Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 167 A Woman's Heart

Early the next morning, Xiang Zhuang came to the supply camp again.

The public transporter didn't sleep all night, and finally polished the ten short arrows about eight inches (18cm) long and two quarters square (6mm) for the test crossbow. The coffin nails are four-sided, but without caps, and the whole body is of the same thickness. There is an arrow about two inches long at the top, which has been opened.

Looking at the sample crossbow of the public transportation vehicle, the crossbow trigger, arrow box, and hinge are all made of poplar wood.

However, in order to increase the shooting range, the arm of the crossbow is modified from the waist-drawing crossbow. Of course, due to the limitations of the quiver and the hinge, the waist-drawing crossbow arm cannot be fully opened, so it is definitely not comparable to the original waist-drawing crossbow in terms of range. Compared with the iron arrow, and because the iron arrow has no tail feathers, the flight stability is insufficient, and the effective range is shortened.

After a while, Wei Liao, Wu She, Huan Chu, and Ji Bu also arrived.

The bus transporter put ten iron arrows into the arrow box one by one, fastened the cover first, then twisted the arrow box back and forth to tighten the crossbow trigger, and then said to Xiang Zhuang excitedly: "General, let's start?"

Gongshuche was a little excited. Although the sample crossbow had been installed long ago, he had never tried it.

Xiang Zhuang turned his head and waved his hand, and his own soldiers had already erected a human-shaped wooden plank ten paces away.

The public transporter immediately raised the crossbow, aimed at the human-shaped wooden board and shot an arrow, which hit the abdomen of the human-shaped wooden board. He shot ten arrows in a short time, and all ten arrows hit the human-shaped wooden board, and penetrated the nearly two-inch thick wooden board.

The performance is not bad, at least within ten steps (14 meters), it can shoot through the infantry shield!
Xiang Zhuang waved his hand again, and some soldiers came forward to retrieve the iron arrow, and then placed the human-shaped wooden board twenty steps (28 meters) away.

The bus reloaded the iron arrows, tightened the crossbow again, and then fired ten arrows in a row, but this time, only eight of the ten arrows hit, and two arrows missed the target, but the penetration performance was good. There is not much difference in ten steps, that is to say, it is also possible to shoot through infantry shields within twenty steps.

When the distance was increased to 42 steps ([-] meters), the performance of the crossbow was obviously not good. The ten arrows only hit four of them, three missed the target, and three arrows actually rolled in the air and hit the human-shaped wooden board horizontally. , Moreover, the four iron arrows that hit the target failed to penetrate the human-shaped wooden board, and it was only half an inch thick wooden board that barely penetrated.

In other words, when the distance increased to thirty steps, the lethality of the Liannu dropped significantly.

This repeating crossbow obviously didn't meet the standard. Xiang Zhuang needed an effective range of at least forty steps, which is 50 meters!
Gongshu Che said to Xiang Zhuang with some shame: "General, this is just a temporary sample crossbow. If the crossbow machine is replaced with bronze casting, the accuracy should be improved. Also, because the two crossbow arms They are all moved from the waist crossbow, so the effect is not very good, I believe that after improvement, the penetration will increase."

Xiang Zhuang asked, "How long will it take to improve a repeating crossbow like this?"

"This..." Gongshuche pondered for a moment, then replied, "It will take at least half a month, maybe longer."

"Okay, then you can improve it slowly." Xiang Zhuang encouraged Gongshuche a few words as usual, but he was a little discouraged. It seemed that it was impossible to equip the Chu army with Liannu before leaving Hetao. Reasonably, if crossbows were so easy to make, the barbarians would have imitated them in large numbers long ago. Even crossbows are not easy to make, let alone Liannu?

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Yingzhen came to the Chu army camp again.

Before leaving yesterday, Yingzhen made an appointment with Wei Yue. Today, she will learn how to ride a horse. In fact, Yingzhen can ride a horse, but her riding skills are not very good. She just wanted to find an excuse to get close to Wei Yue.

When Yingzhen arrived, Wei Yue was already waiting outside the gate with the rouge horse.

Qin Yu and Baili Yishui were also there. Seeing Yingzhen, Baili Yishui greeted her with a smile like a flower. She and Yingzhen have known each other for a long time, and their friendship has always been very good, but Qin Yu always felt that Yingzhen There was a faint hostility between his brows, if it wasn't for his concern about his identity, Qin Yu really wanted to persuade Wei Yue to stay away from Yingzhen as much as possible.

Seeing the rouge horse, Yingzhen couldn't help praising: "Sister Wuyang, this rouge horse is really a horse."

Wei Yue smiled, she was very satisfied with the rouge horse she got with her own hands, Baili Yishui next to her looked like a cheerful skylark, and said, "Princess sister, you don't know, the lady's rouge horse is The one-in-a-million BMW can run so fast that it can’t even catch up to the general’s black horse.”

"Really?" Yingzhen couldn't help but said, "General Meng also has a BMW, but who can run faster?"

"That's right, that's right, I almost forgot that Big Brother Meng also has a BMW, let's find a chance to race horses and see who can run the fastest." Baili Yishui nodded repeatedly and suggested to Wei Yue.

