Hongmane Yanglie lowered his head and studied for a long time. The difference between Xiaobai's newly drawn bow and the bow he uses now is really not that big. It's just that there was a slight change at the tip of the bow. And then the name changed?
"Is this the only difference between a recurve bow and a straight-draw bow?" Hongmane Yanglie analyzed it for a long time, but couldn't come to a conclusion, so he had to ask Xiaobai for advice.
"There is a big difference. The straight-pull bow is the bow you are using now." Xiaobai said while pointing to the bow held by the red-maned Yang Lie and said: "This kind of bow is the simplest, simple to make, and simple to use.
It’s also easy to use.”
"It's simple, but it's easy to use." Red-maned Yang Lie gently stroked the bow in his hand and said.
"Simplicity is good, but the shortcomings come with it." Xiaobai spread his hands: "You have been practicing bowing for so long, and you must have some understanding of the bow you are using now. The bow in your hand is getting better and better.
Working hard will consume your strength and make the force uneven."
After hearing this, Red Mane Yanglie recalled it for a while, and then nodded, but he was relatively indifferent to this point. Primitive people were very powerful, and current bows and arrows were nothing to them.
Xiaobai pointed to the recurve bow painted on the ground and said: "Recurve bow, the bow tip is tilted at both ends. When pulling the bow, the force is more even and less labor-intensive. It allows you to aim at the enemy more conveniently."
"Eh? Really?!" Red-maned Yanglie was immediately surprised when he heard Xiaobai's words. He didn't expect that the bow would have a different effect after being slightly modified.
"Of course it's true. The advantage of a straight-pull bow is that you can pull it casually and shoot casually. The arrow can be loaded and fired quickly, but the accuracy is not high and it consumes more energy." Xiaobai commented intuitively.
Said: "The advantage of the recurve bow is that the force is evenly distributed, the stability is better, and the accuracy will be improved."
Although he has not been exposed to bows and arrows for a long time, Hongmane Yanglie also knows the advantages and disadvantages of bows and arrows. Some of the words Xiaobai said are very unfamiliar, such as stability and accuracy, which are relatively unfamiliar words to him.
But I also understood what Xiaobai meant.
He lowered his head again and looked at the recurve bow painted on the ground. Compared with the straight-pull bow in his hand, this bow had its own advantages, but generally speaking, the benefits of the recurve bow were greater than those of the straight-pull bow.
Again, primitive people were very strong, and the strength they used to draw their bows did not affect them at this stage. What really affected them was the issue of accuracy.
Whether it can hit the target is the most important thing. After all, bows and arrows are used to kill people.
If the recurve bow is really as good as Xiaobai said, then the weapons of the knights of the Red Mane Horse Tribe will undergo a new revision.
"Do you think the recurve bow is everything?" Xiaobai couldn't help but laugh again when he saw the shining eyes of the red-maned Yanglie.
"What else?" Hongman Yanglie raised his head and looked at Xiaobai in surprise.
"I said, no weapon is simple. You need to pay attention to technology and use your brain. Now you only see recurve bows and straight-pull bows. Have you ever thought about if the bow body is made larger, or made of
Smaller impact?" Xiaobai guided little by little.
After hearing Xiaobai's words, Hongman Yanglie lowered his head and pondered, and couldn't help but marvel. Indeed, these were things he had never thought of before.
Although he is smarter than other tribesmen, his thinking mode still belongs to the pragmatism of primitive people, and he will not change it at will because it is not necessary. Their experience comes from reality, not through brain simulation.
Xiaobai taught them how to make and use bows and arrows, and they just used them and practiced repeatedly until they mastered the bows and arrows. They never thought about changing the shape or materials of the bows and arrows.
Xiaobai's words seemed to have opened a new door for him. When he looked at the bow and arrow in his hand, Red-maned Yanglie already had a new idea.
Especially since there was an example before, isn’t that the huge musical bow of Murgan?
"In addition to these, you can also change the materials." Xiaobai continued.
"Can materials also be changed?" Red-maned Yanglie raised his head and asked.
"Of course it can change. The material of animal bones is not always the same. Even the bones of a giant beast are not all equally hard. The teeth are generally harder than the bones in other places." Xiaobai said calmly.
"Yes, yes." Red-maned Yanglie nodded repeatedly. He knew that the hardest parts of giant beasts are usually their teeth.
"Have I ever said that the harder the bones, the more suitable they are for making bows?" Xiaobai raised his eyebrows and said.
"No, I didn't say that." Red-maned Yanglie said stupidly.
"Well, I never said it, why?" Xiao Bai paused, as if the teacher was explaining the test questions, and let the red-maned Yang Lie slow down, and then continued: "The harder the bow body is, the better.
, harder means brittle, and the bowstring is difficult to draw. The bow body needs toughness, so that it is easier to draw the bow! So harder is not necessarily better, so the choice of materials..."
"There are more." Hongmane Yanglie took over Xiaobai's words and exclaimed.
A brand new door has finally opened to Red Mane Yang Lie. Different bows can be made from different combinations of bow shape, size, length, thickness, and materials. These bows are good and bad. Which bow is really suitable?
No one knows about the red-maned fierce horse knight, even Xiaobai can't explain it clearly. They need to explore it by themselves.
Even if Red Mane Yang Lie spends his whole life, he still cannot fully understand everything about Gong.
"There are also arrows. Are the arrows different?" Red-maned Yanglie's body trembled slightly. He was very excited, as if his little friend got a new toy.
"Of course they are different. The materials of the arrows are different, the shapes of the arrowheads are different, and feathers can be attached to the tails of the arrows. There are many kinds, and the natural effects are also different." Xiaobai grinned, like a devil's smile.
"Goddess of Horses, how could this happen!" said the red-maned Yanglie, his eyes straightened. He didn't expect that the extremely simple bow and arrow in his heart could have so many things.
"So, don't worry about the trade. When a secret appears, it is no longer a secret. Don't worry that they will learn it, because our bows and arrows will always be more powerful than theirs." Xiaobai patted the red-maned Yanglie on the shoulder, and then
Said: "What can really protect us is our ability to keep moving forward, rather than sticking to the rules. If we don't break it, then you will not be using long spears, long knives, bows and arrows, but half-moon knives, just like before."
The red-maned Yanglie nodded repeatedly when he heard Xiaobai's words. Now he was even more convinced of Xiaobai. The boss is the boss and he thinks a lot.
"They want bows and arrows, so give them to them. Only by giving them, can we have the motivation to move forward and come up with more powerful weapons. But we can't give them to them in vain. We have to take something back, such as this.
"As Xiao Bai spoke, he took out a spirit stone and handed it to Hong Mane Yang Lie's eyes.
"What is this?" Red-maned Yanglie looked at the small sparkling stone in front of him and asked blankly.