(kneel and beg for collection, recommendation!) ）

After about ten days, there was no sign of the Germanic people in the southwest, Qin Dong reacted, he is now a brutal Huns, how can the Huns who live on nomadism be afraid of those Germanic barbarians, it should be those Germanic barbarians who are afraid of him.

Qin Dong, who suddenly came to his senses, was no longer worried that those Germanic barbarians in the southwest would come and take the initiative to sneak attack him, he speculated that since Odoaser got his information and went back to report to the leader Manlarik, Manlaric did not take the initiative to find trouble because the strength of his subordinates was too strong, and he was worried that the sneak attack would not succeed but would suffer heavy losses.

During this time, the military camp in Qindong had been completed, and most of the pontoon bridges on the Maricha River had been built, and it only took three days to have enough wooden boats to complete the construction of the pontoon bridges, and at that time, the families would be moved to the north bank of the Maricha River, and they would no longer have to worry about being attacked by the Germanic people in the southwest.

The whole camp was a very busy scene, and almost everyone had something to do, even the children, who were grazing, while the women were weaving wool threads and the old people were making arrows.

With the efforts of the blacksmiths, there have been a hundred sets of armor that have been made, these armors have been equipped to the officers, this armor is relatively lightweight, suitable for archers and light cavalry to wear, if the horse change during the march will not affect the combat effectiveness, now the blacksmiths are still working day and night to build heavy armor and horse armor, Qin Dong is ready to form a heavy cavalry, a single archer cavalry can not sweep the world, if you want to sweep the world, you must be like the Mongols in later generations, use heavy cavalry and archers together, Heavy cavalry charged in front, breaking up dense enemy phalanxes, while archers used their cavalry skills to deliver long-range strikes.

Heavy cavalry and archers have almost no opponents in Europe, and it is simply unrealistic to resist the charge of heavy cavalry with heavy infantry, which is to find death, in ancient times, in the great plains of central Europe, no army can resist the charge of heavy cavalry, unless the opponent has a bow and crossbow array with super lethality, and the arrows must also have armor-piercing performance.

Asia has a lethal bow and crossbow array, the arrow range is long, the armor-piercing performance is good, but Europe does not, Europe does not pay attention to the development of bows and arrows at all, in the current era and the next few hundred years, and even the year before last, Europe does not pay attention to bows and arrows, has been using a single bow, and many ethnic groups in Asia began to use compound bows a long time ago.

At this time, Qin Dong was in the bow and arrow manufacturing workshop, and some archers were making composite bows used by the Huns, which was the recurve bow of the ancient Chinese bow system, and the recurve bow was that the end of the bow arm was bent outward, and the difference between the recurve bow and other bows was that the bowstring of the recurved bow on the upper part was in contact with its bow arm. Compared to a bow with the same straight arm, the recurve bow stores more energy, allowing the arrow to be shot with higher kinetic energy. As a result, a recurve bow can be made shorter than a regular bow while maintaining its power. This advantage makes the recurve suitable for use in places where longer weapons would be inconvenient, such as jungles, forests, or horseback.

The recurve bow used by the Huns is a good composite bow, the bowstring is made of thin rope made of cowhide, the bow body is a very elastic wood outward, and the inner side of the bow (facing the archer) has a layer of matter (usually the horns of animals). Between 25 kg and 40 kg, the effective range of this bow is about 100 meters - 150 meters, some novels say that the bowstring is made of cow tendon, which is wrong, the bowstring requires that it cannot be elastic, and the cow tendon is elastic.

In addition to weapons, Qin Dong knew that his strength was very weak, and he could not compare with the army of the Roman Empire in terms of equipment, in addition to the heavy short sword and javelin, the soldiers of the Roman Empire were generally equipped with scale armor, cockscomb helmets, large shields, and shin guards (on the calves), these things cost too much money, Qin Dong had just started, there were only a few hundred people, and there was no way to take a Hun commander, let alone compare with the army of the Roman Empire, now what Qin Dong has to do is to keep his territory and army, and quietly develop his power.

In terms of weapons, Qin Dong can only use the knowledge of his previous life to maximize the lethality of weapons, but it is a pity that he has limited conditions and resources now, and even if there is a good way, there are no conditions to achieve it.

