Chapter 404: The princess is out
At such a point, there was no suspense about the outcome of the battle, and seeing that the situation had taken a turn for the worse, after a while, Li Bai was also forced to throw out the white silk and admit defeat.
After three rounds, the French bear hunting dog won three consecutive battles, and although the fat fat, who was good at defense, caused it a little trouble, but in the end it could not escape the fate of defeat.
When he saw Fatty being knocked down by Bordeaux, Hua Bushi already knew the outcome of the game. At the end of the dog fight, when the foreign animal trainer went to the fence to take Bordeaux away, Hua Bushi's eyes suddenly lit up, because he saw that when Bordeaux was led back to the wooden cage, although the appearance was still violent, his chest and abdomen were undulating, and he had a little gasp.
Knocking down the opponent and scratching and biting with all his might, Bordeaux must have spent a lot of physical strength, and some respite was normal, but in the eyes of this eldest young master, another inference was made, that is, this seemingly strong beast had limited physical strength.
Bordeaux is certainly not too physically fit, and this kind of respite is not surprising for the average dog. However, the fight between the top fighting dogs is stronger than which side, and the physical fitness of this golden retriever is not too bad, and it may become a shortcoming that can be exploited.
Hua Bushi felt a little sorry for the fat loss, but the eldest young master did not feel depressed in his heart. Because he believed that he had discovered Bordeaux's weakness and would have a chance to avenge Fat Fat in the future.
※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※※ the first three rounds of the Dog Fighting Conference, the top 32 of this year's Zixiao ranking have been introduced. This is followed by a one-on-one knockout stage, where last year's top 10 fighting dogs will be on display.
Among the eleven fighting dogs trained in Bark Tower, a total of seven entered the top 32, which can be described as a remarkable achievement. You must know that in these fighting dogs, most of last year's Zixiao rankings were around forty or fifty, or even more backward, most of them have increased by more than ten this year, and those dog owners and merchants are all happy, thinking that the big price of barking Tianlou dog training is not in vain.
Except for the dog fighting tournament in full swing and the calm in Okura Castle, neither of the two crises that Shiba had mentioned that day had appeared, at least so far, there was no sign of it. The only difference in the city was that the streets were a little more lively than before, with many merchants and travelers landing at Okura Port, and all the inns were bustling with business.
As the storm subsided and sea shipping traffic resumed, it was not surprising that there must have been an increase in the number of merchants from the mainland who came to Okura Castle for business.
Hua Bushi trains dogs every day, and his life is peaceful, even the lady Haida, who specializes in troublesome him and loves to get along with this eldest young master, has not come to him these days.
Hai Hongzhu seems to have forgotten that she had forced Hua Bushi to ask her if she was willing to treat her as a real wife. Now Hai Hongzhu has been practicing martial arts diligently all day long, and the "Feiyan Sword Technique" is in her hands, although she can't talk about how powerful it is, at least the moves are much more proficient.
These days, the two of them sometimes inevitably have an accidental Yujian, Hai Hongzhu mostly turned his face away, ignored the eldest young master, and returned to the cold-faced state when he first got married.
Hua Bushi didn't know what Hai Hongzhu thought in his heart, the girl's mind was the most subtle, and it was already unpredictable, Hua Bushi didn't bother to guess, since he could get along peacefully, he would simply be happy and quiet.
There are five days between the first three rounds of qualifying and the fourth round of elimination, and the next five rounds of eliminations are only one day apart, until the eighth final, which can determine the ownership of this year's dog king.
Although the "Zixiao Conference" itself does not set up gambling money, many casinos in Okura City have opened handicaps, and each fighting dog in the top 32 has set the odds of winning the championship to attract gamblers to bet, which is also the practice of the "Zixiao Conference" every year to the knockout stage.
Among today's top 32, in addition to last year's top three Sara Raccoon, Black Python and Red Fire are recognized as the strongest and most likely to compete for the championship, this year's dark horse Bordeaux is also favored by many people. In contrast, although Baoliang has won three games in a row, the limelight is not as good as that of the French Bear Hunting Dog, which is especially evident in the odds of betting in the casino.
The odds set by the largest "Hongfa Casino" in Okura City are five to one, black python to buy three to one, red fire to buy two to one, and Bordeaux to buy two to one. However, Baoliang's odds to win the championship are two to buy one, which is four times different from Bordeaux and ten times worse than Xialuo.
In fact, Baoliang's odds are not bad, and the odds of other fighting dogs in the top 32 are even more disparity, ranging from one to three to one to fifty, and the princess who represents the "Wanjintang" competition has odds of buying one to ten.
These odds are of course only temporary, and as the tournament progresses, the odds for each fighting dog will change. As the princess who participated in the convention for the first time this year, the odds set by the casino at 1 to 10 were also reasonable.
