The new day dawned with fairly pleasant weather. A winter sun hung in the sky, adding a thread of warmth to the cold season.
Riding in a horse-drawn carriage, Zhou Xu arrived at the testing grounds of the Military Equipment Research Department outside the city.
"His Majesty."
"Dispense with the formalities. Hurry up and let me see the new weapon!"
Seeing that Zhou Xu was clearly itching with impatience, Zhuang Mengdie did not waste words. She waved a hand, and a tester carrying the new weapon hurried over.
"His Majesty, this is the latest version of my Individual Crossbow!"
At that moment, the Individual Crossbow held by the tester was definitely no light crossbow. It was a Heavy Individual Crossbow with a one-meter-long bow arm!
Compared with the arm crossbows and one-handed crossbows whose ranges were only ten or twenty meters, the Heavy Individual Crossbow was far larger. From top to bottom, it had nothing to do with being small and lightweight.
Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the Heavy Individual Crossbow had evolved from the City Defense Crossbow.
Its dimensions had been reduced and some of its designs adjusted, transforming the City Defense Crossbow—which originally required two soldiers to operate and had to be fired while braced against a city wall—into an Individual Crossbow that a single soldier could operate smoothly.
A great deal of testing and adjustment had gone into it. To the greatest extent possible, the power and range of the Heavy Individual Crossbow had been preserved.
The test soon began. The round target used for testing was placed two hundred meters away. That was an astonishing display of confidence.
This would have been impossible if it were a bow and arrow.
Not to mention the powerful bows specially issued to fierce generals like Zhou