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At the same time when the Jiangxia army captured Zigui, Liu Jing was heading to Xiakou. He received news that Xiakou Jiangtang had developed a new type of crossbow arrow, which was conducive to water combat.

This is undoubtedly good news for the upcoming war with Jiangdong. Although there is still a problem of mass manufacturing time, Liu Jing still rushed to Xiakou overnight.

Although on the surface, Xiakou Jiangcheng Hall is a hall for cultivating high-level craftsmen, it has actually become the weapon development hall of the Jiangxia Army, and has received full support from the military, and the number of students has also expanded to five.

Here are the best sword casters invited from Kuaiji, the best crossbowers invited from Hebei, and the best carpenters, blacksmiths, masons, cobblers, etc. They gather together to teach their younger brothers their lifelong craftsmanship experience.

It was precisely because they disdained to work hard that Jiangxia's weapons and equipment continued to improve. The quality of Jiangxia's swords and spears had exceeded that of Cao's army, and armor and other armors were also continuously improved. The improvement of wooden wheel warships, the improvement of large-scale defensive weapons, and the improvement of irrigation farm tools.

These military and civilian contributions are obvious to Jiangxia people. Even Jiangxia Academy, which has always looked down on craftsmen, sometimes invites Ma Jun to Jiangxia Academy to teach mathematics classes in the Six Arts.

The next afternoon, Liu Jing arrived at Xiakou. At this time, the troops in Xiakou decreased slightly, from tens of thousands of troops to ten thousand, mainly naval forces, with several warships patrolling the river surface for thousands of miles.

Liu Jing did not go to the military camp, but after getting off the boat at the dock, he rushed to the craftsman directly. Ma Jun and others who had received the news in advance were already waiting in front of the craftsman's gate.

"Accompanies the governor of the state" Ma Jun stepped forward and gave a deep bow.

Ma Jun's stuttering has been corrected by 80%. If it weren't for a long discussion, he would no longer stutter, but his speech was slower, so it could be heard that he was deliberately controlling his speech speed.

Liu Jing smiled and said, "I heard that I had made a bee crossbow, so I was impatient to come. There was no need for etiquette. Let me see the real thing first."

Ma Jun also knew that Liu Jing was actually coming in secret and wanted to go back immediately. He also smiled and said, "The provincial governor faced the Jiangdong army, but he took the time to come in a hurry. Of course, we can't waste time. Please ask the provincial governor to come with me."

Ma Jun and more than a dozen students surrounded Liu Jing and walked towards the Bow and Crossbow Academy and arrived at the test ground of the Bow and Crossbow Academy. The students had already arranged the test ground.

In the middle of the square, there is a wide table. On the table is the newly invented bee crossbow by Ma Jun and others. As the name suggests, the bee crossbow is a crossbow with multiple arrows, which is similar to the Zhuge Liang crossbow.

At first glance, a rectangular cast iron box was installed at the front of the big yellow crossbow, covered with a layer of cowhide, and sealed with nine holes in the box, and an arrow was placed in each hole, which was a crossbow and nine arrows.

It seems simple, but in fact, it is not easy to get all nine arrows to be fired, but it is not easy. Ma Jun failed last time and finally succeeded in the experiment.

Ma Jun's apprentice Luo Sheng introduced to Liu Jing: "We are using jujube wood arrows, which are heavy and hard, with a length of seven inches, and can shoot nine pieces at a time. I can demonstrate it once."

The yellow crossbow is a ten-stone crossbow. One person cannot pull the string open. Two strong men must step on the string together. The string has been put up. Luo Sheng put nine crossbow arrows into the hole and handed the crossbow to Liu Jing.

"Please shoot the crossbow"

There are wooden men standing side by side ten steps away from a distance, which means that the effective lethality of this bee crossbow is actually only ten steps.

Although the yellow crossbow was very heavy, it was nothing to Liu Jing. He raised the crossbow arrow, pressed it on his shoulder, aimed at a wooden man in the middle ten steps away, and pulled the hanging knife with his index finger. With a click, nine black crossbow arrows roared out and nailed to the wooden man.

Liu Jing was very surprised that although he only aimed at one of the wooden men, nine crossbow arrows were finally nailed to the wooden men, which turned out to be a scattering bee crossbow.

But scattering is not the most important thing. The important thing is that its shooting range is short and its lethality is only ten steps. You must know that this is a big yellow crossbow with a range of fifty steps and a killing range of twenty or fifty steps.

Liu Jingsi was puzzled and turned to Ma Jun. Ma Jun understood Liu Jing's doubts. He smiled apologetically and explained: "In fact, we are preparing to develop water war bee crossbows and land war bee crossbows. These are water war bee crossbows made in response to the Jiangdong Army."

Ma Jun's apprentice put strings on his arm and explained: "Qi Bingzhou Mu, this bee crossbow uses a crossbow frame with a big yellow crossbow. In fact, it is just a two-stone crossbow. The arrow box cannot withstand the impact of ten-stone gravity. It will be installed on a small boat for close combat. A soldier can carry the strings. The real hornet crossbow will have a step in the range of killing and shooting, and we will be able to develop it in two months."

Liu Jing nodded. It turned out that it was only one and a half years old, but he could understand the difficulty of developing weapons, and the ten-step range could be used in water battles. He had already imagined the situation when two small boats were fighting in close combat.

Thinking of this, he asked again: "There are bee crossbows installed on the ship."

Ma Jun smiled slightly, "Prince of the State, please come with me."

