Chapter 61: The Arrow

Archery is the most common exercise in the military camp, anyone with a little strength can shoot a bow and arrows, but it is not so easy to shoot accurately, and it takes years or even longer for a beginner to become a qualified archer. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

First of all, you need to have strength, the longer the range of the bow, the greater the force required to open the bow, and after opening the bow and arrows, you need to aim at the target, so maintaining a certain amount of stability for a certain period of time also requires strength.

Then there is the eyesight, the light has strength but the eyes are not good, and it is empty talk to not be able to aim at the target.

Finally, there is guts, which is also very important, the sharpshooters who are all the shots in the shooting range, after going to the battlefield, facing the charging cavalry, the approaching knife player, once they are frightened, then don't even think about shooting an arrow.

Even those hunters who hunt for a living, in the face of howling beasts, do not think of shooting as long as their hands shake slightly.

Hu Si Wanshan, who has been on the battlefield and killed people and seen blood, has been practicing archery for ten years, and he does not dare to say that his archery skills are all hits, but he will never be inferior to all the contestants in front of him.

So when the team was asking who wanted to participate in the archery competition, Hu Si Wanshan raised his hand without hesitation.

An archer must have at least one bow that he is used to, and Hu Si Wanshan does not have this condition now, so he carefully selected a round of more than ten bows provided by the army, and after trying to shoot a few arrows, he finally chose a bow to take advantage of.

"The format of the archery competition here is a little different from other places, so let's take a look at it and get familiar with it."

Hu Si Wanshan nodded, and stood on the sidelines with Zhang Dinghe, who also participated in the game, watching the soldiers of each team play, and the way of the game was indeed different from other places.

In the military archery, the fixed target is just the threshold, and the moving target is the test of real kung fu, and the moving target here is to shoot three sandbags in the air at the same time with some kind of big crossbow.

Seventy paces in front of the archer, the crossbow shot three sandbags, two white and one black, the size of a human head, and the archer had to shoot the two white sandbags with the only two arrows before he hit the ground.

And that's not all, as the big crossbow threw out the three sandbags, there were also many pieces of paper, which were disturbed like falling snow.

In a short period of time, it is necessary to eliminate interference, and in a distance of seventy paces, shoot two white sandbags in succession, which is not low for archers, although it will be more difficult to shoot eagles, but where are there so many eagles to practice archery in these years?

Hu Si Wanshan and Zhang Dinghe watched for a while, his brows gradually tightened, the soldiers who participated in the competition, no matter what the final result was, the first arrow all hit a white sandbag, if it was replaced on the battlefield, it would be a life for the enemy.

If you hesitate, you are likely to be shot to death by the opponent, and if you hurriedly release the arrow but miss, it is also easy to be shot to death.

The archery skills of these soldiers dare not be said to be a hundred shots, but it is enough to play with their lives on the battlefield.

In the face of the cavalry charge, there were only three arrows in the battle, and those armored cavalry were covered tightly from top to bottom, even if they were hit by three arrows, they might not be fine, and the archers wanted to win by surprise, only to shoot their eyes.

The horse's eyes are on both sides of the horse's head, the front is difficult to shoot, and the face of the cavalry is also tightly covered, only the eyes of the shooter, there is a chance to kill an arrow, Hu Si Wanshan shot the Zhou general that year, is the eye when the arrow died.

Although he didn't know if the people who participated in the competition in front of him were the best in the army, Hu Si Wanshan felt that since there was this way of practice, there were probably many archers in the Tiger Forest Army.

Identifying and shooting two white sandbags in a short period of time does not have time to aim slowly, and only through accumulated practice can the whole process of distinguishing, aiming, and releasing arrows be completed in an instant.

"How, are you sure?"

Hearing his companion's question, Zhang Dinghe shook his head: "It's not sure that both of them will be shot." ”

"Then it's up to me!"

The official competition went on very quickly, and it didn't take long to divide the winners and losers: a team of ten people in the Hulin Army, a total of eight people were in the middle of the game, followed by seven government soldiers, and then there were temporary recruits: Zhang Dinghe, Hu Si Wanshan.

