"Take care of your bowstrings, arrows, and armor, and remember to take care of them on time, and the grease that is given to you is not for food, and don't let your weapons be damaged, if you plan to survive the battlefield. ”

Ulstein, dressed in light leather armor, patrolled the camp with the hilt of his sword at his waist, his eyes constantly scanning the busy sappers and shouting loudly.

Since taking on the role of Wing Commander, Ulstein has found himself talking more every day than he has in the past month: reprimand, inspect, reprimand, inspect............ He had to remind his soldiers of every detail at all times. If he can't, he is not qualified, and an unqualified soldier will only bring shame to the family, and then be taken as a warning by future generations - Ustan does not want to see this.

The First Regiment consisted of three auxiliary wings - one bow squadron, one heavy crossbow squadron, and two engineer squadrons each - the first and second wings. The 3rd Wing is responsible for handling all the large equipment.

The long-range class had been neglected in the traditional Roman army, and this situation did not change until much later, but it was still the smallest force and had to be assigned to a wing with the sappers - for no other reason than the cavalry.

Compared with shields and swords, arrows are consumed more frequently and are difficult to recover, and bowstrings are a delicate consumable, especially in rainy days, and the number of replacements will increase dramatically, and it is not impossible to win the enemy by relying on long-range troops in the era of cold weapons, but the cost is too high - unless it is a sniper high-ranking general, no matter how many enemies this kind of battle is a loss.

Just like the second auxiliary wing under the command of Ustan Konstantin, in addition to long-range support, it also undertakes the duties of maintaining weapons and armor for the main infantry, repairing roads for the army, etc., and after the war is over, it is also responsible for cleaning the battlefield - not too difficult, but very cumbersome, the only advantage is that half of the men of his wing (the engineers) can get a military merit even if they do not go to the battlefield, and the salary is two-thirds of the main infantry, which is very rich.

For Usstein, this wing was only the beginning of his military career, which would help him accumulate more experience in the war in order to be able to get a position in the main wing in the future - that is where the glory lies, and any soldier is eager to show his ability, and Ustan is no different, although he is always reticent.

Just as he was thinking about the future, a noise interrupted his thoughts. Ustan frowned slightly, and turned his gaze away, as if the voice was coming from the training range?

"What's going on over there?" Ustan asked a young sapper beside him, with a cold face.

"It seems to be...... Those Noldor elves are practicing their bows and arrows?" the little sapper shrunk his neck, and no one in the entire second wing was not afraid of this always cold-faced captain, and said in a speculative tone: "I just saw the captain of the Leoses wing, and a few brothers from our wing. ”

"I'll go and see, and don't stop the work in hand. Ustan commanded, "If the men of the 3rd Auxiliary Wing arrive, let him go directly to Caesar and Lord Terenus!"

"Understood, I'll be sure to bring the words. The little sapper nodded hurriedly: "Please rest assured!"

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Because Theodore single-handedly took on the arrangement of the barracks, the whole camp was imbued with the Romanesque style - comprehensive, practical and very uniform, even as a permanent small castle was enough.

Because of this, there were several small shooting ranges at the rear of the camp for the Noldor warriors to practice their bows and arrows. Although this thing is completely meaningless, and the Noldo's shooting jishu was not practiced in the shooting range, it also shows that the Roman military camp has always been humane and practical.

At this time, the small shooting range was already crowded, with not only the Noldor hunters watching, but also many warriors from the north: the longbowmen of Fort Kenne, the highland hunters of the Far North Ice Field, and several of Rome's best soldiers and generals at bowing and arrows, such as the captain of the Wing of Leosis.

"Oh, Konstantin?" Leosis turned his head to find Ustan standing behind him without saying a word, "You're here too?"

"What is she going to do?" asked Ustan as he pointed to the clearing in the middle of the range, without picking up Leoses' words.

A female elf, with a somewhat immature complexion, holding a longbow that was almost taller than herself, walked to a position about forty steps in front of the crude wooden ring target, and stood still. A pair of big watery eyes are full of pride and confidence, and the slender limbs look extraordinarily liliang. On top of the target in front of her, there was also a big red apple.

"What is she going to do? this ............ Very hard to describe in words. Leosis flattened his mouth and shook his head: "You better keep watching!"

