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The entire city of Chuzhou has been immersed in an atmosphere of endless sadness for the past two days, but the city is still orderly inside and outside, and there has been no turmoil due to the death of coach Guo Zixing.

The marshal's palace set up a spiritual hall in an endless stream of people, and the county and town officials and squires appointed by the righteous army came to mourn the generalissimo Guo who had been fighting all his life.

Shang Yu stayed in the barracks for two days, although the soldiers in the army were sad, but they continued to complete their respective work, which made Shang Yu secretly surprised, and when he wanted to enter other barracks, he was stopped by the ten-captain, which was not allowed by military discipline, and Shang Yu's stay in the baggage camp was arranged by Xu Da, and at present, Xu Da was summoned to the Marshal's Mansion to listen to the order, and for a time Shang Yu was imprisoned in the baggage camp in disguise.

"I don't know how Mu Thirteen lives in the city, and I heard that the ten captains said that they would arrange to work in the workshop in the city, and I don't know if it was hard! However, Xiao Ying will operate the loom in Lu Mansion, and she will presumably be arranged to a cloth workshop. As for Gu Jiusi, he is very suitable for joining the army, with great strength and good patience, and excellent water quality, and can ride a horse, which is suitable for meticulous work! ”

Thinking of this, Shang Yu couldn't help but stop the work in his hand, and after he was stunned for a few breaths, he continued to think: "I was temporarily arranged in the barracks, but why didn't anyone come to see me for two days?" What exactly does that General Xu Da want to do? ”

He is completing a five-string bow in his hand, this time the iron pear wood is the hardest "grid" made, there are many millennium iron pear trees outside Chuzhou City, this time Shang Yu said that he wanted to try to make a bow, the ten-captain sent several soldiers from outside the city to cut down a big tree for him, and took the "grid" back. (Note: The grid is the core of the iron pear tree, and the thickest grid in the thousand-year-old iron pear tree is only two fingers thick.) ）

He was in the armory workshop of the baggage camp this time, and the soldiers were a little stunned when they watched Shang Yu slowly fix the still wet lattice with a wooden mold, and then carved it little by little with a knife.

Since ancient times, hard bows have all been three strings, that is, three arcs, but they are bent into five arcs like Shang Yu, and the land used is still good iron pear wood, so they can't help but watch with the idea of watching jokes.

"May I ask you, big brother, is there any good charcoal here? I'm going to need to dry the bow slowly, but I'll have to brush it with oil in the process to make it tougher! Shang Yu finished carving the bow body intently, and then got up and asked the soldiers around him.

"Yes, yes, I will go and fetch a charcoal pot for you at once, and the best green pine trunk will be made into charcoal, which is used to make bows." When an old soldier heard this, he immediately left, and after a short time, he took the charcoal basin and placed it at Shang Yu's feet.

At this time, a soldier came to Shang Yu with another object, and said with a smile: "Master Shang, this is a fine buffalo tendon!" The bowstring used to make your bow is just right, but no one can pull the bow you make in this way, so you can keep it as a souvenir when you are done. ”

All the soldiers in the Armory Workshop smiled and nodded, agreeing with what the soldier had said.

Shang Yu was overjoyed when he saw it and said, "Great! If the bowstring is placed before the bow is dry, it will be one. ”

As he spoke, he took the tendons, threaded them into the bow, fixed them with horn pieces, and began to place the bow on top of the charcoal basin and move back and forth.

If it is slow, it will not be able to make the bow body tough, and it is also necessary to brush the bow body with cotton dipped in oil every once in a while to make the bow body more flexible, which is a slow effort, it takes an hour or two, and there are countless sweats on the body for a while, but he ignores it.

After watching for about half an hour, the onlookers finally lost their patience, and when it was time for lunch, only one soldier was left to stay in the armory, and the rest of the place went out to eat.

However, what Shang Yu is doing so far cannot be stopped halfway, otherwise all his efforts will be wasted, and he can only get a waste bow, and it will not be until noon that Shang Yu completes the production of this bow.

Shang Yu removed those wooden molds, looked at the golden-brown bow body, and couldn't help but love it very much, this was the first weapon completely handmade by himself, stretched out his hand to caress the bow, and couldn't help but have a warm feeling in his heart.

Last time in Yongchuan Pharmaceutical, he didn't feel deeply, although the crossbow made by himself this time was far less complicated than the first two crossbows, but this was completely made by himself, and the range of the five-string bow is far beyond that of ordinary bows and arrows, and its lethality is by no means inferior to that of crossbows.

"It's finally done, otherwise it would have been a waste of good materials!" Shang Yu looked at the dragon and tiger pattern carved on the bow and said.

At this time, all the soldiers gathered around to watch, and borrowed the bow string in their hands to try to pull the bowstring, and among the dozens of people, only one soldier who was skilled in iron weapons had some strength, but he could not pull it even after only pulling it a little half.

