Looking at the hurried backs of the guards, Zhuge Liang waited nervously.
Wait for the guard and report to him.
"How many steps?"
The guard just ran to the position where the arrow landed, and before he could report back, Zhuge Qiao hurriedly asked.
"Five hundred and ninety-three steps."
The guard shouted at the top of his lungs.
This made Zhuge Liang immediately overjoyed.
Five hundred and ninety-three steps.
Although it still failed to reach the 680 steps of a single shot, thirty feather arrows were fired at one time, and it was able to shoot nearly 600 steps. This range is also very terrifying.
If on the battlefield, the Han army deployed thirty or fifty three-bow crossbows to fire a volley, this one would have thirty feather arrows, and the thirty volleys would have nine hundred feather arrows, and they could shoot up to 500 steps.
On other battlefields, if there were fifty volleys of fire, wouldn't this amount to more than a thousand feathered arrows at one time?
Zhuge Liang was very satisfied.
"Qiaoer!" Zhuge Liang immediately ordered Zhuge Qiao: "Now you can mass-produce. I will give you one year to make fifty new three-bow crossbows and one hundred thousand feather arrows for me."<
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"No!"
Zhuge Qiao naturally accepted the order happily. He had been responsible for manufacturing the three-bow bed crossbow before. Although the three-bow bed crossbow has been modified now, it is only based on the original one with some slight adjustments.
As for one hundred thousand feathered arrows, Zhuge Qiao thinks it is the simplest.
Arranging two hundred people for production, he can make 100,000 feather arrows in three months.
The one that takes more time is probably the three-bow bed crossbow.
Previously, it took six carpenters six to seven days to build a three-bow bed crossbow designed by Emperor Liu Chan. Now that it has been upgraded, it will take ten carpenters even five or six days to build one.
But none of this matters.
The important thing is that he will supervise the construction of this big man's killing weapon.
The design of the three-bow bed crossbow has been kept in absolute secrecy, and the manufacturing workshop is extremely secretive. No one in the entire Han Dynasty knew about it except Emperor Liu Chan, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, and Zhuge Qiao who was responsible for supervising its construction.
As for the manufacturing craftsmen, there are more than 300 carpenters and more than 200 auxiliary workers.
These five hundred people, including family members, are all managed centrally.
Their food, clothing, housing and transportation are all borne by the imperial court.
As for leaking secrets, Zhuge Liang once issued strict orders. Anyone who dares to leak manufacturing secrets will be punished as treason.
When the improvement of the three-bow bed crossbow was completed, it was already the ninth year of Jianxing of the Han Dynasty, October 16, 231 AD. At this time, the martial arts examinations in each county were coming to an end.
Wudu County——
"This Wudu County competition has entered the final round;" the examiner is the Wudu County Sheriff. He said to everyone with a smile: "The ten people who have entered the final round will be divided into three groups. The first group
Four people, the second group and the third group each have three people."
After hearing this, the people below suddenly felt that this seemed unfair.
But the county guard didn't care about this at all. He continued: "Each group will have a wheel battle, that is, the first one to appear until the last person is beaten. The person who wins in the end will be among the top three and will directly participate in the three rounds.
The Beijing Examination will be held in Chang'an a month later."
Below the ring, ten people are standing.
Emperor Liu Chan called Wen Dan.
He is among these ten people.
They were all a little excited.
They are just one step away from entering Chang'an.
According to the rules, those who enter Chang'an will have the opportunity to meet the emperor and be canonized by the emperor.
But they didn't know that the emperor they wanted to see was among them.
"The four people in the first group are..." the county guard announced: "Li Zhen, Meng Hua, Xu Chong, Wen Dan." Liu Chan was overjoyed when he heard his name.
Because among the ten people who entered the third round, the remaining three in his group, which he had observed before, were not considered the strongest among the ten people in comparison. Maybe Xu Chong and him were still better.
Fight.
However, according to the order, he is fourth, which means that Li Zhen will play against Meng Hua first, and the winner will continue to play Xu Chong. If he wins, he can play against Wen Dan, who is fourth.
"There's a show!"
Although there are four people in this group, Liu Chan feels that he only needs to defeat one person to advance to the top three. Compared with Li Zhen, his chances of winning are much greater.
"The second group, Ma Wu, He Li, Jushan."
"The third group, Chen Xin, Liu Fang, Jin Ze."
When he heard that there were two remaining groups, Liu Chan was even more grateful. Although there were only three people in these two groups, their strength was not low.
For example, the guy named Ma Wu in the second group may have thin skin and tender flesh, but his nine-section steel whip caused his opponents to eat a lot in the first two rounds of the competition.
Bitterness.
Then there is the third group, and the strongest person in the third group is Chen Xin.
Chen Xin is also the most famous among these ten people, because he is the second son of Chen Dao, the general of the Han Dynasty who conquered the west. He is nineteen years old this year and is extremely brave.
Originally, he did not need to participate in the martial arts competition. He could also directly enlist in the army and become a warrior through his father Chen Dao.
But when he learned that the imperial court was going to hold a martial arts examination, he ran to Wudu County to take the examination. He wanted to pass the martial arts examination and gain recognition from the imperial court through his own efforts.
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"The first competition begins."
As the county guard shouted, the third round of the Wudu County martial arts competition officially began.
The first person to appear was Li Zhen, and the person who challenged him was Meng Hua.
The first match didn't last long. In just a dozen rounds, Meng Hua knocked Li Zhen off the ring. Meng Hua suddenly roared with joy: "Brother Xu, it's your turn!"
Meng Hua and Xu Chong were originally from the same hometown. They came to participate in this martial arts competition together. However, unfortunately, they were assigned to a group when they entered the top three. If one of them finally entered the top three,
That means that the other person will have no choice but to stop there.
"Brother Xian has already fought a battle," Xu Chong came to the ring and said loudly: "For my brother, I will give you three moves first."
Meng Hua was immediately unhappy when he heard this and said angrily: "Brother, why did you bully me? If my brother gave me three moves so that I could win, then I, Meng Hua, would not be qualified to be in the top three."
"Okay!" When Xu Chong heard this, he immediately swung his swords and said, "Come on!"
In an instant, Meng Hua ignored him and swung a huge ax towards Xu Chong. Xu Chong originally planned to let Meng Hua use three moves. After all, they were fellow villagers and he didn't want to be suspected of taking advantage of others. But just now Meng Hua
Hua was offended when he learned that he had to give up three moves first.
Bang——
With a crisp sound, Meng Hua's ax struck Xu Chong, but Xu Chong's reaction was also very fast. He was good at using double swords, and his martial arts skills were superior to Meng Hua's.
So when Meng Hua's ax just came close, he raised his two swords to block it.
The first blow was blocked. After Meng Hua dodged, he followed up with a slash. The ax made a sound of breaking through the air. Its speed was also very fast. If Xu Chong had been a little slower to react, he would have been split into two by the ax.
Section.
"Ha!"
After blocking Meng Hua's three axes in a row, Xu Chong didn't want to get too entangled. He saw his two swords changing left and right in front of his chest, and his body rushed forward quickly.
"Xu Chongsheng!"
Xu Chong's sword skills were very fast, and Meng Hua was defeated by Xu Chong in just one round.
Liu Chan had seen Xu Chong's sword skills before, and when he met Meng Hua, who was known for his strength, he defeated him in just one round.
Hiss——
Liu Chan couldn't help but shudder before he even came on stage.
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This chapter has been completed!