The sound of wind and horns

Author: Zhuang Shenchen

The sound of wind and horns

If a worker wants to do his job well, he must first sharpen his tools.

The strategies used for hunting on the grassland are completely different from those for hunting in the forest, and the weapons required for hunting giant beasts and hunting birds and beasts are also very different.

The men used stones to break the gray outer layer of the chalk to expose the dark flint underneath. They selected flints with good color and no impurities and knocked them. The stones fell off one after another, leaving wavy indentations on the flint nodules.

Some of the stones are sharp knives from the moment they fall, and can be made into weapons or tools with simple processing.

The men who were successfully selected to participate in the meeting were busy polishing their weapons. The corners of their mouths were not lowered throughout the night, and their excitement and urgency were beyond words.

In comparison, the three sisters who were also selected were much calmer.

The tribal conference in winter is not their home field. On the contrary, since there are very few women participating in winter, the reproduction task for each person is naturally heavier on average. Five or six times of reproduction per day is acceptable. If it is more than ten or twenty times,

It will be...very tiring.

In addition to bearing the rain and dew, women are also responsible for logistical work. The wild beasts hunted by men will be cut, dried, boiled and tied by them. As for boiling water and cooking, that is women's daily routine, and it is the same everywhere.

The weapons used to hunt giant beasts are mainly torches, spears and javelins, supplemented by slings. Some hunters with superb skills and excellent arm strength will also use meteor hammers - an enhanced version of slings, with multiple animal skin bags.

Wrap the stones and tie them with a rope made of animal sinew and twine.

The method of using the sling is the same as swinging the arm above the head, accumulating strength and then throwing it. The difference is that the bolas has multiple stones, which are shot out like shotguns and can cover a larger area. As long as any stone hits

The legs, neck, head and other parts of animals will create opportunities for hunting.

These weapons, which cannot be used in the forest, are very efficient in dealing with large herbivores on the grassland. In comparison, the power of bows and arrows is somewhat inferior after all, and it is difficult to cause heavy damage to the big guys with thick skin and flesh.

of blow.

But this refers to those crudely made ordinary bows and arrows. Carefully crafted strong bows have both accuracy and power. Otherwise, slings and javelins would not be obsolete, and would even become a required course for ancient nobles.

It can be said that bows and arrows were as decisive weapons to the barbarian era as firearms were to the cold weapon era.

Zhang Tian picked up the horn bow that had been placed in a dry place. After many days of training, the bow had basically been finalized.

Hutou caught a glimpse of Zhang Tian's actions, immediately jumped up and walked over quickly.

"Is my sunbow ready?"

His voice was originally rough, but now he could not suppress his excitement and spoke even louder.

Everyone heard it, and the men immediately dropped what they were doing and rushed over to watch. Wolf Claw, who owned one of the bows, shouted "Give" in an extremely proud tone and squeezed into the crowd.

, the expression on his face is the same as that of the children who claimed their "figures" during the day.

Facing the expectant eyes of everyone, Zhang Tian smiled and nodded: "It's time to wind it up."

The bowstring had already been prepared, and was carefully woven one by one from bear sinew and twine, which took a lot of work on his part.

String the three bows in turn. Since the draw distance of the bow has increased a lot, the arrows also need to be slightly longer and thicker. They still use sharpened bones and stones as arrow clusters.

The tiger's head and the wolf's claws were eager to get ready. After receiving the bow, they hurriedly pulled the bow string to try out the feel.

Zhang Tian immediately stopped them: "Don't let it go in vain! Take your arrows and go outside to shoot at the target."

It is easy for the bow to break if it is empty. It is okay for an ordinary bow to fall. The power of a horn bow is amazing. Once it breaks, the so-called reverse bow kills an ox. The reaction force is not even strong enough for an old ox with rough skin and thick flesh, let alone a human being?

The three men walked out of the cave with their bows and arrows, and all the tribesmen, men, women, old and young, followed them out to see with their own eyes the power of the bow that their ancestor Hou Yi used to shoot the sun!

The tiger's head stretched out his bow and nocked an arrow. The moment the bowstring was drawn, his eyes lit up. Even if he was as strong as he was, it still took some effort to draw the bow!

The bow was like a full moon, the arrow was on the string, and the tight force spread from the bow string to the fingertips, making every cell in his body tremble. He couldn't help but shout: "What a bow!"

Wolf Claw's eyes are also shining. You can tell the quality of a bow as soon as you pull it. Just for this unparalleled feel, all the bows he has used before combined can't match it!

Zhang Tianmian was impressed. The performance of the bow was better than he expected. Although it was not outstanding compared with the horn bows he had played before, it was more than enough for hunting!

The three of them aimed at the tree target twenty meters away, feeling the gentle mountain wind blowing by their ears. The trees swayed and made a soft sound.

Everyone held their breath and stared at the fingertips of the three people with anticipation and a little nervousness.

"Whoosh!"

There was a loud sound, and Hu Tou was the first to release his fingers!

Followed by two more whooshing sounds, Zhang Tian and Wolf Claw also fired arrows one after another!

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, only Zhang Tian's arrow accurately hit the target. The sharp arrow cluster tore through the tree target as easily as tearing through soft animal skin. The huge kinetic energy pushed the arrow cluster to drill deep into the tree trunk until half of it was

The arrow body sank into it!

The arrow from the tiger's head brushed the edge of the tree target, and the wolf's claw was shot to grandma's house. When they put on the new bows, both of them couldn't control it for a while, and suddenly felt that their faces were dull, such a big tree stump,

He can still miss the target!

Everyone was stunned. This power was so amazing! From a distance of twenty meters, it could almost penetrate a tree trunk as thick as a waist! With this kind of power, no other beast, except for the thick armor of the woolly rhinoceros, could stop it!

The tiger's head opened the bow again, this time no longer holding the bow, carefully feeling the power from the bow string, aiming, shooting, all in one go, the arrow sank into the tree stump!

"What a good bow! It's really a good bow!"

Hu Tou saved his face and laughed loudly, extremely excited.

The men were so itchy that they rushed up and surrounded the three of them, clamoring to borrow their bows to shoot.

The three bows were passed around like drums and flowers. When one person shot, the people next to him immediately grabbed the bow and continued shooting. After shooting, they were just as stunned as the previous person, reminiscing about the experience of shooting the sun bow.

A stunning touch that makes your muscles tremble.

Qionghua also stepped forward: "Can I try?"

"certainly."

Zhang Tian handed her the horn bow in his hand.

The bow is very hard, but fortunately Qionghua often practices archery, and her wrist and arm strength are much stronger than other women.

She shot three arrows in a row, then reluctantly returned the bow to Zhang Tian and asked, "Can you make me one after I give birth? Wolf Claw's archery skills are not as good as mine..."

"Who said that!"

Wolf Claw expressed dissatisfaction.

When Qionghua proposed a competition, he immediately fell silent.

Men responded one after another. Although they did not have children and their archery skills were not as good as Qionghua's, they also wanted to own a sun-shooting bow.

Zhang Tian solemnly said: "As long as we hunt enough horns and tendons for this tribal meeting, I will make one for everyone!"
Chapter completed!