Hanbo

Chapter 75 Champion Repeating Crossbow
"Tian Qianqiu."

A burly man who looked about 23 years old, handsome in appearance, more than eight feet tall, and very handsome, stood up and bowed his hands in salute.

"exist."

"Go and call me Zhao Chongguo and Li Ling."

"promise."

After Huo Shan ordered Tian Qianqiu, he went directly into the armory of the Yingku.

After entering, seeing the big boxes neatly stacked one by one, Huo Shan casually opened a long box close by.

Inside was a champion knife with a scabbard, Huo Shan picked it up and looked at it.

The total length is seven feet, the length of the blade is 5 feet 3 inches, the length of the handle is 1 foot 7 inches, the guard (cutter plate) is round or oval, and there is a small circular ring at the handle to prevent it from falling out of the hand.

Huo Shan pushed, the scabbard flew out, and Sun Shang grabbed it.

Huo Shan turned to look at the blade. Compared with the Miao Dao of the later generations, the width of the blade was nearly half wider, and the blade was much thicker. There were several blood grooves on the blade.

Widened and thickened, the weight will naturally be heavier. Because it is made of all steel, it looks very beautiful, but it is a little lighter, so it should not be a problem to rush.

Although steel is heavier than iron, for weapons and armor of the same standard, steel uses less materials, so it is lighter.

It just looks a bit nondescript, except for the length and arc, there is no shadow of Miao Dao.

He made this thing because he didn't want to carry a gun, and when he encountered special terrain and needed to dismount and fight on foot, this knife could play a big role.

At other times, a lancet is enough.

Huo Shan then went out and went to another warehouse to look at the armor and crossbow.

The overall color of the two sets of armor is red and black, with iron sheets sandwiched between the vital parts of the leather armor. The protection is very good, and it is not a problem to resist bows and arrows.

The light iron armor is made of all steel, with fish scale armor style. Compared with the iron armor of this era, the weight has been reduced a lot, but the protection has been greatly increased.

There are not enough craftsmen in the Shaofu, so I still called the master craftsman to complete the three thousand light armor that Huo Shan needed.

After looking at the armor, Huo Shan went to look at the crossbow again.

Bows and arrows, of course, are also new bows, and the name is naturally the champion.

There are two types of bows, the bows used for ordinary war cavalry, the bow strength is about six pounds per stone, which is commonly known as the Song Badou bow, the bow strength is about 100 pounds.

The effective range is about 120 steps, and the maximum range is [-] steps. Of course, this refers to the infantry shooting of soldiers, excluding high-quality human cavalry archers like Huo Shan and Li Ling.

If the soldiers were riding on horseback, the shooting range would be cut in half.

This is still the case with Takahashi saddles and stirrups.

But this is already very good. You must know that in this era, the effective speed of the horse is basically no more than fifteen steps, and it is usually around three to seven steps.

More than double the enemy's range, this is a huge advantage.

The second type is the bow used by scouts, two stone bows, the bow force is 120 jin, about 130 pounds.

The effective range of rifle fire is 65 steps, and the maximum range is over 150 steps.

Riding and shooting is effective at about thirty steps.

As soon as Huo Shan finished watching the bow, Zhao Chongguo and others came.

"come and see."

After reading it, Huo Shan picked up a scout bow and threw it directly to Li Ling.

If you want to test a bow, it would be best to find an experienced old archer.

Li Ling saluted, and then looked at the new bow in his hand.

The shape is more beautiful, and this kind of curvature, he is keenly aware, saves more effort.

After Li Ling looked at it, he moved his legs, stood in a good posture, stretched out his arms that were almost above his knees, and pulled the bow.

After Li Ling finished pulling, he was taken aback for a moment, and then pulled a few more times. Everyone could clearly see that there was a hint of disbelief on his face.

"How does it feel?"

Li Ling came back to his senses, and bowed his hands in salute:
"Return to the school captain, the bow strength of this bow should be around two stones..."

Before Li Ling finished speaking, Shangguan Jie interrupted him with his loud voice:
"Two stones?"

No matter how Shangguan Jie saw it, this bow could not reach two stones, at most one and a half stones.

"It's exactly two stones."

"Come on, give me a try."

Li Ling handed it to him, and Shangguan Jie pulled it, with a look of disbelief:

"This is obviously about seven stones per stone, where did two stones come from?"

Li Ling didn't answer him, but just cupped his hands at Shangguan Jie.

"Try it and you'll know."

Zhao Chongguo, who had been silent next to him, said something in his thick voice.

"Then go try it, Old Zhao, take another crossbow, two boxes of feather arrows and crossbow arrows, let's try it."

A group of people came to the training ground in a mighty manner, found a few archery targets and tried it out.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Shangguan Jie had to admit that this was a two stone bow, if it wasn't for the two stone bows, it wouldn't be able to shoot that far.

"Why is this?"

Li Ling spread his hands, expressing that I don't know either.

So everyone turned their attention to Huo Shan.

Huo Shan walked over to pick up the bow, and said with a smile:
"The bow strength is indeed equivalent to other bows and two stones, but it is more labor-saving, basically saving about [-]%."

"That is to say, usually you can shoot 23 arrows in a row, and you can shoot [-] four arrows?"

Huo Shan nodded to Su Xian, who was the youngest among the five armies, only 21 this year.

