Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 567 Destruction Paranoia

Luo Youdu looked at Yao Sui and Huai Bing who walked inside with some expectation.

"My minister Yao Sui (Huai Bing) has seen His Majesty!"

Luo Youdu beckoned them to be excused, and said straight to the point: "The two of you made an appointment to come here, but did you bring good news to me?"

Seeing that your majesty was looking forward to this, Yao Sui said with some excitement: "With the help of Uncle Enshe, the God Arm Bow was made. I understand why Your Majesty gave up the new crossbow and named it God Arm Bow. Bow, it turns out that everything lies in the word 'bow'."

Luo Youdu smiled awkwardly. In fact, he was also very curious why the God Arm Bow was called the God Arm Bow even though it was a strong crossbow.

It's just called it that way in history, and Luo Youdu didn't want to get too entangled in the name, so he asked the military supervisor to raise a magic arm bow when he was reforming the crossbow.

Luo Youdu is the emperor, with a golden mouth.

He didn't care about it himself, but his subordinates couldn't ignore it, and put the project of the God Arm Bow into the process.

As for Uncle Enshe, he was talking about the extinct Southern Han Emperor Liu Yu.

Liu Yu dumped the blame on Gong Chengshu, Chen Yanshou, Fan Huzi and others, leaving himself clean.

For the sake of his excellent craftsmanship, Luo Youdu didn't bother with him, and gave him a pardon symbolically, then threw him to the general prison, and threatened him at the end.

After Luo Youdu arranged for Liu Yun to be in prison for half a month, he specifically asked about Liu Yun's situation.

I remember that the general in charge praised Liu Wei at the beginning, saying: "Reporting to Your Majesty, Uncle Enshe has a dexterous mind and outstanding talent for equipment skills, especially he has a pair of dexterous hands. No matter how delicate the job is, he can easily Done. He is very interested in equipment, studies tirelessly, and progresses extremely fast."

Luo Youdu was also happy to hear this, and felt that he had arranged a good place for Liu Yan.

Ignore him from now on, Luo Youdu doesn't expect any surprises from Liu Yu in the short term.

In addition to talent, weapon production and development also requires a lot of experience.

As soon as Liu Yan is a novice, what big moves can he make?

Yao Sui reported Liu Yu's name this time, and Luo Youdu suddenly had a feeling that he should treat each other with admiration after three days of separation.

"Is there a finished product? Show it to me!"

Luo Youdu was gearing up, looking forward to it.

The imperial court has been working hard to develop firearms, but the transition from cold weapons to hot weapons requires a process, and the transition cannot be completed casually.

The effect of the first-generation firearms is far inferior to cold weapons in terms of power and stability.

If the conditions are not mature, it will be counterproductive to rush to use it on the battlefield.

The flame-breathing torches used during the Liang and Tang dynasties, and the fire-breathing ships of the Southern Tang Dynasty are the best examples.

Today, East Khitan has been equipped with a large amount of iron equipment, and wants to continue to maintain its advantage on the battlefield.

Continue to promote cold weapons, push cold weapons to the peak, maintain one's core strength, and then develop hot weapons, step by step, is the kingly way.

With Luo Youdu's permission, Yao Sui sent someone a strange crossbow.

"Is this the Divine Arm Bow?"

Luo Youdu walked down the hall curiously, took the crossbow from the wooden plate held by the attendant, and played with it in his hand.

The Divine Arm Bow is not heavy, almost the same as the Fuyuan Crossbow.

He held it in his hand, and stared at the open space with the flat end. He felt a strong sense of discomfort, and couldn't help but said, "Is this thing easy to use?"

Yao Sui carefully reminded: "The God Arm Bow shoots like a bow and arrow, not flat like a strong crossbow."

Luo Youdu was quite embarrassed, aiming the divine arm bow vertically like a bow and arrow, and sure enough, the uncomfortable feeling disappeared.

That's it!

Only then did Luo Youdu understand that this thing is obviously a powerful crossbow, why it was called a god arm bow instead of a god arm crossbow in history.

Although it is a strong crossbow, it shoots like a bow and arrow.

Luo Youdu was well versed in military matters, and immediately understood how much convenience this method of shooting with bows and arrows would bring on the battlefield.

The advantages and disadvantages of crossbows and bows are obvious.

The slow rate of fire of the strong crossbow is one of them, but the real biggest drawback is that it cannot shoot as intensively as an archer.

The crossbow is too wide in the horizontal direction, and the soldiers must be scattered and stand still. They cannot form a dense formation, and they cannot form dense fire suppression like bows and arrows.In addition, there is another weakness. The height of Wangshan is limited, and it can only shoot directly.It's not that it can't be projected, but the huge crossbow body in the projected state will block the target, making it impossible to aim, which seriously affects the shooting accuracy.

The god arm bow is changed to a vertical crossbow body, which will make up for this defect, and the effect will naturally increase greatly.

Luo Youdu immediately changed his words and praised: "This design is really ingenious."

