I was beheaded in the Middle Ages for 20 years

I don’t know when, Ella’s production skills were upgraded from master level to grand master level, and she acquired ingenious talents.

This 30% attribute bonus doesn't seem like much, but when you think about it seriously, Xu Siling's scalp feels numb.

The gap between the English longbow and the crossbow on the battlefield was obvious to everyone, but the French army still could not make up for the gap.

Compared with other long-range weapons of the same era, the English longbow had a faster rate of fire, a longer range, and stronger penetrating power.

The shooting range of an ordinary French bow is about 150 meters to 220 meters, but the effective shooting range will be much lower.

The English longbow has a shooting range of an astonishing 300 meters in some cases, and its effective range is far beyond that of the French bow.

In the Battle of Crecy, the English longbowmen shot across the French Genoese crossbowmen at a distance of 300 meters.

The soldiers who survived this battle described it as follows: The black rain that covered the sky fell suddenly from heaven, and the sky that was clear just now was instantly covered by shadows.

Of course, if Xu Siling were to comment, he would not hesitate to believe that the crossbow was still the most powerful long-range weapon in the Middle Ages.

It is easy to use and has a long range. These two points alone are enough to win the title of the most powerful long-range weapon in the Middle Ages.

Because the English longbow has an unavoidable problem and flaw.

The disadvantage of the longbow is that the user must have a strong body, superb skills and coordination in all aspects.

To do this, soldiers must undergo years of training and practice.

In Xu Siling's historical impression, it can be seen that the longbowman corpses unearthed from the British Peninsula showed that their spines were abnormally curved due to long-term pressure and special postures.

Why did the French army obviously suffer such a loss in the Battle of Crecy, but did not make up for the shortcomings of both sides in this regard in subsequent battles.

The main reasons are two points.

First, it was impossible for the French army to abandon the crossbow and play with the English longbow. However, the improvement of the crossbow was not recommended until the Renaissance because of the Black Death.

The second is that the battles that followed the Battle of Crecy were already in the Renaissance stage.

Milan's full body plate armor has appeared.

In the French army's understanding at the time.

At the Battle of Crecy, the English longbow was able to penetrate chain mail at this effective range.

That doesn't mean that in the following battles, your English longbow can shoot through plate armor, right?
Compared with chain armor and plate armor, it is self-evident.

The French army knew that the shortcomings of long-range weapons could not be compensated, but the obvious changes in the armor made the French army no longer think that they should take the English longbow in their eyes.

At close range, the crossbow's lethality is no worse than the English longbow.

However, the British army later changed the arrows.

Their arrows became heavy arrows, and the arrows were much heavier. When the arrows fell, they still maintained the lethality of the landing, and the effective range became higher.

During the Hundred Years' War between England and France, the subsequent performance of the English longbow was not outstanding. Even if the arrows were changed, it still could not change the fact that it could not penetrate plate armor at long distances.

But in the battle led by John, although the English longbow could not shoot through plate armor, it did not mean that it could not hit horses.

The Battle of Poitiers was a battle in which John lost and was captured by the British.

The British army led by the Black Prince numbered eight thousand, while the French army claimed to be twenty-five thousand.

The battle was lost suddenly.

From Xu Siling's understanding, John's military methods were not weaker than those of Philip VI, let alone Edward, the Black Prince.

But the two sides had negotiations before the war started.

The British army proposed that a hundred knights from each side should compete in a joust to determine the outcome of the battle.

Had it not been for the refusal of the nobles, John would have agreed to this condition and would have mounted his horse to compete with the knight Edward himself.

The reason for the French army's refusal was very simple. The French army had a large number of people, four times more than the British army on the opposite side. Why should they have a fair duel with the British army?
John was forced to refuse the offer of a duel, which he liked very much.

Xu Siling only received this information before, but ignored the purpose behind the negotiation.

John's ambition and vision were no less than those of Philip VI. His purpose was to avenge the shame of the defeat at the Battle of Crecy, regain the territory lost in France, regain control of the sea, and plant the flag in the Kingdom of England. on the territory.

No doubt, that's what John thought.

John is preceded in death by his parents, including his wife Bonet.

No one can restrain him anymore.

His idea was crazy, but it was exactly what he would think.

If it was John like this, why would he negotiate with Edward III in a good voice?
There are even ideas for a duel of a hundred knights.

