The young masters looked at each other, knowing that they were holding back, and couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
"Brothers, please rest assured." Ren Ning comforted them.
"All teams have to row twenty miles of water, and almost everyone has never trained to row a dragon boat for such a distance. Although we will not be used to it and will be tired, our opponents will not be easy either."
Besides, other teams don’t have fresh troops like them who just came from the battlefield.
After reacting, everyone was in high spirits.
Someone tutted: "Maybe we can upset us!"
One of the team members looked hesitantly at the heavy hull beneath them, "If there is no accident like the year before last, there shouldn't be much of a problem with the top five."
Everyone subconsciously raised their heads and looked at the bright yellow figure on the right viewing platform.
Emperor Changxing was watching from the shore. Who dares to act recklessly like the year before last and seriously risk his life?
"Top five? That's too conservative." Someone chuckled: "I think the top three is fine."
cough!
Huo Qing coughed.
"The lengthened schedule is indeed beneficial to us to some extent, but it is also extremely limited. After all, our team was formed late and has not been well-integrated. Therefore, everyone should not aim too high, try to stay calm, and be sure to work steadily!"
He glared at the laughing teammates.
"You must remember that this is a protracted battle. Look at the brothers Xingluo and Zhennanguan, don't be so frivolous and joking, let alone use up all your strength from the beginning."
Several people looked at Ren Ning and others, suddenly became solemn, and quickly responded in unison!
Huo Qing nodded with satisfaction.
"Huang Ming!"
He turned to the drummer and told him: "You can play the drums as we trained before. Unless it's the final sprint, don't mess up your drumbeat just because we are temporarily ahead or behind."
During the dragon boat race, the rhythm of the rowers all follows the beat of the drum.
If the drum beats fast, they will row fast; if the drum beats softly, the rowers will be relatively relaxed.
"Your Majesty, I will remember it." Huang Ming nodded calmly.
Huo Qing gave a few more instructions and asked everyone to prepare.
Everyone quickly grabbed the oars, encouraged each other, and waited for the game to start.
Ren Ning took the time to look around.
Soon he was startled.
Coincidentally, Sun Ye, who was on track three, looked over with a frosty face.
Their eyes met.
Ren Ning smiled, revealing his beautiful white teeth. Sun Ye was so angry that he trembled and almost bit off several other teeth.
However, the two teams are separated by two tracks and a huge distance. Sun Ye had no choice but to turn away seriously.
Ren Ning looked away and didn't take Sun Ye to heart at all. Not long after, his eyes fell on a huge and broad body.
Jin Wang Chen Xiulan was perhaps the most careless person in the entire canal.
He stretched his neck and looked at the girls on the embankment. But the distance was too far, and there were more people than sand on the river bank, so he couldn't see clearly.
In the end, Chen Xiulan could only stare at the young chamberlain not far away, and touched her chin half-appreciatively and half-suspiciously.
Ren Ning broke into a bad sweat.
This couldn't be because Princess Jin at home is too strict. Now when she meets the chamberlain, she feels pretty and pretty.
Apart from Chen Xiulan, Ren Ning looked for Prince Qin, Prince Qi and other princes. After seeing clearly the track they were on, he silently withdrew his gaze.
After another inspection, officials from the Ministry of Rites inspected all the dragon boats and confirmed that they were correct.
"Get ready!" the chamberlain screamed.
Everyone's ears pricked up.
Beep!
A sharp whistle sounded.
The long embankment suddenly boiled. The people cheered and cheered one after another.
Wangfu, who has his own ambitions to win the championship, is even more prepared. A large number of servants and guards lined up in a long line and shouted slogans in unison.
"Come on Prince Qin's Mansion!"
"Prince Qi's Mansion must win, and the championship will definitely belong to us!"
"Come on Seventh Prince Mansion, you are the best."
…
It is true that there are many people, but there are always some individual voices that are particularly loud.
