Chapter 76: One Step Away
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Ninety steps?
Ninety steps!
As soon as these words came out, Lu Xing, Ling Hubo, Zhao Guangde, and the children of the doctors present were all stunned.
The black-clothed young man Le Zi pulled the sleeve of the "Zhang Zi" and said, "I heard me right, he said that he would shoot from ninety paces away." ”
"Yui, you heard it right."
"How is this possible! Don't look at only ten steps more than the square, but the difficulty has increased by two or three times, I practiced archery at the age of ten, and now I can only have some accuracy within fifty steps, looking at the three armies and six Qing clan in the middle of the officer, seventy steps is a famous archer, eighty steps is already the limit of ordinary people. ”
But now, Zhao Wuxian said that he was going to shoot at a target ninety steps away? Looking at the Jin Kingdom, how many soldiers in the army dare to say that they can shoot a bow from 90 steps away and still hit with arrows?
The young man in white smiled and said: "I am now more and more interested in this gentleman, maybe his archery skills are really only ten steps away from Yang Yuji." ”
Over there, Ling Hubo came back to his senses and muttered: "Don't misunderstand Zhao Zi, not only to let the arrow hit, but also to hit the bull's-eye like my brother!" ”
Lu Xing also frowned and nodded, with a look of disbelief.
"I'm not mistaken." Zhao Wuxian stretched out his hand and said, "Take my bow!" ”
Because he was afraid that Tian Ben would get into trouble after he came in, Zhao Wuxian left him outside the Pan Palace and was watched by Wang Sunqi. And brought the vertical wide in, carrying the bow, pen, ink and bamboo slips and other miscellaneous items, this will be the vertical wide arms with a large bow wrapped in silk cloth, small steps approached over, both hands offered.
After Zhao Wuxian took it, he slowly untied the rope and silk cloth on it, revealing the pitch-black bow body inside.
"What kind of bow is that?" The boys saw an unusual bow.
Lu Xing leaned closer, he turned his head and squinted at it, and was stunned for a moment, it turned out that the bow in Zhao Wuxian's hand seemed to be a recurved angle bow, but it was a little strange: the bow body was made of third-class rhino mulberry wood, and the cow tendon was the string, looking at the size, it was actually a stone and a half!
He couldn't help but be suspicious, with his strength, he could only open the bow with one stone and two buckets, and with one and a half stones, could Zhao Wuxian open it? Don't pull your arms apart for a while, that's funny. Besides, rhino mulberry wood is more than tenacious, not elastic, not the best bow-making material, Zhao Wuxian, as the son of the Qing family, no matter how bad it is, he can afford to use Tuomu.
Moreover, at both ends of this bow, a gap was actually hollowed out, and two circular objects were placed, which looked like bronze spinning wheels? And the bowstring is not quite right, how can there be two repeating strands, crossed around the two wheels in a unique way, what is the use of it?
He couldn't figure it out, so he pointed to the bow and asked, "What is this?" Could it be a decorative bow? ”
Zhao Wuxian straightened his cuffs and said, "Lu Zi can wait and see, Wuxian will not disappoint you." ”
With that, he walked slowly towards ninety paces.
In fact, under the guidance of Wang Sunqi, Wuxian has already seen his limitations in archery: his eyesight is enough, but his strength is not outstanding.
Zhao Wuxian also knew that although he had formed a light knight, if he went to the battlefield in the future, as a nobleman, he would probably have to command, beat drums, and shoot arrows on the chariot.
The Spring and Autumn Period is different from later generations, the nobles are still martial, and the generals of an army can not hide behind, and sometimes they have to take the lead to "reach the teacher". If you are as cowardly as Dr. Wen Zhao Luo, you will be despised, and once the three armies win the air, the battle will not be able to be fought.
On the battlefield, the arrows have no eyes, there are so many talents in the world, and Zhao Wuxian is not sure if he will encounter long-range killers such as Yang Youji and Lu Qi. For the sake of his own life, in order to strike first, unlike the King of Chu Gong, who was shot in the face of blood, he had the idea of transforming the bow and arrow.
It was also Lu Xing's bad luck that this bow was made by a bow maker in Chengyi a few days ago under the guidance of Wu Xian himself. The two small parts above, called axles, are the results of Zhao Wuxian's instillation of the principle of composite pulleys to Ji Zhiqiao some time ago, and then transformed the theory.
Of course, it's just a by-product of another big project.
In later generations, this bow had a very famous name: Rambo Bow.
Zhao Wuxian was deeply fascinated by the scene in a movie where the protagonist holds a Rambo bow and shoots enemies like chopping melons and vegetables, so he was deeply impressed.
The bows in this world can be roughly divided into three types, straight-drawn bows, recurve bows, and modern compound bows.
