The Strongest Lu Bu's Sweeping Thousands of Armies

Chapter 300
The crossbow cannot be fired continuously, it is nothing more than a problem with the machine spring.

As long as the automatic winding of the machine spring is solved, the continuous firing crossbow will be considered successful.

The previous method could not pull the bowstring of the crossbow, so he thought of a method, which is to use gears to push the string of the crossbow like the revolver of later generations.

Every time the spring is pulled, the gear can drive the bowstring to stretch immediately, and another arrow can be hung on the string immediately.

As long as the problem of gears driving the bowstring is solved, the continuous firing crossbow will be considered complete.

Thinking of a solution, Lu Bu acted immediately.

The gear that drove the bowstring couldn't be too small, and it took him almost all night to polish a round gear.

Assembling the gear on the crossbow and connecting it to the bowstring through a transmission belt, Lu Bu pulled it a few times, and every time the crossbow was ejected, it would immediately be driven to taut by the next notch of the gear.

Lu Bu heaved a sigh of relief after solving the problem of tightening the bowstring immediately after the crossbow was ejected.

Next, he only needs to solve the installation of the crossbow, and the production of the continuous crossbow is considered complete.

What he needed to test was the range and strength of the crossbow.

He had already made the arrow box for the crossbow arrows.

After attaching the arrow box to the crossbow bolt, Lu Bu walked out of the study with this powerful crossbow that could theoretically be fired in succession.

Sun Ce was by his side the rest of the time, except for practicing the trouble-shooting soldiers.

Lu Bu walked out of the study, and Sun Ce greeted him, "Housuke Chu wants to..."

"Let someone bring a target over here," Lu Bu ordered.

Seeing that he brought out a strange crossbow and asked for a target, Sun Ce immediately understood what he was going to do.

Instructing the guards next to him to fetch a target, Sun Ce asked Lu Bu, "Marquis Chu, why does this crossbow look so strange?"

"Have you heard of continuous firing of crossbows?" Lu Bu grinned and asked him.

Sun Ce shook his head in a daze. He had never heard that a crossbow could be fired in succession.

"You'll know later." Lu Bu didn't explain much, and stood there waiting for the target to be delivered.

Not long after, the guard brought the target.

After the target was erected, Lu Bu pulled the machine spring with the bursting crossbow.

As he kept moving his fingers, the machine spring popped out and then stretched back, firing arrows one after another.

Sun Ce, who stood by and watched, stared straight.

Lu Bu's action of pulling the spring was very fast, and the speed of each arrow flying out was also very fast.

Although the strength of the arrows was weaker than that of ordinary crossbows, and the repeating crossbow that Lu Bu was holding looked clumsy, the speed of firing arrows was enough to shock Sun Ce, who had led troops for many years.

After Lu Bu shot all the arrows in the quiver, Sun Ce, who was astonished, asked, "How did Marquis Chu do it?"

"The continuous crossbow is just one of the weapons I can make at present." Lu Bu said: "With this thing, the soldiers only need to carry it and a dozen arrow boxes filled with arrows in the future. How can archers have a chance to shoot arrows?"

"What Chuhou said is true." Sun Ce replied: "It's just that the repeating crossbow looks a bit clumsy, and I'm afraid it's not too convenient to carry."

"I also want it to be lighter, but it's a pity that if it's lighter, it won't be able to shoot continuously." Lu Bu replied: "Every gain is always lost, and it can be fired continuously. Do we still expect it to be lighter than ordinary crossbows?"

What Lu Bu said made sense, so Sun Ce didn't ask any more questions.

"Find some craftsmen and give them the repeating crossbows." Lu Bu ordered: "They must make a thousand within 30 days."

"Make a thousand in 30 days?" Sun Ce asked in astonishment, "How many craftsmen do we have to mobilize?"

"Mobilize as much as you can." Lu Bu said, "When Mao Jie returns to Xudu, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses should come. The big battle is coming, and we don't have much time to wait."

"Chu Hou didn't intend to kill Mao Jie?" Sun Ce said, "As long as he is killed, Cao Cao will not be so quick to use troops in Xuzhou."

"Bo Fu took it for granted." Lu Bu shook his head: "Actually, Cao Cao has long thought about killing me. I am entrenched in Xuzhou and other places. In his eyes, it is a thorn in his flesh. If he doesn't get rid of me, he can't eat and sleep. Can't sleep at night. Mao Jie, what is it to him? If I kill Mao Jie, I will give him an excuse. Not only can Mao Jie not be killed, but I also want to send him out of Xuzhou. Let him return to Xudu safely."

Before Sun Ce could reply, Lu Bu said again: "Go find some cooks, I have some things for them to do."

After he developed the repeating crossbow, Lu Bu wanted to find a few cooks to come over. Sun Ce took it for granted that he had some novel ideas.

When he saw the glider and the balloon earlier, Sun Ce was completely convinced by Lu Bu.

Sometimes he even secretly rejoices that he has not been an enemy of Lu Bu all the time.

Not to mention anything else, just say that Lu Bu's whimsical ideas, any one of them is enough to turn the situation on the battlefield, and making him an enemy is definitely the most stupid choice.

Deciding that Lu Bu had a wonderful idea, Sun Ce immediately ordered the guards to find some cooks.

The guard took the order to leave, and he asked Lv Bu, "The Marquis of Chu will find a cook to come here, does he have any new ideas?"

"Bo Fu has led the army for many years, and the soldiers have to bury the pot to make food every day. Do you think it is very troublesome?" Lu Bu asked suddenly.

Sun Ce replied with a blank face: "Of course leading an army in a war means burying pots and cooking food. Only when the soldiers fill their stomachs can they have the strength to fight the enemy..."

"If we save the time of burying the pot and cooking, will we have an advantage when we encounter a strong enemy?" Lu Bu asked again.

I have never heard that fighting can save the process of burying pots and cooking. Sun Ce asked in amazement: "Could it be true that the Marquis of Chu intends to send the soldiers to go to battle hungry?"

"How is that possible?" Lu Bu shook his head. "I just want to make dry food that the soldiers can carry with them and eat at any time. When marching and fighting, the enemy will bury their pots and make food. We can go back and kill them. Wait until they If we chase up, we can take advantage of the situation and retreat. In this way, no matter how powerful the enemy is, we will wear it down. Although it is only an improvement in rations, it can determine the situation on the battlefield.”

Lu Bu made these explanations, but Sun Ce was still at a loss.

He had seen dry rations before, but he never thought that the soldiers could only use dry rations to fill their stomachs while marching.

After all, the dry food is cold, and the soldiers must not be able to bear it if they only eat that every day.

"What Chu Hou said is very reasonable, but if you eat dry food every day, you are afraid that the soldiers will not be able to support them." Sun Ce said: "After all, the soldiers still need to eat some hot food."

Lu Bu just nodded when he heard the words, and didn't say anything more.

He also wanted to give the soldiers hot food, but the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and saving a meal might be enough to determine the success or failure of a battle.

(End of this chapter)