There were five scholars in the competition. They were the final candidates deliberately selected by Suo Zhiping, Zhang Li, Suo Wen, Li Pan, Zheng Han and Zhao Yuanli.

Except for Zhao Yuanli, a child of an ordinary wealthy family, the other four represent the four major families in Shazhou.

They are also the best riding and shooting children in Dunhuang, with Li Zhen taking the lead, and the five of them ranked second to sixth respectively.

Five children were dressed in furious horses, each of whom was tall and majestic, holding a archery bow in his hands, and lined up in the competition. In the spring breeze, the spirit of the people and horses seemed particularly elegant.

But no matter what deliberate arrangements are made, their emotions are completely mobilized, and everyone shouts loudly, and even the soldiers shout. The drums are getting louder and louder, shaking the earth.

Li Wuqing was also quite proud of his face, and stroked his beard and smiled at Wang Xiaojie, "What do the general think of these Dunhuang children?"

Wang Xiaojie nodded, "Yes, a few teenagers have outstanding appearances, but I don't know how to ride and shoot?"

"Hehe! This is our best child in Dunhuang, and it is specially placed in the final competition."

"Yeah?"

Wang Xiaojie glanced at Li Zhen in the distance meaningfully, "Then I'm even more interested."

Li Wuqing immediately ordered Suo Zhiping, "Su Sima, let's start!"

So Zhiping ran to the top of the platform and waved and shouted: "It's starting!"

He was also very nervous, wondering if Suoping could win the face of the Suo family. At this time, Li Jin also stood up nervously, his palms were filled with sweat.

Li Pan's ranking is quite subtle. If Li Zhen is removed, he is ranked third. If he performs poorly on the spot, he may be replaced by Zheng Han, which would be bad.

In fact, as long as Li Pan can perform normally, even if he is slightly inferior, he can still make up for the loss of points in step shooting.

This is also a temporary change rule this year. Taking the step and shot results into it will help to manipulate the internally designated list. The key is that Li Pan should not perform abnormally.

At this time, the soldiers on the side waved the red flag to set off, and the five soldiers rode their horses in sequence, and each of them could only shoot one arrow.

They shot the straw man target sixty steps away from the right side within a running distance of fifty steps, and then judged the level of each person's shooting.

This is the military's standard riding and shooting test method. Compared with Li Zhen's riding and shooting in the military camp, the difficulty is much lower.

Li Zhen was running at a distance of twenty steps, and two arrows shot the grass man target eighty steps away from the left and right. This was the highest difficulty and few people could do it.

The first one is Zhang Li. Amid the cheers of the audience on both sides, he galloped on his horse and entered the shooting line. He shot an arrow with an arrow, and his performance was extremely stable. The long arrow hit the grass man's throat, and the entire competition venue was boiling.

Only Wang Xiaojie and Zhang Ting did not respond. Both of them witnessed Li Zhen's sharp shooting with their own eyes. Zhang Li's level was really far behind and it was not worth cheering.

At this time, Wang Xiaojie smiled at Zhang Ting and said, "The son is ejaculated well, I will write him a letter of recommendation."

Zhang Ting was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed, "Thank you for your reputation as the general."

At this time, the cheers on the court were thunderous again. So Wen's arrow shot out. He shot well, right in the heart of his chest, comparable to Zhang Li's arrow.

Suo Zhiping was secretly happy and looked at Wang Xiaojie. Zhang Li had to recommend letters, so Suo Wen should be talented.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xiaojie did not move without any expression, and did not even have the minimum congratulations. Suo Zhiping felt a little unpleasant.

Just when Suo Zhiping was in a panic, the three people behind him ran over like flowing water, but in the end they were filled with regretful screams.

The last Zhao Yuanli was too nervous and did not shoot the grass man, but the arrow actually left the target.

At this time, Wang Xiaojie laughed, "All of them are good boys. Although the last one didn't hit the target, it's a bit regretful, but his courage is commendable. I hope to work harder next time."

He smiled at the governor Li Wuqing and said, "Do we need that young man to show up and ride and shoot?"

