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Chapter 1271 Racing Competition ([-])

Immediately afterwards, Procris felt his racing car being thrown out suddenly, and heard a "bang!" sound. The violent vibration almost caused him to fall off the racing car. Fortunately, he tightened the reins in his hands.

But next to him came the continuous curses from the Gauls. It turned out that his racing car collided with the opponent's.

The contestants all wanted to regain the leading position when turning, and accelerated their horses one after another in an attempt to overtake from the outside. Eight vehicles in the traffic jam were almost crowded together, and many collisions occurred.

Such an exciting scene aroused exclamations from the audience, and at the same time aroused their greater enthusiasm for watching the game, and the cheers became louder and louder.

Unlike an epic movie in the previous life, the wheels of the racing car were equipped with sawtooth, which could damage the cars of other players. It is impossible to allow such cheating in the racing competition of the Greek Games. The participating cars must pass strict inspections before they can be allowed Entering the field, this is especially true for the Dionysian Games. Once a bad behavior such as hitting an opponent with a riding crop is discovered, you will only be kicked off the field.Therefore, this time the collision between the cars did not result in a car crash or death, but it did affect the speed of the cars.

Just as Procris' car slowed down due to the collision, another car quickly passed from the outside and rushed to the front.

The car was shining with gold, the driver had dark skin, and his clothes were also shining with gold, and the four black horses were equipped with gorgeous headdresses, making the whole car look magnificent.It turned out that this was a driver from Egypt. He was not a slave or a freedman like the Greek drivers, but a small Egyptian nobleman who drove specifically for the Pharaoh's heir Jie Hao.The reason why Jhe sent him to compete was, on the one hand, to please Dionia, and on the other hand, to show Egypt's capabilities and image to Dionia and other Mediterranean city-states.

It was just that by the start of the race, the Egyptian envoy delegation led by Jah had still not reached Thurii, which disappointed the Egyptian driver, but this did not affect his state in the race. Although he fell behind at the start, he was not too Anxious, instead of accelerating to grab the lane like other players, he calmly drove the car around to the outside. With his superb driving skills, not only did he not waste time due to multiple detours, but he also used other cars to collide with each other and become crowded. When I arrived, I quickly rushed to the front.

Seeing this situation, the Gallic driver became anxious and whipped his horse, trying to make the car catch up. As a result, he collided with the car on the outside again, making the Bruti driver cursed in anger.

Procris was still calm. He did not wave the whip, but lightly shook the reins. At the same time, he whistled and shouted: "Ephira! Run, run!"

According to Coach Procris, “Including mares among the horses pulling the racing car may be a little slower, but it can ensure the stability of the racing car and at the same time stimulate the male horses’ enthusiasm at critical moments. Compete with each other and speed up the horses." Procris accepted his suggestion, and found that the effect was very good during the training, and even later the mare named Efila became the stabilizer of the entire racing car.

At this moment, the smart young mare seemed to understand what her owner meant. She neighed a few times and hoofed forward directly. The three young stallions also worked hard next to her. Procris's racing car accelerated instantly. After breaking away from the crowded racing pile, if the horse's running was slightly deviated at that time, it might run into the anxious Gallic racing car next to it.

After a while, the racing cars on the field were divided into different levels again. The Egyptian racing car charged forward, Procris followed closely behind, Gaul, Bruti, and Thebes kept pace with each other, and Cyrenaica and West Numbia were slightly behind. Falling behind... Everyone is chasing after each other, each showing his own talents, stirring up clouds of dust and mist, and the scene is very intense.

The cheers of the audience also continued to be enthusiastic.

Although Dionysian engineers used a mixture of fine sand and fine clay to lay the track, it was still impossible to avoid the dust. Procris followed closely behind the Egyptian racing car and naturally tasted the pain of eating dust.Through the mist of dust, he saw the staff on the central ridge platform picking up an iron hook and hooking one of the rows of tall silver dolphin statues. He felt a slight movement in his heart: It has already been completed.

He immediately concentrated, because in front of these dolphins was another stone pillar that should turn.

He saw that the Egyptian racing car in front was clinging to the center line, obviously intending to defend the inner circle, and he turned his head to look to the side, but no racing car caught up, so he pulled the reins to the outside without hesitation, and at the same time blew whistled sharply.

The four horses immediately rushed towards the outer circle, still maintaining high speed when turning. Due to inertia, Procris's racing car once again swung outwards, and also tilted to the right, and was about to capsize.

Shouts of concern were heard from nearby spectators.

However, Procris did not panic. He held on to the reins, stood firm on his legs, and controlled his center of gravity.The left wheel of the car was hanging in the air, and after rolling only on the right wheel for a moment, the left wheel landed safely on the ground again...

