Xia Xue is still diligent in studying every day, practicing martial arts and riding and archery during the day, reading ancient books, learning ancient traditional Chinese characters, and practicing calligraphy before going to bed at night, and is busy all day long, preparing for the impact of the coming troubled times and accumulating strength.

Of course, the genius girl Xueba from the thirty-first century, with profound scientific literacy, does not believe in the ethereal "internal strength", "light skill" or "Nine Yin True Scripture" and other peerless martial arts written in martial arts novels, and she mainly practices the most commonly used martial arts in ancient times every day - horse riding and archery.

From the analysis of the map brought by Wuji's brother, Bohai County should be near Jing County, Hebei in later generations. During the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, many steppe nomads who were good at riding and shooting and fighting and were martial and strong were stationed in North China, thus opening up the martial style of the masses in this region. didn't say that looking at Si Swenwen's brother and cousin also love martial arts so much.

When Xia Xue first asked her two brothers to learn martial arts such as archery and horseback riding, they were first surprised, and then refused, saying that it was too dangerous and too hard for girls to dance knives and guns, Xia Xue insisted on learning, saying that she was not afraid of danger and hardship. The two of them couldn't stand the soft grinding and hard bubbles of this "fairy sister", so they had to agree to try, thinking that practicing martial arts was so hard, and it was estimated that Xia Xue would retreat in two days.

Unexpectedly, what happened behind them was too unexpected for them. This sister who looks delicate and weak on the outside, learning martial arts is like a different person, preoccupied, hard-working, brave, heroic, and talented, looking soft and weak, I didn't expect the strength and speed to be amazing, it is a strong bow of more than 120 catties that they have a little hard to pull up, this snow girl can easily pull away. And he is also very brave, the first time he learns to ride a horse, he dares to jump up, and he is not afraid of falling and getting hurt. In fact, they didn't know that Xia Xue had learned to ride a horse in the future era, and at that time, horse riding was purely a kind of entertainment and fitness, so Xia Xue was not very strange to horseback riding, so she would not be timid, and she would learn faster. Xia Xue knows that riding a horse is not so simple, most people think that if you clip the horse's belly and pump the horse's buttocks, the horse will carry you and you can run fast, but in fact, it is not; When riding a horse, you have to keep your body low, and in order to match the rhythm of the horse's running, you have to constantly move the weight of your body forward, so that the speed of riding can be increased. Horses are very psychic animals, as long as they follow their temperament, they can quickly control it, and they can lift weights as lightly, but if they rely on brute force, they can't do it at all.

Xia Xue is so not afraid of hardship and so studious, the eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Cheng were very surprised, so they did not hesitate to teach her all the insights when they learned to ride and shoot. For example, how to coordinate the body and mount, how to communicate with the horse with the knees and heels alone, how to match the undulation of the horse's back when the bow and arrow are aimed at the target, etc.

With the guidance of her two elder brothers, plus Xia Xue's talent and high understanding, she slowly had a feeling for bows and arrows, war horses and the wind around her. With each shot, the arrow no longer flew aimlessly as it had at the beginning, but landed in the same direction as the target. And the more you practice, the more proficient you become, and in the end, almost every time you can pierce the heart with one arrow. This couldn't help but make Brother Wuji and Cousin Fulfillment dumbfounded, marveling at Xia Xue's extraordinary talent.

Because Xia Xue also wears transparent-colored high-tech protective gloves that can increase external friction and protect the palm of her hand when practicing martial arts. Although this glove is very thin and transparent, it looks as if it is not wearing anything, but the protection is super strong, so Xia Xue is not afraid of being cut by bowstrings, swords, etc., and wears her white and slender fingers. Coupled with the super talent of the genius girl in version 4.0, Xia Xue's learning of archery, horseback riding and other skills is advancing by leaps and bounds. In just over three months, all of Xia Xue's martial arts have far surpassed Brother Sun Wuji and cousin Gao Cheng. Even if she shoots an arrow while galloping on a horse, Xia Xue can basically accurately hit a target within 150 meters, which is beyond the reach of her two elder brothers.

Seeing that his sister's talent in martial arts was so high, the two elder brothers were surprised and delighted, and began to teach seriously. He also taught Xia Xue to use the most commonly used long weapon of the generals of this era: the lance.

Xia Xue remembered that it was recorded in the official history books that the weapon that Chi Jingde (尉Chi Gong), the god of the left gate, was not a double whip, but a master of the lance, and he once saved the life of the Tang Emperor Li Shimin many times with a lance. Like the right door god Qin Qiong's common weapons are not double maces, Cheng Yanjin (later renamed: Cheng Zhijie) The common weapons are not the big axes of the "three-plate axe" mentioned in the commentary, they all use: lance, and they are all lance masters.

The main techniques of the lance are splitting, covering, intercepting, blocking, teasing, punching, belting, picking, etc. Lance can generally be divided into two types: step lance and horse lance.

Xia Xue learned the horse lance, which is also a weapon used by Yu Chi Jingde, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yanjin, etc.

Xia Xue found that there was a lot of attention to in the horse lance. The lance is not at all like the wooden pole used in the spear, but the main trunk of the finest tough wood, peeled into a uniform thickness of the sliver, and glued together.

