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Chapter 361 The Archery Instructor

"it is good!"

Bian Xiang let out a satisfied shout.

"Brother, such archery skills are good enough to be a crossbow instructor for the soldiers."

A hint of smugness appeared on Hua Xiaomei's face.

Her archery skills

Perhaps not as good as his elder brother Hua Rong,

But even within the Song court's army, this was a rare occurrence.

This is something Hua Rong said himself before.

Zhao Yuan nodded, but then said,

"The accuracy is alright, but the power is a bit weak!"

He saw it very clearly.

The arrow from the soldier in front of him pierced through the flame of the torch a hundred feet away.

But after flying over, the arrow soon fell to the ground. "Two, five, three..."

"How many stones can you draw with a bow?"

Zhao Yuan inquired.

"Barely enough to pull two or three stones..."

Flower Girl replied in a low voice.

She also knew that, being a woman,

In terms of physical strength, they are inherently somewhat inferior to men.

Hua Rong naturally wouldn't want his sister to become a muscular woman.

Therefore, when teaching Hua Xiaomei archery from a young age...

The main focus was on having her practice the accuracy of her arrow shots.

As for the power of archery...

But I never forced it.

Actually, Hua Xiaomei can barely draw a bow with a two-stone draw weight.

Among the Northern Song army,

It's pretty good.

It should be noted that within Song Tingde's army,

A soldier capable of drawing a two-stone bow was already considered a strong soldier.

They would usually be transferred to Tokyo to serve as guards.

What Zhao Yuan had just held was a common type of bow used in the army.

That's why Hua Xiaomei was able to pull it open so easily.

"Brother, as long as you're willing to practice, you'll develop strength sooner or later,"

Bianxiang suggested,

"Although this soldier is not strong, his arrows are very accurate. Let's keep him as an archery instructor."

"That's fine, there aren't any suitable candidates on the mountain anyway,"

Zhao Yuan nodded.

Then he asked the two their names.

"My name is Hua Bao... Qing!"

Hua Xiaomei almost let it slip, but thankfully she realized what she had said in the end.

After introducing himself,

She quickly pulled her sister-in-law aside and said...

“This is my brother, Hua Bao… Jin!”

"I'll let you Liangshan instructor, but my brother has to be my personal guard."

Hua Xiaomei started discussing the terms.

"Why would a mere archery instructor need personal guards?"

Bian Xiang glared at him, clearly annoyed.

Although Hua Xiaomei was startled,

But he still mustered his courage and looked directly into the eyes of the "leader" of Liangshan!

Zhao Yuan, standing to the side, pondered for a moment.

"You two are also surnamed Hua? Do you know that Hua Rong, the Little Li Guang?"

“Your Majesty, we are also members of the Hua clan. Hua Rong, the magistrate, is a distant relative of ours.”

Because they were unclear about Liangshan's attitude towards Hua Rong.

Hua Xiaomei had no choice but to make things up.

Fortunately, the Hua family has been living in Qingfeng Village for three or four generations.

There are indeed some distant relatives of the Hua family in the village.

Now, in the midst of war and chaos

She certainly didn't believe that Liangshan would send someone specifically to investigate her identity!

"Very well, since you two are members of Hua Rong's clan, you may stay at Liangshan for the time being."

Zhao Yuan gave the order,

"Hua Baoqing is an excellent archer, so he will serve as the archery instructor of the stronghold for now. As for Hua Baojin, he will be your assistant."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Hua Xiaomei quickly pulled her sister-in-law down to express her gratitude.

"Don't call me 'King.' From now on, when we're on the mountain, just call me 'Chief.'..."

After Zhao Yuan finished speaking, he stretched.

He casually gave an order to his personal guard.

Tell them to prepare accommodations for the two Hua brothers.

He himself was feeling a bit sleepy and went back to his tent to rest.

Bianxiang is the leader on night duty tonight.

He greeted Hua Xiaomei and the other girl.

He also led his soldiers on a night patrol.

Hua Xiaomei and Hua Rong's wife followed behind Zhao Yuan's personal guards.

After wandering around the campsite for a while, we finally found a place to rest.

They arrived at a small camp.

The guard explained, "This place used to be inhabited by a scout team. During the day, the chieftain sent them back to the marsh to deliver a message. Instructor Hua, you can stay here."

Hua Xiaomei and her sister-in-law had just walked in

The stench of sweat inside made the two of them instinctively raise their hands to cover their noses.

"How can anyone live here with such a strong smell?"

Hua Xiaomei couldn't help but complain.

"Instructor Hua, when we're on the march, there's no need for so many formalities."

The guard said with a laugh,

"In this military camp, apart from a few leaders, all the soldiers, regardless of rank, had to sleep with the regular soldiers."

"If it weren't for the chief's high regard for Instructor Hua, the two of them, being newly surrendered, probably wouldn't even be able to sleep in the communal room!"

Hua Xiaomei also comes from a military family.

They were naturally familiar with the rules of marching.

Seeing that things had come to this, he could only nod dejectedly.

What time will the guards get up and start training tomorrow?

After explaining everything in detail, he left.

But as he left the tent, he couldn't help but mutter something under his breath.

"She has such excellent archery skills, yet her personality is like a woman's..."

Chapter 362 Flower Girl's Military Service

Both Hua Xiaomei and Hua Rong's wife, who were inside the tent, heard the guards' mutterings.

Both of them immediately looked somewhat awkward.

Fortunately, besides them, there was no one else in the tent at that time.

There was no one else.

Otherwise, someone would definitely notice something was wrong.

"Sister-in-law, what do we do now?"

Hua Xiaomei said helplessly.

"Am I really going to become some kind of archery instructor?"

"Are there any other ways for us to survive besides this?"

Hua Rong's wife sighed.

"Although Liangshan is located in Shandong and has always had a good reputation, it is still a band of outlaws. Once our identities are exposed, who knows how they will treat us?"

"And where has your brother gone now?"

"Once Supervisor Huang wakes up, he will definitely issue an arrest warrant for us at Qingfeng Village."

Even if we escape from here, where will we find refuge?

18 "That's true,"

Hua Xiaomei nodded, then said angrily,

"My brother is really something. If he had left Qingfeng Mountain, he should have at least sent us a message. He caused you and me to almost walk into the lion's den today."

"Your elder brother has always been the most loyal and righteous,"

Hua Rong's wife said helplessly.

"Judging from what that bandit said, it seems that he left with Song Jiang, the timely rain."

"That 'Timely Rain' claims to be unparalleled in loyalty, but I think he's nothing special."

Flower Girl complained.

"If it weren't for him, my brother wouldn't have been forced to become an outlaw!"

"Sigh, what's the point of saying all this now?"

Hua Rong's wife gave a bitter smile.

"You should think about how you're going to deal with Liangshan in the future."

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The next day, just as dawn broke,