Chapter 904: Sprouts
When the generals heard that the little emperor wanted to change the two-stone bow, they were all very surprised and worried. According to the review of Emperor Shenzong, the soldiers are divided into three classes with bow strength, seven buckets of bows are inferior, eight buckets of bows are medium, and nine buckets of bows are superior. According to the classification of archers in the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" compiled by this dynasty, it is said that those who can hold one stone bow are ordinary people, those who can hold two stone bows are cattle people, and those who can hold three stone bows are perverted cattle people.
Therefore, the little emperor can easily open the Nine Bucket Bow, and has entered the ranks of the top marksmen, and the strong bow that pulls the stone half can be regarded as the best in the army in the past, and it is already the upper limit of many people here, and the two stone bows are a little vague. It makes everyone a little worried, you must know that pulling the bow not only requires arm strength, but also waist and abdominal strength, if the physical strength is not enough to force a strong bow will not only damage the muscles and bones, but even cause internal injuries.
"Your Majesty can open a bow with a stone and a half, and it is already far superior to the generals in the army, so you don't need to try again, right?" Zhao Mengjin took off a two-stone hard bow from the bow frame and said with some hesitation.
"It's just a fact, if you can't pull me away, you will naturally give up, and you are all my henchmen, and you won't laugh at it, will you!" Zhao Yu took it over and said with a smile to the generals.
"How dare you, Your Majesty's strength has exceeded everyone's expectations, who dares to laugh!" Zhao Mengjin said with a smile.
"Don't dare, I still want to laugh but don't dare!" Zhao Yu laughed and said, "Laugh if you want to laugh, don't hold back and fart on the main hall!" ”
"Your Majesty, it is obvious that those civil officials are bullying the Sprinkle family at the court meeting, just a fart, but they said such words!" Zhao Mengjin blushed when he heard this.
"Alas, I'm a little fed up, give them a little bit of a crack to drill, sour drag the text, it seems that if you don't do this, you can't show their cleverness!" Zhao Yu said and put on an arrow, leaned forward slightly, the two arms competed, the front legs stretched the back leg bow, 'squeak' for a while, he actually pulled the bow into a full moon, and his body did not shake, his hands did not tremble, and he shot a string with a slight aim, and his fingers flicked lightly at the end of the arrow. The arrow flew out like a shooting star.
'Bell', the gong sounded continuously, indicating that the heart was in the middle.
"Your Majesty, Divine Shooting!"
"Your Majesty, it's amazing!" The generals cheered again.
But Zhao Yu didn't stop, and fired two arrows in a row, and gradually hit. Although it didn't have Robin Hood's magic skill of splitting the front arrow with the last arrow, the three arrows were also tightly pressed together on the heart. Can be at a distance of eighty paces in a row three arrows, but it is not bad, all the generals are from the army, whether it is the infantry army and the navy have practiced archery, know that it is not easy, with its skills should be able to step into the ranks of marksmen.
"Back then, Yue Wumu was able to hold a three-stone strong bow when he was weak, and I was far from it!" Zhao Yu fired three arrows in a row, felt that his arm was sore, his heart was beating faster, and he knew that his limit could be surpassed, but he was already powerless, so he took a big breath and said with a smile.
"Yue Wumu is a world-famous general, it is difficult to come out in a hundred years, and it is not surprising that His Majesty is not as good as him. But at the age of fifteen, he was able to shoot two stone bows and hit the target buttress eighty paces away in succession, which was far superior to ordinary people. Jiang Cheng listened to Shi Lidao.
"Yes, although Your Majesty has worn a crown, his body has not yet grown up, and he will not be able to surpass Yue Wumu in a few years!" Zhao Mengjin also said with a smile, "My subordinates can only open nine bucket bows at Your Majesty's age, and they are famous in the township, and they are quite proud and complacent. ”
"Alas, I am a few years older than Your Majesty, but it is difficult to draw a full moon with a bow of stone and a half, which is really infuriating!" Over there, Chen Dun saw that the little emperor had changed four bows in a row, and he also tried to pick up the stone semi-hard bow, but after trying a few times, he could only barely pull it away, and couldn't help but sigh.
"In the past, some people said that His Majesty was in the shape of Xiao Taizu, but now His Majesty has opened a hard bow, ridden a fierce horse, and has excellent martial arts, it seems that what he said is true!" Jiang Cheng said. The three members of his family appeared in the picture, and when they accompanied the sacrifice, they saw Taizu Yurong.
"Your Majesty's Wenneng Anbang, Wuneng Dingguo, is the Ming Jun sent by God to save my Great Song Dynasty and the people from fire and water." At this time, Han Zhen, who had not spoken, interjected.
"Hehe, it's rare to get General Han to say a good word, and now it's worth praising Your Majesty!" Zhuang Siqi laughed when he heard this.
