Chapter 201: Prairie Eagles
Seeing that he had received his mother's permission, Li Jingtian hurriedly responded, and rushed to the selection arena in a hurry. But even so, by the time he arrived, the first riding contest was nearing its end. I saw that the candidates on the field at this time were not only dressed in colorful clothes, but also all of them were dressed in gorgeous colorful clothes with long ribbons;
......As soon as he arrived at the arena, Li Jingtian hurriedly apologized. But he said a few times, but he didn't see the slightest response from Badu. Li Jingtian couldn't help but follow his gaze and looked over. But at a glance, Li Jingtian couldn't help but be shocked in his heart. I saw that in the race of thousands of horses, a leading horse at this time actually ran out of the track, turned his head and galloped straight to the side to watch the crowd. After seeing that the rider on the horse was his childhood playmate Bagen, Li Jingtian couldn't help but be horrified. In order to minimize the weight of the horses in this kind of competition, not only did the rider have no accessories except clothing, but he also did not even bring the pedals and saddle reins on the horse's body! Although it is extremely rare for such a horse to get out of control in the field, if it happens, it means that someone is bound to die or be injured.
The consequences are well known to Bagan. Knowing that the Khan in the crowd was among them, he let the horse run out of control under his crotch, and Bagen had to lean forward as far as he could, crouching on the horse's back, and hugging the horse's neck tightly with both arms, trying to stop it. 'Bagen, let go! the horse will go crazy!' But as soon as Li Jingtian shouted, the horse was suddenly hurt in the neck, and immediately neighed wildly, and raised its front body, and at the same time shook the horse's head desperately! Because of the urgency of the retraction, out of inertia, Bagen, who was lying on the horse's back, was immediately thrown off the ground in front of him. Seeing that if the frightened horse took another step forward, Bagen would inevitably be trampled by the horse's hooves, and the consequences would be unimaginable. At this critical juncture, it is too late to say that it is too fast! Li Jingtian immediately rushed out with one arrow step, three steps and two steps, and after going hand in hand with the startled horse, he immediately grabbed the horse's ear with one hand and pulled it under the horse's belly with the other. There was a numb tendon a few inches above the horse's belly, which Li Jingtian had heard from an old herdsman, and he had tried and failed to do so before. Although he was in a hurry, it still worked wonders immediately! After the horse shook suddenly, it immediately appeared to languid, and obediently fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Li Jingtian didn't dare to be a little late, and hurriedly helped Bagen up, and then led the horse to Badu's side. 'Brother Jingtian, how could this horse be suddenly frightened?' asked Batu as soon as he stood still. 'It's the time of the horse's estrus, so I guess it's because I smell the scent of the female..... After asking about the age of the horse and the condition of the horses on the field, Li Jingtian replied. 'Who is this?' As he spoke, Ogedai stepped forward and asked. 'Back to the Great Khan, this is his nephew's playmate Li Jingtian. Batu hurriedly introduced. "This person is very good at equestrianism, but he doesn't know how to shoot arrows?" Hearing this, Wo Kotai glanced at Li Jingtian and asked. 'Great Khan, the villain also learned a few shooting skills when he was young, as for the means? Seeing that Wokotai seemed to have contempt, Li Jingtian couldn't help but feel proud.
He was allowed to take part in the next archery contest, and Ben Khan saw it himself. Wokotai immediately arranged for Batu. 'Yes, Great Khan, nephew obeys. Batu hurriedly answered. So, after some arrangements, Li Jingtian came to the archery arena specially designed for the children of the upper class.
After coming, I saw that in addition to the targets with red hearts set up earlier, a low tree branch in the distance had already been hung with red threads full of copper coins. It seems that Li Jingtian was already proficient in this technique of piercing the yang in 100 steps when he was young, and later learned the technique of using hidden weapons, so for the first two rounds of still life competitions, he was naturally able to catch them, and successfully entered the third round of live object shooting.
At a young time, after the third round of the competition began, with a command, the people on the scene immediately let go of a harrier eagle with various colored bands tied to its feet. Then, as soon as the people who entered the round had chosen their respective color targets, everyone immediately took their positions, bent their bows and arrows, and the competition began immediately. After staring at the target, and after hearing another command, everyone on the field, who had already prepared to stop, immediately fired arrows in unison, and shot at the harrier eagle corresponding to their own color.
So, with the sound of arrows breaking through the air, the harrier eagles in the sky immediately fell and fell to the ground one after another. Seeing this, the people on the ground hurriedly picked up the harrier eagle and checked it. After some inspection, although most of them shot their corresponding streamers, this round was especially the highest in Dai Qin's technique, although he shot down his own corresponding ribbons, but only shot the lower leg of the harrier eagle, and did not hurt the harrier eagle's life. It can be said that the archery skills are extremely skillful. This Dai Qin archery technique was taught by Na Risong, the first marksman of the grassland, and his skills were superior, and everyone naturally had nothing to say. But just when the people at the scene were about to announce the results of the competition, an unexpected strange thing appeared at this time! Although they saw the ribbon corresponding to Li Jingtian, they searched all around and failed to find the body of the harrier eagle that bound the ribbon.
