Liu Tan leaned over and said, "That's the crossbow I just made."

"Hand crossbow?" Liu Che asked, "Is it prepared for you to use for hunting?"

Liu Tan: What does this mean?

Liu Tan frowned and said, "This is for the Xiongnu. If you think fighting the Xiongnu is also hunting, then there's nothing wrong with that."

Liu Che glanced at him and chuckled. When he turned around, he found that the crossbow team had actually walked past. He turned to look at Liu Tan with a confused look on his face: "Are you just showing me?"

Liu Tan quickly said, "This is just a brief appearance. There will be a performance later."

Since it is a military parade, there must be martial arts performances. Otherwise, if this group of people were to just go through the motions for Emperor Wu of Han to see, Emperor Wu of Han would probably want to deal with him.

After all the troops had marched through, they finally arrived at the center of the parade ground, knelt down facing Emperor Liu Che, and shouted "Changle Weiyang" three times.

Although we couldn't shout slogans or anything, it was still shocking enough and the field fell silent again.

A thousand men stood on the parade ground. The cavalry, charioteers, shield soldiers and other equipped soldiers were at the edge, and the other arms were in the middle. They looked neat and tidy at a glance.

Liu Che laughed heartily. After all, as an emperor, who wouldn't like elite soldiers and generals?

He raised his hand toward the front, and someone stepped forward and shouted, "Stand up." Then the soldiers stood up in unison.

Liu Tan heard someone whispering nearby, "How did they practice this? They move in unison, even their movements are in unison."

"Who knows? If it weren't for the difference in height, they would really look like the same person."

Liu Tan felt a little regretful after hearing this. He also wanted to select people of the same height, but there were fewer people in the northern border. These thousand people were not specially for the military parade. Their main task was to deal with the Huns.

However, the first wave has already been trained, and it would be nice to have some specialized performances like this in the future.

After the battle was over, Miao Rui stepped forward and waved the flag, and then these soldiers withdrew in an orderly manner. After a while, the sword soldiers and shield soldiers came on the stage.

Although it was a martial arts performance, the performance was still quite obvious. After all, they were all colleagues and they didn't train on a daily basis. They couldn't just go into battle and fight. It would be bad if they saw blood in front of the emperor.

However, everyone's focus quickly shifted from the martial arts performance to other things.

Someone whispered, "What kind of swords are these soldiers holding? Why are they white?"

"I think the sword His Majesty has been fond of lately is the same color."

At this moment, Liu Che asked, "Has the Hundred Refinements Steel been put into mass production?"

Liu Tan said honestly: "No, I can't do it. This is all I can do. If I add more, I'll lose it."

In short, this is all for you to see, if you want more, there will be nothing left.

Liu Che glanced at him and said, "You are quite honest."

Liu Tan sighed, "Because I also want to mass-produce it, but I still need to do some research."

Liu Che responded. He did not doubt Liu Tan. Anyway, whatever good things his son had would be given to him first. The same went for the Bailian Steel. The first batch produced last year was given to him and the prince. Only this much was produced this year. It seemed that it was indeed not easy.

After the sword and shield soldiers go down, the spearmen will come next.

After these are over, it will be the archers' turn. I have to say that the previous martial arts performances were just for fun. Everyone knows that even if the performances look vigorous on the training grounds, they may not be the same on the battlefield.

But it’s different for archers. Apart from anything else, you can tell at a glance whether they can shoot accurately.

A total of twenty archers stood in front of the target in a row. The target was placed about three feet away, or a hundred meters.

Every few meters on the field, a man stood astride. After all the archers were in place, they shouted in unison, "Raise!"

The archers raised their bows in unison, and after hearing the word "noose," they nocked their arrows.

"Half Moon!"

"Full moon!"

"shoot!"

One action, one command. After the last command was given, all the archers released their bowstrings at the same time.

The officials on the viewing platform were also a little restless at this time, and they all leaned in to take a closer look.

Liu Tan suddenly heard a very young voice shouting, "Okay!"

He turned around and was surprised to find that it was Li Ling.

Liu Che actually brought Li Ling with him on this tour.

Li Ling's face flushed with excitement, and he looked as if he couldn't wait to rush out and perform. He kept saying, "Every one of them hit the bull's eye. They're all good players!"

As a military general, and the descendant of a military general famous for his archery, Li Ling's eyesight is better than that of ordinary people.

Only after he had finished speaking did people start to read the whole thing.

As expected, every arrow hit the bull's eye. Liu Che was a little surprised: "You actually found so many good players."

"No, it's all learned through practice. Don't let them do anything. Just practice this every day. It's not difficult as long as you have a little talent."

When Liu Che turned around, he saw that although Liu Tan was reserved in words, his tail was almost up to the sky.

But this time, he didn't hit his son.

Because it is indeed very difficult.

Archery is a sport played by all nobles. Even if it is just for fun, one knows the difficulty involved in achieving such accuracy.

When Liu Che looked at Liu Tan, he saw Li Ling also looking at Liu Tan, with a look on his face that wanted to come over but didn't dare to. He couldn't help but waved his hand: "Shao Qing, come here."

Liu Tan turned around and saw Li Ling striding towards him. There was no flattery on his face when he saluted. The youthful spirit was fully reflected in him.

In fact, if you only look at their appearance, neither Li Buyan nor Wei Buyi looks more like a military general than Li Ling.

Wei Deng... Wei Deng is even worse, that baby-faced guy has already blocked his way.

Liu Che asked, "What do you think?"

Li Ling was a little excited: "They are all excellent fighters picked from thousands of miles away. Even my servants may not have such skills!"

Liu Che looked at Liu Tan, who smiled and said, "This isn't just one in a thousand. Many were eliminated when these thousand people were originally selected. They can be said to be the best group in Shuofang City."

Liu Che raised his eyebrows: "Shuofang City?"

Liu Tan replied, "Yes, I wouldn't dare mention the Northern Border Kingdom. We were in a rush to recruit people, so we only recruited people from the surrounding areas. It's not just Shuofang City, people from Dunhuang County and Wuwei County have also come."

Li Ling asked curiously, "Just now I saw that their bows and arrows all have a round object on them. If I remember correctly, His Majesty also had that kind of thing in his hand during the spring hunt, right?"

Liu Tan said, "Yes, I had someone improve the sight."

As he spoke, he glanced at Miao Rui.

Miao Rui immediately sent someone to bring up a bow with a sight.

As soon as Li Ling got them, he said, "Hey, what are these things for? They weren't on the bow Your Majesty took earlier."

Liu Che stared at Liu Tan again.

Liu Tan: ...