Volume 2 Chapter 0071 The Power of the Longbow (II)

The two armies in this world are fighting, except for the archers of the Huns, the farthest killing distance of ordinary bows and crossbows is 240 meters, due to the generally high physical fitness of people, the distance of 240 meters, sprinting at full speed, is about ten breaths of time, this is only a one-sided charge, so before the hand-to-hand combat between the two armies, the crossbowmen generally only have three arrows to shoot.

The Chinese longbow is different, first of all, the terrifying 500-meter range doubles the time for the enemy to charge.

Secondly, the rate of fire of the Chinese longbow is its deadliest point, and the average archer can shoot up to 8 arrows in 1 minute after a long period of training. The archers strengthened by Fang Ming use the Chinese longbow and can shoot 20 arrows in 1 minute.

Now that the opponent is charging at a distance of 400 meters, he will take at least thirteen arrows, and this kind of psychological pressure is unbearable for ordinary people.

When everyone on the side of Erlong Mountain rushed 100 meters at full speed, they suffered 6 rounds of arrow rain and reduced more than 40 people.

"Second brother, these people are so evil, they have released 8 rounds of arrows, how can they still have strength. "Three King Kong Zhao Dajun vented to Fan Shaoying, it was all this guy's idea, this heavy arrow came down, and if it was rubbed, it would be seriously injured, and if it was hit, it would be dead, it was almost impossible for him to hold back now, let alone his subordinates.

Sure enough, hearing his words, everyone looked at Fan Shaoying with a look of resentment, and even Qin Mang, who had been silent, muttered: "Fooled!"

"Try another hundred meters, they definitely don't have the strength, and they don't believe that the other side is full of three-grade masters. Fan Shaoying said viciously, according to his understanding, this kind of strong bow can't shoot for a long time even if it is a fourth-grade master, and some special things must be used on the other side.

"Just listen to the second child, try another 100 meters, brothers, work harder, rush over and destroy them, and when the time comes, we will be rewarded for meritorious deeds, we have never lacked silver and women in Erlongshan, all for me." Zhang Zhiwei decided to take a gamble, if the task assigned by the big boss was not completed, he would have to be punished when he went back. Besides, he didn't believe that the other side was full of masters.

"Rush!" Sure enough, when the thieves heard the silver and the woman, their eyes suddenly glowed green, and they became fierce again.

Ever since he became a bandit, he has been working with his head in his hands, and he has been working for a happy life, wine, money and women.

But they were quickly defeated by reality, and after everyone had used their last bit of courage to rush 80 meters, they saw another volley of arrows from the opposite side, and everyone's faces were filled with despair.

"Don't rush, don't rush, I won't rush if I die!"

"Big brother, withdraw, find another opportunity to make a move, if you don't leave, the morale of the brothers will collapse. Fan Shaoying also gave up, and the person on the other side seemed to be tireless, how many arrows are this? Eleven waves, is it still a person.

"Withdraw!" Zhang Zhiwei nodded in agreement, as for Zhao Dajun, he was pierced by three heavy arrows just now, and he had already reported to the king of Hades.

"Withdraw!" Zhang Zhiwei shouted, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the remaining people in their early 100s all turned around and ran backwards, that posture, I can't wait for my parents to give me an extra leg.

Seeing the bandits retreating, Fang Ming smiled helplessly, these bandits were actually more tenacious than he expected, when discussing tactics with Li An and Xu Tianba yesterday, he insisted that these people could only hold on to 8 arrows, but he didn't expect to be laughed at again if they exceeded so much.

The people of Erlong Mountain finally retreated 400 meters away after paying the price of dozens of lives under the rain of arrows.

"Big brother, you can take a breath!" Seeing that he had run to the safety zone, Fan Shaoying's face that had been tense finally let go, it was too dangerous just now, a heavy arrow grazed his neck and fell into the soil, and he almost confessed here.

"yes, there are more than 70 people left. "Thirty archers on the opposite side, a full twenty rounds of arrow rain, 130 people on their side, if there are more archers, these brothers will be explained here after four or five rounds, how to fight this battle, Zhang Zhiwei's heart can't calm down for a long time.

"You say, what the hell are these people using? Fan Shaoying said.

"What does the second brother mean?"

"This kind of sharp weapon, if it is owned by my Erlong Mountain, I'm afraid that Heifeng Village will not be enough to see. Fan Shaoying came up with the idea of the Chinese longbow.

"Yes, this bow and arrow, it must be ours. Zhang Zhiwei is also a little thorough.

"Big brother, the other party seems to have released an arrow again!" Just as Zhang Zhiwei imagined that he would hand over this kind of big killing weapon to the big boss, the other party was overjoyed and rewarded himself, but was interrupted by Qin Mang's voice.

Following his gaze, the other party really released another arrow, and he and the others were already 420 meters away from them, what were they going to do? Could it be that thinking of this, Zhang Zhiwei's pupils shrank, and his whole face was full of fear.

Just now, seeing that the other party retreated 400 meters away, Li An sneered.

"Change the arrows and move forward. The command reached everyone's ears.

Everyone untied the empty quiver from their waists, removed the quiver on their backs, tied it back to their waists, and all began to move forward, loading arrows as they went.

