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Chapter 70
What Li Shimin was referring to was a big tree with a crooked neck. Most of the leaves had already fallen, and there were only dozens of palm-sized leaves hanging on the branches alone.

Li Shimin urged the war horse under his crotch, the bright light armor on his body, the armor rang, and the hoofs kicked up dust, and cut diagonally towards the big tree with a crooked neck.

Li Shimin yelled, and he controlled the horse and went away at an almost uniform speed, neither fast nor slow. Looking at the opponent's equestrian skills, Li Chongjiu knew that his riding skills were far inferior to Li Shimin's.

At this time, the officers and soldiers at the foot of the mountain raised their guns and shouted to cheer up Li Shimin, and Li Yuan smiled when he saw this, obviously very confident in Li Shimin's riding and shooting.Li Shimin clamped the horse between his legs, took out a carved bow from the saddle lightly, put it in his left hand, and drew an arrow from the quiver with his right hand.

collapse!
There was a sound of a bow, and Li Chongjiu knew that Li Shimin was using a three-stone strong bow when he heard the sound.

The comparison between bow and horse is the accuracy, not the hardness of the bow. If the accuracy is guaranteed, Li Shimin will completely change to a soft bow, which can save effort. He is not willing to take advantage of this point. technical confidence.

I could only hear the sound of the bowstring and the sound of the arrow feathers piercing through the air, and I saw that on the big tree with a crooked neck dozens of steps away from Li Shimin, every time an arrow passed by, a leaf would fall, and the arrow had no empty arrow.

The leaves fell one after another, but the trunk remained motionless.

This is simply like playing CS, while moving fast, but also headshot with a gun!

What an arrow pierces like a flower!The officers and soldiers on the hillside were all thundering and exclaiming in unison.

The layman watches the excitement, the expert watches the doorway, every arrow must hit, this is not the most difficult part of riding and archery, the hardest and most difficult thing is to shoot all the arrows on a target in one breath while driving the horse close to the big tree .

In that short period of time, Li Shimin almost didn't aim, and shot continuously with his hand raised.

The county magistrate of Zhou beside Li Yuan couldn't help but praised: "Mr. Erlang, the skill of riding and archery is unparalleled in the world. He is really a thousand-mile horse, comparable to the eldest grandson Jicheng who ran across the Turks back then!"

Changsun Jisheng is exactly Changsun Sheng, Li Shimin's real father-in-law, a world-renowned general who kills two birds with one arrow.

Hearing the compliment from County Magistrate Zhou, Li Yuan showed a fatherly look of pride, pinching his beard and laughing: "Young people must not praise, otherwise they will grow their arrogance, but it is a child's ambition to rule and control the Turks."

At this time Li Shimin rode back, raised his longbow in one hand, and accepted the cheers of all the troops, as if he was a victorious general.

Seeing this, Li Chongjiu smiled and walked to Li Shimin's horse.When Li Shimin saw it, he jumped off his horse and said with a smile, "Brother Li, let me shoot first."

Li Chongjiu said: "Second Young Master is good at archery, he just hit ten out of ten arrows!"

Li Shimin nodded, and immediately said generously: "Brother Li, I remember well, it was ten arrows. If Brother Li can also hit ten arrows, Brother Li will win this competition."

Li Chongjiu nodded calmly, and said, "It's easy to say, easy to say."

At that moment, Li Shimin handed over the reins of his mount to Li Chongjiu.

Li Chongjiu saw that this horse is quite a steed, obviously it is a famous Turkic breed, and it is definitely rare to put it on the horse market. I don't know if it will be one of the six horses in Zhaoling in the future.At that moment, Li Chongjiu said: "The second son is a good horse. I usually ride bad horses. I am not familiar with horses. May I let you ride the horse first?"

"It should be so." Li Shimin said generously, and immediately took a step back.

Li Chongjiu tried the horse immediately, and galloped for a while.

So Li Shimin and Li Chongjiu are equestrian, who is taller and who is lower, all the officers and soldiers are soldiers, so it is clear at a glance that riding and archery is not only about accurate shooting, but stability on horseback is equally important.

The eldest Sun Shunde holding the helmet below said with a smile: "If it's a foot shooter, I'm afraid this little thief still has a little chance of winning. If it's a horseback shooter, he's not as good as Mr. Erlang."

