Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 216 Let’s include them all in!

When Su Yun heard what Liu Xianglan said, he immediately frowned. He and Liu Xianglan had never even had a serious conversation. What private words did she have to say to him?

Su Yun thought about it, then bowed and said, "I have something else to do, let's talk next time."

Having said that, Su Yun turned around and left.

Liu Xianglan said loudly: "Master Su, I have admired you for a long time, and I only want to be your slave and concubine. I will redeem myself and give you all my private money."

The whole building was in an uproar, and each guest looked at Su Yun enviously.

Su Yun was stunned at first, then he was slightly angry and said, "No need, I am not familiar with you, there is no need to do this, and I already have a good wife at home, I dare not do anything to mess around with other women, and please don't harass me anymore, Mr. Liu."

Xu Jin looked at Su Yun in astonishment and whispered, "Mr. Su, you don't even want this courtesan who was given to you for free?"

Su Yun glanced at Xu Jin, turned around and left Fanlou. Wang Shunchen quickly pulled Xu Jin and said, "Yu Hou, don't say anything more. The Su family is a gentleman."

Liu Xianglan stared with eyes wide open, watching Su Yun leave. Even when Su Yun walked out of Fanlou, she still found it hard to believe: He just left like that?

She was such a beautiful woman, the most popular courtesan in Bianjing, and she redeemed herself and even gave her own money to him, but he just turned around and left without hesitation?

Su Yun quickened his pace and left Fanlou, bringing Xu Jin and Wang Shunchen back to the Su Mansion. When Xu Jin entered the Su Mansion, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "This is the residence given by the government, the former residence of the prime minister Chen Zhizhong? It really is the prime minister's residence, it's incredible!"

Su Yun nodded and smiled, "It's just like that after living here for a long time. Let's go to the second house."

The second house is where Su Yun practices martial arts.

Xu Jin and Wang Shunchen followed Su Yun into the second courtyard and immediately looked at each other: He is indeed a martial artist.

There were densely packed stakes in the yard, as well as weapons such as swords, spears, swords and halberds. Most importantly, there were also many bows and arrows, and targets for archery practice.

Wang Shunchen looked at the target and squinted his eyes immediately, only to see that the center of the target was covered with arrow marks.

Su Yun looked at Wang Shunchen and asked with a smile, "How heavy is the bow that General Wang uses?"

Wang Shunchen said: "One shi (stone) will be enough."

Su Yun was really surprised when he heard this. The bows and arrows used by folk archery clubs were mostly four or five dou in length.

The army is a little heavier, taking six dou as the standard, infantry is generally one dou heavier than cavalry, and generally seven dou can be used, which is considered a very powerful archer.

Of course, there are archers with 80 or 90 pound bows, but their shooting rate usually cannot be increased.

When it comes to combat, speed is the most important thing.

The ancient archers, in particular, sought to shoot arrows at a speed of every 10-12 seconds while running at a speed of 2-5 meters per second.

The targets they attacked were usually within 10 meters. In the Ming Dynasty, this close-range shooting tactic of cavalry archers was called "five-step shooting".

For horse archers, the speed of the arrow is far more important than the poundage.

Wang Shunchen said that he used a large and hard bow, which should refer to the commonly used one that can meet the rapid-shooting standard. This is amazing!
I just don't know whether the bow he used to shoot more than a thousand arrows in history was a huge bow or an ordinary bow. If he used a huge bow to shoot a thousand arrows, that would be too horrifying!

Su Yun has a huge hard bow here, which is mainly used to train his strength. When he really uses it, he mainly uses a bow of 80 or 90 dou, which is considered a heavy bow. If he really uses a heavy bow, it is not that he cannot pull it open, but the speed will slow down.

Su Yun handed Yishuo's hard bow to Wang Shunchen and said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry, warm up first to avoid straining your arm."

Wang Shunchen wanted to show off in front of Su Yun, so he just stretched his chest muscles slightly, and then started shooting arrows one by one. The speed at the beginning was normal, but gradually the speed increased. At the end, only whooshing sounds could be heard. The key is not only fast, but also the rhythm is extremely steady. It is obviously very fast, but you can clearly hear the rhythm.

In just one minute, forty or fifty arrows were shot. This was because the speed was a little slow at the beginning. If this rhythm had been followed from the beginning, it was estimated that more than sixty arrows could have been shot.

An arrow can be shot in less than a second, the speed is really terrifying. The key is that the bow used is a one-stone bow!
If we continue at this speed, we will be able to shoot more than a thousand arrows in just twenty minutes.

Humanoid Gatling, worthy of its name.

