Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

Xu Shu's face was as pale as paper, but he was still trying to keep his spirits up, his eyes fixed on the mysterious object in front of him.

Although his body could not move at all, his brain was working rapidly, trying hard to recall information related to this object.

Finally, after some hard thinking, Xu Shu seemed to have caught a glimpse of inspiration. He widened his eyes and said, "This thing is a crossbow, no, no..."

As soon as he said this, he immediately realized that his judgment was not entirely accurate.

He had seen a similar shape in a miscellaneous book.

He clearly remembered that the crossbows at that time were small and exquisite, and were more often used as concealed weapons to be carried around for self-defense. Their power and range were extremely limited, and they could not play a role on a large-scale battlefield.

At this time, Zhuge Liang, who was standing nearby, heard Xu Shu say the word "crossbow" and a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes. But soon, he regained his composure, smiled slightly, and said slowly: "Yuan Zhi is right, this thing is a crossbow, but it is a repeating crossbow."

"Repeating crossbow?" Xu Shu frowned slightly, with a hint of doubt on his face. "What is the power of this repeating crossbow?"

After that, his eyes turned to Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang walked slowly to the edge of the city wall, bent over to pick up a stone, then slowly squatted down and drew a circle on the ground.

After finishing, he stood up, clapped his hands gently, and said to Xu Shu with a smile: "Yuan Zhi will know how powerful it is at a glance."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand and gave orders to the soldiers accompanying him.

After receiving the order, the soldier acted quickly and operated the crossbow skillfully.

With a "whoosh" sound, an arrow shot out from the crossbow like lightning.

The arrow flew at an extremely fast speed, bringing up a gust of fierce wind wherever it passed and making a sharp and piercing sound of breaking through the air.

Xu Shu was standing nearby and clearly heard this heart-pounding sound, as if the air was torn apart by the arrow.

In the blink of an eye, the arrow had reached the center of the circle.

With a loud "bang", the arrow hit the ground hard.

The huge impact force caused the arrow to instantly penetrate the hard stone slab and pierce into the boulder.

The feather arrow continued to move forward due to its powerful inertia until almost the entire arrow body was completely immersed in it, and then it stopped.

Witnessing this scene, Xu Shu couldn't help but take a breath, and his eyes, which were originally slightly narrowed, suddenly widened.

He looked at the scene in front of him with astonishment, and was secretly amazed in his heart.

Such powerful force is beyond imagination. Even a general wearing heavy armor would probably find it difficult to withstand the attack of this crossbow.

Just as Xu Shu was surprised, a scene that shocked him even more happened immediately afterwards.

Dozens of arrows were shot out continuously like meteors. The speed and number were jaw-dropping.

These arrows fell as densely and rapidly as raindrops in a storm, hitting the huge stone one after another.

Each arrow was shot with great force and embedded deeply into the stone.

As more and more arrows hit the target, the huge stone that was originally extremely solid could no longer withstand the powerful impact and began to show shocking cracks.

Accompanied by a slight but clearly audible tearing sound, the stone slowly peeled off and finally broke into countless small pieces that scattered all over the ground.

Xu Shu had been traveling around the world since he was young, becoming a knight-errant. He had experienced many hardships and witnessed many strange people, events and thrilling scenes. But even so, what he saw still shocked him beyond words.

This kind of attack power is simply terrifying! And the most important thing is that this crossbow can actually fire continuously, which means it can continuously deal heavy blows to the enemy.

Thinking of this, Xu Shu could not help but sigh: "Kong Ming, Kong Ming, you are really a rare talent in the world! You can actually develop such a powerful crossbow, no wonder Liu Huangshu thinks so highly of you. With such a crossbow in your hands, even if you face Cao Cao's million-strong army, you have nothing to fear!"

Seeing such a powerful weapon in front of him, Xu Shu's heart suddenly surged with ambition, as if his whole body was filled with strength.

He stood up slowly and looked outside the city wall with a determined gaze.

Outside the city, Cao's army, with its well-organized formation and aggressive momentum, was staring at them eagerly.

Facing such a powerful enemy, there was not the slightest fear in Xu Shu's eyes, but instead a hint of contempt.

At this time, Zhuge Liang walked to Xu Shu's side with steady steps. He also stared at Cao's army in the distance and said softly: "To be honest, this crossbow was developed by me based on the atlas given to me by Emperor Liu, which took a lot of time and effort.

When it comes to extraordinary talent, I'm afraid no one in the world can compare with Liu Bei!

Although this crossbow is extremely powerful, it is extremely difficult to make.

I worked day and night for many days, but only made a few dozen.

Now Cao Cao is attacking the city from all sides at the same time. I can only deploy these crossbows in the four directions of the city, and there are only ten crossbows at most in each place.

Moreover, the arrows needed for these crossbows must be made of special materials, so the quantity is quite limited.

So I said before that I could provide 10,000 elite soldiers for the defense of Chang'an, and it was based on this."

After hearing what Zhuge Liang said, Xu Shu could not help but nod slightly, with a trace of regret on his face: "So that's how it is. I didn't expect that the manufacture of this crossbow would be so difficult.

But even so, with these crossbows, it should be enough to withstand several attacks from Cao Cao.

I just hope Cao Cao will be afraid of the power of the crossbow and retreat when he sees difficulty..."

Having said that, Xu Shu couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly and said slowly: "Cao Cao is a very wise man, and he has gathered many resourceful people under his command.

Even though our newly developed crossbow can inflict a certain degree of frustration on them, it may not be easy to scare them off completely with this weapon.

You know, they only need to analyze the material used in the arrow to guess that the production of this thing is not easy.

Therefore, the most urgent matter at the moment is to prepare countermeasures in advance for the actions that Cao Cao may take next."

While Zhuge Liang was expounding his views in an orderly manner, Xu Shu on the side kept frowning and fell into deep thought.

He thought to himself that what Zhuge Liang said was absolutely right. If Cao Cao once realized the inadequacy and shortage in the number of repeating crossbows, he would launch another fierce attack like a storm.

Then, relying solely on the troops currently stationed in Chang'an City, it would be difficult to resist the overwhelming attack of Cao's army.

Thinking of this, Xu Shu couldn't help but feel worried.