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At this time, the warriors of Dashun all took brawn strength as the first criterion, that is, to see how many stones of the bow could be opened. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info It is rumored that there are good archers among the people who can shoot a five-stone bow. This is almost nonsense, such a heavy bow is not used at all in wartime, but it should take into account accuracy, which the Dashun army does not do well, each person is equipped with a stone hard bow, and those with great strength are equipped with bows. The bow and crossbow were the most important weapons of the Dashun army, usually equipped with more than sixty percent, and the rest were pikemen, Pak sword shield bearers.

It's no wonder that Yeluliang doesn't believe that even if he is a Khitan literati, he can open a two-stone bow. But the "weak" Han people, each person can shoot three stone bows, isn't it a fantasy! Dashun's step bow is not a labor-saving bow, Yeluliang, who knows this, is very disdainful, and does not believe it at all, the "weak" Han people can each open three stone bows, I am afraid it is a stone bow, which is very difficult.

In ancient times, it took about a few years to train an archer, and it was necessary to select strong soldiers from the army, strengthen the strength training, and constantly train to draw the bow. On the battlefield, the archer's greatest role is not to shoot accurately, but to shoot in formation. The elevation angle of the shot determines the distance covered by the bow and arrow. To achieve such an effect, it will take a considerable amount of time to achieve a stable formation and unified command and dispatch.

It's just about training archers, not marksmen. If you want to train a marksman, you need to observe whether the person has shooting talent and whether his strength is sufficient, and train it separately from ordinary soldiers. The gifted marksman is making rapid progress, and it only takes about a year to become a small scorer; Often, after three years, it is finalized. There are very few of the 100,000 forbidden troops who can shoot a three-stone strong bow and shoot about twenty arrows. And this is Dashun's requirement for sharpshooters, and it is generally good for the forbidden army to be able to open two stone bows.

Nomads do not have systematic training, they all master survival skills in the process of hunting on horseback. Since childhood, they have learned to shoot a bow and arrows, how can the farming people compare with them!

This is the confidence of Jerryan. He didn't believe that the bravest Khitan warrior in his mind would lose to the "weak" Han Chinese!

Seeing that Yeluliang didn't believe it, Lu Chengqi didn't say anything, and motioned to let the forbidden army god archers who came with him. Shoot an arrow at them from two hundred paces away with a divine crossbow. After receiving the order, the Forbidden Army Divine Archer took the competition arrows handed to them by the chamberlain, and silently raised the bowstring.

At this time, two hundred paces away, behind an arrow stack, ten grass targets had been erected. Yeluliang sneered, "Your Majesty." Is this too far? It's no wonder he said this, an ordinary horse bow can only shoot more than a hundred steps, and a three-stone horse bow is only two hundred steps. If you can shoot one hundred and fifty steps, you can already be regarded as a Khitan marksman.

The "step" in ancient times is not a step that later generations said, Xunzi's "Persuasion Chapter" has an example sentence of "no accumulation of steps, no thousands of miles", here is the unit used to calculate the distance in ancient times, and it is two large steps that are counted as "one step". At this time, one mile is 300 steps, which means that 300 steps is about 500 meters in the later life. And 200 steps away, it's almost 300 meters. (Note: The steps of the previous dynasties are different, and the parallel time and space of the Song Dynasty here shall prevail.) ）

Lu Chengqi smiled and said, "Ambassador Yelu, you will know if you read it." He is very confident in the Divine Arm Bow, the pinnacle of cold weapons, under the action of the machine that greatly enhances the pulling force, its pulling force can reach more than three stones, the range is accurate shooting within two hundred and forty steps, and it can pierce armor within three hundred steps. The farthest has been tested to reach 400 steps, but the power has been greatly reduced.

This is the application of the technology of the bed crossbow to the bow and crossbow less than four feet, but it has reached a range that is almost the same as that of the bed crossbow, the wisdom of the ancient Chinese. It's amazing. The Divine Arm Bow is made of composite materials, which are complicated to make, so the output is not abundant. And the requirements for the strength of the soldiers are too great, at least they must be able to open one stone and four buckets to use the three-stone divine arm bow. Therefore, it is generally not made so powerful, with a limit of two hundred and forty steps, and the divine arm bow is mostly two stones and three bucket bows. It only takes about one stone to wind the string. Because it uses a labor-saving machine, it greatly increases the range and lethality of the crossbowmen, and even one person can use the Divine Arm Bow.

And these selected Forbidden Army marksmen are all using the most suitable Divine Arm Bow, or Divine Arm Crossbow. Where can a bow and arrow have such a long range?

I saw that the bowstring full of tight strings suddenly loosened, "Bang!! With a soft sound, a short but much thicker than an ordinary bow and arrow came out of the string, and in the blink of an eye, it sank into the stack of arrows two hundred paces away, hitting the bull's-eye!

At this time, the imperial guards were boiling, and the people watching outside the school yard were also boiling. Yeluliang stared blankly at the ten arrow feathers, sinking deep into the haystack, only two arrows missed the bull's-eye. He was shocked in his heart, and muttered in Khitan language: "Impossible, this is impossible!" ”

Lu Chengqi was also shocked, even if he had seen the Divine Arm Bow earlier, the shocking range was beyond the reach of heat and weapons. The Divine Arm Bow is worthy of being the pinnacle of cold weapons!

Two hundred steps, three hundred meters away, deep into the dense haystack up to half a foot thick, such penetration, within three hundred steps, even a fine chain mail, can not resist!

Yeluliang's shock was justified, not only him, but the entire Khitan mission, even the civil and military officials, were shocked. They didn't expect that over the years, the Ordnance Supervisor would actually drum up such a bow and crossbow, which was simply a murderous weapon! With this sharp weapon, what are the Khitans afraid of?

Lu Chengqi saw that his goal of deterring the Khitans had been achieved, so he showed a satisfied smile, looking at Yeluliang's frightened and inexplicable expression, his heart was dark: "Scared you turtles to death, so that you dare to come to fight the grass valley." What's this called? Yes, deterrence. Hehe, no wonder they all like to use the trick of military parades, it really works. If it weren't for the trouble to make the Divine Arm Bow, I wouldn't have made any rifles, and I could have killed these nomads with a crossbow. However, it's still quite cool to use it to deter these turtles! ”

When Yeluliang came back to his senses, he said with a pleading expression: "Your Majesty, can I ask to see your bow?" ”

Lu Chengqi smiled generously: "Why not? "Immediately ask a forbidden soldier to present the Divine Arm Bow and hand it to Yeluliang for inspection. Yeluliang took such a small divine arm bow, and he was even more shocked, and said in his heart: "My Khitan big bow is far heavier than this bow, but the range is still not as good, let alone powerful. What this little Han emperor said is the truth, if every Han person can hold a strong bow, how can I be an enemy of Khitan? ”

Thinking of this, Yelu's conscience was awe-inspiring, and his original arrogance was extinguished, followed by a chill: "No, I have to tell Your Majesty the news as soon as possible!" I can't delay here, return to Liao as soon as possible, and ask Your Majesty to change the relationship with Dashun! ”

Yeluliang, who had made up his mind, handed the Divine Arm Bow back to Lu Chengqi, and sighed: "Dashun is well-equipped, and it is indeed far beyond our imagination. We have seen it, and we have seen it, and if we don't talk about it, my Khitan warriors are far inferior! (To be continued.) )