"You may not lose, but you will definitely not be able to shoot better than Xingba."
It can be seen that Huang Zhong highly recognized Gan Ning's shooting skills.
Yuan Yao asked curiously: "I don't know Xingba's shooting skills. How do you compare to Lao Huang?"
Huang Zhong was startled and said slowly: "I'm not as good as Xingba!"
Yuan Yao opened his mouth wide: "No way, I have seen your shooting skills, Lao Huang, how can he be better than you?"
Huang Zhong looked serious: "My shooting skills all depend on hard work. And now that I'm older, it's getting worse every year."
"But Xingba is different. Just by looking at his random movements, I know he is a natural marksman!"
Yuan Yao was surprised: "A natural marksman?"
Huang Zhong was extremely sure: "Yes! He is a natural marksman!"
"We ordinary people in archery strive to be consistent in every finger and every movement from holding the arrow, setting the bow, aiming to finally loosening the string, so as to develop fixed habits to improve proficiency and accuracy."
"But he is different. He doesn't care about the standard movements from the beginning, let alone how many fingers he uses. He almost doesn't even aim before shooting."
Yuan Yao wondered: "How could he shoot without aiming? How could he shoot so accurately?"
"Our accuracy is in our eyes; his accuracy is in his hands!"
Huang Zhong seemed to remember something sad, and his expression suddenly dimmed.
"Like my son, he has an innate shooting instinct."
Yuan Yao patted Huang Zhong on the shoulder: "Old Huang, your son will be fine. Haven't you already taken him to Nanchang?"
"With Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo here, your son will definitely be cured!"
Huang Zhong let out a heavy breath.
"I hope so."
"Look, it's about to start over there!"
Yuan Yao suddenly pointed to the other side of the school field, trying to divert Huang Zhong's attention.
The drummer beat the war drum again, and the sound of "dong dong dong" sounded again.
Taishi Ci rushed over on horseback, picked up his bow and arrows in one go, and hit all the fixed targets to score points.
Huang Zhong squinted his eyes and kept nodding: "This person is still able to fire arrows calmly under such great pressure. He is also a calm person."
"It depends on whether he can hit all the moving targets behind him, then it will be a tie."
Yuan Yao frowned, suddenly having a strange premonition.
In the blink of an eye, Taishi Ci rushed to the second half of the race.
At this time, the horse's speed is already extremely fast. If you are not careful, you will most likely be shattered into pieces after falling off the horse!
The soldiers holding the mobile straw man had also started running.
The window of time available for shooting is not long. And Yuan Yao knew that rapid fire was Tai Shici's weakness. I wonder how he could overcome this and strive to hit all the targets?
Just when Yuan Yao was still thinking, he saw a frightening scene!
I saw Taishi Ci supporting the horse's neck with both hands, and then his feet left the stirrups at the same time, and he squatted directly on the horse's back!
Amid the exclamations of the crowd, Taishi Ci knelt on the horse with his lower legs and took out the bow and arrow on his back with lightning speed.
At the same time, two moving straw man targets are about to cross each other.
Whoosh~
The bowstring vibrated, and the arrows roared out!
Ding~
Straws are flying everywhere!
Everyone looked closely and saw a black arrow sticking straight into the straw man's head!
No, it was not a straw man who was hit by an arrow, but two intersecting straw men who were pierced and nailed together by Tai Shici's powerful arrow in an instant!
Hiss~
Everyone gasped and looked at Taishi Ci. At this time, he had returned to his normal riding posture and shot the second arrow very calmly.
Ding~
The sound of the arrow hitting the wood is clear and ear-piercing!
The three mobile straw men, Tai Shici, also all hit the target!
But there was one more arrow left in Gan Ning's quiver!
Everyone present looked at this horrifying scene and recalled Tai Shici's unimaginable riding and shooting posture while kneeling on the horse just now. They all opened their mouths.
Among them, Gan Ning has the biggest mouth!
"Xu~"
It wasn't until Taishi Ci reined in his horse in front of everyone that Gan Ning responded, pushed aside the crowd and was the first to greet him.
"I'm convinced. Your arrow power is much stronger than mine. You win this round. I surrender!"
Although Gan Ning was competitive, he was a person who could afford to lose.
Although both of them hit the target, there is no doubt that Tai Shici hit two targets with one arrow and everyone was convinced.
Taishi Ci got off his horse, but he didn't look proud at all. Instead, he raised his hand to Gan Ning.
"No, you still win this round, Gan Sima."
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they became confused.
Even Gan Ning was confused and thought Taishi Ci was deliberately mocking him.
"Captain Taishi, please don't be familiar with me. We were brothers just now and I was wrong. I shouldn't have said those words..."
