Chapter 30 Difficulty distinguishing victory or defeat
Soon, a man about twenty-four or five years old came to the stage with a long bow in his hand and a quiver on his back.
"Zang Shuai."
The man first called out to Zang Ba, and then looked at Zhang Wu, with a hint of disdain in his eyes.
Maybe it's because Zhang Wu is too young.
"Yes." Zang Ba responded, then turned to Zhou Ping and said, "His name is Yan Kuan, and his family is also a hunter. He has gone hunting in the mountains with his father since he was a child. His bow skills are admired by everyone in our army."
Zhou Ping was a little confused after hearing this: "Since his name is Yan Kuan, why did you call him Yan Mei just now?"
"Haha, because he always shoots people's eyebrows, everyone calls him Yan Mei." Sun Kang explained.
I see!
From this point of view, this person is also a master of shooting.
Zhou Ping heard Sun Kang's full confidence from his tone.
Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others also had a look of pride on their faces at this moment.
They knew Yan Kuan's bow skills, and no matter how good Zhang Wu's bow skills were, he would not be better than Yan Kuan.
Moreover, Zhang Wu is young and is definitely not as experienced as Yan Kuan.
Zhou Ping no longer cares about victory or defeat. Anyway, he has won two battles and his goal of showing off his power has been achieved. If Zhang Wu loses to Yan Mei, he might be able to save some face for them.
But Zhou Ping would not deliberately let Zhang Wu lose. No matter what, Zhang Wu would go all out.
Zhou Ping deliberately raised his hand to touch his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It seems I have to shave my eyebrows, hahaha..."
This remark caused everyone to burst into laughter, and the embarrassing atmosphere where they had lost two games in a row immediately eased a lot.
"You shaved your eyebrows, don't you still have a nose?" Yin Li said with a laugh.
Wu Dun also quickly answered: "Yes, you still have a mouth, hahaha..."
"Then let's get started."
Zang Ba was afraid that his brothers would become more and more outrageous, so he led everyone to the shooting range.
The shooting range is a training place for crossbowmen. There is a row of wooden boards erected in the distance, and a circle nearly two feet in diameter is painted with red paint on each wooden board.
"How to compare?" Zhou Ping asked.
Zang Ba pointed to the target in the distance: "Shoot ten arrows each, and the one who hits the most red circles wins."
Zhou Ping shook his head: "This red circle is too big. With their bow skills, it is not difficult at all to hit all ten arrows. It is better to draw a half-foot-large red circle."
Zang Ba looked at Yan Kuan and saw that he nodded in agreement, so he asked someone to draw a circle with a diameter of only half a foot on each of the two targets.
"Mr. Wen'an made such a request. It seems that it will be easy for Brother Ziwei to hit all ten arrows." Sun Kang said to Zhou Ping.
"It's difficult to show your superiority." Zhou Ping responded.
After the red circle was drawn, Zhang Wu and Yan Kuan each looked at the target a hundred steps away, holding their bows in their hands, just waiting for Zang Ba's order to start.
"let's start."
Zang Ba saw that they were all ready and ordered.
Yan Kuan knew that Zhou Ping had brought these three men to challenge them, and the first two were so powerful. Although this Zhang Wu was not old, it could be seen from his eyes that he was not an ordinary person.
If it were an eyebrow shot, Yan Kuan could guarantee that he would win, but now he was shooting a half-foot-large red circle. It would not be difficult for them, and the opponent should be able to hit all ten arrows.
Therefore, if Yan Kuan wants to win with speed, he must not only hit them all, but also shoot quickly.
As soon as Zang Bafu gave the order, Yan Kuan quickly picked up an arrow and nocked his bow, and then shot at the target without even aiming.
After shooting an arrow, quickly draw the arrow and shoot again.
Zhang Wu's movements were the same as his, with continuous shots.
However, Jiang was still too old after all. After all, Yan Kuan was older than Zhang Wu and had been on the battlefield, so he had more experience. When he finished shooting ten arrows, Zhang Wu only shot eight.
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Wu also shot all ten arrows.
Everyone looked up and couldn't help but be amazed.
On both targets, there are ten feather arrows inserted, and all ten arrows are inserted in the middle of the red circle.
"Hahaha... Both of them hit all ten arrows, so how can we determine the winner?"
