Nearly a thousand soldiers in Prince Wu's Mansion are undergoing drills. The personal soldiers are different from the government soldiers. There is no strict distinction between cavalry, infantry and platoon soldiers. They are all recruited soldiers, so their personal ability requirements are higher than those of ordinary soldiers. Whether they are riding, shooting or fighting on foot, they must have a certain level.
At this moment, the soldiers of the four regiments were practicing different subjects under the leadership of the captains of each regiment. Or horsemanship, or archery, or swordsmanship, or swordsmanship. Xue Rengui was instructing a group of sergeants to practice archery and giving demonstrations in person.
A layman looks at the excitement, an expert looks at the door. Seeing Xue Rengui's posture and movements with arrows, Qin Mubai couldn't help but shine: He is a master!
"The general decides the world with three arrows, and the general sings into the Han Pass." Qin Mubai couldn't help but think of this folk song that has been passed down through the ages, which was used to praise Xue Rengui's achievements and archery skills! He thought, in terms of martial arts, I am definitely no match for Xue Rengui; but in archery, I might be able to compete with him. It seems that compared to him, I only have one trick left to show off.
Most of the sergeants recognized Qin Mubai and greeted him one after another when they saw him coming. Xue Rengui also noticed it and hurriedly came to greet him personally.
"It's rare for General Qin to come here, why don't you give us some guidance?" Xue Rengui said modestly.
"It's not about guidance." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "We are all military people, so it would be good to compare our morals. Rengui, I didn't expect that in just a few months, you have trained the royal soldiers to this extent. It’s a good level. He’s really talented and a great general.”
"The general is overrated." Xue Rengui smiled modestly. "The general has neither experience nor ability. He relies on the guidance of two generals, Yin Yang and Yuwen Hongtai, to know a little bit about the secrets. The two generals often say, They learned everything from you. The general also often thinks that if there is an expert like General Qin here to give guidance, he will get twice the result with half the effort. But Fang is the most elite teacher in the world!"
"Haha, I'm not that magical." Qin Mubai laughed a few times and said, "But having said that, Rengui, the royal soldiers are not regular troops after all. You need to learn more military skills and increase your military talents. , and also received a lot of further education from the military government or the guards."
"To be fair to the general, the general has already had this intention." Xue Rengui said, "I have been in the palace for so long, and I really haven't learned a lot. But I still feel a lot of shortcomings. There are more things I don't understand. If you can explore on your own with Generals Yin Yang and Yuwen Hongtai, without anyone's guidance, these problems will not be a problem. In this way, you will inevitably make rapid progress. , I just want to improve my skills and serve His Highness King Wu better.”
"I understand, you don't have to explain." Qin Mubai nodded and smiled, and said, "If you don't mind, I can temporarily transfer you to the Xiangzhou Military Mansion to serve. I happen to be short of manpower now, what do you think? How about next?”
Xue Rengui's brows were filled with joy and he responded cheerfully: "Very good! As long as His Highness agrees, it is better to obey your orders than to be respectful!"
"Okay, let me handle this matter." Qin Mubai nodded, smiled, and said, "Just now I saw you teaching soldiers archery, and your skills are extraordinary. How about a competition?"
Xue Rengui was slightly startled, and hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "How dare you, general?"
"What's the harm?" Qin Mubai said with a smile, "It's normal for military people to compete in martial arts. Get on your horse and compete in riding and shooting!"
After that, Qin Mubai asked the soldiers to lead the horses.
"Okay, okay!" The soldiers on the side heard that the two were competing with arrows, and they all cheered loudly and gathered around.
"Since the general is elegant, I will accompany him!" Xue Rengui got on his horse, carried a pot of arrows on his back, drew a bow, and bowed to Qin Mubai.
Qin Mubai looked at it and exclaimed: "What a bow!"
