"I've seen the Governor..." Seeing Yan Li forcefully approaching, Zhao Dachuan and several captains of the Ganzhou Army quickly saluted Yan Li. The surrounding sergeants of the Longya Army stood at attention and stood at attention. Face serious.
"Well, there's no need to be nervous, and there's no need to be polite. It's rest time now..." Yan Li smiled forcefully and said to the people around him.
Now that Yan Liqiang had spoken, the horse archers naturally handed their bows to Zhao Dachuan and others.
Zhao Dachuan and others took over the war bows, and their expressions became brighter.
"Sir, this... this bow arm is really iron..." Zhao Dachuan asked in shock.
"Well, it's made of iron, but it's not ordinary iron, but dragon-tiger steel made by craftsmen from the Manufacturing Bureau after thousands of experiments. The material of this dragon-tiger steel is better than the spring steel used in crossbows. Even better, the rebound force is very strong, a bow can be fired tens of thousands of times without any loss of strength..." Yan Liqiang said, he also took a bow handed over by a sergeant next to him, held it in his hand, and sighed with emotion. His eyes scanned the bow body inch by inch. It was not easy to make this bow. Even with the method of manufacturing spring steel, the selection of bow arm materials, the specific timing of tempering and quenching and the selection of materials were still difficult. It took a lot of time, and the craftsmen of the Manufacturing Bureau conducted thousands of various experiments and recorded tens of thousands of sets of various data before finally determining the material proportions and processing technology of the Dragon Tiger Steel.
With this most critical material, plus the screws "invented" by the craftsmen of the Manufacturing Bureau, it is a matter of course to create the bow in front of you. If Yan Liqiang's previous life's terminology is used to accurately describe it, the bow in front of him belongs to For a standard dual pulley recurve compound bow, the bow arm is made of Longhu steel, the bow handle is made of horn and black cloud wood, and the bow arm pulley is a modified three-groove two-wheel system. These things Once it is put up, the structure of the entire bow is very visually impactful to those who see this bow for the first time.
"Sir, this... Why are there pulleys on the arms of this bow?" Zhao Dachuan took the bow in his hand, looked at it over and over for a while, and then asked a question that everyone who sees this bow for the first time would ask. .
"You will know after you try to shoot an arrow..." Yan Liqiang waved his hand, and the sergeant next to him naturally sent a few arrows to Zhao Dachuan and several captains of the Ganzhou Army.
As a military attache, of course he can shoot arrows. Zhao Dachuan took the arrow and placed it on the bow skillfully. With just a slight exertion on his hand, the bow was slowly pulled open, and as the bow was slowly pulled open, Zhao Dachuan's face was also surprised. The handle of this bow was very easy to hold and very comfortable to hold. When the bow is opened, the power of traditional bows and arrows usually increases gradually or remains the same, but in his hand The force of this bow is completely different from that of an ordinary bow. At the beginning, the force did gradually increase, but when the bow was almost halfway drawn, the force of opening the bow actually gradually decreased, and finally it was easy to pull the bow. Can draw the bow full.
Not only Zhao Dachuan, but also several other captains of the Ganzhou Army discovered this, and all of them looked a little surprised. They originally thought that it would be difficult to draw a bow made of steel arms, but they didn't arrive first. When the bow is opened, it is very easy to fill the bow.
Zhao Dachuan felt it. The power of the bow in his hand felt about one stone, or even less than one stone. This power was not strong, and was even slightly weaker than the ordinary war bows used by archers in the army. Thinking of these bows Most of the cavalry are from archery societies. It stands to reason that the power of this bow should be stronger than the ordinary military war bow. Zhao Dachuan does not understand why the power of this bow is weaker. In this way, the power of this bow should be stronger than that of ordinary military bows. The bow is easy to draw, but the power of the arrow is probably...
With the bow fully drawn, Zhao Dachuan felt a little confused. He looked at the deserted grassland in the distance, then let go and shot the arrow in his hand...
Just at the moment when the arrow left the string, Zhao Dachuan's expression became wonderful again. This bow, which could not feel like a stone when he pulled it in his hand, felt to Zhao Dachuan like those far beyond a stone when the arrow left the string. , it felt like an arrow shot from a two-stone bow. The arrow left the bow string quickly and powerfully, and disappeared a mile away with a "shoo..." sound. Its power was definitely far beyond the power of a one-stone war bow.
With just one arrow, Zhao Dachuan was stunned - it was easier and less laborious to open the bow than a one-stone war bow, but the arrows shot were far more powerful than a one-stone war bow. Such a bow, like this to Zhao Dachuan For military generals, this is simply unheard of and can only be explained by artifacts. Moreover, Zhao Dachuan also feels that the bow in his hand not only has a straight and accurate arrow path, but also can shoot extremely far, and it also seems to be able to reach the target in a very short time. Extremely high rate of fire.
