Late Tang

When the bloody head of the deputy of the second team in Zuoyidu was brought up and displayed in front of everyone in the school field, Feng Liang was pulled down on the spot with a heavy stick of [-] army sticks, and Feng Liang's buttocks that were beaten directly were blooming and bloody. Passed out.

This result was not expected by anyone in advance, and the school field was suddenly plunged into silence and silence, killing chickens to make an example of monkeys. On the first day, a team deputy was killed, and a team leader was beaten with a stick. The nephew of the Deputy Envoy of Unity, he just begged his subordinates for a favor and ended up like this, who would dare to be careless now.

The following situation really went smoothly, and there were no other accidents.

The first item in the assessment is wrestling. This wrestling is divided into several items, the first of which is lifting the stone lock.There are ten pairs of stone locks neatly placed on the field, ranging from ten catties to one hundred catties, and each stone lock has a difference of ten catties.

In the era of cold weapons, the individual quality of soldiers is very important.It is inevitable to select a person with strong personal force as a grassroots officer.Therefore, the first step in Li Jing's assessment of officers is to assess their strength.

Stone lock is a very common tool for exercising in the military camps of the Tang Dynasty, basically found in every military camp.In the army, stone locks are often used to train grip strength, wrist strength, arm strength, waist and leg strength.The stone lock lifting methods mainly include snatch and pendulum. There are various throws such as forward throw, back throw, cross throw, back throw, and hand joint, finger joint, elbow joint, shoulder joint and head joint. action.

Li Jing, as the coach of Zuo Yidu's new training method, first went off to demonstrate.Li Jing walked directly to the fifty-pound stone lock, took a long breath, squatted down with both legs, grabbed a fifty-pound stone lock with each of his left and right hands, and sank his dantian. The stone lock has risen from the ground in response.

Lifting the two stone locks, Li Jing adjusted his breathing, and stretched his arms again, like a roc spreading its wings.

Everyone on the school grounds exclaimed, just now everyone was a little surprised when they saw that Li Jing directly chose the fifty-jin stone lock.But if you just lift two fifty-jin stone locks, you won't be too surprised. After all, although there are few people who lift two fifty-jin stone locks, there are many strong men in the army.But Li Jing not only lifted the two fifty-jin stone locks, but he was able to flatten his arms. His arm strength is already amazing.

Holding two fifty-jin stone locks, Li Jing also felt that his arms were hard to support.Fortunately, stone locks have been used for a long time at home in the past, and they are often used to practice grip strength, wrist strength, arm strength, waist and leg strength.He quickly used his skills to throw up the two stone locks, and then made a series of simple movements.

"Lock Fist"

"Lock Elbow"

"lock fingers"

Following Li Jing's movements, someone below couldn't help calling out the names of the fancy movements.

Stone locks are extremely common, not only are they commonly used in the military for exercise, but also in the homes of ordinary people in the north.Especially in the land of Qilu, martial arts prevailed, and almost every young man had practiced stone locks.But although almost everyone has practiced stone locks, there are very few people who can really play with stone locks.Playing tricks like Li Jing's requires not only strength, but also skill.This is the perfect app for grip, wrist, arm, waist, leg strength.

"This is Su Qin carrying the sword!" Wang Zhong, who was the first general on the stage, was dazzled and couldn't help applauding.

"Zhang Fei straddles the horse, Guan Gong takes off his robe!"

"Black bear wears gear!"

......

Lie horse, waist piercing, lie leg, lie horse, waist piercing punch, lie leg punch.Li Jing's movements were flowing like clouds and flowing water, and he made more than a dozen beautiful movements in one breath, which caused everyone in the school to applaud in unison.

"Bang!" In less than a cup of tea, Li Jing was already steaming and sweating profusely.Following the last movement, Li Jing smashed the two stone locks to the ground.

"Who's next?"

"I'm coming!" Wang Zhong was itchy by Li Jing's actions just now, and he shouted immediately without waiting for others to answer.Li Jing smiled, nodded and returned to the stage.

Wang Zhong went up and chose two stone locks of fifty catties, and also played a pretty good routine, which attracted the cheers of hundreds of people.The two chief officials, Li Jing and Wang Zhong, came off the stage to perform one after another, and immediately detonated the enthusiasm of the recruits of the two teams below, and began to take turns to play one by one.Zhang Hong and several officers in charge of registration immediately stepped forward to record the performance of each recruit.

Li Jing and the others divided the ten pairs of stone locks of different weights into ten grades. Those who can lift both hands like Li Jing and perform a set of neat movements will be the first class, or those who can only lift a hundred catties with both hands. The stone locks that belong to the highest rank also belong to the first class, and those who can only dance ten catties of stone locks to play tricks can only be counted as the last tenth class.

However, what made Li Jing and the others very satisfied was that among the recruits from Zuo Yidu and the two teams, there were more than a dozen of them who could hold up a hundred-pound stone lock with both hands, and most of them could use a fifty-pound stone lock to perform tricks. The tricks came, and the last one was a twenty-jin stone lock.This result made Li Jing, Wang Zhong and others very satisfied. The physical fitness of this group of recruits is still very good.

After assessing the results of Shisuo, Li Jing let the recruits of the two teams rest for a while and then assessed the results of Shidanzi.Shidanzi is actually the Tang Dynasty version of the barbell, two stones pierced with a wooden bar, and it is a Shidanzi.Shisuo trains wrist, arm, grip, waist, and leg strength, while Shidanzi mainly focuses on weightlifting, including snatch and jerk. There are not many tricks in Shidanzi, but it trains real strength.

Rest for an hour after lunch, and continue the assessment in the afternoon.

