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Chapter 358: Defeat Huang Zu and compete with Huang Zhong in archery
Huang Zu strode forward, jumped off the platform, took the halberd handed to him by the deputy general under the platform, and walked quickly towards Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci no longer used the broadsword, but leaned it on the ground and drew out the double halberds from his waist.

"I have heard of General Huang's great name for a long time. I should ask the old general for advice."

Taishi Ci also became serious. Of course, there was no need to be serious when dealing with some second-rate or third-rate generals, but it was different for Huang Zu. After all, he was a veteran who had been on the battlefield for many years, so he still had to have the right attitude.

"please!"

Huang Zu held a double-edged halberd in his hand, with a red tassel on the tip fluttering in the wind.

"please!"

Taishi Ci held the halberd with both hands, and the halberd rotated in his hands, showing its sharp edge.

Both sides attacked almost at the same time. The double-edged halberd brought up a white light in the air, and the dazzling white light hit Taishi Ci. Taishi Ci avoided the edge. Double halberds were not good at close combat, let alone a master like Huang Zu, who was using a weapon like the halberd.

Huang Zu soared into the air, spinning his body in the air, causing the halberd to rotate. The red tassel on the halberd's tip led to a white glow, like a galaxy falling from the sky. Taishi Ci no longer dodged, and turned the two halberds in his hands and threw them out suddenly, one in front and one behind. He also pulled out two hand halberds from his back and rushed towards Huang Zu.

The first hand halberd that was thrown was split in half as soon as it hit Huang Zu's large halberd. The next one came in an instant, and Huang Zu was forced to retract the large halberd that had been ready, and switched to blocking, pushing the second hand halberd away. Although the attack was resolved, his own attack was also forced to break.

Taishi Ci followed closely behind, stabbing with his halberd and attacking continuously. Although the halberd had wide movement, its advantage was gone after being close to Taishi Ci. He could only block passively, and was forced to retreat continuously by Taishi Ci's rain-like attacks.

"Sweep in all directions!"

Huang Zu suddenly let out a low shout, stepped back with his right foot, held the tail end of the halberd in his right hand, bent his body to the left, and swept the halberd from left to right in a peculiar posture. A dazzling white light flashed, and a huge white light flew out. Taishi Ci used the double halberds to push forward to block the attack.

After the distance between the two men widened, the advantage of Huang Zu's halberd was once again demonstrated. Between stabbing and sweeping, Taishi Ci was restrained by Huang Zu's attack three steps away and could not get close.

Seeing this, Taishi Ci no longer passively defended himself, but quickly retreated a few steps and used the same trick again, throwing out the double halberds, taking off the longbow behind him, drawing the bow and putting an arrow on it. The moment the arrow left the string, the bow and arrow bounced and shot out, with a sharp sound of breaking through the air, followed by several more sounds of breaking through the air.

After shooting a few arrows, Taishi Ci ran wildly with the bow in his hand, swinging it towards Huang Zu. After Huang Zu knocked away a few arrows, a figure appeared in front of him with the bow already on Huang Zu's neck. If Taishi Ci had used a hand halberd and his men had not appreciated it, he would have been beheaded by now.

At this moment, the expression on Liu Biao's face became even more interesting. He originally thought that Huang Zu would definitely win, but he did not expect that Huang Zu would be defeated by Taishi Ci in such a short time.

"Hahahaha, the general is really amazing. May I know your name?"

"General Huang, my name is Taishi Ci, courtesy name Ziyi, and I am from Huang County, Donglai."

Taishi Ci had already put away the bow and slung it back on his back. He bowed to Huang Zu, and Huang Zu patted Taishi Ci on the shoulder.

"Good! Ziyi has great kung fu!"

Huang Zu did not hesitate to praise Huang Zhong behind him and waved to him.

"What's going on? Your uncle was defeated by someone using archery. You, the archer of the Jiangxia Huang clan, don't you have any comment?"

Huang Zhong smiled slightly when he heard this, and also jumped off the platform and came to the two of them.

"General Taishi, my name is Huang Zhong, with the courtesy name Hansheng. My kung fu is not as good as my uncle's, let alone the general's. I just saw the general's arrows, which were quite powerful, accurate, and strong. I am stupid, but I know a little about archery. I hope to compete with the general in archery."

Huang Zhong said this out of self-deprecation, of course. His martial arts skills were definitely better than Huang Zu's, but he didn't want to offend his uncle, so he asked for a contest in archery.

Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong are both famous for their archery skills, but they never had the opportunity to fight each other in history, so there is no telling who is better. Although Huang Zhong is slightly higher than Taishi Ci in the rankings of later generations, now Taishi Ci has the bonus from Gu Rubing's virtuous characteristics, so it is hard to say who is stronger between the two. Even Gu Rubing wants to know who is stronger between them.