"General, you really have good eyesight!" Xue Rengui handed over his bow to Qin Mubai. Qin Mubai took it and weighed it. It was extremely heavy—a veritable iron bow!
Composite reflex bows were mostly used in the Tang Dynasty, and the bow body was mostly made of bamboo mixed with animal horns. It is extremely rare to actually make a bow with an iron tire. First of all, this kind of bow is extremely expensive to make. More importantly, how many people can pull it? Not to mention pulling it, if you were to march and attack, marching with such a bow would be quite difficult!
Qin Mubai had long heard of Xue Rengui's innate supernatural power. Although Qin Mubai himself almost merged the power of two people after his rebirth and became infinitely powerful, he thought that he might not be as powerful as Xue Rengui's strength.
The soldiers beside the war horses were discussing, saying: "No one in the whole camp except himself can draw General Xue's bow! Even General Yuwen can't draw it!"
"The average hard bow like the big boxwood bow only has the strength of two stones. General Xue's bow probably requires the strength of three or four stones to open it!"
"Where, I think it requires the power of five stones!"
"What nonsense! Humans are not cows, how can their arms have the power of five stones?"
Qin Mubai heard this and smiled: "Rengui, honestly speaking, how many kilograms of strength do you have in these two arms?"
Xue Rengui smiled and said: "The last general tried once. He raised the stone lion at the gate of the general's village, but he couldn't move around and had to put it down in place. Presumably, that was the limit."
Qin Mubai looked over and couldn't help but be speechless: He could actually lift a stone lion that was almost as tall as a person and weighed at least a thousand kilograms - doesn't that mean he has the demeanor of a king lifting a tripod
"Awesome!" Qin Mubai praised sincerely, took a deep breath, and pulled up the bow string with all his strength.
Just hearing a dull smacking sound, Xue Rengui's iron-tied giant bow was pulled for a full moon by Qin Mubai!
"Wow!—" The soldiers shouted in shock, and their eyes widened.
Qin Mubai put away the bowstring and exhaled a long breath: "This bow is too stiff. Although I can draw it, I can only shoot three arrows at most before I collapse. Rengui, I see you are not very strong." He is very tall and his body is far inferior to that of Yuwen Hongtai. I didn’t expect him to have such innate power!”
"General Qin is also hiding his secrets!" Xue Rengui took the bow thrown back by Qin Mubai and said with a smile, "Everyone only knows that General Qin is a handsome and handsome young man, and he is also known to be possessed of divine power and outstanding martial arts!"
"Haha, there's no need to flatter each other anymore, let's get started!" Qin Mubai shouted "drive" and galloped towards the shooting range. Xue Rengui also quickly followed up. Both of them had extraordinary riding skills. They were like two gusts of wind flying away in front of the soldiers.
There is a set of rules for archery competition in the army.
Generally speaking, there are three ways to compete. One is step shooting, which is the simplest way to stand still and compete to see whose arrow can shoot more accurately and beautifully. For example, when he was at home before, Qin Mubai competed with his two brothers in "joining". This kind of competition was more entertaining; the second is long stack, which means standing up and shooting from a long distance. This requires a bit of technical content. The comparison is about accuracy and hitting the red star. The third is mounted archery, which is the highest level of archery competition. To shoot an arrow while riding a galloping horse, you must first have excellent equestrian skills, at least be able to maintain balance with your hands free, and have good eyesight, and be able to see the target clearly while moving rapidly. Furthermore, one must be extremely skilled in archery in order to hit the target while constantly drifting!
The riding and shooting competition is like a slam dunk contest in a basketball game. Non-experts cannot participate, and the audience will definitely enjoy it!
Some time ago, Qin Mubai stayed in the military camp for more than half a month, practicing martial arts with the sergeants every day, and became proficient in some unfamiliar martial arts. This unique skill he brought from his previous life has probably become his strongest skill now. Although it has not played a major role yet, he knows that it will be of great use one day.
