after being kidnapped by the general

After hearing what Yuan Dan had said, Yuan Li and Chu Hechao didn't go back to their room, they took their soldiers and followed Yuan Dan to the utensils department.

The utensils department is built in a remote and quiet environment, which is both hidden and safe, allowing the people in the utensils department to work in peace.When Yuanli arrived, he saw Cui Yan with disheveled hair and disheveled appearance writing something at his desk.

There were paper bamboo slips all over the floor beside him, and some craftsmen were busy walking around among them, making things, and sawdust piled up all over the floor.

Yuanli found a lot of people for the utensils department, but most of these people were craftsmen who worked, and only Yuan Dan and Cui Yan were educated and able to read.But the creative ability of craftsmen is not inferior to cultural people. They have rich experience and can often bring amazing ideas to Yuan Dan and Cui Yan.

Carefully avoiding the things on the ground, Yuan Dan strode forward, gently pushed Cui Yan, suppressed his joy and said, "Cui Yan, Mr. Le is here!"

Cui Yan raised his head in a trance, two smudges of blue were eye-catching under his eyes.This celebrity who lived in seclusion at the foot of Mangshan Mountain was still leisurely and leisurely, but now he seems to have been drained of energy and energy, and he is no longer the leisurely and comfortable person he was before.

Seeing that Yuanli and the General had arrived, Cui Yan was still a little dazed, "Why are you two adults here?"

Yuan Dan was so anxious that he patted him again, "Le Jun and the general came to see the crossbow!"

Cui Yan was in pain, but suddenly realized, he stood up energetically, and said: "My lords, please follow me."

Yuan Li and Chu Hechao looked at each other, and followed him into the courtyard.

Two crossbows have been placed in the courtyard.

One is a huge bed crossbow, and the other is a small crossbow with an arm length.

Chu Hechao saw the novelty of this crossbow at a glance.

There is a wooden frame under the bed crossbow as a support, and three bows and arrows are combined on the crossbow. Such a multi-bow bed crossbow is completely different from the giant crossbow in the impression.

Chu Hechao's eyes flashed, and he found it interesting. He strode forward and looked at it. After seeing the long and deep arrows on the bed crossbow that seemed to be able to hold a spear, he looked up at Cui Yan with burning eyes: " Is this your reformed bed crossbow?"

Cui Yan smiled embarrassingly, "It was also after the governor told me that arithmetic can be used in weapons, I was confused, and discussed with him. The bed crossbow and the trebuchet, but these two weapons today have their own shortcomings. He thinks that these two weapons can be improved through precise calculations. For example, the bed crossbow can use the combined force of several bows to shoot arrows to increase the power …After the Lord Inspector finished talking to me, I finally came up with the idea of ​​improving the bed crossbow, and rectified the crossbow machine to make it more powerful and have a longer range.”

Chu Hechao raised his eyebrows, and looked back at Yuanli playfully, the corners of his mouth curled up, "Sister-in-law is also involved in this aspect."

After confirming the relationship, Yuan Li felt very subtle when he heard him call sister-in-law again, and a sense of guilt of betrayal and adultery floated in his heart.He ignored this feeling, smiled calmly, and said modestly: "This is just something I feel. I never thought that Mr. Cui could really make it, and he did it so majesticly."

He stepped forward and took a closer look at the bed crossbow.

The Song Dynasty in history also invented a multi-bow bed crossbow similar to this one. The most powerful and most famous is the three-bow bed crossbow.When he was persuading Cui Yan to use arithmetic in weapon research and development, he really thought about whether Cui Yan could make a three-bow bed crossbow.I didn't expect Cui Yan to actually make it out. Although I don't know if it is the same, but the shape is very similar. I just don't know if the bed crossbow improved by Cui Yan can reach the power of the three-bow bed crossbow.

"What's its name? What's the range? How many people are needed to twist the shaft and stretch the string?" Yuan Li asked.

Cui Yan's brain must have been dulled from too little sleep, and he spoke a little slowly, making people anxious.Yuan Dan scratched his head anxiously, and answered the question instead of Cui Yan, "I haven't decided on a name for it yet, let's call it the Three-Bow Bed Crossbow for now. Its range is 30 steps, and it takes [-] people to draw the big bow!"

Eight hundred steps, then there are about 1000 meters, which is a distance far beyond the reach of current long-range weapons.

"Really [-] steps?" Chu Hechao's eyes sharpened.

Yuan Dan was a little frightened by him, and swallowed his saliva, "General, it's really [-] steps. If you don't believe it, you can try it."

Chu Hechao immediately said, "Try."

The three-bow bed crossbow was placed in an open space, and the earth wall of the manor was more than a thousand meters away.Thirty personal soldiers gathered together to twist the shaft and stretch the string, and placed the arrow with the length and thickness like a spear behind the arrow. After the aiming was completed, the strong and strong personal soldiers used a giant ax to chop down and pull the arrows. When the trigger was pulled, the spear-like arrow shot out, straight towards the earthen wall of the manor.

Everyone held their breath and stared at the arrow's departure direction.

The distance of more than a thousand meters was gradually crossed by arrows, and finally, the arrows were firmly nailed directly into the earth wall.

