Riding a chopping horse and stepping into the world

Chapter 87 The Game Begins

"As a martial arts competition, there must naturally be some rules."

Standing on the high platform, Zhang Shun waved his hand towards the city wall. Two handymen on the wall put down a huge piece of white cloth and hung it on the city wall. The cloth was full of words, which was the purpose of the martial arts competition. regulations and rewards.

Biancheng County Martial Arts Tournament.

Competition time: every two months from this month on the 22nd.

Conditions for participating in the competition: You must be a soldier or a government servant.

Rules of the game: Soldiers participating in the game randomly draw a number, and the game will be played in pairs according to the order of the numbers to determine the winner. The winner will advance, and so on until the final winner is determined.

Precautions for the competition: No concealed weapons and poisons are allowed. The game ends when the match is over. After the opponent surrenders, no more attacks are allowed.The heaviest is seventy boards!
Competition Rewards:

No.1: 10 taels of silver.

No.2 to No.5: [-] taels of silver.

No.6 to ten: 2 taels of silver.

No.11 to 1: [-] tael of silver.

The moment the cloth on the city wall was put down, another person appeared on the city wall and began to announce the rules of the game loudly.

The person who notified him was none other than Zhang Shun's disciple, the current teacher, Qiao Shan.

After Qiao Shan finished his loud announcement, the people below were all talking, and the soldiers and government servants were also gearing up, all of them were very excited.

"10 taels of silver!"

"No. 20 will have one tael of silver!"

Zhang Shun gestured to Qiao Shan on the city wall again, and then sat on a chair on the high platform. Liu Yi and Guo Mingjian also sat down immediately, while Zhang Tie stood beside Zhang Shun, protecting Zhang Shun.

Today's Zhang Tie's dress is a bit special. He is wearing a Taoist robe, which is the best equipment obtained during the Princess Pingan incident.

He also only wears the Pojun and the small steel shield on the weapon, and neither the longbow nor the Eternal Armor, which is usually attached to his body, is worn.

Looking at the small map from time to time, Zhang Tie stood beside Zhang Shun expressionlessly, observing the excited soldiers below.

"when!"

A gong sounded from the city wall, attracting everyone's attention. The person who beat the gong was naturally Qiao Shan on the city wall.

"Now, soldiers and government servants who want to participate in the competition can go to the wooden barrel in the center of the martial arts field to draw a number one by one, and then go to the front to register their name and the number drawn. The time is only a stick of incense, please hurry up! gone."

After saying this, Qiao Shan stepped aside, waiting for the soldiers to draw their numbers.

As soon as the soldiers below heard that they only had one stick of incense left, they all walked to the middle of the field, drew a number plate, and then reported their names and numbers to the collector on the side.

One after another, people came forward to draw number plates, and soon after a stick of incense, there were about [-] people who signed up for the competition.

Among them, 150 soldiers from the North Gate Barracks all participated in this competition. The number of participants from the other three barracks was very small, less than 50 people participated, and the remaining 100 people were all Yamen servants.

Most of the people who knew that there was no result gave up the opportunity to sign up, and only a few people signed up.

And most of those who signed up wanted to take this opportunity to exercise themselves. If they were lucky, the opponents drawn were all weak, and they might even get a bonus.

Yan Beichen played with the number plate in his hand, looking at Zhang Tie on the high platform, his eyes were full of curiosity.The number plates are all made of ordinary wooden plates, with twelve written on them with a brush (I know that in ancient times, ten-twos were used, but to save trouble).

As soon as the time came, a handyman came forward to carry away the wooden box and table, while the recording staff took the list to the high platform and handed it to Qiao Shan who came down from the city wall.

The list is filled in order, and all the order of the battle is clear at a glance.

Qiao Shan took the list, and first glanced at Zhang Shun, who happened to be looking at him, and nodded to him, meaning that Qiao Shan should start hosting the game.

With a light cough, Qiao Shan strode forward and came to the center of the arena. Facing the list, he called out loudly the two people who were going to compete.

