Chapter 331: The Confusion of the Cross Steel Crossbow

"Phew!" Lorist pulled the reins, and the horse's mount stood up, and the two bowl-sized hooves kicked twice in the air, and then landed heavily on the slippery grass. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Let's camp on the hillside ahead, and we'll be ready to make our way to Baron Shahin's riverside camp to-morrow afternoon. ”

Today is the thirtieth of October, and a few days ago Baron Shaheen sent a message saying that the flat-deck boats had basically been built, and that Ovikis had arrived at the riverside camp in the lower reaches of the Mitobro River with the Thunderbolt Catapult Battalion and a Guards Battalion, and that everything was ready, and asked Lorist if he wanted to go, and if he didn't go, he would go with Ovikis to smash the walls of the arrow towers on the other side.

Go, of course go, it just so happens that Lorist also wants to transport a batch of life jackets to the Perak Catapult Battalion, no matter what, this time it is also a battle on the ship, the family soldiers of the Perak Catapult Battalion are all trained catapults, in case you accidentally fall into the water and lose a few, it is also a casualty accident, or take precautions as soon as possible.

Another reason is that Lorist wants to avoid the turmoil and noise in the family during this time, and the root of all this is that Lorist placed a large order to let the Darkiron Refining Base and Bow and Crossbow Manufacturing Base in charge of Master Sid and Master Falin make 50,000 Cross Steel Crossbows for the newly formed Cavalry Hunting Legion, and the manufacturing cost of one Cross Steel Crossbow reached 38 Goldford......

No one thought that the cost of a cross steel crossbow would be so expensive, you must know that the manufacturing cost of a chariot steel crossbow is only thirty-five goldfords, and the cross steel crossbow is so much less powerful than the chariot steel crossbow, and the manufacturing cost is more than the chariot steel crossbow.

I quarreled for two days for a cross steel crossbow, and in the end, it was Lorist who negotiated such a big order to make 50,000 cross steel crossbows as the standard long-range weapons of the Hunting Legion, which made the Hunting Legion's original 500,000 long-range weapon procurement budget overspent by nearly two million, resulting in Shi Fatzi and Speer Supervisor and others not giving Lorist a good look in the past few days.

No way, the cross steel crossbow is expensive to manufacture, but what is even more expensive is the special crossbow arrows it is equipped with, twenty crossbow arrows need one gold ford, almost one crossbow arrow is equivalent to a large silver coin. Shi Fatzi's objection is mainly that the manufacturing cost of the cross steel crossbow is expensive and affordable, but the problem is that it does not fire crossbow arrows, but large silver coins!

A chaser regiment of 60,000 people, four corps and twenty battalions, a battalion of 3,000 people, in addition to a chariot steel crossbow battalion and those logistics supply grooms, cooks and the like, there are at least 40,000 combatants, if each person has a cross steel crossbow, firing a round is equivalent to shooting 2,000 gold fords, is this a battle or throwing money? A suitable chaser still needs continuous training if he wants to master the weapons in his hand, and these special crossbow arrows cannot be recycled, and firing them once is equivalent to scrapping them and needing to be re-forged, so Shi Fatzi summed up the cost of crossbow arrows spent on training to be thirty to fifty goldfords per person, which was repaid, and he opposed the chaseur regiment to equip the crosssteel crossbow on the spot.

In fact, after placing this big order, Lorist always had the feeling that he had crooked the technology tree, but he didn't expect that Master Sid and Master Falin had no experience in studying dwarven muskets in the past two years, but they had made a breakthrough in the bow and crossbow. The Crossbow is actually a crossbow gun, and its power has surpassed that of the old smoothbore grab.

The crossbow is different from the longbow, which shoots a hundred meters straight and three hundred meters, which is recognized by the Gelinthia continent. But Sid thought after studying that the best direct shot of the longbow was only sixty or seventy meters, and at this distance the archer had half the chance of aiming at the target he was shooting, and the target was still stationary. Think about the direct shooting distance of 100 meters, the target is only the size of a soybean, and the archer can only rely on a rough estimate to aim and shoot, and whether the shot is accurate depends on luck. Of course, it is not excluded that there is a talented and perverted marksman like Jost, who can hit every shot within 100 meters.

The continent of Galinthia is a world of fighting energy, and longbowmen can even combine fighting energy and longbows to increase the power of bows and arrows, like silver-level archers can attach fighting energy to bows and arrows, and arrows can pierce gold and stones, so the longbow has been recognized as the first long-range weapon for thousands of years. The crossbow relies on mechanical energy, and its main disadvantage is that it has a slow winding and a short range, and it cannot be combined with fighting energy. But a longbowman needs at least two years of training to qualify, while a crossbowman only needs three months of training to become a marksman, because ease of aiming and accurate shooting are the greatest advantages of a crossbow.

