Early the next morning, the colorful flags of the sacrificial river platform outside the north city of Jiayu County were displayed, the gongs and drums were beaten under the stage, the excitement was abnormal, more than 100 township soldiers stood around the sacrificial river platform with spears in their hands to maintain order, and the five big characters of 'the first arrow of the Yangtze River' were placed on a wooden shelf under the stage.

There are eight soldiers standing in the four corners of the altar, a bow holder is placed on a table in the middle, and a bow holder is lying on the bow holder, the bow is called chasing the wind, Li Yanqing temporarily renamed it 'Zhenjiang', thirty years ago by the Jingzhao master Wei Qing is the most proud masterpiece.

Li Yanqing, the commander of Jiayu County, said that whoever could shoot the long rope tied to the money from a distance of 120 steps would receive this famous bow, and would be awarded a gold medal for the first arrow of the Yangtze River and a reward of 300 taels of gold.

An arrow shed was erected under the stage, and a wooden stake was erected one hundred and twenty paces away, and a long rope was tied to the horizontal bar at the top of the stake, and a string of copper coins hung at the lower end of the rope.

There is a row of bows in the arrow shed, ranging from one stone bow to two stone bows, and you can choose one bow to shoot.

The news quickly spread throughout the county and spread to all parts of the country as quickly as possible.

This news is indeed extremely attractive, not to mention the attraction of the famous bow, just three hundred taels of gold has a fatal attraction, three hundred taels of gold is equivalent to three thousand taels of silver, and now the price of real gold and silver is getting more and more expensive, and these three hundred taels of gold can be exchanged for five thousand taels of gold.

The Great Song Dynasty attaches great importance to the training of archers, almost all the people are archers, and every young man has to gather to practice bows and arrows for a few days every year, this is the case in the north, and the south is no exception, but there are very few archery societies in the south, not as common as in the north, but people who can shoot arrows abound.

So when the news spread, thousands of men flocked from all directions to see the excitement and try their luck, and although it was as difficult as climbing to the sky, hundreds of people were eager to try, what if they happened to shoot? Three hundred taels of gold!

Each person can shoot three arrows, the archery shed soon lined up in front of the long queue, the county people have opened their bows and arrows, shot to the stake one hundred and twenty steps away, the vast majority of people can not even shoot a hundred steps, to shoot one hundred and twenty steps, at least one stone and five bucket bows, but the county people train, the best is eight bucket bows, even if a small number of people can pull a stone and a half bow, but the last arrow is too far from the target.

Li Yanqing stood at the head of the city and calmly looked at the county citizens who were noisily shooting arrows below, and Zhang Hu next to him asked in a low voice, "Does the county monarch think that person will come?" ”

Li Yanqing smiled faintly: "As long as a man with courage will come to give it a try, I believe he will definitely come!" ”

"Do you want to arrange a few traps?"

Li Yanqing shook his head, "That's not necessary, as long as he is willing to come, I have a way to subdue him!" ”

Speaking of this, he looked at the vast river, and he didn't know where the white strip was hiding in the waves?

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The Yangtze River in Ezhou is very long and narrow, extending from the northeast to the southwest for more than 500 miles, Ezhou is on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the north bank of the Yangtze River corresponds to Huangzhou, Hanzhou and Fuzhou, there are many water systems, the terrain is complex, especially there are hundreds of lakes of all sizes on the north bank of the Yangtze River, which flow into the Han River and the Yangtze River through countless small rivers, just like a huge capillary network.

At this time, on the Yangtze River, twenty miles east of Jiayu, more than a dozen small boats are quietly moored on the river, and the bow of the small boat is headed by a burly and tall young man, his skin is dark, flashing with bronze luster, and he wears a hat made of bamboo strips, under the hat, a pair of tiger eyes are looking sharply at the direction of Jiayu County.

This person is the Yangtze River bandit Zhang Shun, nicknamed Langli Baitiao, also known as Xiao Ganning, his weapon is a pair of forty pounds of halberds, behind his back, outstanding archery, extremely strong martial arts.