"咻咻咻咻..." Several captains of the Ganzhou Army next to them each shot an arrow and looked shocked. They felt the same as Zhao Dachuan. They never expected that it would be so easy to pull away. It felt like it was less than a stone. The power of the bow was almost as powerful as two stones. It was as if a spell had been cast on such a bow. It was incredible. Those who were more dexterous immediately thought that it was the strange pulley on the bow. effect
Seeing that the five battalions of cavalry in front of him all had such bows, Zhao Dachuan felt his head was dizzy. He was being targeted by more than 10,000 such bows. If he really wanted to fight, there would be thousands of arrows in an instant. With a volley of fire and dark clouds, no matter how many enemies there were, they would have been shot dead even a mile and a half away. How could they get close? If you can't get close, how can you win? There are more than 10,000 horse archers with powerful bows in their hands and powerful horses at their hips. They may seem like a small number, but on the battlefield, they are invincible. No one is their opponent...
Could it be that the purpose of setting up the Archery Club was to form such a pure archer cavalry force
With this thought in his mind, Zhao Dachuan's eyes changed when he looked at Yan Liqiang, especially when he looked at the archers of the Longya Army who had been meticulous since they came out of seclusion, Zhao Dachuan's eyes were already full of horror.
Zhao Dachuan recalled in his mind the scene when the cavalry team of more than 10,000 he led and the archers "collided". Both sides were almost 10,000 people. They each met on the grassland, and he led the cavalry. As the team rushed towards these horse archers, still a mile away, these horse archers raised their bows and launched the first round of shooting. Thousands of arrows were fired. In this first round, their own troops How many people will fall? Even for the most ordinary archers, when a large group of people are charging towards the archers, the hit rate of the arrows thrown by the archers is about one-fifth. Based on this hit rate, that means that his team has not yet Almost 2,000 horse archers will fall when approaching these horse archers. Then, after a few breaths, his team is in chaos. The second round of strikes with thousands of arrows comes, and another 2,000 people fall, just a dozen or so. Within a breath, the number of men and horses he brought was nearly halved, and these two rounds of arrows were not even a warm-up for these horse archers. It would take three arrows to really warm up, and then wait for these bow cavalry. The cavalry has finished warming up. How many men do you still have
Generally speaking, no matter how strict the discipline is and how strong the combat effectiveness of an army is, it will be difficult to effectively command the army when its combat strength is close to half. The army may be defeated at any time. If the army loses more than half of its combat strength, it will not be defeated. The army will continue to fight. , that is the true invincible iron army. I am afraid that there are not many such armies in the entire Han Empire...
If you lead your troops to collide with this cavalry archer, the final result will be that the opponent has just warmed up and fired three rounds of arrows, and more than half of the men and horses you brought have been destroyed, and they were all defeated a mile away. Well, even I couldn't even survive 100% under the three-round attack of thousands of arrows.
"Master Zhao, what do you think of this bow?"
Yan Liqiang's voice suddenly brought Zhao Dachuan back to reality from his reverie.
Looking at Yan Liqiang's smiling face, Zhao Dachuan was shocked and swallowed hard, "Sir, what is this bow called?"
Zhao Dachuan didn't ask who made it at all, because the master craftsman of the Han Empire was right in front of him, so he knew that this bow was definitely made by Yan Liqiang's arm without asking.
"This bow is named after the Dragon Tooth Army. It is exclusive to the Dragon Tooth Army. It is called the Dragon Tooth Bow..."
"Can this dragon tooth bow... can it..." Zhao Dachuan also felt a little embarrassed.
"Hahaha, this bow is a little too light for you, and it may not be easy for you. When we take back the Gulang Grassland and move back, I will give each of you a suitable one..."
"Sir, can this bow be more powerful?"
"Well, there are ones ranging from one stone to ten stones. Many officers in the cavalry team use bows with more than two stones. If you look carefully, you can tell that the arms of bows with more than two stones are wider..."
Zhao Dachuan took a deep breath, "It is estimated that in a while, the general and the sergeants of the Ganzhou Army will be lucky enough to see the power of the Dragon Tooth Bow..."
Yan Liqiang smiled and looked at Shi Dafeng next to him, "Dafeng, how many rounds do you think those Shatu people can last?"
Shi Dafeng chuckled, not caring about the coming Shatu people at all, "We will fire five bows and fire five rounds. If those Shatu people don't collapse and run for their lives, they still have the courage to rush half a mile away from us." Within, even if I lose, when I return to the pass, I will give this guy a rhinoceros horse for a month..." Shi Dafeng pointed to Shen Teng next to him, and Shen Teng just smiled...
An hour passed quickly. When the sun was about to set in the west, the army of 40,000 Shatu people who rushed towards Yan Liqiang and the others finally reached twenty miles away. The troops of the group had already appeared. On the distant horizon.
Yan Liqiang got on the horse again. He raised the dragon's spine steel spear in his hand, and without saying a word, he just pointed to the northwest. Five battalions of horse archers and more than 12,000 young warriors who had already been unable to hold back. , each one without fear, rushed towards the Shatu army like a wild dragon. The other soldiers and horses were divided into left and right wings, with more than 7,000 people on each side, and they rushed towards the Shatu army...
(End of chapter)