Chapter 69: Xue Rengui's Family Archery (2)
"Huh? Xue Rengui's archery? Cloud-piercing arrows? Hearing Xue Ne say this, Li Xian couldn't help but feel interested, and his heart became a little excited.
As a dignified son, in his previous life, he was a Tang fan who had some understanding of Xue Rengui himself, Li Xian naturally knew Xue Rengui's brave deeds, especially his outstanding archery skills.
In fact, Xue Rengui is also a famous family, his ancestor is the famous general Xue Andu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, born in the famous Hedong Xue family, but due to the early death of his father Xue Rail, the family is in the middle, and the family is poor and humble in his youth.
Later, it coincided with Taizong's expedition to Liaodong, and Xue Rengui enlisted in the army in order to make meritorious contributions, and although this battle was unsuccessful, Xue Rengui became famous in one battle.
In March of the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, on the battlefield of Andi in Liaodong, the Tang Dynasty general Liu Junqiong was trapped by the enemy, unable to get out, no one could save him, at this time of crisis, Xue Rengui single-handedly rushed into the encirclement, directly took a general of Goguryeo, beheaded it, and hung it on a horse, the Goguryeo army was frightened, immediately withdrew, and Liu Junqiong was rescued. Since then, Xue Rengui has been known in the army for his bravery.
In the nineteenth year of Zhenguan, Goguryeo Mo Liyuan Gai Suwen sent the generals Gao Yanshou and Gao Huizhen to lead the army to resist the Tang army. Xue Rengui was dressed in white, armed with a gun and halberd, carrying a double bow on his back, and charged into battle alone, the Tang army followed up in a big way, and the Goguryeo army was defeated. After the war, Xue Rengui was promoted to guerrilla general and Yunquan Mansion Guoyi with the "first class of jumping meritorious service". Later, it was called "not happy in Liaodong, happy in Qinger" by Taizong, and then was promoted to the right leading army Zhonglang general, guarding Xuanwu Gate.
In the third year of Xianqing, Xue Rengui was his deputy general, and accompanied the general Cheng Mingzhen to conquer Goguryeo, defeated the Goguryeo army in Guiduancheng, and beheaded more than 3,000 ranks.
In the fourth year of Xianqing, Xue Rengui and Liang Jianfang, Qibi He Li, etc., fought with the Goguryeo general Wenshamen in Hengshan. In this battle, Xue Rengui took the lead and rushed into the enemy formation, the bow and arrow in his hand were not in vain, and the enemy soldiers who were shot would all fall to the ground. After that, he fought with the Goryeo army in Shicheng, encountered an enemy general who was good at shooting, and killed more than ten people of the Tang army in a row, no one dared to be, Xue Rengui was furious when he saw this, and broke into the enemy formation alone, and took the enemy general directly. When the enemy general saw Xue Rengui rushing over, he was shocked, and he was captured alive before he could release his arrows. After Xue Rengui and Xin Wenling defeated the Khitan in Montenegro, captured the Khitan King Abgu and the following soldiers, after the war, Xue Rengui worshiped General Zuo Wuwei and was named the male of Hedong County.
In the first year of Longshuo, the nine surnamed Tiele rebelled, and Gaozong took Xue Rengui as his deputy general and led the troops with Zheng Rentai to quell the rebellion. Before leaving, Gao Zongte gave a banquet in the inner hall, and said to Xue Rengui during the banquet: "In ancient times, there were good shooters who could wear seven layers of armor, and Qing could try to shoot five layers. Xue Rengui responded to the order, put the armor and took the bow to shoot, only to hear the sound of the bowstring, and the arrow had penetrated the five layers of armor. Tang Gaozong was pleasantly surprised, and immediately ordered someone to take the armor and reward Xue Rengui.
Later, in the process of counterinsurgency, the nine surnamed Tie ordered dozens of horsemen to challenge, Xue Rengui fired three arrows and killed three people, and the rest of the knights were afraid of Xue Rengui's divine might, and they all dismounted and surrendered. Xue Rengui took advantage of the situation to wave his army to cover the killing, and the nine surnamed Tiele were defeated, and Xue Rengui led the army to continue to chase and kill the defeated people, capturing the three brothers of their leader. After the army was collected, the army sang: "The general has three arrows to set the Tianshan Mountain, and the strong man sings into the Han Pass." ”
In fact, if you talk about bravery, Xue Rengui can't be said to be ranked first in the early Tang Dynasty, where there are many famous generals, but if you talk about archery, Xue Rengui is definitely the undisputed first since the founding of the entire Tang Dynasty.
"Hehe, it seems that this Xue Ne is a person who is unwilling to accept favors, so he repays with his family heirloom archery skills, but since you have already boarded my Li Xian's thief ship, how can I let you leave easily?" Looking at Xue Ne's resolute and handsome face, Li Xian couldn't help but think in his heart.
And Xue Ne naturally didn't know that this Li Xian, who had made him bent on repaying his kindness, was actually calculating against him, and he was still thinking about how to help this person learn archery as much as possible.
Xue Ne was really a sincere person, and immediately took out a longbow from the weapon rack, and told while gesturing, and began to teach Li Xian the family archery skills step by step.
In fact, at that time, due to the martial arts of the Tang Dynasty, even those ordinary noble children were trained in archery since childhood, let alone a prince like Li Xian, so Li Xian still had a certain foundation in archery, and because of his vicious eyes, strong arm strength, coupled with hard training, his archery skills were still well-known among the children of the royal family.
