"This is the bed crossbow!" Sun Ce is now in Kuaiji, and he still doesn't know how to face Zhou Yu after Wancheng was defeated! So after the defeat, he returned directly to Kuaiji, where he still had one of his main navy.
"Yes, brother!" Standing next to him was a young man who was equally heroic. He looked very similar to Sun Ce, but he lacked Sun Ce's masculinity. Instead, he had a feminine feeling. If Sun Ce was a sharp sword If it is the sharp edge of the sword, then he is the scabbard of a sharp sword, completely covering the edge without showing it at all.
This person is Sun Quan! Sun Zhongmou, life and death should be like the young man in front of him as Sun Zhongmou said. He is only 18 years old this year. He should be at the age of school. However, this Sun Zhongmou has been the county magistrate for more than two years. Qiantang County is thriving under his governance. The tax alone is more than double that of Wucheng Fuchun in Yuhang, nearby. Moreover, Sun Quan is also very good at employing people. His eldest brother Sun Ce said that the people in Jiangdong will decide between the two Chens and compete with the world. You are not as good as me; , I am not as good as Qing.
When he was the county magistrate in Qiantang, Sun Quan began to develop talents and the children of the major families and noble families. Under his command, he even established a small Jiangdong Group. There are Lu Su, Bu Zhi, Zhuge Jin, Yan Yan, Wu You Lu Meng, Ling Ling, and Ding Feng. The gathering of these talents is the key to Sun Quan's control of Jiangdong in the future.
Sun Quan looked at his elder brother Sun Ce with a bit of confusion. This elder brother is too outstanding. He is already a prince in his twenties, mastering Jiangdong Wuyue. You must know that Sun Ce is not like Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang. He really started from scratch, starting from his father Sun Jian in the hands of Jiangxia Huangzu, then to Yuan Shu, and then to Feng Xian's handed down jade seal to make him break away from Yuan Shu and defeat Wang Lang and Yan Baihu. Liu Yao finally pacified Jiangdong, all of which were done by this elder brother. It can be said that after the death of their father Sun Jian, it was the elder brother Sun Ce who carried the burden of the whole family, and it was the elder brother Sun Ce who gave them such a good living environment.
If Sun Quan is just an incompetent person, then it's nothing, at least with the existence of his eldest brother Sun Ce, there is no problem with Sun Quan's prosperity and wealth all his life, but the problem now is that Sun Quan is also very good, no worse than his elder brother Sun Ce , even many old people in Jiangdong think that Sun Quan should be the one who sits in the big position, because Sun Ce can only conquer the country, but he can't rule the country, and the strength of rewards and punishments is not clear enough. There are many complaints, but Sun Quan is different. He is peaceful, polite to everyone, rewards and punishments are clearly defined, and he does not have the impulsiveness and emotion of Sun Ce in dealing with things. The most important point is that Sun Ce and Sun Quan treat the gentry Sun Ce is a general, and like Lu Bu, he is not interested in those gentlemen who are like lords. If given the opportunity, I believe Sun Ce will strangle these nobles like Lu Bu. It's that semi-tough feeling!
For example, in the Battle of Wancheng, after those gentry children were sent to the city wall, Sun Ce wanted to use the hands of Lu Bujun to get rid of all these gentry children, and then annexed the remaining soldiers and horses. Sun Ce's plan was unsuccessful, and more than half of the dozen or so gentry children survived. They may not have felt anything before, but they will definitely notice it afterwards, because Sun Ce also killed those cronies of the gentry who stayed in the camp. What is this for? , This is killing people! Sun Quan's attitude towards the gentry is much better. Perhaps Sun Quan is more suitable for politics. In the eyes of the gentry, Sun Quan is the kind of person who treats the gentry very friendly. In Qiantang, they realized that Sun Quan never touched anything that belonged to the gentry. Things will even give some low positions of real power to those gentry! Comparing the two, those gentry were naturally moved!
"Big brother, big brother, why do I, Sun Quan, show up after you have you!" Sun Quan sighed in his heart, no matter how good he is, as long as he has this brother, he, Sun Quan, will always be the figure standing behind the back, but he I don't want to! Big brother, Sun Quan shook his head helplessly.
"What's the power! How many steps away can you shoot continuously!" Sun Ce asked several questions in a row. It can't be blamed on Sun Ce, because their Jiangdong Army suffered too much loss in front of this thing, and they were almost killed. The death of the black dragon, and the death of the 30,000 sailors were all caused by this thing in front of them! Now that this sharp weapon is in the hands of Sun Ce, if he doesn't care about it, how can it be possible!
