One day, Alexander took Pelicus and Abris and a group of civil and military ministers to the shooting range, and Alexander came to show them the sharp weapon he had invented, the longbow. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"General Ducarros, General Greitas, can you show me the distance between a bow and a stone?"

"Your Majesty, it seems that I have shown you before, that our Cretan archers have the longest range in the world, and can reach a distance of almost a stadia." Ducarus proudly boasted of his troops, and he had such qualifications, because the Cretan archers were indeed famous.

"Although the distance of our Rhodes Island slingers is not that far, the maximum distance can reach about 120 meters, and you also know the power of the sling, smashing on the head can smash people to death, smashing on the body can also smash people to serious injuries, even if they are wearing armor, they will be shocked." In the same way, Gretas is proud of his team.

"Let's give the two generals a test shot." After saying that, Alexander made a gesture of please.

The two generals were stunned, and the king actually asked the two leaders to test the firing, but they didn't think much about it, and quickly showed off their skills. This shooting range is newly built, the previous one was too small to accommodate many people to train, and the distance of the training ground is too short, for these archery masters, they can hit the target with a casual shot. And this new one is four times larger than before, such a large shooting range is a bit too extravagant for the city, but Alexander forced himself to build it, in fact, it is also simple, as long as a piece of land is encircled, there is no need to build many buildings, and it will be done in a few days.

Needless to say, the technique of the two generals ...... "whoosh", one shot nearly two hundred meters, and the other also reached 130 meters.

Alexander couldn't help but laugh when he thought of the secret weapon that was about to be introduced, which made everyone very strange, and the two generals were embarrassed, but there seemed to be no problem when they thought about it, and they didn't shoot very closely, but they didn't dare to be disrespectful to the king, after all, what was in front of them was not an ordinary child, it was a decisive king. Alexander also couldn't hold back for a while, knowing that this was a bit bad, so he said: "The archery skills of the two generals have nothing to say, this should be your farthest range, right?" ”

"yes, that's the longest distance we can shoot." The two replied in unison.

"Yabris, show everyone what you're up to." Alexander said heroically, very excited, because what happened next would surprise everyone.

Yabris took out his secret weapon, the longbow, from the carriage, and the biggest difference between this bow and other bows was that his length reached 1.8 meters, and ordinary bows generally ranged from 1.2 meters to 1.5 meters, and this bow was too long.

"Your Majesty, where did this bow come from? How come I've never seen one? Ares asked curiously.

"I've only seen such a long bow in one place." Arestonos said mysteriously.

"Where?" Many people flocked around Arestonos to hear about the origin of this mysterious weapon.

"India!"

"India?" Many people were surprised.

"Yes, in this era, only India has this kind of weapon, but the longbow in my hand is much more powerful than the Indian longbow. Yabris, show it to everyone. ”

"Yes!"

Yabris began to retreat, after retreating to a hundred meters, some people began to suspect and some began to be surprised, the distance of 300 meters was probably not surpassed, but Yabris did not stop, he did not stop until he was 350 meters away from the target. He drew a three-edged arrow from his quiver, which was a meter long, and with all his strength, Yabris drew a full bow at a 45-degree angle, and the arrow flew out with a "whoosh". After flying through the air for a few seconds, it slammed into the wall behind the target. …,

With the exclamations of the crowd, Alexander came to the wall and pulled out the arrow. Then he proudly explained, "You should understand what this bow does, right?" The body of the longbow is made of rosewood, and the range is close to 2 Stadia at the farthest. Look at this arrow, its name is triangular arrow, the arrow body is made of ash wood, heavier and thicker than the average arrow, the shape of the arrow determines its function, the three grooves on the arrow make it bleed after being shot, even in the limit range of more than 300 meters, it almost has the effect of armor piercing. The average longbow takes about 100-120 pounds, or 45-55 kilograms, to pull a full moon, and the strongest reaches 80 kilograms, which is about the same as the power that a Cretan archer can use. However, the longbow is longer and more elaborately crafted, so that it can be done with enough distance and enough lethality, and a skilled longbowman can fire at least 12 arrows in a minute. ”

"What a great invention!" Polyburcon exclaimed.

