Chapter 253: Riding and shooting to compete; I use high technology
Chapter 253: Riding and shooting to compete; I use high technology
Zhao Ji, who was standing on the general stage, saw that Yue Fei was galloping on his horse and still needed to shoot the last four arrows in order to complete the task of shooting ten arrows for each candidate in this martial arts exercise.
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Of the remaining four arrows, two should hit the target one hundred and twenty paces ahead, while the other two arrows should turn around and shoot the target deer behind when the horse's head is turned to retreat.
At this time, everyone in the audience is waiting to see...
Zhao Ji secretly thought: "Very few candidates can get full marks in the cavalry archery test. After all, even if you are doing cavalry archery on the battlefield, it is impossible for your arrows to hit the enemy!"
Moreover, in this martial arts competition, the target of the outdoor mounted shooting test is a deer that is only five inches wide and three inches high."
The other spectators who had not yet had their turn to take the stage were hoping that Yue Fei would not hit the last four arrows.
After all, with Yue Fei's current excellent performance, the pressure on them is too great.
There are more than 600 martial arts candidates who compete with each other.
At this time, Yue Fei was riding on a galloping horse and rushed forward. He was still thirty or forty steps away from the white line drawn on the field in front.
Suddenly, his left foot left the stirrup, his buttocks left the saddle, and he made a move to hide in the stirrup.
"Ah?!" Everyone watching exclaimed.
Those who couldn't tell the difference thought that Yue Fei made a mistake in riding the horse and almost fell off the horse.
Someone like Zhao Ji, who could tell the difference, knew that Yue Fei wanted to show off his superb riding and shooting skills by hiding in stirrups in this outfield riding and shooting.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
The moment Yue Fei took cover in the stirrups, he fired two bows and arrows flew out!
"puff!"
"puff!"
While Yue Fei was hiding in his stirrup, the two arrows he shot accurately hit the center of the target Luzi, about one hundred and fifty steps ahead.
Yue Fei's two arrows were stipulated in the martial arts competition's riding and shooting competition to shoot at the target ahead at a distance of 120 steps, but they were a full thirty steps further!
Everyone was amazed.
In fact, during the outdoor riding archery test, the martial arts students were not required to use difficult stirrups to shoot arrows. However, Yue Fei would rather increase the difficulty on himself and learn from his first master Zhou Tong.
His shooting skills are displayed.
Moreover, this move of hiding in the stirrup and shooting is a unique skill on the battlefield that is both offensive and defensive to save lives and kill the enemy.
Wu Jie, who was waiting in line to appear, saw Yue Fei's amazing shooting skills that shocked the audience. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "It's very difficult for Peng to do this skill!"
Zhao Ji, who was standing on the general stage, couldn't help but applaud and said: "Peng Ju is a great shooter!"
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Yue Fei got on his horse, turned its head, and headed back in the direction he came from.
Suddenly, his entire upper body lay on the horse's back.
Yue Fei lay on his back on his horse and shot the last two arrows like a rhinoceros looking at the moon.
"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Arrows flew out...
"puff!"
"puff!"
These two arrows all hit the center of the two archery targets [Deer] located more than 120 meters behind him.
"ah?!"
"ah?!"
The more than 600 martial arts disciples on the sidelines were all shocked and exclaimed.
At this time, Zhao Ji, who was standing on the commanding platform, saw Yue Fei riding on a fast-running horse. He fired the last two arrows in a very short period of time, and they both accurately hit the deerskin arrow in the distance.
The target is right in the center!!
Yue Fei, who was of average height, smiled slightly and had a calm expression on his face.
He was as relaxed as when he was practicing riding and shooting with his first mentor Zhou Tong in his hometown in Xiangzhou.
The examiner at the cavalry shooting range sent a military official to check that the ten arrows shot by Yue Fei all hit the center of the corresponding target path.
The Ministry of War examiner on the cavalry range shouted:
"Xiangzhou Martial Arts Examination Yuan Yuefei, in the riding and shooting competition, all ten arrows hit Luzi Zhengxin, and he got full marks, very perfect!"
The more than 600 martial arts disciples beside the riding and shooting range let out another burst of exclamation.
They were amazed that Yue Fei not only got full marks in yesterday's rifle shooting, but also marveled that Yue Fei could get full marks in the even higher mounted shooting competition.
