"Don't stop training on muskets, but next you need to train on preventing and hiding arrows."
This is indeed a shortcoming. Wang Hongyu followed Zhou Dunji to practice defending against an arrow. Zhou Dunji shot at different distances, using his own shield to defend or dodge.
After a while, I discovered the pattern. The speed of a light arrow can reach 60 meters per second. If it is 50 steps in ancient times and more than 70 meters in later generations, there is enough reaction time to defend.
The speed of heavy arrows is slower, and the difference between heavy arrows and light arrows can be seen with the naked eye, so you have to dodge them.
At first it was difficult to judge where the arrow would hit. After dodging dozens of times, I gradually found the skill.
Next, he called dozens of archers under his command and started practicing in this way. The physical foundation of a martial artist, several months of training and the improvement of his mental strength allowed him to master the skills of dodging arrows in a few hours.
Light arrows at least 50 paces away and heavy arrows 30 paces away, as long as it is not a volley of multiple arrows, you can basically avoid them when you see them.
"The spears poked him, the spears poked him away, the knives chopped him indiscriminately, and he was killed indiscriminately.
It’s just that if they all rush in together, it’s difficult to change hands, how can they allow them to move left and right?”
At some point, the old general Qi Jin was standing outside the school grounds observing and said these words loudly.
Zhou Dunji looked on with a secret smile. It seemed that he had invited someone here again.
What I just mentioned was written in Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Performance", which specifically pointed out that Jianghu martial arts are useless for battle formations, and there is no room for jumping and moving in battle formations.
The dodge skills you just trained can only be used under certain circumstances.
"General Qi said exactly what he said, but how should we deal with arrows during battle?"
"Defend!"
Qi Jin walked to Wang Hongyu and reached out to pat the young junior. In fact, he was personally checking the quality of his armor.
"It's a good armor. The top of the head, neck, breastplate and knees are all specially reinforced. The smooth and angled armor has better anti-arrow effect... It must be the handiwork of a master craftsman."
Master level?
Li Tiezhu’s skills are good~
In fact, this armor is not only a result of his good craftsmanship, but also the knowledge he combined with the knowledge of later generations. Based on the original set of Mingguang fish scale armor, he used large pieces of plate armor to cast armor, and the concept of using inclined armor for tanks, which can greatly
Increase anti-puncture effect.
Li Tiezhu has good comprehension skills. Now his improved armors are strengthened by shooting arrows. The two apprentices around him also know some of the skills and can strengthen more than a dozen sets of armors in a month.
"In that case, let's polish the arrow and let it be shot!" Zhou Dunji also patted the armor heavily.
What a big brother, is this going to destroy the third brother...'s armor?
Qi Jin nodded. The Qi Army and the Zhejiang Army had never had sophisticated heavy armor. Later, when fighting against the Mongols who were good at riding and shooting, they used chariots and fortresses. This was actually to improve the anti-arrow effect to win the exchange of fire.
If high-quality armor is widely available, heavy armor plus chariots will have no fear of any enemy.
Soon, special training began again on the school field.
This time, Wang Hongyu held up a spear with both hands and simulated a phalanx of spears encountering arrows. He was not allowed to jump left and right, let alone roll to dodge.
Seeing arrows coming through the air one after another, hitting him in the expected trajectory, Wang Hongyu concentrated his energy and used the reinforced part of his armor to catch the arrows.
"Dang, puff puff~"
One arrow was deflected by the reinforced part as expected, and the remaining three... pierced the fish scale armor.
If the arrow hadn’t been polished off, I’m afraid it would have been injured!
Suddenly I woke up.
The training just now was about dodging arrows and not watching the arrows hit me at close range, so I couldn't predict where the arrows would hit in the end!
Only when you are hit by an arrow can you clearly see the trajectory of the last moment!
The fighting spirit is burning, and you must concentrate all your attention before the arrow hits.
Saw it!
The speed is extremely fast, only one-tenth of a second later, exceeding the reaction time of nerves and body.
However, after being shot again and again, you will know the pattern of arrows before hitting each position.
Over and over again, the archer changed several times, and finally he was able to accurately strengthen the parts with armor and block the arrows with a suitable posture.
"Haha~ I really did it."
Zhou Dunji looked up and saw that it was already getting dark, and sighed that he had practiced this method for three days before he had a slight success, but now he had achieved it in one day.
Qi Jin said: "At that time, General Qi emphasized practicing battle formations, and he also had a profound understanding of personal martial arts, but it was not as good as special training in this way. General Liu Wei of the Sichuan Army seemed to specialize in this aspect.
However, General Qi and General Liu Wei came to the same destination by different routes. In the end, they both emphasized chariots and firearms. Martial arts will eventually be replaced by firearms."
"General Qi is right, so the special training given to my third brother has always been about marching, camping, etc. If the aspect of arrow prevention is extended to the entire army, it will be really difficult."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Hongyu, who had finished his training, shouted loudly as he walked: "General Qi, brother, I have thought of a training method that can strengthen the army's arrow defense training!"
"Is it a car formation?"
Both Qi Jiguang and Liu Wei chose to use chariots to build outdoor vehicle fortresses. Coupled with the excellent shooting and close combat capabilities of the Sichuan and Zhejiang soldiers, they gained fame time and time again.
"It's not a car formation, it's a line formation."
!?
Line...a line-like formation? Isn’t that a live target for bows and arrows!?
Qi Jin suddenly felt that Wang Hongyu was only 19 years old, so he couldn't be fanciful, right?
But Zhou Dunji's eyes widened. After experiencing Wang Hongyu's ability to train the armies together and the spear phalanx, he believed that this line must be extraordinary.
"What do you think."
Hearing what his eldest brother said, Wang Hongyu introduced it as concisely as possible: "To guard against arrows, passive defense is not enough. You must both defend and attack.
Let’s talk about defense first: I just used armor to protect against arrows. I specifically used helmet, shoulder armor, arm guards, breastplate and group armor to block arrows. The rest of the parts were rarely used. Our southern army has limited heavy armor, and the cost of wearing heavy armor for the entire army is too high.
If it’s high, it’s better to strengthen these parts specifically.”
Qi Jin nodded. He just said that the armor he was wearing was well made, that is, these key positions were reinforced with polished iron armor. The thickness and inclination of these parts were used in training to really prevent arrows.
"In addition to armor, there are also movements to defend against arrows. Imagine that our army is shooting against Jiannu and Mongolia. The formation is not neat and the arrows are not close together. The formation is neat and becomes a target. Just now I did the movement defense and found that the arrows shot were not at all.
It’s not scary, it’s hard to guard against those shot from the side.”
Qi Jin's eyes lit up, he was right to the point. After all, he could see it from the front, and there was armor protection. The cold arrows from the side hit his armpits, neck, and waist and ribs, which would kill him with one hit.
Wang Hongyu caught the other party's look and knew that the other party would gradually accept it step by step. He continued to talk: "So we need to form a neat queue to cover each other's waist, ribs and armpits. In this way, use armor on the front and stick close to the comrades on the side. In addition to
There is no weak point in the back.”
At this moment, he gave his eldest brother a look, and the brothers understood each other and said in unison: "Let's try it now~"