The body is light and a bird passes by, but the gun is urgent and thousands of people shout. -------Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty "Entering Cai Xilu as Captain and Returning to Longyou to Secretary Gao Thirty-Fifth"
It is said that Chen Long and Zhao Yun came on stage in person and performed their magic bow skills, which instantly shocked the audience. Amid the cheers, Chen Long galloped back to the auditorium. His men had already sorted out the rankings of the archery competition. When Chen Long unfolded the bamboo slips and looked at them, he saw the top twenty rankings written on them, which are:
The first Zhang He and Zhang Junyi 199 rings
Hu Zhen and Hu Wencai ranked second with 182 rings
The third place is Shajin 179 rings
Third place Zhu Zhi and Zhu Junli 179 rings
Fourth place Liu Xun Liu Zitai 178 rings
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Eleventh place Zhang Nan Zhang Yanbei 172 rings
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The 19th Cai Xun and Cai Wangxun 161 rings
Chen Long saw that the famous generals in his red circle were all in the top twenty list, and Zhang He, who picked the red mark, was ranked first. Those who believed that they could leave their names in history still had real materials. Throwing the bamboo slip to his men, he waved his hand and ordered: "The second round, the riding begins."
The candidates' horses are all military horses carefully selected from Huang Gai's army and are highly trained. The first part of equestrianism involves overcoming obstacles with a heavy load, which depends on the cooperation between the rider and the horse. The order of appearance remains unchanged, and the candidates with the highest rankings have chosen the skills of the horses. Several rows of one-meter-high obstacles have been quickly set up in the field. The wooden poles at the top are movable. Once the horse's hoof touches the wooden pole, it will be buckled. points, similar to later equestrian jumping events.
As for the weight, a fifty kilogram sandbag was hung on the horse in advance. However, it was the first time for most of the candidates to use stirrups, so they got on the horse to practice and feel the wonderful use of stirrups. The first contestant to appear had obviously not practiced horse-lifting and flying, and the man and horse did not cooperate well. He fell bruised and swollen after a while, and was defeated. Fortunately, he was thick-skinned and uninjured.
Sha Jin appears on the scene. The barbarians have always valued bravery, but their ability to ride horses is mediocre. However, Sha Jin was obviously more skilled. With his immense strength and fairly good horse control skills, he barely passed the competition, only knocking off several wooden poles.
Hu Zhen appears. He is from Xiliang. It can be said that he grew up on horseback. He controls a group of horses with ease. He can lift them like flying and cross many obstacles with ease. The wooden poles are motionless, ushering in a wave of Applause, got the highest score.
Zhang He and Zhang Nan are both famous generals in the north and are also skilled in equestrian skills. Zhang He has a better combination of men and horses, and his score is slightly ahead of Zhang Nan. Their scores are both behind Hu Zhen, ranking second and third.
The riding skills of southern generals such as Liu Xun, Zhu Zhi and Cai Xun were much inferior. They were all good at naval warfare and spent a little less time on horseback, ranking seventh, eighth and eleventh respectively.
The equestrian competition took a long time and was not completed until sunset. Chen Long had another ranking list in his hand. Seeing that the sun was about to set, he waved and announced: "Tomorrow morning, the second round of equestrian will be held. The contestants will draw lots, group them in pairs, and eliminate the pairs. The winner will continue to be eliminated in pairs to decide. The top ten will be divided into groups to compete, with five people in each group. The winner group will play in a round robin to determine the top five rankings, and the loser group will play in a round robin to determine the sixth to tenth place. The remainder will be scored according to the round in which they were eliminated. , no longer ranked.”
The first day of the competition was enough for the people of Lingling to have a great time. Talking in the streets was inseparable from the first round of martial arts that had just been held. At that time, the world was in chaos and martial arts was prevalent. The martial arts competition attracted a larger number of spectators than the liberal arts competition, and became an absolute hot spot in the news in Lingling. It is said that the underground stakes are surging, and Zhang He is generally optimistic about winning. The championship odds have plummeted, and the focus has shifted to the sub-championship and the second and third place handicap.
Such grand events were also reported to their respective warlord leaders by spies from all over the country, triggering a wave of all-out competition for talents. The imperial examination, a method of selecting talents, was also imitated one after another, exposing the ambitions of some local warlords.
