Chapter 7: The Power of the Bow and Arrow
Li Jie has been happy and depressed for the past two days, and he and Xing'er Manniang went shopping on the street during the day, although they talked about it
"I will never take my daughter-in-law to the street again
“。 But as soon as Xing'er said to go out and go around, Li Jie immediately asked someone to prepare the car, and then ran back and forth to load things into the car, making the guards think that our prince was too cheap. At this time, Li Jie gave a lesson to the guards in front of Xing'er Manniang
"What's wrong with buying things for girls, what's wrong!
As soon as the two girls got into the car, they immediately crossed their faces
"Alas! These two losers". And when she got to Xing'er, she ran to sleep with Manniang, no one chatted with Li Jie, no more sweet words, no more whispers.
So Li Jie was there
"Manniang, I hate you
"I fell asleep in the chatter. On the third day, the door of the mansion was opened, and Li Jie took Xing'er and Manniang out of the mansion in a carriage, and dozens of war horses were neatly arranged outside the door. Seeing Li Huang coming, dozens of people turned over and dismounted and knelt on the ground together
"Greetings to Your Highness
Li Jie waved his hand, "Excuse yourself from courtesy."
Dozens of people stood up, Li Jie said
"Let's go
Dozens of people immediately got on their horses and followed the car towards the south of the city. The south of the city was set up as a royal hunting ground by the Tang Dynasty many times, so there are more animals. An hour later we arrived at the hunting ground, which was very large, including two mountains and a valley of streams in between. Outside the hunting grounds, a fence made of silk encloses several places that are easy to enter and exit, and are usually guarded by Feather Forest guards. Entering the hunting ground, I saw that it was full of green trees, hunting is different from hunting, hunting is more accurate to put animals within the scope of hunting, so that the hunters can hunt to their heart's content. These animals were completely deprived of their freedom and were able to escape when they encountered their masters who were not able to shoot arrows. When you meet a master who can ride and shoot well, you can only die with a whimper. Li Jie got out of the car and helped Xing'er to the shade of the tree, and a servant had already laid out the bamboo mat, and when Xing'er sat down, Li Jie walked back and looked at Qin Fang and the others and said
"I don't know how many captains will be martial arts right away, I don't know if I can let this king open his eyes." The crowd hurriedly surrendered their hands
"Obey the prince's instructions
Qin Fang glanced at Cheng Moyu and then at Yu Chi Baolin, the two immediately turned over and ran into the battle circle, both of them made the lance have the courage of ten thousand people, these two people know that their performance determines the future of the family, they both used all their strength, sixty rounds are not the winner, Li Jie waved his hand, Qin Fang shouted
"Stop
The two jumped out of the battle circle and came to Li Jie and said
"Your Highness, I don't want to be ugly
“。 Li Jie said
"The two generals are really famous, and their martial arts are really good, admire and admire! It's not too early, let's start hunting!
When everyone heard this, they immediately beat their horses and rushed out, and dozens of horsemen and horses kicked up a puff of smoke and dust. Seeing Li Jie standing in place, Manniang asked curiously
"Your Highness, why don't you go hunting?
Li Jie glared at her
"I haven't shot an arrow
Looking at Manniang with a stunned face, Li Jie added again
"I haven't even ridden a horse yet." Looking at the speechless Manniang Li Jie said
"Alright, alright, let those wild men toss! We sit down and eat." Manniang gritted her teeth and stepped on her feet, turned over and pulled out her bow and arrows and rushed out.
Li Jie came to Xing'er leisurely, sat on the bamboo mat, picked up an apple, and took a bite and said
"This Nizi, I don't know what to hurry, alas!
Xing'er covered her mouth and smiled
"My sister is not afraid of being embarrassed in front of those people
“。 Li Jieman didn't care
"It's okay, I'll get them to their knees in a moment." The two of them sat under the tree and laughed, seeing that at noon, everyone came back one after another, looking at the prey that everyone had hit, Li Jie counted with great interest, pheasants, rabbits, and sika deer.
Manniang also came back on horseback, but only beat two rabbits. Angrily threw the rabbit in front of Li Jie
"Really, you don't help either, how can two rabbits eat!
Li Jie pointed to the two rabbits on the ground in surprise at this time
"You're saying the three of us eat these two rabbits." At this time, Hou Cheng Moyu ran over and said with a smile
"No, you and this girl didn't eat." At this time, Li Jie was furious, and he dared to me. At this time, Yu Chi Baolin handed over his bow and said with a smile
"You're going to shoot a rabbit too!
