(The first two chapters are 254, this is chapter 259, yes)

Mozhou.

Northern Expeditionary Army, Temporary Council Hall.

It is still Tong Guan and Zhao Hao in the middle, and the seed master Dao, the seed master and Yang Weizhong and others are on the left and right.

Yang Weizhong said: "The Heshuo forbidden army has been training for five days in a row, and its morale has grown considerably. ”

Tong Guan turned to Zhao Hao: "What about the county government?" ”

Zhao Hao said coldly: "The Heshuo forbidden army has not practiced for a long time, although it has been temporarily trained for a few days, and it has grown slightly, but it is embarrassing and useful after all, if it is used to charge into battle, it is not the opponent of the Liao." ”

Yang Weizhong smiled bitterly: "The last general also knows that grinding guns in battle is embarrassing, but the Heshuo forbidden army of 60,000 is the main force of this Northern Expedition, and it is necessary to ......."

Zhao Hao said: "Heshuo has 60,000 forbidden troops, 20,000 auxiliary soldiers, and 40,000 soldiers. Among the soldiers, 10,000 people can be selected to be the foot soldiers who are being held by the armor and charging into battle, and the remaining 30,000 are all turned into crossbow soldiers. ”

Tong Guan looked at Zhao Hao puzzled and said, "30,000 crossbowmen, is it too much?" Combined with the crossbowmen of the Beijing Forbidden Army and the Western Army, it can reach 35,000 people...... In this way, there were only 70,000 soldiers in total, and crossbowmen accounted for half of them. ”

Zhao Hao said: "Although the Liao people are only 30,000 or 40,000 people in the south area, but the cavalry is 7,000 or 8,000 people. We must learn from each other's strengths, with the strength of my Great Song Dynasty bow and crossbow, and the courage of the Keliao people. What's more, with the weakness of the Heshuo forbidden army, if it is a head-on standoff, I am afraid that it will be defeated with one blow, and the whole field will be lost, so it is better to train its bow and crossbow shooting skills to make up for the shortcomings of its low combat effectiveness. The elite infantry was in front of the armor soldiers, and the crossbowmen were shooting behind, and they were bound to defeat the Liao people's iron cavalry. ”

A five-day devil-style training camp is just a grinding of guns in battle, adding a little bit of the "military flavor" of the Heshuo Forbidden Army, and the soldiers who have been sparse for a long time are like white chickens, and it is impossible to exert great combat effectiveness after a short period of training, but it is much faster to train the art of bow and crossbow.

Of course, a good crossbowman, such as a so-called marksman, is much more difficult than training a crack foot soldier, but for an ordinary crossbowman, it is enough to train the basic operation essentials of the bow and crossbow and shoot at the opposite side. When the two armies are engaged, they only need to shoot intensively, without precision, as long as the direction is right, they can have the effect of killing the enemy.

The seed master nodded, but his face was quite embarrassed: "The plan of the county prince is very clever. It's just that bows, crossbows and arrows are the most complicated to make, so this deployment is not much, it can only be used by 10,000 people, if it is more than doubled, I am afraid that the supply will not be available. ”

Zhao Hao smiled slightly and said, "The old general doesn't have to worry, I have already arranged the bow and crossbow and arrows." ”

There was a confused look on the face of the seed master Dao and the seed master, and he looked at Tong Guan again, but he didn't find the answer, but it was inconvenient to ask more.

Bows, crossbows and arrows, this kind of strategic reserve material, is not just a tune, but although everyone doesn't say it, they know in their hearts that Zhao Hao is the real boss of this Northern Expedition. Along the way, as the commander of Tong Guan, almost only Zhao Hao's order is obeyed, although everyone does not know the reason, but they know that Tong Guan must have a handle in Zhao Hao's hands, for the brother of the planter, naturally like to see this kind of result, although Yang Weizhong belongs to Tong Guan's protégé, but he has always been cautious, but he does not dare to ask more.

For Zhao Hao, the bows, crossbows, and arrows of more than 20,000 people are not a big problem.

Horn Compound Bow: 20 merit points/set.

Rhubarb: 30 merit points/hand

Feather Arrow: 1 merit / 2 branches.

