Chapter 99: Wonderful riding and shooting battle
If Yang Zhi's martial arts, riding and shooting skills are great, then I must be wary of using him.
Zhao Ji smiled and said: "Envoy Yang, how did he switch from being a subordinate of Zhongshi Dao to the Moutuogang Mu Station and become the cavalry envoy of the first battalion?"
Yang Zhi replied: "Three years ago, General Mo and several other generals were sent by Lao Zhong, the manager of Xianggong, to escort Lord Tong, the Northwest Supervisor of the Army, back to Beijing to report on his duties.
While in Beijing, Mr. Tong summoned the last general and said that the last general had superb riding and shooting skills and rich experience in actual combat.
It is also said that the position of the cavalry commander of the first battalion of Moutuogang Pastoral Station is vacant...
Therefore, the generals were dispatched to Moutuogang Pastoral Station to train an elite force of 200 people under the first battalion of cavalry for the officials to watch martial arts performances during their spring outing."
Zhao Ji pondered: To what extent does the great eunuch Tong Guan, who leads the Privy Council, supervises the army in the northwest and is known as the "Prince of Ladies", have power in the army?
Tong Guan said that by arranging a general in my Moutuogang Pastoral Center, can he arrange it so casually and successfully?
It seems that for Moutuogang Mu's benefit, Tong Guan specially transferred Yang Zhi, a cavalry envoy from the northwest who had actual combat experience and was good at riding and shooting.
However,
From this we can also see whether Tong Guan has put his hand into my Moutuogang Pastoral Center. How can he place his cronies at will?
Alas! Sure enough, my original owner, Song Huizong, was a foolish king who didn’t like to get involved in political affairs!
Zhao Ji secretly made another account in his mind for Tong Guan, one of the six thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he will settle the account in the future!
Zhao Ji remained silent on the surface and praised Yang Zhi:
"I am very relieved that Commander Yang is not afraid of powerful people and dares to report lawbreakers. It shows that Commander Yang is loyal and patriotic."
Yang Zhi's heart blossomed with joy, and he said happily: "I will thank you at the end, and the officials will praise me highly."
"Bang, bang, bang!" Yang Zhi kowtowed to Zhao Ji three more times.
Zhao Jidao: "Yang Jun made Ping Shen.
Since my two great ministers, Tong Guan and Zhong Shidao, both praised Yang Junshi’s martial arts and horsemanship and shooting skills,
Then, Yang Junshi, please show me your riding and shooting skills on the spot."
"The general will obey the order." Yang Zhi replied happily.
He could understand Zhao Guan's intention of letting him practice his skills on the spot.
This is the same as when he was the leader of the horse bandits in the northwest. When a new horse bandit comes to join the bandit, he will also try out the other person's riding and martial arts skills. Those who are good at riding and archery skills will be put to good use; conversely, what?
If it is not the case, it will be discarded.
Yang Zhi vaguely felt that if he could perform well in front of Zhao Guan's family and be appreciated by Zhao Guan's family, he would soon be able to achieve great success.
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At Zhao Ji's request, when Yang Zhi performed mounted archery, he not only had to shoot at fixed targets, but also simulated "shooting at moving targets" on a real battlefield.
Yang Zhi said happily: "As soon as I heard that the official asked Yang Zhi to shoot at the moving target, the general knew that the official must also be good at riding and shooting!"
Zhao Ji smiled slightly and nodded.
He thought to himself: Will Yang Zhi, a soldier with a background as a giant bandit, flatter me?!
It can be seen that the world is getting worse!
The memory of the original owner Song Huizong remains in Zhao Ji's mind. The original owner's riding and archery skills were very good when he was young.
As a time traveler, I can be regarded as an expert in theoretical research on riding and shooting (I am good at talking, and I can tell you a set of theories, but I may not be able to do it in practice). With such a combination of the two, Zhao Ji can naturally see the pros and cons of riding and shooting skills.
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Yang Zhi was neatly dressed and had a soft-armored war horse ready. He moved the saddle and climbed on, then climbed on the horse...
