Chapter 20: Learning Arrows
Chen Tai took him back to the camp to pack up his things, but in fact, there was nothing to clean up, but before leaving, Chen Tai sincerely admonished him: "In our Holy Han Army, there are many children of the poor family who can become captains, and there are even fewer who can be military candidates. Although you are now a military captain, it is difficult to be promoted again, so it is better to take the opportunity to build a good relationship, and become a leading captain in the future, and it is the right thing to hold real power. "The so-called leading lieutenant is like Wang Jian, who commands infantry soldiers, archers or cavalry, but Zhang Xiaowu's current military lieutenant has no soldiers, and he often offends people on weekdays, so Chen Taicai carefully admonished.
Zhang Xiaowu nodded heavily.
Zhang Xiaowu returned to the Yizi camp to receive the account, Luo Zhen first arranged for him to rest in a single room, introduced him to the names and scruples of the captains and records in the army, and told him the rules of the camp, and finally Luo Zhen said: "You have only been a captain in the forbidden army for one month, which can be described as a miracle, but there are many rules in the army, you need to learn and awe, even those who are lower in rank than you, don't provoke at will." The army has cleaned up military discipline, but military discipline is not important now, what you need is to use the Divine Arm Bow to help the soldiers shoot the incoming enemy. ”
"I know." Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile, "What I need to do is to protect the soldiers." ”
Luo Zhen laughed: "You are a smart person. ”
"Thank you Captain Luo for mentioning it, I will say less and hear more." Zhang Xiaowu said with a smile.
Soon after Luo Zhen left, Han Zhong, the marching record, came, and Zhang Xiaowu heard Luo Zhen say that this person was the commander-in-chief of the Yizi Battalion Army, and the distribution of stone grain and grass and the record of meritorious deeds, and he was decent but not smiling. Han Zhong's eyes were narrow and pitch black, which made people shudder, although he was born as a literati, he killed more people than ordinary generals. Han Zhong told Zhang Xiaowu that the salary of the captain was much more than that of the captain, and the monthly salary of the soldiers of the Han army was 800 wen, and the commander of the army had three taels of silver, about 3,000 wen, and the chief officer was paid seven taels of silver, the captain was paid 15 taels of silver, and the captain was paid 40 taels of silver.
Zhang Xiaowu asked the regimental general how much silver he received, and Han Zhong glared at him and said, "How much silver the general receives, only the people in the Ministry of War know." ”
Zhang Xiaowu received forty taels of silver salary, held it in his hand and said with emotion: "The most money I have seen in my life is these forty taels of silver." ”
Han Zhong's face that had not been smiling for a long time was also amused by him, but he quickly stopped smiling, and said with a straight face: "Prepare for it, Inuyi may have to launch a big attack." ”
"The Great Attack? Why? ”
Han Zhong's eyes flashed and said, "Yesterday you almost shot Wuhuan Xiao Wang, it is estimated that he did not attack during the day today, just to raise strength." All you have to do is keep him safe and keep him safe. ”
Zhang Xiaowu nodded and said: "The military is cultivated like this, and he is humble-lower--I will definitely thank him with death." Han Zhong nodded and left.
After saluting, Zhang Xiaowu came to the camp to meet Ding Yi, Ding Yi is old after all, he occasionally felt a cold last night, and he rested for a while today, and is eating soup in the backyard at the moment. Zhang Xiaowu had the impression that Ding Yi was standing like a steel gun, but when he saw him squatting by the bed drinking the decoction, he noticed that his hair was also a little gray. However, Ding Yi squatting and drinking medicine is not unwell, but the tradition of his hometown, it is said that his hometown is from Bingzhou, and he moved to Longdu with his father at the age of fifteen. When he was a child, he developed the habit of squatting and eating in Bingzhou, but now he can't change it, and he is often laughed at, but Ding Yi doesn't care at all.
Seeing Zhang Xiaowu coming, Ding Yi stood up and asked him to sit down. Ding Yi cherishes talents, especially since the other party is a disciple of a poor family, and he has a deep relationship with the soldiers and generals of the disciples of the poor family. Ding Yi was born in a noble family, his archery skills were extraordinary, and he was given a bow by the emperor, and he looked down on the children of the poor family like other generals. However, when the catastrophe of the Ding family was approaching, the former aristocratic Pao Ze hurriedly broke off relations with him, but it was the Hanmen sergeant who defended him in every possible way and ran to clear his name.
Ding Yi said, don't you want to learn archery, I'll teach you the method now, Zhang Xiaowu was overjoyed. Ding Yi said that archery skills are easy to practice, and the art of archery is not learned to see, but practiced. The so-called practice makes perfect, Ding Yi began to practice archery at the age of seven, day and night, but he is ashamed to say that since he became a military candidate, he has practiced less, and he is not as good as some soldiers in the bow formation.
