Chapter 81: Martial Arts and Invitations
The journey after that turned into an uneventful roaming. Many people have their own thoughts, and the conversation with their peers is only a few words. It wasn't until one day, when the dust of Liangzhou slapped on their faces again, that the faces of Suning and others showed some signs of recovery.
The high wall of Ji County appeared in their field of vision soon after, which made their tired bodies finally see a glimmer of hope. However, before they could find a place to stay, the sound of gongs and drums in the streets attracted them.
It was the sound of the gong that the jousting was about to start and the audience was being gathered.
The Weishui Company's escort selection tournament has reached the penultimate round of the group stage. The competition for the qualifying places has entered a white-hot stage. On the one hand, this is because several players with superior strength have locked in the qualifying places early, resulting in the remaining players can only compete for more limited opportunities. On the other hand, there are quite a few players who have hidden their strength in the preliminaries, and they broke out in the main competition. Their strategy of aiming to surprise succeeded in paralyzing their opponents and winning a number of matches. Since then, the competition between the middle and lower reaches of each group has become more fierce than expected.
Such a group stage situation has undoubtedly attracted the attention of more audiences. This is something that Suning and others did not expect. However, the system and others did not urgently introduce the ticket system. From her point of view, short-term financial gain is far less important than the impact caused.
When the people were watching, they did not forget to discuss the ABCD of Weishui Company, such free publicity is naturally undesirable for the system and Suning.
With the blessing of such a strategy, the number of viewers is snowballing. So much so that when they gathered, they kept lapping on both sides of the street like the Yellow River. Even fierce generals like Dian Wei and Wen Ping, who wanted to go out to see the excitement, were squeezed back by them.
The grumpy Dian Wei was about to get angry, but fortunately, Wen Ping was about to stop him. Even loud exhortations came from the other side.
Suning looked outside suspiciously, but saw Jiang Jian and others standing opposite them, who had already walked towards them with a smile.
Wei Qi and all the talents he recruited then heard the good news that Liang Hu, Leng Zheng, and Huangfu Song would each recommend them to become officials.
Most of the strategists were happy with the news, but Wen Ping and Dian Wei were dismissive. Whether we have an official position or not, no matter who we work under, as long as we can charge forward on the field, it should be our honorary title, and we will not run to the heads of others.
So they weren't interested in listening to the specific content at all, but tried to blend in with the people again and watch the exciting and fierce escort selection matches.
The peak of foot traffic on the streets had passed, and the two of them had successfully succeeded in their attempt. It's just that when they arrived at the field, they couldn't occupy the front row.
Fortunately, both of them have a height advantage, even in Liangzhou, which is generally strong, they are close to standing out from the crowd. So even if you are far away from the arena, you can see the fighting action clearly.
I saw a strong man wielding a long knife in his hand on a wide school field in the distance, attacking his opponent vigorously. Looking at his opponent again, both in step and in shape, he is light and agile. A short knife held in each of the left and right hands was also dancing rapidly. Although it does not have an advantage in terms of attack range, and it is not the same in terms of strength, but in terms of the number of sword techniques, it gives full play to the characteristics of sharp and fast.
Dian Wei thought to himself, there is a clear offensive in such sleep, I am afraid that if it is him, he will not be able to parry it for long. After all, most long weapons are about strength and angle. This means that they are much worse in terms of sensitivity and skill than most short weapons. Once you can't defeat the opponent with strength in the first few moves, then it is very likely to fall into the opponent's procrastination Dafa. As long as the opponent has a slight advantage in skill, he will be able to slowly look for opportunities to counterattack. And the opponent in front of this big man, the advantage in skill is probably not a little bit of a star, Dian Wei always feels that he can launch a counterattack at any time and kill the opponent with one blow, but he only hides it, I'm afraid there is another reason.
Just when Dian Wei was puzzled, Wen Ping beside him suddenly let out an exclamation. Dian Wei was distracted, so he didn't hear clearly, but Wen Ping's exclamation quickly attracted the echo of many viewers around, so Dian Wei finally guessed what he said.
"You can see it's a girl."
"Brother Tai can't underestimate this girl. His father, Xia Ping, was the number one master in Hanyang County back then. If it weren't for the involvement of a stupid businessman, he would definitely not have died young. ”
"Speaking of which, the family is also very pitiful. A few days ago, eleven-year-old Xia Shan had participated in the last guard selection, but unfortunately he was too young and was not selected in the end. ”
"Yes, that incident caused quite a stir. I heard that the person who injured Xia Shan is the Li Kan on the stage now. ”
"No wonder Miss Xia is working so hard, it's a pity that he is a daughter after all, and he doesn't have an advantage in strength."
