The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 387 The Power of the Liannu
A long time ago, Guo Jia mentioned to Ma Jun the idea of ​​making a continuous crossbow, but Ma Jun had too many inventions to work on, from keel overturning to textile machines, plus compass carts, etc. Ma Jun was very interested in water conservancy and machinery. His contribution is no longer enough to be described as priceless, it is worth more than ten cities and hundreds of cities.

The strong crossbow used by the Taiping Army is already considered the best among contemporary long-range weapons, so Ma Jun put aside the project of making the continuous crossbow. After all these years of idleness, Ma Jun decided to follow the concept described by Guo Jia. He studied the Liannu, and until today, he has finally paid off.

Holding the Liannu as if cherishing a work of art in his own courtyard, Ma Jun sat on a chair in the snow, looking at the courtyard door from time to time, feeling impatient.

There were hurried footsteps outside, Ma Jun stood up, and was about to greet him, when an outsider walked in first.

Wearing an official uniform, Yan Pu stepped into the courtyard at the head, followed by Meng Huo, who was as strong as a mountain, and many elite soldiers.

When Guo Jia entered Yizhou, Zhang Liao led the army to capture Hanzhong, Yan Pu surrendered with Zhang Lu, and then Zhang Lu was shelved, and then Zhang Lu went to Tianshi Palace to practice Taoism, while Yan Pu served as a military advisor in Zhang Liao's army. As Guo Jia advanced into Guanzhong, Yan Pu succeeded Zhang Liao as the prefect of Hanzhong. He has been conscientious in political affairs for ten years, and no one can criticize him.

Hanzhong is a strategically important place, coupled with the hoarding of strategic military supplies here, so the most important place, Guo Jia dared to let Yan Pu come to sit in the town, which is enough to show the trust in him, and this trust was Yan Pu himself. Win it back with one move.

Yan Pu entered the courtyard of Ma's house, and seeing Ma Jun holding a crossbow, he was shocked and asked urgently, "Don't worry, my lord, are there thieves? Don't worry, I will immediately mobilize troops to protect you and me." family."

Not only Ma Jun's house, but those Yizhou craftsmen's houses are surrounded by secret sentries arranged by Yan Pu, the purpose is to ensure their safety, but he didn't get any news of assassins, but now he sees Ma Jun holding a weapon, he thought it would be impossible to protect them. Zhou, Ma Jun is in crisis.

Seeing Yan Pu waving his hand to make the followers behind him fully alert, Ma Jun's expression became anxious, and he waved his hand and said, "No, it's all right. I told you to come, just, just let you see, look at this."

After finishing speaking, Ma Jun presented the Liannu in his arms to Yan Pu.

After the two brothers of the Wu family went down the Han River to capture Xincheng and Shangyong, Meng Huo came to Hanzhong from Guanzhong with [-] troops.

He didn't understand why Guo Jia would send heavy troops to protect these craftsmen, and he was a little curious now.

Taking a closer look, the crossbow in Yan Pu's hand is not much different from the crossbow used by the Taiping Army that he usually sees.

The subtlety of the machine lies in the internal structure, which cannot be reflected by the difference in appearance.

Yan Pu couldn't see any difference between this crossbow and ordinary crossbows.

Now there are two types of crossbows used by the Taiping Army. One is to shoot one arrow each time, which is powerful and accurate.The other is to shoot three arrows each time. The power of three arrows is slightly weaker, but the shooting area is enlarged.

The crossbow in Yan Pu's hand was obviously a single-shot crossbow, and it didn't look much different from ordinary single-shot crossbows.

"Don't drive my lord, this, sorry for the stupidity of the officials, let the lord come to clarify the confusion."

Yan Pu will strictly abide by the etiquette in front of Ma Jun, Ma Jun's official position is indeed higher than him, and Guo Jia attaches great importance to Ma Jun, it is impossible for Yan Pu to despise Ma Jun.

Seeing that Yan Pu and Meng Huo were confused, Ma Jun scratched his head and thought for a while, then asked, "You, take a set of tiger guard armor."

Yan Pu immediately ordered someone to fetch it.

Hanzhong is a place where war equipment is manufactured, and there are samples of the equipment of each number of the Taiping Army.

Not long after, the guards brought a set of tiger guard armor, and Ma Jun ordered someone to carry out a wooden figure from the house, then put the armor on the wooden figure, and placed it near the wall in the courtyard.

Looking at Yan Pu and Meng Huo, Ma Jun pointed at Meng Huo and said, "You, come here."

The tall and burly Meng Huo came to Ma Jun, and saw that Ma Jun loaded the crossbow with ten arrows, adjusted them, handed them to Meng Huo, and then pointed at the wooden man in armor. He solemnly ordered: "Aim at that one and shoot, but, please, be careful."

Although Meng Huo was born in the Southern Barbarians, he had never been exposed to crossbows, which are considered high-tech weapons in modern times, but after he joined the Taiping Army, he naturally learned how to control strong crossbows. Now that he heard what Ma Jun said, he didn't take it seriously Isn't it just a crossbow?He is already tired of playing.

Yan Pu, who was watching from the side, was still puzzled.

Perhaps this crossbow is more powerful than previous crossbows.

The most defensive equipment in the Taiping Army is the heavy armor on the Tiger Guards.

This kind of armor can be shot without fear of ordinary bows and arrows and ordinary crossbows. Even if the crossbow of the Taiping Army shoots up, the arrow will only be embedded in the armor, but it will not be shot through. The king of strokes, but unfortunately the cost of armor is too high, and Guo Jia can only support 20 tiger guards in the past [-] years.

Under the attention of everyone on the left and right, Meng Huo aimed his crossbow at the wooden man, and then fired!

