Zhang Shixun reached out and touched the chestnut horse's neck, feeling the sweat on his hand. He quickly jumped off the horse and patted it gently. Then he said to He Dalang who was walking over, "I'm sorry! I was so busy practicing that I forgot it would get tired too."
He Dalang laughed and said, "When you have your own horse in the future, you will know how to feel sorry for it, haha!"
Coach Lin came over with a horse and said to Zhang Shixun, "You have a natural talent for learning. With diligent practice, you'll be able to ride a horse quickly. As for riding skills, that requires gradual practice. It won't be achieved without years of hard work."
"I am grateful for your advice!" Zhang Shixun said with a bow.
Instructor Lin tiptoed onto his horse and said, "Look carefully." He held the bow in his left hand, drew an arrow from his quiver with his right hand, and placed it on the string. "Do you see clearly?"
"Not very clear." Zhang Shixun answered honestly.
Coach Lin demonstrated it again, this time very slowly. "Did you see it clearly this time?"
"I see clearly."
"Okay! Get on the horse and do what I did just now for me."
Gao Yanei had someone bring another horse over, which was the horse Zhang Shixun rode when he came.
"Just ride it for now, and I'll get you a war horse later." Gao Yanei handed over the reins.
Zhang Shixun took the reins, without saying a word, jumped on the horse, and imitated Coach Lin in drawing the bow and putting the arrow on it.
"Don't hold the bow with your left arm, lift it higher." Coach Lin corrected from the side.
Zhang Shixun responded and raised his left arm.
"The right hand holding the arrow, the arm, and the shoulder should form a straight line."
"Yes!" Zhang Shixun practiced repeatedly several times according to Coach Lin's requirements.
"All right! Get the horse running and practice the movements I just taught you. But don't shoot yet. Wait until you've mastered them."
"Yes!" Zhang Shixun tapped the horse's belly with his heel, and the horse started running.
He Ji, who was standing nearby, watched with a smile and asked Coach Lin, "Old Lin, do you think this will work?"
"Let's wait and see. Whether it's a mule or a horse, we'll only know after we take it out for a walk!" Old Lin squinted his eyes and looked into the field, muttering, "I don't know what's going on, but I think he can make it."
"Really?" Gao Yanei looked at Zhang Shixun in the distance.
"The time is too short." He Ji still didn't think highly of him.
"That's right." Old Zhao and Old Huang nodded in agreement.
They were both veterans, and they had never heard of anyone learning horse riding and archery in a day.
While a few people were talking here, Zhang Shixun had already started to urge his mount.
Everyone stared at him intently, and saw him riding while pulling an arrow from his quiver and putting the nock on the string.
"Oh! He looks like he's really going to shoot." Old Zhao said, pointing inside the field.
Before he finished speaking, there was a "bang" sound from Zhang Shixun's bowstring, and the arrow flew out. Unfortunately, the arrow missed the target, and the arrow feathers brushed against the scarecrow's head and flew out, taking a piece of straw with it.
"Ouch!" Gao Yanei couldn't help but cry out, and just as he was about to say "What a pity", Zhang Shixun had put the second arrow to the head.
"This...!" Old Huang was stunned.
It happened so quickly that with a "swish", the second feather arrow stretched out by Zhang Shixun hit the scarecrow's head.
Everyone couldn't help but cheer in unison. Gao Yanei clenched his fists, jumped up and shouted, "Good!"
"Damn it! This guy is not a human being!" He Ji usually doesn't curse at people, but this time he couldn't help but curse out loud. It was so fucking unbelievable.
Instructor Lin bit the straw and cursed with a smile: "You told him not to shoot, but he insisted on shooting, what a stubborn donkey!"
When Zhang Shixun pulled out the third arrow, his horse had already passed the target. If he wanted to shoot the third arrow, he had to shoot to the side and rear, which was very difficult.
Zhang Shixun was a young and fearless man. When he turned around with great effort, he suddenly lost his balance and fell off his horse with his head down.
Everyone screamed "Ah!" and thought to themselves that something bad was going to happen to him. However, they didn't expect that when Zhang Shixun was about to hit the ground, he rolled forward to eliminate the inertia and actually stood up.
Everyone watching was stunned. Is this possible?
"You bastard! How did he do that!?" He Ji rubbed his eyes, as if he couldn't believe what he had just seen.
"Hehe! I just said that this guy is a rare material for martial arts training." Coach Lin was very proud.
"Brother is mighty! Brother is mighty!" Gao Yanei raised his fists and shouted at the top of his voice.
When Zhang Shixun brought the red chestnut horse back, Instructor Lin patted him on the shoulder and said, "Just keep practicing like this. With time, you'll be proficient in archery and horsemanship in no time."
"This is all thanks to Master Lin's good teaching." Zhang Shixun bowed to him respectfully.
Coach Lin waved his hand. "That's your own ability, it has nothing to do with my teaching. It's just that riding skills need to be practiced every day. You can't just give it a try for a few days and then rest for a few days."
"I will work hard in the future. I hope Coach Lin will give me more guidance on riding."
"This is my job as a coach. I can't say anything else. I have been immersed in riding for many years and I can barely show off my skills. I dare not be modest." Coach Lin bowed and said proudly.
"Wow! From your tone, it seems that your riding skills are superb... Old Lin, since you don't dare to be modest, why don't you go on stage and demonstrate it?" Gao Yanei is a lively person.
"Obedience is worse than respect." Instructor Lin didn't waste any words. He put two fingers in his mouth and whistled. There was a neigh in the distance, and a snow-white warhorse came galloping over. It didn't slow down even when it ran close. Instructor Lin took a few quick steps and jumped onto the horse. His movements were clean and neat.
Just the action of getting on the horse won him a round of applause.
The white horseman stood up, and Instructor Lin's body seemed to be glued to the saddle, as steady as a mountain. He shook the reins in his hand, and the horse under him let out a long neigh and rushed out.
While galloping, Coach Lin first took his left foot off the pedal, leaned down, picked up a stone from the ground, sat up straight, and held up the stone to show it to the people watching on the sidelines, looking very proud.
Everyone cheered, but Gao Yanei curled his lips and said, "It's just picking up a stone from the ground, what's the big deal?"
"Look quickly! He's standing on the horse's back." Old Zhao shouted.
Sure enough, Coach Lin was standing upright on his horse, waving over here.
"It's so fancy! It's useless." Gao Yanei still muttered with disdain.
Suddenly, Instructor Lin fell headfirst from the horse's back. Everyone screamed "Ah!" and saw him reach out to grab the straps on the horse's belly, and managed to crawl from under the horse's belly to the other side. His movements were extremely thrilling.
"Good!" Everyone present cheered in unison.
Before the cheers had even died down, Instructor Lin jumped off his horse again, ran a few paces behind it, grabbed the horse's tail, leaped up, and sat back on the horse...
Coach Lin’s moves were innovative on the field, and everyone off the field praised him highly.
Zhang Shixun watched with great interest and kept praising it.
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