Chapter 523: Phoenix Legion
Now that Lu Lingqi is really training her troops, the location is to the northeast of Lujiang New Town, a small valley more than 20 miles away.
The reduced version of the three-bow crossbow was very successful. Now there are three models. One is a crossbow weighing about 25 kilograms. The total pulling force of the three bows is as high as 160 kilograms. The user can complete the winding arrow in 20 seconds, and some wear-resistant parts have been made of steel, which is very durable.
In principle, it can be operated by one person, but it needs to be set up on a stand to use it. Otherwise, the recoil is absolutely unbearable, and the power is of course quite huge. Nearly four or two crossbow arrows fly out of five hundred arrows. After several meters, it can also penetrate two layers of leather armor.
There is also a light crossbow, which weighs only 13 kilograms and has a pulling force of 80 kilograms. It also uses a hand rocker for winding. The skilled person can complete the winding and loading action within ten seconds, and still retains the characteristics of the arrow's fast initial speed. There is a certain lethality at a distance of 400 meters.
There is also a more complicated repeating crossbow, which is somewhat similar to the design of the Zhuge repeating crossbow. There is a quiver that can hold fifteen arrows. The Zhuge Crossbow is 2.5 times faster, but its range and power are much greater.
The pulling force is only 35 kilograms. It uses a lever principle to wind the string. The fastest time for winding the string is only one second. One crossbow arrow is shot at a time, and it can be fired continuously until the fifteen arrows are shot... The shooting distance will be more than 200 meters. The most important thing is that the rate of fire is fast, which can be achieved almost every second. When the enemy charges, the dense rate of fire will be very terrifying...
Although these were all made successfully under the guidance of Li Yunfei, that Xiao Lu is really a talented person, as if he was enlightened, he understands the lever principle, pulley combination, and various mechanical principles quite well, at least Reached the level of a junior high school student.
For Xiaolu Li Yunfei, who is eager to learn, he also gave him all his money, and he took the initiative to come to her station to hang out when he had something to do. Of course, while teaching her knowledge, he also admired those heroic female soldiers, the Phoenix Army created by Xiaolu. , but the first army of the Three Kingdoms is composed entirely of women.
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The camp is already in sight. This small canyon is only more than 200 meters wide, but it is three or four kilometers long and surrounded by mountains on three sides. As long as a city wall of more than two hundred meters long and four meters high is built at the mouth of the canyon, it can still be dimmed. Seeing that there were many female soldiers patrolling the city wall, of course they also found the carriage approaching, and vaguely heard the ringing of a bell.
"Why is it coming so soon!"
"Master, it will be comfortable for you to be a meat cushion!"
"Is it comfortable, is the old man's leg numb?"
"Of course not, your weight is not worth mentioning."
"...Let the slaves come down. If Miss Qi'er sees it, I will be embarrassed!" Xiaobu struggled to stand up, but was held by Li Yunfei.
"I'm still afraid of being embarrassed, haven't you already decided that you have to follow me in life and death?"
"Then they are not ready yet!"
"Why do you feel like an ugly daughter-in-law seeing her mother-in-law?"
"My lord, Miss has brought someone out to greet you!" The coachman reminded loudly. This coachman is also one of the Tiger Guards, formerly known as Zhao Jiabao, codenamed Thirty-six. He completely took it for the teasing of the two in the carriage. Inaudible.
"This girl has actually learned how to be pompous." After speaking, she finally let go of Xiaobu and sat in a serious manner. Although she was teasing Xiaobu just now, it is really impossible to tease a beautiful woman in front of Xiaolu, especially It was Xiaobu and she who were still good friends, and they used to be called sisters...
Because the relationship between father and daughter is very good, Xiao Lu didn't have any scruples and got into the carriage directly, but at first sight, he saw a very wise and wise young man who was very similar to his father smiling at him. He couldn't help but blushed, and he was a little confused if he made a mistake.
"It's only been half a month since I haven't seen you. You girl doesn't even recognize her father!" Seeing her in a daze, Li Yunfei also said something.
"...God, why are you getting younger and younger, Dad, and where did your beard go?" Lu Lingqi finally came back to her senses, and sat directly between Master Bu Lian and Li Yunfei, looking at Li Yunfei with great curiosity .
"Of course the beard is shaved off. Does it look much younger without the beard?"
"You're too young, people who don't know think you're my brother... It's a pity, if you weren't my father, you wouldn't be cheap Xiaobu." Lu Lingqi hugged Li Yunfei's arm affectionately, Li Yunfei suddenly I found that I am still very obsessed with this feeling. Now it is a father-daughter relationship. It is really not good to be too intimate. If you want to be intimate, it is better to find other beautiful women to be intimate...
"Well, I'll get out of the car to have a look, you guys can talk slowly!" After saying a word, he got off the carriage. The two girls were stunned for a moment, but Li Yunfei, who usually jokes casually, doesn't matter, why can't he just make a little joke today?
"Xiaobu, I said something wrong and made my father unhappy?"
"I don't know. The master is talking about you all the way. You shouldn't be angry with a joke from the young lady."
