After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 7
Sitting in the tent, Meng Di smiled and listened to Peng Ji and others happily talking about what they had seen and heard on the road.It was only then that everyone knew that Mo Cheng was also a general who commanded hundreds of troops, and now they had found a backer.

"From now on, I'm going to call General Mo, don't let me do anything, I know." Peng Ji was very dissatisfied with everyone being so casual.

Others have already been counting the rewards with their fingers, and even Gan Ying, who is usually reticent, is eagerly thinking about whether she can get rid of her identity as a craftsman this time.

"Brother Meng, will I give you a title?" Li smiled and leaned over, "This battle is not small."

"Nobility?" Meng Di said nothing, gently stroking the bandaged left arm. He offended Bai Bing as soon as he entered the camp. It would be good not to be questioned. Didn't you see a group of guards watching outside?
Only then did the people realize that Mengdi was injured, and they hurriedly gathered around and asked what was going on.While talking, a soldier came in and told Meng Di to go out to compete with arrows.

"Competing arrows!" Everyone was taken aback, didn't they come to reward them?

"Brother Meng is injured, how can he compare arrows?"

"Compared to whom?"

"General Bai Bingbai."

Touching his nose, Meng Di smiled wryly, and he really came.

When they arrived in the field, all the generals had arrived.The army respects the strong and likes to play games the most. Although the surrounding soldiers stood quietly, they couldn't hide the excitement in their eyes.

Mo Cheng was helped up to meet him, and he saw the cloth strips tied on Meng Di's left arm at a glance. He didn't know about the kidnapping of Bai Bing.This matter has been banned in the army, and no one dares to mention it.

"How did you get hurt?"

Meng Di smiled slightly, "It's okay."

When he came to Dou Xin, Dou Xin looked at Meng Di's left arm, frowned, and said: "Meng Di, General Bai wants to test your archery skills, if you win, you can be a soldier and take the lead. , what do you think?"

Meng Di followed Dou Xin's gaze, and Bai Bing was already standing on the chariot with his bow in full dress.Because it is a competition of archery, a light cart with two horses is used. Apart from Bai Bing, there is only one driver in the cart.

A soldier is still the master of a team, this is a real noble treatment, all the disciples are very excited, Peng Ji is even more envious.He didn't notice the mocking eyes of the soldiers on the sidelines.

Dou Xin added: "General Bai's archery skills have been passed down from Mr. Yang Youji, and no one in the army can match it. If you think you are invincible, you can directly admit defeat."

Mo Cheng said from the side: "My lord, brother Meng's arm is injured, can we compete after the injury has healed?"

"Is it really hurt or dare not compare? I said Mo Cheng, didn't you blow him up just now? Why are you afraid now?"

Dou Xin also looked at Meng Di with consulting eyes.

"Lord Dou, Di is willing to compete with General Bai, but can the conditions be changed?"

"Oh? How do you want to change it?"

There was a sneer from the side: "I don't know how to praise, it seems that you haven't figured out the situation yet, how dare you expect to win?"

All the generals also shook their heads and sighed.

Meng Di was unmoved, and said calmly: "If Di wins by chance, I would like to be a cavalryman."

"Cavalry? So you want to be a scout? That's up to you. The chariot and the driver are ready, board the chariot quickly."

"My lord, since Di is willing to be a cavalryman, it is natural to compete on horseback, so there is no need to drive."

When this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar.

In this era, especially in the south of the Yangtze River such as Chu Wu, cavalry is completely a supporting role, and one cart can be used as ten cavalry.The main reason is that there is no saddle and no bow, and ordinary knights can't shoot bows on horseback at all, so scouts are equipped with short bows, and they have to stop their horses to shoot arrows.

Peng Ji and the others had long learned from the fifth and sixth children that Meng Di could shoot and shoot on horseback, so they were not surprised.It's just that the opponent's archery skills are extremely good, and now that Mengdi is injured again, he can't help but feel a little worried.

Ten targets are set up on the field. According to the rules, the contestants drive their cars from one end to the other. During the process of driving, they have to shoot ten arrows.

Bai Bing maintained his courage and set the target a hundred paces away.With such a distance, not to mention shooting while moving at high speed, even standing up and shooting can be called a master.

With an order, the two-horse chariot rushed out. The driver was very fair, and the chariot flew past, leaving no time for Bai Bing to aim.

Bai Bing stood on the carriage majestically, unhurriedly drew the feathered arrow from his back, and drew the bow casually, his movements were like flowing clouds and flowing water.

Arrows flew out non-stop, and the chariot had stopped in a blink of an eye. Everyone looked intently, and the arrow hit the target.After a while, a soldier came to report, and all ten arrows hit the bull's-eye.

Instantly the field was boiling, and Dou Xin stroked his long beard, nodded with a smile, and praised: "As expected of a sharpshooter."

Bai Bing turned back triumphantly amidst the cheers of the crowd, squinted at Meng Di, and sneered, "How?"

