Time passed quickly, three days later, in the early morning, when the purple air in the east rose, the gathered war drums sounded in the center of the barracks, and more than thousands of soldiers from all over Yanzhao were dressed in robes and belts, each wearing battle armor, and quickly gathered on the training ground, everyone lined up according to their respective counties and counties, Xiao Yi and the three of them also rode horses and followed everyone to stand under the banner of Youzhou-Yuyang County, Yuyang County is worthy of being a place where the people are fierce, looking up, Xiao Yi found that there are many more soldiers here than other counties!

There is a high platform on the north side of the training ground, the flag is unfurled, the spears are inserted all over, and there are more than 100 ironclad guards around, with a horn sounding, a group of civil and military officials at all levels of Yanmen County walked out above, the first person is seven feet five inches tall, about forty years old, the face is as white as jade, three long hairs on the chest flutter in the wind, wearing a big red civil official robe, probably because today is a martial arts exercise, the outside is also specially put on a piece of iron armor, waist horizontal sword, in the crowd of people is quite majestic, This person is the general of Anguo and Zhang Yang, the Taishou of the Shangdang.

After the horn sounded, Taishou Zhang Yang first made a generous speech about serving the country with loyalty, from the siege of Baideng of Han Gaozu to the Northern Expedition of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, from the flying general Li Guang, who was not able to be crowned a marquis in his life, and said that Hou Huo, the champion of the young people's ambition, was sick, not to mention, the eloquence was really good, and the excitement was said, the saliva was flying, and the foam was splashing, and the thousands of athletes in the audience were moved to tears, and they couldn't wait to kill the Yanmen Pass and the Huns to fight to the death in the next moment.

Xiao Yi also listened to it with relish in the audience, and secretly commented in his heart, if this Zhang Yang lives in modern times, he is definitely a very outstanding political cadre, as for this era? There is absolutely more than enough literary talent, but I don't know what the martial arts are?

At the same time, he also discovered one thing, that is, don't underestimate the roles of those who play soy sauce in history, there are absolutely no mediocre people who can leave their names in the vast history, the reason why they will eventually become soy sauce parties is because the people who were born in the same era as them are too demonic: Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan...... All of them are eloquent!

Just like why we can't see the starlight in the sky during the day, it is because their light is all blocked by the blazing sun, not to mention that in the future sky of the late Han Dynasty, there will be three full suns!

After the speech, the selection of mounted archery began, and the principle of the examination was very simple; On the training ground, a white line with a length of 40 steps from east to west was drawn, the starting point and the end point were set at both ends of the white line, and a circular arrow target with a diameter of three feet was erected 60 steps away from the south side of the white line, and the target was a fist-sized red heart.

In ancient times, one step refers to one step forward with each of the left and right feet, one time is called a step, and two times is called a step; The average step is about one meter two, and the white line of forty steps is 50 meters long, such a short distance, the war horse can rush through, so the time left for the shooter is very limited.

In addition, it is decided by drawing lots from east to west or from west to east, because it is related to a problem of forehand arrow and backhand arrow, most of the human beings are more flexible with the right hand than the left hand, and the habit is to hold the bow with the left hand and the right hand with an arrow to aim at the target, which is called the forehand arrow, or the right-handed arrow, so that the radius of the knight's shooting is the 180-degree range of the left hand. But on the battlefield, the enemy can't only appear on your left, so when you need to shoot to the right, you must hold the bow in your right hand and hold an arrow in your left hand, which is a backhand arrow, also known as a left-handed arrow.

Although theoretically the probability of using forehand arrows and backhand arrows on the battlefield is equal, but because most of the people are good at using their right hands, the vast majority of knights are still better at forehand arrows, this scene appeared when the lottery was drawn, the knights who drew the forehand arrows smiled, thank God, I can't wait to worship the gods and Buddhas of Zhou Tian again, and the guy who drew the backhand arrows pointed to the sky and scolded his mother, full of crying and mourning, and it is estimated that after going back, he will smash the idol at home. After three years of hard training, whether it is left or right, he is a condor shooter!

