Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2280 The Story of Hu Fu 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 didn't try to catch up. Instead, they first clicked on the next one, the crossbow.

   And it's pretty good.

  The rhubarb crossbow was almost the pinnacle of the Han Dynasty, or the following dynasties. It was not until the Song Dynasty that a new crossbow appeared that it was considered to have stepped down from the throne.

  Han crossbow was developed on the basis of 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-drawn crossbow" and "shoulder-drawn 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.

   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.

  The rhubarb crossbow is first of all 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 Feiqian reproduces the rhubarb crossbow...

   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, the power of this new version of rhubarb crossbow...

   Four hundred steps, the battle armor penetrates directly!

   Four hundred and fifty steps, break it! 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. It can only be decided by the multi-sided dice on the battlefield.

   Or take the cover shot approach...

  If we don’t care about lethality, we only talk about the range. In the calm state, the new version of the rhubarb crossbow has shot at a distance of nearly 800 steps, 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 450 steps and 300 steps.

A closer one is the combination of strong crossbow and strong bow, covering a range of less than 300 steps to 50 steps, and below 50 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 would kill me!

  However, Feiqian also 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 crossbow.

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 be broken 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 foundation of materials and chemistry is too poor. After making one or two, it is still possible to make a shot at the risk of bursting the barrel, but do you want to mass-produce it...

   There is no such condition yet.

  So I 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 50 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 whizzed 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 this is how the 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 Gaoshun, most of the normal infantry formations are fighting in the front line. It is definitely not the iron lumps wearing heavy armor, but the 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 array...

   And 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, smacked his lips, and then couldn't help but sneak a glance at Fei Qian, muttering in his heart, as expected, he is indeed a general of hussars. The biggest killer of 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 has already begun to spread his thinking, thinking about other uses of this Liannu, which was originally not very valued.

  『Zhongkang, if you use these bows and crossbows, and there are enemy infantry arrays on display, how should you fight them? ’ 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, archers 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 well prepared...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, it does not mean that Xu Chu is inferior to other generals who lead the army 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 are important to the country..." Fei Qian said slowly, "No one knows this sentence... But where does the benefit of weapons come from? 』

  Fei Qian did not 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 find 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 resist foreign countries and defend against enemies...These utensils are all made by craftsmen, so there is no food without farmers, and no tools without work...Scholars, farmers, and businessmen are the four pillars of the country. Those who want to distinguish between high and low are all people with ulterior motives, and they can be punished...』

   Xu Chu and others bowed their heads and responded, "I would like to obey the order. 』

  Fei Qian also lowered his head to look at Fei Zhen, and Fei Zhen also 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 post-viewing review...not much, just 800 characters...』

  Fei Zhen: "Uh..."

  …(￣￣)…

  Longyou.

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

  Bei Gong's eyes were always half-closed and half-open, as if there were many things hovering in them, 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 "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.

Beigong opened his eyes, and slowly looked around at the Qiang leaders around him. His expression was indescribably serious, and he seemed to be the leader of the Qiang tribe, "This time... I will only say it once, The Han Chinese with the tricolor flag this time are very dangerous and very scary, if we don’t deal with them well…』

  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, but one leader of the Qiang people scratched his neck, then blinked twice, "Ah? Is it that serious? 』

  『Yeah, isn’t the tricolor flag 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 that what it’s 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 thick 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 to be a little contradictory, "Didn’t you say that before...wait a minute, why are you saying...this is blocking the entrance of the cave..."

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

"But now it seems that the Han people of the tricolor flag want more than just a cow and sheep..." Bei Gong gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, "It's almost autumn now, normally, the Han people should prepare It's autumn 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? Ok? ! 』

  Everyone fell silent.

   Seeing that the crowd had nothing else to say, Beigong smiled a little, and then began to give instructions 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 around and laughed twice, "Those things... are what the big people want...but the big people don't care what we small people want... You say we Isn't it just to have a meal after being busy? If we really want to listen to him, what shall we eat? 』

  『What does that man mean? ’ the Qiang asked secretly.

  『I don’t mean anything... Whoever can feed us, we will listen to whoever! ’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)