"It's powerful! Brother, come with me!" Sun Quan is worthy of being Sun Quan. After he got the blueprint of the bed crossbow, the bed crossbow he made was different from the one Liu Mang and the others made before, because he was under the bed crossbow. With the wheels installed, the bed crossbow, which was difficult to move at first, can be moved at once. This kind of bed crossbow can not only be installed on the building ships, but also be equipped for those cities. Going up to a few seats will definitely make the enemy drunk. Sun Quan commanded the troops to push the bed crossbow to an open space. There is an archery target hundreds of meters away from the open space. This is what Sun Quan wants to show Sun Ce. .
"One hundred steps!" Sun Quan shouted to the soldiers standing opposite, the soldiers nodded, and quickly started to prepare. They put the arrow target in the space of one hundred steps, behind the target there was a thick plank of straw , and even a scarecrow with a giant shield standing in front of him is still wearing armor.
Everything was arranged, and the soldiers on the opposite side raised their command flags, which meant that they were ready to shoot.
"Let go!" Sun Quan gave an order, and quickly dropped a bowstring from the crossbow on the bed, and a huge arrow shot across the sky like a shooting star and shot towards the shoulder a hundred steps away. , The shooter selected by Sun Quan is a sharpshooter, and he also knows that if he wants to shoot accurately, he must let a professional shooter do it.
"Swoosh!" This is the sound of the air being torn apart. The speed of the giant arrow is very fast, much faster than ordinary bows and arrows, and because of the huge size of the arrow, it feels much heavier.
"Boom!" The giant arrow pierced into the archery target. The first layer in front of the target is a giant shield. This giant shield is a standard weapon, although it is not as powerful as the giant alloy shield in the hands of Liu Mangcheng's military commander. , but it can also resist the bow and arrow of the arrow, only the projectile can hurt people and horses through the gap! This kind of giant shield is used to defend against falling wood and rolling stones during the siege, and its defense strength can be imagined!
But now this giant shield, which can cover 80% of a person's body, has a big hole cut directly from the middle, and the iron skin in front of the giant shield is directly torn open, but the giant arrow is heading towards it at the slightest deceleration. Attacking the arrow target, the second time is the general armor. Since this armor is worn by the general, it is naturally made of iron, but it still cannot block the power of the giant arrow. The iron tip of the crossbow was bent, but the giant arrow still penetrated through it. Behind it was a thick wooden plank. Layer, the outside is also wrapped with iron sheet, but the final result!
The thick wooden plank was torn apart directly from the iron sheet, and the iron and sawdust were flying, and the archery target was also taken away by this impact, and even an unlucky soldier behind him didn't react, and was also strung into pieces by the giant arrow. After eating candied haws, the entire chest was pierced. No matter how hard the bones are, they can be as hard as armor or as hard as iron skin! He died before he could react to such a thing!
The casualty of a soldier did not bring any emotional fluctuations to the two brothers of the Sun family. Even because of the cover-up of this real person, Sun Ce's eyes flashed, "That's it, that's the power! No, no, it's even scarier than that time." !" Sun Ce was under the control of Huang Xu when he was targeted by the bed crossbow. Huang Xu had a natural eagle eye, so Sun Ce could feel that although the accuracy was much higher than the bed crossbow in front of him, the power was not as strong. The giant shield, battle armor, and thick wooden planks in front of me were all shot through. If it was the bed crossbow in front of me at that time, I am afraid that Sun Ce would not be able to resist it. Just like that, the Oolong died, and the Xichu Overlord Spear also cracked. up.
"Two hundred steps, three hundred steps!" Sun Quan did not immediately reply to his brother's words, but asked the soldiers to reset the target from one hundred steps to three hundred steps, four hundred steps! The final result came out, everything within 300 steps could penetrate, and at 350 steps, the back plank could only be pierced halfway through, and at 400 steps, it could break through the thick wood The iron skin of the plate, at 450 steps, directly smashed the front armor, and after 500 steps, the armor was dented.
Sun Quan even experimented with 600 steps and 700 steps. At these times, he could only smash the giant shield. This is enough to smash the giant shield at a distance of 700 steps. It may not be useful on a warship, but if it is used to defend the city, it is absolutely It's easy to use. Just imagine, you can hurt the enemy 700 paces away. When you get close, even people with huge shields are shot into the ground. The level of tragedy is terrifying.
