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When the people in the hall saw that they were willing to try their archery skills, they were even more interested, and they all gathered around them to leave the feast and go to the open space outside the hall.

As soon as Jiao Lian arrived at the open space and stood still, his cronies sent him a few bows and a pot of arrows that he was accustomed to, Jiao Lian took off his coat and clothes, and chose a fifteen force 1 iron tire recurve bow and a heavy arrow, the destructive power of the heavy arrow is very strong, it is Jiao Lian's weapon to defeat the enemy on the battlefield, he took the iron tire bow, raised his eyes and looked around, looking for a suitable shooting target.

"It's good to shoot out two lanterns more than 90 paces away." Jiao Lian thought again: "Although this is a bit difficult, it is not enough to show my superb archery skills, and it is difficult to say whether I can overwhelm the other party......

After giving up the idea of shooting lanterns, Jiao Lian had no choice but to find another target, and suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a large bucket one hundred and twenty or thirty steps outside the hall, which was originally used to store water for fire extinguishing.

When everyone saw this, they couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and whispered to each other: "General Jiao doesn't want to shoot that big bucket, it's not unusual to shoot the bucket so big?" ”

"Isn't it unusual? I don't look at how far it is, I'll look at it visually, I'm afraid it's at least a hundred or ten steps, and it's not easy to shoot so far! I can't do it anyway. ”

"Alright, alright, General Jiao******, don't shout big guy."

"Yes, let's not talk about it, let's see how General Jiao shoots, I'm looking forward to it!"

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Jiao Lian stood in the middle of the field, staring at the bucket tightly, his expression became more and more serious, he put on a posture, bent his arm and humerus, and pulled the empty string a few times, first tried his arm strength to avoid the bow bullying, and then turned back to everyone and said: "This arrow is to shoot the handle on the lid of the bucket, if you don't shoot, please don't laugh." ”

Before the words fell, he turned around abruptly, quickly took out a heavy arrow from the quiver, wound the bow and pulled the bow, and then shot the arrow at lightning speed without aiming.

Jiao Lian's arrow was shot quickly and accurately, and before everyone could react, the arrow had already hit the wooden guard of the bucket, and the arrows that were about to be long were still trembling on the wooden handle.

"What a quick arrow!" Everyone was immediately attracted by Jiao Lian's lightning speed, and couldn't help but praise in unison.

"I just rubbed my eyelids, but I didn't expect the arrow to shoot out, this is too fast, right? Shouldn't General Jiao aim before shooting? Fortunately, it wasn't me who shot it, otherwise it would have been doomed. ”

"Don't you have this ability to be called a miracle shooter?" Someone rolled his eyes when he heard this, with a look of contempt.

"Yes, too. General Jiao is really excellent in archery, and today I can be regarded as an eye-opener. ”

The generals whispered, Jiao Lian squinted his eyes and locked on another target, the second arrow he did not plan to fry cold rice, but to seek a breakthrough again, in an instant, he took the arrow, pulled the bow force, and shot an arrow, a set of actions flowing, as fast as thunder. With a loud shout, the arrow drilled into the thin edge of the guard, and the lid of the barrel shook, as if it was almost a little bit about to miss the target, passing by the handle, in the exclamation of everyone, Jiao Lian laughed and said: "Lian Bucai, let you see the smile." ”

After speaking, he handed over the bow and arrows to Li Dingguo: "If Wu Yibo doesn't use this bow and arrow well, there are still a few good bows there, and Wu Yibo can use them." ”

Li Dingguo took the iron tire bow from Jiao Lian's hand with a solemn face, took a look, and found that it was indeed a very good hard bow, Jiao Lian's superb archery skills he had already witnessed, it was indeed the first strong opponent he had encountered in his life, he didn't expect that there would be such a master in the Ming army, everyone's eyes were bright, if he Li Dingguo couldn't show the same superb archery skills, not to mention losing his face, the entire Western Army would also be humiliated because of this, he had no way to retreat, only to face!

Li Dingguo walked to the position where Jiao Lian was originally standing and said: "General Jiao's archery skills are superb, rare in the world, and it really makes Dingguo ashamed!" ”

After speaking, Li Dingguo took off his robe, tied his underwear tightly, and then aimed the bow and arrow selected by Jiao Lian at the target, and shot an arrow, hitting the abdomen of the bucket.

The arrow was unremarkable and did not show any outstanding features, and those who were in the know could already see that this was just a test shot by Li Dingguo, after all, he was not familiar with the characteristics of the bow in his hand. Faced with an unfamiliar set of bows, even sharpshooters need to try to shoot an arrow first, which is understandable among experts.

However, some insiders still see something extraordinary from the prosaic arrow, it is not uncommon to shoot a large bucket, but it is not easy to shoot through a thick plank from a hundred and ten paces away, and it is not easy to penetrate a few inches, this arrow can be described as full of power.

In the army, those who can shoot accurately to more than 100 steps are considered good hands, let alone shoot through the plank at a hundred paces, and they can penetrate a few inches deep. That Li Dingguo's arm strength is extraordinary! A few of them were already looking horrified.

