Someone immediately responded.
A dozen villagers immediately moved ten tables up and lined them up in Abu Han. A bowl of liquor was placed on each table in front of the twenty men.
"After today."
"You are no longer for the people, but for the disciples of the Eight Banners.”
"You should be loyal to the Qing Dynasty, protect the country, and expand the territory of the Qing Dynasty.”
"On behalf of Akuri Village, I salute you for your heroic act of protecting your country.”
The station chief had a serious expression as he picked up a bowl of wine.
"Cheers."
Abraham. Without any hesitation, Ingri picked up the wine on the table and drank it in one gulp.
The other nine people also followed suit and downed the wine in one gulp.
"A bow from a beauty."
The station chief shouted again.
Twenty women responded and came out.
Twenty women in fiery red leather jackets walked up to the young men with longbows in their hands.
These Qing Bows were sharp weapons for killing people. The Qing Dynasty warriors couldn't do without these Qing Bows.
An important weapon of the Eight Banners Army, the Clear Bow.
When the Eight Banners Army went on expeditions, one of the weapons they were equipped with performed very well. It was the ancient bow in their hands-the Qing bow, also known as the Manchu bow.
Don't think that the Nuzhen people or the Manchu people in the late Ming Dynasty were backward in technology and the weapons they used were also backward and of poor quality.
In fact, as a standard fishing and hunting race, hunting, especially hunting with bows, was very important in the production and life of the Jurchen. This forced them to upgrade their technology and constantly absorb the advanced bow making skills of the surrounding countries and ethnic groups for their own use. They chose the bow and arrow technology that was most beneficial to their hunting and use. They continued to experiment and develop. In the end, the Qing bow they chose naturally had its own unique features. How could it be bad?
The origin of the Qing bow could be traced back to the Jurchen's use of the large bow tip tendon horn recurve bow in the Liao and Jin Dynasties. From the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, this kind of large bow tip recurve bow had always been a standard weapon in the army of various dynasties, especially in the northern border army of the Ming Dynasty. This kind of bow was very popular.
When the Jianzhou Nuzhen people rose up, because Nurhachi was an official of the Ming Dynasty and had close ties with the Liaodong border army, he was deeply influenced. In addition, the big bow tip recurve bow was more popular in the local area. Therefore, the Jianzhou Nuzhen people led by Nurhachi also chose the big bow tip recurve bow as the standard bow shape of their army.
However, in order to better use the bow and arrow, they also made some improvements to it. For example, they made the bow tips at both ends larger and longer, and bent them in the opposite direction. It was a standard large inverted bow tip. This allowed the archer to draw a bow of a larger weight with a smaller pulling force. In other words, the structure of this bow could increase the energy conversion when drawing the bow, making it easier to draw the bow and also increasing the pulling distance.
The inner part of the Qing bow was made of bamboo, elm, or birch wood. The surface was pasted with ox horns or goat horns, and the back was pasted with ox tendons or deer tendons. It was a standard tendon and horn recurve composite bow, also known as the "horn bow". The string pad used was made of bone, wood, and so on. The tip of the large reverse-curved longbow was made of solid wood, and the middle angle piece was used. The bowstring was divided into leather string, silk string, tendon string, cotton string, and so on. All of them were very tough.
The Qing bow was very popular among the Qing Dynasty's Eight Banners because of its outstanding stability and lethality. It was also very scientific in its production. It was known as the pinnacle of Chinese archery and was also the last masterpiece of the cold weapon era.
Countless actual battles had shown that the Qing bow was extremely powerful. It could face early firearms without being at a disadvantage. It could even go back and forth with the matchlock at a distance of dozens of meters. It was called the " ancient anti-material rifle " by modern people. Because the general characteristics of a clear bow were its large size, high weight, high power, and stable shooting.
Although the Clear Bow didn't have any advantage in terms of shooting distance and firing speed, or rather, these were its two obvious shortcomings. It was far inferior to the small recurve bow, but it was very stable when shooting at close range. It was very effective when used with heavy arrows. Because the Clear Bow had a long tip, a longer length, and a heavier weight, its weight was far greater than other types of bows. This advantage further increased the stability of the bow. When the bow was held and shot, it was not easy to be disturbed by the arrow.
Generally speaking, the lighter the bow, the more difficult it was to control, because the bowman was easily disturbed by the acceleration of the arrow, causing the movement to be slightly deformed, which would seriously affect the accuracy of the shot. The heavier the bow, the easier it was to control. This way, even if the finger that hooked the string made a small mistake, it would be difficult to affect the hand holding the bow, and it would be difficult to magnify the small mistake and affect the accuracy of the shot.
In addition, the Clear Bow itself had a very strong energy storage effect. If it was used to shoot heavy arrows, the trajectory of the arrows would be very stable. The accuracy rate was high, and the lethality was also high. Its power could even compete with the early gunpowder weapons. It could be considered the ultimate development of the bow and arrow. Its armor piercing ability was very strong.
Moreover, although the Clear Bow had a large energy storage, its efficiency was relatively low. The root cause was also affected by the two large bow tips. The bow tip could be used as a lever to save energy when drawing the bow, but it would become a useless lever when releasing the arrow. It would cause the rebound speed of the bow tip to be slow, consume energy, and cause the energy conversion efficiency to be low. The speed of the arrow was determined by the speed of the bowstring, and the speed of the bowstring was determined by the speed of the bow tip. Therefore, the arrow speed of a clear bow was relatively slow. In order to make up for this disadvantage, a clear bow had to use a heavy arrow.
Due to the high energy storage effect of the Clear Bow, the arrows it fired were also very heavy. It was known as the " Small Spear Throwing Device ". The arrows used in the Clear Bow were relatively special. They had the typical characteristics of long arrow feathers, thick arrow shaft, and heavy arrowheads. It was more like a small shuttle spear than a heavy arrow. The arrows used in Clear Bows were generally about one meter long and thick, about the thickness of an adult's pinky finger. The overall shape was a streamlined shape with a narrow end and a wide middle instead of a cylindrical shape. It was like a small shuttle spear. It was well known that objects with such a shape had better flight speed and stability, as well as strong anti-interference ability.
Compared to the arrowheads in the Central Plains, the arrowheads were also " wider." Except for a few arrowheads that were made into needles, pyramids, and triangular-pyramids, which were focused on piercing armor, the combat parts of the arrows used by the Eight Banners Army were extremely wide, like a shovel. They were extremely lethal and could cause huge wounds on the enemy's body. In battle, there were even cases where an arrow could cut off the enemy's arm or neck.
Such a long and heavy arrow gave the Clear Bow even greater lethality. Even if it did not break the target's body, it would still cause a huge wound, causing the target to quickly bleed to death. Of course, the length of the arrows also made it difficult for the Qing archers to carry too many arrows. Therefore, they needed to shoot accurately instead of being covered by arrows.
In battle, the Eight Banners Army chose heavy arrows based on the characteristics of the Qing bow that was suitable for close combat and the hunting habits of their own fishing and hunting people. They used accurate and lethal close-range shots to attack the enemy. They would only draw their bows and arrows when they were twenty to thirty steps away from the enemy, or even five steps away. They would shoot accurately at the places where the enemy's armor could not protect them.
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