Lan Ruochan

Chapter 136 The Long Bow and the Magic Count
The brothers are all decisive in any situation,

Qingyun got the instruction, immediately picked up the epee and tried to chase a round pier and cut it.

Although the round pier flew extremely fast and its trajectory was very irregular, it was still not faster than Qingyun's sword.
After a few face-to-face encounters, the double edge was cut off.

The tiger has lost its claws and claws, but it is just a big cat, so what is there to be afraid of?
Monk Yuan Fa let out a dragon roar and rushed closer to him.

The big handprint pressed the wooden pier down like a heavenly king covering a pagoda.

Ji Zhi hurriedly stepped forward, fiddled with it a few times, and then understood the principle.

It turns out that this is a prestressed mechanism, which requires pre-tightening of the center shaft and twisting the twine tightly to store force.

There is a locking hole at the bottom of the round pier. As long as a wooden wedge is inserted into the locking hole, the mechanism will not work, and it will sit there obediently like an ordinary wooden pier.

But there should be another mechanism to control all the wooden wedges. Once those wooden wedges are pulled out, the hemp rope will loosen by itself, driving the blade to rotate.

This winch mechanism is naturally much less effective than modern metal springs,

There is a powerful burst of revs when the winch is unclamped, but it dies down the drain.

The device in front of me is ingenious because it cleverly uses the shape of a pier, and I don’t know how many layers of winches are stacked inside.
Only when the upper winch is completely disengaged will the next winch be triggered.
Going back and forth like this, until the hundreds of winches inside are all loose, it may take half an hour to turn.

After each layer of winch is disengaged, the surrounding wooden wedges will also be triggered to pop up, simulating jumping,

The number of wooden wedges popped up each time is different, so the jumping direction of the round pier is also elusive.

There are soldiers standing around the VIP banquet, and the positions of those wooden blocks are planned in advance, so it is not difficult to do some tricks, but the mechanism to enter the circle can only be motivated by the inside ghost.

These organs are really exquisite, if you don't see it with your own eyes, even if you just stumble across it, it is difficult to have the inspiration to design such a complicated device in a short time.

It's just that at the moment I have no time to sigh, let alone explain the mystery of this mechanism to everyone, I just turn over and pick up the crescent halberd, hold the wooden handle upside down, aim at a flying pier, and stab it out.

The chrysanthemum of the flying pier tightened, the central axis was stuck, and the movement stopped immediately.

Jizhi raised the wooden pier high and shouted to the surroundings,

"Pierce the round hole at the bottom of the pier with a long weapon, and they will stop!

Then throw it into the water together! "

Wei Jun on all sides began to respond one after another,
Especially the sharp archer Liu Xinwu, whose eyes were shining brightly at this time, couldn't hold back his itch, and immediately started a solo performance in the women's multi-directional flying saucer shooting competition.

It's just the outermost part of the ark, because the wooden piers are too dense, it has almost been captured.

Only three figures are still vaguely supported in the wooden pier formation.

Wait, what are they doing?
The King of Wei was no stranger to one of them, he was Lin Lingqi, the prince's servant!
After the prince was abolished, he was demoted to be the head of the palace servants. Could it be that he held a grudge and became an assassin barb?

A man next to him took the floating objects from Lin Nei's servant and threw them casually, regardless of size or weight. He was able to evenly scatter so many objects in the water area several feet in front, obviously he was also a practitioner.

Qingyun still remembered this person's appearance, it was Bao Dalu, the temporary cook who was taken to Yuan Cheng's residence together last night for questioning.

The other person was obviously a master of tricks. In front of him, those wooden blocks were like domesticated pets. They were extremely docile and would not hurt the three of them in the slightest.

Seeing something floating on the lake, a person walked out from behind Feng Monu, laughing loudly,

"Come, come, let Immortal Yuling open the way for you!"

Immortal Yuling also snatched a roll of red silk for a colorful shed from there.

He handed one end of the red silk to Fengmonu, and then jumped into the lake, crossing the void with both feet.
Tap the toe lightly on the floating object, and it will float out again.

The broad robe and wide sleeves, the torrential rain and the torrential billows, the body wearing a ten-foot-long red silk, and the rabbit standing up and down, really look like a fairy.

It's a pity that he is not a real immortal, but a low-level military officer in Fanguo Goryeo.

The Yuling family was originally the surname of Donghu, so it is still a branch of Xianbei, and all of them were naturalized in Korea, but they only got the thirteenth-rank official of Xianren.

Later, he was recruited by the Bohai Feng family to join Tianzun, all he wanted was to show off his strengths, and one day he would become famous.

At this time, relying on his lightness skills, he took the lead in boarding the ark, set his feet on the side of the ark, and laughed loudly again.
"Haha! To kill King Wei today, I, the Immortal Yuling of Gaoli, deserve the first credit!"

