"My lord, why are you here?" In Yique Pass, Pang De and Wei Yue, who were in charge of the battle at Yique Pass, stepped forward, and after paying homage to Lu Bu, they looked at Lu Bu with some puzzlement. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Lu Bu was followed by two people, one of whom never left Lu Bu's left and right, Lu Bu's first fierce general Xiong Kuohai, and the other Wei Yue felt a little embarrassed, but Pang De knew Ma Jun, the deputy governor of the Ministry of Industry under Lu Bu, and many of the sophisticated equipment and weapons on their bodies were all from Ma Jun's hands, although they were not very eye-catching, but no one dared to underestimate this person among the generals under Lu Bu.

It's just that Pang De is a little puzzled, the big war is imminent, how could Lu Bu take Ma Jun to the front line to hang around.

"There is information that Zhuge Liang under Liu Bei has developed a new bow and crossbow, Master Ma is very curious about this, and he has nothing to do, so I will take him here to have a look, it is best to seize some crossbows and let the Ministry of Industry study them." Lu Bu sat on top of the handsome seat and smiled.

"Master Ma is too worried, our army's crossbow arrows are the best in the world, so what is Zhuge Liang's ability? Can you make crossbow arrows that rival our army? Pound De heard this, couldn't help laughing, Lu Bu has been developing crossbow arrows since he entered Chang'an, and when he swept the Hetao, the crossbow had shined, and later Lu Bu engaged in production and convened the world's craftsmen to research and develop, which is not Ma Jun working alone, but hundreds of master craftsmen from all over the country and even foreign lands in the Ministry of Industry joined forces, after nearly seven years of research.

Not to mention that he doesn't know what Zhuge Liang is, even if he is really a genius among geniuses, how can he overshadow the efforts of so many master-level craftsmen for several years in such a short period of time?

Ma Jun couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, he glanced at Lu Bu, it was obvious that Lu Bu was coming by himself, but he put this basin on his head, and he couldn't refute it, in fact, Ma Jun himself also felt that Lu Bu was making a fuss, and now Lu Bu is not talking about the military industry, even if it is the level of science and technology of the people, he has to throw out the princes, is it necessary to care about others?

"The head of Bona's hundred schools can go further, so Ming is too arrogant." Lu Bu shook his head, he didn't agree with this point of view, now Guanzhong technology is higher than that of Kanto, but it has not yet reached the level of invincibility, many things, in fact, have a prototype before the Han Dynasty, in the past few years, at least in the military, what the Ministry of Industry has done is just a comprehensive use of the industrial knowledge accumulated over the years, and it is far from reaching the level of qualitative change, not to mention that according to the historical records left by Qin Hu, the Qin crossbow could shoot at a maximum of 800 steps, and now it is the farthest range of the army-breaking crossbow, In addition, the pulleys can't reach such a long range, and the previous things have not been eaten thoroughly, if you are complacent, sooner or later the princes will come up with more powerful weapons under the pressure of Guanzhong.

"The Lord is taught." Hearing this, Pang De hurriedly bowed and said.

"Okay, the battle on Cao Cao's side has started, and Liu Bei's side is estimated to be almost there, so Ling Ming will decide for himself." Lu Bu waved his hand, this is a matter of consciousness, in fact, in the past two years, especially in the past two years, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, and Ma Chao joined forces to defeat Xiahou, behead Zangba, and surrender to the forbidden land of Jizhou in less than half a month, this complacent mood is not only in the army, even the people have begun to slack off, and sometimes, the progress of human science and technology and culture is often brought about by pressure.

And one thing is right, now the technology under Lu Bu's rule is indeed crushing the princes, especially after the tactics of various crossbows and coordinated operations gradually replace the original fighting methods, and the losses of both sides in each war are not proportional at all, this complacent arrogance naturally arises.

Lu Bu had to rejoice that he advocated the contention of a hundred schools of thought, and now the competitive atmosphere between hundreds of schools of thought has been formed, and the Ministry of Industry is also linked to military merit and scoring with the craftsmen's fortune, which stimulates the creativity of these craftsmen very well, otherwise, once this complacent mood appears among the craftsmen, then Lu Bu's original intention to set up the Ministry of Industry will lose its meaning.

In the afternoon, a scout came to report that Liu Bei's army appeared thirty miles away from Yique Pass, Pang De naturally knew that over there was the Tiger Prison, Gao Shun relied on the 3,000 broken army crossbows allocated by Lu Bu to Gao Shun, and fought a battle with Cao Cao, and the results were brilliant, so naturally he couldn't bear it and asked Lu Bu for battle.

Although Gao Shun is indeed powerful, and his qualifications are older than himself, but the so-called Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is not the second, Pang De can't compete with Gao Shun in terms of resources, but it doesn't mean that he thinks he is worse than Gao Shun, even if he doesn't break the army and crossbow to help, but Pang De doesn't think that Liu Bei, a person who has just become a prince, can be compared with Cao Cao.

"The cavalry will not be sent to you for the time being, and I will accept it when I see it!" Lu Bu nodded and agreed, now Zhao Yun and Ma Chao are still in Jizhou, and together with Zhang Liao, they have restrained a lot of Cao Cao's troops, and the Tiger Roar Battalion of Beigong Li is responsible for guarding Luoyang, and it can't be moved lightly, as for the hussar battalion, it is Lu Bu's personal guard, and with the hussar battalion to win, Pang De is probably not happy.

"Don't worry, lord!" With Lu Bu's permission, Pang De responded excitedly, and immediately went out of the city, leaving 5,000 soldiers for Wei Yue to defend the city, and bringing 15,000 elite battalions out of the city to meet Liu Bei.

"Lord, a large number of Lu Bu's soldiers and horses were found blocking the road ahead!" In Liu Bei's army, Liu Bei, who was marching, got a report from the scout.

