The Beginning of Troubled Times Chapter 9 Bow Test
In the midst of the noisy discussions, the first competition began.
The rules of this round are very simple, the arrow target is fifty steps away, one person has three arrows, and the one who hits the target is promoted.
"Isn't that too simple? Is it looking down on us?" Han Jin couldn't help but laugh, "Look at me coming out on top!" As soon as he finished speaking, his arrow whizzed away from the string, and he could even imagine the sound of the crowd cheering when he hit the target. But the moment the arrow touched the target, it was suddenly bounced off.
"How is this possible?!" Han Jin was taken aback, but did not hesitate, and immediately opened his bow and shot a second arrow. The arrow hit the bull's-eye, but after a few shakes, it still fell.
"It's an arrow target made of iron rattan in southern Xinjiang." Sun He suddenly said that the southern Xinjiang iron rattan armor is inexpensive, although there is a shortcoming that is difficult to erase, but its strength can even be comparable to the heavy armor of the first dead soldier in Youbei, not to mention a bow and arrow, even a long knife may not be able to split it. "Using this kind of thing as an arrow target is probably to test our arm strength."
"Lord Xu is really hearted, and he actually found the southern Xinjiang iron rattan to make an arrow target." Xie Anyuan looked at Xu Fuan.
"When Gongzi Xie orders things, he must always satisfy Gongzi Xie, right?" Xu Fuan said with a smile.
Han Jin took a deep breath, he was not in a hurry to shoot the last arrow, since he knew that the arrow target was made of iron vines, he had to show some real skills. He opened the bow with great force, the muscles of his arm bulged, his face almost twisted, and then he gritted his teeth and shot the arrow, which continued to tremble on the target, although it did not go deep, but finally stopped at the target.
"How could this thing shoot in?" Someone shot three arrows in a row, but missed one, and left the school with a low complaint.
"Yo, little brother, do you want me to help you draw the bow?" A burly man leaned over and looked at Su Jingchen with a sneer, he was two heads taller than Su Jingchen, he pressed his face down, Su Jingchen could almost feel his snort, and there was still a lot of pressure.
"No, you don't." Su Jingchen said coldly.
"Really?" The man straightened up, slowly pulled out his bow, and hit the target with an arrow, although it was not a bull's-eye, but the arrow sank deep into the iron vine. He turned his head and looked at Su Jingchen ostentatiously.
Su Jingchen ignored him, stretched his bow and arrows, and only had the arrow target in his eyes. The arrow flew against the wind, piercing the bullseye with unmistakable accuracy. The man's face was ugly, and he snorted coldly and turned his head to look to the side.
A referee-like person walks up to the target and checks them one by one, and if he is qualified, he will use a vermilion brush to draw a stroke on the target, and if he is not qualified, he will draw a stroke with a black brush. The last arrow target was Su Jingchen's, the man walked to the arrow target, and found that the entire arrow was not in the arrow target, he subconsciously turned his head to look at it, and then was stunned for a moment, and then drew it with a vermilion brush, turned around and left.
Behind the target, the tip of the arrow had long been exposed to the sunlight by the broken arrow.
At the end of the first round of competition, only eight of the sixteen people remained, Wang Shi read their names aloud, and the servants quickly entered the field, removing the arrow targets one by one, while preparing the things needed for the next game. The four people in the stands were talking and laughing, and they were not shocked, and it seemed that the results on the field were all expected by them now. Xu Fuan raised his hand to toast, the smile on his face lasted for a long time, but he was secretly surprised by the thin young man's bow skills, and Xie An's eyes from afar, in the end, he had a vicious eye, or was it just a coincidence?
"The second round of competition," Wang Shi's voice said, "It's still three arrows per person, and the one who shatters the pottery plate a hundred steps away is Jin." ”
"Please note that this competition is being conducted one by one," Wang Shi added, "and those who are called by name should stand behind this line." ”
Sun He looked down, and there was indeed a small shallow ditch under his feet, and a hundred steps away, the pottery plate was slowly being hung.
