The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 122 Chapter 122

Xuzhou, Pengcheng.

On the school grounds, thousands of cavalrymen are training intensely under the command of Zhang Yan. Each of them is riding a war horse, running in circles on the school grounds, and their hands are stretched apart. The bowstrings of the upper arrows were all aimed at the arrow targets located in the center of the school field.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Arrows flew out of the string one after another, densely like rain, and flew towards the target.

But among the arrows like locusts, there are very few arrows that can hit the red heart on the target. Most of the arrows not only fail to hit the red heart on the target, but some even deviate from the target and hit the target directly. The ground behind went up.

Zhang Yan sat on the commander's platform and had been silently observing the training of these cavalry. When he saw this scene, he shook his head helplessly.

Archery is a difficult skill to practice, let alone riding on horseback.Most people can easily hit the bull's-eye while standing on land, but when they are on horseback, their archery skills become terrible, and there is no accuracy at all.

After one troop of cavalry shot, another troop of cavalry followed immediately. After aiming at the target, they released their arrows one after another.

But the result was still terrible. There were fifty cavalrymen in a team, but only one or two hit the bull's-eye, and only a dozen people hit the arrow target.

Tai Shici, who was in charge of training these soldiers, was furious when he saw this, and couldn't help cursing: "Why are you all so stupid? You can't do such a simple thing well?"

When the cavalry heard Tai Shici's accusation, they all bowed their heads and remained silent, one or two were downcast.

Seeing this, Tai Shici fetched a big bow, jumped on the back of the horse, and shouted to everyone: "You are all watching. If you want to learn riding and archery, you must master the essentials. Archery on horseback is not as good as archery on land. Not only super high archery skills are required, but also very skilled riding skills. Many of you are excellent in both riding skills and archery skills. The key is to master the essentials of coordinating riding skills and archery skills. Only in this way, Only then can you practice riding and archery well."

The soldiers all gathered together, pricked up their ears, and listened carefully to Tai Shici's explanation, even Zhang Yan, who was sitting on the commander's platform, listened very carefully.

"The horse you are riding is a living thing and can move constantly, so you must be familiar with the bumps of the horse's running. When the horse is running, select a momentary time, draw the bow and arrow, and aim at the target. Release the bowstring and shoot the arrow, the whole process must be done in one go. Only in this way can you hit the target."

When Tai Shici spoke up to this point, he rode his horse to the school field, and said to the soldiers, "Let me tell you that you will never learn it. I will demonstrate it to you now."

As he spoke, Tai Shici suddenly turned his body around. At the same time, his right hand had already taken out a bow and arrow from the quiver, put it directly on the bowstring, and then pulled the bowstring hard. With a "swish", an arrow pierced the sky and flew directly towards the archery target located in the center of the school field.

The arrow was as fast as lightning, and it hit the target directly, and hit the red heart. The whole movement was like flowing clouds and flowing water, without any muddy feeling at all.

The soldiers cheered when they saw it.

Tai Shici said: "I shot that arrow just now on horseback without moving. I believe that many of you will be able to achieve such precision and even surpass the arrow technique. But then What I want to show you is shooting arrows on a running horse, I hope you will take a good look at how I do it."

As soon as the words fell, Tai Shici yelled "drive", and the whole person galloped out. Holding the rein with both hands, he stuck to the horse's back with his eyes fixed on the archery target in the middle of the school field.

Suddenly, he let go of the horse's reins with both hands, drew the bow and set the arrow, and in an instant, he shot an arrow at the archery target.

As soon as he shot the first arrow, the second arrow came in handy and hit the bowstring again. After a while, he also shot out. Immediately afterwards, the third arrow also hit the bowstring, and he fired again. Nocking the arrow, he also shot that arrow out.

Tai Shici's entire movements were as fast as lightning, and all of them were completed while the horse was galloping. However, the three arrows he shot in a row followed different trajectories and headed towards the three archery targets respectively.

"Puff puff!"

The three arrows hit three different targets successively, and each arrow hit the red heart.

"Wow... so amazing..."

The soldiers were all stunned when they saw it, and they were all envious of Tai Shici's riding and shooting skills, and they all hoped to have Tai Shici's skill.

Tai Shici circled the school field for half a circle, heard cheers coming from his ear, opened his bow three times in a row, and shot three more arrows.

But this time, the three arrows kept the same trajectory and flew towards a target.

"puff!"

The first arrow hit the bullseye.

"puff!"

The second arrow followed one after another. The sharp arrow with strong force split the previous arrow into two and hit the bull's-eye again.

"puff!"

The third arrow followed like a shadow, fiercely split the arrow on the bull's-eye into two again, and hit the bull's-eye again!

Three arrows were fired in succession, and all three arrows hit a target, which immediately surprised everyone present, including Zhang Yan who was sitting on the commander's platform watching.

When Tai Shici reined in the horse and galloped back to the spot, he noticed the expressions of respect and admiration on the faces of the soldiers.

Suddenly, there was cheers and thunderous applause, as if thanking Tai Shici for bringing them a wonderful performance.

Taishi Ci's arrow skills are superb, and his examples are not in vain. His performance immediately aroused the enthusiasm of the soldiers for training.

