Qin Chuan held a megaphone and first said "hello" a few times like a headmaster.
Then, he began to speak.
"Soldiers, what you have here is new equipment that I had delivered overnight. I believe that with these two things, you will no longer be afraid of the Xiongnu!"
All the soldiers stared at the two new pieces of equipment, looking completely bewildered, having no idea how to use them.
Qin Chuan bent down and picked up the composite bow from the ground, showing it to everyone: "This is called a composite bow. It is hundreds, even thousands of years more advanced than the bows and crossbows you use now. Not to mention hitting a willow leaf at a hundred paces, hitting a willow leaf at five hundred paces is not a problem."
"Is it really that miraculous?" a few bold soldiers questioned.
Qin Chuan randomly pointed to a soldier who had raised questions and asked him to come over. "What's your name?"
The soldier was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and said, "Grand Preceptor, spare my life! My name is Gouwazi, and I shouldn't have questioned you, sir."
Qin Chuan helped him up and laughed, "I don't blame you, you have a good question! Now, you will demonstrate the power of the composite bow. Ma Yuxiang, go find a target and place it five hundred paces away..."
Upon hearing this, Ma Yuxiang did not take action himself, but instead had his men find a target and place it 500 paces away from the general's platform in another direction of the training ground.
“Um… Gouwazi, now I’ll personally teach you how to use a compound bow,” Qin Chuan said, placing the compound bow in Gouwazi’s hands. He then gave him a fine steel arrow and taught him how to draw the bow and how to aim at the bullseye through the optical sight…
Fortunately, although Gouwazi's name was outrageous, he wasn't stupid and quickly and steadily drew the bowstring.
"put!"
Gouwazi shot the arrow with all his might, only to realize afterward that he didn't need to use so much force at all. The bow was very cleverly crafted, and the arrow could be shot very easily...
"Go get it checked quickly!"
Ma Yuxiang ordered two soldiers to run over.
After a while, two soldiers returned and reported: "Reporting to the Imperial Preceptor and the General, it was a perfect shot! It entered the net and pierced the target!"
Upon hearing this, Ma Yuxiang was overjoyed, and An Dingguo stroked his beard and smiled.
The soldier nicknamed Gouwazi shouted excitedly, "Brothers, it's a perfect score! I hit the bullseye!"
Qin Chuan held the megaphone to his mouth, and he waved his fists and shouted again, "Brothers, five hundred paces, I hit the bullseye! A perfect score!"
All the soldiers were stunned when they heard what Gouwazi said!
Five hundred paces, a full ring of arrows hitting the target—how terrifying is that?!
The most rigorous training for archers is to hit the target at full circle within 80 paces and to not miss the target within 120 paces.
That's a 500-step shot, and Gouwazi isn't even an archer.
Thinking of this, all the soldiers looked at the composite bow in their hands, their eyes immediately shining, and they regarded it as a treasure!
Qin Chuan then shouted, "You've all seen it, this is a composite bow, this is the weapon I tailored for you to kill enemies. The enemy can shoot 80 or even 120 paces away, what are you afraid of? At 300, 400, or 500 paces away, you can use the scope to blow their head off with one arrow!"
Gouwazi shouted excitedly, "The Imperial Advisor is mighty! The Imperial Advisor is mighty!"
Immediately, all the soldiers in the drill ground shouted in unison, "The Imperial Preceptor is mighty! The Imperial Preceptor is mighty!"
"Dog Boy, you go down first."
Gouwazi rejoined the ranks, his face beaming with excitement, as if he had received a reward.
Qin Chuan continued speaking through the megaphone from the platform: "Before the battle, I will have someone distribute arrows to you. Next, I will introduce this new type of warhorse, which you can call Iron Horse."
Looking at the strange "mount" before them, the soldiers cautiously reached out and touched it. "This is the legendary iron horse..."
"How do you ride this iron horse? I will teach one hundred people first, and then those one hundred people will teach you. Today, you don't need to train anything else, just practice riding the iron horse."
After Qin Chuan finished speaking, he asked who would like to volunteer to learn how to ride a motorcycle. Many soldiers, including Gouwazi, raised their hands.
Qin Chuan selected one hundred people and pulled them out separately. He pushed the motorcycles to an open space and personally taught them how to ride them.
Among these hundred people, those who learned first, the moment they learned to ride a motorcycle, many shouted excitedly: "Brothers! I can fly! I can actually fly!"
About two hours later, most of the hundred people, except for a very few who were too slow, had learned to ride motorcycles...
"Go and teach them!"
Qin Chuan divided the soldiers into teams of 100 men each, and they took turns learning to ride motorcycles.
But to his surprise, by evening, half of the students still hadn't learned it. He didn't know if it was a problem with the teaching or if they were just too slow learners.
Seeing Qin Chuan troubled by this matter, An Dingguo offered a good solution.
That is, those who can ride iron horses are responsible for driving the chariot, while those who cannot ride chariots sit in the back and are responsible for shooting arrows with composite bows. This is somewhat like a chariot, where the driver is responsible for driving the chariot, while the passengers are responsible for attacking and defending.
They also proposed equipping each vehicle with shields at the front and rear, so that when the driver lowers their head, they can block enemy attacks.
"As expected of General An!"
Qin Chuan couldn't help but applaud, "As expected, experience is the best teacher; real-world experience is the best teacher."
They acted immediately, ordering the soldiers to set up the shields that very night before resting.
The next morning, the captains of each battalion were ordered to distribute the arrows.
Twenty arrows per soldier is enough.
Qin Chuan then distributed the telescopes to the captains of each battalion and to An Dingguo.
When An Dingguo learned to use the binoculars, he was so moved that tears streamed down his face: "Grand Master, if we had had this earlier, how could our army have fought so many bitter battles!"
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