Before hanging himself, Chongzhen lifted the table

Chapter 48 The style of ancient famous generals
Emperor Chongzhen naturally couldn't keep looking like this. When he realized that the soldier responsible for throwing javelins he had seen before had just received military pay and bowed to him gratefully, he stretched out his hand and called: "Come here!"

When the soldier saw it, he was stunned for a moment, and then came to the imperial court with a little anxiety.

When he was about to greet him, Emperor Chongzhen asked with a smile: "Throw the javelin and show me!"

His mind was filled with the battle of Ningwuguan.If you are condescending, the javelin must be useful, so he wants to see the actual situation of the javelin in the army?If it were possible, or necessary, when it came time to rescue Ningwuguan, he would not be afraid to move forward. He could go up to the city wall and even use javelins to kill.

When the soldier heard that he wanted to demonstrate his skills in front of the emperor, he was a little excited and quickly agreed, but he didn't know where to demonstrate?
Emperor Chongzhen intended to make these unfamiliar Jizhen soldiers more familiar with him, so he pointed in a parallel direction in front of the formation and said: "Just throw it this way, let me see."

The Jin Yiwei and He Zhen's men who were on alert around them immediately made way for a large open space according to the emperor's request.

The movement here immediately attracted the attention of most people.Many people were envious of this colleague for showing what he had learned in front of the emperor.

The soldier was excited and nervous, and immediately began to demonstrate.

Seeing him reaching out skillfully, he took out a javelin from his back, then took a step forward and threw the javelin in his hand.

During this process, Emperor Chongzhen kept watching and found that the javelin was only thrown to a place about thirty meters away, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed.

This distance seems too close.I remember when I watched the Olympic Games in later generations, those athletes could throw hundreds of meters!

With this in mind, he asked the soldier: "Can it be thrown further?"

After hearing this, the soldier quickly responded: "Your Majesty, when a villain throws a javelin, he usually just covers the commander. If the enemy has heavy armor or a big shield and rushes forward, he will throw such a javelin to disrupt the enemy's formation. . If you ride on a horse, you can go farther, but you won’t be accurate.”

After explaining, he remembered the emperor's question and quickly added: "If the villain doesn't care about the accuracy and just throws the farthest, the maximum throw on the flat ground is about thirty steps. The villain is already the best in the army. Those who use javelins only have this distance!"

One step at this time is about 1.5 meters in later generations.In other words, the javelin used in the military has a distance of less than 50 meters.At this distance, if it were on the battlefield and it was not a city defense battle, it would be useless. The cavalry would rush in and the infantry wouldn't need much time.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen immediately stretched out his hand and said, "Can you show me a javelin?"

After hearing this, the soldier quickly took out a light javelin with his backhand, handed it to the captain of the imperial guards who walked towards him, and presented it to the emperor.

Emperor Chongzhen took it and looked at it. After looking at the javelin, he found that there was a noose on the pole. He walked up to the soldier with interest and asked: "Is this how to throw it?"

As he spoke, he imitated the soldier's gestures just now.

Seeing his actions, everyone became even more curious. It seemed that the emperor wanted to throw a javelin?

The emperor was not particularly tall among the soldiers in Ji Town. With such a stature and wearing armor, it was impossible for him to throw very far.

However, the emperor did not put on any airs, which made them very fond of him. They all smiled and watched the emperor with great interest.

Jiang Dejing, the assistant cabinet minister who was staring at the distribution of military pay, also turned his head and glanced without paying too much attention. He was already sure that the emperor did this regardless of his status, and it seemed that he really wanted to lead the army himself.

The emperor's approach of getting close to the soldiers was similar to that of famous generals in ancient times. He felt that if the emperor wanted the soldier to rush towards mountains of swords and seas of fire, he would probably not hesitate.Most of the people watched the emperor's gestures with a lively mentality. Later, they were ready to say hello to the emperor no matter where he threw it, not for anything else but because the emperor was so close to them.

After Emperor Chongzhen knew how to throw, he also wanted to know how far he could throw after possessing the power of the Overlord. Therefore, he did not hold back and used his newly learned throwing skills to throw immediately.

It didn't matter if he didn't throw it. Once he threw it, he saw the javelin fly far away at a speed visible to the naked eye, draw a large arc in the air, and land in the distance.

This distance is far beyond the distance the soldier threw just now, at least a hundred steps away.

At this moment, everyone was dumbfounded!

Several people didn't believe their eyes. After rubbing them, they looked again and found that there was indeed a javelin stuck in the distance. It should have been thrown by the emperor!
so far? !I have never seen a javelin thrown so far before!
Jiang Dejing didn't pay attention just now because he had to pay attention to the distribution of military pay. After realizing that the atmosphere in the audience was not right, he turned around and looked at it, and then asked the people around him in surprise: "The javelin in the distance was thrown by His Majesty, right?"

"That's what your Majesty threw!"

"What?" When Jiang Dejing heard this, he showed an incredible expression, and then immediately remembered in his mind that the emperor said that Emperor Taizu bestowed great power in his dream. He had not taken it seriously before. Now it seems that it can't be true, right?

Thinking of this possibility, he was stunned!

To say that he did not question the authenticity of Emperor Taizu's dream before, but it does not mean that he would believe it.After all, according to the emperor's wishes, the dream was true and beneficial to him.But now, this dream was indeed true, which was beyond his expectation and shocked his world view.

The soldiers in Jizhen immediately started talking enthusiastically after they came to their senses.

"How come the emperor has so much strength? It's really amazing!"

"That's not necessarily true. Let me tell you, throwing a javelin requires skill! I'm afraid the emperor just knows the trick!"

"Yes, the sharp archer Tang San's hard bow weighs 140 kilograms. His strength is the strongest in the army, right? But I saw them competing, and the javelin they threw was incomparable."

"In terms of strength, Tang San ranks first."

"..."

Emperor Chongzhen, on his side, said to the soldier: "The javelin is a bit obvious and easy to avoid."

When the soldier heard this, he came back to his senses and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty has such magical power, you can use a hard bow to shoot it not only accurately but also quickly, and it is not easy to hide!"

Emperor Chongzhen actually considered archery, but he had always had the impression that it would take many years to train an archer, and he needed it urgently. Once he got the money and the army, he would rush to Ningwuguan as soon as possible. , I didn’t have time to practice slowly, so I didn’t think about bows and arrows.

At this time, when he heard the soldier mention it, he happened to see two generals, Tang Tong and He Zhen, gathered around him. He asked them with a smile: "My dear friends, what can you teach me about the art of bow and arrow?"

Relatively speaking, He Zhen must have been closer to the emperor. When he heard the emperor's question, he had a look of shock on his face and immediately replied: "Your Majesty, the most important thing in the army is shooting, but shooting is not In the picture. He who can draw a bow and shoot heavy arrows, and the arrows will go flat and far, and hit many, and the hits will be deep. This is a super archer. He who can shoot not far and flat, and draw a hard bow and shoot heavy arrows, can hit. Second class. If the shot is far and uneven, and the arrow is light and the bow is weak, it will hit the third class."

(End of this chapter)