Chapter 226: Passing on the Torch (2-in-1)
Huang Zhong stood under the corridor with his hands in his hands, staring intently at the young Yingjie who was amazed and had different expressions.
He knew that these young generals present were either after the honors or the young generals in the army, and there was no doubt that after the first generation of generals withered one after another, these people in front of them would slowly stand out and grow into the mainstay of supporting the foundation of the Han Dynasty.
And how could he not know that these people had come to ask for tricks?
Huang Zhong is over 70 years old, and he has long seen through life and death, and he has also downplayed the fact that his beloved son Huang Xu died early and did not leave any blood and bones.
At this time, the only thing he thought of was that instead of letting this body ability go into the ground with him, it was better to teach it to the group of energetic young people in front of him.
In this way, the torch will be passed down from generation to generation, and a stunt will never be taught and lost to the world.
When Huang Zhong thought of this, he didn't have the slightest sadness in his heart, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.
His eyes fell on Ju Fu, looked him up and down, and asked, "Are you the kid who won the championship in the Sui Yu Lin Wei Competition?" ”
Jufu hugged his fists and bowed and said: "It's Yulin Wei Jufu!" ”
Huang Zhong nodded and said slowly: "As a cavalry general, you should practice cavalry and archery to perfection, so that you can win the enemy's courage before the confrontation." Speaking of which, the old man has some experience in practicing riding and archery here......"
Everyone knew that the old general was going to pass on his experience, so they all shut up at the moment, stood still in unison, and only stared at the old general in front of them with white hair but strong spirits.
I saw Huang Zhong find a stool, straddle it, pat his thigh, his eyes swept over the young generals one by one, and said:
"Boys, listen well, ride and shoot, ride first, shoot second; The point of riding and archery, not in the hand, but in the leg! Only by sitting firmly on horseback can you have a chance to shoot and have a chance to hurt the enemy! ”
He cleared his throat and continued:
"Riding archery is not like foot shooting, the rider can use the horse's momentum to shoot arrows, you must know that a stone bow on the horse can reach the ground one and a half stones, so when riding and shooting, pay attention to accuracy more than strength. So how do you shoot accurately? Without him, only the four characters of 'waist and horse unity'......"
Huang Zhong has been on the battlefield for many years as the first to enter the battlefield, and has already refined an amazing martial arts and experience, this time the interest is high, starting from the seemingly boring mounted archery, breaking down the demonstration one by one, and gradually sorting out a set of effective practice methods.
Many of them were immediately generals, and at this time they all gathered in front of the old general, listening with their ears up, for fear of missing a word, and while listening, they kept nodding their heads, obviously each with their own gains.
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After finishing the lecture on mounted archery, Wei Rong muttered: "The old general is too secretive, and only teaches mounted archery, not foot archery!" ”
Huang Zhong laughed when he heard this, and asked, "Tell me, what kind of private am I hiding?" ”
Wei Rong's eyes lit up, and he said eagerly: "The old general doesn't teach the archery technique as powerful as a beaded arrow, it's not hiding his secrets!" ”
Huang Zhong stepped forward and pinched his arm, patted his back, and slowly bowed his head and said, "The body is strong, but the temperament is not calm enough." ”
After a pause, he suddenly smiled again: "However, since you are here, it is inconvenient for the old man to hide his secrets, and he is said to be stingy." This will be taught to you, but whether you can practice it or not depends on whether you are talented enough or not, and you can't work hard! ”
At that moment, in the cheers of everyone, he began to carefully point out the key points and skills of the arrows.
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After a teaching, it took more than an hour, and all the young generals had their own understandings, and they all ended up with a comparison, wanting to grasp this feeling and turn it into their own skills.
Huang Zhong roamed around the field, pointing out from time to time.
Among the young generals, Huo Yi reacted quickly and was calm, which won the favor of the old general, and he spent a lot of effort and gave careful advice.
After all, when I got older, I was dry after a while. Huang Zhong quietly returned to the porch, and was about to take a sip of water to drink, when he suddenly saw Jiang Wei standing alone in the shadows, as if in deep thought.
