Zheng Shuang stood on the high platform of Xuejiaying University, dressed in a scarlet robe, wrapped in gold chain mail, wearing a golden helmet, decorated with a red tassel, hanging a shadow sword on his waist, carrying a sky-shaking bow on his shoulder, holding a Fang Tian Qilin halberd, and his mount was a red horse known as a red charcoal fire dragon horse.

The dazzling new exterior complements the height of 190 cm, showing the handsome image of clear eyebrows, white teeth, red lips, and thin waist and arms.

The high platform of the big school field originally belonged to the former palace of the Great Song Dynasty to command Xue Shisan, who once stood on the high platform to call and discipline the family general; Zhao Zhuang Ke and Zhuang Yong practiced martial arts to protect their families and defend the country, but they could be tonight; This high platform belongs to Zheng Shuang, the new commander of the Xue family's army.

Zheng Shuang is actually thirty and two, but he looks only fifteen or sixteen years old; Half an hour ago, Xue Shisan ceded the command of the Xue family's army to him.

Zheng Shuang did not shirk either, and took the unshirkable duty to go to the high platform to command the 120 soldiers of the Xue family army who were about to go out.

An hour ago, Zheng Shuang got the Fang Tian painting halberd of Xue Rengui, the ancestor of the Xue family, in the dry well in the river bay; After returning to the Xue Mansion, Xue Shisan gave him the other two weapons of the ancestor, the Heaven Shaking Bow and the Chengying Sword.

The Heaven-Shaking Bow is the weapon of Xue Rengui, the ancestor of the Xue family, who set the Tianshan Mountain with three arrows, and has made immortal contributions to the establishment of the Tang Empire like the Fang Tian Painting Halberd and the Chengying Sword.

In 661 AD, Xue Rengui led the Tang army to meet the Turkic army at Yanran Mountain; The two immediately set up a decisive battle.

The Turks were a barbarian nomadic people, known for their toughness and good riding; It is known as the wind of bending the bow and shooting the eagle.

The Turkic leader and Li Khan, known as the "Condor King of the Tianshan Mountains", saw Xue Rengui leading a large army from afar; I want to give Tang Jun a dismount.

The two armies soon fought, and Heli Khan selected a dozen brave and strong soldiers to challenge the Tang army; The three members of the Mighty Grassland Yuanlong, Yuanhu, and Yuanfeng appeared in front of Xue Rengui, and seemed to swallow Tang Jiang in one gulp.

Xue Rengui was calm and comfortable, and saw the right time to shoot arrows with a bow; "Whoosh" fired three arrows in a row, shooting Yuan Long, Yuan Hu, and Yuan Feng off their horses.

The Turkic soldiers were frightened and fled; The surrender of surrender, Xue Rengui drove the army to annihilate the Turkic army like autumn wind sweeping leaves; The territory of the Western Regions is all calm, and the folk song is sung: "The general has three arrows to set the Tianshan Mountain, and the strong man sings a long song into the Han Pass." ”

The Chengying Sword is one of Xue Rengui's three major weapons, cast in the Shang Dynasty; It is a delicate and elegant sword, given by the old mother of Li Shan when Xue Rengui conquered the east.

There are many folk stories about the Chengying Sword: it is said that in ancient times, a dawn, a moment when the sky was black and white; A pair of hands slowly raised, and in the middle of both hands was a sword hilt; Only the hilt of the sword was missing, but a faint shadow of the sword was cast on the north wall.

The shadow of the sword lasted only a moment, and then disappeared with the onset of day, until dusk, when the sky was getting darker, and day and night were intertwined; The ethereal shadow of the sword reappeared.

The Chengying Sword that resurfaced was held by a pair of large hands, which raised to draw an elegant arc; Swing at a tall ancient pine tree next to it.

There was a soft "clatter" in the sky, and the trees shook slightly, but soon after, the lush pine canopy fell in a gentle southerly wind.

The flat and convex tree ring shows the passage of time; The ancient tree was inadvertently cut off alive by the Chengying Sword.

The darker the sky, the sword returned to formlessness; The ancient twilight closed silently, and there was silence between heaven and earth......

There is no record of where the old mother of Li Shan got the sword, and Xue Rengui was ecstatic after taking the Chengying sword from the old mother; He also slept under the pillow, and later used the Chengying Sword to cut off the head of Gai Suwen, the marshal of the Eastern Liao Kingdom.

The Chengying Sword is the leader in short weapons, and Fang Tian's halberd is the best in long weapons; The heaven-shaking bow is a heaven-sent holy relic, with a bow in hand; It is said that if you shoot an enemy, you will never shoot your nose in the eye.

Xue Rengui, the ancestor of the Xue family, relied on Fang Tianhalberd, Chengying Sword, and Heaven-shaking Bow to fight invincible opponents all over the world, laying the foundation for the 289 years of the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty; If it weren't for the rebellion of An Lushan, the thieves and the army, I am afraid that the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty would continue.

When An Lushan rebelled, Fang Tian's halberd disappeared, but the Chengying Sword and the Heaven-Shaking Bow were buried underground by the descendants and preserved; Zheng Shuang's arrival reunited the three weapons.

Providence is like this, and Xue Shisan cannot disobey it; A simple ceremony was held to present the three weapons to Zheng Shuang, and he was appointed as the new commander of the Xue family's army.

