Chapter 16 Sharpening the Gun
That's right, this thing is the Divine Arm Bow that Wang Shen had been confined to the warehouse before. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Wang Shen: "Gu Dutou, have you ever used this thing, can you pretend it?" β
Gu Lie's expression was very strange, he only looked directly at the divine arm bow, and muttered: "I am an infantry army, and I rely on spears and big axes to fight with people, and I will not use this crossbowman's weapon." β
The divine arm bow is very powerful, it is a heavy weapon of the Northern Song Dynasty military, each crossbow has a number, engraved with the name of the craftsman, and is in charge of a special crossbow soldier, and the method of assembly is also a secret in the army. When the troops are defeated, they will routinely disassemble them into parts and pay them a torch. Therefore, after the Two Song Dynasty, there was no physical object of the Divine Arm Bow in the world, and there was not even a single drawing.
Wang Shen: "Gu Dutou, you are an old man on the battlefield, let me ask you, if one person has this kind of weapon, can he win for a while?" β
Everyone fell silent and turned their heads to look over. The soldiers of the baggage battalion are mainly responsible for the transportation of grain and straw equipment on weekdays, and many of them have never been on the battlefield, let alone fought tough and bloody battles. If you want to talk about combat experience, this Gu Lie fought with Shun Xiaozhong and Tong Guan in the party, Fang La, Khitan, and Jurchen in Shanxi, but no one can compare with him.
Gu Lie didn't speak, his hand trembled slightly.
Wang Shen said loudly: "Gu Lie, you say, how is Li Yu's thief army compared to the Jurchens?" Do you remember the killing of Bear Ridge? β
"How don't you remember?" Tears suddenly welled up in Gu Lie's eyes: "Our little breed is slightly more than equal, my two brothers, four nephews, and my baby child are all standing and dying on that ghost mountain." β
Wang Shen: "Let me ask you, how many people were left under the hands of the little seed minister at that time?" β
"A hundred."
Wang Shenlang said: "At that time, there were only a few hundred people under the head of the little breed minister, and he was facing the Jurchen elite horseman. relied on a divine arm bow in his hands to kill Xiong Ling for three days and three nights. We have more than 200 people here, can Jinan thieves be stronger than the Jurchens? Each of us has a divine arm bow, can't we keep it for a day? You are also a good man of the Western Army, are you afraid, and you are not afraid of Qin Fengjun's robe brother jokes? You are a soldier brought out by a small kind of minister, if he knows about it, and sees your cowardice at the moment, he will probably be angry and come back to life. β
"I'm afraid, what am I afraid of?" Gu Lie thought of the tragic battle, and a wave of blood suddenly surged in his chest, and he said angrily: "If you fight, you will fight, you are afraid of a bird." If everyone has a divine arm bow, Lao Tzu is nothing to keep for a day. But...... Boy, you insulted me Gu Lie very much, if you can't conjure up two hundred divine arm bows today, don't blame a certain person for turning his face and not recognizing people! β
"Okay, just have your words." Wang Shen clapped his hands, and the divine arm bow from the case was dismantled into several large parts in an instant.
Then, they quickly regrouped together, stepped on the ring at the front end, wound it, and pulled the hanging knife at Gu Lie.
The sound of the wind sounded.
As an old man in the Western Army, how could Gu Lie not know the power of the Divine Arm Bow, and when he heard the wind, he screamed in surprise, and subconsciously shrank his head.
It was only when the low laughter of the crowd came that he raised his head in shame and annoyance.
Just as he was about to have a seizure, Wang Shen said again: "Gu Lie, can you see clearly how I disassembled and assembled the Divine Arm Bow just now, do you want to learn it?" β
Gu Lie subconsciously responded: "Why don't you want to? β
"Okay, I'll hand out all the accessories and teach everyone how to assemble them." Wang Shen shouted again, pulled the hanging knife, and shot at an arrow target that had already been set up next to him.
This time he loaded the arrows.
With a "ding" sound, a transparent hole appeared on the three-inch-thick wooden wrench, and it was actually shot through.
Seeing the power of the Divine Arm Bow, the sound of cold air was heard.
Lu Can laughed: "Gentlemen, with this artifact in hand, how can a few rogues withstand our shooting!" β
"It's extreme, it's extreme!" The crowd shouted at the same time, and morale was high.
Gu Lie stepped forward and arched his hand: "Brother Wang, please give me this thing." β
After receiving the Divine Arm Bow, Gu Lie gently stroked the bow arm with his hand, looking like he couldn't put it down.