The Dionian audience breathed a huge sigh of relief, and then the entire audience gave thunderous cheers for Procris' wonderful performance.

This is the fast cornering technique that Procris has developed in the past two years. Successfully displaying it in a real competition also doubled his confidence. He shouted excitedly: "Well done, Efila! Well done. lads!"

The four horses responded with a high-pitched neigh, and their running hooves became more powerful, dragging the racing car and catching up.

When the Egyptian driver saw Procris who had caught up to him, he felt a little nervous. He immediately waved his whip and shouted: "Fight! Fight!..."

The drivers all learned their lesson and tried to keep as much distance as possible when turning, but tragedy still happened.

The Macedonian driver who was lagging behind was eager to catch up and maintained high speed when turning. However, he did not have the superb driving skills of Procris. After another collision with the West Numibian car in front, the car overturned and the driver was thrown away. Fly out...

The audience exclaimed.

The ambulance crew immediately rushed to the scene of the accident, lifted the injured driver on a stretcher, and pulled the car to the exit of the venue. Fortunately, the Macedonian racing car was the last one, so all the cleanup work was relatively quick and did not affect the progress of the race.

The doctor arrived quickly and carefully examined the driver's injuries. He found that apart from a dislocated arm, a head concussion, and some fainting, he had no external injuries. He was lucky.

This is of course also related to the fact that the Dionia Games have taken some safety measures in racing competitions: The Dionia Games racing referee team requires drivers to wear helmets with soft cotton linings, thick leather jackets and leather trousers, and even less Starting gate to avoid collisions due to too many cars during the race... But even so, accidents still happen, and racing is indeed the most dangerous event in the sports games.

Shame, this is simply a shame for Macedonia! ... Prince Philip of Macedonia, who was at the VIP table, was furious.

The Macedonian envoy next to him comforted him and said: "There is no need for you to be angry. Although we in Macedonia are rich in horses, people love to ride horses and few people drive. And they have never participated in any racing competitions before (the Greek city-states regard Macedonia as barbarians, and they are not allowed to drive)." They are allowed to participate in various sports games in Greece), they have no racing experience at all, and they only signed up to participate in this project because of Dionia's kindness. It is inevitable to encounter such a failure. "

Fili obviously couldn't accept this statement. He said sternly: "Since you have participated in the competition, you must have the ambition to win the championship! If you don't have experience, you can learn from experienced people, and seize the time to train! Dionia is here The invitation letter was sent out years ago, and what has he been doing for more than a year? His performance on the court was so poor, causing the audiences from all over the world to look down on us. How can this be accepted!"

The Macedonian envoy was a little embarrassed. He lowered his face and simply ignored Feili. He stared straight at the stadium and thought: Although you are a prince, you have no rights. You have already caused me a lot of trouble by coming to Dionia without permission. Don't bother me. Now you are yelling at me. It's so disrespectful!

The disdainful attitude of the Macedonian envoy made Philip grit his teeth. Although he was young, he was already relatively familiar with world affairs, and he understood very well why the other party dared to do this. Not only because he was insignificant in Macedonia, but also because his brother, King Bodi of Macedonia, Kass also does not have much influence in the country. Most of the power is controlled by Ptolemy and several other ministers. He even doubts: Without the support of Dionia, the shameless man who declared to the outside world "is Bo Dychus and his stepfather Ptolemy had long since usurped the throne.The domestic royal power declined, and externally Macedonia was regarded as a poor and backward country in the eyes of many city-states and countries. Compared with its neighboring Theionian Kingdom of Thessaly, it was completely different.

The reason why Fili secretly came to Dionia was not to watch the sports meeting, but to seriously explore and understand how Dionia became such a powerful kingdom from a small city-state in just 30 to [-] years. The real reason is that the population of Turiyi is so huge that he is just a drop in the ocean, and no one cares about it. He was shocked by the prosperity of this huge city, but he lacked administrative experience and could not see through it. Prosper, and see the true secret that leads to this prosperity.

It made him feel frustrated sometimes: Is the Macedonian royal family going to be under the protection of Dionia forever? !Could it be that Macedonia will never be able to perform miracles like Dionia? !
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The competition is still going on fiercely, with two laps, three laps, four laps... The top two cars are always the cars of Egypt and Thurii. The two drivers bite each other tightly, and the difference between them is only one horse length at most.But the third to fifth positions were constantly changing, sometimes Gaul, sometimes Bruti, sometimes Corinth... You were chasing each other, it was so lively, and it aroused bursts of cheers from the audience outside the stadium.

(End of this chapter)