Sun Ce sat on the podium and watched the two armies shoot at each other through the gap. He was a little worried, but when he received the first batch of data statistics, he knew that he had a steady victory in this link.

Cao Ang only learned the shape of the stone thrower, but did not learn the spirit of the stone thrower, and the hit rate needed to be improved. In front of the powerful crossbowman trained by King Chen, as the casualties of civilians operating the stone thrower increased, it would be a matter of time before these stone throwers became useless.

The stone thrower is indeed very powerful, but the hit rate of the stone thrower is a chronic disease. Huang Chengyan, Huang Yueying and his daughter spent so much effort to improve the size of the various components of the stone thrower and strictly train the operators to increase the hit rate of the stone thrower to less than 20%. Can Cao Ang and other rough imitations and part-time civil servants still expect good performance?

One% and two% seem to be different, but as time goes by, this advantage will accumulate and amplify, enough to defeat the opponent. What's more, the hit rate of the powerful crossbows trained by King Chen is more than 20%, and some are even as high as 30%. During the time when the stone-throwing machine is launched, the three crossbows can shoot two to three times each, and the attack efficiency cannot be the same.

From this we can see that the opinions of the craftsmen of the baggage camp are professional, and building stone throwing machines is a waste of manpower and material resources.

War is a technical job, and it is not enough to come and be fancy, so military learning is also one of the most down-to-earth knowledge in ancient times. The reason is very simple. Whoever plays fancy moves on the battlefield can only die and be eliminated by the battlefield. Confucian scholars can quote classics in the court, speak eloquently, firmly grasp the regime, but never have any sense of existence in the army, because their style is useless in the army and no one believes it.

Scholars are often synonymous with weak people. They fight in a lot of ways, but they are defeated on the battlefield. They are not as good as a craftsman.

This is also one of the reasons why Sun Ce wanted to build a wooden school despite the great troubles of the world. The technological progress may be very slow, but it is very solid. So many scholars don’t need to get up and go all on the road to becoming an official. This is a huge waste, and it will inevitably lead to party struggles in the end.

There are too many monks and too little porridge. If you want to get a piece of the pie, how can you not form a clique?

"Thank you, the king." Sun Ce said to King Chen sincerely: "The powerful crossbowmen trained by the king are indeed extraordinary. One-third of the people hit the target at the last minute as high as 30%.

The Han Dynasty attached great importance to crossbow shooting training. A qualified crossbow shooter hit a 50% hit, that is, shooting twelve arrows and hitting six arrows is qualified. But that refers to the regular distance of about 100 steps. The ultra-long-distance standard of 240 steps is greatly reduced, and three arrows are qualified when hitting twelve arrows are qualified when hitting twelve arrows. The battle in front of the battle is no more interference than the usual exams, the target moves, and the hit rate is usually less than 20%, or even less than 10%. The hit rate in front of the battle is as high as 30%, which shows that these powerful crossbow soldiers trained by King Chen not only have good skills, but also have strong psychological qualities, and have stable performance, and have reached the level of snipers in the army.

Sun Ce was very envious and wanted to ask King Chen to ask all three hundred people to come.

"You know the result so soon?"

"There are statisticians on every lookout building." Sun Ce pointed to the lookout building in the distance, and handed the statistics in his hand to King Chen. King Chen took it and saw fifty shooting buildings and three hundred powerful crossbowmen. Everyone remembered the results of each person clearly. "How did you do it? Even if the shooting speed of the crossbow is not fast, after all, there are three crossbowmen shooting at the same time, but there is only one statistician."

Sun Ce smiled and turned around and asked someone to get an original record. The original record was divided into three columns, with the names of the three powerful crossbowmen. There were horizontal lines drawn below. After the powerful crossbowmen each shot two capsules and one hundred arrows, someone specialized in counting.

King Chen was amazed. Some people in the army were responsible for statistics, but it was the first time that someone like Sun Ce who designed the tables specifically. With these tables, the results were obvious at a glance, and the statistics were easy. Just draw horizontal lines under each person's name. One person was enough to count the results of three people. When the numbers were counted, the hit rate was also revealed.

"Who dares to say that you don't study in the future, and the only one will not agree." King Chen was in a good mood and joked, shaking his head and sighing. "Your mind is too meticulous, it's simply incredible."

Sun Ce laughed and shook the record. "King, don't look at this form, but how much effort does this person have. I'm just slaughtering a scalper and treating them to a big meal."

"For this form, slaughter a cow?"

"With this form, I can save several people, not as valuable as a cow?" Sun Ce smiled and said, "Nanyang scalpers are famous all over the world, and I am also promoting the development of people's livelihood in Nanyang. A scalper is worth 4,000 yuan. If you kill this cow, Nanyang County can earn 400 yuan from it. Cattle raisers can earn about 2,000 yuan, cattle sellers can earn 200 yuan, cowhide and horns can be exchanged for more than 300 yuan..."

Sun Ce made a calculation with his fingers and told the number of strokes, but King Chen was stunned. He had heard that Sun Ce could settle the accounts, but he didn't expect that he could calculate so much, and a cow could calculate so many tricks.

"Then who will pay for the 4,000 yuan you bought with cow?"

"Taiwei." Sun Ce took it for granted. "I am fighting under his generals, and he has to reimburse me for all expenses."

He is worthy of being the descendant of a melon farmer, so he is so smart. King Chen stumbled and swallowed the words he poured to his mouth.

"The more you calculate, the less you win, the less you lose." Sun Ce slapped the railing. "I work hard for the court, the court can't let me pay out of my own pocket. What kind of war does not have money to fight? For example, the king, the three thousand powerful crossbowmen, how many arrows and bowstrings they have to use after this battle? This is all money, and it cannot be ignored."

King Chen was speechless.

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Cao Ang stood up and looked into the distance.

All thirty stone-pilot machines have stopped launching, and the tall brackets are standing alone, especially desolate. "Why don't you hit me?" Cao Ang asked loudly.

"The civilians who operated the stone throwing machine suffered more than half of the casualties. No matter how they urged them, no one dared to get on." Wei Zhen hurried over, went up to the podium, and placed two bloody arrows in front of Cao Ang, with a very ugly face. "The powerful crossbowman shooting the tower on the opposite side was too strong. He could penetrate his body through a gap. These crossbows were at least six stone crossbows."

"So many crossbowmen who can operate the Six-Stone Crossbow?" Cao Ang's face was also a little ugly.

"The crossbowman trained by King Chen is indeed extraordinary." Wei Zhen gritted his teeth. "General, this battle... may be very difficult. If the three thousand powerful crossbowmen crossed the gap, our losses will be great. General, please ask Yuan Envoy Yuan for help and ask him to send more crossbowmen. Our crossbowmen are not strong enough and can only win by number advantage."

Cao Ang hesitated for a moment. "I'm afraid... Yuan Envoy will not send reinforcements easily, he will keep those crossbowmen to deal with Sun Ce."

Wei Zhen said anxiously: "If we lose too quickly, he will not have a chance to deal with Sun Ce."

Cao Ang gritted his teeth, turned to Chen Gong and said, "Brother Gongtai, I may have to ask you to go there."
Chapter completed!