Li Jin was also stunned behind him. Why did General Wang not have the intention to write a recommendation letter? He glanced at Suo Zhiping, who was also looking at him and shook his head at him, meaning that Wang Xiaojie was probably unwilling to write.

Li Jin didn't say anything for a long time. If it weren't for Wang Xiaojie's recommendation letter, then his concessions to the Suo family would be too disadvantageous, which made him feel like he was about to vomit blood.

Governor Li Wuqing smiled and said, "It seems that the general is looking forward to that young man!"

He immediately ordered the followers next to him, "Go and find Mr. Li Zhen."

Soon, Li Zhen rode a horse and rushed over. Even if Wang Xiaojie didn't look for him, he would come to Wang Xiaojie. He didn't want to shoot such a low-level test target.

"Students meet the general!" Li Zhen bowed with fists.

"Li Shaolang, it's your turn to archery performance now. Of course, if you don't participate in the martial arts examination, you don't need to use the test method of the provincial examination. Let's change the riding and shooting method, how about it?"

"Please give a question to the general!"

Wang Xiaojie smiled at everyone again and said, "Since it's a riding and shooting performance, we should not be so formal. I'll set the questions and let him solve them. What do you think?"

Everyone agreed, and Suo Zhiping let go of his heart slightly. Wang Xiaojie obviously didn't want to know the inside story of the provincial examination of the martial arts examination, so this matter was exposed in an understatement.

Zhang Ting said on the side: "Since it's a riding and shooting performance, there must be a lottery. I will give you fifty taels of gold as the lottery."

"No! No! No!"

Wang Xiaojie waved his hand quickly, "How can you ask Zhang Jun to spend money? Since I'm setting the question, I will naturally give the lottery."

He ordered his personal soldiers: "Take the horse over!"

The personal soldiers led an extremely majestic red Dayuan horse with strong and slender limbs and a flowing ponytail. Everyone exclaimed, "Good horse!"

Wang Xiaojie smiled proudly and said, "This was seized when breaking Kucha City. I originally planned to bring it to Beijing, but now I will use it as a lottery."

No one could understand why Wang Xiaojie took this riding and shooting performance so seriously?

He actually took out the BMW that was intended to be given to the powerful and powerful in the court as a lottery ticket. This BMW is hard to buy even if it is worth a fortune. Wang Xiaojie is really weird.

Li Zhen recognized the BMW at a glance. It was the good horse he rode in the military camp yesterday. A hint of gratitude suddenly surged in his heart. It turned out that Wang Xiaojie was prepared.

Wang Xiaojie pointed to the BMW and asked Li Zhen: "Do you want this horse?"

"I want it!" Li Zhen also answered cleanly and decisively.

"Okay! If you can break my question, I will give you this BMW as the first prize. Of course, my question is not so easy to break, and this horse will not be so easy to ride on."

Li Zhen bowed and said, "Please give a question!"

Wang Xiaojie stared at him for a moment, waved his hand, "Pick it up!"

Several personal soldiers took out a bow and two pots of arrows, and there were only five arrows in each pot. Interestingly, ten arrows were all colored, five red arrows, and five black arrows. Everyone was surprised. What was this to do?

Zhang Ting's heart moved slightly. It seemed that Wang Xiaojie was prepared for a long time, first with a horse and then with an arrow. This Wang Xiaojie attaches great importance to Li Zhen!

Wang Xiaojie pointed at the arrow and smiled and said, "This is a reward for me in the army. No one has received it yet. To be honest, I failed back then. The gameplay is very simple. I will shoot five red arrows. You can intercept them all from eighty steps outside the road while running. Do you dare to take this question?"

There was a burst of exclamation from the high platform. This difficulty was so scary. How could it be possible to use arrows to intercept arrows or run eighty steps away?

No wonder no one can break it. Everyone's eyes turned to Li Zhen to see how he answered.

Li Zhen bowed proudly and said, "Students are willing to take on the question!"

The news quickly spread throughout the audience, and tens of thousands of people were in full swing. Even those who didn't know how to ride and shoot knew that this was simply impossible.

Li Quan's heart even reached his throat, and he clasped his hands and begged silently, "Please the Bodhisattva bless my brother!"