It’s true that people cannot be judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured!
Yue Fei's appearance is not very outstanding according to the martial arts examinations. He is of average height and only about seventeen or eighteen years old. How did he develop such superb skills in arching, horse riding and shooting?
More than 600 warriors saw that Yue Fei got his first perfect score with his extremely high level of riding and shooting, which invisibly put a lot of pressure on them.
Zhao Ji, who was standing on the high platform and leaning on the railing, was so happy that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear. He was elated and said to himself:
"Yue Fei, you are the anti-gold hero that I have been dreaming about day and night!"
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"Dong dong dong..."
The second tom-tom sounded, and it was the turn of Wu Jie, the second participant in the martial arts competition to test riding and shooting.
Yue Feifang's perfect heroic performance in cavalry and shooting put a lot of pressure on Wu Jie, the second player from Jingyuan Road.
After Wu Jie, who was riding on a war horse, heard the sound of the drum, he gave a deep shout, adjusted his mentality, and thought to himself:
"My ability to ride and shoot is not weaker than that of flying!
I come from a martial arts background. I served in the northwest for several years and fought on the battlefield. I can't count the number of Xia soldiers I shot and killed on both hands.
I must not be intimidated by the fancy riding and shooting skills of the first Xiangzhou martial arts champion, Xie Yuan Yuefei.
My bow and horse riding and shooting are extremely practical, and in terms of accuracy in riding and shooting, I am not inferior to Yue Fei!"
After cheering himself up, Wu Jie put down his mental baggage. Hearing the sound of drums, he urged his horse to rush into the riding range...
At this time, Zhao Ji, who was watching the riding and shooting competition from a high point, moved from Yue Fei, who got off his horse, to Wu Jie.
Zhao Ji knew that although Wu Jie was not among the four generals of the ZTE in history, he was a famous general who fought against the Jin and defended Shu who played a vital role in the survival of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhao Ji saw Wu Jie galloping across the riding range with his horse in full gallop.
Wu Jie kept the horse on his crotch at a canter. The speed was not particularly fast, but it was still at the speed required by the martial arts competition to test riding and shooting.
When Wu Jie was performing mounted archery, he ensured stability and accuracy. He did not use the fancy left-right bow shooting like Yue Fei's, nor did he use the tricks of hiding in stirrups and rhinoceros looking at the moon to shoot arrows.
During the process of riding and shooting, Wu Jie shot out ten arrows, all of which seemed quite satisfactory, but very practical.
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"Whoosh!"
"Whoosh!"
Wu Jie was riding on the back of a horse that was jogging back. He turned sideways, bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot two arrows backwards. All ten of his arrows in this competition had been shot.
Zhao Ji saw that Wu Jie was not as fast as Yue Fei when he was riding and shooting, and he did not have Yue Fei's astounding skills of hiding in stirrups and the power of riding and shooting like a rhinoceros looking at the moon. However, Wu Jie could hit the target at a long distance with his arrows.
Deers everywhere.
At this time, Wu Jie had finished shooting all ten arrows. He rode his horse back to the side of the field, held the reins, and looked at Yue Fei who was at the side of the field after finishing shooting. He let out a sigh of relief.
The rear examiner at the shooting range had already registered Wu Jie's riding and shooting results through reports from his subordinates.
Afterwards, he shouted: "Jingyuan Road Wu Jie, Jieyuan Wu, scored ten points in the riding and shooting test at this meeting."
The martial artists on the sidelines once again let out a series of exclamations of exclamation.
"Wow!"
“Another perfect score in riding and shooting!”
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It's really unbelievable to everyone that Yue Fei's record for marksmanship was tied by Wu Jie so quickly.
Among the people on the sidelines, the one who was most sincerely happy about Wu Jie's perfect score in riding and shooting was his younger brother Wu Lin.
Wu Lin ran to Wu Jie and said happily: "Congratulations, brother, perfect score in riding and shooting!"
"Hahaha." After Wu Jie laughed happily, he told Wu Lin:
"My dear brother is about to appear on the stage. We must be steady and accurate, and don't imitate Yue Fei's dazzling skills!"
Wu Lin nodded in agreement.
