Many people feel this way, so they are curious whether the real power of ancient bows and arrows is really so terrible. In fact, there are many kinds of ancient bows and arrows. Generally, people directly divide it according to arm strength. Here's an example. He pays attention to riding and shooting, so his data is highly reliable. In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, most of the bows installed by the army were more than 70 kg. If they are elite force or soldiers, they may use a hard bow of 100 to 150 pounds.
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What is this concept? Some people may not understand the power of this bow and arrow. To put it simply, if only a big man can pick up a bucket of pure water with one hand, which is very popular in Tik Tok, then how many so-called men can be excluded. What's more, a bucket of pure water is up to 30 Jin, and half of a Manchu bow that can shoot six or two arrows is 70 Jin (one Jin is barely equal to one Jin).
According to the calendar, Manchu soldiers like to charge with bows. When they rushed to the front of the Ming army, they suddenly bent their bows and shot arrows at the Ming army. They often shoot arrows according to their faces. What's the effect? It's "the winner will die"! In the heyday of Manchu soldiers, there is another classic example. An arrow once passed through the helmet of the company commander and then shot the company commander of the Ming Dynasty. This can explain the strong bow close-range shooting from the side. As long as it hits the key point and is strong enough, there is no reason for the person who is hit by the arrow to die.
So if it is a slightly weaker bow and arrow, will it be less powerful? We can often see that ancient warriors in TV series always shoot from a long distance with bows and arrows. Does this weaken their power?
The answer may be unacceptable to many people, that is, after large-scale long-distance projection, the power of bows and arrows will not be weakened, but will be killed even worse.
As we all know, the arrow body of a bow and arrow is heavier, but the arrow body is lighter, which makes the bow and arrow shoot farther once it takes the throwing posture. Because of the relationship between gravitational potential energy and sharp arrow, the person who hits the arrow will also hit the arrow without armor.
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Think about it first. When thousands of arrows are shot out of the air, ordinary soldiers are not afraid. I'm afraid they all peed their pants. After the rain of arrows falls, how many people can guarantee not to hit the arrows? As long as the arrow hurts the key, not to mention the harsh medical environment at that time, even in a relatively good modern battlefield, it is still easy to get infected and die. What's more, there would be no such arrow rain without poison. It is not entirely nonsense to say that "the bow is extinguished" and "the martial arts are like eighteen, and the bow and arrow are the first".
What's more interesting is that when archers shoot arrows, because archers are often people who can pull up bows and arrows, they are very different from the thin images in TV dramas. On the contrary, they are all strong men-at least the kind who can kill in all directions and lift 30 kilograms of pure water with one hand.
After these people release the arrows, they will take them out and kill them on the opposite side. Imagine that in a chaotic and noisy battlefield, a group of muscular macho men across the street shoot a wave of arrows in your team first, and then they come up with a big knife. Are you scared? This is why once an untrained army met a strong enemy (a well-trained army) in ancient times, a round of arrows and rain often collapsed-this situation was very common in the early stage.
Therefore, ancient bows and arrows can really be killed with one arrow, as long as the distance is enough, not too far, and then as long as they hit, according to the ancient nail-touching rate and medical environment, they will almost die.
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