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Chapter 62 Shooting Arrows!

The men took advantage of the guests and ate supper together.

If you are full of wine and food, you just need to exercise to digest food.

Hutou yelled loudly: "Archery! Archery!"

Everyone walked out of the cave, the contestants took their positions, and the audience sat in rows on the sidelines holding hot tea, waiting eagerly.

Pine Needle took out his proud weapon, a powerful sling made of cowhide, tendon, and hemp thread. It can throw stones a hundred steps away when fully charged. Its power is definitely not comparable to that of a small branch. Even a large beast has to howl when it is hit.

Of course, you don't need to think about the hit rate if you are a hundred steps away. There is no weapon that can accurately shoot a prey that far away, absolutely nothing!It's better to beat around with your eyes closed, a blind cat can occasionally run into a dead mouse.

If you want to take into account the hit rate, you need to shorten the distance between you and your prey.

The pine needles within [-] paces can be fully grasped, but if the pace exceeds [-] paces, it depends on the hand feeling of the day.

Considering the destructive power of the sling, the tree target might not be able to withstand it, so Zhang Tian found a big stone for him to use as a target.

Lin Yu must be praised for her ability to draw circles with her bare hands. Whether the five archery targets are made of wood or stone, the concentric circles she draws are almost the same size, which greatly ensures the fairness of the competition.

When Songzhen stood on the field, he realized that he didn't understand the rules at all.

He thought that the circle in "Shooting the Circle" should be at least as big as his head, but unexpectedly the smallest circle was not much bigger than his finger!
Then visually measure the distance, there are forty steps away!
Trying to shoot the tiniest circle is like trying to shoot a rabbit in the eye from forty paces away, and damn it!

The members of the Big Tree tribe who were watching the battle from the sidelines also noticed that the size of the target was much lower than expected, and discussed in whispers, all of them showed surprise, and then became worried about the performance of the pine needles.

Songzhen saw his opponents adopt weird shooting postures, without large-scale movements or super-long forward swings, just simply stretching their bows and nocking arrows, aiming at the target.

Seeing the sharp arrow clusters, compared with the stone in his hand, this kind of slender branch seems to be more suitable for precise strikes.

Although he is an excellent sling hunter, he has never been required to be accurate to the point in his usual practice. As long as he can hit the wooden target, no matter which point he hits, the destructive power of the sling is enough to tear the wooden target apart!
Pine Needle suddenly realized the difference between the sling and the bow and arrow, and her confidence suddenly became less sufficient.

He shook his head, threw out irrelevant thoughts, took a deep breath, picked up the stones at his feet and embedded them in the soft pocket made of tough cowhide, and grasped the long rope twisted with beef tendon and twine at both ends of the soft pocket.

Now is not the time to think about these things, he is engrossed in staring at the target in the distance, regardless of victory or defeat, he will go all out!

"Release the arrow! Release the arrow!"

Following Zhang Tian's order, Hutou and other four young men let go of their bowstrings at the same time, and the arrows flew past the eyes of the audience on the sidelines, followed by a crisp snap, and the four feathered arrows stably inserted into the tree target. Feather tail quivered slightly.

The people of the Great River Tribe applauded loudly.

Lin Yu and Xiao held the hemp rope, compared the number of rings on the target, and quickly tied the knot.

The two of them had just finished counting the scores for the first round, when they immediately heard a crackling sound, and the arrows of the second round came suddenly!

Hutou, relying on his skill and courage, didn't bother to aim for a long time. He drew his bow and fired quickly, and he shot three arrows in the blink of an eye.

Looking at Pine Needle again, his forward swing has not yet ended, and the sling is waved like a full moon above his head.

He aimed while accumulating strength, and then let go of a traction rope. The stone in the leather pocket immediately shot out along the tangential direction, making a sharp sound of breaking through the air, and hit the stone target with a bang. Knock up a strand of lime, leaving a shallow pit on the target.

"it is good!"

"Pretty!"

The people of the Big Tree Tribe raised their voices, not to be outdone.

However, this competition is not won by hitting the target. The only Song Guo who understood the rules looked at the target, and his face suddenly became uneasy.

There are four tree targets, of which the tiger head target has two arrows inserted in the smallest circle and one arrow inserted in the medium-sized circle.

He counted, according to the rules, it was equivalent to eight knots, and the other three also had five or six knots.

As for the pine needles... that hit just now was really brilliant, and the momentum was amazing, but it only hit the biggest circle and could only tie a knot.

What's more, the pinecone is clear, this shot has been considered a good performance, and if it is not good enough, it is very likely to miss the target.

When he was counting the points, Hutou shot two more arrows, both of which hit the bull's-eye, causing the audience on the sidelines to scream wildly, and even the people of the Big Tree Tribe looked sideways at him, and had to admit that this big guy had some strength.

Pinecone saw something deeper.

This weapon called a bow and arrow is not only highly accurate, but also has a concealed hand and a fast rate of fire. With one blow from the sling, the bow and arrow can shoot two arrows. If it shoots like a tiger's head quickly, it can even shoot three arrows!

He suddenly understood the superiority of bows and arrows in hunting.

Hutou shot all ten arrows first, and when he looked closely, only three arrows landed in the medium-sized circle, and the rest of the arrows fell in the smallest circle. Looking at the opponent again, he was far inferior to him!

As for the pine cones with slings, he didn't even bother to look at them. The men had already compared the two weapons in private. If slings were more useful, why would they replace them with bows and arrows?
After the first group shot, the second group went on to compete.

Pine Needle finished the competition almost at the same time as the second group of players. He felt his arms ache, and swinging the sling required a lot of physical strength. On the other hand, the archers of the Great River Tribe looked calm, as if shooting an arrow was as easy as drinking water.

He made eight of ten shots and only missed two times. He was very satisfied with his performance.

He and the second group of players walked to the target to collect the knots.

The stone target was full of potholes. He glanced roughly and found that most of the pits were located in the largest circle. He glanced at the tree target next to him, and his heart skipped a beat.

"Your knot."

Lin Yu handed him the rope full of knots, with a total of eleven knots.

Songzhen looked at the ropes of other contestants, immediately put her own rope into the folds of her coat, and walked towards the auditorium without saying a word.

The people from the Big Tree Tribe didn't understand the rules yet, and they didn't see the slightly disappointed look of Pine Needles. They gathered around and asked about the result, whether they won or lost.

Pine Needle smiled calmly: "Winning or losing is not important, friendship is the most important!"

Upon hearing this, everyone stopped asking questions and sat back on the sidelines, suddenly becoming extremely quiet.

The third group of players came on stage one after another.

Zhang Tian completed his warm-up on the sidelines and picked up his bow and arrow.

"Are you going too?" Lin Yu had never seen him archery, and knew nothing about his level: "How many points do you plan to get?"

"27 points."

Lin Yu was stunned for a moment, she did not expect that Zhang Tian would report a specific value, and it happened to be the score of Hutou, which showed his confidence more than the target full score.

Xiao laughed and said, "He's very good at archery. I even think he's better than Hutou. He just doesn't like to show off."

Lin Yu was slightly surprised, she looked at Zhang Tian, ​​and saw his body stretched out, his bow was like a full moon, and with the sound of "letting the arrow", the feathered arrow flew out!

(End of this chapter)