Chapter 247: Archer(1/2)
"Second Master, Lu Zhonglang would like to see you."
The steward, Wei Mu, bowed his hands at the entrance of the courtyard and reported.
Wei Teng held a long bamboo tweezer in his hand and pinched a few grass fruits out of the charcoal fire. The air was filled with the fragrance of herbs.
"Oh, coming so soon?"
Xu Ding had already told Xu Chutong the news that Lu Bu might come to ask for an audience, but he didn't expect that Lu Bu would come early the next morning.
Wei Teng nodded slightly, looked at the stone table aside, and said, "Please come over, I won't go to the front hall."
Xu Chu on the side heard this and said to Wei Mu: "I will go with you."
In such a large Weifu, Xu Chu was the only general who could restrain Lu Bu. For fear that Lu Bu would cause trouble, Xu Chu felt that he had to keep an eye on him along the way.
Wei Cheng smiled and said nothing, Xu Chu was good at this.
Not long after, Lu Bu led two people into the courtyard. When he was at the door, he bowed and clasped his fists, "Bu, I have met the Commander-in-Chief of the Guard."
Don't forget, Wei Cheng has an official position. The shepherd guard of this huge Bingzhou is also the shepherd of Bingzhou. Therefore, it is right for Lu Bu to call Wei Cheng the envoy.
Wei Cheng's official seal had been lost long ago, and he might have sold it to Mu Mu. He didn't have much objection to Lu Bu's little thoughts. He pointed to the futon opposite the stone table and signaled.
Lu Bu is free to do whatever he wants.
At this time, Wei Cheng was still playing with the grass fruit, which is a versatile herb.
It blooms from April to June and bears fruit from September to December. It mainly grows in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou and other provinces and regions in my country. It is cultivated or wild under sparse forests at an altitude of 1100-1800 meters.
The grass fruit in Wei Cheng's hands was collected from a group of merchants from Sichuan and Sichuan. The red fruits are plump and juicy. If they are roasted and processed properly, the medicinal effect will definitely be multiplied several times.
Wei Cheng put the strawberries in a porcelain basin to cool down. When he looked up at Lu Bu, his eyes fell on the face of a person beside Lu Bu.
"Uh, it's you!"
"snort!"
Lu Bu was stunned for a moment, and then asked with surprise and joy: "Do you know my Ling'er?"
Wei Cheng looked at the woman with starry eyes, and unconsciously glanced at her kneeling legs, and said awkwardly: "We met by chance in the bathhouse yesterday, we can't say we know each other."
When Lu Bu heard this, he looked at his daughter Lu Ling with some disappointment, and saw that she was glaring at Wei Cheng with a sad look on her pretty face. He couldn't help but shouted angrily: "How come you girl doesn't understand any rules?"
Lu Ling raised his eyebrows, snorted coldly, and turned away.
When Wei Cheng saw this, he smiled and said, "Brother Lu, there is no need to be embarrassed, just feel free here."
Lu Bu knew that he had nothing to do with his precious daughter, so he sighed helplessly, clasped his fists and said, "I'll make you laugh."
Wei Cheng smiled and nodded, and was greeted by another cold snort.
"Zhongkang has already told me your purpose of coming. The person you are talking about must undoubtedly be Donglai Taishi Ci."
"Oh, can you recognize this person?"
Lu Bu's eyes lit up.
Wei Cheng casually took a copy of the "Dragon and Tiger List of the Great Han" and put it on the table, and said: "Brother Lu is the top of the Dragon and Tiger List. Don't you know that under you, this big man is also a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger?"
Lu Bu took the "Dragon and Tiger List of the Great Han Dynasty" with an embarrassed look and said, "To be honest with you, since I got Fang Tian's painted halberd, Lu has never been defeated, so he gradually stopped paying attention to this book."
Wei Teng chuckled, not bothering to pay attention to his Versailles, and motioned for him to turn to page eight.
I don't know if it was an illusion, but Wei Cheng felt that after he took out the "Big Han Dragon and Tiger List", the coldness on Lu Ling became stronger, and it seemed to be specifically aimed at him.
Wei Cheng only thought it was an illusion, because this girl was now furiously licking a plate of Swiss rolls...
Turning to the eighth page, Lu Bu frowned.
"... He is skilled with bows and horses, good at riding and shooting, he can move like the wind, and he can accurately hit prey three hundred steps away in strong winds... Is this too exaggerated? Ordinary strong bows may not be able to shoot three hundred steps.
Step right?"
After reading Tai Shici's introduction, Lu Bu simply didn't believe that there was anyone with such outrageous archery skills in the world.
Wei Cheng smiled and said nothing, reaching for his own strawberry, and then took Lu Bu to see what truly powerful archery was.
