Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2280 The story of Hufu riding and shooting Han people
When the Han Dynasty clicked on the technology tree, they found that their bows and arrows were indeed lower than those of the barbarians, and they did not forcefully catch up. Instead, they first clicked on the next one, the crossbow.

And it's pretty good too.

The rhubarb crossbow was almost the pinnacle of the Han Dynasty, or the subsequent dynasties. It was not until the new crossbow appeared in the Song Dynasty that it was regarded as stepping down from the throne.

The Han crossbow was developed on the basis of the Qin crossbow.

The crossbows of the Qin Dynasty were basically stretching crossbows and kicking crossbows. On the basis of this, the Han Dynasty developed the "waist-drawing crossbow" and "shoulder-drawing crossbow".

Waist-drawing crossbow means that the crossbowman pushes the bow forward with both hands. During the process, he uses the hook tied around his waist to drag the string to open the crossbow string. Those with low strength can use their feet to help, and those with strong strength can directly use their waist to open the crossbow. The bow is generally regarded as an improved version of the crossbow, and it has the meaning of a crossbow.

And the one who opened the crossbow over his shoulder was the only rhubarb crossbow.

Because the soldiers who use the rhubarb crossbow have to put a piece of thick cowhide on their shoulders to prevent being pulled by the bowstring, and the leather dyeing and tanning process of the Han Dynasty, well, even the leather of later generations often fades, so these use The soldiers of the rhubarb crossbow will leave very obvious dye marks on the shoulders, so they are also called yellow shoulder soldiers, and the rhubarb crossbow is also called yellow shoulder crossbow.

First of all, the rhubarb crossbow is long, big and thick, and once shot... well, it is fatal.The back strength of a person is actually very strong, so the rhubarb crossbow is a bit like the model of a tracker pulling the fiber. It can be wound up with a kick and a pull. Basically, they start with eight stone crossbows, and stronger yellow-shouldered soldiers can even lead ten stone crossbows.Li Guang was known as the little prince of the big yellow crossbow back then, he could take the head of a person three hundred steps away, and made the barbarians want to die...

Now the rhubarb crossbow that Fei Qian reproduced...

Well, it is indeed a re-enactment, because the rhubarb crossbow was once replaced by the waist-leading crossbow.After the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a shortage of rhubarb crossbow materials. Everyone knows the reason for this shortage.At the same time, the effect of force is reciprocal. The shooting power of the rhubarb crossbow is greater than that of ordinary crossbows, so it is necessary to require stronger materials for the crossbow body and arms to support.

Fei Qian had re-engraved a batch of "rhubarb crossbows" before, but at that time due to various restrictions, it was a reduced version of rhubarb crossbows. Although the power was somewhat similar, there were still some differences after all. The improved version of the rhubarb crossbow produced naturally restored the original big, long and thick appearance of the early Han Dynasty.

Of course, what is the power of this new version of the rhubarb crossbow...

Four hundred steps, the battle armor penetrates directly!
450 steps, break!Lethality decreased slightly.

Five hundred steps, still has a certain lethality, but the accuracy has been completely lost. Basically, it is impossible to ensure the hit rate, so it can only be decided by the multi-sided dice on the battlefield.

Or take the cover shot approach...

If you don't care about the lethality, but only about the range, the new version of the rhubarb crossbow has shot at a distance of nearly 450 paces in a calm state, but when it reaches the end of the range, it basically has no lethality at all.Therefore, in normal use, the killing range of the new version of the rhubarb crossbow should be between [-] steps and [-] steps.

A closer one is the combination of strong crossbow and strong bow, covering a range of less than [-] steps to [-] steps, and below [-] steps, although the melee bow is also very strong, if it is played well, it is not much worse than the pistol of later generations. But after all, not all archers are elven princes. They basically entered the melee line within fifty steps. Even if the speed is not fast, they can rush to the front in about ten breaths, while ordinary archers are close by melee soldiers. It's basically a disaster.

