Chapter 35: The Plum Blossom Guard Tests the Arrow (Part II)

More than 100 horsemen bowed to them together, "Please advise the captain!" ”

Tianxing whispered a low smile to Wu Jin: "This is the tradition of the Plum Blossom Guard, and it cannot be refused. ”

He was not polite, and stepped forward to bow his hand to everyone, "Then I will give you ugliness!" ”

Wu Jin didn't speak, staring at Tianxing's dedication, at this time, Li Yan slowly walked to his side and glanced at him, "Wu Jin, if you feel embarrassed, you don't have to force yourself." ”

Wu Jin smiled faintly, "If I don't end up, won't I disappoint General Li?" ”

Li Yan saw that Wujin actually saw through his thoughts, he couldn't help laughing, and asked a little curiously: "Tianxing is a shadow warrior, and he is the prince's henchman and guard, I have seen his skills, but you make me feel very strange, I went to Weiwei Temple yesterday to check, but there is no file of yours, haven't you participated in the samurai exam?" ”

"It's normal for the general to be strange, I'm just a small businessman who runs a pawnshop in Donghai County, and my eldest brother is the head of Hucao, I accompanied him into Beijing, by chance, I got the prince's appreciation, that's all, this is my whole background, is General Li satisfied?"

Wu Jin looked at Li Yan with a sneer, from the prince arranging for him to enter the Plum Blossom Guard, Tianxing to monitor him on the side, to Li Yan arranging for someone to lure him down, and Tianxing cooperated with Li Yan's arrangement, one ring after another, just to test his details, he didn't like this feeling of being indulged in.

After speaking, he also handed the silver medal to Li Yan, "Under He De and how can I dare to receive the military medal of Meihuawei No. 9, General Li will raise me too much." ”

He turned and walked away, "Stop! Li Yan snorted lowly, Wu Jin stopped, his face was still sinking like water, Li Yan stepped forward and sighed lowly, "This is all the arrangement above, I am only the No. 5 military card, but the above indicates to you the No. 9 military card, I don't know why, to be honest, I am also a little unconvinced, so I will arrange an archery, I want to see your martial arts, Wu Jin, I don't know the specific situation." ”

"Don't even General Li know?"

Wu Jin turned around slowly, there was a hint of surprise in his heart, Li Yan was the prince's henchman, it was the prince who arranged for him to enter the plum blossom guard, how could he not know?

Wu Jin glanced at him, and suddenly realized in his heart that he knew, but he refused to tell the truth.

Li Yan handed him the military card, smiled bitterly and said: "Maybe the prince greeted the above, the prince doesn't have to go through me to do things, I think it should be like this, Wujin, everyone is waiting for you!" Don't break the rules of the plum blossom guard. ”

Wu Jin is just putting on a show, forcing him to tell the truth, how can he really go, he is not the emperor's son, his status is extremely noble, he knows better than anyone how many catties he has, he took the military card again, and smiled, "How can I break the rules of the plum blossom guard, you prepare a box crossbow for me, and I want thirty arrows." ”

Li Yan saw that Wujin had a change of heart, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly waved his hand, called a ti horseman, whispered a few words to him, and the ti horse galloped away.

Li Yan smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Most of the warriors are just vain, and the real Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger will not be restricted by the imperial court, don't think about it so much, let's go and see the Celestial Star archery." ”

Wu Jin couldn't help but feel a little good about him when he heard him say something like 'I won't be restricted by the imperial court', so he nodded, and the two walked towards the archery range together...... More than 100 Plum Blossom Guards were waiting excitedly for Tianxing's shot, Tianxing was ready, he was a famous Donggong Shadow Warrior, Shadow Warrior was just his real name and was not known, but the name of Tianxing, many people in the Plum Blossom Guard knew it, and everyone's eyes were full of expectation.