"Go!" With a clear rebuke, Qin Mubai struck up the string with his hand, and the arrow shot straight into the red heart of a target dozens of steps away!
"Okay!!" All the sergeants cheered loudly!
Xue Rengui's eyes lit up - "What a magical skill!"
"It's your turn!" Qin Mubai shouted on his horse.
"Okay!" Xue Rengui was also unambiguous. He put on the bow and arrow. The iron-tied giant bow in his hand was easily pulled to the full moon like a plaything. The wind blew and the sound was as fast as lightning and rushed into the bull's eye.
"Du"!
There was a heavy muffled sound, and Xue Rengui's arrow also hit the bull's-eye, and it was close to the one shot by Qin Mubai. Moreover, the arrow he shot went almost straight into the shank, leaving only the tail of the arrow in the bullseye.
"Okay!!!" All the sergeants cheered.
"It's amazing!" Qin Mubai also opened his eyes in amazement. The enemy is standing there alone. If Xue Rengui uses more force seriously, he may be able to penetrate the human body!
"Come again! Continuous shooting!"
Qin Mubai shouted loudly and sped up his horse. As a result, the difficulty of riding and shooting has increased. With his hand raised and lowered, he quickly picked up three arrows and shot them out. "Duk duk duk" made three consecutive muffled sounds, and three arrow targets were hit respectively.
"Wow! Amazing skills!!" All the soldiers exclaimed in unison.
Xue Rengui was only a few horses behind. Before the cheers of the sergeants stopped, he also hit three consecutive arrows. Following the same pattern, the three arrows were also inserted into Qin Mubai's arrow, leaving only the arrow feathers in the bullseye, trembling.
"It seems that it is impossible for me to win against you." Qin Mubai turned around on his horse and said loudly, "Rengui, you still have reservations, right?"
Xue Rengui just smiled.
"Use your unique skill to press the bottom of the box!" Qin Mubai said loudly.
"Okay!" Xue Rengui responded with a cheerful shout, clamped his legs on the horse's belly, galloped forward and ran in front of Qin Mubai.
Qin Mubai slowed down his horse speed and paid careful attention to see what unique skills he could use.
Suddenly, Xue Rengui, who was running in front, suddenly shouted loudly, his tongue bursting with spring thunder, his legs angrily clamped the horse's belly, and he pulled up the reins with his hands. The army horse was frightened and in pain, and suddenly stopped and stood up. . Almost at the same time, Xue Rengui put his foot in the stirrup and stepped on the saddle. He turned back like a flying swallow. He didn't know when he took three arrows and wound them at the same time. With a sharp shout, three arrows were fired at the same time!
Instantly, there was a loud bang from the three arrow targets dozens of steps ahead, and all of them hit red!
Everything happened in a flash of lightning. Qin Mubai's horse followed closely behind him. If he hadn't reacted quickly enough, he would have hit him. By the time Qin Mubai reined in his horse and saw the target clearly, Xue Rengui had already fallen back on the saddle.
All the sergeants onlookers were shocked and forgot to cheer!
"It's so amazing, I can't believe it!" Qin Mubai exclaimed in surprise, "Rengui, I am convinced that I lost! If this move is used in a battle formation, or in a life-and-death struggle, Definitely undefeable and invincible!"
"General Qin is overrated." . General Qin is both wise and brave in strategizing, and he can kill thousands of people with a snap of his finger."
Qin Mubai chuckled and said, "Rengui, do you want to learn the art of war?"
Xue Rengui's eyes suddenly lit up: "Think!"
"I have in my hand half of the Jade Account Sutra taught by Duke Wei Li, and after studying it day and night, there are still many things that I don't understand. If Rengui is interested, you can study it with me," Qin Mubai said.
"This!... Isn't that inappropriate?" Xue Rengui said in surprise, "Weiguo, the god of the army, the sage of military strategists, how can the art of war taught by him be something that Xue dares to covet?"
