Han Dao world

Chapter 409 Three Women
Lingzhou.

Ma Chao reined in his mount, bent his left leg, and placed it across the saddle.He took out his dagger, picked his teeth, watched Ma Yunlu turn around on the galloping horse and raised the crossbow, pulled the crossbow trigger, and gave a sneering laugh.

It is true that using a crossbow on horseback can shoot farther and more accurately, which solves the shortcomings of some women who cannot open strong bows, but the shooting speed of crossbows is too slow, far inferior to bows.For women, even the commonly used four-stone crossbow is a bit heavy, let alone the six-stone crossbow with a longer range.

Not everyone has the same talent as Ma Yunlu.

In his view, this is an unsolvable problem, and Ma Yunlu is wasting his mind in vain.

Although they were far away, Ma Yunlu seemed to have heard Ma Chao's disdain, came back from the circle, ran past Ma Chao, suddenly raised his crossbow, aimed at Ma Chao, and pulled the trigger.

Startled, Ma Chao bent down subconsciously, but forgot that his left leg was still on the saddle. He was a moment late and was shot straight.

There were no arrows on the crossbow, but Ma Chao was also unarmored, and his face turned pale from the pain.

Ma Yunlu pulled his horse back and stopped a few steps away.

"You're crazy." Ma Chao shouted angrily.

"Does it hurt?"

"Nonsense, let me try to shoot an arrow." Ma Chao said anxiously with a pale face.

He knew that Ma Yunlu was not in a good mood these two days, but it was still too much for her to do so.With a knife in his hand, he almost cut his lip and self-destructed.

"Yes." Ma Yunlu said: "You go ahead, I will chase behind, and see who shoots who first."

Ma Chao choked, and stared at Ma Yunlu for a moment. "Besides, you took advantage of all the advantages, how can there be such a good thing."

The range of the bow is far less than that of the crossbow. Even if he has the advantage of turning around and shooting, it is difficult to offset this gap.Even if it is, the accuracy of turning around and shooting is still far inferior to that of a crossbow.Especially when Ma Yunlu is hiding behind him on the right, he will be very uncomfortable.

After all, there are only a small number of people who can shoot left and right, at least he can't.

"Don't dare to compare?" Ma Yunlu showed a rare smile. "Then don't be so self-righteous in the future. You always feel that others are fooling around and you are the only one who is smart. Even the emperor will not easily reject any suggestion."

Hearing Ma Yunlu mention the Son of Heaven, Ma Chao didn't dare to speak harshly. "Is this the emperor's suggestion?"

"It's my suggestion. The emperor thinks it's feasible. Let me try it first." Ma Yunlu raised the crossbow in his hand. "This is my modified crossbow. It is lighter and more accurate. As long as you control the distance, the advantages are obvious."

Ma Chao rubbed the sore spot and sat up straight. "It seems that you are determined to be a general and refuse to enter the palace."

Ma Yunlu's eyes darkened. "The emperor said that there is no shortage of women in the harem, but there are no female generals."

"There is no shortage of women in the harem. You must marry someone, right? The military households are all husband and wife. Who do you plan to marry?"

Ma Yunlu rolled his eyes. "I didn't say that the generals who lead military households must also be husband and wife. Can I do it alone?" After finishing speaking, without waiting for Ma Chao to speak, he steered his horse away, greeted Lu Xiaohuan and others, and walked away.

"See how hard your mouth will be!" Ma Chao said disdainfully, then raised his hands and shouted loudly: "I have made an agreement with the tribes, you can pick people at any time."

"Understood." Ma Yunlu raised his hand, but did not look back.

Lu Xiaohuan urged the horse to follow, walking side by side with Ma Yunlu. "Sister, it's nice to have an older brother."

Ma Yunlu glanced at Lu Xiaohuan, hesitant to speak.

Ma Chao doesn't care about many things, but he is really kind to her.Although he strongly opposed her forming a female army and hoped that she would enter the palace as a nobleman, he still tried to help her find a woman suitable for joining the army from the Qianghu tribe.

For now, there are undoubtedly more Qianghu women who are suitable for joining the army.

"Do you like it?"

