Man Tanghong

"Zunli, what do you say?"

After Yuchi Gong was stunned for a moment, he came back to his senses and stared at Li Junxian and asked.

Li Junxian was even more embarrassed, and his face was twisted into a ball.

Don't think just because of his outstanding appearance that he also has outstanding personality. In fact, he has the kind of good-natured character. He doesn't want to offend anyone or confront anyone. He just wants to fight his battles in a down-to-earth manner and be a wealthy and transparent person. .

Now that he was forced to be caught in the middle, he really didn't know how to choose.

Yin Kaishan also has a good-natured character. After noticing Li Junxian's difficulty, he stood up and scolded: "Your Highness has just arrived in Lingzhou, and you haven't sat down to take a sip of water. You are going to compete. There are still things in your eyes." No Your Highness?"

Yu Chigong, Cheng Yaojin, Xue Wanjun, Hou Junji, and Li Junxian all fell silent when they heard this.

No matter how great the grievances between them are, they are not as great as Li Yuanji.

What they want to do conflicts with Li Yuanji, so of course they have to give in. It's impossible for Li Yuanji to give in to them, right?

Although they are all great figures in history and have left their names in history, they are still not enough in front of Li Yuanji.

"Your Highness, what do you think we should do with them?"

After Yin Kaishan taught Yu Chigong and others a lesson, he asked Li Yuanji for instructions.

The implication is that I want to teach them a lesson and make them restrain themselves.

After Li Yuanji looked around at Yu Chigong and others, he smiled and said: "There is no need to deal with it... Since everyone is willing to compete, and Li Shuai will not be back until two days later, it is better to take advantage of these two days. Hold an army-wide martial arts exercise, let all generals and majors from all departments participate, and let everyone compete together.

The winner will be given a million dollars, a hundred horses, a thousand cattle and sheep, [-] acres of pasture, a three-level promotion, one level of nobility, and so on for the rest. What do you think? "

Yin Kaishan, Yuchi Gong, Hou Junji, Xue Wanche, Li Junxian, and even Xie Shufang, who had been standing aside as an outsider, were all stunned when they heard this.

Hou Junji was almost the first to respond when he heard that he could get money and be promoted to a higher position, "Your Highness is wise!"

Others also reacted at this time.

There are not many opportunities like this to get promoted to a higher position without working hard, just by competing with colleagues who know each other well.

So they nodded in agreement almost without hesitation.

After everyone expressed their opinions and almost no one objected, Li Yuanji announced without hesitation that the matter was settled. How to implement it, what regulations, what procedures, etc. were not his concern. .

He just needs to settle the specific matters and wait to watch the show.

If the specific implementation, regulations, and processes still require his personal intervention and supervision from the beginning, then the semi-civilian positions such as Army Sima, Chief History Officer, Army Joiner, etc. here will no longer need to be held, and you can just pack your things and go home. .

Li Shiji was very strict in managing the army. When he served as deputy commander under Li Jing, he restrained himself somewhat because Li Jing was in charge. But when he was in his own army, he no longer had to restrain himself. All the strict military laws were brought out and implemented thoroughly on every soldier.

Therefore, the execution of his army's lieutenants was very fast.

Things that were explained in the morning were almost done in the afternoon.

In just three hours, not only did a large area of ​​​​empty space be cleared, but the soil was also rammed as a foundation in the open space to build a arena about one foot high. On the four sides of the arena, there were quite neat structures, as if they were made of bricks. The steps to the arena.

In addition, all the weapons that the generals may use have been prepared, and they are all made of wax wood.

Not only that, they also laid a circle of fence on the large school field on one side of the ring, and re-cleaned the large school field to provide it for the generals to use for horse battles.

When Yin Kaishan rushed to the Chinese army's tent to report the matter, Li Yuanji said in surprise: "So fast?"

Yin Kaishan smiled and said: "This is already considered slow. If Li Shuai was in charge of this matter, it might have been completed in two hours. I am not as good as Li Shuai, so it took three hours."

What Yin Kaishan meant was that his majesty in the military was not as strong as that of Li Shiji, and his methods were not as brutal as Li Shiji's, so he did not care about losses when doing things, but only pursued time, quality and results, so it took a little longer.

This is actually a joke.

No matter how you say it, Yin Kaishan is a famous general. Although he occasionally stands up to be a good guy, he is not really a good person, nor is he a soft-hearted person. Therefore, if he is really ruthless, his dignity in the military may not be the same. If he loses to Li Shiji, his methods may be crueler than Li Shiji's.

So he was trying to step on himself and use himself as a stepping stone to praise Li Shiji.

He did this not to flatter Li Shiji, but because he rushed to where he was. He could not belittle Li Shiji to promote himself, nor could he offend others. He could only push himself down to praise others.

Li Yuanji was filled with emotion in his heart. Sure enough, no matter in later generations or now, the Chinese people will never let go of infrastructure construction.

"Okay, now that everything is ready, let's start practicing martial arts as soon as possible."

Li Yuanji said with emotion.

Yin Kaishan bowed in agreement and went down to deliver the order.

