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9, archery

Yan Xing left the lobby and chewed his father's words while walking, and he felt that his father was more and more intent. On the surface, he accused him of being in danger in dealing with the Qiang people this time, and relying on his courage to be dangerous. In fact, he knew that Yan Xing had lofty ambitions, and was definitely not a person who was willing to live in a corner of Liangzhou. On the other hand, he was worried that he was arrogant and arrogant after taking charge of the troops, so he used this method to warn himself.

He was thinking about the four words "destroying hardness and becoming softer", and Yan Xing's feet did not stop until he walked to the Sanjin yard of Zhuangzi and heard the noise of the song, including the sound of Ma Lin. Yan Xing's heart moved and raised his foot and walked along the source of the sound.

The noise came from the martial arts field. The third entry in Zhuangzi occupies the largest area. Not only did it build a warehouse, cultivate vegetable beds, but it also built rows of tiled houses for guests, and the martial arts field for daily training.

At this moment, a large group of people gathered in the martial arts field. After a closer look, Yan Xing found that there were all the Yan family members, and they were also vaguely divided into two factions, and they were both heads, Ma Lin and Gan Ling.

What they shouted was to cheer for Gan Ling and Ma Lin, while Gan and Ma stood separately in front of the usual target of archery practice, holding a bow, as if they were trying to test archery skills.

Like the forts built by the powerful tribes in various places nowadays, the division system is also the result of the economic development of private estates. In order to resist the invasion of Qiang, Hu, refugees, and thieves, powerful people in the war-torn places in Liangzhou, they adopted military institutions and laws to restrain their tribesmen, tenants, and slaves. In this way, the division was formed in large quantities, and then extracted strong people from it, had enough food and clothing, gave them weapons and armor, and were responsible for guarding the fortress and taking them off.

These people who were not farmed became family soldiers of the aristocratic clans. The gentleman cavalry was more likely to rely on their masters as entourages, and needed to win over their hearts with kindness and restrain them with prestige. They also promised to die for their masters for their loyalty and kindness, and in nature they were more like servants who were just eating. Because of the differences in nature and position between the two parties, there was inevitably some friction in daily life. For example, the attitudes of both parties were completely different in terms of their captives before.

At this time, the battle between Ma Lin and Ganling was caused by Ganling's shooting and killing the Qiang people. The Qingxia Cavalry members boasted loudly that Ganling's shooting skills originated from the former Han general Li Guang, who was the first to archery technique in Jincheng County. When the words fell into the ears of the troops, it was like the Qingxia Cavalry members taking all their credits as their own, and challenged themselves by taking advantage of the great achievements of shooting and killing the captain's head. The Yan family's troops were very strict, and the two sides who were not convinced could not fight, so they argued with the superb shooting skills.

In the end, both sides wanted to kill each other and the arrogant sides could only move out of their own teams to conduct a competition. So everyone gathered in the martial arts field. After the first two rounds of elimination, the task of fighting the male and female undoubtedly fell on the leaders of both sides - Ma Lin and Gan Ling.

Because it was a competition, both sides used the bows and arrows they usually practiced. Ma Lin took the lead. He stood eighty steps away from the bull's eye, first pulled the practice bow and tried the bow force, then took out an arrow from the arrow bag, held the bow with his left hand and tucked the string with his right hand.

He calmly put the arrow on the string and held the bow handle. He was not busy drawing the bow and shooting the arrow, but laughed at the people around him:

"Lin Kuitong's shooting method, I haven't learned any shooting method of the flying general, but I also know that my hands must be straight, and my body will be stable when I draw it, and I can only hit the target with a single arrow when I pull it tightly and loosely."

This was a question about the fire generals of the Qingxia Cavalry. The cheering teams burst into laughter knowingly. Amid the laughter, Ma Lin was calm and adjusted his breathing without being affected by the emotions of the people around him. He stood firmly, with his jaw vertical, his body upright, and his expression calmly. His eyes looked at the target in front of him. His front hand was like a baby, and his back hand was like a full moon. His arms were exerting force to pull the bow to fill the potential energy. When the ring on his thumb was loose, the bow string sounded, and the arrow had already flew out and hit the bull's eye. With the cheers of everyone, Ma Lin shot the bow twice, both of which were hit by the arrow.

Seeing that Ma Lin had all shot the bull's eye, the audience was not only a group, but also many people cheered Ma Lin. At the same time, everyone was even more looking forward to Gan Ling's performance behind him. Gan Ling had just caught a glimpse of Yan Xing not far away. At this time, he felt the various eyes of the people present, and he moved his mind slightly. With an idea, he smiled and pulled the bow, tried the power of the bow, estimated the distance, and prepared to shoot arrows.

Unlike Ma Lin, Gan Ling held all three arrows in his hand at once, one arrow was placed on the string, and the other two were left in his left hand. He looked at the people on the field and said with a smile:

"The way of shooting in battle formation is to combine human bows. When shooting archery, choose to shoot bows according to one's own strength. Those with strong strength use hard bows, those with low strength use soft bows, and then choose long arrows, short arrows, light arrows, and heavy arrows according to needs. When facing the enemy, you must judge the distance position of the enemy: aligned with the shoulders within eighty steps, aligned with the eyes within one hundred steps, aligned with the eyebrows within one hundred forty steps, aligned with the eyebrows within one hundred eighty steps, aligned with the crown, the enemy comes from a low-lying place, the bow handle should be raised higher, the enemy comes from a high place, and the bow handle should be lowered lower......"

