As Ou Yexia said this, she walked towards the back, stroking the huge frame, and said excitedly, "This is the towing hook, the towing rope, the winch and the trigger.":
Yang Qian put his hands behind his back and frowned, "Have you tried it? How much can you achieve?"
Ou Yexia, who was talking eloquently, paused momentarily, scratched his gray hair in embarrassment, and said helplessly, "I have tried it many times, and the maximum range is only 750 steps, but this is far beyond the distance of a single-bow crossbow."
Yang Qian thought deeply, there are clear records in history, and the recorded things are not unofficial history, but general martial arts classics.
The three-bow bed crossbow, also known as the "eight-oxen crossbow", uses hard wood as the shaft and an iron piece as the feather. It is known as "one gun, three swords and arrows". The bed crossbow can also fire "stepping arrows".
It is spectacular when fired. The arrows are like javelins. When fired at close range, they can be directly nailed into the city wall. When fired in salvo, rows of stilt arrows are firmly nailed into the city wall, allowing siege soldiers to climb up. And up.
The three-bow bed crossbow can not only defend, but also attack cities. In the era without artillery, equipped on large warships, it is definitely a nightmare for enemy warships.
But Ou Yexia's range was actually only two-thirds of the original parameters, which was a bit puzzling.
The most famous example of this siege weapon was the killing of the Liao general: Xiao Talin. A long-distance shooting mission accomplished by the Song Army.
In 1004 AD, the Liao State sent troops southward. On the pretext of regaining the lost land at Waqiao Pass, they penetrated deep into the Song Dynasty and encountered strong resistance from the soldiers and civilians of the Northern Song Dynasty.
The Liao army's attack did not go smoothly at first. In the end, Xiao Taolin and Xiao Guanyinu defeated Qizhou, and Queen Mother Xiao led the army to join them.
After that, they jointly attacked Jizhou and Beizhou, and finally captured Deqing. The Liao army came to Chanzhou City and surrounded Chanzhou.
At that time, Song Zhenzong was persuaded by Prime Minister Kou Zhun to go on a personal expedition. Song Zhenzong led hundreds of civil and military officials to Chanzhou. The battle of Chanzhou was very important. If it failed, the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty would be brought forward.
Whether or not to win the war has always been an important task for the soldiers defending the city. Outside the city was Xiao Taolin, the commander-in-chief of the Liao army. Perhaps luck was on the side of the Song Dynasty. On the city wall of Chanzhou, there was a three-bow bed crossbow. This powerful heavy weapon was playing its role.
However, facing the high morale of the Liao army, the Song army was in a slump. Zhang Huan, the general who defended the city from Weihujun, came up with a plan: a beheading operation. To realize this plan, we must rely on these three-bow crossbows on the city wall.
These three-bow crossbows with a range of more than a thousand meters performed so dazzlingly this time.
One morning, Xiao Talin led dozens of light cavalry to observe the situation 600 steps away from Chanzhou. Six hundred steps was definitely a long distance in ancient times. Ordinary bows and arrows could not reach such a long distance. Xiao Talin himself I thought it was safe and there was no need to worry.
Little did he know that a plan to behead him had already been quietly launched. When the Song army discovered Xiao Taolin, all the three-bow crossbows were aimed at him. With an order, the three-bow crossbows on the city wall fired arrows straight at him. Come.
Faced with a sudden attack, Xiao Taolin was hit by an arrow in the head, and finally died under the arrows of the Three-Gong Crossbow. This was the highest number of people killed by the Three-Gong Crossbow. It created a miracle.
After reading such history, who would ignore the most powerful killer weapon in the cold weapon era?
To put it bluntly, as long as the power of dozens of three-bow crossbows is accurately shot, if they can hit one arrow, no matter what equipment the person is wearing, they will basically be wiped out in one hit.
Ask yourself, even if you are wearing meteorite armor and equipped with a tower shield made of meteorite, you still have no confidence that you can take this blow, even if it cannot penetrate you.
Just that terrifying kinetic energy might even smash your own internal organs into pieces.
Yang Gan circled around the three-bow bed crossbow and kept thinking carefully. It is said that in the previous life, someone used modern technology to restore it, but unfortunately the range was only 50 to 100 meters, which made people laugh to death.
Even a sneeze by oneself is more powerful than the recovery three-bow bed crossbow.
When he touched the huge bow and arrow, Yang Gan was suddenly startled and froze.
"Lao Xia, you seem to have used this incorrectly, right?"
Ou Yexia was also confused and said firmly, "It's impossible. I made it according to the drawings you provided.
It's absolutely impossible to go wrong. "
Ou Yexia may not care about others, but once you doubt his professionalism, this old boy will immediately get angry with you.
Both of them felt something was wrong. Ou Yexia quickly took out the drawings and looked at them carefully.
After a long time, Yang Qian smiled awkwardly, "Sorry, my drawing skills are indeed not high."
Yang Gan pointed to the huge bow and arrow part, "This should be a recurve bow, not a straight-pull bow."
Yang Gan once again explained the advantages of the recurve bow, but suddenly he discovered something was wrong.
This time he didn't say anything and just looked for it on the drawings. After a while, Yang Qian kicked the office table angrily.