The sound of arrows piercing through the air resounded.

嗖

Feeling the arrows coming out, Meng Huo thought it was over, and was about to put down the crossbow with his hand, but unexpectedly, the continuous sound of piercing the air continued to sound.

Whoosh whoosh.
Snowflakes flew, arrows shot indiscriminately, and murderous intentions arose in the courtyard.

"Wow"

Ma Jun was lying on the snow, facing Meng Huo's back closely, for fear that Meng Huo would turn around and inadvertently point the crossbow that was still shooting arrows at him.

Yan Pu and a group of accompanying guards also rushed around tremblingly holding their heads.

Meng Huo was like a demon king with full firepower, making people afraid to approach him.

The ten arrows were finally fired, and the snowflakes in the courtyard fell one after another. The walls, the snow, and the wooden man were full of arrows.

An eerie silence spread around.

Those guards looked at the crossbow in Meng Huo's hand like ghosts and gods.

Yan Pu got up from the snow in a panic, patted the snow on his body, straightened the crown on his head, walked towards Meng Huo with lingering fear, and deliberately avoided the path Meng Huo was aiming at with his crossbow.

Ma Jun got up from the ground angrily, ignoring his slovenly appearance, rushed to Meng Huo, grabbed the crossbow from his hand, and said angrily: "I, I didn't, I said, I told you , are you holding it, are you holding it firmly?"

Meng Huo grinned, he felt that the feeling just now was quite enjoyable.

No guilt at all, even wanting to do it again.

"Don't drive my lord, my hands are pretty steady."

Ma Jun stared at him helplessly, looked around and asked, "Is no one injured?"

The guards who were facing the enemy looked at each other and shook their heads at Ma Jun together.

Yan Pu stepped over, fixed his eyes on the crossbow in Ma Jun's hand, and asked with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, this crossbow can shoot continuously?"

Ma Jun reloaded the arrow, nodded, and then handed the crossbow to Meng Huo. Just as he was about to give instructions, Meng Huo took the crossbow with a smile and said, "Don't worry, don't drive your lord, it will be fine this time."

It seemed that because of the previous incident, everyone didn't trust Meng Huo. Everyone in the courtyard stood behind Meng Huo. Ma Jun even ran back to the room and looked out the window.

Meng Huo aimed at the wooden man again and fired.

A series of ten arrows exploded and shot away.

This time Meng Huo turned around, shrugged his shoulders to everyone, and held up the crossbow fondly to inspect it. He, a layman in mechanics, let alone just staring at the crossbow for the rest of his life, would not be able to see one, two, three, even if he gave him the crossbow. With the crossbow disassembled, he would have no second reaction other than dizziness.

Yan Pu walked into the wooden man with a solemn expression, and his heart beat faster as he got closer.

There was a hole the size of a fist in the chest of the wooden man, looking down, Yan Pu was shocked.

A single arrow cannot pierce the Tiger Guard's armor, but if it is shot intensively at the same position, it will pierce the armor.

Taking off the armor from the wooden man, Yan Pu saw that the wooden man had been shot through, but the arrow did not penetrate the back of the armor, but this was enough.

"It seems that the power is much stronger, and it is not much different from ordinary crossbows."

Meng Huo looked at the crossbow in his hand, turned it over and over, but couldn't see the way out.

Yan Pu couldn't agree with Meng Huo's remarks. If Meng Huo was an outsider, Yan Pu would sneer and cast contempt.

The power of this continuous crossbow is so great!And the application will provide the army with more powerful combat power!
Not to mention the battles on land, just for water battles, if all the warships of the Taiping Army were equipped with such continuous crossbows, I am afraid that they would not give the enemy a chance to fight on board!
Whether it is an archer or a crossbowman, there is time and space after each shot to give the enemy a chance to counterattack.

It is conceivable that with continuous bursts of continuous crossbows, in water battles, if the enemy wants to board the ship to fight, a few continuous crossbows can block the enemy. Launch, and then dodge, you can complete the suppression of the enemy.

Yan Pu hurried to Ma Jun's side, and asked in a deep voice, "Don't worry about your lord, how many arrows can this crossbow fire continuously at most?"

Ma Jun knocked on his forehead and thought for a while, then replied: "If you shoot too many arrows in a row, the power will decrease. However, you, since you ask this question, you can shoot thirty to fifty arrows in a row at most. The arrows, but, but the power is definitely not as good as only one, only ten arrows."

After hearing this, Yan Pu asked again: "Does anyone know how to make this Liannu?"

Ma Jun shook his head. Ma Jun was aware of this kind of secret. After the successful development, he approached Yan Pu as soon as possible. He also hoped that Yan Pu could report this matter to Guo Jia.

Yan Pu made an instant decision to let Ma Jun take Liannu with him. He sent [-] soldiers to escort Ma Jun to Chengdu to meet Guo Jia directly.

Yan Pu would not attach such importance to water conservancy equipment that was beneficial to the people, but the Liannu was a war equipment after all, and Guo Jia had to decide what to do next.

When Ma Jun heard that he was going to go to Chengdu, he readily agreed.

Yan Pu acted resolutely, and was about to leave immediately. When Ma Jun went to pack his luggage, he hurried to the family's other courtyard.

"Qing, Qing'er, come out and go with Dad to Chengdu."

Ma Jun yelled out, and poked out a head from the room. It was a young girl with delicate features, and her clear eyes looked at Ma Jun who was in a hurry.

"Father, are you going to Chengdu for fun?"

Ma Jun waved to her and urged: "Hurry up, pack your luggage, go, go to see your future husband, remember, dress up nicely."

This is Ma Jun's eldest daughter, Ma Qing, when she heard Ma Jun's words, her pretty face turned red instantly.

(End of this chapter)