Aztec Eternals

Early the next morning, under the twilight of the rising sun, Xiulot started his agility training.

He deftly dodged Berthard's continuous swings like a bouncing ape. With the establishment of body muscle reflexes, he has been able to effectively evade attacks that are not fast enough. When this kind of reaction is trained to the extreme, in the future, it will even be possible to make a small reaction under the bow and arrow, thereby avoiding the vital points of the body and greatly improving the survival rate.

The body is the capital of a warrior, and martial arts is the foundation of the Mexica. Eighteen kinds of martial arts are not yet available, and what warriors need to train is shields, batons, short spears, long daggers, and spear throwing. At this time, Xiu Luote is planning to add another one to the foundation of standing, bow and arrow.

After a while, Kuod rushed over with the craftsmen, holding various bow strings and clay pots containing bone glue. As soon as Shulot was distracted to look at it, he was hit on the shoulder. Hiss, it hurts. He had to keep jumping.

The old carpenter saluted Shulot from a distance, lowered his head and smiled, and went into the house to install the bowstring for the longbow. Bowstrings are usually made of a strong single strand, in this case deer tendon. There are rings at both ends, which are stuck in the small grooves at both ends of the bow, and then fixed with thin wires, and then glued with bone glue.

In the middle of the bowstring, the old carpenter specially wrapped a small circle of thin deerskin, and wound a circle of thin wire around the deerskin. This is the center guard, where the bowstring meets the pull-off finger to protect the finger. On the guardstring, two semi-rings of thin wire are used to make the nocking point, which is the contact position between the nock and the bowstring, so as to prevent the nock from sliding and reduce the shooting accuracy. These parts are fixed again with bone glue.

So in the morning, when Xiulot finished his endurance training, the English longbow, no, the Mexica longbow was finally completed. Holding this "magic weapon", he couldn't wait to come to the school grounds. His bowed body of 2.2 meters was two sizes bigger than the boy's. The boy could only tilt the longbow slightly so that he could hold the center of the shot.

Then, Xiulot excitedly took a bone arrow more than 70 centimeters from Bertard's hand, put the arrow on the string, and pulled it hard. Then, he was surprised to find that with his current strength, he couldn't fully draw the longbow. Beside him came Bertard's good-natured laughter.

The young man blushed, tried his best to draw the bowstring, and then aimed at the leather armor that had been placed at sixty paces, trying to get a flat shot. There was only a sharp sound of "嗖", and the bone arrow, like invisible lightning, suddenly crossed the height of the leather armor, threw a faint circular arc, and plunged into the soil a hundred steps away with a puff. When everyone went to look at it, the arrow body was actually inserted into the near ruler.

Obviously, at the last moment, the boy's hand was not stable enough, and when he fired the arrow, he raised it slightly, turning the flat shot into a projectile. However, when everyone saw the shooting power of a hundred paces, the samurai and craftsmen looked at each other in dismay, shocked beyond words. The young man smiled triumphantly. A step here is 1.3 meters when the Mexica takes one step on each foot.

The next test is obviously much more serious. Bertard took the longbow and made everyone back away a little. The vicissitudes of life warrior took a deep breath, half-raised the longbow with his left hand, his arm was as steady as a flat ground, and when he pulled it away with his right hand, the bow bent like a circular arc. He paused slightly to aim, and if he let go, it would be a shooting star.

Everyone heard a bang, and the bone arrow drew a very fast and flat micro-arc, pierced through the leather armor at sixty paces with a bang, and pierced two round holes in the chest. Then it continued to slide forward for more than ten steps, landed obliquely, and the arrow was still submerged in the soil.

The onlookers applauded loudly, praising the "magic shot". The samurai commander's face flushed slightly, he was actually aiming at the helmet stuck in the leather armor. Even the elite Mexica veteran warriors seldom practiced bows and arrows, they were better at close-range precision spear throwing. Berthard's bow skills were practiced when he was young and poor, when he was shooting birds in the mountains with a hunting bow.

Everyone checked the shooting power again, and everyone's faces became serious. At a distance of sixty steps, the leather armor is as thin as a leaf in front of the longbow. This is still a bone arrow. If you replace it with a sharp copper arrow

"This will be an epoch-making weapon. Within sixty steps of shooting from the longbow, elite leather armored warriors are no different from ordinary civilian militiamen. Once shot, either serious injury or death." Bertard's serious comment The effect of shooting.

Everyone looked at each other and nodded in agreement. Everyone has a vague premonition that the times are changing.

