Song Mingyue

Chapter 256
(The first two Chapters 254, this is Chapter 259, yes)
Mozhou.

Northern Expeditionary Army, temporary meeting hall.

Tong Guan and Zhao Hao are still in the middle, and Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong, Yang Weizhong and others are on the left and right.

Yang Weizhong reported: "The Heshuo Forbidden Army has been training for five days in a row, and their morale has improved quite a bit. Please show me the commander-in-chief and the governor of the capital."

Tong Guan turned to Zhao Hao: "What is the opinion of the governor?"

Zhao Hao said coldly: "The Heshuo Forbidden Army hasn't practiced for a long time. Although they have made some progress in temporary training for a few days, they will be difficult to use in the end. If they are used to charge into battle, they will not be the opponents of the Liao people."

Yang Weizhong smiled wryly and said: "The last general also knows that it is embarrassing to use it in front of the battle. It's just that the [-] Imperial Guards in Heshuo are the main force of this Northern Expedition. They must be used..."

Zhao Haodao: "The Heshuo imperial army is [-], the auxiliary soldiers are [-], and the soldiers are [-]. Among the soldiers, [-] people can be selected as infantry who are armed with armor and charge forward. The remaining [-] are all turned into crossbowmen. .”

Tong Guan looked at Zhao Hao in puzzlement and said, "Is 5000 crossbowmen too many? Adding in the crossbowmen of the Beijing Imperial Army and the Western Army, it can reach [-]... In this way, the total number of crossbowmen is only [-]." Soldiers, crossbowmen accounted for half."

Zhao Haodao: "The Liao people are in the southern area, although there are only 4 to 8000 cavalry, there are [-] to [-] cavalry. If we charge at close quarters, even if our army is twice as large as the enemy, we may not be able to win. We must learn from each other's strengths. With the strength of our bows and crossbows of the Great Song Dynasty, and the bravery of Keliao people's cavalry. What's more, with the weakness of the Heshuo Forbidden Army, if they confront each other head-on, they may be defeated in one blow, and the whole game will be lost. It is better to train their crossbows The skill of shooting is used to make up for the shortcomings of its low combat power. The elite infantry, armed with armor in front, and archers in the back, will surely defeat the Keliao cavalry."

The five-day devil-style training camp was just to sharpen their guns in front of the battle, adding a little "soldier flavor" to the Heshuo Forbidden Army. It is impossible for the soldiers who have been fighting for a long time to be like chickens, to display their huge combat effectiveness after a short training camp. Yes, but it is much faster to train the crossbow technique.

Of course, a good crossbowman, such as a so-called sharpshooter, is much more difficult than training a lean infantry, but for ordinary crossbowmen, as long as you train the basic operation of the crossbow, you can shoot towards the opposite side .When the two armies are fighting, they only need to shoot intensively, without accuracy, as long as the direction is correct, the effect of killing the enemy can be achieved.

Zhong Shidao nodded, but his face was a bit embarrassed: "The county master's plan is very clever. Only bows, crossbows and arrows are the most complicated to make, so this time there are not many deployments, which can only be enough for ten thousand. If it is more than doubled for people's use, it may not be enough to supply."

Zhao Hao smiled slightly, and said, "You don't have to worry, old general, I have made arrangements for bows and arrows."

Zhong Shidao and Zhong Shizhong showed puzzled looks on their faces, and looked at Tong Guan again, but they couldn't find the answer, but it was inconvenient to ask more.

Bows, crossbows and arrow sticks, these strategic reserve materials, were not transferred at will, but although everyone didn't say it, they knew in their hearts that Zhao Hao was the real commander of the Northern Expedition.Tong Guan, who was the commander-in-chief along the way, almost obeyed Zhao Hao's orders. Although everyone didn't know the reason, they knew that Tong Guan must have a handle in Zhao Hao's hands. For the brothers who are teachers and Taoists, they naturally like to see this kind of result. Although Yang Weizhong belonged to Tong Guan's disciple, he was always cautious and didn't dare to ask more questions.

For Zhao Hao, the bows, crossbows, and arrows of more than 2 people are not a big problem.

Horn composite bow: 20 merit points/bow.

