Chapter 480: This weapon is called the Crossbow.

Chapter 480

That night, the husband and wife did not rest well, with Peng Wang and those officials constantly appearing in their minds. Mo Jiuye got up early the next morning to organize his brothers and subordinates to go up the mountain.

He had originally intended to let those old subordinates who had returned from the South rest for a few days, but plans could not keep up with the changing circumstances. In the current situation, it seemed that rest was out of the question.

Those old subordinates had arrived in the Northwest only one night ago, yet they already liked it here.

The living environment the Mo Family had prepared for them was a hundred times better than what they had in the South.

Among these people were chefs who had specifically cooked in the barracks. After arriving in the Northwest, they continued their original work.

The ingredients had also been delivered by Mo Jiuye after Mo Yuance returned.

The various fresh vegetables grown on the Mo Family's farmland, as well as the meat and grain He Zhiran had secretly taken out of the space—although it was the hot summer, the temperature on the mountain was naturally lower than at the foot of the mountain. The caves were even cooler, practically natural storage rooms.

The ingredients left in the caves could easily be kept fresh for days.

When Mo Jiuye arrived with his men, those old subordinates had just finished breakfast and were sitting together discussing how the Mo Family had not mistreated them, and had actually prepared so much delicious food for them.

Seeing the Mo brothers arrive, the old subordinates crowded around.

Although they had arrived in the Northwest yesterday and heard that the Mo brothers and the old Duke were still alive, they had only seen a few people. Yôur favorite stories at novelhall.com

Meng Huaining knew the Mo Family had important things to deal with today, so he had given Mo Chuhan a long vacation.

Therefore, the nine Mo brothers appeared before the old subordinates this morning.

Seeing the nine Mo masters, the old subordinates' eyes were brimming with tears, and some had already started sobbing loudly.

Wang Kai clutched Mo Junrui's hand tightly.

"Master, if you hadn't saved me back then and brought me to the barracks to train, I'm afraid I would have died on the road fleeing from the famine.

The reason I stayed in the South was that I hoped to see the enemies who harmed you die one day, so I could go to your graves and tell you the news.

When I heard that you were still alive, I didn't even dare to rest, for fear that I would wake up and find it was all a dream."

After a long while, someone asked, "Master Nine, if I'm not mistaken, you just fired three bolts in succession?"

Mo Jiuye walked closer so they could examine the semi-automatic crossbow more clearly.

Just then someone exclaimed, "Master Nine, there are still a dozen or so bolts in this crossbow?"

"That's right. This weapon is called a semi-automatic crossbow. It can continuously fire twenty crossbow bolts," Mo Jiuye said while removing the bolt clip so everyone could see more clearly.

"Not only that, installing the bolts is extremely easy. Just gently push the clip in and it's done. You'll never have a situation of not having time to install bolts when facing the enemy."

Mo Jiuye slowly pushed the clip containing the bolts back in, under everyone's gaze.

He inserted and removed the clip several times, then handed out the semi-automatic crossbows brought for everyone to practice first.

After all, with nearly a thousand people on the mountain, they could not have brought enough for everyone. Later they would send some people down the mountain to retrieve more.

His goal now was to let them get acquainted with the semi-automatic crossbow while quickly learning how to use it.

The bolts inside could be reused. They could spend the next two days practicing their aim.

What soldier isn't interested in weapons?

Even though several people had to share one crossbow, everyone was still extremely excited.

The semi-automatic crossbow wasn't difficult to operate. Especially the ones He Zhiran had bought from Taobao Treasure Mall, which came with a sight, so aim wasn't too big of a concern either.

As long as their arm strength was sufficient, and they didn't shake when firing, there basically wouldn't be any deviation.

In less than an hour, the soldiers had grasped the use and techniques of the semi-automatic crossbow. All that remained was more practice.

To get everyone proficient with the semi-automatic crossbow as soon as possible, Mo Jiuye brought more people down the mountain to retrieve enough crossbows and bolts.

Two days later when he came to inspect again, the soldiers could hit flying birds in the sky just like him.

Mo Jiuye was very satisfied with everyone's progress. Next was to teach them to use explosives.