Yao Sui didn't take credit for it, and said: "This is Uncle Enshe's wonderful idea. I was ordered to improve the Fuyuan crossbow. It took more than a year and achieved a lot of results. It's just that I haven't been able to do what your majesty said. Salvo. Uncle Enshe had a sudden inspiration last night, saying that the God Arm Bow is obviously a crossbow, why is it called a bow? Could it be that it has the characteristics of a bow? After his improvement, it is a great success."

Luo Youdu was secretly amused, this name is also a meritorious service.

"Go, go to the Hall of Martial Arts and try your hand!"

He couldn't wait to see the power of the divine arm bow, thought of Liu Yan, and said casually: "Go and call Enshe Bo!"

The Hall of Martial Arts is located on the west side of the Imperial Palace.

In the Battle of Gaoping that year, the generals Fan Aineng and He Hui of the Later Zhou Dynasty fled without a fight, causing the Zhou army to kneel and surrender.

Guo Rong was distraught and ashamed. After returning to Beijing, he imitated Li Shimin's deeds of training troops in the Wude Hall to shame the Turks, and ordered Zhao Kuangyin to train the front secretary in the Wuying Hall.

After Luo Youdu succeeded to the throne, he did not continue this move. After six or seven years of development, the training methods and venues of the Forbidden Army have been perfected. There is no need to stage this show in the small palace.

The original training ground became free, and Luo Youdu originally planned to build a football field and a basketball field, so that he could play when he was free, and he could also hold a few ball games to add to the fun.

With the promotion, football has now become a popular sport in the Luoyu court.

In Bianjing, there are football games every day.

Individuals with a high winning rate and gorgeous skills are hard to find.

However, with Luoyang's reorganization, Luo Youdu dismissed this idea.The imperial court was not rich, and its pockets were shy, so it would not take a few years to build a stadium.

At this time, it can be used to try out the God Arm Bow.

Arriving at the shooting range of the Hall of Martial Heroes, Luo Youdu looked at the divine arm bow in his hand, and took the crossbow arrows handed over.

The crossbow arrows of the Divine Arm Bow are very thin and short, only a few inches.

Luo Youdu calculated it, and it was only about [-] centimeters, far inferior to the bolts of the Fuyuan Crossbow, and much smaller than ordinary arrows.

Wang Tingyi, who was guarding Luo Youdu, said, "This crossbow is so small, can it kill someone?"

"Of course!"

This time it was Monk Huaibing who answered the question.

"This crossbow is specially made by the poor monk based on research. When the poor monk was studying the crossbow, he discovered a strange phenomenon. In many cases, it is not that the thicker and bigger the arrow, the stronger the power, but the appropriate reduction of the arrow. body, the arrow will shoot farther and more powerfully. The poor monk is very curious and has done some research on this aspect. Just like a general punching in water, your fist will be resistant to water. The arrow will also There is a certain amount of resistance, so the sharper the arrow of the general's arrow, the farther the range."

"The same is true for armor-piercing arrows. The slender arrows do not affect the power, but can effectively break through the enemy's solid armor. The crossbow arrows of the God Arm Bow also use this principle. The penetrating arrows it possesses Sexual damage is no less than the damage caused by normal crossbows. His Majesty once said that the Khitan will be equipped with a large amount of iron armor, and this crossbow just happens to have a powerful armor-piercing effect."

Monk Huaibing and Wang Tingyi introduced the characteristics of the god arm crossbow.

Wang Tingyi, this idiot, half understood what he heard.

Luo Youdu, however, was elated. From the words of Monk Huaibing, he heard the progress of physics across the ages.

Monk Huaibing undoubtedly has rich knowledge and experience in physics, but when he met Luo Youdu for the first time, he couldn't tell why.

It makes sense, but the theory is completely unqualified.

Now that this theory can be said, it is obvious that there has been a lot of progress.

Luo Youdu said: "Resistance, it's too ugly, let's call it resistance. What you experience in the water is the resistance of the water, there is the resistance of the wind in the wind, and there is the resistance of the vitality. In this regard, the master can start to study carefully. You are short of manpower, you can tell me, and I will arrange students for you."

Naturally, there is no such thing as air in this era, but Chinese Taoist philosophy has the term vitality.

It refers to the chaotic atmosphere before the world was divided, and also refers to the original matter that produced and constituted everything in the world.

It makes sense for Luo Youdu to replace air with vitality.

Monk Huai Bing bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

There was a little joy in his eyebrows.

There are good and bad monks.

Monk Huai Bing deserves the name of a good monk. He has all four elements, does not envy wealth and honor, is smart and good at thinking, and has a lot of research on mechanics.

Under the guidance of Luo Youdu, he opened a door, devoted himself to the study of mechanics, and discovered a new world.

However, this research requires manpower and money.

In this era, except for the emperor Luo Youdu, who would give money to study this stuff?
Even though Monk Huaibing knew that Luo Youdu would use the results of his research for military purposes, he didn't care so much for research.

