Huang Taiji's brows furrowed slightly, he also realized that Li Hongyu had played a trick, two hundred steps was equivalent to two hundred meters, it was very difficult to shoot a copper coin at such a distance, not only exquisite archery skills but also a very good luck." Tian "Lai Xiao" said.2.

"I just don't know if there are any lottery heads in this competition?" However, Huang Taiji was full of confidence in his archery skills, and asked Li Hongyu after a deep groan.

"Color?" Li Hongyu couldn't help but smile slightly when he heard this, and replied generously, "What do you want?" ”

"I want this musket in your hand." Huang Taiji's eyes lit up, and his eyes fell on the musket in Li Hongyu's hand, and he was full of interest in this new musket.

"Yes, this scholar promises you." Li Hongyu nodded when he heard this, then looked at Huang Taiji and said in a deep voice, "If this scholar wins, I will want a thousand Liaodong people who were captured by you." ”

"Huang Taiji, this scholar is a fair deal with you, if this scholar wins and you cheat, then I am afraid that you will be ridiculed by the world." As he spoke, Li Hongyu's eyes were cold, and he coldly admonished.

Huang Taiji was slightly stunned when he heard this, he thought that Li Hongyu wanted something, but he didn't expect that it would be the people of Liaodong.

This was really beyond his expectations, and he was quite emotional in his heart, it seems that Li Hongyu is really sympathetic to the people, and he can't forget to save the people who were captured by Houjin.

However, there is still a little bit of power, since Nurhachi sent him, then he represents Nurhachi, and he must not be able to disgrace Nurhachi, which is a matter of Houjin's face.

"This official promised you that he would never break his promise." Therefore, Huang Taiji opened his mouth and agreed to Li Hongyu's request, anyway, they captured many Liaodong people this time, and a thousand people are not a big deal.

"Huang Taiji, you don't want to break up the families of those Liaodong people and use some old, weak, sick and disabled people to fool our scholars!" At this time, Yuan Chonghuan quietly reminded Huang Taiji, worried about what tricks Hou Jin was playing in terms of numbers.

"Lord Yuan, this is a bad word, as long as I am a citizen of the Ming Dynasty, this university scholar will be treated equally." Hearing this, Li Hongyu stretched out his hand to stop Yuan Chonghuan, and said in a loud voice.

Huang Taiji's face suddenly became a little embarrassed, he really had that year before, once he lost the competition, he would hand over the old, weak, sick and disabled among the people of Liaodong to Li Hongyu, not only fulfilling his oath but also getting rid of those burdens.

Li Hongyu's statement made Huang Taiji feel quite embarrassed, and at the same time, he was particularly admired in his heart, he would rather have those burdens, if he accepted it, he would definitely have to settle the lives of those old, weak, sick and disabled, it was really a thankless trouble.

Later Jin Army camp.

"You said that Sibeile is going to test his shooting skills with Li Hongyu?"

Nurhachi was waiting for Huang Taiji's return with the senior generals of Houjin in the tent, and after listening to the report of the two entourages of Huang Taiji, everyone couldn't help but be surprised, Nurhachi looked at the two entourages with some surprise and asked.

"Back to the Great Khan, the people of the Ming army told the minions like this, and when the minions left, they saw Sibeile go to the back mountain with Li Hongyu." One of the attendants replied in a loud voice, saying that he did not know what had happened because he was waiting outside the tent.

"Why does the good Sibeile want to compete with Li Hongyu in archery?" The Houjin generals at the scene felt that things were more strange, and couldn't help but whisper in private, the two sides are now mortal enemies, so it seems that Huang Taiji should not have this kind of Yaxing

"Great Khan, Yichen will not stay on the mountain for a long time, and the idea of testing the shooting technique is very likely to be put forward by Li Hongyu, and Sibeile can't refuse."

After exchanging opinions with Hu Erhan, He Heli opened his mouth and said to Nurhachi that with his and Hu Erhan's understanding of Huang Taiji, Huang Taiji would not do such a thing in one fell swoop.

"Si Baylor's marksmanship is unparalleled, he is a famous marksman of our Dajin, Li Hongyu is a civil official, how can he be the opponent of Si Baylor?" Hearing this, the Houjin generals nodded one after another, and one of the generals said loudly, very confident in Huang Taiji's archery skills.

"Send the bow that Four Baylor usually uses." Nurhachi always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of anything now, so he muttered for a while and then ordered, for the sake of the future, he could only wait and see what happened.

"Scholar, please." After a few bows and arrows commonly used by Huang Taiji were brought, he selected a bow with the most superior performance among them, and then made a gesture of invitation to Li Hongyu.

"It's a guest from afar, you come first." Li Hongyu also made a gesture of please when he heard this.

"Then the official is disrespectful." Huang Taiji didn't shirk it, and walked to the shooting point not far away with a bow and arrow, where he stood up with a serious expression, but Li Hongyu was in charge, and he naturally couldn't push back.

In fact, Huang Taiji's mood is relatively relaxed now, and he also knows a little about firearms, and it seems that the muskets of the Ming army can rarely shoot two hundred paces away, let alone shoot copper coins two hundred steps away.

