Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness" or "Chronicle of Military Training" talked about bow and arrow training, requiring "first go far, and then be accurate". That is to say, practice the ability to pull and open the bow first, and then talk about accuracy when this goes up. Xiao Xuan's thinking is also like this: according to the standards of the Manchu army at this time or the two Song Dynasty at this time, the hunting bow of about five buckets is not a qualified war bow at all. At least seven or eight bucket strength, roughly equivalent to about 90 to 100 pounds of bow, can threaten some ancient iron armor. However, even if it is a traditional bow that is equivalent to about sixty pounds of bows and arrows in later generations, people who do not have any training foundation will still feel very difficult even if they are more prominent in strength, but those teenagers with relatively strong strength will open the bow with the correct posture under the guidance of a special person, which is not very far from the standard of being able to skillfully use a traditional bow of about sixty pounds. Some of the stronger people who don't have the foundation should barely be able to wield these bows and arrows.

After some inquiries and tests, Xiao Xuan also roughly understood why many nomadic armies or the Jin people of the previous dynasty were not taboo with bows and arrows with such a low fighting power. Bows and arrows of this level can bring significant damage to people wearing heavy leather armor and soft armor, but they don't have the reliable threat ability of iron armor. Heavy clothes or some very simple protective gear are easy to find, if the bow is not as good as Wudou, then only in the face of some militia-level garbage army will have obvious efficiency, such as those Inner Court troops encountered during the Battle of Wumen, and most of the Ming troops in the five military camps without any protection. The strength of the bow and arrow reaches five buckets, although it cannot effectively threaten the iron armor, but when it hits the head or some other unprotected parts, it will also have the after-effect of killing and disabling from a certain distance. If you shoot into a place covered by winter clothes or ordinary leather armor, there is also a chance of opening your mouth to bleed at a certain distance, and beginner bows and arrows with two or three fighting strength do not have this effect. Therefore, the bow and arrow of this power is also called a hunting bow. It is possible to threaten some animals or beasts that are not too small. At the same time, it can also shoot some heavier and better storage two double arrows to a distance of 100 paces, which has a certain tactical value. Of course, for ordinary armies, this is nothing more, Xiao Xuan is of course not only satisfied with this, but feels that if he is trained in smashing archery, he should be able to greatly improve his combat effectiveness on this basis. Xiao Xuan believes that some of the words in "Sniper Advice" are actually relatively easy to spend on shooting or archery training to reach a certain high level regardless of the cost alone. Training 100 arrows a day, and they are all the kind that is seriously felt and seriously summarized, and there can be tens of thousands of live shots in a few months, and how many troops and armed forces can do this?

However, at this time, the acting battalion commanders who were in charge of the army's training affairs after Xiao Xuan left, that is, the first batch of squadron leaders, were somewhat helpless.

"Only three of our avant-garde left battalion have reached the standard, all of them are from military households or hunters, and the other seventy-three people can use the five-bucket bow to wield the five-bucket bow, and thirty-five people can use the five-bucket single bow ten times or more in a row. There are only a few people who can easily practice pulling more than 30 times. . . ”

Hearing this, Xiao Xuan was also a little silent, but after thinking for a while, he felt that he could barely open the bow, and he could also carry out the actual combat training he had envisioned. After all, the archers' archery skills they require are mainly in actual combat situations when facing the threat of cavalry or stragglers, and not exactly in the direction of shooting at fixed distances and fixed targets.

"Go and inform the people in charge of sparring in the Imperial Horse Supervisor, it's okay to barely be able to open it, anyway, when practicing archery, in order to achieve the best archery within a certain bow life, let these people enter the prepared training schedule first... Xiao Xuan said.

Subsequently, after checking, some people who needed too much movement to reluctantly pull the five-bucket bow were eliminated, and about 210 young archers who could open the five-bucket bow without losing shape were selected from each battalion to start the first trial. According to the experience of this battle, the archers of the firearms age were mainly used to threaten their targets by feeling or sounding within the range of night battles, which was about five to ten paces away from escape. Or at a greater distance, some firearm point targets that do not know the clear distance can be suppressed.

Therefore, in view of the problems and shortcomings encountered in the night battle these days, we have also made targeted arrangements for actual combat simulation archery training. When the two hundred archers were in charge of training, they were at least not inferior to the number of them, and they were personally responsible for the constant and quiet approach of the zigzag in the darkness of the early morning while wearing armor, holding a characteristic shield. From time to time, the footsteps stepped on the prepared dead leaves. In order to enhance the simulation effect, Xiao Xuan also stipulated: If the person in charge of sparring has accidental death or injury, he will be compensated according to the standard of battlefield death and injury. If the number of hits is in the first tenth, the prize is 200 dollars, and the first third is awarded 100 dollars. If it's the bottom third or tenth, or to reduce the hit penalty rule divided by the corresponding penalty run penalty.

In addition to infantry targets, there are also some cavalry targets, which are mainly used to train archers to master the advance of rider targets at different distances and speeds in actual combat situations. Xiao Xuan felt that the reason why mounted archery was so popular in front of some infantry armies whose archery skills were not very strong was related to the fact that many projectors were not good at mastering the amount of advance. It is also stipulated that when the ranger enters the firing range, if the opponent's cavalry is fully armed, the opponent's horse is the key target. Xiao Xuan does not believe that in East Asia, where Ma Zheng is not at the level of Europe and the Middle East, and is mainly dominated by light horses, there will be too many armor and riding equipment with actual combat effectiveness.

In the case of previous preparations, before the sky was bright, the actual combat training between hundreds of people also began. Drawing on the views of a number of people with some experience in this area. In order to achieve the best results, Xiao Xuan asked each shooter to report his experience to the cultural instructors in the training group after completing a round of training with a total of about ten arrows. After the training of about 30 arrows is completed, it is necessary to organize exchanges and discussions to improve the effectiveness of bow and arrow training. Make the most of each inexpensive single bow.

Of course, the results of the first training were not satisfactory, and even the hit rate and results were much lower than when the new battalion was formed to conduct a comparative test of firearms and bows and arrows. After all, at that time, the bow and arrow of two or three fighting power that could be easily pulled apart by people without a foundation were used, and there was no requirement for strength and fullness. This time, however, if the arrows released clearly did not have the power of the five buckets, the cheap arrows made of wood would not be visibly stuck in the pine planks.

At the same time, because the vast majority of these selected 200 archers were only barely able to use a five-strength hunting bow to release arrows, the power consumption was obviously relatively large.

After weighing it for a moment, Xiao Xuan ordered: "From today until ten days later, the training tasks of the others will remain the same, and the main task of the selected archers is to practice archery, and even the cultural class can be put aside for a while." Strive to have a summary and serious shooting within 10 days, and on the basis of careful experience, everyone will have at least about 3,000 arrows of actual shooting experience. The others have to step up their strength and the method of opening the bow. You should know that in the future, because the arrows can be engraved with the number of each person, it will be much easier to verify the results than to fight for the head. After being in the Guard, you should know what the reward standard will be for a proven kill record, right? "Seeing that many people felt a little embarrassed about this seemingly difficult initial training in archery, I said with a boost of morale.