On the first day of the Winter Games, about a quarter of the events were completed, which was exactly what Li Yu and his team had specially arranged, because the entire Winter Games lasted for five days, of which most of the events were completed in the first four days, and on the last day, the closing cycling race was held.

It's just that what Li Su didn't expect was that on the first day of the race, the Tubo people won the two championships of sprinting and javelin, if the Tubo people won another championship, then he made the original request, the other party was half completed, as long as in the final round of the city bicycle race, Songtsen Gampo won them these Tang princes, then he has no reason to stop and kiss.

Fortunately, on the second and third days of the game, the good luck of the Tubo people seemed to be exhausted on the first day, although they also sent people to participate in a number of events, but in the end none of them could win the championship, and even some games they were just a little worse, such as in the polo game, the Tubo team and the Luoyang team from afar both killed and the final, but unfortunately lost by one goal in the end, which caused all the Tubo people present to sigh.

However, on the last day of the competition, the opportunity of the Tibetans came again, and in the morning, one of the most lively competitions was held, that is, archery. The Tang people are still martial, archery is an important skill of a warrior, and the bow and arrow are the standard equipment of all the Tang Army, so whether it is in the army or the people, the archery masters of the Tang Dynasty are countless, and the number of participants in this competition has also reached an unprecedented 346 people, in addition to the team competition of polo, the entire Winter Games has the largest number of participants in this project.

It was precisely because there were so many people who signed up that the archery competition was placed on the morning of the fourth day. And a separate field is set aside to compete, and other competitions are also being carried out simultaneously.

The archery competition is divided into three events, namely fixed target, moving target and mounted archery, all participants can participate in one or more than one, and finally the judge will judge the champion of each individual event according to the score. Among those who participate in all three events, a triathlon will be awarded. However, almost all of the people who can come to participate in the archery competition today are arrogant archery masters. No one will admit that one or the other is their weakness and will not participate, so almost everyone participates in all archery events.

The first thing to start with was naturally a relatively simple fixed target, and because there were too many people. So at the beginning of the game, there was a round of elimination, each player had to shoot three arrows at a ten-ring target fifty steps away, if the three arrows did not shoot within the seven rings, then sorry, directly eliminated, there is no qualification to enter the next round.

Fifty steps is also nearly seventy meters, not far away, not close, can shoot within the seven rings at this distance, can definitely be regarded as a real archery master. But unfortunately, at least half of the more than 300 people who participated in the competition were brushed off because of this one, of course, this is not to say that they are not good at archery. It's just that many people are participating for the first time, and their psychological quality is slightly worse, resulting in their own archery skills not playing the real level, and the result is eliminated, although many people are very unwilling, but the competition has its cruel side. No matter what the reason, as long as you don't meet the requirements, you can only be eliminated.

Half of the players are still too many, so the target moves back ten more steps to sixty steps, and then the rest of the players continue to play, and the rules are the same.

When the target moved to 100 steps, there were very few people who could stay on the field, and Li Su, who was sitting in the referee's seat, counted the more than 300 people, and only sixteen were left at this time. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the marksman Yang Yuji was able to shoot willow leaves from a hundred steps away, and was known as the world's first marksman, and among the sixteen people in front of him, almost all of them had archery skills comparable to Yang Yuji.

It's just that among these sixteen people, there is a tall and thin Tubo man, and this person's archery skills are extremely good, almost the arrows are not separated from the ten rings, and he has been rated as a lively candidate for the championship by several other judges. In addition to this Tubo person, the other fifteen people are also extraordinary, two of them are masters sent by small countries in the Western Regions, and the remaining thirteen people are all players from the Tang Dynasty.

It is also worth mentioning that among the thirteen Tang people, two of them are still acquaintances of Li Su, and one of them is Xi Junmai, the head of the guard of his Qi Palace. Xi Junmai is indeed inferior to Su Dingfang's generals in leading troops to fight, but his personal bravery is far stronger than Su Dingfang's, especially in archery, he is a must, and he can open a super strong bow of six stones. Therefore, with his archery skills, there is almost no suspense in reaching the top 16.

Another Li Su is more familiar, it is Li Jingye, one of his fox friends and dog friends, speaking of which, this kid is not only young in Li Su's group, but also low in seniority, whether it is Cheng Huailiang or Qin Huaiyu, they are all his uncles. However, as the so-called hero comes out of a teenager, Li Jingye's archery skills are second to none among the younger generation, and even Cheng Huailiang, a guy who never convinces people, admits separately that he is indeed inferior to dedication in archery. Even he, Qin Huaiyu, Li Yong and others heard that Li Jingye also signed up for the competition, and they were simply scared and didn't dare to participate, in their words, anyway, there is Jingye, and they can only be a foil when they go up, so it is better to be wise and save a little face for themselves.

