At noon, Chen Kefu and his party slowly entered Qingyuan County, south of Taiyuan.

Entering the county seat, Chen Kefu went all the way, intending to observe the real reaction of the people to the imperial court at this time. However, what surprised him was that after entering the county seat, Beimen Street, a wide street full of shops, was deserted at this time, and there were not even passers-by on the street. Occasionally, one or two people passed by, and they also looked hurried and hurried away.

At the shopshop on the side of the road, Chen Kefu asked for a bowl of tea while quietly asking the woman who poured the tea, only to know that the men in the county had almost gone to the gate of the county office. As soon as he heard this, Chen Kefu was still shocked, this was the eve of the war, and what he was most afraid of was civil unrest in the local area. But then the woman explained, and he realized that all the men had gone to the county government to ask for conscription.

After hearing this, Chen Kefu was not in the mood to drink tea again, so he left the tea money and led the horse to the gate of the county office. Walking through the sea of people in front of the county office, I finally squeezed inside, but as soon as I squeezed through, I just heard the self-description of the long stout but very young man, and I couldn't help but believe it.

Chen Kefu fought in the forest of guns in the knife mountain, and he has seen a lot of all kinds of warriors and strong men, and he has seen them all, but those are all strong men who are unique in ten thousand. And although the young man in front of him is stout, he is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and he doesn't believe it when he claims to be able to divide two cows. If you want to separate two cows with both hands, it takes no less strength than lifting a thousand catties.

As soon as Chen Kefu's words came out, the young man directly challenged him.

"Than what?" The young man's expression was solemn, but he was not flustered at all, and his expression was calm.

"To fight a war, you need not only courage, but also good skills. You claim to be able to shoot an arrow into the eye of an eagle in the sky. Why don't we compare archery! Chen Kefu said with a smile.

"Good. But don't blame me for not telling you beforehand. My archery skills are not boastful, and my companions call me Xiao Li Guang. ”

When Chen Kefu heard this, he paid more attention and said with a smile: "Since you are called Xiao Li Guang." Then it seems that archery is really good. However, I have been in the army for many years, and although I don't have a majestic name, I have killed a lot of enemies under the arrow. If you can really overcome me today. I will grant your request to enlist. Not only will it help you enlist in the army, but it will also make you join Da Chen's Praetorian Guard Yulin Army, and at least keep you a nine-rank team official position! ”

"You can talk the talk, if I win you, can you make me the team?" There was a bright look in the young man's eyes, and then he asked in disbelief.

Chen Kefu took a silver medal from his waist and lit it up, and said with a smile: "This is the waist card of the silver armor imperial guard, such as a fake exchange." If you really have the ability, I will definitely show it to the emperor. Ask for a team job for you. ”

The surrounding people were all excited for a while when they saw that a silver-armored imperial guard actually wanted to compete with a hairy Orion boy, and promised to keep him a nine-rank team officer as long as he could win. Although even if the boy wins. Nor did it take their turn to be officers. But since ancient times, it has always been the nature of the people to be lively. As soon as I saw such a lively event, many people cheered at that time.

However, the old man beside the young man looked at Chen Kefu and the others a few times with his eyes like lightning. A few flashes flashed in his eyes, and after some words stopped, he still didn't say anything, and let the young man take off the bow behind his back.

The people had already voluntarily given up a vacant land, and even the county commander Marven did not interfere at this time. Instead, he commanded the officials to erect a wooden stake in the open space, tied the crossbar, and hung a dragon treasure with a square circle on it. There were two other officials on the left and right, and they even moved out of the big drum in front of the county yamen. …,

Marven automatically acted as the presiding referee at this time, caged his sleeves, and said very politely to the young officers of Yulinwei on Chen Kefu's side: "Since you want to compete with arrows, do you want to shoot arrows right away, or do you want to shoot arrows in steps?" ”

Chen Lei, who was dressed in the uniform of a second lieutenant of Yulinwei, said: "Since you want to go into battle and compete with arrows, you naturally have to shoot arrows immediately!" ”

Chen Kefu stretched out his hand and said, "I am a soldier, and I should be compared to an arrow immediately." But this little brother is only a hunter, presumably not trained in mounted archery, and if it is compared to mounted archery, it will be unfair to the little brother. I think it's better to just get down and shoot an arrow! ”

The young man didn't want to accept Chen Kefu's favor, and tilted his head: "Don't underestimate people, I won't miss you anything if you ride a horse and shoot an arrow, just ride and shoot immediately." Save in case you lose, and then you have the opportunity to find an excuse to deny. ”

"How do you compare that?" Chen Kefu became more and more interested in this kid, and said with a smile.

"We are three arrows, arrows shoot money holes, and we have to hit three yuan. If one arrow misses, it means that the archery is not high, and you have to admit defeat. ”

"Okay, let's shoot first."

At this time, in front of the county yamen, there was already a sea of people, and no one wanted to miss such a lively.

Chen Kefu asked Chen Lei to borrow a horse from the young man first, but the old man next to the young man had already led a horse from the side, and the young man turned over and urged the horse to run over. Chen Kefu and the others couldn't help but be amazed when they saw the young man immediately dressed up at this time. I saw that the young man was eight feet tall, strong and talented, but he was a young man. In a short period of time, the boy had actually changed into a suit of armor.

