As the earliest long-range weapon used by humans, the bow played a vital role in the development of humans. It can be said that it was not until humans had bows and arrows that they had natural claws, fangs, strong poison, and thick armor compared to other races.
Only with superiority in the true sense can one become the well-deserved leader of all things. From this moment on, humans can even influence the fate of races as powerful as giant dragons.
According to incomplete statistics, it was not until the moon first turned red, that is, about 15,000 years ago, that the concept of bow power was first introduced into military equipment management.
The so-called bow power refers to the force required to draw a bow. The specific measurement method is to use a fixed hanging scale to first weigh the weight of the bow itself. Then, hang the scale on the center of the bow back.
Hang a heavy object on the bow string and keep adding weight until the bow string is completely stretched. At this time, the weight of the bow + the weight of the heavy object is the bow power of the bow.
Generally speaking, excellent longbowmen in the army must draw a heavy bow of more than 30 kilograms, and must shoot three pots of arrows (that is, 36 arrows) continuously within 10 minutes. Generally speaking, the empire's second-line troops need to be able to draw a bow weighing 20 kilograms.
The horn bow, and the worst swordsman camp trainer must also be able to draw a 10 kilogram short bow.
All archers who use horn bows and long bows must master the skills of using bows and arrows, especially long-range shooting skills.
Every archer in the army has lines with different angles and colors drawn on the back of the hand holding the bow. Each line represents the distance of the arrow shot at this height. In this way, the mid-to-long distance flight position is controlled. Good
Archers can even correct the distance of their ultra-long-range rapid fire according to the wind direction, with very small errors.
——"Chi Yizi. Gong Shuo"
Chapter 23 Black Dragon Cavalry
What Chi Changyun was holding turned out to be the Qiu Shui Long Sword left by Emperor Gaozu. It is said that this sword came from the elves, and it was glowing green and extremely sharp. It was with this sword that Emperor Gaozu helped the founding king of the empire to defeat the 500
Many years of power. And only the head of the family can hold this sword. Now it seems that the grandfather gave it to the father and the father gave it to the elder brother.
The sharpness of the Xinghan sword cannot be compared with ordinary weapons. Not to mention the ancient weapons left by the elves, even the weapons containing trace elements made by the dwarves cannot compete. Only weapons made by the God of Creation can.
Fight against the weapons created by the God of Creation.
If Qiu Shui's sword was cut off... Chi Aotian could even think of his father and grandfather's faces.
However, if the Xinghan sword is not used, the ordinary sword cannot fight against Qiu Shui. With Chi Aotian's character, it is impossible for his brother to change to a long sword in front of many Tongyunguan officers.
The young general was also stunned. He first heard the bad news about his uncle, and then was forced into a dilemma by his brothers using the family rules left by his ancestors. He had long forgotten that what he was holding was the Qiu Shui Chang handed to him by his father.
The sword is still the long sword that I usually use.
In the same competition, according to the convention, the person with a lower status cannot attack first. Chi Changyun saw that Chi Aotian had not attacked for a long time, and mistakenly thought that he strictly followed the rules, so he was rude. He also really wanted to see Chi Aotian after five years of separation.
How good is Tian's martial arts now? Is it true that as the bards sung, it has reached a height that an ordinary person cannot reach. Qiushui's long sword passed by a floating light, the sword moved outward, and the body followed the sword.
Chi Aotian's face suddenly darkened. He did not dare to block directly with Xinghan. He stooped and took a big step back. His swords retreated and met each other. The two brothers fought together.
If it weren't for the fact that the two brothers looked very similar, we wouldn't be able to tell any blood relationship just from their sword-wielding techniques.
Chi Changyun's long sword completely follows the path of a standard knight's thrusting sword. Each sword must attack the enemy's waist and above, with the key areas being the chest, neck, and head. Chi Changyun's long sword learned from Nai's father, and he emphasized speed and accuracy.
, Jin, once each sword misses the target, immediately return the sword and stab again. There is a small flexible force on the sword, so the enemy does not need to hope that the weapon will block, the long sword will attack the opponent's weapon in an instant, and the long sword will stick to the gap in the opponent's weapon.
Once the sword touches the body, it will penetrate the body and the enemy will immediately lose the ability to move.
Chi Aotian's long sword swordsmanship was improved upon by Chi Hanfeng's Haber family swordsmanship during his 10 years of seclusion in Haike Village. The Haber family sword is different from ordinary long swords.
Holding it with both hands, the attack can be wide open or closed. The ground above one hand is full of danger, and more than 99% of the attacks are slashing. After improvement, it is best to use a long sword with two edges, and dance the sword instead of thrusting the sword.