He was a water thief who only rose in Ezhou last spring, and defeated the Black-Hearted Dragon King of Dongting Lake twice last summer and autumn, completely driving the Black-Hearted Dragon King's forces out of the rivers around Ezhou.

Zhang Shun's subordinates are not many, only more than 20 people, but all of them are elite and brave on the water, they may have average combat effectiveness on land, but in the water it is their world.

"Big brother, what does this Jiayu County Order mean? He actually wants to seal the first arrow of the Yangtze River, what qualifications does he have? One of his subordinates was very dissatisfied.

"What qualifications does he have?"

Zhang Shun snorted dissatisfiedly, "He is the first arrow in the world of the Son of Heaven's imperial seal, the heir of the iron-armed Zhou Dong, of course he is qualified to seal the first arrow of the Yangtze River, but he is probably the first arrow of the Yangtze River." ”

"And what does he mean by that?"

Zhang Shun said coldly: "He's challenging me!" Ask me if I dare to go ashore to accept the challenge. ”

"I'm afraid this is a trap, he wants to take the opportunity to capture the eldest brother!"

Zhang Shun shook his head, "You underestimate this person too much, others are in Jiayu County, but their hearts are in the world, since he has said that anyone can go to archery, how can he ruin his reputation for me as a little Yangtze River thief." ”

"Then big brother, do you want to give it a try?"

Zhang Shun said coldly: "Since he has set up the ring, how can I not go, you go to Jiayu County, the next post for me, tomorrow morning, I will go to get this Zhenjiang bow!" ”

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In the early morning of the next day, the fog on the river had not completely dissipated, and more than a dozen small boats were quietly moored on the river opposite the wharf in Jiayu County.

"What time is it now?"

"There is still a stick of incense left before the dawn!"

County Cheng Yang Ju whispered on the side: "County Jun, will he come?" ”

Li Yanqing looked at Jiang Mian and smiled faintly, "He's already here!" ”

Yang Ju was stunned, there was nothing on the river!

At this time, Li Yanqing shouted to Zhang Hu in the audience: "The archers are arranged, and they are allowed to act only after listening to my orders!" ”

"Humble duty understands!"

Li Yanqing is not pedantic, if Zhang Shun is willing to cooperate with him, everything is easy to say, if he turns his face, then he will blame himself for being ruthless.

Time passed little by little, and at this time, an attendant shouted: "The hour has come!" ”

Li Yanqing immediately looked at the river, the fog on the river had dissipated slightly, and he saw a clipper boat heading towards the dock, and there was a tall and sturdy young man standing on the bow, and jumped onto the dock without waiting for the boat to land, and dozens of villagers on the dock were so frightened that they raised their spears, and the man laughed and said: "This kind of formation, I can't afford Zhang Shun!" ”

The person who came was Zhang Shun, he looked at the platform of the sacrifice to the river, and happened to see Li Yanqing standing on the platform, so he shouted: "Didn't Li County Order invite heroes on both sides of the Yangtze River to take the bow of Zhenjiang, why is it like a great enemy?" ”

Li Yanqing stared at him for a moment and asked, "Is it him?" ”

A fellow villager of Zhang Shun next to him hurriedly said: "It's him, the villain grew up with him, I definitely know this person, and I know it's him as soon as I hear the voice." ”

Li Yanqing nodded, he actually came alone, this courage alone will not be someone else, he also laughed loudly: "How can Zhang Zhuangshi not allow this county to take the bow, please!" ”

Zhang Hu ran up and saluted, "Please come with me!" ”

The villagers dodged a way one after another, Zhang Shun smiled proudly, and followed Zhang Hu towards the arrow shed.

"Please read the rules first!" Zhang Hu pointed to a sign next to him.

Zhang Shun glanced at the rules, in fact, he knew yesterday, there are three rules, each person can shoot three arrows with any bow; The one who shoots the money line from 120 steps away wins; If more than one person shoots off, you can compete again to determine the final winner.

