Behind the straw handle, because the speed of the crossbow arrow was too fast, it brought a strong impact and directly tore the grass handle behind it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info And the crossbow bolt just now has been deeply inserted into the rammed earth wall behind the straw handle, and it has entered the roots.

Liu Che also came over, and after Yan Ming, he also noticed the strangeness of the straw handle. Looking at the crossbow arrows that entered from the roots, Liu Che's eyes straightened.

"This thing is so lethal! What would it be like if the whole army was equipped? Liu Che said.

Yan Ming nodded and said, "Come up with a pair of armor, put it on the straw, I want to test shoot the armor." ”

When Liu Che heard this, his eyes lit up, if this kind of thing could ignore the armor, it would be a big killer on the battlefield.

Soon someone brought standard armor.

Yan Ming frowned and said, "Take the general's armor directly!" ”

Soon a pair of general's armor hung on the straw handle. General, that's heavy armor, and generally bows and arrows and swords and spears are cut on it, and they don't have much effect.

Yan Ming was still standing twenty meters away, picking up the military crossbow, aiming, and firing.

With a "dang" sound, the crossbow bolt shot directly into the general's armor. Before others ran over, Liu Che had already passed.

Yan Ming also ran after him. Seeing that the general's armor had been pierced by the crossbow arrows, the deformed crossbow arrows stayed in the middle after shooting through the general's armor on the front.

It is not difficult to imagine that if someone wearing such a suit of armor were hit by this crossbow arrow, they would leave a deformed crossbow arrow in their body.

This kind of lethality is no longer what Liu Che and others can think of.

"Try again!" Yan Ming stepped back.

Everyone watched Yan Ming withdraw a full thirty meters this time, and then raised his crossbow arrow and shot.

After test firing again and again, Yan Ming had a rough definition of this military crossbow.

If you shoot a person wearing the general's armor, within thirty meters, you will be killed. If you shoot 30 to 50 meters of the general's armor, you can break through the armor's defenses, but it is not enough to kill.

However, if you shoot soldiers who are usually wearing cowhide armor, or even no armor, the shooting range of this weapon is greatly increased. It can reach a threat range of 100 meters.

It was only after sixty meters that the crossbow lost its sights.

Yan Ming thought that if he made a crossbow arrow with a spiral arrow, the accuracy would be higher. It's just that the current craftsmanship has not yet reached that point.

If you have gunpowder, you can make a simple flintlock pistol, and you can hit an iron ball. That would be a hot weapon, and this kind of crossbow that is a completely cold weapon are two different concepts.

To make a flintlock pistol or any kind of gun, you need to have a good barrel and save the bore. With the current mechanical process, it may be okay to make water pipes, but it is a bit reluctant to make high-precision gun barrels.

Giving up the idea of developing firearms, Yan Ming had another bold idea. Build a large crossbow, similar to the eight-ox crossbow of later generations.

It's just that gunpowder is hung on the crossbow arrows, and glass or even iron casings are tied around the gunpowder. At the moment of explosion, although the lethality produced is not as good as artillery, in this era, it is an extremely threatening thing.

He was still thinking that Liu Che had already come over and took the military crossbow from his hand, and he couldn't put it down.

"This thing is so good, you gave it to me, but I didn't pay attention to it, damn it, damn it." Liu Che said reproachfully.

At that time, he thought that Yan Ming was just a young guy, and gave himself a drawing, although he had simply read it, and he was also excited at that time. But after that, when I think about it, I don't believe it.

At this time, he saw the powerful killing effect of the military crossbow and immediately regretted it.

"Your Majesty, when we are done traveling, we will start mass production of such military crossbows. When the army of my Han is equipped with this kind of crossbow arrows, it will be easier to win the war with the foreigners. Yan Ming said.

"Dead monkey, your invention of this thing is ten times more expensive than that swallow knife. You say, you say, I - how shall I reward you? Liu Che was really excited.

Since his accession to the throne, his greatest wish has been to strengthen his army. Now that I see hope in Yan Ming, how can I not be excited.

"You don't have to reward me. For me, Dahan is my home. Have you ever seen a family member who has contributed to his own family and has to be rewarded? Yan Ming asked rhetorically.

Liu Che was stunned, and only after a while did he pat Yan Ming's shoulder hard and said, "With your words, we will always be brothers." ”

"Pull it down. I'll go back to my Hongyantang as a teacher. You'd better never think of me for the rest of your life. Yan Ming smiled.

"Yan Ming, should we find some people and teach them how to assemble this thing." Liu Che saw Yan Ming start assembling another military crossbow, patted his head and said.

Yan Ming looked around, except for Gongsun Ao and Cheng Xin, there was no one else. Only then did he say: "Tell your majesty the truth." Don't say that you are recruiting people here. It's just the parts, and the ministers don't want to build it completely in an iron-smelting village. There are only different iron-smelting farms, creating different parts. Then the parts are grouped together in one place and assembled in a specialized way. In this way, the risk of leakage of military crossbows can be minimized as much as possible. ”

"This is what you call assembly work?" Liu Che asked.

"Well, every worker who produces a part is an expert in that part. But this expert is only working on this one kind of part. They didn't know anything else, and they didn't know how to use the part. That's what I'm here for. As for the final assembly, it is also divided into two groups, one group to assemble the main body, and one group to assemble the attached things, so that no one knows how the complete process structure came about. Yan Ming said with a smile.

"What a great solution." Liu Che's eyes flickered, and Yan Ming's words seemed to open a door for him.

"Dead monkey, I found you to be smart." Liu Che was for a long time, then gently slapped Yan Ming's shoulder again, and scolded with a smile.

"Generally, not well." Yan Ming said with a smile.

The two of them temporarily decided to stay in this iron smelting village for another two nights. In this way, Da Lao Chen has enough time to build more military crossbows and equip them with several people first.

In addition, Yan Ming asked Da Lao Chen to equip everyone with an additional crossbow box. This way, once one crossbow case has been fired, it can be directly replaced with another crossbow case full of bolts for seamless shooting.

Sometimes, Yan Ming even felt that such crossbow arrows were no worse than ordinary rifles. If you are fully armed, you only need to stand on the wall of the border pass.

The long-range shot with a similar eight-bull crossbow designed and built by himself in the future, and when he came to the front, the military crossbows fired in unison. It is estimated that after two rounds like this, all kinds of cavalry will die almost the same.

"Looks like we're going to have to work overtime again tonight." Yan Ming made up his mind, this kind of small military crossbow was modeled on, and it was not difficult for him to build a large killing weapon.