Chapter 10 Bow and Arrow
It has been three days since he came to this southern camp, and Zuo Houde has almost no work every day, and he is very idle.
There were only a few of them, training wounded soldiers to come and heal them.
Every day, I chatted with the doctor and watched the training of the soldiers in the battalion.
On this day, Zuo Houde was under the tent, but he was bored, so he summoned the entourage arranged by the big camp for him, "Shiro, find me a bow and arrow." ”
"Lang Zhong doesn't know how many fights to make," Shiro asked, clenching his fists.
The bow force of a bow is calculated by fixing a bow on the wall, and then hanging a weight on the bowstring, and when the bow is completely pulled away, the weight of the weight hanging on the bowstring is the bow force of the bow. The ancient one-stone bow (the weight of one stone varies from dynasty to dynasty, ranging from 30 to 60 kg) was already a strong bow. Tang Wu used a stone bow to shoot long stacks, and used a bow of more than seven buckets for riding and shooting, and the archers of the Song army were equipped with a stone bow as standard.
A stone bow in this Youzhou army is about 45 kilograms. Only those who have amazing arm strength and are good at shooting can make it.
"Shiro and I can take the Seven Bucket Bow."
In this Youzhou city, horseback archery is almost everyone's ability, to say proficient or not, but each will also be on both hands, although Zuo Houde studied medicine all the year round, but in the autumn, he often goes to the horse farm to play, the ability to ride and shoot is not fine, and it is okay to get by.
From time to time, Shiro brought seven buckets of hard bows.
This bow is a common iron-tired bow, and the back of the laminated composite bow is iron. Instead of the wooden bow, iron bars were inserted into the back of the bow to increase the range and power, also known as the "iron spine bow", the bowstring is made of raw cowhide, which is not fancy at all, but it is practical.
This is a common type of bow that the people of Youzhou love, and many parts of the bow body are also wrapped in iron sheets, and there is even an iron tire bow with an all-iron bow, and the bow itself can be used as a weapon even if there are no arrows.
Shiro knew that Zuo Houde was mostly going to practice archery, and brought an arrow bag, which contained more than ten arrows, the arrow was about 90 centimeters long, the head was of course iron, and the arrow shaft was made of poplar wood, which was relatively thick and straight, so as to fly smoothly. The feathers are glued to the tail of the arrow, not only fixed with glue, but also tied securely so that they do not fall off during a fast flight.
Zuo Houde put on the "chise", which is worn on the right thumb of the right hand when archery, also known as "duel", commonly known as "wrench", take the bow and arrow and quiver, and walk to the shooting range.
In the barracks, each battalion has its own shooting range, and now the non-commissioned officers in Zuo Houde's battalion are all training, and there are few people in the shooting range, only two or three generals are practicing archery. Zuo Houde also knew two, a tall and thin man surnamed Li, everyone was called Li Er, who was a tun chief, and the other white-faced man surnamed Zhang, with a single name and a cloud character, was also a tun chief. The remaining sturdy man, Zuo Houde has never seen it.
"Zuo Langzhong also came to practice archery?" Li Er shouted.
"Exactly, but the camp is boring, so I came to the shooting range to practice archery, but it was Brother Li and Brother Zhang, why didn't they bring soldiers to train? This brother has never seen it, and he is a military doctor in this camp below, I don't know who my brother is? ”
"Haha, my brother turned out to be a military doctor in the camp, I am Yan Zhong in the guard's camp, the sixth in the family, call me the sixth brother." Yan Zhong smiled heartily.
"It turns out that the sixth brother is in the guard camp!" Zuo Houde.
"Yes, such a general went to the city to report, and our brothers also followed, delaying all the way until last night, when we arrived in the army. Early this morning, I was called by the general to practice archery, alas. Yan Zhong complained, thinking that in his opinion, practicing archery was a very troublesome thing.
"Our brother and Sixth Brother Yan are old acquaintances, as soon as Sixth Brother arrives at the barracks, we will accompany Sixth Brother to get familiar with the barracks," Li Er on the side said. Zhang Yun also nodded yes.
After greeting them for a while, Zuo Houde stepped aside and practiced alone.
This person and the arrow target are about fifty paces, Zuo Houde pulled out an arrow, set up a bow, put on the arrow, shoot the arrow, in one go, the feather arrow went straight to the arrow target. Zuo Houde looked at it, and deviated from the bullseye by three inches, and almost missed the target.
