boyutpedia Chapter 189 Victory
Chapter 189 Victory
"Since we are in the military camp, please allow the Archery Captain to address me as the Marquis of Chengyang." Lu Mingyuan returned the greeting and then looked at Chu Mingzheng: "Since the Archery Captain said that I hit so many arrows, please verify the count, Your Highness."
"Does this need to be verified?" Captain Shesheng asked in confusion.
Chu Mingzheng waved his hand, and two soldiers climbed up the ladder to pull out the arrows.
Suddenly, everyone was in an uproar.
The soldier who pulled out the red-feathered arrow picked up the red apple that fell on the arrow. The red apple flesh instantly turned into powder and fell off, leaving only an apple peel in his hand.
Two trays were presented with arrows filled with apples. The archer held the empty apple peels and exclaimed, "This is impossible."
"Is it impossible?" Chu Mingzheng's voice resounded throughout the area.
between heaven and earth.
Chu Yueling stood up and said disdainfully, "What's impossible? You're a grown man, but you can't compare to my sister Lu, so you say it's impossible. Aren't you ashamed?"
As she spoke, she made a proud face at the man opposite her. Her eyes caught sight of the neatly arranged apples in a vertical row in the back. Her intuition told her that these were apples that had been touched.
"Bring me a tray."
Chu Yueling ran over and carefully picked up the apples one by one. She became happier as she picked up the apples. After picking up the apples, she held up the tray with one arm and walked along the men's bench.
"One, two, three..."
Chu Yueling pounded the apples into a pulp with each blow, like loud slaps on the face. The men's faces were extremely ugly, and even Chu Yueling felt a sense of regret. If she had known that martial arts could be so impressive, she would not have been lazy when she was young and would have practiced martial arts with her father and brothers.
"There are eight apples in total." Chu Yueling jumped onto the stage, raised the tray high, and said loudly: "Sister Lu, how come you only hit nineteen apples!"
But there were only thirty apples in total, which means that the Marquis of Chengyang shot all the apples dropped by the Shesheng Captain. If he had shot the arrow earlier than the Shesheng Captain, no one knows what would have happened.
Chu Mingzheng chased his sister down and looked at the apples on the tray, only the peels were left. He said in a dilemma: "Xiao Wang doesn't know much about archery. Who do you think will win?"
Someone in the shooting camp immediately shouted out: "One less arrow means one less apple hit, so she loses."
The Yueqi Battalion was right next to the Shesheng Battalion. The soldiers of the Yueqi Battalion said disdainfully, "On the battlefield, if a shot goes through the chest, it doesn't count. You guys from the Shesheng Battalion should shut up and embarrass yourself here."
"Did anyone see her shot?"
"You are blind!"
"The more you ride, the more blind you become. The more you ride, the more blind you become."
"Go ahead, our captain fought the Huns with real weapons, unlike your captain..."
"Shut up!" Pei Mian, standing at the head of the team, ordered coldly. But he couldn't control the people in other positions, as people inside and outside the camp were talking about it.
Tong Yu, a captain of the Imperial Guard, stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, I've witnessed something similar happen before, but not with an apple, but a peach. With one shot, the skin and flesh remained intact, while the pit shattered into dust."
"Who?" Chu Mingzheng asked.
Tong Yu said, "The last General of the Imperial Guards was Lu Mingyuan, the eldest son of the former Marquis of Chengyang and the current Marquis of Chengyang's younger brother. General Lu said that wounds caused by high-speed spinning arrows are more lethal than ordinary wounds."
"Words are not enough!" Chu Mingzheng waved his hand. "If this is just a little game that the Lu siblings play at home, and they use it as a standard for military drill, wouldn't that make everyone laugh?"
The Archer Captain stood on the stage, feeling as embarrassed as if he were being whipped. He bowed and saluted, "The Marquis of Chengyang is indeed formidable. I lose."
After saying that, he turned around and walked off the stage.
Lu Mingyuan blocked his way and said calmly, "Your Majesty has decreed that a duel of arms determines victory or defeat. We were merely exchanging archery skills, so it doesn't count."
Then he looked at Chu Mingzheng and said, "Your Highness, continue!"
But the men watching the competition were not happy and a riot broke out in the men's section.
"Are you soldiers capable?" "What kind of training do you usually do?" "Letting the old, weak, sick and disabled serve in the army is a disgrace to us men." "..."
The dandies in the capital were not afraid of trouble either, and words like these were pouring out. Soldiers from various camps listened and were ready to attack, and the situation escalated.
To appease the crowd, Chu Mingzheng shouted, "Is there anyone in the army who can come out and demonstrate?"
No one responded.
Chu Mingzheng called out helplessly, "Captain of the Yue Cavalry, come up and give it a try?"
Pei Mian stepped onto the stage, and the atmosphere quieted down for a moment. He glanced at Lu Mingyuan, his expression also unsatisfactory, and bowed, "Since the Marquis of Chengyang shot nineteen apples, I will also use nineteen."
A basket of apples was thrown into the air again, and Pei Mian shot an arrow. The arrow flew straight into the sky and disappeared. One by one, the apples fell onto the men's table.
"Broken..."
"Broken..."
"..."
The men raised the broken apples in their hands and cheered happily.
The situation was temporarily under control and the competition continued.
The remaining troops were the Zhonglei Battalion, the Huqi Battalion, the Shesheng Battalion, the Huben Battalion, and the Yueqi Battalion. The five of them looked at each other, and finally the Huqi Battalion stood up.
The Huqi Camp, as the name suggests, was composed of Hu people, all of whom were tall and mighty. However, after witnessing the might of the Chengyang Marquis, he did not dare to be negligent and took up his usual scimitar to fight.
The remaining camps also began to select suitable weapons.
Scimitars, spears, long swords, and machetes were used one by one, and Lu Mingyuan defeated them one by one, with his bare hands. Only the last captain battalion, the Yueqi Battalion, remained on the stage.
The masters who came out of the Yueqi Camp looked at King Ningyuan and then at their own captain, and mustered up the courage to step forward to fight.
"Wait!" Song Wei stopped him and smiled at Chu Mingzheng. "Your Highness, everyone knows that among the eight captains in the capital, Captain Pei is unrivaled in martial arts and was once your most capable lieutenant. Your Highness, why don't you give him a try?"
Chu Mingzheng looked embarrassed. "That's not good. His Majesty has clearly stated that only ordinary soldiers in the army should be used. Besides, Junior Guard Song also said that Captain Pei was once my lieutenant general, and the sister of the Marquis of Chengyang is my princess consort. It's bound to be unfair."
"We all believe that Your Highness is upright and selfless. Why should Your Highness shirk responsibility?" Song Wei hadn't finished speaking when shouts echoed from below: "Captain Pei, Captain Pei..."
Chu Mingzheng signaled for the voice to stop and asked, "Captain Pei, are you willing to fight?"
How could he refuse when faced with so many people offering their heads to him? Pei Mian stepped onto the stage, bowed, and said, "Your humble servant is willing to fight."
"Alright then!" Chu Mingzheng said loudly, "For this final match, you will be replaced temporarily. To be fair, you must sign a military order. If you lose, you will be punished by military law."
Pei Mian said loudly: "This humble official is willing to sign a military order. If I lose, I am willing to receive a hundred military sticks."
"Okay!" Chu Mingzheng gave an order, and the last competition officially began.
Everyone held their breath and witnessed the victory.