Song Beiyun

"Well." Song Beiyun roughly measured the depth, and the penetration reached 33 centimeters. Although the wood is very soft, it can be said that the cold weapon can reach such a depth. Into the rattan armor situation.

"Come on, take Buren A!"

Song Beiyun ordered someone to fetch the infantry armor, then tied the infantry armor to a tree, and then shot at it according to the normal infantry range.

Within 50 meters, although it is difficult for a bow and arrow to completely penetrate the infantry armor, the powerful force will still be transmitted to the back through the layers of metal scales, and there will still be a hole about two or three centimeters in the wood behind.

This test changed the expressions of the generals. They are all leaders in battle. How can they not know what such a powerful weapon represents.

Even a person wearing infantry armor will still receive considerable damage, and even if the opponent is a cavalry, he will already fall off his horse at this moment. A cavalry without a horse is not as good as an infantry.

Seeing this, all the generals wanted to try shooting, Song Beiyun was quite generous, so he let them shoot over one by one.

When they all agreed, Song Beiyun laughed and brought up the composite crossbow with more complicated craftsmanship and stronger structure.

This composite crossbow is larger than the existing hand crossbow, and the string is harder. If you don’t use the mechanism to drive it, it is impossible to control it manually, but it is not too strenuous to use the handle to wind it. It can be wound up in half.

"This crossbow is a bit..." The general who was testing accidentally touched the trigger while speaking, only to hear a crisp sound and go through the air, and then the infantry armor not far in front made a muffled sound.

Everyone hurriedly stepped forward to check, but they saw that the armor of that step had been penetrated by the crossbow arrows, leaving only a tail outside.

Compared with bows and arrows, the length of crossbow arrows is usually only one and a half inches, which is relatively much shorter, but it can still penetrate about an inch after penetrating infantry armor, which is simply amazing.

Several ministries hurriedly removed the infantry armor and pulled out the crossbow with great difficulty, but found that the front end of the crossbow was deformed and could not be used again. It can be seen that the power of that strike just now is great.

"Yun Shuai...this is too powerful."

Song Beiyun laughed: "If it is all made of fine steel, it will probably be hundreds of feet long."

"One hundred zhang... I'm afraid it's more than two hundred zhang." A general who was proficient in archery researched and shot another crossbow and sighed in admiration: "If the two armies have this in front of the formation, there will be no cavalry in the world."

"Don't be too confident, cavalry rely on agility." Song Beiyun shook his head and said, "It's a bit of a fate to rely on this to fight cavalry, the accuracy is still not high enough, and its power is great, and its penetration depth is great, so it can directly shoot through people. I won’t be able to die for a while, but I can still cut off your dog’s head with a knife in front of your eyes in a blink of an eye.”

Song Beiyun turned his head to look at Hengyang City a thousand meters away, and pondered for a while: "You guys try to shoot the defenders on the city?"

This proposal was a bit cruel, but it was unanimously agreed by everyone. They came outside the camp with great interest, and shot at the person who was only a sesame seed on the city wall from a distance of 1000 meters.

This thing is just a random thing, they shot one by one, but they missed repeatedly, and finally got an arrow with great difficulty, only to see the rebels on the city wall fell down the city wall with a crooked body.

This group of people laughed loudly when they saw this scene, but the defenders panicked. They didn't know what happened. They just heard a scream and then a person fell down the city wall. Many people came to check .And seeing this, it invisibly increased the hit rate of Song Beiyun's side. After a while, another person was hit by an arrow, and fell down the city wall with a hasty scream, and there was no sound in an instant.

This time, the group of people had more fun. They carefully adjusted their descent and felt the wind speed. After all, they were people who were marching and fighting. They got used to these things very quickly. After a while, their hit rate became higher and higher. Although the hit rate is still only one-thirtieth, but the arrow is worthless if you can't stand it, everyone plays a few rounds with each other, and some people can shoot two in a row when they feel the touch.

Later, this group of assassins even started a handicap, attracting a group of resting soldiers to watch and place bets, so happy.

But the defenders of Hengyang City are not so happy, they don't even know what happened, they just know that the defenders of the city are hit by arrows again and again, the strength of those arrows doesn't seem to be great, but it is unbearable to eat one shot Yes, even in the current situation of lack of medical treatment and medicine, it is almost a narrow escape.