"It doesn't matter." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "If Duke Wei dares to teach me the art of war, it means he trusts me; if I dare to teach it to you, it means he trusts you."
Xue Rengui got off his horse in surprise and bowed on one knee: "Xue, thank you General Qin!"
"Haha, you and I don't have to be so polite!" Qin Mubai jumped off the horse, threw the bow and arrow to the pawn, helped Xue Rengui up and said, "Brother Xue, after all, it was Qin who invited you out of the mountain, and so on. Qin recommended you to Prince Wu's Mansion. I fell in love with you at first sight, and I only hope to have a good brother with sincerity and sincerity, nothing else."
"Xue knows the meaning of the general's fists." Xue Rengui nodded sincerely and said, "It's just that Xue is dull and not good at expressing himself."
"Big man, you don't have to talk about everything, just know it in your heart." Qin Mubai laughed and said, "I will go to King Wu later and ask him to allow you to come to our military mansion. You and I Wouldn't it be nice for the two of us to be together day and night, studying the art of war and practicing martial arts together? Rengui's archery skills are at the pinnacle and unmatched. I haven't said that, but you must teach me more about my martial arts. ”
“Okay!”
"Haha! We want to drink together and get drunk together!"
"Xue rarely drinks alcohol, and the amount of alcohol he drinks is terrifyingly small. But if he drinks with General Qin, he will risk his life to accompany him!"
"Haha, it's settled then!"
A few hours later, Qin Mubai came to the governor's office and found Li Ke who was extremely busy.
It was a new arrival, and many government affairs had to be taken over and mastered from scratch. In addition, the water ghost case was widely implicated, and there is still a lot of follow-up work that has not been completed. Therefore, Li Ke has been extremely busy in the past few days. Seeing that his most important assistant Quan Wanji had to escort the prisoners to the capital, Li Ke felt even more troubled and busy.
Seeing Qin Mubai enter the office, Li Ke only looked up at him, nodded as a greeting, and continued to write hard and approve various documents.
Seeing that he was busy, Qin Mubai didn't rush to speak. Instead, he walked next to him, picked up the pile of copywriting on his desk, looked through it, and said casually: "Want to help?"
The pen in Li Wu's hand stagnated, he looked up at Qin Mubai, and nodded in surprise: "I wish I could do that! But those piles are all about criminal lawsuits, can you do that?"
"Try it. If it doesn't work, you can modify it again." Qin Mubai said with a smile.
"Okay. There are legal texts here, you can look through them." After that, Li Ke brought a large stack of books to Qin Mubai from the bookshelf behind him, all of which were legal texts of the Tang Dynasty.
"Okay, you go about your business." Qin Mubai didn't say much, took a large pile of lawsuits, sat down at another table, and started reviewing them.
When he was in Chang'an, Qin Mubai read every day. He read very few classics and historical works and studied the laws and regulations the most. He thought very clearly from the beginning that it was impossible for him to become a Confucian scholar overnight when he came to this ancient world where Confucius and Mencius were respected. If you want to live a safe life, you need to understand more about the laws of this new world. The best way to understand the law is to study the laws and regulations.
So for a long time, Qin Mubai regarded himself as a "law student" and studied these things tirelessly. If you don't understand anything, just ask your father Qin Mubai, or ask Yu Shinan, his cheap teacher in the palace. Over time, although I cannot say that I have mastered the law, I have at least memorized and understood many of the main provisions of the law.
After reading the lawsuit and writing the criticism, Qin Mubai rarely turned the pages of the large law book. Soon, more than a dozen civil lawsuits were approved in one go. Li Ke was busy with what he was doing, and glanced at Qin Mubai curiously from time to time. In the end, I couldn't hold back my curiosity and simply walked behind him to watch his review.
I saw Qin Mubai writing casually, and the legal references of each clause were memorized on the lawsuit approval like a flowing stream. The approval of the case was also reasonable.