"Su Jingchen."
At that moment, the wind suddenly rose. Xie Anyuan frowned and asked, "Do you need to pause?"
"Are you afraid of affecting that teenager?" Xu Fu'an squinted his eyes and looked thoughtful, "If Gongzi Xie thinks of it, it is naturally possible." ”
"I think Master Xu misunderstood what I meant, so I'll say it again, if he finishes his three arrows and the wind doesn't stop, do you need to pause?" Xie Anyuan turned his head to look at Xu Fuan, with a smile on his face.
"What does Gongzi Xie mean?" Zhao Feng looked puzzled.
Xu Fuan was also puzzled, as an ordinary person, he should try his best to avoid this unfavorable situation, but Xie Anyuan seemed to want to force himself, or that young man, to a more difficult road.
"Let's see if he's qualified enough to be this hero."
Su Jingchen raised his bow and stood still, the wind didn't seem to affect him, he exhaled lightly, raised his bow and shot fast, the movement was so fast that it was difficult to see, the arrow opened a hole in the center of the pottery plate, but it didn't break, it just kept swinging in the wind. Su Jingchen was a little surprised, it seems that this pottery plate is not simple like the arrow target in the first round.
Xu Fuan stroked his beard, a subtle smile flashed on his face, if the first game is about strength, then the second game is about the accuracy of archery, of course, if you are confident in your arm strength, you can also directly use arrows to break the pottery plate, but this will be several times more difficult than before, because the pottery plate is specially made, except for a small circle on the side that is really used to shape the pottery, most of the middle is damp and heavy cement, how many archers can directly break it a hundred steps away in this world? This is also a small gamble by Xu Fuan, he bets that Sun He will notice the cattiness of the pottery plate after shooting the first arrow, maybe he doesn't even use the first arrow, and as for the others, how many people can see it?
Su Jingchen hesitated for a moment, suddenly put the remaining two arrows on it, and then slowly raised his bow.
"Do you want to use two arrows to increase the range of your hits and force the clay plate to pieces?" Xie Anyuan was stunned.
The smile on Xu Fuan's face became stronger and stronger, Gongzi Xie, it seems that you are doomed.
"The angle between the two arrows is a little larger, so that it is more dispersed, not only can it not break the pottery plate, but it may even miss the target," Sun He looked at the young man's posture and thought, "No, no! He's going to ......"
Su Jingchen let go of the hand holding the bow, and the two arrows left the string at the same time, and hit the pottery plate at the same time, and the pottery plate shattered in response to the sound and turned into countless small pieces.
"Good!" Sun He secretly admired that the double arrow salvo was so accurate, and he was a good seedling for practicing bows.
"He can actually see the greasy clay plate?!" Xu Fuan's smile froze for a moment, but immediately returned to normal.
"Huh," the burly man before was full of unconvinced, in his eyes, it seemed that a thin person like Su Jingchen should not have such ability, "Look at Lao Tzu can shoot that thing with one arrow!" He said viciously.
"Hu Kangping."
As soon as he heard his name, the man couldn't wait to step forward, eager to prove what he had just said. I saw that he raised his bow and shot, full of posture, and even the arrows shot out were windy, but three arrows in a row, he didn't even hit the pottery plate with an arrow, only one arrow was because the strong arrow wind made the pottery plate shake lightly a few times, and soon returned to calm.
"How is this possible!" He waved the bow in his hand and suddenly roared, "It's all this broken bow!" Fast! Give me a new bow!"
Wang Shi suddenly grabbed Hu Kangping's shoulder, the green tendons on his forehead burst out, and said with a cold face: "This young man, if you want to make trouble, think about the consequences first."
Hu Kangping wanted to have a seizure, but his shoulder was grabbed tightly, this man's hand is so strong that he can't even break free, if he does it, I'm afraid his entire arm will be twisted, he has to stop struggling, Wang Shi is not embarrassed for him, let go of his hand. Hu Kangping forcibly suppressed his anger and left the school field, and when he came to the crowd of onlookers, he suddenly turned around, spat fiercely, and left with a scolding, regardless of what the people around him said about him.