The group walked out of the test site and came to the backyard. There was a small river across the craftsman, and several small boats were moored by the river.

Liu Jing approached the boat and saw the unique hornet crossbows at a glance. They were installed at the bow of the boat, like an elongated head, but the appearance was not important, what was important was the combat effect.

"Does the provincial governor need to practice?" Ma Jun asked with a smile.

Liu Jing nodded. He was looking forward to seeing its effect. Ma Jun turned around and winked at his apprentice. His apprentice immediately walked to the edge of the drum and raised the drumstick to hit it.

Amid the sound of the drums, several students slowly rowed forward in a small boat. In the middle of the river, there was a straw man boat flowing slowly along the river.

When the boat gradually approached the straw man's ship only twenty steps, a student pulled the bee crossbow and hung his knife. With a click, nine crossbow arrows shot out, and at least five straw men on the straw man's ship were arrowed.

"good"

Liu Jing applauded and laughed, sincerely saying: "It's true that it's easy to think, it's surprisingly difficult to attack him."

He asked Ma Jun again: "I don't know how many bee crossbows are there now."

Ma Jun bowed and said, "I have asked the blacksmith to use bronze to build a crossbow machine one month in advance, and it has been transformed into fifty bee crossbows."

"Give me all fifty pieces, I'll take them away immediately," Liu Jing said immediately.

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The Jiangdong Army's water village has taken shape in Chaisang City, covering an area of ​​nearly 10,000 acres. It has placed a large area of ​​water in front of Chaisang City into the water village. The water village also uses pile driving to form a circle, and nearly a thousand warships have been moored in the water village. The water village is based on Chaisang City and has stationed nearly 60,000 troops.

In addition, there is also a Wan Lu Army in Lujiang County, led by Cheng Pu. This time, all the elite troops in Jiangdong were released. It is necessary to wipe out the Jiangxia army, occupy Jingzhou, and realize the dream of Jiangdong generation.

Sun Quan's temporary Wuhou Mansion was established in Tao Mansion, and the Tao Mansion's family had been moved to another house. Sun Quan once lived in this fort-like mansion for a night, which left a deep impression on him. The first thing he did when he came to Chaisang was to order the Tao Mansion to be taken over and changed to the temporary Wuhou Mansion.

The main force of the Jiangdong Army has arrived in Chaisang for ten days. In addition to building the water camp in these ten days, Sun Quan was most concerned about the situation of Cheng Pu's army. Sun Quan had learned that Jiangxia sent tens of thousands of troops to occupy Qichun County and was advancing towards Lujiang County. Then, a war between Cheng Pu and Jiangxia's army would inevitably break out in Lujiang County.

If the decisive battle could be fought as soon as possible, Sun Quan would not be worried. After all, the ten thousand troops led by Cheng Pu were elite troops of the Jiangxia army. They had many years of fighting against the Shanyue people and had rich practical experience. What Sun Quan was worried about was that the Jiangxia army would not fight, so that there would be problems with the logistics supply of Cheng Pu's army.

It has been ten days now, and there has been no news of war, which has made Sun Quan worry. If Cheng Pu's army encounters an accident, it will be a heavy blow to the entire Western Expedition Plan, which will seriously weaken the military strength of the Jiangdong Army and put the Jiangdong Army at a disadvantage in the war of confrontation with the Jiangxia Army.

Sun Quan paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back. He had sent general Lu Meng to lead a fleet to Xunkou Town on the other side of Chaisang City, hoping to bring Cheng Pu's army back to Chaisang.

At this time, rapid footsteps sounded outside the house, and a guard reported urgently at the door: "Report to the Marquis of Wu, a fleet of Jiangxia troops approached the water village, and there were signs of attacking the water village."

Sun Quan was shocked and quickly walked out of the house, asking: "What a large fleet is it?"

"It seems that the fleet is not large, General Ling Tong has already fought."

Sun Quan knew Ling Tong's courage. He let go of his heart and walked quickly to the city wall. The wide Yangtze River could be clearly seen on the Chaisang city wall, with a wide view. The city wall was already full of soldiers watching the battle. When everyone saw the arrival of Wu Hou, they dodged one by one.

At this time, Sun Quan unexpectedly found that his sister Sun Shangxiang was also above the city. She was wearing a golden armor and silver helmet, with fiery red tassels on the top of her helmet. In addition, her face was like a peach blossom, which was particularly gorgeous and conspicuous. She was surrounded by more than a dozen young generals, and each general showed admiration in his eyes.

Although Sun Shangxiang has a very strong reputation in Jiangdong and no one dares to marry her, her gorgeous face and slender figure are so eye-catching that they will also make young officers admire her. It is said that even the bravest young general Ling Tong has some friendship with her.

However, Sun Quan was not optimistic about Ling Tong's extraordinary moral character, and his sister Shang Xiang was also a martial arts daughter. Two people with strong personalities would have problems living together. It would be best to marry a scholar. The long-term way is to cooperate with yin and yang.

At this time, Sun Shangxiang also saw her brother. She ran over excitedly, grabbed her brother's arm and begged: "Brother, give me a chance to fight."

Sun Quan glanced at the Qingyue Sword on his sister's waist and snorted, "I have regretted it if I let you go to the battlefield again. If I let you go to the battlefield, don't think about it unless my brain is broken."

Sun Shangxiang's full hope was extinguished by her brother's cold water. She was unhappy and ignored her brother. She looked at the river coldly. After a while, she gritted her teeth and said, "I will never be reincarnated as a woman."
Chapter completed!