"It's true, but it's not calculated like this. A soldier with two stone bows can shoot twenty arrows in a row. With this bow, he can shoot thirty arrows, even thirty-five arrows, forty arrows."

Li Ling, Zhao Ponu, and Sun Shang on the side nodded repeatedly, while Zhao Chongguo, Shangguan Jie, Zhang Anshi, Tian Qianqiu and others fell into deep thought.

"Why is this?"

"Hehe, Li Ling, come and explain his doubts."

"promise."

"As the captain said, it is indeed not calculated in this way. A soldier can shoot twenty arrows with two stone bows in a row. With a bow of seven or eight stones, he can shoot thirty or even forty arrows. Do you understand?"

Su Xian still shook his head, it's the same as if you didn't say it.

Li Ling frowned. He was a man of few words. Explaining these things was really not his strong point, so he looked at Zhao Chongguo.

"Let me tell you this, a soldier, he can only open two crossbows with all his strength, but using this bow, although it only saves [-]% of the effort, it will be much easier for him.

And not only can he shoot more arrows, but his accuracy with this bow will also increase a lot. Therefore, with this bow, our army's combat power will greatly increase. "

After Zhao Chongguo's explanation, Su Xian suddenly realized and nodded.

"Come here, let me show you something new."

Huo Shan waved to everyone, then walked up to Zhao Ponu, and took the Zhuge Liannu from his hand.

"This is a newly developed Liannu, I will explain it to you."

"This repeating crossbow is divided into three parts, namely the arrow lock, the pull rod, the bow string and the crossbow body."

Everyone nodded, but they were actually a little strange. The arrow box and the crossbow body were not together, so how to aim and shoot?

Huo Shan could see their doubts, but he didn't explain, he would understand later.

"Let's look at the body of the crossbow first. There is a handle at the bottom and a firing pin above the body of the crossbow."

"Let's look at the bow chord again, it's not wound at the moment."

"Let's take a look at the arrow box, which can store fifteen crossbow arrows."

"Fifteen?"

Shangguan Jie let out a loud cry of surprise, his expression shocked.

"Hehe, come on, I'll teach you how to use it."

Huo Shan walked to a distance of about 25 steps in front of the target and stopped, then squatted down and opened the arrow box containing the crossbow bolts, picked up a crossbow bolt and started talking.

"The first step is to load the arrows. Put the arrows in one by one. Be sure to place them neatly, otherwise they will get stuck."

Huo Shan spoke while operating.

"After the fifteen arrows are loaded, close the lid of the box and see if there is a buckle here. Be sure to fasten the buckle, otherwise the horses will gallop and the arrows will easily fall out."

After speaking, Huo Shan stood up, and the others followed suit.

"The second step is to wind the string. Do you see the lever on the arrow box?"

The crowd nodded.

"Well, hold the arrow box lever with one hand, hold the handle of the crossbow body with the other, and then use the back of the crossbow body, just this tentacles, to reach your shoulder socket."

"Then pull the lever and pull it into your arms. When the arrow box moves backward, it will drive the bowstring backward, and then the bowstring will be wound in this way, understand?"

Huo Shan made corresponding movements while talking, and with a click, the crossbow was wound.

Only then did everyone think it was normal, this was the Liannu in their impression.

Originally, the Zhuge Liannu used the arrow box to press the firing pin while winding the string, and then the arrows were shot out, but Huo Tan changed it a bit.

Just as Huo Shan was about to say the last step, Li Ling suddenly asked excitedly:

"Captain, is this... continuous fire?"

"Exactly."

Huo Shan replied with a smile.

"Okay, the last step, get out of the way of the archery target, don't block it."

Li Ling just wanted to ask, but when he heard the last step, he quickly closed his mouth and listened carefully.

"The last step, of course, is to aim and shoot. Do you see this launch pin? Press it, and then..."

Accompanied by the sound of "咻", a crossbow arrow was shot out and directly inserted into the target.

"Then it's like, pull the lever again, wind, aim, press, shoot."

"Wind, aim, shoot."

"Wind and shoot."

……

Huo Shan shot five arrows in a row, looked back at everyone except Sun Shang and Xiao Lizi, who all opened their mouths, and asked:

"understand?"

Huo Shan looked at the stunned crowd and smiled secretly.

"Standing and shooting, that is the most basic level, and you can shoot while walking."

After Huo Shan finished speaking, he started to move. He took the target as the center of the circle and 25 steps as the radius, and moved on this circle.

Huo Shan shot two arrows while walking, and three more arrows while running, and then asked:

"understand?"

"Not just walking and running..."

Huo Shan then suddenly ran two steps forward, jumped up, and then rewound the string in the air, aimed at an arrow and shot.

Then landed on the ground with a forward roll, another arrow, then got up, ran two steps, turned his back to the target, turned around suddenly, and shot another arrow...

Huo Shan's leaps and bounds really fooled everyone.

Huo Shan got up and patted the soil, and said as he walked:
"Our soldiers, not only must do these things, but they must also be able to shoot crossbow arrows while performing various technical movements on bumpy horses."

"The effective range is 25 steps, and the maximum range is [-] steps. After two years, riding and shooting is within [-] steps of my requirements, and the accuracy is [-]%."

"You decide the bow and arrow yourself."

Huo Shan walked up to him, put down the crossbow and patted the soil on his hands, then glanced around, and said with a smile:

"Work hard, gentlemen!"

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