Chapter 88 The first defeat
Hearing this, before Yang Ju could answer, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but speak first. "Why didn't the Wu brothers come? I think the talented man of Tang should know better than us!"
When Tang Zhe heard Lu Xiangsheng's words, he immediately thought of something. He turned his head and looked at Li Xianzhong who was standing not far away from him. Seeing that Li Xianzhong lowered his head and did not look at him, Tang Zhe immediately understood. It must be Li Xianzhong who did something in this. But what could he say! In this game, Li Xianzhong and his two servants were the main players he relied most. At this time, no matter what happened, he would not offend Li Xianzhong.
Thinking of this, Tang Zhe immediately turned around. "Since that's the case, Brother Yang can only suffer some losses. The Wu brothers are absent, so I can only say that he automatically admits defeat. In this way, you have not lost two games in this first game!
For Brother Yang's sake, I can give you a chance. If you can find two more scholars on the spot within half an hour to replace the Wu brothers, I can also allow them to participate. How about it?"
Yang Ju shook his head. "Thank you Brother Tang for your kindness. However, we have decided that we will only participate in the three of us."
This is not because Yang Ju is noble, but because he knows that this possibility is almost non-existent. Yang Ju is also very clear that according to the current situation, the winning chance of this game is very small. However, he has no way out and can only fight.
Wen Tiren heard Yang Ju say this, and then asked the two at the same time, "Can you start?" Wen Tiren is not only a notary, but also a referee today.
Seeing that both of them nodded, Wen Tiren made a gesture forward. A man immediately carried a wooden sign and inserted it a hundred steps away.
Seeing that the man's wooden sign had been planted, two more people walked out of here and sent a new bow and a pot of arrows to Wen Tiren.
Wen Tiren held the bow in his hand and said to the people, "This is a new two stone bow. Please check it first!" After that, he handed the bow to Yang Ju first.
Yang Qiao held the bow in his hand and tried it. Fortunately, he probably could pull it open. Yu Ren and Lu Xiangsheng behind him were just symbolic pulling the bow and passing it to Tang Zhe and the others.
Seeing that everyone said there was no problem, Wen Tiren said again, "Since everyone has seen the bow, there is no problem. I will tell you the specific rules of comparing arrows.
There are ten circles on our wooden sign a hundred steps away. From the outside to the inside, there are one to ten numbers. Each person shoots five arrows. The winner is determined by the total number of rings shot."
Let’s talk about this method. Yang Ju and the others who participated in the competition were fine, but those who did not participate were talking about it. Because they had never used this method before, they had never used this method. Some people immediately said that this method was good, while others expressed their objections.
Seeing the onlookers talking, Wen Tiren raised his voice and said to everyone, "Don't argue. This method was proposed by Yu Ren and Yu from the Donglin team. After discussion, everyone agreed. I also think this method is fairer."
When everyone heard that this method was negotiated and approved by the people in their competition, they naturally had nothing to say.
So Wen Tiren took out five more pieces of paper and handed them to Yang Ju and the other two. The five pieces of paper were written with the names of Tang Zhe and the other two. Whoever they were drawn would be compared with.
As a result, Yang Ju drew Tang Zhe, Yu Ren drew Wang Shiji, and Lu Xiangsheng drew Li Liu.
If you want to win this game, the only chance is to win all three. According to the current situation, the draw result is obviously beneficial to them. Yu Ren, who has the worst archery skills among the three, also drew Wang Shiji, who has the worst archery skills. Li Liu, the opponent of Lu Xiangsheng, who has the best archery skills, is obviously not the strongest opponent. As for Yang Ju and Tang Zhe, both of them are talented. Although they know some archery skills, I believe they are not very proficient, and they should be between half a dozen.
Yang Ju, who hadn't had much hope, couldn't help but feel confident when he saw the result of the lottery. You know, in these two big competitions, even a fool can see that the only game that Donglin and the other three could win was the Arrow. If you want to win, the only result was that the three of them would all defeat their opponents. Although this possibility was not very large, the probability of realization was that they were much greater than the subsequent ring match.
Seeing the lottery result, Yang Ju secretly grabbed Yu Ren and Lu Xiangsheng's hands. "It seems that God still favors us. As long as we win these three games, we can be invincible!"