Therefore, when fighting in a normal battle formation, it is generally necessary to order the archers to retreat at eighty paces at the latest. When facing cavalry, they must even start ordering at a hundred paces away, otherwise they will be in a hurry when the enemy army arrives. The archers collided with their own defenses again...

Uh, that's deadly!

However, Fei Qian has a new toy in this exercise.

Well, in the eyes of many people, this new thing is indeed like a toy, the main reason is that the lethality is too low.After eighty steps, it starts to float around, and within fifty steps, it is lethal, and within thirty or forty steps, the damage is the greatest, and then it fills up slowly, and the distance of thirty or forty steps is just a breath for jumping soldiers. things...

That's right, it's Brother Pig's Liannu.

Small Repeater.

Fei Qian has seen the enhanced version of Brother Pig’s Liannu before. It uses a mechanical structure on top of the ballista to improve the shooting quality of the ballista. Later generations of the Ming Dynasty even moved this kind of ballista to warships. .

And using the principle of leverage to wind, it is also a small one-handed continuous crossbow that fires continuously. There are two initial problems, one is that the power is small. The power cannot be very powerful, and there is another very serious problem, that is, it is fragile, especially at the position of the lever wrench, it is often pulled and pulled, and it will break with a click...

Repeated positive and negative directions of force in a short period of time naturally have high requirements for materials.This may be one of the reasons why the Mini Pig Liannu disappeared later.Another reason is the rise of gunpowder in the Ming Dynasty, which led to the replacement of new long-range weapons. Things like Liannu were replaced by cheaper and more convenient weapons.

Fei Qian also wanted to make a smoothbore gun for a while, but unfortunately, the two foundations of materials and chemistry are too poor. After making one or two guns, it is still possible to do it at the risk of bursting the barrel, but do you want to mass-produce it... …

There is no such condition yet.

So we can only settle for the next best thing, let's talk about making the Liannu now.

The infantry battle formation advances until it stands still [-] steps before the target, and then starts throwing flat shots. After the last round of ordinary bow and crossbow shooting is completed, the bows and arrows standing in the last two rows hold the crossbow and go The first two steps, before rushing to the queue, accompanied by the sound of rattling and firing, dense short-legged crossbows roared out, slamming forward like a swarm of hornets...

Anyway, the pursuit of the small crossbow is fast, and Fei Qian's requirement is to shoot ten crossbow bolts within three to five breaths, so when these crossbow bolts whizzed out and densely covered a large area, it was originally for this small one. Lian Nu didn't care too much about the general, and some people including Xu Chu changed their colors a bit.

Fei Zhen clapped her hands happily as she watched the excitement.

But Xu Chu and the others just looked at the doorway and exchanged glances with each other, "Oh, so that's how this crossbow is used..."

At first, the reason why I looked down on the Liannu was that it was weak. Short-legged crossbows, or lengthened iron nails, basically had very low lethality beyond fifty steps. Ordinary leather armor could reduce the damage. Not to mention A, but seeing this exercise commanded by Fei Qian, everyone's understanding of Liannu has been refreshed again.

Because with the exception of perverted infantry generals such as Xu Huang and Gao Shun, most of the normal infantry formations were fighting in the front line. It was definitely not iron bumps wearing heavy armor, but jumping soldiers with light armor.These jumping soldiers will rush out of the shield array at the last fifty steps, and then charge the enemy's formation at the fastest speed, throwing armor-piercing halberds or small battle axes between thirty and twenty steps Wait for the weapon, and then crash into the gap in the enemy formation...

But at this time, before reaching the thirty paces, these jumping soldiers with light armor or even thin armor rushed forward, and a group of short-legged crossbow arrows roared towards them...

"Tsk tsk..." Xu Chu could already imagine that scene, he smacked his lips, and then he couldn't help but sneak a glance at Fei Qian, muttering in his heart, as expected, he is indeed a general of Hussars, this crossbow is simply jumping without armor The biggest killer of swaying soldiers!It's like a flesh and blood body bumping itself into an iron nail, isn't it coming to kill as many as possible?Well, maybe it can also be used in narrow places such as city gates, um...