Gan Ning scratched his head, a little embarrassed.
Taishi Ci shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I'm serious, you really won this round, Gan Sima."
"I just used two arrows to shoot three targets because I couldn't shoot three arrows in such a short time like you, Gan Sima, so I had to make this decision."
"It was a pure luck that I could hit that arrow!"
"Even if I were asked to get on the horse and cum again, I'm afraid it would be difficult to do it again..."
Everyone saw Taishi Ci's serious face, but they were all unsure whether Taishi Ci was being modest or just lucky.
When the red-faced man saw this, he sneaked out of the crowd and ran towards the shooting range.
"Damn, he got up in Versailles!"
Yuan Yao muttered.
“What is Versailles?”
Huang Zhong said in confusion.
"That's a high-level way of saying show off!"
"Why show off?"
"that is……"
"Oh I got it."
Huang Zhong nodded, but said: "But in my opinion, Tai Shici's arrow just now was not entirely a fluke!"
"This man has solid skills and strong arrow power. If he tries a few more times, he can definitely recreate the scene just now."
"In short, he has the ability to shoot through two targets with one arrow."
"How many more times do you want to try?"
Yuan Yao covered his little heart with fear on his face: "You don't know how worried I was when he was kneeling on the horse just now!"
Huang Zhong smiled: "You are so rare and strange."
Yuan Yao: "..."
Hey~ I think I heard someone scolding me!
Huang Zhong said calmly: "The move he made while kneeling on the horse just now was a riding and shooting move used by the Huns and Xianbei people in the north."
"It looks dangerous." Huang Zhong paused deliberately, "In fact, it's not safe at all."
Yuan Yao almost fainted.
Why don't you leave this for me?
"He knows this trick probably because he has been to the frontier. It's not surprising!"
"The horse bows commonly used by the Huns and Xianbei are shorter than the bows of the Han people. Do you know why?"
Faced with Huang Zhong's question, Yuan Yao could only shake his head in confusion.
"Archery is the same as using other weapons, both of which require the integration of waist and horse."
"When a person stands on the ground, his legs and waist can provide strong support, so that his arms can exert maximum strength."
"But it's different on a horse. A person's legs have to clamp the horse's belly at all times to prevent him from falling off. If he shoots arrows left and right, he has to twist his waist to maintain balance, so it's difficult for his arms to use their full strength."
"Therefore, the horse bows of the barbarians are made smaller and the stone power is weaker, so as to facilitate riding and shooting!"
"The reason why Taishi Ci was kneeling on horseback to shoot arrows just now was because the normal riding posture could not allow him to take advantage of his strong arrow power!"
"Only by performing this dangerous move can one arrow penetrate two targets and shoot three straw men before running across the racecourse."
After listening to Huang Zhong's analysis, Yuan Yao suddenly realized.
The people around him also suddenly realized that what Tai Shi Ci just said was the truth.
"I've seen General Huang Zhonglang!"
Gan Ning bowed carelessly.
Many generals present were recruited and promoted by Yuan Yaoxin and did not know Huang Zhong.
When Gan Ning shouted, everyone was busy saluting together.
"I've seen General Huang Zhonglang!"
Taishi Ci also cupped his hands, but his eyes stayed on Huang Zhong's hands when he lowered his head.
Huang Zhong smiled like an elder: "Gan Sima is a natural marksman, and Taishi Colonel is good at shooting with his ape-armed arms. This general has really opened his eyes today!"
"Please, Commander-in-Chief, declare Taishi Xiaowei as the winner of this game!"
Gan Ning cupped his hands towards Yuan Yao again and took the initiative.
Yuan Yao smiled and was about to speak.
"Wait a minute, I have something to say!"
A shout came from outside the crowd, and everyone looked sideways, but it was Gan Ning's deputy general, the red-faced man, running over with two soldiers carrying grass.
"Grand Governor, and everyone else, please inspect the straw man!"
The red-faced man asked the two soldiers to put the straw men nailed together on the ground, and then stretched out his hands to separate the two straw men.
But he saw that the two straw men were easily separated. Looking at the back of the straw man who was shot, only a short arrow was exposed.
The red-faced man removed the straw from the head of the other straw man and waved it in front of everyone.
"As you can see, the gap in the wood of this straw man's tree is too shallow!"
"Can this cause harm to people?"
Among the crowd, Gan Ning's expression changed.
"Get out of here, do you have any say in this?"
The red-faced man had a look of injustice on his face: "Boss, you deserve to win this game. He is just sensationalizing and opportunistic..."
Before the last word "Qiao" could be said, Gan Ning suddenly kicked the red-faced man to the ground.
