People in the Middle Ages, draw cards to get promoted

Chapter 255 The Power of the Woodland Shooter

"how do you feel?"

"I am well, my lord."

Roland's eyes showed obvious admiration: "I feel that I can even shoot down the eagle in the sky now."

Lothar thought to himself that it should be impossible to shoot down the eagle. This is the same reason that after adding points, he felt that his strength was infinite, but in fact he only increased by three points.

He ordered: "Then try your bow, Leonard, bring the scrap armor I asked you to bring, and fix it two hundred yards away."

Roland took out the arrow and put it on the bowstring.

Pulling the bowstring, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

In the end, his face turned red from being suppressed, and the bowstring was only opened less than halfway!
whoosh-

The bow and arrow missed the target, passing by the scale armor nailed to the side, and flew to nowhere.

His face turned red: "My lord, I don't have enough strength to draw this bow."

Lothar frowned.

Is it because this bow was originally used by woodland elf archers, not ordinary soldiers?
Thinking about it, the job transfer in the system barracks cannot improve a person's physical fitness, but only provides combat experience, skills, and equipment.

The Order Knight is even worse, not even providing equipment.

Leonard slapped him on the back of the head: "You idiot, Ulm has just received the blessing of the heavenly father, and he can ride like an experienced rider on horseback. Why can't you?"

Leonard knows the inside story, and this old man can be regarded as Lothar's confidant. He also belongs to that kind of capable but not many subordinates. It is considered good if he can manage the construction of the new city.

Otherwise, Lothar will definitely add to his burden.

"Don't worry, Roland, try shooting again with your old bow."

Lothar comforted: "This situation will happen, and you should also know why."

Roland nodded: "We are not elves, our bodies are weaker than theirs, and our arms are not that long."

Roland took up his original hunting bow again. This time, he drew it to full capacity, and the arrow flew quickly, hitting the armor nailed on the wooden target firmly.

If you look carefully, you can see that it is three inches deep into the wood.

Take it to see its arrowhead, there is no injury, but the shaft of the arrow is a little cracked.

Bows and arrows are precious items in the army of this era, bows are so, arrows are even more so.

In this era, the reason why the nomadic cavalry in the West was weak was also because their iron-smelting technology was poor, and many arrows still used bone arrowheads.

After testing, even if the bow is changed, only this special arrow, scale armor and armor can easily penetrate within two hundred yards.

Plate armor is not in stock, so no inspection.

It's not necessary either.

Because plate armor is now widely equipped, and only some wealthy Crusader knights, poor knights can't even get a set of chain mail, let alone the more expensive plate armor.

Although many nobles bought many sets of plate armor, they were often for collection or showing off.

Lothar also didn't think about the recent civil war.

The Saracens are widely equipped with scale armor and armor, and it is enough to penetrate most of these two types of armor.

There is no need to mention the bow of the heavy-armed bow cavalry.

Although it is stronger than the [-]-pound light bow commonly used by nomadic cavalry during this period, it reaches [-] pounds.

However, it is difficult to exert force on horseback, which makes it difficult for bow cavalry to effectively kill fully armored enemies when riding and shooting. Only by stopping the horse and firing the bow can it fully exert its power.

This Byzantine-style armored cavalry is more like the Eastern Jin Kingdom, like the Iron Buddha.

At this time, the Great Jin Kingdom, although its national power was already declining, had a vast territory and a population of tens of millions. It was still the strongest of the Eastern Empires, ranking ahead of Song and Liao.

In fact, only in terms of population, number of troops, and wealth, the Song Dynasty was the strongest, but the Southern Song Dynasty court... let alone mention it.

"Brother Roland, can I try your bow?"

It was Zach who spoke.

As a heavy cavalry archer, his shooting skills are also quite good.

Roland reluctantly handed over the bow: "You can't use it even if I give it to you."

Zach tried it, and seeing that it was so, he was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "It's really useless, this bow has at least a hundred pounds."

"Give me a try too."

Lothar coughed lightly, and asked Roland to fetch the elf bow, draw the bow and set the arrow.

Under the astonished gazes of the two, they immediately pulled up.

whoosh-

The arrow was like a shooting star, easily piercing through the head of the wooden target, and flew away into the distance without a trace.

"My lord, you have great strength!"

Lothar chuckled and said: "See, archers are not so easy to do. Tomorrow, you report to Knight Commander Jeanna to help her train new recruits, and then pick some top-notch ones and come to the Tree of Life for a walk. job."

Lothar is still very proud of showing his sage a little in front of the crowd. He hasn't regressed in the slightest after not practicing archery for such a long time.

The bow is also a good bow. If it is not calibrated, it can hit the first shot. It is indispensable.

Roland bowed: "Yes!"

After a while.

The branches and leaves alternated, transporting the arrows flying far away to Losar.

There was a feeling of complaint from the Tree of Life, complaining that Lothar almost shot the bow and arrow at its roots.

"Feel sorry."

