Chapter 5: Spring Dawn (6 A)

"Let's go down and change our clothes! After changing, I looked for my pro-soldier team under the stands to report! Keenly aware that something was wrong with the surrounding atmosphere, Feng Changqing ordered with a smile in the spirit of protection.

Unlike Colliers, he doesn't think it's the fault of young people to be ambitious. Although Yu Wenzhi's performance just now was too impetuous. I think that if Feng Changqing didn't have the same unwillingness in his heart, he would not have slowly climbed from an unknown soldier to the high position of deputy envoy of the four towns of Anxi. Ambition is the source of motivation, and those who are satisfied with the status quo and want to eat and wait for death all day long are truly hopeless in his heart.

"No!" Yuwen was pardoned, and gratefully hugged his fist at Feng Changqing. Then he took the uniform and waist card he had just taken from the other party's own soldiers, and hurried away.

After turning to the stands, his arm was grabbed by Wang Xun and Ma Fang, who had been waiting impatiently. The shoulders, back, etc. were first beaten by the two of them, and then they were let go by the two, and said with a smile: "Grandma's, it's not such a way to shoot on the back, just stick to the stands and be willing to come down!" Aren't you afraid of making everyone jealous? How, what official position have you been given? ”

"See for yourselves?" Yu Wenzhi took out the waist card and handed it over triumphantly. The rank of the captain of the imperial martial arts is from the eighth grade, one level lower than Wang Xun's eighth rank on the Xuanjie lieutenant, but it is just one level higher than Ma Fang's captain on the ninth rank of the ninth grade. caused Pony Fang to immediately purse his lips and muttered very unconvinced: "I said, I won't get off the stage for half a day." It turns out that I like it stupidly! ”

"What, that old gelding dog of Colliers has been pulling me to ask questions!" Yu Wenzhi quickly looked around and lowered his voice in response.

Wang Xun frowned when he heard this, and quickly looked around, and reminded in a low voice: "Why did Gao Hussar offend you?" You're burying him like that. You know, if he hadn't been willing to come forward, you would still be in the Wannian County Prison now! ”

"Him?" Yuwen Zhi was so angry that cold air spewed out of his nostrils, "Mingyun, you're wrong." If it weren't for the twenty taels of gold that Jia Chang sent, would he come forward to save me? ”

"Have you asked Jia Chang?" Wang Xun was stunned for a moment, frowning and asking. "Even if Jia Chang uses gold, someone needs to dare to collect it, right? He is in a high position, and he is counting on you to make a fortune with these twenty taels! ”

Wang Yuwenzhi sneered and shook his head, "He really doesn't expect these twenty taels of gold to make a fortune." But there is no rabbit and no eagle. Don't talk about that! Anyway, in this life, I will never forget the favors of you, Ma Xiaozi, and Brother Zhang, Brother Lei and Jia Chang. Others, hum ......."

"Forget it, forget it, let's not talk about that. Anyway, I won't deal with the high hussars again in the future! Seeing that the two of them were stiffening more and more, Ma Fang hurriedly stepped forward to play a round. Still, as the old saying goes, both of you want me to salute you. Unless it's a formal occasion that you can't hide. ”

"Okay, as a gift from you, we won't have one more piece of meat!" Wang Xun didn't have the heart to quarrel with Yu Wenzhi and the two over a trivial matter, so he kicked Ma Fangxu and agreed with a smile.

"Beat up your colleagues, fifty sticks!" Ma Fang immediately jumped away and threatened in a low voice. Then he smiled and grabbed Yu Wenzhi, "Let's go, this field is under the management of our team today, I'll take you to change your clothes first!" ”

As they spoke, the three of them smiled and walked away. After a while, I changed my clothes again and walked back side by side. Wang Xun is tall and burly, Ma Fang is thin and clever, and there is a shaped Yuwenzhi in the middle, which really has its own characteristics.

Just when the three of them went around in such a big circle, in the stands, the other two test takers also finished commenting on their archery. Unlike Yuwenzhi, in order to seek accuracy, among the equipment provided by the army, a soft bow was specially selected to save arm strength. The big man at the third target and the tall and thin man at the fifth target both chose a black lacquer bow known for its hardness, and its strength was as high as two stones. Among them, the three arrows shot by the big man in the shape of a biao, and the arrows hit the target by half an inch. Although the tall and thin man did not maximize the strength of the bow arm, the three arrows each occupied one side of the heart, and just posed in a zigzag shape.

Because he had just been ruined by Yu Wenzhi's impetuous appearance, Gao Lishi put on a straight face and rated the thin and tall Wei Jue, who was obviously more than one step ahead of others in archery, as the second place. The reason is that it is suspected of deliberate selling. If you suddenly have a contemptuous heart on the battlefield, you will not only kill yourself, but also implicate your robes. And Wang Wu, a big man with a biao shape, because he was honest and honest, was not lazy and reserved his strength when archery, and was announced as the first by Gao Lishi in public. He was awarded the rank of captain on the seventh rank of Zhiguo, and became a low-level military attache officially recorded in the establishment by the imperial court.

