War and peace!
In ancient times, it was the era of cold weapons, and the basic weapon for soldiers to fight was sword and gun.
These weapons were used in close combat, and after the two armies charged, when the soldiers met, they used some swords and guns to kill each other. These weapons are very sharp, so cutting on people's bodies can basically kill people, even if they don't die, they are seriously injured.
In ancient times, in addition to close-range fighting, there were also long-range attacks, at which time the soldier's weapon was replaced by a bow and arrow.
The bow and arrow is an important combat weapon in ancient times, the advantage is that the range is long, can kill the enemy from a long distance, reduce their own casualties, so the bow and arrow is widely used in military warfare.
When we watched the film and television drama, the soldier was shot and then lay on the ground and died, which was obviously an exaggeration. It is possible that a soldier will be shot by an arrow, but the probability will not be so high that he will not be shot all at once.
The average range of ancient bows and arrows was 150 meters, of which within a range of 100 meters, it would cause damage to people, and from a hundred meters away, the damage was very small.
As the old saying goes, "At the end of a strong crossbow, the arrow cannot penetrate the lu." ”
The farther the bow and arrow is fired, the less powerful it is and the less damage it does. Moreover, ancient soldiers were wearing armor, and the penetration of bows and arrows on the body was greatly weakened, and the damage caused to the human body was also minimal.
If this is the case, why did the soldiers in the TV series fall to the ground and die after being shot with an arrow?
Experts say you've all been lied to. In fact, the damage caused by the bow and arrow to the human body is not fatal enough, and the fatal thing is that the consequences it brings are very serious.
The place where the bow and arrow cause damage to people is mainly the arrow, so the ancients made a fuss on the arrow and fought for the human life. The arrows are generally of the Mitsubishi type, which increases the penetration of the bow and arrow, and there are barbs on the arrows, and some of them are smeared with poison.
After a person is hit by an arrow, he must first pull out the bow and arrow, but the arrow is not easy to pull out, because there are barbs on it.
In the process of drawing the bow and arrow, the barbs will cause damage to the human body again, and in severe cases, they will bleed heavily, so that the soldier will die.
The places where the bow and arrow are shot are basically the key points, such as the neck, the heart, etc., there are more blood vessels in these places, and once the shot is shot, it will bleed and die. Even if the bow and arrow were drawn, the soldier would be infected with tetanus and eventually the wound would infect and die.
In ancient times, tetanus was a very dangerous disease that could kill a person at any time. Therefore, ancient soldiers did not die by shooting arrows directly, but died in the process of pulling arrows or contracting tetanus.
After all, TV dramas are entertainment programs, so it simplifies the way soldiers die, soldiers are shot with an arrow and die, but soldiers in history did not die in this way.
References: "History", "History of Ancient Warfare", "Ancient Cold Weapons", etc