The crowd looked at the pierced column and was shocked for a long time.

Even Liang Xiao was a little surprised.

The new military weapon he provided was actually equivalent to the three-bow bed crossbow in the Song Dynasty, but he combined the principles of modern mechanics to restore it, which was somewhat different from the prototype.

There is nothing wrong with the blueprints, which can maximize the power of the weapon, and the emphasis is on the material of the crossbow string.

According to the weights and measures of Da Zhou and Da Chu, one zhang is about 2.4 meters, and one mile is about 500 meters.

The crossbow strings of the Great Zhou are of excellent quality, and the ordinary bed crossbows made also have an effective killing range of 250 zhang.

It's a match made in heaven to make this killing weapon!

After Xuanwei measured the distance, he rode back and reported: "The range is more than three miles and thirty zhang!" ”

1572m??

Liang Xiao was overjoyed.

"With such a sharp weapon, why worry about the disadvantage of defending the city??"

The crowd was amazed.

Zhuge Hui stroked his long beard, bowed his head slightly, and his eyes were full of joy that was difficult to hide.

"Very good, very good! Liang Xiao, you might as well give this weapon a name? ”

Liang Xiao thought for a while and said, "How about the prime minister give it a nickname?" ”

"Huh! The old man can't take credit! ”

Without waiting for Zhuge Hui to finish speaking, everyone echoed Liang Xiao one by one, and Liang Xiao insisted on letting Zhuge Hui take the name.

Zhuge Hui couldn't excuse himself, pondered for a moment, and said: "This crossbow requires thirty people to turn the winch to pull, and its power is like the power of eight bulls, so it is called 'eight bull crossbows', how about it?" ”

"Wonderful!" Everyone praised each other.

The appearance of the Eight Ox Crossbow is beyond Da Zhou's understanding of existing weapons.

Xuanwei sent a few new-style crossbows, and everyone looked at them carefully, a little puzzled.

The body is the body, the sandalwood is the bow, the iron is the head of the gun, the copper is the horse's face and teeth, and the hemp rope is the string. It looks like a bow and not a bow, the body of the crossbow is three feet and two inches, the string is two feet five inches long, and the arrow feathers are several inches long.

Even the arrows are specially made.

"This is also newly made by the Marquis of Lanling?" Sima Ling looked forward to it more and more.

As the commander of Xuanwei, he is only responsible for arranging Xuanwei to supervise the construction, and he is certainly not as knowledgeable about weapon design as Liang Xiao and them.

Liang Xiao looked at Zhuge Hui.

Zhuge Hui felt something, and hurriedly said: "Don't let the old man name this time, the old man will feel ashamed, ashamed!" ”

Liang Xiao smiled and said, "Then let's call it the Divine Arm Crossbow." ”

"Good name! Let's test it out! ”

Seeing the power of the Eight Bull Crossbow, this time everyone just praised it casually, and they couldn't wait to test the Divine Arm Crossbow, hoping for more surprises.

This time, Liang Xiao personally demonstrated, took the divine arm crossbow, and pulled the strings.

"Whew!"

The crossbow arrows shot into the distance like lightning, and when everyone came back to their senses, they were already fixed on the target three hundred paces away!

"This ...... Is this a crossbow bolt? Everyone looked incredulous.

The existing crossbows of the Great Zhou are more powerful than bows and arrows at short range, but their range is limited.

The appearance of the Divine Arm Crossbow once again broke through their perception of the crossbow.

"The Marquis of Lanling actually hit the bull's-eye, have you used the Divine Arm Crossbow before?" Sima Ling was surprised.

For this future colt master, in private he is willing to use honorifics.

"Hit by chance." Liang Xiao shook his head and tried to shoot five more arrows, only the fifth arrow hit the bull's-eye, and the rest of the arrows were close to the target.

"It's amazing! With such a range, there can be such a hit rate......" Yang Ling exclaimed.

The arrow target three hundred steps away, they old people couldn't even see it clearly, they only knew it by listening to Xuanwei's description.

Liang Xiao was equally overjoyed.

One step of the Great Circumference is equivalent to 1.5 meters.