Soak the fine slivers in oil repeatedly. The bubble is no longer deformed, no longer cracked, and the first step has been completed. The process takes almost a year, after which the strips are removed and dried in the shade for several months. After gluing with high-quality glue paint into a thick, eight feet long, the outer layer is wrapped around hemp rope.

Wait for the hemp rope to dry thoroughly, apply raw lacquer, and wrap it in arrowroot cloth.

The kudzu cloth is lacquered, dried and wrapped in a layer, until it is cut with a knife, and the mallet makes a metallic sound, but it does not crack, so it is qualified.

The front is equipped with a stainless steel lance, and the rear is a red copper lance. Constantly adjusted, the qualified standard is to use a hemp rope to hang at the tail of the lance two feet, the whole Zhangba horse lance can be in mid-air like a weighing rod at both ends without falling. In this way, the military commander can ride on the horse, so that he can keep the tip of the lance forward without the slightest effort.

The resulting lance is light, tough, and strong. Generals can charge with horsepower, or swing them in melee combat. It's just that the whole lance takes three years, and the success rate is only 40%, so the cost is surprisingly high. Therefore, since the Han and Tang Dynasties, the horse lance has always been a symbol of the generals from the family.

The length of the horse lance can reach up to 4 meters at most, the front end of the lance is similar to a short sword, which can be cut and sharpened, and there is usually a complex under the blade, so that it will not penetrate the opponent when the horse charges at high speed. Under the blade part of the iron rod one forging, the iron rod is wrapped with tough wood or bamboo, using shellac, fish bladder glue and pig skin glue glue, and then brushed with lacquer to close, keep it from dehydration and cracking, the outside is wrapped with hemp rope, soaked in tung oil, painted with raw lacquer after drying, and then wrapped in kudzu cloth, and then painted with lacquer, usually the weight is about fifteen to twenty pounds, and the non-fierce general can not be used.

The lance belongs to the long weapon, because of the composite structure of the rod, the horse stabs the opponent when charging at high speed, the power will be dispersed and not broken like the Western European riding spear, and the elasticity and toughness of the shaft are very strong, it belongs to the ancient composite material process, it is easy to pull out after leaving the plot blocked, the general generally holds the middle section of the lance, 2 meters at each end, in order to protect the left and right sides and their own war horses, and the end of the sliding handle when stabbing the distant target, can have a length of 4 meters, which can be used for high-speed charge, but also for low-speed fighting.

When she first heard the introduction of the two brothers, Xia Xue was very surprised, she didn't expect that there was such a complex process in ancient times, and it took three years to make a lance. This lance was too expensive to equip the army on a large scale, not to mention that it was basically lost after the Song Dynasty, and it was changed to a low-cost spear.

Because the Bohai Gao clan is one of the famous families in the north, and many of their ancestors were important ministers of the imperial court, so the two elder brothers had such expensive weapons, which were all passed down from their ancestors. There are only three of them in total, which they regard as treasures. However, seeing that Xia Xue had such a high talent for martial arts, the eldest grandson Wuji and Gao Cheng decided to give Xia Xue a horse lance after discussion, which could be regarded as a meeting gift for this fairy sister.

They also gave Xia Xue a well-made horn bow for horse riding. The bow arm is varnished to protect it from the moisture of the frost. It took more than half a year to make this bow, and it was also very precious to add those dry horn tendons, glue and silk lacquer. The two brothers found that their horse riding and archery skills were too far behind Xia Xue, and they felt that giving Xia Xue this horn bow specially used for horse riding was a good use. In order to cooperate with Xia Xue's riding and shooting, they also searched around, and finally bought Xia Xue a good white war horse, which was very scarce at that time, so the price was also very expensive.

Xia Xue is very grateful to the two elder brothers for their love for her, and feels that she should practice martial arts well to protect them in the future, and protect their mother, grandmother, aunt and other relatives. This kind of family affection gave Xia Xue a strong sense of responsibility and mission, so that she was no longer lonely, no longer confused, and no longer lived alone for herself. She first determined her first life goal when she came to this world: "In this cruel and chaotic world that is coming, not only must you live tenaciously, but also protect your relatives and friends who love you, so that they can live well with yourself!" ”。

Mrs. Gao and her aunt also felt sorry for Xia Xue at first, afraid that they would be tired of her, afraid that she would be injured by practicing martial arts and riding horses, but later found that Xia Xue liked to ride horses and archery to practice martial arts, and she was very talented, and her skills were advancing by leaps and bounds.

In North China, martial arts are still practiced, even women actually like martial arts. "Mulan Ci" is a folk song of the Northern and Southern Dynasties not far from the Sui Dynasty, which tells the touching story of a girl named Mulan, who disguised herself as a man, joined the army for her father, and established meritorious deeds, fought bravely, and defended the country on the battlefield. It can be seen that women in North China actually do not exclude women from practicing martial arts and fighting. The bad habits of imprisoning women, such as women binding their small feet, only began in the Song Dynasty, and women in the north were still more brave and bold in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

Although the world has been in chaos now, it has not yet reached the most serious time, the officers and soldiers of the Sui Dynasty in this area of Bohai County are still relatively strong, and the self-defense armed organizations and civil forts organized by the people here are still relatively strong, so the nearby traitors and bandits do not dare to loot in this area of Bohai County. At present, the public order in Bohai County is still relatively peaceful.