Spring is warm and flowers bloom, and the earth is reviving. Spring in western Liaoning is later than that in the Central Plains, but it will come eventually. In March, it is still cold and windy, but for the White Wolf Cavalry who just came out of the severe winter in the northern part of the Great Wall, this coldness is nothing at all. They are training hotly.

Under the leadership of Ma Han, Taishi Ci, Tian Yu, Tang Nu, Wu Zhui and others, four hundred White Wolf Cavalry were the backbone, old and new, and jointly trained 1,500 new soldiers (when attacking Wencheng, a hundred people were lost, and the total strength was less than 2,000). Ma Han, Tang Nu, and Wu Zhui were all very mature cavalry training officers, mainly responsible for cavalry training, while Taishi Ci and Tian Yu had a lot of experience in the basic training of cavalry and infantry of the Han Dynasty, and were responsible for infantry training.

After a winter, although I have to spend most of my time in winter and I don’t have much training time, it has achieved great results, at least it looks like an army.

These four hundred most elite White Wolf Cavalry were the first Han slaves to start with Ma Han, and there were also a small number of Hu people, but both Han and Hu were absolutely worshipping and loyal to Ma Han. Nearly half of them were low-level officers from the White Wolf Camp, leading the cavalry and infantry recruits recruited from Liaodong to train, and at the same time passed on this worship and loyalty to the entire army.

At the foot of Bailang Mountain, two hundred selected strong white wolf cavalry archers are testing a new weapon - a new pulley bow.

Meng Yuan and Ma Jun, plus more than 20 craftsmen, spent about four months, spent a lot of energy and scrapped countless waste products. Finally, they took out more than 200 eccentric wheels in combination, all of which were bronze products (not easy to rust). They were made by hand, as if they were exquisite crafts. Ma Han also knew that this was too slow, but the craftsmanship efficiency of this era was like this. He was just a small city guard and did not have enough financial, material and manpower to change and improve.

The difficulty of pulley bows is that the eccentric wheel is not a big problem with other bow strings. After matching the eccentric wheel, you can save 30% to 40%, which means that if you could only use two stone bows, you can now use three stone bows. The first batch of two hundred pulley bows are all three stone bows, so you must choose a strong archer to use them.

The strong archers in the Xianbei and Wuhuan people usually refer to archers who use one stone, five dou or two stones to ride a bow, which is equivalent to ninety to one hundred and twenty kilograms of bow strength. Since most Hu people make their own bows, their abilities are limited. They mostly use single bows and have average shooting range. Those who are qualified to use strong bows made by professional bow makers are mostly tent cavalry guards, and the bow power used by tent cavalry guards usually does not exceed two stones. Of course, occasionally there are a few particularly strong ones who can use two stones, five dou or even three stones. Such strong archers have long been promoted to generals of the 100-person or 100-person or 100-person, and no one will be a pawn.

Therefore, once the White Wolf Knight is equipped with all the equipment of the three stone bow that can be pulled open with only a hundred kilograms of force, it is definitely a suppressive combat power, and the cavalry and shooting battle is completely invincible. Only then can the tactic of Manguda be truly exerted.

At this moment, Ma Han, Taishi Ci, Tian Yu, Tangnu, and Wu Zhui, these senior military officials in Bailang City were standing on a small hill, feeling a little nervous, looking at the battle exercises between the 200 White Wolf Knight holding a pulley bow a hundred steps away and the 500 White Wolf Camp cavalry.

The Red White Wolf Cavity and the Blue White Wolf Camp Cavalry. Both sides have almost the same equipment, the same horsepower, saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes. The same armor, both use arrowless blood bubble arrows. The so-called arrowless blood bubble arrows are removed. The arrow is wrapped in a tight sheep intestine blood bag with both ends. The sheep intestine is blown round, the intestine wall is nearly transparent, and it contains trace amounts of sheep blood. As long as the arrow hits the body or war horse, the arrow will explode, leaving obvious blood marks on the hit part, and those who "hang color" are considered to be the arrow. The point where the arrow is hit is the point where the arrow is hit, and any trunk is hit must withdraw from the exercise. On both sides of the battlefield, there are dozens of cavalry holding red flags, specializing in referees.

However, both sides also have an advantage that their opponents do not have: the blue side has strong forces, 500 cavalry, 200 white wolf cavalry, and 300 elite new recruits with excellent shooting. The red side has the advantage of weapons, they are equipped with pulley bows, and more arrows than their opponents. This is a duel between new weapons and strong forces. Whether the combination of new weapons and new tactics can offset the advantage of force, win the more with less, and gain the bigger with small, depends on the actual combat exercises later.