There are still about 35 million merit points in the system, and it is naturally extremely cost-effective to spend hundreds of thousands of merit points in exchange for a big victory in the battle of the country.

The old man heard Zhao Hao say that there was no problem with the bow and crossbow, and put forward another suggestion: "In this case, why don't you select people who are good at archery from the army and hold another archery competition to inspire the confidence of all soldiers to learn arrows?" ”

When Zhao Hao heard this, he immediately praised: "The old general's plan is very good, I don't know what Xuan Shuai wants?" ”

If a group of marksmen are arranged to perform archery in public, inspire everyone's confidence in transforming into crossbowmen, and increase the pride of crossbowmen, it will be of great benefit to the next crossbowmen training.

Tong Guan heard Zhao Haolai ask, his expression was slightly embarrassed, and he said urgently: "Very good, just according to Uncle Yi's plan!" ”

Since being threatened by Zhao Hao, Tong Guan doesn't care whether he can get by on face or not, he obediently obeys Zhao Hao's orders, and Zhao Hao's question is just a formality.

……

Outside the city of Mozhou, the school field.

60,000 Heshuo forbidden troops, plus 20,000 Jingshi forbidden troops and 2,000 brocade guards, surrounded the school field on three sides, leaving only the opposite point of the general platform and the ground in the middle.

In the middle of the school field, five arrow targets were placed, and a thick line was drawn seventy paces away.

On the main general's platform, Tong Guan and Zhao Hao sat in the middle side by side, and the planters were lined up on both sides, surrounded by guards with strict armor.

Under the high platform, each army selected more than 20 people who were good at shooting, including 10 people from the Heshuo Forbidden Army, 10 people from the Jingshi Forbidden Army, and 5 people from Jinyiwei.

The generals of Jinyiwei: Hua Rong, Liang Hongyu, Yang Zaixing, Yan Qing, Sun Li.

Tong Guan walked to the front of the stage in person, only to see that he was wearing a bright armor, wearing a bright red robe, and a fiery red cloak behind him, with his tall and burly figure, he was also majestic.

As the coach of the three armies, he must personally appear on such occasions to announce the start of the competition. The bell-like voice sounded in the field, but it was also magnificent, and even Zhao Hao behind him was amazed.

Knock knock~

As the drums beat into the sky, the arrow competition officially began.

In the order in which the draw was drawn, the archers appeared one after the other.

The first to appear were the five sharpshooters of the Beijing Forbidden Army, all of them ran a few steps together, and went straight to the seventy steps before the white line, and then bent their bows and arrows together, and the five arrow shadows drew five arcs in the air, all of which hit the red heart of the arrow target.

Ho~

Among the forbidden troops in Beijing, the cheers were like thunder.

Immediately after that, the rest of the shooters came out in turn, five people at a time, and fired separately.

The disadvantage of the Heshuo forbidden army soon became apparent, and two of the ten people who played out of ten people missed the target, and one missed the shot, and they were eliminated in the first round.

The five Jinyi guards, in the last appearance, the five of them drew their bows and arrows, and with Hua Rong's soft drink, five cold lights swept up, and they all hit the arrow target, which seemed to be the same. However, if you look closely, you can see that almost all of the five arrows penetrated the bull's-eye, and the arrows pierced out from behind the target, and the force was amazing.

In the first round, the Heshuo Forbidden Army eliminated three people, and the Jingshi Forbidden Army and Jinyiwei all passed.

In the second chaos, it is still a fixed-point target, but the distance has been moved to a hundred paces away. The Heshuo Forbidden Army eliminated five people again, the Jingshi Forbidden Army eliminated four people, and all five Jinyi Wei people passed the test.

By the third round, the distance had been extended to one hundred and twenty paces, a distance that was a huge challenge even for a marksman.

Sure enough, of the remaining eighteen people, only six passed, and the rest either missed the target or missed the bull's-eye.

The remaining seven people: five Jinyi Guards, and two Jingshi Forbidden Army.

Just when the general was about to announce the rules of the fourth round, Hua Rong in the audience suddenly became agitated, raised his bow and turned around. Straight to the sidelines.