The cross-steel crossbow designed by Master Sid and Master Falin has surpassed the longbow in some aspects, the steel-wood structure, modeled after the dwarven musket can be shot against the shoulder, the winding uses the lever principle, and can be easily wound on the horse after firing, and the string can be opened as soon as a steel rod on the right side of the crossbow body is pulled, and the crossbow arrow is loaded and aimed and fired again. Although not as fast as a trained longbowman's burst fire, it is several times faster than an old-fashioned catapult.

The distance of seventy to eighty meters of direct fire is the greatest advantage of this crossbowman, and Master Sid swears that in the duel between a longbowman and a crossbow archer at this distance, the loser will definitely be the longbowman. This is because the longbowman's aim can only be estimated empirically, while the crossbow archer can easily catch the target with his sight.

In addition, although the crossbow could not be projectile at a distance of 300 meters like a longbow, Master Sid also designed an ultra-long-range shot. This is a combination of the advantages of the chariot steel crossbow, and there is also a scale on the crossbow crossbow, so that the fired crossbow arrows can reach the target with an arc, and can cover the target at a distance of up to 150 meters.

The crossbow arrows of the cross steel crossbow are also specially made, the diamond-shaped arrowhead has armor-piercing performance, the arrow shaft is also steel semi-hollow, and there are three very light iron tail fins at the tail of the arrow shaft. This is also the main reason why it cannot be recovered after launch, and the crossbow bolt is scrapped as soon as the tail is damaged.

Lorist remembered the day when Yuri held the Cross Steel Crossbow and couldn't put it down, and remembered that Yuri said at that time: "My lord, equip the Cavalry Hunting Legion with this Cross Steel Crossbow, I promise that in three months, the Cavalry Hunting Legion will have the combat power to crush the Fisabrun Family Rangers." ”

Maybe it was this sentence that moved Lorlist, regardless of the resolute opposition of the fat man next to him insisted on placing this big list, now think about it Lorist also regretted a little, the opposition of the fat man was actually very reasonable, he asked Master Sid and Master Falin to improve this cross steel crossbow again, reduce the cost to twenty goldfords, and improve the crossbow arrows, as long as the cost of one hundred crossbow arrows one goldford can be reached.

But Master Sid and Master Falin said that it was possible to improve the Cross Steel Crossbow and Crossbow Arrows, but it would take time, at least two years. At that time, Lorist was bent on making the Hunting Cavalry Legion form combat effectiveness as soon as possible, and in addition, he also relied on his wealth, so he said that he would make 50,000 crossbows first, and the surplus ones would be replaced, so angry that Shi Fat Man brushed his sleeves away.

Schward had already set up a big tent for Lorlist's simple marching bunk, and Lorist walked over and slumped on the bunk to watch Schwart busily boiling water and preparing to make tea for himself.

"Schward, let me ask you, was it too hasty for me to set an order for 50,000 crossbows a few days ago?"

Schward was stunned for a moment: "My lord, I can't say ......"

"It's okay, tell me what you think, as an outsider, you may be more sober than we are. ”

"Anyway, my lord, I feel that you are too anxious. During this time, I have noticed that you seem to have a feeling of impatience, as if you are eager to get the equipment of the Huntsman Legion in one step, and you have made the Fisabrun family an enemy of our Norton family. This seems paradoxical. Schward thought for a moment and said.

"Contradictory? Why do you feel this way? Lorist sat up.

Schward frowned and said: " My lord, if you are sure that the Fisabrun family will become our enemy immediately, then you should suspend the arms deal with the Fisabrun family, the armaments they purchased from our family will not be completed until the end of next year, during this time, it is impossible for the Fisabrun family to turn against our family, so far we have only delivered a third of the armaments, if you think that the Fisabrun family will become an enemy, you should stop this deal, which should be much more effective than you forming a hunting army to prepare to deal with them.

Also, the opposition of Knight Schreid, Captain Speer, and Director Camorra is also very reasonable, we actually don't lack time, there is no need to place such a big order so early. In my opinion, the crossbow is not as perfect as I imagined, and its wire string and special steel plate crossbow arm need to be replaced frequently, which not only increases the cost but also increases the difficulty of operation.

Moreover, Master Sid and Master Falin also said that this cross steel crossbow has just been designed and trial-produced, and it still needs to be continuously experimented and improved, when you placed an order for 50,000 cross steel crossbows, Master Sid and Master Farin's faces turned white, and I suspect that they will not be able to carry out large-scale production at all. It was only at that time that you said that you would let the family have such a long-range shooting weapon at all costs, and they did not dare to object.

