Chapter 20: Interlude
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Chen Xu looked lazy, sitting on the threshold, basking in the sun, warm.
The military order was to give the soldiers three days to assemble in the barracks, and he came early, although he only had to stay in the barracks for two days, but the days were still quite boring. So he took advantage of this to bask in the sun.
The trees in the yard are blooming, and they are very beautiful, as if they are pear blossoms that "suddenly come like a night of spring breeze, and thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloom". The orange-yellow sunshine, the budding pear blossoms, and the wonderful picture make people forget for a while the big battle they will face in a few days, Chen Xu leaned comfortably against the door, quietly out of his mind.
Although it is still a little cold in February, the temperature is slowly warming, the breath of spring is charming, and a few birds with brown and black mottled colors perched on the branches, seem to come out to bask in the sun like Chen Xu.
While Chen Xu was resting, a tall and sturdy man came over with a backpack in one hand and a wooden stick in the other, not knowing what to do. This man is Suohu.
He was a little curious, and was about to speak, Suo Hu seemed to know what Chen Xu was going to ask, grinned widely, put his fingers to his mouth, and made a silent movement. Chen Xu didn't ask any more questions, and sat on the threshold and watched quietly.
I saw Suo Hu put the back basket on the ground, used a small wooden stick to support the back basket, and sprinkled a small handful of rice grain under the back basket, the small wooden stick was tied with a slender and long rope, the rice valley attracted down, and the birds who wanted to eat, as soon as the rope was pulled, they would be covered in the back basket, and they could not get out.
Chen Xu didn't expect that the seemingly five-year-old and three-thick Suo Hu would have such a childlike side, and this scene reminded him of a description of bird hunting in leap soil in the textbook when he was in school. He also became interested.
In order to avoid affecting the bird-hunting plan, Suo Hu walked towards the place where Chen Xu was sitting, and tied a rope tied to a wooden stick on his fingers, the rope was very long, and there was still a length left at the threshold where Chen Xu was.
Suo Hu sat on Chen Xu's side, looked at the place where the back basket was, paid attention to the dynamics over there, then turned his head sideways, smiled at Chen Xu, and explained: "I played this when I was a child, but it was my specialty at the time. Ha ha! ”
Chen Xu said: "Yes, there is nothing to do these days, and it is good to pass the time, it will not be so boring."
Half an hour later, Suo Hu's face was dazed, his big hand slapped his knee, and he grinned and scolded, "He|mother|, the birds in this barracks have become essences, and there is no reaction at all!" "I've been bored in the barracks these days, I wanted to have fun, and I just swore to be it, bragging and farting, but I didn't expect to be embarrassed in front of others now, even if there are some rough big faces, I can't help but redden.
When Chen Xu heard this, he suddenly felt that he couldn't cry or laugh.
"Huh?" As if thinking of something, Sohu stood up and walked to the barracks on the side, and soon he strode with a bow in his hand.
He walked up to Chen Xu and handed over the bow and arrow in his hand: "Brother Xu, shoot the bird on the tree." It's upset to look at me now. ”
Chen Xu took the bow and arrow he handed over, and instead of looking at the bird that Suo Hu muttered and annoyed him, he pulled the bowstring casually, and suddenly glared: "Good guy, where did you get this bow, at least it is a three-stone bow." In this world, one stone is equivalent to sixty catties in a previous life. This kind of person can't even pull the bow, so it's very rare. After all, bows and arrows can't be used, who would carry this thing.
Suo Hu said: "You committed an accident that day, and Commander Xu mentioned me as the head of the capital and rewarded this thing." You weren't in the barracks at the time, so you didn't know. ”
"I'll give you this bow, my archery skills are not good, if I give it to you, I can play the biggest role of this bow!"
"Thank you!" There is no excuse, and the friendship between men does not need too many words.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a voice with an unkind tone: "I don't know if the people who are the ten generals can pull it away!"
Chen Xu and Suo Hu looked back and saw He Meng and a dozen sergeants walking over carrying a skinned sheep. This He Meng has a horse face, five big and three thick, but his speech is mean and sour. This guy was originally sent to Chen Xu's capital as a top ten general, and the day before yesterday, Chen Xu made a mistake and was punished to ten generals, and this guy was demoted from ten generals to the deputy general in Chen Xu's tenth team. This guy was originally a thorn, but now he has been downgraded by Chen Xu, I'm afraid he will feel uncomfortable no matter how he looks at Chen Xu.