Lu Xiaohuan was taken aback for a moment, then puffed out her chest. "How is it possible, I will enter the palace in the future."

"Since you have joined the female army, you cannot enter the palace."

"I joined the women's army first, fought for a few years, and then retired to the palace." Lu Xiaohuan said with a chuckle, "I don't have your ambitions, I just want to be a female general."

Ma Yunlu rolled his eyes and ignored Lu Xiaohuan.She knew that not only Lu Xiaohuan, but also many female officials had the idea that being a knight was just a temporary interest, not a long-term solution.

She was the only one who wanted to be a female general but would rather not marry.

Thinking of this made her even more depressed.

Let the horse rein in and return to the imperial camp.As soon as he jumped off the horse, a maid came over.

"Servant, your honor is welcome."

Ma Yunlu didn't ask much, and followed the maid to Xun Wenqian's tent.Xun Wenqian didn't come here for a long time, but she was appreciated by countless people, and Ma Yunlu was one of them.

Xun Wenqian was talking to Cai Yan, and the two chatted happily.Seeing Ma Yunlu approaching, Xun Wenqian got up to invite him.

"Yunlu, sit down."

Ma Yunlu took his seat and bowed to Xun Wenqian and Cai Yan. Seeing that Cai Yan had no intention of getting up and leaving the table, he realized that this matter had something to do with Cai Yan, and maybe it had something to do with the Son of Heaven, so he couldn't help being a little nervous.

"Yun Lu, have you trained well these two days?"

"Thank you for your concern. It went well. It's just that the commonly used crossbow is too heavy and not suitable for women. It needs to be modified."

"I invite you here today to talk about this matter. If you have any specific requirements for using a crossbow immediately, draw up a list, and I will send someone to Hedong. Maybe I can find a skilled craftsman to help you a little bit." Xun Wenqian laughed. : "If you want to say that the place with the most skilled craftsmen is Hedong. Not only Guandong, Guanzhong, but also some craftsmen who came from Jingzhou, but it is very lively."

After hearing this, Ma Yunlu couldn't help but be overjoyed. "That's great. I'm worried about this. Thank you for your help."

Cai Yan said: "Your honor is not helping in vain, she also needs your help."

Ma Yunlu said: "Being able to serve a noble person is something you can't ask for. How can you help me?"

"That's not the case. The servants and officials are all ministers of your majesty, which are different from the six palaces. If there is no edict, it is inconvenient for the nobleman to speak. I invite you here today to ask your opinion. With your consent, I will continue to talk to you." Ask the emperor for an edict, so as not to embarrass you."

Ma Yunlu was very curious. "What's the matter?"

"The nobleman wants to visit the surrounding tribes to see the living conditions of Qianghu, especially the situation of women. I would like to ask you to accompany us for protection."

Ma Yunlu understood as soon as he heard it, and couldn't help laughing.

These Kanto people really know how to behave.The emperor attaches great importance to women and the education of Qianghu, and they immediately follow up.Her elder brother Ma Chao is the captain of the Qiang Hu tribe, and has a very good relationship with the Qianghu tribe. It is naturally much more convenient for her to accompany him.

"I can't ask for it."

"In that case, I will ask His Majesty for an edict later." Xun Wenqian looked at Cai Yan with a smile, and then at Ma Yunlu. "You are both literary and military, you are all heroes of the female school, and you will surely leave your name in history in the future, which is very enviable."

Cai Yan said: "There have been female officials in ancient times, and there is no shortage of them. Fufeng Ban's pearls and jades are in front, so what reputation can I have? On the contrary, Yunlu, who will fight on the battlefield in the future and be appointed as a marquis and general, is the number one person in ancient and modern times. "

Ma Yunlu even said that he didn't dare to take the lead, but he felt much more relaxed.

Xun Wenqian smiled and said: "Although you are the general of the emperor, I don't want to talk too much. But you and I are both women, so naturally we have to help each other. I don't have Zhaoji's knowledge, so I can't help much, but I, A Weng, A My aunt is in Hedong, so I can do some things. If you need something and it is not convenient to ask the emperor to issue an edict, you can tell me, and I will try my best to help you."

Ma Yunlu is grateful, and thanks again and again.

(End of this chapter)