Chapter 415 This time, little brother, I must make a contribution!
Chapter 415
Yang Qian was moved and felt sorry for his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
But the question is, what can I do? Am I required to refuse the kindness of such a heroic and caring young lady?
We dare not say anything, we dare not ask anything, the mighty and domineering young lady is so unreasonably strong and domineering.
Soon, he saw Li Shimin, who was practicing archery in the martial arts training ground of the Duke of Tang Dynasty, gritting his teeth and firing his bow in front of the target.
Hearing the footsteps, he turned around and saw Yang Qian and Li Xiuning, and his face suddenly lit up with joy.
"Third sister, I have already shot fifteen arrows. Brother Yang, why are you here?"
"I heard from your third sister that you lost again, so I came here to have a look." Yang Qian said with a smile.
Lu Ban Li's eyes darkened. "Brother Yang, can you always say something that hurts people's hearts? This is not good."
After all, Yang Qian is a humble gentleman, and he naturally follows what is good.
"Really? Well, I'll try to change it if I have the chance in the future."
"..." Luban Li's face turned dark with anger. God damn, you have a chance to change, but you clearly don't want to change.
Under Lu Ban Li's entanglement, Yang Qian reluctantly explained the reason.
Unexpectedly, Li Shimin heard that Yang Qian was going to continue to serve as a supervisor and went to Jiangdu to suppress bandits.
He excitedly waved the bow in his hand. "I'm going too, Brother Yang. This time, my little brother will also go to the battlefield."
Seeing Yang Qian laughing and laughing and opening his poisonous mouth, Li Shimin said quickly and quickly.
"Brother Yang, you said two years ago that when I grow up to two years old, you will take me to the battlefield."
"I'm already thirteen now."
Yang Qian took a closer look, but he really didn't notice it. In the blink of an eye, it had gone from Daye's fifth year to the end of Daye's seventh year.
In the past, Lu Ban Li was just a short and fat shooter.
Now, two years later, the head has really grown, but the face is still so baby-fat, and the figure still looks a bit short.
Hmm...it seems that once a person reaches a certain level of obesity, it is indeed difficult to see any changes.
Although he had grown a bit taller and looked half-grown, Yang Qian was willing to take the risk and shook his head coldly.
"It doesn't matter what I said. If I promised you, it would be strange if your father and mother didn't take care of me."
"I'll go and convince them. Brother Yang, don't worry." Li Shimin stuffed his bow into the arrow pot and scurried out.
Yang Qian and Li Xiuning were left here looking at each other.
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"Sister, why do you want to use a longbow?..." Yang Qian took the bow handed over by Li Xiuning, and couldn't help but take a breath and exclaimed.
Before Yang Qian traveled through time, he felt that there was only one type of bow used by the Chinese nation, which was the compound bow.
It wasn't until I traveled through time that I realized that I had been misled by future generations.
Starting from the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were four types of bows: the first was the long bow, the second was the angle bow, the third was the slight bow, and the fourth was the grid bow.
The long bow is made of mulberry zhe, used by infantry; the horned bow is made of tendon, used by cavalry; the short bow is also used by short bows, which is good for close range shooting...
Until the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the standard bow and arrow in the army basically only had the recurve angle bow.
For example, the bows mentioned in the Ming Army's equipment in "Military Preparations" are mainly two kinds of recurve angle bows: Kaiyuan Bow and Xiaoshao Bow.
In the Sui, Tang and even the Song Dynasty, long bows with simple craftsmanship were very common.
It can be said that during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, almost every infantryman had a bow, which refers to this kind of long bow.
It was only with the improvement of crossbows in the middle and late Song Dynasty that they had powerful range and accurate hit rate.
Coupled with the strong production capacity of the Song Dynasty, it ensured the promotion of crossbows.
Gradually, longbows, which were easier to make but less convenient to use than crossbows, were eliminated.
This kind of long bow gave Yang Qian the feeling that it was not like a bow, but more like a shoulder pole with a special shape.
Only in the middle position, a handle is cut out, and the two ends are slightly thinner, also to make it easier to string the bow.
The length of this bow is about 1.6 meters, and a short and fat man like Lu Ban Li cannot use it.
Li Xiuning watched Yang Qian playing with the long bow with a look of novelty on his face, and couldn't help but smile sweetly.
"The horn bow is prone to tide and is not suitable for shooting geese in the south of the Yangtze River."
"So it's because of this. But then again, does such a long bow have a long range?"
"Slightly better than the horn bow." Li Xiuning raised his chin lightly.
Next, Miss Li Xiuning personally demonstrated to Yang Qian how to string the long bow and test fire it.
Yang Qian's first sight fell on the arrow target, and when he saw the first long arrow hit the bullseye accurately.
After Yang Qian shouted "Hello", his eyes shifted back to Miss Li Xiuning.
There is no need to look at it anyway, just say hello after the young lady loosens the string, and you will definitely not miss the target.
Besides, an archery target made of wood with some rags of straw and rags, can it be as good-looking as a young lady?
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Yang Qian liked to admire it, watching the slender and tall young lady wearing a ponytail, with her blood-red scarf and black hair flying in the wind.
Her heroic archery posture is really pleasing to the eye.
However, before Yang Qian had seen enough, the cheerful and arrogant laughter of Lu Ban Li reached his ears.
"I'm here. My parents have promised me, hahaha... Brother Yang, I must make great achievements this time."
"Your father and your mother really agreed?" Yang Qian turned his head and said with surprise on his face.
"Of course, these days, little brother, I have not instilled in them the idea that a man should only gain fame immediately."
"Haha..." Over there, Li Xiuning shot another long arrow and smiled coldly.
Yang Qian understood it instantly. "Well, it seems that your father and mother have annoyed you enough during this period."
Yes, such a naughty child, jumping up and down at home all day long, is simply more annoying than having ten huskies.
I guess it's normal for Li Yuan and Dou, who love their children, to throw this guy into the military camp for peace of mind.
What's more, he was still thrown to serve under his own brother-in-law, so safety issues would not worry them too much.
"What does it mean to be annoying enough? I'm just saying hello to them in advance so that they don't delay my dignified Li Erlang from going to the battlefield."
"Okay, I will ask your parents personally later. If they are really sure, I will naturally have nothing to say.
However, if you dare to disobey military orders when you arrive at the military camp, or if you disobey orders and act without permission, then don’t blame me, my brother-in-law, who is in charge of rewards and punishments in the army and is selfless."
"The general will definitely obey the orders of the supervisory army and dare not disobey." Li Shimin quickly expressed his serious expression and bowed solemnly to Yang Qian, vowing to do so.
"Well, okay, then hurry up and pour two glasses of cold drinks for your sister and me."
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