The Reincarnation of Lu Bu at the End of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 71

At the same time, archery targets had already been set up in the martial field of the palace on the other side. Zhang Rang also specially found a general surnamed Dou to accompany him to practice, saying that he was afraid that Lu Bu would be bored alone.

The drunken man's intention is not to drink, it's fake to be a sparring partner, but it's true to want Lu Bu to make a fool of himself.

Before the competition, Zhang Rang told the general "extremely kind": "Dou Wei, Your Majesty and so many court ministers are watching, you can't disrespect the royal family."

"Please don't worry, Mr. Zhang. The last general will not disgrace his life." The armored general with extraordinary archery skills clasped his fists with confidence.

Later, Lu Bu and Dou Wei faced the emperor and stood side by side. The courtiers were on the right, and soon some palace guards placed their bows and arrows in the designated positions.

"Two generals, this is a two-stone flower-carved bow and thirty white-feathered arrows." Zhang Rang gave a brief introduction to the two, paused, and then said: "The rules of the competition are very simple. The one with the most targets wins, do you understand?"

The two nodded. Lu Bu looked at the position of the archery target in front of his eyes. It should be a hundred steps away. Under the bright lights hanging, the entire archery target was about the size of a small disc, and the red bull's-eye was barely visible.

Ordinary archers in the barracks used eight-dou bows, while the wolf cavalry camp used powerful hardwood bows with one stone.One hundred paces is a very interesting distance. Take the Wolf Riding Battalion as an example, most soldiers can only hit the target at around eighty paces, instead of hitting the target.Being able to accurately hit the bull's-eye from a hundred steps away can be called a sharpshooter. At the same time, people also use a nice word to praise them, which is called "hundred steps through Yang".

"Your Majesty, I request that the target be moved to 120 steps." Dou Wei bowed to the emperor.

There was an uproar at the military officer's side. Unlike the civil servants who just watched the excitement, they more or less knew some martial arts, and some were even proficient in it.Archery is no better than melee combat. When the distance between the two exceeds a hundred steps, the difficulty will increase a lot every time you move back, let alone moving back as much as [-] steps at once.

Dou Wei had a panoramic view of the surprised reactions of the military officers. When he was proud, his face showed some disdain. He looked at Lu Bu, who was about ten years younger than himself, and sneered in his heart: Boy, Don't think that with a little bit of archery, you can walk around sideways. If you want to fight an ax in front of me, you are still a little tender.

With a distance of 120 steps, Dou Wei is confident that he can hit all the bull's-eyes. Even if he moves back ten steps, he can still hit all the arrows without falling.

A look of excitement flashed in Liu Hong's eyes. He had learned bow horse riding and shooting when he was young, so he understood what the distance of 120 steps meant.

"Lu Qing, what do you think?" Liu Hong asked Lu Bu, wanting to hear his opinion.

What Dou Wei said just now was clearly intended to give Lu Bu a badass and embarrass him, how could Lu Bu not know.

That being the case, at worst, you will be the first grader and I will be the fifteenth grader.

With this thought in his heart, Lu Bu responded, "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have no objection. But since General Dou is interested, I know a little about bows and crossbows after living in the frontier fortress for a long time. The effective shooting distance of two stone bows is 150 steps. How about moving the target to 150 steps and try again."

150 steps!

The military officer's side was completely boiling. If Dou Wei's 120 steps were conceited, then Lu Bu's 150 steps were simply arrogance.

Shooting a target with a bow and arrow at a distance of 150 steps is almost beyond the scope of human beings.

Originally, he wanted to make Lu Bu retreat in the face of difficulties, but who would have thought that he would be turned into an army instead. 130 steps is already Dou Wei's limit, and he is not very sure about 150 steps, let alone [-] steps.

Facing the expected gaze of Emperor Liu Hong, Dou Wei, who lifted a rock and shot himself in the foot, had no choice but to bite the bullet, cupped his fists and responded, "I am willing to give it a try."

"it is good!"

Liu Hong slapped happily, and shot a 150-step unarmed bow, which he had never seen before, and even his tone became a little impatient: "You two, let's start quickly, I will wait and see!"

Lu and Dou bowed to the order, took two steps back, turned and went to their respective positions.

During the period, Dou Wei cursed at Lu Bu in a low voice: "Boy, be careful of bragging, and I'll see how you end up when the time comes."

Lu Bu laughed when he heard the words, as if he didn't take it seriously, and made a courteous gesture, "General Dou, please."

