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Chapter 392 The Archer

In the world of Star Warlocks, no matter which country's political power, they will definitely spare no effort in cultivating archers, especially sharp archers.

Because powerful archers have a chance to fight against astromancer apprentices and even low-level astromancers, this greatly increases their value.

Compared with the talent requirements of Star Warlocks, archers are already a strategic unit. Their characteristics of being easy to train and easy to control are something that Star Warlocks do not possess.

Because of this, when Cheng Jinzhou came to the so-called royal training ground, what he saw in his eyes was a vast forest of bows and arrows.

If the cavalry gives people the impression of a proud image of a tall horse, then the archer looks like a strong man with tall arms and long arms.

The infantry bows used by the Great Xia are 130 cm long and require a height of 180 cm to be used as usual. The infantry bows of the Northern Han Dynasty are similar to their cavalry bows, slightly shorter, but also require a wingspan of 170 cm.

In other words, in this era when the average height is less than 160 centimeters, those who can pass the assessment of Daxia archers are all the standard strong male reserve team of 180 centimeters. If you are lucky enough to become a sharp archer, it seems that you have passed the modern In the pilot test, he became a standard handsome man in a golden suit...

A good diet and long-term exercise make the sharp archers ahead look like campaign models. Cheng Jinzhou is bumping his feet. He has grown a little in the past year, but he is still not enough compared to them.

"I want three archers, the best." Cheng Jinzhou sat down as he said.

The lieutenant in charge of the training was a direct descendant of the Cheng family, and the "De Ling" was loud and clear.

He turned his head, waved his hand and said: "Everyone, get ready, empty string and full bow, 5 times quickly - let's start."

Drawing a bow is a very laborious thing, and gentlemen who have exercised in the gym will have a deep understanding of this.

A full-string military standard bow can shoot 150 meters, and those bows and arrows used by skilled archers can often shoot 300 to 400 meters.Correspondingly, the number of shots dropped sharply.

Over the course of an hour, the standard number of shots for an archer is 17, while that for a marksman is 8.Therefore, on the battlefield, arrows that appear like automatic weapons will not appear, and this is the source of motivation for early firearms to replace bows and arrows.

The clanging sound of string strings gathered together, making people's eardrums seem to vibrate.

This is a small competition, without publicity, agitation, or rehearsal, but it will change the fate of many people.

It may even change the destiny of an empire.

This is the choice of the star warlock.

This is also an opportunity for ordinary people.

"Waiting with full bow, start now." Deputy General Cheng then issued the next order.

The imperial training ground of the Northern Han Dynasty seemed to be holding a muscle exhibition. Those thick and straight arms were all showing blue veins at this time. They were all in a state of stress, hard and congested, and moved straight forward.

The faces of the archers were flushed, and they were exerting their strength.

Their chests thrust forward vigorously, inflating them with the movement of inhaling.

Two thousand men, two thousand blushing faces, four thousand bloodshot eyeballs, and those long, thick arms.

At most, for a quarter of an hour, some people began to gasp heavily, and gave up and fell to their knees on the ground, or lay there.The strong sense of dizziness and shame makes them mentally weak and drowsy.

No one paid any attention to them, all eyes were on the victor.

After about two-thirds of the people were eliminated, Deputy General Cheng waved his hands twice and shouted: "Stop, rest for a quarter of an hour."

Continuous investigation may find a strong archer, but it is not necessarily a strong battlefield archer, and it is easy to damage the arms of the archers.

Everyone here, if they were born in the right age, at least had a chance to try their hand at baseball.

It's a pity that their talents are used in a battlefield that does not generate profits.

The Great Xia and the Northern Han were not countries that valued archers the most. I heard that in Jingnan, specialized archers even had the help of professional archery masters. Their status was even higher than that of England in the longbow era.

"The person I want needs to be more accurate and flexible, and able to analyze the situation on the battlefield by himself." Cheng Jinzhou suddenly stood up and explained to the deputy general Cheng: "I think you seem to pay more attention to strength. , above the standard."

The physical weapons of the Star Alliance mainly focus on firearms and crossbows, and bows are actually quite rare.And although the crossbow needs a strong arm, it doesn't need the strongest.

In fact, except for a few high-end gentlemen, energy weapons have indeed greatly lowered the threshold for participating in wars. Even untrained children can use guns to kill war-tested adults. This is all kinds of war brats and the basis for the existence of child soldiers.

Deputy General Cheng did not change because of Cheng Jinzhou's words. He nodded slightly and said: "These are the basic skills of archers. When they are tired, they will be able to see their accuracy and talent."

After finishing speaking, he shouted again: "Slow arrows, 3 arrows."

Half of the number of people will be eliminated, and the remaining hundreds of people will start the real head-to-head competition.

Cheng Jinzhou suddenly thought of something, grabbed the lieutenant general and asked: "You said my two subordinates, can you also practice?"

After all, Meng Da Meng Er is familiar with using it. If he has basic bow and arrow skills, he can use it occasionally.

To say that lieutenant generals are quite high-ranking positions, at least at the level of lieutenant generals, Cheng Jinzhou dragged him to ask him, and his face could not show embarrassment. There is no guarantee that they can be trained like this.”

