The final battle is not the last race, but the race to determine the top 10 finishes, and tomorrow's top three race will be the final battle of the entire archery competition. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, today's race is also very important, and today's results will be carried forward to tomorrow, and tomorrow's results will be added together as the final judge.

Five knights from Dali and Tubo each participated in the competition, plus forty cavalry archery masters from Liao and Xixia, a total of fifty foreign arrow warriors, who were scattered with forty Great Song Dynasty arrow warriors to compete in a moving target competition.

In this final, under the resolute opposition of the Liao State and the Western Xia State, the bow weight scoring was canceled in the competition, which is also because most of the archers of the Western Xia and Liao States were one-stone bows, and the Song army arrow warriors who reached the final were almost all two-stone bows, and the Song army had an advantage in the bow.

However, although the bow weight scoring was abolished, a 30-point timing score was added, and all participating samurai had to shoot three arrows in 30 drum beats to score the remaining drum beats.

In order to ensure fairness, the impression score was also cancelled in the finals, but the left and right open bows were retained, so that with the addition of 60 points for target points and 30 points for timing, the total score was still 100 points, and if the score was the same, an additional test was required.

The arrow target is more special, it is three pigeons, this is the plan proposed by the Liao State, when the archers enter the gallop, the three pigeon slaves throw the pigeon into the sky in turn, the scoring standard is the same as the fixed target, the head is shot to get 20 points, the neck is 15 points, and the body is 10 points.

This requires the samurai to be very particular when choosing arrows, not to choose the arrow for the inverted triangle of the wolf's tooth arrow, must use the slender pointed conical arrow of the armor-piercing arrow, otherwise even if the pigeon is shot in the head, it will not be able to shoot because of the resistance of the arrow, only the slender and long arrow like a needle is the most ideal arrow.

Li Yanqing drew the seventy-ninth and went to the back, but the Western Xia warrior Sajin who had been provoking him was the third, and the third appeared, as the race flag was raised, Sajin had already ridden his horse and waited at the starting point, each person only had three arrows, and there were only three chances to shoot arrows.

'When! As soon as the bell rang, the horse galloped out, and the drums sounded, neither fast nor slow, and if the horses did not stop, it should take only twenty drums to complete the game, so that ten minutes could be obtained, which was actually a test of the decisiveness of each warrior's arrows and the level of mounted archery.

However, in this way, it is almost impossible to score more than 90 points, and if you play perfectly, you can only get 80 points.

Sa Jin was the first non-Great Song Dynasty warrior, when he rushed into the arena, the surrounding crowd immediately booed, the Great Song Dynasty people had clear grievances, and they would mercilessly taunt the enemy warriors, how could a hundred years of grievances be eliminated by a friendly game?

In the VIP seats in the stands, Jiao Yanjian's face sank, and he said to Tong Guan next to him: "This is too rude!" ”

Tong Guan smiled faintly, "If we go to Xixia to compete, it is estimated that the treatment will be similar." ”

Later, Duan Xingye, the envoy of Dali Kingdom, said with a smile: "If it is a competition in the Western Xia Kingdom, I am afraid that there will not only be boos, but also random arrows, and it would be good to leave alive." ”

Tong Guan raised his head and smiled, "Lord Duan is really joking!" ”

Jiao Yanjian turned his head and glared at Duan Xingye fiercely, and then he was silent, at this time, the first pigeon fluttered into the air, according to experience, the pigeon is generally the best opportunity when it has just been thrown into the sky and the wings have not yet been spread, at that time the arrow is not affected by the flapping of the pigeon's wings, and the pigeon itself is difficult to dodge.

Sagin also seized this opportunity to shoot an arrow, this arrow was fast and ruthless, hit the pigeon's head, the needle arrow directly pierced the pigeon's head, the pigeon screamed, fell from the sky, at this time, the surrounding silence, deathly silence, no cheers and no boos, tens of thousands of people silently watched this Western Xia warrior, many people's eyes shot hateful gaze.

Saggin did not stop, he shot two more arrows in succession, and the third arrow was replaced by a bow in his left hand, and he successfully shot down three pigeons, each of which hit the head accurately, and ran the whole distance with twenty-two drums, and the result of the judgment was that he received a high score of seventy-eight points.

This made everyone present gasp, I am afraid that there are too few people who can surpass him.

Li Yanqing also nodded secretly, worthy of being the number one archer in Western Xia, he is indeed very powerful, both the accuracy of the arrow and the timing of the arrow are impeccable, much more powerful than his quiver.

Li Yanqing was on the field at about three o'clock in the afternoon, at this time the schedule had passed most of the time, the Song Dynasty arrow warriors and the Western Xia, the Liao State of the confrontation was almost evenly matched, more than seventy points of the Song Dynasty has ten people, and the Liao State and the Western Xia combined are also ten people, Dali and Tubo have no one on seventy points, has been wiped out, but the highest score is still seventy-eight points of gold, Hua Rong's horse is a step slower, only seventy-seven points, ranking second.