Zhang Dinghe came out first, hit a white sandbag in the first shot, and missed the second arrow, his performance was decent; Huswanshan then came on and his results were much better: two shots.

"Yes, we do have a sharpshooter in our recruit team!"

The team is nodding and praising Hu Si Wanshan has said in the interview that he is good at archery, so when he shot a fixed rake before, the team was not surprised by its results of ten shots and ten hits, and now he also has such a result in shooting moving targets, which can be sincerely admired.

"Team Zheng, the archery competition over there, seems to be another way?"

Hu Si Wanshan pointed to another venue and asked, the atmosphere there was very hot, and the cheers continued, which made him quite curious.

"There are two kinds of moving targets, one is a dead thing, the other is a living thing, the dead thing can't hide, and the living thing can not only hide, but even shoot the arrow away, do you want to try it?"

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In one of the shooting ranges, a single-knife bow contest was underway, with an archer waiting on the east side and another competitor in armor standing on the west side, fifty paces away.

The rules of the game are very simple, the archer shoots an arrow to prevent the knife hand from rushing to his side, and only needs to shoot any part of the opponent's body to win, and the knife hand must rush to the archer within the time limit, and can dodge or use the knife to open the arrow.

Of course, the arrows are specially made, and the knives are also unsharpened, and the knife hand wears a mesh mask to prevent injuries to the face and eyes.

This mode of competition is a big test for both sides, for the archer is more of a test of their mentality, and for the knife hand is a test of eyesight and agility.

Generally speaking, the archer will have the advantage, but if the mentality is unstable, it is easy to play out of style in the face of the person who rushes up.

The recruits are still confident that only Hu Si Wanshan and Zhang Dinghe will play, of course, they are playing as archers, this time it is Hu Si Wanshan who starts, and the opponent is selected by the Tiger Forest Army team that won the first place.

"The old rule, draw a fist, otherwise it will hurt your feelings."

One of the Tiger Forest Army soldiers said, and somehow, the others shook their heads silently, and then silently took a step back, letting it stand out.

"Now, you did it voluntarily!"

Seeing such a scene, Hu Si Wanshan was a little strange, but the other party was wearing masks, and he couldn't see his appearance, he felt that the other party was probably on the rise, so he didn't take it seriously.

Holding Fang Cai's bow and standing on a horizontal line, Hu Si Wanshan was ready, he didn't think that the other party could dodge his arrows, so...

He saw the other man draw his knife and point it at him, then let go of his hand, causing it to fall to the ground.

I don't even want the only knife that can dispel the arrow, which means that I either grab the arrow with my bare hands, or I just dodge it entirely.

Provocation, this is a provocation in public!

Hu Si Wanshan only felt that his cheeks were hot, blood was surging, and the other party was so arrogant that he simply regarded him as a three-year-old child, and what he was holding in his hand was just a small bow and arrow played by children.

Drawing a few arrows from the quiver, biting them in his mouth, and pulling out another arrow and putting it on the bow, Hu Si Wanshan was angered by the other party and decided to go all out.

"Yo, this is a series of arrows!"

The onlookers in the stands on both sides couldn't help but exclaim, it is not impossible for people to shoot arrows, but the rate of fire is one thing, and the accuracy is another, and the atmosphere that has just eased down immediately became tense again.

With the sound of a gong, the game began, and everyone held their breath and quietly watched the two face off.

The soldier walked slowly forward, like a normal passerby walking down the street, and before he had taken a few steps, there was a whoosh, and the arrow flew towards his face, and at the moment he was about to be shot, he turned his head sideways.

There was no superfluous movement, it seemed that he had inadvertently moved his head, Zhang Dinghe couldn't help but sweat his palms when he saw this.

Hu Si Wanshan, who shoots arrows, did not choose the torso that was easiest to shoot, but chose to shoot the opponent's head, indicating that he was very confident in his archery skills, and the opponent's understatement of dodging arrows also demonstrated this person's confidence.

What if you shoot accurately? I dodged it just as easily!

The second arrow was quickly fired, and sure enough, it went to the head again, and the soldier deflected his head and let it go easily, and then he was greeted by three arrows in a row.

Rolling sideways, barely dodging three arrows, he rolled on the ground, and just as he got up, he howled like a tiger ready to attack, and then suddenly rushed forward.

