The rapid "ding-dang-dang-dang" sound of the bell rang. Abel was startled. He picked up his compound bow and quiver and ran quickly towards the castle gate. When passing by the square, the citizens in the square were a little panicked. Don't know what happened.
Going up the side ladder from the parapet, you can see the knight Marshall in armor already standing there, with more than 20 guards standing next to him holding spears.
Seeing Abel's arrival, Knight Marshall said with some worry: "Abel, why are you up here? It's dangerous here. You go back to the castle first."
Abel peeked out of the parapet. As soon as he stuck his head out, an arrow was shot at him. He quickly retracted his head and shot past the flying arrow.
But just at that glance, Abel had already seen nearly twenty orcs outside the protective wall, some were wolf cavalry, and some were tauren riding flaming bulls.
"How come there are orcs here?" Abel asked in surprise.
"There are almost two or three squads of orcs here. With these troops, they will have the strength to attack the castle." Knight Marshall sneered, and then said: "They underestimate Harry Castle too much."
"Where are the archers? Are you going to let them show off their power outside like this?" Abel, who had just been shot with an arrow, was a little annoyed.
"There are only five archers in the castle. Their archery skills are very different. Two archers have been injured. They are no match for these wolf cavalry who have been using bows and arrows for many years. I have ordered them not to fight back." Knight Marshall pointed out Looking at the two guards lying next to the parapet, he said with a mocking expression: "The parapet of Harry Castle is not something these guys can break through. They chose the wrong place."
"Is that a bow you're holding in your hand?" Knight Marshall noticed the compound bow in Abel's hand at this moment, and looked at the strange look of the compound bow and said with some doubts.
"I just finished it. It's very powerful." Abel picked up the compound bow in his hand with some show off. In this era of backward technology, he spent countless efforts to create such a long-range weapon that transcended the times, but he couldn't explain it to others. At this time, Knight Marshall's inquiry made Abel want to show off, but he just responded calmly and lightly.
Knight Marshall took the compound bow, and his years of experience in using weapons allowed him to roughly understand how to use the bow after just one look.
He took out an arrow from the quiver in Abel's hand and placed it on the arrow rest. Looking at the spreader, he couldn't help but smile and said to Abel: "Your design is very good. It does not use the strength of your fingers, but your wrist." With such strength, you can draw the bow string with almost no training." Then he found the small trigger on it, looked at it carefully and said, "No wonder you became a master blacksmith. This small design can easily launch bows and arrows. Won’t hurt your fingers.”
The reason why archers are the most difficult to train is that each archer can only shoot thirty to forty arrows at a time before resting. Moreover, the fingers of archers are the most vulnerable to injury. Once injured, they can no longer use bows and arrows. It is difficult to find people, so there are many guards in the castle, but the art of archery is very rare.
Knight Marshall put the hair spreader on his wrist and pulled the bow string hard. With one pull, the bow string only stretched a little. Then the white fighting spirit of Knight Marshall flashed and the bow was completely stretched.
Knight Marshall couldn't help but be a little surprised at the strength of this bow. When he used force just now, he thought it would be easy to pull it open, but only used 80% of the force. Who knew that after pulling it open a little, he was unable to continue. Fortunately, he burst out with fighting spirit, otherwise he would not be able to continue. It would be a big embarrassment in front of his adopted son. The intermediate knight couldn't even draw his bow. If Bennett found out, he would laugh at him for the rest of his life.
Then Knight Marshall discovered something that surprised him. After being opened, the bow could be maintained for a long time with very little force. He looked at Abel with wide eyes and asked: "What's wrong with this bow?" ?”
For a moment, Knight Marshall didn't know how to ask. Everything about this bow broke his understanding of bows. At this time, the knight thought that there were so many targets outside, so he could try the power of this bow first.
Knight Marshall ducked out of the crenel of the parapet, pointed his bow and arrow at a wolf cavalry, pressed the trigger, and the arrow flew over the wolf cavalry's head.
The orcs under the protective wall saw an arrow coming and were about to dodge, but the arrow was fired too fast. Before they had time to react, the arrow had already been shot. However, the arrow did not hit any orcs. It flew over the head of a wolf rider.