Gan Ling said it carefully and taught the experience of fighting on the battlefield. For a moment, everyone forgot to watch him shoot arrows and listen quietly.

"Although the arrow is done on the arm, it actually involves all positions of the body. If the archery posture is not correct, the arrows shot cannot be shot directly. Archery is focused on stability and strength in the same direction. The most taboo is to shy and hunch the back and uneven body shape. Finally, you must 'draw the bow with anger and shoot the arrow with anger', which means that you must use force to pull the bow full, and you must shoot calmly when shooting the arrow accurately."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gan Ling pulled the bow full, and when he loosened the string, the arrow turned into a black shadow and rushed out. Gan Ling did not stop, one arrow after another, and three arrows hit the bull's eye one after another like head and tail connected, with the arrow strong and three points in the hole.

"color!"

Gan Ling's hand-in-pearl archery technique completely conquered the people present, and all cheered for his sharp shooting. Anyone with some eyesight knows that this is the real ability to kill the enemy on the battlefield. You must know that on the battlefield, short-term handover is just a matter of a few breaths. Even if others are good at shooting, they will only hit one enemy on the opposite side. Gan Ling's continuous-pearl archery technique can hit three enemies in one go, directly reducing the frontal pressure and greatly shocking the enemy, giving himself the opportunity to deal with it calmly or even attack.

Yan Xing also cheered, which aroused the other people's ideas. After seeing Yan Xing, the cavalry saluted one after another. Yan Xing walked among the crowd with a smile, patted Ma Lin and Gan Ling on the shoulders, and said with a big smile:

"We charge into battle, and we ride horses and spears, and we follow us with bows and arrows, even if millions of people are like me!"

After receiving the praise of Yan Xing, the genres and the gentlemen became even more excited and praised Gan. Ma and his two masters had superb shooting skills. Ma Lin also knew that Yan Xing was willing to help him relieve the situation. He was very grateful for Gan Ling's shooting skills. At the same time, he was sincerely admired Gan Ling's shooting skills.

Just as the two sides of the opposing sides expressed their admiration and were having fun, Yan Xing loudly praised the brave people fighting on the battlefield, said their names in public, and inspired others to catch up. Finally, he announced loudly that the rewards promised to be based on the battlefield killing the enemy can now be cashed in at the warehouse, which immediately attracted cheers from everyone.

Seeing everyone rushing to the warehouse, Yan Xing smiled and ordered Ma Lin and Gan Ling to take people to maintain order, and told them to go to the yard where they live together when they were feeding, eat together, and discuss the ejaculation method.

This time, Yan Xing was in charge of the army, and his subordinates also needed troops like Ma Lin, which was always popular. Gan Ling and other light-hearted cavalrymen were even more of their own swords that won surprisingly, and they could not leave them for a moment, so Yan Xing planned to bring them all with him and gather them together in the opportunity of feeding to discuss the relevant matters of this expedition.

After dealing with these things, Yan Xing turned around and walked back to the inner house. However, after thinking about it, he did not go back to his residence to rest, but first moved to his younger sister's residence.

Yan Xing's younger sister is named Wan, who is thirteen years old. Before she could finish her hair, she lives in an exquisite courtyard inside the second gate. The courtyard is specially built with gardens for planting flowers and plants. Compared with the majestic and desolate frontier atmosphere of Jincheng, there is a unique beautiful scenery of the Central Plains gardens.

Yan Xing stood outside the yard, looking at the familiar yard, a warm feeling emerged in his heart for no reason.

Since rebirth in this era, Yan Xing has never seen his deceased biological mother. Although he has many other relatives, his relationship with his father is often more like respect for his elders. He has no concern for his father's concubines and the two younger brothers they gave birth to. What really makes Yan Xing feel like a long-lost family affection is when he gets along with his younger sister. Perhaps it is because of the same illness. The half-sister of Yan Xing has never seen his mother who died early, so he has liked to rely on Yan Xing as his elder brother since he was a child, and the relationship between the two is closer than others.

When he thought of seeing his younger sister who had not seen for many days, Yan Xing's steps became much lighter. He walked into the yard. The maid who was cultivating flowers and plants in the yard caught a glimpse of Yan Xing, and quickly put down his work and saluted, then trotted into the inner room.

Not long after the maid entered, another burst of rapid footsteps came from the inner room. Before the person arrived, a crisp laugh like a bell had already been heard. Yan Xing looked up and saw a girl with a trumpet with a pair of big watery eyes under her beautiful eyebrows and a little baby fat face, carrying the corner of her skirt with a light yellow skirt, running out like a bird, followed by several maids who were too busy to go.

The girl with a clear laugh ran to Yan Xing happily. Although she couldn't touch Yan Xing's chest, she grabbed Yan Xing's sleeve and said happily while shaking:
Chapter completed!
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