The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 843

Little Bell was eager to try, so Lu Bu ordered some powerful crossbows to be fetched.

In order to prevent his daughter from being hurt, Lu Bu personally configured the little bell, pulled the crossbow string, and put the crossbow arrows in the arrow slots.After loading, Lu Bu handed it to his daughter after repeated confirmation, and told her the main points of crossbow shooting: "Little Bell, first look at the tip of the arrow through the 'Wangshan', and then aim at the arrow you want to shoot. Aim, make the three points a straight line, and pull the trigger."

Little Bell gave a sweet 'hmm', took over the sinking crossbow, and aimed at the distant archery target in a dignified manner.

After aiming, Little Bell pulled the trigger without hesitation, without any delay.

The crossbow bolts loaded in the arrow slots shot out with a '咻~'.

But unfortunately, the arrow did not hit the target.

Little Bell was slightly disappointed, and then tried five or six times, she is also a character who refuses to admit defeat.

With the previous failure experience, the crossbow arrow was shot for the sixth time, and it finally lived up to its mission with a soft, muffled 'dong'.

Although he didn't hit the bull's-eye, but fortunately he hit the target.

"Yeah! Daddy, I hit it!"

Little Bell jumped up and cheered, with a very happy smile on his face, and he was happier than eating honey in his heart.

The daughter is happy, and Lu Bu is also in a good mood.

He actually doesn't like to use the crossbow, because the operation of the crossbow is very simple and doesn't require much shooting skills, even civilians can easily master how to use it.

But for sharpshooters like Lu Bu, what they pursue is incomparable precision, the feeling of being one with the human bow, which is a realm that crossbows will never reach.

Comparing the advantages and disadvantages of crossbow and bow, crossbow actually has many advantages.Such as longer range, higher accuracy, etc., but the real advantage over the bow is that it has a delay in launching.After the crossbow is loaded, you can fire it whenever you want.The crossbowman can hold the crossbow on the string, aim carefully and slowly, or follow the command of the commander to pull the crossbow.

But there is one thing, the crossbow is far inferior to the bow, and that is efficiency.

Normally, bows fire about four times faster than crossbows.What does this mean? It means that in about 12~15 seconds, an ordinary archer can shoot four arrows, while a crossbowman can only shoot one.

In large-scale combat battlefields or fortified battles defending cities, accuracy is not extremely important. The most important thing is the continuous output of firepower and the density of coverage. From this perspective, the bow is obviously much better than the crossbow.

"Take one with me, and I'll try it too."

Seeing how easy the operation of the crossbow was, Guo Jia became interested.

However, with all his strength, he couldn't pull the crossbow string to the 'teeth' where the string hung, so he handed the crossbow to Ma Chao beside him, and said flatteringly, "Meng Qi, please help me."

This kind of strong crossbow, which is a specialty of Hebei, is basically more than two stones. Without enough arm strength, it is difficult to complete the device.Guo Jia is a frail scholar, if he can fill in successfully, then there is something wrong with him!
Hearing this, Ma Chao took the crossbow with one hand, stretched his arms lightly, pulled the string with his fingers and hung it on the 'teeth' easily, then loaded the arrows, and handed them back to Guo Jia.

Guo Jia leveled the crossbow, recalling in his mind the key points of shooting the crossbow that Lu Bu said just now, aimed at the distant target, and then carefully adjusted the firing angle, but he did not pull the trigger for a long time.

"Guo Fengxiao, you are shooting!"

Guo Jia seemed like an old monk in meditation, but Cao Jun and the others were scratching their heads in anxiety, wishing to go up and help him launch.

But Guo Jia was unmoved.

After a while, a group of wild geese flew by from the north.

It was too late to say it, Guo Jia lowered his eyes, pulled the trigger in an instant, and the crossbow shot out.

thump~
Accompanied by a soft sound, the soldiers guarding the target loudly announced the result of the crossbow shooting: hit the bull's eye!

Hearing this result, everyone including Lu Bu was stunned, obviously they did not expect Guo Jia to have the ability to penetrate Yang with a hundred steps.

Taking a panoramic view of everyone's astonishment, Guo Jia looked down at the crossbow in his hand, raised the corner of his mouth, smiled and muttered: "It's interesting."

At the same time, Guo Jia was also thinking about whether he could form a small team by himself in the future.For nothing else, let these people just load themselves with crossbow arrows, and let him show his skills on the battlefield.

Maybe we can form a team with Xu Shu at that time. If he becomes famous on the battlefield in the future, Guo Jia has even thought of a name, and he will call it 'Sword and Crossbow Heroes'.

How imposing.

Afterwards, Qu Yi introduced the types of crossbows to Lu Bu, such as arm-stretching crossbows, stepping crossbows, and waist-stretching crossbows.Among them, the most powerful crossbow reaches ten stones and is called the 'yellow shoulder crossbow'.This kind of crossbow needs at least the cooperation of three or four warriors to launch, and the range can reach an ultra-long distance of four hundred steps.

There are more than [-] strong crossbows in the barracks, so Qu Yi specially selected [-] strong soldiers to form the strong crossbow battalion.

The shooting effect of the strong crossbow on the light cavalry is much higher than that of the bow and arrow.

In the battle with Gongsun Zan at the Jieqiao, Qu Yi defeated Gongsun Zan's most powerful Baima Yicong with a crossbow, and was able to win and keep the northern part of Jizhou.

When asked about the promotion of crossbows, Qu Yi said that the materials and process of making crossbows are far more stringent than bows, and the strings and arms of strong crossbows are prone to collapse, and their service life is far less than that of ordinary hard bows.

"This crossbow is powerful, but it's a pity that you can only load one at a time, which is too time-consuming. If you can shoot continuously, it will be perfect!" Seeing Guo Jia having a great time playing, Yang Xiu also stepped forward to experiment After a while, I said with some emotion.

Qu Yi said that with the current technical level of craftsmen, it is impossible to make a crossbow that can be fired continuously.If Master Lu Ban was still alive, it might still be possible.

Lu Bu understood this and asked Yang Xiu to write it down.Mr. Xi Ce established the Jiqiaofang in Chang'an a long time ago to collect all kinds of capable people and strangers. These people may not be able to fight, but they are extraordinary in the field of other unorthodox skills. thought.

Afterwards, Lv Bu led everyone back to the camp in Fanyang, and also invited Zhang Yun to chat with Qu Yi about the next strategic plan.

According to the information from the School Affairs Office, in recent days, Cao Cao and Liu Bei have been interacting frequently, and they have recruited heavily in private. Depending on the situation, it seems that they are preparing to take action.

Before that, there was news that King Hongnong was alive, and now Cao and Liu are secretly working together, and they don't know why they are plotting.

Lu Bu had a premonition that under the surging undercurrent, these people should all come for him.

Therefore, we must speed up the conquest of Hebei, and then turn our guns, defeat Cao and Liu, and bring Xuzhou into our pocket!

(End of this chapter)