In addition to these two acquaintances, Li Su also found a heavyweight among the thirteen Tang players, this person is only twenty-four or five years old, very burly, half a head taller than Cheng's father and son, almost compared to the size of Huli. This young man was dressed in white, holding a three-stone strong bow, and his arrows were also close to the bull's-eye, and he was the only player on the field who could be comparable to the Tubo man.

In addition to Li Su on the referee's seat, there are also Li Jing, Li Xiaogong, Qin Qiong, and Cheng Yanjin, who squeezed in cheekily, together with a total of five referees, in addition to being responsible for dealing with the problems that arise in the players' participation, they are also responsible for commenting on each player, and behind and on both sides are full of newspaper gentlemen, they will record the comments of each referee, and then sort them out and send them to tomorrow's newspaper, and it is precisely because of this that these old generals feel a little pressure, in case they look away, That's a shame.

"If there is no accident, the champion will only be born in the Tubo speed gate and the young man in white!" Li Jing recalled the performance of these sixteen people during the competition, and finally said with great certainty. But then he turned his head to Li Su and asked, "Liulang, why hasn't the registration materials for that young man in white been delivered yet?" ”

"Cough~, Wei Gong wait a while, there are too many people who have signed up this time, there are hundreds of materials in total, and the staff is looking for them!" Li Su replied with some embarrassment, the Winter Games were held in a hurry, and many things were not well prepared, such as now, people have reached the top 16, but the information of the players has not yet been sent to the referee.

"It's coming, it's coming! Finally got it all together! At this moment, Li Yong was sweating profusely and ran over here, still holding a stack of registration forms in his hand. Because of the lack of manpower, all the people Li Su and Li Ke could find were brought in to help, and Li Yong was one of them.

Finally waiting for the information of each player, Li Su stood up and walked a few steps, snatched the registration form from Li Yong's hand and checked it, because each player was numbered, so Li Su easily found the information of the young man in white, but when he saw the name on the table, his heart immediately surged with ecstasy, no wonder this person's archery skills are so good, it turned out to be him!

When Li Su was stunned by excitement, the registration form in his hand had been snatched by Li Jing, and then watched it with Li Xiaogong, and when they saw the form of the young man in white, Li Xiaogong and Qin Qiong stroked their beards at the same time and smiled: "Xue Rengui, twenty-four years old this year, born in the Xue family in Hedong, so good!" My Datang will have another Tiger General available in the future! ”

In the early Tang Dynasty, famous generals were like clouds, such as Li Jing, Li Xiaogong, Li Ji and others in the early stage, almost all of them were the talents of the generals, but after these founding generals entered their twilight years, the second generation of generals of the Tang Dynasty began to walk on the stage, and among these generals, the most famous is naturally Xue Rengui! There is no objection to this at all, and even Su Dingfang, who destroyed the Three Kingdoms and captured the Three Masters in the same period, is difficult to compare with Xue Rengui, a legendary general.

When it comes to Xue Rengui's deeds, there are naturally countless of them, such as three arrows to set the Tianshan Mountain, take off his hat and retreat from ten thousand enemies, bury Tiele's 300,000 army alive, etc., but among the people, the most talked about is Xue Rengui's own bravery, he is not only the real ten thousand enemies recorded in the official history, but also in archery, he is also one of the people with the highest level in the entire Chinese history.

Thinking of the white-robed Xue Rengui recorded in history, Li Su was naturally relieved, and returned to his seat with a smirk on his face to sit down again, he didn't expect that the Winter Games, which was just a joke, would catch such a big fish? In history, Xue Rengui joined the army when he was nearly 30 years old because of his unsatisfactory life, and as a result, he became famous in World War I, and was deeply respected by Li Shimin, and finally shined during Li Zhi's reign. I didn't want to make a mess of this jar of water in Datang because of my own crossing, and even Xue Rengui went out of the mountain in advance, this time I had to receive this cattle man to my subordinates no matter what.

found the player's information, the game went on normally, but the rules of the game have changed, Li Su and these referees no longer specify the distance of the target, but by each player to propose the distance, by their own shot, and then by others to shoot, the winner stays, not hit the elimination. Li Jingye was young and vigorous, and he was the first to stand up and say loudly: "One hundred and twenty steps!" ”