Three Kingdoms

The next day, when Fei Qian returned to the gate of the Huang Family Yin Yin, he found that the middle-aged man he met when he first came here last time accompanied by Pang Tong was trying out the method accompanied by Huang Chengyan, the head of the Huang Family. arrow.

When Huang Chengyan saw Fei Qian coming, he introduced them to the two of them: "This is Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng. He has excellent archery skills and strong martial arts... This is my son-in-law Fei Qian and Fei Ziyuan..."

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

Fei Qian quickly stepped forward to greet him.

Huang Zhong also put down the bow and arrow in his hand and crossed his hands in salute to Fei Qian.

It turns out that Huang Zhong came to Huang Jia Yin Yin just to customize a few arrows suitable for himself from Huang Chengyan. After all, only top craftsmen can specially process some personal items according to different personal needs.

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

In addition, there is another important reason for looking for Huang Chengyan, which is the price, which is relatively cheaper. The craftsmen in Xiangyang City are asking too high prices, which is really unaffordable for Huang Zhong. After all, his family is not very wealthy, so it is good to save a little. of.

Practicing martial arts in ancient times naturally requires exerting energy, and the consumption of energy and blood cannot be obtained by drinking the northwest wind. It must have a lot of food. Huang Zhong has been fond of practicing martial arts since he was a child, and the money he spent on martial arts is like running water. , and there is no good income, so over time, the family naturally becomes a little embarrassed.

Fortunately, Huang Zhong was very talented in bow and arrow. From time to time, he could go into the mountains to hunt some living animals. In addition to satisfying his need for meat, he could also exchange some money to supplement his expenses, but this was only enough, so It would be 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 the price based on the lowest price. After all, Huang Chengyan also knew that if a person like Huang Zhong gave money randomly for no reason, Huang Chengyan would be disappointed. Zhong felt that he looked down upon him and felt that it was an insult.

The arrows Huang Zhong customized this time are triangular arrows, and there are about a dozen of them in total. The arrowhead was about the length of a finger, and was edged on three sides. It was very sharp. The shaft of the arrow was about the thickness of a finger, slender and smooth. Huang Chengyan added a layer of black paint to the arrow shaft, and then wrapped the arrow shaft with fish skin where the bow rests. One ring is used to prevent wear and slipping, and white goose feathers are used as the tail feathers. It is indeed exquisitely crafted and at first glance, you can tell that it is extraordinary.

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

No target?

Fei Qian's eyes were searching, but fortunately the white wings were still visible, and he quickly found the tree that Huang Zhong used as a target...

Fei Qian roughly estimated that it should be about two hundred meters from the Huang Family Yin Yin to the unlucky tree. Of course, in the Han Dynasty, there was no unit of measurement called meters, only steps.

Ancient steps and modern steps are conceptually different. There is a saying that "don't accumulate steps". In ancient times, stepping out with one foot was called "stepping", and stepping out with both feet was called "stepping". Therefore, the distance of one step is about one meter to one meter six.

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

Fei Qian walked under the tree and saw that the arrow Huang Zhong shot had basically penetrated it. The arrow had already popped out from the other side of the trunk. He couldn't pull it out. He could only push it in again. Knock it out and take it out directly from the other side.

Fei Qian looked around and found a handy stone on the ground. He knocked the arrow shaft a few times and removed it from the other side of the trunk. He looked carefully at the edge of the three-sided arrow and found that basically There is no damage, but the tip of the arrow is slightly blunt. It seems that the materials used by Huang Chengyan to make these arrows for Huang Zhong are quite good.

Fei Qian suddenly thought that if this unlucky tree is regarded as an unarmored target, then at this distance, under Huang Zhong's shooting, it is basically an iron-clad penetration damage. If the team is dense, it may be able to penetrate it. The two of them...

But what if there is armor?

When attacked by bows and arrows, how much damage can ordinary armor avoid?

Thinking of this, Fei Qian ran back and told Huang Zhong that he wanted to ask Huang Zhong for help.

Unexpectedly, Huang Zhong hesitated and did not answer immediately. He seemed to be looking at the dozen arrows in embarrassment.

Fei Qian guessed that Huang Zhong was a little worried about the newly made arrows. After all, although these high-quality arrows were stronger than ordinary ones, they were also prone to damage. If one broke, one would be missing.

Thinking of this, Fei Qian added that he should use ordinary arrows to test, and sure enough, Huang Zhong immediately agreed with a smile.

Fortunately, the Huang family had no shortage of these things. In a short time, they not only tied a layer of armor on the target tree, but also knocked off two pieces of wood that were about the same thickness as the tree on both sides of the tree. The pile was attached with leather armor and fish scale armor.

Huang Zhong bent his bow and loaded the arrow, almost without any careful aim, and shot five arrows at each target in turn. When it hit the fish scale armor, although one arrow hit the armor, it actually bounced away...

Then Huang Zhong added another arrow.

Fei Qian took a sneak peek at the faces of Huang Zhong and Huang Chengyan. They both looked normal and did not feel any embarrassment at all because the arrows were deflected by the armor. Fei Qian understood immediately, which meant that good armor did have a certain ability to deflect arrows. The probability of being defeated is why Huang Chengyan and Huang Zhong behaved so confidently.

Ordinary arrowheads are flat triangles with blades on both sides, about half the length of a finger.

Fei Qian stepped forward to check the differences between the various armors, and found out that the protective power of the leather armor was better than nothing. It basically penetrated all of it, and the entire arrow did not enter it. If it were a real person, it would basically be dead.

Zha armor is slightly better. The effect of shooting at the gap between the iron plates is basically the same as that of leather armor, with arrows penetrating through it. However, shooting on the iron plates is much better.

Fei Qian took a look and found that the three arrows stuck on the iron plate on the armor did not penetrate very deeply into the armor. The tails of the arrows were stuck on the iron plate, so if it were a real person, the degree of injury should not be too deep.

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

Of course, this is just an ordinary arrow. If it were replaced by a three-edged arrow customized by Huang Zhong, with the force of the first arrow shot, even the fish scale armor would probably be useless and would still be penetrated.

From this point of view, among the armors of the Eastern Han Dynasty, only the high-grade fish scale armor was considered to have better protection, while the armor and leather armor were not satisfactory. Even if we exclude the factor that Huang Zhong is an archery master, at least within a hundred meters , bows and arrows are also very deadly weapons...