In ancient times, when a general fought against the enemy, the bow and arrow was an important skill that must be mastered. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many fierce generals are outstanding in archery.
The five tiger generals of the Shu Han Dynasty, who are most familiar with us, have good arrows: Huang Zhongzi needless to say, in the battle of Changsha City, an arrow shot at guan yu's helmet that was rushing after him, and guan Yu was not injured, and the accuracy and strength of the grasp were shocking; Zhao Yun was also fully worthy of the title of "sharp archer", and an arrow in the dark night shot the swaying sails in the wind; Ma Chao shot the Cao army on the bank of the Weishui River, "the arrows were not false", and the enemy troops fell into the water; Guan Yu could also shoot arrows, and when the seventh army flooded, an arrow shot over the stubborn resistance; Zhang Fei did not have a record of shooting the enemy general. However, in the Battle of Ye Mengguan, Zhang Fei's defeat of the dark arrow shooting Ma Chao also shows that he is a veteran who often plays with bows and arrows.
So, as the commander of the Shu army in the post-Three Kingdoms era, Jiang Wei, what about his arrow technique? Let's analyze it through several of his battles.
Jiang Wei has recorded using bows and arrows three times, and the first time he showed extraordinary strength, that is, in the 109 times of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Battle of Iron Cage Mountain.
Jiang Wei trapped Sima Zhao at Tielong Mountain and found it difficult to escape. The Wei general Guo Huai defeated Jiang Wei's Qiang allies and coerced the Qiang leader, Mi Dang, to the Camp of the Shu Army at Tielong Mountain. Jiang Wei thought that the allies were coming, and was about to greet them, when the Wei army suddenly rushed to kill them, Jiang Wei was caught off guard, hurriedly got on his horse and fled, it was too late to take the spear, the arrows all fell, and only a bow was caught.
Guo Huai chased after him poorly, Jiang Wei pulled the bow string more than ten times, Guo Huai dodged several times and found that Jiang Wei did not have an arrow, rest assured to come, chased Jiang Wei, Jiang Wei flashed, took the arrow with his bare hands, "Wait for Huai to chase close, look at the door and try to shoot", an arrow hit the forehead, Guo Huai turned over and fell, and the blood flowed and died.
At the critical moment when the whole army was defeated and he fled for his life, Jiang Wei was still able to maintain such a calm mentality and agile hands, and the strength of his psychological quality was amazing. "Waiting for Huai to catch up" shows that this is a short-range shooting, and the test is more psychological than technical.
Jiang Wei's second demonstration of the arrow technique was in the 112th episode of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Battle of the Great Wall.
Jiang Wei led a large army to take Luo Valley, Du Shenling, and besieged the Great Wall, besieging on all sides. Deng Ai's son Deng Zhong led troops to the rescue, and the two sides fought outside the city. Deng Zhong went out into battle, and Jiang Wei raised his gun to greet each other, "the two of them shook their spirits and fought to thirty or forty", and the battle was won or lost. Jiang Wei saw that the other party's marksmanship was good, "no one was idle", so he cheated and went to the mountain road, Deng Zhong chased after him, Jiang Wei hung up his gun and took a bow, "secretly took the carved bow and feather arrow to shoot it", but Deng Zhong had already taken precautions, avoided the arrows, and a shot stabbed back in the heart, Jiang Wei flashed, grabbed the gun, pulled out his sword, and Deng Zhong hurriedly abandoned the gun and fled.
Jiang Wei's tactic of deceiving the Dark Arrow this time was considered a failure, but he reacted quickly, drew his sword with a gun, and turned the situation around. Judging from the battle scene, Jiang Wei's casting of dark arrows this time was also a close-range shooting.
Jiang Wei's third demonstration of archery was in the 116th episode of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the Battle of Chuanjiangkou.
Jiang Wei's army was in the middle of the camp, and the Zhong Hui army attacked Yang'an Pass, and the defender Jiang Shu surrendered, and Jiang Wei led his troops back to the sichuan border at night, but was stopped by the Wei general Jincheng Taishou Yang Xin. Jiang Wei personally came out to fight, "only one combination", defeated Yang Xin, Jiang Wei took a bow and arrow, chased Yang Xin, "even shot three arrows did not hit". Jiang Wei was annoyed and ashamed, and he broke the bow himself, and chased after the gun again, resulting in the horse losing its front hoof and falling into the dust. Yang Xin saw the opportunity and returned to the horse to kill, Jiang Wei jumped up, a shot stabbed Yang Xin's horse's head, Wei Bing rushed to save Yang Xin.
The Shu general Jiang Shu surrendered, Yang'an Pass was lost, and Jiang Wei's strategy of "gathering troops and gathering troops" was declared a complete failure, causing Jiang Wei to be in a bad mood, and in this battle, his emotions were out of control, he did not shoot the enemy general with three consecutive arrows, and he also lost his front hoof, fortunately, Jiang Wei reacted quickly as always, had extremely strong adaptability, highlighted strange moves, and turned defeat into victory. This time it is a "chase", and the distance is slightly farther than the previous two times.
This is all of Jiang Wei's records of using arrows recorded in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, shooting a total of five arrows, two of which were close-range shots, one of which killed the enemy general, and the other was dodged by the enemy. The next three arrows were a little farther away, and none of them hit, of course, this also had a lot to do with Jiang Wei's mood at that time. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is well written, that is, it can reflect the psychological state of the characters through a very subtle battle plot.
In general, judging from Jiang Wei's three archery performances, he should not be called a "sharp archer", with frequent mistakes and low shooting efficiency. On the other hand, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Gan Ning, who are archers, can be called arrows that are not vain, and they have repeatedly made meritorious achievements, which are worthy of the title of "sharp archers".