The arrows in Yan Hua's hands are really different from ordinary longbows, when the carpentry workshop went all out to make 124 longbows, Sun Ji and Yan Hua were also soaked in the woodworking workshop, they just felt like archers, in just two days, they had already touched the longbow. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

For ordinary people, the longbow is amazing enough, with the power of half a stone, it can exert the power that 1.5 stones, or even 2 stones can't play, if you count the power of projectiles and salvos, the power of this longbow is further amplified, but in the hands of elite archers, the power of this longbow is a little small.

They can command the longbowmen to fire a salvo, and in the volley, they become ordinary longbowmen, who cannot play a role at all, and need a harder bow, and at the same time, they also give some weak points of the longbow from a few days of exploration, and discuss with the carpenters to make some improvements.

In order to make the longbow harder, Zhao Xin also proposed the method of lamination, with the help of several carpentry masters, superimposed 5 layers, becoming the first strengthened longbow, the bow force exceeded 1.2 stones, which is considered to be the more powerful among the longbows, greater strength, will bring a huge improvement, 1.2 stone longbow direct distance of more than 180 steps, which is familiar with the short bow, it is almost the same, basically equivalent to three or four stones.

Xue Yu's eyes lit up, as an archer, he only heard the effect of the longbow for the time being, the power of 1.2 stones, as long as he was careful, it should not hurt his arm, he reached out from Yan Hua's hand, took the longbow, gently felt the power, and shot an arrow towards the open place.

It's so amazing, this longbow exerts a far stronger power than the short bow, and the arrow that shoots straight finally leaps about 170 paces before losing its height and sticking obliquely into the soil of about 180 steps.

Sure enough, it was far away, Xue Yu raised his eyebrows, the range was predicted, Sun Ji and Yan Hua both said that he was more concerned about the simplicity of the bow, it was very simple, whether it was made or operated, it was really the most suitable bow as Sun Ji said.

"See, this is the strongest bow at the moment, and Sun Daiyu and I also let the carpenters continue to study how to increase the strength of the bow!"

A simple sentence immediately attracted Xue Yu's attention, at present, his thinking has not changed from the traditional bow, in his opinion, the advantage of the longbow is labor-saving, perhaps Zhao Xin said, saving seventy or eighty percent of the bow, is this bow, if this bow power can be strengthened to about 5 stones, it is not a stronger bow than the moon bow, that is the real treasure.

At present, there are only 5 layers, and if it is 10, 20, or even 50 layers according to the development of the carpenter's craft, will the bow power of this bow be increased to 2 stones, 4 stones, or even 8 stones, and then it will give birth to a powerful longbow of 24 stones.

When Xue Yu and the two chatted eagerly, Zhao Xin listened 20 meters to the side, the drill of the longbowmen, Zhao Xin did not dare to relax in the slightest, this is the first army he came to the Northern Song Dynasty and settled down, he almost showed everything that he could learn in later generations, whether it was teaching or gracious, he almost achieved the extreme, even the training was no exception, and the entire longbow training was based on him.

Seeing that Xue Yu and the others thought that this bow was what Zhao Xin said, a strong bow that could save more than 7 percent of labor, Zhao Xin couldn't help but pour a layer of cold water on them, and the longbow was made into 4 stones or even 8 stones, which was completely overthinking, and the labor-saving bow had another point, but before the steel manufacturing and drawing process did not progress to a certain extent, it was just on paper, the structure of the moon bow was right, and there were countless problems on the material and bowstring, which Zhao Xin could not solve now.

Zhao Xin walked up to them and directly told them that the maximum bow power of the longbow would not exceed 1.5 stones, which was the limit and could not be changed.

Among all of them, the one who knows the most about the longbow must be Zhao Xin, Zhao Xin said no, basically it is unlikely, is it really not possible?

