The bow and arrow is a sharp weapon against the enemy in the cold weapon period, when the enemy charges, the archer will shoot the bow and arrow in his hand to the enemy, the ancient war is often hundreds of thousands of people, the scene of ten thousand arrows at once, just thinking about it makes people shudder.
In ancient times when productivity was low, every arrow was hard-won, but the consumption of a war was undoubtedly huge, so how did the ancients deal with the arrows that were shot?
The arrow is divided into three parts, the arrow, the arrow body, and the feather feather, and the arrow body and feather are relatively easy to makeThe hardest thing is the arrowheadThe Chinese have studied this arrow very well, and they have also set up a special production line for making arrowheads.
According to archaeological data, humans in China began to use bows and arrows at the end of the Paleolithic period, that is, 30,000 years ago.
Of course, the original bow was different from the current bow, and in the beginning, arrows were usedMade of sticks or bamboo, and then sharpen the end, and you can shoot arrows, and the arrows we see now, arrows are made of fine wood or bamboo.
At a distance, the top is a sharp **, and this ** is generallyMade of metal, there are sharp blades on the outside, although they cannot pierce the shield, but they are more than enough to kill the enemy.
The error of Qin's three-sided arrows is 0Within 15 mm, the arrow is a streamlined three-dimensional surface, which, when magnified 24 times, magically overlaps with the shape of a modern pistol cartridge.
In addition, metallurgists have also carried out metallographic studies on arrowheads, and the results show that tens of thousands of arrowheads are actually allThe same metal ratioForged, that is to say, whether it is in the northern Xinjiang prairie or the southern Xinjiang dense forest, the quality of any arrow shot by the Qin army is the same.
In ancient times, if a person was hit by an arrow, then the person was likely to leave a lifetime of illness, and in history, many famous generals died of complications after being hit by an arrow.
Most of the arrows in China are made of wood, but there are also bamboos, which are generally made of birch, willow and the like, which have high hardness and strength, and are used to make arrows.
It is not something that can be done with a random piece of wood, because the material of the arrow determines the range, power and accuracy of the arrow, and keeping the arrow straight and strong can make the arrowPowerLarger.
In order to ensure the straightness of the wooden arrow, ancient people would use a device called a tenon, which looks very high-end, but in fact, it has appeared in the Neolithic period, and there are many such things in the ancient city of Shiyuan.
On ancient battlefields, every part that can still be used will be as good as possible, but in battle** it is unlikely**, not all of them can be used.
Therefore, arrows are more often consumables, so no matter how tragic the battle is, both sides will designate a group of people to be responsible, after all, all the ** at that time were hard-won, so they are also called "scavengers".
This special group of warriors, who may have never been on the battlefield, but who have the same mission as the soldiers, shuttle through the battlefield, carefully collecting arrows.
It's like a scavenger, searching for treasure in the midst of ruins, and every arrow you find represents a chance of victory.
In the Battle of Xiangyang in the Southern Song Dynasty, due to the lack of resources, the side defending the city could only use linen as an arrow feather, but its effectiveness was greatly reduced, so the first arrow was very important.
However, after the battle, it is a matter of luck to regain an intact arrow that does not need to be repaired.
Therefore, the kind of crossbow arrows that can be divided are essential, whether the arrow shaft is damaged or the arrow is damaged, and all the ones that can be brought back are brought back** and then combinedand can continue to use it.
However, since most of the arrows were nailed to the enemy's body, the shafts were either broken or broken, and most of them were no longer usable.
In those times of low productivity, it was not easy to make an arrow, but with every battle, many arrows were consumed.
If you don't have the first arrow, no one can withstand this kind of loss, after all, not everyone, there will be a "straw boat borrowing arrow" like Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng.
In some wars, before the start of the war, the warriors will stick arrows in a pot of "", which is the legendary "golden juice", and it has long been noticed that human feces are very dirty and smelly, especially notIt is easy to attract flies
Later, I learned that once human excrement comes into contact with a human wound, it can cause the wound to fester.
That's why people think that this excrement contains poison excreted by the human body, which is harmful to the human body, and the ancients used this substance in warsUnscrupulousTarget.