There is also the special crossbow arrow, it is said that the tail wing is hand-inlaid, and the hundred crossbow arrows brought this time are made one by one. If you think about it, if you think about it, 50,000 crossbows, if you are equipped with 20 crossbow arrows, you need 1 million, and it depends on how long it will be built by hand, and it will be impossible to complete it in a year.

Knight Schrader said very reasonably, there are so many stone catapults and riding bows in the family arsenal that can be equipped with the Chasseur Legion first, and their standard wire chain mail is already much stronger than the standard equipment of the Fisabrun family's Ranger Legion, so equipping the same weapon will also have the upper hand, and there is no need to equip such an expensive weapon as the Cross Steel Crossbow. Otherwise, my lord, you will not form a cavalry army, but a gold coin army. ”

Lorist laughed: "You're right, I'm too anxious about this matter. Bring me a blank piece of paper, and I'll give Knight Schrader an order to take charge of the improvement and procurement of the Cross Crossbow, and cancel the big order I ordered. And I apologized and thanked him and Stewards Speer and Caporra, it was my carelessness that caused trouble to everyone.

In addition, Master Sid and Master Falin were each rewarded with 1,000 gold fords for designing and manufacturing the Cross Crossbow, and it was hoped that they would improve the Cross Crossbow and achieve the goal of mass production and family procurement as soon as possible.

In addition, I will write a letter to the two knights, Josk and Yuri, explaining the reason why the family is not able to equip them with Cross Steel Crossbows at present, asking them to forgive me for canceling the order for Cross Steel Crossbows, and hoping that they will use the crossbows and bows stored in the family arsenal to strictly train the soldiers of the Cavalry Hunting Legion and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, my lord, I'll prepare it for you right away. Schward said.

Because it was a makeshift camp with no tables or chairs, Lorist ended up writing the two letters on an unloaded saddle.

"Schward, you have grown up very quickly, it seems that in two years, if you are promoted to the silver rank, I will be able to send you to the legion for training. Do you want to be a battalion commander?" Lorist asked Schward as he wrote.

"No, Senior Brother Reddy said that when I am promoted to the Silver Rank, I can learn the Danhai Qi Induction Technique like him. ”

"Oh, you also want to learn the Danhai Qi Induction Technique?"

"Yes, teacher, I am your student, so naturally I have to follow and learn the cultivation method of this oriental warrior monk of yours and master the internal force. Brother Reddy said that he was most happy to master the internal strength, and it was effortless to defeat those gold-level swordsmen and knights in the knight tournament. Schward said enviously.

"Uh, well, since you like it, then when you are promoted to silver, I will teach you this cultivation method of the Eastern Warrior Monk. ”

Decided to leave the affairs of the crossbow to Shi Fatzi to deal with, Lorist finally let go of this matter, and handed over the written orders and letters to the guard messenger, and when Schward woke him up for dinner, it was already starry, and the sound of wheels was heard in the distance. After a while, I heard the complaint of Count Kenmeth: "Why do you run so fast, I chased for three hours, the road is so bad, my farts and shares are numb......"

"Whoever told you to take a carriage, here is a small road to the lower reaches of the Mitobro River, but not a road for carriages to pass. I could have traveled another two hours to camp so early just to wait for you. Lorist complained.

Count Kenmeth sat down beside Lorlist, first took Lorlist's golden cup and poured a large glass of ale, and then naturally instructed Schward to serve him a roasted lamb: "Okay, tomorrow I will also ride a horse, who would have thought that there is not even a road to pass the carriage here, it is really a pure sin to ride in the carriage." But you're a good ale, and you're still drinking ale to quench your thirst after such a long journey. ”

"Can your clan legion reach the river today?" asked Lorist.

"Don't worry, they left ten days early, and even if they climbed, they should have climbed there. We will walk the trail for three days, and they will march along the road for ten days before I can catch up, and our family does not want to raise a legion of waste. Count Kenmax replied in the affirmative.

"Well, this time it is your family legion and Henned's family legion that are the protagonists, and the momentum of nearly 100,000 people should make the Duchy of Madras on the other side like a great enemy, and mobilize a large number of troops to confront you. Anyway, you just need to build up your momentum, and don't go to war with them lightly, lest you lose your men. Just let Ovekis' Thunderbolt Camp smash it all the way. Lorist admonished.

"Well, understand, we will hang them, and the beginning of spring next year will be the decisive battle, and we all know it in our hearts. Count Kenmath nodded.

...... (To be continued.) )