0p0 Chapter 88 Competition
Chapter 88 Competition
The two men who heard the sound moved at the same time. Su Lun, holding a dagger, nimbly shuttled across the training ground like a cunning rabbit. On the other side, Gu Bei tightly grasped the spear, as majestic as a tiger descending from the mountain. In the blink of an eye, the two men fought to the same place.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the field was extremely tense. Everyone watching stared at them intently, afraid to miss any wonderful moment. Although Gu Bei's spear had a wide attack range, Su Lun relied on his agility to constantly avoid the opponent's attacks and fought back at the critical moment. The dagger in Su Lun's hand was like a poisonous snake, flashing a frightening cold light from time to time.
Facing such a sharp opponent, Gu Bei was secretly surprised. He had been in the army for four years and had experienced countless life-and-death battles on the battlefield. He thought he was strong enough, but it was unexpected that this young man could bring him such a huge pressure.
Gu Bei was indeed very strong. Su Lun knew that he was at a disadvantage in terms of physical strength. If he could not end the battle quickly, he would be defeated. However, although a plan flashed through Su Lun's mind, he did not reveal any flaws on the surface. He held the dagger tightly, jumped up quickly, and rushed towards Gu Bei.
Gu Bei was not to be outdone, he swung his spear with great vigor and power. Su Lun nimbly dodged Gu Bei's spear and raised his dagger to slash Gu Bei's leg. Gu Bei reacted very quickly, quickly raised his leg and narrowly avoided the fatal blow.
Seeing this, Su Lun immediately changed his tactics. He rushed forward, and the dagger in his hand stabbed straight into Gu Bei's chest like a poisonous snake coming out of a hole. Gu Bei jumped back a step, and at the same time waved his spear horizontally to block, successfully deflecting the dagger. Su Lun used the rebound force to do a gorgeous spin and launched another offensive. His movements were smooth and natural, like flowing clouds and water, which made Gu Bei a little overwhelmed.
In this thrilling battle, Su Lun accurately seized the opportunity and kicked Gu Bei's spear, causing it to slip out of his control. Gu Bei's body swayed slightly, and Su Lun took this opportunity to rush forward quickly, with the dagger in his hand against Gu Bei's throat. The winner was decided, Su Lun smiled slightly and put away the dagger.
General Liu, the referee, stood up and announced in a loud voice like a bell: "Captain Su wins!"
"Good!" A cheer came from the crowd, followed by thunderous applause. General Chen was the first to applaud, with a satisfied smile on his face.
At this time, Gu Bei also saluted Su Lun and said sincerely: "Captain Su is really amazing. I am willing to admit that he is better than me." Su Lun smiled and saluted in return: "Thank you!"
General Chen turned around with a smile and said to General Zhang, "What do you think? I said Captain Su is no worse than your disciple, right?" Zhang Yunqi looked at General Chen's smug expression, shook his head with a bit of amusement, and replied, "He is indeed amazing. Congratulations to General Chen for adding another powerful general."
At this moment, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "Let's have another round of archery!" This sentence seemed to ignite the enthusiasm of the whole audience. For a moment, the venue was filled with shouts of "Let's have another round!"
The competition was so exciting that everyone was still not satisfied. General Chen frowned slightly and thought to himself. He remembered that Su Lun was not good at horseback archery, so he was going to stop him. But before he could open his mouth, he heard Su Lun's voice clearly: "Captain Gu, since everyone is so enthusiastic, how about we have another match?"
Gu Bei's lips curled slightly, "That's exactly what I want!"
General Chen looked at Su Lun with suspicion, but Su Lun gave him a comforting look. Although he was full of doubts, General Chen decided to put them aside for the time being and waited anxiously for the upcoming archery competition.
Soon, soldiers quickly brought bows and arrows and targets. "Everyone shoot ten arrows to see who can shoot the most and most accurately. Now, the competition begins!" General Liu shouted.
As soon as the words fell, the two men simultaneously drew their bows and arrows, and almost at the same moment, two arrows flew out like lightning. After just a few seconds, the two men almost simultaneously put down their bows and arrows. Looking at the two targets again, each bull's-eye was densely packed with arrows, and Su Lun's target was particularly eye-catching. The reason was simple, a few arrows were split in the middle and fell to the ground, obviously the arrows shot from behind were extremely fast, directly piercing the arrows in front and splitting them. Except for the bull's-eye, there was no other mark on the entire target.
Liu Su looked at the result and felt a little torn. After all, both of them were very good archers and it was hard to tell who was better. At this time, Gu Bei also cast his eyes on Su Lun's target. After a short pause, he said, "General Liu, I really lost this round."
As General Liu loudly announced that "Su Lun won", thunderous applause broke out at the scene. "Hahaha! As expected of the good men of Dashun, all of them are great!" Su Lun looked closely and saw the Protector of the Nation General Xiao Yi striding towards him.
Seeing Xiao Yi coming, everyone bowed and saluted. Xiao Yi smiled and said, "The two lieutenants are young and promising, and their strength is outstanding. It is a blessing for Dashun. I hope you will practice diligently. If everyone has such skills, why should we worry about the border of Dashun? Well, everyone disperse and continue to train." After speaking, he turned his head and looked at the generals in the training ground, and then ordered, "You all come to me later."
After hearing the general's words, all the soldiers dispersed and returned to their respective positions to continue training. At this time, General Chen slowly walked in front of Su Lun, with a hint of surprise and admiration on his face: "As the saying goes, a man should be treated with new eyes after three days of absence! This is absolutely true, you are really amazing! In just a few days, you have been able to practice archery to such a superb level, even an old man like me is ashamed of myself."
Faced with such straightforward praise from General Chen, Su Lun couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He smiled modestly and replied, "General Chen, you are too kind. It's just luck."
However, Gu Bei, who was standing aside, couldn't help but widen his eyes after hearing what General Chen said, and asked in surprise: "Captain Su, have you only started learning archery recently?" Su Lun was a little embarrassed by the question. He scratched his head and answered honestly: "Well... I can't say that I learned it completely from scratch. In fact, I have tried to practice archery before, but I have never had the opportunity to get professional guidance, so I always fail to get the point and my accuracy is also very poor. But recently I invited someone to guide me, and after a few days of intensive training, I finally made some progress..."
"Only practiced for a few days?" Gu Bei couldn't help but shout out. At this moment, he couldn't understand what was happening in front of him. His eyes widened, his face full of disbelief, as if he had seen the most incredible thing in the world. After years of hard training, he actually lost to a novice. This blow made him feel extremely frustrated.
Before this, everyone had praised Su Lun highly, but now it seemed that Su Lun was simply a monster! How could he achieve such amazing results in such a short time? Gu Bei pondered in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more depressed he became.
Seeing Gu Bei's shocked look, Su Lun didn't know how to respond for a moment, and the scene suddenly became quite awkward. At this moment, General Chen spoke up and reminded them, "Don't be stunned, both of you, hurry up and go to the general's tent with us." Hearing this, the two of them woke up as if from a dream, and quickly gathered their moods, followed the other generals and walked towards Xiao Yi's tent, ready to participate in the next meeting.