"In ten days, I will defeat you."

The young girl dropped her hands to the ground with a loud noise, smiling brightly; the sunlight shone in her pupils, like sparkling gems.

For a moment, Wang Ba actually doubted himself.

The next moment, he was shocked by his own momentary doubt and secretly cursed himself for being frightened by a brat. He had lived for most of his life, but was he not as good as a weakling? The young boy was so outspoken, self-righteous, and ignorant of life and death!

He snorted coldly: "He Yan, do you know what you are saying now?"

"Do you want me to repeat it again?" The young man said with a smile, "Since your hearing is not good, I will say it again. In ten days, I will definitely defeat you."

"You!" Wang Ba clenched his fists.

"Is Ah He crazy..." Hong Shan muttered. Wang Ba's archery skills were obvious to everyone. Although He Yan had improved a little compared to yesterday, but... being able to hit the target with one arrow was not something that could be achieved in ten days!

It is understandable that young people are ambitious and say harsh words when they are angry, but what if they say too much and cannot get back on their feet in the future?

"What will you do if you can't beat me in ten days?" Wang Ba said while gritting his teeth. He decided not to argue with this young man. He Yan was too thick-skinned. He would just ignore your ridicule.

"If I can't beat you, I'll be a team leader." He Yan answered straightforwardly, "But if you can't beat me..."

"I'm going to be a team leader!" Wang Ba said loudly.

"I didn't say that," He Yan shook her head. "Even if I wanted you to be a team leader, Coach Liang wouldn't agree." She looked at Liang Ping meaningfully.

Liang Ping, who was thinking in his heart: "..."

This is weird, how could this guy know what he was thinking? If Wang Ba is such a good person, the head coach will kill him if he is made a team player! "

"Then you tell me!" Wang Ba said impatiently.

He Yan suddenly recalled the time when she was a child in Xianchang Hall. The boys loved to play gambling. Xiao Jue was the number one in Xianchang Hall, and he was often challenged when he was young. What did he say at that time? She remembered that the boy was taking a nap behind the rockery in the hall. He was woken up by someone. He sat up in annoyance and said lazily to the classmate who came to challenge him to a horse archery game: "Okay, if I lose, you can do whatever you want. If you lose," he curled his lips, "you have to call me dad."

He Yan thought about it and felt that the current scene was somewhat similar to the previous one.

But she also couldn't let Wang Ba call her dad.

"Let me put it this way. I heard that you are the top man in the mountain and their boss. If I defeat you, it means that my ability is above yours, and you have to call me boss in the future. How about it?" she said.

This request is really unheard of.

Everyone looked at He Yan, whose height was not even as high as Wang Ba's chest and whose arms were as thin as firewood, and then looked at Wang Ba, who was tall and strong and whose fists were bigger than He Yan's face, and they were silent.

"You are really ambitious." Wang Ba stared at He Yan and said with a fake smile.

"To be honest, before I joined the army, I also thought about becoming a bandit." He Yan looked nostalgic.

When she ran away from the He family, she hesitated for a while at the city gate with her luggage at night, hesitating between two options. One option was to go south and become a bandit, and the other option was to go west and join the Vietnamese army. The good thing about becoming a bandit was that you were free and no one was watching over you. The bad thing was that if the harvest was bad and no one passed by, you would have no food to eat and would be hungry. In addition, the government would come out to suppress the bandits, and you would have to hide from place to place, which was not very decent.

Although joining the army is a bit hard, after all, you will be paid for your services, and it is an honor to tell others about it.

However, neither of these two places accepted girls, so she had to dress up. Thanks to her experience in dressing up as a young master since she was young, she was able to rise to a higher position later on.

Thinking about it now, I can't help but sigh.

Seeing that He Yan still looked nostalgic for the past, Wang Ba was even more furious. This kid looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, why did he look so mature? Nostalgic for the past, did he have a past to be nostalgic for?

"Okay." He tried hard to keep himself from slicing off the boy's head in anger, and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth, "If you want to be the boss, it depends on whether you have the ability to do it."

"Okay!" He Yan bowed to the new recruits around her, "Please all of you be witnesses to the bet. In this case, we will meet here in ten days to see who wins! Wish myself good luck!" She snapped her fingers, looking relaxed. It was unclear whether it was because she was careless or had some special skills at hand. She looked as if she was sure she would win.

Wang Ba left angrily.

Xiao Mai and Hong Shan rushed over and surrounded He Yan, watching the noisy crowd gradually disperse. Occasionally, there were a few people looking at He Yan, all with mixed expressions of admiration and sympathy.

They probably all believed that He Yan would definitely be a team leader.

Liang Ping glanced at He Yan, shook his head, and left with his hands behind his back, sighing as he walked away. Young people are easily impulsive and do things without considering the consequences. But... why did he feel a little excited as he thought about it?

…

Within half a day, the entire Liangzhou Guard knew about the bet between He Yan and Wang Ba.

Someone in the barracks secretly started a gambling game. The soldiers had little money and were extremely poor, so they used the biscuits from the company room to gamble. If Wang Ba lost, he would lose ten times his money. If He Yan lost, he would lose two times his money.

There are fewer people eating biscuits these days. It's really hard to find something fun to do after training all day.

Cheng Lisu walked into the room. He changed into a brand new yellow robe with a red brocade carp embroidered on the corner, looking lively, pitiful and lovely. As soon as he came in, he shouted to the young man sitting at the table: "Uncle, do you know that everyone in the barracks is talking about the crossbow agreement in ten days?"

Xiao Jue didn't even take his eyes off the page and said, "I know."

The whole barracks knew that a weak boy who wanted to be a bandit leader and an expert archer who wanted to catch up with the other side and become their leader were a strange pair.

"Now there is even a gambling game, and I also plan to place a bet. Do you want to go?" Cheng Lisu squeezed in front of Xiao Jue and asked him excitedly.

"Cheng Lisu," Xiao Jue put down the book in his hand and looked at him calmly, "Are you gambling in the barracks?"

It was clearly a calm tone, but Cheng Lisu shuddered. He quickly raised his hands, "No, no, it's not me. It was opened by someone else, and I didn't gamble with money. At most, I sold some dried cakes to kill time and have some fun! Uncle, I'm still a child, it's normal for me to play peach and willow shooting!"

Xiao Jue snorted, "Playthings lose their ambition."

"I never had any ambition, how could I die?" Cheng Lisu answered righteously.

Xiao Jue couldn't respond to this.

"Uncle, if you don't go, I'll go and place the bets myself. I don't eat dry cakes, so I'll just use my dried meat to gamble with them. It doesn't count as money." He said happily and was about to go out.

"Who are you betting on?" As soon as he walked to the door, he heard Xiao Jue's voice.

Xiao Jue had never been interested in these things. Cheng Li was surprised for a moment, but still answered obediently, "Of course it's Wang Ba! Isn't that brother He Yan just like me, a complete failure?"

Xiao Jue curled his lips and said, "I advise you to change your chips."

"Why?"

"Don't underestimate a fool who works hard," the young man lowered his eyes, as if he was recalling another figure, and his long eyes like autumn water were filled with moving ripples, "The last fool like this I saw, he is now a third-rank general."

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Uncle: I advise you to vote for my wife as soon as possible.

ps: From ancient times to the present, which young man doesn’t want to be each other’s father?