He was curious, so he paced back and asked, "Jiang Wei, don't you want to learn a one-and-a-half-trick?" ”
Jiang Wei came back to his senses and said abruptly: "It's a shame to say that when the old general instructed the brothers, the juniors have been listening to the sidelines, and they have also heard a rough idea of the skills of arrows and mounted archery. ”
Huang Zhong patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "It's honest." ”
In fact, Jiang Wei had been thinking back to the battle of Yiling, Gan Ning's arrow like a flying immortal out of the sky, and after a little contemplation, he hugged his fists and asked: "Does the old general know Jiangdong Ganning?" ”
Huang Zhong bowed his head slowly and said: "In the past, he and the old man were both working under Liu Jingzhou (Liu Biao), and they had met each other a few times, but they were capable guys...... However, I heard that at the beginning of the year, he died in Yiling...... Hey, why did you mention this person? ”
Jiang Wei's spirit was shocked, and he hurriedly described the arrow shot by Gan Ning at Guan Xing in detail, and said:
"The old general's arrows are exquisite, but Ganning's arrows are also unstoppable. How this arrow can be shot, the younger generation is puzzled. ”
Huang Zhong listened intently, and said slowly: "Listening to what you said, Gan Ning's archery skills have improved a lot, but it's a pity, it's a pity......
He said this without a clue, and he didn't know if it was a pity that Gan Ning was in the enemy camp, or if it was a pity that Gan Ning was on the battlefield.
Before Jiang Wei could react, he suddenly asked again: "Do you know the kid knows the allusion of Li Guang's shooting of the tiger?" ”
Jiang Wei said respectfully: "I often heard that when General Li Guang went hunting, he saw a huge stone in the grass, and thought it was a tiger and shot it. ”
Huang Zhong bowed his head and said, "I finally have some insight. You also remember that this kind of archery is derived from Li Guang's shooting stone, without a trace of fancy, the most rigid and yang, fierce and domineering. ”
With that, he turned and pulled a thick arrow from the quiver sewn from rhinoceros and laid it flat in his hand.
Jiang Wei looked around, but saw that this arrow was about four feet long, as thick as a little finger, with a prismatic shape and a tail covered with white feathers, which was much thicker than ordinary arrows.
didn't have time to look at it, Huang Zhong shouted in a low voice: "Look at it." ”
After speaking, he pulled the huge copper-tired iron-backed bow to the full moon, and the thick pair of arrow targets one hundred and fifty paces away did not see how to aim, and suddenly loosened the strings.
Speaking of which, the momentum of his three arrows is already very terrifying, but this long arrow carries the wind and carries the momentum, and the momentum is far superior to that of Fang Cai; To say that it is an arrow is more like a crossbow fired by a strong crossbow, a distance of one hundred and fifty paces, and half a breath is coming.
Because of the strength of the arrow, after the arrow hit the red heart, the residual strength did not disappear, and with a "bang", the arrow target made of Jianmu was smashed, leaving a fist-sized wound.
Jiang Wei was immersed in the power of this arrow, his heart was beating, and he vaguely felt that the morning breeze of the day of the Yiling Field was coming.
Unconsciously exclaimed: "It's this arrow!" ”
This shot was obviously extremely physically demanding, Huang Zhong shook his shoulders vigorously, and said slowly:
"This arrow needs a strong bow of more than three stones to shoot, and it can break through the triple armor within 100 steps; If you change to a four-stone bow and an armor-breaking cone, you can break through the seven-fold armor. This is the arrow that Gan Ning shot that day! ”
In Jiang Wei's opinion, Huang Zhong's shot today was better than that of Gan Ning, and at the same time, he suddenly realized that he was even more deeply admired, so he bowed down and hugged his fists:
"In the past, I only felt that my archery skills were so-so, and I was okay. Today, when I saw the old general's divine shooting, I realized that there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world. ”
Thousands of wears, but sycophants don't wear.
Jiang Wei's sincere compliment caused Huang Zhong to laugh, and his snow-white beard couldn't help shaking.
After laughing for a long time, he turned around and said, "You have good eyesight." In front of the two armies, this arrow is invincible and unavoidable, and it can take the head of the enemy general from a hundred paces away, and immediately turn the situation on the battlefield. ”
Jiang Wei's heart was hot when he heard this, and he hugged his fists and said, "Dare to ask the juniors if they can practice this arrow?" ”
Huang Zhong smiled and said, "This archery technique is extremely difficult to practice, and the practitioner must have excellent talent, arm strength, and vision at the same time, and all three talents are indispensable...... Those who can practice this arrow, look at the world, back then, Lu Buyuanmen's halberd shooting was counted as one, the old man was counted as one, and the dead ghost Xiahou Yuan was counted as one......"
After frowning and pondering for a moment, he added: "According to what you just described, Gan Ning is also a ...... Hmm, I heard that in the past, Donglai Tai Shi Ci shot at a gallop right away, and he should be able to count one of all shots, but it's a pity that he couldn't see it in person......"
Jiang Wei suddenly heard the thunderous names, and he felt his heart move; But after thinking about it again, although his martial arts are slightly stronger than Zhang Bao, Guan Xing and others, they are not as good as the above people, so he can't help but be a little discouraged, and said gloomily:
"I see, but the younger generation is delusional."
