Chapter 472: Day and night

Looking at Ma Jun's shining eyes, Zhou Yu paused, and said, "What Deheng wants to make is the essence of the country and the need for the army. The two armies fight, either because of the climate, long-distance raids, or at night, need to identify the correct direction. Now we only rely on the sun, moon, stars, trees, houses, or asking local people to identify the direction, which is very inconvenient and delayed time. I heard that Huangdi fought with Chiyou, and in order to prevent his army from being defeated, Chiyou made a fog, causing Huangdi's army to lose direction. Later, Huangdi made a command cart, and relied on the command cart to distinguish the direction, and finally defeated Chiyou."

Ma Jun patted his head with his hand and smiled, "It turns out that my lord wants to rebuild the guide car. I have also heard of this car. A man named Zhang Heng used to rebuilt the guide car, but unfortunately his skills have also been lost..."

Zhou Yu smiled and said, "With Deheng's talent, even if Zhang Heng reborn, he may not lose to him. Historical records show that a long time ago, the Yue Shang family in the distance sent envoys to the Zhou Dynasty and lost their way back. Zhou Gong then made a guide cart to give it to him as a guide tool. It can be seen that the guide cart can not only be used for combat, but also for people's livelihood. If Deheng rebuilt the guide cart, it would be of great benefit."

Ma Jun knelt on the ground with one leg excitedly and saluted: "No matter how difficult the compass car is to be built, Jun will work hard. The lord's trust will not be defeated, and it will be completed within three months."

Zhou Yu's face was full of smiles, and he helped Ma Jun up and said, "There is a lot of money. There is another thing that you must be troubled by De Heng." After that, Zhou Yu turned around and took out a wooden box from the bookshelf behind him, gently opened it, took out a few pieces of paper inside, and handed it to Ma Jun's hand.

Ma Jun looked closely and saw a strange thing on several pieces of paper, which looked like a crossbow commonly used in the army, with an outer contour, a hanging knife, a cow, a pivot, a mountain and a teeth, but it was much smaller in size and looked very delicate.

Ma Jun exclaimed: "Lord, did you design this? The crossbow arrows are very bulky nowadays, and soldiers who are not strong enough to use them, or if they are two people launch together, it is very inconvenient. If they are improved to this size, they can be launched with a single person and a single arm, and the attack will be much more powerful."

Zhou Yu said to himself: "Zhuge Kongming, I'm sorry, I snatched your invention in history and made some improvements. There will be no Zhuge crossbow in the world in the future..."

After hearing Ma Jun’s question, Zhou Yu gestured on the paper and said, “This is something I thought about by chance. This crossbow has several characteristics. One can be used by individual soldiers, whether it is cavalry or infantry. The second is that it has strong firepower and can fire five crossbow arrows at a time. The third is that it can aim at the target and wait until it needs to be fired, which is conducive to capturing the shooting opportunity and has a higher hit rate than the bow and arrow.”

Ma Jun carefully looked at it and said happily: "This kind of crossbow is really great! It is more than twice as powerful as the double-shot crossbows used in large quantities now! If each of our soldiers has one, they can be both archers, spearmen or shield soldiers, attacks and defends, and can advance and retreat freely. Even when retreating, they can kill and damage the enemy in large quantities at any time. It is powerful."

Zhou Yu laughed and said, "I just drew it on paper. It can be made into a useful and durable weapon. Deheng has to rely on you. Especially the crossbows used in the crossbows, it should be different from the crossbows we often use. It is only about eight inches long. How to improve its lethality? Deheng has to study it carefully."

Ma Jun patted his chest and said, "My lord, there is no problem with this. I will definitely complete it. By the way, this crossbow was designed by the lord himself, and I also asked the lord to give it a name, so that it will be more popular in the future."

Zhou Yu did not refuse, but thought for a while and said, "This crossbow was invented by me in Jiangdong, so it should be called Jiangdong crossbow."

Ma Jun nodded and said, "Okay, it's called Jiangdong Crossbow. Jun also has a suggestion. Based on this crossbow, it can expand its size and operate it by several people. Place more giant crossbow arrows inside, which can be fired about ten consecutively at a time. They will be very sharp weapons for siege or defending the city."

"Okay~" Zhou Yu said loudly, "I knew Deheng's brain was quick. If he really created such a powerful weapon to siege, he would be able to destroy everything he could, I will remember a great achievement for you!"

After Ma Jun left, Zhuge Jin looked at Zhou Yu with admiration and said, "The lord is really a celestial being. Even such a complex crossbow can know how to structure it. It really makes Jin admire him."

Zhou Yu called out, he couldn't say clearly that he had learned it from later information. While the two were talking, they suddenly saw Quan Rou's expression in a hurry and reported: "Lord, the second wife is here!"

"What? Invite her in quickly." Zhou Yu didn't believe his ears. Now it was the critical moment when the two armies were about to go to war. Why did Xiao Qiao suddenly come here? Could it be that something big happened to her family?

Zhuge Jin hurriedly said goodbye and left. After a moment, Quanrou opened the tent door. Xiao Qiao bent down slightly and walked into the tent with a gust of fragrant wind.

Since leading the army to leave Moling, Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao have not met for more than a month. At this moment, they were very happy to meet each other. Zhou Yu saw Xiao Qiao wearing a goose yellow coat, her skin was as creamy as curd, her long hair was coiled up high, looking radiant, and her beautiful eyes were staring at her affectionately. When her eyes met, Zhou Yu felt that her whole body was about to dissolve into Xiao Qiao's eyes.

"Zhou Lang..." Xiao Qiao called out in a sweet voice, and after a few small steps, he rushed into Zhou Yu's arms. Quan Rou had already put down the tent door tactfully and guarded outside the door. Even if a general who was reporting on the work came over, Quan Rou explained softly and everyone looked at each other and smiled.

The soft jade fragrance was in my arms, and Zhou Yu suddenly felt the fatigue in his whole body cleared away. Xiao Qiao's faint body fragrance drilled into his nostrils, making Zhou Yu very happy. "Qian'er~~", this is Zhou Yu's nickname to Xiao Qiao, "Why did you come in a hurry, and you didn't inform me in advance, so you can make arrangements early." Zhou Yu's words were a little angry.

Xiao Qiao smiled slightly and said softly: "My husband is busy with military affairs, so I don't want to cause trouble again. I came here today because I felt that the battle with Cao's army may last for a long time. If there is no one around me, I will overwork and my body may be damaged. Therefore, I came here to accompany me."
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