I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 96 Shooting Ceremony
After Chen Luo made this suggestion, many people looked sideways with great interest.

When they were halfway through drinking, it was time to have fun.

Liu Bang then asked with a smile: "Could it be that Jiang Ning wants to sing the poem like last time? I'm afraid there are not many people here who can sing with you."

"No." Chen Luo shook his head, "Since I have this proposal, of course I want everyone to participate and have fun together."

"That's probably the art of bowing horses." Xiang Yu speculated.

Among other things, everyone here is at least proficient in bow and horse.

Even if you are a counselor, if you don't know how to defend and shoot, can you be called a qualified counselor?
"Brother Yu guessed right." Chen Luo nodded in affirmation.

Xiang Yu showed a confident smile on his face: "Speaking of this, it is my field of expertise."

Even though he is a little bit drunk now, he is not at all afraid that this kind of exercise can show [-]% of his strength by relying on his muscular instincts.

Seeing that Xiang Yu was interested, Liu Bang and the others naturally would not raise any objections, and they all agreed.

"Jiang Ning's words are correct."

"That's an excellent proposition."

……

Xiang Yu called his attendants to fetch longbows and arrows, and they all walked towards the outskirts of the camp.

The behavior of archery may bring certain dangers. The fans of later generations must go to activities in professional venues. Wild shooting is an extremely irresponsible behavior.

"In the ancient times, the shooting of the princes must first follow the Yan ceremony; the shooting of the ministers, officials, and scholars must first follow the etiquette of drinking in the village." Fan Zeng, who was in the team, muttered in a low voice.

This happened to be heard by Chen Luo, who was walking two steps in front of him, and he turned his head and said: "I am just shooting arrows for fun today, not performing shooting rituals, so I don't need to worry about "Rituals"."

In "Zhou Li" and "Yi Li", there is a fairly complete set of etiquette standards for shooting rituals.

It's just that it's quite cumbersome. There are 37 steps in the archery process alone. If they implement it step by step now, they won't even be able to shoot an arrow tonight.

"It's the old man who is so stubborn that he didn't consider the current situation well." Fan Zeng was taken aback for a while, and then asked curiously after finishing his reply, "Little friend Jiang Ning is not very old, so he knows Confucian classics?"

No wonder he had this doubt. After the burning of books by Qin Shihuang, most of the classics would not be circulated outside at all. If you want to read them, you must either have close relationships with those Confucian doctors and secretly read them at his home, or you have to go to the library in Xianyang Palace and read the copies backed up by the Qin Dynasty.

And Chen Luo was young, so it was understandable to know the Six Classics, but he was surprised to know the contents of "Yi Li".

"Jiang Ning has been reading these things since I met him. He can explain to me the Happy Journey in "Zhuangzi"." Xiang Yu, who heard their conversation from the side, interrupted at this time, "I remember Jiang Ning was reading... a book?"

"Well, it's "Book"." After Chen Luo answered, he sighed, "To be proficient in this kind of classics is really a family tradition. Later, my father, alas, the family has fallen..."

While speaking, Chen Luo closed his eyes slightly, and pretended to be sad by virtue of the lingering drunkenness.

"So that's how it is. It's old, isn't it, that reminded little friend Jiang Ning of sad things." Fan Zeng blamed himself, cursing himself inwardly.

He looked at Chen Luo's "painful" expression again, and felt that he probably wouldn't be able to sleep all night tonight.

……

Everyone went to an open place, and the arrows and longbows were carried by the attendants.

The archery competition was about to begin, and many soldiers came closer to watch.

Although they had many opportunities to see generals shooting arrows, they were all fighting on the battlefield, and everyone only cared about fighting the enemy in front of them, and had no time to appreciate them like they do now.

"Who do you think will take the lead this time? I am more optimistic about General Xiang. When I was on the edge of Jishui, I witnessed General Xiang's shooting skills. It was amazing." Chu Zujia praised after recalling.

"I'm also more optimistic about General Xiang...wait a minute, your accent doesn't seem like Chudi's." Chu Zuyi asked doubtfully.

Chu Zujia patted the back of his head and said, "Hey, I was still in the Qin Army at that time, but I chose to follow General Xiang wisely."

Chu Zuyi was taken aback for a moment, the co-author was still the one who was "shot" at that time.

Chu Bing smacked his lips and said, "You all have a high opinion of General Xiang. I think General Chen is equally powerful. When he shot and killed Qin General Wang Li in Pingxiang County, he was no worse than the arrow that General Xiang shot in Jishui."

Chu Zuyi shook his head and said, "Few of us saw what you said with our own eyes. It's not as golden as the arrow shot by General Xiang under the witness of tens of thousands of people."

"Maybe that County Chief Liu also has capable people." Chu Zujia continued.

Now a lot of people are gathered around to discuss, that is, gambling is explicitly prohibited in the military, or else someone is probably already opening the market, shouting "buy and leave".

However, gambling on the surface cannot exist, and another form of gambling can still exist.

"Is there anyone willing to make a bet with me? I bet that General Xiang will win the archery contest tonight, and the loser will call him "Father." Chu Zuding yelled loudly.

"Come on, who is betting with you? You want to increase your seniority, right? Your eldest father, I will not give you this chance."

"Yes, yes, if you can't win the bet on General Xiang, then I am willing to make a bet with you."

Chu Zuding said disdainfully: "Hey, I'm not stupid. If it's not possible, let's change the punishment of a bet. The loser will be fined three cups and eat half a catty of meat. I bet that General Xiang will not get the first place."

"You're here to cheat, eat and drink, aren't you?" All the people tried to expose his purpose one after another.

With the laughter of the surrounding soldiers, the archery players are ready.

The participating personnel are all middle and high-level personnel of the two armies. After all, neither Xiang Yu's army nor Liu Bang's army has specially set up archers as a unit, because the training of this type of unit cannot be successful in a year or a half.

Ordinary soldiers don't want to touch bows and arrows many times, and there are very few skilled users.

Therefore, although ordinary soldiers were allowed to volunteer to participate in this competition, they all chose to watch the fun from behind, not wanting to step forward and make embarrassment.

Before the official start, Chen Luo explained the rules loudly to the participating players.

Their competition this time is more competitive, not as complicated as the shooting salute, and the simplified version is also a bit more interesting.

The 60 contestants were divided into [-] groups, each with ten arrows, and they needed to shoot a target about [-] meters away.

The target is a plank covered with an animal hide.

And each arrow not only needs to hit the target, but also penetrates the animal skin in order to score.

(End of this chapter)