Chapter 539 The gradually disappearing crossbow


    ? Huang Yueying, who was so shy one second, broke away from Fei Qian''s hand the next second and ran away...


    ?This seems a little embarrassing.


    ?But it didn’t take long before Huang Yueying dragged something that looked heavy, and when he put it in front of Fei Qian, it turned out to be a crossbow!


    ?Fei Qian blinked, looked at the crossbow on the ground, and then at Huang Yueying, a little unbelievable. Could it be that this crossbow was made by Huang Yueying herself?


    ??Huang Yueying is a little proud, and her big eyes are shining with the light of "Praise me, I am awesome"...


    Fei Qian picked up the crossbow from the ground, looked around, and shook it. It was heavy. It was made of wood and bronze. Even if there were no crossbow arrows, it could hit people all over the head.


    The Huang family''s crossbow craftsmanship may be due to the inheritance of the Mohist family. Many specific things have been inherited, such as the scale of Wangshan. This is something that is completely impossible without a lot of practical experience. Just like the bed crossbow installed on Beiqu, it also uses a winch to open the string and look up the mountain to measure the distance, so as to have some accuracy.


    ?Of course what Fei Qian is holding now is an ordinary crossbow, which is also called a pedal crossbow. In fact, it is the predecessor of the Zhangzhang Crossbow, which has slightly smaller strength requirements.


    "You did it? You did it very well..." Fei Qian said.


    Huang Yueying squinted her big eyes, raised her chin slightly, and said: "After receiving Lang Jun''s letter, I started to make it...I also made a bigger one, but...well, I can''t pull it..."


    Fei Qian became interested, so he stood up and walked to the open space in the backyard with the crossbow in hand, ready to test the difference between Huang''s crossbow machine and some of the crossbow machines in the army.


    ??Little Mo Dou hurriedly chased him out, still holding Fei Qian''s coat in his hand...


    ?This, Fei sweated a little, luckily it was in the backyard...


    Bows and crossbows have always been long-distance strike weapons in the Chinese army. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, there have been two types of weapons: hand-opening and foot-peddling. As for the abnormal weapon such as the bed crossbow, it requires three or five people, or a large long-range weapon that requires animal power to twist. Although its power is about the same as that of an artillery using solid shells However, this does not belong to the category of individual weapons and cannot be used in sudden field battles. It is mostly used to attack and defend cities.


    In general, individual crossbows are far superior to bows and arrows in terms of accuracy, range, and lethality. According to what Fei Qian''s army now knows, the bows used by ordinary soldiers have a draw weight of about one stone. The weak bow Badou is usually used by women or children. The strength of the bow depends on the individual. The bow that Huang Xu commonly uses should be about three or four stones.


    But the minimum starting point for a crossbow is one stone, and then you add one stone at a time. Normally used in military waist crossbows, it is about one to two stones. After three stones, it is basically stretched, and the highest one is the ten-stone big yellow crossbow. It''s the kind that Li Guangyu used to continuously snipe at the leading Huns generals in the army. Under normal circumstances, it takes two people to open it.


    Fei Qian put on his outer robe, with disheveled hair. He held the crossbow and tried to open it. The strength was not too strong, so he hung the crossbow string on the teeth.


    Huang Yueying handed over a crossbow bolt, then pointed to a big tree in the backyard near the wall, and said: "Just shoot at that tree, I often shoot at it, there is a big knot in the middle of the tree!"


    Fei Qian glanced at this yellow-haired girl. It seemed that this girl’s daily life was a little different...


    I don’t care.


    Fei Qian pressed the crossbow arrow into the arrow path, held the crossbow and aimed it for a while, and then slowly pulled down the crossbow''s hanging knife.


    The crossbow has this advantage, it can provide a stable aiming time. If the bow is fully drawn, it must be shot in a very short time, otherwise it will be a huge drain on both the bow and the human body.


    With a "pop" sound, the crossbow arrow flew out smoothly and hit the unlucky big tree in an instant. However, it did not hit the wood tumor as Fei Qian wanted, but landed on the wood tumor. About three to five centimeters below.


