Luo Youdu looked with some anticipation as Yao Sui and Huai Bing walked in.

"Your Majesty, Yao Sui (Huai Bing) has met!"

Luo Youdu waved them off and said straight to the point: "You two have come here to meet each other, but have you brought me good news?"

Seeing that your Majesty was so looking forward to it, Yao Sui said with some excitement: "With the help of Uncle Enshe, the Divine Arm Bow was made. I finally understand why Your Majesty gave the new crossbow the name Divine Arm.

Bow, it turns out that everything is in this word 'bow'."

Luo Youdu smiled awkwardly. In fact, he was also curious as to why the Divine Arm Bow was called the Divine Arm Bow when it was clearly a powerful crossbow.

It's just that it was called this in history, and Luo Youdu didn't want to worry too much about the name, so he asked the weapons supervisor to raise the divine arm bow when he was fighting the crossbow.

Luo Youdu was the emperor and had a golden tongue.

He himself didn't care, but his subordinates couldn't take it seriously and put the project of the Divine Arm Bow on the agenda.

As for Uncle Enshe, he is talking about the deceased Emperor Liu Yuan of the Southern Han Dynasty.

Liu Yuan threw all the blame to Gong Chengshu, Chen Yanshou, Fan Huzi and others, leaving himself clean.

Luo Youdu looked at his skill and did not care about it. He gave him a symbolic pardon and threw him into prison, and even threatened him.

After Luo Youdu arranged for Liu Yuan to be imprisoned for half a month, he specifically asked about Liu Yuan's situation.

I remember that when the general was in charge, he also praised Liu Yuan and said: "Reporting to your majesty, Uncle Enshe has a clever mind and outstanding talent in instrument skills. In particular, he has a pair of skillful hands. No matter how delicate the work is, he can easily do it."

Completed. He is very interested in equipment, studies tirelessly, and makes rapid progress."

Luo Youdu was also happy when he heard this, and felt that he had arranged a good place for Liu Yuan.

Then he ignored him. Luo Youdu did not expect Liu Yuan to bring him any surprises in the short term.

In addition to talent, weapon production and development also requires a lot of experience.

As a newbie, what big moves can Liu Yu make?

Yao Sui reported Liu Yu's name this time, and Luo Youdu immediately felt like he was waiting for him after three days of separation.

"Do you have the finished product? Show it to me!"

Luo Youdu was gearing up and looking forward to it.

The imperial court has been working hard to develop firearms, but the transition from cold weapons to hot weapons requires a process, and the transition cannot be completed casually.

The effect of the first-generation firearms, both in terms of power and stability, is far inferior to that of cold weapons.

Rushing into battlefield use when conditions are not mature will be counterproductive.

The fire-throwing tubes used during the Liang-Tang Dynasty's struggle for hegemony and the fire-throwing ships of the Southern Tang Dynasty are the best examples.

Nowadays, the Eastern Khitan has been equipped with a large amount of iron equipment and wants to continue to maintain its advantage on the battlefield.

Continue to promote cold weapons, push cold weapons to the peak, maintain your core strength, and then develop hot weapons, step by step, is the way to go.

With Luo Youdu's permission, Yao then had someone send him a strange-looking crossbow.

"Is this the God's Arm Bow?"

Luo Youdu curiously walked down the hall, took the crossbow from the wooden tray held by the attendant, and played with it in his hand.

The Divine Arm Bow is not heavy, and is almost the same as the Fuyuan Crossbow.

He held it in his hand, held it flat and took a closer look at the open space. He felt a strong sense of discomfort and couldn't help but said: "Is this thing easy to use?"

Yao Sui carefully reminded: "The Divine Arm Bow is fired in the posture of a bow and arrow, not like a crossbow."

Luo Youdu was quite embarrassed and aimed the Divine Arm Bow vertically like a bow and arrow. Sure enough, the feeling of discomfort was gone.

I see!

Only then did Luo Youdu understand that this thing was obviously a powerful crossbow, and why it was called a divine arm bow instead of a divine arm crossbow in history.

Although it is a powerful crossbow, it shoots like a bow and arrow.

Luo Youdu was well versed in military affairs and immediately understood how convenient this method of shooting with bows and arrows would be on the battlefield.

The advantages and disadvantages of crossbows and bows are obvious.

The slow rate of fire of the crossbow is one of them, but the real biggest disadvantage is that it cannot shoot as intensively as the archer.

The crossbow is too wide horizontally, and the soldiers must stand dispersedly. They cannot form a dense formation, and therefore cannot form a dense fire suppression like a bow and arrow. There is also a weakness. The height of Wangshan is limited, so direct shooting can only be carried out.

.It’s not that it can’t be ejected, but the huge crossbow body will block the target when ejected, making it impossible to aim, seriously affecting the shooting accuracy.

The God's Arm Bow has been changed to a crossbow body that can be placed vertically, which will make up for this shortcoming, and the power of the effect will naturally be greatly increased.