"Okay, then let's do as the general says and compete in archery."

The two men bowed to each other.

Soon, the venue for the competition was set up. Huang Zhong and Taishi Ci stood side by side, and Huang Zhong spoke first.

"I have long heard that General Taishi and Lu Bu were famous for shooting halberds at the gate. I have long wanted to learn archery from the general. Now I finally have the chance."

"General Huang's name as the Archery God has been passed down to this day. If General Huang was still here, then Lu Bu and I wouldn't be the only ones shooting the halberd at the gate."

Taishi Ci nodded and smiled, saying that both of them were heroes and heroes should respect each other.

"General Taishi, please go first."

Huang Zhong stretched out his hand and stepped back to let Taishi Ci shoot the arrow first. In the first round, the two competed in strength. Three hundred meters, five hundred meters, and seven hundred meters away, there was a straw man wearing armor, standing facing the wind. They needed to shoot three arrows, targeting each of the three straw men, to see who had greater strength.

Taishi Ci stood in place, took a deep breath, raised his pair of ape arms, held the bow in one hand and the arrow in the other, and the big bow was instantly pulled into a full moon shape. An arrow flew out of the string with a roar, like a ray of cold light, carrying unparalleled power and instantly piercing through the armored straw man three hundred meters away. After the arrow penetrated the straw man, it flew forward hundreds of meters before falling to the ground. To be precise, the arrow did not fall to the ground, but stood on the ground, with the arrowhead embedded in the ground.

"Okay! Hahaha."

Liu Biao said as he clapped his hands. He had naturally heard of the story of Taishi Ci and Lu Bu shooting the halberd at the gate. At the beginning, he was a little worried, fearing that Huang Zhong's archery skills would no longer be a match for Taishi Ci. Then he would really lose face.

Now it seems that Taishi Ci does have some attainments in archery, but he is still a little behind Huang Zhong.

"General Taishi is good at archery."

Huang Zhong also applauded and said that compared to Liu Biao's hypocrisy, Huang Zhong's approval was much more genuine. After all, it was very difficult to meet someone whose archery skills were comparable to his own. The feeling of heroes respecting each other was fully demonstrated at this moment.

"General Huang, thank you very much." Taishi Ci bowed to Huang Zhong. The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water, and this is exactly the case with these two.

Huang Zhong walked forward, picked up the longbow, took a deep breath and stood still, and drew the bow like a full moon.

If the arrow shot by Taishi Ci was like a cold light, then Huang Zhong's arrow was more like a flame. Wherever the arrow passed, dust flew up. In almost a blink of an eye, the arrow had pierced through the straw man's chest. Similarly, a hole as wide as a finger appeared on the straw man's chest. The arrow not only penetrated through, but also made a hole in the straw man's chest.

Like Taishi Ci, after the arrow pierced through, it still flew forward hundreds of meters before stopping. Although the distance it flew was not as far as Taishi Ci, the wound it caused was much larger.

The two men then shot at the straw man at 500 meters, and the arrows also went through his chest. This time, the distance between the two arrows was almost the same. The real victory or defeat would be decided by the last straw man at 700 meters.

Seven hundred meters, to the naked eye, it is just a small black dot, which is impossible to see clearly, let alone aiming and hitting the target. It is still Taishi Ci who shoots first. This time, even Taishi Ci can't help but feel a little nervous. The distance of the last shooting of the halberd at the gate was not so far. Although the target is larger, it also tests their strength, which is more stressful than shooting the halberd at the gate.

Taishi Ci shook his arms and stared at the straw man seven hundred meters away from him. The bows they used were the standard bows of the Jingzhou army. It would be simpler if they used their own bows.

Taishi Ci drew his bow and aimed at a small black dot in the distance. As Taishi Ci loosened his right hand, the arrow flew out from the bowstring with a bang. That was the sound of the bowstring being fully pulled and released. The arrow broke through the air, accompanied by a rapid and explosive sonic boom. The arrow crossed the training ground like a meteor and shot straight into the straw man's chest. After penetrating the straw man's chest, the arrow stayed on the straw man's body and failed to go straight through.

Taishi Ci exhaled. This kind of shooting, which required high-intensity focusing, consumed more physical strength than normal archery. Fortunately, he had the blessing of his special characteristics, which was the main reason why he was not exhausted after experiencing a series of battles and archery competitions.

After seeing Taishi Ci's arrow, Huang Zhong couldn't help but feel some pressure in his heart. Huang Zhong closed his eyes and concentrated, holding the bow with one hand and holding the arrow between two fingertips. The moment Huang Zhong opened his eyes, Taishi Ci, who was standing next to Huang Zhong, only felt a gleam of light shooting out in Huang Zhong's eyes.