Hu Si Wanshan stopped shooting, took an arrow without pulling the string, and waited quietly for the other party to rush towards him.

Forty steps, thirty-five steps, thirty steps, twenty-five steps, twenty steps, fifteen steps...

He opened his bow with all his might, aiming at the opponent who was about to rush in front of him, and at a distance of ten paces, he couldn't see the trajectory of the arrow at all, and it was even more difficult to dodge.

The bowstring sounded, and the man rolled sideways to dodge the arrow, and at this moment, the eyes of the audience focused on Hu Si Wanshan's hand: the arrow was still there, and the bowstring was just empty.

At that moment, Zhang Dinghe only felt that his head was blank, and the empty bowstring hurt the bow a lot, so normally, no one would spoil a bow like this, and Hu Si Wanshan deceived him like this, just to deceive the other party's unstable body.

It's amazing to be on the spot!

In the flash of light, Hu Si Wanshan fired his bow again, aiming at the soldier who had just gotten up: at such a close distance, it was impossible to dodge halfway up!

I won!

The moment the arrow left the string, Hu Si Wanshan said in his heart, and then he saw the other party leaning forward in a strange posture, and he was able to dodge the arrow that was close at hand.

How is this possible!

Hu Si Wanshan couldn't believe his eyes, and then came back to his senses, and the detective drew an arrow from the quiver to make up for it, but the other party moved faster than him, and before the bow could be drawn, he had already rushed past him.

"Good!!"

The applause came like a tide, and then the applause rang out, and everyone on the scene applauded this wonderful duel.

"The skills are good, and you almost succeeded in it."

The soldier stepped forward and said with a smile, gasping for breath as he removed his mask to reveal a young face, "Recruit? I see you've been on the battlefield, don't you know what to call it? ”

"Luoyang Husi Wanshan."

"Good skill! Do a good job in the Tiger Forest Army! The widow is optimistic about you! ”

"Thank you... Belch? ”

Hu Si Wanshan almost choked, the other party actually called himself a "widow", so...

"The king is very skilled, and the general will admire it."

Several generals stepped forward and saluted Yuwenwen, they all saw the scene just now, and they thought that they couldn't dodge the arrow at all, Yuwenwen actually dodged it.

Zhang Dinghe, Mai Tiezhu and other recruits looked at Yu Wenwen who was surrounded by everyone in front of them and were dumbfounded, they had only heard of the one-legged bronze man from rumors, and they had not seen him in person.

What a decisive battle at the top of Xiyang, what is a penchant for eating human flesh and robbing people's daughters, I didn't expect it to be such a vigorous young man, the arrow that is close at hand, ordinary people can't dodge it at all, this Xiyang King really dodged!

"Everyone came to join the Tiger Forest Army, the widow is very happy, Hu Si Wanshan's archery skills are good, and Mai Tiecane's skills are also good, as well as Zhang Dinghe, and a few others, they all have some skills."

Yu Wenwen looked at the recruits in front of him and couldn't hide his excitement: "Don't be discouraged by others, as long as you train well, after a few months, you will also have a good skill!" ”

"Greatly... The king, I don't know if the king is here, so I have offended a lot..."

Hu Si Wanshan wanted to bow and apologize, but was supported by Yu Wenwen: "Hu Si Wanshan, your archery skills are good, and in the future, on the battlefield, you must maintain today's level!" ”

"And everyone too, training for a thousand days is used for a while, and everyone has been training hard day and night for so many years, isn't it just to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield? Right!! ”

"The king is right!!"

Everyone said in unison, every time there is a big competition, the king of Xiyang often competes, so everyone admires this skill, don't see that the soldiers are gathering more and more, and hurriedly shouted at the top of his throat:

"Don't watch it, keep going, don't miss the game."

When everyone dispersed, he was about to go to the side to arrange related matters, but was grabbed by Yu Wenwen.

"What does the king command?"

"Hold on to the widow, don't be too obvious."

"Huh?"

"How are the talented and widowed performers?"

"The king is like a divine help!"

"Help you get bigger, slap the sycophants so bluntly... The widow is twisting his feet! ”

"Huh??"