Chapter 152: The Assassination

readx;??? c_t; While Zhang Jiashi did not expect that someone was preparing to assassinate, Yongya was actually a little helpless about the staffing in his hands. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info, this backbent bow produces more force and requires a high degree of physical strength and technical operation.

The longbow originated in Wales and later spread to England and was six feet long and made from a single piece of wood. The bow length is designed to match a three-foot arrow. Against infantry, you don't need to pull the bow too tightly to pierce the leather armor they wear, and against armored soldiers, you need to pull hard to pierce the armor of infantry or cavalry. Shooting with a longbow requires a lot of training and practice. An experienced longbowman can make six high-hit shots in one minute. The longbow has a long range and great power. On the battlefields of the Middle Ages, a large number of experienced longbowmen often brought great lethality to the enemy. They can shoot at individual targets or in a dense range of shots at a specific area.

The rise of the English longbowmen was based on the importance that Britain attached to the development of the longbowmen.

At that time, archery competitions were held throughout the UK to encourage the use of longbows. On Sundays, all sports except archery were banned, so that a large number of experienced longbowmen could be produced and recruited. Each county in England is required by law to provide a certain number of longbowmen per year. There is usually no shortage of recruits for this recruitment exercise, as the salaries of soldiers are higher than for other jobs.

In ancient Chinese history, various countries in various periods attached great importance to the production and use of bows. Because in ancient wars, "when two armies meet, the bow and crossbow come first". Whether it is attacking and defending towns, ambush warfare, or positional warfare, you can use bows and arrows as sharp weapons, "strike first is strong". Since the advent of firearms, bows and arrows continued to serve in the army because of their light and dexterous and high hit rate, and continued to be used until the end of the Qing Dynasty. To this day, we can still witness the heroic demeanor of archers in the sports arena.

Since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the bow has always been the main long-range weapon, so its production has always been highly valued. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the craftsmanship of bows has made great progress, and its quality has been greatly improved. It was used by all countries to equip their troops and was used in large quantities in the wars of the time. It can be seen from the "Examination of the Bow Man" that there was a relatively scientific standard for bow making at that time. Its production, the first emphasis on the selection of materials, its basic materials have six kinds, called "six materials": "dry, angle, rib, glue, silk, lacquer". The functions of the "six materials" are as follows: "those who are dry are thought to be far away, those who are are thought to be sick, those who are tendons are thought to be deep, those who are glued are thought to be harmonious, those who are silk are thought to be solid, and those who are lacquered are thought to be affected by frost and dew".

The selection criteria for the six materials are very strict and divided into grades, such as the bow stem, "where to take the dry way seven", of which the Zhemu is the best, and the bamboo is the second; It usually takes two or three years for a good bow to be made, and the bow thus produced is a very mature composite bow with high elasticity and durability, and is often referred to as a "horn bow" in the literature. Regarding the ancient bows in the Spring and Autumn Period, there have been many uneartheds in the Chu tombs in Hunan, Hubei and other places, and they can basically confirm the records of ancient books such as "Examination of Work".

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However, the two bows in Yongya's hands are shoddy hunting bows, and in terms of range and strength of their arrows, they can only be regarded as bringing some damage to some animals whose fur is not too thick.

In addition, the main bronze arrowhead is not too hard, unless it is to use this kind of bow and arrow of poor quality to hit the opponent's vital point or shoot through the armor on the Qin Dog guard, I am afraid that the effect of these two bows is not as useful as a bronze sword.

But Yongya himself knew very well that when they bought some officials from a certain place in Kanto as a caravanserai and obtained a certificate of caravan trade, this status limited the specifications and quantities of weapons they could carry.

Otherwise, they would not have brought these weapons into the pass, and even they themselves could not guarantee that they would sneak into the Hangu Pass where they came.

Besides, if you encounter a search by the Qingou patrol in Guanzhong or Sanchuan County, it will be easy to get into trouble.

So in such a situation, even if Yongya planned to bring more weapons, he had to weigh whether his character was strong.

And Yongya didn't have a total with Ding Gong, looking for some weapons in Guanzhong that were scattered among the people, but they ignored one point, that is, most of the people in Guanzhong don't say that they can't hide weapons privately, and even some people with ill intentions want to get more swords like Yongya and them, and even the Qin army's standard strong bow and crossbow.

But as long as they are in the Guanzhong area, the possibility of obtaining these weapons is very small, and even a great risk.

Just after the rebellion that the first emperor experienced when he was in power, the Qin State at that time strengthened the collection of civilian weapons in the Guanzhong area. Because of the rebellion of Chang Yu, the weapons that fell among the people made King Yingzheng of Qin, who gradually grasped the supreme authority of the Great Qin Empire, feel quite uneasy.

So after that, except for a very small number of people in the Guanzhong area who are really not afraid of death, among the civilian class, few people will collect weapons, bows and crossbows, and even military-standard equipment.

Of course, this is not to say that there is nothing at all, and these people who are not afraid of death often have a lot of weapons in their hands, and even exist that meet the specifications of the Qin army's standard equipment.

It is very difficult to find these people, and it is undoubtedly even more difficult to get these people to sell their weapons and equipment.

After all, even if they are people who secretly possess these weapons and equipment, they will not trust others unconditionally, let alone the existence of people like Yongya, who are obviously not Guanzhong?

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