The strength of the Han crossbow ranges from one stone, three stones, four stones to twelve stones, and if the six stones or more are full-tensioned crossbows, and the arm-open crossbows are usually used in three or four stones.

At present, what Ren Hong is holding in his hand is a four-stone crossbow, its tension is about 120 catties, and it can reach up to one hundred and fifty steps, but the best range is still within 100 steps.

The Han crossbow has improved a lot compared with the Qin crossbow, the fuselage is added with copper Guo, and Guo is also engraved with more than a dozen small characters: "On the third day of August in the first year of Yuanfeng, Dunhuang issued a crossbow official order to make a crossbow with gold", which is the name of the crossbow must be made.

In Ren Hong's opinion, the craftsman named "Jin" has a very good aesthetic, with red and black lacquer patterns on the crossbow arm, a crossbow four feet long, and a perfect curve like unfolded wings, which is a heavy feel to the hand - and a sense of security to the soldiers.

However, all its core technologies are concentrated in the metal crossbow machine in Tongguo, teeth, lookout mountain, hook heart, hanging knife, Bronze Age creations are combined with ingenuity, making the crossbow an exquisite killing weapon!

Ren Hong took a deep breath, pulled up Wangshan, let the crossbow teeth rise, and brought up the hook core, and the hook lower teeth stuck the hanging knife notch, so that the crossbow machine remained locked.

The second step is to fasten the bowstring of the cow tendon to the teeth, pull out the crossbow arrow and load it into the arrow groove on the crossbow arm, and then pull it back with all your strength so that the arrow shaft is pressed against the string between the two teeth.

The third step is to pick up the crossbow, aim at the target with the five-scale Wangshan, and then pull the suspension knife as if pulling the trigger of a firearm! With a crisp pop sound from the crossbow machine, the hook immediately sank, driving the teeth to shrink, and the bowstring that had been accumulating for a long time quickly detached the teeth and rebounded, pushing the crossbow arrows out quickly!

In the blink of an eye, the bolt was already nailed to the target on the wall of the Great Wall.

Zhang Qianren, who raised a dog, already had more than a dozen arrows in his hand, and at this moment he ran to the target to take a look, and reported the final results to Ren Hong.

"Seven out of twelve!"

This made Ren Hong breathe a sigh of relief, thanks to the fact that in the past half a year, he pestered the material officer who was guarding the corner tower in the hanging spring taught a simple crossbow technique, and it seems that after half a month, he can at least be able to pass the line.

But archery still has to continue to practice, and Ren Hong also found that he has too many ideas in hand-to-hand combat, and the operation can't keep up with his brain. On the contrary, the long-range crossbow is relatively calm, and when he arrives in the Western Regions, he will probably take the material official route, all the way from "Han Nongfu" to "Han Jin Crossbow Zhang Shi......

It's a pity that among the people who broke the captive flint, there were no people who were very good at crossbows, and Zhao Hu'er, who had the best eyesight, used a bow......

Thinking like this, Ren Hong looked at Zhao Hu'er who was watching him shoot a crossbow next to him, and said with a smile: "You also try?" ”

Zhao Hu'er didn't answer, but he had already untied the compound bow he was carrying in his hand, stood up straight, drew an arrow from the quiver on his waist, pulled the string, a bow, and the arrow pointed directly at the target, and then let go of his fingers, in one go, the speed was at least twice as fast as Ren Hong's crossbow!

Take a closer look, the arrow is right in the bull's-eye!

The bows of the Han Dynasty were divided into three categories: people with superior strength could hold 120 catties, which was called tiger power, but there were very few such people; The medium one can hold eighty or ninety pounds; The inferior ones can only save about sixty or seventy pounds.

Zhao Hu'er can hold a strong bow for more than ten arrows without stopping, which can be described as tiger power.

Although the crossbow machine can allow Ren Hong, a person of medium strength, to exert the effect of superior strength through the combination of hand and waist strength, but to let him pull a four-stone bow, about six or seven arrows are enough to choke.

But Zhao Hu'er didn't have to rest, and actually shot twelve arrows in one go! After counting, a total of eleven were won, which can be described as very terrifying.

Even Han Dangdang, who had a holiday with Zhao Hu'er, saw this scene on the beacon and had to admit: "If it is not ten years of work, it is impossible to have such archery skills." ”

This is the difference between the bow and crossbow, the crossbow machine uses the delicacy of the machine to separate the winding and aiming, so the bounce power is greater than that of the bow, the range is longer, and the lethality is greater, and the final stage only needs to focus on aiming without thinking about the string control, plus the help of Wangshan, the hit rate is also higher.

The bow may seem simple to construct, but it is more difficult to use well than a crossbow, and many times it is not all about careful aiming, but about feeling...... Therefore, one year is enough to train an ordinary crossbowman, but it is impossible for an archer to have three years of proficiency in holding the bow every day.

The only disadvantage of the crossbow machine is that the crossbow is far inferior to the bow in terms of winding speed, especially when you meet a veteran who makes a bow, and before you can raise the crossbow to aim, it is estimated that you will be shot to death by the opponent. In addition, when you are on a bumpy galloping horse, the crossbow machine has no time to wind up and aim, but it is the skilled eagle archers who can shoot you off the horse with a reflexive bow and a bow!

