When Guan Yu was patrolling the camp in the morning, he bumped into Li Mengxi and his brother Li Mengxi. He saw Li Mengxi holding a big stone in his hand, and Xiao Bian squatting there muttering about what they were doing.

Guan Yu felt strange, so he came closer and asked, "Xi'er, what are you doing with the stone?"

Li Mengxi, who was hitting small stones with a big stone, looked up and saw Guan Yu. He raised the stone and asked seriously, "General Guan, do you know how to use stones as weapons? The prisoners rioted last night, and several people were injured by stones. Look, there is blood on the stone."

Guan Yu took the stone and saw that there was blood on it.

As for Li Mengxi's question about how to use stones as weapons...

Guan Yu thought for a moment and then remembered. Guan Yu nodded, "Yes, locust stone ear."

"Locust stone... Huh?" Li Mengxi's eyes lit up when he heard it.

The locust stone sounds familiar... In "The Romance of the Gods", didn't Deng Chanyu use the locust stone? Also, it seems that in Water Margin, Zhang Qing used the locust stone when he didn't have arrows, so he could hit people with accuracy.

It’s interesting. I originally thought that novels such as Fengshen and Water Margin would make up some weapons, but Li Mengxi thought that the locust stone was made up.

How can you use stones as weapons in battlefield fighting? Also, when facing armored units, stones are useful.

However, last night, several armored men were hit in the face by a stone and fainted on the spot.

Thinking about it now, whether it is Fengshen or Water Margin, these romance novels certainly contain elements of exaggeration, but their essence is still rooted in the social foundation of that time.

There must be people who really use stones as weapons in the ancient battlefield, and the lethality is pretty good, especially the Yin people who are good at dealing with heavy armored units. Otherwise, there would be no two novels like "Feng Shen Water Margin". Deng Chanyu and Zhang Qing, who are not very skilled in martial arts, can do it. Overcoming the huge gap in force value, the opponent was beaten to the point of being bruised and bruised.

This may mean that the flying stone is fast and accurate, and is especially suitable for yin masters.

Li Mengxi was very interested in the Locust Stone.

Seeing this, Guan Yu told the story about the Locust Stone.

"This stone is too heavy to be good." Guan Yu weighed the bowl-sized stone in his hand and said, "If you want to use locust stones, you can go to the river to find pebbles, make a skin bag, and tie it around your waist. When using it, after picking up the stone, it will be released. After more than ten steps, the stone will hit the ground."

Li Mengxi nodded and understood that the locust stone is preferably a pebble-sized stone.

That's right, the pebbles are of a suitable size and are suitable for holding with one hand.

Another thing, compared to irregular stones, cobblestones feel very good.

Because in the two novels Fengshen and Water Margin, fierce men from all walks of life encountered the Locust Stone and were all defeated, so Li Mengxi speculated that the Locust Stone might be very suitable for beating those fierce men with abnormal strength.

As for the power of the locust stone and the power of the stone, Li Mengxi still expressed doubts.

Guan Yu personally took Li Mengxi to test the power of the locust stone.

Twenty steps, a tree and a straw man.

Guan Yu felt the feel of the stone, glanced at the target with squinted eyes, and then raised the stone high, stretched out his hand, and threw it hard like he was picking up dirt to hit a dog.

Snapped!

A stone as big as the mouth of a bowl hit the straw man on the head with a loud bang.

The fragile straw man's head was smashed off, and the stone hit the wooden pile with a snapping sound.

You see, it's okay to use stone as a weapon.

Guan Yu asked someone to bring him another shield, and again he took twenty steps and hung the shield on the wooden stake.

Guan Yu picked up the stone, threw away his arm, exerted all his strength, and threw the stone with a whoosh.

Snapped!

The stone hit the shield.

Li Mengxi clearly heard the sound of wood cracking.

When he walked over and took a look, he was surprised to see that there was a dent in the middle of the thick wooden shield, and the shield was cracked.

Based on Li Mengxi's current knowledge of weapons, even if a powerful crossbow is fired at the shield twenty steps, the arrow will probably pass through the shield, and it will not cause much damage to the shield's structure.

The destructive ability of stones to shields is actually stronger than that of crossbows.

I thought so. The crossbow pierced one eye, and the stone smashed into it, breaking a wooden board.

As far as the shield structure is concerned, it is not a big problem if an eye is pierced. However, if the wooden board is cracked, a crossbow arrow may pass through the shield along the crack.

Li Mengxi suddenly thought that since the destructive power of stones against shields is so strong, there is something to be done about it.

It's a disaster in battle.

As for defending the city, large rocks have their uses. Although the bowl-sized rocks cannot stop the enemy from climbing the ladder, if they can smash and split the shields of the enemy siege soldiers, then the crossbow will be useful.

May pass through shields and cause heavy damage to enemies.

Anyway, Li Mengxi's understanding is that the defense capabilities of a intact wooden board, a split wooden board, and a wooden board with several crossbow arrows nailed on it are different.

On a good wooden board, when a crossbow arrow is fired, at most a section of the arrowhead will penetrate to the back; on a wooden board with several crossbow arrows nailed to it, the structure of the wooden board is still intact and its strength is still there. When a crossbow arrow is fired on it, at most the arrowhead will still penetrate through.

A little behind the shield.

But in the smashed wooden plank, in the area about the size of the smashed egg, the wood has many cracks spreading out from the middle. At this place, the wood structure is loose and its strength is no longer strong. A crossbow arrow shoots through and pierces a thin

The boards are no different.

