Chapter 40 The Power of the Crossbow

A long time ago, Guo Jia mentioned the idea of ​​making crossbows with Ma Jun, but Ma Jun had too many inventions to be busy with, from keel rollovers to textile machines, plus guide trucks, etc. Ma Jun's contribution to water conservancy and machinery is no longer enough to describe it as a priceless city, and it is worth more than ten cities and hundreds of cities.

The powerful crossbows used by the Taiping Army are already among the best of contemporary long-range weapons, so Ma Jun put the project of making crossbows behind him. After having nothing to do in the past few years, Ma Jun decided to study crossbows according to the idea described to him by Guo Jia. Today, he finally made a contribution.

Holding a crossbow in his yard as if he cherishes a work of art, Ma Jun sat on a chair in the snow, looking at the entrance of the yard from time to time, feeling impatient.

There were rapid footsteps outside, and Ma Jun stood up and was about to greet him, but outsiders walked in first.

Yan Pu, wearing an official uniform, entered the yard with the strong Meng Huo, followed by him, and there were many elite soldiers along with him.

When Guo Jia entered Yizhou, Zhang Liao led his army to capture Hanzhong. Yan Pu followed Zhang Lu to surrender. Then Zhang Lu was put away. Then Zhang Lu went to the Tianshi Palace to practice Taoism. Yan Pu served as a military advisor in Zhang Liao's army. As Guo Jia advanced to Guanzhong, Yan Pu replaced Zhang Liao as the prefect of Hanzhong. For ten years, he worked diligently in politics and no one could criticize him.

The strategic location of Hanzhong, coupled with the storage of strategic military supplies here, Guo Jia dared to let Yan Pu take charge, which shows his trust in him, and this trust was won back by Yan Pu himself with every move.

Yan Pu entered the Ma family's courtyard and saw Ma Jun holding a crossbow machine. He was shocked and asked anxiously: "Don't drive, is there any thief? Don't worry, I will mobilize troops to protect you and your family immediately."

Not only the Ma Jun family, but also the Yizhou craftsmen's houses have secret whistles arranged by Yan Pu around the purpose of ensuring their safety. However, he did not receive any news about the assassin, but now he saw Ma Jun holding a weapon and thought that he was not well protected and Ma Jun was in crisis.

Seeing Yan Pu waved his hand and let the followers behind him be alert, Ma Jun looked anxious and waved his hand and said, "No, it's okay. I'll ask you to come, just let you see and see this."

After saying that, Ma Jun presented the crossbow in his arms to Yan Pu.

After the two brothers of the Wu family followed the Han River to capture Xincheng and Shangyong, Meng Huo brought 30,000 troops from Guanzhong to Hanzhong.

He didn't understand why Guo Jia sent heavy troops to protect these craftsmen, and he was also a little curious now.

When I went up and saw that the crossbow in Yan Pu's hand was not much different from the crossbow used by the Taiping Army that I usually saw.

The exquisiteness of the machinery lies in its internal structure, which is by no means reflected in the surface difference.

Yan Pu couldn't see the difference between this crossbow and an ordinary crossbow.

Now there are two types of crossbows used by Taiping Army. One is to shoot an arrow every time, which is powerful and accurate in shooting. The other is to shoot three arrows each time, which is slightly weak in power, but the shooting area is expanded.

The crossbow in Yan Pu's hand was obviously a single-channel crossbow, which looked not much different from the usual single-speed crossbow.

"Don't let the master of the lord, I'm sorry, I'll forgive you for being stupid. Let's solve the problem."

Yan Pu adhered to Ma Jun's etiquette with great integrity. Ma Jun's official position was indeed higher than him. In addition to Guo Jia's emphasis on Ma Jun, Yan Pu could not despise Ma Jun.

When Ma Jun saw Yan Pu and Meng Huo both looked confused, he scratched his head and thought for a while, and then asked, "You, come with a set of armor from Tiger and Tiger Guards."

Yan Pu immediately ordered someone to pick it up.

Hanzhong is the place where war equipment is built, and the equipment of each army of Taiping Army has samples.

Soon, the guards brought a set of armor from the tiger guards. Ma Jun ordered people to carry out a wooden portrait from the house, then put the armor on the wooden man and place it against the wall in the courtyard.

Looking at Yan Pu and Meng Huo, Ma Jun reached out and pointed at Meng Huo and said, "You, come here."

Meng Huo, who was tall and big, came to Ma Jun, and saw Ma Jun put ten arrows on the crossbow, adjusted it and handed it to Meng Huo's hand, pointed to the wooden man wearing armor, and solemnly ordered: "Optimize the shooting, but, thousand, you must take it firmly."

Although Meng Huo was born in the Southern Barbarians and had never been exposed to crossbows, which are considered high-tech weapons in modern times, he naturally learned how to control powerful crossbows after joining the Taiping Army. Now he didn't care about Ma Jun's words at all. Isn't it just a crossbow? He has long been tired of playing.

Yan Pu was still puzzled by the way.

Maybe this crossbow is more powerful than previous crossbows.

Regarding the equipment with the highest defense in the Taiping Army, the heavy armor on the tiger guards.

Such armor can be avoided by ordinary bows and arrows and ordinary crossbows. Even if the Taiping Army crossbows shoot, it will only be embedded in the armor, but will not penetrate it. Therefore, heavy armored troops like the Tiger Guard are the king of the ground infantry. Unfortunately, the cost of armor is too high. Guo Jia can only afford to support 20,000 Tiger Guards in the past twenty years.

Under the attention of everyone on both sides, Meng Huo aimed at the wooden man with a crossbow and then fired!