Early the next morning, the second event of the equestrian competition, which is also the highlight of this martial arts competition, the equestrian battle elimination round officially began. More than 900 people were captured and killed, and the scene was extremely lively in all empty fields tens of kilometers along the Xiangjiang River. Small
Holding the long pole in Sha Jin's hand, he covered Bao Bu's pole head with lime in the lime pool, stepped on the military horse, and felt strong confidence in his heart. He comes from the wild Wuxi area. He has been extremely powerful since he was a child, and he was taught martial arts by experts. As an adult, he rarely encounters opponents and is known as the number one general in Wuxi.
Sha Jin's opponent in the first round was a gibbon-like man in gray armor. He held a long pole in his hand, which looked like a child's toy. Sha Jin had already been sitting upright on the crossbar of his war horse. The big man in the best armor mounted his horse without saying anything. He leaned over and the horse and man became one, and sprinted like an arrow. The long pole in his hand stabbed straight out, hoping to use the powerful sprint of the war horse to strike with one stroke. Stab the sand gold under the horse.
The corners of Sha Jin's mouth curled up, and the war horse remained motionless. The explosive power gradually filled up his arms and slowly reached its peak. The head of the Gibbon's pole thrust straight forward, and with his long arms, the head of the pole was less than half a foot away from Sha Jin's chest. It howled repeatedly from its big mouth, as if it was going to penetrate Sha Jin with one stroke.
Seeing that the club head was about to pierce into Sha Jin's chest, the long pole in Sha Jin's hand finally moved, blowing up with a strong wind. In a moment, it danced in a small arc and hit the bottom of the stabbed club head hard. The club head suddenly passed through the space above Sha Jin's shoulder and pierced the air.
Gibbon's full-strength shot, which he was determined to win, suddenly missed the target, and the force came back like a boulder. His chest seemed to have been hit hard, and he almost vomited blood in sadness. Just as he was shouting that something was wrong, Sha Jin's long pole struck like a thunderbolt again, making a piercing scream. The Gibbon used his remaining strength and raised the long pole in his hand with all his strength. There was only a clicking sound, and the Gibbon's long pole instantly broke into two pieces, sharply. The force of the force slammed into his Tianling Cap. Without a word, Gibbon fell upside down from his horse and fainted to the ground, causing smoke and dust to rise all over the ground.
Sha Jin laughed loudly. He showed no mercy and still easily defeated his first opponent. He couldn't help but feel confident. Chen Long's trauma medical officer carried the gibbon down for treatment without mentioning it.
The knockout rounds were in full swing, and before the sun set, the top ten in the competition were finally determined. Among them, Cai Xun encountered Zhang He prematurely in the final round of the knockout round and was eliminated; Liu Xun, although he won miserably, had his phalanx broken by his opponent and was seriously injured and had to withdraw, leaving only nine people in the top ten.
When Chen Long saw that the nine people who had made it through the knockout round were all high-spirited, some were heroic, some were hunky-backed, some were muscular, some were tall and powerful, he was filled with joy and loudly announced: "Today's decision will be made for the top players. Ten of them, as long as they are loyal to the people of Lingling, they will all be senior officials above the deputy division commander in our army from now on. There are only nine people left who cannot be divided into groups. I think Zhang He will be temporarily removed. The remaining eight people will be divided into two groups. The first group will be divided into two groups. Changsha Gold, the team members are Zhu Zhi, Guo Li, and Zhang Qi, and the second team leader Hu Zhen, the team members are Zhang Nan, Ling Feng, and Xian Yutong.”
Zhang He rode his horse, exited the empty field, and stood on Zhao Yun's side to watch the game. Chen Long finally saw this tiger general up close, and saw that he had a big face, a black beard, thick eyebrows and thick eyes, and he was very imposing. He was indeed majestic and dignified, and he couldn't help but fall in love with him. The two groups of generals on the field have already chosen the order in which they will go into battle. They handed the order to Chen Long, who ordered him to start immediately.
The first player in the Shajin group is Guo Li, a native of Chaisang, Xunyang County, Jingzhou, and the first player in the Hu Zhen group is Xianyu Tong, a native of Yuyang County, Youzhou. The two were evenly matched, and after three rounds of fighting, the referee counted the white spots on both men's bodies and announced that Xianyu Tong narrowly won by one point. Xian Yutong was overjoyed. He raised his bamboo pole and pointed it at Sha Jin: "Who else dares to send a defeated general?"
