Zhao Litang has been in a coma for nearly three days and still shows no signs of waking up.
Yue Nu, wearing the baggy combat uniform, stretched out her hand to touch the person lying on the bed, but before her hand touched him, the curtain of the tent was suddenly opened.
Shen Huan came back with the medicine he wanted to change for Zhao Litang.
"Why are you still here? Your deputy general Wu has already led the army to set off. If you don't go out now, you will be late for the team."
Yue Nu quickly lowered her head, stood up and hurried out.
He did not follow the team back to the imperial capital, but mixed in the army. Only in this way could he continue to stay in the frontier.
No one has discovered his disguise yet.
When the little soldier passed by him, Shen Huan suddenly grabbed his arm.
Yue Nu was so frightened that her whole body froze.
Shen Huan simply handed over the gauze in his hand.
"Wait a minute, please help me tear it apart, my hand is still injured and I can't use any strength."
Yue Nu took the gauze and kept his head down. Shen Huan didn't see his face, so he didn't have the mind to think about anything else.
The gauze was very strong, and Yue Nu was not strong, so she failed to tear it open after several attempts. Shen Huan, who was waiting on the side, became a little anxious.
"How do you usually train? You look so thin. Can you fight on the battlefield? Your general is really confident."
When Zhao Litang was mentioned, the sound of gauze tearing was heard.
Yue Nu handed over the torn gauze, then held her breath and quickly walked out of the tent.
As soon as he left the tent, Yue Nucai breathed a sigh of relief, his eyes red.
He wiped his eyes and hurried to catch up with the troops who had already reached the gate of the military camp.
The barbarian soldiers have already surrounded the Celestial Empire outside its borders, ready to launch a fierce attack on the border at any time.
Wu Quan led his troops to the border. Behind the high city walls, the Qing Dynasty soldiers suffered heavy casualties. As soon as one group died, another group took their place.
Yue Nu followed a few people to the top of the city wall and hid behind the bricks.
The wind on the top of the city wall was very strong, accompanied by a gust of sand that swept in, making it impossible to open one's eyes. If one opened one's mouth to speak, one's mouth would be filled with sand and dust.
Yue Nu had never been to the battlefield. He held a bow with ten arrows in his hands and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.
Perhaps it was because he had barbarian blood flowing in his body, Yue Nu had only been in the military camp for a few months, but his archery skills were already better than many soldiers from the Celestial Empire, and basically every arrow he shot hit its target.
Yue Nu's archery skills were taught by Zhao Litang.
Because Yue Nu stayed in the military camp at that time, he would stand outside the training ground and secretly watch the soldiers training inside, but in fact his eyes would usually only follow Zhao Litang who stood out in the crowd.
The Chinese tend to be tall and thin, and their muscular strength is not as good as that of the tall and big barbarians. They are not good at horse riding and archery. Many soldiers have practiced for a long time but still cannot hit the bull's eye.
It was the first time that Zhao Litang got so angry that he broke all the heavy bows and arrows in order to punish a few soldiers who were lazy in training.
None of the other soldiers present dared to say a word.
Wu Quan shouted and asked people to shoot arrows, but no one dared to step forward.
Zhao Litang looked sullenly at the faces of the people around him, and finally his gaze passed through them and went beyond the railing of the training ground.
After Yue Nu was discovered, she quickly shifted her gaze, smiled and greeted the soldiers passing by, pretending that she just happened to pass by, and she smiled so hard that the crescent moons at the corners of her eyes curved.
Somehow, this smile bothered General Zhao.
Zhao Litang pointed at Yue Nu who was trying to run away outside the railing.
Yue Nu turned around and happened to look into Zhao Litang's deep eyes. The smile on his face slowly disappeared. He was still afraid of Zhao Litang, but he couldn't help wanting to get close to him.
Seeing Zhao Litang not far away actually hooking his finger at me, does it mean that I should go in
Yue Nu was a little flustered. He knew that except for the soldiers going to the battlefield, other logistics soldiers and servants were not qualified to enter the training ground, so he hesitated for a moment, thinking that perhaps General Zhao had called the wrong person.
Unexpectedly, when Deputy General Wuquan Wu saw that the people outside were not moving, he was afraid that his general would take his anger out on them again, so he quickly ran to the entrance of the training ground and personally invited Yue Nu in.
Yue Nu was surprised and asked, "Can I go in? Did the general let me in? Can I really go in?"
"The general has given his permission. Go in quickly. The general just lost his temper and is still angry. Be careful with your words."
Yue Nu nodded and followed Wu Quan into the training ground for the first time. The sand here was softer than outside.
The other soldiers all watched helplessly as a servant whose name they could not remember was personally invited into the training ground by Lieutenant General Wu.
As soon as Yue Nu stood in front of Zhao Litang, she saw him throwing the bow and arrow in his hand towards her, and Yue Nu quickly reached out to catch it.
That was a bow that Zhao Litang often used. The bow was very heavy, but Zhao Litang could easily lift it with one hand. However, Yue Nu had a hard time holding it with both hands and it was absolutely impossible for her to lift it.
"Give him an arrow."
Wu Quan glanced at his general to make sure he had heard correctly, so he had someone give Yue Nu a feather arrow.
Yue Nu held the bow and arrow with difficulty, then looked at Zhao Litang in a daze.
Zhao Litang didn't look at him, but just glanced at the target in the distance and raised his chin slightly.
