Money is a good thing, it can make people do good.
The government took out yellow Xuanhe copper coins and attracted the active participation of many residents in the city. In less than half a day, hundreds of empty houses were rented and thousands of people sleeping on the streets were moved into the empty houses.
With the wall to protect them from the wind and rain, no more refugees froze to death in the cold night that night. With the army's porridge relief, the hungry and cold old people and children also had a mouthful of hot porridge to satisfy their hunger and no longer starved to death.
At night, the snow stopped completely, and a bright moon hung in the sky. The black and blue night sky was exceptionally clean, but also colder.
Chen Qing stood a hundred steps away with a riding bow in hand. He stared at a straw man target in the distance, pulled out an arrow and put it on the bowstring. Chen Qing took a deep breath of cold air and pulled the bow as fast as the full moon, almost without thinking.
An arrow was shot, and the arrow grazed the side of the straw man target.
If he were to use a crossbow, he could easily hit the target between the straw man's eyebrows, but what he is using now is the mounted shooting method. There is no time for you to aim, so you have to release the arrow when you draw the bow. There is no time to aim. The first thing is the sharpness of your eyes. In fact, it is necessary to
Find a feeling, and this feeling must be found slowly through hard work.
Chen Qing had found this wonderful feeling when he was practicing horseback shooting, but it was very difficult to convert it into mounted shooting. The previous feeling would even become an obstacle, and he needed to overcome this state.
This is the reason why he shot more than a dozen arrows in a row, his arms were sore and numb, but still none of the arrows hit the target.
Chen Qing sighed, took out another arrow, and placed it on the bowstring. He rested for a moment and then filled the bowstring again...
The next morning, 800 newly recruited soldiers stood neatly in front of the military camp. Their military uniforms were quite mixed, including the iron armor of the Song Army, the original black patent leather armor of the Liao Army, and the yellow leather armor of the Jin soldiers, but all soldiers wore
Wearing the hat of the Song Army, holding a shield and a spear, they are neat and uniform.
"Whatever needs to be said, I said it last night!"
The young general Chen Qing stood on a big rock and lectured everyone, "Today I am going to talk about training. I know that everyone has come from the army and has now returned to the army. Everyone has a foundation, but you can ensure that you
Can you easily defeat the Jurchen cavalry? If you cannot defeat them, you will still be dead on the battlefield. This winter, I will strengthen your combat basics and physical training. I have only one purpose, so that everyone can survive on the battlefield!"
Chen Qing turned around and waved, and Xu Ning stepped forward. Chen Qing introduced to everyone: "I specially invited Master Xu to teach you some basic martial arts. He was once the chief instructor of the Golden Spear Class of the 800,000 Imperial Guards in Tokyo.
, is a famous martial arts master in Fengxiang Mansion. I hope everyone can study hard and train hard to learn some real skills that can be used on the battlefield..."
Xu Ning was wearing a black warrior uniform and did not carry any weapons. He still spoke in a calm and unhurried manner, and loudly said to everyone: "I know that everyone is a soldier. Since the commander has given the order, you must obey it, because I
The training method is very boring.
From now on, I will squat for two months. I must squat for four hours every day, doing light squats, deep squats, and weight-bearing squats. Gradually increase the weight, and then run at night to practice physical strength.
As for the spear technique, it is just the icing on the cake. If the lower body is not solid, no matter how fancy the spear technique is, it will not be able to withstand an impact of the Jurchen cavalry."
Xu Ning turned around and called his eldest apprentice forward and told him: "You should set an example for everyone. If anyone is lazy, tell Yang Jianjun directly!"
The supervisor is Yang Hua. He purses his lips and looks stern. He is also a military judge.
No one among the eight hundred recruits raised any objections, and they all followed Xu Ning's apprentice to squat and practice.
Chen Qing was not surprised at all. He had squatted in horse stance for several years and knew the effect of squatting in horse stance. Fu Moshan was easily defeated by him because his lower body was unstable and he had no strength.
"Commander wants to practice riding and shooting, should we start now?" Xu Ning walked over with a smile.
"anytime!"
Chen Qing took out the riding bow from his bow bag, and Xu Ning glanced at it with a look of surprise in his eyes.
"This...this is what you seized from Wanyan Lou's room!"
"How does the owner know?"