Before Xu Siling went to Paris, he didn't see the problem clearly.

But now, he seems to understand.

The disloyalty between the French nobles and the royal family led to the failure of the Battle of Poitiers and the arrest of John, which was a symptom.

But the real truth is that the relationship between the Fagui and the royal family is on the verge of a complete breakdown.

Edward III claimed to have eight thousand soldiers, but John claimed to have twenty-five thousand.

It seems that Edward III was greatly outnumbered.

But the problem is that Edward III said that he had 8,000 people, so there were indeed 8,000 people around him.

John said he had 25,000 people, but that didn't mean there would be so many people around him at that time.

Edward III directly led so many people into the territory of the French army.

John summoned the troops, and the Dharma nobles expressed their willingness to participate. No matter how much they didn't want to participate, they would still sign up.

In this kind of battle to defend the country's territory, no one would refuse to call for help without thinking.

When he accepted the call, he naturally said how many men he wanted to take to the battlefield so that King John could count the number of troops and arrange suitable commanders.

And twenty-five thousand is exactly the number calculated from statistics.

Raising an army takes time.

But in history, many of the legal nobles who were estranged from the royal family had unclear relations with the King of England during that period.

Many people in the mainland have already defected, hoping for John's downfall.

Therefore, there were some troops gathering on the battlefield, but not many. Many thoughtful nobles were looking for various reasons to delay.

Xu Siling believed that this was the reason why John was willing to negotiate with Edward III in a good manner.

Otherwise, given John's temperament in history, which was not restrained by his relatives, he would have already ridden his face with a sword, leading 25,000 people to break through Edward III's crotch and angrily fuck Edward III's ass.

Xu Siling, who was in contact with John, knew very well that John was a king with standard chivalric beliefs.

He is kind, generous and just, and has no shortcomings except for being extreme and stubborn.

The standard knight means that his combat ability cannot be underestimated.

Xu Siling, who has been in contact with John, has a deep understanding of it.

John's military ability is definitely far superior to that pig of Philip VI, let alone Edward III.

John really has 25,000 soldiers by his side, and flying dragons on his face is no longer a dream.

But John didn't have the face of a flying dragon, and he still negotiated in a good manner, and even had the idea to accept a duel with a hundred knights. There was only one reason.

That is, he does not have 25,000 soldiers.

Maybe even less.

There are so many statistics, but not so many presences. The ensuing outcome is of course well known.

Unable to endure it any longer, John led his troops in successive battles, and was unfortunately arrested in the end.

The noble law harms people.

But it was also Philip VI’s fault.

It was not the mess that Philip VI left behind, which led to the clumsy and naive good son John, who would not be able to deal with this kind of thing at all. John's most trusted wife Bonnet also died because of Blanche.

No one could stop John, and no suggestions from anyone around him would reach his ears.

Philip VI's mess, in the end, hit his son with extremely high military ability on the head in history.

And what a joke from hell.

Philip VI's mess and John's mess were doubled up on top of each other, and they hit Charles on the head.

It can be said that Philip VI and John were indeed father and son when it came to getting rid of the mess. They were both very capable of tricking their sons. Fortunately, Charles was able to hold on and reasonably changed the situation of the Hundred Years' War between England and France.

Unfortunately, Charles died young and did not live as long as Philip VI.

In the Battle of Crecy, Philip VI lost mainly because the outdoor confrontation turned into a formidable battle.

King Edward III of England led an army of ten thousand people from Portsmouth, crossed the sea and invaded Normandy, France, and then marched eastward, burning, killing and looting along the way, heading towards the outskirts of Paris.

The British army crossed the Seine and Somme rivers north, and prepared to fight Philip VI's 30,000-strong French army north of Abbeville.

At that time, Philip VI had just become king. At that stage, the nobles supported and trusted Philip VI extremely, and they would not hesitate to help Philip VI.

The French army had many soldiers and generals, and the French nobles basically took out everything they could. Because it was a sniper interception, they mainly used cavalry and had fewer crossbowmen.

As it happened, the cavalry was inconvenient to fight in the dense forest canyons of the nearby highlands near the village of Crecy.

The British army was mainly infantry, with many archers, and used the favorable terrain to annihilate the enemy.

That battle was fought fiercely, and the English longbowmen played a key role.

In a daze, they repelled fifteen charges from the French army one after another.

