Chapter 243: Comparing Arrows
After talking about Hao Zhao, Guan Yu became a little hesitant, which was a bit inconsistent with Guan Yu's temperament, which made Wang Gang quite curious.
"Zhao'er, you and your sister are waiting at the door first" Guan Yu struggled for a long time, but still spoke. After all, Hao Kun's entrustment is to help his daughter find an in-law in Jinyang, Guan Yu is not familiar with Jinyang, how can he help him find it.
After the two sisters and brothers went out, Guan Yu said Hao Kun's entrustment again.
"Haha, what's so difficult about this, I don't know which son General Guan has taken a fancy to, Benzhou Mu went to say peace" Wang Gang suddenly laughed.
"The last general has no acquaintances in Jinyang, and the general is still in charge of this matter, and it is also good for Brother Hao's last wish"
Guan Yu said sincerely, Hao Kun's meaning was also very clear, and he didn't want his daughter to follow Guan Yu adrift, so he deliberately emphasized finding a rich family in Jinyang, which made Guan Yu quite difficult.
"Marriage is not done overnight, if General Guan is relieved, he can hand over Miss Hao to Mrs., I believe that Mrs. will help her choose a suitable family affair, after all, Mrs. is more familiar with Jinyang, and both are women, and the two are also easy to communicate. We have a lot of inconveniences, Guan Sima thinks how "Wang Gang also felt that things were a little tricky.
"That's great, with a lady in charge, the last general will be relieved"
Wang Gang asked about the training of the soldiers again, and specially emphasized that the battle in Shangdang County next year will be extremely fierce, and there will be no troops to support it from Taiyuan. He also talked about going to Luoyang to report on his work, and asked Guan Yu to wait for him for half a day and set off together early tomorrow morning.
After speaking, Guan Yu said goodbye and left, while Wang Gang took Hao Lihua to Zhang's courtyard.
Originally, Mi Zhen was a little unhappy when she saw that Wang Gang had brought back a woman, but after learning about Hao Lihua's life experience, her sympathy overflowed, and she took Hao Lihua to the east wing, and the two of them hugged their heads and cried.
"You really don't want to go back to Luoyang with me" After the storm, Wang Gang stopped Zhang Yue'er in his arms and asked seriously.
"The concubine will not go back, there are still many things in Bingzhou, the people of Luming Mountain will not be able to arrive until the day after tomorrow, and they will be resettled" Zhang Yue'er turned around, tears falling silently.
"Just let that girl arrange it, you don't want Mr. and Mrs. to ask" Wang Gang asked.
"Zhen'er also has her own affairs, and their Mi family also has a bunch of things to deal with."
"Alright then," the two fell silent for a moment. Wang Gang also vaguely knew why Zhang Yue'er didn't go to Luoyang, Wang Gang arrived in Luoyang, and he would definitely not accompany her every day. At that time, her situation will only be more awkward.
Nothing was said all night.
Before dawn in the morning, at the east gate of Jinyang, there was a team of soldiers waiting here, this is the five hundred white horse servants brought by Zhao Yun, it has been agreed yesterday, and it is this cavalry that accompanies Wang Gang to Luoyang.
"See the general" Seeing Wang Gang coming, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, and Zhao Yun hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"No need to be polite, let's go"
The cavalry galloped out of Jinyang City and disappeared on the official road, no one said goodbye, only one secretly cried.
The army galloped for a day, and arrived at Jingcheng Pass before dark. arranged for the soldiers to go to rest, and Wang Gang introduced Chu Yu to Zhao Yun and Guan Yu.
It was the first time Guan Yu had seen Chu Yu, but he had already heard of Chu Yu's name, and he couldn't help but look at it twice, Chu Yu's figure was not very tall, but his arms were slender, his eyes were sharp, and the big red bow behind him brought even more deterrence to people than Chu Yu himself.
And Zhao Yun didn't have too many scruples, and saluted Chu Yu and said.
"I heard that General Chu is good at archery, and the last general also has some new ones for archery, I don't know if I can ask General Chu for advice or two."
Zhao Yun's words surprised Wang Gang, making the three of them stunned, how could this little Jiang become so reckless today, but this can't be blamed on Zhao Yun, he has fought with Wu Zhao several times in the past few days, and every time Wu Zhao wants to lose, he moves Chu Yu out, which makes Zhao Yun quite unhappy, and when he sees Chu Yu today, he wants to see how powerful Chu Yu's archery is.
