Chapter 54: Visitors to the Hall of Manna
"Ready... Shoot! ”
At a small shooting range in Gong'an County, several old soldiers clenched the good bows in their hands, listened to the slogans and aimed at their targets, and then pulled their bows and shot arrows in one go.
The small colonel on the sidelines hurriedly stepped forward to check the situation, and then reported the situation loudly:
"Seventy steps through the leather! Eighty steps through the plank! Ninety steps Yachu Kito! ”
"Good bow!" Huang Zhong on the sidelines admired.
During this time, Huang Zhong became more and more active, especially after a letter arrived in Nanjun, and a distant clan claimed to want to pass on his son to Huang Zhong.
Liu Bei even felt that Huang Zhong looked a lot younger, and he no longer looked gloomy.
"Indeed, it is a good bow!" Kong Ming said, now he and Huang Zhong and Liu Bei are on the side of the school, and what is displayed today is a bow and crossbow, considering that Huang Zhong is the most familiar with the bow and crossbow among the generals, so he will comment by the way.
"Jiangdong soldiers are good at shooting! Therefore, there are many archers. Huang Zhong took a long bow and pulled the bowstring to the full point with a little force, and then shot it out with little aim.
The arrow is like a meteor, and the power penetrates the arrow target at a distance of 100 steps.
"It's a pity that such a good bow is only priced at six hundred, and the good bow maker can't have enough food and clothing."
Huang Zhong sighed, the standard weapons in the army are the longbows, the price is the lowest, and there are many good bows and bow craftsmen in the south, but life is not good.
The reason is that the attack and defense of the Han Dynasty army are basically rushing to each other, and in this case, the crossbow occupies the ecological niche of the bow.
"General Huang's Divine Arrow!" Kong Ming praised sincerely, and then signaled left and right: "But if our army has an eight-bull crossbow, how will General Huang deal with it?" ”
In the curious eyes of Liu Bei and Huang Zhong, a wooden machine the size of a bed was pushed out by Liu Bei's personal soldiers, and it was covered with oiled paper.
Kong Ming personally carefully uncovered it, and the first thing Huang Zhong saw was the three giant bows placed on it!
It was really a giant bow, and the length of the bow arm was nearly twice the size of the three-stone bow in his hand, and the three bows were fixed with a machine expansion and pulley.
Although he couldn't understand it, there was a unique beauty of a weapon, and Huang Zhong almost immediately pounced on it to observe it carefully, and then asked:
"Strategist, how does it work?"
"It's beyond the reach of manpower!" Kong Ming pointed to the two wooden wheels behind the crossbow of this bed and said, "Bring the cow here!" ”
Four soldiers led the oxen over, carefully put the ropes on the wooden wheel devices on both sides of the bed crossbow, and held the bridles to prevent the oxen from running around.
Kong Ming and a small colonel carefully carried up a giant crossbow arrow and fixed it on the bed crossbow, and then signaled to open it!
The wooden wheel was pulled slowly by the ox, the machine in the bed crossbow was also slowly turning, and the three giant bows were slowly deformed and pulled apart.
Listening to the creaking sound, Huang Zhong had a feeling of hairiness in his heart.
When he was a teenager, he used to be strong and pulled a Wujun bow alive, and the broken bow and arrow at that time were like a knife cutting Huang Zhong was impressed, and it was like this sound before it was broken.
The wooden wheel was pulled so that it could no longer be dragged anymore, and he carefully went around the back of the crossbow with an axe, and then slashed it down with a rope.
Listening to the sound of "poof", Huang Zhong only felt a strong wind blowing on his face, and it was not until he came back to his senses that he heard a "boom" in the distance.
As far as the eye could see, a large tree had broken two hundred paces, and the crossbow arrow was nowhere to be found.
Huang Zhong couldn't help but smack his tongue: "This kind of power lives up to the name of Baniu!" ”
"Actually, it's not up to it." Kong Ming said that it was a bit of a pity: "Maybe it's because the craftsmanship handed down in later generations is different, or maybe the key ingenuity part has not been thoroughly studied." ”
"If the eight-bull crossbow that is being built now really uses the power of the eight-ox, the crossbow itself will be damaged, let alone shot."
At this time, the little colonel who ran out to look for arrows had also returned empty-handed: "Four hundred and eighty paces, the crossbow arrows have no place and cannot be found." ”
"Almost five hundred steps!" Huang Zhong's heart was shocked, and the range was terrifying?