Wang Shunchen shot for a while again, and the five or six targets in front were densely packed with arrows. Su Yun didn't even need to walk forward to see that the arrows were tightly clustered together and gathered on the center of the bull's eye!
Heavy, fast and accurate!
Su Yun himself was also an expert in archery, so he naturally understood how terrifying Wang Shunchen was.

If you encounter such an opponent on the battlefield, it would be really terrifying.

Seeing Wang Shunchen stop, Su Yun quickly clapped his hands and praised, "General Wang, the reputation of the Imperial Army's divine arrows is well-deserved. It's amazing, amazing!"

Wang Shunchen smiled a little embarrassedly. After shooting more than a hundred arrows in a row, Wang Shunchen did not look too tired. There were only slight sweat marks on his forehead, but his breathing was still relatively steady. Su Yun now believed that Wang Shunchen could really keep shooting.

After all, on the battlefield, you don't have to shoot all the time. When fighting, sometimes you have to shoot, and sometimes you can take a break. These more than a thousand arrows may have been shot one after another over several hours, so it may not be impossible.

Xu Jin smiled and said, "Archery is only the most insignificant advantage of Brother Shunchen. His greatest strength is still military tactics, but he has no place to use his skills in the imperial guards of the capital."

Su Yun understood immediately after hearing this and said with a smile, "Is that so? General Wang wants me to recommend you to go to the border army to make achievements?"

Wang Shunchen shook his head and said, "There is no point in going to the border army at this time. Yongle City has just been defeated, and it may not be possible to use force again in the short term. Moreover, there is no one to lead me. What's the point of me, a warrior, going there?"

Xu Jin said quickly, "Brother Shunchen wants to make friends with you, Mr. Su. With your ability, you may be able to lead troops into battle in the future. At that time, with a general like you who knows military affairs leading you, it will be a good opportunity to achieve great things."

Su Yun couldn't help but smile when he heard this. General... this is still far away from him.

Seeing Wang Shunchen looking at him expectantly, Su Yun smiled and said, "Okay, if I really want to guard the border in the future, I must ask Brother Shunchen to help me. General Xu, will you go?"

Xu Jin was stunned for a moment, then asked happily: "Can I go too?"

Su Yun smiled and said, "If General Xu is not afraid of death, he can go."

Xu Jin chuckled and said, "I am afraid of death, but I can be fearless. I want to die with a clear mind. If I let Master Su take me to the war, I can die with a clear mind."

Su Yun nodded, and then he was a little absent-minded. Xu Jin and Wang Shunchen were confused and looked at each other. Suddenly Su Yun said, "Are you really willing to go to the border with me?" Wang Shunchen was delighted when he heard it, and said, "Master Su, are you going to guard the border? Then you must take me with you!"

Su Yun said: "You just want to use your talents, just for promotion and wealth?"

Wang Shunchen was stunned for a moment, then said, "Master Su, I won't hide it from you. These are my thoughts, but please don't laugh at me for saying some things."

Su Yun nodded and said, "You go ahead."

Wang Shunchen gritted his teeth and said, "As a soldier, I feel so cowardly!

During the reign of Emperor Renzong, China was defeated in the Battle of Sanchuankou, the Battle of Haoshuichuan, and the Battle of Dingchuanzhai. The Qingli Peace Agreement was a loss of sovereignty and humiliation for the country!
Since the current emperor ascended the throne, he has made plans in the northwest. During the Xining period, he conquered the Qingtang Tubo and Jiaosiluo regimes in the west, expanded the territory by more than 2,000 miles, established the Xihe Road, and gradually began to take the strategic initiative against the Western Xia.

At the same time as the Xihe border expansion, the government also began to try to capture the Xia territory. First, in the fourth year of Zhiping, General Zhong led his troops to force the surrender of the Weimingshan tribe of Suizhou in Western Xia.

In the fourth year of Xining, Han Jiang led his troops to build Funing and Luowu cities in order to enter Hengshan and realize the strategic concept of attacking Western Xia, but this ended with the Western Xia army successively breaking through the two cities.

Following the advice of Wang Shao and others, they sent troops out of Qinzhou to recruit and capture the Qiang and Tubo tribes scattered in the Xihe area, in order to achieve the military goal of attacking Western Xia from both the east and the west.

However, the subsequent border disputes between Liao and Song, the invasion of Song by Jiaozhi, and the anti-Song wars by the Qiang and Fan tribes in Xihe Road disrupted the continued implementation of this military deployment, and the court was forced to stop the westward expedition.

After that, there was a massive five-way attack on Xia. The situation was originally very good, haha, Gao Zunyu deserved to die! The good situation was ruined by his greed for merit!