I have to say that Liu Guangshi's Huaixi Army is really rich. A small plain town treasury actually made up fifty sets of armor and one hundred sets of leather armor.
In particular, the cold-forged heavy armor of piercing steel is about 30 catties, and it needs to be made of more than 650 pieces of armor, which is difficult for the sword to enter.
It was the standard tactics of the Western Army to form a thick formation with heavy infantry, fire salvos with bows and crossbows, and abuse the northern nomads.
This set is no stranger to Gu Lie, who was once the head of Qin Feng's army. Soon, under Wang Shen's teaching, the soldiers all had a divine arm bow in their hands, put on armor, and under his command, lined up in four rows and began to practice on the official road in front of the warehouse.
"Front row, shoot!"
"Hum" the sound of a bowstring tearing through the air.
"Recoil, wind."
"Second row, shoot!"
"Second row, sit, wind."
"The third row, the third row, what's the matter with you, the last string wants you to die, what are your hands trembling?"
"Smack!" It was the sound of the sticks being whipped against the people, followed by the screams of the soldiers.
"The second team, what's going on with the second team, why hasn't it been wound yet? Straight lady thief, you want to kill the enemy and receive a reward like a bird, and if you really go to the battlefield, you will give people heads? β
Gu Lie angrily whipped the soldiers who were unable to move with his stick, roaring loudly in his mouth, and his face was distorted.
He was training his soldiers, and heavy infantry crossbow formations and light infantry combat were two completely different concepts. The Huaixi Army also has combat experience in the 3,000 Yan Army led by Liu Guangshi, and the others are either the remnants of the collected soldiers, or the rogues of Zhao'an, most of them are simply captured strong men, and few people know the formation of the Western Army.
The sky lit up little by little, and the firelight of the thief army in the distance was no longer visible, and the sky was full of red morning glow.
"Daus, is it really okay to sharpen the spear in this battle?" Seeing that the team was in a mess and had no combat effectiveness at all, Lu Can looked worried: "Can you really resist the thief army with the divine arm bow alone?" β
"Yes, Brother Ziyu can rest assured, this matter is easy." Wang Shen stood beside him and comforted Lu Can.
But in fact, he didn't have a little bottom in his heart, and he was grinding his guns in battle, so he was not happy, otherwise what else could he do?
Just now, he had already asked someone to bring out all the crossbow machine accessories, and taught everyone to assemble two hundred divine arm bows.
To tell the truth, although the crossbow is powerful, the rate of fire is too slow, and strict discipline is required in wartime, so as to form a dense rain of arrows in front of the battle. These logistical baggage soldiers and civilians had never fought in a war before, and it was undoubtedly a fool's dream to reach the level of training of the Western Army.
Therefore, strictly speaking, using a foot bow is the best choice. The bow has three times the rate of fire of a crossbow and can suppress the enemy in firepower. Moreover, there are also a lot of good yellow birch bows and small bow bows in the warehouse.
However, it is different from the soft modern bow that is used for exercise and entertainment in archery clubs in modern society. The traditional killing-using bows in the storehouse each have a bow force of more than seventy pounds. There were more than 200 people in the entire army, and only a dozen or so people such as Wang Shen, Lu Can, and Gu Lie could shoot a full bow.
In ancient times, archers were technical and were all warriors in the army, not as thin and slender as the elves who used bows and arrows in online games.
As far as Wang Shen had seen in the club before, a buddy who could shoot a ninety-nine-pound traditional bow, that guy was simply a trumpet Swarzenegger, and even his brain was full of muscles.
Modern people have big fish and meat all day long, and they have scientific training methods, and they can't open a strong traditional bow, let alone the group of thin ancients in front of them, and it is difficult for them to open a hard bow.
Well, you can only use a crossbow.
Unlike the bow, which uses both arms, the crossbow uses the foot and waist force, especially the rod principle is used in this kind of divine arm bow. Even a woman, with the right method, can easily wind and shoot a fierce enemy.
To put it bluntly, crossbows, especially the Song Army's divine arm crossbows, are machine guns in the era of cold weapons, the sharpest long-range weapons. Sufficient delivery intensity and speed are required, and this requires strict discipline.
Lu Can heard this: "Please also ask for advice." β
Wang Shen stepped forward and said to Gu Lie: "Gu Dutou, I have a method I want you to refer to, and I don't know if it's feasible." β
Gu Lie was helpless to train this group of stragglers, so he had to say, "Brother Wang, please speak." β
Wang Shen said something in his ear, and Gu Lie was stunned: "Is this possible?" β
"How do you know if you don't try."