"Okay, don't brag about it anymore, if you say it again, I'm going to heaven." Zhao Yu waved his hand and smiled, "At the moment, I have already shot the jackpot, it depends on you, I have brought a lot of benefits today, I only hope that you have the ability to take it back." ”
"Your Majesty, then your subordinates are welcome, but your Majesty should not feel distressed at that time!" Zhang Zizhen was overjoyed when she heard this, picked up a bow and was about to shoot.
"Lao Zhang, since Your Majesty has a profit, you must have a charter, and you can get a reward if you shoot two arrows at a cat or a dog." Chen Fenglin stretched out his hand and pressed his hand and said.
"Lao Chen, what do you call this? Don't look at you as a foot army, skilled in arches and horses, although the Sprinkle family is a water army, they are not afraid of you, if you have the ability, just take it! Zhang Zizhen broke free of his hand and smiled sideways.
"In this way, Your Majesty will set the regulations, and we will compare!" Chen Fenglin grabbed his hand again with his backhand and pulled it over.
"If there are no rules, there is no square circle, Your Majesty is already a technical general, then please ask Your Majesty to do an arbitration, set the rules, and compete!" Liu Zhu arched his hand to everyone.
"Okay, please ask Your Majesty to judge!" Zhao Mengjin didn't let the tunnel go at all.
"It's okay, then let's follow the rules of the army, first of all, the individual first, based on eighty steps, each person is limited to three arrows, the bow type is optional, and the one with more targets wins. In the event of a draw, another round can be played. Zhao Yu said.
"Your Majesty, foot shooting is too simple, how about we still ride and shoot?" Zhao Mengjin proposed again.
"Zhao Dutong, this is bullying our naval army and not good at bowing horses, why don't we shoot by boat!" Liu Zhu said indignantly.
"That is, Zhao Dutong and we originally belonged to the same Shuai Mansion, and it was only less than a year before we were separated!" Dong Yicheng pouted and said.
"Dong Dutong's words are also wrong, are we not from the Shuai Mansion, so we have to look at each other differently?" Jiang Cheng was extremely uncomfortable when he heard this, and said sharply.
"Hehe, don't worry about Jiang Dutong, it's all the fault of the sprinkle family, everything is arranged by His Majesty, let's shoot at rifle!" Zhao Mengjin saw that the spearheads were all pointed at him, and bowed to a few people, and smiled awkwardly.
"Let's go!" Seeing this, Zhao Yu didn't say much, waved his hand and ordered to start.
After Zhao Yu gave the order, the generals took turns to shoot arrows. I want to explain the basic skills of the generals, which can also be said to be life-saving kung fu, and they have all worked hard, so the competition is also very intense, and it took two rounds of shooting in a row to eliminate half of the people. Zhao Mengjin finally won and got a half-pound gold bowl, and the others were not empty-handed, and the contestants were rewarded, but the weight was lighter and smaller.
Zhao Yu quietly summed up, on the surface, Zhao Mengjin won the first place in this game, but the Shuaifu series was generally weaker than the forbidden army, and the infantry army was stronger than the navy. The reason is also very simple, the source of the Shuaifu Army is more complicated, most of them are local troops and volunteers, and they have not received formal training, and then the Shuaifu Army has been equipped with firearms on a large scale, and the long-range strike force is mainly based on firearms, and the archer is quickly eliminated.
However, the forbidden army is different, they have undergone formal training, and Jiang Wanzai trained the troops strictly, as an important component of the army, the archers must have also received formal training, and it is not surprising that they defeated the Shuaifu army. In addition, because of the different combat environments, the archers of the infantry army and the naval army have different training methods and priorities, and it is not surprising that the infantry archery is inferior to the infantry army.
But what was natural is now getting a little weird. Since the main generals of the navy were all from the Shuaifu, neither of them took advantage of them, so they were naturally not very willing, Liu Zhu naturally chose to join forces with Zhao Mengjin to 'resist the enemy', and Zhao Mengjin was not convinced by the defeat to the forbidden army just now, so he supported his request to compare muskets. Honor is better than life for soldiers, and without waiting for Zhao Yu to nod, Jiang Cheng nodded in agreement. In fact, he also knew that they were inferior to the Shuaifu Army in the use of firearms, but at this moment, at this point, the head could be broken and the blood could be shed, but he couldn't lose face, so he knew that he was defeated.
Of course, Zhao Yu is the best at 'adult beauty', and after a little thought, he agreed, and asked people to take muskets, rearrange the target stacks, and have another round of competition. However, a trace of worry flashed in his heart, he knew that the separation of powers and checks and balances was a necessary means to stabilize the regime, and if there was only one voice in the DPRK and China, it would be extremely abnormal and dangerous.