A war that mobilized the entire country ended up with mediocre results.

In this defeat at Yongle City, two hundred thousand soldiers were killed. The foundation of our Song Dynasty will be shaken!
How shameless! A small Xixia country has made China, a great country, hesitate and lose face. How can we recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun?"

Wang Shunchen looked at Su Yun and said, "Master Su, please don't laugh at me for being impractical. As a soldier, who wouldn't want to be a man and take over the fifty states of Guanshan?"

Su Yun looked at Wang Shunchen, his expression changed from calm at the beginning to solemn, and then he nodded slowly and said: "Yes, why don't men take Wu Gou and take over the fifty states of Guanshan? I understand."

Su Yun did not keep Xu Jin and Wang Shunchen for long. After sending them away, he went into the study and did not come out all night.

This made Zhang Ruo very anxious. She and Su Yun had known each other for such a long time and had been married for a while. Su Yun always looked confident and successful in everything he did. He always looked calm and composed. How could he have ever lost his composure like this?

Zhang Ruo thought something had happened, and hurried to find out what happened to Ah Hui, Ah Hu and others. However, he unexpectedly learned that the courtesan Liu Xianglan of Fanlou had confessed her love in public.

Zhang Ruo was furious at first, but then finally calmed down and knocked on Su Yun's door.

Seeing Su Yun's haggard and tired face, she felt distressed and sighed secretly, then said softly, "Husband, let's eat first."

Su Yun nodded, and the two of them had a sumptuous dinner. When Zhang Ruo saw Su Yun getting up to go back to the study, she quickly said, "Husband, can we chat for a while?"

Su Yun forced a smile upon hearing this and said, "Don't worry about me. I'm fine. I just need to think some things through."

When Zhang Ruo saw Su Yun forcing a smile, her heart was broken. She felt sad and a little sorry for Su Yun. Well, forget it. After all, she is much older than him. She should just let him make a fuss.

Zhang Ruo said: "If you like her, then take her in. Anyway, our family doesn't lack a yard, and supporting a concubine is not a problem."

"Huh?" Su Yun looked at Zhang Ruo in surprise.

Zhang Ruo felt sad and said, "Alright, don't think too much. Leave this matter to me. I promise that within a few days, I will welcome Liu Xianglan into the family. Oh, forget it. Let's also take Zhang Qinghe in. Yes, and Yuan Baoer, too!"

Su Yun: “…”

No, that has nothing to do with that!

Su Yun didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Sister Ruo, you misunderstood. I'm thinking about something more profound, which has nothing to do with this."

Zhang Ruo shook her head and said, "With your rapid promotion and status as a scholar of classics, it is only natural for you to take in a few concubines.

Moreover, my husband, you are the only son in the family, so it is right for you to have children as soon as possible.

If I don't help you get this done, people will say I'm jealous."

Su Yun smiled bitterly and said, "Our family doesn't do this, so don't worry about it. I have something really important to discuss with you. I've been thinking about it all night and can't make a decision."

Zhang Ruo immediately became serious when she heard this, and said, "Husband, you speak."

Su Yun looked at Zhang Ruo seriously and said, "If I volunteer to go to the northwest to guard the border, will you blame me?"

Zhang Ruo was stunned when she heard this, and then tears began to fall. Su Yun panicked and said, "If you don't want to, then I won't go."

Zhang Ruo shook her head and said, "I'm not saying that I don't want you to go, but why do you think I'll blame you? Is it because you don't want me to go with you?"

Su Yun was surprised and asked, "You want to go with us? The Northwest is too poor and it's too hard to go there. How can you go with us?"

Zhang Ruo stared at Su Yun and said, "I will marry you and go wherever you go. This is not negotiable."

Su Yun stared at Zhang Ruo for a while, then suddenly laughed and nodded, "Well, let's go together as husband and wife!"

Only then did Zhang Ruo start to laugh.

Su Yun also laughed and said, "Do you mind if I have this idea? You know, guarding the border in the northwest is very hard, and I may not be able to be promoted as quickly as I was in Bian Jing. I may have to guard for ten or eight years. If the government forgets about me, I may stay there for the rest of my life."

Zhang Ruo raised her head slightly, and said with a little pride: "I am not afraid. My husband is a real man who is willing to make contributions to the country. As your wife, how can I hold you back? I am only proud of you and will never blame you for your choice!"

Su Yun was suddenly filled with pride: Look, this is my good wife!
Just when Su Yun was filled with joy, he suddenly heard Zhang Ruo say, "Why don't we take those people in? It's bitterly cold in the northwest, and I'm afraid there won't be any good-looking women there."

Su Yun: “…”

(End of this chapter)