Ding Yi handed over all his knowledge of how to shoot arrows and his experience to Zhang Xiaowu, which caused Zhang Xiaowu to be full of curiosity and curiosity. After all, in his previous life, Zhang Xiaowu lived in the safest country in the world, not to mention bows and arrows, and even controlled knives had never been touched. The disciple who is most willing to learn as a teacher will teach him more carefully.
After talking for half an hour, Ding Yi took a two-stone bow and said that his weekday archery skills can be practiced with two-stone bows, and after he is proficient, he will gradually increase with three-stone bows, four-stone bows and even five-stone bows.
"Archery skills can't be a fat man in one bite, you have to remember, shoot arrows 2,000 times a day, and never stop every day, and you can only make some progress after a year." Ding Yi said, an arrow hit the bullseye a hundred steps away, stroked his beard and smiled: "Although this shooting skill has not been used for a long time, it has not been completely lost." ”
Zhang Xiaowu said: "Wait, when will I be able to shoot your skills?" ”
Ding Yi said: "According to the practice I said, maybe five years." ”
Zhang Xiaowu said: "If I practice ten thousand arrows every day-"
Ding Yi glared at his eyes and reprimanded: "Nonsense, you practice 10,000 arrows every day, and the next day you can't open your arms. ”
"Remember."
"It's a lower officer, you kid is already a military captain, and it would be unruly to talk about being humble, remember."
"Whoa."
Perhaps because of the fact that Wu Lili was shocked, for three days, the alien army did not attack the city, and the boasting of Zhang Xiaowu in the city was even worse, and some people even came to see what Zhang Xiaowu looked like. Seeing that it was a handsome young general, he immediately shouted to help him find a suitable family, and Ding Yi also took the opportunity to laugh and not stop it, which caused other generals to coax him even more.
Zhang Xiaowu doesn't talk much on weekdays, playing the role of Ding Yi's "chief guard", and almost robbed Ding Yi of his real job as chief guard. However, he could see that Ding Yi intended to cultivate himself, and he took himself with him wherever he went, and he did learn a lot and gain a lot of knowledge during this period.
The deliberations of the Yizi battalion are once a day, and the deliberations of the 27th regiment are once every three days, and Zhang Xiaowu and Ding Yi participate in the meeting of the general's palace. The rest of the battalions waited for the rest of the battalions to see the legendary sharpshooter captain Zhang Xiaowu, seeing such a young and handsome man with different expressions, and suspected in his heart that this person was either the illegitimate son of the noble man or a rabbit master......
Zhang Xiaowu saw everyone's eyes, his heart was not a taste, but there was no expression and refutation, after the meeting, Ding Yi said to him: "Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind, if it cannot be destroyed, you are the only one who shows in the forest." Zhang Xiaowu understands his love, it seems that Ding Yi treats himself as an apprentice, although the two have never apprenticed, he is thinking about when he will find an opportunity to beg Ding Yi.
Sure enough, on May 18, the Wuhuan Xiaowang Wuli was unwilling to be humiliated, and brazenly launched a strong attack, the Uzi people attacked the north of the city, the Shengfan people attacked the east of the city, the Wuhuan people and the Tatars attacked the south of the main gate, and the west gate held by the Yizi battalion was attacked by the Yueshi people and the Beiyi.
The black pressure dog Yi came up, there were as many as 10,000, and the defenders of the Yizi battalion were less than 5,000 people, and nearly half of them were wounded. Except for the seriously wounded sergeants, all the lightly wounded soldiers carried sandbags and responded calmly. Ding Yi, the military candidate, stood proudly on the top of the West City Tower, waving the flag in his hand and hunting, he roared loudly: "One team and two formations hold on, three teams and four formations support, and the bow formation is ready to fight back!" ”
"Huhuhuhu-"
Everyone looked up, only to see the black pressure arrow breaking through the air, and immediately hid behind the obstacle, and several soldiers holding a big shield also protected Ding Yi very thoroughly. Zhang Xiaowu hid behind the shield with a divine arm bow, just waiting for the rain of arrows to kill the enemy.
Some of the sergeants could not resist the impact of the arrows, and were shot by the arrows and fell to the ground. There were more and more middle arrow sergeants around him, and Ding Yi shouted anxiously: "You can block it!" Block it for Lao Tzu! ”
"Whoa!"
The sergeants waited for a rain of arrows with their heads down, and a moment or so later, the dogs rushed up with siege ladders.