Ma Han nodded to the flag soldiers. The flag soldiers carried cowhide bags with cowhide flags, and there were small flags of various colors on them. After receiving the order, they immediately pulled out a triangular red flag and cast a few simple flags at the foot of the hill. The flag bearer at the foot of the hill waved the triangle yellow flag to answer, and the trumpet player blew the horn of the bull.

Woo--Woo--

The desolate horn sounded on the vast earth, and the seven hundred exercise troops, one man and two horses, and thousands of war horses were shocked, as if the falling thunder from the sky exploded from the ground.

The distance between the red and blue armies is an arrow, which is the standard distance between the two armies. The Red Army goes first, and the Blue Army pursues in two directions, which is similar to the actual combat scene of being surrounded and hunted by the enemy's superior forces.

Both sides have similar horsepower and their cavalry control abilities. At least for the White Wolf Cavalry, it is difficult to tell the difference between the new cavalry. Although the slightly worse new cavalry is behind, the pursuit is already front and back, and it is not a big problem. Both sides also have backup horses. If you chase straight to the head like this, you may not be able to catch up before the horsepower is exhausted. In this case, you can see the advantage of the troops. Five hundred wolf cavalry is divided into two, one team chases straight to the other team and one team circulates. After three turns, a one-tail pursuit and a flank interception will form, which will make the opponent's opponent's enemy with both sides and back.

The commander of the Red Army was Wu Zhui. When he saw the Blue Army split his troops, he immediately ordered the counterattack horn to be blown. Two hundred bows were raised in a diagonal manner, and he turned around and pointed at the pursuers a hundred steps behind him while running fast.

The three stone bow, shot with a five-two-level iron arrow, can cause armor-breaking damage to targets a hundred steps away. Compared to ordinary cavalry that must be at a distance of 5 or 60 steps before they can launch shooting, it is simply cheating.

The commander of the Blue Team was Tangnu. He had never believed that such a strange iron ring would have been installed, and then he had a thin three-stringed monster bow. Wu Zhui only asked him to take a look at the look of the weird bow, and then said, "Wash my saddle later."

Before the exercise began, I thought I had lost! Donnu was so angry that he was so angry that he wanted to let you Wu Zhui wash my horse's butt.

When Tang Nu intercepted the troops in two groups, he was still proud, but when he saw that the 200 White Wolf Cavalry led by Wu Zhui raised his bow a hundred steps away, he was stunned... What's going on? He just opened the bow at a hundred steps. What do this kid wants to do? Could it be that he still wants to snipe the enemy at a hundred steps? If this is OK, then he can even give up and give up directly.

The next moment, Donnu was stunned.

Tightening -

The strings were dense, and the arrows were raining everywhere. When they approached the eyes, the bright red blood bubbles were like bloody eyes of the demon...

Puff puff puff puff! Blood flowers exploded, people shouted, horses neighed, smoke and dust flew. Some people even fell off the horse's back.

Arrows are without a head, body, protection, but the strong impact force still causes considerable damage to the people and horses. Some arrows still pierce the horse's body, and some arrows hit fragile parts of the human body, such as parts that are not wrapped too thickly. They fall off the horse in pain and dizziness.

Tangnu also got two arrows, one was his arm and the other was his helmet. According to the exercise rules, this was a minor injury and he could continue to fight. Tangnu was no longer confused. He was just shocked. He could do it. Among the four hundred white wolf cavalry, at least a hundred people could do it, provided that they used two stone bows. It was not a big problem to shoot the armorless cavalry outside a hundred steps, and they could also break a single layer of leather armor, but after breaking the armor, the flesh would not go deep. Unless they shot into the vital points, they would mostly be injured and not die.

As for the impact and pain of the arrows in his arm, the force of this arrow is definitely more than two stones. If you install a horn, you can definitely shoot through your arm. Looking at the soldiers beside you who were shot down by a hornless arrow, Tang Nu even felt that the other party was using a three stone bow... But the problem is that this is not one or two people. But two hundred people! The two hundred cavalrymen who used the three stone bows were afraid that they would gather all the strong archers of Wuwan, Sanjun, and that's not the case.

More than 200 cavalrymen below Tangnu were hit by this unexpected blow. They were in a panic and were staggering and were thundering. The second, third and fourth rounds of critical strikes followed one after another. Tangnu could only run and had to run in a scattered manner. The team was too dense and was "killed" faster.

