"Liu Lang! Come here quickly! Come to Taigong!" As the pillar of the third generation of the Cao family, Cao Liulang and Cao Yanlu are very valued by Cao Yijin.
The reason why I use attention instead of favor is because Cao Yijin's attitude towards Cao Yanlu and his attitude towards Cao Yanming are completely different.
For Cao Shishi, Cao Yanming, and Cao Yijin, it is a pure feeling of a grandfather loving his grandson.
But for Cao Liulang and Cao Yanlu, Cao Yijin regarded him as a third-generation pillar who could discuss important matters and was trained according to the standards of future successors.
Although it seems that the former is more favored, the status of the two is very different. If Zhang Zhao is holding Cao Yanlu instead of Cao Yanming, Cao Yijin will never say that Cao Yanming has to sacrifice for the family.
That’s what I said.
"Grandpa! What do you think I brought?" Cao Yanlu first greeted his uncle Cao Yuande and his father Cao Yuanzhong, then walked quickly to Cao Yijin and handed him something that looked like a crossbow. p>
Cao Yijin took it with a puzzled look and observed it carefully. This crossbow was about three feet and two inches long (a little over one meter), which was smaller than the Qianzhang crossbow currently used in the army and the big yellow crossbow passed down from the Han Dynasty.
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The stirrup surface was also made into a strange ring. Cao Yijin weighed it and found that it was at least ten kilograms lighter than the big yellow crossbow.
"It's Zhang Hao's crossbow, but we sent Zhang Erlang twenty warriors to fight, and he just returned this crossbow? Even Shiro Fourteen refused to put it back?"
Cao Yuanzhong glared at Cao Yanlu with a dark face. His brother Cao Yuande was so anxious these days that he couldn't sleep. When his son arrived, instead of bringing Shishiro back, he brought back a crossbow.
"Rokuro has always been smart. There must be a reason why he didn't bring Fourteen back but brought a crossbow!"
Cao Yuande took a deep breath, barely suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and then pretended to be calm and said calmly.
"Uncle, it's not that my nephew doesn't bring Shiro Shiro back, it's that Shiro Shiro refuses to come back. He said he is researching some medicine and it will be successful soon. He will come back in a few days!" Cao Yanlu knew that his uncle
I'm not very big-minded, so I said quickly.
Cao Yuande almost thought that there was something wrong with his ears and he heard wrongly. It turned out to be the 14th Lang who didn't want to come back. Cao Yanlu also had a wry smile on his face.
"Uncle, there is no need to be anxious. The Fourteenth Lang is not in danger with Zhang Erlang. He wanders around the village without anyone caring about him. My nephew observed carefully and it seems that the Fourteenth Lang is indeed studying something with Zhang Erlang.
Medicine."
"Interesting! Interesting! Why didn't I realize that Zhang Erlang was a wonderful person before? Since Fourteenth Lang is not in danger, I feel at ease." Cao Yijin stroked the beard on his chin, and felt more and more that Zhang Erlang was a bit strange.
That makes sense.
"Liu Lang, don't worry about your uncle and father. Tell the Grand Duke, what's the difference between this crossbow?"
"My grandson, please step aside, Grandpa!" Cao Yanlu looked solemn and looked at the attendants and maids on the left and right.
"Everyone, please get off!" Cao Yijin waved his hand to let the servants around him get off, and then stood up from the bed where he was sitting.
After watching all the maids and servants disappear, Cao Yanlu took back this strange crossbow from Cao Yijin, then gently stepped on the stirrup and pulled the fuselage with his hand, and then loaded the crossbow.
"Huh?" Cao Yijin couldn't help but wonder. The crossbows he had used before, whether it was the Qianzhang Crossbow or the Dahuang Crossbow, were difficult to load by one person. To be able to load it by one person, one must be a flying general.
Li Guang, the fierce guy with that chant.
Therefore, when using crossbows in the army, soldiers must often be divided into crossbow Zhang people, crossbow advancing people and crossbow firing people.
That is, one is responsible for pulling the crossbow, one is responsible for loading the crossbow, and the third is responsible for shooting.
In addition, the Qianzhang crossbow and the Dahuang crossbow generally weigh more than ten kilograms or even twenty or thirty kilograms and are difficult to move. They often appear on the battlefield because they are too slow to load, which makes it difficult to respond to the enemy. They can only shoot three or four shots when facing the enemy.
, the dilemma of a close fight.
It can only be fired three to four times in a battle, which is obviously not enough to meet the needs of the war. Therefore, although the penetration and range of the crossbows in the army during the Qin and Han Dynasties were very good and they were loved by soldiers, they were still difficult to become the main firepower output.
