Weapons were indispensable in both ancient times and in modern times. How a country's weapons and equipment can also represent the level of science and technology and the level of industrial capacity of that country. In the war, no matter when, with the blessing of powerful weapons, no matter what, you can fight for your own camp to win a bigger victory.
Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty had a poem that read, "Hold the bow when you are strong, and use arrows as long." In the era of cold weapons, weapons such as bows and arrows, knives and guns were all essential weapons on the battlefield. Among these weapons, compared with the bow and arrow, it can only be held in the hand, and the bow and arrow has the ability to kill at a long distance. Therefore, with such advantages, the bow and arrow also occupied a place among those cold weapons, and it was impossible to lack it on any battlefield.
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We can often see such a plot as smearing poison on a weapon and causing death in some film and television dramas and novels, and there will be such a plot that is actually all hearsay, but if it is really done that way, the cost is very high.
The weight of another bow can have more than ten pounds, it is not easy to carry it with you, and in ancient times, making a bow out, the process is very complicated, and do not know when the war will break out, the number of standing arrows is limited, the most important thing in this case is to improve the lethality caused by the arrows. They came up with a way to put those arrows in the urinal and soak them.
The water in the urinal is full of microorganisms, and it is the presence of these microorganisms that improves the lethality of the arrow. Although it may be said that the arrow is soaked with urinal water can not kill the target of the shot at once, but do not forget that those microorganisms have also entered the body through the wound caused by the arrow, the presence of microorganisms will cause the wound to appear infected and ulcerated, and ancient medical technology is not developed, and the injured person will largely die of incurable. For example, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Zhang Guo's Biography", there is such a description: "Zhuge Liang returned to Qishan, commanded the generals to go west to Luoyang, Liang also baoqi mountain, chased after Mumen, fought with the Liang army, flew in the middle of the right knee, and Xue." In this passage, Zhang Guo, a great general of the Wei state who had followed Cao Cao on the battlefield for many years, was so brave and good at fighting, but in the end he fell under an arrow that was soaked in the water of the urinal, although he was only shot in the right knee.
We really admire the wisdom of the ancient ancestors, who did not have a definite understanding of bacteria and microorganisms, but they still thought of such a way and achieved their goals. On the other hand, the ancients also confirmed the wonderful use of urinal water, and gave it a very noble name, that is, gold juice. There are countless bacteria living in the water of the urinal, and the bacteria will soon become inflamed and corrupt after contact with human wounds, and there is no antibiotic treatment in ancient times, and the injured people will only die in the end.
Another point is that the cost of making poison in ancient times was very high, it was impossible to provide so much poison to smear on the arrows, and urinal water is a zero-cost thing, everyone can not do without eating and drinking Lasa, no matter where it will produce excrement, this kind of thing as long as there is a heart to collect that is called a everything. Moreover, not everyone on the battlefield has the ability to shoot a hundred shots, and at this time, with the blessing of "golden juice", it gives them a very great help. After the ordinary arrow hits the human body, as long as it is not a fatal position, it is likely that it will not cause death, and the fatality rate of the arrow is greatly improved after soaking in the fecal water.
The ancients were able to come up with such a method also because they observed their daily lives in detail, and it can be said that creation comes from life. In addition, they are also used to explore and use those unknown things, whether it is wisdom or courage, which is worthy of our admiration.