Zhao Ji had already climbed the high hill under the protection of the imperial officials.
Here, there is still a certain distance from the school military field where Yang Zhi performs horseback shooting. In case Yang Zhi has evil intentions, or the arrow misses the target and is accidentally injured, then how can he, the Destined Son of Time, travel through it?
Aren’t you going to hang it up in Moutuogang Pastoral Center?
At this time, Zhao Ji looked down at the school military field below and saw Yang Zhi wearing a phoenix-winged helmet and fine iron chain mail, riding a strong maroon war horse, and carrying three quivers full of arrows.
He holds a bow and carries a strong bow on his back...
Yang Zhixian was on the main military field, riding a war horse at high speed, facing the fixed target in a circle of the military field a hundred steps away, drawing his bow left and right, and shooting ten arrows in a row, all of which hit the bull's-eye...
The messenger shouted: "Yang Jun's ten arrows all hit the bull's-eye!"
Zhao Ji nodded and said: "That's right! Yang Jun is good at archery! Especially his ability to shoot the bow from left to right, which is amazing!"
Zhao Ji knew that the main attack directions of cavalry in ancient times were the front, left and rear of the forward route. This is because most people hold the bow with their left hand and nock the arrow with their right hand. In this way, the angle when shooting arrows to the right is small.
, it is also difficult to fully draw the bow after turning right.
Zhao Ji has read the "Synopsis of Military Preparations", which records that there were three postures for riding and shooting in ancient times: kicking against each other, parting the mane, and wiping the autumn.
[Anti-pedaling] means shooting to the left,
[Split mane] is to shoot in front and on the right side of a small range,
【Moqiu】shoots from directly behind.
Mounted shooting by ancient cavalry did not require complete 360-degree coverage from front to back, left, and right.
But Yang Zhi can actually hold the bow alternately with his left and right hands at will, which is what only a few people can do. This is rare.
Zhao Ji added: "Yang Jun made the solid target very accurate. Let him try it again, I arranged a moving target.
Moving target, get ready!"
"According to the order!" Under the high hill, thirty imperial city officials and cavalrymen who had been prepared responded in unison.
Their thirty knights were all wearing helmets, and their horses were also thickly armored.
The only thing that is different from the past is that there is a big water ladle on their bronze helmets;
They also tied the water ladle and their bronze hats firmly with ropes to ensure that they would not fall off on Dian Po's horse.
The reason why Zhao Ji let his personal cavalrymen play was because he was afraid that Yang Zhi, who had been a cavalry envoy at Moutuogang Pastoral Station for nearly three years, would use the cavalry here to test his riding and shooting skills. He was afraid that some of them might
Child care.
At this time, Yang Zhi, who had pulled back his horse, praised Zhao Guanjia for coming up with a new idea of moving target shooting, which was really wonderful.
Whoever has the water ladle on his helmet hit by an arrow first will be eliminated from the game...
Yang Zhi lamented in his heart, when he was training the cavalry of the first battalion of Moutuogang Musuo, why didn't he come up with Zhao Guan's good method of shooting at moving targets?
This good method of moving and shooting while riding a horse is very close to the hundreds of life-and-death battles that Yang Zhi has experienced.
Alas! Sure enough, as the emperor of the Zhao Guan family, he has read a lot and has a wide range of knowledge, so he can come up with such a good way to move and shoot. Yang Zhi is not one ten thousandth as good as the Zhao Guan family!
The only disadvantage of this is that shooting at moving targets is too time-consuming.
Yang Zhi also buckled a larger water ladle on his more expensive phoenix-winged helmet like the thirty imperial cavalrymen, and also asked the soldiers to help drill holes in the handle with ropes.
The water ladle was fastened to his phoenix-winged helmet, which was strong enough to ensure that the big water ladle would not fall off.
Yang Zhi looked at the water ladles on the heads of the thirty personal cavalry officers. None of them were as big as the water ladles fastened to the phoenix-winged helmets on his head. He suddenly started beating in his heart...
