Craftsmanship Division——
The moment Emperor Liu Chan stepped into the courtyard, the carpenters were very nervous because they didn't know yet whether the thing they made would satisfy Emperor Liu Chan.
"See Your Majesty!"
Several carpenters saluted Liu Chan, but Liu Chan's eyes were completely attracted by the big thing not far away.
"Is it finished?"
Liu Chan seemed a little excited. He had only seen this thing in a book in his previous life, and he had never made this thing before.
A few days ago, he drew its appearance based on memory, and after some discussions with the carpenters, he asked some carpenters to start making it
"Return to Your Majesty," a craftsman said nonono: "According to Your Majesty's drawings, the production has been completed. Please review it."
"Okay, okay!"
Liu Chan was really excited, and immediately strode towards the big thing.
This object is about eight feet long and three feet wide. It has four wooden wheels at the bottom and a gallows on each side of the rear.
Well——
Just look at this appearance, it’s not much different from what I remember. Look at the three big bows in front.
"Bring me a spear!"
Liu Chan touched the big bow and said excitedly.
This is the three-bow bed crossbow in his memory.
According to records, the three-bow bed crossbow was born in the Northern Song Dynasty. This crossbow is also called the "Eight Ox Crossbow". Its range is about a thousand steps. According to the Song Dynasty, one step is 1.536 meters, so the range of the three-bow bed crossbow is 1536 meters.
If this thing were placed in today's Three Kingdoms.
Isn’t it the number one killer weapon in the Three Kingdoms?
From that day onwards, Qiao Zhou reported that people in the streets of Chengdu were discussing that Prime Minister Zhuge Liang wanted to occupy Guanzhong and become independent, but Liu Chan saw through it and thought it was a plan to alienate Cao and Wei.
Cao Wei's sudden plan to alienate people, I believe that boy Cao Rui will soon send troops to Guanzhong again.
As the saying goes, the war between Han and Wei is inevitable. Compared with when he first came to the Three Kingdoms, Liu Chan was much more calm at this time.
At present, the Han Dynasty has occupied Guanzhong. Although Cao Wei is strong, the Han Dynasty now has the blessing of dangerous passes such as Tongguan, Wuguan, and Pubanjin.
And——
The current Liu Chan is no longer the original Liu Chan.
He has a brain that is 1,800 years in the future. Although he is not a genius, at least he is not a fool.
Now because of the Battle of Guanzhong, the trend of history has changed. He cannot understand the pace of his opponent based on history, but he has more than 1,800 years of knowledge than people of this era.
War——
In addition to good soldiers and generals, weapons and equipment can also influence the direction of the battle.
When it comes to arranging troops, Liu Chan knows that he is a layman, so he has to rely on his great father-in-law, Zhuge Kongming.
Although he can't fight, he can assist Prime Minister Zhuge.
For example, make some advanced weapons for the Prime Minister.
When Liu Chan thought of making some advanced weapons for the Prime Minister, the first thing Liu Chan thought of was naturally gunpowder. If gunpowder could be developed, it would be just a matter of time before Wei and Wu could join forces and not be the rival of the Han Dynasty to unify the Three Kingdoms.
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The reason is simple.
With gunpowder, although we cannot make machine guns and cannons that will be used more than a thousand years ago, we can always make a batch of soil bombs.
If there were soil bombs and they could be thrown into the enemy's charging formation, the lethality would be unimaginable.
Just——
Although Liu Chan knew some materials and methods for preparing explosives, it was just a short while ago. It still took time to develop this thing, such as the collection of these materials.
But Cao Wei will not give him this time to wait for him to develop such a killing weapon.
The bomb can be put aside for the time being, but Liu Chan still has many other weapons that can help the war, such as the three-bow bed crossbow.
"Your Majesty! Spear!"
When a guard handed a spear into Liu Chan's hand, Liu Chan's heart couldn't help but beat loudly.
"Let's start!" Liu Chan calmed down a little and then ordered.
"No!"
Several carpenters retreated to one side, and six imperial guards came over. As soon as they came up, they wanted to pull the finger-thick bow string with their hands, but with just two imperial guards, it was very difficult to pull.
"Idiot!"
Liu Chan complained silently, threw the spear to a soldier, walked behind the crossbow in person, pointed to the scaffolding on both sides, and said: "Try this."
A few soldiers quickly ran over and turned the scaffolding on both sides.
Crunch!
Crunch!
As the scaffolding slowly moves, the bow string is slowly pulled apart, which is much easier than pulling the bow string with bare hands before.
After the bow string was fully drawn and fixed, Liu Chan placed a spear on it.
The courtyard of this craftsman's office is not too small. It is a rectangular courtyard, about a thousand steps long from east to west, and about six or seven hundred steps wide from north to south. Liu Chan had never asked what it was for before. Anyway, when he knew about this courtyard
, you know that this place has been abandoned for a long time, and later it was mainly used for stacking debris.
After being reactivated by Liu Chan, the courtyard has been renovated by him.
To the north is a row of wooden structures, to the south is a wall, and outside the wall is the moat of the palace. The moat is about thirty or forty paces wide, and behind the moat is naturally the thick palace wall.
For the first test, Liu Chan did not choose to move outdoors, but chose to conduct the test in the yard of the craftsmanship company. When developing concrete before, he piled cement bricks near the south wall about three feet long and more than ten feet high.
, a concrete brick wall five feet thick.
The bed crossbow stood in the middle of the small courtyard, and his shooting target was the concrete brick wall.
The distance between the two is almost three to four hundred steps.
Everything is ready.
"Get ready!"
When Liu Chan was ready to start, two imperial guards held the scaffolding behind the crossbow. Liu Chan was behind them, passing through the center of the rotating shaft in the middle of the scaffolding, and then forward to the tip of the spear. The center point of the last straight line was the three
A concrete brick wall more than a hundred steps away.
Aiming in the shooting direction, Liu Chan took a deep breath, while the several imperial guards concentrated on waiting for His Majesty the Emperor's order.
In particular, there is a soldier standing in the middle of the bed, holding a hammer in his hand. He will be the last part of today's test.
"Launch!"
Liu Chan suddenly shouted loudly, and the soldier holding the hammer responded. After taking a deep breath, he waved the hammer high.
Bang——
After a crisp bang, a whooshing sound was heard, and the spear immediately separated from the bowstring, as if to tear the air, and flew straight towards the concrete brick wall.
Bang——
A muffled sound.
Everyone was stunned, including the Han Emperor Liu Chan.
The air seemed to freeze.
There were originally seven or eight imperial guards standing at the scene, as well as six or seven carpenters working as craftsmen, as well as two eunuchs and two palace maids who followed Liu Chan.
At this moment, everyone stared at the concrete brick wall in front of them with their eyes wide open.
Bang, bang, bang.
In the quiet environment, only the rapid heartbeats of everyone are left.
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This chapter has been completed!