"Ouch~Ouch~Ouch~" The orcs outside the wall howled and pointed at the Marshall Knight and laughed. A tauren threw a throwing ax at the Marshall Knight, but the Marshall Knight caught it.
Knight Marshall threw the thrown ax on the ground, turned to Abel and said, "Why can't this bow hit the target?"
Abel stepped forward and pointed to the sight on the bow and said: "This bow has just been made and has only been tested at a distance of 50 meters. At a distance of 50 meters, this bow attacks in a straight line."
Upon hearing this, Knight Marshall knew why he missed the shot. Based on past experience, he aimed the bow and arrow a little above the target, so that when the bow and arrow flew out, there would be a parabola, which could just hit the enemy. But this bow and arrow were in If it was a straight-line attack within a certain distance, then his aim just now would have been missed.
Taking out another arrow from the quiver, Knight Marshall drew his bow and listened to the ridicule outside. He once again reached out of the crevice and aimed at the tauren who laughed the loudest. He pressed the trigger and an arrow almost hit Marshall. The moment the knight let go, the Minotaur's head appeared. The Minotaur's head looked like a broken watermelon. The huge penetrating force opened a fist-sized hole in the Minotaur's head. Then the arrow did not stop. , flew towards the chest of a wolf cavalry behind, and plunged deeply into it.
The orcs were in a panic. No one thought that the archer who had missed his shot just now would kill two birds with one stone this time.
"Arrow!" Knight Marshall stretched out his hand to Abel.
Abel quickly took out an arrow from his quiver and handed it to Knight Marshall.
Knight Marshall opened his bow again. These orcs were all about 50 to 60 meters away from the wall. Almost as long as the bow was straightened and the center of the arrow was aligned, he could hit the target. Knight Marshall pressed the trigger again, and there was another orc. Fall to the ground.
Without saying much, Abel directly took out another arrow and sent it to Knight Marshall. Knight Marshall then shot three arrows in a row. Six orcs had fallen on the ground outside the castle. The remaining orcs were stunned and quickly He turned around and ran away.
Knight Marshall did not let them go, and took another arrow from Abel's hand. The tauren's mount was not as powerful as the wolf cavalry. At this time, the people remaining behind the team were all tauren. Knight Marshall aimed at the last tauren. At this time The tauren has already rushed out to a distance of ten meters, 70 meters away. Knight Marshall calculated in his mind that the bow in his hand was still aimed horizontally, and did not calculate the parabola. The knight thought that he would shoot lower and hit his mount, the same. You can also leave the tauren behind. A tauren without a mount cannot outrun the bow in his hand.
At a distance of 70 meters, another arrow hit the head, and the tauren fell to the ground.
Load the arrow, aim, 80 meters away, press the trigger, and the tauren falls to the ground.
Load the arrow again, aim at a distance of 90 meters, press the trigger, and the tauren falls to the ground.
He loaded the arrow again, took aim, and at a distance of 100 meters, he pressed the trigger, and another tauren fell to the ground.
The minotaur running at the end had reached a distance of about 110 meters. He loaded the arrow again and pressed the trigger. This time the arrow hit the minotaur's neck. Knight Marshall glanced at the scale on the sight. At this time, he had to use the arrow to aim. The next scale of the sight is gone.
All the minotaurs had been killed, and the slowest wolf cavalry had already reached a distance of 150 meters. Knight Marshall placed another arrow on the arrow rest, aimed at the wolf cavalry with the second scale of the sight, and pressed The trigger was fired, and another arrow hit the head. The wolf cavalry was thrown directly from the warg to the ground by the huge impact.
At this time, the wolf cavalry had already discovered the terror of the archers, and had already made moves to avoid arrows. They huddled on the side of the warg, and their bodies were completely blocked by the warg. At this moment, the warg who was extremely loyal to them became A shield to resist the opponent's bow and arrow.
Knight Marshall put down his bow and arrow. For a knight, taking the initiative to kill the opponent's mount on the battlefield would only be done under helpless circumstances. Now Knight Marshall is already twelve points satisfied with the results he has achieved. .