As Cao Rui wavered, Yun Zheng's Ying Yang Guard got an unexpected benefit this time. Originally, according to the plan of Cao Rui and others, Yun Zheng's Ying Yang Guard and Lin Xi's Feng Wu Guard were at most
He was able to get the second class, but because of Cao Rui's sudden "rebellion", Yun Zheng got a four-vote lead, and finally got the first class. Then a somewhat ridiculous scene happened. Although Lin Xi's Feng Wuwei was not outstanding in the formation performance,
But in the end, it was still quite satisfactory, and there were no mistakes. However, because of being suppressed, he only got a B grade in the end. Lin Sheng was so furious when he learned that Cao Rui had "let go" Yun Zheng, and actually broke out on the spot, which was very irritating.
He told Cao Rui a few words, and it was okay to do so. Cao Rui knew that he was wrong in the first place, so he didn't intend to care about it. But then Long Xiangwei actually made an error during the formation performance, and the order issued by his subordinates was to form a round formation.
Defend the enemy, but for some reason, the two guards who were originally on the left and right wings misread the signal, and actually outflanked them from left to right, resulting in a good formation that was neither fish nor fowl, neither a circle formation nor a crane wing formation, it was completely complete.
Very different
With such a big mistake, Class A should be hopeless, but although Lin Sheng was furious that his subordinates were not living up to expectations, he still believed that he had a "secret agreement" in front of him. He didn't think it was that great, and still signaled to the supervisor Song Ming to propose Long Xiang.
Who knew that Wei Weijia and others were so shameless but somehow aroused public anger and were unanimously opposed. Even Lei Yuan, the supervisor of the Langya Guards, did not say anything to help. He just didn't say a word, despite the contempt on the faces of several supervisors.
In the end, it was even more ironic that Cao Rui felt that if Long Xiangwei got a C rank, His Majesty would be embarrassed, so he insisted on giving Long Xiangwei a B rank.
Ever since, after a long time of turmoil, Lin Sheng and Lin Xi actually became brothers in trouble, and real brothers in trouble.
-------------------------------------Ying Yangwei Camp, Yunzheng and others
Preparing for the last act
This act is called the actual assessment of the archery array. In addition to the range of the arrows, it also includes volleys, volleys, rounds, and combined shots with far and near bows and crossbows.
The range test is the phalanx volley mentioned before. Calculate the total number of arrows that meet the standard. The one with more will naturally win.
Volleyball shooting means shooting in rows and rows. Opposite them will be a straw man (straw man). Finally, the arrow hit rate will be calculated, and the one with the highest accuracy will win.
A volley refers to the formation of a square formation of 600 people (a guard of professional crossbowmen) or a thousand people (an ordinary infantry team of 1,000 men, also with infantry bows). According to the order of the drum, a wave of
A wave of simultaneous shooting tests will be carried out. The school will mark out the target area in advance. The winner will be the one who shoots the most arrows into the area.
Round shooting is the cooperation of two or more square formations. Each side shoots a wave of arrows into the target area in turn. It is required to use the minimum square formation to coordinate uninterrupted shooting as the standard. The one with the most arrows into the target area
winning
The last joint firing was carried out according to the normal cooperation method in daily combat. In Yunzheng's view, adding this item to the exercise really made it feel like a practical exercise.
The so-called peacetime combat method is to use large vehicle crossbows to fire the first wave of long-range shots. If the light army advances without vehicle crossbows, then this step will be omitted and then large powerful crossbows will be used to conduct long-distance test shots. This type of crossbow is called "Kouzhang Crossbow", and
It is called "stepping crossbow", a powerful crossbow that relies on the combination of arm strength and leg strength to stretch the string and launch it. Its shape is larger than that of the stepping crossbow. The crossbow bow is about half a foot long, the wooden arm is about two feet long, and the bow stem is thicker.
Crossbows are generally made of multiple layers of wood or bamboo chips glued together. The strength of the crossbow is relatively high. Arm strength alone cannot fully draw the bow. It requires a combination of arm tension and foot pedaling to tension the string. In order to allow the legs and feet to participate in tension,
, In the middle of its wooden arm, there is a tough rope tension indicator. Put the rope on your feet, pull the string with both hands and buckle the machine. You can stand or sit. The crossbow appeared on the battlefield during the Warring States Period. Its range exceeded
Two hundred and sixty feet, within the range, the weapons fired by the crossbow can penetrate the enemy's chest. At that time, the Korean soldiers equipped with this kind of crossbow could defeat one hundred and dominate for a while. In the current Wei Dynasty, there are some
Improvement, but even so, although its range is long and its power is great, its firing speed is still relatively slow. Generally, it can only shoot a few arrows before giving way to the next wave. This wave will be the turn of professional crossbowmen to carry out truly powerful attacks.