Therefore, Huang Taiji thinks that he is now invincible, and it is a big deal that he will not be able to shoot with Li Hongyu, and then play a draw, if he is lucky, he can still shoot once, then he will win steadily.

Li Hongyu looked at Huang Taiji quietly, but his eyes were a little wandering, and his mind didn't seem to be focused on this competition.

Under the concerned gaze of everyone, Huang Taiji swooped out his first arrow, which grazed and deviated more than a foot away from the hanging copper coin.

Although Huang Taiji didn't shoot, Yuan Chonghuan and the others didn't relax in the slightest, after all, Huang Taiji still had two arrows, and the offset distance of this arrow was only more than a foot, which was already very rare.

Huang Taiji took a deep breath and drew his bow with an arrow, and after some aiming, he shot a second arrow, which almost slid past the copper coin, which made him feel a little disappointed in his heart, and also made Yuan Chonghuan and the others highly nervous.

Seeing this, Li Hongyu couldn't help but glance at Huang Taiji, it seems that Huang Taiji's archery skills are really good, and after the failure of the first arrow, he made good adjustments, which made the second arrow almost miss.

Yuan Chonghuan and the others suddenly became nervous, Huang Taiji had the adjustment of the first two arrows, and the third arrow was very likely to hit the copper coin.

Dang!

Sure enough, when Huang Taiji shot the third arrow, there was a crisp sound from the copper coin in the distance, and the huge impact of the arrow caused the thin red line hanging the copper coin to break, and the copper coin made a brief parabolic movement in the air and fell to the ground.

Boom, Yuan Chonghuan and the others let out a sigh of disappointment, while Fan Wencheng and the others, who were standing behind Huang Taiji, cheered in unison.

"Scholar, please!" Huang Taiji breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation to Li Hongyu, with a somewhat smug look on his face.

"Good archery!" Li Hongyu smiled slightly, and walked to the place where Huang Taiji had stood before, carrying the musket in his hand.

This made the scene suddenly quiet, and everyone looked at him in unison, wondering if Li Hongyu could also shoot the copper coin, otherwise Li Hongyu would lose.

Huang Taiji looked at Li Hongyu with a relaxed expression, Li Hongyu had to hit two shots if he wanted to win him, but this was too difficult, in his opinion, it was simply an impossible task.

However, the next moment, Huang Taiji's brows furrowed slightly, because he was not in a hurry at all, and moved his hands and feet there slowly, as if he didn't pay attention to the matter of the copper coin he shot before.

This made Huang Taiji feel a little puzzled, didn't Li Hongyu care about winning or losing this competition, but why did he propose to test his archery skills with himself?

Still is...... Or is Li Hongyu confident about this competition, and he is bound to win?

Huang Taiji couldn't figure out Li Hongyu's mind, all he could do now was wait, and he didn't believe that Li Hongyu could counterattack and win.

Under the concerned gaze of everyone, Li Hongyu, who had finished moving, held his breath, picked up his musket and aimed at the copper coin hanging in the distance, and pulled the trigger after a while.

I only heard a bang, a cloud of white smoke rose from the musket, and a black iron pellet swished out of the muzzle, flying towards the copper coin in the distance, and slashed a few inches away from the copper coin.

This made a huge burst of regret at the scene, and it also made Huang Taiji's face look ugly, not only was Li Hongyu's first shot so close to the copper coin, but more importantly, Li Hongyu didn't use fire to ignite the lead on the musket when he shot just now.

In other words, Huang Taiji had never seen the musket in Li Hongyu's hand before that there was a fuse that ignited the gunpowder, which was completely different from the musket he had seen before.

Don't underestimate the difference in ignition methods, this means that the musket in Li Hongyu's hand shoots faster and will kill more enemies on the battlefield.

Seeing that the first shot failed to hit the target, Li Hongyu shook his head slightly, and then loaded the projectile and raised the gun to aim again, and the scene fell silent, Yuan Chonghuan and the others all raised their hearts to their throats, if Li Hongyu still failed to shoot this shot, the situation would be dangerous.

Huang Taiji also felt extremely nervous, in case Li Hongyu's shot was hit, then the advantage he had established earlier would be gone, and he would be in a predicament.

Bang!

Li Hongyu pulled the trigger, and the black projectile drew a black arc in the air, and when it hit the copper coin hanging in the distance, there was a crisp sound, and even the sputtered sparks could be seen.

The thin red wire tied to the copper coin broke in response, and due to the impact of the black projectile, the copper coin was knocked into the distance and flew away, drawing a clear arc in the air that was visible to the human eye.

"Good!"

There was an uproar, and seeing this situation, Yuan Chonghuan and the others immediately applauded loudly and applauded one after another, and now Li Hongyu was invincible.

"Damn!" Huang Taiji's fists couldn't help clenching, his face became extremely ugly, and three words burst out of his mouth in a low voice.

This is not only because Li Hongyu shot the copper coin, but more importantly, the projectile showed great power, and he was able to knock the copper coin so far away after flying two hundred steps, which is obviously something that the bow and arrow in his hand cannot do, which means that its range is more than the bow and arrow, and if they meet on the battlefield in the future, they will suppress the archers that Houjin relies on.

(End of chapter)