The young man wears a lion helmet made of bright silver, wears the armor of Tianhe Hanjiang, lined with a plain robe, has a white face, heavy eyebrows, big eyes and a high nose bridge, a white horse on his crotch, and a bright silver and black tassel gun hanging on the saddle bridge, with a bow and arrows on his back, which is really handsome and extraordinary.

Chen Lei and the others couldn't help but exclaim when they saw it, and turned their heads to look at Chen Kefu. Even Chen Kefu couldn't help but marvel, this young man's outfit was very similar to the outfit of the copycat unicorn armor when Chen Kefu took Chen Lin to the battlefield for the first time.

The more this was the case, the more surprised Chen Kefu couldn't help but become. Originally, I only thought that this young man was a hunter, but unexpectedly, he was still carrying a war horse and a full set of armor. Although after Chen Kefu established the country, in order to carry forward the style of advocating literature and martial arts, he not only opened the academy widely, but also abolished the law of the previous dynasty on the strict prohibition of private weapons. According to the Dachen Law, all the people can own conventional weapons such as knives, guns, arrows and sticks, as long as they are not in possession of crossbow arrows, firearms and large instruments, as long as everyone has registered their weapons and armor in the local prefecture and county, everyone can own a set of private weapons.

At that time, this law was changed in consideration of strengthening the martial style of the people of Chen, and it was also possible to use force among the people, so that once the country had something to do, when the people were conscripted as soldiers, the quality of the soldiers could be guaranteed, and secondly, the people had weapons, and they could also save the country military expenses when they were in danger.

But even so, most of the people had at most a spear or a short knife at home. Not only did this boy have horses, but also armor, spears, bows and arrows, which was quite rare.

In the exclamation of everyone, the young horse of Orion rushed up, bypassed the Diao Dou flagpole, arrived in front of the referee's table, turned around and went to the southwest to release the horse, at this time he drew the bow with his left hand, drew the arrow with his right hand, recognized the buckle and filled the string, the bow opened like a full moon, aimed at the money, and sent out an arrow with a bang, and heard a golden drum in unison, and the arrow hit the money hole. Then the horse went around the flagpole, and the second and third circles were like this, even in the middle of the three yuan. The golden drum shook violently, and people on both sides cheered in unison.

Such wonderful archery and riding skills immediately attracted the applause of hundreds of people, as if the three arrows were shot by themselves. …,

After shooting three arrows, the young man ran around the field three times, and rode his horse to Chen Kefu with some pride: "I have already shot three arrows, and the branch arrow is in the money hole, and it is even three yuan, can you shoot like me?" ”

Chen Kefu smiled slightly and said, "If I want to shoot like you like this, wouldn't it be the same, how can I tell the winner!" ”

"Ahh So how do you shoot? ”

"Go back and watch!"

"Good!" The young man was a little unconvinced.

Chen Kefu turned over his horse in the sound of drums, and stepped on a horse that was extremely handsome, and the senior generals of Da Chen all knew this horse, which was one of the thirty-six horses that Tong Ye Hu formed an alliance with Da Chen, and in order to obtain the support of the emperor, he sent his beloved daughter Ayiguli to Da Chen to marry Da Chen's son of heaven. At that time, the emperor gave the remaining thirty-five horses to the generals, except for this war horse. Since the death of the emperor's mount, the horse, which has a yellow coat and a slightly black beak, has become the emperor's royal horse.

The bell rang and galloped in the field, which was praised by everyone. Although Chen Kefu was wearing the armor and military robe of an ordinary royal forest officer, when he rode his horse and galloped, the look of the horse still amazed those people.

When everyone saw it, they all said that this Royal Forest officer really had the majesty of a general. Chen Kefu urged him to sit down in the empty field, circled the Diao Dou flag pole for three or four circles, threw the horse to the north, drew the bow with his left hand, drew the arrow with his right hand, recognized the buckle and filled the string, and pulled the bow. The old man next to the boy couldn't stop saying at this time: "Ah! Turning back and shooting at the moon, this is the arrow technique handed down by the flying general Li Guang. ”

The crowd applauded. Chen Kefu circled around the horse a few more times, this time the horse turned the flag pole again, reached the middle of the field, pulled out the second arrow, recognized the buckle and filled the string, pulled the bow round, and saved an iron plate bridge backwards, and poured the arrow out of the head.

Tellebiu was still circling in circles, Chen Kefu changed the bow in his right hand, turned the flagpole, drew the arrow with his left hand, and the two and three fingers of his right hand clamped the arrow shaft, and the left hand was scattered. When many people on the side saw this, they couldn't help but cry out: Ah! , how to let go!

Seeing the excitement of the crowd was anxious for Chen Kefu, but when they saw Teller Biao running forward, the bow and arrow in Chen Kefu's right hand was turned back, he raised his breath and changed his waist, turned around, and made a trick of lying down and watching the morning glory. Shot a third one-handed arrow, and hit the money hole again.

At this time, everyone in front of the county government applauded, and the drums beat like thunder.