"Seven hundred and sixty steps!"
The soldier who was chasing the arrow on horseback shouted loudly on the way back: "Report to the commander, the shooting distance is a full 760 steps away!"
"Seven hundred and sixty steps?"
"This eight-oxen crossbow can actually shoot a distance of 760 steps!"
Everyone present was amazed!
Chen Guo's one step is about one and a half meters, and these 760 steps are more than 1,100 meters away.
You must know that an ordinary strong bow and powerful crossbow is already very powerful if it can shoot one or two hundred meters, but the eight oxen crossbow invented by Zhou Yi and others can actually shoot more than a thousand meters.
If the ordinary strong bows and powerful crossbows are pistols and submachine guns, then the Eight Ox Crossbow is a proper ancient sniper rifle, or even a mortar.
Zhou Yi asked people to experiment many times with arrow shafts of different weights. No matter what, the range of the Eight Ox Crossbow fluctuated around 700 steps, and did not exceed the distance of 800 steps.
In the eyes of An Pinbai and Gongsun Zhu, the Eight Ox Crossbow that could shoot a distance of 700 steps was already very successful, so the two of them hurriedly stepped forward to congratulate: "Congratulations, Commander-in-Chief, for creating such a murderous weapon!"
"With such a powerful weapon as the Eight Bull Crossbow, if we face the Huns and Khitans in the future, we will definitely be able to surprise and kill the enemy generals by using it."
Zhou Yi just looked at the Eight Ox Crossbow silently, holding his hands on it as if thinking about something.
The thoughtful Jiang Yunsheng saw something was wrong with Zhou Yi, so he asked: "Commander, what's wrong with this Eight Ox Crossbow?"
Zhou Yi nodded lightly and said: "The distance of this Eight Ox Crossbow is still a little closer!"
The three people's eyes widened, obviously not believing what they just heard.
This Eight Ox Crossbow can shoot over 700 steps and a distance of more than 1,000 meters. Zhou Yi actually thought the distance was too short. This is really shocking.
"To be honest, I saw this Eight-Niu Crossbow in a strange book called "Wu Bei Zhi". It is recorded in it that the maximum range of this Eight-Niu Crossbow can shoot a thousand steps. Now our prototype can only Shooting 700 steps is a full 1/3 less distance."
"What? The Eight Ox Crossbow can shoot a thousand steps away?" This time, Gongsun Zhu, An Pinbai, and Jiang Yunsheng were even more surprised.
Gongsun Zhu asked impatiently: "Commander, I wonder if you can let me take a look at the eight-niu crossbow production drawings in the "Wu Bei Zhi"?"
Zhou Yi raised his head slightly, and Zhao Tiezhu next to him took out a scroll and handed it over.
Gongsun Zhu took over the production drawings of the Eight Niu Crossbow from "Wu Bei Zhi" and studied them carefully. Then he walked to the physical prototype of the Eight Niu Crossbow and took a closer look. The next second Gongsun Zhu asked someone to adjust the Eight Niu Crossbow. The distance between the three crossbows.
"Commander, why don't you give the order and try again now?"
Although Gongsun Zhu only made slight adjustments, Zhou Yi still followed his wish and let people try to fire the arrow again.
The arrow shaft like a javelin swung through again. The rangefinder quickly came back on horseback and shouted excitedly: "Eight hundred and thirty steps, this time it's a full eight hundred and thirty steps." One step away.”
Zhou Yi saw that Gongsun Zhu had increased the range of the Eight Ox Crossbow by more than fifty steps with just a slight adjustment. He immediately said with a smile: "Mr. Gongsun, it's up to you whether this Eight Ox Crossbow can reach the maximum range of more than 1,000 steps. .”
Zhou Yi originally thought that Gongsun Zhu would take over this task without hesitation, but he never thought that Gongsun Zhu would shake his head on the spot and said: "Commander, I will tell you the truth, old man, I am good at blacksmithing, but I know very little about mechanism skills!"
"Master, why do you have to be so modest? With just a few adjustments, you can increase the range of my Eight Oxen Crossbow by forty or fifty steps. If you can't make my Eight Oxen Crossbow shoot a thousand steps further, who can? Woolen cloth?"
The old man Gongsun Zhu still waved his hand and said: "General, to be honest, I have a junior disciple named Ouyang Lian, and we were both defeated by the Mohist giant Mo Li. My master and I learned the method of smelting and casting, and my junior disciple Then he learned the art of mechanism."
"I just tried adjusting the distance between the three crossbows just now. If I really want to turn it into a powerful weapon that can shoot a thousand steps, I will have to ask my junior brother to do it himself!"
Zhou Yi was even more delighted when he heard this. He now had a metallurgical and casting talent by his side. Unexpectedly, this talent also knew an inventor.
Zhou Yi had secretly made up his mind: "We must bring Mr. Gongsun's junior brother to Yongzhou!"
"I wonder if Mr. Gongsun can help me introduce Mr. Ouyang. I would like to ask Mr. Ouyang to come to Yongzhou to help me."
Gongsun Zhu sighed and said: "It's not my fault, but my junior brother is in Yizhou, and Queen Nangong's family has revolted against Chen. Although they attacked Yizhou before, they have been beaten back by General Wu Changgong." .”
"In order to prevent Wu Changgong from entering Shu, the Nangong family has now burned down the plank road, making it difficult to exchange letters with Yizhou. General Wu Changgong has also blocked all passages into Shu."
Zhou Yi could only sigh loudly when he heard this.
However, now this eight-oxen crossbow can shoot more than 800 steps and a distance of more than 1,200 meters. Not to mention the Huns' light cavalry, even against the Huns' heavy cavalry with both men and horses, it is also extremely lethal.
Subsequently, Zhou Yi and the others tested the armor-piercing power of the Eight Ox Crossbow many times. Within two hundred steps, the arrows of the Eight Ox Crossbow could continuously penetrate five Trojan horses covered in black lacquered mountain armor.
After seeing this effect, Zhou Yi was very satisfied.
Even if it only has a range of 800 steps, if the Eight Bull Crossbows are mass-produced, Zhou Yi believes that even if all the troops of the Xiongnu Karasuma Shanyu are heavy armored cavalry, then he will not be afraid at all.
In the royal court of the Huns, Karasuma Shanyu looked at his five thousand heavy cavalry armed with mace and iron rods, and the joy in his heart was beyond words.
The 5,000 heavy cavalry in front of me is the Iron Buddha of the Huns built by Karasuma Chanyu following the advice of Attila and Su Shigan, selecting elite warriors and spending a lot of money to build it.
The main reason why Karasuma Chanyu was unwilling to spend money to redeem King Youxian of the Xiongnu and his beloved concubine Da Yueque was because Karasuma Chanyu spent a great deal of money to build heavy armor for these five thousand troops in the Western Regions.
Wu Wan Shanyu had just tested the crossbow arrows he had taken from the Yongzhou soldiers on the battlefield. Those arrows could not penetrate the heavy armor protection of Iron Buddha Tu.
The excited Karasuma Shanyu hugged his beloved concubine Da Yueque, took off her clothes, and carefully looked at the fine writing on her waist.
"From today on, the offensive and defensive momentum will be different?"
"Hmph!"
"General Tiance of Chen State, I, Karasuma, and my Tiefutu warriors from Changshengtian are waiting for you on the grassland!"
Karasuma Shanyu, who was just about to bury his head in the arms of his beloved concubine Oyueque, sneezed several times inexplicably.
