Chapter 890: The Magnificent Power of Han (Part 15)

Zhang Shuo was an official under Lu Chao who was responsible for the handover with Tan Feng, while Zhong Mei was a general of Heibingtai. Zhong Mei appeared here because he wanted to take Ji Ling back to Xianyang. Ji Ling, who was yelling angrily, was quickly taken away and stuffed into a carriage. He instantly became silent. As the carriage rattled through the courtyard in the rainy night, only Tan Feng and Zhang Shuo were left in the county government.

"Master Zhang, you said you would guarantee the king's safety!" Tan Feng looked at Zhang Shuo who stayed behind.

Zhang Shuo smiled and said, "Of course. Master Tan, you worry too much. For us, the King of Yan is a rare commodity now. With him, we can discuss it openly after destroying Wei. Attacking Gao Yuan, no matter if it's Zhao or Chu, they can't say anything, right? Because we want to restore the country for the King of Yan!"

The faces of several people in the room were very exciting. Everyone knew that the Qin people wanted to unify the world. With this excuse, I'm afraid even a three-year-old child wouldn't believe it, but as long as Ji Ling stayed in Xianyang, who could object and say it wasn't true!

"Before the King of Yan arrives in Xianyang, we need to keep this matter absolutely confidential." Zhang Shuo said to Tan Feng: "We don't want any accidents on the road. No matter Gao Yuan or the people of Zhao, they will not be happy to see Ji Ling appear in Xianyang. If he dies on the way, it will be a failure."

"We are ready in Quwo. , a substitute has been found. In the coming days, he will appear frequently in public, but the protection along the way will be the responsibility of your Black Ice Platform." Tan Feng said.

"Of course. You have to play a good role here. General Lu is preparing to launch a large-scale attack on Wei State, and there are not many troops on hand. It can only be secretly escorted by the Black Ice Platform. As you know, Gao Yuan's Supervisory Office and Zhao's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry are not vegetarians. The longer we can hide it, the more conducive it will be for us to return." Zhang said.

Tan Feng's eyes flashed with surprise, and he looked at Zhou Yu. Seeing the expressions of the two, Zhang said, "Are you two wondering in your heart? , has General Lu's previous promise to launch an offensive against Wei been delayed?"

"That's right. According to our agreement with General Lu, with us as the insider, General Lu will quickly launch an attack on Wei, eliminate the four Wei army strongholds outside Daliang, and open up the road to Daliang." Tan Feng said.

"To be honest with you two generals, this was originally prepared, but now there is a little trouble. There are some problems with our army's food and grass supply. For the sake of safety, General Lu can only postpone this attack. I hope you can understand. Once our army's food and grass supply returns to normal, the attack will begin." Zhang said.

Listening to what Zhang said, Tan Feng and Zhou Yu just felt that Some fear, Lu Chao is a man who plans before he acts, now there is such a problem, I am afraid that the problem they are facing is far from being as easy as Zhang Shuo said.

Ji Ling is gradually on the road to the end of his life, and Gao Yuan, who makes him hate him, is stepping into the fast lane of life. While Ji Ling was secretly escorted to Xianshi by Heibingtai, Gao Yuan, who was newly married, did not linger in the beauty's boudoir, but appeared in the military workshop of Jishi City.

The huge Jishi City was divided into multiple districts, and the military workshop was undoubtedly the largest one among these districts. Here, the largest military workshop of the Zhengdong Army was concentrated, and the Zhengdong Army was rampant on the battlefield. Sharp weapons are manufactured here continuously and then transported out.

The military workshop is divided into two different areas. One is the living area, where military craftsmen and their families live. It is extremely difficult for outsiders to enter this area. The shops here are all opened by Sihai Commerce, and the shopkeepers and clerks are all retired soldiers or military craftsmen's families. This area is also the focus of the Supervisory Council's monitoring. The weapons of the Eastern Expedition Army have always been ahead of all the countries on the mainland, which naturally aroused the covetousness of these countries. Spying on the secrets of the Eastern Expedition Army's military production is also one of the intelligence that spies from various countries try their best to find out. .

The production area where the workshops are concentrated is even more heavily guarded. Even the craftsmen's families cannot step into this area.

Gao Yuan stood in front of a crossbow, with a look of amazement in his eyes. This is a crossbow. The long-range strike weapons used by the Eastern Expedition Army are mainly arm crossbows and bed crossbows. Bed crossbows have a slow shooting speed and are gradually on the verge of being eliminated in the Eastern Expedition Army. Because it is a force like the Eastern Expedition Army that mainly focuses on offense and field battles, it is really inconvenient to carry heavy weapons such as bed crossbows with the army. Now the Eastern Expedition Army only uses bed crossbows in some specific battles and city defenses. Arm crossbows are easy to carry, have a long range, and are powerful. Stronger and more popular with soldiers.

The arm-drawn crossbow is the standard equipment of the Eastern Expedition Army. It does not require soldiers to have superb shooting skills. It is purely a covering shooting. A soldier can use it proficiently after two or three days of training. Now in the Eastern Expedition Army, there are basically no other troops using ordinary longbows except the Xiongnu and Donghu people. Compared with the time spent on training a skilled archer, training the arm-drawn crossbow is undoubtedly more cost-effective.

The crossbow machine displayed in front of Gao Yuan is about one person tall and is divided into two large parts. The bottom is the base, and the top is the movable crossbow machine that can move left and right and up and down. The sharp crossbow arrows on it are shining and make people feel cold.

