The next is the physical skills assessment, the first is the physical strength test, usually the stone lock, there are several pairs of stone locks on the school field, from thirty catties to one hundred catties, each stone lock is ten catties apart.

In the era of cold weapons, the individual quality of soldiers is very important. It is inevitable to select a person with strong personal strength as a junior officer. Therefore, the first step in Zhen Qian's assessment of officers was to assess their strength, and they did not even have the strength to be soldiers.

The stone lock is an extremely common tool for exercising the body in the military camps of the Tang Dynasty, and it is basically available in all military camps, and there are quite a few of them. In the army, stone locks are often used to train grip strength, wrist strength, arm strength, waist and leg strength. The stone lock lifting method mainly includes snatch and swing lift, with forward throw, reverse throw, straddle throw, back throw and other throwing methods and hand, finger, elbow, shoulder, head and other ways to form a variety of suit actions.

The stone lock is extremely ordinary, not only commonly used in the army for exercise, but also almost all of the people's homes have a set of stone locks.

Zhen Qian, as the deputy envoy of the regimental training, was the first to go on the field, walked directly to the two fifty-pound stone locks, took a long breath, squatted down with his legs, grabbed a fifty-pound stone lock with his left and right hands, and sank into the dantian, shouted loudly, and with his arms strong, the two fifty-pound stone locks had already risen from the ground in response.

Lifting the two stone locks, Zhen Qian adjusted his breathing, and used force again, flattening his arms, and a Dapeng spread his wings.

There was an exclamation from top to bottom on the school field, and everyone was a little surprised to see Zhen Qian directly choose a fifty-pound stone lock just now. But if you just lift two fifty-pound stone locks, it's not too surprising, after all, although there are few people who lift two fifty-pound stone locks, there is no shortage of people in the army. But Zhen Qian not only lifted two fifty-pound stone locks, but he was able to flatten his arms, and the arm strength was already very amazing, but the problem was that he was still a literati, which was even more difficult.

Then he lifted the two stone locks above his head with both arms, and the recruits around him couldn't help but let out an exclamation!

In the Tang Dynasty, Zhen Qian insisted on exercising every day, and Shisuo was also one of the exercise items, but in the eyes of others, Zhen Qian's long thin skin and tender flesh thought that he was a weak scholar, but he didn't expect to have a lot of strength.

The standard three stone lock movements, the face is not red and breathless, and the movements are smooth at a glance, and you can know that you usually exercise a lot, which provokes the school field to applaud in unison.

Zhen Qian threw the stone lock on the ground, "Who's next?" ”

"I'm coming!" When Coach Song saw Zhen Qian's first demonstration, he became competitive, and at the same time, in order not to let others look down on him, he immediately walked to the school field without waiting for others to answer.

Coach Song also chose two fifty-pound stone locks, and shouted "Su Qin's back sword" to turn the stone locks up at once, causing hundreds of people to cheer.

"Black Bear Shift!"

"Yan Fei has high wings!"

“……”

"Put on your waist and punch!"

Shi Suo flipped and moved in Coach Song's hand, and his body shape also changed, his dodging and throwing movements were skillful, and his pace was steady, obviously much stronger than Zhen Qian.

In less than a cup of tea, Coach Song's body was already steaming hot and sweating profusely.

Coach Song made Wang Tiezhu's heart itch on the side with the set of actions just now, and he rushed up as soon as he stopped, "I'll try it too!" ”

Wang Tiezhu walked directly in front of the hundred-pound stone lock, stretched out his hand and picked up the two stone locks, shook the weight lightly as if he was not satisfied, played a set of quite good-looking routines, and looked casual, causing everyone to gasp, how much strength these two have!

Several chief officers took turns to perform, and immediately mobilized the enthusiasm of the recruits around them and rushed to the test.

Being able to lift two fifty-pound stone locks with both hands can only be regarded as middle and lower-class, if you can play a few tricks, it is considered medium-class, like Coach Song makes such skills belong to the middle and upper class, like Wang Tiezhu is not a normal person, and he directly enters the cold palace! What is a fool to fight with him?

The results of the assessment made Zhen Qian very satisfied, a few people lifted a hundred catties of stone locks, and a few people could use fifty catties of stone locks to play tricks, and the physical fitness of these recruits was not bad.

Next is the stone barbell test, which is a wooden bar with round stones at both ends, which is the same as the iron barbell of later generations.

The stone lock is practiced by wrist, arm, grip, waist, and leg strength, while the stone barbell is mainly based on weightlifting, and there is no distinction between snatch and jerk, as long as it is lifted, the stone barbell does not have many patterns, but it is practiced with real strength, and the final test result is also good.

The stone barbell test is followed by archery, the bow is the standard bow and arrow in the army, and it is not required that everyone knows it, after all, many of these people have not been exposed to bows and arrows before, and the main thing is to understand and master everyone's skills.

The Tang people like to hunt, at this time there is no wildlife protection/law, regardless of whether the family is rich or not, as long as there are conditions will bring bows and arrows into the mountains to hunt, Zhen Qian also came into contact with bows and arrows in the Tang Dynasty, using a stone soft bow, sometimes will practice a hard bow of two stones, the soft bow shoots faster, suitable for ordinary soldiers to use on war horses, two stone hard bows are usually used by infantry, long range, powerful.

Considering that the team training is all recruits, the test bow and arrow is a stone soft bow, as long as it can be pulled ten times, it is considered qualified, as for whether it can shoot the bull's-eye or not, of course, it is best to achieve good results.

Zhen Qian used a one-stone soft bow, within a range of sixty paces, seven out of ten shots, Coach Song used a two-stone hard bow, nine out of ten shots, and Wang Tiezhu used a three-stone strong bow, which was also nine out of ten shots. The other recruits have a hit rate of less than 30%, and their performance is mediocre!

The assessment began at noon and ended in the afternoon, and finally knew what was going on with these recruits, and the results were recorded, and a few recruits with good performance were selected, and directly appointed as the chief and acting captain.

Coach Song finally had a smile on his face, "This group of recruits has a good foundation, and it can even be said that they are the best batch I have ever seen." Next, it's up to me to see the results of the training after three months, and I hope they don't let me down! ”

Zhen Qian is also very satisfied, the physical fitness of the Tang people is really good, the future generations sit in the office all day long in front of the computer and break the body, in this era, in addition to eating and sleeping, it is to work hard for a long time, and the height and bone density of the Tang people are higher than those of later generations, which may be related to diet, which really makes future generations ashamed.

After a few words of greeting with Coach Song, he hurriedly returned to Luquan County while the county seat was not closed, Hao Jian felt that he had been fooled, and wanted to follow Hao Ren home with a bitter face, but was slapped on the head by Hao Ren and said cruel words, if he couldn't hold out for three months, don't enter the door.

ps: One stone in the Tang Dynasty was about 11o catties, and the average famous general could fire a three-stone bow and arrow, and low-level officers and ordinary infantry could also use a two-stone bow and arrow, and the bed crossbow reached five or six stones, which required several people to operate.