Zuo Houde silently raised his bow, raised it slightly, aimed at the arrow target in the distance and shot an arrow again, and then dropped slightly, another arrow, and changed seven arrows in a row, each arrow will make some adjustments, after the seven arrows are shot, the last arrow finally hits the bull's-eye.
Zuo Houde knows very well that the material of the bow is different, the force of pulling the bow is different, and the line of the arrow shot in the air will not be the same, even if it is a bow made of the same material, the route through the air will not be the same, in addition, the weight of the feather arrow will also affect the route, so an excellent archer generally uses his own bow, the most familiar, the most accurate.
Of course, a real hunter can adjust with an unfamiliar bow and arrow with a maximum of three arrows.
In fact, the archery masters of the racecourse at that time said that Zuo Houde was very talented. In fact, Zuo Houde understands that the main reason is that his golden finger is powerful.
Name: Zuo Houde
Level: Level 1 (0+/100)
Lifespan: 121
Power: 2.49
Dexterity: 2.78
Intelligence: 1.28
Skill: Breathing Level 3
Effect: Strengthens the body and prolongs life. Abundant qi and blood
Added skills: Healing, Swordsmanship, Calligraphy
Luck: 42
Practicing breathing all year round, his body is strong, he is afraid that there are hundreds of catties of strength between his arms, and the perennial gain of his internal organs and six internal organs is far from being comparable to ordinary people. The advantage of archery over ordinary people, I don't know how much greater.
Of course, Zuo Houde knew that his archery skills had not yet entered the hall, and this system layout had not been displayed.
That's all right, one word "practice"
Zuo Houde took another arrow, maintained the strength and angle of the previous arrow, let go and shot out, and hit the bull's-eye again. Again he drew an arrow from his quiver and shot it, and so on and so forth, seven or eight feathered arrows were shot, four of which hit the bull's-eye.
Zuo Houde shook his head, like this kind of fixed arrow target, skilled archers don't say that all of them hit the bull's-eye, and there are still nine out of ten shots.
Look at the side again, Yan Zhong archery, it is really no talent, the posture of archery, how strange it is. Not a single arrow hit the bull's-eye, and even a few missed the target.
Next to Li Er and Zhang Yun, they were veterans in the army at a glance, the speed was not fast, the rhythm was not slow, they drew arrows and took bows, raised their hands and released arrows, and almost the arrows hit.
For Zuo Houde, the strength and strength are enough, so Zuo Houde does not control the speed too much, after all, it is not accurate now and not has no physical strength.
For Li Er and others, archery must control the speed of archery and master their own rhythm in order to maintain physical strength. The speed was too fast, and ten arrows were fired, and the strength of the whole arm was gone.
Fantasy was useless, Zuo Houde took the feather arrow from the arrow target and put it in the quiver. Walk fifty paces away and shoot an arrow again.
Another round, fortunately there were seven or eight bullseye.
Li Er, who was on the side, came over and said in surprise: "Zuo Langzhong's physical strength and arm strength are very good!" ”
Li Er could see at a glance that Zuo Houde's arm strength and physical strength were very good, like the bow in Zuo Houde's hand was the same as him, both of them were seven buckets. However, like Zuo Houde shot fast and much, Li Er asked himself if he couldn't do it.
Archery consumes physical strength, but it's not a lie, like Zuo Houde's archery, Li Er estimates that after a round, he will have to lose his strength. watched Zuo Houde shoot two rounds, but his face was still not red and he was out of breath.
"It's okay, Brother Li, I wonder if my brother has any tips for archery?" Zuo Houde also wanted to find some tricks.
"What's the trick, if you practice more, you'll naturally shoot accurately!" Li Er also said with a nonchalant face.
"Then practice more." Zuo Houde also knows that practice makes perfect, and most of them have no skills.
Then he took off the feathered arrows, put them in the quiver, and shot them again.
Four or five arrows were shot down, and Zuo Houde was also a little struggling, and his right arm was a little sore. can only learn Li Er to control the speed of archery, maintain a slower rhythm, and continue shooting.
After shooting a hundred shots, he returned to the military doctor's station to rest, and at the same time gave some medicine to his right arm, which was a little sore.