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Chapter 118 Crossbow making

This time, the resources given to Gongshu section by Emperor II are the best in Gaoyang City now. Gongshu section has also been invested in intense research.

He is the successor of the Gongshu Class, a carpenter, and the Gongshu Class is known for its various offensive weapons.

His career as a chef in the army did not make Gongshu Duan forget his own skills. Instead, those superb skills were imprinted in the depths of Gongshu Duan's soul.

During the battle of Gaoyang, the Qin army suffered many casualties. Hu Hai immediately ordered the army to rest in Gaoyang City for a few days.

In the past few days, a large house where Gongshu section is located has gradually smelled of wood chips, and various parts for making crossbow arrows have been made bit by bit by bit. Several wooden finely decorated crossbows that are not finished are displayed there.

On this day, the Gongshu section finally made the first high-coated crossbow that satisfies him. The range of this crossbow actually reached 150 steps. If accurate killing is not considered, it can shoot three hundred steps away.

Hu Hai got the news and came here to check it out in person.

The entire crossbow arrow is exquisitely crafted, and several small workpieces show the care of the Gongshu section. What is even more surprising is that under the bow string of this crossbow, in order to increase the ejection force of the bow string, there are actually several small pulley sets.

The bow strings strengthened by pulley sets have greater ejection force and stronger lethality.

"Good crossbow!" Hu Hai praised. The precision of this crossbow arrow was almost a magical skill for him.

"If all these crossbows are made of fine iron, they may have stronger lethality!" Hu Hai sighed. After all, the technology of smelting metal in this era is backward, and he is a liberal arts student and does not understand iron smelting technology.

"Use fine iron?" Gongshu Duan's eyes lit up. For a carpenter master, metal was a bit unfamiliar with it. However, the willful strength of metal is stronger than wood, and anyone knows it at this time.

He was a descendant of the Gongshu class. He only knew how to use wood or bamboo since he was a child, and he had used iron tools very few times. As far as he knew, even the Mohist mechanisms that were extremely mysterious in the world, the steel used was very rare, and there was almost no thing made of steel in the whole body.

Obviously, once the crossbow Hu Hai was going to build, its lethality will exceed their imagination.

"If I could create all the crossbows made of fine iron..." Gongshu Duan's heart was beating, and perhaps his reputation as Gongshu's suppressed by the Mohist school could rise again.

After pondering for a while, Gongshu Duan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I need to concentrate on preparing for this military crossbow made of all-energy iron."

"Okay, I won't give you a deadline. As long as you do this, it will be a great achievement." Hu Hai looked at Gongshu Duan encouraged.

Gongshu Duan Xie'en left. He was holding a sense of enthusiasm in his heart that he must get better soon. He left home in anger because he lost to the Mo family's incognito mechanical genius in the Gongshu Mo family woodworking competition. After he met Yang Xiong, he endured himself in the Qin army's kitchen.

No matter how far he goes, what flows is the blood of Gongshu. Gongshu is the founder of carpenters. Gongshu cannot lose in carpenter production, especially to the children of the Mo family.

In a simulated offensive and defensive battle with Mozi, the first generation of the Mo family, the Gongshu Ban, was defeated by Mozi, and was resentful after returning. He left his will when he died. No matter how many generations or years he had passed, the descendants of Gongshu must surpass the Mo family in carpentry techniques and must avenge the shame and reputation of Gongshu.

At this moment, Gongshu Duan vaguely felt that with the second emperor, perhaps one day his mechanism could surpass the mysterious mechanism genius of the Mo family.

If Hu Hai knew that Gongshu Duan had high expectations on him, he would definitely be in a dark face, because he didn't understand any mechanism. Some mechanical products that modern industry can produce are really well understood, but they are just not aware of it.

After Hu Hai left, he brought a wooden fine-coated crossbow improved from the Gongshu section.

He just wanted to personally try whether the crossbow made by Gongshu section was useful. At this time, his physical fitness had fully met the standards of an ordinary ancient general after several months of training. What excited Hu Hai was that this state was not at the peak of this world at present, and there was still a lot of room for improvement.

He called Ren Xiao and went to the open space behind Gaoyang Mansion, hung the crossbow arrows, aimed the mountain at the large blue brick wall more than ten meters away, and pulled the trigger.

There were only two "touch" and "touch" sounds that were almost indistinguishable. The first sound was the sound of military crossbow firing, and the second sound was the sharp crossbow arrow accurately inserted between the gaps in the blue bricks that Hu Hai aimed at.

I am very satisfied with my precise shooting and the strength of this wood-bamboo structure finely decorated crossbow. If it is changed to a full steel structure finely decorated crossbow, the strength will definitely be greater, and it can completely surpass the bows and arrows and ordinary crossbows equipped in the current Qin army. However, the strength is still worse than that of the foot.

He threw the crossbow to Ren Xiao, and Hu Hai said lightly: "Be familiar with this weapon, let Gongshu Duan tailor it to you a fully-solid iron, and carry it with you. I will train my beheaded soldiers in the future."

After taking the military crossbow, Ren Xiao pulled the bowstring awkwardly and hung the crossbow arrow. The moment he "touched", he shot into the gap between the blue bricks in front of him. However, he was lucky, and it was entirely due to luck.

Hu Hai smiled and said, "It's not bad, it's interesting. Practice this crossbow well and send it to the Gongshu section after you have enough fun."

Ren Xiao's eyes showed an excited look. He was also very interested in this hardcover crossbow. Now that he can get familiar with it, it is a huge gift for a general like him.

Just as the king and his ministers were talking and laughing, Li Heng hurriedly walked in without avoiding Ren Xiao, saying, "Your Majesty, according to our army's horse exploration newspaper, we found a 100,000 army under the banner of Zhang Chu twenty miles away, and the banner of the chief general was the character Qin. I guess it might be Qin Jia, the general under Chen She."

"It's coming so fast." Hu Hai snorted coldly. Since capturing Gaoyang City, Hu Hai never thought of peace. Gaoyang is a barrier in the north of Chen County. If Gaoyang is lost, it would be strange if Chen She did not send a large army to fight.

"How powerful are our combat power?" Hu Hai thought in his mind.

"Your Majesty, we have just passed the war. Although the current soldiers are far more than 100,000, the number of troops that can really fight is less than 100,000. Moreover, the rolling wood stones used to defend the city have been exhausted by Ge Ying. Although the officials and Su Jiao have been prepared these days, they are also a drop in the bucket." Ren Xiao learned a lot of new words and idioms with Hu Hai, and he said it at this moment.

"The soldiers come and the generals block the water and the soil. I didn't expect that Qin Jia was in Chen County." In Hu Hai's memory, Qin Jia should be in front of Zhang Han's army, not here.

His purpose this time was originally a blitzkrieg, breaking through Gaoyang, and then inserting directly into Chen County after a brief rest. In Hu Hai's memory, the historical records record that Qin Jia and Chen She's generals were eliminated by Zhang Han's army. It seems that history has undergone tremendous changes.

"Well, since I'm here, I will destroy this force myself. Just treat it as a war supply." Hu Hai's eyes flashed with sharp light. This time he was going to lead several guards and skilled generals to a beheading battle, so that these generals who only know how to charge and take the opportunity to see the power of the beheading battle.

"Summon Su Jiao and other generals to come here quickly. I want to take you to a real beheading battle." Hu Hai said excitedly.
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