Everyone hurried over and took a closer look, only to find that the arrow had been inserted halfway into the earth wall, and it was difficult to pull it out.

The soldiers stepped forward and pressed hard on the arrow nailed into the wall. After thinking that it was strong enough, they stepped on the arrow and climbed up the dirt wall.

When Chu Hechao saw it, his eyes shone brightly. He also lifted his robe and wrapped it around his waist, stepping on the arrow neatly and jumped onto the wall.

After experiencing it for himself, Chu Hechao realized that the arrow was really strong, and it was firmly nailed into the earth wall. As long as he controlled the force of the stepping, he could easily step on it continuously.

"Good stuff!" He slid down from the dirt wall and praised.

Yuanli's eyes were also full of extraordinary light, "Such a good thing is a sharp weapon for attacking the city."

Think about it, when attacking a city, as long as you put this thing on the battlefield and shoot it at close range, the arrows will be nailed into the city wall like a spear, and rows of arrows will be nailed from the bottom of the city wall to the top of the city wall , Just like neatly arranged ladders, soldiers attacking the city can climb up and attack the city under cover.

And with such a great power, it can not only nail into the enemy's city wall to attack the city, but also destroy the enemy's city defense facilities. Arrow towers, sentry towers, and ships can all be destroyed.

Of course, the bed crossbow can also be used to shoot people, but the three-bow bed crossbow is too wasteful to shoot the enemy, and it is most suitable for destroying enemy equipment and siege.

After Yuanli figured it out, he looked at Cui Yan with more and more eager eyes.

Talent.

Cui Yan is definitely a talent, and a talent who can be included in the annals of history as a great inventor.

Yuan Li praised them lavishly. After the compliment was over, he remembered the "continuous crossbow" that Yuan Dan said when he called them. Crossbows only...

Yuan Li's eyes moved to the small crossbow that was ignored by everyone from the beginning, "Is that the crossbow that Wen Han said can be fired in succession?"

Yuan Dan nodded repeatedly, and hurried over to pick up the small crossbow, "Le Jun, this is the crossbow that I said can fire repeatedly."

Compared with the bed crossbow, this crossbow is really light and easy to carry, and can be used by individual soldiers.Even so, this small crossbow is as long as an adult man's arm, almost one meter in length.

There are three arrows on the crossbow, and three arrows can be fired at the same time. Although it can only fire three arrows in a row, this has already tripled the attack power.

Yuan Li personally used the small crossbow and found that although it was a bit laborious to wind it, it was much better than the existing crossbow.What is even more surprising is that there is a scale on the Wangshan (sight) on the crossbow, just like the scale on the firearms of later generations, which can more accurately adjust the firing angle of the crossbow, greatly increasing the hit rate. *

It didn't take him a while to discover that when Wangshan is in a straight line with the arrow tip and the three points of the target, the arrow will hit the target accurately when it is released.

Yuan Li couldn't stop smiling, and he couldn't put it down and said: "This little crossbow is very useful."

The crossbow is a weapon that the infantry can effectively restrain the cavalry. It has stronger lethality and a higher hit rate. More importantly, the crossbow has very low requirements for soldiers to use, much lower than the bow archer.

Today's crossbows are not very effective, because soldiers need to use their feet to step on the bow and arrow to wind the string, and they need the protection of shield soldiers to organize crossbowmen on the battlefield.Therefore, although crossbows are good, they have too many shortcomings. Soldiers use bows and crossbows mixed together, and they don't know the difference between the two.

But the crossbow made by Cui Yan is different. The structure of the crossbow is not complicated, and it can be produced and spread on a large scale. Become a crossbowman with exquisite aim.

It is a sharp weapon for cheating.

Yuan Li looked at Chu Hechao and gave Chu Hechao a look.

Chu Hechao understood the value of these two weapons, so he immediately sent his own soldiers to transfer soldiers to station around the utensils department to protect the utensils department from outsiders approaching.And began to check everyone in the utensils department, focusing on the craftsman who made the crossbow.

Fortunately, Yuanli had already made preparations. After the establishment of the Artifacts Department, these craftsmen were required not to leave the Artifacts Department without reason, and Yuan Dan's consent was required to leave.Although Yuan Dan has a happy temper, he still thinks quickly and carefully. He is extremely cautious, so that the craftsmen also divide and cooperate when making these two weapons.

Because of the lesson from the last time, this time, Yuanli has already controlled the family members of these craftsmen by his side in advance. So far, none of the craftsmen who made the three-bow bed crossbow and the small crossbow have left the utensils department.

Knowing Yuanli's precautions, Chu Hechao laughed, "I'm always at ease when you do things."

After reading these two weapons, it is already a branch on the moon.Yuanli sent Cui Yan back to his residence in person, and the group rushed to the manor in the dark.

On the way, Yuan Dan was still immersed in excitement, "Le Jun, if such a good thing is used on the battlefield, wouldn't our Youzhou soldiers be invincible..."

As long as he thought about that scene, he was already a little drunk.

Yuan Li smiled and listened to him, Chu Hechao took a step slower and walked behind them.