The strong bow and crossbow, two similar but different weapons, there is really no superiority or inferiority, but the crossbow is more suitable for the Han Dynasty, which has a large population and can train a large number of temporary soldiers in a short time, and the bow is more suitable for the Xiongnu who have few people but have practiced riding and archery since childhood.

After shouting that everyone in Suizhong had tested the shot, Ren Hong was going to perform his official duties and go to inspect Amada.

According to the order, it was Lu Guangsu's turn to inspect Tiantian today, but Ren Hong ordered another person.

"Zhao Hu'er, will you go with me too?"

……

Inspecting Amada is equivalent to a weight-bearing cross-country, Ren Hong put on a leather armor, wrapped in a black scarf on his head, hung a four-foot-long ring knife on his waist, and carried a crossbow he had just used, thirty crossbow arrows, and hung a blanket to hold water, but he did not ride a horse.

"There is a twelve-mile-long jurisdiction in the east and west of the broken flint, and I, as the flint, have to walk through it step by step."

Zhao Hu'er and Lu Guangsu were already waiting for him, Zhao Hu'er put a short braid on his head, tied a bun on the top of his head, and asked him when, Lu Guangsu, who had a good relationship with Zhao Hu'er, replied on his behalf:

"Previously, Zhao Hu'er used to patrol Tiantian with braided hair, and was almost caught by Ling Husui next to him as a Hun spy from Yuesai!"

However, this Zhao Hu'er is in the Han land, but he has the hairstyle of the Hu people, is it really as Han dared to say, is it true that his heart must be different if he is not of my race?

Zhao Hu'er didn't say much, just walked silently in front of him, his eyes always falling on his feet.

Lu Guangsu also shouted: "Ren Sui, there is a trap outside the beacon, follow me." ”

"Tiger Fall", that is, a fence wall made of willow branches, could prevent the Hun cavalry from approaching, and if they wanted to cross, they had to dismount and move away, giving the beacon guards a chance to shoot calmly.

In the sand outside the door, there are some traps buried, covered with a straw mat, covered with a layer of soil, you can't see it at all, it is covered with poplar stakes, the stakes are cut into three sharp points, if someone wants to forcibly break through the tiger fall to attack the beacon gate, it is inevitable that they will step into it.

Carefully bypassing the tiger fall, followed by a large forest, Zhao Hu'er stopped in front of an elm tree, looked for any unwilted leaves, and then used a knife to peel off some elm bark, put it directly in his mouth and chewed, after hesitating for a while, he handed Ren Hong some also.

Seeing that Ren Hong's eyes were full of doubts, Zhao Hu'er explained: "Didn't Sui Chang ask me why my eyesight is so good? If you eat the leaves and skins of the elm tree, you will be able to see things clearly at night. ”

"That's the trick."

Ren Hong smiled and learned, there are very few fresh vegetables in the side of the side, many soldiers have night blindness, and when it gets dark, they become blind, and they can't see anything clearly.

Further on, next to the Great Wall, there is Amada, where soft fine sand spreads on both sides of the Great Wall, and if someone crosses the block, it will leave deep footprints on it, and if there is no strong wind and sand, the footprints will not disappear quickly.

Contrary to the taciturn Zhao Hu'er, Lu Guangsu talked a lot, and complained to Ren Hong:

"Painting Tiantian is tiring work, to shovel the grass and trees, spread fine sand, a person can only pave 300 steps a day, after all the paving, but also to patrol every day, the place to be blown away to re-level, in the sunny day, it is easy to be dizzy, if there are footprints and do not pay attention, you will be punished afterwards."

Saying that, Lu Guangsu poured a large mouthful of water into his mouth, even though it was autumn, the scorching sun above his head still made the three of them sweat profusely, making them dizzy.

Ren Hong touched the curtain wrapped around his head, which was also hot from the sun.

He smiled, took out three felt hats from the blanket he was carrying, buckled them on his head, and threw one to Lu Guangsu and Zhao Hu'er.

"Put it on, so you can spend less time on your patrols."

This is before Ren Hong came, please ask the Hanging Spring Zhili will sew to help make it, similar to the things of Wu Song and Lin Chongdai in later generations, this thing has wide eaves around it, and Ren Hong added a red thread on the top of the tassel.

It is a good target for archers in battle, of course, it cannot be worn, but for the patrolling flint, it needs a conspicuous sign to let the beacon see itself from a distance.

"It's a good thing, I'm not afraid of the sun in the future."

Lu Guangsu couldn't put it down after putting it on, and Zhao Huer didn't refuse this kindness.

Their rounds continued, and every piece of Amada had to be carefully inspected.

However, in Ren Hong's view, the role of this Tiantian is actually too passive, after all, the Great Wall is not high, and the US-Mexico separation wall in later generations has been overturned.

And Amada couldn't stop them at all, but let Fengsui see the bottom of his heart afterwards: how many people slipped out last night, and how many people slipped in?

While thinking about it, Zhao Hu'er, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, he knelt on one knee and squatted in front of a Tiantian.

"Ren Suichang, look at this!"

When Ren Hong walked over, he couldn't help frowning:

On the flat sand of Amada, there are a series of deep footprints!