More than 60% of the attacks are fired from both sides of the sword. Chi Aotian himself is introverted. When he was learning his uncle's swordsmanship, he improved the swordsmanship again and strengthened the thrust from behind. More than 60% of the attacks were from behind.
It stabs out suddenly in a square inch, including back stabs, side stabs, under-rib stabs, and other attack methods that are only available with daggers.
When brothers fought, Chi Aotian suffered a great loss. He knew very well that Qiu Shui would never be able to withstand Xinghan's frontal blow. He had no choice but to use the blade of his sword to flatten the thrust. The attack was suddenly reduced by more than half, and he fell quickly in a hurry.
Downwind.
Chi Changyun's face did not show his disdain for Chi Aotian's sword skills. A small number of officers around him were not familiar with Chi Aotian. Whether they were family officers or imperial officers, they had only one object of loyalty: the Chi family, the acting general of the empire.
Of course, Chi Changyun, the second heir to the family head, would not be polite.
With a soldier's personality, he won't say anything that is too damaging, but he will certainly not lack cynicism.
"Look, the Major General's sword skills have improved greatly."
"Of course, His Excellency the Marquis taught me step by step. A tiger father has no dog son."
"It's a pity that the Major General has been busy with official duties. Otherwise, with the Major General's martial arts skills, once he went out to wander around, wouldn't all the giant dragons in the world be killed by the Major General?"
"Yes, yes, I have heard that most of the mercenaries are impetuous people. They only know a few things and belittle themselves in the world. They are arrogant and arrogant. How could these ignorant people know that the real talents in the world are hidden in the military."
"What a golden brain, what a dragon knight who is the best in history. His reputation is so famous that it almost makes my ears tingle. Now that I look at it, it's really nothing."
The officers of Tongyunguan are really good at talking. There is not a single curse word in the whole article, and the word Chi Aotian is definitely not mentioned, not to mention Chi Men, but every sentence is directed at the small mercenary group and Chi Aotian.
Chi Aotian had never suffered such an insult since he joined the small mercenary group. His face turned dark, and he bit his lower lip tightly. His feet suddenly quickened his pace. Every time he stabbed a sword, he would take a quick step to the right.
, stabbed again and moved again. In an instant, the long sword thrust out more than 20 times and circled Chi Changyun for more than ten times - this is Horns's tactics after encountering a strong enemy. Horns is relatively short.
, if you blindly attack from the front, it will be difficult to find a weakness when the enemy is too strong. Xiaobu keeps circling around the opponent, attacking immediately with every move. Every move will attack the enemy's side, forcing the enemy to turn around constantly, making the opponent unable to defend himself.
Chi Changyun was also the first to encounter such a move. In the traditional stabbing sword attack, at most it was a small-scale movement. In this way, three or four swords circled the enemy in a circle. He had never seen such a long-term attack. The sword struck rapidly, ups and downs like a mountain, and the cold air suddenly increased. Chi Changyun had no choice but to take several steps back.
With Chi Aotian's character, once he gains the upper hand in a battle, the long sword rushes out like a huge wind and huge waves. Most of the time, the central nervous system has replaced the brain, and the matter of Qiu Shui's long sword is immediately thrown aside.
After more than 20 consecutive rounds of rapid attacks to the right around Chi Changyun, his strong body suddenly jumped to the left. Pulling the sword downwards - this is the essence of Chi Hanfeng's improved swordsmanship. Chi Changyun also habitually raised his hand to block.
When... there was a white light, the Qiu Shui sword fell to the ground.
Chi Aotian was shocked and immediately knew that he had made a mistake. Xinghan quickly retreated - a step too late, the long sword sharply swept through Chi Changyun's armor. After a dazzling white light, there was a trace of rare elements. The plate armor and the chain mail lining were cut open like paper, leaving a half-minute-long five-inch deep wound on Chi Changyun's left shoulder. The white wound paused for a moment, and blood gushed out in large amounts.
Everyone was stunned.
Chi Changyun covered the wound with all his strength. The young man's face was distorted by the severe pain. The honest young general managed to squeeze out a smile: "Aotian, it's really good. Even without the long sword of the God of Creation, I don't have any confidence to fight against you. The long sword. The small mercenary group is really powerful."
The cold young man's face turned red for a while, and he didn't know how to answer.
Many officers hurriedly gathered around to help General Dai's wounds. Chi Changyun in the crowd said slowly: "You have a day off. I will send an order now to assemble all the soldiers in the four surrounding camps. It will take two days to assemble the soldiers. The morning after tomorrow , you go to the military field in the west of the city and order the army to set off."
