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Chapter 237 The Light in the Eyes of the Aggrieved Great Song Military Officials (Part [-])
The gang of officials whispered and sneered, but at any rate it was clear whose child this little Gaozhang was.

Therefore, he only dared to whisper behind his back, never daring to really open his mouth to ridicule.

Not to mention the attitude and opposition of the official who likes this child prodigy champion very much, his father Gao Taiwei, it is no wonder that he can make them feel better.

However, the obvious satirical and derogatory nickname of "Bangong" has already begun to spread word of mouth among these officials.

"Okay, okay, I want to take a good look at whether the excellent bow you invented, Xiao Gao Aiqing, can really impress the eyes of the emperors and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty."

While speaking, as the official Zhao Ji signaled to start, a Forbidden Army general below sternly shouted orders.

Everyone saw the thirty Imperial Army shooters, arranged in three rows.

Moreover, the three rows of Forbidden Army shooters seemed to be a little different in size, which made the official Zhao Ji curious.

Facing the eyes of the officials, Gao Taiwei stepped forward and whispered.

"I'm here to test the three kinds of bows: large, medium and small. Therefore, the people who are good at shooting include those of ordinary height and those of strong build..."

Before Gao Li finished speaking, the first row of shooters over there had already loosened their strings...

Almost in the blink of an eye after the string was loosened, everyone heard the crisp sound of gold and iron.

And after such a crisp sound, the shooters in the first row retreated, and then on the second row, there was still a very crisp sound of gold and iron.

After three rings, a member of the imperial squad ran straight over, picked up the ten arrow stacks in groups of two, and quickly placed them under the steps.

At this moment, everyone's eyes widened instantly.

These armored arrow stacks at the seventy paces have an average of three arrows in each arrow stack.

And these three arrows are by no means hanging in vain.

"Bring one up." Following the order of the official Zhao Ji, one of the armored arrow stacks was placed in the open space on the steps outside the Chuigong Hall.

All the ministers saw that the three feathered arrows all penetrated through the armor, leaving only the arrow shaft on the surface of the iron armor.

Such an expression shocked everyone, especially the military officials in the court, who squeezed closer.

Meanwhile, General Yang, the commander of Ma Junsi, the guard who once had a relationship with Lu Qian, walked to the front and studied carefully for a long time.

Only then did he pull out one of the feathered arrows, looked at the arrow, and then glanced at the breach in the armor that passed through the feathered arrow.

"It's actually just point steel arrowheads, not iron bone cone arrows..."

As soon as I heard this sentence, I knew it was definitely an old driver who had been in the army for a long time.

Just like at this moment, many officials were stunned after hearing this.

I just feel that the name of the first arrow is too ordinary, while the name of the second arrow is very tall, and it sounds like it is very powerful.

Point steel arrows belong to the common standard arrows of the Song Dynasty, and they are also the easiest to make and the most produced.

The Iron Bone Cone Arrow is the armor-piercing arrow of the Song Dynasty, but the arrow is narrow and very sharp, with a barb at the back, which is easier to penetrate the armor than other arrows.

At this moment, there was another call for orders from below, and this time, it followed the call of the general of the forbidden army.

Half of the archers switched to heavy arrows and armor-piercing arrows, and half of the archers still used ordinary arrows.

Old General Yang and other military officials who had a little disdain for this kind of bow were all focused on the shooter below for the first time at this moment.

It was still the clear and slightly piercing sound of metal and iron clanging, and it was still after three shots.

The armored arrow stacks at these ninety steps were also moved below the steps.

This time, two arrow stacks were brought up, one with heavy arrows stuck in it, and the other with only one arrow piercing through the iron armor, and the other two arrows only left grooves in the iron armor.

At this moment, the shooters in the first row have already stood in the shooting position for the third time.
At this moment, the distance of the arrow stack is already at 110 steps, when three rounds of arrows are completed.

This time, ordinary arrows can still leave grooves on them, but it is no longer possible to penetrate the armor.

However, more than half of the heavy arrows that used armor-piercing arrows still pierced the armor.

"110 steps... This, actually 110 steps, can still break armor with a heavy arrow..."

Old General Yang's face was full of disbelief at the moment, and the officials who knew more about bows and arrows were also shocked beyond measure.

Although in the next 120 steps, less than a third of the arrows penetrated the iron armor.

However, ordinary arrows actually came out through the leather armor at this position. Now, everyone's expressions have begun to go numb.

Until the 160th step, ordinary arrows could no longer pierce the leather armor, but the heavy arrows equipped with armor-piercing arrows could still pierce through easily, but facing the iron armor, only three heavy arrows pierced the armor.

After 180 steps, everyone used heavy arrows, and all the leather armor was pierced.

And after two hundred steps, one-third of the archers failed to hit, but the heavy arrows hit by the remaining two-thirds of the archers still pierced through the leather armor again.

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The monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty who were originally standing on the steps outside the Chuigong Hall have all descended the steps at this moment, and stood in front of the arrow stacks that were carried over.

The vast majority of people were silent. Naturally, Gao Zhang, the official Zhao Ji who had witnessed this scene, and Taiwei Gao Qiu were not included here.

And those military generals who have experienced battles have already begun to have a sense of picture in their minds.

Xixia's bow is more sophisticated, that's right, but Xixia's strong bow can only break armor within [-] steps.

However, most of the current military bows of the Song Dynasty can only break through armor at about fifty paces.

Of course, fortunately, Da Song also has a long-range weapon such as a god-arm bow and a crossbow that needs to be operated by multiple people, which can hit the enemy at a longer distance.

However, the number of divine arm bows or strong crossbows is not enough to achieve the suppression effect.

And if all the soldiers of the Song Dynasty held this bow, they could break through the armor at a distance of a hundred steps.

However, if the Xixia people wanted to cause damage to the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, they could only risk their arrows and rush to seventy steps before starting to shoot.

But please remember that Xixia is not like the Great Song Dynasty, which has a lot of money and money. It has so much money and resources to put on armor for the soldiers.

Xixia is still a semi-nomadic country. Except for the most elite troops, quite a few soldiers can only wear leather armor.

Then here comes the problem. In the past, only the bow and arrow of the Song Dynasty could cause damage to the enemy when the crossbow was at two hundred paces.

But now, when Xixia is still two hundred steps away from the soldiers of the Song Dynasty, the pouring arrow rain will have a lethal effect on them.

However, Xixia's soldiers and horses needed to bear the arrow rain of the Song Dynasty and galloped for more than a hundred steps. Such a long distance was enough for the soldiers of the Song Dynasty to splash four to five waves of arrow rain.

It's just an imagination, these military officials of the Great Song Dynasty who were very aggrieved staying in the court, and who were also aggrieved because of the armament problem when facing foreign enemies, began to see light in their eyes at this moment.

(End of this chapter)