Chapter 262: Dark Horse?
Hua Mulan said with a smile: "I can do it in ten shots and ten hits, whoever has more superb riding and archery skills will have to compete in the next few rounds!" ”
At this time, more than eighty percent of the country's armed forces were cavalry, not to mention the Chinese army and the town army, and even the county soldiers and county soldiers who maintained law and order in various places had a lot of cavalry.
How many soldiers can shoot horses? This can't be counted, let alone a specific number, just in the Jinling camp, there are not a thousand out of ten shots of riding and archery skills, but there are hundreds of people, and it is also wishful thinking to win the ranking by relying on ten shots and ten shots.
Sure enough, among the cavalry participating in the next competition, there were constantly ten shots and ten hits, but they were all medium soldiers and garrison soldiers, and there were several heavy soldiers like Cao Jiao.
The next day, at the cavalry shooting competition in which the officers and colonels participated, almost all of them were eliminated with 10 shots and 10 hits.
Next, the soldiers and officers who were promoted participated in the mixed competition, with a total of 269 participants, and most of them had to be eliminated in the first round, leaving only 100 people.
In the first round, the parallel distance shooting moving target, by ten soldiers in a deep ditch carrying the target running, the contestants are equipped with ten arrows, riding horses in the riding shooting area to shoot parallel moving targets, the target has a ring, the more rings, the greater the possibility of promotion.
"On the thirty-ninth, the second building in Huaishuo Town will prepare for Mulan!"
Mulan got on the horse, took the riding bow from Oiran's hand, and hung the quiver on the right side of the horse's belly, Oiran had been eliminated, and could only follow Mulan to do some chores.
Zhao Junsheng stood aside and said, "Mulan, take it easy, as long as your riding and archery skills are played normally, it will be absolutely no problem to advance!" ”
"Hmm!" Mulan nodded, and walked into the riding and shooting area.
As the referee's flag waved, she hit her horse and ran to the opposite side, and the targets in the distance on the side began to move in turn, she pulled her bow and shot arrows, and then took arrows and drew her bow and shot arrows, and the horses galloped, and the horses' hooves lifted a puff of dirt.
After shooting ten arrows in one go, Mulan's archery action is like flowing water, and it looks very comfortable.
The results came out quickly: "Mulan shot ten arrows, all hit, eighty-nine rings!" ”
"Okay!" The soldiers of the second building jumped up and cheered loudly.
Waiting for Mulan to ride out, Zhao Junsheng stepped forward and took the reins to let her dismount, and said, "Mulan, this time you shot well, the results of the eighty-nine rings are already among the top few among the previous thirty people!" ”
Hua Mulan didn't seem too happy, there were more than 200 people participating in the competition, and no one knew how many people would be able to shoot more than 90 rings in the future.
At this time, Du Gui rode by, he looked at Hua Mulan and Zhao Junsheng, and smiled without smiling: "Flower master, the eighty-nine rings are good!" I don't know if I can make the cut."
Mulan didn't bother to pay attention to this kind of scoundrel, and turned her head away from him.
Zhao Junsheng didn't want Du Gui to be too arrogant, so he raised his foot and kicked it on the ground, and with a "whoosh", a stone was kicked out and flew towards Du Gui.
"Oops!" Du Gui was shot in the head, screamed and fell off the horse.
Several pro-soldier entourages screamed and helped Du Gui up, and when everyone around looked around, they saw that a large purple and cyan bag had protruded on Du Gui's head.
"Hahaha······" Everyone was amused by Du Gui's honor.
Du Gui wiped his head, touched the big bag, only felt a burst of pain, and suddenly jumped to his feet in anger and scolded: "Which bastard did it, who?" Who is it? There's a kind of standing up! ”
Zhao Junsheng kicked again, and another stone hit Du Gui, and Du Gui screamed in pain again: "Oops······ Go, go! ”
The entourage of the soldiers escorted Du Gui and left in a panic, only to see that the people around him laughed non-stop.
Hua Mulan saw Zhao Junsheng's movements clearly, and blamed with a smile: "Brother Junsheng, you are also bad, then Du Gui has been hit twice in a row and I don't know who did it, and I guess I am very angry!" ”
Zhao Junsheng said with a bitter face: "Mulan, I'm all angry for you, how can you say me?" It's really kind to be a donkey's liver and lungs! ”
Hua Mulan had no choice but to comfort him: "Brother Junsheng, okay, okay, I know that you are all for my good, I just appreciate it, don't be angry, okay?" ”
"That's pretty much it!"
The two of them were talking here, but Du Gui had already ridden a horse to play, don't look at this guy's martial arts are commonplace, but his kung fu is very good, after one run, ten arrows were shot, and when the results came out, even Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan were a little stunned.
"Du Gui, the third general of the Right Guard, all ten arrows hit, 92 rings!"
Zhao Junsheng was a little speechless: "This Du Gui's riding and archery kung fu is so exquisite?" ”
Seeing that Zhao Junsheng was a little worried, Hua Mulan comforted him: "A person is always good at and good at, it is not surprising that Du Gui has such riding and archery skills, and this is not the last round, there are still several rounds!" ”
The next to play was Cao Jiao, and Zhao Junsheng and other officers of the heavy battalion all had high hopes for him and cheered him up and encouraged him.
Cao Jiao rode on the BMW given to him by Zhao Junsheng, and put on a brand new armor, and the temperament of the whole person became completely different, and he looked quite heroic.