The two hundred white wolf cavalry of the Red Army did not need to be sent to orders. Each wolf cavalry skillfully grasped the fighter and immediately returned to chase after him. He kept clearing the backward cavalry one by one, and stopped to rest until he could no longer catch up. At this time, another team of cavalry in the Blue Army was also frightened. The main team dispersed in just a moment. Their squad did not have the advantage in their troops, but they did not attack? He watched the Red Army raise their horsepower and keep their energy, but he did not dare to step forward.

Soon after, the rest was over, and the spirited Red Army began to fight back again. With a hundred steps to 50 steps, attacking the nearby dog ​​flake, you can imagine the outcome of the Blue Army's deputy...

"What a strong bow! It's good tactic! Snipe the enemy by a hundred steps, and people chase me, and people escape me, like maggots attached to bones, never to die." Taishici was so excited that his face turned red with excitement, "With this strong bow and with such tactics, even the famous cavalry of the world like Wuwan and Xianbei can only escape. If he attacks the Central Plains army that lacks cavalry and is mainly infantry, it would be... a disaster."

Tian Yu was also in a state of great excitement: "When the White Wolf Cavities were called Hange Cavalry, they used this tactic, but due to the disadvantage of bows and arrows, they would not be able to show their advantages over the Wuwan Jingqi... If there was this pulley bow when Hange Village was surrounded that day, how could the old thief Wuyan be rampant?"

However, Ma Han was not as excited as the two of them and pointed at the Red Army: "When the Red Army defeated the Blue Army's home team, they fired five rounds of volleys, and they were unable to scatter. Have you noticed that at least half of the arrows did not shoot at a hundred steps, but fell seventy or eighty steps away, and some even less than sixty steps. If not, Tangnu's Blue Army's home team would have no chance to escape and would have collapsed directly."

Taishici also calmed down and frowned and said, "Is it... the one in this pulley bow... what you said is unstable in the 'performance'?"

"I'm afraid that's the case." Ma Han nodded and ordered, "The exercise is over, the team is closed, count, and check the bow and arrow."

Needless to say, the Blue Army lost a lot, and even the Red Army's hair was not found, and the net loss of its own was more than 400 cavalry. Such a high loss ratio was equivalent to the entire army being wiped out for the cavalry. However, more than ten minor and serious injuries were caused during the exercise, the most serious one was that the legs were broken by a random horse after falling off the horse.

Such losses are within the acceptable range of the Marhan. What is a practical exercise? In addition to reducing the lethality of weapons, everything else is no different from the real battlefield. In such a similar situation, it is already very good to not die. The injured soldiers will receive timely treatment. If they become disabled, they can also be treated as veterans.

Wu Zhui was very excited, while Tang Nu was dejected. As soon as he saw Ma Han, he strongly asked to equip his cavalry with this new bow. Ma Han ignored him and asked about the experience of using the Red Party White Wolf Knight, and finally found the problem.

The main problem is the battlefield environment and climate seasons. This is the northern border. It is March. The wind and sand are blowing and dust, which falls on the surface of the pulley, causing the friction between the bow string and the pulley to increase and the tension is insufficient, so it is not shot far. This will also wear the bow string, scratch the pulley, and shorten the service life.

Ma Han immediately attracted Meng Yuan and Ma Jun and proposed to them the idea of ​​using a closed eccentric wheel and a string groove movable opening and closing piece. This can maximize the protection of the eccentric wheel, maintain lethality, and extend the service life.

This supplementary device is not difficult, you can understand it at a glance. Meng Yuan said that all modifications can be completed within a few days.

After finishing his work, he saw Taishi Ci playing with his magic eye bow with the eccentric wheel of the Hundred Refined Steel. After the modification, the magic eye bow saves one-third of its effort. With only the pulling force of the seven stone bow, you can use this super strong bow of twelve stones freely. In other words, Ma Han can use the magic eye bow to complete hundreds of shots without exhaustion. Even Taishi Ci can barely shoot three or five arrows.

"City Guard, I have to have a bow like this." Taishici and Tian Yu almost spoke in unison.

"No problem, you can customize it specifically to Mengyuan according to your bow-drawing power."

"City Guard, do you see if you share some of these top 200 riders..." Tang Nu's eyes were also lit.

"Let's make a few ideas!" Ma Han waved his hand, "This new pulley bow is too small, we must use it in a concentrated manner to exert its power. I am going to pull out the top 200 riders and set up a powerful attack cavalry, which will be led directly by me."

Now Lian Tian Yu also expressed his support: "The city guard should have a direct cavalry guard."

Taishi Ci smiled and said, "You have to have a name for such a strong army."
Chapter completed!