"General Bai is very good at archery."

"Hahahaha." Bai Bing laughed loudly when he heard the sound, "Admit defeat now, obediently be your apprentice, I have a large number of generals, and I won't blame you."

Meng Di didn't say much, and lightly clamped the horse's belly, and the horse jumped out.

The targets have all been changed, Meng Di holds the bow in his left hand, and draws out four feathered arrows with his right hand, shooting them like beads.He drew out four more feathered arrows and shot them again without stopping.

Holding the last two feathered arrows in his hands, he did not shoot for some reason, until he was running out of bounds, he suddenly leaned on the horse's back and fired continuously.

Everyone looked at the target, but there was not a single feathered arrow.Is it all in vain, not even hitting the target?After being stunned for a while, the sound of ridicule flooded in like a tide. Facing the mocking eyes, the disciples couldn't lift their heads in shame.

Douxin also looked at Mo Cheng in surprise.

Only Meng Di looked calmly, looking at the field indifferently.

After a while, the soldier reported: "There is no arrow on the target. But..."

"but what?"

"There are holes in all ten bull's-eyes." The soldier replied hesitantly.

Everyone is quiet, what do you mean?The half-finger-thick wooden boards have been penetrated?

"Impossible!" The first person to shout out was Bai Bing, and the others also echoed, how could it be possible to shoot through the wooden board with a hundred steps?

"Bring up the target."

"Yes."

The archery targets were brought over, and there was a hole in each bull's-eye. At this moment, everyone's eyes on Meng Di changed.

Meng Di smiled wryly. Just now, he knew that he had suffered a lot. When he shot the last two arrows, the wound on his left arm was cracked, and he almost couldn't hold the bow.I had to rely on the strength of my body to resist the bow before I could barely shoot, but fortunately I didn't miss it.

Only Mo Cheng noticed that Meng Di was sweating profusely, and his arms were soaked with blood, and hurried over and asked, "The wound is open?"

"Yes."

"Quick, go back and pack it first."

Just when everyone was immersed in astonishment, the horn sounded suddenly, and a soldier came to report: "Master Ling Yin is here."

"Quickly, open the gate of the camp, all the generals will come with me to meet you." Dou Xin came back to his senses, and hurriedly ordered.

Although Nang Wa reprimanded Dou Xin, he also knew that Dou Xin's [-] chariots, as the front army, were placed by the Huai River, and they were very important to the battle situation, so he came to supervise the army in person.

A group of more than ten chariots filed in through the gate of the camp. Douxin and others had already stood at the gate and waited, and hurriedly followed after seeing this.A group of people were going straight to the big tent of the Chinese army, but they saw a lot of excitement along the way, so they called Dou Xin to ask and found out why.

"Is this person the apprentice who went south from the Wu army?" Nang Wa sat in the car and asked in a rambling voice.

Douxin hurriedly brought Mengdi up to meet him.

"Didn't you say that you are competing with the general Bai Bing? Who wins?"

"Master Ling Yin, both of us hit the bull's-eye, and there is no winner." Bai Bing took a step forward and replied.

Everyone secretly slandered, but they had to admit that according to the rules, it was indeed a draw.

"Oh? Unexpectedly, there is such a character among the apprentices, who can be evenly matched with General Bai Bing, who is the best archer in the three armies?"

Nangwa squinted his eyes and said lightly, unable to tell whether it was a compliment or a derogation.

"Lord Ling Yin, the target is a dead thing after all, since the outcome is hard to tell, the general is willing to fight with this person!" Bai Bing gritted his teeth and said loudly.

Everyone was in an uproar, and everyone could see that Mengdi's left arm was soaked in blood, and he couldn't hold the bow at all.

Nangwa nodded slightly, "Yes."

Mo Cheng hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Lord Ling Yin, brother Meng suffered from an arm injury and cannot hold a bow. This battle is unfair!"

"Huh? Presumptuous, kid surnamed Mo, your father doesn't dare to speak like this here. Could it be that he thinks I won't blame you?"

Dou Xin quickly grabs Mo Cheng, throwing all his power into the court. Once he is hated, his family will be destroyed in a blink of an eye.

Zi Chang motioned for someone to lead the way to the competition venue, but Dou Xin had no choice but to keep up, while ordering to fetch and remove the feathered arrows.

Nangwa snorted, and said, "Go to the arrowhead, the real sword and the real gun will come."

Isn't this about Meng Di's life?Douxin already understood at this time that Nangwa's move was to scare the chickens and monkeys, and to show himself.

Alas, Douxin held down Mo Cheng desperately, and let out a long sigh, it's a pity that he has such a good skill.

Meng Di stood on the sidelines, cupped his hands and said: "Di is willing to admit defeat."

"Admit defeat? How can there be such a simple thing? Whether you avoid the battle or win, all the disciples will be executed."

(End of this chapter)