"I told you to shut up!"
Just when Gan Ning was about to go up and add a few more kicks, Tai Shi Ci stopped in front of Gan Ning.
"Gan Sima, this person is just telling the truth. He is not good at archery."
Gan Ning said and raised his hands to Yuan Yao and the others: "The Governor, and all my colleagues, you have all seen that my arrow was purely a fluke. If the wood used to tie the straw man was thicker, I might have been the third in a row. Even a straw man can’t be shot through.”
"I admit defeat in this game, and I also ask the governor to declare Gan Sima the final winner!"
Gan Ning glared at the red-faced man fiercely, and then raised his hand to Yuan Yaoyi: "Captain, I have something to say!"
In fact, Yuan Yao was also very confused about who would win and who would lose, so he just nodded and said: "You tell me!"
Gan Ning took a deep breath: "Before the horse riding and archery competition just now, the governor did not specify what kind of bow to use, so I used the iron tire treasure bow I got from Huang Zu, and the Taishi Colonel just used But it’s an ordinary wooden bow provided by the school.”
"Taishi Xiaowei has strong arrow power, everyone can see it!"
"If Captain Taishi had used my iron bow just now, it would have been easy to shoot through two straw men!"
"I took advantage first, how dare I be so shameless and say that I am better than the Grand Historian?"
"Well, what you said makes sense. In that case, I declare the winner to be..."
Yuan Yao nodded and recognized Gan Ning more and more.
Although this boy is sometimes arrogant and unruly, he is an honest person.
"Captain, wait a minute, please listen to me!"
Taishi Ci also took a step forward: "We have worked hard to practice archery in order to go into battle and kill the enemy. Therefore, we should judge whether the kill is effective by the depth of penetration of the arrowhead!"
"If this is a battlefield and these two straw men are real people, then my arrow may not even be able to penetrate the first man's head!"
"Therefore, the governor should rule that my target is invalid, and the winner should be Gan Sima!"
"Uh...what you said makes sense."
Yuan Yao became distressed.
Who should be judged to win?
Both of them are right!
"Old Huang, what do you think?"
"ah?"
Huang Zhong was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Yuan Yao to give the ball to him.
"I don't know, I just got here!"
Holy shit!
Yuan Yao almost didn't curse.
Even honest people have learned to be smart!
"In this case, I declare that the winner of this game is..."
Yuan Yao paused, and his brain started working rapidly.
"Tai Shi Ci!"
Phew~
Gan Ning breathed a sigh of relief. This result was exactly what he wanted to see.
Otherwise, he would lose all his face in front of everyone today!
Taishi Ci was a little stunned and even wanted to refuse again.
But Yuan Yao waved his hand: "Military orders are like mountains, and you will follow them as they are said!"
"Ziyi, you won this round, just like Xingba, you won four rounds!"
"The two of you will tie for today's archery championship. Come on, I'll give you a big reward!"
Immediately some soldiers ran up holding several pieces of horseshoe gold.
The reward for the top spot in a single game is 10,000 yuan, which is a piece of horseshoe gold.
The reward for the overall champion is 30,000 yuan, or three pieces of horseshoe gold.
The soldier was about to divide the four pieces of horseshoe gold into two parts when he heard Yuan Yao said dissatisfiedly:
"Is it wrong? People see me and think I can't afford it!"
"Who can share these few pieces of gold with?"
"Go get more gold, four pieces per person!"
"Uh..." The scolded soldier hesitated: "Commander, do all generals and colonels receive four gold rewards each?"
"Don't you understand? I said, four yuan per person!"
Yuan Yao is domineering and full of manliness.
Not far away, Liu Yao and Qiao Ying held hands and led a dozen maids carrying lunch boxes into the school gate.
"Gan Ning, your share will be given to Colonel Taishi. Do you have any objections?"
Yuan Yao crossed his arms, showing the majesty of the superior.
Gan Ning was startled for a moment, then bowed: "This humble general is not as skilled as others, and he is not strict with his subordinates. How dare you have any objections!"
"Well, your subordinates should be disciplined more strictly." Yuan Yao glanced at the red-faced man lying on the ground, "I want you to work hard in supervising the construction of Banzhou City, and combined with your previous achievements, I will promote you to Lieutenant Zhechong from now on. , lead the troops and horses of the headquarters unchanged!"
Gan Ning was overjoyed: "Thank you for the promotion, Governor!"
Yuan Yao suddenly smiled slyly: "Haha, I'm teasing you!"
Gan Ning was stunned: "Huh?"
"Don't be afraid, you won't be short of the championship bonus you deserve!"
Gan Ning: "..."
