Even though it’s just three arrows, it actually has a huge impact on the outcome of the battle.
Because one side has no damage and is shooting from a long range, the other side is losing strength.
One-on-one and two-on-one on the battlefield are two completely different treatments.
The common point of the so-called art of war is to use various methods to create a situation where more people attack fewer people, thereby forming an advantage in terms of strength and consumption.
Moreover, Momonga is not undead, as long as it is a natural life, it has morale. For example, before, Zhenjin directly eliminated the leader of Momonga, causing the remaining Momonga to collapse and flee in all directions.
The number of times you shoot arrows should not be too many.
Shooting too many arrows has greatly depleted their physical strength. They are only temporary archers, and their physical strength should be allocated more to close combat, otherwise the gain outweighs the loss.
Next, the work of adjusting the bow and acupuncture was left to Bai Ya.
Yellow algae and blue algae only have a small part of the leadership ability. At most, they can lead a small team to charge on the deck of a sea ship.
As for Zhenjin himself, he doesn't know how to adjust the bow. Cangxu and Zidi are even less capable.
Bai Ya, the son of Orion, is average in strength. If this island had not fallen, he would definitely have been ignored by everyone. He is too mediocre. But in this situation, he can use his own talents to shine.
Light comes.
For him, this island presents great dangers, but it also offers great opportunities.
"In the final analysis, there are still too few talents under my subordinates. Those with a little talent, like Bai Ya, can stand out." Zhen Jin sighed secretly.
Bai Ya led several people to adjust the bows, and the rest of them would certainly not be idle.
The yellow algae continues to hunt. The main goal is not to obtain food, but to target the wild birds and harvest their feathers.
Cyanobacteria continue to scout around the flying squirrel colony.
Wooden shields and hunter traps were gradually made by people.
There are also hemp ropes woven from bark silk. The short ones are used for bow strings, and the long ones are used for binding, such as making shields. The reserves of hemp ropes continue to increase. These things are very inconspicuous, but they are very practical.
No one can estimate how long they will stay on this island, so they must try to stock up on things like hemp rope.
According to Cang Xu’s introduction, things like hemp rope actually have a very wide range of applications.
In addition to its own function, hemp rope can be woven into a net when combined with hemp rope. The net bag can be used to carry things, form a cloth cover, and can be woven into straw sandals.
Cang Xu also participated, and he provided an extremely crude loom.
This kind of loom uses more than a dozen small wooden stakes inserted into the soil. The small wooden stakes are arranged in two rows. The small wooden stakes in one row are spaced apart and fixed with a horizontal wooden stick.
After all the small wooden stakes are wound around the thread, dozens of vertical lines are formed in parallel. Once the wooden stick is lifted, half of the small wooden stakes will be lifted up, and half of the vertical lines will be raised accordingly.
At this time, insert the only horizontal thread along the tilted angle. Then put the vertical thread down. One horizontal thread and a dozen vertical threads are compacted, and the basic movement of weaving is completed.
Repeat this action dozens or hundreds of times, and a piece of cloth will be successfully born.
This kind of loom is extremely primitive, and its efficiency is completely incomparable with the looms in the empire. One is on the ground and the other is in the sky. A person can only get a small piece as big as his butt after spending half a day working.
But it does save huge manpower and material resources, and the work efficiency is much higher than pure labor.
The exploration team members who used these looms all marveled at Cang Xu's profound knowledge. However, Cang Xu told them that this kind of loom was obtained when he was researching information on the orcs.
Compared with the human empire, although the orcs occupy the wilderness continent, they generally exist in the form of tribes, and their living standards and productivity are generally low. This kind of loom is common among the orcs.
As for Zidi, she is mainly responsible for making poison. Acupuncture clearly told her that she needed a poison that could dissipate naturally, or disappear by boiling, baking, etc. Or simply, even if this poison existed, it would only
It is effective for flying squirrels and does no serious harm to the human body.
After all, hunting flying squirrels requires food. If the poison is too strong, even if these flying squirrels are killed, the flying squirrels' meat will not be edible. For the entire exploration team, the losses will far outweigh the gains.