Huang Zhong saw his expression in his eyes, only smiled, and suddenly handed him the bronze tire iron back bow:
"Whether it works or not, you won't know until you try it."
But seeing him squint and smile: "Zilong has told the old man everything you did in Jingzhou, you are a good boy...... Although you didn't shoot an arrow today, you can see the difference of Gan Ning's arrow, which shows that your talent and vision are first-class. ”
"However, you are still young, and you must lack arm strength...... This bow is perfect for practicing arm strength, so you might as well take it home with you for a workout. Anyway, this bow has rough skin and thick meat, so you don't have to worry about breaking it. ”
Jiang Wei heard Huang Zhong's joking words in his ears, but he could feel the old general's ardent love in his heart, and he hugged his fists and said gratefully: "How can the junior He De ......?"
Before he finished speaking, Huang Zhong stretched out his hand and interrupted:
"Don't be in a hurry to thank you first, whether you can practice or not is still in the second place. After you go home, pull the bow 100 times a day in the morning, noon and evening, remember to be sure to pull to the fullest, don't be lazy on the way, when you can pull ten times in a row, when you will come to the old man again. ”
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The young generals fought in the general's mansion for a day, learned from each other, communicated with each other, encountered incomprehensions, and immediately consulted the first person in the world to shoot arrows.
Until sunset, there was no intention of saying goodbye.
Huang Zhong feigned anger and said: "The old man has not accepted your restraints, do you still want to eat at this time?" As the saying goes: half the size of the child, eat the dead man. If you want to rub the old man's food, no way! ”
Everyone knew that this was a joke, and they also knew that the old general needed to rest, so they laughed and got up to take their leave.
Huang Zhong personally sent them to the door.
On the street outside the gate of the Hou General's Mansion, the smoke curls and the smell of rice fills the nose. The young men were clamoring and shouting, and they were discussing where to go for a meal and a celebration.
Behind the gate, the sunset shone in the west, pulling the old man's slender figure to be particularly ethereal and slender.
Huang Zhong let out a long breath, the smile on his face disappeared suddenly, and gradually revealed the irrepressible old state of Long Zhong.
"This is probably the last thing I can do for the big man and the lord."
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Jiang Wei returned home, still immersed in the daylight, Huang Zhong's amazing archery skills.
In the past month, he has practiced hard every day, but he has not been able to break through. On the evening of this day, I finally made up my mind and decided to change directions for the time being, and first practice arm strength. At least the arm strength is strong, which may not be beneficial for gun training.
In the next few days, in addition to teaching Liu Chan martial arts and discussing the details of Pingqiang with Zhuge Liang, one of the things he did the most was to practice drawing a bow.
As a result, there was a scene on the school field, where he and Liu Chan, Zhuge Qiao, Chen Yuan, Huo Yi and others worked hard to practice drawing the bow. Looking at the expressions on everyone's faces, it was he, the teacher, who struggled the most.
This situation caused Liu Chan to laugh heartily.
The power of the bronze tire iron back bow is up to five stones, which means that the bow maker needs at least 600 catties of strength to pull it apart.
According to Jiang Wei's current physique, he can barely pull it, but Huang Zhong's request is to pull it a hundred times every morning and noon.
That meant that he had to draw the bow endlessly every day, loosening the strings, pulling the bow again, and bowing the strings again......
Pulling the bow is not a simple two-handed action, it requires the strength of the whole body, lunges, abdominal contraction, chest expansion, arm extension, finger hooking, every action must be neat and meticulous.
There is no doubt that such an intense exercise brings great exertion to his body.
So, from that day on, he fell into the abyss of pain.
In fact, Huang Zhong only gave such an order, and did not mean to supervise, nor did he set a time limit for achieving the goal.
But he is a stubborn character, and if he pretends to be every day, he will not be able to pass his own level; Moreover, he also wanted to see where his limits were.
As time passed, his patience approached its limit day by day.
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"Ahh
On the evening of the third day, Jiang Wei's arm was thick and swollen, swollen and painful, and every time he pulled the bow, he would pull a cry of pain.
In the courtyard of the Jiang family's mansion, the brothers Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu squatted and watched for a long time, their eyes full of concern and uneasiness.
Jiang Wu sighed and said, "The young master is too ruthless to himself, isn't it going to break his body if he practices the Fa like this?" ”
Jiang Wen said helplessly: "Then what's the solution." Hasn't the housewife persuaded her several times? You also know that once the young master makes up his mind, even if the nine cows come, they may not be able to pull it back. ”
Jiang Wuteng stood up and said without looking back:
"I'll go to General Zhang and General Guan, they are the young master's brothers, if they are willing to come forward, they will definitely make the young master stop for a while."
With that, he patted the dust on his butt and ran straight out the door.