And although the tall and thin man Wei Jue is suspected of "deliberately showing", his archery skills are so high, after all, he has been seen by so many pairs of eyes. In order not to disappoint the good families who came to take the exam, Feng Changqing once again became a good man, recommended the thin and tall man to be the Huaihua Sige under the eight grades, and hired him as the head of the bow and crossbow in the name of the deputy envoy of the four towns of Anxi, and instructed the corporal archery.

The two of them were delighted and disappointed, but they all bowed down quietly and thanked the two generals for their support. Colliers nodded and ordered the two to stand down. Then he ordered someone to call the other two who persevered until the last round, and directly promoted them into the army to serve, starting from the position of the halberd chief under the nine grades, and then promoted according to their personal performance in the future.

When the news came out, the audience thundered. From the comments of the two generals, all the good families saw the hope of promotion. Therefore, if they did not perform well in the shooting field, they focused on the equipment field. Those who fail to stand out in the equipment field will focus their energy on fists and kicks and tomorrow's competitions. Even if he is not sure about the four competitions, he is ready to continue to try his luck and do not expect to finish in the top five and become a loose officer in one fell swoop. Being able to enter the Flying Dragon Forbidden Army as an ordinary soldier with comprehensive results is better than watching your brothers eat at home! Moreover, there are many opportunities for the Flying Dragon Praetorian Guard to be promoted, from an ordinary soldier to a nine-rank halberd chief, and it only takes three turns. In Beijing, the lanterns are appreciated on the fifteenth day of the first month every year, and it is rare to lose a few fires. And at the end of summer, dredging the drainage ditches in the city can also make a lot of contributions. In case one day you are lucky enough to be favored by His Majesty the Emperor, it is not impossible to soar into the sky!

Amid the deafening cheers, Colliers shook his head lightly with an imperceptible amplitude. After all, these young people who came to apply today are still too immature. Compared with the Quartet talents who came to recruit during the selection in the eleventh year of Kaiyuan, it is more than a little bit worse. Most of the recruits wore half-worn coarse garments, but the simple clothes could not hide the heroic spirit on their faces. And most of the children of good families who came to apply for recruitment today were wearing brocade clothes, and the costumes were a little too luxurious, and the heroic spirit in their bones was consumed a lot by the brocade clothes.

I guessed that Colliers might not be in a good mood, but I couldn't guess why. Feng Changqing smiled and raised his eyebrows lightly at Zhou Xiaofeng beside him. Zhou Xiaofeng and Zhou Laohu, who was known as "rough billet" among the generals, immediately understood, took a few steps forward, and bowed deeply to Gao Lishi, "I have heard that the hussar general is skilled in archery, and he is unparalleled in the world. But the youngster has never had the chance to meet. I finally met it today, please don't hesitate to teach the general! ”

"Yes, yes, I've been living in the border for a long time, and I've heard of the general's archery for a long time. I was able to see it with my own eyes today, and I will blow it after I go back! A group of Anxi officers followed behind Zhou Xiaofeng and saluted Gao Lishi.

"Nonsense! Don't quit yet! Feng Changqing scolded in a low voice, but there was obviously a smile on his face.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Zhou Laohu scratched the back of his head hard, and while stepping back, he looked pitifully at Gao Lishi's face.

Colliers was bewitched by his hypocrisy. smiled and said loudly: "It's okay, Gao Mou has been showing off his lips and tongue just now, and he can't see the slightest real chapter under his hands." Take a two-and-a-half-stone hard bow, and our family will also show its ugliness. If you don't win later, don't laugh! "In other words, it is the luck of our lives to be able to witness the general's archery with my own eyes!" Zhou Laohu grinned and smiled.

Colliers smiled and unfastened his cloak behind his shoulders. Then he moved his muscles and bones, took a two-and-a-half-stone birch bow from his own soldiers, and slowly walked towards the target position, while smiling and ordering, "Raise the target to a hundred and twenty paces." Not at this distance, you can't show the benefits of the birch bow! ”

"No!" The soldiers trotted, picked up their targets, and moved back a full twenty paces, and then steadied themselves again at a distance of one hundred and twenty paces.

The sons of the good families who came to apply were already planning to try their luck at other venues, but suddenly heard that His Majesty the Emperor's favorite eunuch Gao Lishi was going to show his archery skills in public, and they came back one after another. Seeing this, Ma Fang hurriedly stepped forward to maintain order, and it took a long time to relocate the sons of the good families, standing twenty steps behind Gao Lishi, and forming a semicircle in the distance.