After the guards received the emperor's order, although they didn't understand what the two generals were feeling, they still moved the two archery targets back another fifty steps.

There used to be butts the size of discs, but now they are as small as copper coins.Even though many elderly officials rubbed their dry eyes several times, they still couldn't see where the arrow target was.

Dou Wei walked to his place, two zhang away from Lu Bu, he glanced at the distance to the target, and sighed for no reason in his heart, it was really out of reach.

I don't know how many of the thirty arrow feathers can hit, if not one...

Dou Wei quickly shook his head a few times, not daring to think about it anymore.At this time, he glanced at Lu Bu who was not far away.

Lu Bu didn't seem to notice Dou Wei's gaze. He picked up the carved bow with his left hand and weighed it in his hand. He didn't rush to install the arrow feathers. Instead, he stretched out the index and middle fingers of his right hand and clasped them on the string Prepare to try the bow's elasticity first.It's just that Lu Bu just pulled it away a little, and then let go, frowning slightly.The bow skills of the Wolf Cavalry Battalion were taught by him personally, and he knew the strength and strength of the bow once he tried it, but this bow was obviously not as strong as the two-stone bow should have.

Seeing this, Dou Wei was already overjoyed. He laughed and said, "Boy, you are a three-stone bow. If you don't have the strength of two hundred catties, don't try to draw it. Even if you are lucky enough to draw it, thirty bows Feather Arrow, I'm afraid I haven't used half of it, the whole arm will be useless!"

Everyone who practiced martial arts knows that archery wears out the arm very much, and if you are not careful, it can easily lead to muscle strain, or even scrap the arm, so most people are unwilling to conduct in-depth research on archery.

No longer bothering about Lu Bu, Dou Wei held the hard bow vertically in front of him, twisted a feathered arrow from the quiver, put it on the bowstring, and began to drag the bow slowly with his right hand. At that time, Dou Wei squinted his left eye and looked at the position of the target, his mood fluctuated slightly.

He wasn't sure he'd be able to hit the target, let alone hit the bull's-eye, but everyone was watching him with bated breath.Therefore, he must not make any mistakes.

After the whole body froze for three breaths, Dou Wei swallowed unconsciously, opened his fingers, and with a 'swish' sound, the arrow feathers that had been ready to go shot out.

despair!
This slightly dull sound, to Dou Wei's ears at the moment, was like the sound of heaven.

Regardless of whether you hit the bull's-eye or not, just hitting the target with 150 steps is already a big deal.

In this regard, Liu Hong patted his legs regardless of his image and gave a big praise, laughing: "Qing Dou, you did a good job!"

Being able to get the praise of the emperor, if it were someone else, he would definitely be overjoyed, but Dou Wei was not very happy in his heart, on the contrary, he even felt a little cringe.Only he knew that the arrow hit the target just now, it was all due to luck and feeling, it was not so easy to come by.

Dou Wei twirled another one from the quiver, put it on the string, and opened a big arc again just like before. After taking two breaths, there was another 'whoosh'.

However, after the slight sound of the arrow feather breaking through the air, there was no other sound.

Obviously, his arrow missed.

hateful!

Dou Wei couldn't help cursing secretly in his heart, and put the arrow feathers on the bowstring again.

Beads of sweat gradually ooze from the palms of his hands. Dou Wei collected his mind and took a deep breath. He told himself that he must be calm, calm, just like the first time.

Maybe it was because of Dou Wei's insincerity, or maybe God deliberately wanted to play a joke on him. After the first hit, Dou Wei's next five or six arrow feathers all missed the target, which made him almost crazy.

Seeing Dou Wei's frequent mistakes, Zhang Rang cursed the trash in his heart, and at the same time prepared to direct the disaster to Lu Bu, "General Lu, why don't you draw the bow? It must be because you can't draw the bow, then you will make a fuss!" Big joke..."

Zhang Rang not only spoke harshly, but also knew it clearly in his heart.Lu Bu's bow was replaced by someone during the preparation, in order to embarrass Lu Bu and let him know what kind of fate will happen to those who dare to fight against the ten servants.

Facing Zhang Rang's sarcasm, Lu Bu didn't say a word. After activating the joints of his shoulders twice, he once again erected the hard carved bow in his hand in front of him, clamped the white feather behind the arrow shaft with two fingers of his right hand, and gently Put it on the string, and slowly pull this three-stone super strong bow away.

