The arrows of the crossbow* arrows are made of three-edged arrows made of fine iron, which are specially used to break armor, and there is also blood on them. It integrates armor-piercing and bloodletting, and is a major killing weapon on the battlefield, especially for soldiers with heavy armor protection.

Although it is not clear how the stronger soldiers of the barbarians are equipped, as far as the barbarian armor captured by Ye Qing is concerned, all the armor can be penetrated within three hundred steps.

Considering that the Terrans in this world were weaker than the barbarians in terms of bows and arrows, and the ordinary Terrans lacked long-range strike capabilities, Ye Qing made detailed requirements when assigning tasks to craftsmen.

First of all, the minimum range standard of a crossbow must not be less than three hundred steps, which is equivalent to about three times the range of an ordinary human army's bow and arrow, and more than twice that of an ordinary barbarian archer. Even compared to the range of the Barbarian Strongbow, it has a certain advantage.

One is the loading speed of arrows, although the operation of the crossbow is relatively easy, but the trouble is that its rate of fire is slow, and a large part of the time is spent on loading crossbows* arrows, Ye Qing's requirements for crossbows are at least when the archer shoots two to three arrows, and the crossbowman must be able to shoot one.

However, the results of the experiment showed that the crossbow produced this time not only met the standards set by Ye Qing, but also reached the excellent level and rate of fire.

The results of the experiment showed that the crossbow could shoot through the barbarian armor at 400 paces, the crossbow and arrow could also shoot through the leather armor most commonly worn by the barbarians at 500 paces, threatening the lives of soldiers, and the crossbow was effective at 600 paces.

In terms of rate of fire, the design has been improved to a certain extent, so that the loading speed of the crossbow has been greatly improved, basically an ordinary archer shoots four arrows, and the crossbow can also shoot three. That's a pretty good speed.

Such a range and rate of fire have no advantage over the Barbarian masters, but for the average Barbarian soldier, it would be a nightmare.

Although it is only a single-shot crossbow and has not yet been developed, as long as it is used properly, it can also greatly enhance the army's long-range strike ability and effectively kill and injure barbarians.

After unanimous discussion, it was decided to name this weapon that appeared for the first time in the desolate world as the Green Crossbow.

Because of its ease of use, long range and great power, although the green crossbow was only tried in the army, it quickly won everyone's favor, and they asked Ye Qing to equip it to the army immediately.

After carefully looking at the crossbow in his hand, the smile on Ye Qing's face became even stronger.

Facing Qin Fei next to him, he asked, "How many crossbows can Master Ling make in a day now, and are there enough materials to make crossbows?"

"At present, dozens of crossbows can be made every day, and crossbow bodies and the like can be manufactured in large quantities, mainly because the processing of crossbow strings is a bit troublesome and time-consuming. By the time I left, I had only made 300 crossbows, and all of them were in the barracks. ”

"As for the materials, according to Master Ling's estimate, all the blood wolf tendons should be enough to be used for a period of time, and they can make about five thousand green crossbows. ”

"How many crossbows and arrows have you made?"

"Crossbows and arrows have accumulated a lot, because most of the hunters in Dongjiang Town know how to make arrows, so the problem of arrows is not big, but it is not easy to obtain fine iron, and the refined iron accumulated by the lord's mansion for many years is almost unable to meet the demand. ”

"Don't worry about this, this time a large amount of refined iron storage was found in Linjiang Town, and all of them can be transported back to Dongjiang Town to ensure a sufficient supply of armor-piercing arrows. ”

"In addition, gather all the skilled craftsmen in Linjiang Town, send people to escort them to Dongjiang Town to assist Master Ling, and speed up the manufacturing of the green crossbow, it will be a great weapon for our army to fight against the barbarians. ”

"Yes, my lord"

......

In a village more than a thousand miles away, in the barbarian military tent.

The human race in the village had already run away when the barbarians came, and those who didn't have time to run had already become the ghosts of the barbarians.

Mu Tuorong is the patriarch of a tribe of the barbarians, Mu Tuorong is both the name of the tribe and the name of the tribal patriarch, although it has been passed down for several generations, but it is still only the weakest and inferior tribe, with tens of thousands of people, such a small tribe is as many as a cow among the barbarians.

There are also more powerful middle tribes, upper tribes, royal courts, and royal courts......

In the barbarians, as long as you want, you can easily pull up thousands of barbarians to form a small tribe, but the safety of such a tribe is not ordinarily poor, not to mention how you have lived, the most important thing is that you need to be on guard against the annexation of other tribes at all times.

Mu Tuorong was one of the invading Terrans, and as the patriarch, he was now in his tent, entertaining his generals who had just returned from victory with wine and meat.

And just when the celebration banquet was being held, a noisy quarrel suddenly sounded at the door of the tent, reaching the ears of Mu Tuorong, who was drinking.