Before Yang Ju finished speaking, Tang Zhe snorted coldly and walked up. "Yang Dacaizi. It seems that God really has eyes! Let us two culprits come first. How about it, should you go first, or should I go first?"
Yang Ju hurriedly took the bow from Wen Tiren's hand. "I think I'll do it first!"
At this time, Yang Ju didn't dare to be polite with Tang Zhe anymore. He was worried that he would be under too much psychological pressure when he ejaculated later, so he chose to ejaculate first.
Tang Zhe did not object, but just took a step back. "Okay, then please come first with Brother Zhiyong!" Tang Zhe seemed to be very big.
Yang Ju took the arrow from someone else's hand and shot it with a bow.
The arrow shot into the Eight Rings, and there was a burst of cheers from the crowd. Unfortunately, the arrow was not strong enough. Although the iron arrow hit the wooden sign, it could not be inserted. It shook for a few times and finally fell to the ground.
Yang Ju's face suddenly became ugly.
"Zero Ring." Wen Tiren said the results loudly.
Although he failed in his first move, Yang Ju was not discouraged. He bit his lip and shot a second arrow hard.
This time, although he only hit the Six Rings, he stabbed steadily on the wooden sign. This time, no one in the crowd praised him anymore, as if he was afraid that he would speak loudly and shock the arrows on the wooden sign.
"Six Ring Road." Wen Tiren's voice resounded throughout the audience.
Yang Ju finally calmed down. He performed well in the next three arrows, seven rings of one arrow, nine rings of one arrow, and six rings of one arrow.
"Yang Ju's Twenty-Eight Rings." Wen Tiren announced Yang Ju's final achievements.
Tang Zhe walked up and reached out to take the bow from Yang raised his hand. "How could Brother Zhiyong fail at such a critical moment? It's really a pity. But it doesn't matter. Maybe I will make mistakes too!"
After saying that, Tang Zhe took an arrow from the quiver with a little pride and shot it. Tang Zhe didn't seem to be very attentive. However, the arrow shot steadily on the eight rings.
A cheer immediately broke out in the northeast corner.
Tang Zhe smiled satisfied, raised the longbow in his hand and waved to the crowd that supported him. Then, he drew another arrow.
This time, Tang Zhe shot the seventh ring.
In the third arrow, Tang Zhe hit the Eighth Ring again.
Seeing this, everyone's hearts were a little dead. There were still two arrows, and Tang Zhe had twenty-three rings, which means that as long as he shot these two arrows out of the six rings, he could win.
Just when everyone was disappointed, Tang Zhe also failed. His fourth arrow failed to hit the wooden sign.
At this moment, hope appeared again. In the crowd, the supporters of the Donglin Party immediately sighed. Although Tang Zhe failed, he was not panicked. He slowed down a little, and then steadily shot the last arrow.
"Six Rings." Wen Tiren shouted loudly.
A sigh came from the crowd.
"Tang Zhe Twenty-ninth Ring. Tang Zhe won this game." Wen Tiren shouted loudly.
Once this result was announced, it was equivalent to announcing the failure of the Donglin team.
Yu Ren and Lu Xiangsheng followed, although they both performed well, they beat their opponents respectively. In particular, Lu Xiangsheng won Li Liu with a big score of 47th and 35th rings. However, their outstanding performance could not change the final result of the game.
On the way back, Yang Ju didn't say anything. Because there was a more difficult ring match tomorrow, Yu Ren and Lu Xiangsheng parted with everyone early, went back to rest, preparing to accumulate taxes and fight again tomorrow.
Yu Ren is still living in Xu Fatty's house for the time being.
Although he lost the Biaoyan today, Yu Ren didn't care much. What made him most regretful was that he did not see Li Ying in the crowd on the field.
"It may be that there are too many people, I didn't find her!" Yu Ren comforted himself like this.
Since the competition ended early today, I returned to Fatty Xu's house, but it was just after Wei Shi. Yu Ren decided to take a nap. He was one thing after another a while and he had no chance to give him a good rest. So, he wanted to take this opportunity to rest more.
But sometimes, God is so unkind. The more you want to rest, the more he will do it to you.
After Yu Ren lay down for a while, he heard a rapid knock on the door outside.
Chapter completed!