Xu Chu had already begun to spread his thoughts, thinking about other uses of this Liannu, which was not very valued at first.

"Zhongkang, if you use these bows and crossbows, and the enemy's infantry is on display, how should you fight? ’ Fei Qian asked Xu Chudao.

Xu Chu was also thinking about this matter all the time, when he saw Fei Qian asking, he said directly: "The cavalry leaders on the left and right circle around and shoot, mess up their formation, hit them with a thousand-step ballista, and lead them to attack, five hundred steps, yellow shoulders Soldiers shoot at three hundred paces, crossbowmen shoot at within fifty paces, when bandits charge in, shoot with crossbows...』

Xu Chu was talking, his voice was very smooth at the beginning, but it slowed down at the end, and he even started to frown at the end, and hesitated for a moment in the last half of the sentence, "... If the arrows are ready...or they can be harmless...such techniques can shake the tide of battle, just like the Hufu in the past, it can be described as ancient and modern, and it can be changed from far to near...』

Although Xu Chu was Cao Cao's guards for most of the time in history, responsible for defense work, but it does not mean that Xu Chu is inferior to other generals who lead the battle in military terms.

After Xu Chu mentioned his attack method, he almost immediately thought of how to deal with it and how to defend if he encountered such a tactic. ...

"Soldiers, the great affairs of the country..." Fei Qian said slowly, "No one knows this sentence... But where does the benefit of weapons come from? 』

Fei Qian didn't wait for other people to answer, but continued directly, "...the people of ancient China, drinking blood like hair, running around in the wild, can't live in peace.Later, it was built on the Sai River, where it was settled and cultivated. It also made Lei Lei, plowing oxen, square rakes, and Lu Yi, etc., to benefit farming and mulberry. There were wild beasts invading and barbarians raiding, so bows, spears, swords, contradictions, and battle axes were made. Soldiers such as halberds are used to reach foreign countries and defend against enemies...These utensils are all made by craftsmen, so there is no food for no farmers, no tools for no work...Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are the four pillars of the country. Farmers, businessmen, and those who want to distinguish between high and low are all people with ulterior motives, and they can be punished...』

Xu Chu and the others bowed their heads and responded, "Please obey the order." 』

Fei Qian also lowered his head to look at Fei Zhen, and Fei Zhen nodded seriously, indicating that he had made a note of this matter...

"Come on!order!Craftsmen who develop bows and crossbows will be rewarded according to the law! ’ Fei Qian ordered, and then said to Fei Zhen with a smile, ‘How is it?Is it fun and good-looking?Then write a review... not much, just [-] characters...』

Fei Zhen: "Uh..."

...(￣￣)...

Longyou.

In the large tent of the North Palace, Qiang heads of all sizes are already fully seated...

Bei Gong's eyes were always half-closed and half-open, as if there were a lot of things hovering in it, but it seemed like there was nothing, just accumulating energy.

In many cases, when people look at history later, there will always be a group of people who will laugh at those who struggled in history, saying how stupid these people are, they are short-sighted and have no foresight. Next to the winner, but missed again and again.

But this small group of people have forgotten that those people in the real history, before the future comes, no one knows which side the victory will be on, just like people in later generations often feel that "always firm in faith" 』These words are plain, but I don’t know what they really mean.

In the military tent, there was only the sound of the bonfire wood burning.Outside the big tent, the armored leaves of the Qiang people's guards collided lightly, and every soft sound seemed to hit everyone's hearts.