"The one in the shooting room."
This sounds like a master holding a bow who can shoot wherever he wants.
The soldiers around began to whisper to each other, wondering how this little servant could use the general's bow, could he have an unusual origin
But if he was extraordinary, why would he only be a handyman in the military camp
Yue Nu was a little frightened. He had never touched a bow and arrow before, and he didn't even know how to pull the string or aim. Not to mention that the bow was so heavy that he couldn't even lift it.
But since Zhao Litang had spoken, Yue Nu obeyed obediently.
He used all his strength, his fair little face turned red, but he could only lift the bow to his lower abdomen, and he couldn't lift it any higher.
With a "pop", some people in the crowd couldn't help laughing. The tense atmosphere just now seemed to relax suddenly, and one after another people joined in the laughter.
"Shut up, everyone."
Zhao Litang only needed to raise his eyes and glance at the crowd, and all the soldiers would be silent as a mouse, not daring to say a word again. They could clearly feel that the general was even angrier than before.
Yue Nu was almost out of strength, and the bow in her hand felt heavier and heavier, falling lower and lower, and her arm slowly slipped down.
Then, a hand suddenly lifted the bow from below. Zhao Litang stood in front of Yue Nu and looked down at him.
"Hold it in your left hand."
Yue Nu then obediently loosened his right hand, and the bow remained firmly fixed in place.
Feeling that Zhao Litang was standing beside him, Yue Nu could occasionally rub against Zhao Litang's hard and cold armor as they were so close. But somehow it seemed as if he was burned, and his earlobe turned slightly red.
Zhao Litang moved his hand from holding the bow to supporting Yue Nu's arm. His broad and powerful palm grasped the thin circle and secretly exerted force to help him support the heavy bow.
"Hold your hands tightly, hold the arrow with your right hand," Zhao Litang said in a deep and mellow voice, "pull the bowstring with three fingers, lower your left arm, push the bow with your left hand, and pull the bowstring with your right hand on your right shoulder."
Yue Nu followed what Zhao Litang said. Although her movements were still unfamiliar, it finally looked like she was doing it right.
"Pull it here, close to the jaw."
Zhao Litang grabbed Yue Nu's hand and pressed it against his right cheek, his thumb scratching the skin under his hand.
After all, they are young children. Even in such a windy and sandy place, their faces are still delicate and smooth.
After just a touch, Zhao Litang moved his hand away slightly.
“Feel the wind direction and speed, aim at the red bull’s eye”
Zhao Litang's breath sprayed into Yue Nu's ears, "Three, two, one, release."
The two men loosened their right hands at the same time, and the feather arrow pierced through the wind and sand and stabbed forward, instantly penetrating the red bull's eye in front of them.
Yue Nu was very happy and turned back to look at Zhao Litang with a smile, "General, I shot it!"
When she turned around, she found that Zhao Litang was so close to her. When she turned back suddenly, his forehead brushed against Zhao Litang's lips, making Yue Nu's neck turn red.
Zhao Litang seemed to feel nothing. He reached out and took the heavy bow from Yue Nu's hand, then moved back.
The warmth and sense of security of being hugged from behind disappeared all of a sudden, and Yue Nu realized that she had been too proud of herself and had forgotten her identity, so she quickly put away her smile and lowered her head.
Zhao Litang put away the heavy bow and said, "This one is too heavy. Give him a lighter one."
Yue Nu changed his hand to a lighter ordinary bow, which he could still lift by himself, but unfortunately he still couldn't hold it steady.
Someone gave him another feather arrow, and this time Yue Nu had to aim at the target and shoot the arrow himself.
He remembered all the key points of the movements, but aiming in the right direction was the most difficult part. As expected, the arrow missed the target when it was shot.
Yue Nu felt that she was very bad and must have disappointed the general, who thanked her for teaching her personally.
Little do people know that it is actually very difficult to hit the target for the first time when shooting an arrow.
Zhao Litang seemed to have expected this and asked someone to pass him an arrow.
"continue."
Yue Nu continued to shoot arrows one by one. After a few shots, the arrows were able to hit the target. After shooting another ten or so arrows, Yue Nu unexpectedly hit Ge Ba's heart with one shot.
Wu Quan looked at Yue Nu in surprise. He didn't expect that this child had a talent for archery.
After the first arrow hit the bull's eye, the following arrows only hit one bull's eye, but it still surpassed many experienced soldiers.
"alright."
Zhao Litang said, "Put away the bow and go back."
Yue Nu thought that she had behaved poorly and made the general even angrier, otherwise why would the general speak to her so coldly.
Yue Nu nodded, put down his bow and arrow, and walked out of the training ground under the admiring gazes of the soldiers around him.
Since then, Yue Nu was allowed to enter the training ground and practice archery with other soldiers.
With the comparison with others, Yue Nu's talent was more clearly revealed.
Just a few words were enough to achieve a great result, causing Yue Nu's archery skills to rise rapidly. Except for Zhao Litang, he was the best in the entire frontier military camp.
But these were too strange in the eyes of other soldiers, and gradually, some of them realized what was going on.
The little errand boy was fair-skinned and pretty, especially the red crescent mark at the end of his eye, which looked like a tattoo to seduce people. When he smiled, he looked like a little girl. The barracks were full of rough men, and the general was busy with all kinds of things and had no fun.
Isn't this just right