The Xue family army was not a forbidden army of the imperial court, but was established on the basis of the Xue Mansion Family Ding Guard; is like Yue Fei's back army in later generations, and the supply has to be prepared by himself; It should be said that it is a private army, but the private army still has to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy for the country under the premise of foreign enemy pressure.

After Zheng Shuang was appointed as the new leader of the Xue Jiajun, he quickly made adjustments to the personnel; Soldiers were required to be at least 5.7 feet tall, and each of them had to be able to use a large bow with a gun and a stick to hold a large bow with one stone.

In the Song Dynasty, 1 foot was about equal to 317 centimeters in the 21st century, and 5.7 feet was 180 centimeters; This is the same as the height standard of the forbidden army in the Song Dynasty.

In the early Northern Song Dynasty, the forbidden army had strict selection standards and training mechanisms; First of all, the height requirements are very strict.

The height standard of the Tianwu First Cavalry Army: 5.8 Song feet (1.84 meters today), the height standard of the Tianwu Second Cavalry Army: 5.75 Song feet (1.82 meters today), and the height standard of the Japanese Army: 5.75 Song feet (1.82 meters today)

The height standard of the Divine Guard: 5.75 Song feet (1.82 meters today), and the height standard of the Dragon Guards: 5.7 Song feet (1.805 meters today).

That is to say, the height of the cavalry of the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty should be more than 182 cm; The height of the infantry of the forbidden army was also more than 180 centimeters.

In addition to the height of the forbidden army in the Song Dynasty, the infantry needed to open a bow with 1 stone and five buckets (one stone was 92.5 Song Jin in the Song Dynasty, which is equivalent to 82.5 kg today).

1 stone and five bucket bows are equivalent to pulling out a 122-kilogram bow today, and this is only the entry condition for the selection of the forbidden army.

The forbidden army was divided into three ranks: upper, middle, and inferior.

A small number of war horses were equipped with high-class soldiers, and many of the low-level forbidden troops could only be responsible for miscellaneous and internal affairs.

The internal assessment of the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty: the infantry fired one stone and five bucket bows, sixty shots, and six arrows and three hits; None of the three is inferior.

That is, the infantry pulls a strong bow with a pull force of 122 kg and shoots an arrow at a distance of about 100 meters; If you shoot 3 arrows with 6 arrows, you don't need to be downgraded, if you can't shoot 3 arrows, you won't be able to shoot again after half a year; Cavalry was demoted to infantry, and the upper forbidden soldiers were demoted to medium; If it is the lowest rank, it will be demoted to the van army, and the best performer will be promoted.

The Xue family army formed by Zheng Shuang was composed of the Xue family, generals, Zhuangding and Zhuangke from the surrounding villages, but its combat effectiveness was not weak.

This is the battalion Xue Mansion family members and soldiers continue to train all year round, and the strong men and villagers in the surrounding villages are also being trained, and they can quickly form an army and open the front line.

Among the 120 Xue family troops, there are also concubines and concubines Sun Jincao, Ye Lingfang, Shi Lidan, Renduo Xuelian, four strong martial arts masters, as well as Ma Xiao and other twenty or thirty brave and warlike generals, 120 people can shoot a hard bow with one stone and five buckets; It can't be said that a hundred battles are won, and it is reasonable to charge into battle as a new force after all.

Zheng Shuang stood tall and raised his arms and said: "It's the moment of the day, and the entire Xue family army will immediately march towards Tokyo; But there is a temple of enlightenment on the way, and there is an emergency in it; Let's go there first! ”

After Zheng Shuang finished speaking, 120 people, 360 war horses, and more than a dozen flags lined up in a line to the east.

At the front were several standard-bearers, each with three horses; One horse rides a man, two horses plant flags.

Zheng Shuang was in a red robe and armor, holding a Fang Tian Qilin halberd, hanging a shadow sword at his waist, carrying a sky-shaking bow on his shoulder, and riding a red charcoal fire dragon horse in front of the standard-bearer; The Red Charcoal Fire Dragon Pony is followed by the Black Horse and the Green Horse.

Behind the flag bearer team is Xue Shisan, Chun Yu Wanyun, Pu Dexiu's Chinese army, followed by Sun Jincao's first team, Ye Lingfang's second team, Shi Lidan's third team, Renduo Xuelian's fourth team, Ma Xiao's fifth team, and Zhang Lang's sixth team.

Zheng Shuang hit the horse and ran in front, leaving the flag bearer behind him some distance.

The red charcoal fire dragon horse carried Zheng Shuang down the embankment of the Xianghe River, turned his head and headed south; Zheng Shuang looked at the sky, it was about to dawn.

There were four figures faintly in front of him, and Zheng Shuang could see clearly on the horse; It was found that one of the four appeared to be a woman.

Zheng Shuang's head "buzzed", and he couldn't help but speed up and chase forward; The red charcoal fire dragon horse stopped after passing past the four people, and Zheng Shuang rode on the horse and looked back; It was found that the woman among the four people was very similar to Xue Jin'er.

Zheng Shuang couldn't help but shout: "Sister Jin! He turned over and dismounted, and ran towards the four.

When the four of them saw Zheng Shuang shouting like this, they all stood down and looked at him in a daze, not knowing what to do......