Chapter 317 How come my -pound weight is not as good as that of a girl!

The English longbow is a very famous infantry bow. This bow has great lethality and can penetrate armor, making it famous on the European battlefield.

Even Zhen De, who knew very little about European history, limited to high school textbooks, had heard of it from some videos and was deeply impressed by this longbow.

And the cost of this kind of bow is not high.

But everything has its pros and cons. Since the advantages are outstanding, the question is, what is the cost?

The first thing to do is to undergo long-term training. He used to think that being an archer was not a very high requirement. However, as he got to know him better, he found that those who could serve as archers in the army were far superior to ordinary soldiers in terms of strength and physique.

At its core, bow and arrow is a technical job as well as a physical job.

How can you keep pulling the bow without strength? How can you hit the target without skills?
Don’t arrowheads cost money?

Nowadays, a cannon shot is worth a ton of gold. But in ancient times, large-scale archery would be worth at least thousands of pieces of silver, if not a ton of gold, right?
Secondly, according to the corpses of longbowmen unearthed in the British Peninsula, we can know that due to long-term pressure and the special posture of archery, their spines have an abnormal curvature.

Zhen De fell into deep thought. Cavalrymen had to use bows and arrows. If gunpowder was invented, everyone would have a three-eyed magic gun, and let the people of the Han Dynasty experience what "times have changed".
In this case, must infantry be equipped with longbows that cause great damage to themselves?

"Snapped"

Zhen De slapped himself on the head, and suddenly he realized, why should he be so particular about the bow?

It’s better to use a crossbow than a bow!

You have to know that in the Han Dynasty, crossbows and armor were equivalent to today's guns and cannons, and privately possessing armor and crossbows was a serious crime.

Unfortunately, most of the crossbows in the Han Dynasty were large crossbows, and the hand crossbows used by individual soldiers in combat were only mediocre and not very powerful.

Even the famous Zhuge Crossbow is still in its infancy.

What's worse is that Zhuge Liannu has been lost.
Zhuge Liang's crossbow is not good, but other dynasties also had powerful crossbows, such as
When Zhen De was thinking, the assistant director rushed open the door. As soon as he opened his mouth, several people led by Liu Bei, followed by Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Mi Zhu and Sun Qian, stood up quickly. A steady and powerful voice came out from Liu Bei's throat.

"Assistant Director, why are you so flustered?"

Although it was a harmless question, the assistant director still shrank his neck and swallowed his saliva. Several strong men turned around and stood up at the same time. Who could bear this? He just felt like a little white rabbit that had accidentally walked into a dragon's den.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead, an awkward smile appeared on his lips, and he subconsciously said, "Seven heroes gathered in this small room, are you guys going to play Huluwa?"

"If you have something to say, say it quickly." Zhen De, whose thoughts were disrupted, could no longer sit still. He looked at the assistant director with a speechless look in his eyes. He ran over here just to complain?
After Zhen De's reminder, the assistant director finally came to his senses. He looked at Zhen De like a drowning man grasping at a straw and shouted hurriedly, "Director Zhen, go and have a look. The newly rented horse is frightened and out of control!"

"what?"

Zhen De was a little dumbfounded. Why was the horse frightened?

You have to know that this was a fierce horse with blood-red and flaming mane that they had finally found, and they were counting on the horse to play Red Hare.

What? Ask about the previous Red Hare?

All I can say is that Guan Erge is too strong and powerful. How can a horse with a collapsed back be Red Hare?

Isn't this making things difficult for Second Brother Guan?

Unfortunately, when it rains, it pours
"Director Zhen, the horse being frightened is indeed a big deal, why don't you let me and my brothers do it."

Liu Bei's voice appeared in my ears.

Zhen De then remembered that Liu, Guan and Zhang were the real Liu, Guan and Zhang, who had ridden all kinds of horses. How could he catch a mere weak horse from later times?
"What are you still standing there for? Lead the way!"

Zhen De patted the assistant director's shoulder vigorously.

"Director Zhen, teachers, follow me!"

The assistant director rushed out of the door, and no one dared to neglect him, and they took big steps to catch up. However, when everyone arrived at the stable, there was no commotion at all. The assistant director looked at Zhen De, and Zhen De's face was full of "Are you trying to trick me?"

"No, Director Zhen, listen to me, it was clearly there just now."

The assistant director was under increasing pressure. He looked everywhere, not missing any corner, trying desperately to find evidence to prove his innocence.

"It's okay. Maybe it was just a misunderstanding. There's no need to make a fuss."

Zhen De patted the assistant director on the shoulder and consoled him in a gentle voice, "Although you have repeatedly offended me and tried to take over the director's role while I was away, I am magnanimous. I will let it go considering that even though you have no merits, you have worked hard."

"Oh my god, Director Zhen, it's already this late, stop joking around, that's a good horse, if it runs wild it'll hurt someone!"

Hearing this, Zhen De's smile froze, "You still know about this, why don't you broadcast it to inform everyone?"

“I, I, I,” the assistant director said anxiously, “I’ll go right away!”

The moment he took a step forward, a beautiful female voice floated out from the hidden speaker above the building.

"Attention, all units, attention, there seems to be a wild horse on the run in the theater, it is out of control, please be careful, if there are any witnesses please contact xxxxx"

Sun Qian was surprised and said: "What is this sound?"

"Of course it's the mistress." Mi Zhu replied in a low voice.

"Ah? I don't have any arrangements?" The assistant director stopped and a look of confusion appeared on his chubby face.

Zhen De rolled his eyes at the assistant director, "When you told me, I contacted the students behind me, but by the time you realized it, the opportunity was gone."

"Sorry." The assistant director lowered his head in shame, and their fingers touched each other nervously.

Zhen De punched the assistant director on the shoulder, "Don't look like that, do you think you are a pretty girl?"

"Director Zhen? You don't blame me?" The assistant director showed a surprised look on his face. Zhen De's punch just now was not only soft and weak, but also painless.

Zhen De glared at the assistant director, "Why should I blame you? We have been classmates for so many years, and nothing has happened yet? Be careful next time. If there is a next time, I, the director, will be really angry."

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The assistant director gritted his teeth, seemed to have made some decision, and actually ran forward.

Fortunately, Zhen De reacted quickly and gave Zhang Fei a look, and Zhang Fei immediately understood.

"No, Director Zhen, what are you doing?"

"What else did I want to ask you?"

"Of course I will."

Before the assistant director finished speaking, a brisk and gentle voice came out.

"Uncle! Director Zhen! And, brother, whose horse is this?"

The assistant director heard the sound and looked over, only to see the slender Mi Xiaomei riding a tall red horse slowly approaching in the warm sunlight.

The assistant director swallowed his saliva and said, "No way, the horse that I couldn't stop was actually calmed down by a little girl?!"

Zhen De curled his lips, "What a fuss."

(End of this chapter)