Crossbow is a weapon with a long history with Chinese characteristics. It appeared in the Shang and Zhou dynasties and developed and grew up in the wars of the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period. By the Han Dynasty, it had developed and matured and became a powerful weapon for the Central Plains dynasty to restrain the nomadic peoples who came and went like the wind. The Han Dynasty attached great importance to the development of crossbows and made many improvements on the basis of Qin crossbows, making Han crossbows more powerful than Qin crossbows, with stronger bow power, shooting farther and more ruthless. Among the individual weapons of the Han army, crossbows were very important, especially when they were resisting cavalry with footsteps. Without crossbows, the battle could not be fought.

The Great Yellow Crossbow is an outstanding representative of the Han crossbow. Its range is more than 200 meters and its accuracy is quite high. The well-trained Han crossbow soldiers lined up with the Great Yellow Crossbow and shot in three generations. The arrows were like rain. The Hu people's archers and cavalrymen had already shot into hedgehogs before they entered the effective range of their own horse bows. The Han general Li Ling led 5,000 infantry to raid the grassland. The Huns invested a total of 80,000 people and horses to repeatedly chase and siege, and they could not fight him. Instead, they were killed and injured by him. Of course, all the soldiers he led were all

He was a genius swordsman in Jingchu. His swordsmanship was very exquisite and his combat power was far superior to that of ordinary Han soldiers. The Huns were cut again and again in melee battles, but the main reason was that his troops were equipped with a large number of crossbows, a considerable part of them were big yellow crossbows. Against such a unit, the Huns could not have taken advantage of melee battles, and they could only be beaten on one side at a long distance. Not to mention that they were too frustrated. If reinforcements had not arrived for a long time and the arrows were exhausted, Li Ling would not have lost this battle.

After entering the Three Kingdoms, the Han Crossbows developed further. There was no way. There was a terrifying demon king named Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms. This guy didn't like to play any strange strategy by leading troops to fight. Or because he had too little capital, he couldn't make a mistake in a single step and didn't have the capital to play strange strategy, so he always went straight and fought head-on. He thought that fighting was just that. As long as I improved my weapons and equipment to the point where you couldn't reach it, and trained the troops to the point where they were like arm-to-arm fingers, I would definitely be able to defeat you. What?

Don't win? It must be that the equipment is not good enough, and the soldiers' training is still lacking. Continue to improve! He is still proficient in machinery. With his improvement and training, the equipment and training of Ji Han's army have reached the top level of that era. His combat power is amazing. Even Sima Langgu, who has made many tricks on the battlefield and frequently played blitz, can only dig deep trenches and form hard villages to fight against him, and refuses to fight against Ji Han's army, and transforms from Sima Langgu into Sima Gui.

Thanks to Zhuge Liang, the Wei State, which had been fighting with him for a long time, had to spend astronomical resources to improve its weapons, so as not to make a hell joke like the eight mines and hit the first mine and was beaten to death by him. Both sides rolled up like this. The result of the crazy inversion was that various weapons became more and more lethal and more powerful, and the armor became more and more powerful. The Great Yellow Crossbow, which has always played an important role in the war, naturally became stronger and stronger. For example, the Great Yellow Crossbow in Li Rui's hand can shoot 200 steps, and can penetrate thick iron armor at close range with a steel arrow. As for the leather armor worn by the Hu people, it is no different from the paper-paste in front of it!

The only drawback is that its bow is too strong and puts high demands on users. Only those with outstanding backs and waists can play with them. People with poor strength can play with them. Only those who do not have enough strength can play with them?

Li Rui stepped on the stirrups with his feet, grabbed the bowstring with both hands and used force, and his face turned red and his neck was thick, and finally he pulled it all over. Yang Zhi, Yang Yong, Xiang Hong and others cheered: "Qu Hou's divine power is not inferior to that of the flying general Li Guang!"

Li Rui gasped slightly and said, "Stop flattering. How capable I am. I don't know what kind of ability? I'm not inferior to the flying general Li Guang, you might as well say that I can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Overlord!"

Those flatterers grinned, without any shame. If you laugh to death, why would you flatter? If you really think there is no threshold for this industry?

Cao Hu asked: "Does Qu Hou want to try this yellow crossbow?"

Li Rui said: "That's natural. I've taken a few arrows and I haven't touched this thing before. Now I've finally encountered it. I have to have a good time."

None of the officers expressed doubts about this. Both Han, Wei and Jin dynasties were banned from crossbows and could not ban the bow. Civilians could hold bows. As long as they didn't break the law, no one would care about it. However, they could not hide crossbows privately. If they were hiding privately, they would lose their heads because this thing was too dangerous. "Ten thieves and crossbows were hung up, hundreds of officials dared not go forward." This kind of thing that shot far, ruthless and accurate is simply the first choice for assassination. It really made people in the civilians unable to sleep even if they were sleeping. The big yellow crossbow is also a very important military weapon, and the control is very strict. Not to mention civilians, it is not easy to get one even if it is a veteran of the Jin army. This person has just been promoted and has never seen such a powerful weapon of military power. It is normal and there is nothing to doubt.

