Chapter 43: Archery
Zhu Youzhen said: "Most of the epidemics in the army are due to unclean water sources. Filtering the water source is to remove impurities, but the main thing is to kill poisonous insects, so you need to boil hot water to kill poisonous insects. The jungle march is unbearable and the heat is unbearable, and poisonous insects breed, so you need to take a lot of baths. And digging toilets is because the gold juice is filthy and has the most poisonous insects, so it has to be collected and buried. In addition, the doctors will diagnose and treat them, so that there will be no epidemics when marching to the southwest, and the army will maintain its combat effectiveness and be well armed, so it will naturally be invincible. β
Zhu Youzhen said that bacteria are poisonous insects, so that Xungui's children can quickly understand.
At this time, a military attache couldn't help but say: "The most rare thing in the southwest is to prevent epidemics, if His Royal Highness King Xin's method is really effective, it can save tens of thousands of soldiers." β
Xu Xi also nodded and said: "At this time, the southwest is using troops, and I should send this strategy to Wang Sanshan, the governor of Guizhou, to help him break the thief." β
The Ming Dynasty is declining, since the three major expeditions of Wanli, the Tusi rebellion in the southwest region continues, and there is a rebellion in the Apocalypse, although the Ming army has won a hundred battles, but because of the mistakes in the strategy of the imperial court, the local officials are cowardly and corrupt, and have not been able to completely suppress the rebellion, but it has become more and more intense.
This is a typical soft knife cutting meat, and before the carrion is finished, there is a large piece of necrosis.
Xungui's children talked a lot, and Xu Xi also nodded with a smile on his face, and he was no longer disappointed.
Originally, I thought that His Royal Highness King Xin was just a dead duck with a hard mouth, and he was stimulated by the law to participate in the school review. I didn't expect him to really know the method of using troops in the southwest, which was really unexpected.
As a group of military attachΓ©s admitted that Zhu Youzhen's theory was very good, the sons and daughters of the nobles couldn't help but be convinced.
Zhu Youzhen explained that they not only knew how to march and fight, but also understood that poisonous insects were the root of the epidemic.
However, they are unforgiving, and their faces are full of flattening.
"Isn't it better to strategize, this kind of nerd is the best at tricking around, and then he has to see the truth in his hand."
"That is, don't think that a strategy will scare us."
Hearing these words, Guo Peimin also regained his confidence, looked at Zhu Youzhen with a provocative face, and said: "His Royal Highness King Xin, the next thing is to test martial arts." You haven't practiced martial arts, but be careful. β
Zhu Youzhen really didn't know martial arts before, but during this time he was obsessed with martial arts and had been learning martial arts with Wu Xiang, and his super learning ability directly closed Wu Xiang to himself.
You must know that Wu Xiang is a martial artist, and his martial arts are also first-class in the army, can he still be compared to these gentlemen?
The first archery competition was to shoot the target at a distance of ten zhang, that is, about 30 meters.
Archery is Guo Peimin's strong point, he squinted at Zhu Youzhen, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Xin, let's make a bet?" β
Zhu Youzhen fiddled with the bow and arrow in his hand, he had only practiced the bow and arrow once, and he could only be regarded as rough, and he was afraid that he had no chance of winning in the competition with Guo Peimin.
"Isn't King Mo scared?"
"If you're scared, refuse it, I won't laugh at you."
The sons and daughters of the honorable people laughed and provoked them with words.
