Jingnan Strategy

Chapter 49 Aoxue bullies frost
"It only weighs about six or seven kilograms. Long spears are used more often, while short soldiers use double maces and double hammers. The total weight of the two is the same."

In the martial arts arena of Duke Ying's mansion, Zhu Gaoxu spoke modestly about the weight of the weapons he used.

But what he thought was modesty turned out to be bragging in the ears of Fu Youde and Fu Zhong.

You must know that the normal Ming army soldiers only used three catties of long soldiers and two catties of short soldiers.

Why did this kid say so much weight in the most unpronounceable tone?
"Seriously?" Fu Youde asked Zhu Gaoxu with serious eyes, because he thought Zhu Gaoxu was lying.

After all, when he was as old as Zhu Gaoxu, all he used was a hundred catties of bows, six catties of long soldiers, and four catties of short soldiers.

This kid's mouth opened and closed, trampling on his Fu Youde's past achievements. It's strange that Fu Youde is happy.

"Of course." Zhu Gaoxu still didn't understand that he had stepped on Fu Youde, and he said modestly:
"Such a weight is naturally inferior to Duke Ying..."

"..." Listening to Zhu Gaoxu's words, Fu Youde felt that his temples were bulging, and he wanted to expose this kid's mask immediately.

"How many weapons do you use for daily martial arts training?" Fu Youde suppressed his temper and asked. Fu Zhong next to him also noticed something was wrong.

But before he could remind him, Zhu Gaoxu responded awkwardly: "I just moved not long ago, and there are no heavy soldiers practicing martial arts at home. I just moved the stone table."

good boy...

Listening to Zhu Gaoxu's speech, Fu Youde's face almost turned red.

The small Nanjing stone table weighs a hundred kilograms, and the large one weighs three to four hundred kilograms. Even if Zhu Gaoxu is talking about a small stone table, it is enough to slap Fu Youde in the face.

You must know that he just played with the fifty-jin iron gun for a while, and there is no comparison between the action of the hundred-jin stone table and the swing of the fifty-jin gun.

"Come on, come and try."

Fu Youde wanted to expose Zhu Gaoxu's true face. He laughed angrily and stepped aside half of his body, revealing the heavy training soldiers behind him.

"Then the boy is more respectful than obeying orders."

Zhu Gaoxu agreed without knowing why. This cannot be said to have something wrong with his eyes. It can only be said that Fu Youde is very good at controlling his temper. His tone was quite calm from beginning to end, so that Zhu Gaoxu thought that Fu Youde wanted to test himself.

Therefore, after stepping forward, Zhu Gaoxu grabbed the Zhangliu iron gun that was as thick as his wrist.

Since he often practiced spears in the academy, and Zhu Gaoxu himself had a good foundation, and his strength had increased a lot after traveling across time, he started to use the hundred-pound spear relatively easily.

Intercepting and stabbing...Zhu Gaoxu used this hundred-pound martial arts gun quite well, and his speed was about the same as when Fu Youde practiced before.

It's just that his physical strength was so amazing that he didn't show any sway in his steps until the second word.

Not even half of the time passed before Zhu Gaoxu was out of breath and slammed his spear on the rammed earth, breathing heavily and his throat felt like it was on fire.

He raised his head and glanced at Fu Youde and Fu Zhong, only to see their eyes widening. This made Zhu Gaoxu secretly rejoice even though he was tired: "It seems stable."

"Dad..." Fu Zhong reacted first and whispered to the surprised Fu Youde.

After being reminded, Fu Youde also came to his senses and looked at Zhu Gaoxu with the eyes of a monster.

"Can that boy Zhu Di give birth to such a baby?" Fu Youde was a little doubtful about life for a while. After all, whether it was Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang, or Xu Da, none of them seemed to be good at bravery. How could they give birth to a little overlord like Zhu Gaoxu? .

"Dong Guo Ying, you've made a fool of yourself."

Zhu Gaoxu rested for more than ten breaths, and after he recovered, he inserted the iron gun back to its original position with great effort, and raised his hands to bow with sore arms.It's just that his words are somewhat harsh to Fu Youde's ears now.

"You're just calling it a show of embarrassment, so what does that mean to me?"

Fu Youde doubted life in his heart, and soon realized that what Zhu Gaoxu said before was somewhat modest, and it was not a mockery of him, but a bit of admiration.

After reacting, Fu Youde also put on airs and couldn't help but stepped forward and touched his [-]-pound iron gun with a calm expression:

"It's pretty average. When I was your age, I could already wield a [-]-pound sword and hold on for two seconds."

This was not the first time Fu Youde had boasted, but this time he pretended to be very mature, causing Fu Zhong next to him to have a puzzled expression on his face.

He clearly remembered that when he was a boy, his father often said, "When I was your age, I could already wield a sixty-seven-pound sword and hold on to one word for a long time."

Why is it that over the past ten years, my father has become more and more serious?

Fu Zhong was still wondering if he had remembered it wrong, but Zhu Gaoxu next to him had a look of admiration on his face when he heard this:
"When I was in the university, I heard about Duke Ying's power, but I never dared to compare with Duke Ying."

Zhu Gaoxu was not lying, because the deeds of Fu Youde he heard in the university were indeed brave, such as shooting a bow of [-] kilograms, wielding weapons of more than [-] kilograms, wearing double armor, riding into battle alone, etc...

But Zhu Gaoxu didn't know that most of these so-called deeds were exaggerated, and only he believed them to be true.

He felt that he could lift 130 kilograms, so it seemed possible that Fu Youde could lift [-] kilograms.

"Now that I'm old, I don't like to move anymore."

Fu Youde was so praised by Zhu Gaoxu that it was somewhat untenable, so he could only give Zhu Gaoxu a vaccination first and say that he was old to avoid being exposed in the future.

But Fu Youde can say this, and it can be seen that his attitude towards Zhu Gaoxu has changed.

Fu Zhong next to him was the one among the three who was most aware of this change, because he had never seen his father and a junior say so many words.

"Have you read the book of war?" Fu Youde looked at Zhu Gaoxu, feeling quite like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, and the more she looked at him, the more she liked him.

"My uncle sent me military books, and I have read them all, but they are always just armies on paper, and I have only led a hundred people."

Zhu Gaojiu told the truth, and this magnanimity made Fu Youde like him even more. For a moment, he forgot about Zhu Gaojiu's identity as Zhu Yuanzhang's grandson, and turned to Fu Zhong and said:

"Have someone move the books in my study to this guy's room." After that, he turned to Zhu Gaoxu and said:

"You need to have capital to talk about war on paper, and you still need to know how to drive each army."

"Thank you Duke Ying for your advice!" Zhu Gaoxu came to his senses and quickly responded with the courtesy of a junior.

Fu Youde was happy when he saw this, waved his hand and said: "Okay, you go back to work first, and I will ask your uncle to send the book over later."

"Yes!" Zhu Gaoxu left with a hint of excitement. He knew very well how rich and practical the collection of books of these veterans who had been killed during the Zhizheng years was, so he couldn't help but walk back a little more briskly, and the pain in his arms was completely gone.

"This kid..." Fu Youde stroked his beard and looked at his back with satisfaction. Fu Zhong beside him was also smiling.

But Fu Youde's smile didn't last long. He slapped his forehead, feeling a little annoyed:

"I fell into that guy's trap and raised a grandson for him!"

(End of this chapter)