Dian Wei listened to them say everything they said, and he understood this matter in his heart, and immediately followed their words and continued: "You don't have to worry, Miss Xia will win soon." ”
When everyone heard this, they looked at him lightly, but when they saw that she was just dressed as a mountain village man, some people didn't believe his words, and said: "How do you know that Miss Xia is about to win, you see that she is still in a tired situation, how can she turn the tables immediately?" ”
Dian Wei snorted coldly, and then sprayed the other party's face with spit, and retorted angrily: "What do you wait for the people in the market to know." That kind of long weapon can only use a wide opening and closing move, and in the face of a delicate short weapon, such a move is full of loopholes, and it is possible to seize the opportunity to counterattack at any time. ”
When the man heard this, he still retorted in disbelief: "If you said that, then Miss Xia would have woken up a long time ago, do you think she really fought back?" He didn't. ”
Dian Wei was also puzzled by this question just now, but after their introduction, he finally figured out the trick.
"As you just said, Miss Xia is at a disadvantage in terms of strength, so Miss Xia will be tired of coping, mainly because the other party's time to expose the flaws is too short, so that Miss Xia sees the flaws casually, and she doesn't dare to attack easily. Otherwise, once the attack fails, but is hit by the opponent, it will be a traumatic injury. So she has to be very sure of her counterattack. Wait and see. The opponent's attack of this strength cannot last too long, it is only a matter of time before he falls into exhaustion, and at that time, the flaws revealed by his moves will appear for a longer time, and at that time, Miss Xia's opportunity will come. ”
As if to verify his explanation, without waiting for the other party to continue to refute him, he saw Miss Xia stab out with a knife and go straight to the other party's chest, and the other party's move has already been used, and now it is impossible to swing the weapon to block, all he can do is to dodge as much as possible. However, his speed and agility are not as strong as Miss Xia. Even though he had tried his best to dodge sideways, he was still cut through his chest by this knife, and a piece of flesh was sliced.
The onlookers were stunned by the change between the lightning and flint, but they didn't expect that Miss Xia won this duel with just a light and fast counterattack, and the referee Guan Yu on the side immediately rang the gong and shouted: "This sentence, Xia Bing of Hanyang County wins." ”
Xia Bing began to circle the city in accordance with the rules of winning the competition, and bowed his hand to the onlookers.
However, at this time, a sudden change occurred. Li Kan suddenly brandished his long knife and attacked Xia Bing from behind.
Everyone exclaimed in surprise when they saw this, obviously this guy couldn't afford to lose, and then they became angry and wanted to take revenge afterwards.
Dian Wei and Wen Ping also shouted that it was not good. They naturally had the heart to go to help, but they were too far away, so they could only watch and be in a hurry.
Fortunately, there were many people present who were righteous, and they saw a candidate jump out of the crowd, and without saying a word, they shot at Li Kan with a bow and arrow.
The long-range arrow was so precise that it hit the long knife it had swung out. The huge force made Li Kan's hands numb for a while, and the long knife was no longer difficult to control, so he fell to the ground with a choking.
Li Kan shuddered in shock, he didn't expect that there would be someone in the world with such a high archery skill.
In fact, he didn't see that there is another amazing martial art in this world, that is, Guan Yu's sword technique, at this moment, his glaive knife is already on the back of Li Kan's neck, as long as Li Kan dares to take a step forward, then there is only one end with a different head.
The audience saw this wonderful scene and applauded with joy.
This applause lasted for a long time, until a discordant voice sounded from among them: "With such superb martial arts, it is really a waste to stay in Hanyang County without going to Jincheng County to compete." ”
When the people of Hanyang County heard this, they were all so angry that they gritted their teeth.
Seeing this, Dian Wei asked, "Is there anything better than Hanyang County in Jincheng County?" ”
The people of Hanyang County listened, but suddenly lowered their heads one by one, as if Dian Wei's question just hit their tears.
An old man next to him sighed and explained to Dian Wei and the others: "My Hanyang County is the seat of Liangzhou Governance, and naturally it is stronger than Jincheng County in many aspects. However, only this competition is indeed not comparable to others. ”
Dian Wei snorted disdainfully: "Then after the competition between the two sides is over, each will send an excellent martial artist, and another competition will be held." ”
As soon as his words came out, it instantly caused an uproar. The man who looked down on the Hanyang County martial arts competition at first stood up and said, "Can you do this well?" ”
Dian Wei replied angrily: "Naturally, I can't decide the number of things I can do or not. However, there are also the fathers and villagers of Hanyang County who are here today, big guys, let's talk about it, do I count if I can do that sentence? ”
The people of Hanyang County have long wanted to add glory to their hometown, and they will not count. So the decisive battle between the winners of the two counties had a prototype and triggered a series of chain reactions.