Lord of the House

Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi followed Wu Qi and Zhang Gou to the island and climbed the steps to watch the crossbow platform; Lin Fu, Gao Zongting and others greeted them by the crossbow platform.

"Yue Du came all the way through the car and horses, and when he came to Haizhou, he had to experience the bumpy boats. It's really rude!" Lin Bie stood with his arms folded, watching Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi come up on the stage, smiling and condolences.

"Prince Chongguo is very polite." Yue Lengqiu cupped his hands and bowed in salute. Although the crossbow platform was only fourteen or fifty feet tall, Yue Lengqiu rushed all the way, sweating on his forehead and panting.

Huangpi had been apart for two years. Although Yue Lengqiu had returned to Jiangning in the middle, Lin Fu happened to be not in Jiangning and had no chance to meet. At this time, seeing Lin Bie with a thick short mustache on his lips, his eyes are bright, his body is strong and his body is strong, and Ling Ran has a majestic momentum, Yue Lengqiu secretly sighed in his heart: After all, they are not comparable to those who are late.

Gao Zongting, Ge Cunxin and others all greeted Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi; Shi Fengtai came over and said to Lin Bie, "The shot is ready, do you want to wait a moment?"

"Duke Yue and I are not outsiders. We are watching the crossbow and talking about things..." Lin Fu asked Shifengtai to not stop the shooting, and asked Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi to enter the crossbow platform and sit down.

Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi followed Wu Qi to Dongxilian Island. On the way, they heard the sound of ballistas. The sound was loud and small. It is also very eager to see the power of Huaidong's new war weapons.

Yue Lengqiu took a seat beside Lin Bing, only to find that Guannutai was a thin side peak. The crossbow field was in the wide valley in front of the peak, surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing the sea on the other. There are five huge black crossbows, which look like they are made of fine iron.

It is said to be a fire crossbow, but it is very similar to the traditional crossbow. Looking at it from a distance, I can't tell how complicated it is. It is more like a large black iron pipe on the frame of the iron car. There are also some accessories like ear touches and winches. can't see clearly.

Next to the crossbow were half-human-height carriages. Looking at it from a height, there were projectiles similar to those used in the catapult, which seemed to be cast iron.

Compared with the soldiers beside the battle crossbow, the large iron pipe of the fire crossbow is two people long; the tail end looks cumbersome and clumsy, like a strong man with a thick waist, and the front end protrudes from the frame of the vehicle and gradually narrows.

Just now I heard a movement like rolling thunder and dark sounds. Is it this kind of war weapon? Yue Lengqiu was quite puzzled. At this time, he also searched his guts to think about the words about fire-bending sulfur pills and alchemy, but it was difficult to match the battle crossbow in front of him.

"The flame-throwing show!" On the other hand, Yue Zhi has a good memory and quick thinking. In addition, he thought about it all the way before, and when he saw the real body of Huaidong's new-style war equipment, he had a flash of inspiration and instantly thought of the previous dynasties about the flame-throwing show. Record, blurt out.

After being reminded by Yue Zhi, Yue Lengqiu also thought about the records of the flame-throwing show in the notes of the literati of the previous dynasty: it was said that the jugglers of the previous dynasty filled a small amount of fire Dan powder in a bamboo tube, knocked on the flint and ignited the fire with a stick, and the Fire and smoke. This flame-throwing show was quite popular in the court in the early years of the previous dynasty, but it was lost after the ban on pills.

Sometimes it's really just a simple matter of piercing a layer of window paper. Lin Fu glanced at Yue Zhi sideways, thinking that Yue Lengqiu's few sons were not good enough, and Yue Duming also died on the battlefield, but there was someone who could be good. nephew.

In fact, Yue Zhi was quite old, and he was approaching the age of confusion. He was born with a son, but he failed many times in Jinshike. After Yue Lengqiu led the army, he gave up the scientific examination and became a member of the army. He has been serving as a staff member by Yue Lengqiu's side. After the Yongxing year, he had the opportunity to lead the army independently, but he quickly became the most important leader of Yue Lengqiu's army. general.