This is fifteen charges.

You must know that in John's Battle of Poitiers, let alone fifteen charges, after just three charges, the morale of the noble troops was on the verge of collapse.

Angry, John personally charged into battle, and then the nobles were defeated and fled in all directions. John, who had no one to protect him, was tied up like a pig.

Anyway, in the Battle of Crecy, the French army suffered heavy casualties. The Duke of Lorraine and various counts were killed in the battle, and countless French viscounts and barons died.

All the men of the Raya family died here.

Philip VI was injured and was forced to retreat to Amiens, then returned to Paris to recuperate.

The French army suffered more than 10,000 casualties in this battle, including about 1,500 knights who died directly.

This directly left France's reserve aristocracy with a huge gap.

The British casualties were less than 2000.

King Edward III of England took advantage of the victory to develop an offensive and captured the French military fortress of Calais in 1347, thus determining the outcome of Britain's victory in the first stage of the Hundred Years' War.

then?

Then the result was that Philip VI recovered from his injuries, opened the Estates-General meeting again, asked for money and people, and was directly rejected by the nobles.

Fortunately, the noble refused.

Because the Black Death happened to break out, Britain and France ceased war.

But in the final analysis, the English longbow performed better on the battlefield than the crossbow.

Xu Siling knew this task very well, but the crossbow's ease of use and long range were his best advantages.

The English longbow can shoot 300 meters, and the crossbow can do the same.

It's just that the effective lethality of the crossbow is greatly lost after it exceeds 100 meters, making it very difficult to break through armor.

But one thing is most obvious. After the emergence of plate armor, the best armor-breaking weapon within a hundred meters must be the crossbow, not the English longbow.

And Ella now has such an ingenious talent.

Is there a possibility that the range of the crossbow made by Ella can be increased by 30%? The power is also increased by 30%? Is the same true for effective lethality?
If the range can be increased by 30%, then wouldn't the crossbow that can shoot three hundred meters be able to reach nearly four hundred meters?

Doesn't that shoot farther than the English longbow?

Of course, the lethality is estimated to be up to 400 meters, which is almost nothing.

But Xu Siling doesn't need to be able to compete with the English longbow. It's good to at least be able to balance it.

But these are questions after the fact.

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Xu Siling will sleep with Falina tonight.

This was because of Ella's strong request, Xu Siling had no choice but to agree.

Xu Siling didn't understand it at first, but then he understood after listening to Ella's explanation.

There are three main reasons.

Xu Siling moved many men into the soldiers' camp for off-duty training, and only had one day off per month to return to the manor to reunite with their families.

You must know that the urine of men in the Middle Ages was almost the same as that of Teddy. They had to make babies whenever they had time.

Couples who have been together for a long time will naturally start to get tired of looking at each other, and the frequency of having children will slow down.

But the male soldiers who only had a holiday once a month, and the housewives who were fed only once a month, felt like it was summer.

Because when the soldiers were on vacation in the camp, Xu Siling spent all his time with Blanche and did not know the situation in the manor that day.

Anyway, that night when the soldiers were on leave, the manor the whole night was no different from the cicadas in summer.

The sound came from every house and was clearly audible without even listening.

Even among neighbors, they feel embarrassed because their wife doesn’t scream as loudly as the one next door.

On the contrary, there are also women who feel that their husbands are not as durable as their neighbors and feel disgusted.

At this time, the importance of witches is highlighted.

Many men and women have found witches that their family members initially didn't care about.

The status of executioners and witches in society is not good, but at least the executioner is a human being, and the witch is not even a human being. The executioner does not take the witch to heart at all, let alone being a friend.

The group of witches led by Joe Caster no longer thinks that everyone has the same method for making bed medicine this time. In order to ensure the effectiveness of the medicine and avoid danger, the witches have to discuss the prescription behind closed doors and only prescribe it after confirming that there is no problem. go out.

At this point, the executioner and the witch came to an extremely harmonious situation.

But whether it is a man or a woman, when they find a witch, they can't help but chat a few more words.

But no matter how we talk, the topic will never leave the other representative figure of witches - Falina.

Xu Siling spent time with Blanche in Raya Town when she was on vacation and free.

This indirectly caused Ella and Farina to become the embodiment of their apparent disfavor.

Ella didn't care, but Farina did.

Because Chrissy has been provoking Farina. (End of chapter)