The one placed in front of A Dou was a large crossbow. The size of the crossbow was much larger than that of an ordinary crossbow. It can be expected that the weight would be much larger than that of an ordinary crossbow, and the range would be much longer than that of an ordinary crossbow.

Next to the large crossbow, there is a rectangular arrow box, and there are ten crossbow arrows neatly placed inside the arrow box. The arrows are all the same size, all of which are eight inches long.

Eight inches are much shorter than ordinary arrows. However, according to rumors, the arrow shot by Zhuge Crossbow is a relatively short arrow. At this time, Adou had already determined that this is the legendary Zhuge Crossbow.

"Prime Minister, is this a crossbow that can be fired ten times in a row?" A Dou asked.

Zhuge Liang nodded and said in a little surprise: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is indeed well-versed in history. This crossbow can indeed be fired ten arrows in a row. I named him Yuanrong Crossbow."

Yuanrong means the master. The Book of Songs says: The ten vehicles of Yuanrong are used to start the movement first.

In China, crossbows were equipped in regular troops very early and used in wars. The first time in the record shows that the battle of crossbows was the battle between Maling of Qi and Wei during the results period, which was the battle between Sun Bin defeated the general of Wei Pang Juan.

During the Warring States Period, the seven countries were equipped with crossbows. In the Central Plains, South Korea was a country that made famous crossbows. The so-called strong bows and strong crossbows all came from Han. Qi and Wei also equipped a large number of crossbows as a powerful weapon. Later, since Shang Yang's reforms became stronger, the Qin Dynasty also equipped a large number of powerful crossbows. Every time they conquer cities and lands or fight with people, they had strong crossbows in front of the turf and turfs behind them. Moreover, the Qin people were good at using giant crossbows, and some crossbows, and the bronze beads in front of the arrows weighed as two taels.

The Han Dynasty was the heyday of the development of bows and crossbows. Especially during the reign of Emperor Wu, the army was equipped with strong crossbows. There were many types of crossbows in the Han Dynasty, but they all had one characteristic, that is, they required a lot of strength to pull. The general bow three stones is a strong bow, while the crossbow can reach the strength of ten stones, such as the "Rhuhuang Power Ten Stone Crossbow" in the Han Dynasty. Moreover, the Han crossbow has a long range and strong lethality. Generally, it can penetrate the Yang with hundreds of steps, and it can be considered a magic arrow. If it shoots a flat shot of more than two hundred steps, the range of the bow and arrow cannot reach. The Han crossbow in the Han Dynasty can have a flat shot range of more than 600 meters, which is not much worse than the current heat weapon. Moreover, the Han crossbow has a scale in Shanghai, which is convenient for aiming.

As for the continuous crossbows, they had appeared during the Warring States Period, but the technology of the continuous crossbow has not developed much. Some continuous crossbows can fire two or three arrows at most. The more famous one is the Han Dahuang Ginseng Crossbow used by the flying general Li Guang at that time, but it cannot reach the level of firing ten arrows in a row.

"Yuanrong Crossbow?" A Dou held the crossbow in his hand and murmured. This Yuanrong Crossbow was another name for Zhuge Lianhe Crossbow.

"Prime Minister, if you have such a powerful weapon, why don't you take it out earlier?" Although Adou said this, there was no sign of blame in his tone.

"Your Highness, this Yuanrong crossbow is quite difficult to make, and it has many disadvantages. Take this arrow as an example. The arrow used by the Yuanrong crossbow must be eight inches long, no matter whether it is a minute long or a minute short, it cannot be used. Moreover, this crossbow can fire ten arrows in a row. Although the power is huge, it consumes a lot of arrows." Zhuge Liang said, picked up the arrow box, and then said: "This arrow box, Zhongke, can shoot ten arrows, but these ten arrows can be shot in just a moment. During the battle, even if one person carries a hundred arrows, it can only be used for a while."

Adou nodded. Zhuge Liang meant that the arrows of the Zhuge crossbow need to be specially made. These eight-inch arrows are much shorter than those found in general. They are not specially made arrows, and Zhuge crossbows cannot be used. However, this kind of Zhuge crossbow consumes a lot of arrows, and if there are fewer arrows, it will not be able to form combat power. The use of the Zhuge crossbow is actually a test of logistics supply.

Although the arrows are relatively short, the range of Zhuge Crossbow is not short, much further than that of the Xianbei and Xiongnu bows and arrows. Moreover, the crossbow fires extremely fast and can quickly shoot ten arrows. These arrows are still extremely lethal to the light cavalry of the Hu people.

"Prime Minister, how many crossbows and arrows are there now?" A Dou asked. The number of crossbows and arrows is a question that A Dou is more concerned about.

"During this period, I have built five thousand yuan crossbows in Hanzhong. As for arrows... there are only 500,000." Zhuge Liang replied.

The number of 500,000 arrows sounds not small, but it is consumed very quickly when it is consumed. When Zhuge Liang borrowed arrows from a straw boat, Cao's army shot out tens of thousands of arrows overnight. The Zhuge crossbow's speed was much faster than that of ordinary archers. The average of 500,000 Zhuge crossbows was 500,000 Zhuge crossbows, and a crossbow only had one hundred arrows. In the real battle, 500,000 arrows could not withstand much consumption.