In other words, no one cares about why he, a fierce man who has been fighting for four years and has been promoted from an ordinary soldier to Quhou, has never even seen a big yellow crossbow. The idea of ​​these officers is very simple, just pretending to be bad. They don’t care about what Li Rui is from, as long as Li Rui doesn’t bother them.

Immediately someone took a bag of arrows and took Li Rui to the schoolyard. Xiang Hong personally installed arrows for Li Rui. The intention of please was obvious.

Li Rui thanked him and then looked at the target. It was about ninety meters away. This distance was quite challenging. Of course, this was not too difficult for him. He had no experience in ancient crossbows and knew some of the techniques of using them. He had such a foundation. At the same time, as an archery athlete who was qualified to sprint to the Olympic roster, if he failed to hit the target ninety meters away with a crossbow, he would not make people laugh!

He aimed slightly, and the tiger's mouth urged the crossbow machine. He heard a shaking metal sound. The crossbow arrow that was originally lying quietly in the arrow groove shot out, turning into a cold star and slashing through the air. He slapped into the arrow pile with a loud noise, hitting the nine rings! At the same time, Li Rui also felt a fierce force slamming along the crossbow arm, causing his body to tilt back uncontrollably, grinning... His grandmother, the recoil of this thing was really strong. If he hadn't used all his strength to control it, he would have been afraid that the front teeth would have collapsed!

Xiang Hong, Cao Hu, Yang Zhi, Yang Yong and other officers did not notice his embarrassment. Seeing that he could hit the nine rings so far away, he couldn't help but cheer in unison: "Good shooting! Qu Hou is a good method!"

This time, the cheers finally brought true feelings, and they were not flattering with their eyes closed.

Li Rui grinned and said, "For the first time, I'm not very skilled in using a big yellow crossbow. I don't shoot very accurately, which makes everyone laugh."

Officers: "..."

This is not accurate, so what should be accurate? Boss, are you sure you are really modest?

Li Rui shook his arm, stepped on the stirrup and pulled the crossbow full, and someone immediately rushed to load the arrow for him. He thanked him as usual, aimed at the target, and fired...

It was still the stunning metal tremolo, and it was still the ferocious, with a recoil that competed with the No. 12 shotgun. This time it was even more excessive. The end of the crossbow arm hit Li Rui's lips, and his front teeth were almost out of control. However, this arrow shot more accurately than the first arrow, hitting the bull's eye and ten rings!

The officers were stunned and shouted in unison: "Quhou, his skills are amazing, his skills!"

Li Rui made the rebellious Huang Crossbow a little bit angry, and shot several more arrows, and he had to tame it. These arrows all achieved good results. The worst arrow was eight rings, and at least three arrows hit ten rings. The officers were stunned. At first, every time he shot an arrow, these guys were a rainbow fart, but later, none of them made a sound, and they all opened their eyes and mouths, making them look like a group of toads whose holes were lit. It wasn't him.

We didn't know, but Li Rui shot very accurately! This is a distance of seventy steps (one step in the Jin Dynasty was 1.3 meters). Even a well-trained crossbowman shot such a far target, five or six arrows could hit the target. Li Rui shot six arrows in a row. Not to mention the arrows on the target, there were three arrows hitting the bull's eye! It can be said that it was a mistake to shoot one arrow, but three arrows hit the bull's eye with six arrows, which only means that Qu Hou has excellent archery skills. This is a real skill!

At the cost, Li Rui's face was hit by the end of the crossbow arm, which made him feel heartbroken. Ancient Chinese crossbows had a very obvious disadvantage, that is, from Shang and Zhou to Ming and Qing dynasties, all kinds of powerful crossbows emerged one after another, but no one thought of installing a crossbow support. After the crossbow arm extends to the grip behind the plate machine, it basically ends, not even an inch more. This makes the crossbow handlers hold them flat when shooting, relying on their arms to withstand the strong recoil force. If they are not careful, they can smash two teeth into pieces. European crossbows are far less technical than China, but they installed crossbow support early on. Of course, it is not the butt-shaped structure we remember. Their crossbow support is just an extension of the crossbow arm, a piece of wood squared, just made very long and can shoot with shoulders, which is just not very good.

However, what they sacrificed for this was the crossbow's pulling distance. The design defects made the European crossbow always very small, which forced them to shorten and thicken the bow arm, and exchange the smallest pulling distance as possible for the maximum bow force. From crossbows to steel crossbows, this is the case. This design brings another problem: with such a short and thick bow arm, the difficulty of turning the string is much higher than that of Chinese crossbows under the same pulling force!

The Europeans were forced to use a winch to wind the strings in the end, because they really couldn't pull them with their hands.

Without a crossbow support, you cannot shoot with your shoulders. If you cannot shoot with your shoulders, it means that the crossbow will shake up and down when aiming, which has a great impact on shooting accuracy. At the same time, you can only rely on your hands to withstand the recoil during the launch of a strong crossbow. It is really inconvenient. Li Rui wiped off the blood on his lips and made up his mind to get a crossbow support first. He doesn't want to risk his teeth being knocked out every time he shoots an arrow!
Chapter completed!