Concentricity

The competition is divided into five rounds, each with five arrows in each round, and gradually eliminated until only twenty winners remain.

In the last round of competition, Zhong Yong personally announced the competition rules to everyone.The archery target is no longer a stationary straw man, but ten copper coins hung with a red string at a distance of twenty feet away and one foot above the ground, ten arrows per person, ten chances, It is required to hit the copper coins on the red string, and the one who shoots more wins.

The [-] winners were in an uproar. This is simply an impossible task. What they shot through the poplar with a hundred steps was still a wide poplar leaf. Although they were only [-] feet away this time, what they shot was copper coins, which still swayed in the wind. coins.This is an almost impossible task for recruits who have practiced archery for less than three months.

Only Mo Jinyan and Meng Changling remained silent, staring at the ten copper coins swinging in the wind, pursed their lips, squinted their eyes, and it turned out that this was the surprise that Zhong Yong was talking about!This is too much to look down on their group of recruits.

Mo Jinyan asked, "Brother Changling, do you think you can hit it?"

Meng Changling squeezed his short-sighted eyes to look at the copper coins in the distance, and shook his head: "This is too difficult. Hehe, I can't see where the copper coins are at all. If I can shoot, it must be a blind cat meeting a dead mouse."

Mo Jinyan couldn't help laughing, he took a step forward, and stood up: "My lord, I don't understand something. The copper coin is so small, how can you tell that the arrow has hit the copper coin?"

Zhong Yong stood at the head of a group of military officers: "We have our own rules for this, so there is no need to worry about it. It will definitely ensure fairness and justice. You just need to shoot at the best level."

The magistrate sounded the gongs and drums, and the competition began. From the first to the tenth, all one hundred arrows were shot, let alone hit, not even a hit.This situation frustrates all the contestants, and it is simply an impossible task.Everyone was thinking in their hearts: In this last competition, there is definitely no winner or loser, and it is best to add another one.

After the No. 10 soldier finished shooting, Zhong Yong called a stop: "Do you think that this task cannot be completed by anyone? So you lost confidence? In my opinion, this is not difficult at all. Let me show you." He took out his bow and arrow, stepped back from the crowd, and walked to a place ten feet away, "Okay, I will demonstrate it here for you, because you are newcomers and you don't have enough time to practice, so I don't take advantage of it, so I am a hundred steps away." Let’s shoot. Please step back to the side, watch out, I’m going to shoot a copper coin.”

Everyone retreated to the side consciously, staring at Zhong Yong intently. This was the first time for most of them to see Zhong Yong shoot an arrow, and it was only the second time for Mo Jinyan and Meng Changling.

But this time, Zhong Yong's attitude towards archery was very prudent. He set up the arrow and bent the bow. He did every step in an orderly manner, and the time to aim was no less than most of them.Everyone held their breath, and there was a whoosh sound, and the arrow shot quickly in the air. Everyone's eyes moved quickly with the arrow, almost unable to catch up with the speed of the arrow.

The arrow crossed the rope where the copper coin was hanging, and fell at a distance of more than forty feet, but no one paid attention to the arrow, because the copper coin that was shot fell before the arrow.As a result, almost everyone was stunned, including Mo Jinyan.

Everyone could see very clearly that the arrow did not hit the copper coin, but the string that was tied to the copper coin, and the arrow tip cut the string. What a high precision this must be.

Zhong Yong shot two more arrows in a row. These two times, no copper coins fell, but everyone heard two crisp metal impacts. It was obvious that they directly hit the copper coins both times.

After shooting three arrows, Zhong Yong came back, spread out his hands and said, "Piercing Yang with a hundred steps is actually not difficult. If I can do it, you can do it too. Let's continue the competition."

Everyone woke up from the shock, and the remaining ten people continued to compete, and the new ten copper coins had been replaced there.Although it is easy for Zhong Yong to shoot and hit every shot, it is not easy for a rookie to shoot.The competition started again. The first player to play was Meng Changling. Meng Changling performed supernormally today, and thanks to the weather change and other people's abnormal performance, he unexpectedly entered the top [-] all the way.

After he entered the field, he did not procrastinate. He set up his arrows and bent his bow. He shot ten arrows straight at the copper coin in the middle. Although none of them hit the target, each arrow was very close to the copper coin. The last two barely brushed the edge of the copper coin.Everyone was sweating watching it, with some regrets and some joys.

Zhong Yong nodded approvingly. This soldier is a man with a clear goal. With time, he will definitely become a good shooter.