"It seems we're going to build more arrows." A Dou sighed softly.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, I have ordered Ma Liang to go and build one million arrows." Zhuge Liang replied.

During the Battle of Red Cliff, Zhou Yu made things difficult for Zhuge Liang and ordered Zhuge Liang to build 100,000 arrows within ten days. This was a completely impossible task. One million arrows were not sure when they were to be built. Now Liu Bei is surrounded by Chang'an, and the people of Yongzhou are in dire straits. The issue of sending troops is imminent. The Shu army must have no time to wait for Ma Liang to build these million arrows.

"Oh, the distance cannot quench the near thirst..." A Dou shook his head helplessly, and A Dou looked up at Zhuge Liang and suddenly realized that Zhuge Liang was still so confident.

Zhuge Liang must have a second move! He is indeed a guy with unlimited trump cards.

"Prime Minister, are there any good things you haven't taken out?" A Dou asked.

"Hahaha, the one who knows me is the prince!" Zhuge Liang smiled, waved his hand, and said to the person next to him: "Come on."

After a while, three eunuchs walked up with a spear. The gun was indeed called the spear. From beginning to end, the head of the gun was two or five feet long, and the body of the gun was made of bamboo. The iron spear head was shining with cold light.

"What a long gun! Just such a long gun..."

"Your Highness, the gun was specially made by me to deal with the Hu cavalry. This gun can be placed in the military formation to stop the cavalry's charge. The bamboo is elastic and the gun can reach two or five feet. If wood is used as the body of the gun, it can only create a gun body of two feet." Zhuge Liang replied.

"What is this gun's name?"

"If you don't have a name, please give your prince a name."

"This is made by the Prime Minister, so it's called Zhuge Gun." As Adou said, he suddenly remembered the vine armor he had brought from the Nanman, so he spoke, "Prime Minister, I have a good thing here too. Come and get a vine armor."

Zhang Yi walked over with a pair of vine armor. Adou pointed and said, "Prime Minister, when I was conquering the Southern Barbarians, I met a Ugo man, and their soldiers were all wearing vine armor."

"Vine armor? Is this the same thing?" Zhuge Liang took the vine armor and suddenly found that the greasy layer on it occupied Zhuge Liang's hand.

"Your Highness the Prince, this armor seems to be from the mountain vines. It is greasy and soaked in oil. It is not heavy in weight. But what is the use of the armor made of this vine?"

"Military advisor, try slashing with your sword."

Zhuge Liang is not a person with no power. Although Zhuge Liang is far inferior to those martial artists in the future, there is no problem with dancing a sword.

Zhuge Liang took a sword from Zhang Yi next to him and stabbed him at the vine armor. Now Zhuge Liang is only forty years old, and when he is strong, there is no problem in stabbing this sword and penetrate the ordinary leather armor. However, when Zhuge Liang stabbed the vine armor, he could not stab it in any way.

Zhuge Liang usually plays with things like mechanics, but he has never seen a pair of armor made of rattan that can be invulnerable to swords and guns. Zhuge Liang didn't care about the greasyness on the rattan armor at this time, so he picked up the rattan armor with both hands and looked at it carefully.

"Prime Minister, this is a pity made by the Chinese people of Wugo. It is said that they soak the rattan with oil for half a year, take it out and dry it and soak it for half a year. It can only be made of armor if it is dozens of times."

"Does it take? Then wouldn't it take more than ten or twenty years to make this pair of vine armor?" Zhuge Liang was shocked. In Zhuge Liang's opinion, it didn't take much time to build a well-dressed iron armor. It took more than ten or twenty years to cast a pair of armor.

Zhuge Liang gently touched the surface of the vine armor, and then shook his head slightly: "Although this armor is good, it is very light to wear and is invulnerable to swords and guns, but he is afraid of fire attack. Wouldn't the vine armor soaked in oil be just a little bit?"

"The Prime Minister said it right. This vine armor is indeed very afraid of fire. However, this vine armor can block arrows. If our soldiers wear this vine armor, the arrows of the Huns and Xianbei people will not be afraid."

Because the bilateral stirrup and high bridge saddle have not yet been popularized, the main tactic of the Xiongnu and Xianbei light cavalry is to use the power of the ranger to use arrows to disrupt the infantry formation of the Han people. These arrows are also the most troublesome thing for infantry soldiers.

In dealing with cavalry, infantry formations are generally placed in a dense manner. After a round of bows and arrows are shot, the Hu cavalry can cause certain casualties to the infantry formation no matter what. If there is this vine armor, the Hu cavalry will not cause harm to the Han army. Without the threat of arrows, the Hu cavalry will be much less powerful. If the cooperation of Zhuge crossbow and Zhuge Gun, relying on the Hu cavalry to force the infantry formation wearing vine armor, it is no different from seeking death.

Zhuge Liang's vision naturally understood the meaning of this vine armor. As long as there is no fire attack, vine armor will be an invincible existence. The Yongzhou Plain is many narrow places suitable for fire attack, and vine armor soldiers do not need too much concern, and their practicality is much stronger than in the south.

"Your Highness, how many such vine armor are there in total?" What Zhuge Liang is most worried about now is that the number of vine armor is too small, and the manufacturing cycle is long, so he cannot equip the army to form combat effectiveness.

Adou stretched out three fingers: "There are 30,000 pairs in total."
Chapter completed!