When the bowstring was bent to [-]% or [-]% full, without any hesitation, Lu Bu let go of his fingers, snapped the string, swish~
I saw a cold glow on the tip of the arrow, drawing a trajectory as cold as lightning through the sky in this night. The so-called "the bow opens like an autumn moon, and the arrow goes like a meteor falling to the ground" probably is like this.

despair!
There was a very shocking echo, and it was a little duller than Dou Wei's just now.

This powerful voice made Dou Wei startled, and he refuted loudly in his heart unwillingly: How is this possible!Luck, must be luck!

He grabbed the arrow feather, put it on the bowstring, and shot it again.

no response...

Damn it, hit me, hit me! ! !
Dou Wei shot off three more arrow feathers in a row, and roared angrily in his heart, why Lu Bu could hit it, but I couldn't!
Tap ~ tap ~ tap...

A series of machine gun sounds reached Dou Wei's ears. He turned his neck extremely slowly, and looked at the young man not far away with a face full of shock. Winding, without any hesitation or hesitation, he just let go of his fingers, and then took out the arrow feathers like a ghost, put them on the bowstring, without even taking a single glance.

how can that be!

The sound of 'tat-tat-tat' still rang in my ears uninterruptedly, and this sound was the only one left in the entire martial arts arena. Not only Liu Hong and the courtiers, but even the guards and maids were dumbfounded.

Most of the feathered arrows in the quiver had been gone, and Lu Bula's broken arm did not happen. He was still drawing the bow, releasing it, drawing the bow again, and releasing it again and again.

His face was calm, neither joy nor sorrow, such amazing archery seemed like a trivial matter to him.

The outcome no longer needs to be reported statistically. It is clear at a glance who wins and who loses.

Dou Wei suffered a crushing defeat, and only the first arrow feather hit him from the beginning to the end.

However, he was really unwilling to lose to a Lu Bu who was much younger than him.

"If you can't win, then kill him."

What Zhang Rang said to Dou Wei at the beginning, rang again in Dou Wei's ear at this moment, like a demon with its bloody mouth wide open.

That's right, as long as I kill him, I will still win, and Mr. Zhang will definitely find a way to save me!

At the most desperate moment, Dou Wei lost his mind, as if he had grasped the straw to save his life, anger rose from his chest, and evil grew to his gallbladder.

Dou Wei glanced at Lu Bu who was focusing on shooting the target. The distance between the two of them was only two zhang. Let alone a good archer like him, even an ordinary archer could successfully shoot Lu Bu at such a close distance.

Quietly touching an arrow from the quiver, Dou Wei's mood at the moment is excited and exciting, thinking that he is about to destroy a genius of marksmanship with his own hands, the kind of pleasure that hits his heart is simply indescribable.

When Lu Bu picked up the last arrow feather in the quiver, Dou Wei knew that this was his last chance to come back.

The arrow feathers rested on the string. This time, Dou Wei pulled the hard bow of the two stones to a full circle, aiming at the target. At the moment of the last shot, Dou Wei turned around suddenly, facing Lu Bu, and the arrow was aimed at the target. The young man's head showed a sinister and ferocious smile, and he laughed wildly and distortedly in his heart: You damn guy, die for me!

The arrow passed through the bowstring stretched to the extreme, like a crazy cheetah, and flew over Lu Bu's head in an instant.

Dou Wei's move came too suddenly, Liu Hong and the courtiers were only immersed in Lu Bu's sharp shot, and didn't react at all, except Zhang Rang's face showed an imperceptible strange smile, which disappeared in an instant.

Lu Bu fell to the ground leaning sideways, with his back to the sky, and there was already a touch of scarlet on the tip of the arrow.

Ha ha ha... dead, dead...

Looking at the 'dead' Lu Bu on the ground, Dou Wei burst out laughing in his heart: "You made me so ugly, you deserve it if you die. If you want to blame it, you can blame yourself for showing your sharpness, not me."

"Dou Wei, you are so cowardly, you dare to shoot and kill courtiers in front of me, have you taken me seriously?" Liu Hong, who came back to his senses, was furious, slapped the table and scolded Dou Wei.

He is the Son of Heaven, no one has ever dared to be so unscrupulous in front of him.

"Your Majesty, General Dou dare not ignore you. It may be that he wanted to test whether General Lu's reaction is sensitive, but he did not expect to accidentally hurt him. What an accident!" Zhang Rang pleaded for Dou Wei. Anyway, Dou Wei is also a dog under his family, so if he can keep it, he will keep it first.

After finishing speaking, Zhang Rang gave Dou Wei another look, "General Dou, but this?"

