Chapter 54: Peerless Archery Skills
On the Dragon King Village, more than 1,000 young men gathered together, looking at Xuanyuan Chen standing on the high platform, their eyes all showing awe and gratitude. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Xuanyuan Chen's clothes and armor were neatly dressed, and he pointed to a wooden sign seventy paces away behind him with a solemn face, and shouted loudly: "Have you seen that wooden card?" The wooden sign has a red circle the size of a bowl on it, which serves as the bull's-eye of the target.
The young men whispered, but no one responded for a long time.
Xuanyuan Chen was faintly disappointed in his heart, he originally wanted to select some of these people to supplement the Beiliang army. But now it seems that it is difficult to find a few qualified fighters.
The most basic criterion for a qualified warrior is to possess fearless courage.
But in the face of Xuanyuan Chen's question, more than 1,000 people didn't even dare to reply, they simply had no qualifications to become soldiers, and even in Xuanyuan Chen's eyes, they were not worthy of being a man.
This is also a common problem in all agrarian countries, ordinary people are too simple and weak, as long as twenty percent of the population of the Han Empire can be as brave as the steppe people, how can the Dajin Kingdom of Borjueluo dare to offend?
Xiao Tianming stood beside Xuanyuan Chen and said softly: "Lord Wang, there are not many soldiers but fine, remember that it is better to lack than to abuse!" After learning about Xuanyuan Chen's identity as the King of Beiliang, although Xiao Tianming did not say it explicitly, he already had the intention of taking action into action.
Xuanyuan Chen sighed lightly, knowing that what Xiao Tianming said was good, he was afraid that after letting the weak people supplement the Beiliang Army, the combat strength of the Beiliang Army would be damaged.
And just when Xuanyuan Chen was about to disband Qingzhuang, Zuo Kui suddenly scolded loudly: "Are you all dumb? I didn't hear the prince's question! He was unwilling, and he couldn't wait to absorb more than 1,000 young men into the Beiliang Army.
There were only 800 people in the Northern Liang Army, and Xuanyuan Chen divided the 800 people into three battalions with the Han army in order to ensure that the morale of the army was not scattered and let each officer of the Northern Liang Army remember his military identity.
Leng Junao and Zuo Kui are each in charge of a battalion, with a strength of 300, and the remaining 200 people are used as a personal battalion, led by Wan Xiaodao.
In the establishment of the Han army, the commander of the first battalion of men and horses is the commander of Zhichong, and the strength should be about 3,000 people.
Although Xuanyuan Chen's Beiliang Army was organized into three battalions, it was actually less than one-tenth of the normal strength, and at best it was only three battalions.
This is also a helpless move, but it has stimulated Zuo Kui's official addiction.
Since he was arranged by Xuanyuan Chen to manage a battalion of men, all he was thinking about was how to match the troops, and at this time, there were more than a thousand young men in front of him, how could he easily miss it, so he couldn't help but scold.
And his scolding really had an effect, and someone even spoke.
I saw a young man wearing a beast robe, with a very thin face and some burnt hair, walking out of the crowd and asking, "Do you want to shoot arrows at the wooden sign?"
Zuo Kui strode in front of the young man, looked the other party up and down for a while, and said, "That's right, as long as you hit the bull's-eye, you will be my old left's subordinate." It is estimated that he wants to be a soldier and wants to go crazy, so Zuo Kui has set people inside.
The young man looked at Zuo Kui, his cloudy eyes looked very calm, and he asked, "When you are a person, can you eat half a catty of grain more every day?"
Without waiting for Zuo Kui to answer, Xuanyuan Chen on the high platform had already replied: "Anyone who can shoot the bull's-eye can become a member of the Beiliang Army, and the daily food supply will be doubled."
A bright color flashed in the young man's eyes, and he walked to the table where the bow and arrows were placed, took the bow off, pulled it, tried the string, and then walked to a distance of eighty paces from the wooden sign, and raised his hand to draw the bow and arrow.
Hearing a "whoosh", everyone looked at the target and found that it was empty, and a lone feathered arrow fell on the open space to the left of the wooden card.
The young man's arrow not only missed the bull's-eye, but also missed the target.
Zuo Kui opened his mouth wide and looked at the young man with a stupid expression, he thought that he would be a master who dared to come out in public, but he didn't expect it to be such a result, he was extremely disappointed.
Suddenly, someone walked up to the young man, stretched out his hand and handed him a feathered arrow, and said, "Take your time and shoot again." It was Duan Qifeng who spoke, and his eyes were full of encouragement.
The young man nodded slightly at Duan Qifeng, and after taking the feather arrow, he once again stretched out his bow and arrow.
This time he pulled the bowstring very slowly, and as the bowstring was gradually pulled into a full moon, the young man's cloudy eyes became extremely sharp, and he only heard a short shout from his mouth, and the feather arrows flew out like lightning, hitting the bull's-eye of the wooden card.
Zuo Kui looked at the trembling feather arrows on the arrow target eighty steps away, and rubbed his eyes vigorously, the contrast between the front and back was too great, making him really hard to believe.
Duan Qifeng and Zuo Kui have even a good relationship, Zuo Kui is half a year older, Duan Qifeng calls him his brother, at this time seeing his blank face, he can't help but smile: "Big brother, the strong bow in the army is extremely powerful, and it is difficult to master it easily." He turned his head and looked at the young man who was shooting arrows: "This little brother should use ordinary hunting bows on weekdays, and it is inevitable that he will not be suitable for the first time when he uses a strong bow, but he can shoot the second arrow, and his archery skills should be one in ten thousand."
