There are thirty-six military weapons, and the bow is called the head; there are thirty-eight martial arts, and the bow is the first. In the army at this time, bows and crossbows are the most important criterion for the soldiers. The harder bows can be pulled, the accurate heads, and how far they shoot directly determine the level of a soldier. Regardless of the imperial guards, the bows and crossbows are divided into grades.

Xu Ping was not very strong, but fortunately, he had no shortage of nutrition and was scientific and continuous in his daily exercise. In terms of physical fitness, he was still the best in this era. After leading troops in Lingnan, he began to practice bows and arrows systematically, never interrupted, and his stairs could pull nine-double bows. He was also the first in the imperial guards and could enter the Fourth Army.

When we arrived at the shooting range, some servants had prepared bows and arrows and placed them on the shelf.

I took the bow and arrow in front of the rack. Xu Ping pulled the string and tried it out, and said to Li Zhang: I have always used nine-dou bows. Here I have 60 steps away from the target, shoot five arrows, and above the target number and halo number determine the winner and lose.

Li Zhang smiled and said: But according to the instructions of his brother.

Archery points and shooting are affinity and shooting far. For example, on this shooting range, most of them are compared with the shooting range, that is, the correct head. There are two types of targets, one is the stack, which is divided into two types, one is the stack, which is divided into two types; the other is the square target, the round halo, which is actually the type of target that is commonly used in later generations. At this time, they are all five circles, called five halos, and the number of halos is divided into four, which is similar to the scoring method in later generations.

Xu Ping had just recovered from a serious illness, and people felt particularly energetic. He held the bow and arrow in his hand, looked at the target in the distance carefully, exhaling and opening the sound, and the bowstrings opened in response to the sound. He did not aim carefully, and shot an arrow based on his feelings.

This is the shooting method on the battlefield, which tests arm strength and that feeling, not aiming at vision and experience.

The arrow on the string flew straight towards the target ahead with a roar, drawing a clear arc, but it barely hit the target.

Xu Ping shook his head. Since returning to Beijing, he has practiced less and is still a little unfamiliar.

He took out the arrow from the quiver pot, and shot the beads and shot them. Xu Ping took out the other four arrows together. With the first arrow, the four arrows behind were obviously much better, and one arrow even hit the bull's eye.

Li Zhang looked at it aside and said with a smile: After all, my brother has fought on the battlefield. He has done well in both momentum and shooting skills. He just lost some accuracy, and I think he is unfamiliar.

Xu Ping shook his head: It's much worse than in Yongzhou back then. If you don't practice for a day, you will step back.

The servant next to him ran all the way over and took off the target with the arrow, replaced it with the new target, and carried the old target back to the place where the arrow was shot, showing it to Xu Ping.

Except for the arrow that hit the bull's eye, the score can only be considered average. Of course, if it is a military assessment, it is already qualified and passed, but it is not considered excellent.

Li Zhang walked forward, took the Nine Dok's bow, tried it in his hand, and it was easy to drive it. He held his breath and concentrated, tapped the bow and arrow, aimed it carefully, and then shouted and shot it out, but he scored five points. He shot five arrows in such a hurry, but his grades were better than Xu Ping.

Xu Ping put down the bow in his hand and said with a smile: I haven't seen you for a few years, I don't want you to be more powerful than me.

I am a marquis of Ji at the gate. This is my duty. Otherwise, wouldn’t I be laughed at as a minister in the court and a civil servant. He has a nine-double bow and arrows on the target. I am afraid that no one of my colleagues in the court will be stronger than you. Moreover, my brother shoots with an arrow, and I aim left and right. If I really want to go to the battlefield, I am afraid I will lose to you.

Li Zhang is the cousin of the emperor's closest relative. The key to his martial arts and archery skills is to have a stance. Just don't lose face in front of others. As long as you can live up to your face, Zhao Zhen has enough reason to promote him, and even call him a tiger general. If you really want to kill the enemy on the battlefield, you will not be sent to him, even in the rear, you will have a lot of credit for him to accumulate.

Li Yonghe has always been cautious and cautious. In the past two years, he has been promoted rapidly with his sister's relationship. He often feels uneasy. He has no choice but to be old, but he has high hopes for Li Zhang and often urges him to practice hard. A true famous general needs talent, and Li Zhang has no choice but to do it, but at least these face-saving things cannot be neglected. It is precisely because of this that Li Zhang's horse stance skills are still good, although they are all scheming.

After firing five arrows in a row, he sweated slightly and his muscles and bones were completely loosened. Xu Ping felt extremely happy.

After letting the servants clean up the bow and arrow, Xu Ping said to Li Zhang: There are stone tables and stone benches under the tree over there, let's go and sit down.

Sitting down on the stone bench, the servant brought tea, and the two of them slowly drank tea. The cool breeze blew from the small hillside, carrying some fragrance of soil, which made people feel refreshed.

Li Zhang took a sip of tea and said to Xu Ping: Now the powerful ministers in the court, royal relatives, and the rich mansions are luxurious and wealthy, and the vast land is vast, and the quiet and elegant ones are planted with strange flowers and trees. But like my brother, there is a vast land, and I can do all kinds of things, and there is no other family. Brother, you have more than two months of vacation to have a good time. In my brother's opinion, it is better to use this time to contact other ministers. There are bows and arrows here and there are shooting ranges, and you can set up a bow and arrow club. There are many ministers who are good at this. If you have watermelon at home, you will complain about it when you go out to send people to others. You will be recruiting people to form a group of elegant gatherings. One is lively, and the other can also use watermelon as a lottery, which is not as strong as if you are alone at home.

Xu Ping thought about it and nodded: What you said makes sense. I also think it is not a good thing to give watermelons and other things to others, so I might as well come to eat it. However, the Archery Club is difficult to do among literati. No matter how well they practice, they are not as good as ordinary imperial soldiers, so they are naturally not very excited. As for the poetry club, to be honest, I am not very proficient in poetry, because I am afraid that I will make jokes when the time comes.

Li Zhang laughed loudly after hearing this: Brother is so stupid. If you are really as talented as Li Du, you can’t run a poetry club. When people come, they just listen to their masters chanting poems and lyrics. What’s the fun? Look at the ministers in the court who are good at writing good words, such as Yan Xueshi, no one goes to his house to recite poems and write poems. Only if they understand the poems a little, but are not very proficient in them can they be able to attract people. The key is that the family needs wealth, there are pavilions, forests, ponds, brothels, singing girls, wine, some eat, and some play, so that they are willing to come.

Xu Ping looked at Li Zhang, but he could not have thought that he was a man who was playing with a gun and a stick, but he could see through these things clearly. Indeed, Yan Shuwen was the first-class person, but he usually had fun alone behind closed doors. He had a good singing girl at home, and he wrote lyrics at home, and rarely showed off like a down-and-out lyricist. Both the poets and lyrics were the most lyrics of Liu Yong and Zhang Xian, and Yan Shu's was very rare. He had a noble status and could not let go of his face to meet those places. And those who had the same status as him were, there were few people who wrote lyrics and sang music. The key was that few people could compare to him.

It seems that my own bottle is not as good as half a bottle of swaying, and it seems that it is the most suitable for doing this kind of thing. When a person with literary talent comes, he is born with a sense of superiority. This is how people are. With this sense of superiority, they like to get together. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Ping can also improve his current situation of being isolated.
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