Li Heiniu munched on the special meat hamburger that Yang Huairen gave him, but he didn't have the heart to think about the deliciousness in his mouth. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The morning test was just a piece of cake for him, but in the afternoon riding and archery competition, he was a little weak-hearted.

The laws of the Great Song Dynasty were very strict in the management of military weapons, and there were great restrictions on the private manufacture, use and possession of military weapons and crossbows.

The "Song Criminal Rule" clearly stipulates the scope of use of various types of weapons and the punishment for the private storage of weapons.

Civilian versions of weapons such as bows, arrows, short spears, knives, and guns are not prohibited, but there are also controlling standards for the length, weight, and specifications of such weapons.

For example, the Pu knife stipulates that the length of the blade cannot exceed two feet, and the tension of the bow cannot exceed one stone.

Of course, there are policies and downstream countermeasures, but the short-bladed Pu knife of the folk has made the handle several feet long and turned it into a long weapon, which is an example.

However, in terms of long-range weapons, there is no way to exploit such loopholes, and the pull force cannot be overcome, resulting in few opportunities for folk warriors to participate in martial arts to practice archery.

The mounted archery test is actually divided into two parts, infantry archery and mounted archery, infantry archery is divided into nine arrows to shoot three target positions in a standing and stationary state, and mounted archery is to shoot three target positions with the same nine arrows in the state of horse movement, and the distance of the target position is set to fifty steps.

There are a total of 18 arrows in two rounds, and a minimum of 12 arrows is required to pass the level. The effective killing distance of a civilian one-stone bow is only 50 paces, so if there is no military bow with a large pull, even if it can be shot, it is easy to fall off the target due to insufficient arrow power.

Therefore, the mounted archery test has a huge advantage for martial artists from professional classes and military households.

Although Brother Hei Niu has controlled bows and arrows, because he can't use them often, his proficiency is definitely not enough, and a pure folk martial artist like him is at a natural disadvantage in this exam.

Moreover, the horses ridden when riding and archery were also prepared by the participants themselves, and the newly bought horses at Yang Huairen's family were all horses pulling carts, and it was still unknown how they performed on the school field, so it was no wonder that Li Heiniu was nervous.

The first group of samurai who participated in the test had already entered the field, and the advantages of the samurai from the professional class were immediately apparent.

In a group of twenty people, twelve of whom were born in the general or military ranks, ten passed the standard, and only two were eliminated; Of the eight people from the people, only one white-robed young general reached the standard, and the remaining seven did not pass the test.

Li Heiniu appeared in the second group, he changed into a hard leather light armor, lined with a navy blue linen shirt, holding a hard bow, carrying a cowhide quiver, and his tall figure and the dress of this soldier made him look quite general.

He stood in the designated position, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, and the commander gave an order, Brother Hei Niu began to bend his bow and arrows, only to hear a "whoosh" arrow whistle, a white feather arrow broke out of the air, and in a blink of an eye, the arrow did not enter the bull's-eye, making a "buzz" sound, and the arrow body was still trembling.

When Li Heiniu saw that the first arrow hit, he let out a sigh of relief, and his heart was a little settled.

Yang Huairen shouted excitedly in the stands, he didn't expect Brother Hei Niu to shoot arrows so accurately, and he couldn't help himself for a while, cheering as if he had hit the bull's-eye.

shouted happily for a while, thinking about it and fearing that he would disturb Brother Hei Niu, he hurriedly covered his mouth and sat down again.

Li Heiniu's arrow just now seemed to have found a feeling, and the next few arrows were steadily pulled the strings, and he was willing to shoot it when he was almost aiming, and it was precisely because he was fully prepared for each arrow, so the arrow did not need to be fired, and he was hit by eight arrows in a row.

Yang Huairen put his mind at ease, feeling that this riding and shooting black bull brother has been won steadily, as long as the last arrow is also hit, then as long as the third arrow is hit when riding and shooting, he can pass the first test.

Li Heiniu finished shooting the eighth arrow, but he felt that the hard bow in his hand was becoming more and more unbearable.

He added force to each arrow to deadlift, I am afraid that the feather arrow was like some of the players in the first group in front of him, but it was not inserted because of the lack of strength and fell to the target, but the continuous excessive force caused the bow body to be a little deformed.

When he pulled the ninth arrow, there was really something wrong with the bow body, the moment he let go of the feather arrow, the hard bow was pulled apart and broken into two, although the feather arrow had been shot, but because the bow body was broken at the moment it deviated from the original aiming direction, it did not hit the arrow target, and was inserted into the grass next to it.

This hard bow was newly bought for ten dollars, but he didn't expect it to be scrapped after only one use, Li Heiniu was a little distressed, and what worried him even more was that he only had this hard bow, and he didn't know how to complete the next riding shot.

He looked at Yang Huairen in the stands with a sad face, and was thinking about how to tell him that he had failed to live up to his expectations and that of his family, when a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man behind him patted him on the shoulder.

"This brother is really born with divine power, the younger brother admires it, if the elder brother does not prepare a spare bow, you can use the younger brother's sword first."

Brother Hei Niu turned around and saw that it was the white-robed young man who had shot fifteen arrows in the first group of exams just now.

"This ......"

"Brother, don't be polite, take it quickly and pass the exam first, and then my brother can just invite my younger brother to a good wine afterwards to repay the favor."

The white-robed young man spoke boldly, and the commander had already urged him to get on the horse, and the black bull brother no longer refused, hugged his fists and said "thank you" before taking the longbow and hurriedly looking for his horse.

This longbow is made of Zhemu, it is a three-stone strong bow with a bow body length of five feet, which is more powerful than the two-stone military bow in the army, and Li Heiniu felt that the power of this Zhemu bow must be not small when he held it in his hand.

The commander announced the password, Li Heiniu turned over and got on the horse, shouted "drive", and the yellow horse under the seat roared and flew out.

The five-foot longbow is said to be unsuitable for mounted archery, because the bow is too long, and it is easy to touch the hem of the bow when sitting on a horse and riding an arrow, resulting in inaccurate shooting.

But such a problem is not a problem for the tall and long-arm black bull brother, I saw him lightly stretch his ape arm, fully stretched out the Zhemu longbow, and touched three feather arrows from the quiver with his right hand, put two in his mouth and bit the shaft of the arrow.

Yang Huairen didn't expect Brother Hei Niu to have this hand, and he began to cheer loudly again, and the nobles around him seemed to be very disdainful, looking at him with sarcastic eyes, as if to say: "Rare and strange!" ”

Zhao Fei'er felt that she couldn't hold her face, so she glared at them with her eyes back, and then turned around and secretly pulled the corner of Yang Huairen's clothes.

"Hey, can you stop acting like a big fool? The riding and archery test requires three arrows to be shot within fifty paces, and this is how people take arrows, and if you take arrows from the quiver one by one, you will not be able to catch up. ”

Yang Huairen listened to her reminder before sitting down with three black lines on his face.

It turns out that this is the basic skill of riding and shooting, and I don't feel annoyed when I think about the face of the dirt bun that I just made a fuss about.

He looked at Zhao Fei'er with a sad face and a look of resentment, and couldn't help complaining: "I didn't tell my uncle earlier, my uncle's image of always being at the forefront of fashion has been ruined all of a sudden." ”