Archery is the highlight of the samurai exam, as a shadow warrior, superb archery skills are inevitable, Tianxing took a three-stone bow, put on a long arrow, the bow slowly pulled away, aimed at a straw man arrow target in front, the string loosened, a long arrow 'whoosh! The arrow was shot out of the ground, and the arrow was strong, and an arrow hit the bull's-eye of the straw man's chest, and the star drew another arrow and shot it, three arrows in a row, and the arrow hit the bull's-eye, and the drums and cheers sounded like thunder.

"Good archery!"

"Worthy of the Shadow Samurai!"

The compliments were incessant, and Celestial Star was accustomed to such praises, and he smiled and arched his hands around, and walked down the test platform.

"Wu Jin, it's your turn!"

At this time, Ti Cai has brought a box crossbow, this is a god arm crossbow, the bow arm is three feet long, weighs more than 20 catties, the strength is strong, can shoot crossbow arrows to 300 steps away, is a kind of infantry hard crossbow, ordinary people can not use it at all, the crossbow is equipped with an arrow box, the general arrow box has ten, twenty and thirty three, there are no Jin this kind of thirty pieces, the light arrow box is one foot high.

He walked up to the test platform with the divine arm crossbow, and there was silence all around, when Li Yan introduced him just now, he only said that Wu Jin from Donghai County, almost everyone had never heard of him, everyone had a little contempt for him in their hearts, and they knew him as just a foil to the stars, but at this time, seeing that he was actually carrying a god arm box crossbow with thirty arrows, all of them suddenly put away their contempt, they were all elites from various military governments, and they knew the difference between archery and crossbow shooting, archery requires skill, and crossbow shooting requires strength, Archery is also very popular among the people, and crossbow shooting is only available in the army, and it pays more attention to actual combat, and its lethality is far greater than that of bows and arrows.

Wu Jin was very calm, he pressed the tension of the arrow magazine, watched the thirty one-foot-long crossbow arrows slide smoothly, he loaded the crossbow arrows back into the arrow box one by one, every movement was so careful, so meticulous, just like a crossbowman before the battle, completely ignoring the eyes of more than a hundred people watching him.

These thirty arrows, he was not in a hurry, and it took a quarter of an hour to pretend, and the people around him were already waiting extremely impatiently, and their faces showed anxious expressions, if it weren't for the general Li Yan was there, they would have already shouted and scolded, Rao is so, and the buzzing complaints are endless.

Li Yan's interest is getting bigger and bigger, he has already seen that Wu Jin is deliberately slowing down, grinding people's patience, he picked up an arrow and looked left and right, but the moment he put it in the box, he was precise and fast, without a trace of mud and water, he was obviously a master with a box crossbow.

Li Yan's heart was also full of expectations for him, and at this moment, a deep voice sounded in Li Yan's ears, "General Li, how many arrows do you think this person can shoot?" ”

Li Yan was shocked in his heart, as soon as he turned around, there was indeed the general Luo Zhiyu behind him, and there were several military captains next to him, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said with a smile: "I thought he would shoot twenty arrows, one arrow at each target." ”

Luo Zhiyu is about forty years old, fair skin, a few long beards under the chin, looks polite, is a Confucian general, in fact, he is indeed a Ming scholar, both civil and military, his father is Shan Yu Dadu Luo Yun, his wife is the daughter of the former Song Dynasty King Jinping County Lord, the background is very prominent, only thirty-five years old to serve as the plum blossom guard general.

