Chapter 211 The master is too serious and the apprentice can’t stand it
During the last martial arts competition, the other brothers were all learning to ride and shoot, and Zhu Bai was the one messing around for a while.
Now that I think about it, I still have to learn some skills on my own, at least to save my life.
Lao Zhu was very surprised: "Hey, the sun is really shining in the west. You kid is willing to learn something useful."
Zhu Bai smiled dryly: "In the world where the father is on horseback, the sons and ministers cannot be too weak to embarrass the father."
Lao Zhu nodded: "Okay, okay, as long as you are willing to learn. I will definitely find a good master to teach you."
Originally, Lan Yu's kung fu was first-rate, but now Lan Yu went to fight the Mongols.
After much calculation, among the generals left in Yingtian, Xie Cheng is younger and has good riding and shooting skills.
Others, Lao Zhu, were afraid that they wouldn't be able to stand Zhu Bai's tossing.
So Lao Zhu immediately called Xie Cheng to the imperial study room and talked to him.
Xie Cheng received Zhu Bai's favor last time and had no chance to repay him, so he was naturally willing to do so.
Zhu Bai smiled and saluted: "Master, you are polite."
Xie Cheng: "Your Highness has betrayed a humble minister."
Zhu Bai was very excited, rubbed his hands and said, "Then let's start today."
Xie Cheng was secretly surprised and glanced at Lao Zhu.
Lao Zhu sneered: "Haha, just accept him. This traitor is afraid that we will keep him and force him to write!"
Xie Cheng couldn't laugh or cry: After working for a long time, Zhu Bai didn't want to learn riding and shooting, but he was using him as a shield.
Xie Cheng took Zhu Bai to the school grounds and bowed respectfully to Zhu Bai first.
Zhu Bai hurriedly returned the greeting: "Master, don't be so polite. When we get here, you are the master and I am the apprentice. There is no prince."
Xie Cheng said: "Since Your Highness wants to learn riding and shooting, I have a few words to say first."
Zhu Bai knew that he wanted to establish his authority. After all, a kneeling teacher could not teach a standing student, so he hurriedly handed over his hands: "Master, please speak, I am all ears."
Xie Cheng: "Once you start practicing, you must not laugh and be lazy. If you are not good at learning on the battlefield, it will harm yourself and your colleagues at the least, and the people and the country at the most. Your Highness, don't blame me for being harsh. If Your Highness is not determined to study hard, we will
Just let it go.”
Zhu Bai: "This is natural. A strict teacher will make a good disciple. If I am not good at it and am lazy, please just punish me. I have no complaints and will not complain to my father."
Xie Cheng: "I arrive at the school grounds at the end of every day, rain or shine. If I am late or absent, I have to run around the school grounds ten times. For those who learn martial arts, self-discipline is the most important thing."
Zhu Bai gritted his teeth and responded: "Okay."
He secretly said in his heart: This is life-saving, life-saving. You can't be lazy.
Xie Cheng added: "We start with choosing a bow. In fact, whether a weapon is powerful or not varies from person to person. The eighty-two-pound Qinglong Yanyue Sword was invincible in the hands of Guan Gong, but when it got into the hands of others, he couldn't swing it, so he was just a man."
A piece of scrap metal.”
Zhu Bai nodded: "Yes."
Xie Cheng: "The same is true for bows and arrows. You have to choose different bows according to the climate, region, and your own abilities, so that you can maximize your bows and arrows and your abilities. Our Ming Dynasty army generally uses Kaiyuan bows. Kaiyuan bows are large bows.
The bow body is made of bamboo, the bow is made of mulberry elm, and the bow is made of horn and solid wood. This kind of bow is durable and difficult to make. It will take a skilled craftsman several months to make a good bow. Craftsman
Adjust the bow power by adjusting the number of ribs. The thicker the ribs, the greater the bow power, and vice versa."
Zhu Bai understood it completely.