Luo Youdu immediately changed his tune and praised: "This design is really clever."

Yao Sui did not take any credit and said: "This is Uncle Enshe's wonderful idea. I was ordered to improve the Fuyuan Crossbow. It took more than a year and achieved great results. It's just that I have never been able to form the formation as your Majesty said.

Volley. Last night Uncle En She had a sudden inspiration and said that the Divine Arm Bow is obviously a crossbow, why is it called a bow? Could it be that it has the characteristics of a bow? After he improved it, it was done."

Luo Youdu was secretly amused. This name also served him well.

"Let's go to Wuying Palace and try our hand at it!"

He couldn't wait to see the power of the divine arm bow. He thought of Liu Yuan and said casually: "Go and call Uncle Enshe!"

Wuying Hall is located on the west side of the palace.

In the Battle of Gaoping that year, the generals of the Later Zhou Dynasty, Fan Aineng and He Hui, were defeated without a fight, causing the Zhou army to kneel down and surrender.

Guo Rong was furious and felt ashamed. After returning to Beijing, he followed Li Shimin's example of training troops in Wude Hall to avenge the Turks, and also ordered Zhao Kuangyin to train the former commander of the palace in Wuying Hall.

After Luo Youdu succeeded to the throne, he did not continue this practice. After six or seven years of development, the training methods and venues of the imperial army have been perfected, and there is no need to stage this show in the already small palace.

The original training ground was freed up, and Luo Youdu initially planned to build a football field and a basketball court so that he could play when he had nothing to do, and he could also hold a few ball games to add to the fun.

With the promotion, football has now become a popular sport in Luo Yu court.

In Bianjing City, there are football matches every day.

Individuals with high winning rates and gorgeous skills are hard to get a vote for.

However, with the reorganization of Luoyang, Luo Youdu gave up this idea. The imperial court was not rich and had little money, and the money to build the stadium would not last more than a few years.

This is the perfect time to try out the Divine Arm Bow.

Arriving at the shooting range of Wuying Hall, Luo Youdu looked at the divine arm bow in his hand and took the crossbow arrows handed to him.

The crossbow arrows of the Divine Arm Bow are particularly small and small, only a few inches long.

Luo Youdu estimated that it was only about twenty centimeters, which was far inferior to the crossbow arrows of Fuyuan Crossbow and much smaller than ordinary arrows.

Wang Tingyi, who was guarding Luo Youdu, said: "This crossbow arrow is so small, can it kill someone?"

"certainly!"

The person who replied this time was Monk Huai Bing.

"This crossbow arrow was specially made by the poor monk based on his research. When the poor monk was studying the crossbow arrows, he discovered a strange phenomenon. In many cases, it is not that the thicker and larger the arrows are, the more powerful they are. Instead, the arrows are appropriately reduced.

The arrow will shoot further and more powerfully. The poor monk was very curious and did some research on this aspect. Just like a general punching in the water, your fist will be resisted by the water, and the arrow will also be shot out.

When encountering a certain amount of resistance, the sharper the arrows used by the generals, the farther the range."

"The same principle applies to armor-piercing arrows. The slender arrows do not affect the power, but can effectively break through the enemy's armor. The crossbow arrows of this god's arm bow also use this principle. It has the ability to penetrate

The sexual damage is no less than the damage caused by a normal crossbow. His Majesty once said that the Khitan will be equipped with a large amount of iron armor, and this crossbow arrow happens to have a powerful armor-breaking effect."

Monk Huai Bing introduced the characteristics of the divine arm crossbow arrow to Wang Tingyi.

Wang Tingyi, a fool, seemed to understand.

Luo Youdu was very happy. From what Monk Huai Bing said, he could hear the progress of physics across the ages.

Monk Huai Bing undoubtedly had a wealth of physics knowledge and experience, but when he met Luo Youdu for the first time, he couldn't explain it at all.

I understand all the principles, but the theory is completely unqualified.

Now that we can express this theory, we have obviously made great progress.

Luo Youdu said: "Resistance, it sounds too ugly, let's call it resistance. What we experience in the water is the resistance of the water, there is the resistance of the wind in the wind, and there is also the resistance of the vitality in the vitality. In this regard, the master can start to study it in detail

.If you are short of manpower, you can tell me and I will arrange students for you."

Naturally, there is no such thing as air in this era, but the Chinese Taoist philosophical theory has the word vitality.

It refers to the chaotic energy before heaven and earth were separated, and also refers to the original matter that produced and constituted all things in heaven and earth.

It makes sense for Luo Youdu to use vitality instead of air.

Monk Huai Bing bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

There was a hint of joy in his brows.

There are also good and bad monks.

Monk Huai Bing deserves to be called a good monk. He has nothing in the four elements, he does not care about wealth and honor, he is smart and thoughtful, and he is very knowledgeable about mechanics.

With Luo Youdu's guidance, he opened a door, devoted himself to the study of mechanics, and discovered a new world.

However, this research requires manpower and money.
To be continued...