Ying Zhen also looked at Wei Yue expectantly.

"Let's talk about the horse racing later." Wei Yue shook her head lightly.

Ying Zhen was a little disappointed, did Xiang Zhuang say something to Wei Yue last night?

Yingzhen's guess was soon confirmed. When he led the horse out of the gate, Wei Yue suddenly came up to him and said in a low voice, "Sister Shiman, my little sister mentioned it to the general last night. Unfortunately, the general didn't agree. Really. I'm sorry, the general said that the road from Jiuyuan back to Jiangdong is too far, and it is impossible to march with [-] old and young women and children."

Yingzhen groaned softly, but her eyes suddenly flickered. .

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Xiang Zhuang had nothing to do, so he turned around and came to the big school field where the high school soldiers were trained.

It is said to be a school field, but it is actually just a few hundred acres of pasture surrounded by wooden stakes.

On the large field, Gao Chu’s 24 pro-armies were divided into 24 divisions, and they were training riding skills under the leadership of 200 veterans. Gao Chu himself also led one of them, and was demonstrating riding and shooting to more than [-] veterans lined up .

Amidst the rapid sound of horseshoes, Gao Chu galloped past a queue of more than 200 veterans on a bay red horse. The human-shaped straw target was an arrow instigated, and it hit the throat. The more than 200 veterans who lined up immediately cheered like a tsunami.

Gao Chu reined in his horse and raised his iron tire bow again, the cheers of the veterans stopped abruptly.

There are five thousand pro-armies, and there are less than 3000 veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles and survived nine deaths. These veterans, except for Xiang Zhuang, can still be suppressed in high school. Even if Huan Chu and Ji Bu come, I am afraid Not enough lol.

When Gao Chu was about to give some training, the veterans in the queue suddenly showed fanaticism.

When Gao Chu looked back anxiously, he saw that Xiang Zhuang had already galloped into the school grounds on a black-tailed horse.

At that moment, Gao Chu hurried forward on his horse, bowed his hands on the horse's back and said, "See General."

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand, frowned and said, "At the beginning of high school, with so many people training together, is it effective?"

Gao Chu sighed, and said helplessly: "General, too many people train together, the effect is indeed not good, but there is no way, there are not many in the army who can ride horses, and even fewer are good at riding." , Gao Chu turned back and pointed to a few school lieutenants who were training in the distance, and said with a wry smile, "Let's talk about them, not many of them can ride and shoot."

Xiang Zhuang frowned, this is indeed a big problem.

Even the instructor can't ride and shoot, how can the soldiers taught be better?

Xiang Zhuang's eyes couldn't help but raised his head to look at the outline of Jiuyuan City in the distance. There are a lot of old Qin soldiers who are good at riding and shooting in Jiuyuan City, but the problem is that Meng Ji doesn't want to return to Chu.

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In Jiuyuan City, the general walks away.

Meng Ji was pacing back and forth in the Xingyuan hall, his face full of worry.

Since the arrival of the Chu army, the life rhythm of the old Qin people has been seriously disrupted. Until now, Meng Ji has not been able to define the relationship between the old Qin people in Jiuyuan and the Chu army. Dare to let the old Qin people in the city return to various settlements outside the city, but it is obviously not a problem for the old Qin people to hide in the city like this.

It's definitely not enough to sit and eat, no amount of savings in the city can hold it up.

When Meng Yu was sighing, suddenly a soldier came in and reported: "General, the princess asks to see you."

"Princess?" Meng Chu was stunned for a moment, then hurried to the gate and ushered Yingzhen into Xingyuan.

After entering the hall, Ying Zhen waved her hand before she could pay her respects, and said calmly, "You don't need to be too polite, I have something important to discuss with you today, so please take your seat, General."

Meng Ji arched his hands and said solemnly: "The last general is fine."

Yingzhen nodded lightly, and said in a low voice: "I have already inquired, and the Chu army may not leave Jiuyuan in a short time. General Meng, have you ever thought about what we old Qin people will do next?" ? More than 3 old and young women and children, always hiding in the city, I am afraid it is not a long-term solution, no matter how much millet there is in the warehouse, it will always be eaten up."

Meng Chu sighed, and said worriedly: "The last general is also worried about this matter."

Yingzhen hesitated for a while, and finally said: "General Meng, why don't we give up Jiuyuan City to the Chu army, and we old Qin people will move to Linhe City in the west."

"Ah?" Meng Ji changed slightly, "Give up Jiuyuan City?"

"What?" Yingzhen said indifferently, "General Meng feels something is wrong?"

"Uh, no, of course not." Meng Chu sighed, "Then give up Jiuyuan City."

To be honest, giving up Jiuyuan City is also a way, because Meng Jue knows that the Chu army is no better than the barbarians, but the Chu army has a large number of ladders, wells and siege vehicles. The old Qin people in Jiuyuan City will never be able to hold on, so it is a wise move to voluntarily give up Jiuyuan.

Moreover, it is impossible for the Chu army to stay in Jiuyuan for a long time. They still have to leave after all. When the Chu army leaves Jiuyuan, it will not be too late for the old Qin people to return to Jiuyuan.

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