For example, this kind of bow used by the Huns, in fact, as long as there are good materials, it can more than double the range, reaching a range of 300 meters, if you use the methods and materials of the Mongols to make a bow hundreds of years later, it can reach a range of 300 meters, this range is really terrifying, and the range after the appearance of muskets can not reach 300 meters.

The Mongols used a very modern composite bow, which was made up of a large tendon on the back of an animal that had been specially tanned, consisting of a layer of material on the belly of the bow and a wooden frame in the middle. The bow had a pull force between 50 and 75 kg, and was short enough for cavalry to wield with ease. This bow shoots arrows with a range of up to 300 meters, and can penetrate even the thickest pieces of armor if equipped with sharp metal arrows.

Qin Dong observed while walking in the workshop, and saw that Chuck, the master of the bow and arrow, was holding a bowstring and constantly pulling, this guy was now on the verge of going mad by researching and making bows and arrows, his hair was messy, and he didn't know how long he hadn't taken a shower or changed clothes.

Qin Dong walked over and asked, "Master Chuck, how is it, has the bow you studied finished making?" ”

Hearing Qin Dong's voice, Chuck raised his head and hurriedly said, "Hello, my lord!" After my research, I found that this compound bow used by your soldiers does not need to be further improved in the community, it has a great elasticity, and the range is much longer than that used by the Roman Empire and other Germanic barbarians, but there should be a better bowstring on the bowstring instead, if you can find a better bowstring, I believe it can reach two hundred feet! I've done a lot of research in the past few days, but I just couldn't find a material that is stronger, tougher, and less elastic."

The monolithic bow is an arc-shaped wooden stick, plus a string, this is the monolithic bow, the simplest and most primitive bow and arrow, short range, low lethality, Europeans have used this kind of bow far behind the ancient Chinese dynasty for thousands of years.

The ancient Chinese manufacture of bows and arrows had very strict requirements for materials and craftsmanship, and there were six materials: dry, horn (horn), tendon, glue (deer, horse, ox, rat, fish, rhino), silk and lacquer. Clear selection criteria are specified for each material. The bow making process is really very particular, do the bow dry in winter, soak the corners in the spring, treat the tendons in the summer, and make the bow body with silk, glue and lacquer in the autumn, and place the bow body in the bow box to determine its shape after the winter, and then install the bowstring in the spring of the next year, and make a good bow for three years. At the same time, there are strict regulations for the selection and production of various bows. For example, to make a good bow, you need to choose wood as the bow stem, in addition to the horns decorated on both sides of the bow, the silk thread that wraps around the bow body and the animal tendons that stick to the outside, as well as the glue and lacquer that are applied, all need to be carefully prepared and selected. Qin Dong didn't have so much time to wait, he made requirements for the time to make zuò bows and arrows, as long as they could be made quickly, there were many rules that could be omitted, especially those of superstition.

Seeing Chuck say this, Qin Dong remembered that the bowstring should have tendons, glue, silk, and lacquer, so he said: "In this way, you use animal tendons and fish glue, and then mix some silk and lacquer to try it!" ”

Chuck was very puzzled and asked: "My lord, I know that animal tendons are used to make bowstrings, as long as there are conditions, animal tendons are used to make bowstrings, but why is silk and lacquer added, and what is fish glue?" ”

Qin Dong patiently explained: "Mixing silk and lacquer can increase the toughness of the bowstring, which is not easy to be broken, but it will not affect the firmness of the bowstring, and fish gelatin is something that is boiled after the fish maw is boiled, it can also increase the toughness of the bowstring, the requirement for the bowstring is that it can not be stretched, can not be elastic, if there is elasticity, it will weaken the force of the shot, but it cannot be broken, so the role of these materials is to increase the firmness and toughness!" ”

Chuck immediately understood, and immediately began to do experiments, after three days to make more than a dozen bowstrings, and then tried to make a good bow, the range was really greatly improved, the original bow used by the Huns could only shoot at most 150 meters, but now it can shoot up to about 250 meters, which is definitely an epoch-making creation. If the arrows were equipped with a hard metal triangular diamond arrow, and a phalanx of foot archers could be trained, it would be a deadly nightmare for the European heavy cavalry.