

This wooden frame is very small, but it looks like a wooden cart spinning cotton, which is several sizes smaller than the bed crossbow seen before Fang Jinshi Jiewan, it is a miniature version of the bed crossbow, and strangely, there is a small wooden wheel on the wooden frame at the tail of the car that is similar to the ship's steering wheel.

Xie Wanli took a step forward and looked at it: "How far can such a small bed crossbow shoot?" ”

Song Qian was originally facing the two of them, but at this time he turned around and walked to the house, pressed his hand on the bowstring of the bed crossbow and said: "It's very close, its bow is relatively soft, and more than two hundred steps away is already the limit." ”

Xie Wanli said: "If you can't go far, what's the use?" ”

Song Qian said: "Can't go far, but it's fast, the big bed crossbow is less than three or five people lead the bow and shoot arrows, my small bed crossbow only needs one person, the big bed crossbow has five strong bows, my crossbow only has two soft bows, the bow is soft but easy to wind, this wooden wheel is used for winding, and with the arrow box like the crossbow lying above, I can send six arrows when the kidnapping horse throws a spear." ”

Xie Wanli said: "Always faster than him." ”

Song Qian smiled and said, "No, I'm bullying him without armor." ”

Fang Jinshi interjected and said, "If there are still some kidnapping horses rushing into our formation, how can we deal with it?" ”

Song Qian smiled, but was silent, and said half-loudly: "I haven't thought of a way to deal with this third wave of momentum." ”

Fang Jinshi couldn't help but be disappointed when he reconciled Wanli, Song Qian's lying crossbow and small bed crossbow were indeed powerful, against the fast-impacting kidnapping horse, the first two waves of offensive were enough to cause heavy casualties, but the critical third wave of hand-to-hand combat was helpless, so even if the first two waves took advantage, but once the kidnapping horse rushed into the formation, using the Jurchen's mace, heavy axe and long knife to deal with the archers, and maybe even some soldiers were still lying on the ground, it must be a tiger into the flock, chopping melons and vegetables.

Then the most critical melee battle of the third wave could not be resisted, and our position was in chaos, and the result was, of course, all the efforts in front were in vain, and we were bound to lose.

Xie Wanli knew Song Qian's character, he was extreme, obsessed with technology, and was afraid that he would drill the tip of the horns, so he comforted him: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, sometimes as long as you kill and injure the enemy two or three percent, it is enough to make him afraid to retreat, where to dare to rush forward again, the fifth don't have to be too persistent." ”

Song Qian said: "Recently, I have been thinking about thousands of methods, but they are not satisfactory, is it really that there is no cold weapon in the world to truly restrain the light riding of the Jin Kingdom?" After speaking, he shook his head, Fang Jinshi looked at his expression, and couldn't help but say: "Fifth Brother Song doesn't have to be too anxious, I can't think of it today, I can't think of it tomorrow, I'll go back and ask some military leaders, and discuss it with Fifth Brother after a while, maybe Fifth Brother there has already made a third magical weapon." ”

Xie Wanli also said: "It is precisely this principle, sometimes the more you want to do something, the more you can't do it, and sometimes you do it unintentionally." ”

Song Qian walked to the corner of the house, looked through some drawings and books on the table, and said to the two without raising his head: "Please take care of yourself, I'll think about it myself." After saying that, he ignored the guests and pondered it himself.

Xie Wanli and Fang Jinshi glanced at each other, Xie Wanli waved his hand at him, motioned him to go out, and the two walked out of Song Qian's house together, Xie Wanli said: "He is like this, sometimes it is normal to think about a few days and nights." ”

Fang Jinshi can understand a technical maniac like Song Qian very well, and he admires this kind of person in his heart, but of course he doesn't care about Song Qian's neglect at all.

The two walked to the courtyard and said, "I came to Bianliang in a little hurry this time, that is, I didn't come to visit, and I didn't inform you in advance, so I ask my brother to forgive me." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "It's all a family, why bother with so many courtesies, tomorrow our two families will find a quiet place outside Bianliang City, get together well, and let their sisters reunite more?" ”

Xie Wanli sighed and said: "I'm afraid it's not going to work, my father-in-law is still in crisis, and I'm afraid of changes if I stay here for a long time, I'm always timid with my family, and I want to go back tonight." ”

Fang Jinshi said: "I still want to invite the second sister to live at home for a while, it seems that I can only do it next time." ”

Xie Wanli patted him on the shoulder and said, "Actually, seriously, I also want to live a life like yours, they all say that the fourth sister is the best to marry, live a stable and worry-free life, and stay away from the battlefield is the best." ”

Fang Jinshi was speechless for a while, he still admired this brother-in-law who was good at offense and defense, Xie Wanli smiled: "Let's go and see what their sisters are talking about." ”

Fang Jinshi nodded in agreement, and the two walked into the room where the three Liang Cuirong sisters were talking, the three women were chatting, the two came in and chatted with them casually for a while, Xie Wanli's wife, the second sister of the Liu family, said: "The little sister depends on you, you always take her for a while, and she has nothing to do with you." ”

Liang Cuirong held Liu Huanqing's hand and smiled at her: "Second sister, rest assured." ”

Fang Jinshi heard that this little girl was going to stay in his home again, and looked up, Liu Huanqing calmly hugged the white cat in her hand, and did not say a word, Fang Jinshi thought in his heart that this time was different from the past, when he was in Yanzhou City before, there was only one woman in the family, Liang Cuirong was the only woman, and it was easy to say anything, at this time, there were still Huang Jinmian and Yun Nuer in the family in Bianliang City, although this little girl was young, sometimes she was quiet, but sometimes she choked people when she spoke, and she could be angry to death, Fang Jinshi had learned her power.

When she came to the house this time, she didn't know what would happen again.

It was getting late, Xie Wanli was in a hurry, Fang Jinshi also said goodbye, Song Wu's sister-in-law sent them out, and Song Qian never went out to see each other.

Sitting in the carriage back to Liangcheng, Fang Jinshi looked at Liu Huanqing who was sitting next to Liang Cuirong, she hugged the white cat and didn't speak, Fang Jinshi had the intention to please her, so he looked at the white cat and asked with a smile: "Is this white cat still the one in Yanzhou?" ”

Liu Huanqing just nodded, and didn't answer, Fang Jinshi said again: "I've fed it twice before, I don't know if it remembers, if I move it, will it catch me?" ”

Liu Huanqing said: "If you keep feeding it, it will remember, if you half-heartedly only think of it once in a few months, it won't remember." ”

Fang Jinshi looked up at Liang Cuirong, she also smiled, although this Liu Huanqing was just an unintentional remark, but it had already made Fang Jinshi feel that it was still difficult to be a good brother-in-law.