This time, the assessment was to open the bow and shoot the arrow.The bow-opening assessment uses the standard Zhe wood bow, not the usual practice bow.Bow training is a special bow for archery practice. This kind of bow is not very accurate, and it is mainly used to practice arm strength.

The archery requirements of lieutenant-general level officers in the Tang Dynasty were: "Bow, step shooting, one stone, one fighting strength, horse shooting, eight fighting strength." '

The requirements for ordinary infantry archers are divided into three classes, nine fights are the first, eight fights are the second, and seven fights are the third.When horses and horses shoot bows, they use eight dou, seven dou, six dou and three together.

Li Jing remembered that when he was studying the Three Kingdoms, the veteran Huang Zhong was 70 years old and could open two crossbows at once, and he could penetrate Yang with a hundred steps.As far as he knows, one catty in the Han Dynasty was 250 grams, one stone was about 30 kilograms, and two stones was 240 kilograms. The equivalent weight of later generations is that it can draw a bow of 60 kilograms.In the Tang Dynasty, a catty was 680 grams, and a stone was 80 kilograms. The force of a stone and a fight in foot shooting was equivalent to 88 kilograms, and horse shooting could reach 64 kilograms.

The first-class infantry archers have a pulling force of 72 kg, the second-class 64 kg, and the third-class 56 kg.

The first-class horse archers have a pulling force of 64 kg, the second-class 56 kg, and the third-class 48 kg.

Li Jing used to practice bow shooting at home, and used to practice bows exclusively. Bow practice does not consider accuracy but strengthens bow strength.Li Jing remembered that his own practice bow reached two stones, and the bow strength reached 160 kilograms.If the accuracy and distance of the actual shooting are not considered, Li Jing, who is in the prime of his life, is even stronger than the seventy-year-old veteran Huang Zhong in terms of strength.

At this time, there are ten Zhemu strong bows placed on the school field, ranging from six-strength bows to sixteen-strength bows.

The requirement for the assessment is to choose a bow of more than six buckets, draw the bow to its full capacity, and be able to shoot twelve arrows continuously.Sixty steps away from the archery stack, twelve arrows, and six arrows in the stack are the best. The stronger the bow selected, the better the result will be;

"One fight is twelve catties, and ten fights is 120 catties, which is exactly one stone strength. I hope that when you choose a bow, you should use your ability, don't choose the strongest or the weakest, but choose the one that suits you best. Alright, let’s start now, shoot twelve arrows in sixty steps, and the best result will be the one with the best six arrows; No.1 with the best score will be rewarded with [-] coins, a piece of roasted lamb for dinner and a catty of wine!"

The bow shooting this time is a test of strength and not archery, so they don't really ask for the accuracy of their shots. The only requirement is to choose a bow that suits them and draw the bow twelve times in a row.According to the standards of Tang Army infantry archers, nine dou is the first, eight dou is second, and seven dou is the third; and if you can draw a bow of ten dou twelve times, that is the level of a general. If you can open a bow with one stone and six dou, That's fierce.

Li Jing's own highest level is to practice bowing with two stones, and it is best to use one stone for eight fights when using a foot combat longbow, and it is more suitable to use one stone and five for riding a horn bow.Going up, it can barely open, but it can't maintain accuracy, let alone shoot for a long time.

"Prepare!"

"Open the bow!"

"shoot!"

Ten people shoot with bows at a time, shooting ten arrows in a row.Li Jing, Wang Zhong, Zhang Hong and others carefully recorded the bows and shooting levels chosen by the recruits.Although it has long been said that only strength is tested and not shooting performance, Li Jing still has people set up an arrow stack sixty steps away.However, judging from the performance of each team, the shooting ability of 100 recruits from the two teams can basically reach the level of six to eight fights, but the accuracy of shooting is not to be agreed with. Ten arrows, but the hit rate of sixty steps is less than [-]%.

The assessment of stone locks and stone burdens in the morning, and the assessment of bow and arrow in the afternoon, after a whole day of busy work, the assessment of 100 people from the two teams was completed and fully recorded.

As the sun went down, the trumpet sounded for dinner, and the recruits from Zuoyidu began to line up to return to the camp.

Wang Zhong walked over and patted Li Jing on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This group of recruits has a good foundation, and can even be said to be the best group I have ever seen. Next, it depends on your new training method, how is it?" , how sure are you of training them into something?"

Li Jing chuckled, the two teams of recruits did perform better than Li Jing expected today.With such an excellent foundation, he is also full of expectations for his own training. "I have full confidence in them, Captain. I'll sort out today's assessment results in a while. Let's draw up the list of low-level officers of the two teams tonight."

Wang Zhong nodded to Li Jing with a smile, held Li Jing's arm and said, "You are both the leader of the first team and the coach of Zuo Yidu. Director, in my opinion, you will contribute to drafting the list of officers first, and I will wait until it is finished." After speaking, Wang Zhong turned around with a smile and left.

ps: "Song History·Yue Fei Biography" said: "(Yue Fei) was born with supernatural power, and he was not crowned, and his bow was three hundred catties." One catty in the Northern Song Dynasty was about 640 grams, which was slightly smaller than the 680 grams in the Tang Dynasty.Three hundred song catties is also equivalent to 192 kilograms, which is close to four hundred catties.In the history of Song Dynasty, both Han Shizhong and Yue Fei had a record of holding a bow of 2.4 catties, which is equivalent to 70 stone bows in Tang Dynasty, which can be described as innate supernatural power.Huang Zhong can draw a bow of 60 kilograms at the age of 20, and Yue Fei can draw a bow of 192 kilograms when he is less than [-] years old. These are out-and-out talents.