Knock da~

After a while, I saw Hua Rong riding back like the wind, and a red cloak hunting behind him, like a god of war, majestic and majestic. The treasure carving bow in his hand was held high, and he shouted loudly: "What is the point of shooting at the target, and look at the general to shoot it!" ”

Before the words fell, the audience was shocked, but they saw that man and horse roared out, and they could stop one hundred and fifty paces away, and the three-stone treasure carved bow was raised high, and then a bowstring sounded, and a long arrow close to three feet, with a huge sound of breaking through the sky, shot away like a meteor.

With a single sound, the arrow hit the bull's-eye steadily.

Ho ho ho ho ~

All the brocade guards cheered, and the audience was shocked. Riding and shooting at a distance of 150 paces is several times more difficult than shooting at a fixed point of 120 paces.

Immediately afterwards, the other forbidden troops around him also cheered, shocking Hua Rong into a celestial being. Even Tong Guan, Seed Master Dao, Seed Master Zhong and Yang Weizhong and others also stood up one after another.

The seed master exclaimed: "Such a divine shot, even among the Western Army, there are only a handful!" ”

At the same time, the two marksmen of the Jingshi Forbidden Army had already given up the competition, greeted Hua Rong, bowed down, and retreated to their own formation.

Just when everyone thought that Hua Rong was the first, they heard a voice like thunder: "Brother Hua really shot a miracle, and Yang also came to offer ugliness!" ”

Everyone looked up, but saw a white-robed young general, it was Yang Zaixing, who also galloped over, ran to Hua Rong's approach, raised his hand is an arrow, hit the bull's-eye, and caused the audience to cheer again.

However, the game continued, and after a while, another fiery red figure came from the horse, and with a coquettish sound, one hundred and fifty steps away, another cold light swept up, which could be shot into the bull's-eye.

Ho ho ho ho ~

This time, the cheers were even more intense, because the person who came turned out to be Liang Hongyu, a female general who did not let her eyebrows go.

Subsequently, Yan Qing and Sun Li were not convinced after all, and they each found a horse, and the two of them came together, shooting together one hundred and fifty paces away, only to hear two loud sounds, and two long arrows hit the target together.

Sun Li glanced at it, held his bow and arched his hand around, turned around and retreated to his own formation.

His arrow was about a finger away from the bull's-eye......

In the next archery competition, there is no need to set rules on the stage.

I saw Hua Rong turn around and retreat four or five hundred steps away, and the forbidden troops around knew that Hua Rong must have a more exquisite performance, and they all boiled together.

"General Flower!"

"General Flower!"

"General Flower!"

With the incomparably anticipatory cries of tens of thousands of forbidden soldiers, Hua Rong suddenly flew away and galloped towards the shooting field.

At this time, it was already thin, the sky gradually darkened, and the difficulty of archery naturally increased greatly, Hua Rong on horseback looked calm, and in the process of galloping, he had stretched out his longbow and made a gesture with an arrow.

When he was running one hundred and fifty paces away, Hua Rong slowed down his horse's speed, stopped not far from the line, galloped back and forth, turned over and shot back, the arrow was like a meteor, and hit the bull's-eye.

One hundred and fifty paces away, you can shoot back, which is indeed not trivial!

The cheers of tens of thousands of forbidden soldiers rolled up like a raging wave, which could be heard in the four fields, and the shouts of "General Hua" resounded in the sky.

Yan Qing and Liang Hongyu glanced at the arrow target blankly, each held their bows and saluted the field, and also retreated to their own formation. It was indeed too difficult to shoot from a hundred and fifty paces away, and although their archery skills were exquisite, they could not reach such a situation.

The eyes of the audience were all focused on Yang Zaixing.

Yang Zaixing laughed: "Brother Hua's divine shot is unparalleled, I'll give it a try!" ”

After saying that, he also reined in his horse, retreated to four hundred paces away, and suddenly caught the horse's belly, and the horse suddenly picked up speed, and went straight to the target, and in the blink of an eye it was about to be within one hundred and fifty paces.

Bend the bow and arrow, roll over, and shoot in the back!

Sincere~

That arrow also hit the bull's-eye!

Ho ho ho ho ~

The cheers of the audience once again boiled like a mountain of seas, and the atmosphere of the audience reached a fever pitch.