An officer had already picked up the Qiu Shui sword from the ground. Only then did Chi Changyun realize that the long sword was actually Qiu Shui. His face became even more ugly. He took it with his right hand and bit his lip: "It's a pity that Gaozu left the long sword." Jian, it’s just that I don’t blame you for this. It was my carelessness. I will explain it to my father and grandfather and receive the punishment. You can go down and rest. I will see you off when you go on an expedition the day after tomorrow.”
Chi Aotian had not slept for more than 50 hours. After landing, there was a battle between brothers. His mind was in a mess. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say. He said coldly, turned around and left the hall. Before that, Chi Aotian Aotian had been unconscious and in extremely bad physical condition. After arriving in the bedroom, he threw himself on the bed and slept for two days.
On the third day, the first white light appeared in the direction of the Fairy Forest in the east, and there was a knock on the door of Chi Hanfeng's bedroom: "Changfeng, it's rising. We must set off within 20 minutes."
Chi Hanfeng pushed the door open and saw his brother standing at the door. Because his arms were thickly bandaged with many layers, he could not wear heavy armor. He only hung small leather armors on the front and back. Chi Aotian lowered his head and quietly hid himself With apologies in his eyes, he followed his brother and the guards to the school military field.
The Tongyunguan Defense Zone is more than 400 miles long and 200 miles wide. Among the six brigades of the Black Dragon Knights, the Heavy Knight Brigade and the Heavy Infantry Brigade are stationed at Tongyunguan. The First Knight Brigade and the Concord Infantry Brigade guard the west side of the Fairy Forest. The choke point leads to the mercenary empire. The second knight brigade is stationed in the northwest, only 400 miles away from the desert empire. The earth dragon knight brigade is stationed in the boundary forest in the west. When Tong Yunhou organized the second-line corps, from the black dragon knights The Xie Cong Infantry Brigade and the 1st and 2nd Knight Brigade were taken away. In view of the frequent fighting in the southeast, Chi Changyun placed one knight squadron due north of the Fairy Forest and two knight squadrons in the northwest. The troops are stationed strategically between Tongyunguan and Fairy Forest, so that whether the enemy attacks Tongyunguan or directly attacks the mainland highway, they can arrive within 2 hours.
Brothers Chi Aotian and Chi Changyun stood on the general's stage in the military field of the major school. The darkness in front of them was almost entirely filled with knights.
Although he was worried about his father's war situation and that Chi Aotian had never commanded an army, Chi Changyun knew that Chi Aotian didn't like to talk. At this time, he had to stand up for him and tell the imperial soldiers what happened.
Just as the Major General was about to speak, loud eagle cries suddenly came from the northwest. Then, the sound of air waves of raptors beating the sky was faintly heard. Everyone looked up to the west, and there were so many giant eagles coming in the dark. This was in the forest.
This is an unusual sight. At this time, hawks are generally inactive, and raptors rarely gather together.
Looking more closely, there are actually human knights on the back of the giant eagle. Giant eagle knights? Many officers in Tongyun Pass frowned together. With so many giant eagle knights, once they attack from the air, it will be a disaster for any army.
An uncontrollable disaster. The officers on duty quickly organized the archers into position and waited for orders before launching the attack. More than 500 long archers from Tongyunguan hunched over and quickly passed through the corridors on both sides and stood on the north side of the school military field, clusters of
Black-feathered eagle-feather arrows were stuck on the ground, and 30-kilogram long bows were drawn open with a creak.
The knights in the sky discovered the army below, but ignored the threat of bows and arrows below. The knight at the front lowered the wings of the giant eagle, followed by hundreds of giant eagles behind them, lowering their wings one by one, and billowing waves of air hit the soldiers at the school military field.
Sweeping through, you can even see the sharp claws on the eagle's talons reflecting the rising sun.
It is rare for a soldier to see so many flying knights pressing down on him at one time. Faced with the sharp claws that were approaching quickly, a young archer suddenly let go of the bowstring in his hand due to nervousness, and the black arrow turned into a streak.
The black light shot at the knight at the front, and he realized that he had made the wrong shot, and cried out in surprise. It was at this moment that the archers heard someone shouting from the general's platform: "Don't shoot arrows..."
All the archers were worried about the Flying Eagle Knight. The arrows shot by the 30-kilogram longbow were faster than the sound within 50 meters. Before the opponent heard the sound of the bowstring, the bow and arrow had already hit the target. In such a short distance,
The opponent had hundreds of giant eagles, and they definitely didn't even have a chance to react. This arrow... was probably going to hit multiple giant eagles.
Just when the black arrow was about to shoot into the group of flying eagle knights, the two flying knights at the front suddenly shot two green short arrows at the same time, bang..., in the disbelief eyes of hundreds of human archers, the black arrow
Two green arrows penetrated the arrow shaft, leaving a two-color mark and falling from the sky to the ground.