But when he took the porcelain plate and looked at it, Wei Cheng was stunned.
"Where is my grass fruit?"
Lu Ling: "Kachi, kachi..."
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Dingjunfang.
Wei Cheng was followed by Xu Chu, Lu Bu, Lu Ling and his daughter, as well as a middle-aged man.
Veteran Huang Zhong changed into the uniform of a city guard and was demonstrating how to use an ordinary strong bow to shoot at the ultimate distance of 300 steps.
This is a magical skill that even Huang Xu cannot do. There are many factors that need to be considered. It is impossible to achieve it without extraordinary shooting experience.
Just when everyone was holding their breath and concentrating.
Veteran Huang Zhong suddenly shouted loudly, bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot the arrow at a 45-degree angle.
The movements are done in one go, without any sloppiness. It is similar to the kind of thing where the bowstring is fully drawn and the aim is taken for a long time. You can't see it on the real shooting range. The masters never aim, they rely on feeling.
The weak will only aim more and more inaccurately. It is already very laborious to draw a truly strong bow.
(This is about traditional bows, compound bows can of course be sighted.)
I don't know if it was an illusion, but the moment Huang Zhong shot the arrow, everyone felt a strong wind blowing from behind.
A look of astonishment flashed in Wei Cheng's eyes, and he probably knew the key to this magical skill.
Sure enough, the arrow that flew out seemed to be affected by something, and actually flew parallel for a distance in the air, and finally began to fall when it was more than 200 steps away, and accurately hit the grass target 300 steps away.
Although he didn't hit the red heart, such miraculous archery skills were enough to make everyone present stunned.
Even Lu Bu was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time before he exclaimed: "Yes, that's how they died. That's how those people died."
Lu Bu reached out and took an arrow, nailed it to a wooden stake at an angle of almost 90 degrees, and said: "The arrows on the bodies of those scouts who were blocked were all inserted into their bodies at this angle. I was puzzled at first.
, thought it was attacked by a rain of arrows, but there were no other arrows left around, so it makes sense now!"
Huang Zhong came over, frowned and said: "If that's the case, then this person's archery skills should be on par with mine. Even if Xu'er went there, there would be nothing he could do against him, and he might even be killed by him.
"
Wei Cheng was startled when he heard this.
The most powerful archery masters recorded in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms are probably the following: Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, and Taishi Ci.
Why talk about the four of them individually?
First, Lü Bu fired his halberd at the gate, one hundred and fifty steps from a fixed target, and shot it through a hole the size of a copper coin's eye.
Furthermore, when Zhao Yun was shooting a rope across the river, there was a strong southeast wind blowing at that time. Zhao Yun was still able to hit the rope accurately, which shows that he was an expert in archery.
Then came Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong, both of whom shot at people.
Taishi Ci said at the city gate that he was going to shoot the enemy general's left hand, so he actually shot the enemy general's left hand and nailed the man's hand to the wall so that he could not move.
This can no longer be described simply as powerful, it is simply like a man and a bow uniting into one, and arrows can be fired at will.
Where is Huang Zhong?
That's awesome, what he shot was Guan Yu... the root of the tassel on his head.
Root!
This thing is probably as thin as the eye of a copper coin.
Moreover, it was still worn on Guan Yu's head. With Guan Yu's reaction ability, it was easy to dodge ordinary arrows, but Huang Zhong shot his helmet off.
The most important thing is that Guan Yu was chasing Huang Zhong at that time, and both of them were riding fast horses and running wildly!
Of course, this does not mean that Huang Zhong must be the most powerful, but for a man in his seventies to still show such powerful archery skills in his old age, he must be in his prime at this time and his archery skills should be even more impressive.
right.
However, Huang Zhong said that Taishi Ci's archery skills were on par with his.
At this time, Taishi Ci was probably about the same age as Wei Cheng. At the age of twenty-five or six, there was still a lot of room for growth.
This couldn't help but give Wei Cheng a sense of love for talent, because in his plan, the future city guards would focus more on shooting ability.
Everyone who understands understands.
Moreover, Taishi Ci worked under Kong Rong mainly to repay his kindness, not to follow him wholeheartedly. Later, he followed Sun Ce.
Since Sun Ce can gain his favor, there is no reason why he can't.
When Wei Cheng thought of this, he couldn't help but look at Huang Zhong.
If Huang Zhong can crush Taishi Ci and make Taishi Ci unconvinced, hehehe...
Wei Cheng already had a plan in mind.
"Han Sheng, don't underestimate yourself. The fact that you can reproduce his magical skills and hit the target with one shot proves that your archery skills are superior to his." Wei Cheng said with a smile.
Huang Zhong was not humble when he heard this. He proudly puffed out his chest and smiled.
To be continued...