Chapter 203 Competition II
"good!"
With a loud shout, the two of them rushed out of their seats. They saw two black shadows flashing by and took a breath of cold air.
"General Xu is not always showing off his mountains and showing off, but he didn't expect that his riding skills were so superb." Chang Yin also praised as he watched the two mounts running away.
"Xu Hongwei was born into a noble family, so his riding skills would naturally not be too bad." Lin Dong said calmly. Obviously, he had known that Xu Hongwei's riding skills were excellent for a long time.
"Oh, he is also a noble family? Could it be that he comes from the Duke's Mansion?"
Lin Dong nodded slightly, indicating that Chang Yin was right.
A look of surprise flashed in Chang Yin's eyes. He never expected that a small hundred households in Andong's army were actually from a noble family, which made him look up to Andong's army again.
Soon the two of them came to the first obstacle, which was a crossbar, about three feet tall, and it was indeed difficult to jump past.
But the speed of the war horses under the seats did not decrease at all. Just as they were about to reach the crossbow, they pulled the reins one after another, and the two war horses stood up and then jumped over the crossbow.
"Okay..." Seeing the two of them having such superb riding skills, everyone cheered for it.
The two looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise. It seemed that neither of them thought they could jump past.
"No, come again!" Yang Yifan pulled the reins of the horse, and the war horse ran out again.
Xu Hongwei laughed and followed him with a pulling horse reins. In this way, the two of them chased each other. The two miles were running halfway. During this half of the journey, they crossed three obstacles and broke through two mountain streams, but their speed did not decrease at all and were running towards their target.
Looking at Xu Hongwei who was not behind, Yang Yifan's competitive spirit was immediately aroused. He shouted loudly and sat down on the horse and suddenly the speed of the fastest.
At this time, we had already arrived at the bottom of the hillside, with a horizontal tree above our head, just enough to accommodate a war horse running through.
Facing the obstacle, Yang Yifan did not pause at all. He clamped his legs and his body suddenly swayed into the horse's abdomen.
Just as he had just entered the horse's belly, the war horse had already arrived under the crossbar, which immediately made everyone sweat.
"Okay..." Seeing that Yang Yifan was so superb riding, Xu Hongwei shouted at him.
And at this delay, Yang Yifan had already climbed the hillside and left Xu Hongwei behind.
Xu Hongwei was immediately arrogant and whipped the horse. The speed of the war horse instantly increased. He saw that he hung on one side and passed through the crossbar, and ran towards the target.
Seeing that the two of them were so riding, the entire cavalry was applauding him. At this time, they had long forgotten the original intention of the competition, but regarded it as a wonderful riding performance.
Xu Hongwei's horse was fast and he caught up in a blink of an eye. He was able to reach out and grab the other's horse's tail.
"This guy is so fast." Yang Yifan was startled, and hurriedly urged the horse to run towards the hillside.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them had already crossed all the obstacles. Judging from their figures, they were not even behind.
"Helping..." Xu Hongwei shouted loudly, and the horse jumped and rushed towards the finish line.
"Damn it!" Yang Yifan was very anxious. Naturally, he refused to admit defeat easily. He then pulled the reins and accelerated the speed.
Seeing the end point in front of him, Xu Hongwei was delighted. Just as he was about to speed up again, he suddenly felt his body swaying, and the horse slid and almost fell down.
Fortunately, Xu Hongwei was very good at riding. Just as the war horse slipped, he jumped up and pulled the war horse back with a pull of the reins.
But at this delay, Yang Yifan had already passed the finish line.
"I'm giving in!" Yang Yifan was not proud of Xu Hongwei when he saw that he had won, but instead felt a sense of mutual appreciation for Xu Hongwei.
"Brother Yang is indeed a great riding technique. Xu admires it. Let's compete in the second game!" Xu Hongwei smiled slightly.
Seeing that the other party had not mentioned the mistake just now, Yang Yifan immediately admired him and immediately bowed: "General Xu is such a broad mind, which is really the only thing Yang has seen in his life. It is worth joining Andong's army to know each other with General Xu."
"It's easy to say, how can Brother Yang compare this archery technique?" Xu Hongwei asked with a faint smile.
"I'm the riding question, and you will be the one who will give the question this time." Yang Yifan said immediately after pondering for a moment.
"Since that's the case, then Xu is not polite. I think this is better. From here to our starting point, there are seven targets set up, three of which are randomly thrown by soldiers, and fixed targets everywhere. We will compare who shot more targets." Xu Hongwei said with a smile.
After hearing this, Yang Yifan was also surprised. You should know that it is good to be able to open a bow and arrow while riding on a horse, and it is even more difficult to hit the target. It is difficult for people without professional training to achieve it. As for moving targets like Frisbee, it is even more difficult. I didn't expect Xu Hongwei to ask such a question.
"What, Brother Yang is afraid?" Seeing that Yang Yifan did not say anything, Xu Hongwei immediately asked with a smile.
"I, Yang Yifan, have never been afraid? Just compete!" The two of them immediately asked someone to set up the target, then took the bow and arrow and jumped onto the war horse.
"Since it's my question, Brother Yang will ask for it first." Xu Hongwei said with a gesture of invitation.
Yang Yifan was not humble either. He immediately grabbed the horse's belly and the war horse ran with it. Each man and a horse soon arrived at the first target.
He pulled out the feather arrow and placed it on the bow. With a whoosh, the feather arrow flew out and hit the bull's eye with a thud.
"Okay..." The applause suddenly erupted, and the soldiers applauded Yang Yifan's precise archery technique.
In this way, Yang Yifan pulled the bow and opened the arrow while driving the war horse. In a blink of an eye, seven arrows had been shot. Except for one of the frisbees that did not hit the target, the other six arrows hit the target.
"Six arrows were hit..." The result was soon heard in front of him.
Xu Hongwei nodded, immediately grabbed the horse's belly, and the war horse rushed out. He saw him pulling the bow and opening the arrow without aiming. The feather arrow shot out, and the arrow hit the red heart.
Six arrows were shot in a blink of an eye, and these six arrows hit the bull's eye without any accidents, and soon arrived at the last target.
According to the requirements, the target is the farthest distance, which is 150 steps away. You should know that even an infantry bow can only shoot about 200 steps at most. The cavalry bow is worse than an infantry bow. It is indeed difficult to hit a target that is 150 steps away. Yang Yifan made a mistake just now.
At this moment, Xu Hongwei suddenly tightened his body, as if he had entered a state of ethereality. He held the bow with his left hand and put the arrow with his right hand, but he had not pulled the bow for a long time.
Chapter completed!