Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 539 The dying crossbow

   Huang Yueying, who was shy one second ago, broke free from Fei Qian's hand the next second, and ran away...

  This is a little embarrassing.

  But it didn't take long before Huang Yueying dragged a heavy-looking object, and when she put it in front of Fei Qian, it turned out to be a crossbow!

   Fei Qian blinked, looked at the crossbow on the ground, and then at Huang Yueying, a little unbelievable. Could it be that Huang Yueying made this crossbow by herself?

  Huang Yueying was a little proud, her big eyes were full of the light of "Praise me, I'm amazing"...

  Fei Qian picked up the bow and crossbow from the ground, looked left and right, and turned it upside down.

  The Huang family's crossbow craftsmanship may be due to the inheritance of the Mohist school. Many specific things have been inherited, such as the scale of Wangshan. This is completely impossible without a lot of practical experience. Just like the bed crossbow installed on Beiqu, it also uses a winch to open the strings and look at the mountain to measure the distance, so it has some accuracy.

  Of course what Fei Qian is holding in his hand is a normal crossbow, also known as a pedal crossbow. In fact, it is the predecessor of the Kicking Crossbow, which is slightly smaller in terms of strength requirements.

   "You did it? It's a good job..." Fei Qian said.

  Huang Yueying squinted her big eyes, raised her chin slightly, and said, "After receiving Lang Jun's letter, I started to make it... I even made a bigger one, but... well, I can't move it..."

   Fei Qian became interested, so he got up and walked to the backyard with a crossbow in his hand, ready to test the difference between Huang's crossbow and some crossbows in the army.

  Little Mo Dou hurriedly chased after him, holding Fei Qian's coat in his hand...

  This, Feiqian sweated a little, luckily it was in the backyard...

   Bows and crossbows have always been long-distance strike weapons in the Huaxia Army. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, there have been two types of manual and pedal use. As for the perverted weapon such as the bed crossbow, it requires three or five people, or a large-scale long-range shooting device that requires animal power to wring it apart. Although its power is about the same as that of a cannon using solid shells However, this does not belong to the category of individual weapons, nor can it be used in sudden field battles. It is mostly used for attacking and defending cities.

  Individual crossbows, under normal circumstances, are far greater than bows and arrows in terms of accuracy, range, and lethality. According to what is known in the Fei Qian army now, the bows used by ordinary soldiers probably have a pulling force of about one stone. The weak bow is usually used by women or children. Strong bows vary from person to person, like Huang Xu's commonly used bow, it should be about three or four stones.

But crossbows, the lowest starting point is one stone, and then add stone by stone. Normally used in the military waist crossbow, it is almost one stone to two stones. After three stones, it basically collapses, and the highest is the ten-stone rhubarb crossbow. It was the kind where Li Guang continuously sniped the leading generals of the Xiongnu in the army. Normally, two people were required to open his mouth.

   Feiqian put on his outer robe, with disheveled hair, holding a crossbow, tried to stretch it, but the strength was not too strong, so he hung the string on the teeth of the crossbow.

  Huang Yueying handed over the crossbow without any hassle, then pointed to a big tree near the courtyard wall in the backyard, and said, "Just shoot at that tree. I often shoot at that tree, too. There is a big knot in the middle of the tree!"

  Fei Qian glanced at this yellow-haired girl, it seems that this girl's daily life is a bit different...

do not care.

   Fei Qian pressed the crossbow bolt into the arrow path, took aim with the crossbow for a while, and then slowly pulled down the hanging knife of the crossbow.

  The crossbow has this advantage, which can provide a stable aiming time. If it is said that the bow is fully drawn, it must be shot in a very short time, otherwise it will be a great consumption for both the bow body and the human body.

With a sound of "pa", the crossbow arrow flew out smoothly, and hit the unlucky big tree in an instant. However, it did not hit the wood tumor as Fei Qian wished, but landed on the edge of the wood tumor. About three to five centimeters below.

  The Huang family's crossbow, or the crossbow made by Huang Yueying, is still very accurate.

  The wood seems to be jujube wood. I don’t know the proportion of the bronze alloy. It looks a little dark. There are some fine lines on the hanging knife. If you look closely, it turns out to be a blooming flower. This...

   Well, girls did it after all.

  Fei Qian has also learned a lot in the army during this period. In fact, there are many reasons for the crossbow gradually withdrawing from the battlefield. One of the reasons is very cruel, that is, people are cheap...

Because the Han people have not made any progress in the armor of the Huns during the long-term struggle against the Huns, it is almost nothing. Therefore, there is no need for more powerful long-range weapons to break armor, and ordinary bows and arrows that are more convenient to carry are sufficient. task.

  For a fast-moving horse, a projectile with a large area and a high rate of fire will have significantly higher lethality than a slow crossbow.

   Not to mention crossbows cost more money...

   Therefore, in the army, the bow is gradually used as the main weapon, and the crossbow is used as a supplement, and even all bows are often used.

  However, Fei Qian wanted to use the crossbow again.

  Because in this land, the war is no longer mainly aimed at the Hu people, but the confrontation among their own people.

   Fighting between infantry will occupy the vast majority, and ordinary bows and arrows basically have little effect on the shields of swordsmen who are densely arranged in front of the formation.

  But if you put on a crossbow...

Fei Qian has done experiments, and the four-stone bow can penetrate seven layers of ordinary leather armor within fifty steps, and can even penetrate three layers of Zhajia. Penetrates three layers of leather armor and one layer of armor.

And the most basic kicking crossbow is basically a four-stone start. If you use a six-stone kicking crossbow, then it can be said that within a hundred steps, no matter whether it is armor or a shield, no military equipment can resist it. live…

   Unless a special large shield.

  But the special large shield must have a special weight. In most cases, it can only be used for defense. It is more difficult to attack.

  With a solid crossbow formation, it can even make several times the enemy helpless. Besides, even if it is a slow crossbow, if it is used well, it will still make the cavalry helpless.

  Master Cai Yong once mentioned a Han general who surrendered to the Xiongnu, Li Ling, relied on chariot formations, and then used 5,000 troops to fight against more than 100,000 Huns. He had to surrender until he ran out of crossbows.

  In the battle commanded by Li Ling, in the high-intensity battle that lasted more than ten days, against the Huns' 100,000 cavalry, they never let the Huns' cavalry break through the position. Apart from the command factor, it also shows the importance of crossbows.

   Now, for Fei Qian, if he wants to put the crossbow on the battlefield again, there are two problems that need to be solved urgently, one is the shooting frequency, and the other is cost control...

   This is why Fei Qian deliberately took risks and made a detour to Jingxiang to borrow the power of the Huang family.

   Of course there are some other reasons...

   People from Guangxi...

   I really don't know how to comment...

   Anyway, the author is in the area of ​​Chongzuo, so here are a few examples I have seen:

   Whenever the villagers next door catch snakes, kill chickens and ducks, they will definitely call people to drink. Five or six people, having a drink around a small table, three or four dishes, can eat from noon to night...

   Whenever they make direct calls, they must repeat a few words loudly, and drink in a certain place, drink, drink, drink, ah...

   I never bother to bargain when selling items, and I will definitely say that they are all at this price. There is still room for profit, but I would rather lose my business than lower the price...

   A few local workers from Guangxi were recruited sporadically...

   On a rainy day, it’s raining, so it’s not easy to start work...

   Say the sun out of the sun, high temperature is not good to start work...

   I can't get up too early in the morning...

   It's too dark at night to see...

   But when it comes to drinking...

   Playing cards...

shop…

   Well, what I see is just what I see, not universal...

  (end of this chapter)