At the fifth watch, the sky was still dark, most of the people were sleeping, the Liang family and their samurai quietly set off, a total of ten people, the leader was still Liang Huihe, the contestants were three, Guo Song, Liang Wu and Liang Juer, and the other seven were logistics assistants.

The competition is still arranged in the military camp outside the north city, there are a total of eight clan forts in this competition, fourteen martial arts halls, each family allows three people to participate, the theoretical number of participants should be sixty-six, but the actual number of participants is only forty-six, it is really that most of the martial arts halls can not make up three disciples who can ride and shoot.

"Yesterday, Xiaopang practiced well, thirty steps away, he was already able to hit three arrows in ten arrows, and I found that a good bow can indeed greatly improve his performance."

Guo Song was still thinking about yesterday's incident in his heart, and he didn't know what Duan Xiushi planned to let him do?

"You're a little absent-minded!" Liang Wu glanced at him and said.

Guo Song smiled, "Then did you go and find a good bow yourself?" ”

"My bow is very good, the most famous archer in the Shuofang Army took three years to make, and it is recognized as one of the three good bows in Lingzhou, and I won the fourth place in the individual cavalry archery group last year."

Guo Song tried not to think about those things, and took his thoughts back.

"Let's talk about the rules of the game!"

Guo Song groaned and said, "I still don't know anything about the rules of the game. ”

Liang Wu nodded, "Riding and archery is divided into three groups of competitions, namely Group C with 30 steps, Group B with 50 steps and Group A with 100 steps, and the scores are also different, the highest in Group C is only three points, the highest in Group B is five points, and the highest in Group A is ten points, and then there are two bonus points, one is to open the bow left and right, and the other is to shoot the flying pigeon, and the left and right open the bow is to add three points, and the arrow shooting flying pigeon adds five points. ”

"Is there a limit to the distance and time you can run on horseback?" Guo Song asked again.

"Yes! One hundred and fifty steps must be completed within one drum and a minimum of three arrows must be shot, and the three arrows will be added up to the final score of the individual, and the extra points will be counted separately. ”

"Brother Guo, pay attention to the arrow target!"

Liang Ju'er next to him added with a smile: "The arrow target is a wooden target, which is relatively hard, and you have to shoot hard to nail it, and there are pigeons, which are generally released at the most, so far, only Guo Chongqing and Lin Tai have shot the plus points the year before last, and we will count on you this year." ”

Guo Song smiled faintly, "I'll do my best!" ”

After a while, everyone went out of the north city gate and came to the barracks, the sword platform in the barracks was dismantled, and it became three large martial arts arenas, which were the archery sites of the three groups, all kinds of arrow targets had been installed in place, and all kinds of boundary lines were also drawn with quicklime, and nearly a thousand soldiers were on guard all around.

There will be groups and draws today, so everyone must arrive early, but even if they arrive early, they will not be allowed to enter the arena to practice, and the competition venue is heavily guarded and no one is allowed to enter.

This is obviously not good for players like Guo Song who are participating in the competition for the first time, others have participated many times and are more familiar with the arena, but Guo Song knows nothing.

Liang Huihe went to draw lots in groups, and everyone sat bored in the big tent and waited, at this time, Liang Ling'er came in and whispered: "Tell you the latest information." ”

"Ling'er, when did you come over?"

"Hee-hee! I've arrived a long time ago, and I'm not all the way with you. ”

Liang Ling'er ran in and said with a mysterious face: "Exact news, Lin Tai is also going to play today, I saw him." ”

Liang Wu was startled, "Isn't he injured?" ”

"He has a leg injury, and riding a horse does not affect it, and if he insists on participating, the Lin family's hope of winning will be great."

Guo Song said on the side: "The Lin family's step bow is already seven points ahead of us, unless there is a major mistake, they will definitely win, our goal is to fight for the Guo family to win second." ”

………..

As the sky gradually brightened, the grouping and the draw of lots were all over, and the eight family castles were all divided into Group A, after all, they all had their own backgrounds, and it was still relatively easy to find three disciples who could ride and shoot.

Liang Wu took out a piece of paper, on which was a wooden figure, and he was explaining the specific scoring criteria to Guo Song.

"Perfection is ten points, this is basically impossible, I won't talk about it, followed by nine points for the accurate head, eight points for the accurate neck, seven points for the accurate chest, six points for the other parts, and no points for missing the target, the highest full score is 38 points, including two bonus points.

But so far, the highest score is only 30 points, the year before last Lin Tai obtained, he shot the pigeon, Han Chongqing's highest score is 29 points, he will open the bow left and right, these two results are very stable, don't expect them to make mistakes, just see if you can fight with them for the first place in the individual competition. ”

"It seems that you haven't mentioned the Lin family's foreign aid?"

Guo Song remembered the cold-eyed and tall Tang Army general, this person looked different, and an intuition told Guo Song that this foreign aid was more commanding than Han Chongqing and Wu Zheng.