The current environment was extremely crude, and Zidi could only try reluctantly, and she made another request - she needed a living flying squirrel to be tested.
Zhenjin then set off secretly, and together with Cyanobacteria, they spied on the flying squirrel community.
Cang Xu stayed in the camp to command and dispatch.
After adjusting the bow, Bai Ya led everyone to start shooting again.
In the evening, the leaders met again to share their findings.
Zhen Jin and Lan Zhao caught three live flying squirrels and gave them to Zidi.
However, there was no prey on the side of Huang Zao. Hunting did not rely on combat power. He also lost some iron arrowheads. These iron arrowheads were very precious, and one was used less than one.
But they didn't gain anything - Huang Zao and his team failed in hunting, so they could only go further to try their luck, and accidentally discovered a small bamboo forest.
Bamboo is a very excellent resource. Bamboo with bamboo joints is a natural water storage container. Bamboo can be made into bamboo rafts, and bamboo can be sharpened to make traps.
The third day
"Shoot!" Huang Zao ordered, and many flying arrows flew out.
A dozen crude archery targets were erected a hundred and twenty paces away.
Concentric circles were also drawn on the archery target with charcoal fire, but not to mention a few rings, few of the arrows shot hit the target.
The ring on the target is a bit small, almost the same as a flying squirrel. But in the real battle, everyone has to shoot the flying squirrels, and these flying squirrels can also move.
So the result of this kind of archery is really unacceptable.
"Your posture is wrong."
"Straighten your waist and straighten your arms."
"Stable, stable. Why are you shaking?!"
Huang Zao serves as an instructor.
He frowned and felt tremendous pressure in his heart.
In comparison, the one with the best shooting skills in the entire team is of course Zhen Jin.
Next is Bai Ya. This young man's archery skills are still better than those of Huang Zao and others. After all, for him, this is a skill that he relies on to make a living.
Hunters do not hunt hard, it is just a way for them to make a living. In addition to hounds, hunters use traps most often. Bows are also used a lot. Excellent hunters will choose to give in when they encounter large beasts that they cannot hunt.
Or stop.
Yellow Algae and Blue Algae are good at close combat. When shooting from a distance, they use crossbows more than bows. They survived on the boat, so they specially practiced their shooting skills.
Huang Zao's hunting result yesterday was a mess, and today he was arranged by Zhen Jin to become a temporary instructor.
In order to save his face, Huang Zao worked very hard.
When it comes to training other people, Huang Zao is more reliable. Although his shooting skills are a little worse than Bai Ya's.
Bai Ya's archery relies more on feeling and is purely wild.
Huang Zao has at least been trained and knows the key to archery.
"First we need to practice hard on individual assaults, and then form an arrow screen for shooting. With this kind of archery now, the most basic arrow screen cannot be set up." Zhen Jin inspected the training, and when he saw this situation, he was quite anxious, but
He doesn't show anything on the surface.
Today, white buds replace yellow algae and are responsible for hunting. The main target is still wild birds, and the exploration team needs more feathers to make arrow tails.
No one expected him to hunt enough food.
Individual hunting is very risky, and the efficiency is actually very low. Most of them depend on the weather and test their luck.
Throughout the empire, the life of a hunter is actually very difficult.
So the saying goes: Those who hunt are not as good as those who herd, and those who herd are not as good as those who farm.
Under normal circumstances, hunters do not have enough to eat. Compared with hunters and herdsmen, farmers who cultivate the land have the most stable life and the most guaranteed quality of life.
Hunters seem to have a source of meat, but in fact most of the mountains and forests are the territory of nobles. Hunters who poach without permission will be severely punished once caught.
In this situation, the exploration team can only rely on large-scale hunting to meet its own food consumption.
This day's training lasted from morning to night. After dinner, the exploration team members were not in the mood to talk or laugh, and fell into their tents and fell asleep.
In Zhenjin's tent, Cang Xu reported the current severe situation with a solemn expression.
"Master Zhenjin, we don't have much food. It can be said that we have consumed a lot. If we continue like this, we won't be able to last for a few days."
Zhen Jin's face was dull and his mood was calm.
He himself was very surprised about this. In the past two days, his originally anxious mood gradually calmed down.