Although Zhang Shun was born recklessly, but the archery is superb, he prides himself on being a little Gan Ning, but also because of his outstanding archery, he stepped forward and looked at the bow, the bow frame is a standard bow, but they are all step bows, it is not realistic to practice riding a bow in the south, his eyes fell on a two-stone bow, Zhang Shun lifted the bow up, and gently pulled the bowstring, the bow can only be said to be average, the workmanship is not too fine, the strength is quite strong, and the feel is far from the bow and arrow he usually uses.

He didn't use the bow provided by the government, so he took off his two-stone bow from his waist, "I'll just use it, can I shoot?" ”

Zhang Hu ordered on the side: "Get on the arrow!" ”

A soldier sent three arrows, Zhang Shun glanced at the arrows and shook his head, "I have it myself!" ”

He drew a large arrow of his own from the quiver, stretched out his bow and set up the arrow, gradually drew the bow, squinted at the copper coin one hundred and twenty paces away, and as soon as the string was loosened, the arrow drew a parabola and shot at the copper coin one hundred and twenty paces away.

Li Yanqing saw clearly on the stage, he nodded secretly, Zhang Shun's arm was very stable, from taking the bow and arrows to shooting at the end, the arm actually didn't shake, this is a master of archery, but it is still slightly inferior to himself, and Zhang Shun's intentions are also obvious, he wants to shoot copper coins, and the copper coins are focused on and tear off the string, which is also a way, the copper coins have a large force, if the strength is enough, the accuracy is good, just hit the copper coin hole, the copper coin is shot up, and it will indeed tear the rope.

Just listen to 'Ding! Zhang Shun secretly screamed in his heart, this copper coin rope is stronger than he imagined, unless he can shoot the copper coin eye, otherwise he really can't shoot the rope.

But he is still a little worse at shooting the copper coin eye, not that he can't shoot, but he is not sure, and he can only shoot five arrows out of ten arrows at most.

Zhang Shun pulled out another arrow, opened his bow again, everyone held their breath, although Zhang Shun's first arrow just now did not break the line, but it was also very accurate, and he actually shot the copper coin, I don't know if his second arrow can succeed.

Zhang Shun's second arrow was shot, this castration was sharp, and it was a crisp sound of 'ding', and he shot the copper coin again, but the rope was still not broken, Zhang Shun suddenly understood, there was a string of copper coins hanging on it, covering each other, it was really not easy to shoot a copper coin completely, and the copper coin was still shaking, how could he shoot?

At this moment, Yang Guang ran over and said, "Zhang Zhuangshi, my county gentleman suggested that the strong man use the 'Shooting Cable Arrow' to shoot the rope on the upper crossbar, it will be slightly easier!" ”

Zhang Shun's face was hot, he looked up along the rope, the rope was tied to a crossbar on a stake, he couldn't help but secretly curse himself for being confused, what is the difference between this and shooting the cable on the enemy's big ship?

Breaking the cable of the big ship is not an ordinary arrow, but a special kind of arrow, called a cable arrow, the tip of the arrow is a shovel type, an arrow shot on the mast, you can cut the cable around the mast, but Zhang Shun did not bring this special shovel arrow.

Yang Guang handed him a shovel-shaped cable arrow, and said with a smile: "There is only one last chance, my county monarch hopes that the strong man will grasp it!" ”

Zhang Shun turned his head and nodded to Li Yanqing, but he didn't take the cable arrow, "Thank you for your kindness, I still use a normal feather arrow!" ”

He drew a third arrow, and fired it at the rope on the crossbar, which was right in the crossbar, and clung to the rope, but the rope did not break, and if he had just used the shovel arrow, it would have been broken.

Zhang Shun was a little stunned, this is Li Yanqing came over and said with a smile: "Does Zhang Zhuangshi think that it is too difficult and no one can do it?" ”

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