"This is one of the three royal bows collected by the Supreme Emperor. It is called Dingyuan. It was kidnapped by Wanyan Zongbi. You can only get it from Wanyan Lou's family."
It seems that the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty gave Wanyan Lou a set of treasures belonging to Song Huizong, not only the sword but also the bow, and most likely the white dragon colt as well.
Xu Ning took the bow with one hand and praised it, "It is indeed a good bow. Such a good bow has been kept in the palace for twenty years and has never been used. The barbarians will only tarnish it. It seems that the commander is the real one."
Master!"
He returned the bow to Chen Qing and said with a smile: "However, I want to see the commander shoot the crossbow first!"
"Master please!"
Chen Qing took Xu Ning to the archery range and took the divine arm crossbow from the table. He tried his best with both arms and opened the divine arm crossbow. Xu Ning secretly praised him in his heart. No wonder he can use the far-distance bow. He really has great supernatural power.
Chen Qing aimed at the target a hundred steps away and shot an arrow, hitting the straw man between the eyebrows.
Chen Qing shot three more arrows, hitting the center of his eyebrows.
Xu Ning nodded happily and said: "Riding and shooting are all about stability, speed, and accuracy. When riding a horse, you must first have a stable body, which also requires passing horse control skills. Secondly, you need to be fast and accurate. Aiming the head is the most difficult. You must start training with the step and bow.
You need to practice for at least three years and achieve nine out of ten arrows before you can start training on mounted archery. I think being steady and accurate when commanding is not a problem. The only thing left is to be fast, draw the bow fast, release the arrow fast, and have good hand-eye coordination. I guess
This is also where the commander’s problem lies.”
Chen Qing smiled bitterly and said: "To be honest with the owner, I usually aim from behind when shooting, but when shooting on horseback, I aim first. My eyes are locked on the opponent before I draw the bow, so I can quickly draw the bow and release the arrow. My question
I just don’t know how to find this feeling of having my eyes locked on the target?”
Xu Ning smiled slightly and said: "Unfortunately, I only have one hand and can't demonstrate it to you personally, but I can tell you some tips."
"Please give me some advice, Master!"
"I once asked Zhou Tong, the chief instructor of the archery class. He is known as the best archer in the world. His two apprentices, Yue Fei and Liu Ziyu, are both famous mounted archers. Their arrows are like lightning and their bows are like thunderbolts. But Zhou Tong told me
, there are three realms of cavalry shooting. The first realm is when the arrow is in the eye, the bow is drawn to look for the enemy, the eyes are instantly locked on the opponent, and an arrow hits the target;
The second realm is that the arrow is in the heart. When you decide to shoot the opponent, you have already locked the opponent with the corner of your eye. The opponent is always in your heart, so you don’t need to aim when you draw the bow and arrow, and shoot towards the target in your heart.
Shooting at the target, with perfect accuracy, it is actually the corner of your eye that keeps feeling the other person, so he cannot run away;
The third realm is when the arrow is between the sky and the earth. This is not an empty statement. I tell you this, when you are planning a war, you will know how to shoot the opponent."
"The third realm is actually knowing yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger, right?" Chen Qing said with a smile.
"You can say this, but you need to know the opponent's martial arts, habits, know his personal guards, know the weather conditions during the war, know the surrounding terrain, and whether you can be condescending. When the opponent completely enters the environment you expected in advance, then
At that time, he will definitely die under your arrow. It is easy to say, but Sun Bin is the only one who can do it from ancient times to the present. Do you think about how he shot Pang Juan?"
Chen Qing laughed dumbly and said: "Looking at it this way, what I want to pursue should be the second realm, right?"
Xu Ning nodded, "If you can reach the second realm, you can be on par with Yue Fei and Liu Ziyu, but now you have to reach the first realm first. With your crossbow shooting foundation, I think it shouldn't be difficult.
, there is nothing wrong with your eyesight, it just needs an adjustment. Try to shorten the aiming time, and then practice more to let yourself get used to riding and shooting, and find the feeling of riding and shooting. I think you can achieve it in a month.
The first realm.”
Chen Qing got on his horse and laughed loudly: "Thanks to the owner for your guidance, I know how to practice riding and shooting. If I succeed within a month, I will give you a reward of fifty taels of silver!"
Xu Ning also laughed and said: "If the conductor can do it, I will give you two tiger tendons, the best bow strings in the world."