The location of the bow trial meeting was chosen on a rocky slope not far from the camp.
The terrain here is flat and open with almost no cover, which is most suitable for bow and arrow drills.
In fact, there is an archery practice field in the Qingzhou camp, but it is based on a bow with a range of 200 paces. In other words, the farthest target is only 200 paces, so there is no way to test the power of the new bow.
At this time, countless soldiers gathered here, all looking forward to it.
Fu Tingye, Qin Laowu and other generals also waited quietly with solemn expressions.
There are craftsmen who are carefully calculating the distance, using flags as marks every fifty steps, and a total of ten small flags are placed.
Liang Wensheng and Hua Qingxue were making final inspections on the ten carefully selected bows and arrows.
Haishixuan came over, bringing ten soldiers behind him, each of them strong and strong.
"Miss Hua, Supervisor Liang has brought it."
"Thank you for your hard work, Master Hai." Hua Qingxue hurriedly thanked her, her eyes falling on the ten soldiers behind him, her expression slightly stagnant.
"But what's wrong?" Hai Shixuan is the best at observing words and expressions. Seeing that Hua Qingxue's expression was wrong, he immediately asked.
Hua Qingxue nodded slightly and said hesitantly: "The candidate... may be a little inappropriate."
Hai Shixuan turned around and looked at the soldiers he had brought. He was confused for a moment, "...Miss Hua thinks she's not strong enough? Not enough to draw these bows?"
"Master Hai misunderstood." Hua Qingxue hurriedly explained, "These soldiers are naturally very powerful, but our test of the bow this time is mainly to test its practical value, so I think... should the selection be changed? After all, Not all soldiers in the military camp are such strong soldiers. I think tall, short, thin, fat, strong, weak...all should be chosen to try."
Liang Wensheng nodded repeatedly, "What Miss Hua said is that it should be like this. Let everyone shoot three times in a row, and finally take the middle number. Only in this way will the results be valuable."
Haishixuan was a little embarrassed. He looked at Hua Qingxue and then at the general sitting on the general's chair not far away. Finally he couldn't hold it back and lowered his voice and said to Hua Qingxue: "Miss Hua, is this possible? Is there something wrong?...Are you sure you want the old, weak and remnant soldiers to come up too? If it affects the final range, I'm afraid it won't end well... "
"Don't worry, Lord Hai." Hua Qingxue smiled slightly, her eyes calm.
Seeing Hua Qingxue's confident look, Haishixuan was still a little nervous. After thinking about it, he said "Wait a moment" and turned around to go to Fu Tingye.
After a while, Haishixuan came back quickly. He left two of the ten strong soldiers and took the remaining eight with him.
Some people in the crowd who didn't know what was going on started whispering to each other and couldn't figure out what was going on.
Not long after, Haishixuan came back with a new wave of people, and the crowd exploded!
Because the group of people brought by Haishixuan are really tall, short, fat, thin, young, old, strong and weak!
-How is this going? What are you doing!
Naturally, Young Inspector Wei also saw this scene. He glanced in the direction of Fu Tingye calmly, but saw no reaction. Then he looked at Hua Qingxue and sneered in his heart: He is not overestimating his own capabilities.
Of course, tall, short, fat, thin, old, young, strong and weak are only in comparison.
After all, these soldiers were selected to enter the barracks. If they were placed among the ordinary people, they would definitely not be weak. However, compared with the strong elite soldiers just now, they would be a bit unsatisfactory.
Because of their relatively poor physical fitness, these soldiers are usually assigned to unimportant positions on the real battlefield. Today, they were suddenly selected to test the bow, and they inevitably looked nervous.
The first soldier to try the bow was shorter and thinner. He looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, so he was a very young man.
Liang Wensheng asked him to choose one of the ten bows, and then handed him three arrows, "Come on! Four hundred steps!"
The young man's hand holding the bow shook.
Hua Qingxue said softly: "Just do it the same way you train every day. Don't be too stressed."
The young man nodded with a sullen face, still looking very nervous.
He took a deep breath, drew his bow and aimed at the farthest flag—
Everyone's eyes were focused on the arrow that was about to be shot out of his hand.
The palms of his hands were soaked without realizing it, but on a cold day, he was sweating all over his forehead. The sweat beads slipped down and wetted his eyelashes, which became very astringent in the blink of an eye.
Time passed little by little and he was still aiming.
There was silence all around, and the bow was opened little by little... everyone held their breath.
shoot!
—Bang!
The crowd was in an uproar!
The arrow actually tilted to one side and stumbled very close! Visual inspection is probably not even 70 or 80 steps away!
The soldiers talked a lot and even sneered, because this scene was so funny!
At the beginning, I promised that I would make a bow and arrow with a range of 400 steps, but now I have arranged it so grandly, but the result is as ugly as a dog eating shit! How ridiculous!
The archery young man panicked for a moment, looked at Hua Qingxue in embarrassment, and explained: "... I, I... my hand slipped just now... "
Liang Wensheng looked at the talking soldiers behind him and felt very bad.
Are you slipping at such a critical moment? What about cheating? !
