This is the first actual combat since Yang Yuanba learned martial arts, he is also nervous in his heart, he does not dare to have the slightest contempt and slackness, the martial arts he has learned are vividly and vividly released, he swings Liu Jushi's knife momentum, and the center slashes at his lower abdomen.

Liu Jushi never dreamed that the opponent would change from defense to offense so quickly, it was too late for him to retreat, and he wanted to use the knife to open it, but the outward power could not be turned back for a while, in the blink of an eye, the opponent's knife had already reached his chest and abdomen, it was over, he closed his eyes and waited for death.

Hearing the sound of 'snort!', his stomach was cold, but his pants were loose, Liu Jushi hurriedly pulled his pants, his neck was cold, and the other party's knife had already reached his neck.

He felt a chill in his heart, what kind of sword technique was this, he only cut off his trouser belt without hurting his body, and he knew that his martial arts were too far behind this young man.

"If you want to kill, kill it, Lao Tzu won't frown!" Liu Jushi's mouth was still very hard, and in front of many of his subordinates, he couldn't afford to lose this face.

"You've lost!"

Yuan Ba said coldly, as soon as he put away the knife, he turned around and left, although Liu Jushi still had a knife in his hand, his courage was gone, and he watched Yuan Qing walk away.

One of his subordinates rushed up and whispered, "Why don't we go up together, this kid will be the result!"

Liu Jushi shook his head, "This young man is very weird, his origin is unknown, don't be troublesome, let's go!"

He turned over his horse with his pants and galloped away with a group of men, and when the last person with a bamboo pole passed by Yuan Ba, Yuan Ba pointed his knife at him: "My clothes are left!"

The last man was so frightened that he threw the bamboo pole to Yuan Qing, whipped the horse violently, and fled in panic.

Yuan Ba put on his clothes, and then they said 'bah!' to their backs that were about to disappear, "I also said that I would pay Lao Tzu ten clothes, and talking is like fart!"

At this time, Zhang Xutuo urged the horse to come out of the woods, a rare smile appeared on his cold face, he was very satisfied with Yuanba's methods, brave and strategic, this is the wind of a general.

Yuan Ba felt a little strange in his heart, today was not the day for them to meet to practice, why did the master come, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "Apprentice to meet the master!"

Zhang Xutuo nodded, and asked him again, "Did you bring your bow and arrows?"

"Back to the master, the apprentices generally practice archery in the afternoon and evening, and they don't bring it in the morning. ”

Zhang Xutuo took out a black horned bow from his horse bag and handed it to him, "This is an eight-bucket bow, it's a riding bow, you try it!"

Yuanba now uses a five-bucket bow, which is already a standard bow and arrow in the army, with a range of up to sixty paces, although he is only eight years old, he is already as tall as a twelve-year-old boy, and he can use it.

One stone of the bow and arrow refers to strength, about one hundred and twenty catties, five buckets or less is an ordinary bow, five buckets to one stone is a superior bow, and more than one stone is a strong bow.

The folk ban crossbows, so the bow is more common in the people, and there are no restrictions, Zhang Jiasanlang and Li Jiashilang are complacent with a bow.

But in the Tianwu army, most of the bows are used by cavalry, although the infantry also use foot bows, but more with crossbows, because the arm strength required to pull the bow immediately is much greater than that of the bow on the ground, so most of the cavalry require people with great height and strength, generally using five bucket bows, and the martial arts brave generals will break through a stone bow.

Zhang Xutuo used a two-stone five-bucket strong bow, three hundred catties of strength, he had felt that Yuanqing's strength had made a breakthrough, and today he specially prepared an eight-bucket riding bow, mainly considering that Yuanba should practice riding and shooting.

"Try it, if it works, it's yours!"

He handed an arrow to Yuan Ba, Yuan Ba took the heavy riding bow, the riding bow is slightly smaller than the foot bow, I feel that the upper bow arm is slightly longer, and the lower bow arm is round and short, this is to prevent the lower bow arm from affecting the war horse, but the workmanship is more complicated, short and tenacious and strong, which requires the cavalry to use archery.

A good riding bow can take up to four years to complete, is very expensive, and is hard to come by.

Yuan Ba took out a sword and put it on his thumb first, and he found that the arrow was also shorter than the usual bow and arrow, and the feathers on the back were also specially trimmed, which was very neat.

String the arrow, with the arrow on the right side of the bow and your eyes on the left side of the bow, and slowly pull the bowstring apart.

"That's not right!"

Zhang Xutuo immediately discovered his mistake, Yuanba was still using the bow to shoot, Zhang Xutuo shouted: "The momentum is like chasing the wind, the eyes are like lightning, the bow is full, and the arrow is tightly released....."

Yuan Ba's heart was awe-inspiring, he opened the bow suddenly, his eyes were like electricity, swept forward, almost did not stop, when the arrow touched his fingers, a carved arrow was like lightning shè out, 'click!', a small tree eighty steps away in the middle, Yuan Ba couldn't help but secretly cheer for himself, he practiced hard for three years, quite successful.

The riding bow is smaller, but the potential energy is greater, and the strength of the two arms is generally not sustainable, so the bow must be shot, so the eyesight and archery skills are very high.

On the contrary, the foot bow is soft, in order to ensure the strength, it is generally a big bow, which can be slowly pulled away to aim, and it is used to shoot the elevation angle, unlike the riding bow is a straight line, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, the foot bow is more used to defend the city, or it is a folk martial arts.

Yuanba has been practicing the bow before this, the bow is the basis of the bow, the bow is solid, and then practice the bow, there will be twice the effect with half the effort, although it is slower than directly on the horse to practice the bow, but the foundation is very solid, and you can learn a higher level of archery.

