GBP Chapter 182: Clever Strategy
Chapter 182: Clever Strategy
Two horses were slowly led over. This time, the targets to be shot were live targets, which were sandbags thrown into the arena from all sides. There were three rounds of sandbags, with six in each round.
Each person can only shoot three arrows at a time.
Xuanyuan Country was a foreign guest, so Guan Li was afraid that the people of Xuanyuan Country might not understand, so he began to explain, "In a normal duel, if you don't miss all three arrows in each round, you win first place."
Zhai Yun looked at the warrior from Xuanyuan State opposite. His arms were strong and this ordinary bow and arrow was like a toy in his hands. When he heard what Guan Li said, his face was full of disdain.
Facing the thin Zhai Yun, he was too lazy to even glance at her.
Facing such a burly opponent, Lord Lu, who had just praised his son-in-law's prowess, was suddenly speechless, "This...this...can Young Master Rui do it?"
The ministers around him looked at the two men with such a huge difference in size and were worried for Marquis Lu. "Marquis, please pray!"
The competition officially began. Zhai Yun and the warriors of Xuanyuan Kingdom walked down from the competition stage together. Every time the warriors of Xuanyuan Kingdom took a step, Zhai Yun felt like an earthquake.
Fortunately, the horses prepared by Fengli Kingdom this time were also strong, otherwise they would not be able to withstand his tossing and turning.
After Zhai Yun mounted her horse, she first tried her bow and arrow. The competition was going on until noon, when the sun was scorching hot. The Ministry of Internal Affairs took ice from the ice cellar and delivered it to the royal nobles.
The prepared imperial meals were also served one after another.
As the flags and drums sounded, Zhai Yun's attention became focused. Compared with the students in the Imperial College, Zhai Yun's riding and archery skills were indeed impressive, but facing the masters of riding and archery, Zhai Yun was still slightly inferior.
After all, I was lazy when I was young.
When the first six balls were thrown out, Zhai Yun and Xuanyuan Guo kicked the horses' abdomens at the same time, and found the right position to draw the bow as quickly as possible.
Apart from the scary arrow shot in the Imperial College, Zhai Yun hadn't drawn the bow for a long time, and she seemed a little rusty at it. When the arrow left the string, Zhai Yun felt that it was a little off.
The warriors of Xuanyuan Kingdom shot three arrows, each of which hit the target. The sandbags were pierced, and sand flew everywhere. An arrow like a steel bow flew out from the sand.
The remaining five arrows hit the sandbags and fell to the ground due to resistance.
The flying arrow was shot from Zhai Yun's hand. Zhai Yun missed one arrow, and the Xuanyuan warriors hit the target with three arrows. This is also the number reported by Guan Li.
Lord Lu, who had always supported Prince Rui, was so angry when he saw this that he slapped his thigh and said, "Look! He missed the first round. What's the point of showing off?"
The warrior standing by also laughed at him, "You're lucky, you managed to hit two! I won't be so lucky next time!"
Zhai Yun pretended not to hear and continued to draw her bow to prepare for the second round.
Chu Xuan's voice came from the sidelines: "Xiao Yunyun! Come on! Defeat him!"
It would have been fine if Chu Xuan hadn't said anything, but as soon as he started talking, Zhai Yun almost fell off her horse! Zhai Yun still had some dignity, and when he yelled like that, she just wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
From the side of her eyes, Zhai Yun saw Chu Xuan suddenly become quiet. It turned out that Chu Xuan's eyes met Feng Chenyi's frosty face, and Chu Xuan swallowed in fear.
In the second round, six sandbags were shot out. Zhai Yun did not have time to take a closer look. To the surprise of the Xuanyuan warriors, he suddenly jumped up from the horse's back and kicked the horse's belly while jumping. The horse ran away in pain.
Using her last bit of strength, Zhai Yun did a backflip in mid-air, drew her bow, and shot three arrows that flew rapidly towards the sandbags.
The warriors of Xuanyuan Kingdom were stunned by Zhai Yun's sudden action. When they came to their senses, it was too late to draw their bows and shoot arrows. All the arrows they shot missed the target.
When Xuanyuan Che saw that all three arrows shot by his family missed the target, his grip on the armrest of the chair suddenly tightened.
Fu Yiming, who was standing by, was also indignant: "Waste! How could he make such a low-level mistake!"
Everyone saw that one of the arrows shot by Zhai Yun suddenly penetrated the sandbag and hit another sandbag on the arc, killing two birds with one stone.
After shooting the arrow, Di Zhai Yun landed steadily on the horse's back and turned around to look at the arrow she had shot.
In the royal seat at the competition arena, a woman suddenly clapped her hands excitedly, exclaiming, "Good! Good shot!"
The Xuanyuan Kingdom's cavalry archers also noticed that there was something wrong with their emperor's expression, so they didn't dare to relax at all and focused their attention.
When the third round of sandbags was thrown, the people from Xuanyuan Kingdom kicked the horse's belly hard, and the horse galloped out. After the horse ran out, Zhai Yun jumped up and stood on the horse's back.
Seeing the right moment, Zhai Yun hooked her feet on the saddle, stood upside down on the horse, and shot the third round of arrows from bottom to top.
Three arrows hit the target at the same time. There was another arrow stuck in the same sandbag as one of Zhai Yun's arrows. Zhai Yun and the Xuanyuan warriors hit two sandbags at the same time.
And all six sandbags in the air exploded?
Zhai Yun only hit three, and the other six exploded. The other three were shot by the warriors of Xuanyuan Kingdom, and two of his arrows hit two of Zhai Yun's sandbags.
Kill two birds with one stone.
It’s just a pity that he lost his focus in the second game and all his efforts failed, otherwise Zhai Yun would have lost.
Although he killed two birds with one stone with two arrows, the warrior of Xuanyuan Kingdom still lost. He looked down on others at the beginning and ended up in defeat. The people sitting on the high platform were very dissatisfied with him!
Zhai Yun happily walked towards where Feng Chenyi and Chu Xuan were sitting. Chu Xuan saw that Zhai Yun had just left the stage, so he ran towards her and enthusiastically wanted to give her a hug.
But just as he raised his hand, he was hit on the shoulder. A feeling of pain surged from the bottom of his heart, making Chu Xuan unable to raise his arm. Even if Chu Xuan didn't look back, he knew who was playing a trick on him from behind.
Zhai Yun passed Chu Xuan and headed straight for Feng Chenyi, the excitement in her eyes difficult to contain: "Brother Yi, I won!"
Feng Chenyi looked at Zhai Yun lovingly and said, "I saw you flip off your horse just now. You did it on purpose to attract the attention of the Xuanyuan people and cause them to lose."
Zhai Yun acted coquettishly towards Feng Chenyi, thinking that he was the only one in the world who understood her best, "Who told me that my skills are inferior to others!"
Feng Chenyi looked at Zhai Yun, who was smiling like a flower, a smile welled up in his eyes and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
Feng Chenyi's smile shocked everyone watching this scene!
Feng Chenyi always spoke coldly in the court, was not close to anyone, and looked like he wanted to keep strangers away.
But he could actually smile, and when facing Zhai Yun, he would be tender and affectionate, and feel happy.
The prince was surprised. There were many guards around Prince Rui, but he was always cold and stern when facing his confidant Qi Nuo. The only thing he did to Zhai Yun was to protect and care for her.
When Emperor Xing'an saw this scene, he gave up his plan.
Xuanyuan Che smiled with an ambiguous smile and murmured, "This is really getting more and more interesting."
Chu Xuan's head suddenly blocked Feng Chenyi's way. He looked at Zhai Yun with dissatisfaction.