Most of all, it is impossible to keep it in the world, and the beautiful face is like the flower in the mirror and the tree.
——"Butterfly Love Flower·Reading the Pain of Parting at the End of the World" Wang Guowei
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The Persian general Alberts saw that everyone was attentive, listened with interest, and spoke with more passion.
Persian General Alberts said: “The last difficulty in mounted archery lies in the coordination between the rider and the bow and arrow.
Cavalry often shoot arrows when their horses are charging. At this time, the waves are up and down, and the horse's back is very bumpy. It is very difficult to shoot accurately. The key is to master the timing of releasing the arrow.
Usually when people and horses reach the highest point of a wave, they will hang in the air for a moment, and then fall back down. This moment is the best opportunity to release the arrow. To master it accurately, you need a lot of practice all year round.
However, this is only the beginning of mounted shooting."
As soon as this statement came out, there was an uproar. Everyone was talking about it. It was so difficult, and it was just the beginning of riding and shooting. Is it still possible for people to live?
Bai Fu smiled and said: "What General Alberts said is true. Due to the complex and changeable battlefield, the cavalry, in addition to frontal attacks, often has different tactics such as moving back to outflank, pursue and harass, or intercept the pursuing troops from behind. Therefore,
There are many changes in the art of riding and archery.
Taking the right-handed cavalry as an example, it is easiest to shoot to the left and forward, followed by forward and backward. Shooting to the left is called counter kicking; shooting to the front and a small range to the right is called splitting; shooting in the right direction is called splitting.
The rear is called Moqiu.
It is relatively easy to step on the pedal, parting the mane and wiping the bow, but the most difficult thing is to shoot the arrow to the right. Because the bow is held in the left hand and the string is hooked in the right hand, it is difficult to point the bow and arrow to the right on horseback.
If an enemy suddenly appears on the right side in front, the cavalry will need to adjust the direction of their horses first so that the enemy is within their attack angle;
Or the cavalryman needs to make a difficult body posture adjustment on a running horse to make the bow and arrow point to the right;
In this case, a well-trained and excellent cavalry can hold the bow with the right hand, draw the string with the left hand, and shoot the bow left and right! This ensures that there are no blind spots around that cannot be shot by bows and arrows.
If the cavalry cannot do these things, they can only select some left-handed cavalry to form a team when forming a cavalry square to deal with the target enemy that suddenly appears from the right wing."
Although the disciples of the Sichuan Gang are highly skilled in martial arts, almost none of them have participated in large-scale battles. Everyone was stunned when they heard about it, and once again felt the huge difference between bloody battles on the battlefield and street fighting. If they had never been on the battlefield, who would consider these issues.
Persian General Alberts continued: "As I just said, horses are very easily frightened animals. As far as mounted shooting is concerned, the sound of bowstrings and bow strings that constantly change shooting angles and positions on horseback will frighten
To the horse.
These need to be accustomed to the war horse during daily training. For example, you can use a bow and arrow to rub the horse's nose, forehead and other parts. From time to time, you can strum the bow string on the horse's back to let the war horse gradually adapt to the sound of the bow string.
It is particularly emphasized that after the war horse has adapted to the bow and arrow and the sound of the bowstring on the left side of the horse's back, if you take the bow and arrow to the right side of the horse to shoot, you need to let the war horse adapt again.
In addition, cavalry usually carry bows, arrows, swords, spears and other weapons with them. The use of these weapons requires the war horses to adapt to daily life.
Only in this way can the war horses not be frightened and lose control in the face of charging into battle and the loud shouts of killing, and can still maintain a high level of combat status."
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In order to let everyone experience it personally, the Persian general Alberts invited Bai Fu to demonstrate to everyone.
Without saying much, Bai Fu picked up his bow and arrow and flew on his horse. The tiger and leopard roared and rushed out of the fence.
No matter how many cavalrymen in the field waved their weapons and roared, or there were sudden loud noises and explosions, the tiger and leopard turned a blind eye to these external factors and steadily followed Bai Fu's instructions to accelerate, advance, turn, decelerate, jump, etc.
Tactical action.
At the same time, Bai Fu also performed different archery movements on horseback, leaning forward, leaning back, sideways, and even hiding in the stirrups and other difficult movements, and the arrows were not missed.
Just hearing a whistle, an iron cage opened, and dozens of hares sprang out from the cage. They moved quickly and fled in all directions.
