wild trail

Chapter 138
After choosing the wood for making bows and arrows, Wang Lang decided to go back, and when he passed by Kong Yi and the others, he asked them to send some people to cut down the tree and meet the tribe.

After returning to the tribe, Wang Lang used a plane to plan out the bow embryo, which was wide in the middle, narrow at both ends, thick in the middle, and thin at both ends. It looked like a shoulder pole. shape.

Seeing this, Lin Huo excitedly said, "Lang, is this done?"

Wang Lang smiled and said, "Not yet, this is just the beginning."

The bow, which is nearly one person tall, looks very powerful. If it can be done, Lin Huo feels that his own archers will definitely hit ten of them.

After the bow body is ready, the next step is to tame the bow. This step is very critical, that is, to adapt the bow body to the degree of bending.

The previous bamboo bows did not have the step of taming the bow. Bamboo has better elasticity and is much easier to bend, but it is not so easy to bend a wooden bow.

If you want to bend the bow, you can roast it with fire, but this method will reduce the tension of the bow. Wang Lang found a sawn log and carved a groove with a chisel in the middle of the section. The size is just right. Snap the middle part of the bow.

Grooves are then carved into the log every five centimeters to hold the ropes.

After finishing, Wang Lang fixed the bow body on the log, found a relatively strong straw rope, tied it to one end of the bow body, passed the rope through the groove on the log, tied it to the other end of the bow body, and pulled it hard. Tight, bend the bow.

Wang Lang didn't know how long it would take to maintain this state. He estimated that it would take a long time for the wood to maintain its curved shape, and he planned to increase the degree of bending at night.

Seeing that Wang Lang had done this, Lin Huo at the side stopped going any further, and asked, "Is it okay this time?"

Wang Lang shook his head and said: "Not yet, it should be almost the same tomorrow, by the way, there are still dinosaur skins in the tribe?"

Lin Huo thought for a while and said, "It seems that there is another one, but what do you want the dinosaur skin for?"

Wang Lang laughed and said, "Use it to make bowstrings!"

"Isn't it okay to use a straw rope for the bowstring?" Lin Huo asked with some doubts.

Wang Lang said: "Grass rope is not good. If you have hemp rope, you should try it. This kind of bow, grass rope can't bear it. Dinosaur skin is tougher. It should be good to twist it into rope and use it to make bowstring."

Although Lin Huo didn't understand much, but this new bow and arrow is so troublesome to make, its power must be astonishing. Excited, he hurried to the house where the supplies were stored and took out the dinosaur skin.

This dinosaur skin was obtained by hunting several dinosaurs during the migration, most of which have been made into animal skin pockets, and now there is only this one left.

Dinosaur skin has been processed and is softer to the touch. Wang Lang cut the dinosaur skin into strips with a dagger, and together with Linhuo, twisted each strip of leather into a rope. This dinosaur skin was made into seventeen pieces in total. A cord used to make bowstrings.

Everything is ready, and the next thing to do is to wait.

The next day, Wang Lang asked the spearmen and the women and old men of the tribe to transport the wood to the designated place. The building of the beacon tower could not be delayed any longer. The tribes in the west hadn't come to look for the missing tribe for so long, so peaceful , which made him feel that it was like the situation before the storm, and waiting for himself after the calm would be a violent attack.

Wang Lang even suspected that the people over there might have sent someone to secretly observe the tribe for a long time, but he didn't find it on his side. This kind of passive defense made him extremely uncomfortable.

The clansmen were busy transporting materials, and the tribe suddenly became deserted. Except for Wang Lang and Lin Huo, the thirteen archers were left behind.

After a night of bow training, the body of the bow was basically finalized. Wang Lang took off the bow and replaced it with the prepared leather bowstring. A long bow was finished.

Looking at the big bow, which is nearly one person tall, the archers all opened their mouths in surprise. This new bow is nearly twice the size of the bamboo bow.

"Bring an arrow here." Wang Lang said loudly.

Hearing this, an archer quickly took out an arrow from his quiver and handed it to Wang Lang.

After receiving the arrow, Wang Lang took a deep breath, success or failure was all about it.

Put the arrow on the bowstring, please shout and pull the bow away with all your strength, aim at the wall in the distance, and shoot it out. There is at least 50 meters away from the wall. Even if it is a bamboo bow, it can shoot so far , but the power is the level of piercing the skin, but the arrow just now was directly nailed to the wood.

Holding the bow, Wang Lang walked over with everyone to watch the effect. Everyone was stunned by what they saw. The copper arrow had completely sunk into the wood. Lin Huo spent a lot of effort to pull the arrow out. .

After all, pure copper is not hard enough. Under the impact of such a huge force, it has already deformed. Looking at the twisted arrow, Lin Huo swallowed and said excitedly: "Lang, the power of this bow is much stronger than that of throwing spears. gone."

Wang Lang didn't expect this arrow to have such an effect. He touched the body of the bow and said excitedly: "Come on, let's go outside to see how far this bow can shoot."

Excited people surrounded Wang Lang and walked out of the tribe. Standing in the open space, Wang Lang handed the bow to Lin Huo and said, "Huo, your arm strength is stronger than mine. Try it this time and use your best strength."

Lin Huo took the bow excitedly, touched the smooth bow body for a long time and couldn't calm down. After taking a few deep breaths, he stopped his trembling hands, took out the bow and arrow, pulled the bow away with his greatest strength, and directed the arrow diagonally upwards. shot out.

The arrow drew a parabola at an extremely fast speed in the sky, and landed far away. Wang Lang visually estimated that the arrow shot at least 200 meters away.

The proportion of forest fires can be said to be the strongest in Yancun. If it were other people, Wang Lang probably wouldn't be able to achieve this effect, but with a maximum range of more than 200 meters, the effective range can be more than 100 meters. Such a long distance, Before the enemy rushed, it was enough for the archer to shoot three arrows. With the protection of the spearmen, it would definitely be a nightmare for the enemy.

Lin Huo put away the longbow, rubbed the fingers that drew the bow, frowned and said, "This bow is strong, but it does too much damage to the fingers. It's not bad to shoot an arrow like this. If you continue to shoot arrows, you may turn your fingers back." Fray."

He had already noticed this problem when he was shooting arrows just now. Recalling that ancient archers would wear a finger puller, it is probably to prevent the bow string from cutting their fingers. Currently, the finger puller cannot be made, but it is barely possible to make a few animal skin gloves. use.

Wang Lang said: "Don't worry about this problem, I have my own solution, and you will use this kind of bow and arrow for training in the future."

Lin Huo said confidently: "With this bow, and with our Shengong camp, no one can hurt us at all."

(End of this chapter)