"Quickly tell the commander-in-chief that someone is sniping in the city!"

Chapter 299: On March 3 of the second year, the sunny battle cried many new ghosts

Fu Huaigu was worried, he heard that someone in the city was sniping, is this okay?The most feared thing in the besieged city is not the lack of clothing and food, but the low morale and mutiny of the camp.

There are four factors for this low morale, one is long-term poverty, one is plague, one is killing people for food, and the other is changes in the city.

If someone in this city shoots sniper arrows and hasn't been caught, it will be fatal. All the officers and soldiers are in danger, for fear that someone will come and hit them behind them, and they will not be able to sleep at night or eat well.As time goes by, there is still morale in the team?

So this Fu Huaigu immediately went to the city wall to investigate. He observed carefully and asked the wounded soldiers, but he always felt that something was wrong, because no matter what, there was no shooting angle in the city. From experience, this cold arrow was definitely not shot from within the city.

But if it is shot from outside the city?

It is still the point of many years of experience. Seeing the enemy camp in the distance, the distance is three to five hundred feet away. This is the soldier who is not so capable of shooting to the top of the city at that place.

There is no shelter under the city wall ahead, so where did the crossbow come from?

Fu Huaigu was standing on the city wall watching, and suddenly he heard a whoosh, and then he felt a sharp pain, and when he looked down, he found a solid crossbow bolt stuck in his arm...

so fucking hurt...

But as the coach, he endured the pain even if he broke out in a cold sweat. He quickly stepped back and left the tower surrounded by soldiers.

"Raise the shield! Raise the shield!"

With the furious roar when he left, the soldiers on the city wall quickly raised their shields, and Song Beiyun, who saw this scene, turned his head and spread his hands helplessly to the soldiers below who were opening the market: "Oh, there is nothing to play. .”

"Ugh……"

The soldiers who lost money were downcast, but the soldiers who won money were elated.But what made them even more happy was that Yun Shuai's crossbow was too strong, right?

That is three to five hundred zhang away, this arrow can still have the power to injure the enemy, if it is within a hundred zhang, why not point to where to hit?

This thing is baby... super baby.

"By the way, this thing has to be kept secret. If you don't keep it secret, just wait until the day your chest is shot through by this thing."

It wasn't Song Beiyun's intention to scare them. Although this compound crossbow was advanced, it wasn't impossible to imitate it. As long as there was a master with a little bit of ability, he could figure out its principle.

The above materials are all replaceable, even if it is not as good as Song Beiyun's, but if it is made out, it will still be powerful enough.

These soldiers are not stupid, so they naturally know this truth. After all, if this thing gets lost, they will be the first to die.

After verifying the power of the new equipment, Song Beiyun was quite happy. This thing can be installed on a large scale, especially the composite crossbow. Then it will be further modified and strengthened, mainly to complete the loading speed and replacement. If the parts are improved, then the pawns will be able to play the effect of the First World War positional battle, and then they will be equipped with cannons...

perfect!

However, correspondingly, the musket system still needs to be developed. After all, the crossbow bolt is a crossbow bolt. If it dies, it touches the ass of a hot weapon. If it wants to compete with a real hot weapon, it is not even worthy of lifting shoes.

But even so, even a little bit of improvement and innovation is no less than a super earthquake in this era of slow technological progress.For example, from no stirrups to stirrups, from no steel to steel.

At this moment, on the other side, Hengyang guard Fu Huaigu was lying in the room, a doctor was carefully cutting open the flesh and taking out the crossbow arrows. During this process, Fu Huaigu was biting the towel, his face was pale and he was sweating profusely.

The severe pain left him in a semi-confused state, but the crossbow embedded in the flesh mercilessly bit his flesh and blood.

"Master, you have to hold back."

After the doctor finished speaking, he pulled out the crossbow arrow that was still clinging to the flesh. Fu Huaigu let out a wailing from his throat.

"Langzhong, how is the handsome?"

When he walked out of the room, the soldiers under Fu Huaigu asked nervously, but the doctor just sighed and said: "Nowadays there are few medicines in the city, whether we can survive the catastrophe depends on the commander himself."

"Hey! Damn Song dog!" The ginseng cursed angrily: "If it wasn't for the attack of Song soldiers, how could such a thing happen!"