Cover shooting. If the opponent has cavalry, shoot the cavalry first. If the opponent does not have cavalry on the battlefield, shoot their elite vanguards. After this wave, if there is still enough distance, the entire army of infantry can form a circular formation and dedicate a part to protect it.
Outside, the other part is hidden inside, launching a large-scale, non-stop covering arrow rain attack on the enemy outside, which is extremely powerful. It is said that the famous Han Dynasty general Li Ling used this method with 5,000 infantry to resist 80,000 Huns cavalry.
When the crossbow is advanced, it is indeed very effective.
Yunzheng always had some questions when watching movies before traveling through time. Why in many TV movies, Chinese crossbows shoot straight and straight without much elevation angle, while in Western movies, the longbowmen almost shoot into the sky? Why?
There is such a big difference. Later, when I got older, I realized that there were a lot of idiots in the history of directors in China. Many common sense did not understand that some Chinese crossbows can shoot straight, but more bows still need to be shot at an angle. The reason why Chinese
Some crossbows can shoot straight. This is the result of the different production of the crossbows.
Many different civilizations in the world have independently developed compound bows. However, due to the Scythian compound bow (a hyperbolic compound bow), a technically more mature compound bow, it spread to ancient Greece and Rome (seems to be at the end of the Republic).
(introduced), Westerners took this as the origin and considered the hyperbolic compound bows they saw to be the product of Scythian cultural influence. As early as the late Shang Dynasty, China had already begun to use this type of bow and arrow - hyperbolic.
The mature form of the compound bow, the hyperbolic recurved compound bow (unearthed from the Yin Ruins in Xiaotun, Anyang, Henan). The Chinese character bow is based on the pictogram of the hyperbolic compound bow, and many of the bronzes unearthed in the Zhou Dynasty reflect archery ritual activities.
The bow used in the archery ceremony is obviously a hyperbolic recurved compound bow. Bows are mentioned more than once in the Book of Songs (i.e. horn bows, it is ridiculous that later Confucianism far-fetched the horns as decorations)
At the same time, due to the difference in the materials of the bows used, there are also great differences in the way of drawing the bow in areas where single bows are mainly used and in areas where compound bows are widely used, that is, the Mediterranean shooting method, and the Mongolian (Chinese) shooting method.
European single bows have poor elasticity, and the ratio of draw length to bow body length is low, so the bow length is longer. However, Chinese compound bows are just the opposite. The ratio of draw length to bow body length is very high. When the bow is fully drawn, the bow is pulled with your fingers.
At an acute angle with the bowstring, use the Mediterranean bowing method to draw the backlog of fingers. Therefore, the Chinese bowing method uses one thumb (protected by a ring) to pull the string, and the index finger and middle finger press the thumb. However, due to the larger angle of the European single bow, you can
Using multiple fingers to draw the bow and using a finger ring for protection is one of the hallmarks of using a compound bow
The new bow that Yunzheng is equipping Yingyangwei now is actually a very advanced design. However, only Yunzheng can see the advanced nature of this design. It is estimated that even Dongfang Wuqing himself who made it has not discovered it.
The progress represented starts with the difference between European crossbows and Chinese crossbows.
European crossbows always lagged behind China's in the early days, but later a design played a positive role in the development of crossbows, which was the use of steel sheets as the bow arm material. This was the original Chinese crossbow in the 14th century in Yunzheng's world.
The fuselage is made of metal, but the bow body is still the same as that of a compound bow. It is made of wood, horns, tendons, glue, paint, etc. Dr. Needham, who studies the history of Chinese science and technology, once couldn’t figure out what metallurgy the ancient Chinese people had.
Technology is ahead of Europe, and crossbow technology is also ahead of Europeans. Why has steel not been used to make bows for such a long time? This is ultimately a question of inertial thinking. It is precisely because of China’s compound bow technology.
It is very developed and the tradition is too deep, which in turn limits people's thinking about other materials. When the effective killing range of a composite bow crossbow is comparable to that of a wooden warehouse, no one will think of switching to other materials.
Finally, the efficiency of crossbow tensioning began in the 14th century. Europeans mostly used tie rods to tension crossbows. However, when heavy steel crossbows became popular in Europe in the 15th century, crank winders and pulleys were invented to tension crossbows. By the 15th century
In the late period, the European crossbow device was completely mature and used gear devices and racks. This is very remarkable.
But the bow that Yunzheng discovered this time, which even the inventor himself did not pay attention to, actually creatively adopted a design of using steel sheets to strengthen the bow arms! It was precisely when Yunzheng saw this that he immediately asked for it to be manufactured to equip the eagle.