"Damn it, I really don't have any talent for drawing. If I had known it, I would have asked Zhang Yumeng to draw it."
This time, Ou Yexia couldn't bear it anymore, but thinking that Junshang would often suffer from hysteria sometimes, he calmed down.
At this time, Yang Qian was a little bit social, and you can't blame him for this. The three-bow bed crossbow is famous, and he has seen a lot of drawings.
However, he did not graduate with a major in drawing, and when it came to drawing, Yang Qian estimated that even elementary school students could draw better than him.
He scratched his head, took a new piece of paper from his desk, and started drawing according to the impression in his memory, plus the current three-bow bed crossbow.
"Sir, this doesn't seem right."
"Well, what is this? A pulley?"
"Why is the pulley oval?"
"Is this the wrong drawing again?"
Green veins appeared on Yang Gan's forehead.
Unable to bear it anymore, Yang Gan stood up suddenly with a brush and drew a bastard on Ou Yexia's face.
"I worked so hard to draw the blueprint of the three-bow bed crossbow, but you were mumbling next to me."
"Pa~~~!"
Yang Gan slapped the table, pointed at the drawing and said loudly, "Did you see it? This is a recurve bow. The rear bow of the three-bow bed crossbow is installed in the opposite direction. Otherwise, the draw length is not enough and the power of the third bow cannot be fully exerted."
"As for the pulleys, you can embed some in them. This will help to accumulate strength."
Yang Qian was not an ordnance person, but he had fought so many battles, so a little guidance would be fine.
Ou Yexia is good at everything, but he has never been on the battlefield. Only by combining theory with practice can we eliminate the bad and retain the good and continuously improve.
"How long will it take to get better?" Yang Qian is most concerned about this matter now.
Ou Yexia said, "It's hard to say. It takes months to make a bow and arrow. For such a huge bow, no matter how fast it is..."
Yang Gan waved his hand and said, "I want the fastest one. I will leave for Wanghai County tomorrow. Do you think I have to wait for you for a few months? Do you want to fight against Goguryeo?"
Ou Yexia said with a grimace, "In one day, if it is the current huge bow and arrow, it will be no problem, but I haven't made this recurve bow. In one day, I'm afraid I won't even choose the materials."
Yang Qian bit his thumb and kept rubbing his nails with his teeth, feeling an inexplicable irritation in his heart.
It feels like there are always unscrupulous people trying to harm me.
I don’t want to fight, but the countries in the Central Plains are like a powder keg. No one dares to move first. Now everyone is silently waiting, and they don’t know when it will explode.
Yang Qian, who cherishes his life so much, will naturally not be the one who lights the gunpowder. Generally, the death of a young man is quite miserable.
Yang Gan felt that if he didn't take action, he would destroy a country if he took action, otherwise there would be another long tug of war.
As a result, the economy will inevitably decline, and people will not be able to eat well and sleep well.
As the saying goes, the east is not bright but the west is bright. Since the muddy waters of the Central Plains are difficult to navigate, then go somewhere else.
The grassland bordering Xia Kingdom is already his own territory, and the next biggest threat to him is Goguryeo.
"So, is there anything that can be improved on the ordinary bed crossbow?"
Ou Yexia said, "If the recurve bow you designed is really that good, the ordinary bed crossbow will also be updated.
Yes, in this case, I am afraid it will be more troublesome for the manpower to operate. "
Yang Gan asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
Ou Yexia was worthy of being an ordnance expert, and Yang Qian relied on the most important ordnance expert. Just from the power he described, it was clear that operating such a powerful crossbow was not an easy job.
"Your Majesty, if my conjecture is correct, once the three-bow bed crossbow is manufactured, it will require at least a hundred people to pull it, otherwise it will not be able to be cocked."
"Furthermore, if ordinary bed crossbows also use recurve bow technology, then the bed crossbow that originally required 5 to 7 people to operate will also require at least 20 people to operate it."
"Shashasha~~~!"
Yang Qian kept scratching his head. The technology tree was really difficult to climb, and it almost affected his whole body.
But even if it is so difficult, Yang Qian is not afraid at all. This comes from his strong confidence.
Zhang Yumeng can always bring huge surprises to Yang Qian. He can even make a telephone, and it is not difficult to create a few more miracles.
In addition, the land, population, talents, and wealth owned by Yang Gan are also one of the greatest confidences.
Thinking of this, Yang Qian smiled slightly, patted Ou Yexia on the shoulder, and said in an extremely sincere tone.
"There are always more solutions than difficulties. If there are any difficulties, we will solve them on the spot. If it really doesn't work, there are me and Zhang Xiaoniang, just do it. If you can't even do it, then won't everything after that be just talk?"
"Master Ouye, I have great confidence in you, please have more confidence in yourself."
Yang Qian felt like a philosopher, thinker, and educator at this time, teaching a lost sheep who was confused about his career.
When Ou Yexia turned around, she saw two big handfuls of snot being shaken away, her eyes were red, and her tears were pouring down like a river bursting its banks.
Yang Gan was shocked and quickly let go of his hand.
Ou Yexia rushed toward Yang Qian with a passionate cry.
"Your Majesty, Young Master, you know me best. If you hadn't always supported me, I would definitely not be where I am now."