Before he could finish his sentence, when he got carried away with complacency, he suddenly felt a heat in his chest,
Looking down, I saw a long arrow had passed through the chest.

Liu Xinwu didn't even look at him again, and continued to shoot the bees all over the sky.

Fortunately, the three servants in the forest were protected by Mu Dunyu, but they were easily pierced by the long arrow.

With quick hands and quick eyes, Bao Dalu grabbed the corpse of the Immortal of the Red Feather Mausoleum, and tore off the red silk along with it.

Both ends of the red silk are fixed,
With Hong Ling wanting to help, it would not be difficult for Lian Jiazi with a little bit of knowledge to board the ark.

The dead soldiers who knew they didn't have the two brushes to board the boat desperately resisted the approaching Wei army.

The Heavenly King Ran Rong let out a long cry, and stepped on the red silk first,

Following behind him, Feng Mo Nu, Feng Family General, Brahman, Lu Longju, middle-aged nun, Kuai Jian boy, and several masters all imitated Miss Mo Chou yesterday, slid on the gauze, and climbed onto the ark.

Because the line of sight was blocked by the side string, Liu Xinwu couldn't see the silk bridge, so she just tried to shoot a few arrows,
But those who climb the bridge are all masters, and flying arrows are hard to hurt.

Liu Xinwu could only give up, concentrate on dealing with those Feidun.

Many masters poured into the ark, and bloody personal fights started in the rain.

Judging from the quality of assassins, it almost formed an overwhelming advantage.

The opponent is not weaker than Brahmins, there are as many as five or six players.

But when it comes to heads-up, no one in King Wei's camp dares to boast that they will win the Brahmins.

However, the melee is not just about the bravery of ordinary people, otherwise the king of Wei would have confessed 18 years ago.

Since he was sitting in this position, he had long been used to such scenes, so King Wei could already take time to maintain his demeanor.

But Wang Shennian is different. His duty is that he must be ready to fight, and he must not be careless.
"Hold up!"

"promise!"

Following Wang Shennian's order, all of the dark mobs responded in unison, the voice was like a single mouthful, and the movements were also uniform.

They stretched out their hands to untie the round shield on their backs. The small metal shield was actually double-layered and could be divided into two. It could be easily installed on the forearm in conjunction with the rattan armor of the same standard.

Then they drew out the double blades from behind. The short blades were like a crescent moon, but the handle was not like ordinary swords along the direction of the blade, but was born sideways like a spinning stick.

Such a curved blade is not only convenient to rotate, but also can be slashed with the strength of the forearm under the pressure of the shield, which makes up for the short board of ordinary people's wrist strength.

With a ghostly face and a black body, Wang Shennian led everyone there, and when Wang Shennian led the crowd to stand there, he was full of murderous aura, and the momentum was a little stronger at first.

But desperadoes, why fear death?
It was not the assassins who had just jumped onto the ark that launched the attack first, but some secret agents mixed in the VIP seats.

Among them were palace servants, servants, soldiers, and guests from all over the world, who suddenly raised an attack and immediately injured many peripheral soldiers.

Dalian Hezu crawled out from nowhere again, and got mixed up in the secret work team.

Qingyun glanced at his side, and couldn't help being startled again.

"""""Knock on the blackboard time"""""

Self-propelled machines appear in this section.In Chinese history, there has never been a lack of rumors about self-propelled machines, such as Yanshi, a craftsman in the early Zhou Dynasty (today the Yan State is named after it), such as Mozi and Gongshu.So don't be surprised that this kind of machine appears in the text.Who wrote these mechanism wooden piers?Of course, he is also a person of great background, and his name has already appeared in the text.But as long as the author doesn't decipher it, the judges will definitely not be able to guess it. This stalk is too blunt and bloody.

Next, let's order another dragon set, Immortal Yuling.During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Goryeo officials were divided into thirteen ranks, and Immortals and Matsavan were ranked No. 13. This is indeed a factual setting. "Book of Zhou·Volume 49": (Goryeo) High officials have big opponents against Lu, and then there are big brothers, big brothers, young brothers, Yiqishe, Wuzhuo, big ambassadors, ambassadors, small messengers, mattresses, and nephews , Immortals and Safan thirteen, etc., are divided into internal and external affairs.

You see, people in the Northeast call the big brother the big brother, that has a historical origin!My big brother is a second-rank official!

