The Human Emperor (1-200)

C199: The Three Great Troops of Great Tang

“The Three Great Training Camp is a major affair of the royal court, and the Sage Emperor is extremely concerned about it. One thing you must know about the Three Great Training Camps is that they are built to augment the military. The royal court’s intention behind contributing resources to train you is not for you to boast about your strength. Rather, it is to prepare you for the military so that you can contribute to the empire through your talents.”

“Thus, there is some basic knowledge that you must know about Great Tang’s military. Judging from your current cultivation realms, it’s also about time for you to come into contact with this.”

Zhao Qianqiu said as the group stood by the side of the archery training ground encircled by a fence.

“The troops in the military can be divided into three main categories—archer, footsoldier, and cavalry. You’ll have to choose among the three categories in the future. Of them, archers represent dexterity!”

Zhao Qianqiu pointed to a student standing a significant distance away in the training ground. The student drew an arrow on a gigantic bow and abruptly released his grip. Xiu xiu xiu! In the blink of an eye, a dozen arrows were released in unimaginably short intervals.

In just a short instant, that person managed to shoot twelve arrows individually. The twelve sharp arrows flew in differing trajectories and struck twelve different wooden dummies fifty meters away accurately.

Xiu xiu xiu!

Almost instantaneously, another recruit drew his arrow. This time, it was fourteen sharp arrows striking the same puppet from many different directions.

And all of the arrows accurately landed on the vitals of a human.

Upon seeing this sight, everyone was stunned.

“That’s dexterity! Martial artists who cultivate dexterity-type secret arts will possess attacking speed far beyond that of their peers. In fact, some of the outstanding ones are even able to move ten times faster than —-. In other words, in a physical brawl, in the duration that you are able to deal your opponent a single punch, the other party might be able to deal you two, three, or even more.

On the battlefield, the most suitable class for such a martial artist is archery. With a high attacking speed, one will be able to shoot a huge quantity of arrows to be fired within a short moment. Rumor has it that the most talented archer in the Eastern and Western Turkic Khaganate is capable of simultaneously striking fifty sprinting hares on the exact same spot of their body from several li away.

(li -> 0.5km)

In other words, on a battlefield, he could destroy fifty of our elite foot soldiers in the blink of an eye! If there were ten such people like him, can you imagine how many of our footsoldiers would die in just a short face-off? If the numbers increased further to fifty or even more, our vanguard would start to falling apart!”

“However, even though the master archers in the Eastern and Western Turkic Khaganate are incredibly talented, the strongest archers are still within Great Tang. Do you know why?”

At this point, Zhao Qianqiu abruptly paused and flashed the group a mysterious smile.

“Bow, armor, and arrows!”

Zhao Jingdian muttered after contemplating for a moment.

“Smart! It’s because our Great Tang has the world’s best bows, sharpest arrows, and sturdiest armors!”

Zhao Qianqiu complimented.

On the other hand, Wang Chong’s eyebrows knitted together inconspicuously. At that instant, he recalled the issue that Elder Ye, Duke of Hu, and the others raised.