Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 91 Automatic Bow

The soup is boiling, and the radish, turnip and lamb are rising and falling, exuding a tempting aroma.Wang Wenzuo stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of mutton, took a bite, frowned, chewed twice and swallowed it: "The mutton is almost ready, but the radishes and turnips must be cooked, come on, eat some radishes and turnips first, and wait a while." Eat mutton again!"

No one stretched out their chopsticks, the people beside the clay pot exchanged glances, Yuan Aolie was the first to ask: "Sanlang, is it true or not that you said that you will attack Zhouliu and Rencun soon?"

"It's a month later, when the grass grows up and the horses get fatter, we can send troops again!" Wang Wenzuo tapped his chopsticks on the side of the pot twice: "Eat it, why don't you do it, the radish and turnip stewed with mutton are also delicious. very good!"

"I don't have the appetite to eat now!" Gu Cihang patted the table: "Is it appropriate to go straight to the thief's lair like this?"

"It's up to you and me whether it's suitable or not!" Wang Wenzuo put down his chopsticks, the smile on his face disappeared, and his expression became cold and hard: "Also, I'll say this in front of my family. But I don't recognize it!"

"That's natural!" Liu An finally said: "Sanlang has a huge responsibility, everyone must keep their mouths tight!"

Everyone around the pottery pot nodded, and their eyes focused on Wang Wenzuo again. Wang Wenzuo picked up a piece of radish, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it twice, and swallowed it: "I'm going to this expedition too, with you!"

"Ah!" Liu An was stunned: "Didn't you join the army as a soldier? You should be able to stay at Sibi this time, right?"

"I've already told the guard!" Wang Wenzuo said in a deep voice, "I can't say the reason for sending troops this time, but it does make sense. I can't change it. The only thing I can do is go with you! I hope I can get through this time." This difficulty, let’s return safely together!”

There was silence in the room, everyone was Paoze who had experienced life and death together, back to back, shoulder to shoulder, facing the enemy and danger together, and Wang Wenzuo's choice proved that he has not changed, he is still the trustworthy Wang Sanlang .

"Sanlang, I'm convinced!" Liu An grabbed Wang Wenzuo's arm and shook it vigorously.
"I've convinced you too!"

"Sauro!"

The men beside the clay pot grabbed Wang Wenzuo's arm and said similar words one after another. For these men in the army: "I've convinced you!" I will never regret dying for it.

"Wulang doesn't need to be like this!" Wang Wenzuo pulled his right arm from Liu An's hand, and said with a smile, "The mutton is already cooked, let's eat the meat first, and I have something to tell you after I finish eating!"

Everyone was not the kind of twitchy person, they picked up their chopsticks and ate, and within about half an hour they cleaned up all the meat and vegetables in the pot.Wang Wenzuo stood up: "Follow me!"

Wang Wenzuo’s residence was originally the mansion of a Baekje military officer. Behind the house there was a yard with a length of 70 meters and a width of 15 meters. .When a group of people came to the corridor, Wang Wenzuo lit two torches, pointed at a few targets about 40 meters away, and said with a smile: "I'm just full, let's shoot a few arrows first to digest the food!"

Except for Wang Wenzuo, all the people present were from the military family. Bending bow and archery can be said to be a skill for eating. They all picked up a common bow with a smile, strung it, and shot.

At that time, there were four kinds of bows used in the Tang army: one was called long bow, the other was called horn bow, the third was called slightly bow, and the fourth was called grid bow.The first type of long bow is a mulberry wood bow, which is used by infantry; the second type is tendon-horned bow, which is used by cavalry; the third type of small bow is a bow that shoots long-feathered and large arrows at close range, and is basically used by cavalry; The four-pattern bow is a decorated bow for the guard of honor.

The dozen or so people who came to eat were either military officers or rich and powerful families, who had money to support their children to learn the art of bowing and horses. Naturally, they are more accustomed to using horn bows or slightly bows on weekdays, and Wang Wenzuo put them on the corridor for offerings. All the longbows chosen were walnut wood and bamboo backs, and there was no horn bow or slight bow. Everyone couldn't help but feel a little weird.

Wang Wenzuo did not shoot arrows, but took out a long box, carefully fixed it on the handle of a bow, and then filled the long box with arrows one by one. Finally, he raised the longbow with one hand and held the end of the machine tightly with the other. took a deep breath, pulled the handle hard, and pulled the slide rail down to the top, only to see that the bowstring was pulled, the bow arm was bent, and the trigger was pulled, the bowstring rebounded suddenly, and the arrow shot out, piercing forty A rattan target outside the step.

Then Wang Wenzuo fully pulled the trigger again, pulled the bowstring, and repeated the cycle, only to hear the interlacing sound of the trigger and the bowstring, as if an inanimate monster ejected arrows one by one.

"Sanlang, what are you doing?" Cui Hongdu, who was standing aside, was the first to notice the abnormality, Wang Wenzuo did not answer, but filled the arrow box again, and then handed it to Cui Hongdu: "Hongdu, try it too! "

Cui Hongdu took this novel weapon carefully, as if he was a cobra that might raise his head and bite himself at any time, he carefully pulled the handle, then pulled the trigger, the arrow shot out, and then he repeated it again, as the arrow When the arrow hit the target, he exclaimed excitedly like a child: "I don't need to take the arrow or pull the string, it's so convenient!"

"Don't stop, Hongdu, aren't you out of strength?" Wang Wenzuo said.

"How come!" Cui Hongdu's face turned red, he drew the bow fully, and then pulled the trigger, repeating this five times, when the sixth time, no more arrows were shot, he asked in some astonishment: " Saburo, why is it gone?"

"There are only six arrows in the arrow box, and you have shot them all!" Wang Wenzuo took back the bow from Cui Hongdu, checked the bowstring and the arrow box for damage, and asked, "What do you think?"

"How?" Cui Hongdu hadn't fully recovered from the astonishment just now, but soon he shouted excitedly: "It's great, I never thought that there are such powerful weapons in the world, Saburo, let me try again Do you want to try?"

"If Hongdu has something good, he will not let it go. Get out of the way, it's my turn!" Shen Faseng looked jealous, pushed Cui Hongdu behind him, and smiled at Wang Wenzuo: "Sanlang, let me try it too!" Try it!"

"Don't worry, everyone has a chance tonight. There are more than a dozen in the room. You can take one home later!" Wang Wenzuo said while filling the arrow box, "Let's go and see how Hongdu shoots arrows." How many arrows hit, did they penetrate the target!"

Without waiting for Wang Wenzuo's order, Yuan Aolie and Gu Cihang brought the target over. Cui Hongdu is worthy of being the best archer among them, even though it was the first time he used it, all of them hit grass targets [-] paces away, and the arrows were deep. Being submerged in the grass target also proves that this kind of crossbow can not only be fired continuously, but also its power is not inferior to that of ordinary bows and arrows, and it is not a tool for guarding households and catching robbers like the "Zhuge Liannu".

(End of this chapter)