Chapter 147 A Sense of Accomplishment
"Sister Qiongying, luckily we have been secretly training for the past month, and we even trained with moving targets. Otherwise, we wouldn't have won so easily today. We deliberately ended up like them last time."
"Hahaha, did you see their expressions just now? They never thought that we would have this trick, right?"
"Our hard training over the past month has paid off. However, Qiongying has worked the hardest. Not only does she have to train herself, but she also has to help us think of ways to improve our abilities. She's really worried sick. More than half of today's victory is thanks to her!"
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That's right.
Li Yunwei and his team naturally would not have thought that while they were intentionally training novices on their weaknesses in learning archery, Ye Qiongying and her team were also training them and had even increased their training time by a lot!
In order to catch up with the progress of others as quickly as possible and improve her physical endurance, and later in order to increase her arm strength to draw the longbow, Ye Qiongying often came alone at night to train herself.
It started with long-distance running with weights, and then other items were added step by step.
The effect is very significant.
This also made her realize that the military camp was always brightly lit for safety reasons.
Even at night, the area surrounding the training ground was brightly lit by torches, so there was no need to worry about affecting the training results.
Therefore, when teammates raised the question of how to deal with possible provocations from Li Yunwei and others in the future, Ye Qiongying suggested that they also join the night training.
There is no other entertainment in this military camp.
After dinner, everyone usually washes up and goes back to the tent.
Or a group of men get together to talk about this or that, usually related to family or women.
Gambling is strictly prohibited in the military camp. Even if you want to get together and draw cards, you are not allowed.
So basically we just chatted for a while and then went to bed early.
The next day, it was another day of training.
It's very monotonous and boring.
Ye Qiongying and her colleagues set aside some time for night training. In fact, it was not too burdensome, but it was not as leisurely as before.
At the beginning, everyone’s accuracy was not good enough, so they focused on practicing with fixed targets.
After the data from the fixed targets looked acceptable, everyone thought the training would end there. Unexpectedly, Ye Qiongying directly added moving target exercises for them.
At the beginning, everyone's level was naturally not very good, and they were worried about hurting people. The rules of moving the target were very simple, just tie a rope, and let another person stand farther away and pull the rope to drive the target to move.
The speed is sometimes fast and sometimes slow.
This is also a way to test archers.
After the accuracy was improved again, the person began to hide behind the target and run around the field carrying the target.
At this time, even if everyone cannot achieve the result in the inner circle, the shooting position will not exceed the range of the target. With their strength, they will not directly shoot through the wooden board and attack the people behind, so the chance of injury is still very small.
After they were able to hit the target with every arrow, the target was removed and they began to practice with other smaller objects.
Finally, start shooting at people's clothes.
Most of the people who can join the army come from poor families, so their clothes are still worth some money.
Fortunately, everyone has one or two sets of clothes that are so worn out that they can’t be worn anymore, but they are still in the bottom of the closet and they are reluctant to throw away.
It's the perfect time to wear it.
Everyone had become familiar with each other and no longer cared about their image. They could wear these ragged clothes and shoot casually without worrying about wasting good fabric.
After all, this is not like a formal battle between two teams, where they only shoot at one or two places, and with a little repair it won't be noticeable, so the loss is not big.
They have to come for training every night. If their good clothes are constantly torn, how can they be worn?
It's just right to use these discarded old clothes and make the best use of them!
No one really meant to take anyone's life.
So, at the beginning, Ye Qiongying gave them some advice.
You just need to shoot the pants and use the arrow to fix the pants. This way, even if the opponent still wants to run forward, he has to consider his image.
After all, this isn't a real life-and-death battlefield. Who would rush forward regardless of the consequences?
The weather is not cold enough recently, so people don’t wear much. Once you take off your outer trousers…
It’s much easier later on.
There is no need for close combat or hurting anyone.
As soon as this idea came out, everyone agreed and started training towards this goal.
Unexpectedly, pants are easier to hit than those small objects, and the difficulty lies in how to avoid hurting people's legs.
One month down.
Everyone can handle the fixed targets with ease, but there is no obvious difference.
Only Ye Qiongying and Yao Dachuan were the best.
But the target has changed to a moving person...
You can feel the difference.
Just as they expected, Li Yunwei came to them again.
They didn't mean to cause trouble, but since they were here, how could they not treat them well?
This means Ye Qiongying has come forward and agreed to take on the challenge, which is a good opportunity to test their skills.
"Sister Qiongying, you're right. It's much easier to aim with a bow and arrow in broad daylight than at night. You don't have to worry about the torch being blown by the wind and the shadow blinding you."
"Hey, me too, me too. Today I shot more accurately than in previous training sessions!"
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A group of people kept talking to Ye Qiongying, each one more excited than the other.
This is different from last time.
The last time the two teams fought, it was basically Ye Qiongying who led the charge and took down the opponent's leader.
Most of them just lingered in the back, feeling as if they didn't contribute much.
He even thought that perhaps without them, Ye Qiongying and Yao Dachuan alone could deal with Li Yunwei's group of guys who didn't even know how to shoot arrows.
But this time it's different.
They can truly feel that every arrow they shoot is useful and each time can reduce one enemy on the opposite side.
Seeing that Li Yunwei's group of people was gradually reduced, and finally only he was the single commander who ran over and was shot down by Ye Qiongying with two arrows, they finally realized the fun and sense of accomplishment of being involved in it.
Therefore, this victory was far more impressive to them than the last one.
I also feel that this month's night training was not in vain, and I feel the joy of rewarding after hard work.
Seeing that they were happy, Ye Qiongying also said a few words and did not undermine their self-confidence at this time.
When I first met this group of young people, they were still following Yao Dachuan and being patient and evasive. They looked worried when they mentioned training.
Now he is all smiles.
From this perspective, the existence of Li Yunwei is not without value!