Besides, is the enemy a human being?

Obviously not!

Luo Youdu wanted to try the power of the divine arm bow, and with a thought, he said to Wang Tingyi: "Your father complained to me, eating and sleeping in the palace, and his body has grown a lot, don't let me raise it. Come, test your strength!"

He handed the divine arm bow and crossbow to Wang Tingyi.

His guards on the battlefield were Zhang Qiong and Wang Tingyi.

In real life, Zhang Qiong works in the imperial camp, while Wang Tingyi is responsible for the safety of Luo Youdu's entry and exit.

Wang Tingyi took the divine arm bow nonchalantly.

The God Arm Bow has a foot ring, like a kicked crossbow, and the bow is opened with the foot stirrup from the ground.

But Wang Tingyi wanted to show off his physical strength, he held the body of the crossbow and the bowstring, and forcibly wound it.

Yao Sui exclaimed, "General Wang, you can't force it. The crossbow's pulling force is as high as four stones and six buckets..."

Wang Tingyi groaned in his heart, if Luo Youdu hadn't been here, he would have scolded him a long time ago.

"You fucking didn't say it earlier."

Luo Youdu also secretly applauded the danger.

Four stones and six buckets, the pulling force is as high as [-] or [-] catties.

With his physical strength, even if he stepped on the ankle ring, he definitely couldn't pull it off.

Wang Tingyi blushed, but in order not to lose face in front of Luo Youdu, he groaned and forcibly wound the string.

In fact, with his physical strength, as long as he has a ring, it won't be so strenuous, but where can he find it in a hurry?

"Not bad!"

Luo Youdu sighed in admiration, took the divine arm bow from Wang Tingyi, checked the crossbow, looked at the target two hundred paces away, carefully aimed and aimed, held his breath, and pulled the bowstring.

There was a crisp sound of "boom".

The slender crossbow flashed past and shot at the target at a speed that was hard to distinguish with the naked eye.

The wooden archery target was split apart.

The strength attached to the crossbow bolt, the vibration force generated when it penetrated the target, tore the entire target apart.

A gleam of splendor flashed in Luo Youdu's eyes.

Wang Tingyi's eyes widened even more. He didn't believe that this small crossbow bolt had such power.

Yao Sui and Monk Huai Bing had seen it before, and they looked calm.

Luo Youdu said: "I remember something recorded in the book. The general Xue Rengui of the Tang Dynasty was unparalleled in archery. Tang Gaozong Li Zhi once asked Xue Rengui to shoot through five armors with a bow and arrow. Today I also want to see if this magic arm bow can shoot through five armors."

He sent for the armor.

At this time Liu Yu came to the Hall of Martial Ying, walking timidly.

Luo Youdu looked at Liu Yan who was slowly approaching in front of him, and couldn't recognize him for a moment.

In my memory, Liu Yan looks very pleasant, fat and not ugly at all, giving people a cute feeling.

But now Liu Yan has lost a lot of weight, his eye circles are sunken, and there are deep dark circles under his eyes. He is a completely different person.

Luo Youdu couldn't help frowning.

Seeing this, Liu Wei was so frightened that his face paled, sweating profusely, he knelt down on the ground, kowtowed and cried loudly, "Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty forgive me."

Luo Youdu looked embarrassed, stepped forward to help him up, and said: "You have made great contributions to the court, what is your crime? You..." He paused, but still couldn't help asking: "Why do you look like this?" ?”

Liu Yan glanced at Luo Youdu in fear, and asked quietly: "Your Majesty, do you have any intention of killing me?"

Luo Youdu was even more weird, and said inexplicably: "Okay, what did I kill you for?"

Liu Yu took two steps back, knelt down and kowtowed again: "Thank you for not killing, thank you for not killing."

It turned out that Liu Yu was used to the absurdity in the Southern Han Dynasty, and always felt that someone was going to kill him.

There is also such an incident in history, Zhao Kuangyin rewarded Liu Yan with a glass of wine.

Liu Yan thought he was going to poison himself, so he cried loudly.

Zhao Kuangyin drank the wine by himself in embarrassment.

When Luo Youdu saw Liu Yan again, his original intention was to let him study science and technology well, not to be as absurd as in the Southern Han Dynasty, and specially frightened him.

Liu Yu had persecution delusions, and really thought that Luo Youdu would kill him if he did not do well.

For some reason, he spent sleepless nights and food in the prison to study skills such as catapults, bows and crossbows.

Yao Sui thought that Liu Yan liked this way, but in fact he didn't, but he wanted to survive and worked hard with the mentality that he would die if he couldn't learn it.

He was originally talented, but under this kind of energy, his ability level has been greatly improved.

Yesterday Luo Youdu invited Yelv Dilie to a banquet, but he didn't invite him, so he wondered if Luo Youdu was dissatisfied with him and would take his life.

Frightened and unable to sleep at night, he studied the Divine Arm Bow, which really allowed him to complete the final improvement.

(End of this chapter)