"Childe Qiyu, the bow you want has been made."

As soon as Yuan Mai entered the account, the guards gave a bow and a pot of arrows.

This is made by Han blacksmith according to Yuan Mai's design, the bow arm is cast from high-quality bronze, hard and tough, even if it bears the tension of two stones, it will not bend and loosen, which can ensure the accuracy and stability of the arrow shot to the greatest extent. The inside of the bow arm is inlaid with precious buffalo horns, which form a perfect handle with a curved arc, which can ensure the best feel when shooting.

The bowstring is made of young green cow tendon as the main material, mixed with animal skin, deer glue, and tough silk thread, to ensure the maximum elasticity and stretch; The arms and strings of the bow are coated with a layer of silver powder to protect the bow from frost and moisture.

The weight of the entire bow is about ten Han catties, don't look inconspicuous, but it took a month and a half of work by Han Blacksmith to carefully build it. During the whole journey, in addition to making bows and arrows for Yuan Mai, the blacksmith Han also collected the precious materials he requested, and spent a lot of energy and manpower, which made a beautiful bow come out.

In addition to the fact that this bow was designed by Yuan Mai and made by the Han blacksmith himself, the matching arrows were also meticulously made. There are thirty arrows in a pot, all of which are made of high-quality bamboo, and the arrows are also cast according to the size required by Yuan Mai, and the tail feathers are made of carved feathers.

In later novels, when describing war scenes, it is often written that words such as arrows are fired in unison and Diaoling Ling are called. In fact, in this era, the bows and arrows of ordinary soldiers were shoddy, and there were few carved arrows. Bows are all general angular bows. The bowstring is also simply made of silk thread and animal glue, and the range is only about 120 steps, which is about 150 meters when converted into the distance of later generations.

The arrows used by soldiers are even more ordinary, most of the arrows are made of poplar and willow wood, and the arrows are all made of iron. How far an arrow has a range has a lot to do with the tail feathers; If there are too many feathers, the arrows will fly slowly; Too little, and the stability is poor. As for the material, the carving is the finest. The horned eagle feather is second. The owl feathers are second, and the goose goose feathers are the worst, and the phenomenon of staggering and running away often occurs after shooting.

The so-called eagle feather refers to the feathers plucked from the eagle's wings. An arrow needs a carving feather. A large eagle can only pull out a hundred and ten eagle feathers. And a team of 10,000 people needs to be equipped with at least a million crossbows. If all the eagles were equipped, it would be necessary to slaughter tens of thousands of eagles, which would be an impossible task. How can there be so many eagles soaring in the whole sky? And even if there were, how long would it take to hunt tens of thousands?

In fact, the tail feathers of the arrows used by most soldiers in Chinese history were made from the feathers of geese or domestic geese, and even the feathers of eagles and falcons were very few, and only a few generals and high-ranking soldiers could afford to use carved arrows.

Zhou Cang has been in the team for more than ten years, and of course he can recognize these arrows at a glance as high-quality arrows; But as for the bow, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

Delicate is exquisite, and the appearance is also beautiful, like a handicraft. But the size is too small, not to mention that it can't be compared with a one-stone or two-stone iron tire bow, even compared to the horn bows used by the soldiers, how powerful can such a small thing be?

"Hey...... Childe, this bow is pretty, but it's too child's play, isn't it? Can such a small bow kill a person like a child's play? Zhou Cang couldn't hold back in the end, and asked with a smile.

Yuan Maiwan smiled: "What? Can't a small bow kill people? As long as you shoot far, what does it matter if the bow is big or small? ”

Zhou Cang looked incredulous: "Such a small bow, let alone the strength of one stone, I'm afraid that I can pull him off with the strength of three buckets, right?" ”

"Oh...... Really? Then you can pull it and see how hard you can pull him off! Yuan Mai handed the bow to Zhou Cang and said with a smile.

Zhou Cang scratched his scalp and said with a smile: "I don't dare, this is made by Han Blacksmith with a lot of effort, if I break him, the son will not cut off my head!" ”

"You just pull it, if it's broken, Childe won't blame you!" Yuan Mai smiled and handed the bow into Zhou Cang's hand. The heart said that if you were to be pulled off casually, Childe, my archery career of more than ten years in my previous life was in vain!

