Chapter 243: Bow Horse Contest (20)
Before Li Yanqing, there were already six people who finished the game, and the highest score was still Hua Rong, who shot twenty-five paper harriers, including twenty in the head, three in the neck and two in the abdomen, plus about ten points to open the bow, the total score should be 475 points, but he made a mistake in time control, resulting in the end of the drum sound, he was two steps away from the starting point, and was deducted 20 points, and the final total score was 455 points, a full 50 points higher than the second place Zhang Qing. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
At this time, everyone realized that time control is the most difficult point of the game, not only to have no distractions in archery, but also to calculate the drum at all times, the difficulty is not ordinary, the best control is Guan Sheng, he is only one step away from reaching the starting point, only deducted ten points, if Yang Zaixing is not counted, the worst control is Zhu Min, who was deducted sixty points.
Li Yanqing stood at the starting point with a bow, the breeze blowing his face and helmet, he squinted his eyes at the sunlight in the sky, trying to adapt his eyes to the bright light, they started from west to east, the sun was an inevitable obstacle, fortunately it was late autumn now, the sun was warm but not dazzling.
There was already an uproar in the stands around him, and most of the spectators recognized Li Yanqing, and almost everyone stood up, holding their breath and watching his game.
In the main stand, Tong Guan whispered to Zhao Ji: "Your Majesty, Li Yanqing is here!" ”
Zhao Ji nodded, he had heard of Li Yanqing's name for a long time, and his heart was also full of curiosity about this student, Tong Guan turned back to a group of princes and emperors and smiled: "Your Highnesses, the person who appears below is the first place in the semi-finals and finals, called Li Yanqing, you can take a look at his archery skills!" ”
More than a dozen princes and emperors suddenly whispered, and Zhao Gou was so excited that he whispered to Zhao Fujin: "Sister, he's going to appear!" ”
Zhao Fujin pouted, "It's a fuss, just come out, is it necessary to be so excited?" ”
Having said that, her beautiful eyes stared at the young general at the starting point without blinking, and at this time, the red flag waved on the high platform, 'Dang! 'The departure bell rings.
Li Yanqing galloped out of his horse, only three steps, and the first drum sounded - 'Boom! ’
Following the sound of the drum, the first paper harrier was also launched into the sky, this time Li Yanqing was resolute and resolute, the paper harrier just showed its head, Li Yanqing brushed the ground and shot an arrow, this arrow was fast and ruthless, an arrow hit the head of the paper harrier, but the power was not very large, with it flew out of seven or eight zhang away to the ground, the surrounding suddenly cheered, more than 1,000 students on the side of the stand were even more excited, waving flags and banners, cheering for Li Yanqing.
At this time, the second, third and fourth paper harriers almost flew out at the same time, Li Yanqing controlled the horse with both legs, and drew three arrows in a row, shooting them like arrows, and the three paper harriers were hit by arrows one after another, and all of them pierced the head with an arrow.
The cheers around him were even louder, but for Li Yanqing, his more important thing was to calculate the sound of the drum, and when he shot down the fourth paper harrier, it happened to be the seventh drum sounded, and he opened his bow and set up an arrow, and shot towards the fifth paper harrier with a full bow.......
In the stands, Tong Guan smiled at Zhao Ji and said: "Your Majesty, this son shoots arrows like flowing water, fast and not chaotic, calm, small can see big, this son will definitely be able to do something great for Your Majesty in the future." ”
On the other side, Cai Jing was dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say more, so he had to watch the game with a gloomy face, but Zhao Ji was always silent, no one knew what he was thinking?
In the back, Zhao Fujin has completely forgotten her pretended arrogance, and devoted herself to the game, Li Yanqing shot one, she cheered and applauded like the audience, and when Li Yanqing shot five paper harriers in a row, she jumped up with excitement.
Even Zhao Gou beside her gave her a strange look, couldn't help but pull her sleeve, and said in a low voice: "Sister......."
Zhao Fujin realized that she had lost her temper, she blushed, sat down and said, "His win or loss is related to my bet of five hundred taels of silver, of course I care about it." ”
Zhao Ji heard this, looked back at his daughter strangely, and asked with a smile: "Siniang put five hundred taels of silver on him?" ”
Zhao Fujinqiao's face turned even redder, and he hurriedly said: "My daughter heard the third brother praise him for his outstanding archery skills, and he will definitely be able to take the first place, so I asked the waiter to go to Guan Pu Shop to place a bet." ”
Zhao Kai didn't come today, he didn't know that he had become a shield for his little sister.
Zhao Ji was extremely arrogant about this baby girl, so he smiled, "I knew that my father would also ask you to place a few bets!" ”
Zhao Fujin suddenly smiled and said: "If my daughter wins the money, she must buy a fun birthday gift for her father!" ”
Zhao Ji laughed, "Okay! I am waiting for your gift. ”
On the field, Li Yanqing had already turned his horse back, and the bow and arrow were replaced with a bow in his left hand, and with a slight flick of his shoulder, he threw the quiver to his right shoulder.
At this time, two paper harriers flew out of the sky and flew side by side, Li Yanqing took out two arrows and shot them together, the two paper harriers were shot in the head at the same time and fell, the wonderful two dragons came out of the water, tens of thousands of people around cheered again, Hua Rong was also shocked, although he can also shoot two dragons out of the water, but absolutely can not hit the head with two arrows, Li Yanqing's strong control over the arrows makes him ashamed.
On the other side of the stands, Sajin slowly clenched his bow and arrows, and his heart was full of desire to defeat Li Yanqing.
'Boom! Another drum sounded, Li Yanqing counted in his heart that this was the fifty-seventh drum beat, twenty-eight paper harriers had flown out, and there were still two that had not flown out, and he was still a dozen steps away from the starting point.