It seems that when defending a city, appropriately equipping some small stones can increase the chance of damage to the enemy's shield. Damage to the enemy's shield structure will not directly cause an increase in the enemy's casualty rate, but when combined with a crossbow, the crossbow can damage the enemy's shield.

The damage of the damaged shield increases sharply.

Li Mengxi also remembered that when he thought about throwing stones from the top of the city, the big stones couldn't be thrown too far. At that time, he thought about whether a trebuchet could be placed on the top of the city.

What I thought at the time was that the trebuchet was too big and inappropriate.

Now that I met the Locust Stone again, I had other ideas.

Why is the trebuchet big? Because the trebuchet needs to have enough power to throw big stones, so it is large.

Then, on the other hand, if it is just to help throw some small stones with the mouth of a bowl, there is no need for a large trebuchet, or even a trebuchet, and some very simple force-generating tools are enough.

When I have time, I need to look for a small throwing tool that is simple, small, and easy to operate.

Guan Yu also said that the locust stone was very useful when fighting on horseback. Instead of exerting force on flat ground, when fighting on horseback to throw stones, people can use the horse's speed to go faster.

Guan Yu was rich in experience and knew the locust stone and how to use it.

When Li Mengxi heard Guan Yu's talk about using locust stones for cavalry battles, he immediately remembered that Zhang Qing was a cavalryman without arrows in Water Margin.

Combined with Li Mengxi's original belief that locust stones can be used to plot against people with high martial arts values, the combination of these two things makes it clear.

The locust stone is used to hit fierce generals accurately? Why can't the crossbow, which is also a long-range weapon?

The answer lies in how to use it.

To use a crossbow to plot against the enemy general, if you use a crossbow, you must change the weapon in your hand to your left hand and lift the crossbow.

By the time these two steps are completed, the enemy general will be prepared.

If you want to use a bow to plot against an enemy general, plot against him. What is plot against him? It means taking him by surprise.

If you want to use a bow to assassinate the enemy, you must also throw away the weapon, get the bow, nock an arrow, draw the bow, and aim.

Such a process is too complicated. As soon as the bow is taken out, the enemy general will immediately see it and be on guard. If the arrow here is caught, the enemy general there will immediately hide and avoid it.

In particular, crossbow weapons are bulky. During mounted combat, no matter how the crossbow is placed, whether it is unhooked from the back or removed from the saddle, it will definitely take a lot of time.

The two cavalry are facing each other. As long as there is a slight movement on one side, the other side will immediately be alert. The use of crossbows is cumbersome and there is not enough suddenness, so the success rate is not high when plotting against the enemy general.

Different from the crossbow, the locust stone is first as big as a pebble. It is put into a treasure bag and hung on the waist. When you need to use the locust stone, you can just pull it out from your waist. Then you raise your hand and throw it away in half a second.

, the stone was thrown out.

In this way, the entire process from suddenly reaching out to pick up the stone to handing it out may not even take a second.

In this way, I suddenly took out the stone and threw it unexpectedly. The enemy general was shocked when he saw my little move. The enemy general reacted, and my stone flew towards the enemy general's head.

Retrieving the locust stone is much faster and smaller than retrieving a crossbow, and it is much more secretive than retrieving a bow. It is also faster and more secretive than retrieving a bow.

As for activating the action, the Locust Stone can be thrown in the hand and can fly when released. No matter whether the enemy is on the left or right, the Locust Stone is extremely flexible in aiming. The direction of the force can be adjusted with a slight movement of the hand. There are no restrictions on activating it.

As for the crossbow, after you pick it up, you still have to aim straight, and you have to pull the trigger. Only after you pull the trigger can the crossbow arrow fly out.

In terms of attack speed, the locust stone is much faster than the crossbow. Not to mention the bow and arrow, which is slower.

In addition to rapid activation, Locust Stone also has an advantage that crossbows do not have - size.

Some fierce generals can use their spears to knock down oncoming arrows. This flicking action is not to poke the arrows down with the tip of the spear, but to sweep the arrow shaft and drive the arrow away.

The locust stone is only the size of a goose egg, and may not be one-tenth the length of an arrow. The locust stone flies towards the enemy general. If the enemy general wants to shoot the locust stone down with a gun, the difficulty is more than ten times that of poking an arrow.

That is to say, it is easy for a fierce general to pick up arrows, but in a hurry, almost no one can block the locust stone.

Also, some fierce generals can catch arrows with their bare hands. Catching arrows is the same as shooting arrows with a gun. The arrow is long and has a large target, but the locust stone is small and difficult to catch.

As for arrows being fast and flying locusts being slow, then let’s switch to mosquitoes. Mosquitoes fly much slower than arrows. Why can we catch arrows but not slow mosquitoes? The target is Xiaoer.

Furthermore, catching an arrow is different from catching a locust stone. To catch an arrow, you need to hold the arrow shaft. The force of the arrow is forward. The force of the hand is perpendicular to the force of the arrow. If you grab the arrow shaft with your hands, your hands will hardly be injured.

As for the Locust Stone, the Locust Stone is flying towards you. If you want to catch it with your hand, the entire force of the Locust Stone has to hit your palm. And then, the power of the Locust Stone is so great. If you catch it with your hand, even if you catch it, there will be a click.

, if the finger is broken, a fool picks it up with his hand.

In actual combat, although the speed of the locust stone is not as good as that of arrows, it is definitely not slow. When two horses are facing each other, the speed of the locust stone thrown, plus the speed of the war horse, means that the opposing war horse is also coming at the same time. So,

The speed of throwing rocks increases the relative speed of our horse and the enemy's horse. Three directions plus one plus, the speed is astonishing.
To be continued...