"Could it be that this bird can't untie it by itself?" Looking at the corresponding ribbon in Li Jingtian's hand, everyone couldn't help but cry out strangely; Hearing the Great Khan's question, Li Jingtian had to tell the reason. It turned out that because Li Jingtian had heard many magical stories about this bird since he was a child, he couldn't bear to hurt it, so when he shot the arrow just now, he used a hidden weapon to shoot the arrow, and only used the arrow blade and arrow to cut the thin line that bound the ribbon, and did not touch the body of the harrier eagle; therefore, this caused the ribbon to fall, and the harrier eagle was unscathed.
This Li Jingtian's archery technique is so miraculous, but seeing that the scratches on the ribbon are still there, the unheard of people have to suppress their suspicions, and turn to wait and see the fist and foot competition in the last game.
After entering this final fist and kick competition, Li Jingtian is more sure of victory. Because he knew that although these steppe warriors were extremely powerful, they could only wrestle and pounce, so Li Jingtian immediately used the grappling technique when he came to the court, and only used skill to wrestle with them, and did not use brute force to resist them at all, so that he could admit defeat with all his strength.
After half a day's effort, he had already won several opponents in a row, and only the final duel with Dai Qin remained. When the time came, the people who had no cadres retreated, and as soon as they waited for the outfit to change, after hearing a command, the two immediately began the final competition. Because he knew that this Dai Qin was a cousin of Batu, the son of Zasaktu Khan, Li Jingtian did not want to embarrass him too much, so after the beginning, he only tried to maneuver as skillfully as possible, and did not use a trick; therefore, a long time passed, and the two could not distinguish the winner or loser. Seeing that it was getting late, Dai Qin, who had been unable to attack for a long time, couldn't help but feel anxious. Then he immediately threw off his arms and rushed over. This Dai Qin's innate divine power is well known to everyone on the grassland, and if he is caught, he is afraid that he will be knocked to the ground immediately. But seeing that the situation was very urgent, it was obvious that it was too late to dodge. Li Jingtian had no choice but to keep his body short, and when Dai Qin's straight tower-like body could be pressed to the top of his head, he leaned forward, supported Dai Qin's waist with both hands, and slammed it out, and flipped it backwards to the ground.
'Dai Qin, are you okay?' Hearing Dai Qin's solid 'bang', Li Jingtian hurriedly helped him up and asked with concern. 'It's okay!, we prairie boys, who care?' Batu stepped forward and said.
'Little prince, please go with the villain to see the Great Khan. As he spoke, one of his attendants approached and spoke. Ba Du didn't dare to slack off, when he led Li Jingtian to the place where the Great Khan was caring. 'Great Khan' Batu and Li Jingtian hurriedly bowed and said. 'Okay, good, good, let's talk before the day is near' Seeing the two of them, Wo Kotai immediately became interested.
"Are the results of today's contest decided?" Seeing that Li Jingtian was near, Wo Kotai immediately asked his entourage. In the three competitions, although Li Jingtian was unable to participate in the first horse race, judging from the means he used to subdue the frightened horses just now, Li Jingtian's equestrianism should be above everyone else! Especially in the archery game, his method of only taking the ribbons and not injuring the harrier eagle is even more unmatched! Therefore, Li Jingtian's results in winning the championship in the three games are undoubtedly confirmed! The entourage replied carefully.
'Hehe, hehe...... This Li Jingtian is so good, he really deserves to be the first-class Badulu (Mongolian language, that is, the meaning of hero) in my grassland! Therefore, Ben Khan wants to reward you, and appoint you a commander of a thousand to do it!' Hearing the news, Wokotai was quite pleased.
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, 'Great Khan, although this man is worthy of Badulu, it is true!, but he is not my Mongol ......' someone immediately said. 'Nonsense!' Li Jingtian lived in a yurt and grew up drinking the milk of my steppe, how could he not be a Mongolian?' 'But, Great Khan, the man's appearance is indeed of unknown origin,' said the man...... again.
As soon as the words of "this ......" came out, Wo Kotai couldn't help but groan. "Great Khan, Li Jingtian is not only a loyal and brave man of the grassland, but also a good brother of his nephew! The nephew dares to guarantee ...... with his life?" Seeing this, Badu hurriedly stepped forward and said. 'Oh,' Wokotai was silent for a moment before he said, 'In that case, let's take a look at Li Jingtian and a centurion first, and then ......' Wokotai was a little impatient. 'Xie Da Khan' saw Badu signaling, and Li Jingtian hurriedly thanked him. After appearing in the arena, although it was not the first time that someone questioned his appearance and origin, he was humiliated in public in front of the Great Khan today, and he was directly demoted from a thousand commanders to a centurion, which still made Li Jingtian feel extremely angry.