With Zhang Rang showing him the way, Dou Wei was not a fool, he quickly knelt down to Liu Hong, kowtowed and admitted his mistake, "Yes, yes, yes, it is indeed as Zhang Gong said, I just wanted to test General Lu's reaction, and the result was just the same. I accidentally injured him, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

The courtiers were all watching the excitement. Anyway, Lu Bu was not related to them, and life or death had nothing to do with them. , I guess it will be difficult if I want to watch it again in this life.

Even with Zhang Rang's intercession, Liu Hong still couldn't get rid of his anger. After finally meeting someone who fit his appetite, he died like this, and he was still in front of him, watching him die.

"Try a certain reaction, it's very good!"

The cold voice lacked any emotion, as cold as an ice cellar.He never thought about taking the initiative to deal with or hurt anyone. Why are there always people who want him to die? This was the case in Bingzhou before, but now in Luoyang, it is still the same!

Lu Bu, who was supposed to go to see King Hades, suddenly stood up at this moment, there was an inch-long bloody gash on Lang Yi's face, and bright blood flowed down his cheeks slowly along the wound.

Shooting at such close range made him dodge.

Is this guy a monster? ! !
Dou Wei's face was full of horror, Lu Bu raised his leg and kicked Dou Wei's abdomen fiercely. After he took a few steps back with his hands on his stomach, Lu Bu rushed forward and kicked right Swinging with an uppercut, he hit Dou Wei hard on the left side of his head.

hum~~~
Dou Wei fell to the ground almost at the moment of being hit, only felt that his head was hit hard by a bell hammer, and the buzzing sound echoed in his mind non-stop.

Dou Wei struggled to sit up with his upper body, and a black shoe stepped on his chest again from above, and stepped his body, which he had finally sat up, into the ground again.

The young man looked down at Dou Wei, casually took a feathered arrow from Dou Wei's quiver, put it on the bowstring, and pulled the bow to a full circle easily, with an indifferent smile and a voice that was not half-human Emotion: "Now, it's time for someone to test whether your reaction is sensitive, General."

The distance between the arrow and Dou Wei is less than two feet, even a blind man can shoot him to death.

For a person who can pull the three-stone bow to such an extreme, his arm strength is simply terrifying. At this moment, Dou Wei understands that he has offended an evil spirit that should not be provoked. It is really uncomfortable to feel that his life is in the hands of others, but he does not want to If he dared to act recklessly, he had to look at Zhang Rang and shout: "Mr. Zhang, save me!"

"General Lu, what are you doing, General Dou was just joking with you just now, stop quickly." Zhang Rang quickly began to persuade.

Whoosh!
With a flick of Lu Bu's finger resting on the bowstring, the arrow directly shot through Dou Wei's head, nailing his entire head to the ground. After a while, red blood flowed out from between his eyebrows.

Looking at the white-eyed Dou Wei on the ground, Lu Bu waved his hands and looked helpless: "I was just joking, I didn't expect this General Dou's reaction to be so bad, he can't even dodge an arrow."

If someone wants to harm me, I will never be merciless. Lu Bu's code of conduct has always been like this.

Lu Bu killed Dou Wei recklessly, which made Zhang Rang very annoyed, so he called Lu Bu's name and shouted loudly: "Lu Bu, you are presumptuous. How dare you deliberately shoot and kill court officials in front of your majesty? Come, catch this dog for me!"

Hundreds of guards in the palace got the order and quickly surrounded Lu Bu, drawing their weapons and facing each other.

"Zhang Rang, is it possible that only Dou Wei is allowed to sneak attack Lu Bu, and Lu Bu is not allowed to fight back against Dou Wei. There is no such reason in the world." He Jin decided to take Lu Bu for his own use. If there was such a powerful thug by his side, who would be able to hurt him in the future.

"What He Qing said is very reasonable, and he can miss at such a short distance. What's the use of keeping such a waste!" Liu Hong waved his hand and dismissed the guards surrounding Lu Bu. Even if Rang wanted to make things difficult for Lu Bu again, he could only wait for other opportunities.

"Your Majesty is wise." The courtiers echoed one after another.

Liu Hong never angered himself, Lu Bu was somewhat relieved, after all, killing people in front of the emperor is a big taboo, so he cupped his hands and thanked him, "Lu Bu thanked His Majesty for your forgiveness."

"Lu Qing, your archery skills are simply amazing!" Liu Hong praised without hesitation, "I have already sent someone to summon the painter in the palace, and I want to paint your heroic appearance just now into a picture of bow and arrow, and hang it In the Martial Pavilion, what do you think?"