After Zuo Kui listened, his eyes suddenly lit up and said, "Haha...... It's really a treasure. He glanced secretly at the stage, and when he saw Xuanyuan Chen smiling, he had no worries in his heart, and shouted as if declaring sovereignty: "Boy, you will be my old left person in the future."
The young man just glanced at Zuo Kui lightly, and soon turned his head to look at Duan Qifeng, and asked in a low voice, "My name is Wolf Tooth, what's your name?"
Reporting his name as a sign of respect, Duan Qifeng's face was slightly surprised, and he replied, "Laocheng County Lieutenant, Duan Qifeng!"
Wolf Yazi's lips moved, vaguely reciting Duan Qifeng's name, as if he wanted to keep this name in his heart, and after waiting for a while, he asked again, "Do you know how to shoot arrows?"
Duan Qifeng smiled and didn't say anything, but leisurely and calmly picked up a bow and an arrow from the table.
The people in the cottage were quiet, Xiao Tianming stared at Duan Qifeng, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Duan County Lieutenant's archery skills are not to mention magic skills, at least they are outstanding, when Laocheng was besieged by the thieves of Longwang Village, Duan County Lieutenant shot at least twenty thieves with the strong bow in his hand, which is also the reason why the thief leader Lu Sanwan looked at Duan County Lieutenant."
Hearing Xiao Tianming say this, Xuanyuan Chen's gaze couldn't help but be attracted by Duan Qifeng.
With the bow and arrow in hand, Duan Qifeng seemed to be a different person, and there was an inexplicable look in his eyes, only to see him turn his back to the wooden card, slowly and calmly moving his steps, as if measuring the distance, about one hundred and twenty steps away from the wooden card, Duan Qifeng stopped, suddenly took the arrow and turned his head to take the bow in one go, and the feather arrow was like a meteor catching the moon in the bull's-eye hundreds of steps away.
There was silence in the cottage, and countless people stood on the spot with their eyes stared.
Zuo Kui couldn't help but shout: "Brother, you still have this hand, the brother who is hiding it is so deep!"
Duan Qifeng put down his bow and arrows, and a smile appeared on his face.
At this time, Wolf Yazi walked in front of Duan Qifeng, with a hint of excitement on his immature and vicissitudes face: "I don't want him, but follow you!"
Duan Qifeng was stunned when he heard this, and Zuo Kui was flushed and ashamed, like an abandoned resentful woman.
Wolf Tooth fell to his knees and repeated expectantly, "I want to follow you!"
Duan Qifeng looked at Zuo Kui beside him with some apologies, Zuo Kui thought that his archery skills were not as good as Duan Qifeng, and he had no face to rob people with his own brother, so he could only pretend to be generous and said: "Brother, this kid wants to follow you, you just accept it."
Xuanyuan Chen walked over at the right time, and said to Duan Qifeng with a smile: "Lieutenant Duan, this king wants to set up another battalion of people, I don't know if you are willing to share the worries of this king."
Duan Qifeng looked stunned, and said, "Lord, you ......"
Xuanyuan Chen looked serious and said straightforwardly: "You select five hundred people from a thousand young people to form a battalion of men, and you will be the chief officer."
Duan Qifeng was moved by Xuanyuan Chen's trust, but subconsciously wanted to refuse, but as soon as the words were about to come out, he noticed that Xiao Tianming, who was standing beside Xuanyuan Chen, was constantly glaring at him.
The two have been together in Laocheng for many years, Duan Qifeng naturally understood that Xiao Tianming wanted him to agree, and seeing Xuanyuan Chen's sincere expression, he no longer shirked, and bowed his hand and said: "Humble and orderly!"
Xuanyuan Chen nodded with satisfaction, looked at the wolf tooth who was kneeling on the ground, and then turned to leave.
Although this is not bad, but the number of the Northern Liang Army is still too small, and in order to increase the number of soldiers without reducing the combat power of the Northern Liang Army, Xuanyuan Chen suddenly had a flash of inspiration when Duan Qifeng showed his superb archery skills, and thought of a way to get the best of both worlds.
The method is very simple, and it can be summed up in four words: divide and teach.
Before the young men grow up to a certain extent, don't mix with the Beiliang Army, in fact, treat them as reserves for future generations.
And Duan Qifeng's arrow must have generated a lot of prestige among the more than 1,000 young people in Longwang Village, and in addition, he has an affinity personality, compared to the soldiers of the Beiliang Army who are too murderous, he is obviously more suitable to lead a group of recruits.
When Duan Qifeng saw Xuanyuan Chen walking away, he immediately reached out and helped the wolf tooth who was kneeling on the ground to help him up, and when he saw the color of his hair, he couldn't help but be curious: "Aren't you Han?"
Wolf Yazi lowered his head, his expression gloomy: "I don't know either."
Duan Qifeng said with pity: "Do you have a family?"
Wolf Tooth shook his head, his face as pale as snow.
With the rise of the Dajin Kingdom, many Han women were taken captive by the Jin army during the war every year, and although some of them were ransomed by their families, they were generally humiliated, and many were pregnant with children.
It is very likely that the wolf's tooth is the product of the tragedy of war.
Duan Qifeng shook his head and sighed, patted Wolf Yazi's shoulder, and said with sincerity on his face: "From now on, you can treat me as your relative."
Wolf Yazi looked at Duan Qifeng, his eyes were faintly red, and he was silent for a long time, and finally nodded heavily.
At this moment, Li Mei'er, who led the women and children of Longwang Village down the mountain to cultivate and farm, hurriedly ran up the mountain, her face was very flustered, and she held an arrow tightly in her hand.
Wolf Fangzi's eyes were sharp, and he said loudly: "There is something wrapped in the arrow."
Duan Qifeng's eyes froze, and after seeing it clearly, he couldn't help but lose his voice and said, "It's the Arrow Book!"