Sha Jin was furious and was about to fight on his own. Behind him, Zhu Zhi, the old man from Danyang in Yangzhou, was impatient with the waiting. He leapt out with his pole and his horse, his mind and brain were so clear that there was no one in sight. His men were no longer merciful and they found a flaw in the second round. , the tail of the pole was focused on Xian Yutong's forehead, knocking him off his horse with one move and winning.
Ling Feng, a new wild man from Nanyang County, Jingzhou, came out and fought with Zhu Zhi for three more rounds. Zhu Zhi won by points. The Shajin group won two games in a row, which boosted their morale. Zhang Nan, a native of Yecheng, Jizhou, came out and fought Zhu Zhi for three more rounds. Zhu Zhi was exhausted and defeated. Zhang Qi, a native of Qinghe State in Jizhou, came out on horseback, but Zhang Nan used his power and swept him down with one stroke.
Seeing that he was the only one left in his group, Sha Jin sneered slightly, mounted the horse with the pole in hand, and Zhang Nan shouted: "You little brat, take a shot from me!" He rushed towards him like he was throwing himself into his arms, and ended up like the gibbon. At the end of the game, Sha Jin split the long pole in Zhang Nan's hand into two pieces, and the strong wind directly knocked Zhang Nan unconscious. The medical officer rushed forward to rescue him, thinking that no wonder all of today's patients had concussions.
There were only two team leaders left on both sides. Hu Zhen, a native of Wuwei in Liangzhou, slowly stepped out, his rough face as cold as ice. His martial arts skills were acquired from horseback since he was a child, and he has rich practical combat experience. He knows that the barbarian opposite him is stronger than himself, and he must take advantage of his proficient equestrian skills to prevent the opponent from exerting his strength.
The Xiliang cavalry are unparalleled in toughness, and they are no match for the iron-blooded battlefield. The blood in Hu Zhen's brain surged, and adrenaline was secreted in large quantities. With a roar, the military horse under his crotch leaped into the air, leaping high into the air and leaping two feet away, demonstrating his excellent horse control skills. The long pole took advantage of the power of the army horse falling in the air, and slashed straight down. It actually contained several changes, blocking Sha Jin's escape route by moving sideways and dodging. Unless Sha Jin retreated, he would have to resist his heavy force on the ground. The men and horses hit hard.
Sha Jin's eyes narrowed, and his tempered body tightened with all his strength, pressing the war horse tightly under his crotch, as if suppressing a powerful spring. When Hu Zhen's men and horses fell from the highest point and raised the long pole high to chop, Sha Jin's body suddenly relaxed, the pressure on the horse under his crotch suddenly lost, the horse's back rebounded, and hit Sha Jin's rear buttocks hard. Sha Jin's body relied on this rebound With such force, he flew high into the sky. Hu Zhen's long pole narrowly passed by the tip of Sha Jin's nose and hit the horse's back. There was only a clicking sound and the sound of broken horse bones.
Just as Sha Jin's horse was neighing loudly, Sha Jin in mid-air had already shaken his hands and picked out a rainbow. The long pole rotated slightly, and a gorgeous big gun flower appeared in the sunlight. If the gun flower had substance, it was as fast as a flying fireball. , piercing directly into the chest and abdomen of Hu Zhen who was flying down. Hu Zhen had no way to avoid it. He felt as if his internal organs had been hit by a heavy hammer. When the men and horses separated in the air and the army horses fell into the air, Hu Zhen's huge body fell heavily into the dust several feet away. He vomited blood. Already unconscious.
Chen Long hurriedly ordered the medical officer to rescue him and laughed loudly: "Young general Sha Jin, your strength is extraordinary. I declare that the Sha Jin team wins!" The four generals of the Sha Jin team raised their long poles high and roared like thunder. The cheers from the audience nearby were like Rolling thunder resounded through the sky.
Chen Long then announced the results of today's equestrian competition. The loser group, Hu Zhen, ranked 6th-9th, and the winning group, Zhu Zhi, Guo Li, and Xian Yutong, ranked 3rd, 4th, and 5th. He then announced: "Today The championship and runner-up will be between Zhang He and Sha Jin, which is also today’s ultimate battle. I declare that to ensure fairness, Sha Jin will be allowed to rest for one night and fight again tomorrow morning!"
Everyone was about to cheer, and Sha Jin, who had just stabbed a stunning shot, loudly said in a dialect: "No need! I have enough strength today, so I might as well fight Zhang He immediately!"