"Forge it quickly!" Sun Ce's only idea now is to ask Jiangdong's craftsmen to go all out to build this bed crossbow. He didn't know before that now that he knows the power of this thing, he might let it go again, and This bed crossbow can also shoot continuously, although it can only shoot five, but it is also a continuous shot, isn't it! Now he finally knew why Jiang Qin and Lu Su lost so badly. With this thing, even if Sun Ce himself commanded it, he could only hate the Yangtze River, but now Zhang Zhao got this weapon!
Four thousand craftsmen, plus twenty thousand gold! Sun Ce felt a little distressed, but when he thought of the power of this thing, his heart became hot again. What about the four thousand craftsmen? Qian Craftsman is only lending to Lu Bu temporarily, just wait! Lu Bu Lu Fengxian, I will spit out everything I swallowed, just use this bed crossbow weapon you gave me!
"By the way! Did Liu Biao also send envoys to Wancheng!" Sun Ce suddenly thought of this, because Jiangdong and Lu Bu's army were fighting like that, and they could still send envoys to talk about getting a bed crossbow. He didn't believe it. Liu Biao on the side will not be moved.
"Yes, big brother!" Sun Quan nodded. Sun Quan is slightly weaker than Sun Ce in the military. From Sun Ce taking over Jiangdong, he has basically never lost to Sun Quan taking over Jiangdong Yujia's personal expedition, or he has basically never won. It can be seen. Kuai Liang, the emissary of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, went to Lujiang one minute earlier than Zhang Zhao, the emissary of Sun Ce, because Gan Ning's navy appeared in Jiangxia's waters and threatened Zhou Yu's navy from time to time. So those Jingzhou soldiers were tempted to see if they could form an alliance with Lu Bu's army and destroy Jiangdong first! Although Lu Bu and Jiang Xia also fought a battle, anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that it was a misunderstanding or an unnecessary war because of Huang Zu's precious son Huang She. Only Huang Zhong as the main general, or Huang Zu himself going to Huangzhou, may be able to explain this misunderstanding. After all, Lu Bu sent envoys, but Huang She directly beheaded Lu Bu's envoys in order to make contributions! This is the reason for the direct war, even if there is a misunderstanding, it must be fought!
At first I thought it was Lu Bu and Sun Ce's alliance, but people in Jingzhou were panicked at that time! Although Liu Biao of Jingzhou did not participate in the 18th princes crusade against Dong Zhuo, nor did he have a direct confrontation with Lu Bu, but from Cao Cao's experience from Liu Bei, he can feel that Lu Bu is a fierce tiger, a tiger that eats people but does not spit out bones. , Jiangdong Little Overlord originally let Jingzhou use defense instead of attack, and now there is an extra tiger. Isn't this a house leak and continuous night rain!
In order to prevent the next two fierce tigers from tearing him apart, Liu Biao of Jingzhou also contacted Zhang Xiu in Wancheng. Zhang Xiu is also a mighty fighter. But the wolf cavalry is not far behind. After all, when Lu Bu was under Dong Zhuo's men, the Bingzhou wolf cavalry and the Xiliang iron cavalry often disliked each other. If Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu hadn't stopped them, they might have started fighting! And before Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan, Bingzhou wolf cavalry and Xiliang cavalry had confronted each other!
Although Zhangxiu in Wancheng is strong, it also belongs to the management of Jingzhou on the surface, but that is also on the surface. In fact, Wancheng is its own school. They just use each other. Jingzhou Liu Biao provides food and grass for Wancheng. A small Wancheng But they can't afford to support more than 10,000 Xiliang cavalry and 30,000 infantry! What Wancheng brought to Liu Biao was to stand in the north of Jingzhou and resist Cao Cao's pressure for Jingzhou Liu Biao!
Now that Lu Bu and Sun Ce have teamed up, it is inevitable that Liu Biao will release his wife and discuss with Zhang Xiu of Wancheng, but in the end, who knows that Lu Bu, who captured Huangzhou and captured Huang She, not only did not go west to Xinye, but directly went east to capture it. In the Lujiang River in Jiangdong, at this juncture, either Sun Ce and Lu Bu had a conflict over the uneven distribution of spoils, but then it was reported that Jiangdong Sun Ce’s married wife hanged herself. Lu Bu and Sun Ce have completely torn their faces, and finally someone understands Well, there is no shortage of people in Jingzhou who can see through things, such as Mr. Shui Jing, Mr. Pang De, and those whores. It was Sun Ce who used Lu Bu as a spearman, and Lu Bu turned his face in a rage.
