Liu Chan shook his head and smiled when he heard this, and said with a smile: "I have a good candidate here, the general should take a look!" ”

"Oh? I don't know where? ”

Liu Chan pointed at Huang Xu and said, "What does the general think of him?" ”

Huang Zhong looked at Huang Xu when he heard this.

Huang Zhong looked at it for a while, then arched his hand towards Liu Chan and said: "Originally, the old man should not refuse the invitation of the son, but this acceptance of apprentices is a major matter that must not be sloppy at all.

Whether to accept this son as an apprentice or not, I still have to test it. If you can't pass the level, then you can ...... Now that the old man is over sixty years old, he doesn't have the energy and time to teach others, so please forgive me. ”

Liu Chan nodded and said, "It should be so!" ”

"In that case, then let me come!"

Huang Zhong said that, and took the three of them to the backyard.

In the backyard, it is like a small martial arts arena, with all the facilities.

Huang Zhong looked at Huang Xu and said, "The old man's strength is knife skills and archery, I think this son should be fifteen or sixteen years old, right?" The body is quite strong, I wonder if these two things can be dabbled? If you don't understand anything at all, if you don't have any foundation, then the old man can't take you as an apprentice. ”

Huang Xu arched his hand and replied: "General, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and the weapon I use is a knife, and as for the bow and arrow, I have also learned it since I was a child. ”

"Hmm!" Huang Zhong nodded, and instructed his subordinates: "Move the arrow target forty steps away for me!" ”

Huang Zhong said to Huang Xu again: "Forty steps to the arrow target, I will give you ten arrows, as long as five of the ten arrows can hit the arrow target, the archery level, you will pass." ”

Generally speaking, when it comes to sharpshooters, their ability is to penetrate the Yang in a hundred steps.

A hundred steps is a distance, and wearing Yang is a technique.

These four simple words contain force and technique.

In ancient times, the method of calculation was not the same as that of later generations.

The next step is the distance from the back heel to the tip of the front foot is one step, and the step is 60 centimeters.

And the ancient step was not calculated in this way.

One step in ancient times was a step. For example, the left foot walks first, and the right foot takes a step, so that two feet are counted as a step.

Therefore, one step in ancient times is equivalent to two steps in later generations.

In later generations, there was a systematic saying about one step, and the same was true in ancient times, such as the current Han Dynasty, where one step is six feet.

One foot of the Han is roughly equivalent to twenty-four centimeters, so this step is a distance of one meter and four.

Forty steps, fifty-six meters.

It doesn't sound like a long way off, but it's not.

Ordinary adults, who have not learned bows and arrows, and if they don't know the skills, it is quite difficult to pull the bow away, and it is great to barely shoot more than ten meters.

And the distance of more than 50 meters, in the army, can only be reached by those who are good at archery, and the generals who are proficient in mounted archery are only sixty or seventy paces.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there were only a few people who could shoot a hundred steps, and the only famous people who were good at shooting were Lu Bu, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, etc.

Huang Zhong only assessed Huang Xu, so he asked him to shoot forty steps, and ten arrows to hit five arrows, which shows that his requirements are high.

At this time, Huang Zhong took a longbow from the weapon rack, handed it to Huang Xu and said, "This is a standard longbow in the army, with a force of seven buckets, can you use it?" ”

Seven buckets are bow power, and there is also a calculation method for bow strength, which is to hang the bow on the wall, hang a heavy object on the bowstring, and wait for the bow to be fully opened, you can measure the bow strength according to the hanging weight.

The seven-bucket bow is the bowstring that needs to be hung with a weight of seven buckets to be fully opened.

Huang Xu didn't take the longbow, waved his hand and said, "General Huang, I can shoot a bow with one stone and six stones, and this arrow target, please move thirty steps!" ”

Huang Zhong frowned when he heard this: "Oh? Are you sure? ”

"Hmm!" Huang Xu nodded firmly.

"Thirty steps away!" Seeing this, Huang Zhong did not stop him, and ordered his subordinates to move the arrow target thirty steps away, and he took a bow with one stone and six stones from the weapon rack and handed it to Huang Xu.

Huang Zhong handed the bow to Huang Xu, and said: "Seventy steps, one stone and six bows, such a requirement, in the army, only proficient in riding and archery, skilled martial arts generals can achieve it, it is ashamed to say that only one person in my headquarters can do it."

Under the command of the lord, he can also count. I don't require you to shoot five arrows, as long as you can shoot three arrows, you're done. ”

"Hmm!" Huang Xu nodded, didn't say much, took out a wolf's tooth arrow from the quiver, took the bow and set up the arrow, and didn't aim much, and shot at the target with one arrow.

The arrow came out in response, and one of the arrows hit the red heart of the target.

Immediately, Huang Xu took the arrow again, and another arrow hit the red heart.

Ten arrows in a row, but in a few moments, the arrows hit the target, six of them hit the heart, and the other four arrows were not far from the heart.

"Good!" Huang Zhong was greatly relieved to see this, and clapped his hands and praised: "I didn't expect you to have this archery technique, it's really rare, fast and ruthless, and your hands, eyes, and hearts have met the requirements." ”

Huang Xu returned the longbow to Huang Zhong and arched his hand: "The general has praised it, compared with the general, I have only learned some superficial knowledge." ”

Huang Zhong took the longbow and looked at Huang Xu's eyes full of appreciation: "Well, you have passed the archery technique, you said that you use a knife, I don't know how the knife technique is, how many knives do you use?" ”

Huang Xu arched his hand and said: "Now I use a thirty-pound long-handled broadsword, as for the knife technique, please also ask the general for guidance!" ”

Hearing this, Huang Zhong took down a machete from the weapon rack, handed it to Huang Xu and said: "The Qinglong Yanyue knife used by Yun Chang weighs eighty-one catties, and my phoenix mouth Chaoyang knife weighs sixty-four catties. ”

"No!" When Huang Xu heard this, the machete in Huang Zhong's hand came to the courtyard with the machete and waved it.

The long knife was waved in Huang Xu's hand, and he could only hear the sound of breaking the air in the courtyard, and the cold light was dizzying, and ordinary people were afraid that they would not dare to approach.

Huang Zhong stroked his beard and looked at the selected Huang Xu dance knife.

Lin Xiao on the side said: "Old general, this son's sword technique is what I taught before, it is common, I hope you don't laugh." ”

Looking at Huang Xu's wielding knife technique, Huang Zhong stroked his beard and smiled: "Zhonghu, you are good at marksmanship, this son's knife technique is also fierce and fierce, there is no fault in the slightest, it is already quite extraordinary, if I teach people marksmanship, I am afraid that it will not be able to compare to him!" ”

Liu Chan smiled and asked, "Old general, how is he, can he still be in your eyes?" ”

"If you can get in, his qualifications are no worse than Guan Ping of the Yun Chang family, and the old man has picked up a big bargain." Huang Zhong laughed.

"Good boy, that's enough, come here!" Seeing that Huang Xu had reached his own standards, Huang Zhong's attitude towards him was much better, and when he saw Huang Xu dancing for a long time, he beckoned Huang Xu to come over.

Huang Xu put the long knife on the weapon rack, stepped forward and said, "Please also ask the general for guidance!" ”

Huang Zhong smiled and asked, "In the future, there will be time to guide, good boy, let me ask you what is your name?" ”