At this time, Li Zhen's war horse ran like thunder. He held a shadow bow in his hand and five black arrows on his back. He was not as handsome as the five scholars just now, but he was even more murderous.

The square of thousands of people suddenly became silent, and tens of thousands of eyes were staring at him. Wang Xiaojie strode to the front of the stage, drew a red arrow, and shouted: "I'm going to shoot an arrow!"

Li Zhen suddenly drew out a black arrow and ran straight in a row. At this time, Wang Xiaojie shot a red arrow to the sky, drawing a red line with an arc, which was particularly conspicuous under the blue sky.

The opportunity was only a moment. Li Zhen pulled his bow like a full moon while running. A black arrow broke out from the string and shot strongly at the red arrow eighty steps away. Tens of thousands of eyes looked at each other and exclaimed at the same time. The black arrow accurately shot the red arrow, and the two arrows fell at the same time.

Suddenly, the applause was like thunder, and cheers resounded throughout the world. Even the senior officials on the platform couldn't help but stand up and applaud. It was so wonderful.

"Stupid brat!"

Wang Xiaojie cursed inwardly and shouted: "The second arrow is here!"

The second arrow shot straight out, and the speed was faster, like a red shadow flew over suddenly, and Li Zhen's black arrow shot out almost at the same time. The black shadow chased, and two red and black arrow shadows collided in the air, flashing sparks. This time it was an arrow colliding.

The cheers like tsunamis were even more intense, and many people were shouting hoarsely. The atmosphere was so violent that it was almost overturning the polo stadium.

But Wang Xiaojie sneered and shouted again: "The third arrow is here!"

But he secretly drew out two red arrows, pulled out the treasure bow, and shot both arrows at the same time. This was not the third arrow, it was clearly the third arrow and the fourth arrow shot at the same time.

However, he shot an arc parabola, which gave Li Zhen a chance to breathe.

Li Zhen had long guessed that two arrows would appear like this. His eyes were staring at Wang Xiaojie's hand. He found that the two red arrows were raised to the quiver, and he drew out two black arrows without thinking.

He could not shoot two arrows at the same time. He had to use his master to teach him a continuous bead arrow and shoot it in the shortest time.

As the war horses galloped, Li Zhen pulled his bow like a full moon, and two arrows shot out one after another, flying away like a meteor chasing the moon, hitting two red arrows in the middle.

But he did not look at the result, but he quickly drew out the last black arrow, looked at the moon with a rhino, lay flat on the war horse and shot it backwards and above.

This is the real test. It turns out that after Wang Xiaojie shot two arrows at the same time, the fifth red arrow was shot out immediately, and he did not give the other party any chance at all. If Li Zhen went to see the result of the continuous pearl arrow, he would definitely miss the fifth arrow.

Back then, Su Dingfang, a famous general in the founding country of the Tang Dynasty, used the same five-arrow question to test Wang Xiaojie, and Wang Xiaojie failed in the last fifth arrow.

The last arrow shot towards me like a black lightning, and with a "dang!", it hit the arrow of the red arrow.

All three arrows were completed almost in an instant, and no one could react. The competition was silent.

Li Zhen put away his bow and urged his horse to come to the platform. He smiled slightly and bowed, "I'm lucky that the student will not be humiliated!"

Until then, the cheers of tsunami suddenly rang around, and the entire field became a sea of ​​shouting. People were simply crazy and were desperately running towards the court, but were stopped by thousands of soldiers holding hands.

Li Quan was so excited that tears flowed out, hugging Kang Sisi tightly in her arms. At this moment, she felt extremely proud and proud.

Li Jin sat down dejectedly, and a kind of regret that he had never felt before came to his heart. This is the child of their Li family!

Wang Xiaojie nodded slowly, "Li Zhen, I not only want to reward you with the war horses, but also recommend you to go to the capital to participate in the martial arts and Jinshi, which will be the quota for our army."

"Thank you for your appreciation, General!"

Li Zhen was excited, but he still got the opportunity to enter Beijing.

Zhang Ting also understood Wang Xiaojie's profound meaning. Yesterday he took a fancy to this excellent young archer riding master.
Chapter completed!