Chapter 323: Terrifying Long-Range Firepower

You don't have to report such small things to me in the future. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info', hearing the **** Wude warning, **** frowned and said.

But, father-in-law, if the new king is, there is nothing good to be gained. What if you like Bingge, the new emperor is just a little stupid, and he is not an idiot, what can he do if he likes Bingge. **** Zhen said unhappily, this righteous son is really stubborn, this king likes these turbid things, and it will only provoke the disgust of the ministers even more.

All those political officials who are in charge of goods and supervise the creation are regarded as turbidity and are disgusted by those high-ranking officials who claim to be noble. An emperor who likes these things is even less pleasing to the minister, if he studies diligently and goes to places such as Guozijian, he will have to worry about it.

What can I do when I go to the ordnance prison, it's great to get him some armor and weapons back, or a small amount. This amount is too much, and without his approval, this ordnance supervisor still doesn't dare to give it. What can you do with that little amount? Do you do the things that are dedicated to the people and the Jing Ke? That's even more nonsense, in addition to killing the enemy in battle, this kind of soldier still wants to ambush in the palace?

'After the farewell, you will watch the play together.' ', **** Zhen didn't wave his hand to drive people away, and he watched the play with his righteous son, 'Continue.' When the housekeeper saw the master gesticulating, he shouted to the children in the courtyard to continue the performance that had just been interrupted.

Wu sat down and asked, 'What kind of drama is this?' It's rare for a stepfather to have such interest. ''Oh, fresh. In addition to the proverbs in the temple theater, there are also such interesting performances. If my uncle likes it, when the scene is restored, the child will find a few more new performances, but I don't know when this scene will be restored. ’

The remaining four temples that were demolished in Chang'an were so prosperous that Buddhism was scattered in the past. Even those Hu merchants who believed in Nestorianism and Zoroastrianism were also affected.

Now Chang'an, bounded by the central Suzaku Street, the left street is left with the Temple of Mercy and Grace Temple, and the right street is left with the Ximing Temple and the Zhuangyan Temple. In the past, dozens of large and small temples were full, but now they have been demolished, resulting in a big blow to the theater attached to the temple, and the entire entertainment industry in Chang'an has been greatly affected.

"It's coming, it's coming, I heard that some merchants are thinking fast and are planning to set up another theater in the capital, and this is all begging me to come." ",**** Zhen competed hard to perform in the field,' and let a few theater troupes come to me to perform, I can't think of a marquee, you can play like this." ’

In the field, several half-grown children are trying to perform, and some of them rotate the drum at a certain speed, making the characters seem to come to life.

Some work hard to dub, and then there are a number of speakers, telling stories with emotion. is now performing Journey to the West, and Sun Wukong is making trouble in the Heavenly Palace. is so good at speaking with the marquee, making the whole story exciting, making people seem to really see the scene of Sun Houzi making trouble in the heavenly palace.

'Foresight, please break it down next time. The story goes through a paragraph, and the speaker takes a breath and arches his hand. Go down to the tent and receive the reward. The housekeeper saw that the **** was also tired after reading half of the salary, so he waved them to retreat.

At this moment, Li Chen naturally didn't know that **** Wu had gone to sue him. I had a lot of fun at the Ordnance Prison.

After playing with the horse lance, Li Chen played with the short knife. However, it is said to be a short knife, in fact, it is relative to the Mo knife, in fact, the length is the general length. More accurately, it's a horizontal knife.

'I have four kinds of knives in Datang, this ritual knife and the swords, as well as the horizontal knife, what is the difference? Li Chen fiddled around for a while and asked. 'Your Majesty, there is not much difference between this ritual knife and the sword. It's just that the ceremonial knife is a weapon worn by the forbidden army, and it looks very good, but it takes too much effort to build. ’

The sword was used by ordinary people, whether it was used by officials, officials, scholars, or commoners. The young warden of weapons replied, "As for the horizontal knife, it is equipped with soldiers, almost one per person, also known as a heavy knife with a broken handle, which is conducive to close-quarters killing." ’

It turns out that this is the case, and I saw in the book that there are four kinds of knives in Datang, Yi, Yan, Heng, and Mo. He knows both the horizontal knife and the Mo knife, but the Yi knife and the Yan knife are not clear. It turned out that it was divided like this.

Look at this knife is really beautiful, the blade is sharp and bright, and the handle part is a dragon head and phoenix ring. The scabbard is also beautiful, intricately carved, and the whole sword is as beautiful as a work of art.

Li Chen was overjoyed, waved his hand, and said, "I want it all, send me to Zichen Palace." The crossbow workshop ordered a flurry and nodded in agreement.

After looking at melee weapons, it's time to look at ranged weapons. This place is called the Crossbow Workshop. This was followed by a series of weapons displays, all of which were crossbows.

There are four types of bows, which are divided into longbows, angular bows, slight bows, and lattice bows. Among them, the horn bow and the longbow are the standard weapons in the army. The horned bow is a riding bow that was intended for use by cavalry. The range is short. The Slightly Bow is similar to the Horn Bow, but thicker and has a shorter range, which is a hunting bow. Checkered bow, which is a bow and arrow for the royal guards.

The last one, the Changgong, is the bow used by the infantry, and it is also the most built in the crossbow workshop, 'So many?' Isn't it one per person? ', so many bows, isn't it one for each person, Li Chen is joking, who knows, the young superintendent of weapons said, "It's one for each person." He also glanced at Li Chen strangely, and then explained that the original Tang army, according to the regulations, actually had a bow per person, whether it was a knight or an infantryman. It doesn't matter if you're heavy or light.