Bai Fu's momentum is like chasing the wind, and his eyes are like chasing lightning. He draws the bow fully and releases the arrow quickly. The shooting speed suddenly accelerates, and the arrows are shot out like a string of beads, as fast as lightning.
Bai Fu moved so fast that everyone could not see Bai Fu's shooting posture. In a daze, they felt that Bai Fu seemed to have eight arms and shot dozens of powerful arrows at one time.
Everyone looked at each other in shock. The arrow was so fast that within a hundred steps, there was almost no possibility of dodge.
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Bai Fu quickly finished shooting the arrows in his arrow pot, but there were still seven or eight hares on the run, so Bai Fu did not return to camp to retrieve the arrows.
The tiger and leopard did not slow down, leaped over the hare's head and landed in front of the hare.
Bai Fu hooked one foot into the stirrup, hung his body under the horse's belly on the other side of the horse, leaned down to the ground, and picked up several sharp arrows from the ground that had missed the target just now.
Bai Fu then hung his body backwards on the side of the saddle, and shot several arrows in succession to the rear - exactly the fatal arrow technique used to defeat defeat on the battlefield.
As soon as the hares tried to turn around and flee, their eyes were pierced by these arrows and they were killed with one arrow.
Only then did the disciples notice that the stirrups of the tiger and leopard were different from those of other horses. There was a strap connecting the stirrups from under the horse's belly. It was through the straps between the two horses that Bai Fu completed such a difficult move by leveraging each other's strength.
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Two chariots came galloping from a distance. Each chariot had a human-shaped wooden stake placed on it and each was protected by a thick iron shield.
Bai Fu opened his bow and set an arrow. His front hand was like pushing against Mount Tai, and his back hand was like holding the tail of a tiger. Through the arrow shaft, he condensed the true energy of the two tripods of Xunkan at the tip of the arrow. The two strands of true energy flowed together, like twisting a twist, forming a
Spiral strength.
When an arrow was shot, there was a sound of wind and thunder breaking through the air. When the tip of the arrow hit the iron shield, a ball of Xunkan Qi condensed instantly exploded with a thunderbolt, like a lightning strike, smashing several iron shields into powder.
Bai Fuxunkan's Gangqi was so domineering that the surrounding disciples' hearts surged and they burst into loud cheers.
Dian Meng usually boasts of his natural supernatural power and strong energy. Seeing this arrow, he was dumbfounded. He can condense the Gang Qi and it will not dissipate after leaving the body. This kind of skill is unheard of.
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Bai Fu exchanged the bow and arrow, holding the bow in his right hand and pulling the string with his left hand. He held the bow with his palm, hooked his index finger on the back, and pulled the string across his chest.
This time, he released the Zhenqi of the two cauldrons in Xunkan at a variable speed.
maneuver.
The arrow turned into a streak of red, drew a perfect arc, bypassed the heavy iron shield, and hit the human-shaped wooden stake from the other side of the carriage. Like a full-moon scimitar, it cut off the wooden stake's head.
This kind of use of true energy is exactly what Bai Fu realized from Wu Daozi's "Wu Dai Dangfeng" writing style, which is the art of using the softness of heaven and earth to ride on the strongness of heaven and earth.
Applying this skill to the shooting method of shooting arrows that Zhao Kunlun passed on to Bai Fu, the shooting method of shooting arrows was completely transformed, and the arrows entered the state of transformation.
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There was silence in the school grounds, no one could believe the scene in front of them.
Even Alberts, the famous cavalry and archer general, was dumbstruck. He thanked the true god Ahura Maz in his heart for making Bai Fu a friend instead of an enemy...
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In order to cooperate with Bai Fu's training, the Persian general Alberts gave all the more than 300 Dashi horses he brought from Dashi to Bai Fu. He also obtained them from Persian, Sogdian and other Hu merchants living in Chang'an and Luoyang.
, spending a lot of money here and there to buy a hundred horses. Basically, every soldier is guaranteed to have a horse.
The big-eating horse is known as the desert elf. It has a small head and big eyes, a straight neck and a wide forehead, a short and powerful back and waist, a well-proportioned and graceful body, a kind and intelligent temperament, and a high degree of alertness. It is very suitable for use as a war horse.
When the disciples of Bashu saw such a good horse, they were overjoyed and couldn't put it down.
With Bai Fu Hengkong's peerless arrow, in the following days, no one of the Bashu disciples dared to claim to be superior in martial arts. Everyone practiced the skills of riding and shooting in a down-to-earth manner. Day after day, they finally achieved success.