When Li Hao arrived at the camp in the western suburbs, he found that this military camp was not the same as he imagined, and the entire camp continued as if it were a small city.

When the two arrived, the guards of the big camp saw that it was Gu Tingye who led them, and they didn't stop them, and let them go directly.

As the carriage drove into the camp, Li Hao looked out of the window, wanting to see what the elite forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty looked like.

As a result, I was very disappointed at this look, and the soldiers who could be seen were extremely lazy, had no morale, and looked without any energy.

After Gu Tingye saw Li Hao's expression, he said: "Is it different from what you imagined, the first time I came here, this is also like you, I have also heard of the relaxation of the forbidden army before, but in fact, it is still shocking." ”

Li Hao asked: "Our subordinates are also like this, I really don't look a little reliable." ”

Gu Tingye said: "You have to take a look at this yourself, and you will know." ”

Li Hao said angrily: "You still sell it to me."

After saying that, seeing that Gu Tingye didn't reply to himself, Li Hao didn't want to look outside anymore, so he began to close his eyes and recuperate.

After walking for a while, the carriage stopped, Li Hao opened his eyes, and looked at Gu Tingye to indicate if he had arrived.

Gu Tingye turned around and got out of the car directly, Li Hao hurriedly followed, and when he got out of the carriage and looked in the direction of Gu Tingye's walk, he saw that this was an independent barracks, separated from other areas by wooden walls on all sides.

After walking into the barracks, you can see that the soldiers in the barracks are training, although the overall is not much neat, but compared to the people outside, it is still much better, Li Hao looked very relieved.

Then Gu Tingye introduced: "In this barracks are all the officers and soldiers of the imperial battalion, according to the full number of 2,500 people, and the selection is also the brave men of the Fourth Army. ”

As he spoke, he took Li Hao to visit the surroundings, until he arrived at the archery range, Li Hao saw someone training, so he asked, "What is the standard score here?" ”

Gu Tingye said: "Where the bow shoots sixty steps, the arrow is twelve, the middle eight arrows are the first class, the middle six arrows are the second class, and the middle four arrows are the third class.

Where a crossbow shoots one hundred and twenty paces, twelve arrows, ten arrows are of the first class, eight arrows are of the second class, and six arrows are of the third class.

The crossbowmen selected here are at least of the second rank or higher. ”

Li Hao roughly converted it in his heart, that is to say, the effective range of the archer is 90 meters, and the effective range of the crossbowman is 180 meters, which sounds good.

Li Hao was not very interested in the data of ordinary bows and crossbows, but Li Hao was very interested in the divine arm crossbow, a big killing weapon that was popular in later generations, so he asked the most powerful bow and crossbow today.

Gu Tingye replied: "If you talk about power, it is naturally an eight-bull crossbow, which can shoot a thousand steps and kill when touched, but it is cumbersome to operate, and it is generally used for siege and defense of the city, and we don't have it this time." ”

After introducing the Eight Bull Crossbow, he stopped, and seeing this, Li Hao guessed that the Divine Arm Crossbow should not have been developed at this time, otherwise it would be impossible for Gu Tingye not to mention it.

Then Li Hao looked at the soldiers practicing arrows, and found that it was indeed as Gu Tingye said, the probability of hitting the target was very high, and it really took a lot of thought to select these people.

While the two of them were watching, a military general came over, and Gu Tingye introduced Li Hao: "This is Xu Ning, the deputy commander of the army, and he was sent by the imperial court to assist you." Then he whispered: "He is considered a person in the army of the Gu family, and my mother and brother can't get in yet, but they can be trusted." ”

After Xu Ning approached, Gu Tingye introduced Xu Ning: "This is the commander Lord Li, I will accompany Master Li here today to have a look." ”

Seeing this, Xu Ning hurriedly saluted, after all, this is a civil official and a top boss, and he is good friends with Gu Jiaerlang, so he can't be lazy.

However, Li Hao is still very polite to Xu Ning, after all, Li Hao does not despise generals so much, for the people under his command, as long as he can help himself make meritorious contributions, Li Hao will definitely not be polite.

After helping Xu Ning up, he asked: "I see that all the soldiers are elite, but I don't know how much time you think it will take for those noble children to enter the army." ”

Xu Ning hesitated a little after hearing this: "It depends on the specific situation, because the sons of Xungui come in to fill the position of the officer, and they must be run in well before they can be promoted." ”

After hearing this, Li Hao said: "I understand what you mean, but don't worry, I don't like to criticize people, after they come in, if you don't obey the control, you will come to me directly, and Gu Tingye and I will find a way, and I won't make you embarrassed." ”

Xu Ning was relieved after hearing this, at least he didn't have to worry about becoming an awl in the future.