At this time, the hearts of the tens of thousands of spectators present became heavy, almost everyone looked at the rest shed, and all of them pinned their hopes on Li Yanqing, at this time, even if Li Yanqing took the first, even if they gambled and lost, they didn't care at all, in the hearts of the vast majority of people, national dignity is far more important than money.

At this time, the red flag waved in the stands, and someone shouted: "Next, number seventy-nine!" ”

Li Yanqing turned over and got on the horse, walked out of the rest shed, the warm sunlight suddenly sprinkled all over his body, and the sun greeted him together, as well as the cheers of tens of thousands of people in the audience, everyone stood up, people waved their arms to him enthusiastically, looking at Li Yanqing with anticipation, only hoping that he could create a miracle and compare the Western Xia warriors.

Li Yanqing waved his hand and raised the copper bow, the sun shone on the copper bow, flashing golden light, the shouts and applause around him became more intense, and the tens of thousands of soldiers watching the battle shouted excitedly: "Copper bow and iron arrow!" ”

The judges and many generals in the stands were also in an uproar, Zhou Dong's bronze bow and iron arrow actually appeared in Li Yanqing's hand, Gao Shen narrowed his eyes, it turned out that Li Yanqing was Zhou Dong's apprentice, it was really unexpected! I wonder what secrets he still hides?

Jiao Yanjian asked Tong Guan in confusion: "Is there anything peculiar about his bronze bow?" ”

Tong Guan smiled slightly: "His copper bow is not as simple as casting it out of copper, I have also imitated it, and the bow broke after pulling the bow a few times, his copper bow should not be completely copper, there should be something else in it, so the toughness is very large, and it is difficult to master, its original owner is the first horse archery master of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"You mean Zhou Dong?"

Tong Guan nodded, "This Li Yanqing should be Zhou Dong's disciple, the blue is better than the blue!" ”

"Huh! I'm looking forward to it. ”

Tong Guan immediately ordered: "Ring the bell!" ”

"When—"

The bell rang, Li Yanqing rode his horse out, the war horse and his heart were in touch, he opened his four hooves, and ran towards the end like a gust of wind in the sound of drums.

'Boom! Boom! Boom! ’

The drum beat slowly and powerfully, Li Yanqing held the copper bow tightly, last night's sacrifice made him seem to have some kind of tacit understanding with the copper bow, the bow handle is no longer as cold as before, but there is a trace of warmth, maybe this is just a glimmer of illusion brought by the sun, but what brought Li Yanqing is a stronger self-confidence.

'Flap Ridge! The first pigeon flew, but Li Yanqing didn't care about it, he just urged the horse to gallop, but the trajectory of the pigeon's flight was engraved in his heart.

'Collapse! The bowstring sounded, and an armour-piercing arrow shot at the pigeon like lightning, and in an instant, the arrow entered through the left eye, and the right eye came out, and the pigeon landed in the air.

There was thunder of joy all around, but Li Yanqing didn't care about the result at all, his second arrow had been shot, and as soon as a pigeon was thrown, an arrow was shot through the head and nailed to a wooden stake not far away.

There was silence all around, everyone was nervously waiting for his last arrow, at this time, Li Yanqing had already changed to holding a bow in his left hand, but he was silently counting the drums in his heart, and it was already seventeen.

"Boom! Boom! Boom-"

Just as the twentieth sound sounded, his war horse jumped up, and at the moment when he was about to jump out of the finish line, Li Yanqing lay on his horseback and shot an arrow, and the war horse immediately jumped out of the finish line, the arrow flashed in the air, and an arrow hit the head of the pigeon that had flown one hundred and twenty steps away, and the pigeon fell from the sky.

At this time, earth-shattering cheers rang out from all directions, people hugged each other excitedly, wept with joy, and twenty drums completed the race, at this time, the judges unanimously gave the highest score of 80.

Tong Guan laughed loudly, but Jiao Yanjian was bruised and couldn't say a word.

Inside the rest shed, Sajin slammed his fist on the stake, cursing loudly at something.

Even Hua Rong gave a rare thumbs up, he knew where Li Yanqingsheng was? Just when Li Yanqing didn't look at the target at all, he rode his horse and galloped with all his heart, especially the last arrow, completely leaving any obstacles, which saved the most precious two drum sounds, which was close to the highest level of riding and archery, and captured the target with his heart.

At this time, one of his subordinates came quickly and whispered two words in Tong Guan's ear, Tong Guan's face changed, and he got up and left the stands quickly.

He walked down the wooden staircase from the stands, and the two eunuchs were already waiting for him not far away with smiling eyes.