Li Chongjiu went back and forth to test the horse, which already made the officers and soldiers beside him impatient.On the other hand, Li Shimin stood aside, showing no signs of displeasure, and didn't say a word of urging.

Self-confidence, this is a kind of incomparable self-confidence.

Li Chongjiu pulled the horse to a stop, obviously after the horse trial, all the officers and soldiers paid attention and left.

Li Chongjiu urged his mount, and moved obliquely towards the right side of the big tree. When he got close to a certain distance, Li Chongjiu held a bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right hand, and the arrow pointed directly at the big tree.

Shout out!
The bowstring rang, and in the blink of an eye, the leaves fell in response to the bowstring.

The second arrow hit again, the third arrow hit again.

The fourth arrow!
Fifth arrow!
Changsun Shunde watched from the side, and Li Chongjiu was sure to hit every arrow he shot, instead he showed a smile, waved his whip haha, and said, "This little thief has lost!"

All the officers and soldiers could also see clearly that Li Chongjiu's archery skills were impeccable, but his riding skills were indeed inferior to Li Shimin's. The jolting horse obviously affected his shooting speed.

The horse's head brushed past the big tree, just now Li Shimin had shot ten arrows, but Li Chongjiu had only shot five arrows.

Seeing the horse riding farther and farther away from the big tree, Changsun Shunde laughed out loud and said: "Even if Yang Youji is resurrected, it is impossible. If you shoot from such a long distance, ten arrows against five arrows, this kid is finished." .Even if you turn back and shoot a second time, you still lose.”

Seeing that the outcome has been determined, Li Yuan shook his head slowly, and told his subordinates: "This man is riding a horse and intends to abandon his subordinates and flee. You chase after him, and don't let him go."

Li Yuan's subordinates agreed abruptly, and a dozen Xuanjia cavalry mounted their horses together.

Just as Li Yuan had just finished giving his orders, he suddenly heard Li Chongjiu's war horse neighing for a long time.

Li Chongjiu pulled the reins heavily to stop the horse, turned the horse's head back brazenly, pinched the horse's ribs with his legs, and turned back.

drink!
Li Chongjiu urged the horse to gallop, and suddenly, Li Chongjiu showed determination on his face. He held the bow from his left hand to his right, and with his left hand, he moved into the quiver and took out an arrow.

"Could it be..." Li Yuan's face suddenly changed.

Li Shimin, who has always been calm, also showed a look of shock on his face.

The war horse snorted and exhaled white air fiercely, its mane was like snow, fluttering in the wind, and its hooves were like stepping on clouds. Li Chongjiu was as stable as a rock on the horse, with a bow in his right hand and an arrow in his left hand, and he shot when he raised his hand.

The arrow is like a shooting star! "It turned out to be both left and right!" Changsun Shunde's expression became numb immediately.All the officers and soldiers were suddenly silent.

One arrow!
Two arrows!

Three Arrows!

Four Arrows!

Five Arrows!

The arrows were fired in vain, and the few remaining leaves were all shot down together.

The big tree with its crooked neck is almost bare.

Li Chongjiu calmly shot five arrows and returned in front of Li Shimin, got off his horse and cupped his hands and said, "Second Young Master, I made a trick."

Li Shimin took a deep breath, cupped his fists and said, "Brother Li, your archery skills are unparalleled, Shimin is willing to bow down!"

Li Chongjiu smiled, stretched out his right hand and said: "Second Young Master, your victory lies in riding skills, and your victory lies in archery skills. Everyone is evenly matched, and there is no winner!"

Seeing Li Chongjiu stretching out his hand, Li Shimin smiled loudly, and stretched out his right hand to hold Li Chongjiu's hand, saying: "Brother Li, you need to practice riding hard. See you someday. We must compete."

Li Yuan watched the two of them cherish each other from the foot of the mountain, he couldn't help pinching his beard, and said with a smile: "It's a good one who can shoot left and right, he really is a heroic boy."

The county magistrate Zhou said anxiously: "Mr. Tang! How can you let the tiger go back to the mountain?"

Li Yuan stopped his hand and said: "Let's open a road and let them go down the mountain."

(End of this chapter)