Two quarters of an hour later, everyone in the camp gathered at the martial arts arena.The soldiers gathered under the ring and outside the campus to watch the excitement. Everyone was waiting to cheer for their captains and generals.

The captains and generals all gathered around the ring, watching the martial arts performance rules posted on the ring, and checking the rewards for different rankings word by word.

After everyone gathered together, Yin Kaishan took a scroll of Huang Juan and read out to all the soldiers the details of the martial arts performance and the corresponding rewards.

After listening to the rough details and generous rewards, the soldiers became excited.

That is to say, the detailed rules restrict the participation of soldiers below the rank of captain. Otherwise, the soldiers would probably want to go to the ring to compete with their own captains and generals.

After the details and rewards were read out, Yin Kaishan called all the captains and generals in the camp to sign up.

According to the final statistics, the number of captains and generals who signed up to participate in this martial arts exercise reached 200.

When Yin Kaishan saw this number, his scalp felt a little numb, and he hurriedly found Li Yuanji who was sitting on the high platform waiting to watch the 'game'.

"Your Highness, there seem to be a lot of people. It may take four or five days to finish all the competitions. Li Shuai said before leaving the camp that after he completed the survey of the terrain this time, he would immediately use troops against the Western Turks, so we don't have that many Time available.”

Yin Kaishan stood on the high platform and reported with a wry smile.

After Li Yuanji thought for a while, he said: "Then build two more arenas and let the generals compete at the same time."

Yin Kaishan made a rough calculation and felt that he could catch up. He immediately nodded in agreement, and then went down to announce the new rules again.

When the military Sima, Chang Shi, and soldiers in the army took the civilian husbands and some soldiers engaged in logistics to set up the second and third arenas, the competition on the first arena had already begun.

The first competition was between a school captain and a guerrilla general.

Although the school lieutenant was inferior to the guerrilla general in terms of position, the troops and horses commanded by the two men and their importance in the army were almost equal. The school lieutenant was even slightly higher than the guerrilla general.

Therefore, in the Tang Dynasty, those who were generals were not necessarily powerful or important, but those who were captains, especially those in the middle and upper reaches of the ranks, were the backbone of the army, and their role and importance were not the same. Less than an ordinary general.

Even in some periods of the Tang Dynasty, the status and importance of captains were higher than that of ordinary generals.

Because the captains are all real captains, and they all control soldiers, so even if their positions are not high, they have great authority and importance.

But a general may not be a real general. He may have no soldiers and may have a false position. In terms of authority and importance, he has almost no power and importance. It is just an honorary status.

Therefore, when the captain faced off against the guerrilla general, he was not weak at all. He did not give the opponent any points just because he had a higher position than him. Instead, he attacked crazily with a long sword in his hand.

Although the guerrilla general held a high position, he was retreating steadily when faced with the long sword in the hands of the captain, which was obviously different from other long swords in the army.

In the end, he was defeated without paying attention.

On the high platform, after Li Shimin lost the guerrilla general, he couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that Kan Leng under your command was not lazy, and he really taught hard..."

That's right, the captain used the Mo Dao that evolved from Du Fuwei's Long Dao Army.

The blade and handle are slightly different from the long swords used by the long sword army, but you can roughly see what the long sword looks like.

Not only did this change not reduce the lethality of the long knife, but it made the long knife better integrated into the military formation and became more lethal.

So this change is a good change.

In fact, people of all dynasties in history will make some improvements to the weapons they use according to the conditions at that time, either to meet the needs of the battlefield, or due to limitations of economy and smelting technology. Anyway, as time goes by, With the progress of the enemy, as the enemies continue to change, as the needs continue to change, the weapons are also changing.

Therefore, all dynasties have relatively famous weapons, and the weapons used by each dynasty are also different.

For example, in the Qin Dynasty, due to smelting technology, most of the weapons were made of bronze. By the Eastern Han Dynasty, smelting technology had improved, especially iron smelting technology, and iron weapons gradually replaced bronze. became mainstream.

For example, in the Tang Dynasty, the Mo Dao was born because of the need for horse warfare, and the Tang Dao was created because of the need to deal with Japanese pirates and pseudo-Japanese.

By the Song Dynasty, because there were no horses, no Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures as a barrier, and iron smelting technology was average, infantry warfare became the mainstream. The craftsmen of the Song Dynasty worked hard on crossbows, armor, knives, and spears.

As a result, various types of crossbows, infantry armor, and Song Dynasty weapons were created.

During the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, some changes were made to weapons in order to deal with different enemies, different wars, and different needs.

For example, the famous Xiuchundao, Miao Dao, etc. are weapons created according to the needs of the times.

Therefore, in ancient times, the introduction of new weapons and changes in weapons were not surprising.

Today, the captain used Mo Dao to defeat the guerrilla general, and he took advantage of this. Of course, the captain's ability to defeat the guerrilla general was inseparable from Kan Leng's teachings.

After all, Mo Dao is a new weapon, and only a few people such as Kan Leng understand it. If Kan Leng hadn't taught it carefully and taught everyone, it would be impossible for the captain to master the use of Mo Dao so quickly and become proficient in it. to apply it in actual combat.

So Li Shimin praised Kan Leng for his hard work, and he was right.