Just as the two of them were saying this, the female elf calmly took out a sharp arrow with white feathers and placed it on the slender bowstring. Then he raised his longbow and drew it into a shape that resembled a full moon, with the sharp tip of the arrow pointing straight into the sky. I could only hear the "buzz~" sound of the thin string bouncing, and the arrow disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven.................." All the Noldor hunters began to count down together, and this tacit understanding reminded Ustan of a possibility that surprised him.

"Four, three, two, one!" As the voice fell, a white light fell from the sky! Look closer: the arrow passed right through the middle of the apple and landed on top of the target!

"Hiss――――――――" A sound of inhalation came from the crowd. Almost all of the Northern Coalition mortal warriors stared at the apple motionless. Such skills can no longer be described in words!

"If I had stood a little farther away, I would have been more sure. Leosis shook his head, he had never heard of such a skill: "But such a close distance......"

The young elf, looking proudly at the crowd in the distance, leaned her waist with a bow and arrow, and her pointed chin picked at them, as if to say, "Do you want to be Bibi?"

The provoking crowd grinned, but none of them actually went up - unlike melee fighters, the archers fought more directly, they couldn't do it if they couldn't do it, they couldn't have it suddenly and then somehow they won—unless it was shit luck.

After seeing that no one on the other side dared to compete with her, the female elf became more and more proud. Just as she was about to perform again, she suddenly felt a sense of being aimed at in her heart, and she bent down sharply - a black shadow grazed overhead, and then hit the wooden target behind her - Ten Rings.

"Who did that?!" the elf was furious—not just her, all the Noldor elves glared at the crowd. This kind of behavior, which is akin to a sneak attack, is naturally unacceptable to them.

"Aren't you challenging us? I just took your challenge. With a voice full of provocation, Ustan walked out with the heavy crossbow in his hand, laboriously loaded the crossbow arrow, and looked at the girl in front of him: "Do you want to compare?"

"You're trying to provoke me? The female elf narrowed her eyes and her long eyelashes twitched: "Igo of the Bezaro family accepts your challenge!"

"Ustan of the Konstantin family is willing to accept. Ustin's response made Yi Ge tremble slightly—the other party's surname was actually one more sound than his own.

But she soon regained her form - the other party was just a human being, and the meaning of the syllables of the surname was only for the Noldos.

"Tell me, how can you compare?" said Ustan with a heavy crossbow in both hands, and in a provocative tone, "according to custom: I propose a duel, then the way is up to you!"

"Arrogant human, your naïve fault will kill you. ”

"From what I've seen personally, the arrogance of the Noldor elves seems to be a bit more serious. ”

"Very good~, you have succeeded in provoking me. The female elf grinded her teeth and smiled with a devouring gaze: "It's very simple, isn't there a wooden target here? Two hundred meters away, whoever shoots accurately will win!"

"But ......" Yi Ge chuckled: "Even if you shoot the ten rings, but if you are off from me, you will still lose, do you dare~?"

"Anytime. Urstein's face stiffened, as if he had no expression other than this.

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"This ...... This...... How is this possible?!How can such a short bow ......?"

"Nothing is impossible, and it's not already 'possible'. Ustan replied casually, turning around and walking towards the crowd. On the wooden target in the distance behind him, an arrow that was originally inserted in the center was split from the middle, and the arrow was also pushed out by the crossbow arrow behind it!

Without further words, Ustan with his heavy crossbow in his hand made his way through the crowd, handed it to a legionnaire who was still there with his head trembling, whispered a word, and strode away.

"The next time you wind up, don't put your finger on the trigger – it's still dangerous!"

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"Ustan Konstantin......" Igo looked at the cracked round target and whispered a little distractedly: "I remember you, Ustan Konstantin!"

"I'll make you look good!"

(Note: Although the power of the heavy crossbow is not under that of the longbow, the bow body is much shorter.) The normal longbow body is at least one meter six or seven away, and one meter eight is very normal, so the British longbow will cause the spine to bend because of the long-term use of the longbow - the Noldor elf in this book will not have similar problems~ The girl with a curved spine is unlikely to be very beautiful, right?)

(Compared with the past period of time, the recent speeches seem to have become much more enthusiastic, and everyone is very active~, and Sokuko is happy to say~.) In particular, I sincerely invite you to join the book friend group to discuss the development of the story!)