Ren Ning even clearly heard his wife's lark-like voice: "Come on, Duke of Zhenguo, come on, Mr. Xian!"
Boom, boom, boom!
The drums on the dragon boat began to beat fiercely. Several dragon boats rushed out instantly.
Ren Ning is dedicated to three things.
He paddled calmly while listening to Huang Ming's drumming, and at the same time looked left and right to check on the other teams.
Before the whistle blew, the dragon boats on the tracks four and six next to them had already jumped several feet away impatiently. Ren Ning's vision suddenly broadened.
As expected, several capable teams did not rush forward impatiently to try to get a good start, but moved forward steadily and steadily.
But there are exceptions among lagging teams.
King Jin's dragon boat probably really couldn't catch up. The veins on the hands of the paddlers popped out, and they paddled even more, but the speed of the dragon boat just couldn't increase.
Their drum beats were even more chaotic, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and sounded completely rhythmless.
After reading this, Ren Ning withdrew his gaze and concentrated on rowing the dragon boat.
If you sail against the current, you will retreat if you don't advance.
The dragon boat of Zhen Guo Gongfu was not in a hurry and kept rowing upstream at a steady speed.
In the left viewing platform on the shore, Jixiang, who had finished placing his bets, crowded back to Yingpan.
She jumped up and down anxiously, "It's so miserable. General and the others are lagging far behind."
"This is the beginning, why are you anxious?" Yingpan was very angry.
"It's not urgent yet." Jixiang disagreed.
There was no dragon boat race on the grassland, and this was the first time she had seen one. But Jixiang thinks this dragon boat should be the same as a horse race. As long as one step is fast, then every step is fast!
For example, Ren Ning's Chasing the Wind and Lei Er's Running Thunder, as long as they start first, it is almost impossible for other horses to catch up.
"This is different." Yingpan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Zhuifeng and Benlei are both top-notch horses. They are both extremely good in terms of speed and endurance. If they start first, it will be difficult for other horses to catch up."
“But dragon boat racing is different.”
Yingpan pointed to several dragon boats in the distance.
"Those fast-rowing boats are like Yunhang's native horses. They are fast at first but lack endurance. It doesn't take long before they run out of strength and have to slow down."
"Our team is like Xiliang horses with steady feet. They may not seem to run very fast at first, but they can run at a stable speed for a long time. Eventually they will catch up with the horses that slow down, or even surpass them. "
Jixiang is doubtful.
She didn't know anything about dragon boats, but when Yingpan used horses as an example, she understood.
"It would be great if the dragon boat team could be like the improved horses, with the speed of the Yunchui horses and the endurance of the Xiliang horses." said the auspicious sentiment.
"It's not difficult." When talking about raising horses, Yingpan thought of her deceased father and her elder brother whose life and death were unknown.
She lowered her voice, "If all the dragon boat team members are from the Starfall Legion, it might be possible."
as expected.
Two or three miles away from the starting point, those dragon boats that were rowing forward in a hurry with all their strength at the beginning, although still very fast, have gradually slowed down.
Ren Ning and other lagging dragon boats still have a long way to go before they can catch up. However, anyone who looks at it can see that the distance between the two sides is shrinking step by step.
Emperor Changxing looked away from the river and turned to the commander of the Forbidden Army: "Zuo Fu, have you found out anything?"
he asked the greaser in front of the lighting booth.
"Your Majesty," Zuo Fu said with a face full of embarrassment, "I apologize for my incompetence. There is no definite news yet."
"Your Majesty." Ren Yi, who was waiting next to him, saluted: "There are many people of all kinds at the West Pier, and various situations may happen. Sir Zuo naturally puts the safety of Your Majesty and all the empresses first. Other matters can be postponed for the time being. push."
Zuo Fu couldn't help but give him a grateful look.
Emperor Changxing nodded and looked back at the river. "The Forbidden Army will return and cooperate with the Jinlin Guards to find out this matter as soon as possible."
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