What the heck, the water ladle on Yang Zhi’s head is big, doesn’t the target have to be big?
This makes it easier to hit an arrow!
What's more, it was still a certain Yang Zhi riding against thirty well-trained personal cavalry officers.
The odds of winning are not too great!
However, whether a certain Yang Zhi can win the favor of Zhao Guan's family and achieve great success depends on this duel!
A certain Yang Zhi must show off his riding and shooting skills to win a bright future for a certain person!
Zhao Ji, who was on the high hill, saw that both parties were ready and said:
"In this moving target shooting, you are only allowed to shoot the water ladle above the opponent's head. The focus is on practicing riding and archery skills. Don't hurt the opponent's life!"
"The benevolence of officials will eventually be known!"
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"Okay!" Zhao Ji saw that Yang Zhi and thirty of the Royal City Division's personal officers and cavalry were ready, and said:
"Envoy Yang, urge the horse to run fifty steps first!
After that, I will personally follow the officers and cavalry to pursue you and shoot you to death!
Yang's envoy can use your riding and shooting skills to escape, dodge, or outflank and shoot back.
Do you understand?"
"General, I understand." Yang Zhi replied loudly.
Zhao Ji announced: "The cavalry and shooting battle begins now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Zhi knocked the stirrup with both feet, and the maroon war horse galloped fifty steps away with flying hooves, dust flying in the air...
At this time, Zhao Ji, who was watching the excitement and not afraid of big troubles, shouted from a high hill:
"Quick, chase and shoot!"
"No!" Thirty Imperial City Division officers and cavalrymen agreed,
He shouted again:
"Drive!"
They all urged their horses, and they had just run a few steps away.
"Whoosh!" The sound of arrows piercing the air came from far to near.
A cavalryman from the Royal City Department, carrying a water ladle on his bronze helmet, was hit by an arrow.
Zhao Ji, who was standing on a high hill, could see clearly that the arrow was coming from Yang Zhi, who had ridden more than fifty steps away on horseback. He bent his bow and nocked an arrow, turned around and came back with a [Moqiu], and hit the target with one arrow. "Okay!"
"Mr. Yang, your archery skills are great!" The home audience, the officers and soldiers of Moutuogang Pastoral Station, cheered.
The official cavalryman, who was hit by an arrow in the water gourd on his head, shouted angrily:
"Paoze, avenge me!"
"Okay!" Another official cavalryman, who was bending his bow and setting up an arrow, just agreed;
He then heard the sound of another arrow piercing the air.
"Whoosh"!
"Oops!" The water scoop fastened to the bronze helmet on his head was also shot by Yang Zhi...
"Okay!"
"Mr. Yang, what a great shot!" The home audience, the officers and soldiers of Moutuogang Pastoral Station, cheered again.
Zhao Ji also smiled and shouted: "Good archery skills!"
The commander who accompanied Zhao Guan's family and was also on the high hill, his face turned red with embarrassment.
Just at the beginning, he reduced his staff by two people. Isn't this a slap in the face of his close subordinate and commander?
Zhao Ji hopes that my subordinates will practice martial arts and riding and shooting skills in the future, so that they can better protect me!
Now, it is worthwhile to teach the officers (soldiers) a lesson through Yang Zhi, so that they can "understand their shame and then be brave".
"Whoosh!" The sound of arrows piercing the air came again, and the water ladle on the head of another subordinate officer and cavalry was hit by Yang Zhi's arrow.
"Mr. Yang, you are so powerful!" The officers and soldiers of Moutuogang Pastoral Station cheered again...
In order to test Yang Zhi's true riding and shooting skills, Zhao Ji shouted:
"Wait a minute, let's fire!"
"No!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
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The arrows fired by the remaining twenty-seven personal officers and cavalry flew in graceful arcs towards the large water ladle fastened on the phoenix-winged helmet above Yang Zhi's head...
Yang Zhi, who had already succeeded three times with the [Moqiu] shooting posture, saw a group of arrows flying down like sparse heavy raindrops, and he felt a big "fuck" in his heart.