Chapter 8: Bows and Arrows
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Yang He also felt incredible, legend has it that in ancient times, young and middle-aged people could eat two catties of rice for a meal, it is by no means a lie, Minister Yang alone ate an estimated two and a half catties of rice, he ate one catty, and his younger brothers and sisters together ate half a catty.
This is because there is no oil and water, if there is fish, meat and meat every day, eating one pound of rice at a meal, that is, two pounds of rice will make people feel very shocked.
After eating, Yang He felt that his spirit was back again, there was a feeling of being alive and vibrant, seeing that this house was okay, he decided to rest here, rest for a day or two before leaving, and recuperate for his younger brothers and sisters.
Seeing the three of them leaning lazily, Yang He smiled and took out two pairs of double inserts from the belt, especially the step bow.
Although this soldier picked up Yang He's bow, the bow bag and quiver were his own, all ordinary leather bags, painted with red paint, and the shell was stained at this time, obviously because of perennial wear and tear.
There is a bag of heavy arrows in the quiver, and there are more than a dozen left, and the arrow shafts are all ordinary straight wood, and the arrows are also ordinary wrought iron, and one is estimated to weigh less than ninety grams.
Yang He shook his head, his previous arrow shafts were all made of birch, and the arrows were also made of fine iron, and they were also made of steel, and the weight of an arrow was more than 100 grams.
His wrench was lost before, but fortunately he had a spare, he took out a jade wrench from his arms, put it on the thumb of his right hand, and took out his Kaiyuan bow, adjusted it slightly, and then Yang He slowly opened the bow.
He holds the bowstring with the wrench on the thumb of his right hand, and slowly pulls the bowstring with the strength of his thumb, while the index and middle fingers are naturally pressed against the thumb.
This is the most popular pull method in ancient China, after all, the power of the thumb is the largest, this pull method has a good actual combat effect, the rate of fire is guaranteed, and the entry is very simple.
Mediterranean-style bow drawing method is popular abroad, with the strength of the index finger, middle finger and ring finger, the disadvantage is that it is difficult to train, sometimes a strong man with hundreds of pounds of strength can not pull a fifty-pound bow, but the accuracy is relatively high after practice, and the two methods have their own advantages and disadvantages.
The bow tire slowly pulled apart, making a creaking sound, which is a very normal sound, at this time, many people did not care, but in the knowledge of Yang He's later generations, it was the connection of the bow handle or bow tip that was a little glued, and it needed to be carefully maintained.
With a soft drink, Yang He pulled the bow violently for a full moon.
"Young Master Tiger Power!"
Minister Yang praised loudly, and his younger siblings also clapped their hands and applauded.
Yang He was satisfied with the slow restoration of the bow, his bow was not only well-made, but also powerful, belonging to the best bow power.
The bow of the Ming Dynasty can be divided into upper, middle and lower three according to the bow force, the upper force bow is one hundred and twenty catties, the middle force is reduced by two or three tenths, and the lower force and half of it are eighty-four catties and sixty catties respectively.
In the Ming Dynasty, a pound was about 600 grams, and the combined weight was about 158.7 pounds, 111.1 pounds, and 79.4 pounds, of which the upper force bow was slightly stronger than the top western longbow with a 150-pound longbow, and the medium force bow was slightly weaker than their elite longbow with a slightly weaker pull.
In addition to the Shangli Bow, there is also the Tiger Power Bow, which often has a strength of more than two hundred pounds, and the people who use this kind of bow are generally famous figures in history, such as Huang Zhong, Li Guang, Yue Fei and so on.
Tiger force, upper force, medium force, lower force, Yang He's bow belongs to the upper force bow standard.
He stroked the bow fetus, this power is incredible to him in later generations, in fact, he also played with bows in later generations, once shot a hundred pounds of clear bows, at that time proud of himself, thinking that he was powerful.
It's just that the otaku of later generations can hardly imagine the combat effectiveness at this time, and the hundred-pound Qing bow is only the eight-force bow in the Qing army at this time, but the bow they use for foot shooting is generally a ten-force bow, which is 132.3 pounds.
Their bows were generally six to eight forces, or eighty to one hundred pounds.