Zhao Xin poured a basin of cold water from head to toe, the reason why the longbow is cheap, the choice is these relatively easy to obtain materials, the bowstring is a key, silk is elastic, tenacity is also, its elasticity is not without limit, the limit of silk, is about 1.5 stones, which is the fundamental reason why Zhao Xin said 1.5 stones.

Of course, if the silk is thicker, it is not impossible to withstand greater force, and if it is thicker, it is not a bow, but a crossbow, and the silk of 1.5 stone is verified to be the best, and for it, the balance of the entire bow will be destroyed, so that the gains outweigh the losses.

The best range of the longbow, that is, within 300 steps, more than 300 steps, may be able to shoot, the lethality is greatly weakened, and the role of the entire bow will be greatly weakened, more than 500 steps, it has been calculated as the degree of blocking the bow, relatively speaking, it is more suitable for short bows and compound bows.

The longbow is excellent, not his own excellence, it is the result of his characteristics and the corresponding tactics, the perfect combination, sometimes, the weapon may not be as powerful as possible, the longbow is like this, the maximum strength, that is, about 1.5 stones, almost equivalent to three or four stones of hard bows, is already very good, more is half a stone, equivalent to 1.5 stones and 2 stones of hard bows of longbows.

Sun Ji and Xue Yu only then thought that the bowstring was a big problem, if the bowstring was replaced, with the current short bow string, this idea had just risen in their hearts, and they vetoed it.

The string used is not silk, it is also called a longbow, it is superimposed on five or six layers, the complexity of the manufacturing process will increase the cost of the longbow, in the addition of a few layers, that is not a simple thing, after seven or eight layers, each additional layer, the effort is more than double the previous one, to reach 20 layers, or even 5 0 layers of superposition, the price of this bow body will rise to an unacceptable level.

Even the bowstring is closer to the short bow, not to mention, the longbow is at least twice as long as the short bow, more, and even triple, 3 times the amount of the bowstring, plus the manufacture of the longbow body, it can be unceremoniously said that the price advantage of the longbow will no longer exist, the longbow is more expensive than the short bow, and much more expensive.

To sum up, it is better to use a short bow, at least, the short bow is also easy to carry, the technology is relatively mature, at least, from 10 stone to 25 stone bows, there is no problem, the production method has already been explored, and the price is also in an affordable range, but no one can pull it.

Yan Hua's face was embarrassed, he was not a simple archer, fist and foot kung fu was his best place, his understanding of bows and arrows was far less profound than Xue Yu's, in the middle, Sun Ji was a little embarrassed, although he didn't follow Yan Hua just now, but deep down, he didn't want a harder longbow.

Zhao Xin pierced this veil, what he held in his hand should be the best bow that he could get at present, this one looks simple, in fact, it is equivalent to a hard bow of about 4 stones, it is easy to operate, and the bow body of about 6 feet makes him very comfortable to hold.

In the bow, even according to his habits, a certain improvement has been made, which is more suitable for his habits, with such a bow, he can achieve accurate sniping at about 150 steps, and can continue to exceed 500 arrows, which will greatly increase his lethality.

In the skirmishes on the border, two or three archers like him appeared, which was a nightmare for the siege, they could harvest safely and at will, and the loss of two or three thousand a day would not be able to withstand even if it was as strong as Liao.

When the 4 stone bows can kill people, the pursuit of stronger power is sometimes completely meaningless, Sun Ji and Xue Yu understood the meaning of the longbow in an instant, they saw that the so-called imperfect place of the longbow was actually the most suitable place for the longbow, and only God gave it to appear, it was extremely perfect in all aspects, and it was completely adapted to the longbow of the Great Song Dynasty, it was really God blessed the Great Song Dynasty.

Just when Sun Ji and Xue Yu thought that the improvement of the longbow was about to come to an end here, they didn't expect that Zhao Xin suddenly looked at them with a strange face, and then said lightly, if you want to provide the attack power of the longbow, there is not a way, there is another way.