The so-called gold juice is a mixture of feces and oil, boiled at high temperatures, and is extremely lethal, and is a kind of ** commonly used in siege in ancient times.
Although the materials are very ordinary and can be collected everywhere, they are extremely lethal, and once they are burned by the red-hot gold juice, they can only try their luck at Lord Yama.
Although the arrows are contaminated with the arrows, they will make the arrowsThe damage is higher, which also kills the enemy, but this method was rare in large wars in ancient times.
The reason is simple, arrows that are not coated with gold juice leave wounds on the enemy that are difficult to heal, and they can still cause lethality, although arrows without gold juice are fatal, but at least they can avoid some trouble.
Arrows piercing the body and internal organs are the most dangerous, piercing into the internal organs, will cause damage to the internal organs, but if you do not pull out the arrows, the body will be pierced by the arrows in the process of activity, causing serious internal injuries, with ancient medical skills, can not be saved at all.
In ancient wars, hundreds of thousands of people participated in the war, in the face of the enemy's charge, the bow and arrow became the best means to consume the enemy's combat power, as long as the enemy rushed to the range of the bow and arrow, only need to aim the bow and arrow at the sky to shoot out.
In ancient times, if two people were the same ** and body type, then if they wanted to kill each other, they had to go through a vicious battle.
And a powerful bow and arrow, plus a good arrow, can kill a person with one arrow, let alone an arrow soaked in poison.
Especially in ancient China, because the number of heavy cavalry was not large, the bow and arrow used to deal with light cavalry became even more important.
Long before the advent of frontal artillery, there were crossbow arrows, bows and arrows, repeater crossbows, car crossbows, etcRemote**, even in Western countries, for a long time, longbowmen were used against the enemy.
Archers are not used to kill opposing archers, but to kill enemy infantry, especially those in groups.
Because in ancient times, the military formation was very important, and the existence of archers was forDisrupt the enemy's formation, allowing cavalry to tear through the enemy with ease, so often archers can inflict massive damage on infantry.
The biggest role of crossbow arrows is reflected in defense, but as the ancients became more and more skilled in making armor, ordinary crossbow arrows could no longer cause much damage to them, so they had to kill those infantry without armor.
On the battlefield, the lethality of bows and arrows is not very large, far less sharp than spears and knives, and the consumption is also very large.
Coupled with the fact that the "arrows" stay in the air for a long time, it is not difficult for experienced servicemen to dodge, but what will happen if a thousand, ten thousand, or even a hundred thousand people, at the same time hold a "bow and arrow"?
In ancient times, the training of archers was a very difficult thing, because to achieve the purpose of long-range killing, their bows were heavy and full of bowstringsIt's hard for ordinary people to pull it
Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, the selection of archers was extremely strict, and everyone had to go through strict training and heavy assessments to become archers.
You must know that the combat power of an excellent archer is enough to be worth two or three ordinary soldiers, and it is impossible to train an excellent archer without two or three years.
The Qing Dynasty was the last year of the feudal dynasty in our country, and the use of bows and arrows was still relatively frequent at that time, and in the army, the pulling force of bows and arrows could reach seventy catties.
And unlike other **, there will be no loss in training, bows and arrows in training, every shot will beConsumes a lot of energy, and if the bow and arrow are left empty, it will cause irreversible damage to the bow and arrow, so this is why every archer training must be on the arrow.
Archery is a very muscle memory test, so you have to practice it diligently, if you don't rest for a while, your movements will become inaccurate, and even the tension of the bow that can be pulled away will decrease.
Therefore, training archers is a long-term and continuous thing, and in ancient times, when productivity was low, training archers was extremely resource-intensive.
In addition, the training ground for archers is also limited, and no one can enter the archery path, so training an army requires a lot of space to accommodate so many people to train at the same time, which is why it is so difficult to train archers.
In the ancient battlefield, the bow was the most important means of long-range attack, and in the long river of history, the "scavengers" were silently dedicated behind the scenes, they made great contributions to this war with their blood, sweat and wisdom, and also left us countless stories and anecdotes.