The next five people without exception did not smash the pottery plate, they either gritted their teeth, saying that this competition is clearly a trick, or they were depressed, feeling that their bow skills were not at home, including Zhang Ling's "Little God Bow" Fu Shang, Fu Shang's face was ugly, I didn't expect that there were so many mysteries hidden in this competition, first the iron rattan arrow target, and now it is a clay plate made of clay, if there are some preparations, it will not end up in such an embarrassing situation. Zhang Ling's face is not much better, that night pearl is his father's beloved thing, not to mention the value, if he loses...... Thinking about it, he suddenly got up and said viciously, "Waste!" What a bullshit little god bow", and then flicked his sleeves and left.
And at this time, Sun He found a loophole in the rules of this competition: as long as the pottery plate is broken, and he does not say how to make it break, then just cut off the long line hanging the pottery plate to make the pottery plate break, although it is not an easy task, but it is much easier than directly breaking the pottery plate. Not only him, Li Yi also discovered that his archery skills are not bad, especially the word "quasi", wearing willows and shooting willows a hundred steps away, and hitting a hundred shots, but he can only catch it. It was for this reason that Zhao Feng found him.
It's just that he needs to aim for too long when he shoots an arrow, wind, sunshine, concentration, and a series of other factors, only when these are the best conditions, he will shoot his most confident arrow.
Finally, it's time for him to play.
Li Yi stood still in front of him, slowly pulled out his bow, he adjusted his breathing, suppressed his heartbeat very slowly, listened carefully to the sound of the wind, determined the direction of the wind, and even the voice of the crowd outside the school field became smaller because of him, for fear of disturbing him. Li Yi's hand holding the bow shook slightly, for a long time, as if he had grasped something, he suddenly let go of the finger pulling the string, and the arrow followed the trajectory of the wind, neatly cutting off the long line hanging the pottery plate, and the pottery plate fell to the ground and shattered, and the crowd erupted into cheers.
Finally, Sun He, he came on the field, opened his bow and arrows, aimed, shot, and the action was done in one go, and it took less than one-fifth of Li Yi's, but he also cut off the long line and broke the pottery plate. Li Yi was stunned and coughed a few times, trying to hide his embarrassment.
Wang Shi walked up to them, said politely, "Congratulations to the three," and then paused, and said, "Next is the last competition, the rules are still simple, you all go to the field in turn, whoever shoots the most prey is the final winner, but just pay attention to one thing, we only supply forty arrows, you can bring them with yourself, and I will arrange for someone to bring you quivers." ”
Li Yi nodded slightly, forty arrows, it will be a big burden to carry on the body, and it will definitely have a certain impact on rapid fire, and most people will choose the former. And Su Jingchen was still silent, not knowing what he was thinking, only Sun He spoke.
"Prey? What prey? He subconsciously asked, with the first two competitions, then this last competition will definitely not be simple.
"You'll find out right away." Wang Shi said with a smile.
"What if the number of prey shot is the same?" Li Yi asked, and Zhao Feng in the stands also asked.
"When the time comes, Lord Xu will judge." Wang Shi replied.
"Then divide the three hundred taels of gold equally, and take the lead together." Xu Fuan laughed, "What does Gongzi Xie think?" ”
"They are them, we are us," Xie Anyuan raised his wine glass and took a sip, and said with a smile, "If they come out on top, I will lose, and the two of them will divide my 1,500 taels of gold." ”
"Gongzi Xie is arrogant! I toast you! Zhao Feng raised his wine glass and drank it all.
Xu Fuan had an inexplicable smile on his face, looked at Xie Anyuan and said, "Gongzi Xie is so confident? ”
"That's nature."
"Good! For Xie Gongzi's self-confidence, the old man also gave Gongzi a cup. With that, Xu Fuan also raised his wine glass and drank it all.