Section 13: Competition ()

Cao Chong rode on the horse without stirrups, frightened. Fortunately, the famous Wuhuan horse was very steady and gave him face. He didn't throw him off the horse's back. When he arrived at the stands, Cao Chong moved down from the horse's back with the help of Xu Yi, and then he breathed a sigh of relief. He went up to the stands and sat next to Cao Cao and looked forward. He saw that there were already arrows on the open space in front of him. The generals took off their regular clothes with great enthusiasm, put on their helmets and armor, checked their bows and arrows and horses, and prepared to show their skills for a while to leave a good impression on Lord Sikong. Maybe this time he would have his own share in Jingzhou. Everyone knows that this time the gathering of a large army to Jiangnan may be the last battle with great weight. After passing this village, there may be no store. If you want to make military achievements next time, who knows when you will wait.

The scribes sat quietly on both sides. They disdained to do these rough work of archery on horseback and actually couldn't do it, so they could only watch and call him good. If Lord Sikong is interested, he would write a poem to help him get some rewards.

With a command, the generals lined up, holding bows and arrows, carrying quiver pots, and sitting on the horses with their chests. The war horses under their crotch twisted their necks, and the horses were restlessly digging to the ground, and the weeds on the ground moaned in the soil. They were really like tigers and horses like dragons.

"Sigh..." Liu Xun, the General Pinglu, who was in the front, undone the reins of the horse. The horse suddenly exerted its force and spread its four hooves and rushed out. Liu Xun pulled out a carved feather arrow from the quiver with his backhand and put it on the bowstring. He embraced like a full moon, and made a move like a meteor. The long arrow roared straight for the arrow stack. The soldiers waiting there looked at the arrow stack, raised the small flag in their hands and danced twice. The flag-singing official in the stands shouted: "General Pinglu Liu Xun, Zhong--"

Liu Xun came back from the horse and looked at the waiting generals, with a hint of pride on his face. General Deng Zhan, the powerful general, smiled and said, "Zitai, what's the problem? Look at me to shoot." As he said that, he shook the reins of the horse and drove away. However, strangely, he did not shoot the arrowhead but ran to the target and ran back directly. When he saw it, Liu Xun laughed loudly and said, "Hahaha, Ziyi, do you want to run again?"

He was smiling, and Deng Zhan reached out and pulled out a long arrow on the bowstring. He leaned back and the person was almost lying on the horse's back. He didn't see him aiming. The long arrow left the string. When he ran back to the stands, he was hearing the flag-singing official shouting: "General Fenwei Deng Zhan, Zhong-"

"Zi Tai, how about it?" Deng Zhan laughed loudly and raised the bow in his hand to Liu Xun, who was open with big eyes. Liu Xun's smile froze and leaned closer to him and smiled bitterly: "Zi Ji, you little boy can't get along with me. I must get back my face at the dinner table tonight. I will never give up until I get you into a dead dog."

The Central Guard Han Hao...

Shi Huan, the leader of the Central Army...

The tiger and leopard cavalry Cao Chun…

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Cao Pi looked at the military generals who were riding horses from the stage and smiled at Cao Chong: "This Deng Ziyi has good archery skills. He always likes to compete with Liu Zitai. However, his strongest thing is not archery skills. It is said that he has a unique martial art that can capture the enemy's weapons with empty hands. In the battle of Huguan, he shot the quiver in an empty hand, stabbed the spear, cut off three ring-headed swords, and beheaded fifty-eight people. Finally, he captured the captain of the guard of the Gao Guan, but unfortunately he did not catch the Gao Guan, and let the Luoyang Chief Wang Yan pick up a bargain."

Going into a blade with empty hands? Cao Chong almost glared out his eyes. He often heard of this kind of kung fu in martial arts novels. Unexpectedly, the Three Kingdoms really had this kung fu. He looked at Cao Pi with some doubts, and then looked at Deng Zhan, who was joking with Liu Xun below.

"Really, I have a chance to let you see it." Cao Pi said seriously when he saw that he didn't believe it.

"Okay." Cao Chong nodded. He was really interested to see what these martial arts masters in the Three Kingdoms era looked like.

