Chapter 23 in
On a bright morning, Xiao Shiyilang was very enthusiastic about listening to the lecture. The lecturer was Li Li, a beginner of archery. The content taught was how to aim when shooting archery.
Then, a group of archery veterans listened to the scene. This feeling was very funny, because as a beginner, Li Li talked about archery to a group of masters, which was simply a show of his skills.
Just like a rooster, explain to a group of ducks how to swim on the water.
However, Li Li was not guilty because he had "Krupp's personal experience" and was not afraid of others not accepting him.
Therefore, we must eliminate Xiao Shiyilang's heart problems in archery, such as how to aim when shooting archery.
Although Xiao Shiyilang is now shooting archery correctly, he actually doesn’t know why, he is just practicing.
How to aim, this question also bothers beginner Li Li.
When shooting, the common target distance is twenty to thirty steps. As long as the person who shoots the archery has normal vision, he can always see the bull's eye, so he must aim at the bull's eye.
But the target is farther away, such as the eighty-step target, after bending the bow and aiming it, Li Li discovered a "terrible" fact: the target (the bull's eye, and even the arrow target) was blocked by the bow handle and could not aim at it at all.
This is also something that Xiao Shiyilang is confused. Although there is a method of how to aim in the mantra taught by his uncle, Xiao Shiyilang did not understand, so he was afraid of difficulties and did not want to practice seriously.
If Li Li wants to help the little guy resolve his knot, he has to figure out this problem himself. He also finds it difficult to understand: the three-point one-line aiming method is useless.
Three points and one line refer to the sight hole, the sight star and the target are on a horizontal line, while the sight hole, the sight star is on the firearm, and is the sight of the firearm.
Three points and one line are the aiming method of firearms, but they are not suitable for aiming bows.
When the archer bends the bow and takes an arrow, because the arrow is placed on one side of the bow handle (the thumb-tips are generally placed on the right side of the bow handle), when the archer aims at the target, the target is actually easily blocked by the bow handle.
This situation is particularly obvious when shooting long-range targets.
The three-point and one-line aiming system is a sight hole, a sight star, and a target, which corresponds to the archer bent his bow and hitting the arrow. The "three points" should be the tail of the arrow (corresponding to a sight hole), the center of the bow handle (equivalent to a firearm sight star) and the target.
Nowadays, it is impossible for the bow handle to open a hole to allow the arrow to pass through, so the bow handle will inevitably block people's sight. Then the three-point and one-line aiming method is not suitable for the aiming of the bow.
The bow has no sight. Since there is no sight or sight (the bow handle does not have a hole), the so-called "direct sight" does not exist.
In this regard, the aiming of archery has its own set of mantras and key points to ensure that archers can still "aim" at the target after long-term training.
Beginner Li Li, like Xiao Shiyilang, feels that this set of mantras and key points are very "mysterious", so he thinks that aiming when shooting archery is metaphysical.
He spent a while of practicing, thinking, drawing various schematic diagrams based on the scientific knowledge he knew, and then figured out the principle of this set of aiming methods.
In short, it is not a real sight (direct sight) but a virtual sight.
Through several reference points of the bow handle (reference points vary from person to person), then imagine the arrow shaft extension line or some auxiliary lines to form a virtual sight in the field of view, replacing the opening (actual sight) that should have existed in the center of the bow handle.
When aiming at the target, you must open your eyes, rather than shooting with a gun in later generations, squint one eye and aim at the target through the gun sight with the other eye.
Li Li understood the 'principle', but he could not explain it to Xiao Shiyilang using the nouns and theories of later generations. So he used the "Krupp aiming method" as a gimmick to fool the fat man.
Use physical demonstrations to let Xiao Shiyilang understand what a "mainline" is.
The real thing is a crossbow.
On the side, Cai Quan and his guards were amused and laughed at when Li Li actually came with a crossbow and explained to the Eleventh Langjun how to aim at the archery.
In order to read the martial arts, Cai Quan led a group of warriors. He had no real skills and could not convince everyone.
Because I have practiced arrows for many years and have seen the wonderful ideas of many beginners, Cai Quan disagreed with it now seeing that Li Li’s actions are too ridiculous.
There are crossbow soldiers and archers in the army. The aiming methods of crossbows and bows are completely different. When shooting archery, you use the aiming method of crossbows to aim at the target, which is a joke!
Cai Quan thought so, he was afraid that his cousin would be misled by Li Li and went astray, so he quickly interrupted Li Li's explanation: "The way of aiming the crossbow and aiming the bow are completely different from the way of aiming the bow!"
"Yes, the villain knows..." Li Li nodded and refused to deny it.
Whether his next explanation is correct or not, whether the auxiliary tools are used reasonably does not matter. As long as it can help Xiao Shiyilang understand, untie the knots of his heart, and eliminate the fear of difficulties, that's fine.
Seeing that a group of people around him were despising him, Li Li smiled and said, "The aim of the crossbow is indeed different, but it is the same destination."
"Okay, tell me." Cai Quan also laughed, "Let's see how the different paths are the same."
Everyone wants to know what Li Li said, "The same way is the same as the same destination". It sounds serious.
Li Li first asked Xiao Shiyilang to experience the shooting of the crossbow, experience the aiming method of the crossbow, and then began to explain what the "Krupp aiming method" is (the metaphysical version of the three-point one-line aiming method).
Because the shooting method is somewhat similar to that of later guns, the aiming method is similar to three points and one line.
Xiao Shiyilang shot with a crossbow more than a dozen times, and understood what Li Li said, "three points and one line aiming", established the concept of "targeting principle", and knew what "fast" was.