Rhubarb: 30 merit points/handle

Feather Arrow: 1 Merit Point/2 Branches.

There are still about 3500 million merit points in the system. It is naturally extremely cost-effective to spend hundreds of thousands of merit points in exchange for a big victory in a war that will overwhelm the country.

Hearing Zhao Hao say that the crossbow and arrows are all right, Lao Zhong made another suggestion: "In this case, why not select good archers from the army and hold another archery competition to inspire the generals? How about learning the confidence of archery?"

When Zhao Hao heard it, he immediately praised: "The old general's plan is very clever, I don't know what Xuan Shuai wants?"

The Forbidden Army, which was originally positioned as a front-line soldier, will inevitably have some people feeling unhappy, and even have resistance to being a crossbowman. If a group of sharpshooters are arranged to perform archery in public, it will inspire everyone's confidence in transforming into a crossbowman, and increase the number of crossbowmen. The pride in the hand will definitely be of great benefit to the next crossbowman training.

Hearing Zhao Hao's question, Tong Guan looked slightly embarrassed, and said anxiously: "Very good, just follow Uncle Yi's plan!"

Ever since he was threatened by Zhao Hao, Tong Guan didn't care about his face, he obeyed Zhao Hao's order obediently, and Zhao Hao's question was just a formality.

……

Outside Mozhou City, the school grounds.

The [-] Heshuo Forbidden Army, plus [-] Jingshi Forbidden Army and [-] Jinyiwei, surrounded the school grounds on three sides, leaving only the Dianjiangtai and the middle ground on the opposite side.

In the middle of the school field, five archery targets were placed, and a thick line was drawn seventy steps away.

On the main general's platform, Tong Guan and Zhao Hao sat side by side in the middle, Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong, Yang Weizhong and other generals lined up on both sides, surrounded by guards in full armor.

Under the high platform, each army selected more than [-] people who were good at archery, including ten from the Heshuo Imperial Army, ten from the Jingshi Imperial Army, and five from the Jinyiwei.

Jin Yiwei's generals: Hua Rong, Liang Hongyu, Yang Zaixing, Yan Qing, Sun Li.

Tong Guan walked up to the stage in person, and saw that he was wearing a bright armor, a red war robe inside, and a fiery red cloak behind him. Coupled with his tall and burly figure, he was also majestic.

As the coach of the three armies, he had to appear in person on this occasion to announce the start of the competition.The bell-like voice resounded in the arena, and it was so majestic that even Zhao Hao behind him admired it.

dong dong dong~
With the sound of drums soaring into the sky, the competition of arrows officially began.

According to the order of drawing lots, each archer will play one after another.

The first to appear on the stage were five sharpshooters from the imperial guards of the capital. They all took a few steps to run up to the [-]-step white line. Hitting the red heart.

ho~
Among the Forbidden Army in the capital, the applause was like thunder.

Immediately afterwards, the rest of the shooters came out one by one, five each time, shooting separately.

The disadvantages of the Heshuo Forbidden Army were quickly revealed. Ten players played separately, two of them missed the target, and one shot missed. They were eliminated in the first round.

The five members of Jin Yiwei appeared at the end of the stage, and the five drew their bows and set their arrows. With Hua Rong's soft shout, five cold lights swept up, and they all hit the target. It seemed that there was no difference.However, looking carefully, it can be seen that the five arrows almost penetrated the bull's-eye, and the arrow pierced through the back of the target. The strength is amazing.

In the first round, the Heshuo Forbidden Army eliminated three people, and the Jingshi Forbidden Army and Jin Yiwei all passed.

The second chaos is still fixed-point shooting, but the distance has been moved to a hundred steps away.Heshuo Forbidden Army eliminated five people again, Jingshi Forbidden Army eliminated four people, and all five Jinyiwei passed the test.

By the third round, the distance has been extended to 120 steps, which is a huge challenge even for a marksman.

Sure enough, of the remaining 18 people, only six passed the test, and the rest either missed the target or missed the target.

The remaining seven people: five members of Jin Yiwei, and two members of the imperial guards of the capital.

Just as the stage was about to announce the rules for the fourth round, Hua Rong in the audience suddenly became restless, raised his bow and turned around to walk away.Straight to the sidelines.