"God-machine crossbow!" Gao Yuan blurted out as he looked at the thing in front of him. He stretched out his hand to touch this cold killing machine, but he was filled with emotions. Has he finally made it? The bed crossbow is inconvenient to carry, and Gao Yuan has always wanted to improve it. Let’s talk about this kind of long-range weapon. During the last inspection of the workshop, Gao Yuan talked about the idea of ​​a repeating crossbow during a meeting with an old craftsman. In Gao Yuan’s past life memory, this kind of extremely long-range repeating crossbow machine It seems that the crossbow machine should have appeared in the Song Dynasty. Its range can reach more than a thousand steps, which is extremely powerful. In other words, I did not expect that these craftsmen actually figured it out.

Looking back at the chief of the district, he asked, "Have you passed the test?"

"Back to the Commander-in-Chief, we have conducted many tests. The Divine Machine Crossbow shoots sixty arrows each time, with a range of up to a thousand steps and an effective killing radius of six hundred steps." The chief congratulated Jingzhi respectfully.

"Who came up with the idea that this divine machine crossbow can rotate in all directions?" Gao Yuan smiled and grabbed a handle protruding from the left side of the divine machine crossbow. With a little force, he turned the divine machine crossbow half a circle. See As the flashing blue crossbow arrow was pointed at him, all the people accompanying him took a half-step back in fear.

"It was thought up by a young craftsman. After the governor proposed the idea of ​​a divine machine crossbow the year before last, we have been experimenting. At the beginning of this year, we produced the first prototype, but the shooting direction was fixed. Later, a craftsman asked if we could The upper and lower parts of this magical crossbow are made separately and then connected. The lower part is fixed and the upper part can move freely. In this way, during the war, it is not restricted by the direction and can freely shoot at the enemy in any direction. I thought this idea was quite good, so I took it upon myself to add this idea into it, and this is the improved prototype."

"How heavy is it?" Gao Yuan asked. This is a key question. The bed crossbow has a slow firing speed and is too heavy, making it difficult to carry with the army. If this divine machine crossbow is too heavy, it will also be a problem.

"It's not heavy, it's not heavy!" He Jingfang said hurriedly: "The total weight of the human divine machine crossbow is less than three hundred kilograms. After the upper and lower parts are disassembled, the upper part weighs about one hundred kilograms and the lower part weighs about one hundred and fifty kilograms. Only four soldiers can easily take away a divine machine crossbow."

"Didn't you say three hundred catties?" Gao Yuan glanced at the principal strangely.

"Commander, please look!" He Jingzhi walked up to the divine machine crossbow, stretched out his hand to press and pull the upper part, and a cylinder retreated from the crossbow, "Captain, the divine machine crossbow has a fast shooting speed and can shoot six shots at a time. Ten crossbow arrows, but there is also a problem, that is, after firing once, it will take a long time to re-launch the crossbow arrows. Therefore, the craftsmen worked hard and designed this kind of launcher, and the crossbow arrows were placed in advance. Once loaded, after firing once, you only need to load the quiver and you can fire again, and it takes very little time."

"Excellent!" Gao Yuan clapped and laughed, "Mr. He, you have done a good job as the head of the office. You have done a good job and lived up to the high expectations. Let's go and try the power of this magical crossbow."

Four craftsmen stepped forward and quickly dismantled the magical crossbow into two parts. They also removed the quiver inside one by one. Two of them carried the fuselage while the remaining craftsmen carried the quiver. , along with Gao Yuan and his party, arrived at the martial arts arena.

The crossbow machine was installed, and on the other side of the martial arts arena, wooden stakes wearing armor had already been erected.

"Captain, the distance to the martial arts arena is limited, only three hundred steps away. However, our workshop has secretly tested the range of this magical crossbow in the wild. Within six hundred steps, no one can stop it." He Jing said.

"Let me give it a try!" Gao Yuan rolled up his sleeves, walked to the Shenji Crossbow, and turned the upper part of the crossbow left and right. He felt it was very light and couldn't help but nodded. "Not bad."

Facing the row of targets in front of him, Gao Yuan took aim briefly, pulled the rope suddenly, and a buzzing sound immediately sounded. The entire crossbow machine jerked backwards, and sixty crossbow arrows rushed forward like dark clouds. After a burst of noise, none of the armored wooden stakes standing three hundred steps ahead were still standing, and they were all shot to the ground. Gao Yuan let go and took a step back. The four craftsmen on the side immediately rushed forward and exited. The empty quiver was loaded with another quiver. It only took a few breaths. Gao Yuan turned the crossbow and aimed at another target on the left. He pulled the rope again, and there was another whistling sound. , all the targets on the left also fell to the ground.

"Bring it here!" Gao Yuan waved his hand, and He Weiyuan immediately led his guards to the messy place and picked up a few that were relatively intact.

"Captain, most of them were shot to pieces. These are the few that are still intact."

Looking at the armored pile that He Weiyuan held in front of him, a crossbow arrow was inserted deeply into it, and spider web-like cracks appeared around it. This armor was produced by the Eastern Expeditionary Army. Compared with other countries on this continent, The quality is much better, even it is weak, and the rest can be imagined.

If you encounter such a sharp weapon in a large-scale confrontation, you can imagine the outcome. The faces of He Lanxiong, Xu Yuan, Ye Zhong and others who came with Gao Yuan all changed colors. They are all important generals. , what I was thinking about at this time was how to respond if my troops encountered such a weapon. (To be continued)