With the sound of the drum, the competition begins, the difficulty of riding and shooting is very great, in the process of galloping, the rider relies on his own legs to control the direction and speed of the horse, the body must maintain a certain stability, in order to shoot arrows smoothly, at this time, in addition to the archer's eyesight, arm strength, and judgment of timing and goals, the most important thing is the tacit understanding between the rider and the crotch of the war horse.

A good rider must know the origin, temper, physical condition, running speed, and rhythm of the war horse under the crotch, in turn, the war horse must be familiar enough with the rider's commands, to know that when fighting on horseback, the confrontation between the enemy and the enemy is often just a moment of war horse exchange, the fast hand wins, and the slow hand dies, and at this time the rider gives orders is often a gentle pat on the horse's neck, or a gentle knock on the horse's belly with his feet, and the war horse should be based on the different parts and strength of the owner's pat. Make relative movements, whether it is accelerating, whether it is decelerating, whether it is dodging, or jumping, and ...... of people and horses are one, this tacit understanding is by no means something that can be practiced in three days or five days, so the best riders are often eating and sleeping with their war horses, and growing up together since childhood.

Touching the long and black mane of the 'cabbage', Xiao Yi is full of confidence in it, in the past three years, he and the cabbage are almost like brothers, not only eat and sleep together, but also want to be good drinking friends, the two are not too much to say that they are one mind, and the spirit of today's 'cabbage' is also exceptionally good, this product is super adaptable to the external environment, no matter where it can be mixed with wind and water,' Cabbage never needs to be bolted, can move around freely, lives in a separate horse number, eats exquisite feed, and has nothing to do to grab a few bites in other war horse troughs, there are more than a dozen war horses that have been kicked and bitten by it in just a few days, but for the sake of Xiao Yi's face, no one dares to embarrass it; In this way, the creature lost his temper once, because there was no fresh cabbage heart in the camp for him to nibble on.

With the official start of the selection, with the order of the commander, the examination room was suddenly dusty, people shouted horses neighing, the riders flew arrows like rain, those who shot raised their bows and roared, and those who did not hit bowed their heads and cursed, I have to say that the land of Yan Zhao is really full of martial arts, and the people who came to join the army this time are also heroes from all over the country, most of them are skilled in bows and horses, and those who can hit the target with an arrow from sixty steps away are as high as thirty percent, this number is already very remarkable in a nation dominated by farming, and even Zhang Yang, the Taishou on the stands, nodded again and again, I am very satisfied with the quality of the soldiers this time; With a little rectification, these people are an elite cavalry team.

Shooting a stationary arrow target sixty paces away was easy for Xiao Yat and the three of them who usually shot birds and beasts in the deep mountains; When it was Xiao Yat's turn, he drew a forehand arrow, and with the sound of the horn, his legs were clamped, and the ordered 'cabbage' immediately galloped out, the speed was extremely fast, but the horse's back was very steady, when he galloped to the position of thirty paces, Xiao Yat's left foot lightly touched the belly of the cabbage, and the latter immediately made a leap movement, and the horse did not bump in mid-air, which was the best time to shoot arrows.

At the moment when the horse was in mid-air, Xiao Yi, who had already held the bow in his hand, quickly took the arrow with his right hand, and his eyes were like lightning and steadily aimed at the arrow target 60 steps away. Suddenly, there was a cheer around, saying that since that day, Xiao Yi's status in the hearts of many rangers is really not ordinarily high, and now seeing that his riding and archery skills are so good, how can everyone be stingy with praise.

Da Niu and Ma Liuduo also successfully passed the 60 non-riding archery test, the loser was eliminated, and the winner participated in the next round of seventy steps of the test, and then the next round was eighty steps, for the longitudinal horse riding and archery, each additional ten steps of distance was a huge difficulty, so that a large number of people were eliminated in each round; After a full half of the day's competition, when the assessment was completed 90 steps away, less than 40 of the more than 3,000 athletes who joined the army in all counties had passed, and Xiao Yi and the three were among them.

These dozens of riders can be called one in a hundred warriors, and finally gathered under the stands, waiting for the final 100-step target assessment, who will be the end? Who can make a name for themselves in front of the army of ten thousand horses......