The princess has always been the pet dog of the city lord's eldest lady Sima Rulan, and she has not been trained to fight dogs before, and many people in the city know it. In their opinion, a princess who has only received short-term training and has no experience in dog fighting, even if her bloodline is excellent, her strength is very limited, and it is impossible to win the championship.
Of course, Hua Bushi doesn't think so, compared to Baoliang, who has won three games in a row, he is more optimistic about the princess. Although in the earlier training, the competition between the princess and Bao Liang was once evenly matched, Hua Bushi knew that only when it came to the real critical battle, the potential of the fighting dog would be truly brought into play, just as a martial arts master can only show his best when he is in a desperate situation.
And the potential of the two fighting dogs, no one knows better than Hua Bushi, but the princess is stronger than Baoliang. Therefore, the eldest young master firmly believes that the most dazzling star fighting dog and the most unexpected dark horse at this year's "Zixiao Conference" are not Bordeaux, nor Baoliang, not the princess.
If it weren't for the clear regulations of the "Zixiao Conference", it is strictly forbidden for the proprietors and related people participating in the conference to participate in off-site gambling and fighting, Hua Bushi would not hesitate to take out all the belongings of the Bark Sky Tower and go to the casino to bet on the princess.
On May 11, the weather was fine and cloudless above the blue sky.
The fourth round of the elimination stage of the "Zixiaotai Dog Fighting Conference" officially started, and the big white dog princess, who was pinned on by Hua Bushi, finally made her debut in front of everyone for the first time.
To say that the princess's luck is really good, according to the order of the lottery numbers, this fight is actually the first of the fourth round, and its opponent is not strong, but last year's Zixiao ranked twenty-sixth, a fighting dog named "Howling Wolf".
Unlike the first three rounds of spectators, by the fourth round of the Zixiao Conference, the audience was already full, and the seats outside the fence of the venue could no longer sit, and many people had to stand around to watch the battle. This is the relationship with the opening of the major casinos, and these people who came to watch the game were not only the principals of the merchant ships, but also the gamblers who made big bets in the hall and came to watch the game in front of them.
is not only the first game of this round, but the princess is also representing the "Wanjintang", and of course there are more people paying attention. Yao Gongxiao, the elder of the inner hall of "Wanjin Hall", also came to the scene. Zixiao's ranking was very important, and Elder Yao, who was in charge of the port trade of the "Wanjintang", did not dare to ignore it.
The eldest lady of the city lord, Sima Rulan, came early, and now she is dressed in short clothes, standing outside the fence, in the position of the animal tamer of her own side.
Prior to this, Yao Gongxiao had proposed that it would be more secure for the Snow King to participate in the conference on behalf of the "Wanjintang". Although the Snow King has passed the age of his prime, his strength has been compromised, but after all, he ranked fourth last year, and it is still quite certain that he will be in the top five this year.
As soon as this proposal came out, it was fully opposed by Sima Rulan. In the past few months, the eldest lady of the city lord has been in the barking tower, watching the princess being trained every day, and she has also seen the improvement of its strength, and now, she will never let this precious pet dog's hard work be in vain.
Although Yao Gongxiao was the elder of the inner hall in charge of this matter in the sect, he could not disobey the will of the eldest lady, and Zuihou had to grit his teeth and nod.
Any fighting dog participating in the "Zixiao Conference" has its own animal trainer, and there is also a special position for these animal trainers next to the venue to facilitate on-the-spot command. Only those trainers who have been training with fighting dogs for a long time and are very familiar with each other can accept the instructions given during the fight.
Of course, "Wanjintang" also hired animal trainers, but the princess was originally Sima Rulan's pet dog, and she had not received any training since she was a child, so where would she listen to the instructions of those animal trainers? If you want to say that the most suitable person to be the commander of the battle, it should be Hua Bushi, all the training for the princess in recent months has been done by him, Sima Rulan is just watching from the sidelines, and doing some feeding actions.
It's just that Sima Rulan doesn't want this eldest young master to be troublesome, in her mind, the princess is a baby pet raised by her since she was a child, and of course she should personally command the enemy.
Hua Bushi knew that it was wrong, but the eldest lady of the city lord was the official proprietor of the princess, and he was just a long-term worker hired to help train dogs.
Anyway, the princess's opponent in the first battle was not strong, and Hua Bushi was left to Miss Lan'er's random command!
At this moment, Hua Bushi was also in the audience, sitting next to Yao Gongxiao, the elder of the inner hall, both of them stretched their necks, and their eyes all looked at the princess in the wooden cage. The big white dog was lazily lying on the ground, eating a large piece of bone that Sima Rulan had just thrown at it, and there was no hint of nervousness before the battle in his expression.
This piece of meat and bone was prepared for a long time, and it was supposed to be the reward after the victory of the fighting dog, but I didn't expect the city lord to be generous, and it was fed to the princess in advance before the war started.