Then he said that he would take Li Hao around the camp, but Li Hao's interest at this time was mainly in the archery range.

You must know that the bow Li Hao often practices by himself, but the crossbow is forbidden to be collected privately, Li Hao has not used it yet, and this time he looks a little eager to try.

Gu Tingye looked at it and said, "Since you are here, Brother Li might as well try the power of this big yellow crossbow." ”

After hearing this, Li Hao said, "This is not very good. But the footsteps did involuntarily walk in the direction of the crossbowman.

Xu Ning and Gu Tingye looked at it and followed, and then Xu Ning ordered someone to take a crossbow and hand it to Li Hao.

After Li Hao got it, he took aim and shot towards the target, but it was a little far away, flying high over the target.

Li Hao's face was a little embarrassed, and Gu Tingye said: "After all, Brother Li is using it for the first time, and it is reasonable that he can't shoot accurately, so let's try again." ”

Seeing this, Xu Ning asked people to help Li Hao with arrows, so Li Hao shot fifteen arrows in a row, and only then did he hit two arrows, which made Li Hao's face completely ugly.

Xu Ning next to him didn't react, but Gu Tingye couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

Seeing this, Li Hao said: "Crossbows are not my strong point, or let's change to a bow and arrow, and bring me a stone bow." ”

Seeing this, Xu Ning was afraid that Li Hao was now trying to save face, so he persuaded: "Forget it this time, let's go and see the formation training." Now that the Imperial Camp Military Headquarters has been able to practice multiple formations and change formations on the march, Lord Li can inspect it. ”

Seeing this, Gu Tingye also followed to persuade Li Hao.

But Li Hao wanted to save face at this time, although he was a civil official, he couldn't do archery kung fu, and no one really cared, but Li Hao didn't want Gu Tingye to see the joke.

So he asked Xu Ning to get a bow, so that he could save face.

Xu Ning didn't know what to do after hearing this, so he looked at Gu Tingye, and saw that Gu Tingye also waved his hand to let him get it, so Xu Ning ordered to go down.

After waiting for the bow and arrow to come, Li Hao lightly pulled it a few times and became familiar with the bow. With ten arrows in a row, all of them were targeted, and now Li Hao suddenly felt comfortable, which can be regarded as a success in saving respect.

So he said: "The bow of this stone is not very easy to use, so I will try it with a bow of one stone and two buckets next time." ”

Gu Tingye looked at it and said in surprise: "Your bow is really good, if it is a foot battle, it is much stronger than ordinary soldiers." Then he deliberately paused, waiting for Li Hao to be happy.

Only then did he continue: "Just looking at your aiming posture, you shouldn't have practiced riding archery, if you are riding on a horse and shooting arrows on the march, it is estimated that you will not be very good." ”

After hearing this, Li Hao said angrily: "I know that you can do it, okay, why show off to me here." ”

Gu Tingye laughed, and Xu Ning didn't say a word on the side, as if he couldn't hear anything.

Next, Li Hao didn't have the heart to go shopping, so he and Gu Tingye left the camp in the western suburbs.

After three days, the game was finally about to begin, and the plaque of the royal gift had been hung in the main hall of the stadium.

All the participants came on this day, and Li Hao originally invited Ouyang Xiu to preside over the opening ceremony, but now that the league has gained momentum, and the participants are all lords, it is a little bad to invite civil officials to preside.

Li Hao asked Gu Tingye to invite Marquis Ning Yuan, but Gu Tingye said that Gu Yankai would not listen to him and did not want to say it.

Li Hao asked Gu Tingye to try, after all, most of the nobles who could be invited had children and nephews to participate, and it would be easy to favor one over the other if they were invited.

And Li Hao didn't think that Gu Yan would refuse at the meeting, after all, he didn't really dislike Gu Tingye, as long as Gu Tingye was doing the right thing, he still supported it, but Gu Tingye didn't feel it himself.

Sure enough, just as Li Hao thought, after Gu Tingye went to explain the situation, Gu Yankai agreed to preside over the opening ceremony.

But when it came to the opening day, the following scene still made Li Hao feel congested for a while.