Chapter 433

"Congratulations, your majesty, you'll get another unparalleled weapon!" Li Jingxi said.

Li Shimin also laughed. The divine arm crossbow has a long range, which is really an unexpected joy. For a long time, infantry are mostly passively beaten in the face of cavalry, that is, there are large bed crossbows that can attack cavalry, but the cost is expensive and the number is small. Although the attack power is strong, it is not easy to manufacture. Naturally, its lethality is limited.

The divine arm crossbow offered by Merton is simple, easy to operate and easy to carry. More importantly, its power is no less than that of the bed crossbow. Even ordinary soldiers holding this divine arm crossbow can threaten a veteran warrior.

"Can this crossbow be made on a large scale?" Li Shimin asked with a fierce look in his eyes.

Merton nodded: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Although this crossbow adopts the technique of Mohist mechanism, it is much more complex than other crossbows, but the boy divides it into several parts, and the main part can be completed by ordinary craftsmen. Skilled craftsmen only need to make the mechanism of crossbow machine. In this way, a large number of divine arm crossbows can be assembled in a short time, and once there are parts damaged, they can be easily replaced and repaired. If He is a skilled crossbow soldier. If the crossbow machine is damaged on the battlefield, it can be repaired within 30 seconds. "

"Fix it at thirty!"

Li Shimin was immediately delighted that ordinary bows and crossbows are usually integrated. Once the whole bow and crossbow is damaged, it will be scrapped immediately. It takes time and effort to repair it. However, the component divine arm crossbow can be repaired on the battlefield, and its military value is simply incalculable.

"Your Majesty, this crossbow is very important. Please give it to the weapons supervisor to make it, so as to make it complete." Hou Junji suddenly said.

He is the Minister of the Ministry of war, and the weapons supervisor is under his rule. Naturally, he can see the value of the divine arm crossbow. Naturally, he wants to take credit under his own rule.

"Merton, what do you think?" Li Shimin asked, looking at Merton playfully.

Merton immediately said without hesitation: "what Hou Shangshu said is that the workshop in Mojia village is for civilian use. Naturally, it can't make prohibited things such as bows and crossbows. It should be handed over to the military supervisor."

Hou Junji immediately looked happy. He didn't expect that the ink family, who had always been a thorn in the head, would cooperate so well. Even Li Shimin couldn't help showing a satisfied smile.

"However." Merton paused, and Hou Junji suddenly felt a bad feeling.

"But the mechanism is one of the reasons why the divine arm crossbow can shoot so far. It is more important to make bow string steel!" Merton continued.

"Steel for making bowstrings!" Hou Junji frowned.

"Yes, you see, the bowstring of the divine arm crossbow is not hemp rope, silk thread and ox tendon, but a kind of soft steel originally created by Mohism, which can have such great power." Merton took the divine arm crossbow from Li Shimin and handed it to Hou Junji.

Hou Junji found that the bow string of the divine arm crossbow was not a common bow string, but a cold steel string. He suddenly realized that this is probably the reason why the divine arm crossbow is so powerful.

"Refining mild steel is sure to be solved by the supervisor, but I don't know whether Lord Mo is willing to give up his love for the secret technology of steelmaking." Hou Junji turned to Merton and said coldly that he had obtained the mechanism of divine arm crossbow and wanted the secret technology of steelmaking of Mohism.

The secret skill of steelmaking is the foundation for the prosperity of Mohist school. Everyone knows that the policy formulated by Merton for Mohist village is based on steel. Hou Junji's request is extremely rude.

Li Shimin and Li Jing looked moved, but they did not stop. Although Hou Junji's request was excessive, it involved national interests after all.

Merton sneered: "The secret technique of steel-making has appeared since the spring and Autumn period. The secret methods of steel-making include steel frying, steel pouring and steel refining. These are the only methods that will be adopted by the supervisor. I can say exactly that the boy puts the secret technique of steel-making in front of the supervisor. Without the Mohist steel-making furnace, the supervisor will not be able to make soft steel. If the supervisor is to rebuild the steel-making furnace and make the divine arm crossbow, I'm afraid The battle for fear of Tuyuhun is over. "

After the development of steel-making technology to the level of steel-making furnace, it is no longer easy to solve by relying on the traditional secret technology. Among them, large equipment plays a vital role, and even some precision equipment itself is a secret technology. It is almost impossible in the steel-making industry in the era of a paper secret recipe.

Hou Junji immediately looked embarrassed and stared at Merton.

Li Shimin pondered for a moment and said, "the crossbow machine and steel string of the divine arm crossbow will be made by Mojia village. It will be used as a supervisor to make the crossbow frame. Finally, the weapon supervisor will form the divine arm crossbow."

At present, the attack on Tuyuhun is imminent. It is the time to need the divine arm crossbow. Now the most urgent task is to make the more and the better divine arm crossbow. The tripartite division of labor is the most in line with the interests of Datang at present.

"Yes!"

Merton and Hou Junji responded simultaneously.

Li Shimin raised the divine arm crossbow again, looked at it and nodded with satisfaction. The cooperation between the crossbow and the Macedonian square array must be able to solve the safety of the grain road. At the same time, he said with a little regret: "I thought I could find a way to restrain the cavalry. It seems that I'm too anxious."

Hou Junji looked at Merton and said, "Your Majesty, how can two legs run over four legs? Only cavalry can defeat cavalry."

"No!" Li Jing shook her head and said, "although Macedonia's policy has many defects, it has found a way to restrain cavalry."

Li Shimin said, "spear!"

Li Jing shook her head and said, "it's not necessarily a spear. As long as it's a long weapon, it naturally has an advantage against cavalry."

The Macedonian phalanx magnified the advantages of long weapons infinitely, so that people found that even the most elite cavalry would be hit with their heads and blood in front of long weapons like hedgehogs.

Merton nodded deeply and said, "what General Li said is that long weapons are indeed a way to restrain cavalry."

Li Shimin nodded and said, "unfortunately, this square array can only defend. Our Datang still lacks a weapon that can resist cavalry in field operations."

Merton smiled mysteriously and said, "that's wrong. From the point of view of Wei minister, our powerful long weapon in the Tang Dynasty is covered with the Pearl. If this weapon comes out, we will not block the ten thousand men. With a knife, the people and horses will be broken."

"Don't stand in the way? People and horses are broken." Li Shimin suddenly opened his eyes. He racked his brains and couldn't think of such a powerful weapon in the Tang Dynasty.

The generals present were also moved one after another. They thought of Datang in an instant, but they still had no clue.

"Are you talking about strangers?" Li Jing said with a look.

"Yes, look at the boy, the real weapon to restrain the cavalry is the unfamiliar sword." Merton nodded.