"...I understand that I must have gone to see my sergeants training... Some of the sisters are still very beautiful."
"It shouldn't be, I think Miss Qi'er is the most beautiful here."
"Don't praise me. Dad said that everyone has different beauty. Let's go too!"
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Now all three types of bows and crossbows have been mass-produced. The first to be equipped is naturally Lu Lingqi's Phoenix Army. Now her Phoenix Army is not only a few hundred people, but more than 8,000 people, all young women. Among them, there are many beautiful women. For example, the female clerk who brought the tea just now is a very beautiful and beautiful woman... Uh, this is a digression.
Although the Phoenix Legion only had more than 8,000 people, they were equipped with 2,000 light crossbows and 2,000 heavy crossbows each, as well as more than 2,000 continuous crossbows. The other arms with only more than 1,000 people had become a pure crossbow army.
Now the main training is the speed of the winding. As for the accuracy, of course, it is impossible to achieve accurate shooting at targets hundreds of meters away. The accuracy problem can only be solved by intensive shooting.
The relationship between the shooting angle and distance, after a long period of testing, has been quite clear. The army's combat effectiveness is quite good, but it's a bit too expensive to spend money, which makes Li Yunfei a little bit overwhelmed. Obviously they are crossbow soldiers, but they are all equipped with war horses and long swords, as well as the protective leather armor. This money is almost three times the cost of normal cavalry.
Sitting in his daughter's office, the very beautiful female clerk stayed on the side the whole time, taking a peek at himself from time to time, which made Li Yunfei have the urge to flirt with the past, but in the end he held back and concentrated on checking. Various information about the Phoenix Corps.
"Daddy, here I come!"
"...Where's the step girl?"
"She went to see the army drill!"
"Well, Qi'er's troop training is very good, but you, the Phoenix Corps, spend too much money, you can't expand the army any more!"
"Didn't Daddy say that his daughter can recruit as many people as she can?"
"This is my father's miscalculation. I really didn't expect so many girls to join the army!"
"Okay, my daughter doesn't embarrass Dad anymore... But it's almost New Year's Eve now. When Dad came over today, wouldn't he console the soldiers?"
"Of course, five hundred dollars per person, plus two feet of silk and satin!"
"Daddy is arrogant... Xiao Qiao heard it, hurry up and tell the team to gather, my father will give out the reward!" Lu Lingqi turned to the female clerk next to her, and gave an order.
"No, General!" When the girl left, she did not forget to take a look at Li Yunfei before leaving.
"...No, her name is Xiao Qiao?"
"Yeah, that girl's name is Qiao Shuang, everyone likes to call her Xiao Qiao... Dad, you won't take a fancy to my subordinates again!"
"How is it possible, how is it possible, just have you investigated her details and are sure that she is not from Soochow?"
"Of course not. Her father was Yuan Shu's subordinate. Yuan Shu was defeated and died more than a year ago. She went to Wancheng with her family and passed various tests two months ago before being recruited by me as a staff clerk!"
"Does she have a sister named Qiao Ying?" It seems that it is really possible that the famous Xiao Qiao, because this time and space led the army south to chase Yuan Shu, and came faster, so the city of Anhui was not broken by Sun Ce. Of course no one was taken...
"...Dad, you also said that you are not interested in other people, and you have even investigated the family background. She also has a sister named Qiao Ying, but that one failed the Phoenix Legion assessment, so she failed to enter the army to serve, so There's nothing I can do about that daughter, but this little old Qiao can pick up people when he goes back!"
"Uh, how is this possible!"
"why not?"
"Little girl, do you know what human rights are? You think your soldiers are yours, and you can give them away at will? Do you know how serious this brother's problem is?"
"Daddy misunderstood what I meant, in fact, this little Qiao girl worships her father. She is not forcing others to do things they don't want. I am doing good deeds. Dad has taught me so much, how can I not know? Respect other people's opinions."
"Qi'er, don't you think it would be too much for Dad to take people back?" In all fairness, the bright student Xiao Qiao is like a well-ripened apple, so he still has some ideas. Yes, but the one sitting in front of her now is her own daughter, so she always needs to be restrained.
"Of course not too much!"
"Forget it I won't mention this for the time being. Recently, I discovered another design of a crossbow. It does not require three bows but can achieve a similar effect with three bows, which can greatly reduce the size!" To avoid embarrassment , Li Yunfei directly changed the subject, went to a box, and took out a small steel crossbow that he made carefully.
This steel crossbow is actually not much different from the modern military crossbow, but it pays more attention to the range and power, but the bow is made of the latest spring steel...
"...Dad, why did you come up with something new again? Even my daughter can't learn it." Lu Lingqi carefully took the steel crossbow weighing about ten kilograms and observed it very seriously.
"Actually, as long as you fully understand the principle of leverage and make good use of those pulleys, everything can become straightforward. With this pulley design, you can use one bow to achieve a similar effect to three bows!"
"Then why did you get three bows before?"
"Because this spring steel is expensive, and the yield of products produced with the current technology is extremely low. If you make some small crossbows, it's okay, but if you make large crossbows, the output is far from enough.".