Although Yue Zhi succumbed to Tao Chun and led the deputy commander of Guoyang Town at this time, his status was actually equal to Tao Chun and Deng Yu. It's just that Lin Fu only provided the establishment of two towns to Yue Lengqiu, and Yue Lengqiu couldn't make one of Tao Chun and Deng Yu wronged.

Both Yue Lengqiu and Yue Zhi were born as scholars, but they have been immersed in military affairs for half their lives. They are the representatives of traditional military families, and they are also one of the most pragmatic people in the world.

Huaidong's new-style weapons didn't look too complicated. Yue Lengqiu couldn't help but leaned over and looked forward to the long case. Looking at the new-style weapons, he simply changed the bamboo pipes used in traditional flame-throwing shows into super-large ones. The iron cast pipe, I thought the reasoning should be similar, fill it with fire pills to ignite, and spray the iron stone out - but can the flamethrower blast the iron stone out and hit the target six miles away?

At this time, Lin Fu handed over something and whispered: "Yue Du..."

Yue Lengqiu came back to his senses and saw Lin Fu handing him a bronze mirror, and hurriedly took it with both hands and thanked him.

In the Huaidong Army, the sight glass has already begun to spread to the middle-level generals, so it is inevitable to spread it to the outside world; especially when the new school spreads, some truths can be understood at a bit, and outsiders can also imitate the sight glass according to the principles described in the new school. mirror.

In Guoyang, Zhengyang and other Henan towns, the mirrors flowed into the army, but the number was very small.

A good sight glass is good, as far objects a few miles away can be seen as if they are near, and nothing can be found. However, in the world of war, its use is limited.

When the world's field of vision is originally wide, standing at a high place can observe the activities of people and animals more than ten miles away - see a little blurry or see a little more clearly, in terms of traditions and tactics, it is not very meaningful. .

What's more, it is extremely difficult to manufacture the telescope, and the price is extremely expensive. Yue Lengqiu has two telescopes in his hand, and they are mostly used as playthings.

At this time, there is a mirror, but it is possible to watch the detailed situation of the crossbow field performance more clearly.

In the telescope, Yue Lengqiu could see more clearly that the beaches on the outer periphery of the crossbow field were all human-shaped and horse-shaped puppets. These puppets are fully clothed and equipped with chariots, shield chariots, bed crossbows and other weapons. If you look closely, although they are fake people and fake horses, they imitate the complete water troopers charging from the beach. By the way, there are several ferries in the distance.

There is also an accurate distance marked on the puppet, which is a new type of weights and measures implemented by Xinxue. The puppet closest to Huaidong's new war weapon is marked with the words "two hundred meters", and further away there is "four hundred meters". ” and “600 meters”, etc., can be seen clearly with a telescope, and can more intuitively judge the lethality and effective killing distance that the new war crossbow can produce.

The weights and measures that the new school practiced finally determined that three feet of "worker's ruler" was one meter, and three feet was ten meters. A square cabinet is built with one meter as the edge, holding two thousand catties of water. It redefines the concept of "liter". Taking one tenth of a meter as the edge, the square cabinet is "liter" and holds two catties of water. The newly defined "liter" is slightly different from the traditional "liter" for measuring rice, but the difference is very small, so it can be accepted by the world.

In order to promote the new weights and measures, the official letters of the Privy Council and the Military Department have begun to use units such as kilometers, meters, kilograms, kilograms, and liters, and the towns in Henan have to be forced to adapt. However, Yue Lengqiu also knew that the fundamental purpose of implementing new weights and measures in the new school was to unify the length, volume and unit weight, which is much more convenient than the confusing weights and measures in the past.

Traditional measurement, measuring rice by stone, liters, measuring firewood by surrounding, measuring cloth silk by horses, and measuring tea and iron by weight; and measuring length and length, there are also so-called differences between the so-called engineering ruler, earthwork ruler, and river ruler, which is in chaos.

Yue Lengqiu couldn't think about the pros and cons of Xinxue's weights and measures, but asked Lin Bing about what he could see in front of him: "Is this about checking the new crossbow to suppress the enemy's battle formation?"

"Exactly." Lin Fu said.