Zhang Yan suddenly stood up from the general platform, and shouted to the soldiers below: "You have all seen it just now, if you also want the archery skills like Lord Taishi, you must keep practicing until you Until the practice meeting. During this period, Lord Taishi will teach you all the time, telling you how to master the essentials of riding and archery. I hope you can make more and more progress, and become a sharpshooter with precise archery!"

The soldiers rekindled their fighting spirit, stepped on their horses one after another, drew up their bows and arrows, and after asking Tai Shici some essentials of riding and archery, they started practicing again.

Under the careful guidance of Tai Shici, these soldiers became better and better at riding and shooting. From the beginning, many arrows were off the target, and now many arrows are able to hit the target, which is a very good breakthrough.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan felt a little relieved psychologically.

He turned his face and looked at several other places on the school field, but he saw that Xu Chu was training the soldiers' physical strength, Niu Jin was training the soldiers' attack skills, and Xu Sheng was training the soldiers' close combat skills.

At this moment, Chen Qun stepped onto the general platform, bowed to Zhang Yan first, and then said: "My lord, Lu Bu sent an envoy, saying that he wants to meet the lord in person!"

"Lü Bu's envoy?" Zhang Yan asked after hearing this, "Where is it now?"

"It has been arranged by my subordinates to wait in the lobby of the State Shepherd's Mansion." Chen Qun replied.

"Go, go and see!"

Zhang Yan turned around and stepped off the general platform, and accompanied by Chen Qun, he left the school grounds and headed towards the State Shepherd's Mansion.

In the hall of the State Shepherd's Mansion, Zhang Liao, as the envoy sent by Lu Bu, received the due courtesy.He sat quietly in the hall, waiting patiently for Zhang Yan's arrival.

After a while, Zhang Liao suddenly saw that Zhang Yan, accompanied by Chen Qun, was striding towards the hall, walking like a tiger, quite majestic.

Zhang Liao hurriedly stood up, walked to the door of the hall, and immediately cupped his fists and said, "Zhang Liao pays homage to Zhang Andong!"

Zhang Yan was granted the title of Xuzhou Shepherd and General An Dong by the emperor, and because of his ancestor Zhang Liang, he was granted the title of Marquis Liu by the emperor.But outsiders generally call Zhang Yan Zhang Shijun, and Zhang Liao called Zhang Yan Zhang Andong, which is also correct, because Zhang Yan is General An Dong.

When Zhang Yan saw that the envoy sent by Lu Bu was actually Zhang Liao, he was overjoyed. When he was happy, he grabbed Zhang Liao's hand and said with a smile, "Wen Yuan doesn't have to be like this. My brother, where did you get so many etiquettes? Last time." We said goodbye in a hurry, we didn't talk for a long time, this time you came to Pengcheng, I must treat you well."

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Yan turned his face to Chen Qun and said, "Chang Wen, please order me to prepare some food and wine. I want to get drunk with Brother Wen Yuan!"

"Here!" Chen Qun clasped his fists in response, turned around and walked out.

Zhang Yan took Zhang Liao's hand, walked straight into the hall, and said, "Brother Wen Yuan, General Lu sent you here, is there something wrong?"

Zhang Liao nodded and said, "Back to Zhang Andong..."

Hearing that Zhang Liao called him so emphatically, Zhang Yan immediately interrupted Zhang Liao and said, "When we get here, what do you have to do with me? We are brothers, you can just call me elder brother."

Zhang Liao changed his words and said, "Brother, General Lu wrote a letter to him, asking me to deliver it to him personally."

As he spoke, Zhang Liao took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan took the letter and read it hastily, expressionless.

He closed the letter again, put it in his arms, and then said to Zhang Liao with a smile: "It is rare for you and my brothers to reunite today, so we must get drunk. As for the things mentioned in the letter, I will wait for you." Think about it and give you an answer tomorrow, how about it?"

Zhang Liao nodded and said nothing.

So Zhang Yan sat in the hall and chatted with Zhang Liao.

After a while, the servants brought the food and drinks, and Zhang Yan sent people to the school grounds to invite Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Niu Jin, and Xu Sheng, and then called Chen Gui, Chen Qun, Zhang Zhao, and Zhang Hong over. , accompanied them, and introduced everyone to Zhang Liao one by one, and introduced Zhang Liao to these people, only saying that he was his virtuous younger brother, but did not mention Zhang Liao's other identities.

Seeing Zhang Yan attaching so much importance to him, Zhang Liao was moved a little.

A group of people enjoyed themselves while eating and drinking. However, Zhang Liao couldn't drink enough and was quickly drunk by Zhang Yan.

Therefore, Zhang Yan had someone carry Zhang Liao to the guest room to rest, while he said in front of everyone in the hall, "Since everyone is here, let's discuss one thing."

As he spoke, he took out the letter written by Lu Bu and asked someone to pass it on to everyone for circulation.

Tai Shici, Xu Chu, Niu Jin, and Xu Sheng are all rough people. Among them, Tai Shici knows a little bit, but not very well, so this letter is only written among Chen Gui, Chen Qun, Zhang Zhao, and others. Zhang Hong circulated among the four.

Chen Gui, Chen Qun, Zhang Zhao, and Zhang Hong looked at each other after reading the letter, but they didn't say much.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan said, "Four gentlemen, do you think this is feasible?"

(End of this chapter)