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and when he thought about the fact that the commander had dealt with the sniper at the top of the city before, he went out full of anger and scolded the commander in charge of security in the city on the spot. I was so excited that I said a lot of ugly things.

The commander felt aggrieved but he didn't want to say anything, but he didn't expect that Fu Huaigu's confidant's temper would get worse and worse, so he slapped the commander when he went up, and said in dialect: "If there is another time, we will definitely I want you to move your head!"

The commander didn't dare to say much, and could only silently wait for the other party to vent his temper before retreating silently.But when the general thought of Fu Huaigu's injury, his heart boiled with uneasiness, and he walked out with the knife in his hand.

After he went out, he successively killed several patrol officers, and whipped the deputy general who was on duty twenty times.After cursing a lot of trash, he returned to Fu Huaigu's side and waited.

At this time, Fu Huaigu had already started to have a fever. He closed his eyes tightly, his forehead and face were covered with sweat, and his body became crimson because of the heat. The servants around him kept wiping his body, but it seemed that there was nothing too serious. many effects.

As it was getting dark, Fu Huaigu began to talk nonsense, he would wave his still arm from time to time, as if he wanted to catch something, but finally let it go softly.

Seeing that the old general who galloped on the battlefield in the past has now turned into this appearance, the general, as a confidant, fell into unreasonable anger.

He walked back and forth in front of the hall, and whenever the doctor came out of the hall, he would ask the doctor how he was doing.

But...the situation is really bad. If Fu Huaigu's high fever has not subsided before dawn, his life will be in jeopardy, and the herbal medicine in the city is already insufficient...

"No, I will lead people to rush out!" The ginseng said angrily: "We must fight a bloody way, at least to save the commander's life."

After all, he turned around and went out again.As the lieutenant general, he was the biggest person when Fu Huaigu was not around. He immediately ordered his troops and horses to go out of the city to attack Song Beiyun's army by surprise, so as to fight a bloody path.

"Open the gates!"

"Sorry, General Xue, no one is allowed to leave the city without the commander's order!"

The city gate guard stood there and looked down at him with firm eyes: "Even you are the same, I only believe in the commander-in-chief!"

"Bastard! Open your eyes and see who I am!"

"I see, but even you need a command from the commander in chief, this is an order from the commander in chief!"

The general waved his horsewhip and pointed at the top of the wall: "You bastard! I think you want to vote for that Song army!"

"Hahaha, General Xue, who the hell wants to vote for Song?"

One stood firm at the city gate, and the other went to the doctor in a hurry. The two parties gathered together, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

This general can't say that Fu Huaigu was injured and fell into a coma. The reason is actually the same as Song Beiyun's inability to get sick. Whoever loses the backbone of the two armies before the battle will lose his organization and morale.

So at this moment, even if the ginseng is anxious, he can only keep his mouth shut, but if he delays any longer, he will not be able to break through to get medicine for Fu Huaigu, I'm afraid...

"Do you want to drive or not!"

His tone became irritable, but the man on the tower was also stubborn. After hearing this threatening sentence, he raised his hand: "Put the bow!"

The soldiers who were guarding the city all turned around, aiming their bows and arrows at the soldiers below. At this moment, one of Fu Huaigu's followers ran over and hurriedly shouted: "The commander-in-chief has an order, no infighting!"

After seeing that man, General Shen snorted coldly and turned his horse's head away from the base of the city wall, while the guard on the wall also turned his face coldly.

The general came back to the Marshal's Mansion quickly. When he saw Fu Huaigu, he still had a high fever, but his consciousness was much clearer than before. After seeing the general, Fu Huaigu sighed and said softly: "I knew You will do that, don't be hasty."

"Marshal..." The general's tears flowed down the corner of his eyes: "But your illness..."

"Do your best, know the fate..." Fu Huaigu tremblingly asked someone to help him sit up: "Since God let me be injured by Liu Ya, this is my destiny. If I can't do it, you will be in charge... the handsome seal ..."

"Marshal!" The general was sobbing: "You have to hold on! The final general is willing to fetch medicine for you, even if it is in exchange for your life."

Fu Huaigu shook his head lightly, but before he could speak again, he fainted again, and the ginseng stepped forward and was a little at a loss...

"Doctor!!!"

Calling the doctor, the general grabbed him by the neck: "If you can't save the commander! Next year today will be your death day!"

