814 Departure
Due to the size and weight of the heavy arrow, and the double-shot, the range of the four-stone heavy crossbow is worse than that of the three-stone crossbow, but in terms of close-range power, the three-stone crossbow is completely incomparable. After all, it is used. The arrow is not the same thing. To put it bluntly, heavy arrows are used to attack ships in naval battles, and the close-range power can be imagined.
It is also because the heavy arrows have a very strong power, so the number of heavy arrows is very important, otherwise Li You would not come to check the preparation of the heavy arrows.
In the warehouse of the workshop, Li You picked up a heavy arrow nearly five feet long and looked at it. The shiny black surface of the arrow body is particularly smooth, and the spiral tail feathers at the tail of the arrow are inlaid on the shaft of the arrow, which is equally smooth. Looking at the arrow again, it fits perfectly with the arrow shaft. After seeing several arrows in a row, they were all the same, Li You nodded in satisfaction.
The dog next to him took a heavy arrow and asked, "Lord, why is the back of this arrow hollowed out?"
The arrow of the heavy arrow is a steel-cast three-rhombus acute-angled arrow. The back of the arrow is hollowed out. This is to facilitate the placement of cotton. Once it is poured with heavy kerosene, it becomes a rocket. In this way, the arrow will not be affected by the outside. The deflection caused by the loading of the object will not have much impact on the range.
"It's not for arson. Don't underestimate this baby's fist-sized hollow. When it is stuffed into cotton and poured on fierce fire oil, its power is not small, but when a heavy arrow is pierced into the hull of the ship, the fierce fire oil in the cotton is If there is a splash effect, burning the ship is not a big problem, but there are still too few heavy arrows. It is estimated that when you set off, it will be less than 15,000! When naval battles, it is better to use this less. ."
The dog asked puzzledly: "Lord, why?"
Li You glanced at him and said, "I can't get it back!"
There is really no way. Once the four-stone heavy crossbow is used on the carriage, the overall strength of the army will be greatly improved, and the heavy arrow will become a necessary weapon. Use it, but you can use this in naval battles, so don't think about anything. If you shoot one, you will lose one.
After returning to the palace, Li You went to Xu Ying's place. She was still in confinement, so Li You would naturally take more time to accompany her.
Originally, Xu Ying was leaning on the bedside and was reading the book. Seeing Li You coming over, she closed the book and asked nervously: "Brother You, I read from the book and said that Fufu is a powerful country with the same strength as Datang. Powerful, and the eclipse can still defeat them steadily. In a country like this, can you really win?"
"I don’t know what year it was written in this book. Now, where is Da Shi dare to fight the Byzantine Empire? Oh, that’s what you said. Da Shi can hold the Western Front. It’s not bad. .Once we attack the eclipse aggressively, it is estimated that the Byzantine Empire will also take advantage of the fire. The eclipse is destroyed, basically there is no suspense, so you don’t need to worry about anything at all. Don’t worry, I won’t take the lives of tens of thousands of people. joke."
Xu Ying believed Li You’s words. Since Li You is confident, she will naturally have confidence. However, she still said to Li You: "Brother You, Yingying hopes you can come back safely, so I want to Our child named Ping." A genius remembers Chinese in one second 8/1/z/o/m/
"Okay, peace means peace, and it also means that the child can be safe, yes, afterwards, he will be called Ping'er." Then Li You stepped forward and looked at the infant son, who was still in the swaddling clothes. After a while, he smiled and said, "This kid is always smiling when he sleeps. It seems that his father and I will return triumphantly this time."
Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye it is the Shangyuan Festival. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a banquet was held in the palace. It was a holiday plus a good time, because tomorrow, the army is about to go to war.
The next day, on the 16th morning of the first lunar month, the Golden Port Wharf was crowded with soldiers. Now they are boarding the ship. The soldiers here in Luzon are led by Wang Yanzhang and Wu Zhi Changxin to fight. They are all elites, with a number of 16,000. There were 13,000 people boarding here in Golden Port, and another 3,000 people boarded the boat in the south, and they were brought to Bolimbang by Wu Zhi Changxin.
This time the meeting point for the battle is at Bolimbang. Both the soldiers from Siam City and the soldiers from Champa will arrive at Bolimbang first to wait. After all, the two who are the farthest are Li You and Ono Maro. With the army, Maro Ono should arrive at Bolimbang two days at night, counting the time. In order to gather the army this time, Bolimbang also specially built dozens of trestle bridges at the pier to facilitate the docking of ships.
On the dock, Yang Jiao said goodbye to Wang Yanzhang with tears. She was really worried about Wang Yanzhang. Although Wang Yanzhang was a leading general, the risk was much higher than that of ordinary soldiers, but after all, this is going to fight, and it is always risky. And she also knew that this time Li You led troops to the battle, only 50,000 people, and where they were going to fight, I heard that there were no less than 300,000 troops, if it weren’t for Yang Yu and Xiao Qixue, they smiled and said goodbye to Li. Woo, with a look of no worries, she might really cry.
On the bow of the flagship, Gouzi looked at the soldiers who were boarding the ship, and then at Zhang Da. Seeing that he was still worried, he said to Zhang Da: "Okay, don't let your boss face anymore, Heizi They will be fine. This time the country master has brought 50,000 elites to the battle. There are more than 500 artillery guns alone. Who else can stop it?"
"Brother Gou, I'm not worried about whether we can fight too hard, but I'm worried about whether Heizi can hold on for so long."
"It's OK, everyone thinks that the sunspot can hold it, but you think it's hanging. What's the truth? Don't say that everyone is not as worried as you. So, put your heart at ease. This is worse than anything."
At noon, all the boats left the port, and the farewellers followed and returned to the city.
On the carriage returning to the city, Yang Jiao asked Yang Yu again: "Sister, can the Lord really win this battle?"
Yang Yu said helplessly: "Last night my husband was in my night. He promised me that this battle will be won, so my sister can rest assured."
But Yang Jiao said, "But my eyelids jumped so hard that I was afraid that something might happen."
"Sister, don't think too much about it. The soldiers and generals led by your husband are all people who have been fighting for a long time. They must know whether they can win or not, otherwise they would not go to such a battle."
Yang Jiao sighed and said: "Oh! I really don't understand the meaning of this battle. I heard that the country's lord is trying to seize kerosene. Is this oil so precious?"
Yang Yu covered his mouth and smiled and said: "Sister, last night, I asked my husband in the same way, but he said that if there is this kerosene, it will stand above the rest of the world, and its value is comparable to gold. I don't understand this, but If you think about it, there must be his reason. He also said that this is a once-in-a-lifetime good opportunity, and it will depend on the first battle. I believe in my husband, so I don’t worry about anything.” (End of this chapter)