Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 178
Half an hour later, the five hundred fine cavalry selected from the Central Army, the Right Army, and the Left Army also surged past the troop counting platform in turn, and they all showed Xiang Zhuang, Wei Liao and others their riding, shooting, chopping and killing skills. Generally speaking, Gaochu's pro-army was clearly superior and won the first place without any suspense, but the middle army, right army, and left army were indistinguishable.

While Xiang Zhuang and others were still discussing the rankings, Xiao Kai's deputy Ding Gu and Tian Heng's deputy both quarreled.

The sons are all hot-tempered, so they put on their horses and rushed to the platform where the troops were counted, and Xiang Zhuang who was on the platform bowed far away, and shouted: "General, the last general begs to fight with General Ding Gu in front of the battle!"

Ding Gu was not in a good temper either, so he stepped forward on his horse and said angrily: "Fight, fight, I'm afraid you won't succeed!"

However, Tian Heng's face changed slightly, and he immediately got up and shouted: "Zidu, don't mess around, don't back down!"

As the saying goes, there is a difference between closeness and closeness, Xiang Zhuang is famous for pampering Gao Chu's pro-jun and Xiao Kai's Zuo Jun, and they all clamor to fight against Ding Gu's army, isn't he just asking for trouble?

Xiang Zhuang's heart skipped a beat.

Recently, while the various armies are holding their breath to practice riding and archery, the competition among each other is also intensifying, especially the relationship between the commanders, deputy generals, and lieutenants of each army is becoming more and more rigid. Every now and then, they will speak ill at each other, and even fight violently. They are soldiers who fight in wars, and they live a life of licking blood with knives. Who can have a good temper?

This kind of atmosphere is not good. In order to speed up the progress of military training, Xiang Zhuang can tolerate or even deliberately create this kind of atmosphere, but now, this kind of atmosphere must be curbed, because this kind of atmosphere is very dangerous, and it may even be possible during wartime. The hostility between the armies has brewed into an irreparable tragedy!

So, how to curb this atmosphere?
Twisting the short beard on the corner of his lips, Xiang Zhuang soon had an idea.

At that moment Xiang Zhuang got up and asked: "Zidu, do you dislike Ding Gu?"

Zi Du gave a bow and said, "That's right, the general has long disliked him, hum!"

"I've been displeased with you for a long time." Ding Gu was furious, raised the horizontal knife in his hand, and roared, "If you have the guts, let the horse come over."

"Ding Gu!" Xiang Zhuang snorted.

Ding Gu shrank his neck, and then fell silent.

Xiang Zhuang looked back at Gao Chu, Pang Yu, Tian Heng, Xiao Kai and other generals, and said with a smile: "It seems that the generals of each army are not convinced? How about this, take advantage of today's opportunity to There will also be a big competition between the generals and schools, but today we will only compete in riding and shooting, let's see which army's generals and schools are the best in riding and shooting!"

As soon as Xiang Zhuang's words fell, the generals and schools of each army showed excitement in their eyes.

As for martial arts, most of them have a strong desire to compete for power. As soon as Xiang Zhuang said that there would be another big competition among the generals and schools of the army, they all immediately started eager to try. The opportunity before him to become famous is also an excellent opportunity to show his skills in front of the general.

Xiang Zhuang suddenly turned back to Jin Xiang and said, "Jin Xiang, take off your armor."

"Here." Although Jin Xiang was puzzled, he stepped forward to remove the golden armor from Xiang Zhuang's body as he said.

All the generals looked puzzled, but Wei Liao stroked his long beard, and seemed to understand Xiang Zhuang's intentions. Bai Lixian, who was sitting on the far left, shook his feather fan, and the corners of his mouth suddenly twitched. With a slight smile, I thought to myself that the general controlling the general's wrist is really very old-fashioned.

Don't underestimate Xiang Zhuang's suit of armor, for the generals of the Chu Army, this is the highest honor.

Xiang Zhuang folded the armor again, and then shouted: "Did you see this armor? Today's big contest between generals and schools, whoever wins in the end, I will give this armor to him!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was an uproar in the audience.

The eyes of the generals and schools of each army became even more enthusiastic. Even the four generals Gao Chu, Pang Yu, Tian Heng, and Xiao Kai on the spotting platform were eager to try. For a general, there are two things that are theirs. His favorites are war horses and armor. Who wouldn't want to wear a set of majestic armor on the battlefield?
At that moment, Xiang Zhuang waved his hand again, and his own riders had already carried ten straw figures fifty paces away.

Just now there was a cavalry competition between the various armies, and the distance between cavalry and shooting was only [-] steps, but now it is a big competition between generals and schools, and the standard must naturally be raised accordingly. Most of the generals stood in place and shot the Artemisia people fifty miles away. It is estimated that most of the generals could do it, but it would not work if it was replaced by riding and shooting.

Immediately, two more soldiers drew a white line with white ash on the left and right sides of the soldiers counting platform. The distance between the two white lines was about fifty paces. Seeing this scene, many skilled riders The generals and school of surgery also changed slightly. Obviously, these two white lines should be the time limit set for them.

Sure enough, Xiang Zhuang shouted loudly: "The rules are very simple. The generals and schools participating in the big competition must fly past the spotting platform at the fastest speed, and start shooting arrows from the white line on the left or right, no matter how many shots you can shoot. Shooting arrows must stop before the horseshoe touches the white line on the other side, and the one with the most arrows will win!"

