Chapter 167: Advance to the finals
At a critical time, the level of archery has become no longer important, the real test of people is the psychological quality, who has a strong ability to resist pressure at the critical moment, who is likely to win.
In the ninth round, Deng Ai and Shi Bud did not soften, and the feather arrow shot steadily above the red heart, Deng Ai continued to rank in a tie for sixth, while Shi Bud went one step further and ranked ninth.
In the final round, Deng Ai and Shi Bud also shot wonderfully, Deng Ai shot the middle of the heart and steadily qualified for the finals, while Shi Bud played the edge of the ball, and the feather arrow hit the edge of the heart, ranking tied for eighth and entered the play-offs.
According to the pre-tournament rules, the top eight will advance to the final round, but if there is a tie for the eighth place, the final place will be determined according to the method of one-shot tie.
In addition to Shi Bao, there were also two people who also scored seven out of ten arrows, and they entered the play-offs together with Shi Bao.
The audience held their breath and watched intently at the final battle.
Shi Bud was the first to play, at this moment his eyes were firm, his demeanor was calm, originally he was not familiar with riding and shooting, the three arrows that he made a mistake were all in the first few arrows, and the back was adjusted, one arrow was better than one arrow, if the five arrows were compared alone, Shi Bud had reached a terrifying all.
At this moment, Shi Bud was confident and calm, but seeing that he was not in a hurry to drive the war horse slowly, pulling the bow like a full moon, shouting, the arrow was like a meteor, and it hit the bull's-eye.
The whole court was silent, the pressure was all thrown on the remaining two goalscorers, the play-offs were a one-shot victory, if they hit this arrow, then they had to continue to compete, if they missed, the game would be over.
It could be seen that the two archers were quite nervous, their faces were pale, and even the hands holding the bows and arrows trembled slightly.
Shi Bao, who completed archery, turned back to the horse, waited aside, and saw the demeanor of the two archers, Shi Bao smiled slightly, at this time, it is no longer the level of archery, who has a stronger psychology, who has the opportunity to stand on the finals, look at the state of these two people, nervous, can shoot only ghosts.
Sure enough, under the pressure, the two shooters all collapsed, the first shooter on the field shot the arrow to the edge of the target and failed to shoot the heart, while the second shooter on the field shot a three-pointer, and the arrow didn't know where to fly.
Shi Bao grabbed the last place to advance.
Cao Liang rushed off the stands excitedly, and wanted to give Deng Ai Shibao a big hug, whether it was horse racing or riding archery, their performance was amazing enough, after all, this is the territory of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, and the opponents are all the elite of the Xiao Riding Battalion.
However, there is no fashionable hug ceremony in this era, Cao Liang suppressed the excitement in his heart, stepped forward and patted Shi Bao and Deng Ai on the shoulders heavily, and said with a smile: "Well done!" ”
Shi Bud and Deng Ai will smile heartily, indeed, these two battles are quite thrilling, although Shi Bud and Deng Ai were lucky to complete the promotion, but the process can never be described by two words, strength is one thing, but today their luck is good.
The next third round of the final is to divide these eight people into two groups, each group of four, each group first has a duel, the winner enters the final duel, the winner will get the position of Sima of the other department.
Compared with the first round of horse racing and the second round of cavalry shooting, the third round of the selected event is to fight immediately, there is no doubt that this is also the basic skill of cavalry, and the winner of the battle is selected to serve as the Sima of other departments, which is estimated to convince most people.
Cao Liang was still a little worried when he was grouped, but he was afraid that Shi Bud and Deng Ai would be divided into a group to compete for a winning place, so that no matter how brilliant Shi Bud and Deng Ai were, only one person could be promoted to Sima of another department.
However, the results of the grouping still made Cao Liang more satisfied, at least the two of them were not together.
In other words, the finals of the third round will either be a glory or a loss, but since it is compared to this part, Cao Liang still believes in the ability of Shi Bao and Deng Ai.
There were only six finals in total, and the first one was played by Chen Junhou and a Dubo surnamed Gao. In order to avoid accidental injury, the weapons used by both sides were replaced with wooden knives and guns, and according to the regulations, in the battle, as long as you hit the opponent's vital point or pick the opponent off the horse, the winner will be determined immediately.
This is entirely based on the perspective of actual combat, human life is only once, in the real battlefield, the opponent will never give you two chances, one knife can be fatal, how do you get the opportunity to counterattack? So in this battle competition, one move determines the winner or loser.
Chen Junhou's martial arts are obviously above Gao Dubo, and he can't fight Sanhe, Chen Junhou picked off his opponent under the horse with one shot, and easily won the victory.
Deng Ai was in a group with Chen Junhou, after Chen Junhou first advanced to the finals, Deng Ai and Liu Dubo came out next.
Deng Ai chose a wooden spear as a weapon, while Liu Dubo chose a wooden broadsword, and both sides straddled their horses and entered the field.
This battle and the battle on the battlefield are almost no different except for the difference in weapons, the two sides charge face to face on horseback, and the two horses are staggered to fight each other, which is for one round, and when encountering opponents of the same level, it is possible for both sides to fight hundreds of rounds.
Liu Dubo was born tall and burly, his strength was amazing, he belonged to the category of fierce generals, he chose a wooden big knife, checked it in his hand, and seemed to be very dissatisfied, this wooden knife is still lighter after all, far less than the iron big knife to take advantage of.
But this is also a helpless thing, after all, swords and guns have no eyes, if this kind of battle uses real knives and real guns, it is inevitable that there will be casualties, and such a result is definitely not what Cao Yan wants to see.
Wooden knife is wooden knife, Liu Dubo confidently stepped on the war horse, he is a popular figure in this election, the first two competitions are among the best, he didn't put Deng Ai in his eyes at all, in his opinion, such an outsider who stumbled and stumbled into the finals could not be his opponent at all, within three rounds, he would definitely be able to cut it off the horse, and now he was already thinking about how to fight with Chen Junhou in the final, after all, that was his real opponent.
Liu Dubo casually stepped on the war horse, looked at the opponent standing with a gun in his hand, couldn't help laughing, slapped the horse forward, waved the big knife, and wanted to cut Deng Ai under the horse with a knife.