Chapter 2 Demon Black Beads 3

"Are you kidding me?" The soldier's captain suddenly stood up. This guy was more than 1.9 meters tall and very strong. When he stood up, he suddenly grabbed Zhou Weiqing's front, and his fierce face had come to his eyes.

"Uh... I mean, I'm going to think about what kind of arms to choose." Zhou Weiqing immediately said with a smile on his face. As the saying goes, if a good man doesn't suffer immediate losses, he doesn't want to be beaten. In fact, if he is willing to tell his identity, I'm afraid he will kneel down here. However, although Zhou Weiqing is a little insidious and cunning, he is a little good. He absolutely obeys his father's words. His marshal father once told him that he is not a good man to sweat, eat his own food, rely on heaven and earth on his parents. Therefore, although Zhou Weiqing was young and a nobleman, he would never bully others like Princess Difuya.

In fact, if Zhou Weizhen really regrets not being a soldier, then the captain can't do anything about him. Who made him young? He was so scared that he couldn't say anything about not being a soldier.

After listening to Zhou Weiqing's answer, the captain sat back with satisfaction. He looked at him with his head tilted and said, "Choose quickly, and then fill in the form and test. Let me tell you, boy, you are lucky. Today is the first day of recruitment, and the test is relatively loose. Otherwise, do you think it's ?"

Zhou Weiqing said with a bitter face, "Brother officer, that, I want to ask, if you go to the battlefield, what kind of arms are the least likely to have direct contact with the enemy at the end?"

He has his idea. Every boy has a heroic dream when he is a teenager. If he wants to be in charge of logistics supplies such as a firehead army, he really doesn't want to. Since he is a soldier, he must be decent. Otherwise, in the future, Dad will know that he is just a gangman and won't be beaten to death by him? He can't afford to lose this person himself. But the main war arms must go to the battlefield. Of course, Zhou Weiqing hopes to find a relatively safe arms. Safety comes first. This guy has always believed that it is human nature to be afraid of death. No matter how normal it is, he does not have the concept of death.

There was a cunning light in the captain's eyes, and Shi Shiran said, "That's simple, naturally an archer. Archers usually stand in the back row. Even if they need to go to the front to release arrows, they will retreat to the back before the collision of the main arms of the two sides. Unless our army is completely defeated, generally speaking, archers will never have direct contact with the enemy.

After listening to his words, Zhou Weiqing was overjoyed, "Okay, this is good, right! Why didn't I expect that we were the best arms of the Skybow Empire, officer brother, I would be an archer. Archers usually stand in the back row and will be protected by soldiers, which he knows.

Seeing that his cunning was succeeding, the captain smiled. Then he sat up straight, picked up the pen and said, "Name, age."

"My name is Zhou..." Zhou Weiqing almost reported his name directly. Fortunately, he received it quickly and immediately changed his words and said, "My name is Zhou Xiaopang. Sixteen years old. He has lived in an aristocratic family since he was a child, and he is the only son in the family. Although he is only thirteen years old, he knows the world much earlier than ordinary teenagers. Since he decided to be a soldier, he obviously can't be found by his father. Therefore, he temporarily gave himself a name. As for the name of Zhou Xiaopang It hasn't been ten years. Naturally, I'm not afraid that my father will come to the army to investigate.

"Zhou Xiaopang? You're not fat either!" The officer muttered and made a record. He had no doubt about Zhou Weiqing's 16-year-old age.

Soon, after the registration was completed, he handed the form to Zhou Weiqing, pointed to a corner of the circle of the field on the side and said, "Go ahead, the archer test is over there. As long as you pass the test, you will be an imperial soldier."

"Thank you, officer." Zhou Weiqing took over the form and thought happily that it was really good this time. When he became a soldier again, he could still be a dangerous archer, which was simply perfect.

excitedly took the form to the test site. There were only four or five soldiers here. They were wearing simple black and gray military uniforms, with light leather armor on their upper body, special protective fingers on their hands, and a shading wind hat with a large brim on their heads. They had long bows on their backs and a pot of feather arrow This is the standard ordinary archer standard equipment. It also has a little heroic meaning. At this time, although there was no one to test here, several archers stood up straight. Zhou Weiqing was very clear about his father's strict character, and he was still so fierce to his son, let alone governing the army. Therefore, although the Tiangong Empire is small, the total number of troops is only tens of thousands, but it is quite elite. In the confrontation of the same number of troops, Zhou Weiqing's father, Marshal Zhou, has not been defeated, and he is famous among the surrounding effects.

"Brothers, I'm here to test." Zhou Weiqing handed over the form. A soldier took the form, looked at him and said, "Little brother, you have a lot of ideas. Congratulations on choosing such a promising arms. Here, try it twice." As he spoke, the soldier who took over the form took off the long bow behind his back and handed it to Zhou Weiqing.

Zhou Weiqing took the long bow and couldn't help lowering his head and looking carefully. The long bow is made of high-quality starwood, with a length of 1.8 meters and an arrow length of 9,000 meters. The front of the bow frame is curved, and the back is flat. The middle hand grip of the bow is about four centimeters wide, gradually thinning towards both ends, and the ends are inlaid with scraps.

This kind of long bow has been developed through countless years of war. The length of the mixed bow and cross bow in ancient times in the vast continent is generally less than 1.2 meters, the attack distance is only 200 yards (one yard is equivalent to 9,000 meters), the effective range is only 100 yards, and the penetration is far less than enough. With the passage of time, the crossbow gradually developed into a large-scale, especially after the discovery of high-quality wood with tough texture and small weight, the long bow began to be widely used. The long bow used by the archers of the Skybow Empire is extremely powerful. The longest range of the ordinary long bow is 400 yards, and the effective range is 250 yards, which is twice that of the crossbow. Its rate of fire is as high as ten to twelve arrows per minute, which is unmatched by a crossbow. In the hands of skilled soldiers, the hit rate of the long bow is much higher than that of the crossbow. Because the long bow is lighter, easier to master, and powerful, it is suitable for scattered soldier shooting and square team shooting, these advantages eventually led to the elimination of the crossbow. It can be said that the long bow is the most effective and widely used individual weapon on the battlefield.

The high rate of fire of the long bow can achieve the effect of "bullet curtain". When his soldiers charge forward, the long archer in the rear can still release high parabola arrows to attack the upper part of the enemy. The weakness of the war horse is the attack from above. Most of the war horses do not have armor, so once they are injured, they will become uncontrollable. Even at a limit distance of 300 meters, conical arrows can still penetrate ordinary lock armor.