Ma Chao raised his head in surprise and looked at Cao Zhang in front of him: "Losing is losing, winning is winning, where is there any tie?" ”

Cao Zhang said to Ma Chao sincerely: "Brother Meng Qi, the horse battle just now, in terms of the real battle result, I am not your opponent at all, and I didn't stab you with a single shot in the previous forty rounds, which is the best proof." ”

"But now I have far more white spots on my body than you, according to our agreement, I will lose!" Ma Chao admitted his defeat very frankly.

"Brother Meng Qi, if you just talk about our gambling game, and the current situation on us, it is indeed at the last moment, seizing the opportunity, stabbing you multiple times one after another, and winning you in points."

"On the high platform just now, General Ling Zunma said something, when it comes to the battlefield, there are no rules, so I think it is true. On the battlefield, there is only an instant of life and death, how can there be so many opportunities for opportunism? ”

"In the first duel, when I used the Qingyu Sword to cut off Brother Ma's weapon to win, Brother Ma also accepted it calmly, and even said that the advantages and disadvantages of the weapon were also the key to determining the outcome of the battle. Ma's father and son are open-minded, open-minded, and down-to-earth, and look down on winning and losing, so that they are deeply admired and deeply ashamed of themselves for exploiting the loopholes in the rules! ”

"If it was a real battlefield, Brother Ma's marksmanship was like a god, and he didn't last for less than fifty rounds at all, and he had been shot many times before, and he would have been defeated a long time ago; Even if I barely survived to the end, the shot that Brother Ma stabbed me in the ribs was enough to kill me on the spot, where could I still hold your spear and launch a counterattack?! ”

"Since our previous competition, the final judging criteria are all defined according to actual combat! In the next time, he used the rules to win points, but he definitely defeated Brother Meng Qi by force. That's why I said that our match can only be considered a draw! Cao Zhang's impassioned statement expressed his attitude that he felt invincible.

The reason why Cao Zhang did this was actually because after seeing Ma Chao's reaction, he suddenly realized that although he defeated him with clever tricks, it actually increased the dissatisfaction in the other party's heart again.

Blindly relying on opportunistic methods to win, it is too unfair, how can Ma Chao really be convinced?

Cao Zhang wanted Ma Chao to return to his heart, so he decisively chose to admit that he used the loopholes in the rules to give Ma Chao face and make his heart more comfortable.

Of course, Cao Zhang will not be stupid enough to directly admit that he lost and let himself work in vain.

He deliberately said that the two sides were tied, which not only gave Ma Chao a step, but also ensured his own interests. Anyway, in the three competitions, I won one and drew another, even if the final riding and archery game was lost, the total score of the two sides was a tie.

But Cao Zhang believes that his frank admitting opportunistic behavior should win Ma Chao's favor, eliminate the resentment in his heart, and bring the relationship between the two closer.

Sure enough, Ma Chao looked at Cao Zhang with a stunned look, obviously he didn't expect that Cao Zhang had obviously won himself, but he took the initiative to give himself face and said that the defeat was a draw.

Of course, Ma Chao was not willing to lose the competition like this, after all, in terms of real ability, Cao Zhang really couldn't beat himself. But after all, the other party gave him face and a chance to equalize, Ma Chao still softened his tone a lot, and took the initiative to express his gratitude to Cao Zhang.

"Cao Gongzi is open-minded, thank you below, since you say so, it will be disrespectful below!"

Ma Teng, Zhong Xuan and others on the stage listened to Cao Zhang's words, and they all showed admiration, he has brains, and knows how to behave in the world, winning without being arrogant, and leaving room for Ma Chao, all of which show his mind and ability.

No wonder he was so trusted by Cao Cao at a young age, entrusted with the important task of serving as the commander of the Western Expedition, and his future must be limitless.

Ma Yunlu looked straight at Cao Zhang's eyes. His eyes were full of admiration and love.

This man is not only strong in martial arts and personable, but also so humble, knows how to take care of other people's emotions, leaves room for others everywhere, and is such a humble gentleman, which instantly captured her heart and made her deeply trapped and unable to extricate herself.