"I don't know how General Zhao wants to compare" Chu Yu has never been convinced by archery.
"Since the two of you have Yaxing, then Huang will also try it" Huang Zhong also wanted to try.
"Count me Guan Yu one"
Come on, it's a bow and arrow contest.
The setting sun saved the last rays of afterglow, and in the open space outside the western city wall, four straw men stood fifty paces away.
"Take four strong bows," Chu Yu said to the soldiers beside him.
Chu Yu didn't want to test the sunset bow, just compete in archery, and win the light and fair. The other three couldn't help but have a little more respect for Chu Yu.
"Okay, I'll add some lottery, and the winner will be rewarded with 100 gold" Although the money is not much, there are too many to come out.
Several people suddenly felt a burst of joy in their hearts, and after a while, the soldier brought four five-dan strong bows, Huang Zhong pulled the bowstring, and couldn't help but praise, "Good bow"
After speaking, he picked up the feather arrow beside him, opened his bow and set up the arrow, and the arrow flew out, and the face of the straw man fifty steps away was in the middle, and the whole process was smooth.
But fifty steps was not a pressure on the few of them. All of them shot with arrows, and they all hit the door.
"Move the straw man to eighty steps," Wang Gang said.
The four of them shot arrows again, and they all shot at the door.
"Move the straw man to a hundred paces," Wang Gang shouted to the soldiers below.
A hundred steps away, the straw man has become a lot smaller, want to shoot the face door, the difficulty is already quite large, this time it is Zhao Yun to shoot first, Zhao Yun bent the bow and arrows, pulled the bow like a full moon, but did not let go, but held his breath and concentrated, after three breaths, the arrow came out of the mystery, and was in the middle of the face of the hundred steps of the straw man.
"Good," even Wang Gang couldn't help but cheer.
Huang Zhong and Chu Yu all shot at the straw man's face, but Guan Yu missed a move and shot the straw man's chest, sighed helplessly, and took half a step back.
"Move to 120 Steps"
The three of them all hit the face door again, but this time Zhao Yun took a lot longer to pull the bow, and he was obviously a little powerless.
"One Hundred and Fifty Steps"
"The last general admits defeat" Zhao Yunyao took a step back.
One hundred and fifty steps is the limit of a human archery, and it is also the farthest distance of five bullets, but the arrow has no strength when it reaches the back, and it is difficult to aim.
Huang Zhong pulled the bow for a quarter of an hour before he released the bowstring, and the arrow flew by, and it was in front of the straw man, but the force of the arrow was already very small, and the arrow stuck on it and fell to the ground. Huang Zhong also sighed helplessly, long-range shooting was not his strong point. And Chu Yu's arrows stood firmly on the face door of the straw man, which was higher and which was lower, and it was clear at a glance.
Just as Wang Gang announced the results, Chu Yu said lightly.
"Move the straw man to one hundred and eighty steps"
Several people were taken aback, one hundred and fifty steps was already the limit, and no one believed that the five-dan bow could shoot one hundred and eighty steps.
The soldier did as he was instructed to move the straw man to one hundred and eighty steps, and several of them held their breath. At this time, the sun had already set, and the straw man who was one hundred and eighty steps was already a little unrealistic, and it was impossible to shoot at the front door.
Chu Yu pulled his bow like a full moon, his eyes bloomed with a little starlight, and he violently released the bowstring, and the arrow was like a meteor, hitting the face of the strawman one hundred and eighty steps away.
"Okay" Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun clapped their hands and applauded, this time they were really convinced by Chu Yu.
"Move the straw man to two hundred paces and use the sunset bow," Wang Gang said.
Chu Yu nodded and took the red sunset bow from the side. As the bowstring slowly opened, a firelight condensed in front of the bow, and only now did a few people know that the Sunset Bow didn't need arrows at all.
"Go"
With Chu Yu's loud shout, a ball of fire flew out, leaving a fiery red afterimage in the air, like a meteor piercing the night sky, several people watched the array, the fiery red arrow hit the straw man's face, and then sparks splashed, and a fire engulfed the straw man.
Several people opened their mouths wide and were speechless for a long time.