Ride and Cut

When the dwarf man-made archery tower certainly did not consider that there would be human visitors, the ascending corridor was extremely low and cramped, and he could almost only half-squat and move up. After a while, the lord finally got out of the corridor in disgrace, and the space became slightly wider.

"I should climb up directly from the outer wall." He patted his hair, and the dust immediately flew up, and he sneezed twice in succession.

Robbie's voice came from the front: "This is our bed crossbow."

Li Cha took out his handkerchief and was about to blow his nose, when he subconsciously raised his head when he heard this, his eyes were immediately glued to what was in front of him.

Even if he had known for a long time that the dwarves were a family of famous blacksmiths, and even if they were barely well-informed in two lifetimes, he still had to admit that this bed crossbow was far beyond what he had imagined.

All-steel parts, compact structure, four foot nails are wedged into the gaps in the floor logs for stability.

The bearing group is embedded with cylinders to connect the crossbow body and the base, and the steel crossbow arm is divided into three sections, which are anti-bow and connected by an energy storage mechanism composed of springs and gears. It was the first time he had seen such a slightly counterintuitive design since coming to this world.

Every part has been carefully polished to a smooth surface, and under the early morning sun, it exudes a layer of faint blue reflection. Compared with the rough wood and stone walls around, it seems to be from another dimension.

"You did it?" The lord lightly stroked the stretched crossbow string, his expression seemed to be seeing an intercontinental missile rising slowly in the Tiantian Monkey workshop.

"I am only in charge of the design, and the forging is done by others." Robbie picked up a towel and wiped off the grease spilled from the crossbow machine, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously pursed slightly, as if he was focused and gentle like a mother taking care of her child.

"It's amazing!" Li Cha said sincerely.

Originally, Annie mentioned that Robbie likes to toss some weird things. At that time, Li Chaxuan was full of whimsical ideas in his mind. Who would dare to be the first in this field? He didn't take it seriously at all, and even prepared to show him a hand if he had a chance.

Now it seems that he underestimated the heroes of the world and also underestimated Robbie. This bed crossbow has gone far beyond the category of gadgets. It must be a work that can only be born after countless studies and attempts.

Robbie is not the naughty kid he imagined, but a real structural expert.

"There are a few bronze inscriptions left by ancient sages in the tribe. In fact, I just picked up a little remnant of the wisdom of the predecessors, which is nothing at all."

Talking about his field of expertise, Robbie is full of pride and confidence, and the smile on his face is contagious. Compared with that wimpy little bum on the battlefield, they seemed like two people.

The lord is a complete pragmatist, he doesn't care about ancient sages, he only cares about the things that can be used in front of him.

"How far is the range? How's the aim?"

"A skilled archer can stably hit a sheep's head from 400 to 500 yards away, and can shoot through a layer of plate armor at a distance of 1,200 yards, but it's impossible to hit the head at such a distance." Robbie added with a shy smile.

"In fact, I feel that the arrow path can be maintained at a distance of seven or eight hundred yards, but it is difficult to aim with the eyes alone."

"Damn it." Li Cha couldn't hold back a swear word.

If you don't ask, you don't know. If you ask, you will be scared to pee. Compared with the mainstream military bed crossbow in Pompeii, this homemade bed crossbow is at least a whole grade better in terms of accuracy and range.

Pompeii's ordnance technology can only be regarded as second-rate in the entire human world. San Jose in the south is stronger, but it can't reach this level.

Part of the reason for this is that the mainstream bed crossbows all compromise on cost and cannot represent the highest level of each country. But the skills of Robbie and the dwarves are definitely enough to make people's jaw drop.

"This kind of big killer, how can you make it dumb. Listen to my brother, hurry up and get a batch of crossbow bolts, if there is no wood, use all steel."

The lord was even happier than Robbie. He took out the binoculars on his waist and stuffed them into his hands, "And there is this one, which can see farther."

Robbie had noticed that Li Cha was always looking around with this lens tube, and he guessed that there must be something in it. Try it in front of your eyes, and you will be immediately attracted by this novelty.

"The crossfire of the two bed crossbows is aimed at one place, and the precise point kills. I'll see who can withstand it." Li Cha's face was flushed, as if he had seen the scene of the robbers from all walks of life turning their backs on their backs.

"Brother Richard." Robbie put down the lens tube reluctantly, frowned and scratched the back of his head, "Actually...the problem is not with the arrow, look at the string above it."

"String?" Li Cha lowered his head, and immediately discovered the clue.

The light yellow tendon string stretched on the arm of the crossbow was made of several thin tendon strings, and it had been stretched so that the color was obviously uneven, and it was almost at the end of its life.

"The tension of the all-steel crossbow arm is too great. I originally planned to use the giant leech of Monaka as the string, and entrusted Miss Anne to help buy it." Robby spread his hands, "But I haven't bought it yet."

The Monaka giant leech he was talking about was a kind of monster with a very low rank, and only had a little bit of dispensable ability to spit out acid. The real peculiarity of this kind of leech is that its body is extremely flexible and solid, and after processing, it becomes the most excellent and durable bowstring. All the powerful ballistas on the city of Cologne are made of this material.

"That's strictly controlled military supplies, how could it be so easy to buy." Li Cha shook his head, feeling that Robbie's thoughts were too naive.

Not to mention a business house, even if he is such a serious pioneering lord, he is unlikely to compete with the regular army for the ownership of such scarce supplies.

"Indeed." Robbie showed a bit of embarrassment on his face, "so we can only temporarily replace it with ordinary sheep tendon strings, but we have to replace them every four or five shots. Our problem is not that there are no arrows, but that there are no strings."

"I……"

Li Cha has seen black goats domesticated by dwarves, which are much stronger than ordinary goats, and the best of them can even be used as riding animals. But no matter how strong they are, they are not beyond the scope of goats. It would be a dream to extract the big tendons from them that can be used for bed crossbows.

And what use is a bed crossbow without strings? Maybe bluffing is the only answer.

The dwarf knew that it would be useless to continue to prepare arrows, so he simply didn't make extra arrows. There was nothing wrong with this idea.

"Do you have gold coins in your tribe?" Li Cha suddenly asked a seemingly irrelevant question.

"Gold coins?" Robbie was stunned for a moment before he realized, "Our tribe is not very rich, and most of the weapons we usually sell are exchanged for supplies. As far as I remember, there are only about 10,000 gold coins in total."

Poor Li Cha couldn't spit out a mouthful of old blood. This amount made him immediately awe-inspiring. He never expected that this group of short Dunzi's family background is so rich.

"Give me a thousand, you just prepare the crossbow bolts, and I'll take care of the rest." Li Cha reached out to pat Robbie on the shoulder, but couldn't reach it, so he patted his head instead.