Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 136 Arrow Test

The next day, when Fei Qian returned to the gate of the Huangjiayin Courtyard, he unexpectedly found that the middle-aged strong man he met when he came here for the first time with Pang Tong was accompanied by Huang Chengyan, the Patriarch of the Huang Family, for a test. arrow.

  Huang Chengyan saw Fei Qian coming, and introduced them to them: "This is Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng. He is very good at archery and martial arts... This is my son-in-law, Fei Qian and Fei Ziyuan..."

   It really is Huang Zhong! The middle-aged version of Huang Zhong!

   Fei Qian hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

  Huang Zhong also put down the bow and arrow in his hand, and saluted Fei Qian with his hands crossed.

  It turned out that before Huang Zhong came to Huangjiayinyuan, he wanted to order a few arrows suitable for him from Huang Chengyan. After all, only top craftsmen can process some personal items according to individual needs.

  Ordinary military arrows are a little lighter for Huang Zhong. They can be used, but they are not very handy, and the quality of civilian arrows sold by hunters in blacksmith shops is even worse.

In addition, there is another important reason for looking for Huang Chengyan, and that is the price, which is relatively cheaper. The price of the craftsmen in Xiangyang City is too high, which Huang Zhong can't afford. After all, the family is not very rich, so it is good to save some money. of.

Practicing martial arts in ancient times naturally required hard work, and the consumption of energy and blood could not be obtained by drinking the northwest wind, it required a lot of food, and Huang Zhong liked to practice martial arts since he was a child, and the money he spent on martial arts was like running water , and there is no better income, so as time goes by, the family is naturally a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Huang Zhong is very talented in bows and arrows. From time to time, he can go to the mountains to hunt some live animals. In addition to satisfying his needs for meat, he can also exchange some money to supplement expenses, but this is only enough, so It is somewhat difficult to spend a lot on bows and arrows.

Fortunately, Huang Chengyan also knew Huang Zhong's difficulties and appreciated his martial arts, so he basically calculated according to the lowest price. After all, Huang Chengyan also knew that if a person like Huang Zhong gave money at will for no reason, it would make Huang Zhong feel uncomfortable. Zhong felt that he looked down on him, and felt it was an insult.

  The arrows that Huang Zhong customized this time are three-edged arrows, and there are about a dozen of them in total. The arrow is about the length of a finger, with three edges, very sharp. The arrow body is about the thickness of a finger, slender and smooth. Huang Chengyan added a layer of black paint to the arrow shaft, and then wrapped it with fish skin at the place where the arrow shaft rests on the bow. A circle is used to prevent wear and slipping, and then white goose feathers are used as the tail feathers. It is really exquisite and meticulous, and it looks extraordinary at first glance.

  When Fei Qian came, Huang Zhong was trying out arrows, but after Fei Qian finished reading Huang Zhong's custom-made arrows, he didn't see any targets when he looked forward...

   No target?

  Fei subconsciously searched, but fortunately, the white wings were still obvious, and soon found the tree that Huang Zhong used as a target...

  Fei Qian roughly estimated that it should be about 200 meters from the Huangjia Yinyuan to the unlucky tree. Of course, in the Han Dynasty, there was no meter as a unit of measurement, only steps.

  The concept of ancient steps is different from modern steps. There is a saying "do not accumulate steps". In ancient times, stepping out with one foot was called "stepping", and stepping out with both feet was called "step". Therefore, the distance of a step is about 1.1 to 1.6 meters.

  Based on this calculation, the shooting distance of Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng's arrow test here is about 150 steps.

Fei Qian walked under the tree, and saw that the arrow Huang Zhong shot had basically penetrated through it, and the arrow had already protruded from the other side of the tree trunk, and he couldn't pull it out, so he had to go further in. Knock and take it out directly from the other side.

Fei Qian looked left and right, and found a stone on the ground that he could easily touch, and tapped the shaft of the arrow a few more times to remove it from the other side of the trunk. There was no damage, but the point of the arrows was a little blunt. It seems that Huang Chengyan used good materials for Huang Zhong to make these arrows.

Fei Qian suddenly thought, if this unlucky tree is regarded as an unarmored target, then at this distance, under Huang Zhong's shooting, it is basically a sure-fire penetration damage. If the team is dense, it may be able to penetrate Through two people...

   But what if there is armor?

  When attacked by a bow and arrow, how much damage can ordinary armor avoid?

  Thinking of this, Fei Qian ran back and talked to Huang Zhong, wanting to ask Huang Zhong for help.

  Unexpectedly, Huang Zhong hesitated a little, and didn't answer immediately, looking at the dozen arrows with some embarrassment.

  Fei Qian wondered if Huang Zhong felt sorry for the newly made arrows. After all, although these high-quality arrows are stronger than ordinary ones, they still have a chance of being damaged. If one is broken, one will be missing.

  Thinking of this, Fei Qian added that ordinary arrows were used for the test, and Huang Zhong immediately agreed with a smile.

Fortunately, the Huang family did not lack these things. After a while, they not only tied a layer of armor on the target tree, but even knocked down two pieces of wood that were about the same thickness as the tree on both sides of the tree. Stakes, fastened with leather armor and fish scale armor.

  Huang Zhong bent his bow and shot five arrows at each target in turn, almost without careful aiming. When the arrow hit the fish-scale armor, although one arrow hit the armor, it bounced off...

   Then Huang Zhong shot another arrow.

Fei Qian took a peek at the faces of Huang Zhong and Huang Chengyan. They both looked normal, but they didn't feel any embarrassment at all because the arrows were bounced off by the armor. Fei Qian immediately understood, which means that good armor does have a certain ability to bounce arrows away. chance, that's why Huang Chengyan and Huang Zhong behaved so calmly.

  Ordinary arrowheads are flat triangles with double edges, roughly half the length of a finger.

  Fei dived forward to check the differences of each armor, found the protective power of the leather armor, it can only be said to be better than nothing, basically all penetrated, the entire arrow did not enter it, if it was a real person, it would basically die.

  The Zha armor is a little bit better. The effect of shooting at the gap of the iron plate is basically the same as that of the leather armor. It is all pierced by arrows, but the shooting on the iron plate is much better.

  Fei Qian looked at it, and the three arrows on the armor were not very deep into the armor, and the tails of the arrows were all stuck on the iron, so if it was a real person, the degree of injury should not be too deep.

  The last fish scale armor has the strongest protection, and the arrow is flat. If the angle is not good when it is shot on it, it will indeed be bounced directly...

  Of course, this is just an ordinary arrow. If it is replaced by Huang Zhong's custom-made three-edged arrow, with the strength of the first arrow just now, it is estimated that even the fish scale armor will not be of much use, and it will be penetrated.

From this point of view, the armor of the Eastern Han Dynasty only had high-grade fish-scale armor, which was considered to be better in protection, while the armor and leather armor were not satisfactory. Even if the factor that Huang Zhong was a master archer was excluded, then at least within a hundred meters , the bow and arrow is also a very deadly weapon...

   Bows and arrows are within 50 meters. In the hands of archery masters, they are actually as powerful as pistols... So don't provoke those who practice archery... On the first day of the new year, there are probably many people still sleeping, right? The new year is here, I wish you all the best of luck, counting money until your hands cramp~

  (end of this chapter)