Bei Gong opened his eyes, and slowly looked around at the Qiang leaders around him. His face turned out to be indescribably serious, and he seemed to be a leader of the Qiang tribe, "This time... I will only say it once." , this time the Han people with the tricolor flag are very dangerous and very scary, if we don’t deal with them properly...』

Bei Gong was silent for a while, and looked around again, as if to strengthen the power of his words, "Longyou, it is no longer our Longyou!" 』

All the leaders of the Qiang people couldn't help being a little dazed, and then looked at each other, and one leader of the Qiang people scratched his neck, then blinked twice, "Ah?Is it that serious? 』

"That's right, aren't the tricolors messing with their own people?"What does it have to do with us? 』

"That's right, it didn't come to us anyway, let's add it in now, isn't it called... What is it that burns itself?" 』

With a slap, Bei Gong slapped the table in front of him heavily with his hands, then stared at the leader of the Qiang people who said "burn himself", his eyes were as sharp as a knife, as if he wanted to use his sight to kill the Qiang leader. The headman poked out thirty or fifty holes.

Inside the big tent, there was a sudden silence!
Bei Gong calmed down some breaths, slowly retracted his hand, and then stopped looking at the Qiang headman, "You have probably seen rabbits on the grassland, generally speaking, it is not easy to catch rabbits directly." , because the rabbit has several holes, but as long as you put a net over one of the holes, and then smoke the other holes, then the rabbit will obediently run into the net...』

Bei Gong paused for a moment, allowing the surrounding leaders to have some time to think, and then continued to speak slowly, "The Han people before were all stupid, chasing rabbits, and getting tired after running. There are no more rabbits, and now the Han people with the tricolor flag... At the beginning, I didn't think clearly, but now I understand, they... are blocking the entrance of the cave...』

"Now, what do you think, should we wait for the smoke to enter our house before running, or start moving earlier?" ’ Bei Gong asked in a deep voice, ‘You choose for yourself!Is it waiting?or action? ! 』

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

They can all understand the examples given by Beigong, but understanding does not mean that they agree, just like every child has heard many stories and examples from childhood to adulthood, but not every story and example they understand, It will help the child as well.

Is it a story after all...

"But..." A leader of the Qiang people felt that Beigong seemed a little contradictory, "Didn't you say that before...wait a minute, why are you saying...this is blocking the entrance of the cave..."

Beigong took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly, "That's right, I said before that wait, because I couldn't understand at that time... At that time, I thought that the Han people with the tricolor flag were just one Leopard, he will only catch the weakest sheep... So there is no need to do anything for that weak cow and sheep, isn't it like this in the desert and grassland? 』

"But now it seems that the Han people in the tricolor flag want more than just a cow and sheep..." Beigong gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, "It's almost autumn now. Normally, the Han people should want Ready for the fall harvest... right? 』

The leaders of the Qiang people in the big tent looked at each other and nodded.

"But now the Han people of the tricolor flag don't care about this matter at all! Bei Gong said sharply, "What does this mean?"Either this tricolor Han Chinese is crazy!Either it is what they are going to do now, which is more important than the harvest here!Then you all think about it, what is this more important thing?Um? ! 』

Everyone fell silent.

Seeing that the crowd had nothing else to say, Bei Gong showed some smiles on his face, and then began to give orders little by little, and put the countermeasures he imagined on the leaders of the Qiang people in the big tent...

After one or two hours, the Qiang headmen of the big and small tribes came out of the tents in the Beigong, greeted each other, and then started to walk into their own tribes.

"Headman..." A Qiang asked his leader, "Are we... really going to do this? 』

Beigong requires that preparations be started immediately, including war horses, bows and arrows, dry food and other supplies, and then wait for orders at any time, etc., but just like the Han people have to take care of Zhuanghe before the autumn harvest, nomads also have a lot before autumn At least the hay for overwintering is stored by the whole family together, so if we put down the things at hand now, then overwintering may encounter some troubles...

The Qiang headman looked back at the direction of the big tent in the North Palace, then turned his head and laughed twice, "Those things... are what the big people want...but the big people don't care what we little people want... You said that we are busy, isn't it just to have a meal?If we really want to listen to him, what shall we eat? 』

"What does that guy mean? ’ the Qiang asked secretly.

"I don't mean anything... I will listen to whoever can feed us!" ’The headman of the Qiang slapped his horse and raised his whip, ‘Let’s go, go back quickly!It’s a bit of a mess, I ran back and forth two or three times, how much was this hay delayed...』

(End of this chapter)