He stretched out his hand and pulled out the last two arrows, but he only touched one arrow, and he was stunned in his heart, how could there be one less arrow?
But time did not allow him to ponder, 'Boom! The fifty-eighth drum sounded, and he galloped towards the finish line, and he had one last chance to seize it at the critical moment.
At this moment, the last two paper harriers flew up at the same time, and at the moment when the two paper harriers were about to come together, his last arrow was shot, 'Poof! Two paper harriers were shot through the head and landed at the same time, and the cheers around them had drowned out the drums, which was the most wonderful arrow, and everyone was amazed!
The drumming stopped suddenly, Li Yanqing immediately went east, raised his hands, and returned to the starting point two steps ahead of schedule.
In the deafening cheers, Li Yanqing's final results were announced, a total of 28 paper harriers were shot, of which 25 were shot in the head, one in the neck, two in the abdomen, plus ten points on the left and right bows, and finally he won the first place in advance with an absolute advantage of 545 points.
Although there are still three people in the back who did not appear, everyone knows that it is impossible for anyone to emerge from the crowd.
Even Zhao Ji applauded lightly, sighed and said, "I didn't expect that in the end, it was the Tai student who won the championship!" ”
Tong Guan saw that Cai Jing was not there, so he seized this opportunity and said to Zhao Ji: "Your Majesty, Taixue is a place where the elite talents of the Great Song Dynasty gather, ten years of cold windows, heavy learning, many scholars are weak, and the future is unbearable under the pressure of government affairs, Weichen considers whether he can come to the military camp to train in accordance with the army method for a year at the beginning of the Tai students' enrollment, so that they can not only strengthen their bodies, but also train discipline, cultivate their understanding of military affairs, understand soldiers and the army, and lead soldiers to fight in the future can also emerge more Confucian marshals, I wonder what Your Majesty thinks? ”
Of course, Zhao Ji understood Tong Guan's true purpose, and he said it eloquently, but he actually wanted to get involved in Taixue.
However, Zhao Ji is not disgusted, provoking the struggle of the ministers is the traditional imperial technique, after Cai Bian's death, he couldn't find a suitable Xiangguo for a while, seeing that Cai Jing's power is getting bigger and bigger, Liang Shicheng alone can't do it, he really needs to find another henchman to suppress Cai Jing's power.
Tong Guan wanted to get involved in Taixue It was a good breakthrough to let Tong Guan contain Cai Jing, Zhao Ji smiled and said: "This proposal is good, Aiqing will write a formal recital, let me think about it again!" ”
The official's consideration is actually accurate, but it will not be so directly agreed, and it needs to be tactful.
Tong Guan was overjoyed, "Thank you Your Majesty for your understanding!" ”
Zhao Ji was in a really good mood, and he smiled again: "Go and tell the Xixia people, just talk about the martial arts competition, I'm right!" ”
This decision made Tong Guan feel pressured, although he knew that the official family wanted to teach the arrogance of the Western Xia people a good lesson, but there was no absolute certainty of this kind of thing, Li Yanqing was inexperienced after all, what should he do if he missed?
But the holy will could not be violated, and he quickly got up and walked towards the seat of the Tangut people.
In the greenhouse, everyone surrounded Li Yanqing and congratulated him on reaching the top, Hua Rong asked puzzledly: "Why does the virtuous brother only have twenty-nine arrows?" ”
Li Yanqing had already thought of the reason at this time, he had an arrow to protect Yang Zaixing, and at that time he only cared about Yang Zaixing's condition, but forgot to bring the arrow back.
"I've used up an arrow before, and then I forgot about it."
Everyone suddenly remembered, and He Guan smiled: "But fortunately, thanks to the lack of an arrow, we are fortunate to see Yanqing's stunt of killing two birds with one stone." ”
Zhang Qing gave a thumbs up and praised: "That opportunity is fleeting, if you want to seize it, you must judge the arrow momentum in advance, this is the real master." ”
Li Yanqing said with a smile: "Actually, everyone can do it, but I just happened to encounter it, and the situation forced it." ”
At this time, Tong Guan walked into the greenhouse quickly, everyone saluted, Tong Guan waved his hand, and said to Li Yanqing: "You can prepare!" The Tanguts challenged us, and the Son of Heaven had agreed. ”
Everyone was stunned, but Li Yanqing had already thought of it in advance, and he hurriedly asked, "I don't know how they plan to challenge?" ”
Tong Guan sighed, "According to the rules of the Western Xia people, each shoots three arrows, and life and death are up to the sky!" ”
Li Yanqing was silent, the pot exploded in the greenhouse, and everyone said angrily: "This is the Great Song Dynasty, how can you follow the rules of the Western Xia people, even if you challenge, you have to do it according to the rules of the Great Song Dynasty!" ”
Tong Guan said loudly to everyone: "When Qingli negotiated peace, the two sides used to compare swords in Western Xia, and at that time, according to the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, they just put forward the principle of reciprocity, and the Son of Heaven also agreed. ”
The greenhouse was quiet, since the Son of Heaven had agreed, what else could be said, everyone looked at Li Yanqing, Li Yanqing was silent for a moment and said: "I can compare arrows with the Western Xia people, but I want to change the bow, please wait for me for a while." ”
Tong Guan hurriedly asked, "Where is your bow?" ”
"It's right outside, and my friend holds it for me."
Tong Guan nodded, "You don't have to go, I'll let someone get it for you!" ”
Yang Zaixing stood up and said, "I know where they are?" I'll go! ”
He walked out quickly, Tong Guan hurriedly ordered the two soldiers to follow, and after a while, the soldiers took Li Yanqing's bronze bow and iron arrows back.
Li Yanqing took the heavy bow and arrow, he sneered, since Sajin refused to give up, then don't blame him for being ruthless.