"The Lin family's foreign aid is called Li Ji, he is the scout captain of the Shuofang Army, his swordsmanship and riding archery are very strong, he became the Lin family's foreign aid last year, but he didn't play well in riding and archery last year, ranking fifth, and I am the fourth, in addition, the Lin family also has a child named Lin Yang, who is also good in riding and shooting, and he will play today."

"What about the Guo family?" Guo Song thought of Han Chongqing and asked casually.

"The Guo family is a little weaker, Han Chongqing is the strongest, Guo Jiang and Guo Qiang can enter the top ten, but they are both behind."

Speaking of which, Liang Wu was really frustrated, their performance in the bow was too bad, which made them fall into great passivity.

'Boom! Boom! Boom! Outside, the first drum sounded.

Liang Huihe strode in and said loudly: "As a result of the draw, Liang Wu is the fourth, Liang Ju'er is the seventh, and Guo Song is the seventeenth, now you can enter the riding shooting range, let's go!" ”

Today the sky is not beautiful, there is no sun, the weather is gloomy, although the sky is bright, but the sight is not very good, there is always a gray mist floating in the air, especially a test of the contestants' eyesight.

Guo Song is the first time to see the army's riding range, in the middle is a curved runway, about two hundred steps long, on both sides of the runway a hundred steps away from each stand five wooden figures, and life-size similar, wearing leather armor, with helmets, the reason why there are wooden figures on both sides is to test the player's ability to open the bow left and right.

Generally speaking, it is difficult to open the bow left and right without five to eight years of hard training, so far, only Guo Chongqing has shown the ability to open the bow left and right, maybe Lin Tai also has this ability, but he chose to shoot the arrow and fly the pigeon.

It is necessary to run 150 steps in a drum, which requires the horse to be fast, and shoot at least three arrows in the gallop, which is actually a minus point, and there is no bonus point for overcompletion, and there will be a deduction for failure to complete it.

For example, if you only have time to shoot two arrows, and both arrows hit the head accurately, you should get 18 points, but because you didn't shoot the third arrow and didn't complete the basic task, you have to deduct another five points.

More than 20 participating riders gathered in a corner and waited for the start, everyone was very nervous, after all, they only had one chance, at this time, Guo Song unexpectedly saw Duan Sanniang, there had been no news of her for a long time, she seemed to disappear in Lingzhou City.

Duan Sanniang was wearing a green tight-fitting samurai suit, holding a thrush bow, and under her crotch was a majestic jujube red horse, she seemed to be a little thinner than some time ago, and her skin was slightly dark, but she was still heroic and cool, and her face was full of sorrow.

"Who is Duan Sanniang fighting for?" Guo Song asked in a low voice.

Liang Wu pouted, "Xujiabao!" She has always been a foreign aid of Xujiabao, and she is not bad at foot bow and archery, but she is not good at swordsmanship, so she is eliminated in the first round every time. ”

"How could Xu Jiabao ask her to be a foreign aid?"

Guo Song is a little incomprehensible, just find a brigade commander in the army is better than her, no wonder Xujiabao has always been ranked at the bottom.

Liang Wu hesitated, but still said the truth, "Her riding and archery is really good, tied for sixth last year, with her, this time in the ranking of the riding and archery team competition, Xujiabao will not be at the bottom." ”

"Boom! Boom! Boom! The drum beat again, and only one of the referees shouted: "The riding and archery competition is ready to start, the first one to play, Meng Jian, please Duan Sanniang and Zhao Wuchu to get ready!" ”

The mounted archery competition finally began, and a young warrior on a white horse urged his horse to the starting line, and Liang Ju'er introduced Guo Song in a low voice: "Meng Jian is the second samurai of Mengjiabao, outside the top ten. ”

At this time, Guo Song suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked: "Then Liang Wu is already a prepared general!" I'm going to do it again this time. ”

Liang Ju'er grinned, "It's already the fourth year, and the participants here are either standby or alternate, they don't occupy the quota, and the quota is given to others." ”

"Then will there be hope for Shi Xiaopang?"

Liang Ju'er shook his head, "The threshold for the alternate reserve general is not thirty steps or fifty steps, but depending on how many times you shoot, you will have the hope of becoming an alternate reserve general with three arrows and two hits, Shi Xiaopang only had ten arrows and three hits yesterday, I think he is still enough to choke." ”

At this time, the drum sounded rapidly, and the first participating warrior went to battle, Guo Song was no longer distracted, and his eyes were fixed on Meng Jian, who was the first to fight, but it could be seen that his archery and horseback riding were obviously not coordinated, Guo Song couldn't help but shake his head, the heat was still far away.

After Meng Jian shot two arrows, perhaps because he was too nervous, he didn't control his body when he shot the third arrow, and fell off his horse, causing an exclamation, and more than a dozen soldiers basically rushed to help.

Meng Jian was carried out, although he scored twelve points with two arrows, he did not finish the whole distance and did not shoot three arrows, and was deducted ten points, and finally scored only two points.

Guo Song suddenly found that the score of mounted archery fluctuated greatly, although there was a seven-point gap between them and the Lin family in the foot bow, it was really nothing, at this moment, Guo Song had a trace of confidence in defeating the Lin family.