The ratio of crossbows is 5:!, and every five soldiers will be equipped with a crossbow. Other words... There will be people with both a crossbow and a bow. This brought the proportion of bows and crossbows in the Tang army to 120%. Hearing Li Chen's words, if he can really exert this long-range firepower to the limit, which army in the world is the opponent of the Tang Army?

The Mongol army is powerful? Riding and shooting like no other in the world? There is a 120% bow and crossbow holding rate when you come to the front of the Tang Army. It doesn't matter how much you come and how much you die.....

Mounted archery is just infantry and heavy cavalry who can't shoot arrows. Riding and shooting in front of an opponent with a crossbow holding rate of 120%, are you here to deliver food?

Li Chen was surprised, but also found one thing..., such an army, in the era of cold weapons, is almost invincible. Such a powerful long-range kill, few armies in ancient and modern China and foreign countries can do it, but there are also big problems. That is, it costs too much money and eats too much logistics.

It costs too much money, and the manufacture of the bow can be troublesome, and it takes three years for a good bow to be completed from the time the materials are collected. You need a lot of materials, and you need such a large amount of equipment, so you can imagine how much it costs? What's even more terrifying is that a bow is different from a sword, it needs a crossbow to get it, and if you don't have a crossbow arrow, it's not even as good as a stick. If you want crossbow arrows, you need logistics, so this makes the Tang army very dependent on logistics.

If you really want to make the Tang army invincible, this logistics will have to work harder. gave Li Chen a headache, which also involved a productivity problem. But I can only think about it in hindsight.

In addition to the bow, the other is the crossbow. Li Chen was dazzled, there were too many of them. What are the horned crossbows, arm open crossbows, wooden single crossbows; large wooden single crossbow, bamboo pole crossbow; Large bamboo pole crossbows, winch crossbows, and Fuyuan crossbows.

Each had a different range and efficacy, which greatly supplemented the Tang Army's long-range firepower. The farthest distance can reach 300 paces and 450 meters. When the enemy army gets closer, it is to arm and crossbow and ride up to two hundred and thirty paces.

What does the Fuyuan crossbow look like? Let's talk about the arm crossbow first, which can also be called the stepping crossbow. Stretch the bowstring by stepping on your feet. This should be familiar to everyone. The Song Dynasty Youming's divine arm crossbow also had to be pulled like this. However, the Divine Arm Crossbow lived up to its reputation, and its range was longer than that of its counterparts in the Tang Dynasty.

What is the launch of the Volcanic crossbow, which has a range longer than the arm crossbow? The Fuyuan crossbow is already a bit similar to the bed crossbow, and it also depends on the power of the machine to twist the winding. There is an L-shaped bracket underneath it, and it also has two wheels. Behind the bow arm, there are two small winches, which are used exclusively for winding.

It's still the same old saying, you Mongols have a kind of come to ride and shoot. Three hundred paces away, the ancestors shot with a crossbow, and when they got closer, they had arms and crossbows, and if they got closer, the bow and arrows would be powerful. The range of a foot bow is longer than that of a corner bow. By the time you get to the distance where the horn bow can play, you don't know how many waves of arrows you have suffered.

In fact, the same scene, changed to the Song Dynasty, the result was similar. The Song Dynasty also had very strong long-range firepower, the difference is that the Song Dynasty was not like the Tang Dynasty, where every soldier could shoot, while the Song Dynasty had specialized archers and crossbowmen.

If you say, then why can't you defeat the Jin, the Mongols? In the end, he was killed in the country. In fact, this is because, without horses, in fact, the Song people were not afraid of the Mongols at all, but were afraid of the Mongol Han army. Because there are no horses, people can fight if they want to, and retreat if they want to, and the Song people often win only small victories.

In the foreign wars of the Song Dynasty, the kind of battle with more than 10,000 people had to fight, and the victory rate reached 70%. However, there are no horses, and the people will retreat after a small setback, and the whole army will come again. But Song Jun, the generation lost, and he couldn't even outrun others.

will complain like this, because there are so many bows and crossbows, Li Chen is dizzy, and he also sighs that his road is not easy to walk, and there are so many kinds of crossbows, and the pressure of transportation and production can be imagined. It's okay to fight on the inside line, but in the future, when we open up our territory, this problem will be serious. But it can only be one step at a time.

'There's a lot of this melee weapon crafted, so why not have a workshop build it?' Separate from the Crossbow Workshop. ', 'Back to Your Majesty, this Mo knife has to be built, the department has built less, after Kaiyuan set up a town, the place can be built, in general, it is still the bow and crossbow built the most. The young warden of armament is an honest man, and if he were to change to someone else, he would probably take the opportunity to say that it should be so, so that he would have a few more people to manage. But he still had to tell the situation honestly.

After reading the weapons, Li Chen began to visit the Crossbow Workshop Department, the scale is really not small, and if you calculate it carefully, the number of officials is no worse than that of other prisoners. There weren't many people out to greet him, probably because everyone was busy here, and he announced it suddenly.

There are some weapons built in an orderly manner, and the crossbow workshop order introduces the crossbow workshop department, "There are two supervisors, two people, five people, and two pawns." Now is the season of replacement, it is inevitable that it will be busy, please forgive me. ’

It took a while, and it was not too early to see that Li Chen could only fight until he returned to the palace. The Jiafang Department can only come tomorrow. (To be continued.) )