Zang Ba laughed, although both of them hit all ten arrows, Yan Kuan shot faster after all.
Although Zhang Wu was a little slower, Yan Kuan did not dare to be disdainful towards him at this moment, but looked at him with admiration.
Zhang Wu didn't care about this. He didn't care whether others were stronger than him. He only knew that he had to hit all ten arrows.
"Sure enough, heroes come from youth! I didn't expect that brother Ziwei is so young, but has such bow skills, it is really amazing!" Sun Guan was very impressed by Zhou Ping, the three so-called guards.
Even Yin Li and others no longer dare to underestimate this young boy Zhang Wu.
"How about this? Since they can't tell the difference in standing shooting, how about letting them compare in mounted shooting? But I'm afraid they have to shoot the big red circle." Zhou Ping suddenly suggested.
"Riding and shooting?" Zang Ba hesitated a little, looked at Yan Kuan and asked, "Can you compete?"
He only knew that Yan Kuan was very accurate in standing shooting, but he didn't know how good he was in riding shooting.
Yan Kuan hesitated for a moment, and seeing Zhang Wu's calm face, he immediately replied: "Comparable."
If a mounted archer were to shoot a half-foot-large red circle, it would be difficult. However, shooting a nearly two-foot-large red circle shouldn't be too difficult, at least for Zhang Wu.
When Zhou Ping asked Zhang Wu to train before, he was shooting at a swinging straw man, but now he is shooting at a stationary target. In fact, it is much easier to say.
Zhang Wu and Yan Kuan each mounted their horses, held their bows in their hands, looked at the target in the distance, looked at each other, then clapped their horses and galloped forward.
On horseback, the two of them each nocked arrows, raised their bows and shot towards the target. The horses ran all the way and they shot all the way. When the horses ran fifty or sixty paces, they both finished shooting ten arrows and reined in their horses and stopped.
The time has come to witness the difference.
Everyone looked around and saw eight arrows stuck on one target. Although they were slightly scattered, they were all within the red circle.
There were only three arrows stuck in the target on the other side, and one arrow was still outside the red circle.
"Mr. Zang Fu, I will give you one hundred thousand dollars, how about you take Yan Mei back to me? Mr. Liu is in urgent need of talents now!" Zhou Ping said to Zang Ba with a smile.
"Haha, others can do it, but Yan Mei can't. Brother Ziwei is better at riding and shooting, and we lost again. Liu Shijun has many talents under his command, and with the help of Mr. Liu, the day when the world will be peaceful is just around the corner!"
Zang Ba sighed with emotion at the end.
The one who shot the eight arrows was Zhang Wu. Sun Guan, Yin Li and others were in complicated moods at the moment. They couldn't understand why Zhou Ping brought three random people, and at such a young age, he left thousands of Taishan warriors unrivaled.
,How many such capable people are there in Liu Bei's army?
"Jun Zang, you were just joking. A gentleman does not take away people's treasures." Zhou Ping bowed his hands to Zang Ba, "Yan Mei's archery skills are very good, even better than Ziwei's, but Ziwei once practiced mounted archery.
, so I was able to win by luck. If Yan Mei takes time to practice riding and shooting, he will definitely be of great use in the future."
"According to what I heard, brother Xuan Gao's father was arrested by the eunuch because he did not follow the eunuch's personal will and refused to kill the people. He was about to be taken to the county government, but brother Xuan Gao saved him halfway." Zhou Ping changed his direction.
The title of Ba, "It seems from this that your father is very benevolent and is not afraid of power in order to protect the people. Now Liu Shijun cares about the common people in the world and aims to calm the chaos and calm the people. He was benevolent and loved the people in the plains."
In Yuzhou, they distributed food to save the people and relieve their distress."
"Although Zhou Ping does not have the power to restrain a chicken, let alone great wisdom and great plans, he is still willing to do his best to assist the envoy, treating the envoy as his lord, devoting himself to death and dying. And with Brother Xuan Gao's talents, if he is willing to entrust himself to
Envoy, take the envoy as the main one and try your best to assist each other. Zhou Ping believes that the world will be settled as soon as possible and the people will no longer have to suffer from war!"
When Zhou Ping got excited, he stepped forward and grabbed Zang Ba's hands tightly, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to persuade Zang Ba to recognize Liu Bei as his master.