"Master Shang, your bow can't even be pulled by Brother Luo Sanwu, even the generals have a lot of effort to pull it, it seems that it can only be used for collection."

"Yes! I can't pull this bow at all, it's so embarrassing. ”

The soldiers were talking about it, making Shang Yu's face a little red, and the weapon he made couldn't be used, he took the bow back from one of the soldiers and said, "Then I'll try it." ”

"Master Shang, you can't even pull the iron-striking origin of Brother Luo Sanwu, so you don't have to waste your efforts." A soldier kindly persuaded Shang Yu to come.

Shang Yu was also a little unconfident and raised the bow with his left hand, reached for the bowstring with his right hand, and pulled it with all his might, but he didn't move, which made him feel depressed for a while.

Xin said: "This bow actually requires a lot of strength to pull, and if I had thought of this when I made it, I wouldn't have made the bowstring so complicated." ”

Just as he was about to give up, there was a hot current between his chest and abdomen, which instantly reached the two arms, and the right arm subconsciously pulled back, and the whole bow was easily pulled by him.

"Okay, the business steward will still make a bow?" A familiar voice came into Shang Yu's ears, and a trace of heat surged through Shang Yu's heart.

He slowly released the bowstring, put the bow down, turned his head to look at the place where the sound came from, and immediately said in surprise: "Uncle Zhang, is it you?" Why are you in Chuzhou? He immediately recognized one of the three people outside the circle, wasn't that Zhang Zheng, the former steward of the Lu Inn?

"Huh! It's me, it's just that Zhang is my pseudonym, my real name is Zhu Zhengqing, originally one of the local strategists under Marshal Guo, he only entered Quanzhou a few years ago, and the righteous army has received financial support from the Lu firm over the years to have such a situation! Business manager, I only heard today from the Deputy Marshal and the eldest lady that you have come to Chuzhou, but the Marshal is dead, and the Deputy Marshal Left has asked me to make proper arrangements for your future out. ”

Only then did Shang Yu know that Steward Zhang in the Lu family was originally from the Righteous Army, and his name was Zhu Zhengqing, so he immediately bowed and saluted and said, "Then Xiao Yu will salute Uncle Zhu again!" It's just that I don't know that these two are "two people who came with Zhu Zhengqing, one of them feels good, but he doesn't know where he has met."

"Little brother Shang Yu, I am Tang He, Brother Guorui and I were fortunate to be rescued by your mother and son in the mountains near Lijia Village, so we were able to get out of the catastrophe without being captured by Yuangou, and successfully brought a lot of silver taels back to Chuzhou, which is also the reason why our righteous army has sufficient food and salary this year, and you have a lot of credit." Tang He was wearing a Confucian shirt, and at this time he was far from the image of the person wearing the costume of a sesame person, and Shang Yu naturally did not easily recognize him.

But after hearing Tang Hedi's words, he immediately recognized the other party and said, "It turns out that you are Big Brother Tang He, I don't know how that Big Brother Guorui is now?" The injury has already healed, right? He vaguely guessed that the left deputy marshal was the person named Guorui, but he didn't expect that he had inadvertently saved the two big men in the rebel army, and he just thought it was a small leader in the rebel army at that time.

"Are you asking the Left Deputy Marshal? He is now discussing with the generals about the expedition, and it is inconvenient for him to come to see you, so he ordered the three of us to come to see you at the same time, this is Mr. Li Shanchang, who is the military advisor of my Chuzhou Volunteer Army, and he is very strategic. Tang He immediately introduced the other person to Shang Yu.

Shang Yu took a closer look at Li Shanchang, and saw that his body was thin and thin, and there was always a sharp feeling in his eyes, which was the experience he gained from being a steward in Quanzhou, and he said in his heart: "This person's mind must be extremely meticulous, and the military advisor in the righteous army is really extraordinary!" ”

Although he thought so in his heart, he immediately bowed with his bow and said, "Shang Yu greets Li Junshi!" ”

"Where, don't listen to Tang He's nonsense, I'm just one of the staff in the marshal's mansion, and where can I be called a military advisor! However, the Shang brothers are extraordinary, and they will definitely achieve extraordinary achievements in the future. Li Shanchang looked at Shang Yu with satisfaction and said, looking at Shang Yu's extraordinary and sophisticated way of dealing with young people, he nodded secretly in his heart.

"The military advisor really praised Xiao Yu too much." Shang Yu hurriedly replied, his face couldn't help but turn red, it was the first time in his life that he was praised like this.

"Shang Yu is Mu Yu, whether you are escorting the heroic behavior of the second lady of the Lu family, or you are killing the Yuan Dog County Order and its evil slave in Yongchuan, you can be regarded as famous all over the world, a hero since ancient times! The rebels need someone like you to join them, would you like that? Li Shan didn't say a few words before making this request.