After a while, Yuan Dan calmed down, and he said with some doubts, "By the way, Le Jun, when I went to find you, the servants didn't know where you went. I waited for you for almost half an hour before seeing you." When you come back, did you and the general go out again?"

Yuan Li pursed his lips and said, "The general and I have something to talk about."

Yuan Dan said "Oh", without thinking too much, and then concerned: "There are a lot of mosquitoes at the moment, I didn't pay attention to it before, but now I vaguely remembered that there seems to be something wrong with your lips, did you get bitten by mosquitoes?"

"..." Yuanli's face became hot, he coughed twice, and said vaguely, "Maybe he was bitten, or maybe he got angry recently."

There was a chuckle from the man behind, and he said lazily: "Getting angry is not a trivial matter, hurry up and eat something to lose the fire, otherwise what should I do if my mouth gets worse in a few days?"

Yuan Dan didn't understand the deep meaning in Chu Hechao's words, so he nodded repeatedly and said: "The general is right, Le Jun, you should eat lightly these days, and you can drink some cold tea. It's a pity that Li Zi It won't be ripe for a while, otherwise it will make you lose your temper by eating pears."

Yuan Li nodded helplessly and said, "Okay."

Chu Hechao said again: "You are his cousin, why don't you ask where he and I went?"

Yuan Dan originally thought that this question could not be asked, lest it would involve any secrets.Hearing what Chu Hechao said, he knew that he was thinking too much, and his curiosity arose, and he asked, "Yes, Le Jun, where have you been? It's okay if you get angry, but it's okay if you get bitten by mosquitoes." It’s uncomfortable. If you go to this place next time, remember to bring some mosquito fumigation medicine.”

Yuan Li felt that his fist was hard again, and wanted to hit someone, but he fooled Yuan Dan with a few words.Before entering the door, he glanced at Chu Hechao with a straight face.

Turn off the lights, wash up and go to bed.After a while, a person came in from the window, the sound of landing was as light as a trace, and he came to Yuanli's bedside in the dark.

Yuan Li said calmly, "It's so late, what are you doing here?"

Chu Hechao sat by the bed and took off his shoes, with a faint smell of soap on his body.The tip of her hair was still wet and dripping water, Yuan Li felt water dripping onto the bed, and was so angry that she kicked the man on the back twice.

The man had a broad back, and he didn't move even when he kicked him twice.He took off his shoes and got on the bed, "Go inside."

Yuan Li moved inside to make room for him, and turned his back to him.

Chu Hechao hugged him from behind, and forced him to turn over, "What's wrong, are you angry again?"

As soon as Yuan Li was mentioned, he got angry. He reached down and twisted a piece of flesh on the man's arm.

Chu Hechao: "Hiss..."

His face was slightly distorted in pain, and he grabbed Yuan Li's troublesome hand in his hand, and said frighteningly: "How dare you pinch me?"

Yuan Li was not afraid at all, "Look at what you said in front of Yuan Dan at night, what should he do if he sees something?"

Chu Hechao snorted and asked, "Do you think he can see it?"

Yuanli: "..."

He felt that Chu Hechao was right.

But he was still upset, so Yuanli pulled out his other hand and pinched the man's chest.

Chu Hechao's face was completely dark, but there was no light in the room, so no one could see it.But Yuanli could guess what expression he would have, so he wisely acted first, "Look, you're pissing me off again."

Chu Hechao who hasn't said anything yet: "..."

After a while, he lowered his voice and whispered in Yuan Li's ear, "Be reasonable, kid."

The voice was low and hoarse, and the sound of breathing made the ears itchy, "I haven't done anything to you, so I called you fierce?"

Yuan Li felt a little guilty, and abruptly changed the subject, "Don't sleep here with me, it would be bad if someone saw you tomorrow."

Chu Hechao knew, "Leave when you fall asleep."

As he spoke, he sighed, "It's like having an affair."

Yuan Li also felt a little uncomfortable, the next moment his chin was lifted, his mouth was pushed open, and the smell of lotus leaf toothpaste from the man's fresh wash entered his throat.

She left after a while, because Yuanli didn't want to be close to her, and she was afraid that her lips would be swollen when she woke up tomorrow morning.Yuan Li touched her wet lips, worrying, "Are you really going to eat something to lose your temper? I always feel a little angry these days."

Chu Hechao said with a smirk: "I have something that kills my body, should I eat it or not?"

Yuan Li said: "...You are more angry than me."

Chu Hechao sighed again, rubbing Yuanli's face with his rough fingers, the scar was scraped back and forth, it was painful and itchy, "I can't help it, you only have a wife when you are a man at 27, please forgive me."

Yuanli nodded, "I know."

He thought for a while, then hesitated and said, "I can kiss you, but you have to wash it clean. After I kiss you, you have to kiss me too."

Chu Hechao immediately said, "I'll wash it off right away."

"No," Yuan Li refused very simply this time, he turned over, "Your smell is too strong, wait a few days for the smell to subside. I'm sleepy and I need to sleep."

Chu Hechao: "..."

What more can he say?

Chu Hechao wiped his face and hugged him, "Hurry up and sleep, ancestor."