The sound of arrows breaking through the air sounded.

Feeling the arrows, Meng Huo thought it was over, and he was about to put down the crossbow when he waved his hand, but unexpectedly, the continuous sound of breaking through the air continued to sound.

Whoosh swish swish swish...

Snowflakes were flying, arrows shot out, and murderous intent suddenly emerged in the courtyard.

"Wow"

Ma Jun lay in the snow, facing Meng Huo's back, for fear that the other party would turn around and inadvertently turn the crossbow that was still shooting arrows towards him.

Yan Pu and the accompanying guards also rushed around with fear.

Meng Huo is like a demon king with full firepower, which makes people dare not get close to him.

Ten arrows were finally launched, and snowflakes rising from the courtyard fell one after another. The walls, snow, and the wooden man were full of arrows.

A strange silence spread around.

The guards looked at the crossbow in Meng Huo's hand like ghosts and gods.

Yan Pu got up from the snow in a mess, patted the snow on his body, and straightened the crown on his head. He walked towards Meng Huo with lingering fear, and deliberately avoided the path that Meng Huo aimed at the crossbow in his hand.

Ma Jun got up from the ground in a panic, and rushed to Meng Huo regardless of his sloppy appearance, and snatched the crossbow from his hand, and said angrily: "I, I'm not, said, I told you to take it, have you taken it, have you taken it?"

Meng Huo grinned, and he felt that he felt very satisfied just now.

There was no guilt at all, and I even wanted to do it again.

"Don't drive, my hands are quite stable."

Ma Jun glared at him helplessly, looked around and asked, "No one was injured, right?"

The guards who were facing a great enemy looked at each other and shook their heads at Ma Jun.

Yan Pu walked over, staring at the crossbow on Ma Jun's hand with his eyes lit up, and asked with a smile: "Don't drive, can this crossbow be shot continuously?"

Ma Jun reloaded the arrow, nodded, and then handed the crossbow to Meng Huo. Just as he was about to give a reminder, Meng Huo took the crossbow with a smile and said, "Don't worry, don't drive, you must be fine this time."

It seemed that with the previous incident, everyone did not trust Meng Huo. Everyone in the courtyard stood behind Meng Huo, and Ma Jun even ran back to the room and looked at the scene outside at the window.

Meng Huo once again aimed at the wooden man and fired.

Ten arrows shot away in a row.

This time, Meng Huo turned around, shrugged everyone, and then picked up the crossbow and checked it out. He, a mechanical layman, could not tell a single, two or three even if he had taken the crossbow apart, he would not have a second reaction except for dizziness.

Yan Pu walked into the wooden man with a serious expression, and the closer he got, the faster his heart beat.

The wooden man had a hole as big as a fist in his chest. Looking down, Yan Pu was shocked.

An arrow can't penetrate the armor of the Tiger Guard, but if the intensive shooting is in the same position, the armor will be penetrated.

After taking off the armor from the wooden man, Yan Pu saw that the wooden man had been shot through, but the arrow did not penetrate the back of the armor, but this was enough.

"It seems that it is much more powerful, and it is not much different from ordinary crossbows."

Meng Huo looked at the crossbow in his hand, but he couldn't see the trick after tossing and turning.

Yan Pu did not agree with Meng Huo's remarks. If Meng Huo was an outsider, Yan Pu would even sneer at him and look contemptuous.

This crossbow is so powerful! And it will provide the army with more powerful combat power when applied!

I won’t mention the battle on land. If the Taiping Army’s warships were installed on the Taiping Army’s warships, it would probably not give the enemy a chance to fight on the sidelines!

Whether it is an archer or a crossbowman, after every shot, there is time and space to give the enemy a chance to counterattack.

It can be imagined that the continuous burst shooting of crossbows will cause the enemy to board the ship during the water battle. A few crossbows can block the enemy. Even if the person who controls the crossbows dies, the people next to them can only launch and dodge and suppress the enemy.

Yan Pu hurried to Ma Jun and asked in a deep voice: "Don't drive, how many arrows can this crossbow fire at most?"

Ma Jun knocked on his forehead and thought for a while and replied, "If the arrows are shot continuously, too many will be reduced. However, since you ask this, you can fire up to thirty or fifty arrows in a row, but the power is definitely not as good as just one, only ten ones."

After hearing this, Yan Pu asked again: "Does anyone know how to make this crossbow?"

Ma Jun shook his head and said, "Ma Jun knew this kind of thing confidentiality." After successfully developing it, he immediately asked Yan Pu to come over, hoping that Yan Pu could report this matter to Guo Jia.

Yan Pu made a decision instantly, asking Ma Jun to take the crossbow. He sent three thousand soldiers to escort Ma Jun to Chengdu and meet Guo Jia directly.

If it is replaced by water conservancy equipment that is beneficial to the people, Yan Pu will not pay so much attention, but the crossbow is a war equipment after all, so what should be done next must be decided by Guo Jia.

When Ma Jun heard that he wanted to go to Chengdu, he agreed happily.

Yan Pu was thunderous and decisive, and was about to get off. When Ma Jun went to pack his luggage, he hurried to the other courtyard of his family.

"Qing, Qing'er, come out, go with your father, and go to Chengdu."

Ma Jun roared out with a shout, and a head poked out from the room. It was a girl with clear eyes, looking at the anxious Ma Jun in confusion.

"Dad, are you going to Chengdu for a trip?"

Ma Jun waved to her and urged: "Hurry, pack your luggage quickly, go and see your future husband. Remember to dress up beautifully."

This is Ma Jun's eldest daughter, Ma Qing. When he heard Ma Jun's words, his pretty face turned red instantly.

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