Yuan Ba didn't expect that he would be able to hit the target with an arrow the first time he shot a bow, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud.

Zhang Xutuo saw the smug look in his eyes, he sneered, turned over and got on his horse, took off his two-stone five-bucket strong bow from the horse, but took out eight arrows and bit them in his mouth, one bow, two arrows shot out at the same time, and then turned around and changed to holding the bow in his right hand, or two arrows shot backwards at the same time, and then shot two arrows to the right while lying down, and two arrows to the left while lying down.

Almost in the blink of an eye, a hundred paces away, eight small trees in all directions were shot at the same time, and the tail of the arrow trembled.

Yuan Ba lowered his head in shame, he knew that the master was teaching him a lesson for complacency, and he was still far behind! Accuracy in archery is the basic requirement of archers, ordinary archers can do it, the key is strength, distance, skill, and speed, which is the quality of an archery master.

The two of them never talked much, and they both understood in their hearts, Zhang Xutuo put away his bow and said, "It's almost time, let's go back!"

Today, Zhang Xutuo did not let him run, but rode a horse to take him along.

"Yuanba, after a vicious battle, what do you think you lack the most now?" Zhang Xutuo asked him lightly while urging the horse to go.

Yuan Ba thought for a while, "Master, I feel that I lack the most practical experience. ”

Zhang Xutuo saw that he was unusually smart, nodded, with an approving smile in his eyes, he slowly said to Yuan Ba: "You are right, maybe I didn't tell you, this kind of martial arts of mine is actually difficult to practice, my Zhang family has practiced martial arts in the past three hundred years, there are no less than 100 people, but there are only three people in total who have broken through the stagnation period, I, my father and grandfather, I hope you are the fourth person." ”

"Why?"

Yuan Ba asked a little strangely: "Is it because of insufficient qualifications?"

Zhang Xutuo shook his head, "Although it has a lot to do with qualifications, it is not the only reason, and it is not because of hard work, everyone in the Zhang family is very hardworking, but there are no conditions." ”

Yuanba didn't have an interface, listen to him continue to talk down.

"I have a characteristic of this kind of exercise, but also a fatal shortcoming, that is, the entry period of progress is fast, the so-called yù speed is not reached, a little good, the early stage is too fast, the foundation is not solid, it is difficult to break through after the stagnation period, although it can be regarded as a master, but can not become a fierce general, three hundred years has not been able to find a good way to break the gong, and then my grandfather joined the army at the age of twelve, a hundred battles on the battlefield, and broke through the stagnation period at the age of sixteen, he then understood that the key to the breakthrough of our Zhangjia Gong is to fight, accumulate actual combat experience, so he renamed this foundation building method as a hundred battles, talent plus actual combat, can break through。 ”

Yuan Ba always felt that this kind of breakthrough seemed to be like opening up the second pulse of Ren and Du in a martial arts novel, and he was curious in his heart, "Master, what greater progress will there be after breaking through the stagnation period?"

"Of course, there is a great progress, the most direct feeling is the sudden increase in strength and speed, for example, you can pull away two stone bows, you can use a hundred and twenty pounds of Panmen broadsword, unlike you can only use a thirty pound knife now, and there is plenty of physical strength, can fight for a long time, there is a combination of strength, speed and physical strength, you can fight thousands of people, then it is called a fierce general. ”

"What about the martial arts moves that the master taught me?"

Yang Yuanba asked strangely, "Aren't they important?"

Zhang Xutuo smiled slightly, "In the future, when you go to the battlefield, you will encounter two combat methods, one is a single fight between generals, this requires exquisite knife techniques, just like the thirteen sword techniques I taught you, in fact, the beauty of Zhang's knife technique lies in the use of power, you can also use it on other weapons, and you can try it when you have the opportunity in the future." ”

Zhang Xutuo paused for a moment, seeing that Yuan Ba could understand his words, he smiled and said: "Another way of fighting is large-scale melee, for example, you are besieged by thousands of people, you have to fight out of the siege, there are weapons to kill in all directions, at this time, the tricks are not important, the important thing is strength, speed and physical strength, as well as your eyesight and hearing, in the chaos of the army, you can hear the sound of the bowstring, when countless weapons are killing you at the same time, your eyesight can distinguish clearly." ”

Yang Yuanba nodded silently, he understood, like Zhao Yun's bloody battle in Changbanpo, he not only had to fight with the general, but also broke through from the Cao army's soldiers, which is indeed not something that ordinary people can do.

The reason why Zhang Xutuo said this to Yuanba was that he hoped that he could join the army as soon as possible, this was his wish, and his apprentices could only shine in the army.

Zhang Xutuo's words seemed to be very much today, he glanced at Yuan Qing, and said lightly: "I see that you are practicing in the water, and it is difficult to break through again, so I know that you have entered a period of stagnation, so you have to change your training method." ”

"But master, I have reached one hundred and fifty strokes in a single swing yesterday. Yuan Ba defended himself a little unconvinced.

"That's what you did forcibly, it's not natural, it's easy to hurt your body, and it's not advisable. ”

Zhang Xutuo obviously didn't agree with his opinion, he took out a token and gave it to him, "Starting tomorrow, you will go to the Left Guard Military Camp to train cavalry and archery during the day under the pseudonym Li Yuanba, for two years." ”

Yuanba was overjoyed, practicing riding and archery was his dream, he took the bronze medal, only to see that it was engraved: 'Left Guard Patrol', four words, he knew that this was his grandfather's arrangement.

He put away the bronze medal, only to find that they had come to Mingde Gate, usually they are separated here, Yuanba entered the city, and Zhang Xutuo's military camp was outside the city.

At this time, Zhang Xutuo's eyes were a little sad, and he sighed lowly, "Yuanba, I invite you to have a drink! ”