Of course, it is impossible to guarantee a hundred shots and crossbows on the battlefield, but it is necessary to ensure that they do not aim and do not fire as much as possible, because the fighter plane is fleeting, and when you re-draw the string and prepare the arrows, the enemy's cavalry may have already killed, or the enemy's arrow rain has already arrived.

300 steps away can also guarantee the right head, which is of great significance!

Of course, the range of the Divine Arm Crossbow he imitated was slightly less than that recorded in the Song Dynasty.

The Xuanwei were eager to try, pulling the strings one by one, dozens of divine arm crossbows were fired one after another, and the sound of breaking the sky was endless.

The target a few hundred paces away had already fallen to the ground.

"Prime Minister, Yang Shangshu, Marquis of Lanling, this divine arm crossbow can't be pulled by ordinary people......" The Xuanwei were surprised, but they couldn't help but be a little anxious.

If this kind of Divine Arm Crossbow is used on the battlefield, it will affect the shooting efficiency.

Zhuge Hui said without hesitation: "In the future, two people will be assigned, one will be on the arrow, and the other will be wound to shoot the arrow, and they will be combined." With such a divine artifact, one divine arm crossbow can be worth ten traditional crossbows! ”

"Yes, it is indeed not suitable for a single operation, after all, the crossbowmen on the battlefield still have to wear equipment and carry quivers, which is inconvenient." Liang Xiao nodded.

Everyone was stunned.

This god arm crossbow is indeed worthy of a duo!

The advent of the two new weapons made the old ministers loyal to the imperial power extremely happy, and Zhuge Hui was smiling from beginning to end, as if he was twenty years younger.

"There are eight ox crossbows and god arm crossbows to deter distant enemies, and the crossbows will shoot and kill the troops who ascend the city, and the efficiency of defending the city will definitely be twice the result with half the effort in the future!"

Zhuge Hui, Sima Ling and others watched Xuanwei's operation, and the more they watched, the more they liked it, and they couldn't help laughing.

Duan Yunyi, who was reviewing the folds in the imperial study, couldn't help but be pleasantly surprised when he heard about it.

"Can you shoot through a cylinder from three miles away? Yes, did he design it? ”

"Yes! Your Majesty, the Marquis of Lanling is really a god! ”

Lin Duan's face was red with excitement, and his expression was as if the Eight Bull Crossbow was designed by him.

"It's amazing, is he sent by God to save Da Zhou......" Duan Yunyi muttered to himself.

After a short period of joy and sighs, Duan Yunyi did not hesitate to issue an order, which was supervised by Xuanwei, and using the existing materials in the treasury, he first added two hundred eight-ox crossbows, three thousand repeating crossbows, and five thousand divine arm crossbows, and at the same time collected materials to increase production in the future.

The three new types of weapons are kept secret and unknown to the outside world.

Liang Xiao was not complacent.

With these weapons alone, it may be more than enough to defend and not enough to be aggressive.

In particular, the eight-ox crossbow and the repeater crossbow are not suitable for bringing into the desert.

In order to ensure the field combat effectiveness of the Great Zhou troops, we have to look at the individual weapons.

Longbows and large bows, which are being manufactured in batches, just take time to take shape.

Just taming a bow is not an easy job.

By the time he goes out for his duties, perhaps the longbow and the great bow will also be mass-produced.

At present, the iron production in the capital is limited, and it is necessary to wait for other places to transport it before it can be made on a large scale, according to Liang Xiao's kind of thinking.

Liang Xiao returned home from the Ordnance Prison and told Duan Yunsleeve the good news.

Duan Yunsleeve was so happy that he threw himself into Liang Xiao's arms.

"Oh, our Lanling Marquis is really a god~"

Liang Xiao couldn't help laughing when he heard Duan Yunsleeve's coquettish voice, and was so doted that he held her in his arms, but unexpectedly, Duan Yunsleeve suddenly turned around and broke away from his embrace, covered his mouth with his hand, and vomited.

Liang Xiao's expression changed, and he hurriedly stepped forward.

"Is it ......?"