Ma Yunlu looked at Cao Zhang from afar, the smile on her face became brighter and brighter, she only felt that her face suddenly became hot, and her heart was like hiding a deer, pounding non-stop......

"Brother Meng Qi is polite, then let's start the riding and archery competition! The rules of the previous games are all formulated below, and the rules of this riding and archery competition are said by Brother Meng Qi! Cao Zhang took the initiative to give up the decision on the rules of the third game to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao was not polite, nodded, and said: "Then we will put down the arrow target on the side of the school field, and we will cross the school field from a hundred steps away, and shoot ten arrows back and forth in three, and whoever hits the target with more arrows will win!" ”

"Okay, just Brother Meng!" Cao Zhang agreed.

Immediately, a soldier carried the arrow target to a hundred paces away, set up the arrow target, and then waved his hand to Ma Chao.

Ma Chao turned to Cao Zhang: "Master Cao, please first!" ”

Cao Zhang understood Ma Chao's intention to let him shoot first, he wanted to see his hit rate first, and at the same time, he also didn't give himself the opportunity to "turn defeat into victory" again.

Anyway, now that he is invincible, Cao Zhang did not refuse, and immediately agreed: "Okay, then I will sacrifice ugliness first!" ”

Seeing the start of the third competition between the two sides, everyone on the stage focused again, staring at the arrow target in the distance, wanting to see what the result of the two would be this time.

Ma Yunlu once saw Cao Zhang's archery, and she was attracted and moved by Cao Zhang's heroic posture of launching and killing jackals without a void. At the same time, she also knows Ma Chao's archery skills, so she can't be sure which of the two can win.

But this result has become unimportant in her heart, at this time she only has Cao Zhang in her eyes, and she just wants to appreciate his handsome riding and archery posture again.

Cao Zhang took off his hard bow and rode forward across the school field, ready to complete his riding shot.

Cao Zhang bent his bow and set up an arrow, and the tip of the arrow pointed at the arrow target in the distance.

The distance of 100 steps is far enough, and at this time, the red heart of the arrow target in Cao Zhang's eyes has turned into a small red dot, coupled with the high-speed movement of the war horse, it is very difficult to aim.

Fortunately, the original owner's foundation in riding and shooting was really good, and Cao Zhang had no pressure to win or lose at this time, and his mentality was extremely relaxed, so the arrows he shot were much more stable and increased his accuracy.

After ten arrows, Cao Zhangyou's nine arrows hit the red heart on the arrow target, which is already quite good.

If Ma Chao wants to win, he must hit all ten arrows, which should be a very difficult requirement.

Ma Chao listened to the soldier's report on Cao Zhang's results, but the expression on his face was calm like water, and he couldn't see any fluctuations, just nodded lightly, and then took off his bow and prepared to start riding and shooting.

Cao Zhang stood at the other end of the school field, and also looked at Ma Chao very seriously, wanting to see how he would perform.

"Drive!" Ma Chao clamped the horse's belly between his legs, rode the horse forward, and began his riding shot.

Compared with Cao Zhang, who used three rounds and shot each arrow extremely smoothly, Ma Chao's shot was much faster, using the method of shooting arrows with beads, and all ten arrows were shot out in just one charge.

Ma Chao finished shooting all the arrows, turned the horse's head, returned to the high platform, and waited with Cao Zhang for the soldiers to check the arrow target and report the results.

The soldier walked up to the target, examined it carefully, and shouted loudly in the direction of the high platform: "Childe has been hit by nine arrows!" ”

Nine arrows!

Ma Chao was actually nine arrows, and he drew with Cao Zhang, but in terms of overall results, he lost to Cao Zhang.

Ma Teng, Ma Tie, and Ma Xiu on the high platform were full of regret on their faces, and they regretted that Ma Chao finally lost the game.

Ma Yunlu didn't care about the result of the game at all at this time, her eyes just kept staring at Cao Zhang, who was carefully observing the arrow target in the distance.

Ma Chao listened to the results reported by the soldiers, and let out a cold snort, but he didn't expect Cao Zhang to shout one step ahead of him: "You are mistaken, Brother Meng Qi was not hit by nine arrows, but all ten arrows!" ”