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Let alone Liangshan,

Even the whole world,

I'm afraid we won't be able to find a strong bow that suits him.

Finally, Hua Rong suggested that he use the Divine Arm Crossbow directly.

The Shenbi crossbow has a range of over 300 paces.

At a distance of 240 steps,

You can also add half a fen of elm wood.

That is to say, at 240 steps,

It can still penetrate most armor.

It could be said to be the small crossbow with the longest range of its time.

Even more terrifying was the bed crossbow.

By using the combined force of several bows to shoot a crossbow bolt,

Its range can reach over a thousand paces...

Chapter 1486 The Power of an Arrow

However, the bed crossbow was a large crossbow bolt.

One person simply cannot carry it.

Zhao Yuan had also heard of the Divine Arm Crossbow in later generations.

This is because the Divine Arm Crossbow has the longest range of any crossbow in human history.

However, because no physical artifacts were preserved in later generations...

The manufacturing method has also been lost.

Many later generations have questioned the true range of the Divine Arm Crossbow.

It wasn't as far back as recorded in historical books.

After Liangshan obtained the Divine Arm Crossbow,

Zhao Yuan also studied it carefully.

The divine crossbow has a draw weight of over four stone and six dou (a unit of dry measure).

That is, more than 425 Song jin.

It weighs approximately 269 kilograms.

Yue Fei drew a 300-jin (approximately 150 catties) strong bow.

He was then said to have divine power.

If there is no mechanism.

Even Yue Fei couldn't draw the divine crossbow.

However, Northern Song Dynasty craftsmen incorporated ingenious mechanisms into it.

This allows even elite soldiers to use their waist strength to draw the divine crossbow.

Although there are mechanisms to assist in this process

However, the speed at which the bow is fully drawn and the string is very slow.

Therefore, the crossbow was not very practical in field combat.

Moreover, the complexity of the organization,

This determined that the Divine Arm Crossbow could not be mass-produced.

Therefore, it could not be used as a main weapon when defending a city.

To prevent the crossbow from being lost,

The imperial court kept records of every single divine crossbow.

Once the city falls...

It must be destroyed in time.

To avoid falling into enemy hands.

It is precisely because of the rarity and poor practicality of the Divine Arm Crossbow

Therefore, when the Jin army later marched south...

The Song Dynasty was somewhat helpless against the Jin army's heavy cavalry.

Soldiers had to risk their lives to cut off the horses' legs.

Furthermore, due to the strict control of the imperial court,

Therefore, the Shenbi crossbow became rare after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty.

By the Southern Song Dynasty,

Han Shizhong organized craftsmen to make the Divine Arm Crossbow.

However, some of the imperial craftsmen died in the war.

Some were captured by the Jin Dynasty.

The intricate mechanisms required for the Divine Arm Crossbow

It is no longer possible to produce them all.

In the end, only a simplified version of the Divine Arm Crossbow, the Enemy-Defying Bow, was made.

Although it could also penetrate the heavy armor of the Jin Dynasty.

However, the range has been reduced to a hundred paces.

And it was still a drawn crossbow.

Practical surnames are still lacking.

Liangshan had previously managed to acquire more than ten divine crossbows by chance.

With Liu Huiniang, a master of mechanical devices, taking action...

For Liangshan, the divine crossbow

It's no longer considered a rare item.

Because Zhao Yuan's ultimate goal was muskets and cannons.

The divine crossbow is in Liangshan.

There was also no large-scale manufacturing.

Now these crossbows have become consumables.

Once scrapped

It is then difficult to replenish quickly.

Zhao Yuan, however, was able to draw the Divine Arm Bow with just his bare hands.

The mechanism above actually hindered his speed in drawing the bow.

Therefore, he had the craftsmen remove the mechanism on top.

Repurpose it into a regular bow and arrow.

Zhao Yuan came this time,

There was also the idea of ​​testing the arrows.

Hua Rong laughed and said, "Archery depends on two things: eyesight and arm strength."

"The chieftain has mastered archery; he possesses both of these qualities,"

"I'm also eager to see the power of the chieftain's divine crossbow."

Although Hua Rong was known as the Divine Arm General

But the bow used was only three stones.

Naturally, I wanted to see the power of the Divine Arm Bow.

Zhao Yuan rode his horse to a point two hundred paces from the government troops' camp.

He took a specially made iron arrow from the quiver.

String it,

Take a deep breath,

With a sudden burst of force,

The divine bow was then drawn to its full length.

Hua Rong watched from the side as the divine bow, which even ordinary people couldn't budge, was pulled.

But Zhao Yuan pulled on it, making a "squeaking" sound.

If you pull any further, the bow might break.

Xuanzan, standing at the rear of the formation, saw someone drawing a bow two hundred paces away.

He couldn't help but laugh.

"Has this guy lost his mind?"

"There is no bow in the world that is so strong."

The soldiers in front saw Zhao Yuan draw his bow,

They all began to mock Zhao Yuan.

Several others deliberately removed their shields.

Let Zhao Yuan shoot at them.

Ignorance breeds fearlessness.

Zhao Yuan looked at the most arrogant soldier.

Suddenly, he let go.

A streak of dark light flashed across the battlefield.

"not good!"

Xuanzan was more than two hundred paces away.

They could faintly hear the sound of bowstrings.

Startled, he quickly ducked onto the horse's back.

Suddenly, five soldiers in the front row leaped into the air.

The soldiers behind them were hit by their charge.

Four or five more people immediately collapsed.

Everyone craned their necks to look.

All that could be seen on the chests of the five soldiers in front were...

They were all shot through, leaving a bloody hole.

Fresh blood and internal organs flowed out of the wound.

It was clear that he was going to die.

While everyone was searching for the arrows,

But it was the sixth man who...

I saw an arrow made entirely of iron.