Chapter 324: It's Better To Buy (Continued)
After a crisp "ding" sound, a feather arrow fell to the ground. The soldiers waiting beside him ran up and picked it up. The arrow curled up slightly. Then he looked at the armor "worn" by the scarecrow. He saw that the armor leaf hit by the arrow only left white dots.
This arrow hit the armor leaf, not to mention the rupture, there was not even obvious dents.
Seventy steps away, a handsome young man in brocade clothes slowly walked forward, and stopped on the edge of a horizontal line after a moment. At this time, he was about fifty steps away from the scarecrow.
A feathered arrow with white gray was drawn out from the quiver. The young man bent his bow and aimed at the scarecrow, and soon spread the bowstrings.
The feather arrow shot into the scarecrow's armor on the "left front chest". The arrow condensed, but the tail of the arrow flipped forward, and the entire arrow "flipping" over the scarecrow.
The soldier stepped forward to check and found that the armored leaves were sunken at the point where the arrow hit. It was obvious that the armored leaves were deformed but not broken.
The young man continued to walk forward, from fifty steps to thirty steps, shooting an arrow, and the arrow was finally "nailed" on the armor, but the soldiers checked it carefully and found that the arrow only pierced the armor leaves a little.
The young man walked forward again and came to a twenty-step distance. The arrow shot successfully pierced the armor of the scarecrow, but the arrow still failed to penetrate too much.
This means that in actual combat, even if the soldiers wearing this armor are shot into hedgehogs by a wandering arrow on the chaotic battlefield, as long as they are not shot into the vital points such as eyes, they will not lose the ability to continue fighting.
If the soldier wears a ring lock armor first and then wears a collar of armor (arrow armor), the chance of survival during the rushing formation will be much higher.
King Jin Baijing, who was watching the archery on the side, looked at the young people standing next to him and asked, "How is this the treasure armor given by the Emperor of Central Plains."
These young men named "Hualang" or "Hualang Tu" bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, this armor is indeed extremely strong and is much better than our country's armor."
Jin Baijing nodded and said helplessly: "But our craftsmen just can't make such strong armor."
"After a while, you can see what power the treasure bow given by the Emperor of Central Plains is."
After saying that, Jin Baijing clapped his hands, and the young man who was shooting the archery walked back to the beginning - a horizontal line at a distance of 70 steps, and took a slightly strange-shaped bow from the soldier.
This bow looks no different from other bows from a distance, but if you look closely, you will find that there is a rotary wheel at the tips on both sides of the bow, and the bowstrings are circling between the two rotary wheels, which is not simply connecting the two ends of the bow.
The young man pulled out a feather arrow, put it on the bow string on the bow, pulled the bow, aimed, and then scattered it.
After a "bang", the feather arrow shot directly into the scarecrow's chest and nailed it to it. The soldiers came up to check and found that the arrow had pierced the armor leaves a little.
At a distance of fifty steps, the young man used the bow to shoot another arrow, and the feather arrow shot through the armor directly. Not to mention the arrow, even the front arrow shaft could not penetrate the scarecrow's body for more than a short time.
This shows how powerful this bow is.
When the Hualang saw the king signaling them to try the Zhongyuan treasure bow, they surrounded them, picked up the other bows placed next to them, and started to test the shooting.
Hualang is a young armed group among the Silla nobles. Its members are called "Hualang" or "Hualang Tu", and the leaders are called "Hualangzhu" or "Fengyuezhu".
After joining the Hualang organization, aristocratic young people gather together to practice martial arts, and also learn to write poetry, paint, and music. If necessary, they are ordered to go on the battle, or perform musical instruments at major ceremonies and perform talents.
Of course, Hualang who assumes such a duty at the ceremony must be handsome and elegant.
For King Silla, the Hualang organization is an important tool to consolidate the royal power. It is also a means to attract the aristocratic young people to enter Hualang for cultivation.
Of course, the Hualangs are not just vases. If they really want to go to the battlefield, they are a reliable elite combat power. In order to guard against the Western thieves (Baoje), the Northern thieves (Goguryeo) joined forces to invade. While actively preparing for the war, they also paid attention to strengthening the Hualangs' training.
Hualang disciples who can serve Jin Baijing today are all the best among Hualangs, and they are all good at riding and shooting, so they took the Zhongyuan treasure bow and quickly discovered the differences between the treasure bow:
After the bowstring is pulled open, you don’t need to spend too much effort to maintain the state of being triggered but not ejected.
As we all know, the stronger the bow power of a bow, the greater the strength the archer needs to draw the bow. When aiming at the target after the bow is drawn, a lot of arm strength is consumed in order to maintain the posture of attracting but not firing.
In this way, aiming cannot last too long, which will waste your energy on the one hand, and your arms will tremble, affecting the accuracy of your archery.
But now, the strength required to draw such a strong bow is smaller than expected. After you aim at the target, you can aim for a while, because maintaining the aiming posture is not a big burden on the hand (right hand).
The Hualangs were not used to such strange bows when they first started, but they could adapt after shooting a few arrows. Because it would not be too difficult to maintain the bow state, they could aim at the target calmly and ensure the hit rate.
So, can you add a rotor to each of the bow tips at both ends have such a magical effect?
The Hualangs were amazed and carefully looked at the wheels on the bow and found that these wheels with fists were not solid wheels, but hollow wheels that looked like wheels.
Jin Baijing was very happy to see the Hualangs quickly adapting to the treasure bow. She asked everyone to approach and signaled to follow the followers to tell the relevant relationship between the "roller bow" in the Central Plains.
Previously, the Silla envoy was sent to the Zhou State. The Emperor of Zhou State presented ten-collar armor and ten treasure bows, allowing the envoy to bring back to Silla. The power of this treasure bow was amazing, and it made people amazed after watching the test shooting.
If such a powerful bow can be equipped with a large number of troops, then the chances of winning will inevitably increase when the official army fights the two thieves in the west and north, so it must be able to make it by itself.
The structure of this bow is very simple. It is nothing more than adding a roller to the end of the bow tip and wrapping the bow string in it. It won't be too difficult to make it.
Therefore, Jin Baijing let the skilled craftsman imitate the treasure bow given by Zhou Guo. He thought it was effortless, but after a while, although he made a copy of the product, the power of the copy was not as great as imagined.
The key to the problem seems to be on the roller.
The rollers on Zhou Guobao's bow are actually not straight round, and the center of the circle is a bit tilted, which is a "eccentric wheel". The rollers forged by craftsmen in their appearance will soon crack.
This roller material should be made of fine iron or even steel, so it can maintain sufficient strength in the hollowed-out state. Silla craftsmen tried to replace it with solid iron wheels, but found that the power was not much improved compared to ordinary bows.
Therefore, this "roller bow" looks simple in structure, but it is difficult to make. Even if a substitute (solid roller) is made, its power is not as good as expected.
What should I do if I want to use such a powerful weapon in the battle formation but cannot create it?
It doesn't matter, I can't make it, I can buy it.
Buy it from Zhou Guo (Beiyang Trading Company). As long as Silla can afford the payment for the goods, the other party can sell as much as you want.
Jin Baijing looked at the young people in front of him and suddenly interrupted: "However, this kind of bow is expensive and the court cannot afford it. He can only give priority to the equipment for Hualang!"
"You are my sharp men and noble bone-quality warriors. You should use the best bow to defeat all invading enemies for me and the court!"
Chapter completed!