Luo Zhiyu turned around and asked a few lieutenants, "What do you think?" How many arrows will he shoot? ”

Several lieutenants looked at each other, and an older lieutenant stepped forward to report: "He used a divine arm box crossbow, as far as we know, the most famous crossbowman in the capital is Zuo Wuwei's crossbow captain Zhang Sheng, he also used the god arm box crossbow in last year's first-class samurai examination, and shot twelve arrows in the time of a cup of tea, and won the first place, this kind of box crossbow requires strong strength, and the general crossbowman is exhausted when he shoots ten arrows in a row, so we think that even if his strength is stronger than ordinary people, at most fifteen arrows in a row, the time required will be more than a quarter of an hour." ”

Li Yan saw that Luo Zhiyu just smiled and didn't speak, so he couldn't help but ask curiously: "What does the general think he will shoot?" ”

Luo Zhiyu smiled slightly, "I have different ideas from you, let's wait and see!" ”

Everyone wanted to try the Wujin Hope on the arrow platform together.

At this time, Wu Jin had already pressed the last crossbow arrow into the arrow box, he had already seen several high-ranking officials in the distance have arrived, this is his purpose, or not to do it, since he has done it, he will be a blockbuster, let him practice for a hundred soldiers, he has no interest, only Li Yan alone, and slightly worse, he has already caught a glimpse of a middle-aged high-ranking official appeared, and even Li Yan saluted him, indicating that this person is likely to be Luo Zhiyu, the general of the Plum Blossom Guard, and he waited for a quarter of an hour, just to wait for this person.

Wu Jin stood up, took a deep breath, and looked at the straw man target a hundred steps away on the opposite side, at this time, the hundred horsemen were all in high spirits and looked at him nervously.

Wu Jin gently moved his shoulders and raised them, pulling the strings with one arm, 'Click! With a bang, he shot out the empty strings, looking for a touch, it was time, he stepped forward, knelt down on his right knee, supported the crossbow body with his left hand, pressed the tension spring of the arrow magazine with his left thumb, and his long arms seemed to be a natural crossbowman, and his posture was very standard and chic.

Luo Zhiyu couldn't help but say to Li Yan again: "This person has worked shooting crossbows. ”

Li Yan nodded, "I feel the same way!" ”

At this time, Wu Jin's first arrow was about to be shot, he had already found that kind of flowing feeling, and he had adjusted his state to the best, his eyes narrowed, his fingers buckled the hanging knife, he held his breath, and finally pulled the hanging knife, only to listen to 'click!' With a bang, an arrow shot out like lightning, almost as soon as the first arrow was off the string, and his second arrow was also fired, and then the third and fourth arrows were fired...... Everyone was stunned, no one paid attention to where his arrows were shooting, everyone was staring at his right arm, dazzling winding shots, barely stopping for a moment, the movements were smooth and smooth, he was simply a crossbow shooting machine.

Tianxing, Li Yan and several captains had the same expressions, and they all opened their mouths in shock, as if they had seen an incredible scene, yes, they had never seen anyone who could use crossbow arrows to such a superb level, he was even faster than the speed of archery, even Luo Zhiyu stopped brushing his beard, his eyes were full of surprise...... As the last arrow was fired, Wu Jin put down the Divine Arm Box Crossbow, he was also very satisfied with his performance this time, in the time of one tea, he shot thirty arrows, before that, his highest record was to shoot sixteen arrows in half a cup of tea.

And thirty arrows shot thirty straw man targets, and the arrows all hit the bull's-eye, which is also his highest record.

Everyone was stunned, and a cup of tea shot thirty arrows, all of which pierced through the bull's-eye and were nailed to the wooden planks behind them, and there was silence, and after a long time, a burst of exclamations erupted, followed by thunderous applause and cheers.

Li Yan and Tianxing glanced at each other, they both had the same idea, they wanted to tell the prince immediately, this was simply a magic skill.

The lieutenant just now sighed and said to his colleagues on the left and right: "I thought that Zhang Sheng was the first in the capital to shoot a crossbow, but until today, I don't know, what is the sky outside the sky, who is he?" ”

Several captains looked at Luo Zhiyu together, Luo Zhiyu smiled and said nothing, he had already made up his mind, no matter what, he wanted to leave Wujin in Meihuawei, if he let go of this kind of talent that has been rare for a hundred years, God would not spare him.

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(To be continued)