The Samurai Chief again tests the extreme range of the Mexica longbow. He still draws his bow like a full moon, with the arrow half pointing to the sky, shooting a parabola at a forty-five-degree angle towards the distant white clouds.

Shulot ran to check the drop point. This bone arrow has a range of 140 to 50 steps, and it has carried out epoch-making crushing on all the simple single bows of various tribes in Mexico, which is enough to shoot and suppress the city on the flat ground.

At this time, everyone's faces were filled with uncontrollable ecstasy mixed with serious thinking. Kuod first smiled with satisfaction, proud of his craftsmanship. Afterwards, the old carpenter glanced at the hole in the leather target, and suddenly sighed softly.

But Bertard, like an indefatigable iron man, repeatedly tested the power of the longbow at different distances until his arms became sore and he could no longer shoot.

Xiulot finally obtained the actual data of the Mexica longbow: the pulling force is above 90 pounds, the arrow's initial velocity is about 55 meters per second, the maximum throwing distance is about 130 steps, the maximum distance for flat shooting is 80 steps, and the maximum distance for shooting is 100 steps. Wearing cloth armor, a flat shot within sixty steps can penetrate the leather armor head-on! And within ten steps, using metal arrows can cause damage to the chain armor of European cavalry.

"The overall data is about 80% of that of the English longbow! The limit of the English longbow is at 170 steps, and the limit of the flat shot is at 100 steps." Xiulot thought excitedly, "Although the bow material is better, but the production It is always inferior in technology, and it is thanks to the hands-on work of the master craftsman Kuod that he can reach this level."

"When the longbow is really manufactured on a large scale, the overall power is estimated to be 80% lower than that of the English longbow. Use armor-piercing arrows and shoot at close range to break the chain armor. This power is completely enough!" Joy made Shulot's face flush, The corner of the boy's mouth couldn't be closed in a smile.

Watching the artisans continue to discuss the shooting uses of different arrows. With the wind under his feet, the young man flew to find Avet. He couldn't help but want to see the teacher's shocked expression.

Soon, the smiling Avette was dragged by the boy, and Bertard also recovered some arm strength, and once again demonstrated his unique skill of piercing the leather armor with an arrow within sixty steps. This time, the samurai commander was able to stabilize the shooting point near the heart of the leather armor, although he still couldn't guarantee to hit the head.

Through the limit test, the samurai commander determined that even for an elite warrior like him, the limit burst of the longbow is only ten arrows per minute, and if it lasts at most three or four minutes, it will exhaust its arm strength, that is, it can shoot thirty or forty arrows at most quickly. And if you shoot steadily, the normal speed is five or six rounds per minute, and it lasts at most ten minutes, fifty or sixty arrows.

As for the continuous shooting that Shulott saw in his novels for several hours, arrows rained down like rain, one enemy against a hundred. This should belong to a super soldier from the fantasy plane, or a toy bow used.

This time, Avitt was clearly prepared, and the shock only flashed across his face.

Immediately, he smiled and clapped his hands in praise: "Sholot, your grandfather really gave you a good name, and you are worthy of being the god of death, Sholot. With this weapon, the life of a samurai is like a fallen leaf. Arrows are falling down in the rain!"

Shulot was obviously in a state of abnormal excitement, his face was flushed, and he said loudly: "Sholot is the god of death and also the god of thunder. This kind of bow shoots arrows like lightning and brings death to the enemy. Why don't we call him?" Shulot's Bow! Sweep away all ghosts and monsters, and wipe out all white-skinned devils."

Avit rolled his eyes in a rare way. He stretched out his hand and touched the boy's forehead. He was a little hot, probably because he was too excited to talk nonsense.

"I'll talk about that later, you're not fit to be so flamboyant right now." Avet smiled slightly, then put the smile away, and asked seriously, "How long will it take to make this kind of bow?"

Shulot regained his composure. He thought about it carefully before answering cautiously.

"The process of wood preparation and bow making can be separated. If the wood is sufficient and the skill is mastered, a skilled bowmaker can make one or two ordinary longbows a day. However, if there is enough time, it is necessary to make a really good longbow , it will take several months, and the main time is spent on better bow training. Another limitation is the processing tools. Only hard bronze tools can slowly cut solid sandalwood and iron wood. In contrast , fir and oak are much less expensive to work with, and it takes a lot more time to make a large number of high-quality arrow shafts than to make a bow.”

Avit took a few steps back and forth in place, obviously thinking and hesitating.