Source.
But this crossbow is different. It can be operated by one person. Judging from Cao Yanlu's speed, he can at least achieve a firing rate of four to five rounds for a cup of tea (five minutes). In other words, if he is properly trained in the battle formation, he can at least
After firing more than eight volleys, the combat effectiveness has more than doubled!
"How many stones does this crossbow have?" Understanding the importance, Cao Yijin asked eagerly. In his mind, this crossbow does not need to be as terrifying as the Big Yellow Crossbow's maximum power of ten stones. With such a rate of fire, it can reach two
Stone is considered a magical weapon.
"Zhang Erlang said that this crossbow is not well made and can only make two stones per bucket. If the materials are complete, he can make more than two stones and seven buckets!"
"Enough! Enough! Even two stones and one bucket are enough!" Cao Yijin murmured, "Yuanzhong, go and get two infantry armors quickly!"
The so-called infantry armor is one of the Thirteen Armors of the Tang Dynasty. It is the predecessor of the infantry armor in the Song Dynasty. It has strong defense, strong leather and durability!
Cao Yanlu picked up this thing that Zhang Erlang called the divine arm bow, and aimed at the armor that was attached to a large piece of pork in the distance. Two hundred paces away, there was an arrow that 'swooshed'.
"Come out through the armor!" Cao Yuanzhong immediately rushed to the infantry armor that had just been pierced by the crossbow arrow. Ugh! It is an exaggeration to say that it came out through the armor, but it did penetrate the infantry armor.
"It can be pierced two hundred steps away, it can be broken within a hundred steps, and it will definitely die if it is hit within fifty steps!"
Cao Yijin was obviously much calmer, but his eyes still showed an extremely frightened light.
"Grandpa! This is infantry armor. We don't have many of them ourselves, and Ganzhou Yiyou and Gaochang Uighurs don't even have many. They are the so-called soldiers who wear cowhide armor coated with a layer of iron rings. Within a hundred paces,
Must die!
Not to mention the Suzhou Long family and the Dadan people who have betrayed and attached themselves to Xianyou. They don't even have leather armor. Although they have many light horses coming and going like the wind, as long as we use these crossbows to form a formation, ten times the enemy will not dare to come.
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Of course Cao Yanlu knew the wonders of this crossbow. It was lightweight, had a high rate of fire, and had good armor-piercing capabilities, making it suitable for single-soldier operation.
As long as there are five hundred of these crossbows, combined with one or two hundred longbowmen and large shields and spears to form a large crossbow array, a Xiazhe Chongfu (800 people) can form a combat force. If it is matched with two to three hundred Yue
Riding is enough to be invincible!
"Yuanzhong, go and warn the servants in the mansion immediately. Anyone who dares to discuss this matter will do so according to family law!"
Cao Yijin patted Cao Yanlu's shoulder approvingly. Of course, such a magical weapon can only be displayed after the screen has been retreated.
"Does this crossbow have a name?"
"Zhang Erlang said that this crossbow is called the Divine Arm Bow! But..." Cao Yanlu touched his chin.
"My grandson felt that when Zhang Erlang said the three words "God's Arm Bow", his expression was very weird, as if he didn't know whether he should call it "God's Arm Bow".
Of course Zhang Zhao didn't know, because the divine arm bow was very controversial in later generations, and what he made was restored by himself and a group of crossbow enthusiasts in later generations.
The data is no worse than that in "Song Hui Yao Collection", and the appearance is similar, but if it is not really a divine arm bow in history, only God knows.
"No! No! Something's wrong!" Cao Yijin suddenly felt something was wrong. He turned around twice and said to himself naturally.
"Why did Zhang Erlang take the initiative to let you bring back such a divine arm bow, which is regarded as an important weapon of the country?
If I were Zhang Erlang, if I had such a good thing, I would never take it out until I had considerable strength!
This Guiyi Army is his family's ancestral property. He really doesn't want to take it back? Is it impossible?"
After Cao Yijin said this, Cao Yanlu also felt that something was wrong.
Yes!
How could he give such a good thing to himself? You must know that although we are all relatives in many places, it was actually the Cao family that took away the Zhang family's business, and the two families have enmity!
"It can't be... uh... Shiro Fourteen... I can't guess! I really can't guess!" Cao Yuande felt something keenly, but he also instinctively felt that his son was far inferior to this divine arm bow.
Valuable.
"Liu Lang, you have to go to Zhang Erlang's place again and tell Cao Yijin that you want to meet him!"
Cao Yijin thought for a long time and said, "Hearing is false, seeing is believing. He wants to meet Zhang Erlang in person.