Hey?Wait, why is the Northeast not a certain country?Please, study ancient geography and archaeology. What is the relationship between the Goryeo Kingdom during the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the current peninsula country?But later the Hwarang culture became popular in the peninsula, and their leader was also called Guoxian, which probably meant the same thing.As for the vote of the Yuling tribe to Goryeo, it is also a historical fact that happened during the Northern Wei Dynasty. "Tongdian": Since Emperor Taiwu of Wei Dynasty became the real emperor, he paid tribute to famous horses every year, so the Northeast Group Dis learned about the Wandan tribe, Adahe tribe, Fufuyu tribe, The Yuling, Rilian, Pili, and Biliuyu tribes each donated their Ma Wenpi under their names, and all of them had to be handed over to the market in Helong and Miyun.Later, it was forced by the Turks, and sent Wanjia to Korea.

After talking about the tricks, let's get down to business, our secret troop, we have laid the groundwork before, saying that this is a secret troop with a longer tradition than the troop.This section finally liberates the full state, so domineering.Friends who have watched "Sparta 300" must be deeply impressed by the Immortal Army under the throne of Xerxes in Persia. Isn't that the mask, the armor and the way of inserting knives... Japanese samurai culture?Yes and no.Yes, because this collocation style is really similar to Japanese samurai culture, but when Xerxes traveled across Central Asia, Japanese aborigines were still knotting ropes!What is the reason why the two regions of China, one east and one west, have such similar martial arts culture?We can unfold it.

Metal masks have been widely used in the prehistoric ancient Shu culture in China, and they were also popular in the Yin and Shang Dynasties. Chinese archaeologists have discovered many bronze masks in the tomb of Yin Fu Hao Nu General.

The Qin people were good at dyeing the carcass, and regarded black as austerity and virtue.

Therefore, full-bodied infantry with face armor appeared in China earlier than Persia, and there were corresponding examples in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the pre-Zhou and even prehistoric times.

Dark 铙铩, originally the original name (Anaua Immortal) of the Persian Immortal Army (and Immortal Army).But in fact, the real name of this army was not recorded in Persian, but appeared in Greek classics with the antiphonal of θνατοι.Therefore, European historians once doubted whether the name came from Anaua or Aniya (partner).In fact, they don't have to doubt it. It is more suitable for this name to study Chinese phonetics.Dark, is to choose its secret, the meaning of black armor.Nao is a round thin-edged metal vessel with a handle, which can be used as a musical instrument or as a weapon (fei nao), which is equivalent to the setting of the blade shield in our article.铩, this kind of pre-Qin weapon has been abandoned in the Han Dynasty. It is very academically controversial, but it is the key to our understanding of the dark 铙铩 culture.

"Shuowen": 铩, beryllium has Tan also.Tan, sword nose also.If there is tan in the cloud beryllium, then you know that there are berylliums that are not noses, just like the beryllium in a knife is not a nose.Jia Yi said: "To hoe the thorns is not as good as the hook and the halberd to grow the thorns."Zhang Heng said: "If you plant a scorpion and hang it, you will not be in danger if you use the precept."It is said that Chang is called Zhi, and the pin has a stalk, so it is not a nose because of the stalk.Xue Zongjie said collar, like a double-edged knife.Collar Wei is also the leading edge.Book of Huainan: Asuka feathers.Xu's note said: 铩, disabled.Zuo Sifu is also called Niaozihe.These words are extended meanings.Shattered feathers can be shattered, so anyone who sees shattered feathers is called shackles.Gongyang Zuo: Song Wanarmed Qiu Mu and smashed his head.He Yun: Strike sideways, saying "摋".

Final Thoughts

[-]. According to the original text of Shuowen, 铩 is a double-edged sword with a sharp nose.

[-]. According to "On the Passing of the Qin Dynasty" and what Zhang Heng said, the long scorpion and the straight scorpion think that the scorpion should have a long handle and should not have a nose.

[-]. Xue Zong thinks it is a three-pointed two-edged sword
[-]. The 铩 is a very domineering weapon that is easily disabled.Therefore, to lose a feather, by extension, means to be disabled.

[-]. There is another saying, sidehand strike is called 摋, 铩.Killing is killing traditional characters.

Seek common ground while reserving differences.The scorpion should be a double-sided curved blade, which is extremely ferocious when held sideways.The long scorpion is another kind of weapon with a long handle, a curved blade and a handle, similar to the Death Scythe that is common in Two-dimensional now.This kind of weapon was very common in the Qin army (Jia Yi's "Guo Qin Lun"), but was later abandoned because it was too cruel.However, the stereotypes it left behind are deadly and maiming, which deters Europe from a distance and persists to this day.Why do Europeans fear this abandoned oriental pre-Qin weapon with the cultural elements of death?The reason will be explained in the second half of this book.

In a word, dark scorpion refers to the mysterious master who hides in the dark with a black armor covering his face, holds a shield and a sharp blade, and slashes and kills ruthlessly.This kind of culture has influenced the eastern and western states of China. Linguistically, only the Chinese language can perfectly trace its origin.

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