"But it's a pity that this eight-bull crossbow is difficult to calibrate." Kong Ming shook his head.
Huang Zhong looked terrified: If the giant crossbow with a range of 500 steps is pointed to where it is hit, it will be more terrifying, so as long as you directly shoot the enemy commander with a slight contact, how can you fight?
But the perennial experience of being stationed in Jingzhou made Huang Zhong quickly have an idea in his heart: "Military advisor, since it is so ......"
Liu Bei and Kong Ming's eyes lit up: "Good! ”
Five days later, the county government of the police.
Liu Bei still sat at the top, watching his close generals enter one by one.
The first person to arrive this time was Guan Yu!
This Hedong man rarely had a happy face: "Big brother, the eight-ox crossbow made by the military advisor is really easy to use on the boat!" The river and the Hudu River are free of flooding! ”
Liu Bei nodded slowly, Huang Zhong's last idea that day was that since the bed crossbow could be placed on the city wall, it should also be placed on the boat.
Compared with the ordinary bed crossbow, as long as this eight-bull crossbow is hit a few more times, wouldn't the building ship be able to sink it?
Kong Ming took this suggestion and placed it on Guan Yu's ship, and now it seems that the effect is very good.
Then Kong Ming and Huang Yueying came together.
Huang Yueying and Mi Zhu handed over an opinion together, planning to officially expand the paper mill, which Liu Bei knew.
The plan to print the newspaper had been postponed by Kong Ming on the grounds that the current output of paper was far inferior to Cao Cao's, and if the printing of the newspaper was learned by Cao Cao, this move would be a thief.
Mi Zhu has already packed up, and plans to go to Jiangdong to open the paper shop first, and will leave after seeing the light curtain this time.
As for Kong Ming, there are many things that need to be responsible, such as farming, ballistas, taxes, etc., and he has to study with Jiang Wan how to distinguish between the advantages and disadvantages of coal and the method of mining, etc.
Saying that, Jiang Wan stepped through the door, still arching towards Liu Bei with a look of lack of energy, and then sat down beside Kong Ming, very conscious.
Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun, who came back from Changsha, came together, and the three of them sat on Guan Yu's side, faintly headed by Guan Yu.
As Mi Zhu Sun Qian also came in and sat down, the latest two members also appeared in the eyes of everyone.
The white eyebrows were very eye-catching, and Kong Ming waved his hand happily: "Ji Chang came over and left a seat for you!" ”
After Ma Liang greeted Liu Bei, he went over and sat down, and consciously began to prepare paper and pen like Jiang Wan, Jiang Wan was very pleased.
Then Liu Bei got up very affectionately and took the last person's hands:
"Brother Zifang!"
Mi Fang behaved politely: "Lord." ”
The two stood and said a few words affectionately, and then Mi Fang also sat down beside Mi Zhu.
But Mi Fang was still at a loss as to what she was going to do: "Big brother, what are you going to discuss today?" Why did you make me wait? ”
Mi Zhu's eyes were three points happy, this younger brother who had been displaced all the way with him and abandoned his official position to follow the lord was finally trusted by the lord.
There is also a bit of meaning: "Zifang, you wait for Guan Xiangrui." ”
At this time, another Chang'an, surrounded by the heat of the Ganlu Palace.
The heroic man with his own heavenly might between his eyebrows poked his feet into the ice bucket, and the plummeting temperature made him feel comfortable.
Beside him was a spread book, a curtain of light flickering slowly on the pages.
A few big words on it: "The power of a county fights the world, and the power of China is in the present dynasty!" 》
There was something similar to a reading note on the side, but it was written:
The immortals instructed to collect the Western Regions, and in this case, Xue Yantuo was a native chicken and a dog.
What is Mongolia? Be careful, and try to find it as soon as possible.
Liwu Temple to calm the people and govern the country, but sixty-four will be too many, it is appropriate to worship Jiang Shang, and thirty-six will accompany the worship.
Who is Tang Suzong?
The blank part next to it also used a pen to draw a prototype of a ballista, and it was ugly and couldn't bear to look at it directly.
Looking at the light curtain that appeared on the page, the man's joy flashed, and then he took up the pen and wrote on the light curtain:
"This battle has a bit of style on the banks of the river!"