"Do you know which soldier it is?" When Liu Bei heard this, he frowned.

"Pound, the commander of the shooting battalion under the command of Nalu Bu!" The scout bowed.

"Shooting Battalion?" Liu Bei looked at Shi Guangyuan and Cui Zhouping beside him and frowned: "I heard that there are five elites under Lu Bu's command, and the shooting battalion is one of them, which should not be underestimated." ”

"Brother, why bother to increase the prestige of others, let me take someone to meet him for a while, it just so happens that the ballista made by the military advisor can also come in handy." Guan Yu stroked his beard and said with a smile, he had seen the power of Gao Shun's crossbow array yesterday, and he had also thought about some countermeasures in his heart, and now he is just using it.

Liu Bei frowned, thought for a while, and said, "Okay, Yun Chang must be careful, if you can't do anything, don't force it." ”

"Brother, don't worry, watch me go and bring the head of the Pound child over." Guan Yu nodded, patted the war horse, and ordered all the people and horses to go straight to Wang Yique Pass.

"Stop!" From a distance, he saw the smoke and dust billowing in the distance, Pound raised the big knife in his hand and said solemnly: "Array!" ”

The officers and soldiers of the three armies quickly began to form a formation, rows of shields stepped forward, and behind them were tens of thousands of crossbowmen holding strong crossbows, vigilantly looking at the oncoming Liu Bei's army.

Guan Yu led the men and horses to stop 600 steps away from Pang De's camp, which made Pang De puzzled, how could this Guan Yu be so timid, but he didn't know that Guan Yu had seen the power of the broken army crossbow yesterday, so he naturally didn't dare to let the army go too far.

"General, it's Guan Yu!" Under Pang De's command, a partial general said in a deep voice, looking at the world, there are not many people who can support a few moves under Lu Bu, not to mention, the three brothers in front of him were on par with Lu Bu, although it was a group fight, but it was not simple, on the grassland, Lu Bu had a record of killing twenty-three generals alone.

"He's Guan Yu?" Pang De raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked, and saw that under the big flag, a red-faced general wearing a green hat, a green robe on his shoulders, wearing chain mail, and a face like a heavy jujube stood majestically under the handsome flag, his eyes couldn't help but brighten, and then he sneered: "I don't want that Guan Yu to be so timid, since he doesn't dare to move forward, then soldiers, go forward!" ”

With Pound's order, the entire phalanx began to move forward, and although the speed was not fast, it was extremely firm.

"General?" On Guan Yu's side, Deputy General Xing Daorong looked at Guan Yu suspiciously.

Guan Yu watched Pang De's army formation getting closer, and it had already entered the range of five hundred steps, but it was still moving forward, and he raised his eyebrows, but he remembered that the crossbow formation in Gao Shun's army yesterday could shoot six hundred steps away, and now it was obviously in range, but Pang De was still advancing.

"The thief army's bow and crossbow are powerful, and they can't be strong, so the Zhuge crossbow of the general division was pushed out, so that the soldiers were behind the ballista." Guan Yu snorted coldly.

"Whoa!" Xing Daorong waved his hand, dozens of crossbow cars up to two zhang long, one zhang wide were pushed out, although it was a ballista, but in front of the ballista, there was a baffle, except for the arrow hole, the rest of the place was covered by the baffle, from the opposite side could not see the whole picture at all, dozens of ballista cars were pushed out in a line, blocking the Jingzhou army tightly.

"What's that, shield car?" Pang De frowned and looked at what the Jingzhou army pushed out, he had already heard about yesterday's battle outside the Tiger Prison Pass, Cao Jun almost broke Gao Shun's crossbow array with a shield car, if it weren't for the help of the shield car, Gao Shun's results would be even more brilliant.

"Shoot the arrows!" Pang De snorted coldly, seeing that the other party had entered his range, he immediately ordered, and rows of single-shot crossbows fired arrows at the ballista at a distance of nearly three hundred steps, forming a dense array of arrows towards the Jingzhou army.

"Raise the shield~" Guan Yu gave an order, and the Jingzhou army quickly raised the shield, and the range of the single-shot crossbow had reached the limit, and when it was shot here, it was already the end of the strong crossbow, and it was impossible to penetrate the shield.

"Bang Bang Bang~" In a series of dense sounds, except for a few unlucky ghosts who were hit by arrows, Pound's wave of arrow rain was almost blocked by shields and ballistas.

It seems that yesterday's strong crossbow was not here!

Guan Yu sneered, if it was just an ordinary strong crossbow, the crossbow car designed by Zhuge Liang was enough.

"Ballista forward!" After understanding that the other party did not carry that kind of strong crossbow with an ultra-long range, Guan Yu immediately ordered the whole army to advance.

"General, our crossbow arrows can't pierce the other side's strange car." The adjutant said with a wry smile.

Pound frowned and waved his hand: "Projectile!" ”

Crossbow arrows are not suitable for throwing, but they are not completely impossible, since they can't shoot the opponent's shield cart, shoot the enemy's rear soldiers first.

With Pang De's order, the cold arrow cluster crossed a gentle arc in the air, and wreaked towards the rear of the Jingzhou army, as the distance continued to close, the terrifying penetration of the single crossbow also began to exert its power at this moment, and the cold arrow cluster could easily penetrate the wooden round shield, but in an instant, a large area of the Jingzhou army fell to the ground and died.

"Hurry up!" Guan Yu's face sank like water, the death of the soldier did not make him hesitate, although the crossbow is powerful, but it is not without weaknesses, that is, his range is fixed, unlike ordinary bows and arrows, the range can be artificially controlled, as long as it rushes to a certain range, it will be difficult for the opponent's projectile to play a role. (To be continued.) )