The Battle of Lujiang really made those Jingzhou gentry laugh. Two tigers bite, it is best to kill one and seriously injure the other, and finally let the hunter of Jingzhou take care of them! Sure enough, Liu Biao of Jingzhou was not disappointed. The 100,000 Jiangdong army returned home without a feather, which really relieved a lot of pressure on Jingzhou. He was able to send 30,000 elite Jiangdong sailors to the bottom of the river. What kind of Lu Bujun's navy is, Jingzhou has the most say, because most of those sailors are still his original Jiangxia troops! With the addition of ordinary recruits, what combat effectiveness can they have, but now such a big upset has come out, naturally Liu Biao needs to inquire!
I was shocked when I asked about it. It is a sharp weapon, and that thing is the protagonist of the entire water battle. Is the Lu Bu army scary, because the Lu Bu army cannot build ships, and without ships, it will not bring a real threat to Jingzhou. Even powerful people can't directly cross the Yangtze River!
But if Sun Ce got it, it would be different. It would be a devastating blow to Jingzhou, so the mission of the envoys sent by Jingzhou was to rescue Huang She and give Huang Zu a confession that Huang Zu was a veteran of Jingzhou and also foolish and loyal to Liu Biao. The old man, the second is this bed crossbow, it is best to get it, even if you can't get it, you can't let Jiang Dong get it. This is Kuai Liang's final mission!
"Jingzhou Liu Biao also has it!" If only Sun Ce has this thing, Sun Ce is very confident that he will be able to settle the entire Jingzhou disaster in a year at most, and then go north to the Central Plains to fight for hegemony, but now Jingzhou Liu Biao may also get it, which makes Sun Ce I can't wait to be happy! He began to complain why Lu Bujun wanted to sell this thing, and he didn't think that he could get this bed crossbow if Lu Bujun didn't sell it!
"Brother, don't worry, Mr. Zhang Zhao, you paid a thousand craftsmen for a month's time!" Sun Quan explained to Sun Ce.
"One month?!"
"Yes! Lu Bujun has already made a promise that he will never give Liu Biao the blueprint of Jingzhou's bed crossbow within a month!" Sun Quan told Sun Ce that Zhang Zhao's one-month time was well worth it.
"What if Lu Bujun deceives us!" Sun Ce frowned and said.
"No way!" Sun Quan shook his head. This was written into the agreement of the peace talks. If Lu Bujun deceived them, then he would really be breaking his promise.
"One month!" Sun Ce lowered his voice. Whether a month is long or short, what he needs now is to use this blank period of one month to bring the greatest benefits to Jiangdong and Jingzhou. The biggest damage "Pass me the military order!" Sun Ce suddenly stood up.
"My lord!" Sun Ce became serious, and Sun Quan naturally followed suit. He is now Sun Ce's younger brother and a subject of Sun Ce's army, so he has to call Sun Ce his lord.
"Bo Fu, send me an order. I want to worry about the artisans of the entire Kuaiji, no, no!" Sun Ce shook his head, "I want you to inform those gentry, within five days, no, within three days! I All Jiangdong craftsmen who can make arrows and crossbows should appear in Kuaiji. I will give you half a month. I need you to load all these crossbows on our warships!" Sun Ce tried to shorten the time again and again, because time was tight, the sooner Sun Ce's navy army used the crossbow, the greater the benefits they would get!
If Zhou Yu in Jiangxia had been allowed to use the crossbow one day earlier, then the battle situation in Jiangxia would have been broken now, and Jiangxia would be able to win in one battle. If it is done well, the 70,000 sailors of the old man Liu Biao can be left behind After losing such a 70,000 elite, I want to see how the old man Liu Biao can get another 70,000 navy. This is what Sun Ce wants!
"Yes!" Sun Quan nodded. He also knew his elder brother's urgency. Only after obtaining Jingzhou could their Sun family be truly invincible. With the Yangtze River as a natural barrier, they could completely stand on their own!
The whole Jiangdong was in motion, and all the gentry were very respectful. Although there were some complaints, under Sun Quan's greeting, almost all the craftsmen who built crossbows and ironware gathered in the entire Jiangdong within three days! All of a sudden, Kuaiji was overcrowded! (To be continued.)