As soon as these words came out, all the courtiers present showed a look of surprise.

Lu Bu didn't know the meaning of the Martial Pavilion, but he thought it should be the same, so he bowed and thanked: "I will obey your Majesty's orders."

At this time, a man rushed out from among the civil servants' courtiers, knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, no!"

Just after the decree was promulgated, someone came out to disrupt the stage and contradict it. Isn't this deliberately finding fault?

Liu Hong felt a little unhappy, and glanced at the man, it was Li Hong, a doctor of the Taizhong, Liu Hong asked with a sullen face, "Why not?"

"Your Majesty, since Emperor Guangwu, there have been two pavilions of sages and warriors. Which one of the portraits enshrined in it is not a famous sage, and which one is not a talent for governing the world, with outstanding achievements, while Lu Bu is just a low-level warrior. You can hang his portrait in the Martial Pavilion." Li Hong, the doctor of the Taizhong, quoted the scriptures and said it with confidence, without any scruples about Liu Hong's mood, which had already darkened half of his face.

Before Liu Hong could open his mouth, Zhang Rang took the first step and scolded: "Li Taizhong, Your Majesty's Holy Judgment can't let you talk. Back then, the great general Wei Qing was just a servant who herded sheep, and the champion Hou Huo Qubing also came from a humble background. , now that General Lu can repel Xianbei at a young age, and his archery skills are superb, how can he not hang in the martial arts pavilion?"

Zhang Rang's words scolded Li Hong bloody. On the surface, Zhang Rang was fighting for an opportunity for Lv Bu, but in reality he was trying to make those courtiers angry at Lv Bu through this matter.Then it's better to watch the play on the sidelines and watch them fight to the death.

"Xiaoshu, what do you know!" Li Hong was already displeased with Shi Changshi and others, and now he cursed angrily.

Hearing the quarrel between the two parties, Liu Hong couldn't sit still, and sternly reprimanded Li Hong on the spot: "You bastard, get the hell out of here and face the wall in Sanyue, and come back to court after you think it through."

Now Lu Bu also understood what the Martial Pavilion meant, and took the opportunity to interject: "Your Majesty, the minister is stupid and has no achievements, so he really cannot enter the Martial Pavilion."

"Whatever is allowed or not, as long as I like you." Liu Hong waved his hand, he is the emperor, he has the final say in this world.

His Majesty the Emperor was determined, and the others could only follow his wishes. When Li Hong left, he gave Lu Bu a resentful look, as if he was going to die forever.

Soon, the court painter was summoned to the martial arts arena. The man in the brown shirt with the mustache greeted the emperor first, and then began to paint.

Under the guidance of the painter, Lu Bu faced the arc moon in the northwest, straightened his left leg, leaned back slightly, and stretched the flower-carved bow in his hand to the full, like a full moon on Mid-Autumn Festival.

Half an hour later, the artist stopped his pen and stroked his beard habitually, obviously very satisfied with his work.

Zhang asked someone to present the scroll, and when Liu Hong opened it, he was completely attracted by the content on the scroll. After reading it several times, he showed it to the officials with satisfaction.

On the white cloth scroll, a handsome young man in a red court uniform, under the cold moonlight, bowed his bow and faced the sky, frowning, his face showing determination, as if he was about to shoot a huge prey, Even through this white cloth, that incomparable aura can still be felt.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, for capturing such a strong general. It's really a blessing for me, Your Majesty's heavenly power." Zhang Rang's flattery made Liu Hong refreshed.

Then, Zhang Rang went on to say: "But since General Lu has proved his ability, this old slave thinks that a good general can't do without a good horse, so why don't you ask Your Majesty to give you another good horse to show your love for talents. "

In a relaxed mood, Liu Hong felt that what Zhang Rang said was very reasonable, so he nodded in agreement and said, "Father is right, you should give Lu Qing a good horse."

The courtiers were puzzled in their hearts, wondering what kind of ecstasy Zhang Rang was selling in this gourd, and why he suddenly asked for a reward for Lu Bu.Judging from their many years of experience with Zhang Rangdou, there must be a conspiracy hidden in this.

Sure enough, Zhang Rang's next sentence completely confirmed their thoughts. Zhang Rang leaned over Liu Hong's ear and came up with an idea: "Your Majesty, Dawan Kingdom paid a tribute to a bloody BMW three months ago. , it was originally intended to be given to Dong Zhuo, governor of Hedong, how about giving it to General Lu first?"

(Sorry for making everyone wait so long.)
(End of this chapter)