With the foundation in mind, Li Li's explanation has entered the second stage.
He took out a bow with an "attachment" installed, which shocked others: What kind of weird bow is this!!
Cai Quan held this special 'teaching bow' in his hand, looked at the circle-shaped 'sight' on one side of the bow handle, and looked at Li Li again, wanting to say, "Are you crazy?"
Since ancient times, I have never heard of anyone adding a "sight" or "fast" to the bow handle!
"Actually, this is not a sight, because the best sight should be at the center of the bow." Li Li took this special bow and explained to Xiao Shiyilang and others.
"If you open a hole in the center of the bow handle, the consequences are very serious, because after opening the bow, the bow body together with the bow handle bears huge force. If the hole is opened, the bow will easily break from the hole."
"So, this sight is actually an auxiliary device for convenience..."
Li Li looked at Xiao Shiyilang who was eager to try and said, "It is convenient for Langjun to understand the aiming techniques and essentials taught by the Fangge."
"After mastering the key points, you can take it off."
In the skeptical eyes of everyone, Li Li introduced the auxiliary aiming method of the "teaching bow" (which he figured out by himself) to Xiao Shiyilang.
Xiao Shiyilang seemed to understand but didn't understand, so he immediately used it to practice archery.
Bend the bow and arrow, use the "sight" to aim at the bull's eye, and then spread the bowstring.
......
With a "puff", a archer was caught in an arrow on his face, and he didn't even shout the word "ah". He turned his eyes and fell backwards. Seeing this, his companion next to him was so scared that he squatted down.
There were twenty-six people in total, gathering in the small fence at the top of this high ground, and they would keep sending arrows to restrain the invading enemy and support the main camp.
Highlands are easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there are steep slopes around them. If the enemy wants to attack with force, there will be heavy casualties. They have many arrows, which can last longer.
The invading enemy sent many people to shoot at the bottom of the slope, but the opponent's head was very poor, and the arrows flew everywhere. You could tell at a glance that they were novice.
However, one of them was completely different. One arrow took away a life, and suppressed them here with one's own strength, and did not dare to emerge.
At this moment, everyone was curled up behind the wooden fence, and one of them pushed a jar with a wooden stick, carefully stretching out, allowing the bottom of the jar to extend out of the wooden fence, like a head.
After waiting for a while, there was no movement. Another person held a bow and arrow and carefully stretched his head to check.
As a result, just as he appeared, an arrow flew over and hit the forehead.
He didn't even have time to shout, so he just leaned back and fell to the ground. When the others saw him, their faces turned pale.
There is no doubt that the other party is a sharpshooter, with a distance of forty or fifty steps, shooting five arrows in succession and killing five people in a row, and no one dares to emerge again.
A shout came from my ears, which was the movement from the village next to me. The thieves had already attacked the village. Now it seemed that the situation was not good.
They looked at the rolling smoke rising from the village, and were anxious, but they didn't know what to do. There were sharpshooters outside who were staring at them and couldn't get out at all.
"Fight!"
Someone whispered, and everyone discussed for a while and decided to fight to the death. A group of people were responsible for supporting the pottery jar with wooden sticks, while others were responsible for shooting archery.
Almost in an instant, two groups of people moved together, and their heads and clay pots stretched out from the wooden fence at the same time, but the clay pots were just stuck like this, and the people began to bend their bows and arrows.
Outside there is a slope, with ups and downs, with trees and shrubs, where the invading enemy is hidden, but there is no way to see where the archer is hiding.
With a "swoosh", an arrow flew in and shot a man in front of him.
The others were shocked and looked in the direction of the arrows, but saw a man showing half of his body in the bushes, looking like he had just shot the arrow.
"Call him to death...ah!"
Another person was shot into the door, screamed and fell down. The archer then ran horizontally, and everyone immediately aimed and placed the bowstring.
However, the other party kept dodging, and the arrows shot out fell one by one, but the other party shot arrows one by one, one by one, and one life.
He shot to the death, but the opponent was unscathed and five more people died.
The others were so scared that they squatted down, shivering, and dared not move anymore.
Zheng Yuan, who killed five people in a row, hid under a stone. Looking at the group of novices around him, he felt helpless: These people were so nervous that they were all so nervous that they didn’t even have the right to shoot archers.
Many people were also caught in arrows, but they were also blessed with the ring lock armor. Moreover, the arrows of the other party were not very good, so there were no casualties.
Zheng Yuan and other masters who came to practice with novices were helpless when they saw these people performing abnormally, but they could understand: Who hasn’t had the first time?
Thinking about my performance during my first battle, I was not much better.
The sound of the horn came, and Zheng Yuan looked over and saw that the subsequent team had already landed, and came here, and he was looking forward to it: How would these people perform?
On the open space, Liang Sen, wearing ring lock armor and iron-faced, felt relieved when he saw that Zheng Yuan had already led his men to suppress the archers at high places, and called on the young men who were also wearing strong and stalked and rushed towards the village ahead.
As soon as they rowed the boat and landed, they came ashore and came here without any rest. The "Xian Deng" led by the master Liu Duzi had already rushed into the village. Liang Sen and the young men were going to join the battle as a follow-up.
Seeing the teenagers who fought for the first time excited and nervous, Liang Sen waved the knife in his hand and said, "We are just going to see blood when we practice our skills!"
"I'll kill the bastards who harm the people later. They are not humans, and they are not as good as beasts!"
"Don't be afraid, follow me! Take the thieves' lair!"
Chapter completed!