Although the winter night is relatively long, it was quickly driven away by the early morning. Liu Xun was screaming and sleeping, but Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun rushed over to wake him up. Liu Xun had to get up, washed briefly, and after breakfast, he rushed to the school with his father and others.
Liu Xun is going to participate in the archery competition today. Liu Xun is still very confident in his archery skills. I heard that Huang Zhong, Jingzhou's number one marksman, did not come to participate in the archery competition, and Liu Xun was even more confident.
The rule of this archery is that the target is a hundred steps away from the archer, and each person shoots ten arrows in a row. The one who hits the most bullseye wins. If the results are the same, the game will be added until the first and second place are determined. The four who entered the archery finals were Liu Xun, Cai Bao, Zhang Yi, and Gan Ba. Cai Bao is the son of Cai Hao, and Zhang Yi is the son of Zhang Xian, a great family in Jingzhou. Gan Ba is the son of the famous general Gan Ning.
Liu Biao was very happy to see that the finalists were young people, and said loudly: "It's really a tiger father without a dog, I have someone to succeed in Jingzhou." Liu Bei nodded and said yes.
Bows and arrows are a very important weapon for marching wars. The bow is composed of elastic bow arms and flexible bowstrings; arrows include arrows, shafts and feathers. The arrow is made of copper or iron, the pole is made of bamboo or wood, and the feather is the feather of a eagle or eagle.
Liu Xun knows that although archery requires skill, arm strength is the first condition. When shooting arrows, the environment and wind speed at the time should be considered, and appropriate adjustments should be made according to the actual situation. When shooting an arrow, the arrow needs to be placed on the outside of the archer. Because even a skilled archer cannot avoid that the rebound speed of the bowstring is much higher than the speed at which the fingers straighten when the string is released, so it will produce side-slip rolling. Such an arrow can effectively reduce such errors.
Liu Xun was the first to shoot. Liu Xun recalled these skills in his mind. Then he shot ten arrows in a row with confidence, and the arrows hit the bullseye. Everyone applauded in unison, no accident, the first place was won.
Seeing his son's wonderful performance, Liu Bei exclaimed. Liu Bei thought, Liu Xun showed himself on this important occasion in Jingzhou, and he could further enhance the prestige of our army among Jingzhou scholars, so he was extremely happy.
Liu Biao's eyes widened, thinking about how his two sons were too unwilling to compete with Liu Xun.
The other three contestants are also over. Both Zhang Yi and Cai Bao shot eight arrows, but Ganba made a mistake in the match and only shot seven arrows. So Zhang Yi and Cai Bao competed for second place. Both Zhang Yi and Cai Bao are family members, and they have been spoiled since childhood and did not know how to be modest. Before the game started, the two quarreled. I saw Cai Bao, who was bloated, slammed the bow and punched Zhang Yi. Zhang Yi was relatively thin and could not withstand such a blow. He was knocked to the ground immediately, blood drenched, and weeping.
Seeing that his son had been beaten, Zhang Xian was furious and went straight to argue with Cai Hao. Cai Hao said nonchalantly, children are playing around, adults shouldn't be mixed up. And Liu Biao, because his wife is Cai Yuan's sister, also turned towards Cai's house. Liu Biao discouraged Zhang Xian from making matters worse, and also proposed that the government pay for medical expenses.
Zhang Xian resented Liu Biao for protecting the Cai family, but he had no choice but to take his son away with him. Since then, Zhang Xian has become enemies with Liu Biao.
Because of such unpleasant things, the afternoon hunting activities were also cancelled. It is ridiculous that such a thing happened.
In the afternoon, Liu Biao hosted a banquet in the back hall of Liu Bei, Liu Xun, Zhang Fei, Zhang Yun and others.
After drinking for three rounds, Liu Biao raised his glass and said: "Every morning's things made everyone laugh." After speaking, he snorted with tears in his eyes.
When Liu Bei saw it, he asked, "What happened to Brother Jing Sheng?"