He adapted to the pressure and instead comforted Cang Xu: "We must train archery skills. This matter cannot be rushed. We can only grit our teeth and persevere! Without basic archery skills, it will be useless to start a war rashly. Such hard training will indeed consume physical strength.
, thereby increasing food consumption. But consuming food now and improving archery skills will result in a reduction in the number of casualties in future fights. This is very cost-effective."
"I understand, sir." Cang Xu nodded, "It's just that as a result, our food is consumed violently. Everyone knows this, and the team members are very worried."
Zhenjin smiled: "Then tell them clearly how much rations we have left. Even if necessary, let each of them see our food reserves with their own eyes."
Cang Xu's face changed slightly, and he said solemnly: "I understand, sir."
The fourth day
range.
Although their arms were sore and even obviously swollen, the exploration team members looked serious, gritted their teeth, and practiced hard.
They are all aware of the food reserves in the team and have a very clear understanding of their own situation - now they have to make a desperate move. If the hunt fails, destruction awaits them!
Under this pressure, everyone worked hard and tried their best to practice archery.
Although the early training results were unsatisfactory, after everyone got used to it, the situation of the arrows hitting the target improved greatly.
Arrows that hit the bullseye are rare, but most arrows hit the target.
After seeing that his archery results stabilized, Huang Zao immediately moved away the fixed archery targets and replaced them with moving targets.
These moving targets are short wooden stakes with hemp ropes tied to them, and the other end of the rope is hung on a high branch. After pulling up the wooden stake, let go, and the wooden stake will sway under the tree.
Huang Zao asked the team members to shoot arrows at the wooden stakes.
My grades immediately declined and became even worse than before!
No one complained, everyone knew that in actual combat, the flying squirrel's movements were faster than wooden stakes, and their directions were more changeable.
Practice, keep practicing.
Every breath you take is cherished.
During lunch, the team members were silent and the atmosphere was solemn.
Many people frown subconsciously, constantly thinking and reflecting on what they should do to improve their shooting skills.
When resting in the tent, they also tried to make bow movements, even without a bow in their hands.
After training, the players rubbed each other's arms.
Many people cannot lift their arms. Swelling of arms affects everyone.
Fortunately, there are potions provided by Zidi.
These potions were temporarily prepared. They were originally suitable for extraordinary people, but now they are diluted and used on these ordinary team members, and they still have a strong recovery effect.
These medicines can be used externally and taken internally in conjunction with each other. After a night's rest, the arm can basically recover.
At dinner, everyone was greeted with clear soup but little water.
Scattered wild vegetables seem to be embellished with seasonings.
The team members' expressions changed, but none of them said anything.
Everyone can understand the seriousness of the situation.
"Cang Xu, come out for a moment." Zhen Jin's voice came from far away.
"Why is there only this for dinner?" Zhen Jin seemed to be asking Cang Xu.
"Sir, there is not enough food. We can only do this!" Cang Xu replied to Zhen Jin.
Zhen Jin retorted: "But I remember that I still have some reserves. It won't be to this extent!"
"Sir, those are the only dry food left, left for you and Master Zidi."
"Take them all out."
"grown ups?"
"Take them all out! How can you have the strength to train and fight if you don't have enough food?"
This conversation made everyone who heard it feel emotional, and many people expressed emotion.
"Sir, please let us attack." That night, some team members took the initiative to approach Zhen Jin and asked for an attack.
But Zhenjin rejected this request: "Training. You still need more training!"
fifth day
Training, training, training!
In the evening, Zhen Jin checked the results and was pleased to find that five out of ten arrows could hit the target.
The moving target is relatively large, much larger than a real flying squirrel. But this kind of result has reached the pin gold standard.
He has never trained each team member to become a marksman, and it is impossible in a short time. In fact, each person's qualifications also determine the upper limit of shooting skills.
But the arrow screen can make up for the lack of accuracy.
Such archery skills can form a qualified arrow screen.
In the afternoon, Cang Xu also came to persuade Zhen Jin: "It's time to attack, sir."
"Wait a little longer." Zhen Jin Yue Fa was determined.
This kind of determination made him feel a little surprised.
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