Daming: At the beginning, recognize Zhu Yuanzhang as grandfather!

Chapter 123 Lose with dignity!
shoot!
This is one of the six arts of a gentleman.

Among them, there are five kinds of shooting skills, namely: Baiya, Shenlian, Yanzhu, Xiangchi, and Jingyi.

White Arrow: The arrow turns white when the arrow passes through the target, indicating that the arrow is accurate and powerful.

Shenlian: put one arrow in front, and the three arrows in the back go in succession, the arrows belong to each other, like connecting beads.

Yan Note: It refers to the disease caused by the arrow, the time of aiming is short, and the arrow hits the target immediately.

Xiangchi: The minister and the emperor shoot, the minister and the emperor stand side by side, and let the emperor retreat with one foot.

Well instrument: The four arrows are coherent and all hit the target.

"Shooting Ceremony" in the Spring and Autumn Period was not a simple martial arts competition to show archery skills, but was defined as a "gentlemen's battle", a method of self-cultivation and cultivation of gentleman's demeanor.

Competition and self-cultivation seem to be in conflict, but they are the perfect combination of ancient "shooting".

From the content of shooting meaning, we can see that "shooting" is to tell the shooter to be calm, not obsessed with winning or losing the game, and to reflect on himself.

This kind of "contest" neither has the ugliness of tearing the skin, nor the false flattery with a grudge, and everywhere shows the demeanor and posture that a gentleman should have, which can be described as extremely beautiful.

Zhu Di proposed five shots when he couldn't get off the stage, which can be regarded as a very clever way to deal with it.

Moreover, Zhu Di also took advantage of the situation to pull Zhu Xiongying in, causing Zhu Xiongying, who was going to fight and watch the fire from the other side, to get angry.

He and Seventeen have been training horseback riding skills since they were young, and the two are now stationed at the border, killing enemies on the battlefield, and of course archery skills are no longer a problem.

Comparing the two of them, maybe they can be evenly matched.

But now that Zhu Xiongying is brought in, isn't this bullying?
Because Zhu Xiongying has been living among the people since he was eight years old, it is not bad to be able to read well, let alone learn martial arts, after all, he is poor and rich in martial arts.

Zhu Di's words made all eyes fall on Zhu Xiongying.

At this time, the Huaixi military generals headed by Lan Yu also saw the situation here, and surrounded them one after another.

"Why, don't you dare?"

Zhu Di looked at Zhu Xiongying with a smile on his face.

Before Zhu Xiongying could speak, Lan Yu stepped forward: "King Yan, I'll compete with you! I want to see how strong the King Yan, who followed me back then, is today!"

Back in the Northern Expedition, Lan Yu was in command, and King Yan was the deputy commander.

It can be said that many of King Yan's skills were learned from Lan Yu, especially in the wars in the bitter cold places in the north.

Of course, King Yan also knew that Lan Yu was the crown prince's diehard loyalist. Now that the crown prince had passed away and the grandson was in power, it was only natural for Lan Yu to protect the grandson with all her strength.

Lan Yu's disturbance made King Yan helpless.

However, he still wanted to make some sarcasm, after all, it was Zhu Xiongying who made it, but Sapphire ended it.

But before he could say anything, Zhu Xiongying said, "Okay, I'll compete with you!"

"Your Highness..."

Lan Yu still wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Zhu Xiongying: "General Lan, step back!"

"oops!"

Lan Yu sighed anxiously, approached Zhu Xiongying, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, how can you compete with him in archery? Let me do it, Your Highness, you can't beat him!"

"I know you want to show your strength in front of King Yan, but there is no need to do this, everything must be done according to your ability!"

Zhu Xiongying didn't bother to say more.

He couldn't say that he had been signed by the Qinhuai River for ten years, and that he had already completed all the skills. When it comes to archery, he said that he was second, and no one dared to be number one.

Zhu Xiongying turned a deaf ear to Lan Yu's words, but looked at Zhu Di and Zhu Quan, and said, "Since there is a competition, how about we add some glory?"

"Oh?"

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile, "Of course, what about you, Old Seventeen!"

Of course Zhu Quan was happy, he wanted to show off for a long time, now that the emperor's grandson is off, and the audience is watching, of course he will follow to the end, he grinned and said: "Okay! If Your Highness wants to add some glory, I, King Ning, will follow to the end !"

Hearing this, Zhu Xiongying also laughed, and said: "I have heard for a long time that the sons of the fourth uncle and the seventeenth uncle are the most elite warriors in our Ming Dynasty. how?"

"people?"

Both Zhu Di and Zhu Quan were slightly taken aback.

Zhu Xiongying smiled and said: "That's right, the seventeenth uncle's Duoyan and three guards are all brave and skilled fighters, and the fourth uncle's capable people are also countless, but I am most optimistic about the fourth uncle's left guard Zhang Fu, the three of us uncles and nephews Let's compare, win, how about Uncle Seventeen's Duoyan Sanwei warrior, and Zhang Fu, mine?"

"Ah--"

Zhu Di laughed. Of course he knew Zhang Fu's potential. He was the eldest son of Zhang Yu, the commander of the left guard of Yanshan.

The father and son belonged to him, and he was very optimistic about the two father and son, especially Zhang Fu.

It's just that Zhang Fu has not yet had the opportunity to make military exploits, so Zhu Di brought him by his side as a guard. Once he has the opportunity, he believes that Zhang Fu will definitely become his reliable right-hand man.

But Zhu Di is very strange, Zhang Fu's reputation is not obvious now, how did the grandson of the emperor know that he is a piece of jade in the rough?

Just thinking about it, Zhu Xiongying smiled and said, "Why, don't you dare?"

Zhu Xiongying returned to Zhu Di what Zhu Di said just now, which made Zhu Di smile and asked, "Then who is your Highness?"

Zhu Xiongying spit out two words lightly: "Tie Xuan!"

Hearing this, Zhu Di was slightly taken aback.

Of course, he had heard of Tie Xuan.

Born in Guozisheng, he is both civil and military. When he was serving as the governor's mansion, he solved many unresolved unresolved cases.

This person is indeed a young talent.

If he can get it, the two young men, Zhang Fu and Zhang Fu, will become his right-hand men in the near future.

He also did not expect that the grandson of the emperor would actually take out such a young talent. This is indeed a good prize, so he has no reason to refuse.

But... this approach is still stupid!

Because, I, Zhu Di, will win!
Zhu Di was proud in his heart, but kept his face calm, and said with a smile: "I agree with the grandson's proposal, what about you, old seventeen?"

"I?"

Zhu Quan grinned: "Of course I...followed! Haha..."

"it is good!"

Zhu Xiongying waved his hand and said to the left and right: "Get ready!"

"Yes!"

The left and right led the way to prepare the props needed for the five shots...

On the other side, the gathered Huaixi generals shook their heads slightly and sighed.

Chang Sheng shook his head and said, "The grandson of the emperor used to look very stable, why can't he be stable today?"

Jingchuanhou Cao Zhen answered, "That's right, His Royal Highness has never even been on the battlefield. How can he compare with King Ning? Let alone King Yan!"

Everyone said what they said to each other, and they didn't mean to be optimistic about Zhu Xiongying.

"enough!"

Lan Yu snorted lightly: "Stop moaning and sighing so damn fast, think of a way to make His Highness lose more decently in a while!"

(End of this chapter)