He had previously thought that bows and arrows were made of wood or bamboo pieces tied with beef tendons, but he did not expect that there were so many ways to do it.
Xie Cheng added: "When practicing on weekdays, the weight is divided into three to dozens of strengths. The heavier the bow, the better. Shooting too heavy is not allowed to waste energy. Some people practice with bows with dozens of strengths, but
When it comes to the battlefield, the bows generally used are three-power to six-power, and some people can use nine-power. Now that you are new to learning, start with a three-power bow and take an arrow three feet long. Your Highness, please remember that a heavy bow
If you use a light arrow with a light arrow, you will not be able to shoot accurately. If you use a light bow with a heavy arrow, you will not shoot fast. The arrow and the bow must be suitable."
Xie Cheng took a small bow and handed it to Zhu Bai.
Zhu Bai held it in his hand and weighed it: "Isn't it better that the smaller the bow, the more accurate the shot?"
Xie Cheng said: "No. Our dynasty's strong enemy has always been the Mongols in the north, so the archery method also follows the habits of the north. It doesn't focus on accuracy, but only on killing with heavy arrows. The top archers in the army need to be heavy
"Arrows, flat, far, medium, deep'; second-class archers only talk about 'heavy arrows, flat, medium'. If an archer can only use a soft bow and light arrows, even if he has many hits, he will only be a third-class shooter."
Zhu Bai suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the men transferred from the guards were all strong and powerful men, because they were too thin to draw strong bows.
Xie Cheng: "After your highness gets the bow, you must first adjust the bow, because if the bow arrow is not adjusted, it may cause the bow and arrow to lose its accuracy."
He drew another arrow and gave it to Zhu Bai: "The north likes to use eagle feathers as arrow feathers, because the eagle's feathers are hard enough to ensure a flat, far and accurate shot. In the south, generally only the feathers of wild geese and geese are available, so the arrows
The accuracy is very different.”
Zhu Bai touched the arrow feathers.
Xie Cheng said: "From the moment you pick up the bow, it becomes your arm. Before the arrow is shot, you must be alert everywhere in your body so that your arrow can be shot according to your intention. The middle
As long as you relax for a moment, you won't win."
Zhu Bai started to touch the arrow shaft again.
Xie Cheng: "We start learning from shooting in the field, practice shooting in the field, then learn to shoot on foot, then learn to shoot while sitting on a horse, and finally shoot from horseback. But before learning to shoot from horseback, we must first learn to ride a horse and control the horse.
Only after you have mastered your child's habits and can ride steadily can you fight and shoot arrows on horseback. Just like a person must first learn to walk before he can learn to run."
Zhu Bai is touching the arrow now.
This kid only listened to it for a short while and then he started to desert.
Xie Cheng was so helpless that he snatched the arrow back and put it back into the quiver: "Today, let's start with how to draw the bow."
During dinner in the evening, Zhu Bai grinned.
Lao Zhu Ni looked at him sideways: "What are you doing?"
Zhu Bai: "Stretching the bow made my hands sore. I couldn't write for a month."
Lao Zhu laughed angrily: "Why don't we believe it? You are not tired even if you are jumping up and down on weekdays. How tired are you from just pulling the bow these two times?"
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It took a month for the impact of floods in Suzhou, Hangzhou and other places to slowly disappear.
In this month, Zhu Bai can already get up and down easily by himself, and can run freely on a pony. He can also sit down and shoot immediately.
The results were obvious, with my hands full of blisters.
The main reason is that Xie Cheng is too serious and competitive.
Zhu Bai decided to bring up the matter of inspection with Lao Zhu and take it easy for now.
Lao Zhu frowned and said, "You want to run away again? How many days have you been back? Even your elder brother can't stand such trouble."
Zhu Bai said: "The affairs of the court are busy, and the eldest brother wants to help the father. Therefore, this time I will go alone, and I will go back as soon as possible. I will not decide the time and route. If the father wants his son
When I come back, I just need to ask the Guanya Bureau to bring me a letter, and I will be back immediately."