Huang Zhong shot the arrow almost instantly, at a speed so fast that it was invisible to the naked eye. A red light suddenly appeared from Huang Zhong to the straw man, and then slowly disappeared. The straw man seven hundred meters away had exploded and ceased to exist.

After taking a long breath, Huang Zhong slowly put down his bow and arrow.

"General Huang is truly a master archer."

Taishi Ci said this sincerely, expressing his heartfelt admiration for Huang Zhong.

"General Taishi, you are joking. Han Sheng was just taking advantage of the situation and that's how he managed to beat you."

Huang Zhong did not hide his skills. The arrow he just shot was shot using his skill, so it was so powerful, but the accuracy was very good, so Huang Zhong won this battle.

A smile finally appeared on Liu Biao's face.

"General Taishi is still very powerful, but he met Han Sheng."

Looking at Liu Biao's smug smile, Gu Rubing couldn't help but smile and shook his head. He now finally understood why a little Cai Mao and his concubine Cai could play Liu Biao in the palm of their hands.

In the second round, the two sides competed with moving targets. After all, on the battlefield, no one would stand still for you to shoot, so the second round was to shoot at porcelain plates thrown in the air by soldiers. There were a total of ten arrows, and whoever hit the most would win.

"Ordinary soldiers don't have enough physical strength, and the speed of throwing the porcelain plates is not fast enough. Why don't you let me throw it for you two?"

Before the competition started, Huang Zu volunteered to throw the porcelain plate for Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong.

"That's great. I'll have to trouble General Huang."

"Thank you for your help, uncle."

Both of them agreed. After all, there are not many opportunities to truly display one's strength, not to mention there is an opponent who is almost as strong as themselves.

So Huang Zu took off his armor and threw porcelain plates to the two men shirtless in this weather before the spring equinox. Huang Zu was not particularly strong, and even due to his old age, his muscles were beginning to loosen. Combined with the scars of various sizes on his body, one could not help but question whether this body had enough strength.

But the next moment, they completely abandoned this idea. They saw Huang Zu holding the porcelain plate upside down, then swung his arm and threw the porcelain plate out. The porcelain plate flew out like a cannonball at an extremely fast speed. The next moment, there was a crisp "ding" sound, and the porcelain plate shattered. It was Taishi Ci who shot an arrow and shattered the porcelain plate in the air.

Huang Zhong had already pulled the bow, but the arrow was still on the string, not yet shot. Without giving the two men a chance to react, Huang Zu threw another frisbee, and there was another "ding" sound, and this time Huang Zhong hit it.

"Hahaha, keep going!"

Huang Zu laughed loudly, holding three porcelain plates in each hand, and threw the six plates out one after another. All six plates broke into pieces, and the two of them shot three arrows in a row.

The agreed competition was more like a performance show for the two men. Each side had six arrows in their hands. Huang Zu then threw out twelve porcelain plates, and both of them hit the target ten out of ten. Even though the porcelain plates were thrown by Huang Zu's physical strength and were so fast that they could hardly be seen by the naked eye, the two men still hit them accurately with every shot.

"Hahaha, good! Good! Good! It's really exciting!"

Gu Rubing couldn't help but applaud, the fight between the two was really exciting. At the same time, Gu Rubing was also impressed by Huang Zhong's archery skills. He was not particularly sure how strong Huang Zhong was, but he knew very well how strong Taishi Ci was. He was able to defeat Taishi Ci in the first round and tie in the second round, which showed that Huang Zhong was slightly stronger in archery.

"In the third round, we will compete in horseback archery."

Archers are generally divided into two types, mounted archers and standing archers. The most essential difference between the two is that one is riding a horse and the other is standing. The difficulty of mounted archery is definitely higher, after all, you are shooting at the target while moving quickly. Taishi Ci is an expert in mounted archery and can adapt to various types of horseback shooting.

This time, the competition of horseback archery is to see who can hit more targets more accurately in the same amount of time while riding a horse. The winner is the one who can hit more targets more accurately in the same amount of time.

Huang Zhong and Taishi Ci both mounted their horses. At this moment, a group of wooden stakes had been placed on the training ground. Huang Zhong and Taishi Ci rode their horses from the east to the west. During the time it took for their horses to run past the wooden stakes, whoever hit more wooden stakes would be the winner in the third round.

The feathers on the tail of the arrow on Huang Zhong's back were painted yellow, while the feathers on the tail of the arrow on Taishi Ci's back were white. The two colors were used to distinguish the arrows shot by the two people, and finally the number of arrows hitting the tree stumps was compared.

It was Taishi Ci who started again. Riding on the horse, Taishi Ci silently moved his arms and slung the quiver on his back across his body to make it easier to draw arrows.

(End of this chapter)