The flag was waved, Cao Jiao rode his horse and galloped towards the opposite side, under the gaze of tens of thousands of people, he shot ten arrows in a row, and when he stopped his horse, everyone pricked up their ears to listen to the result.
"Cao Jiao, a soldier of the heavy battalion of the Huaishuo Town, is full of ten arrows, ninety-nine rings!"
There was a sudden loud bang around the school field, this result can be compared to everyone before, and the ninety-nine rings are simply a result against the sky.
Everyone talked about Cao Jiao, a heavy soldier, and many people inquired about Cao Jiao's family background.
Marshal Yasuhara, who was drinking tea in the tent, heard the report of his own soldiers: "You said that a soldier in the baggage battalion of Huaishuo Town shot ninety-nine rings? Ben Shuai heard me right, right? ”
The pro-soldier clasped his fists and replied: "There is absolutely nothing wrong, this result is real and effective, this person's name is Cao Jiao!" ”
An Yuan touched the beard on his chin: "This Huaishuo Town Heavy Camp actually hides such a character?" Cao Jiao is right, Ben Shuai remembered, you continue to stare and see where this Cao Jiao can go in the end! ”
"Yes, Dashuai!"
Waiting for Cao Jiao to come out of the riding area, Zhao Junsheng patted him on the shoulder and laughed: "Hahaha······ Brother Cao Jiao is really a miracle shooter, and he shot ninety-nine rings at the moving target, who would dare to underestimate our baggage battalion in the future, well done! Come to Captain Bendu's tent for dinner tonight, don't forget! ”
Cao Jiao's face was overjoyed, and he hugged his fists and agreed: "Thank you for your appreciation!" ”
Liu Jizong, Xi Yan, Du Gui and others were all a little ugly, they also knew that Cao Jiao was Zhao Junsheng's subordinate, they had a lot to do with Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng dealt them heavily twice, and one of them also stripped them naked and hung them on the wall to show the public, which was a great shame for them, and vowed to let Zhao Junsheng try their methods.
But now Zhao Junsheng's subordinates are in the limelight again, suppressing the light of several of them, how can they stand it?
Du Gui said to Xi Yan: "Brother Xi, it's up to you now, as long as you can shoot a hundred rings, you can suppress the arrogance of Zhao Junsheng!" ”
Xi Yan opened his mouth and said angrily: "You said it lightly, does a hundred rings mean that you can ejaculate if you can shoot it?" It's a matter of real skills! I can only do my best! ”
While he was talking, the referee shouted for Xi Yan to play, and Xi Yan immediately got on his horse and ran into the riding area.
An arrow was shot down, and the results were quickly produced, "The right guard general Xi Yan, ten arrows are all hit, ninety-four rings!" ”
Xi Yan's mood was a little low, he went for a hundred rings, but he only shot ninety-four rings.
Du Gui and Liu Jizong comforted one after another, "Brother Xi, don't be discouraged, the ninety-fourth ring is already very good, this is not the final result, as long as you can advance, there are still several rounds!" ”
Xi Yan nodded and sighed: "I can only think like this!" I said a few brothers, we are all from wealthy families, if we can't even compare to a person born in a baggage camp, how can we have the face to stay in this barracks? ”
Liu Jizong and Du Gui looked at each other, they couldn't speak, they all knew that it was useless to say cruel words, riding and shooting relied on real skills, and they would not win just because you were a wealthy family.
In half a day, 200 people were eliminated, and only 70 people were left with scores above 80 rings, and more than 90% of these people were officers and colonels.
In the afternoon, the knockout round was held, this time the distance of the target was farther away, and it was eighty steps away from the riding and shooting area, which was almost the maximum effective range of the riding bow, and the riding bow was shorter than the step bow, so the tension of the bow was much smaller, and the range was naturally not as good as the step bow.
There are ten targets in a row, and a copper coin is hung in front of each target, and the contestants have to use arrows to penetrate the copper coin, and nail the copper coin to the target, and the copper coin is nailed in which ring is several rings.
"This difficulty has been directly raised by several levels!" Zhao Junsheng was a little dumbfounded.
Hua Mulan nodded and said: "Yes, this level is completely set up for people with extremely superb riding and archery skills, and you can't even see copper coins clearly at such a distance, how can you shoot it?" This level not only tests riding and archery skills, but also tests eyesight, and those with poor eyesight will definitely not be able to shoot! ”
Zhao Junsheng asked, "Mulan, are you not sure to shoot?" ”
Hua Mulan has never practiced riding archery like this, but her riding archery skills have reached her level, in fact, she doesn't need to aim when shooting, but relies on feeling archery, if she still has to rely on aiming to shoot arrows, this level will definitely not pass.
Mulan said: "I'm not sure, I can only try!" ”
"One of the players is Cao Jiao, a soldier of the heavy battalion in Huaishuo Town, Cao Jiao has entered!"
With the referee's voice coming out, everyone looked at Cao Jiao who rode into the riding and shooting area, Cao Jiao looked very confident at this time, and his face looked radiant, it seems that the results he has achieved in these rounds have made him regain his confidence, riding and shooting is a field he is familiar with and proficient in, and it is normal to have this kind of confidence in this environment.
A sound of horses' hooves sounded, and everyone saw the sound of Cao Jiao galloping his horse flashing, and a series of "whooshing" sounds came out, and he had already ridden his horse to the end, and ten arrows had been shot.
"Cao Jiao, a soldier of the baggage battalion in Huaishuo Town, all ten arrows hit copper coins, eighty-two rings!"
"Shhhh