Yue Lengqiu took a closer look at the human-horse puppet array with the telescope again: the human-shaped puppets representing infantrymen pushing shield carts, holding large shields, knives, spears, and crossbows in the center; horse-shaped puppets representing horse soldiers occupy the two wings, and in the center there are other puppets. A small number of heavy armored cavalry used for battlefield assault. The armor worn by the puppets looks like texture. They should all be real armor, including leather armor, iron armor, and cotton. On the beach is a complete, charging charge. The battalion-level battle formation was 400 meters deep.

Before this battalion-level battle formation, only five new types of warfare were deployed—could five new types of warfare be able to suppress the charge of a battalion-level battle formation?

Yue Lengqiu subconsciously glanced sideways at Yue Zhi, only to see Yue Zhi's brows bulging, his expression extremely solemn, knowing that his thoughts and the doubts and shocks in his heart were just like his own.

Yue Lengqiu suppressed the strong doubts in his heart and watched Huaidong's crossbowman fill a large bag of yellow paper into the mouth of the pipe with a telescope, pound it with a wooden pestle, and then put an iron cylinder type thing out of the pipe. Filling in the nozzle, looking at the instructions of the flag, I saw flints hitting the crossbow's tail and hitting the sparks...

Before Yue Lengqiu could react, he saw the five fire crossbows slammed back almost at the same time, and huge flames were ejected from the crossbow mouths; the large iron barrel-shaped bullets that were loaded into the crossbow mouths before, but the ones that spewed out in the firelight were Countless iron pills. Countless iron pellets formed a long cone-shaped barrage in the fire and smoke, accompanied by an earth-shattering loud noise, covering the formation of people and horses...

Hearing the loud noise of the fire crossbow firing up close, the rock under his seat was also shaking. Yue Lengqiu's hands holding the telescope couldn't help but tremble. When he looked closely, the front wings of the entire puppet array were seen. , the barrage has been completely shredded. The clothes and armor on the puppets are terrible, the limbs are broken and the body is disabled, the wooden war weapons have also been injured, and the large shields of wooden hooded leather or iron can see small holes for the projectiles...

The middle and rear positions of the entire battle formation looked a little better, but it was certain that the entire battalion-level array that was charging would collapse completely after being hit by this wave at a distance of 200 meters, and there was no chance of luck.

Although the countless iron bullets were scattered by the puppet battle formation, Yue Lengqiu was like a crossbow strike. He only felt cold in his hands and feet, and cold sweat could not help but break out on his back:

He and Yue Zhi dropped their guard and came to Haizhou to discuss the Northern Expedition~www.wuxiaspot.com~, so they could invite Lin Bie to watch Huaidong's new battle crossbow on the crossbow viewing platform; if they didn't come this time, then The military horses in Zhengyang and Guoyang will definitely be the first to experience and feel the power of Huaidong's new war weapons on the real battlefield - Lin Fu will never go on a northern expedition in the unstable situation of the Western Front.

"Five shots, one or two heavy iron pellets counted at a thousand, and all five shots were successfully fired. The actual killing power is still being counted..." Shi Fengtai came over to report the test firing.

Lin Bie nodded and said, "Bring one of the 200-meter, 400-meter, and 600-meter puppets each, so that everyone can take a closer look..."

He visually observed that the cannon fired projectiles, which can form an effective lethality between 200 meters and 400 meters; further away, the barrage formed by the projectiles will spread, and the lethality will also decrease sharply, and the armor-piercing force will be lost. ability.

The newly compiled code for the fire-bombing drill sets the shooting distance at 350 meters, which is appropriate; this can actually replace the intensive use of bed crossbows and scorpion crossbows on the battlefield.

Shifengtai went down to the crossbow field to select typical people and horses and sent them to Guanxiushi, and organized manpower statistics to report more detailed killing data.

Lin Fu turned to his side with a smile on his face, and said to Yue Lengqiu, who was quite frightened: "This time, the towns in Henan will reduce the number of troops. Others think that I have no ambition for the northern expedition. In fact, I want to save some military resources for the new model In the research and development of the war crossbow; I asked the Governor Yue to come over to discuss the Northern Expedition..."

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