Zhuang Xu whispered to Wen Jian who was beside him: "This kid is not bad, he has made great progress since the last time."

Wen Jian remained calm, and choked out two words for a long time: "It's okay."

Zhuang Xu said again: "Old Wen, don't be so cruel, my brother's punishment should be cancelled, right?"

Wen Jiandao: "See how he competes today."

Zhuang Xu quit: "If he can't win today, he will still have to be punished, right? He has won two first names."

Wen Jian said indifferently: "Then let's continue to get a first name today."

Zhuang Xu raised his head and turned his nostrils to the sky: "Just wait and see, my brother will definitely win!"

While speaking, it was already Mo Jinyan's turn to play.His arrows were shot very carefully, each arrow was carefully aimed, careful before shooting, but after aiming, the arrow was released extremely easily.The first arrow, the arrow is still two inches away from the copper coin.The second arrow missed by less than an inch.For the third arrow, the arrow feather swept across the copper coin, and everyone gasped in amazement.

Mo Jinyan took a slow breath, took out the fourth arrow, nocked the arrow, drew the bow, aimed, and released the arrow. The movements were slow but not stagnant, just like flowing clouds and flowing water. After the arrow flew out, everyone heard a loud noise. There is a short and crisp "Dang" sound.Everyone was stunned: This is the shot? !

Yes, this was the first arrow Mo Jinyan shot, and it wasn't the last arrow. Among the remaining six arrows, two also hit different copper coins.Although there are still three people in the back who have not competed, but today's top spot, Mo Jinyan is sure.

Seeing it, Zhuang Xu was delighted, and turned his head to show off to Wen Jian, but found that Zhong Yong was standing beside him at some point, and Wen Jian had gone elsewhere.

Zhong Yong said with a smile: "Your brother is quite good. In such a short period of time, he has already mastered the essentials of archery. Given time, he will definitely be invincible."

Zhuang Xu gave him a white look: "Does it need to be said? My brother will definitely be stronger than you in the future."

Zhong Yong didn't care, touched his chin and said, "Well, it's possible, but not now."

After all the people shot ten arrows, the result was determined. Except for Mo Jinyan, none of the 20 people shot the copper coin again.

At the end of the recruit competition, Mo Jinyan was in the limelight, and many veterans recognized him.The punishment of Mo Jinyan and Meng Changling has naturally been offset.

After the competition was over, all recruits were rearranged to subordinates of each hundred households.Both Mo Jinyan and Meng Changling were recruited into the Bow and Crossbow Battalion, which was slightly different from the other battalions in that the Bow and Crossbow Battalion was under the direct command of Zhong Yong.The happiest person among them was Meng Changling, who did not expect to be able to enter the bow and crossbow camp with Mo Jinyan in the end. Although they were compiled in different small flags, they still often met during practice.

Zhuang Xu was the most unhappy. He originally planned to recruit Mo Jinyan to his banner, but Zhong Yong took the lead. He hated Zhong Yong so much that he confronted him every time without knowing the sound!To say that Zhong Yong is Zhuang Xu's boss, as the saying goes, the first rank of officials crushes people to death, Zhong Yong is two ranks higher than his sixth rank, but he doesn't wait to see his boss, and often blows his beard and stares at others , not at all afraid of being put on small shoes for him and oppressing him.

What's amazing is that Zhong Yong never cares about him, and even pampers him.This made Mo Jinyan very puzzled. Once he asked Zhuang Xu privately if he was not afraid of offending Zhong Yong.Zhuang Xu raised his head, what was he afraid of? At worst, he would send me elsewhere.

Looking at Zhuang Xu like that, Mo Jinyan seemed to be really not afraid of what Zhong Yong would do to him. For some reason, he remembered his feelings for Yu Simian. Could it be that Zhong Yong had the same feelings for Brother Xu?Thinking about it this way, the more I thought about it, the more it seemed like it, but I didn't dare to ask the two of them to confirm it, so I had to keep doubts in my heart and wait for it to slowly surface.

After the recruit training was over, Mo Jinyan's life didn't change much. He still practiced every day, but his focus was on bow and sword skills.Needless to say the bow and crossbow, Zhong Yong is his goal, and he must catch up with or even surpass his arrow skills.

He has already seen the importance of sword skills. He still remembers the night when the fishing village was robbed, he almost died under the Japanese sword of the scarred Japanese thief. If he hadn't been lucky enough to meet Zhuang Xu and the others, he might have returned to heaven Alright.Therefore, he must practice his sword skills well. Apart from killing the enemy at a long distance, he can't give the opponent any chance in close combat.