After a long time, he clapped his hands suddenly, made up his mind, and said with a very serious expression: "The news of this kind of bow and arrow should be blocked first, and your followers should keep their mouths tight. Control the craftsmen, we will I will let people go to cut wood, and then get you metal tools. This month, at least a hundred bows will be made, and thousands of arrows will be produced, and I will secretly send you a hundred warriors to let them practice bows and arrows in turn."

Schlott realizes that Arvette has a big plan. The boy hesitated for a moment and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Arvette just shook his head seriously. His handsome face showed a firmness: "It is not possible to say now, and it may not be done. But the preparation must be done now! To seize the opportunity that may exist, but it is fleeting. Don't worry, I will not be impulsive , and will not harm you. We are connected together now!"

Shulot didn't hesitate any longer, the boy stepped forward to hold Avit's shoulder, and nodded firmly: "I believe in you."

Avit smiled slightly after hearing this, and said meaningfully: "We will change everything!"

The two looked at each other for a moment, suddenly felt an inexplicable impulse, and then laughed heartily, and the laughter spread to the sky: there is an eagle with wings spread, soaring freely above the nine heavens!

Next, Xiulot gathered his followers and strictly guarded the news of the longbow. Bertard arranged for twenty warriors to personally protect the safety of Kuod and the craftsmen, and at the same time help them fight.

In the next few days, Kuod designed different types of arrows and handed them over to Bertard for experiments.

Of course, the arrows of the bow are not single, and different arrows have different functions. Commonly used war arrows are about 75 cm long, similar to those of the English. The arrow shaft is made of tough oak, which is not easy to deform or be destroyed by force when fired. The arrowheads are mostly cheap wooden bone, and a few are expensive bronze, to deal with different targets. The light arrows of the stone and wood arrows deal with unarmored and lightly armored targets. And the bronze arrowheads of this era are considered heavy arrows, which are used to break the samurai's leather armor.

For a high-quality longbow of high poundage, the shaft must be strong, of good wood, and of adequate weight. An arrow body that is too light cannot fully bear the kinetic energy transmission of the bow body, and will cause irreversible damage to the bow body. The inferior arrow shaft will be broken by the huge kinetic energy, and even burst at the moment of firing, blinding the archer's eyes. Similarly, after hitting the target, the arrow shaft and tail feathers are often directly scrapped, and the cracked arrow shaft cannot be used again. In many cases, making arrow shafts consumes much more time and materials than longbows.

"Longbow is a big consumer of wood. Fortunately, we can still afford it." Xiulot said with emotion, no wonder the English not only planted their own trees, but also imported a large amount of wood.

With the current production capacity, the standard arrowheads are bone and obsidian arrowheads, and the sharp copper arrowheads are temporarily used as armor-piercing arrowheads. When you have iron in the future, you can make iron arrows with stronger armor-piercing capabilities, or even steel arrows.

In terms of the shape of the arrow, the slender arrow has a stronger ability to penetrate chain armor, and the thicker arrow has a better killing effect on light armor. In terms of the size of the arrow shaft, the slender shaft is more suitable for flying far, and the thick and short shaft increases the short-range killing.

Therefore, in history, the Jurchens like to use heavy arrows with thick short shafts and large arrows, in conjunction with their war bows with long bows with high draw force and long draw distance, to seriously injure the light armored cavalry of the Ming army. The Ottomans prefer conical arrows with slender shafts and pointed arrows, which maintain the armor-piercing performance within a certain distance to kill European chain armored cavalry.

Of course, when the distance is close enough, all will use heavy arrows to increase the lethality.

As for the blunt arrows, trumpet arrows, crescent arrows, and triangular arrows, which are special arrows for various purposes, Shulot will not be able to use them for the time being, but just to let the craftsmen have an idea.

A month passed quickly, and more than a hundred longbows had been completed. Shulot let his followers practice archery with Avit's henchmen. He himself incorporated bow and arrow into his daily training.

"Shooting is standard for the lord." Xiulot laughed at himself.

In a blink of an eye, two weeks have passed in May, and the most important spring plowing of the year has finally been completed. The wind and thunder in the rainy season come with the deep sky, raining continuous rain and lightning.

In the interval between wind and rain, a scarred scout hurried over from the southern mountains and brought Totek an important message: "The Tarascos on the other side of the Leman River have been mobilized, and tens of thousands of troops have assembled on the south bank of the Great River." Acambaro, the great army, is but a week away!"

This group number is 790550010. Welcome. In addition, the step of this book takes the ancient system of 1.3 meters.