"But it's also a horrible invention." It is clear that Theophrastus is thinking from a humanitarian point of view.

"Since the king's prestige cannot make those rebels submit, then I can only use force to complete the unification, and I can only kill to stop killing, which is very helpless, but if I hesitate, then more people will die." Alexander said with a gloomy face.

"That's right, with this weapon, our army will suffer greatly fewer casualties, and perhaps the enemy's confidence will be crushed by this weapon, and they will surrender to us." Alexand said.

"From now on, all of us Cretan archers will be Artemis, and our fame will spread even further." Ducarus said excitedly.

"You're good, don't we slingers be eliminated." Gretas was frustrated, the tradition of the Rhode Island slinger made it impossible for him to give up his profession, but the role of the slinger would undoubtedly be greatly reduced by the invention of the longbow, which made the veteran very depressed but helpless, after all, it was a kind of progress, and he could not stand in the way.

Seeing Gretas's expression, Alexander had to comfort: "The general is too worried, the longbow is not available to anyone, and it takes a long time to train a qualified longbowman, not only does it require personal physique, but also a certain amount of actual combat experience." So it will take a long time to build a longbowman, and you must not think that your slingers are worthless, your courage and combat ability are recognized. ”

Alexander's words brought joy and light to Gretas's eyes, and he knew that his slingers had not been eliminated, and that the king still had to rely on himself.

The next step was to make the longbow and train the longbowmen, and the plan was very successful, because the main production areas of rosewood in the Mediterranean region were Crete, Tyre and Spain on the Mediterranean coast, and it was of course convenient to make it in the origin of raw materials. However, each bow must be brushed with several layers of linseed oil on the back of the bow as a protective layer against moisture, and when the oil is dry, the strings can be hung. The bowstring is made of sheep intestines or tendon tanning, and the elasticity and toughness are very good. As a result, the Cretan archers and the 1,000 Macedonian and Greek archers were very happy to change their costumes.

In terms of arrows, Alexander didn't put much effort into them, there are many kinds of arrows, generally about 0.9 meters to 1 meter long, the head is of course iron, the arrow shaft is relatively thick, and it must be straight in order to fly smoothly. Arrows made of lighter materials such as aspen, aspen, elderberry, birch, and willow have a longer range; Heavy arrows made of heavy materials such as ash wood and horn wood have a shorter range due to their larger weight, but they have stronger penetration at close range. Unclear about the distribution of the wood, Alexander left it entirely to Ducarus, who was in charge of the collection of the wood, and whatever wood he wanted. …,

However, Alexander's reform of the Macedonian army did not end, because the Macedonian infantry did not have heavy infantry capable of mobile combat except for pikemen, so Alexander spent a lot of money to imitate the Roman infantry to form the Silver Shield Legion in advance (Seleucus established this legion after the establishment of the Seleucid Empire). In order to deal with the war elephants that he might encounter, Alexander decided to start a study of oil, but due to the tension of the war, Alexander postponed this work to a later date and handed it over to his subordinates to study first. In addition, Alexander also wanted to introduce sweaty horses (i.e., Akhal-Teke horses) from the Sogdiana region (Sogdia, mainly distributed in the middle of the river) to equip the army, sweaty horses are the best pure horses in the world, with thin heads and high necks, slender limbs, thin skin and fine hairs, light steps, great strength, fast speed, strong endurance and other characteristics, almost integrating the advantages of the world's first species, many British, Russian, and German famous horses in later generations have the genes of sweat horses. Today, the Bloodblood Horses live mainly in a wide area where the Massagites and Serbs live, while Eshata Alexandria (Alexandria in the far east) is located in the Ferghana Basin in the upper reaches of the Syr Darya River (Yaozhishui), and is now under the rule of Stasano, and the number of Sweat Horses is considerable, although these can only be implemented after the defeat of Antigonus. Therefore, the decisive battle with Antigonus will be an important battle that will affect the Asian order, and the victory or defeat will determine who is the master of Asia, and will also determine the rise and fall of the Macedonian Empire.

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