Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Crossbow
While eating lunch, Long Qiupeng was chatting with Xi about Dahu preparing to lead the team to build a new city, when suddenly someone was outside to see Long Qiupeng. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info at this time, if it wasn't an urgent matter, no one would bother him. So without hesitation, he handed out the food and went out.
When I walked to the door, I saw that there were two people, one was a member of the exploration team, and the other seemed to be Dahu's subordinates. He paused for a moment, and said in his heart, what kind of match this is, but soon he knew it.
"Okay, I know, go to the council chamber, you go back and take your things and let Dahu go with you." Long Qiupeng knew that these few things could not be solved in a few words, and he should still go to the conference hall and sit down and talk slowly.
After he finished speaking to Dahu's men, he turned to the members of the exploration team: "You too, and the deer. After he finished speaking, the man was about to turn around and leave, but before he could go far, Long Qiupeng stopped him again and said, "Call Yi too." ”
Brook came out of the house, looked at him a little nervously and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Long Qiupeng hesitated for a moment, then said with a smile: "It's nothing, you can go and rest." ”
With that, he went straight to the council chamber. Long Qiupeng came over directly, naturally arrived earlier than the others, so he sat down and waited. After a while, first the exploration team, Deer, and Yi came in, and then Dahu walked in with his craftsmen.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Long Qiupeng nodded and signaled that it was time to start. Among the many front-line staff, the exploration team often has the most critical information, so it has always been a very high priority, and there is no need for Long Qiupeng to give a special explanation, and he also gave priority to reporting: "To the northwest, through a large pond and marsh land, I found a very large number of tribes. ”
Long Qiupeng didn't say anything when he heard this, but looked at Yi, but the latter shook his head, saying that he was still very young when he came out of the tribe, and he didn't know anything about these things.
He saw that Yi had no additional clues, so he fell into thinking, the so-called big pond and marsh should not have been there all the time, but caused by floods, although this generation is close to the lake, but the terrain is still relatively high, and it has not been swallowed up by the flood. But if his inference is true, it would not be too much to say that it is surrounded by water on three sides, except for the northeast direction.
On this basis, to the northwest, the big tribe found through a pond and marsh is very likely to be the main force that Long Qiupeng has been looking for, belonging to the whole world.
But come to think of it, although the force of a thousand people is not small, since the people in the exploration team say that they are a big tribe, and their natural volume is above them, and if the other party is a multi-party alliance, then the premature action now is just to hit a stone with an egg. Taking advantage of the natural barrier caused by the great flood, Long Qiupeng bit to develop his tribe as soon as possible.
So he didn't say anything, and turned to Great Lake and his men.
Things in Dahu were much simpler, and the subordinate took out something from behind him, and then stood there waiting for Long Qiupeng to speak.
Lu and Yi both looked at that thing in amazement, it was said that it was a bow and arrow, but it was much smaller than a bow and arrow, and the bow and arrow also had a handle, but if it was not a bow and arrow, remove the things underneath, and the top was almost exactly the same as a bow and arrow.
Seeing the two of them react like this, Dahu was a little proud. Long Qiupeng said: "This crossbow must not be shot accurately!" ”
Dahu looked aggrieved, thinking that Long Qiupeng said that his craftsmanship was not perfect, but Long Qiupeng knew in his heart that the problem was the design of this crossbow. Although Long Qiupeng thought that there should be a sight on the crossbow, and the sight of the Warring States crossbow was a simple protrusion, called Wangshan, but he didn't know how to set up this Wangshan and where to set it.
Now the Wangshan sight on this crossbow is just a look, telling the craftsmen that there is another such thing to be made here, but as for how to adjust it, Yi has to try it and let him explore it.
"This crossbow must not be shot accurately, don't believe Yi to try it." Long Qiupeng repeated again, with a playful smile on his face.
Yi didn't think much about it, and took the crossbow in front of Dahu, but he didn't know what to do when the thing arrived in his hand.
The crossbow looks a lot like a bow. However, whether it is the bow or the chord, it is very different, and it takes some effort to pull it away with your bare hands. The arrows of the crossbow are smaller, without an arrow tail, and are just a metal rod with an arrowhead.
However, until this step, Yi could still control it, but when it came to holding the crossbow later, he was even more dazed, and he looked at Long Qiupeng, as if he was a little overwhelmed.
Although the length of the crossbow resembles that of a bow, his use is a bit like a gun, requiring one hand to hold the trigger and the other hand to drag the crossbow. Long Qiupeng made a move for Yi, and Yi understood it, but when it really started, Yi still got used to it for a long time before he got used to it.
However, this step was overcome, and the rest of the matter was much smoother, he looked at that Wangshan, and quickly understood why Long Qiupeng said that this crossbow must not be accurate, but Yi is a master after all, since he found that Wangshan has a problem, he can adjust it in time.
He aimed at a decorative wooden sign, flicked the trigger, and only heard a "pop", the arrow popped out quickly, and then pierced the wooden sign.
"Oh!" In an instant, everyone exclaimed, even Yi didn't expect that at such a close distance, if he used a bow and arrow, he would have to use his own special bow, and then use a lot of strength to pierce this wooden card.
But Long Qiupeng looked at it with unfinished eyes, after all, the crossbow is not like a bow, it can still be used within a certain range, it is a strictly controlled weapon, although it is often seen in various pictures and materials, and there is some understanding of its power, but it is the first time to see the power of the crossbow with his own eyes.
Everyone had theories, and Lu ran over and asked Yi to teach him how to use it. But he had just aimed at the plank and had not pulled the trigger yet, when Long Qiupeng suddenly stopped him and said, "Deer, go to your sister and ask for a thinner bronze mirror!" ”
Lu Leng paused for a moment and immediately ran out, while Yi and Dahu looked at Long Qiupeng in surprise.
Dahu hesitated for a moment and said, "Although the bronze mirror is thin, it is also a bronze mirror......
Long Qiupeng said: "Although it is also copper, if the arrow is better than speed, it should be possible." ”
In fact, the crossbow is not superior to the bow when it comes to long-range attacks, on the contrary, the hesitant crossbow is shorter, lighter, and more prone to lack stamina. However, the crossbow's ability to shoot at short distances is indeed incomparable to that of bows and arrows, and its armor-piercing ability is the undisputed first of all weapons.
Although he has always believed in Long Qiupeng very much, at this moment, these people still have a suspicious expression on their faces.