As the second round of the exam did not consume too much energy, the third round of the exam would begin the next day.
This round of the exam still tested archery, but it was changed from foot archery to riding archery. This increased the difficulty by quite a bit.
Don't think that riding a horse and shooting is an easy task. To draw a bow and arrow on a bumpy horse and accurately hit the target, it is definitely impossible without more than ten years of hard work.
Even the nomadic people who were famous for their archery and horse riding didn't mean that any random person was good at riding and archery.
Basically, only the elites in the army were good at riding and archery. They usually had to train for several years.
Moreover, he had to understand one thing. Whether or not he knew riding archery and whether or not he could shoot accurately were two completely different things!
Therefore, this round of the exam was considered serious!
Zhang Dingguo's riding and archery skills were the weakest among all his skills.
After all, his predecessor was a southerner. It was already good enough for him to ride a horse well. If he wanted to be proficient in riding and archery, that would be a little greedy!
Of course, it wasn't that he didn't know riding archery. It was just that his accuracy couldn't be guaranteed.
Fortunately, due to the difficulty of riding archery, the head examiner did not make things too difficult for the examinees. He only required them to reach the standard of five out of ten on targets that were eighty steps (about a hundred meters) away.
Furthermore, Zhang Dingguo had also thought of a small method to improve his riding and archery skills after some consideration.
Although he didn't have the chance to experiment, according to his assumption, this principle was definitely not a problem.
It was also worth mentioning that the little Yang Youji did not deny the bet and sent over the 50 strings of gambling money before dinner.
However, because fifty strings of copper coins were too much, he sent five ingots of silver.
Strictly speaking, silver did not officially become legal currency until the Ming Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, due to the low production of silver, there was not enough silver to be used as a currency.
However, as a precious metal, the value of silver was still recognized, so Zhang Dingguo did not stubbornly want copper coins.
Moreover, for some reason, the production of silver in this world was abnormally high? Although the imperial court had yet to officially make silver legal currency, judging from the amount of circulation among the people, silver was already legal currency. Even the imperial court used a large amount of silver in actual work.
As such, Zhang Dingguo gladly accepted the 50 silver taels as a wager!
"Zhang Dingguo, do you dare to compete with me again?”
Although this young Yang Youji had admitted defeat, it did not mean that he had admitted defeat. He was unwilling to give up and wanted to compete again.
"Why not? Do you want to use tomorrow's results in riding and archery to compete?”
"That's right! How about we compete tomorrow with ten strings as the prize?”
"Humph! If you want to come, then come. Who's afraid of who?"
Even though Zhang Dingguo was not good at riding and archery, he still agreed to compete again.
Since he had already won fifty taels of silver, it would not be a loss even if he lost ten taels.
We can't back down on this matter of face, especially when the other party is looking for trouble with us!
"By the way, how should I address this brother? Don't send me so much money without knowing your name. That would be too bad.”Zhang Dingguo felt that although this person was a little annoying, his manliness was still worthy of recognition. That was why he asked.
"Humph! It was still unknown who would win or lose! I am a Jingzhou cultivator with lofty aspirations. Farewell!" (No wonder he was called Little Yang Youji. So his surname is Yang. Could he really be the descendant of Yang Youji?)）
After saying his name, Yang Zhuang Zhi left angrily.
Zhang Dingguo did not even say a few harsh words, let alone personally sending the guests off...
The night was quiet. After a night of rest, Zhang Dingguo was able to participate in the third round of the examination in high spirits.
Perhaps it was because Zhang Dingguo's performance in the first two rounds was too outstanding that there were many onlookers around the examination hall. Most of them were high-ranking military officers. One look and one could tell that they were not here to kill time.
However, Zhang Dingguo did not care about this. It was just a few more spectators. What's the big deal?
However, the mental fortitude of the others might not be as good as Zhang Dingguo's!
Before Zhang Dingguo went on stage, there were nearly a hundred people who had completed the examination. However, the passing rate was really too appalling.
Although the sudden appearance of many military bigwigs would indeed increase the pressure for some reason. However, it shouldn't be to the extent that there wasn't even a 10% passing rate, right? Out of more than 90 people, seven had actually passed.
And for some reason, seven or eight examinees actually experienced the tragedy of missing all ten arrows!
If it wasn't for Yang Zhi Zhi's appearance and the fact that he managed to hit the target with all ten arrows to ease the depressing atmosphere, many of the military bigwigs would have left the scene in disappointment!
However, Yang Zhizhi's archery skills were indeed not bad. It was not possible for an ordinary person to hit all ten arrows.
It was also because of this good result that Yang Zhuangzhi deliberately looked in Zhang Dingguo's direction with a provocative look when he left the stage.
It was a pity that Zhang Dingguo did not notice it because he was too far away…
Since the exams were held at the same time in several shooting ranges, the military bigwigs did not have to wait for too long before it was Zhang Dingguo's turn.
What was worth noting was that even though the test this time was about riding and archery, Zhang Dingguo still borrowed the three-picul bow from Quan Shancai. Unlike ordinary people, who would switch to a less powerful bow when riding a horse. After all, when riding on a horse, compared to the stable ground, it would be more difficult to draw a bow of the same power.
"It's a pity that it's not a good horse!”
After all, this was just an examination. Of course, there was no one to ride Zhang Dingguo.
"Ready, begin!"
Following the invigilator's order, Zhang Dingguo rode his horse and rushed out.
Soon, they were approaching the first target.
The main point of riding an arrow was to find the most balanced and stable moment on the bumpy horse's back and shoot the arrow at that moment.
This timing was when the horse was running. Although it rose and fell, there was a pattern to it. Basically, every time the horse jumped to the highest point, there would be a moment of stagnation in the air. At this moment, the rider would also remain still in the vertical direction. When shooting arrows at this time, the arrows would not be affected by the jolting of the horse's back, so the accuracy could be guaranteed.
It was just that this was easy to say, but it was difficult to do. Otherwise, more than 90% of the nearly 100 people would not have been eliminated.
However, Zhang Dingguo thought of a way, or rather, an opportunistic way. That was to directly use the Golden Goose Skill to make Zhang Dingguo's body float a little on the horse.
Although he was only floating a little bit and could not stay there for a long time, Zhang Dingguo's body was not much more stable than when he was standing on the ground. Moreover, he could grasp the timing himself and did not need to block the fleeting opportunity.
So with a whoosh, the first target was hit by the arrow, and it hit the bullseye again…
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