It's just that Li Xian lacks the guidance of some real masters, and now under the guidance of Xue Ne, a famous disciple, both technology and strength have made great progress.
At the invitation of Xue Ne, Li Xian tried to shoot once, when Xue Ne saw Li Xian just pull the bowstring slightly, he pulled a one-stone strong bow like a full moon and suddenly opened his mouth in surprise, he didn't expect that the other party was five or six years younger than himself, but his strength was greater than his own, and when he saw that the other party's eyes were like falcons, his arms were like iron casting, dragging the bow body without moving, he admired the other party's basic kung fu was so solid, and he suddenly felt ashamed: "Actually, it only passed through my lips and tongue, can raise the art of archery to such a high level, alas, this kind of strange talent is really not comparable to mere mortals. ”
How did Xue Ne know that Li Xian had been practicing Shaolin internal and external kung fu for many years, and his body had been tempered incomparably strong, not only powerful, but also unprecedentedly keen, so once he mastered the skills taught by Xue Ne, archery was naturally a great advance, only after a few words from Xue Ne, he had already transformed into a person who was good at shooting, although there was still a certain distance between archery and Xue Ne, but the difference was not much, I believe that as long as he had been honed for several months, his archery skills would not be difficult even if he surpassed Xue Ne.
"Haha, thank you Brother Xue for this guidance, so that Xiao Wang is like seeing the sun, the mouth suddenly opened, sure enough, it is to listen to your words, better than reading ten years, Brother Xue's kindness today, Xiao Wang will definitely remember from the bottom of his heart, come and come, after the archery drill is completed, I will wait today to discuss and discuss the marksmanship. General Cheng Lao said that the marksmanship of the Gong Gong is extremely sharp, and its gist is secretly in line with the art of war, which is the sentence "its speed is like the wind, its speed is like a forest, its aggression is like fire, and it is as immobile as a mountain."
Li Xian was not ashamed of today's so-called "experience" in fact what Zhang Wuchen had realized and taught him the night before, and said lightly: "I have been thinking about these few sentences these days, and I feel that the meaning of these words is quite profound. Unleashing a fatal blow when an opponent is caught off guard or has a hole in his defenses is sure to kill him. ”
"Huh?" Xue Ne listened to Li Xian's words, and suddenly showed a thoughtful expression, and then took out a spear from the weapon rack, and practiced the seemingly ordinary Jiaolong out to sea, and then nodded and said: "What the king said is very true, and the end will benefit a lot, I don't know what kind of virtue the king has?" I hope to give you advice. Alas, the end would have ......."
Xue Ne wanted to say something, but he suddenly stopped, suffocated his face red, and stopped saying it stiffly, but the melancholy in his words was undoubtedly revealed.
Li Xian couldn't help but be secretly amused in his heart, he naturally knew the meaning of Xue Ne's words: "I originally thought that by teaching archery, I could compensate for the favor I owed Li Xian before, but now after Li Xian's selection, he feels more and more that the affection owed to Li Xian is not enough to repay."
Even Li Xian knows what Xue Ne thinks in his heart, and Xue Ne himself is naturally clearer, but what can he do clearly? Because of this incident, Xue Ne seemed to be stuck in a quagmire and couldn't extricate himself, and then fell deeper and deeper, but he also knew that Li Xian's comprehension of this set of marksmanship was really difficult for him to achieve at present, and even he thought that it would take at least ten years of exploration to achieve Li Xian's epiphany today.
Now that Li Xian's words can reduce his ten years of exploration time, what reason does Xue Ne have to refuse? What's more, since this favor is owed, how much is the difference between owing more and owing less?
That's why Xue Ne made a decision to let Li Xian tell all the realizations in his heart, and it was a big deal that he would find a way to repay this favor together in the future.
But seeing that Li Xian was not polite, he continued: "The so-called Xu Rulin should not be a slow advance, so that the opponent cannot find a flaw, because this will be repeated with the immobility of the mountain behind, and according to Xiao Wang's inference, it refers to the dense moves, like the tide of the sea, at the same time, we should wait for the opportunity, ready to fight back at any time, in order to win in stability." And aggression like fire not only refers to strength, but also to speed in combination with a fatal blow when there is no room for fire. In the end, it is best understood that once we defend, the opponent will not be able to find the slightest flaw, and in addition to this, we will have to put pressure on the opponent like a mountain, so that he will not be able to find the fighter. Hehe, but there is one point, although it is easy to understand, but to fully comprehend, I am afraid it will take a lot of time, in the future you and I need to learn more, accumulate experience, if you can fight a battle, accumulate actual combat experience is great. Alas, it's a pity that the old man Li Sikong is really stubborn, and he doesn't allow this king to go into battle to kill the enemy, otherwise he can also make meritorious contributions to my Datang. ”
In the end, a touch of melancholy suddenly appeared on the offline face, and he shook his head and sighed.
In fact, why didn't Xue Ne's heart think like this? After half a year in the army, he has never even fought a battle, what kind of torment should it be for a young man like him who is determined to make meritorious contributions? It's just that as a subordinate, how can you count the peaks? Xue Ne had no choice but to persuade Li Xian, saying that Li Ji was also for their good, etc., and Li Xian, who said it directly, was even more distressed in his heart.