Li Ke couldn't help being surprised, and couldn't believe his eyes. He picked up the lawsuit that Qin Mubai had reviewed and looked through it carefully. There was no complaint that was unreasonable. The legal provisions quoted were detailed and accurate, and even the small regular script was written extremely beautifully.
"Mubai, you can do it!" Li Ke exclaimed, "I seem to have only been a general. Is it possible that a hundred cavalrymen also have to study law?"
"Isn't it a burden to have many arts?" Qin Mubai said with a smile, "One day I won't be a general, but I can go to the county government and be a clerk or a scribe or something, so I won't have no food to eat."
"Bullshit!" Li Ke scolded and laughed angrily, "Just in time, Quan Wanji is going to the capital. There are not many people available in the governor's office, and there are even fewer people who can make me feel at ease when doing things. Why don't you smoke more? Diankong, how many days will you come to help me?”
"Haha, okay!" Qin Mubai agreed readily, but changed the topic and said, "But asking me to do something is very expensive. Can you afford it?"
"You're kidding!" Li Ke's nose was almost crooked with anger, and he couldn't laugh or cry, "Just make an offer! Money, land, beauty, as long as you dare to ask, I dare to give it!"
"I don't want any of these. I just want to borrow someone from you." Qin Mubai smiled slyly.
Li Ke rolled his eyes warily and thought to himself: The person who asked this guy to ask for money must not be an ordinary character. I have to think clearly...
So he said: "It depends on who you want, don't be polite. But there are three people I can't lend out."
"Which three?"
"Princess, daughter, and..." Li Ke smiled a little cunningly and said, "Xue Rengui!"
"What a coincidence." Qin Mubai also smiled, "Xue Rengui is what I want."
"No, this is not negotiable!" Li Ke waved his hand without hesitation, "I just asked you to help temporarily, but you are still poaching."
"You are worrying too much." Qin Mubai smiled and said, "Don't you want Xue Rengui to learn more skills? I brought Xue Rengui here just to let him learn more things. He also said it himself , I hope to go to the military mansion to expand my knowledge and improve myself. Besides, I don’t run this Xiangzhou Military Palace, so how can I poach you? Xue Rengui is still your King of Wu!”
"Hehe!" Li Ke wiped the tip of his nose and said with a smile, "I know your good intentions, and I teased you on purpose. In fact, whether it is people or things, what is mine is yours. You have already spoken, I dare not Shall I release him? When I have free time, I will write a letter to the court and ask the Ministry of War to transfer Xue Rengui to a new position. I will be relieved."
"It's done." Qin Mubai clapped his hands with a happy face, stood up and walked out, "Since you are so busy, I won't disturb you. Stay with me, stay with me!"
"Hey, what do you mean!" Li Ke shouted anxiously, "Didn't you just promise to help me?"
"Then I have to be free!" Qin Mubai said with a thief smile, "I finally managed to sneak out of the military camp. I should go and see Chen Yan, right?"
"Forgetting one's loyalty by looking at sex! Paying more attention to sex than friends! Untrustworthy! Despicable and shameless! A hungry ghost in sex!" Li Ke stamped his feet angrily, "Qin Mubai, you are really not a good person!"
"Haha! Wait until I come back to help you tomorrow!" Qin Mubai threw his string of curses behind his head and walked away.
"This guy actually blackmailed me! I asked him why he was so kind to help me with my official duties. It turned out that he had some agenda and came to Xue Rengui. Sure enough, he was just showing off his kindness for nothing, and he was either a traitor or a thief!" Li Ke He shook his head dumbfounded, picked up the lawsuit filed by Qin Mubai, looked at it for a few times, and sighed: "Hey, we are both human beings, how come he is born with a head like that and is better than others in everything? It is really unreasonable! If I had known it, Today, when he was working in my house, I would not let him leave the house even if I risked being grounded by my father for another year!"