Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 286 The Experiment of the Divine Machine Arrow
"Report to the Prime Minister! After these days of manufacturing, twenty Shenji arrows have been produced, but the test shooting has not yet been carried out." Sima Yi cupped his hands. Since returning to Xuchang, Li Song ordered Sima Yi to be fully responsible for the production of Shenji arrows. matter.

Sima Yi immediately summoned craftsmen to manufacture the Shenji Arrow according to the manufacturing guide of the Shenji Arrow.

"Okay! After this meeting is over, we will conduct a trial shooting outside Xuchang City!" Li Song said, also wanting to see how effective these ancient thermal weapons are.

"Promise!" Sima Yi clasped his hands in response. As the person in charge of manufacturing the Divine Machine Arrow, Sima Yi was also looking forward to the effect of the Divine Machine Arrow.

Zhong Yao and others were not so enthusiastic. After all, they were civil servants and had never been so enthusiastic about weapons.

"Since we have plans to go south, we must make preparations for going south. In the future, we will flatten Jingzhou and cross the river to attack the six counties in the east of the river. Water battles will not be avoided. Therefore, we should focus on the navy. I don't know if you have any If you don't have any good suggestions, you might as well talk about it." Li Song temporarily put aside the matter of experimenting with the effect of the magic arrow.

"Report to the Prime Minister! As the saying goes, the three armies go ahead without using food and grass! The minister believes that more food and grass should be built in various places to prepare for the southern expedition." Zhong Yao suggested that Li Songguang accumulate grain to ensure sufficient food and grass for the southern expedition.

"Especially in Youzhou and Jizhou that have just been recovered, there are large areas of land that are abandoned. People should go to the fields to cultivate and resume production, especially since Jizhou is still a grain-producing area in the north." Xu Maogong said.

With the expansion of the territory during these years of wars, and with the increase of land, the amount of land that can be cultivated will naturally increase. If the harvest is good, the natural food and grass will also increase.

"Both Zhong Yao and Xu Maogong are right, but Youzhou has just surrendered, and in addition to being robbed by Karasuma, Youzhou will be exempted from taxes for three years."

"Build granaries in Xuchang and several important towns in the south, stockpile grain and grass for the southern expedition, and from now on, the funds allocated to the navy will be doubled on the original basis." Li Song said.

"Also, choose more experienced craftsmen and send them to Gan Ning and the others. Be sure to make more warships and repair the damage. Xu Maogong will be responsible for this matter." Li Song added.

"No!" Xu Maogong bowed his hands in salute.

After everyone discussed some details, Li Song announced the end of the meeting, and everyone got up to say goodbye!Li Song and Sima Yi came outside Xuchang City and ordered people to transport the made magic arrows outside Xuchang City.

The shape of the Shenji Arrow is a wooden box on a cart, but the front and back are empty. There are many grids inside. Inside the grids are tubes. Inside the tubes are placed gunpowder, gunpowder The leads are connected together through small holes in the barrel.

Put down the handle of the cart, and the shimmering head in front of the cart faces the sky at a 45-degree angle. You only need to ignite the fuse, and under the action of the gunpowder, the arrow in the barrel can be pushed into the air and pass through the air. Arc, falling to the enemy's camp and leaving, causing damage to the enemy.

These are only in theory, no experiments have been carried out, and it is not known whether this will work or not.

"Zhongda, what is the effective range of this magic arrow?" Li Song looked at the row of magic arrows in front of him and asked Sima Yi beside him how far they could shoot.

"Report to the Prime Minister! According to the manufacturing guide, the effective range of this magical arrow is 150 meters to about 500 meters."

"However, the manufacturing guide also said that these arrows have flaws in the aiming head, but the defect of the aiming head can be made up for by covering a large area." Sima Yi said.

Li Song naturally understands this. The tails of these arrows are different from the bows and arrows that are usually used. They do not have feathers on the tails to maintain balance. In addition, they use the gunpowder to burn to generate power and push the arrows to shoot. They lack aiming. The aiming head of the Shenji Arrow is missing.

In this way, it is impossible to target the enemy well and shoot. Fortunately, such weapons rely on quantity, and when the quantity reaches a certain level, some defects can be made up for.

Under the coverage of a large area, no matter what it is, it is impossible to avoid the fate of being hit, but this kind of cost is very expensive, and it cannot support long-term combat at all.

"Let's get started! Let's see how the magic arrow works." Li Song looked at the small animals such as chickens and ducks on the open space in front of him, and said to Sima Yi, these are all for experiments.

"No!" Sima Yi bowed his hands to Li Song in response, turned his head to the side, and waved his hand to the soldiers who had already prepared for the performance.

The soldiers immediately brought the torches they had prepared, and carefully lit the gunpowder fuses connected together behind the cart.

The fuse of the gunpowder was ignited, sparks flickered, a white smoke rose, and finally after the fuse burned out, the gunpowder was ignited.

With a sound of "whoosh", the arrow in the tube was shot into the air, and a thick smoke rose in front of the cart. Fortunately, Li Song and the others hid far away, otherwise they would have been choked by the thick smoke.

Dragging its long tail, the rocket drew arcs in the air, falling from the sky like a torrential rain, and the small animals in the open space sensed the threat of death, and spread their feet and ran desperately.

He wanted to escape from this place of right and wrong, but it was a pity that he was still too slow. He was shot by the rain of arrows falling from the sky, and stopped moving after a few twitches.

Li Song looked at the devastated ground, the messy arrows stuck on the ground or on the dead animals, some were even pierced by more than a dozen arrows, these little animals were really unlucky.

Judging from the test results, the accuracy of the head is not 01:30, which is enough to prove it from the arrows everywhere on the ground.

However, its shooting speed is much faster than that of bows and arrows. Unfortunately, after using it this time, it will take a lot of time to reinstall it. This time is enough for the enemy to rush to the front and start hand-to-hand combat.

As long as the number is sufficient, covering a large area is not a problem. If used properly, after a round of firing, the enemy will definitely be hurt.

"Zhongda! How long will it take to manufacture this magical arrow and how much will it cost?" Li Song was satisfied with the results of the experiment and asked Sima Yi beside him.

"It takes about a week to make a Shenji arrow. This cart is easy to handle, but the arrow and gunpowder are not so easy. The arrow is relatively easy, and only needs a lot of hands."

"The difficulty lies in the gunpowder. Although there is a gunpowder manufacturing guide, it is the most difficult of these. If you are not careful, it may cause the gunpowder to burn during the manufacturing process."

"And these are all expensive to make. The money used to make the magic arrow is more expensive than building a powerful cavalry." Sima Yi said.

Li Song also knew that making these was not cheap, but he didn't expect it to be so expensive.

(End of this chapter)