Chapter 84 Pulley Crossbow
"Your Highness, do you want to try the bow and arrow again?"
Xu Lie and Lu Chang came over at this time. Both of them took off their helmets and were sweating. Read
"Of course." Zhao Xu nodded. The purpose of doing this was not only to verify the performance of the armor, but also to let the soldiers have an understanding of what they were wearing.
In this way, they can estimate what kind of damage they can withstand on the battlefield in the future.
"Just shoot at me." Lu Chang patted his chest, looking fearless.
The soldiers' hearts suddenly rose to their throats when they heard this.
This is really no different from actual combat.
Xu Lie raised the corner of his mouth, and without saying much, he bent the bow and put the arrow 30 meters away.
A "whoosh" sound of breaking through the air sounded, and the arrow hit Lu Chang.
Like the scale armor, the bow and arrow left a dent on the plate armor and fell to the ground.
The soldiers cheered excitedly when they saw it, and they wanted to get the armor and put it on immediately.
"Well, the armor-making skills that Your Highness has taught to the Armor Department are really unique. With such fine armor, he will surely be beaten to a pulp in the autumn hunt of Beidi this year." Chang Wei praised.
It must be said that there are too many things that make them admire the King of Yan.
"This is nothing. There will be many things that will open your eyes in the future." Zhao Xu smiled.
Chang Wei's heart suddenly itched, "Your Highness, what is it?"
Zhao Xu smiled and kept it a secret, "You will know it soon."
After that, he stood up and said to Chang Wei: "Distribute all the armor."
"Yes, Your Highness." Chang Wei responded and turned away.
Zhao Xu's eyes were now cast on the soldiers on the parade ground.
The full strength of the royal palace's personal army is 20,000 people. With the previous county soldiers, he can now mobilize 23,000 people.
According to his current plan, he wants to establish a cavalry of 5,000 people, but because of the lack of horses, there are only 1,500 people at present.
But later, with the purchase of horses, the number of personnel will continue to increase.
After deducting the number of cavalry, the rest are all infantry.
Among them, there are 4,000 heavy spearmen, 2,000 light spearmen, 8,000 heavy sword and shield soldiers, and 4,000 light sword and shield soldiers.
After deducting these soldiers, there are still 3,500 people.
"Cavalry, spearmen, sword and shield soldiers." Zhao Xu muttered.
For him, the army still lacks a key type of soldiers, that is, archers.
But for him, it is too late to train archers now.
Because in ancient times, it often takes five years to train a professional archer.
After all, the bow and arrow are difficult to pull, and it is even more difficult to pull it open and shoot accurately.
So he thought about it and decided to equip his archers with a crossbow.
This crossbow is called a pulley crossbow.
In ancient times, crossbows were also difficult to pull, so sometimes soldiers needed to pull with one hand and pedal with one foot to pull the crossbow string to the position.
But from the modern era, Zhao Xu understands that the contemporary army will also prepare some crossbows.
In order to make the crossbow easier to use without weakening its power, a pulley is used to reduce the force when pulling the string.
This crossbow has a pulley at each end of the crossbow arm, and the crossbow string goes around the pulley.
Today, the Arms and Arms Department is able to refine steel of various strengths.
It is completely possible to make a sturdy pulley that can withstand the force of the string without deformation.
These days, what he has been drawing is this kind of pulley crossbow.
In ancient times, the craftsmanship of the crossbow was mature, and only a pulley was needed.
More importantly, compared with bows and arrows, crossbows have many advantages.
For example, high accuracy, great power, and long range.
Of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, it cannot be used flexibly immediately, and the loading speed is relatively slow.
However, his pulley crossbow can at least double the loading speed.
If the crossbow used to fire three rounds a minute, it should be able to fire six rounds now.
Such a long-range infantry equipped with a pulley crossbow will definitely give the Beidi cavalry a big surprise.
Thinking of this, he and Xu Lie went to the Arms and Arms Department.
"Hehe, I've been idle for a long time, and now I finally have something to do."
In the Arms Department, Wang Ying was immediately excited when he saw Zhao Xu's drawings.
Now the craftsmen have mastered the smelting technology and armor making technology, and he only needs to supervise on weekdays.
These days, he always feels much more bored than before.
After saying that, he looked at the drawings carefully and suddenly showed a surprised expression.
"Wonderful, really wonderful." Wang Ying sighed while looking at it.
Zhao Xu sat on a chair and drank tea.
In fact, there were some primary applications of pulleys in ancient times, such as rolling logs.
So after Zhao Xu took out this design, Wang Ying, who was familiar with various technologies, immediately understood the wonderfulness of this crossbow.
"Can it be made?" Zhao Xu asked, spitting out a piece of tea.
"No problem, Your Highness, the Arms Department has a craftsman who specializes in making crossbows, and I will just cast this small wheel." Wang Ying didn't even raise his head, still looking at the drawings.
Zhao Xu nodded, the process of the pulley crossbow was not complicated, and he believed in Wang Ying.
"Armor, crossbows, long swords, swords and shields should be made faster, as time is running out." Zhao Xu reminded Wang Ying.
"Yes, Your Highness, I have already done what Your Highness said and asked the craftsmen to work in three shifts." Wang Ying said.
Since this was done, the efficiency of the Armory has improved a lot.
Standing up and walking outside the office, Zhao Xu looked at the busy craftsmen and felt relieved.
In Yan County, almost everyone who saw him felt that he was confident about this autumn hunt.
But in fact, only he knew that he was panicking.
Although the autumn hunt was not a large-scale attack by the Northern Di people.
But in recent years, the number of Northern Di troops entering Yanzhou to plunder has increased every year.
What's more annoying is that in the current situation, once the Northern Di people go on the autumn hunt, the Yuan family will probably just watch him being beaten by the Northern Di people.
And the imperial guards of Yanguan may not come to help him.
After all, Yanguan cannot have any mistakes, and the only one he can rely on is himself.
But he only has these few soldiers.
If they are all killed, he will go back to the pre-liberation era overnight.
At that time, let alone the Yuan family, the Zhang family will certainly not give him a chance to make a comeback.
It is for this reason that he has to arm his own troops to the teeth, they are really his treasures.
After staying in the Bingzhang Division for a while, he returned to the palace.
At this time, the front of the central courtyard of the palace was very busy, and carts of garlic were transported to the central courtyard.
Feng'er was pinching her waist and directing.
This little girl is now more and more like a housekeeper.
"Feng'er, don't forget to buy the petals." Zhao Xu reminded before entering the door.
"Your Highness, I remember it." Feng'er wiped the sweat from her forehead and said in a delicate voice.
Zhao Xu nodded. In addition to armaments, Zhao Xu naturally did not forget to expand his business territory.
If you don't make money, you are a bastard, not to mention that there will be many places that need money in the future.
Yan County is located in a chaotic place like Yanzhou, and there will be no shortage of wars in the future.
And wars are fought for money.