In the case of a strong sink, it is impossible to be stuck with more than a dozen arrows and still jumping around.
However, the bow tires used by the Qing army were large and thick, the bow tips were wide and long, and the use of extra-large string pads was not conducive to cavalry shooting, so they took the road similar to the bow of the Japanese state, and adopted the use of direct aiming and flat shooting when fighting, and the arrows were shot in forty or fifty steps to hurt people, and the actual combat accuracy was high and powerful.
In particular, they use long and heavy blocking arrows, with large arrows and huge arrows to make up for the shortcomings of low arrow speed and short range, if you have been shot at thirty or forty paces, you will be seriously injured if you don't die, similar to Colt semi-automatic pistols, with a high ability to suppress the human body.
The Ming army's Kaiyuan bow and small bow have a long range, fast rate of fire, lethality, and armor-piercing ability.
However, Yang He's bow is strong, even if it is calculated by the standard of the Qing army, it also belongs to the first-class twelve-force bow, and it is generally used by Bayara.
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The other pair of double-inserted bows is a pair of small bows and half a bag of light arrows, the small bow is about one meter and two long, easy to open, and the arrow weighs no more than 50 grams.
Yang He pulled, the bow shape is a little soft, probably because of poor maintenance, which makes the bow body moist and hot denatured, which needs to be carefully baked and conditioned with fire to restore the bow strength.
If possible, it is best to prepare a special baking room, and then brush a few layers of cooked tung oil for waterproof treatment, after all, it is not easy to make a bow, and it is necessary to bake and condition by fire.
Yang He estimated that the bow originally had a bow power of seventy pounds, but now it was only about fifty pounds left, and the projectile power was almost only a hundred paces.
Generally speaking, if the small bow is made and maintained well, and the bow power is 70 pounds, the projectile range can easily reach more than 200 meters, that is, 150 steps.
Of course, it is difficult to say the accuracy and lethality of this projectile, but the covering shooting of the army does not talk about accuracy and how much damage, especially the small bow is known for its fast arrow speed, and the arrows shot in a short time will be very terrifying.
After seizing a bow, Yang He was still very happy, the bow strength was weak only by the standard of this time, and if it was placed in the future generations, few people could play it.
Many archery clubs can use a 50-pound bow, but there are not 3 out of 100, and they usually play 35-pound bows, or even 25-pound bows.
With a 50-pound pull force and an arrow speed of 80 meters per second, you can easily shoot through the chest of an adult man at close range, and with a suitable arrow, you can go up the mountain to hunt wild boars.
He threw the double prong to Minister Yang: "Minister, go on." ”
"Young Master Xie."
Minister Yang happily caught the double plug, hanging on his waist, he looked left and right, did not break his mouth and smiled, and then took out a small bow, opened the bow and pulled the arrow, swish, the arrow flew out, firmly nailed to a door curtain, and the arrow feathers continued to tremble.
"Whoosh Whoosh ......"
The sound of the bowstring ringing continued, and I saw that Minister Yang was shooting vigorously, shooting straight and throwing, and he was very happy.
The younger brothers and sisters clapped their hands on the side, making Minister Yang more and more energetic.
Yang He smiled, and at the same time nodded secretly, even if this bow was weaker than psychological expectations, it should have good lethality against unarmored targets within thirty steps.
And even long-range projectiles, such as at 100 paces, the gravity factor, plus the pointed contact surface, can still be a kill to unarmored targets, because that has a force of about 20 joules.
Imagine the sensation of a sharp object weighing one or two pounds from the thirtieth floor hitting your body......
It's hard to say whether you die or not, but it's certain that you will be injured.
Arrows rust after a long time, and some ruthless archers stick arrows in the ground before fighting, or even soak them in feces, which is even more creepy.
There are no antibiotics at this time, in case there is a tetanus......
Of course, if there is the protection of armor, the role of this small bow will be rapidly reduced, which is also the reason why the people can have five soldiers but cannot hide the armor by default.
"Young master, this bow is not bad."
Minister Yang shouted happily, Yang He was as happy in his heart, even if this bow was not as good as his own, but if it only dealt with bandits, it would be more than enough.
Now that both the master and servant have bows and arrows, their ability to protect themselves will be greatly enhanced.