Colliers picked five arrows with the most even tail feathers from the quiver box, and stuck them one by one on the hard ground where he was bent in front of him. While plugging in, he smiled and chatted with Zhou Xiaofeng and others who caught up. But the voice was deliberately raised so that most of the people around could hear it, "You have been on the battlefield, and you must have more experience than me." Although our Datang's feather arrows are specially customized by the Ministry of War, not every arrow is of high quality. When the battle is approaching, if the enemy cavalry charges, a distance of one hundred and twenty paces, you will have at most three or five chances to fire. So, pick and choose in advance, you can kill one more enemy, and give the enemy one less chance to get close to your own formation! ”

"That's true!" Zhou Xiaofeng glanced back and responded loudly.

Hearing this, the group of recruits immediately realized that General Gao was taking the opportunity to instruct everyone in archery, and quickly held his breath, lest he miss a word. And some of the stupid people in the crowd still felt that the reason why Gao Lishi was able to mix with the high position of a general completely depended on the favor of His Majesty the Emperor. So, while sneering slightly, I waited to see how Colliers made a fool of himself.

Gao Lishi didn't have time to care about how much these test takers behind him listened to his words, and while slowly adjusting the bowstring, he continued to smile and said: "The reason why I just said that Yuwen Zhi's strength is not strong is also to focus on actual combat. Today, the main strong enemy of my Tang Dynasty is the newly rising Great Food Country in the west. Their territory is vast, and it is said that they are no longer under my Tang Dynasty. And the armor is excellent, and I also have a fight with the Mingguang armor of the Tang Dynasty. If you shoot him with a soft bow with a hard stone, I am afraid that three arrows in succession will not be able to shoot him off his horse. And after the third arrow, he is at most twenty paces away from you, and even if the fourth arrow happens to hit him by the throat, the horse under his crotch will trample you into a meatloaf. ”

That's right. But soft bows are easy to aim after all! So many people like to be lazy with a soft bow! Zhou Xiaofeng thought about it and responded loudly again.

"No!" Gao Lishi shook his head slightly, "It's the so-called full draw, tighten the arrow." For people with small arm strength, a soft bow is certainly easier to master than a hard one. But if you have enough arm strength, but you are still lazy to use a soft bow, it will be counterproductive. ”

Without waiting for anyone to echo him, he thought for a while and continued: "The bow and arrow are a heavy heart. Don't be distracted, don't be tempted, have perseverance, don't want to be lazy in ordinary training, choose a bow that suits your arm strength, and make sure that it is full as soon as you pull, without any pause in between. Shoot your bow and release your arrows steadily!"

With that, he bent his waist and pulled an arrow from the ground, and with the skill of straightening his waist, he had already pulled the birch bow round like a full moon. As soon as his fingers loosened slightly, he shot out the eagle feather, with a cold wind, and with a "snap", the red heart of the arrow target in the distance. But the strength was still not exhausted, and the target shook back and forth.

Before the target could regain its steady, Colliers had already bent down again and put the second feather arrow on the bow. Straight waist, lead the bow, loose strings, all the movements in one go, skillful as the same clouds. In the blink of an eye, the second arrow was inserted into the bull's-eye of one hundred and twenty paces, and it was close to the first arrow, the tail feathers collided, and the white feathers flew around.

"Okay—" The crowd reacted and opened their throats to cheer in unison. Oblivious to the sounds around him, Colliers bent over, got up, bent over, got up, repeated twice, and had already shot the third and fourth feathered arrows at the bull's-eye.

All the good families who came to apply for the recruitment cheered wildly. If you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, you are afraid of comparing goods. Just now, Yu Wenzhi and the others shot three arrows and a hundred paces, and it took about a drum time, and for each arrow shot, there were at least four or five breaths to aim. However, General Gao Lishi shot four arrows in four breaths, and the arrows were all red hearts, and they were twenty steps away from Yu Wenzhi and the others.

Amid the cheers, Colliers put the fifth arrow on the bowstring. At this moment, the first four feather arrows had already packed the core of the target to the brim, and there was almost no space left for the fifth arrow. He seems to have discovered this, and the fifth arrow was not fired. The cheers of the crowd immediately stopped, and their eyes directly told the tip of the arrow a little cold light, lest this arrow fail and wipe out the brilliance of the first four arrows.

It's too late, it's too late, Gao Lishi suddenly smiled slightly and let go of the bowstring. As if the heart was taken out by the shaft of the arrow, everyone in the field opened their mouths and stared at the eagle feather flying forward inch by inch, flying forward, flying forward. "Bang", the cold light disappeared in the gap of the carving, and the fifth arrow was squeezed in between the first four arrows, standing firmly in the center of the arrow target!

Note 1: Vermilion lacquer and birch bow are all standard famous bows in **. The range is long and accurate.