Before Xiang Zhuang finished his sentence, Zidu shouted: "Vice General of the Right Army, Zidu, you are ugly!"

The next moment, Zidu suddenly reined in his horse's head, and galloped to the left. After galloping a thousand paces away, Zidu lightly urged the horse under his crotch to gallop back towards the front of the stage, barely entering the left side. On the side of the white line, the war horse just reached the top speed. In an instant, everyone drew their bows and set up arrows, and aimed at the row of straw men a hundred steps away, and hit the target!

"Okay!" The soldiers of the right army immediately cheered, and Tian Heng also clenched his fists.

Amidst the tide of cheers, Zidu drew his bow again, and another arrow hit a straw man's chest!
However, when Zidu drew the iron tire bow for the third time, the horse's front hooves could barely touch the white line on the right.

The distance of fifty steps, that is, 70 meters, was covered in less than six seconds with the sprinting speed of a war horse. It was indeed difficult to shoot three arrows in such a short period of time.

The sons turned back and moved off the stage, Ding Gu shouted: "Boy, watch carefully!"

After all, Ding Gu rode his horse and galloped to the left. After galloping a thousand steps, Ding Gu reined in his horse and turned back, and then galloped back to the front of the general's platform. Ding Gu fired three arrows in a row, all of which hit the target, but when Ding Gu tried to shoot the fourth arrow, the horse had already crossed the line.

Zi Du suddenly showed shame, and clasped his fists at Ding Gu.

Most warriors have this kind of temper. It is true that they are eager to win, but as long as the opponent's hands are tough and they are indeed stronger than themselves, there is almost no dissatisfaction. Immediately, his perception changed. He is arrogant, but he has the capital of arrogance. If you are not as skilled as others, you have to be convinced.

"Hmph, how dare you boast about such a trivial skill?"

When Ding Gu was proud of himself, another cavalry rushed out from the platform.

When the generals settled down to see it, it was Bai Limao, the captain of the guard under the general's tent.

Ding Gu glared at each other, and when he was about to sneer at him, Bailimao had already galloped out. Under the scorching gaze of nearly [-] soldiers from the entire army, Bailimao galloped back, passing the left Side the white line, shouted and fired arrows in succession. In less than six seconds, he fired six arrows in a row, and all of them hit the target!

Seeing Bailimao's amazing arrows, the [-] soldiers cheered loudly.

Even the three thousand veterans of the Chu army in Gaochu's pro-army couldn't help applauding. It's still the same sentence, a martial artist is a martial artist. As long as you fight hard, others will obey you and respect you. If his subordinates are not strong enough, then he is a fart in the eyes of others. Even if he is Xiang Zhuang, isn't he also established his prestige by beheading Fan Kui?
Gao Chu frowned, and when he was about to stand up, Pang Yu had already stood up.

Seeing Pang Yu get up, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but also cheer up. He had heard that Pang Yu's arrow skills were good, but he had never seen it before, but he didn't know how it compares to Gao Chu?

Pang Yu cupped his hands at Xiang Zhuang, and then quickly stepped down from the platform. Some of his own soldiers had brought Pang Yu's horse over. It was also a good horse with a shoulder height of more than seven feet. Pang Yu got off the horse and turned to the left. After leaving the dust, the [-] soldiers of the Chu Army standing in line on the left and right sides of the Dianbingtai held their breaths.

Amid the rapid sound of hooves, Pang Yu flew back with a bow in his left hand and six arrows in his right.

The horse's hooves could barely touch the white line, Pang Yu shouted suddenly, drew his bow suddenly, and shot six arrows at the row of straw men fifty steps away in a very short time, Pang Yu's arrow speed was obviously faster He was one step ahead of Bailimao, after shooting six arrows, the horse was still more than ten steps away from the white line on the right, when it was too late, Pang Yu grabbed four heavy spike arrows and buckled them on the strings.

"Wow..." The hundreds of generals and the [-] soldiers lined up on the left and right were suddenly in an uproar.

Six arrows in a row is already powerful enough, but Pang Yu can still shoot four arrows at once?In the blink of an eye, Pang Yu had already turned the iron tire bow horizontally, and the four spiked heavy arrows on the string had already roared forward. In the blink of an eye, the remaining four straw figures fifty steps away Each of them inserted an arrow, and they all hit the target!

The [-] soldiers suddenly cheered like a shock, especially the [-] soldiers of Pang Yu's army, their faces were flushed with excitement, and many veterans who participated in the Battle of Hangu Pass were even hoarse. The chief general of the Chinese army, Pang Yu, came out on top in the generals' competition, so they naturally had a bright face.

After a while, Pang Yu re-emerged on stage, and the soldiers cheered again.

Pang Yu cupped his hands at Xiang Zhuang again, and when he was about to go forward to take over the golden armor, a figure suddenly appeared beside him, stopped Pang Yu and said, "Wait a minute!"

When Pang Yu looked intently, it was Gao Chu, the general of the army.

Gao Chu stopped Pang Yu, grinned grinningly again, and shouted, "What is fifty steps?" After saying this, Gao Chu shouted at Jin Xiang again, "Jin Xiang, let your people take those ten grass People are placed seventy steps away!"

Pang Yu's face suddenly changed slightly. He thought that sixty steps would be fine, but seventy steps would be a bit too much.

Jin Xiang looked back at Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Zhuang nodded lightly, Jin Xiang stepped forward two steps, and shouted: "Come on, move the grass man forward another twenty steps!"

(End of this chapter)