"Anyway, a dead horse is a live horse doctor, anyway, that's it, just follow Brother Wang's method. Brother Wang, you can rehearse it for us first. β
"Okay." At that moment, Wang Shen walked to the front of the team and said with a kind face: "Brother Paoze, it is easy to shoot the arrows out of the winding, the key is to be uniform, otherwise, a few arrows will be useless, and you have to follow the orders of the officers to act in unison." I also know that when you panic, you don't know what to do next, isn't it? β
As soon as everyone made a mistake just now, they ate Gu Lie's military stick, and as soon as they ate the stick, they panicked even more, and their subordinates were in chaos.
It's not that Gu Lie's training method is wrong, the key is that time is pressing, and he must think of another quick way.
Seeing that Wang Shen had no intention of blaming him, a soldier said boldly: "The commander is right, we know what to do, but when we really do it, our minds are clouded. β
Wang Shen: "Don't worry, anyone will be blind at the beginning. In this way, I will break down this bow and arrow into several movements, and you will learn from me. By the way, you have to strictly listen to the orders of the officer, and you will do whatever the officer tells you to do, and shout before you do it. Now, everybody listenβeverybody, bow and pestleβshout! β
"Bow and pestle!" Everyone shouted at the same time, and the ring at the top of the crossbow was stung to the ground.
"Step!"
"Step!" Everyone put their right foot into the ring at the same time.
Wang Shen put his hands on the bracket: "Wind!" β
"Wind!"
"First row, shoot!"
"Shoot!" This time, there was a neat sound of shooting. Fifty powerful crossbows were fired at the same time, and the strings sounded in unison, as loud as a whip sticking to the dew in the morning, and the cold hairs stood on end.
"First row, sit!"
"Sit!" In the midst of the uproar, the crossbowmen in the first row sat down.
Wang Shen glanced at Gu Lie.
Gu Lie understood: "Second row, shoot!" "It's another neat shot. At this time, the shouts of the soldiers in the first row rose again: "Step! β
Lu Can walked to the third row: "Third row, shoot!" β
In this way, the world was filled with the sound of officers and soldiers repeating orders, and the four rows of crossbowmen rose and fell like a rising tide.
The sound of the bowstring does not stop for a moment, and the echo is bursting.
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"Okay, that's it, you practice first, officer, officer, receive the team."
Seeing that the team finally had some appearance, Wang Shen nodded with satisfaction.
Gu Lie's face showed a strange expression: "Brother Wang, this soldier still has such training?" β
Wang Shen: "Gu Lie, I just ask you if this method is good or not?" β
"This method is really good, break down the winding shot into several movements, and let everyone do what they are told. In this way, what to do now and what to do next, the soldiers also know in their hearts. Even if your brain is still clouded, you will wake up after shouting like this a few times with everyone. β
"If it works, it's good to work." Wang Shen didn't think about it, in fact, he also saw this method on TV. In modern society, he once saw a program on the CCTV7 military agriculture channel about the training of the Rocket Army.
When the soldiers of the Rocket Force refuel and launch the missiles, they will make actions according to strict standards, and they will shout loudly every time they make an action. In this way, even at night when you can't see your fingers, you can launch the missile as quickly as possible.
The reason is very simple, it is nothing more than breaking down the whole process into several fixed actions, yelling loudly, practicing repeatedly, and forming a conditioned reflex. The soldier is a part of the war machine, do his own actions, and don't need to think.
Wang Shen also had a flash of inspiration just now, and transplanted this method to ancient times, which seemed to have a good effect.
After only half a day of repeated practice, you can pull into the battlefield.
Gu Lie suddenly sighed and said in a low voice: "Brother Wang can come up with this method, I naturally admire it very much. It's just that none of the officers and men in the army have ever been on the battlefield, so I'm afraid that I will see blood and chaos when I see it. By the standards of our Western Army, this group of people is fucking waste. β
Before Wang Shen could answer, Lu Can smiled bitterly in a low voice: "Who knows, killing the enemy to serve the country is just death." β
Wang Shen shook his head unconsciously, this Marquis Lu Yu, whenever he encounters something, he is just dead, which is really negative.
He smiled: "Gu Dutou, you said that our army is a waste, and Li Yu's thief army is even worse." This battle can be won, I'm sure of that. β
Speaking of which, his face is full of confidence.
Yes, it can win, this is the foreknowledge of the traverser.
Gu Lie naturally didn't know this, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense with Wang Shen, so he only said: "We are just a man on the battlefield, this life is not valuable, the boss tells me to do whatever I do, and I don't use my brain." β