Knock da da~
After a while, I saw Huarong returning on his horse like the wind, with a red cloak fluttering behind him, like a god of war, majestic and majestic.He raised his precious carved bow high in his hand, and shouted loudly: "Shooting a target at a fixed point is nothing, let's see if I will shoot it on horseback!"

Before the words fell, everyone in the audience was shocked, but they saw that person and horse roaring out, barely stopping 150 steps away, the three-stone carved bow was raised high, and then there was a sound of the bowstring, and one branch was close to three The long arrow, which was less than a foot long, shot away like a shooting star with a huge sound of piercing through the sky.

With a beeping sound, the arrowhead hit the bull's-eye steadily.

ho ho ho ~
All Jin Yiwei cheered one after another, and everyone in the audience was shocked. The 150-step distance shooting is several times more difficult than the 120-step fixed-point shooting.

Immediately afterwards, the other imperial guards around also cheered one after another, startling Hua Rong as a heavenly being.Even Tong Guan, Zhong Shidao, Zhong Shizhong and Yang Weizhong stood up one after another.

Zhong Shidao praised: "Such a sharp shot, even among the Western Army, there are only a handful of them!"

At the same time, the two sharpshooters of the Forbidden Army in the capital had already given up the competition, bowed to Huarong, and retreated to the main formation.

Just when everyone thought that Hua Rong was sure to win the first place, they heard a thunderous voice: "Brother Hua is really good at shooting, and Yang is also here to make a fool of himself!"

Everyone looked up, only to see a young general in white robes, it was Yang Zaixing, who also galloped towards Huarong, raised his hand and hit the bull's-eye with an arrow, causing the audience to cheer again.

However, the race was still going on, and after a while, another fiery figure came galloping up, and with a scream, another ray of cold light swept up 150 steps away, which could almost hit the bull's-eye.

ho ho ho ~
This time, the cheers were even more intense, because the person who came was Liang Hongyu, a heroine who never gave up.

Afterwards, Yan Qing and Sun Li were unconvinced after all, and each found a horse. The two came together and shot at 150 steps away. Qi hit the target.

Sun Li glanced at it, clasped his bow and bowed his hands around, reined in his horse, turned around, and retreated to the main formation.

His arrow was about a finger away from the target...

For the next archery competition, there is no need to formulate rules on the stage.

I saw Hua Rong turned back on his horse and retreated four or five hundred steps away. The guards around him knew that Hua Rong must have a more subtle performance, and they all boiled up.

"General Flower!"

"General Flower!"

"General Flower!"

With the anticipation of tens of thousands of forbidden soldiers, Hua Rong galloped towards the shooting range.

At this time, the sun was setting and the sky was gradually dimming. The difficulty of archery also increased greatly. Hua Rong on the horse looked calm, and stretched out his longbow while galloping, and gestured with the arrow.

When he was running beyond the 150-step line, Hua Rong slowed down his horse speed, stopped not far from the line, galloped back and forth, turned over and shot with his back, and the arrow hit the bull's-eye like a shooting star.

After 150 steps, he can also shoot from the back, which is indeed no small matter!

The cheers of tens of thousands of forbidden troops rolled up like a raging wave, which could be heard all over the field, and the shout of "General Hua" resounded through the sky.

Yan Qing and Liang Hongyu stared blankly at the archery target, bowed their bows and bowed around the field, and then retreated to the main formation. It is indeed too difficult to shoot from the back 150 steps away. Although their archery skills are exquisite, they cannot reach this level.

All eyes were on Yang Zaixing.

Yang Zaixing laughed loudly: "Brother Hua is amazing, let me give it a try!"

After speaking, he reined in his horse and turned around, retreated four hundred paces away, and suddenly clamped the horse's belly, the horse suddenly picked up speed, and came straight towards the target, approaching within 150 paces in a blink of an eye.

Bend the bow and set the arrow, turn over, and shoot from the back!

Benedict~
That arrow hit the bull's-eye!
ho ho ho ~
The cheers of the audience once again boiled like mountains and seas, and the atmosphere of the audience reached a fever pitch.

(End of this chapter)