Chapter 298: Bow and Crossbow!
The wedding ended in a conversation between the three of them. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info After the wedding, Yang Yuhuan no longer stayed outside, and Lianbu moved lightly towards the hall.
Seeing this scene, many people couldn't help but watch her leave, and when her graceful figure disappeared completely, many people sighed, and then began to eat and drink listlessly, as if Yang Yuhuan's departure took away the energy of everyone present. People are still talking, but it's nowhere near as elated as it used to be.
And in this process, the smile on King Shou's face has never disappeared, especially after uncovering Yang Yuhuan's hijab, the smile is almost to the back of his head.
After eating a little food, Lu Chen and the three of them went back from Shouwang's Mansion. After the meat ball sent the two out of the house, they returned to the house alone. Lu Chen thought of Yang Yuhuan's expression just now, and thought of King Shou who was fascinated, sighed lightly, and said secretly in his heart: I hope that this Yang Yuhuan will not have any bad intentions during this period of time in King Shou's Mansion. Otherwise, Li Lian's mother and son may have a hard time.
Although King Shou promised before, he would not snub Li Lian's mother and son. However, judging from the look of a pig brother after King Shou saw Yang Yuhuan's face just now. If Yang Yuhuan wanted to fight with Li Lian's mother, King Shou would most likely favor Yang Yuhuan.
However, Lu Chen still doesn't know what kind of person Yang Yuhuan is, although in his previous life, people said that Yang Yuhuan was a disaster. However, after all, this is only speculation from some historical sources. Therefore, the authenticity of these reviews is not high.
After Lu Chen left Shouwang's Mansion, he directly found Song Cai and asked him to investigate Yang Yuhuan's family background and what her personality was. Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one survive a hundred battles.
From Song Cai, Lu Chen unexpectedly got the news again that the Shannan West Dao Jiedu envoy had started a war with Yizhou Taishou!
According to the news coming back from there today, both sides should be in the tentative stage now, and the two of them have gathered tens of thousands of people on both sides of the tributaries of the Jialing River. The background of Yizhou Taishou is very amazing, judging from the number of troops gathered, the manpower of this Taishou is not less than that of Shannan Xidao Jiedu Envoy.
Under the premise that the two sides were evenly matched, the two did not dare to attack easily. Therefore, although the two sides are now at war, there is no large-scale fighting.
After hearing the strength of the two sides, Rao is Lu Chen had already prepared, but he was still a little surprised. It is normal for Shannan Xidao to have tens of thousands of troops. After all, many of these troops were mobilized from other forces under his control. However, Yizhou Taishou actually pulled out tens of thousands of troops at one time, which is a bit scary.
Lu Chen secretly said in his heart: It seems that this Yizhou Taishou wants to rebel, and it has not been a day or two. Otherwise, with his identity as a Taishou, the team that can pull out thousands of people is already very powerful, and it is impossible to have tens of thousands of people.
And after the appearance of the people and horses of the Yizhou Taishou, those forces who were not optimistic about him almost dropped their jaws in shock. Even the troops that some forces lent to the Shannan West Dao Jiedu envoys hurriedly mobilized back, and made it clear that they would not participate in the contest between the two sides. This made Shannan Xidao Jiedu make that slight advantage in troops even smaller.
After learning the news, Lu Chen said calmly, "Let them fight first, and then inform me when the Armageddon breaks out, only when we send troops at that time will we make the Shannan West Dao Jiedu Envoy grateful to us." Otherwise, with our current people, even if we rush up, we won't be able to make much waves."
After Lu Chen returned from Song Cai, he began to think about how to improve the combat effectiveness of the army. Because he was full of calculations, he could only pull out a thousand or hundreds of people from the Holy City this time, after all, he still had to leave people to guard the Holy City.
And this person, in front of the tens of thousands of people on both sides, can't play much role at all, let alone influence the situation of this battle. If you want these people to exert their extraordinary combat power, they can only improve their weapons.
When he thought of weapons, the first thing that appeared in Lu Chen's mind was the bow and crossbow.
Before the advent of firearms, bows and crossbows played a decisive role on the battlefield. This cannot be replaced by even commonly used weapons such as swords. After all, the sword is only a weapon for close attack, and before you even get in front of the opponent, you have already been shot to death with a bow and crossbow, and even if you have a good sword, it will be in vain.
In the Tang Dynasty, the bow and crossbow were also widely used in the army. From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the Tang Dynasty, there were many types of bows and crossbows. Only in the army commonly used are arm crossbows, horn bow crossbows, as well as some large wooden car crossbows, bamboo pole crossbows and so on. In the army, many soldiers carried bows and crossbows with them.
Bows and arrows are often combined with bows and crossbows to exert amazing combat effectiveness. In the army, soldiers who can be equipped with crossbows and bows and arrows at the same time are basically elite-level.
Lu Chen's idea was very simple, that is, to improve these bows and crossbows. Let it play a double or even several times the role.
Thinking of this, after Lu Chen returned to the mansion, he first asked people to get an arm crossbow used by ordinary soldiers, this kind of bow and crossbow is more widely used because it is small and flexible.
And the material used for the bow and crossbow is very good, and it is made of fine wood such as yellow birch and white birch. Of course, there are also crossbows made of bronze and other metals. However, these crossbows were too heavy to be used by long-distance marchers, and the cost was too high, so that the most popular ones are wooden crossbows.
Lu Chen took the wooden crossbow in his hand, fiddled with it back and forth, and then, Lu Chen loaded a small arrow on the crossbow, then walked to the yard, aimed at a tree not far away and gently pulled the trigger. Just heard the soft sound of 'whoosh', and this seemingly miniature small arrow shot at the trunk of the tree in an instant.
Seeing this, Lu Chen immediately rushed to the front of the tree, only to see that the small arrow, which was not very long, had already sunk into the trunk of the tree by nearly a third at this time. After seeing this scene, Lu Chen's eyes suddenly lit up, he didn't expect that the bow and crossbow could have such terrifying power.
You know, the tree in front of you is a tree that has grown for decades, and the trunk is very hard under the cover of old bark. But even so, this small arrow still went into a third of it, and if the arrow just shot at the person's body, I am afraid that the person would be shot through directly.
Seeing this scene, Lu Chen already had some plans in his heart. If he can make some improvements to this kind of bow and crossbow, when the time comes, they only need to ambush on one side, and when the army of Taishou enters the range of fire, they will definitely be able to kill many people on the other side in a short time.
(To be continued.) )