Hua Qingxue comforted the other party with a good temper: "It doesn't matter, there are still two arrows, don't be nervous, take your time..."
At this time, the noisy crowd suddenly became quiet.
All sounds stopped suddenly.
Hua Qingxue couldn't help but look up and saw that Fu Tingye had left his seat and came in deep steps. He was majestic in his movements and looked particularly... handsome.
Hua Qingxue looked away, embarrassed to look further.
I secretly wondered, have I stayed in ancient times for too long and my aesthetic taste has changed? With such a big beard, it’s hard to see her face clearly, yet she’s actually so excited...
Fu Tingye's pace was steady and fast, and he quickly came closer.
Without saying a word, he picked out a bow from the bow prepared by Liang Wensheng, raised the arrow and shot!
Whoosh! —
Feather arrows cut through the air and flew straight out!
Until he passed through the flag and plunged into the rocks!
… There was silence.
No one spoke.
Fu Tingye turned around, handed the bow to the young man who had just shot the arrow, and said in a deep voice with undiminished dignity: "How does the crossbow camp conduct daily training? How can you shoot an arrow without straightening your back?!"
The young man was frightened.
Liang Wensheng spat and kicked a craftsman next to him in the leg, "Why are you standing there so stupidly? Why don't you quickly measure the distance?!"
"...Oh! Oh, yes!..."
Several craftsmen ran away with ropes and flags on their backs!
They ran farther and farther, and finally their figures became smaller. They stood busy in the distance for a while, then raised the flags in their hands and waved different movements.
Liang Wensheng saw clearly the gestures of those flags and jumped three feet high with excitement! Shouted: "The general shot six hundred steps! Six hundred steps!!!"
The bows they use now are at most two hundred steps, so now it has doubled? !
The crowd exploded instantly!
Everyone burst into loud cheers!
"The general is mighty! The general is mighty! The general is mighty!!!—"
Amidst the deafening shouts, Fu Tingye said nothing and only silently held Hua Qingxue's hand.
He looked directly at the shooting range and whispered, "Keep watching."
It seemed like a casual sentence, but it was like a reassurance that penetrated into her stomach, making her feel at ease, reassured and relaxed.
Hua Qingxue's face turned red with embarrassment. She was embarrassed to raise her head and didn't care to watch people shooting arrows. Then she heard Liang Wensheng next to her shout again: "Three hundred and fifty steps! ... Four hundred and twenty steps! Ah! - more than four hundred Got it!!!"
The onlookers were excited again!
Compared with the bravery of the general, it is incredible that a short and weak soldier can shoot a distance of 350 steps and 420 steps! ! !
You know, these soldiers are among the lowest in the military camp!
What better illustration of the new bow's power than the fact that even the lowest-ranking soldier could shoot four hundred paces? !
The soldiers who followed also tried their bows one after another—
Three hundred steps, four hundred steps, even five hundred steps!
Liang Wensheng was so excited that he became numb in the end!
After a final calculation, except for the first young man who shot a shitty score of 70 steps with his hands, the others were at around 300 steps at worst, and the two strongest elite soldiers all broke through 500 steps!
Fu Tingye's lieutenants all couldn't sit still. They came over and picked up the bows and looked at them again and again, marveling at them.
"It's a magical bow!" someone sighed.
Fu Tingye was in a happy mood and said loudly: "Miss Hua deserves the most credit for getting this bow!"
Qin Laowu looked at Hua Qingxue with admiration and praised on the spot: "What the general said is true! Miss Hua is really powerful!"
"Mighty! Mighty!"
Someone among the soldiers immediately echoed, and then they joined together!
"The Chinese girl is mighty! The Chinese girl is mighty!"
"Miss Hua is mighty! Mighty!!!"
Hua Qingxue was extremely embarrassed and hid behind Fu Tingye in embarrassment.
The soldiers didn't know whether it was intentional or not, but they shouted even louder!
…
When Master Xu saw the scene in front of him, he was extremely shaken in his heart. He said to himself: "It has really become... a bow with a range of four hundred and five hundred steps... It has really become... I, Da Qi, will definitely achieve great things in the future." The most invincible archer!"
He turned to Young Inspector Wei and said, "Master Wei, I think this Chinese girl is really extraordinary... Master Wei?! Are you... are you okay?"
Wei Shaojian's face turned pale, and he sat in his seat with a blank expression. The corners of his eyes were drooped, making him look even more aged.
"She actually did it..." he murmured.
"Yes, this Miss Hua is really unexpected!" The Master Registrar sighed with emotion, "I don't know what kind of family this daughter is, but she is so smart. Could it be that the Mo family is rumored to specialize in skilled craftsmen..."
But Wei Shaojian seemed unable to hear, still murmuring: "She really did it... How is this possible... How is this possible..."
There were cheers and cheers all around.
One after another, soldiers came forward and expressed their desire to try out the new bow. Fu Tingye agreed to all of them. Arrows were flying on the shooting range. It was so lively!
Fu Tingye did not shy away from suspicion. He held Hua Qingxue's hand tightly and asked, "When Blacksmith Liu's sword is completed, I will send the sword and bow to Shengjing and let the emperor reward you. What do you want?"