    The Huang family''s crossbow, or the crossbow made by Huang Yueying, is still very accurate.


    ??The wood seems to be red date wood. I don’t know what the proportion of bronze alloy is. It looks a bit dark. There are some fine lines on the hanging knife. If you look closely, it turns out to be a blooming flower. This...


    Well, it was a girl who did it after all.


    ?Fei Qian has also learned a lot about the military during this period. In fact, there are many reasons why crossbows are gradually withdrawing from the battlefield. One of them is a very cruel reason, which is that people are cheap...


    Because in the long process of the Han people fighting against the Xiongnu, the Hu people''s armor has not made much progress, almost nothing. Therefore, there is no need for more powerful long-range weapons to break armor. Ordinary bows and arrows that are more convenient to carry are enough. task.


    For horses moving at high speed, the lethality of large-area high-speed projectiles will be obviously higher than that of slow-moving crossbows.


    Not to mention that crossbows cost more money…


    Therefore, in the army, bows are gradually used as the main weapon, and crossbows are used as a supplement. It is even common for all bows to be used. However, Fei Qian wanted to use the crossbow again.


    Because in this land, the war is no longer mainly against the Hu people, but against the own people.


    The fighting between infantry will account for the vast majority, and ordinary bows and arrows are basically ineffective against the shields of the swordsmen and axemen who are densely arranged in front of the formation.


    But if it is replaced with a strong crossbow...


    Fei Qian has done experiments. Within fifty steps, Si Shi''s bow can penetrate seven layers of ordinary leather armor, and can even penetrate three layers of Zha armor. Beyond a hundred steps, the attenuation is more severe, and it can only be Penetrates three layers of leather armor and one layer of Zha armor.


    The most basic Kung-Zhang crossbow basically starts with four stones. If you use a six-stone Kung-Zhang crossbow, it can be said that within a hundred steps, no military equipment, whether it is armor or shield, can withstand it. live…


    Unless a specially made large shield.


    However, the weight of a specially made large shield must also be specially made. In most cases, it can only be used for defense. It is more difficult to attack.


    ?With a solid crossbow formation, you can even make several times the number of enemies helpless. Moreover, even a slow crossbow, if used properly, will still leave the cavalry helpless.


    Master Cai Yong once mentioned that a Han general, Li Ling, who surrendered to the Huns, relied on chariot formations and then used 5,000 troops to fight against more than 100,000 Huns. He had to carry the crossbows until they ran out of arrows, and was forced to surrender.


    In this battle commanded by Li Ling, during the high-intensity battle that lasted for more than ten days, the Huns'' cavalry was not allowed to break through the position in the face of one hundred thousand Xiongnu cavalry. Apart from the command factors, it also shows the importance of crossbows.


    ??Now for Fei Qian, if weapons like crossbows are to be placed on the battlefield again, there are two problems that need to be solved urgently, one is the firing frequency, and the other is cost control...


    ?This is why Fei Qian deliberately took the risk and took a detour to Jingxiang in order to use Huang''s power.


    Of course there are some other reasons…


    People here in Guangxi...


    I really don’t know how to comment…


    Anyway, the author’s passion is in Chongzuo. Here are a few examples I’ve seen:


    Whenever the folks next door catch snakes or kill chickens and ducks, they will definitely invite people to drink. Five or six people gathered around a small table to have a drink and three or four dishes, which could last from noon to evening...


    Whenever you receive a call from them, you must repeat a few sentences loudly, "Sit down in such and such a place and drink, drink, drink, drink, ah..."


    I never bother to negotiate the price when selling items. I will always say that the price is the same. There is obviously room for profit, but I would rather lose the business than lower the price...


    A few local workers from Guangxi have been recruited sporadically...


    On a rainy day, it’s raining, so it’s hard to start work...


    When the sun comes out, talk about the sun. The high temperature makes it difficult to start work...


    It’s too early to get up in the morning…


    It’s too dark at night to see...


    But when it comes to drinking...


    Playing cards…


    shop…


    Okay, what I saw is just what I saw, it is not universal...


    (End of this chapter)