Zhu Youzhen glanced at them indifferently, and waited until Xungui's children stopped talking before he smiled and said, "Yes." β
Guo Peimin was overjoyed, "Then bet a hundred taels of silver." β
Zhu Youzhen said: "But I have one condition, that is, within a stick of incense, we will shoot out fifty arrows respectively, and whoever hits the target will win." β
Guo Peimin thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay." β
On the other side, Xu Xi stroked his beard and said: "In this review, Guo Peimin's martial arts are the highest, but looking at the wild posture of King Xin, I am afraid that he will also rely on it." β
Yangwu Marquis Xue Lian sneered and said: "King Xin is dedicated to studying, and I have never heard that he has learned martial arts, how can he be compared with Guo Peimin." β
Xu Xi groaned slightly, and suddenly said, "Why don't we press a bet?" β
Xue Lian said without hesitation: "I press Guo Peimin to be the first in martial arts, one thousand taels." β
Xu Xi also nodded and said, "I will also bet one thousand taels to bet on His Royal Highness the King." β
At this time, a young voice said: "I also bet on the king." β
Xu Xi and Xue Lian hurriedly turned around and bowed, "Meet the emperor." β
Zhu Youxiao stared at Zhu Youzhen on the field, Zhu Youzhen was unwilling to reconcile in Xinuan Pavilion just now, which made him angry in his heart, secretly thinking that his younger brother was unruly and did not know the height of the sky.
But looking at the extraordinary young man on the field, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel a little proud in his heart.
His younger brother may have really grown up.
At this time, the two people on the field had already shot ten arrows, Zhu Youzhen was hit by six arrows out of ten, and Guo Peimin was hit by nine arrows out of ten arrows, obviously Guo Peimin's archery skills were more skillful.
A group of noble sons also made bets, betting ten or two hundred taels, most of them betting that Guo Peimin would win.
However, Zhang Shize stood out from the crowd and bet that the king of faith would win.
Chang Yanling patted him on the shoulder and said, "King Xin is obviously not as good as Guo Peimin in archery, you are giving us silver for nothing." β
Zhang Shize looked at Zhu Youzhen, who was not chaotic at all, shook his head and said, "King Xin can win." β
At this time, thirty arrows were shot, Zhu Youzhen hit twenty, and Guo Peimin hit twenty-five.
Chang Yanling pursed his lips, the gap between the two was so obvious, how could King Xin win.
On the stage, Xu Xi also shook his head and said: "His Royal Highness King Xin has obviously learned archery for a short time, and I am afraid that he can't compare to Guo Peimin." β
Xue Lian nodded proudly, "Then thank Dingguo Gong for the silver first." β
The Emperor of the Apocalypse sighed softly and looked at Zhu Youzhen below, hoping that this admission of defeat would make him realize the reality.
As an emperor, he can't help himself, and sometimes the situation is stronger than others.
When the thirtieth arrow was fired, Guo Peimin's arm was already trembling slightly, but he was still hit the target.
He moved his sore arm slightly, and glanced at Zhu Youzhen proudly, for this victory, he already had the chance to win.
But Zhu Youzhen did not panic at all, his expression was still relaxed, and as the thirty arrows were shot, his understanding of archery was also deepened, and his accuracy was higher.
Ten more arrows were shot, this time Guo Peimin felt that his arm was sore, and only five of the ten arrows were hit, while Zhu Youzhen was hit by seven of the ten arrows.
Although Guo Peimin led Zhu Youzhen's 27 with 30 teams, the gap between the two sides narrowed from five to three.
Xu Xi sighed lightly, he was experienced and took the lead in seeing the clues.
If an ordinary person shoots forty arrows in one go, his arm will be sore and lose his accuracy. But His Royal Highness King Shin looked relaxed, his arm did not shake at all, and there was a little bit of exhaustion and soreness.
His Royal Highness the King of Letters, it's not easy.
The last ten arrows, win or lose depends on the moment.
Guo Peimin gritted his teeth and pulled the bowstring, the tension made his arm muscles more sore, but he forced the arrow out and nailed it to the edge of the target.
The sons and daughters of the honorable people applauded, they already thought that they had won.
But when he turned his head, he saw Zhu Youzhen, who was dressed in a blue suit, with a bow and arrow, and an arrow hit the target, and he looked extremely brave in one go.
Compared with the exhausted Guo Peimin, Zhu Youzhen at this moment looks mighty.
Sure enough, in the next five arrows, Zhu Youzhen's arrows were not missing, and he shot forty-five arrows, thirty-two of them; On the other hand, Guo Peimin missed two arrows in a row and only hit three arrows.
When everyone reacted, the number of arrows between the two was only one arrow.