Chapter 11: Ranged Weapons

After killing Jiannu, Huang Han didn't chase the frightened war horse that ran away.

Who knows if this stupid horse ran ten or twenty miles in one go? It is not known whether they caught up with that large force.

Don't think about things that you are not sure about, and first put the benefits in your pocket that are the most realistic.

Huang Han started to pick up Jiannu's equipment, of course, he knew that he could not discard the severed hand and the knife when he picked it up, and there was also a small piece of equipment that was particularly important, and Huang Han found it after looking for a moment in the place where he was fighting with Jiannu.

It's a antler wrench, and you can't afford to be sharpened by a bowstring without this thing when you shoot an arrow.

A purely accidental encounter made Huang Han understand the artistic conception of planting flowers with intention and not unintentionally planting willows and willows.

Huang Han got the whole set of armor of this Jiannu waistcoat and the cotton armor he wore in the iron armor, Jiannu's cotton armor was of high quality, stronger than the Ming army's standard cotton armor on his body, and the defense and warmth were stronger.

This is not because the technical strength of the Ming Dynasty is inferior to the Tunguska savages, but because the people up and down the Ming Dynasty are floating and corrupt, which leads to the evil consequences of craftsmen cutting corners.

In the era of wild boar skins, the Jiannu attached the most importance to army construction, and the quality of swords, guns and armor reached a demanding level.

All soldiers know how to take care of their equipment and carefully maintain their armor, and the military discipline of Jiannu even has such a provision, when the armor of the warrior is not as bright as new, he will be scolded by the cane, and it is possible to be killed by the cane.

Attitude determines everything, and the attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards the army is very different from the Houjin towards the construction of the army, so it is not uncommon for the Ming army to be defeated repeatedly.

Huang Han also found fire knives, flints and velvet from Jiannu, so he no longer had to worry about fire.

This Jiannu also carried a dozen taels of silver and a pair of gold bracelets in his arms, which should be the result of the robbery he got from the middle peasant and above, and now this pair of bracelets with about three taels of gold is of course cheaper than Huang Han.

The long-awaited long-range weapons have also been obtained, and Jiannu's compound bow is of the highest quality, which can be shot on horseback or on foot, and the feather arrows of the armor-piercing cone arrows are powerful enough to break two layers of armor in thirty steps.

Unfortunately, due to Jiannu's war horse running away, Huang Han was not able to capture the quiver, and now only one arrow that hit his back and two arrows that fell to the ground can be used, which means that Huang Han can only carry out three long-range attacks.

Huang Han regretted it a little again, why didn't he think about leaving the few feather arrows on the leather shield yesterday, what a pity he threw them away!

The sun went down, and the sky was not completely dark, Huang Han didn't care about the corpse of Jiannu who was stripped naked, and cut off the head with the tail of the money rat with a knife, and wrapped it in Jiannu's linen underwear and picked it on the tiger spear that captured Zijiannu.

Huang Han, who was on the road again after the victory, was in a good mood, humming a modern tune and walking on the ancient official road.

This man looked very strong, and the striding yellow man carried a tiger gun on his shoulder, and the barrel of the gun carried a large burden that was firmly tied and a small burden that was soaked with blood.

He carried a sword in one hand, a half-cut sword pinned to his waist, a leather shield and a placket on his back, and a compound bow and three heavy arrows that could pierce armor were stuck in his pockets.

"Damn, I'm reluctant to throw anything, isn't Lao Tzu a little reluctant to give up his life?" Huang Han said to himself.

Indeed, Huang Han cares too much about the equipment, not only took the iron armor that was taken off Jiannu's body, put on the cotton armor, and even replaced a Ming army-style cotton armor with two holes and was not willing to discard it, and the current weight is probably seventy or eighty pounds.

It's a pity! If it weren't for the stupid horse being frightened and running away without a trace, why would he have carried it on the ancient wasteland road on his shoulders and walked alone!

It shouldn't be the next time, with a compound bow and three heavy arrows that can break armor, Huang Han even dared to attack two Jiannu, and if he was willing to take the risk of attacking a three-person team, he could also take a gamble.

It's not that Huang Han is so arrogant that he thinks that one fight three can win completely, but secretly shooting three heavy arrows at about twenty steps will at least cause one Jiannu to lose his combat effectiveness.

He himself covered himself with iron armor in three layers of cotton armor, held a leather shield, and wielded a horse chopping knife against one or two Jiannu who were suddenly attacked, and the chance of winning was greater than fifty percent.

Why is he so confident, of course, with bows and arrows and equipment, it has increased his confidence, at least Jiannu's use of Mangu tactics against himself is ineffective.

The so-called Mangu tactics are to keep a distance from the enemy, constantly disrupt the enemy with cavalry and shooting, and when the enemy's formation is chaotic, then rush through the enemy with all his strength, which can be used against an army, and a warrior is similar to an enemy.

Before there is no bow and arrow, as long as it is discovered by a horse Jiannu or a Tartar, there is only one choice, to escape in the woods, because the enemy adopts the tactic of entangled and constantly releasing arrows, Huang Han can only be beaten passively and has no power to fight back, and now he can choose a battle.

Because the enemy rides a horse to shoot arrows from a distance, Huang Han can block with a leather shield, and can shoot back the arrows shot by the enemy.

Huang Han, who rushed forward to hand-to-hand combat, also had a chance to attack from a distance, which was a skill that most Ming troops mastered - throwing guns.

The general throwing spear weighs only two or three pounds, also called a short spear, the birch rod material has an iron spear head at the top, the length is about five feet, ordinary soldiers can throw thirty or forty paces away, if the cavalry can throw it up to forty paces away by sprinting at the speed of a horse.

Although the tiger spear weighing more than ten catties and eight feet long is a bit overkill when used as a throwing gun, and it can't be thrown too far, because as a throwing weapon, it is not too heavy, but also a little long, but there is no absolute bad thing, really throw the tiger gun out, I'm afraid the leather shield can't stop its penetrating power at all.

With Huang Han's strength, throwing a tiger spear should be able to pierce a war horse within twenty steps.

Why did Huang Han only put on the cotton armor that captured the self-built slave but did not put on the iron armor, but packed it and picked it up on the tiger gun?

That's because it's too inconvenient for a person to wear fine iron armor, many positions to be fastened are too easy to fall off without help, and it's not easy to wear iron armor to go up a tree, so Huang Han still chose cotton armor for the time being.

Huang Han, who was grasping the last bit of daylight on the official road and striving to drive a little longer, noticed something unusual, and always had a feeling of being watched. It didn't take long for Huang Han to find that someone behind him was following him from a distance.

It is not difficult to analyze whether it is friend or foe, and the person behind him cannot be a slave or a Tartar.

Because Jiannu and Tartar don't need to walk on their legs, they all gallop on horseback, loot many places, and now even the bannermen have horses, and it is not uncommon for people in armor to have two horses and three war horses.

As for whether the bandits were also vetoed by Huang Han, in the place where the Houjin army was endless, the bandits and horse bandits had long since fled far away, and it was impossible for a thief to follow behind him unhurriedly.

Moreover, in the early years of Chongzhen, in the land of Jinggi in the Ming Dynasty, horse bandits and bandits were still scarce resources, and they would always wait until Chongzhen ten years later to be bandits everywhere.

It may be an ordinary person who follows him, or maybe he is afraid of traveling alone, and he suddenly asks to go together and is afraid that the other party is not a good person.

He chose to follow a strong man with a machete from a distance, and he should be able to find a sense of security.