The doctor is also helpless, but at the time of the siege, he also has no good prescription...

The sky was getting brighter outside, and Fu Huaigu was getting weaker and weaker. The tiredness of these days and the arrow wound yesterday made this sixty-year-old veteran a little bit overwhelmed.

But at this moment, Song Beiyun woke up because the bed was too hard and couldn't sleep. He sat outside and pulled out a few dark taro eggs from the ashes of the stove last night, and went to the door to enjoy the sunrise while eating.

Xiaoyu appeared by his side at some point, Song Beiyun glanced at him and laughed: "Xiaoyu, you are really beautiful if you are a girl."

"This..." Xiaoyu smiled awkwardly: "How about the next life?"

"Hahahaha... good good." Song Beiyun smiled and ate a taro: "By the way, I didn't finish talking to you yesterday. Didn't you ask me why I have wind, cold and heat after being injured? Come on, let me give Tell me what an infection is."

Chapter 300, On March 3, 14, one day of rain indulges, and the troubles of several generations are also

"That's why sore medicine is useless at all, and stronger antibacterial drugs are needed." Song Beiyun took out an arrow from the rucksack of the sentinel next to him: "Before the battle, the arrows were soaked in feces, and this thing needs to be shot. If a person is infected on the day of illness and infected the next day, the probability of being rescued on the battlefield is very small, but he will not die immediately, and he will die after suffering for several days."

Xiaoyu nodded again and again: "This is poison."

Oops... Before there is no microcosmic theory, it is really very difficult to explain poisonous substances, bacteria, and viruses. In this era, most of the poisons are actually not toxins. Because it is very difficult to purify, deadly toxins are very rare and precious. Most poisons rely on bacteria to destroy the opponent's immune system.

The hyperactivity of the immune system after infection is simply the concept of "I admit that I have a gamble, but today you and those things must die together".So in the absence of medical treatment and insufficient protein and calorie supplements, it is self-evident who died.

"Song Beiyun, come here."

There was a sound of witty words in the tent, and Song Beiyun patted Xiaoyu's head: "Go and rest for a while, you don't need to hear me to come out."

"The responsibility lies."

"All right, all right, I know you've done your duty."

Song Beiyun went back to the tent, and saw Miaoyan sitting on his chair fiddling with the compound bow: "We'll get rid of this one."

"Why? I think it's very useful."

"How can I describe this to you." Miao Yan picked up the bow: "The range and power are great, but there is a fatal flaw, that is, the structure is too complicated and there are too many long and short levers, and you see."

Miao Yan tried her best to pull the bow, but she didn't pull it. Instead, she gestured: "A normal bow and arrow is full of strings when it hits the face, but you have to go over the shoulder. Long strokes can indeed bring about labor-saving effects." , but the efficiency and frequency of shooting arrows in this posture are in a mess, which is not advisable. In comparison, the crossbow is much better."

Miao Yan took the compound crossbow in her hand and turned it three and a half times before winding it up. Although it was still very difficult for her, it was much better.

"Didn't you find that the structure of bows and crossbows is about the same level of complexity? But the range, penetration, and initial speed of bows are all a lot worse than crossbows. What's more important is the degree of adaptability. The crossbow's obvious Even better. In this way, the weight of the crossbow can be increased accordingly, forming a high-low combination, which can be used for shooting at both elevation angles and flat angles.”

"Hmm... makes sense." Song Beiyun nodded and said, "Actually, there is no way to pull the steel wire now. If you can pull the steel wire, the crossbow is definitely better than the bow."

"That's for sure, but before mass production, you must formulate standardization. It will definitely not work without modularization. The first thing to solve in this line is modularization."

"Yeah." Song Beiyun touched his chin and nodded, "I just want to go home now... hurry to the Ministry of Industry."

"What's the rush?"

Miao Yan smiled and patted his head: "There will be plenty of time in the future."

While speaking, the wind and cloud outside suddenly changed suddenly, and it began to rain and rumbling thunder, the weather of the waking season was undoubtedly evident at this moment.

"It's raining." Song Beiyun immediately got up and looked at the sky: "It's going to rain harder!"

Two-thirds of the upstream temporary dam has been completed. The water storage capacity of this small dam is relatively average, but if the barrier lake above the head is added, this sudden flood is enough to cause the fall of Hengyang City.