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At this time, Zhao Ji, who was standing on the high platform and leaning on the railing, heard the examiner call out Wu Jie's mounted archery score. He looked at the archery target Luzi at the mounted archery range in the distance and was a little surprised.
It was unclear where the arrow hit.
He then ordered to his eunuch: "Take out my telescope."
The eunuch in the chamber obeyed the order, opened a long sandalwood box wrapped in yellow silk, carefully took out the monocular telescope, and presented it to Zhao Guan's family with both hands.
The Privy Council officials behind Zhao Ji, including Duke Zheng Juzhong of the State of Yan, Cao Fu, the imperial censor, Li Gang, the young prime minister, and Zong Ze, deputy envoy to the Privy Council, were all very confused.
They didn't know that the Zhao Guan family was using the single-tube object in front of their right eyes and looking into the distance. What could they see?
Zhao Ji was using this monocular telescope. After he returned to Beijing from the expedition to Fangla last year, he relied on his knowledge as a time traveler and asked the Beijing Artifact Manufacturing Workshop to make it according to his design.
When Zhao Ji made telescopes in the Song Dynasty, the glass lenses he needed were made by the manufacturing workshop using the raw materials he knew for glass production, such as limestone, soda ash and quartz, in different proportions.
Of course, the Beijing Artifact Manufacturing Factory currently has no way to mass-produce glass, and can only produce the glass needed to make about a hundred telescopes every month.
The telescope designed by Zhao Ji is designed based on the principles of Kepler telescopes that he knows.
In 1611 AD, the German astronomer Kepler used two biconvex lenses as the objective lens and eyepiece respectively, which significantly improved the magnification. People call this optical system a Keplerian telescope.
Later generations of Kepler telescopes were mostly used as military telescopes due to their excellent performance.
However, the image of the newly developed Kepler telescope is inverted, so an erect image system must be added in the middle. The erect image system is divided into two categories: prism erect image system and lens erect image system.
The Puller telescope designed by Zhao Ji has a relatively simple prism erecting system between the objective lens and the eyepiece.
At this time, Zhao Ji saw through the telescope that the ten arrows shot by Wu Jie just hit the target deer, but only six arrows shot into the center of the deer, and the other four arrows only shot into the target deer.
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In fact, during the Song dynasty martial arts examinations on mounted archery, the martial arts examiner rode on a running horse and bent his bow to set an arrow. As long as he could hit the deerskin target, even if he did not hit the bullseye, that arrow would still be counted as a perfect score.
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After all, in the martial arts mounted archery competition, the target made of deerskin was too small. It was only five inches long and three inches high. The mounted archer must also ride a running horse, at least 100 meters away from [Deer].
Go fifty steps away and shoot an arrow.
Therefore, although Wu Jie's horse speed is not that fast in mounted archery, he still does it according to the rules. There are no violations, and his full marks in mounted archery are valid.
After Yue Fei and Wu Jie finished riding and shooting, the next ones to appear were Wu Lin, Yang Zaixing, Niu Gao, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian and other martial arts masters...
Zhao Ji, who was on the general stage, put down his telescope and looked back. Zheng Juzhong, Cao Fu, Li Gang, Zong Ze and others were all looking at the telescope in his hand with great confusion.
Zhao Ji smiled slightly and said: "Sir Liang, please ask the chamberlain to open the box I brought and lend each of you a telescope so that you can see clearly the martial arts riding and shooting competition."
Liang Shicheng immediately said with a smile on his face:
"Old slave obeys the order."
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When Zheng Juzhong, Cao Fu, Li Gang, Zong Ze and more than 20 court officials received the telescopes lent to them by Zhao Guan's family and thanked them;
These court officials who had read poetry and had countless experiences imitated the Zhao Guan family in using telescopes. When they looked at the target deer on the riding range so far away, it seemed as if they were right in front of them.
This shocked them greatly.
Zheng Juzhong exclaimed: "Zhao Guanjia is like a heavenly being. The things he designs and makes can be said to be clairvoyant!"
Cao Fu also exclaimed: "Just now, the humble minister almost came to remonstrate: 'Why are the officials so obsessed with this toy?'
I never thought that using this telescope would be my fault!"
However, Li Gang and Zongze almost spoke in unison, shouting in surprise:
"If this telescope is used in the army, wouldn't it be possible to see enemies hundreds of miles away?"