Liu Biao sighed and said, "I have something to ask my virtuous brother. Although my eldest son Liu Qi is virtuous, but very cowardly. The youngest son born to his wife, Cai, is called Liu Cong, who is more intelligent. Etiquette and law; if the power is handed over to Liu Qi, and the military power is controlled by the Cai family, disasters will inevitably occur. After thinking about it, let Liu Qi guard Xiangyang. With the help of a virtuous brother, I will be relieved."
Liu Bei said, "Brother don't worry, we will protect Liu Qi."
Liu Biao’s wife was hiding behind the screen and listening to Liu Biao and Liu Bei’s conversation. Hearing that Liu Biao entrusted Liu Qi to Liu Bei, he was very angry. She thought that Liu Bei was surrounded by fierce generals, who happened to be able to annex Jingzhou under the name of Liu Qi. Jingzhou was definitely not Liu Bei's opponent, so she decided to kill Liu Bei and Liu Qi.
Mrs. Cai invited her brothers Cai Tao, Cai Zhong, and Cai He to discuss countermeasures together.
"Quickly cut the mess, while they are still in Jiangling, don't kill Liu Bei and Liu Qi all tonight." Cai Hao yelled first.
"But there are fierce generals such as Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei around them, so it's not easy to start," Cai He was still worried.
"Don't be afraid of this, no matter how fierce it is, we can't beat our thousands of troops", Cai Zhong seemed very confident.
"Okay, let's do it like this. I'll entangle the lord first, and when Liu Bei and the others are asleep, you will act by chance," Madam Cai added.
After drinking, Liu Bei, Liu Xun and others returned to their residence drunk. As he walked, Liu Xun's right eyelid kept twitching, with an ominous premonition.
Liu Xun said his worries, Liu Bei patted Liu Xun, and said, "Xun'er don't think too much, take a good rest, and I will return to Xiangyang tomorrow."
Liu Xun still urged Zhao Yun to protect Liu Bei carefully.
Liu Xun returned to the room, already very tired, and soon fell asleep. I don't know how long it took, Liu Xun vaguely felt that someone was calling him. Suddenly opened his eyes and opened the door. I saw Yiji rushing over and whispered, "Hurry up and inform Liu Huangshu that Cai Wei is leading the army to kill Liu Huangshu and run away."
Liu Xun hurried to knock on the door, shouted Liu Bei, Zhao Yun, etc., and told what Yiji had said.
"Damn, dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head", Zhang Fei scolded and rushed out with a weapon. He was stopped by Liu Xun. Liu Xun said, “Now we are on other people’s turf, and I am a sword, I am a fish, and it is important to protect the lord’s life. The lord can lend me the horse, and they will think that the horse riding Luma is the lord. We split up and headed in two directions. Run. So the lord can safely escape back to Xiangyang."
Liu Bei still wanted to decline. Liu Xun said loudly: "The lord is the foundation of our army. We can't leave the lord. Now is not the time to hesitate.
Liu Xun rode Luma to escape to the west gate, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others rode to protect Liu Bei and Liu Qi and ran to the east gate.
Cai Yuan's army knew that Liu Bei was riding the "Lu Ma", and they all chased the rider Lu Ma together.
Liu Xun rode a horse for more than ten miles to the west, and a big stream blocked the way. The Tanxi River is several meters wide, and the water flows through the Xiangjiang River. It does not freeze in winter and is still rough. It seemed that he couldn't make it through, and Liu Xun wanted to rein in his horse to go back, only to see the enemy army rushing to this side.
Liu Xun yelled, "Could it be that I am going to die here today!" Then he drove the horse into the stream. The horseshoe suddenly appeared in the stream, and Liu Xun's clothes were wet. Liu Xun thought, even if he was buried in the valley, don't be caught by them. Just as Liu Xun was desperate, the "Luma" suddenly rose from the water, jumped three feet, and flew to the West Bank.
After Liu Xun went ashore, he shouted excitedly: "It seems that the sky is endless."
Cai Hao and the soldiers can only be anxious on the other side.
Liu Xun rode his horse to the bamboo forest on the shore without looking back...