In this way, the rate of fire will slow down, but because your own side is above the five-rank realm, the movement speed is not slow, and you can still maintain the attack frequency under the advantages of one or the other.

"Second brother, you go first, and you must tell the owner the news. Fourth, you protect the second, remember, before you die, he must not die!" Seeing that the other party was still shooting, Zhang Zhiwei knew that the range of this kind of bow and arrow was definitely more than 400 meters.

"Big brother, why don't you go together. Fan Shaoying is in a hurry, what is the boss going to do, looking at the posture on the opposite side, he has already begun to move forward to shoot, this is the rhythm of rushing to kill, if he doesn't go now, he won't be able to go.

"Let's go, these brothers were all personally selected by me, since I, Zhang Zhiwei, took them out, I can't go back by myself. The news here is very important, it is the key to the rise of our Erlong Mountain, go back and tell the master, only by taking advantage of the lack of manpower in the Black Mountain Village, we can still have a chance to win, otherwise, when they develop, Erlong Mountain has no way to live, and then it will be all over. As Zhang Zhiwei spoke, a round of arrows fell, and several bandits fell.

"Brothers, are you afraid?" Zhang Zhiwei roared angrily!

"Don't be afraid. Forced by his usual obscenity, everyone did not dare to tell the truth.

"Nonsense, I'm scared, how can you not be afraid. Ask again, are you afraid?" Zhang Zhiwei laughed.

"Afraid!" "Afraid!"

"This is the real man, in order to grab time for the second master, let him go back and tell the news to the master, we are dead today, and we have to be nailed here to buy time for them. Otherwise, there will be many more brothers like us today, who will die unprepared, and now you will tell me again, whether you are afraid or not. ”

"Afraid!" "Afraid!"

"Very good, I, Zhang, am usually quite strict with you, so I will accompany you today. But listen to me well, if you are afraid of death, you will run with the second master, I, Zhang Zhiwei, will never blame, as for whether I can live, it depends on God's will. If you are not afraid of death, stay here with me, exchange our lives for the hope of the rise of Erlong Mountain, and finally ask you again, are you afraid or not!"

"Don't be afraid!"

"Very good, in the next life, we will still be brothers, today, my brother will take you to kill a happy one. ”

"Kill!" "Kill!"

"Haha, hold up the shield to Lao Tzu and tell them to see, we don't have a bad seed in Erlong Mountain!"

"Brothers, I'm sorry!" Fan Shaoying let out a sad cry, passed through the crowd, and retreated, Qin Mang hurriedly followed.

"Fourth, if the second dies in front of you, I will never spare you. Zhang Zhiwei roared at Qin Mang's back, and immediately turned around to face the impending rain of arrows.

Of the remaining 70 or so people, none of them fled with Fan Shaoying.

"Gather up the shields and tie them together. Zhang Zhiwei commanded, and everyone did so.

With the large reduction of personnel, the shields became a surplus, and the remaining bandits tied two and three shields together, and everyone put them together to form a shield array, and began to move forward, at this time the power of the salvo has been greatly reduced, and a round of arrow rain can only fall a few people.

After dozens of breaths, the distance between the two sides had been stretched to 300 meters, and the people of Erlong Mountain began to move forward again.

"Why are the people from Erlong Mountain coming to us again?" Seeing the other side's actions, Li An was puzzled.

"What are these people doing?" Xu Tianba also wondered, obviously they had all retreated, why did they start attacking again.

"There must be a demon when things go wrong, Ang Li, you encountered something terrible on the battlefield, what do you want to do most besides running for your life?" Fang Ming couldn't figure out the situation either, and asked Xiang Li An.

"Lord, as a scout, of course I want to go back to Shangfeng to report the situation as soon as possible, so as not to suffer losses to the large army, do they also want to..." Ang Lee thought of something.

"It should be like this, just now I only heard that group of people have been shouting that they are afraid and not afraid, and I think they are staying here to attract our attention, and let people sneak away from behind to report the news. Li An's words, coupled with the group of people just now, who were like chicken blood, loudly proclaimed, Fang Ming actually guessed eight or nine.

"That's good, we're understaffed, it's not easy to pursue. Ang Lee groaned.

"Presumably not many of them are going to report it. Tianba, take a detour from the rear, catch up and take a look, and be careful not to be spotted by the other side. If you can, leave the person who is reporting the message behind, but be sure to take care of your own safety. "Xu Tianba is the strongest, and it is most suitable for him to pursue him.

"Whew!" Xu Tianba took the order, took a detour from behind everyone, and went to pursue the enemy.

"Stop, change the armor-piercing arrows. Seeing that the power of ordinary arrows had been greatly reduced, Fang Ming asked everyone to replace them with armor-piercing arrows.

Ordinary heavy arrows are conical arrows, the arrows are flattened, triangular, and have a certain armor-piercing function, this arrow is cheap to cost, the process is simple, and it is convenient to make.

Armor-piercing arrows are more slender than ordinary conical arrows, with a cross-bladed shape, so it has little resistance when penetrating armor and shields, but arrows are expensive to build, the process is complex, and the output is limited.