Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 3 The Tiger of Yan Mansion
"Give me a 130-pound bow!"

"Okay... eh?"

Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, the examiner subconsciously agreed. After reacting, he looked at Zhu Gaoxu with doubtful eyes.

"Excuse me, Your Highness, are you sure you want to use a 130-pound strong bow?"

The examiner asked and swallowed unconsciously.

If the 130-pound bow is drawn, Zhu Gaoxu will win the title of Tiger Power at the age of 15.

But the question is, does such a person really exist who shoots a 15-pound bow at the age of 130?
Even the fierce generals such as Zhang Dingbian, Chang Yuchun, Fu Youde, and Hua Yun who rode alone into the battle could only draw a bow of 150 kilograms in their prime.

If Zhu Gaoxu can really shoot a 130-jin hard bow, then by the time he reaches the crown, he may not be able to shoot a 150-jin power bow. Hundred-jin strong bows are commonly used on the battlefield, and when he reaches his prime...

The examiner didn't dare to think about it, but when Zhu Gaoxu saw that he didn't move, he immediately turned away and said, "You guys, are you delaying me on purpose today because you see that I've become more talkative lately?"

"Don't dare! Don't dare! Let's do it right now!" Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's dissatisfied voice, the examiner remembered that the man in front of him was once the bully of Nanjing and someone he could not afford to offend.

He quickly confessed, and then asked someone to fetch a 130-pound hard bow from the rear bow stand, and called two soldiers to string the hard bow together.

Changing bows before battle is not uncommon in school examinations. After all, everyone wants to express themselves, but most of the current military attache students just switch to medium-powered bows.

Most of the military attache disciples who can switch to power bows are approaching their thirties, which is when their bodies are at their peak.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang paid special attention to the military attachés who changed their bows. When he saw a soldier taking off the top bow, his eyes lit up.

"How many kilograms of strong bow is that?"

"I don't know. It looks like it shouldn't be less than 120 pounds."

"Does that mean it's not a Tiger Power Bow?"

"Indeed, I don't know who can use such a tiger power bow."

Seeing someone changing the tiger bow, the civil and military officials couldn't help but start a discussion, and Xu Huizu was also very confused when he saw this scene.

He is very familiar with the more than a thousand military attachés under him. As far as he knows, Li Ying, the eldest son of Xining Guard Commander Li Nange, is the outstanding one among the military attachés. However, he could only drive a [-]-pound gun a few days ago. It's just a powerful bow, and it can't be used very well. Could it be that he has always been hiding his clumsiness?
Xu Huizu was uneasy, but Zhu Yuanzhang rarely smiled: "Wei Guogong, it seems that there are some brave boys among the military attache's children."

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang laughed, but his smile froze within two seconds, and then became very ugly.

"Your Majesty..." Xu Huizu just turned around and bowed. When he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, he felt something bad in his heart, so he quickly turned his head and took a look.

At this glance, his blood surged instantly, and he wanted to jump off the school platform.

In his eyes, he saw the examiner handing the Huli Bow, which was more than four feet tall, to his nephew Zhu Gaoxu, whom he was quite satisfied with recently, and Zhu Gaoxu, the boy, took the strong bow "shamelessly" and pushed and pulled the bow handle and string.

"This bastard..."

Xu Huizu was just about to curse in his heart, but he didn't expect that the next second Zhu Gaoxu would draw the strong bow to eight full points in one breath.

The moment this scene appeared, the civil and military officials on the school stage, including Zhu Yunwen and Xu Huizu, could not believe it. Zhu Yuanzhang even focused his attention on Zhu Gaoxu's hand.

"It's still a bit difficult, but I should be able to shoot twelve arrows if I draw it to a full seven points. On the battlefield, I still need to change to a softer bow."

In the audience, Zhu Gaoxu didn't pay attention to the shocked gazes of the military attachés on his left and right. Instead, he took a breath while judging his ability, took out an arrow suitable for long-range shooting from his bow bag, and then shot it.This body has been proficient in bow and horse since he was a child, and his strength is greater than that of ordinary people. In addition, Zhu Gaoxu has invisibly gained some strength after traveling through time, so his strength is surprisingly strong now.

In front of everyone, Zhu Gaoxu shot three arrows in a row without stopping.

Before the arrows fell, he slowly shot nine more arrows at the target 120 steps away.

However, due to his young age and immature body, only eight of the nine arrows hit the 120-step target.

The last arrow was a little exhausted, so Zhu Gaoxu shot it on the eighty-step target.

"The furthest is 290 six steps! Eight arrows hit the target at 120 steps, one arrow missed the target, and one arrow hit the target at [-] steps!"

When the examiner shouted out the results, all the military attachés' children looked at Zhu Gaoxu with shock in their eyes.

Not only them, but also the civil and military officials on the high platform took a deep breath to calm down.

Xu Huizu didn't know what to say. He just felt that his breath was held in his chest and he couldn't spit it out or swallow it.

Zhu Yunwen, on the other hand, was slightly surprised and then turned his attention to Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang was calm when the examiner reported Zhu Gaoxu's results. After a few breaths, he nodded and said:
"The boy is not bad. Although he is not as good as King Kaiping, the Duke of Dongqiu, and the Duke of Ying, at this age, he can be regarded as one in a million. King Yan is blessed."

Zhu Yuanzhang praised him without hesitation. When Xu Huizu saw this, he immediately bowed in return and said, "Your Majesty is so complimentary. It's just that I have some courage."

"To guard the border outside, what we need is this kind of courage. It's just that this boy doesn't like reading. Fortunately, he still has his brother accompanying him." Zhu Yuanzhang did not hesitate to praise him, and also mentioned Zhu Gaochi.

Such praise made Zhu Yunwen, who was laughing next to him, pause in his smile, but he quickly adjusted it.

"Yunwen, you can also walk around with your brother in the future. With him and King Yan in Peking in the future, you can worry less."

How could Zhu Yunwen's expression be hidden from Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes? Although he did not look at Zhu Yunwen, his eyes had already scanned his performance, so he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

When Zhu Yunwen saw this, he immediately did not hide it, but smiled very simply: "Grandpa Huang is right, my grandson will bear in mind."

"Well..." Zhu Yuanzhang responded, but he never looked at Zhu Yunwen in the middle. Instead, he kept looking at Zhu Gaoxu on the teaching field.

It's strange to say that yesterday he thought Zhu Gaoxu was cunning and cruel, so he didn't like him very much, but now he saw that the boy still looked quite perverse, and he was just a little naughty before.

What Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking was unknown to Zhu Gaoxu. After shooting the arrow, he shook off his sore right arm and returned to his own square with the army. The examiner on the field also handed over the results of the military attache's children. .

There is no doubt that Zhu Gaoxu is the leader when it comes to the step bow, far ahead of No. 2 Li Ying who uses a hundred-jin step bow.

Looking at the results written by Zhu Gaoxu on the album, Zhu Yuanzhang looked happy and immediately signaled Xu Huizu to start riding and shooting.

Although Xu Huizu was surprised by his nephew's progress, he saw that the emperor had become somewhat fond of his nephew, so he couldn't help but look forward to it.

He turned around and signaled the commander of the four guards to start the next mounted shooting.

Soon, the sound of drums sounded again in the cathedral.

But this time, everyone is looking forward to whether Zhu Gaoxu can achieve great results again...

(End of this chapter)