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The Han crossbow is not favorable

The crossbow of the Han Dynasty has been relatively mature, "Han Shu" Volume 49 爰盎 晁错 biography of the nineteenth, the original text says "...... now the Xiongnu terrain, technology and China is different. ...... strong crossbows and halberds, shooting sparse and far, the Xiongnu's bow can not frame also ......" that is to say at that time is still very powerful.

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