The most primitive is the straight-drawn bow, also known as the monolithic bow and the longbow. The greater the pull-out, the greater the force to continue to pull, a one-stone bow, full of one-stone requires one-and-a-half-stone strength, and it cannot be formed in extraordinary years of training. The advantage was that it was simple to make and had a fast rate of fire, which later generations of Welsh longbowmen were famous for.
In the spring and autumn, the Chinese common recurve bow, the upper and lower ends are bent in the opposite direction of the bow body, the tensile curve is more stable, and the bow of one stone can maintain the tensile force of one stone. However, it is still impossible to save effort, so the muscles that control the aim of the shoulder and back are easy to get tired, and once they get tired, the accuracy decreases.
Moreover, the strength of each arrow of the recurve bow and the straight draw bow is not very different, and the curve of the arrow is offset.
The Rambo bow in Zhao Wuxian's hand is the first generation of compound bows, which are not as complex and high-end as modern composite bows for competitions, and can be made with traditional craftsmanship. But it took nearly half a year for the archer to find the right materials, and then slowly tame the bow and make the parts, during which there were also precise calculations and reasonable corrections by mathematicians.
It uses an axle based on the principle of a composite pulley to save effort, and the axle is actually not complicated, and in more than two hundred years, the Greek Archimedes will invent it.
Therefore, the further back the bow is drawn, the less pull force is required, and a one-stone bow can maintain the posture of a full moon after being pulled away, but it only needs less than half a stone of tension, and it can be easily aimed.
Moreover, under the action of the eccentric axle, the drawing distance is fixed, and the strength of each arrow is also fixed, so the curve of the arrow can be accurately predicted, so that the accuracy is further improved.
Unfortunately, this bow is the only one in the world, and the cost is not low, so it is unlikely that it will be possible to equip soldiers on a large scale. You can only let the shirtless play handsome in the shooting salute, and use the chariot as a shooting platform in the battlefield, so that the enemy shooter cannot get close.
Perhaps, in the future, he will follow the system of the Xiongnu in later generations and train some condor archers to specialize in holding this compound bow to harvest enemy officers in chaotic battles...... However, this move has no aristocratic spirit, and it seems to be very contrary to the spirit of "Sima Law".
In the blink of an eye, ten steps had arrived, and after Zhao Wuxian stood still, he put on a copper wrench.
He turned, drew his arrow, bent his bow, buckled the string, and did it in one go, looking extremely relaxed.
The teenagers gasped, causing Hu Bo and Lu Xing's eyes to widen as well.
The hard bow with one and a half stones actually made Zhao Wuxian pull it away! It can be kept for so long!
Wuxian uses the Chidi style of archery learned from Jia, and after drawing the bow perfectly, he can stabilize ten breaths without trembling his arms and breathe smoothly, and his bronze arrow cluster is aimed at the bull's-eye in the distance, staring still, like a stone statue on the eaves.
The little fat man Zhao Guangde was a little excited, today, it was all things he had never experienced in his life, he was a shirtless companion, and he was honored. With this mood, Zhao Guangde continued to knock on the rope, and these are the only things he is good at.
The dull voice sounded again, and everyone held their breath.
With the sound of the reins, Zhao Wuxian finally let go of his fingers.
Sou!
The arrow was as fast as lightning, and the young men's eyes blinked slightly, and then they saw that the bowstring was empty, and when they turned their heads, they saw an arrow firmly inserted in the bullseye ninety paces away, and the arrow feathers were still trembling slightly.
The sound became dense, and Zhao Wuxian didn't stop at all, he drew the arrow with his backhand, and then released it with the string. Repeated four times, the action is fixed, but elegant and chic, with a lingering aftertaste.
Whoosh! Unlike Lu Xing's wide opening and closing when he fired, the sound of the arrows fired without a shirt was inaudible, and if he was on the battlefield at this time, he would turn into a silent killer.
The rhythm stopped, and Zhao Guangde threw down the reels and gave the first cheer to Wuxian.
Everyone looked at the bull's-eye again, and the five arrows were like one arrow, all firmly inserted in the center.
"Ah......" They came back to their senses and exclaimed dumbly, no one expected that Zhao Wuxian would have such superb archery skills.
I'm afraid it's really only ten steps away from Yangyuji!
After Zhao Wuxian finished shooting, he handed the bow to Zhu Kuan, and Zhu Kuan cleverly wrapped the bow immediately, this is Zhao Wuxian's secret weapon, and it is easy not to show it to others.
But today, in order to fire his first shot in the Pan Palace and erect the banner of the Zhao family's children returning here, he can only use it.
Wuxian untied the quiver, took off the copper wrench, and walked to Lu Xing and Ling Hubo, who were stunned.
With an elegant smile on his face, he saluted the two: "Lu Zi, admit it." ”
Lu Xing stared at the arrow target, as if he couldn't believe the facts in front of him, and it took a long time before he said six words.
"This round, you won!"
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