He pointed to the sharp archers below.

It's easy to be an archer, but it's not easy to be a good archer.

Cheng Jinzhou waved his hand and said, "Just practice occasionally. You can find two archery masters for them and let them practice when they have time."

Meng Da Meng Er stood in front of him, with a big shoulder and round waist, no matter how you looked at it, he looked like a character who was stabbing people with a tomahawk.Deputy General Cheng reluctantly nodded in agreement.

Only then did Cheng Jinzhou cross his legs and look at it with peace of mind.

20 people, after shooting 20 arrows in a row, still maintain the level of hearts.In fact, they have been able to meet Cheng Jinzhou's requirements.

Xiao Cheng thought for a while and said, "Let them rest for a while, and try my crossbow later."

With two or three hours of delay, the weapons purchased in the star tower had already arrived.

He took out the empty box he had prepared earlier, put his hand in it pretendingly, and naturally grabbed out the armor-piercing crossbow he had bought.

The reason why it is called "armor-breaking" is because it has extremely strong penetrating properties.Many Covenant people, including Border Crossers, use energy as a protective weapon.If an energy weapon is used to attack, then the defensive equipment will automatically generate opposite particles, thereby offsetting the damage, making the attack finally become a competition of energy.

There is no doubt that the protective equipment worn on the body is much more convenient to carry energy than weapons.

Armor-piercing weapons are another concept. They mainly focus on physical penetration, and the only thing defensive equipment can do is to destroy them. If they can't be destroyed in a short moment, it will be difficult for them to counteract the damage.

Because of this, the price of armor-piercing weapons far exceeds that of ordinary energy weapons. The crossbow in Cheng Jinzhou's hands cost a full 320 million star yuan, and it needs an anesthetic to work.

Thanks to the fact that he is a level 7 agent of the Star Alliance, otherwise it would not be easy to buy a crossbow with level 4 armor penetration.

The whole set of crossbows brought a total of 10 arrows, but of course Cheng Jinzhou would not let the archers use these things that cost tens of thousands of stars, but used ordinary arrows on the school field.

Twenty sharp archers came to meet the legendary star warlock with trepidation, but looked at the crossbow in his hand with contempt.

No matter how beautiful the shape of the crossbow was, it was still a crossbow. No matter in the eyes of nobles or commoners, it was a vulgar weapon.

Only untrained low-level soldiers will use crossbows to equip them. Its firing speed is much slower than that of bows and arrows, and it will cause a lot of troubles in normal situations-under the same effect, the more complicated the structure is, the less suitable it is for the battlefield.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't care whether the archers liked crossbow arrows or not, he stuffed them into the hands of one of them and said, "Each of you has an arrow, and the distance is 400 meters. Whoever shoots it crookedly will leave until there are 3 people left.

400 meters, even in modern times is the level of a sniper.

Unlike the mass production of British longbowmen, Daxia's archers are used to deal with star warlocks, so accuracy is very important. Although 400 meters is indeed outrageous, no one frowns.

round.

two rounds.

Three rounds.

No one left.

Cheng Jinzhou had an idea in his heart, and said secretly: "Yisu, do you think we can organize such an army with weapons like crossbows?"

"You want to keep all 20 people?"

"They are much stronger than Buddha's border crossers. Look at the fighting power of those scum, equipped with the same weapons, they can't compare to these archers."

The koala was hanging from the back of Cheng Jinzhou’s spine. He scratched it twice with his fingers ironically, and said: “Those crossing the border are people who have received a complete education. They know at least 8 languages, basic natural science and basic knowledge. Cosmic science, these people of yours can't do anything except archery, how can they be border crossers."

"It's enough to teach, why be such a pure border crosser." Cheng Jinzhou is very serious.

At this time, 4 rounds have been shot, and no one has escaped from the target ring 400 meters away. The people selected from the 2000 master archers are definitely beyond the Olympic strength.

They are not athletes who have been training since they were teenagers. On the battlefield, they often face low-level star warlocks who can kill themselves in an instant.

Just the test of survival on the battlefield will make them stronger.

Cheng Jinzhou stopped asking for opinions, and waved his hand before the start of the next round: "Stop for a second, now I announce that everyone has been selected to pass the customs. Now, you have to compete for the three strongest people."

The sharp archers froze for a moment, then cheered in low voices.

Cheng Jinzhou smiled at the lieutenant general and said, "Continue the game and let them come to see me in the end. It would be the best if someone can make no mistakes 10 times."

He said and left the school grounds.

Different atmospheres will make people play differently.

Changes such as tension and relaxation will cause different reactions.

What Cheng Jinzhou needs is the most stable shooter.

The koala crawled from behind to its shoulders, looked back and said, "20 people, that's 20 sets of crossbow bolts, you're going to bleed."

"Who said that each of them should use a set of crossbows." Cheng Jinzhou chuckled twice and said, "Practice first. When we send out border crossers, they will be much better than Buddha's people."

The koala shook its head in disbelief and said, "You are not qualified to send border crossers yet."

"Someone will need it." To a certain extent, Cheng Jinzhou's unruly economic thinking is much more advanced than Comrade Customer Service.

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(End of this chapter)