"No. [-] Wang Daniu, No. [-] Xiang Yang, please come to the martial arts field and get your own convenient wooden weapons from the weapon rack."

"Ning Youchu on the [-]rd and Wu Lin on the [-]th please get ready."

Now because the venue is limited, and it is held very suddenly, we can only come one by one. However, a contest does not take much time. It is different from any contest on the blue planet. Do not attack.

A martial arts contest here does not even take a bowl of tea (15 minutes), and the match can be over within half a cup of tea (5 minutes) at most.

After a while, the two people who were called each took their own weapons, both of which were wooden sticks, the one on the left was No. [-], and the one on the right was No. [-].

When both of them reached the center of the martial field, Qiao Shan came between them, raised his right hand high, and gave them a serious look, "I'll repeat the rules, it's forbidden to insert eyes and pull out crotch, kill or maim, etc. Yes, just click it!"

Qiao Shan slashed down with his right hand, and shouted the word "beginning" at the same time. After finishing speaking, he immediately retreated and came to the bottom of the high platform.

The two people in the arena should also be acquaintances, they hugged each other as a greeting, they both tightened their horse steps, moved their steps slowly, and pulled each other into the distance.

The sticks in their hands are placed steadily in front of them, and they look like they can attack at any time, obviously they all have a certain foundation in martial arts.

When the distance was only ten feet away, both sides shot almost at the same time, and the wooden sticks in their hands swept towards each other.

A dull sound of 'Boom' sounded, and the two wooden sticks hit each other in mid-air, and were immediately retracted by the owners of both sides. The speed of No. [-] on the right retracting the stick was obviously much slower.

No. [-] Wang Daniu took advantage of his speed, and immediately followed up with a backhand stick again. No. [-]'s Xiang Yang was still in the backhand, so he could only hold the wooden stick horizontally in front, blocking No. [-]'s attack.

As the saying goes, a slight loss is a thousand miles away. Once you are passive, you can only be passive forever, and it is difficult to have a chance to come back.

Not everyone is the protagonist, that is a novel, compiled by the author. In reality, there are not so many opportunities for comeback, and others are not fools.

No. [-] hit the wooden stick in No. [-]'s hand one after another, forcing No. [-] to retreat step by step. Under the constant attacks, No. [-]'s hand holding the wooden stick was visibly trembling.

There is an old saying that if you defend for a long time, you will lose. No. [-] Wang Daniu made another heavy sweep and hit No. [-] Xiangyang's wooden stick directly.

This time, No. [-] Xiangyang failed to block No. [-]'s attack like the previous few times. The wooden stick in his hand was directly slapped on No. [-]'s chest under No. [-]'s heavy sweep.

No. [-] Xiangyang was directly knocked down by this blow, and the wooden stick in his hand rolled to the side. At the same time, No. [-] stepped forward and pointed the end of the wooden stick at No. [-] who was lying on the ground.

Number two lying on the ground looked at the wooden stick in front of him, sighed and let out a breath, slowly raised his right hand, and said at the same time: "I admit defeat."

Number [-] put away the wooden stick, came to Number [-], stretched out his right hand, and smiled slightly, "You have made great progress! Xiangyang, that's good."

Grabbing Wang Daniu's hand, Xiang Yang stood up, and a group of people hung down on Wang Daniu's chest, "Well, you Wang Daniu, you strike really hard, you don't even give me a chance to fight back."

And when No. [-] Xiangyang raised his hand to admit defeat, Qiao Shan under the high platform picked up a bunch of writing brushes on the table and drew a stroke on No. [-]'s name. After putting down the pens, he came to the middle of the martial arts field again.

"The first game is over, the winner is No. [-] Wang Daniu, please leave the game."

"Next is No. [-] Ning Youchu and No. [-] Wu Lin. The first two go on stage after holding their weapons on the weapon rack."

"Also please Zhang Kaihua on the [-]th and Cai Wen on the [-]th get ready."

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(End of this chapter)