Seeing that Childe said resolutely, Zhou Cang took it and tried to pull it a few times. Although it is light, you can feel the strong elasticity and strength of the bowstring. He tried to increase his strength, but he could only feel that as the strength increased, the elasticity of the bowstring became stronger and stronger, but it did not look out of shape at all, and finally used the strength of milk to pull the bowstring into a full moon, and the bow's arm still did not move, and there was not even a little extra sound.

"Whew...... I'm convinced, this bow is really powerful! Zhou Cang wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and returned the bow to Yuan Mai, "The strength I used just now is enough for two stones, although my archery skills are not good, but my strength is not covered." But this bow can withstand it completely, it's too scary, how far can this bow shoot? ”

"You'll find out when you try it later!"

Yuan Mai said lightly, bent down and took out some small things from a wooden box, sat cross-legged on the carpet, and slowly tinkered. I don't know how far I can shoot, but it is estimated that I can have a range of 2780 meters, at least I won't lose to a two-stone iron-tired bow.

The range of an ordinary bow in this year was about one hundred and twenty paces, which is equivalent to about one hundred and forty meters in later generations; A better iron-tired bow, such as a stone, can reach a range of one hundred and fifty paces, about one hundred and eighty meters; The most powerful two-stone iron-tired bow has a range of one hundred and eighty paces, a distance of about two hundred and ten meters.

It's just that such an iron-tire bow is huge, about half a person tall, and when converted to future generations, the length of the bowstring alone can reach one and a half meters, and ordinary soldiers can't pull it at all, only a strong wrestler can pull it open. It is a person with great strength, and the archery is not excellent, and the archery is excellent and does not necessarily have such great strength, so he can pull a strong bow, and the person who has excellent archery skills can be regarded as a first-class hero in the world.

Wenhou Lu Bu can be regarded as second to none in the world, and the story of Yuanmen shooting halberds to repel Ji Ling's soldiers is rumored to be a good story. In addition to Lu Bu, Tai Shici of Jiangdong, Huang Zhong of Changsha, and Xiahou Yuan of Xuchang are all first-class masters with bows, which can not only pull out strong bows, but also ensure the accuracy of archery.

In his previous life, Yuan Mai had been dealing with bows and arrows for more than ten years, and he knew the principles of bows and arrows well. The bow was designed by him himself, with elements of technology 2,000 years later. It seems lightweight, but when the scientific elements are incorporated into the bowstring, it only takes one bucket of strength to make the bowstring ejectable similar to the effect of a one-stone iron-tired bow when it is fully drawn. Moreover, Yuan Mai believes that if this bow is completely full, the range will definitely not be below the two stone bows, and even farther.

Hearing Yuan Mai say this, Zhou Cang's curiosity was aroused, and he pouted Yuan Mai and said, "The moonlight outside tonight is as bright as day, will the son try it outside the barracks?" ”

"When I'm done installing these little things, I'll give them a try!" Yuan Mai replied lightly, and he also wanted to try this bow he designed himself, how long the range could it have?

Zhou Cang glanced at the small things in front of Yuan Mai, most of them were made of horns, wires, bowbows, etc., and at this moment Gongzi was seriously inlaying them on the bow arm and bowstring.

With a blank face, he asked, "What are these things?" How do you look more and more like a child's toy? It's not like a life-threatening weapon on the battlefield! ”

Yuan Mai continued to install the small parts in his hand, and replied with a smile: "Who said that weapons must be cold and shiny, making people shudder?" You know ......."

Yuan Mai originally wanted to say, "Do you know guns?" Later generations of guns became more and more beautiful, many of them were as beautiful as handicrafts, but the lethality was not comparable to any weapon of this era......"

But when the words came to his lips, he swallowed again, and told him that these things were no different from playing the piano to the cow, and that it would be better to mention the things of the 21st century to people of this era in the future, so as not to cause extraneous complications. After installing these gadgets in hand, how about trying the power of this bow first? is the most important thing at the moment! (To be continued......)