After entering Jiangnan, the civil officials repeatedly attacked themselves, so that Zhao Yu had to rely on the military ministers to put pressure on them, so as to achieve a balance. And he can use this time to readjust the forces in the court to achieve a new balance. The fart at the court meeting made him also see the disharmony between the civil and military, and it was obvious that his actions had had an effect. But today's performance of Wu Chen made him discover new problems.
Since his 'independence', Zhao Yu has always regarded the army as the greatest reliance, so he has always grasped the military power in his hands, and he has successfully achieved it with his means and irreplaceable prestige in the army. However, after the relocation of the dynasty, Zhao Yu was also worried that the forbidden army in front of the palace would pose a threat to him, but he forced him to relinquish military power through the suppression and division of Zhang Shijie's lineage, and was taken over by Jiang Cheng, who was loyal to him, and successfully took over the forbidden army in front of the palace through training and adjustment of middle and grass-roots officers.
But Zhao Yu now finds himself overly optimistic, and although he has formally completed the reorganization of the army, in fact there is still a gap among senior officers. In peacetime, he would have watched the situation without intervening excessively, and would have to settle the problem gradually through the transfer and promotion of senior officers. At present, with a strong enemy on the side, war may break out at any time, and changing generals on the spot is a taboo for soldiers, and the transfer of high-ranking officers who are familiar with the headquarters is even more likely to cause improper command, and the loss of fighter planes is a trivial matter; if it causes huge losses to the troops, it may lead to years of hard work in a war, or even the loss of the country, which he cannot endure.
The game resumed, but it was much more lively than archery, and the silence of the former imperial city was broken by the continuous explosion, and the sound of gunfire echoed in the mountains. But Zhao Yu did not have the initial interest, and the result was not what he and everyone expected, the Shuibu Army of the Shuaifu Department defeated the Forbidden Army Department by a large score, after all, they had all received strict shooting training in the early stage of dressing, and then took the lead in participating in actual combat, and the shooting skills of a general were also the same as the quality of archery, affecting their prestige in the army, so they all worked hard.
For the expected result, Zhao Yu didn't say much, and he didn't show his skillful shooting skills again, after distributing the profits. He ordered a banquet to be held to entertain the generals, which was different from the banquet of the Great Dynasty Meeting, more like a private banquet between friends, so everyone was less restrained and much more relaxed.
"Your Majesty, today's imperial wine is really good, can you drink a few more bowls?" Although the dishes are not as fine as those in the court, they are all from the hands of the imperial chef in the palace, and the oil is heavy and salty, which is in line with the eating habits of the army, so both Zhao Yu and the generals are very satisfied. And everyone is not like the literati, first use a cup and not get addicted, the wine is also served in a bowl, two bowls of wine under the stomach, Liu Zhu asked with a smile.
"Yes, when I was in Qiongzhou, because of the shortage of food, it was forbidden to make wine, and I could only open a ban once at the court meeting. Zhao Yu raised his glass and said.
"Okay, okay, Your Majesty has an edict, let's not be polite, do this bowl!" Zhao Mengjin also picked up the bowl and said.
"Now Your Majesty can drink some wine, but don't drink too much, so as not to hurt your body!" After Jiang Cheng drank a cup with everyone, he still persuaded each other.
"Jiang Dutong is too careful, the people in our army are all happy people, how can we not have fun drinking. Although His Majesty is the master of the people, the Sprinkle family thinks that His Majesty is more like a warrior, and he does not change his face in front of thousands of enemy troops, and still dares to lead the army to attack. In the battle of Qizhouyang that year, His Majesty was 3,000 against 30,000, and we were all worried about death, but His Majesty actually killed the ship and captured the ship, and Liu Shen was seriously injured and fled. Zhao Mengjin wiped the residual wine on his beard, which made people feel authentic again.
"Yes, Your Majesty's courage can be described as unparalleled, when he led a battalion of personal guards to cross the sea to Xingchao, and at that time, many people in the court were hostile to Your Majesty, but Your Majesty still talked and laughed, and really subdued the army." Jiang Cheng added with a smile.
"The reason why I have the courage is not that I am really not afraid, but because I know that there are people behind me and the support of all the armies, and you will not abandon me." Zhao Yu put down the wine bowl and said, "In the battle of Qizhou Ocean, I knew that Liu Dutong would lead the army to help, so I dared to meet the enemy; And I am not afraid of danger in the Xing Dynasty, because Jiang Dutong is guarding outside the door, so what is there to worry about! What is the purpose of our army, which sacrifices life and death in battle, and is not afraid of difficulties? ”
"If you attack, you will protect each other, and if you retreat, you will defend each other!" As soon as Zhao Hao's words fell, all the generals replied in unison......