With Liu Xun and Deng Zhan's archery skills in front, although the archery skills in the back were good, they were not so outstanding. Cao Chong was a little bored and was about to doze off, but Cao Zhang came from a distance, looked at the arrow pile, and kept horses. While setting the horse to rush towards the stands, he pulled the bow and arrow, turned around and fired three arrows in a row. Three long arrows were like meteors to catch the moon, hitting the targets one after another. After seeing it, the civil servants and generals on the stage couldn't help but shouted loudly: "Okay..."

"Ziwen's archery skills have improved again." Cao Cao smiled happily, "My Cao family finally came out with another fierce one."

"Sir Sikong, please allow the boy to come forward and try it." A young man next to him lifted his clothes and stood in front of Cao Cao with his hands crossed his hands and bowed. When Cao Cao saw it, he couldn't help laughing: "Shu Quan, are you itchy in your hands?"

This child is named Xiahou, and is the third son of Xiahou Yuan, whose courtesy name is Shuquan. He is eighteen years old and will be very good at playing with Cao Zhang. Cao Chong has seen him several times and knows that he doesn't like studying, but likes martial arts, but he has never seen him shoot archery. Seeing that he looks dissatisfied, it seems that Cao Cao's words just now made him a little dissatisfied.

"I dare to ask for a try." Xiahou said another gift.

Cao Cao was very happy to see the stubborn boy in front of him and laughed: "Since that's the case, you can try it."

Xiahou replied, strode to the side of the stands, and did not go down the steps. He jumped up from the stands and landed steadily on the war horse tied to the stands. He rode his horse to Cao Zhang who was walking towards the stands, raised his head and said, "Brother Ziwen, don't be proud first, look at my archery skills."

Cao Zhang grimaced at him and said, "Uncle Quan, shoot the arrow first before bragging, don't leave the target."

"Don't underestimate people." Xiahou said that there was a war horse on his lower abdomen. The war horse ran towards the target. Xiahou said that he was staring at the target in the distance, drawing out three long arrows, and firing three arrows in a row. After the three arrows, the horse just ran to the target. Xiahou said that the horse turned around and turned around and shot three arrows in a row. He did not look at the target. The horse ran to the stands and did not slow down. He threw the bow in his hand to the general waiting on the side. He jumped up with the running war horse and jumped into the stands. He took a few steps, held his body in front of Cao Cao, knelt down on one knee and saluted.

The war horse in the air saddle neighed, as if it was human, and it almost stopped in front of the stands and stopped.

The flag-singing officer saw the flag verb opposite and was a little stunned, then shouted at the top of his voice: "Xiahou said, Feng returned to the nest--"

On and off the stage, they were quiet for a moment, and then they coaxed it into chaos. Cao Cao was also a little surprised and someone held the target to the stands. Then he realized that it was really a phoenix. Six long arrows were shot on the bull's eye and gathered together, like the tail feather of a phoenix.

Cao Chong looked at Xiahou who was facing Cao Zhang and said that he didn't breathe and coughed with a choke. Who is this guy? He is so awesome, can he shoot the phoenix and return the nest? Well, it seems like he is a fierce man, and he needs to get close to him when he finds an opportunity.

He was having a ghost idea, and Cao Cao was also very excited. He pulled Xiahou Ze to his side, looked at him carefully for a long time with an admiring look and said, "I didn't expect that there was such a wonderful son, so what else can I ask for?"

Cao Zhang pulled Xiahou Cheng, who had just smiled happily at this time, and grinned with his teeth and said, "Shu Quan, have you made a secret effort again? Why haven't you seen him for a few days and made such rapid progress?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I didn't try my best when competing with you before." Xiahou said disapprovingly.

"And you just pretend." Cao Zhang was amused by him and patted his shoulder hard, "Nothing is wrong, learn to be cool in comfort."

"Cool? What does it mean?" Xiahou said that he didn't understand what the new word meant, and asked Cao Zhangdao inexplicably.

"I don't understand very much. This is the word that Cang Shuxin invented, probably it means very awesome." Cao Zhang said, and shrugged again as he had just learned from Cao Chong.
Chapter completed!