"He Meng, how did you speak!" Suo Hu's loud voice opened, he and Chen Xu were transferred from the same place, they had a bit of friendship, and they were a little dissatisfied with the meanness in He Meng's words.
He Meng didn't look at Chen Xu very well, but in the army, he paid attention to obeying the orders of his superiors, and he knew this rule, so he had to turn blue and white for a while, and didn't speak again.
He Meng's intimidating deeds did not bring any harm to Chen Xu.
"The bow is still drawn, so it doesn't take much trouble for the lieutenant general." When he said this, he bit the word "deputy general" heavily.
Sure enough, the guy's face changed when he heard this, and his face suddenly pulled down.
Chen Xu also listened to the familiar system prompt sound, "Ding, received a negative sentiment value from He Meng, +27." ”
Recently, the military order of the Privy Council of Tokyo Daliang Mansion is about to go out in the next two days, and the military government of Beiyang Town ordered to kill chickens and sheep and reward the three armies, and everyone is in a good mood. Everyone has seen Chen Xu's martial arts, but archery is rarely seen. Seeing this, he happily coaxed and asked for a hand.
The bird seemed to be alarmed, a bird flew up from the tree, Chen Xu visually measured the distance was about ninety steps, plus the target was relatively small, it was not easy for ordinary people to shoot even if they were good at archery.
The crowd watching the excitement on the side also knew that it was not easy to do it, and they couldn't help but look forward to it and look forward to the follow-up development.
He took a deep breath, put his fingers on the bowstring, and looked slowly, but his movements seemed to be tempered by thousands of tempers, all in one go, pulling the bow and arrows, bending the bow at full moon, and the bowstring made of cow tendon made a tense sound, as if it was about to break. Although Chen Xu has not exchanged for archery skills, his strong physical fitness makes his judgment of wind direction, calculation of aiming, and eyes greatly surpass, which can be said to be talented!
Gradually, he calmed down and immersed himself in it, unable to bear the slightest distraction, and only arrows remained in his eyes. The arrow left the bowstring, "Bang! With a bang, the arrow flew out, hissing and piercing the air, startling the surrounding onlookers. Just now, all the sergeants were infected by Chen Xu's concentration, and now the sound of arrows shooting through the air brought everyone back to reality.
"Good!" Sohu cheered loudly on the side. In any case, the arrow shot out of the crosshairs is not subject to the crosshairs for the time being, but the force is enough to convince everyone.
I saw that the arrow that shot out hit with one blow, and the bird flying in mid-air was shot down by an arrow and fell to the ground.
He Meng saw it, his face showed surprise and embarrassment, he had heard of Chen Xu's strong martial arts, but he had never seen it with his own eyes, but judging from the archery skills he showed now, it was definitely not good, so he had to say: "There are a few moments."
Chen Xu chuckled a few times, raised his eyebrows, and was about to hand the bow and arrow to He Meng, "How about it, try it?" ”
"Received negative sentiment from He Meng, +34."
I was still not convinced by this product, and when I heard the prompt in my head, Chen Xu said secretly.
For He Meng's words, Chen Xu heard it, but ignored it, the army pays attention to obeying military orders, subordinates obey superiors, He Meng is his deputy general, but he clearly provokes him, today by the way to extinguish his rebellious spirit, in the chaotic times of the melee of the countries, there is no shortage of arrogant soldiers in the military camp, this does not pay attention to the virtue of modesty, forbearance will only make people feel bullied, the so-called good people are bullied.
He Meng is not very old, his face is a little weathered, his horse face is black and yellow, he looks older than his actual age, and he can see that he is a man who has been in battle for a long time, but even if he is a battle-hardened warrior, not everyone can be proficient in archery, which not only requires talent, but also takes a lot of time.
Sure enough, He Meng's black and yellow face suddenly sank, but it was still a dead duck's mouth: "Isn't it accurate to shoot arrows?" What's the big deal! ”
"Oh?" Chen Xu smiled and raised his eyebrows, "Really?" Come on, you're going to try it out? ”
"Received negative sentiment from He Meng, +50."
He Mengqi's black face turned red, and a system prompt sound sounded in Chen Xu's mind.
He Meng still wanted to quibble, but he couldn't find the words to relieve the siege for a while, and was ridiculed by the sergeant next to him, and he couldn't get off the stage at once, so he had to say viciously: "General Chen, your archery skills are good, your arrows have long eyes, but the arrows on the battlefield are not long-eyed."
Depend on!
Chen Xu scolded secretly when he heard this, is this guy going to stumble me on the battlefield?