Chapter 44: The Idea of the Bow and Arrow

"Knight Chief, stop practicing, let them rest for a while!"

Stannis shouted with a yawn.

Korodov glanced at the soldier in front of him, who was lying on the mud and refused to get up, and whipped him a few more times, but when he found that it still had no effect, he sat on the steps in a huff and finally gave up.

"Korodov, don't be in such a hurry, the city of Rome...... No matter what the city was not built in a day, my invincible army does not expect to wipe out the Western Continent tomorrow, will it be long in the future~~" Although he did not have expectations in his heart, the lord still comforted his men.

In this way, a group of people lay in the mud and bask in the sun.

After a long time, several of the soldiers got up, probably too tired to stay in a lying position, and began to move around.

A few of the range's arrows caught their attention, and they quickly picked up a few short bows from the bow stand next to them, drew their bowstrings, and gestured at the bull's-eye.

Intriguing Stannis, he stood up and walked towards them, stepping over the turnip, which was still lying on the ground.

"Would you like to try it?" Stannis said like a park vendor.

The peasant soldiers whispered, then nodded at him.

"You're lucky, today the lord personally invited you to play. Stannis said as he pulled out a few bundles of arrows from the ordnance he had received at a discount from Albert.

He threw his sword into the quiver, "Shoot as you please, and whoever can hit the bull's-eye will be rewarded with a silver coin." ”

Hearing that there was a reward, the peasants became even more enthusiastic, and one of the skinny fellows picked up an arrow, took aim with a bow, and shot it.

Off target......

Everyone around him laughed, and Stannis shook his head with a smile, he still had hope for these people.

The skinny guy also touched his head embarrassedly, "It's too close, and it's really uncomfortable." ”

Oh? Stannis is interested, this guy doesn't look like bragging.

The place where they had been standing was twenty meters away from the target, and then the dwarf walked a long distance back, and Stannis estimated that it was about fifty meters before stopping.

Then the little man got on the arrow, pulled the string, shot out, and the white feather arrow accurately hit the bull's-eye.

"Oh! Stannis exclaimed.

"Sir, you owe me a silver coin, sir. The little man said with a smile.

Stannis, of course, did not lose his words, he took a silver Nag coin from his money bag and tossed it to him and asked, "What's your name?"

The little man bit down on the silver coin, making sure it was real, "Sir, my name is Habitt, and I'm from the village of Jalumbus, sir." ”

The lord nodded and turned to everyone and shouted, "Whoever hits the bull's-eye will take money from me." ”

More and more people are gathering around the battlements, and they all seem to be confident and eager to take the plunge.

As a result, Stennis lost a total of 20 silver coins.

I didn't expect this group of peasants to shoot arrows so accurately, and they made the sword miserable because the skill points were added to the archery skills!

Determined to try them again, Stannis checked his money bag, which contained about 20 silver coins, and shouted to the gang in front of him, "I see that you guys are quite good at archery, and whoever can shoot ten arrows in a row and hit the bull's-eye the most will be him." ”

Everyone said they participated, and after a series of competitions, it was the original little Habit who won the championship.

Stannis threw the money bag all at him.

"Thank you, sir!" said Habitt overjoyed.

However, there were unconvinced guys in the crowd who shouted: "If Kanye hadn't come, how could you have let your kid win so lucky!"

Kanye Stennis remembered the guy he had seen at the jousting tournament, and that guy had only shot a few arrows and won the championship.

"Is he amazing?" he asked curiously, seeing him win an archery championship but not feeling like he was outstanding, because he was always passionless.

Everyone nodded, "Of course, he is the best among us, and he is said to be able to hit the eagle's eye from three hundred meters away." ”

"So exaggerated?" Stanis was obviously incredulous, "by the way, you are so good at archery, are everyone else like you?"

Harbit nodded, "That's for sure, we're all going to hunt in the Black Forest, and it can be said that every man in every village has been training arrows since childhood." ”

Oh, natural archers, you don't need to train yet!, a bold idea brewed in Stannis's mind.

"Do you like bows and arrows?" said Stannis.

Everyone nodded, "That's for sure, we can say that I grew up with bows and arrows, and the only entertainment outside of farming is to try each other to shoot arrows." ”

"Do you like learning the sword with that big stupid man?" Stannis whispered, pointing to Korodov, who was still sulking.

Everyone shook their heads.

"How did it feel when we switched to archery after that?" Stannis finally stated his true purpose.

Unsurprisingly, everyone cheered.

"Long live your lord!"

It seems that the position of bows and arrows in their hearts is as important as the Juche ideology of Cao County next door.

In this exciting shout, Stannis slowly walked out of the crowd with satisfaction, and Robert, who was still lying on the ground and pretending to be dead, quickly got up and joined in.

"Boss, what did you say to make these guys suddenly become so emotional?"

"I'm just adding a little bit of a different mindset. Stannis was still saying something he didn't understand.

"What thoughts?" said Robert, who still didn't know why.

"How about building an army, like building an army of pure archers?" Stannis finally said what he had in mind.

Although the Achaemenid dynasty formed a strange army with nine bows in history, which was broken by Alexander in the first battle, the Persian Empire's dense projection firepower did make its enemies suffer enough.

In this build, Stannis decided to go further, he decided to form a full-bow army, what to do with melee combat? Just shoot the enemy before you get close!

Of course, Stannis was not a fool, he knew that the heavy cavalry would be scrapped with a single charge, and even if there was a horse stake, he could not expect the people of this world to rush up like the French knights. This is only his expedient measure, after all, it is the most urgent thing to quickly form a combat-ready force.

In this dangerous world, without an army, he is like a small boat sailing in the stormy waves, and he will be swallowed up by the sea at any time, and his bones will be gone.