The traditional bow flies far.

Mainly because the bow is more convenient and faster than the crossbow, the firing rate of the bow is also better than the crossbow, and the most important thing is that the cost of the bow is much lower than that of the crossbow, so ancient people still like to use bows and arrows in war.

In the era of cold weapons, bow and crossbow can be said to have a longer range and greater lethality among all weapons. Compared with the two, crossbows are actually more accurate than bows in operation and aiming, and often more stable than bows in ambush, but the ancients still like to use bows in combat.

Compared with crossbows, the manufacturing process of bows is simpler. In ancient times, everything was done by hand, and the manufacture of weapons was particularly important in war. The parts needed for crossbows are too complicated, and it often takes longer to make a crossbow than to make a bow.

Then the range of the bow and arrow is actually longer than that of the crossbow. After all, crossbows should consider various factors, including the size of weight, and the range of bows depends on how powerful people are. Some powerful people can often shoot very far, and the longer the war, the more effectively they can damage the enemy and save themselves. So considering the range, the advantage of the bow is greater than that of the crossbow.

Bows also fire faster than crossbows. In ancient times, a mature archer could shoot more than a dozen arrows when he was fast, while the crossbow could shoot four arrows when he was the fastest among the crossbowmen.

Therefore, compared with crossbows, bows have more advantages, so the ancients still prefer to use more bows. Of course, crossbows also have their advantages. For example, when fighting some annihilation wars and ambushes, crossbows are often more concealed and not as tired as bows, so their skills are specialized, and different weapons have different uses.