Jiao Lian was also a little shocked in his heart, he felt that if he was allowed to shoot this arrow, he would at least have to put on a good posture and use enough strength to shoot it so strongly. An arrow went deep into the barrel, and sure enough, there was some ability! Jiao Lian, who was so strong and victorious, had already admitted in his heart that Li Dingguo was a strong opponent, and couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "Let's see how he shoots the second arrow?" ”

After trying to shoot an arrow, Li Dingguo had almost mastered the characteristics of the bow in his hand, he took a heavy arrow from the quiver again, pulled the bow, looked in the direction of the bucket, and only heard him shout: "Go! ”

The second arrow flew out of the string, this one fast and steady, as if a thread of silk passed through the eye of a needle, impartially, just breaking the first arrow, and then entering three inches again along the original penetrating opening, and only plugging the crack, not a drop of water came out.

After a moment of silence, there was a sudden burst of thunderous cheers all around, and when everyone walked to the bucket with arrows and took a closer look, they were even more amazed!

"The two arrows are in the same eyebrow, and General Li really shoots it!" Zhu Youlang seemed to represent all the military ministers and gave Li Dingguo's archery skills a very high evaluation.

After this round of competition, Li Dingguo seems to be better.

When everyone was still amazed, Jiao Lian forgot for a while, took Li Dingguo's hand and said: "Lian Xiang is conceited with archery, I don't want to see General Li's magic shot again today, I can't help but make Lian's heart break!" ”

Jiao Lian's simplicity and straightforwardness, which is in line with Li Dingguo's taste, unconsciously rose a trace of goodwill, and he said modestly: "Ashamed!" Ashamed! Dingguo is just a fluke, where can it compare to General Jiao's real talent? In the future, I will have to ask General Jiao for advice. ”

Zhu Youlang nodded secretly in his heart when he saw this scene, after this competition, the Western Army and the Jingying Forbidden Army both admired each other a little, and the relationship was no longer so rigid invisibly, this is exactly what Zhu Youlang wanted to see, Li and Liu's Western Army in the future He intends to use it greatly, and the unity in the army is particularly important.

The banquet ended in a lively and cheerful atmosphere, and it was already past the hour. Zhu Youlang finally issued an order that he would go to the campus in the east of the city three days to observe the exercises, and at that time, the Western Army and the Marine and Land Divisions of the Beijing Forbidden Army would all be read.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and on the day of watching the exercise, Zhu Youlang deliberately changed into a martial arts uniform. At three o'clock in the morning, starting from the palace, a group of chamberlains walked in front of them with yellow umbrellas and more than a dozen kinds of honor guards, and hundreds of personal guards followed by the front and back of the horses, holding bows and swords.

Out of the palace, to the east, to the Zhaoqing East outside the barracks dismounted, the military department of the squire Chen Zizhuang led Jiao Lian and Li Dingguo and other senior generals to meet at the gate of the camp.

Zhu Youlang entered the large-scale martial arts arena in the barracks surrounded by everyone, sat on the throne on the high platform, with an umbrella fan behind his back, Chen Zizhuang stood beside him, and waited for Zhu Youlang to rest for a while, after drinking a sip of fragrant tea, Chen Zizhuang knelt down and said: "Qi Shengshang, do you want to watch the drill now?" ”

Zhu Youlang nodded lightly, and then looked down the high platform, and saw more than 10,000 guards and pro-army naval divisions wearing brand-new mandarin duck battle jackets and iron nets and iron combat boots lined up on the east side of the martial arts arena, and more than 10,000 Western troops wearing gray clothes and gray pants and yellow cloth scarves on their heads.

At the same time, the forbidden army and the western army knelt down to the emperor far away under the command of the leader Jiao Lian, Li Dingguo and others, and shouted in unison: "See my emperor, long live!" Banzai! Hooray! The sudden sound of drums and mountain cries startled the birds in the woods outside the barracks.

After the mountain call, Chen Zizhuang waved the order flag again, and the guards and pro-army advanced steadily in the drums, and quickly changed the formation and queue according to the order flag several times, and the steps were very neat, and the fierce and sharp spirit was fully displayed, which made the soldiers of the Western Army on the side impressed.

After a while, the gong sounded, and the guards retreated to their original positions and relined themselves as before. Chen Zizhuang waved the flag again, and the officers and men of the Western Army held the soldiers under the command of Li Dingguo, advancing like a forest, although the queue was a little crooked and not very neat, but there was a strong aura of slaughter erupting out, every move, the killing spirit was fully revealed, and the division of a hundred battles deserved its name, so that the guards and soldiers on the side felt pressure.

1 force: The strength of the bow measured in ancient and medieval times in China was measured in the unit of "stone (sound burden)", and in the Ming Dynasty or a little earlier, probably due to the progress of bow-making technology, it was changed to "force" as the unit. A force is nine catties and fourteen taels (or cloud nine catties and four taels). Legend has it that ten forces are equal to one stone. (To be continued.) )