Mu Tuorong's brows furrowed, and he asked his subordinates behind him, "What's going on outside, it's noisy, what kind of system is it?" Don't the guards know that I have set up a feast in the Great Tent to entertain the soldiers who have just returned from victory..."

"The minions will go out to check on them immediately, and get rid of the minions who disturb the interest of the adults...."

Standing behind Mu Tuorong, the barbarian soldier with a ponytail on his head knelt on one leg and reported with a flattering face.

The barbarian is a nation that advocates strength, and the upper and lower levels are also very serious, and the nobles have the power of life and death over ordinary barbarians.

Soon, a barbarian officer in armor was brought in by his own soldiers.

Under Mu Tuorong's incomprehensible gaze, the soldiers quickly walked to Mu Tuorong's side, knelt on one leg again, and whispered something to Mu Tuorong's ear.

Although everyone didn't know what the soldiers said, judging from Mu Tuorong's increasingly blue face, this news must not be good news.

Sure enough, as soon as the pro-soldier's mouth left Mu Tuorong's ears, Mu Tuorong's face was replaced by anger.

After slamming the wine glass in his hand on the table in front of him, he roared loudly: "How can this be reasonable, cunning human race, I, Mu Tuorong, must make you pay for your blood debts and pay the price..."

After speaking, he roared loudly at the subordinates who were drinking in front of him: "Stop me, all the servants who serve will withdraw, I have important military affairs to discuss with the generals....withdraw all the wine and meat for me..."

After the big tent was completely quiet, Mu Tuorong's eyes that could almost be used to kill quickly shifted to the officer who was kneeling on the ground on one leg in the center of the big tent.

With a murderous face, he ordered: "You report the news you just reported to me, in front of all the generals of the tribe, and report it again..."

"Yes, Patriarch," replied the officer, with a look of trepidation.

Under the simultaneous gaze of more than a dozen eyes, he reported in horror: "Patriarch, generals, since one of the tribe's partial divisions lost contact, my subordinates sent people to search for it on the orders of the patriarch..."

"Unexpectedly, our search team found traces of fighting in a valley. ”

In order to avoid accidents, the minion personally led five hundred cavalry to investigate. Unexpectedly, this time the minions discovered a big secret..."

"One of the 1,000-strong standing troops that we were operating in that area disappeared without a trace. Not only that, but we found the bodies of five hundred barbarian warriors buried in the valley of Naha..."

"Five hundred warriors died, more than five hundred warriors disappeared without a trace, and they were all tribal standing armies, and the minions were certainly not convinced. Immediately order his men to conduct a careful search in that area to see who can kill so many warriors without a word..."

"However, what the minions didn't expect was that the elite scout teams sent out before and after all disappeared without a trace..."

The minions were not at ease, so they took the remaining more than three hundred warriors to search for them personally. Around Linjiang Town, they encountered hundreds of Terran troops, all dressed in uniform and holding the same standard weapons in their hands. ”

"Originally, the minions still wanted to go forward to find out, but they didn't think about it, the cavalry led by the minions had not yet approached the other party, and the dozens of warriors who took the lead fell into the horse trap hole dug on the road in advance, and all of them ......were killed."

Of course, the minions were not convinced. Immediately order the remaining warriors to attack and see which tribe's army actually passed by us for no reason..."

"Before the minions led the warriors into the range of the archers, we saw the Terrans on the opposite side take out a bow-shaped weapon that we had never seen before, and hold it flat against us, and there was no movement to draw the bow. Suddenly, a rain of arrows flew out, and since they were not within the range of the archers, our warriors were unprepared, and the moment they saw the other side shoot arrows, the warriors standing in front of the minions were shot down by the opponent. ”

"The minions are sure that the weapons used by the Terrans have never appeared before, at least the minions have not heard of them, but the range and penetration of this weapon are beyond the reach of the warriors of my tribe..."

"It's a big matter, and the minions don't dare to decide on their own. Worried that the other party still had traps, after leaving dozens of warriors to conduct surveillance and reconnaissance in the surrounding area, he hurried to the big tent and reported to the patriarch what happened to the slave yesterday..."

Mu Tuorong, who was blue with an iron face, asked in a deep voice: "I want to know, what is your judgment?"

The officer, whose mood had slowly calmed down, reported loudly: "The slave believes that the Terran army stationed in Linjiang Town is the murderer of our warriors. Not only that, but the hundreds of warriors we disappeared should have all died in the hands of this Ming army. ”

After coldly glancing at the officers kneeling in front of everyone, Mu Tuorong said with a murderous face: "Everyone tell me how our Mu Tuorong tribe should treat this matter..."

"Immediately launch an attack on Linjiang Town, kill all the human races in Linjiang Town, and avenge the warriors who died in battle..."

"Sweep down Linjiang Town, kill all the human races, and take revenge..."

More than a dozen senior generals of the Mu Tuorong tribe, as if Linjiang Town was a piece of fat that they could bite into their mouths at any time, raised their fists one after another and shouted loudly in the big tent.