To be fair to Yangwei, the new batch of infantry bows currently equipped by Yingyangwei are not perfect because Yunzheng is very pressing for the improvement of hand crossbows. Dongfang Wuqing's main energy is concentrated on crossbows. The emergence of this bow
, it was purely an accident that a few pieces of refined steel came out. Dongfang Wuqing took a look at it, and realized that it was a waste of such good materials. He installed them on the bow arm as a joke. Unexpectedly, the bow actually
It really increased the range. Dongfang Wuqing took some time to deal with the bow, but he no longer had the energy to study it carefully. He simply submitted it to Yanjing to see if Yanjing was interested in this thing. If Yanjing was interested,
It’s not too late to do further research on your own
Dongfang Wuqing's doing this is also a matter of habit. She just likes to study these machines and weapons, but she is not a general who leads troops. Whether a weapon is good or not depends on whether it is needed on the battlefield, so
After she came up with many of her ideas, she had to ask Yan Jing first before deciding whether to go further. There were pros and cons, but in fact there was no need to change now.
Although Yunzheng is not an expert and has no special talent for making weapons, as a history buff and a fan of the puppet army, he can still know about some of the more famous weapons that use steel.
A new type of bow with reinforced bow arms. He knew that it must have a great future, and he was not too worried about other countries imitating this bow, because the Wei Dynasty came out these days, and it is estimated that other countries do not have such advanced metallurgical level. You must know this
The steel sheet used to strengthen the bow arm cannot be obtained by hammering in an ordinary blacksmith shop.
"Tomorrow's arrow array drill will be the last performance of our Ying Yang Guard's great performance. We won the first class in the front attack, and we also won the first class in the array drill. Now there is only one arrow array left... Dear gentlemen, the new
The bow has been issued. Everyone knows the quality of the bow. It can be said that it is more than half as strong as the standard infantry bow of other armies. In this case, if we do not take the first armor in the arrow formation
, I really can’t bear the name of our Yingyangwei." Yunzheng started to do "pre-war mobilization" again.
"Don't worry, with this sharp weapon in hand, tomorrow's arrow array, our army will definitely be in charge." The one who spoke was Li Mo, the military advisor who just arrived today. Li Mo himself is considered to be a "researcher".
A relatively stable person, the reason why he said this is precisely because he understands the magic in this new bow
Yunzheng knew that he was from the Mo family and had considerable mechanical knowledge, so he simply gave him the task of transforming this new bow. Yunzheng knew that there was still room for development of long-range weapons in the Wei Dynasty. He thought that in that history, the Song Dynasty
And what about the miraculous Divine Arm Bow? Now that the Wei Dynasty has a visionary military commander like me, Marshal Ben, how can it not develop faster?
Think of the divine arm bow (actually a crossbow). It was invented by Emperor Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty. The bow was three feet three feet long and the string was two feet five feet long. It had a range of more than 340 steps. It was said that other instruments could not match it. It became the crossbowman of the Song Army.
One of the standard weapons is equipped with a mechanism, but it can be fired by one person. Its range can reach more than 370 meters, and it can penetrate heavy armor, which frightened the Jin army. Engels said: 14. The longbow used by British infantry in the 15th century could shoot 200 yards.
It was 'a very terrifying weapon' at the time, but its range and penetration were far inferior to China's Fangzi Crossbow and Divine Arm Crossbow.
The Divine Arm Bow uses tough mulberry wood as the crossbow, solid sandalwood as the crossbow body, and hemp as the string, which is light and strong. According to historical records - the Divine Arm Bow "the actual crossbow also uses mulberry as the body and sandalwood as the crossbow.
Iron is the barrel of the gun, steel is the mechanism, hemp rope is used to tie the chain, and silk is the string." "Shoot three hundred steps to reveal the heavy chain."
However, scholars of all ages have expressed doubts about the power of the Divine Arm Bow, because according to historical records, the Divine Arm Bow is just a crossbow, and its power is unimaginable. Yunzheng, a pseudo-military fan, has verified in many ways that the Divine Arm Bow is equipped with a crossbow.
There are ingenious mechanisms. These mechanisms are the fundamental guarantee for the power of the Divine Arm Bow. The Divine Arm Bow shoots more than 240 steps and half an arrow into the elm wood. It can be seen that the Divine Arm Bow still has amazing penetrating power at a range of more than 370 meters.
Scholars of all ages have deeply doubted this. In fact, the divine arm bow was equipped with a mechanism, but it has been lost for a long time. The "Yongle Dadian" records the mechanism pattern of the divine arm bow. Later, the "Yongle Dadian" was destroyed in the Second World War.
After the Opium War, the Divine Arm Bow was completely lost since then. Qing Dynasty scholar Ji Xiaolan saw these drawings in person and wanted to recreate the Divine Arm Bow based on them. Unfortunately, the drawings in the "Yongle Dadian" were only single parts of the Divine Arm Bow.
No combination chart
Yunzheng has great confidence in recreating the glory of the Divine Arm Crossbow. He even hopes to let Dongfang Wuqing and Li Mo cooperate to do this.
No one expected that when the last infantry exercise in Hai'an County was about to end, the turmoil in Sichuan would become bigger and bigger.
