A large crossbow is different from a hand crossbow or a siege crossbow. Hand crossbows are less powerful and have a shorter range, but are more accurate, but they are also more precise and more expensive to make. The siege crossbow is powerful and can crack mountains and rocks. It has a very long range, but its accuracy is not high. It is only suitable for dealing with clusters of cavalry charges or sieges. The cost is also very high.
The large crossbow is somewhere between the two. The cost is not high, and it has both accuracy and power. It is also the most widely equipped crossbow in the military.
Ordinary leather armor cannot withstand the penetration of crossbow arrows fired by a large crossbow at the maximum killing distance of a hundred and fifty steps. Within a hundred steps, a single layer of iron-embedded leather armor will also be directly penetrated by a large crossbow. Within fifty steps, only three layers of iron-inlaid leather armor or fish-scale copper core armor can barely withstand the close range fire of a large crossbow.
This is the simplest and most innocent violent device, the brutal lethality brought by kinetic energy.
Bailang asked Yang Xiu to load a large crossbow and then cooperated with the winch on the crossbow to complete the winding action with one hand. Then, less than fifteen steps away, he asked Yang Xiu to shoot a shot at a stone wall he had set up. A crossbow arrow. The result was that the crossbow arrow left a small hole as deep as an inch in the Stone Wall Technique!
Even if the Stone Wall Technique is like this, the Stone Armor Technique may not be able to counteract the large crossbow's shot at a distance of more than ten steps. Not only is it heartbreaking, but it is definitely going to make you blush. Unless the stone armor skill is mastered and one or two pieces of iron-embedded leather armor are used on the body to pile up the defense forcefully, even the Qi practitioners in the Qi-entraining realm will never dare to charge against the crossbow array.
Maybe Qi practitioners who have other means above the Qi-entraining realm can do it? But Bailang doesn't know that yet.
Then all the large crossbows were assembled, making a total of thirty. There were also thirty sets of crossbow strings that could be replaced, and more than three thousand crossbow arrows.
If you really want to let go, using this few crossbow arrows will definitely not be enough. However, the craftsmanship of crossbows is not much different from that of bows and arrows. Yang Xiu said that he could buy bows and arrows and then find someone to make them himself. There won't be much difference in terms of power.
And these thirty large crossbows are not ordinary ones that can be seen in the light. Either shoot cold arrows in the dark, or use them during encirclement and annihilation at specific times to ensure that no one is left alive. And the prerequisite for both uses is that the other party cannot know the existence of this batch of large crossbows.
So putting aside the hidden dangers of the big crossbow, the ordinary and dangerous Bailang felt that with the strength in his hands now, he could completely sustain it. Even if the qi practitioners in the late stage of qi-entraining realm came to take the lead, Bai Lang thought it would be no problem. He believed in his own fighting power, but at the same time he didn't believe that the other party also came with weapons.
Of course, all Bailang's judgments must be based on the premise that the Yuzhong Left Army led by Liu Jianyu will not end directly. Otherwise, if they want to compete with Liu Jianyu's more than 3,000 regular troops, they will hit the stone with eggs. The description is apt, there is no room for gimmicks.
"How to prepare the sword?"
"Since we want to use our chamber pots as knives, we must first bypass the hand on our backs. Otherwise, everything will be empty talk, and we will still end up making wedding dresses for others."
Liu Xu heard this and asked tentatively: "Zu Dao refers to Liu Jianyu?"
"That's right. Didn't you just say that? With the pull and fight between the old and new families, we can only move around and take advantage of it. Otherwise, no matter which party it is, we will definitely not be able to hit it on our own.
Humph, this time the war in the south may not necessarily be all bad from the perspective of us. At least I had a chance to change my fate of life and death.
I just don't know if the three of them will think that Bai Lang is unnecessary or arrogant and is leading the three of them to death together? "
Zhou Dong put down the crossbow in his hand, raised his hand and said, "Zu Dao is wrong! The lives of subordinates have always been humble and worthless. It's not that they don't cherish themselves, but that they can't help themselves. Now Zuo Dao is willing to lead his brothers to fight After one fight, I will think that there is no one in the sword shop who does not follow me! I must thank you for your foresight!"
"Zhou Dong is right, that's the truth. In the past, there was no choice, but now there are variables in the desperate situation. Who doesn't want to try to change fate? So you can rest assured that at least the three of me in the knife studio will definitely listen to you. I will never betray my order. The rest of the people were already in the car. When the car started to speed up, it would be too late for them to get out of the car even if they wanted to."
Compared to Zhou Dong's words, Liu Xu was more realistic. He did not speculate on other people's decisions, but believed that with the general trend, it was no longer important even if someone had second thoughts. The car starts running. If you jump out of the car, you will fall to death. The only way to survive is to stay in the car.
On the other hand, Yang Xiu has always been taciturn, so he just handed over the words: follow him to the death.
Only then did Bailang feel at ease. For this batch of ordnance in hand, there is a prerequisite for solid use, and the hidden dangers and variables that may arise internally have been temporarily resolved.
To be honest, Bai Lang had a slight hesitation in his heart when he heard Zhou Zhonghao's "suggestion". Because the method mentioned by Zhou Zhonghao is indeed feasible. As long as Bailang completely and completely falls to the City Lord's Mansion, he may indeed be pulled in on the premise of helping Feng Mingyuan to sustain this situation. The price was to sacrifice Yang Xiu and everyone related to the ordnance, including their families, old and young.
It seems that he can survive, but he can also take a gamble. But in the end, Bailang rationally rejected Zhou Zhonghao's suggestion, which seemed "feasible" but was actually like a life-threatening noose.
Because if Bai Lang really did what Zhou Zhonghao said, even if everything develops for the better in the end and he survives after sacrificing the names of a group of subordinates, that would destroy Bai Lang's prestige in the sword hall. It will be gone. Will he continue to kill his own people for the sake of his control in the future? Completely become a self-destructive chamber pot?
"In that case, let's discuss it carefully. Liu Jianyu's side is not yet within reach of us. If you want to move left and right, you need to have the strength to do it. So before moving left and right, there must be several tough battles to fight. Wait until we win them all. It's time for Liu Jianyu to contact us. Only then will there be a chance to move. I think Liu Jianyu will also be happy to see the results, and our chances are still not small.
The urgent thing now is to use these unexpected powers in hand and try to maximize their combat effectiveness.
Yang Hongdao, you have the most experience in killing, what do you think of these big crossbows? "
Yang Xiu is stupid with his mouth but not slow in his thinking, and his killing skills are not something he can brag about. After some calculations before, Yang Xiu already had a general idea in mind.
So Yang Xiu replied: "Zuo Dao. These weapons belong to the sword hall and the secret killing moves cannot be leaked. Moreover, the threshold for using the big crossbow is low, and what is lacking is proficiency and accuracy. This is the same for waist knives and street wanderers." . Therefore, my subordinates believe that it is best to hand the crossbow to someone with low current combat power. And if it is a person with simple interpersonal relationships, it is best to be a newcomer.
For example, those newcomers who have recently been urgently recruited into the knife studio are most suitable. "
(End of chapter)