Shang Yu was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "Xiao Yu is willing to join the rebel army." After the massacre of Lijia Village in Quanzhou, he wanted to join the rebel army, but it was more than a thousand miles away at that time, and his mother did not allow it, but now he has this great opportunity, how can he miss it?

"Okay, it is worthy of being a heroic boy who has helped Deputy Marshal Left and Tang He's brothers! Early tomorrow morning, you will go out with Deputy Marshal Left with Li, hey! This bow in your hand is of a strange style, who made it? Li Shanchang decided Shang Yu's future fate in a blink of an eye, but when he noticed the five-string bow in Shang Yu's hand, he couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

After hearing this, Shang Yu immediately replied: "This is the strong bow that Xiao Yu has just made, and it is called the five-string bow!" It can shoot through the steel armor from a distance of more than ten feet, but it takes some effort to pull this bow. Seeing Li Shanchang asking, he subconsciously moved the bow back, this bow was the first weapon he made with his own hands, and it was naturally extremely cherished, for fear that people would ask for it.

"Oh! Is it possible to borrow a view of Li? Li Shanchang said with great interest, and stretched out his hand as he spoke.

Shang Yu could only put the bow into Li Shanchang's hand with some reluctance, and then said: "This bow may only be able to be pulled away by Xiao Yu, and next time it will definitely not make such a weapon, and ordinary people will not be able to use it at all." ”

After Li Shanchang put the bow into his hand, he still didn't believe Shang Yu's words, and immediately raised the bow and tried to pull it, but he couldn't pull it at all, and couldn't help but look around at the soldiers and ask, "Which soldier can pull this bow?" ”

The soldiers who were originally surrounding Shang Yu had already walked back to their work positions, and when they heard Li Shanchang's question, they all shook their heads and said nothing.

"It seems that this bow is indeed very strong, I wonder if Brother Shang can try it in the school field?" Li Shanchang thought that when he entered the house just now, he once saw Shang Yu draw the bow full, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy in his heart.

Xin said: "Shang Yu is just a young man's body, he has such divine power, and he can pull this strong bow, it means that the righteous army will get a young general with great potential." ”

Shang Yu didn't expect Li Shanchang to order him to go to the school field to try the bow, and he couldn't help but hesitate a little, because the crossbow bow does not use both hands to cooperate, the accurate head is much stronger than the bow and arrow, but he has been hunting in the mountains since he was a child, and the small civilian bow is used, the range is short and the accuracy is also poor, the most important thing is that Shang Yu practices the bow and arrow very few times, if he can't even hit the target later, wouldn't it be extremely embarrassing?

Unexpectedly, one of the soldiers from the armory workshop next to him said: "The military advisor said very much, and those who are less powerful with such bows also want to open their eyes!" Master Shang, everyone has seen that you can pull this bow, so you don't have to be modest, go to the school field and show your hands to the brothers! The one who spoke was the blacksmith from Tirosango.

"Xiao Yu, I didn't expect that you have not only become famous recently, but also can make weapons, and you have so much strength, so you will go to the school to try it out." Zhu Zhengqing saw that Shang Yu was still a little hesitant, and couldn't help but say out loud.

"Brother Shang, I didn't expect you to have so much strength, let's go to the school field." Tang He is a person who practices martial arts, and his strength is extraordinary, but he is also halfway through the pull, and he is no longer able to continue to pull, and he can't help but say out loud, and he is also a little surprised that Shang Yu can pull this bow.

"Unless this little brother is born with divine power, otherwise he has extremely strong martial arts." Tang He thought in his heart.

Shang Yu saw that everyone was asking for this, so he had to blush and said, "Then I'll go to the school to try it, but I'm afraid that the accuracy will be bad, so everyone will laugh!" ”

When Li Shanchang heard this, he thought that Shang Yu was modest, and immediately took Shang Yu's hand and said: "If this kind of bow is lethal, it can be simplified, if there are thousands of similar bows shooting towards the Yuan army, what kind of power will it have?" Therefore, for the brother, I have to look at the strength and range of the bow, and as for the accuracy, it is not for the brother to care. ”

Li Shanchang turned his face to Luo Sanwu and said: "Old Luo, you are also a good arrow maker in the army, choose a pot of good carved steel arrows, and follow Li to the school." ”

Luo Sanwu immediately rushed in, and went to the warehouse to get arrows.

"Brother Tang, Brother Zhu! I didn't expect Brother Shang to actually make weapons, and he was born with divine power, after trying this bow, I took Brother Shang to see the deputy marshal left, two please! After talking to Tang He and Zhu Zhengqing, he pulled Shang Yu and walked out.

Shang Yu thought in his heart at this time: "I just hope that the heat will not fail when it comes, otherwise I will never be able to pull this bow." The heat came and went, but he was more worried.