Lothar apologized, but there was no apology in his expression. With such a big tree of life, even if he was shot by an arrow from the siege ballista, there would be no problem.

He stuffed the arrow back into Roland's quiver: "Return to its original owner."

Roland quickly said: "Thank you, sir, and Mr. Shenshu."

The branches and leaves swayed slightly, which was considered to have accepted Roland's thanks.

Lothar encouraged: "Roland, practice hard in the future, I believe you will be able to draw this elf bow soon."

He has no intention of taking this elf bow as his own. Although this bow has some extraordinary features, it is actually very good for ordinary people.

Roland is just a hunter in a small place, and his shooting skills are relatively accurate, but if you look at the grassland tribes, there are many people with better shooting skills than him.

After the job change, his shooting skills have improved, but his physical fitness is still the same, not as strong as Zach, who used to be the guard of Hebron City.

However, Lothar has higher expectations for the new team of woodland shooters.

What is the concept of a hundred elite archers who can draw a heavy bow weighing more than one hundred pounds?
Even in the army of the early Qing Dynasty, which attached great importance to bows and arrows, they were all absolute masters.

Put on armor-piercing arrows, no matter what kind of cavalry you have, you can shoot through them all. Looking at the whole of Europe, apart from the extraordinary factors, they are also top-ranked archers.

Entering New Habsburg, the inner fort here is almost completely completed, and the buildings attached to the outer city wall are quite complete. It looks much neater and more orderly than it looked like a large construction site some time ago.

Leonard respectfully said: "My lord, the progress of the project is very fast, and you will be able to move in soon."

"No rush, just build it within the time I set."

Lothar saw a painting on the bulletin board in New Habsburg: a double-headed eagle with its wings outstretched, sheltering a couple surrounded by children.

"Who drew this?"

Leonard quickly said: "My lord, I drew it myself."

Lothar praised: "Very good, old Leonard didn't expect you to have such abilities?"

Leonard said sincerely: "Always let everyone know how their good days come about. Usually, every year, people starve to death due to famine."

"Makes sense."

Lothar thought about it.

He is not a philanthropist, and he is kind to the common people at the bottom. At first, most of them were because he was also born in the common class and had more empathy for the common people.

Now, this reason is still at the top of the list, but it is also one of the main reasons that low-level civilians are easier to buy than pagan local tyrants.

"Leonard, get me a piece of paper, I want to write a letter to Coors."

Leonard's approach inspired him. It is unreliable for him to use big-character posters. There are too many illiterates now, so the form of stick figures is more practical.

"Yes."

"You take fifty gold coins from the treasury as your own reward."

This is not an important matter, because there is a statue of an angel, and his subjects have always had a high degree of favorability for him. Adding an internal publicity method is just icing on the cake.

Lothar stayed overnight in New Habsburg and then returned to Hebron.

Right now, there are no trivial matters that need to be dealt with in the near future, and he can enjoy a leisurely time again.

Of course, it is impossible to only count Lothar and Prajna in hunting fire dragons.

The output ability of the two of them is limited, and the tyrannical dragon is a master with rough skin and thick flesh. Even if the tyrannical dragon stands in front of him and allows him to attack, he may not be able to kill it.

After all, Lothar's main attack method, in addition to borrowing Janna's holy gun, is to use "Dragon's Breath".

But the tyrannical dragon can take a bath in magma, which is almost equivalent to fire immunity.

Regardless of the lack of wings of this dragon species, in fact, even in the entire fire dragon group, the tyrannical dragon can be ranked in the upper middle ranks, and many winged fire dragons are ranked below it.

In addition, if the lifespan of this tyrannical dragon is calculated, it is conservatively estimated to be 500 years old, which already belongs to the category of adult dragons.

It is absolutely necessary to form a five-member team of Lothar, Jeanna, Flynn, Celinina, and Hannya before they can consider dealing with it.

Mansion in Hebron.

Lothar lay on Prajna's knee pillow and said to himself: "But it's not impossible to target in advance."

"It is said that the tyrannical dragon should still be in a sleeping state, otherwise, after all these years, it is impossible not to be discovered."

"While it is still asleep, let's start a wave of fire, and then have a righteous gang fight?"

"But what if, by accident, the volcano erupts?"

Banruo looked down at Lothar, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly: "My lord, maybe that fire dragon is long gone? After all, it's been many years since that ancient book recorded it."

Lothar said with a smile: "That's not true. I have already asked Nishaya to find someone to investigate for me. There is still a fire dragon's breath there, so there is no mistake."

"Where is it?"

"The Harat Volcanic Group, which is the territory of the Holy Family, is very close to the two holy places of Zoroastrianism."

Hannya frowned: "So, we have to go through Raouf's territory first, and then enter Hashem?"

"Going deep into the enemy's territory sounds a little dangerous, but it is already the nearest place where dragons infested us. If I always stay in the territory, I'm afraid it will be difficult to awaken the dragon blood in my life."

Lothar said seriously.

(End of this chapter)