In the previous chapter, it was mentioned that the entire Volunteer Army was greatly boosted because of Zhao Gou's reward activities, practiced martial arts diligently, and strictly abided by military discipline. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

And Zhao Gou was not idle, he rode back and forth on the training ground at first, observing and recording the performance of the centurion and centurion, and then looking for Wang Boyan, Yue Fei, and Zong Ze, who occasionally came to Xiangzhou to discuss with him King Qin, to discuss who was a good candidate for an officer. (Of course, Zhao Gou didn't plan to be King Qin at all, but he still had to pretend)

Later, Zhang Carpenter, who was introduced by Zhou Hang, secretly made several telescopes for Zhao Gou. The transparency of the glass made in the Song Dynasty is already quite high, so the manufacture of monoculars is really like chopping melons and vegetables. To tell the truth, Zhao Gou doesn't understand how the motherland's science and technology tree was ordered now, why did he burn water for thousands of years and didn't invent the steam engine? Why have thousands of years of houses been built, but no screws have been invented? Why has glass always been made, but the telescope has not been invented?

Carpenter Zhang gave Zhao Gou the telescope after dinner, and the first thing Zhao Gou did was to go outside to look at the stars and the moon, and he didn't know how big the monocular was, but he had already seen the crater on the first quarter moon. Zhao Gou's excited heartbeat accelerated, tears were about to flow, after a month, the moment he saw the crater, he felt that he was still a modern person, he and modern technology and civilization, still bathed in the same moonlight.

"Wang," Qiu Dabelly and Shi Erlang are already Zhao Go's personal bodyguards, and at this time, it is Qiu Dabelly who is on duty (even if he is not on duty during dinner, he will come over), "What's wrong with you?" ”

"It's okay", Zhao Gou waved his hand, he didn't have the urge to share the world in the telescope with Qiu Da's belly, but he actually couldn't really be moved by the ancients, after all, he had a pure materialist worldview, but Qiu Shi (and even Zong Ze) grew up breathing the air of worshiping ghosts and gods. Therefore, even if he knew the feudal superstitions of the ancients, he could only understand the appearance, and could not think clearly about how superstitious they were. If Qiu Shi saw that there was no Moon Palace, Chang'e, and Jade Rabbit on the moon, but a bunch of potholed craters, would he think he was crazy? Do you think that Zhao Gou is a monster? This is all uncertain, at this time, Jin Bing is going south, and he is in danger all the time, Zhao Gou will not do these superfluous things.

Thinking of this, Zhao Gou saw that there were still four telescopes left, so Qiu Shi personally took the box of the telescope and gave it to Zong Ze and Wang Boyan (in fact, he didn't want to give it to him, but if he gave it to Zong Ze and didn't give it to him, he felt that he would fall into the hands of others), Yue Fei, and Zhou Hang. It was given to Zhou Hang because he had already stood out and become a very good centurion, and Zhao Gou planned to let Zhou Hang form a scout (reconnaissance) cavalry team of the Volunteers. Since you are a scout, a telescope is naturally indispensable. Of course, when he was sent away, Zhao Goqian told him to warn this telescope not to let others know, so as not to pass it on to Jin Jun.

After having a telescope, Zhao Gou was much easier, but his efficiency was also much improved. After all, now that he stays on the high platform and looks around, he can see the state of the entire barracks. In the morning, the officers and soldiers of the volunteers practiced the military physical boxing of the Song Dynasty and the ten-person squad formation; In the afternoon, practice using bows and arrows, spears, knives, and shields; In the evening, there will be a small meeting to learn from each other; Even in his spare time, he competed to practice hard. The state of the army is changing with each passing day, and by the day of Laba, there were more than 5,000 volunteer soldiers (the number is also soaring), and they can skillfully use the standard weapons of the Song army. And with a group of ten people as a unit, charging, attacking, defending, holding each other, and retreating are all familiar with the chest. Zhao Gou once again borrowed from the habits of the modern army, and asked the women of Cizhou and Xiangzhou to sew armbands, and on the morning of the competition, they were distributed to all officers and soldiers who had mastered basic military skills, which was also an honorary incentive.

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At nine o'clock in the morning, Feng Yuan, the county lieutenant of Xiangzhou, announced on the high platform with full confidence, "The first martial arts competition of the Volunteer Army has begun!" More than 5,000 volunteer veterans, more than 1,000 recruits, and nearly 100,000 Hebei villagers cheered loudly. Zhao Gogan smiled and waved his hand around, within his field of vision, it was full of dense, people climbing trees and houses, and said in his heart that everyone also loves to watch the excitement too much, and this kind of competition will have to be carried out when the farm is busy in the future, and the scene of the province is surrounded like this. There are too many people, even if the golden soldiers come over, I am afraid that they will also be trampled to death.

Zhao Gou is a person who has watched the Olympic Games, so he designed the competition, which can be described as a hand-holding. The charging competition (that is, the sprint) and the weightlifting competition are naturally copied as they are, and the flexibility competition is to reserve talents for the cavalry team according to Zhao Gou's thoughts, so it includes hurdles, vaults, and high walls, which test flexibility and explosiveness.

The audience watched with relish, sometimes leaning forward attentively, sometimes leaning forward with joy; Of course, the people were happy to see the excitement, and some people were very nervous.

Zong Ze Wang Boyan was worried that the Jin people were coming, so he led people to garrison the surroundings. And Yue Fei was also worried, except for the Yingkou shooting ring some time ago, he did not participate in any activities, during the competition, he took a hundred soldiers under his command, together with Zhang Sanlang and Han Yuan, who could not participate in the competition, on the city wall with binoculars to look around, to prevent the Jin people from attacking. To Zhao Gou's amazement, Zhou Hang also took the initiative to withdraw from the game and took the cavalry team to the outskirts to reconnoiter and prepare carefully.

Although Zhao Gou appreciated the careful arrangement of his subordinates, he also rewarded the officers and soldiers who gave up the competition. However, he was actually not worried about the sneak attack of the Jin soldiers, after all, it was a critical moment for the siege of Bianliang, and which Jin army general was willing to put down such a magnificent feat to attack a little prince in reverse?

Zhao Gou watched the game and saw the afternoon, at this time, several events had entered the semi-final stage, Qiu Shishi Erlang naturally entered the semi-finals, but the highest lifting weight was the newcomer Lu Song of Linzi, Qingzhou; And the most eye-catching thing in the charge competition is Qin Dazhuang, a native of Chang'an, when this Qin Dazhuang first came to join the Volunteer Army, he also surprised Zhao Gou greatly, because he was actually a black man! And what surprised Zhao Gou even more was that no one thought there was anything strange about a black man at all, and in Zong Ze's words, Kunlun Nuer was also proud. The degree of diversity in Song Dynasty China really surprised Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou watched the competition for a long time, and couldn't help but be a little sleepy, and in a daze, he still regretted that Yue Fei did not participate in the competition, with his strength, he could actually fight with Lu Song. At this time, there was a sudden burst of enthusiastic applause outside the camp, and after that, even the camp also applauded thunderously for some reason.

"Look, King!" Lan Jue, who had been helping Zhao Gou to be the sun, pushed him unprecedentedly, and said excitedly, "A boy in blue ran out of nowhere, shooting the remaining golden ring!" Oh my God! King, that boy is really a fool! ”

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