"Holding the bow, Li Jie flicked the bowstring
"I can't pull it away", Su Xingyi stretched out his hand and handed over a bow
"The half-stone bow used by the soldiers underneath
Li Jie flicked the bow string
"I still can't pull it open
“。 Everyone was speechless. Can you, as a prince, not be so shameless. In fact, there is a fatal mistake in ancient Chinese bows and arrows, that is, to make the bow and arrow into a beautiful shape by fire, they think that it can increase the shooting power of the bow and arrow, but they just destroy the natural toughness of the plant fiber of the bow arm, and damage the shooting power, so they can only use more force to pull the bow open, and when it is fired instantly, let the bow first offset most of the loss of toughness, so that the initial velocity of the long arrow is greatly reduced. In order to make up for this shortcoming, the construction period can only be extended, or the quality can be reduced to make more complex composite bows, and more scarce beef tendon and horns can be used as raw materials, with increased power. And as the power continues to increase, the requirements for shooters are getting higher and higher. Soldiers generally used half-stone bows, while some generals used one-stone or two-stone bows. If there are bows and arrows, of course, there must be archers, but the requirements for training archers are to wear a hundred steps. The ancients were so extreme, they needed the archer's shooting accuracy to be 100 steps to hit the bull's-eye, and the result was that it took more than a year to train an archer. And the cost of an archer is much higher than the cost of an ordinary infantryman. And the ancient confrontation, the emphasis is on a group charge crowd tactics, dense enemies rush over, you close your eyes to the general direction to shoot out the arrow in your hand, absolutely not invalid, and such an effective way is to diffuse into the air, and then let the feather arrow fall in the way of gravitational acceleration. It's like the invincible Katyusha rocket artillery in World War II, I don't want accuracy, I just need firepower coverage, as long as I have enough firepower coverage per unit area, everything will be fine. The Qin and Han dynasties did just that, so the combat power of the Qin and Han armies was unprecedentedly strong. With the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the production and requirements of bows and arrows went to extremes. Facing everyone's eyes, Li Jie said
"I said I wanted you to see the king's methods, come on!
Four guards stepped forward
"The subordinates are here
“。 Li Jie pointed to a tree in the woods that was thick enough to hold in his hand
"Cut it, I want it to be five feet long", the four guards hurriedly went over to cut down the tree. After a while, a wooden stick nearly two meters long was brought over, Li Jie asked the guards to carve grooves at both ends of the stick, and asked Xing'er and Manniang to take out a quilt from the car, take off the quilt made of silk and tear it into long strips, twist it into a rope, tie one end of the stick, and then bend the stick about thirty degrees to tie the other end.
A big bow was made. Holding the bow in his hand, Li Jie was triumphant
"How about it, a bow will be done in a while", looking at the disdainful eyes of everyone, Li Jie was furious, found a wooden stick with a finger thickness of one meter, and took out the arrow of an arrow and put it on.
Bow and arrow
It shot out with a "whoosh", and then in the stunned eyes of everyone, the huge arrow rushed into the air and then fell down nearly a hundred meters away.
Looking at the giant arrow nearly 100 meters away, Cheng Moyu said nonchalantly
"It's not accurate at all, and the range is so close that it's useless
“。 Li Jie said with a smile
"As long as I don't shoot accurately, you can't see anything with an arrow, so what if this forest is full of giant arrows? What if 2,000 archers shot twenty arrows in a row with such huge arrows? How many of the 50,000 troops left through this giant arrow forest will be? At present, this bow has not been processed, and after processing, the range of this giant arrow will definitely not be less than one hundred and eighty steps, or even three hundred steps, and my bow definitely does not require much strength. Xing'er, come here. Xing'er got up and walked over, and Li Jie handed over the bow
"Do your best, how many times can you pull it away, count how many times" Then in the eyes of everyone, Xing'er took the bow and pulled it five times in a row before putting down the bow.
Looking at the large woods in front of him, and then looking at the ugly giant bow in Xing'er's hand, it was like a basin of ice water poured over everyone's heads.
If this is the case, in the face of such a terrible blow, almost no army can support it, and even if such a blow is rushed out, I am afraid that there will not be much combat power.
But Li Jie is not finished, and said again
"Even if an enemy army rushes through the Giant Arrow Forest and enters eighty meters, and each spearman throws three of these sticks with spear heads a meter long, how many people do you think will survive?
There was a deathly silence in the audience, and then Li Jie took the giant bow from Xing'er's hand and threw it casually, holding Xing'er's hand
"Xing'er, let's eat and fast
“。 Stars
"Flutter
With a smile, he followed Li Jie back to the bamboo mat, eating the chicken leg handed over by Xing'er, Li Jie said to Xing'er
"It's still Xing'er who treats me well and knows to prepare food for me
Xing'er smiled
"It's all ordered by the nurse, I'm afraid you'll be hungry
“。 Not far away, Qin Fang and the others looked at the ugly giant bow and were speechless, and the food they ate in their mouths had no taste. The camp was as silent as death, except for the laughter of Li Jie and Xing'er from time to time. At this time, Li Tang suddenly stood up, walked up to Li Jie, and said with his hand
"Your Highness, I don't know how much such a bow and arrow cost, and how long it will take for archers to train
“。 Li Jie put down the chicken leg and thought about it
"A bow should not exceed two taels of silver, and the longest time to train an archer is no more than seven days according to the instinctive reaction of the human body."
As soon as the words fell, everyone gasped, and these data seemed to them to be against the sky.
At this time, Li Jie smiled and stood up and said
"Do you think that's my hole card? Wrong! My hole cards are too big for you to imagine, and there are so many tricks I haven't used. As for your so-called hole cards, they are nothing more than the Divine Strategies Army in your hands, but I am afraid that you know better than me what the situation of the Divine Strategies Army is, and I only need to let all the servants in my palace use this longbow to easily destroy it.
Li Jie's words shocked the people who existed in the place, and Li Jie thought proudly when he saw Xing'er and Manniang's eyes full of admiration
"Hmmm! Today's pretending to be a success is very successful, I am proud!
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