Late Tang

Zhu Wen wore a red lacquer mountain armor, although it was not as dazzling as the golden armor, but it was not weak.Coupled with a long red cloak on his shoulders, the whole person is also somewhat elegant.Following the great victory in Yucheng, the achievements of Zhu Wen, a local general from Songzhou, were also spread.Therefore, as soon as he appeared on the stage, countless people cheered for him.

Zhu Wen also lived up to the bullying of the crowd, and performed well. The first player on the stage immediately defeated a Orion who was over seven or eight in height and had a strong back with a few tricks, and won the victory.

Zhu Zhen and Zhu Xiao also performed very well, beating their opponents in the first round one after another.

Ten contestants compete at the same time, and ten are eliminated at a time.More than a thousand people played fifty rounds back and forth, and half of them were eliminated in a short time.

The group arena matches are always on point, either they are knocked out of the ring, or they are knocked down and suppressed, and their lives must not be harmed, so the competition is very fast.Li Jing sat on the referee's seat and watched the game carefully.This time the group arena was much more exciting than Li Jing expected.After playing for a long time, I have already written down a dozen or so warrior numbers on the paper in front of me.These guys have all played well and played very well.What's more important is that these people are very young, so Li Jing couldn't help being moved to recruit talents.

In the middle of several rounds of the arena, there was also a polo match.Each polo team is very famous, from all the big families in Songzhou, the hoofs of the horses are rumbling, and the flat temporary polo field on the other side of the competition field is trampled even more.Zhen [***] also sent a polo team to participate in the competition, and their performance was equally eye-catching.

Those noble ladies and daughters-in-law behind the gauze curtains on the stands were also fascinated by watching, and at this time, regardless of their own identities, they shouted and cheered loudly behind the curtains.Seeing the players colliding with each other, the cue shattering, and the knight falling off the horse, Zhang Hui closed her eyes like a frightened little girl. She always thought that she was more courageous, and that the daughter of an official family should be reserved, but every time When the intense scene appeared, she still couldn't help closing her eyes, not daring to watch.

In the middle of another round of the group arena, Li Jing rode off on horseback carrying a crescent stick.

But this time it wasn't a competition, but Li Jing's performance.

A sergeant brought 49 copper coins, placed them forty steps away from the goal, and stacked them together.

Li Jing galloped forward on horseback, swiped the crescent stick fiercely with one hand, and then heard a buzzing sound, and the top coin in the stack of copper coins was knocked out.The copper coin drew an arc and flew forty steps away, directly passed through the one-foot-sized hole, and landed on the open space a few distances behind.

The sergeant ran back to the pile of copper coins, nodded, and shouted loudly: "There are 48 copper coins left!"

The onlookers outside the court couldn't help but exclaimed when they heard the words, they only hit the top copper coin at one time, not only hit the goal [-] steps away, but they didn't disturb the copper coins below.

Polo was a popular sport throughout the Tang Dynasty. Not only the nobles liked to participate, but the common people also liked to watch it.No one thought that a coach with such status as Li Jing would have such skills, and they were all amazed.

Just when everyone thought the performance was over, Li Jing had ridden his horse and came back with another swing.

This time Li Jing didn't stop after hitting, but kept swinging back and forth.

After playing for a while, Li Jing finally rode back to the sidelines.

In the stands, Zhang Hui in the tent shouted excitedly: "48 ten, he hit 48 times!"

At this moment, Zhang Rui didn't have the time to think about the things between his daughter and Li Jing. He was very excited, thinking in his heart, could it be that Li Jing...

At this time, behind the goal on the field, a sergeant walked over and shouted: "49 copper coins stacked together!"

When this sentence was uttered, there were thunderous cheers, and everyone screamed excitedly.This, this polo technique is too unbelievable.

At this time, Zhang Rui ignored his identity, walked down from the tent, and walked to the goal with many other dignified people to watch. Sure enough, a stack of copper coins was piled up together. After counting carefully, it was really 49 cents. .Countless people were watching here just now, and they never tampered with it.And after Li Jing hit so many times, he didn't see any scattered copper coins beside him.

God!

The onlookers, who were confirmed by the officials, were even more amazed that Marshal Li's polo skills are really amazing.

This round of skill performance by Li Jing directly brought the atmosphere of the entire field to a climax.

After the performance, the group arena continued, and soon, the top ten contestants had been determined.

Among these ten people, four of them are low-level military officers of the town [***], and six of them are ordinary people who came to participate in the competition, and they are all quite young.Apparently, none of them were over 20 years old.

Li Jing called these ten generals forward, the town [***] is not allowed to participate in the competition this time, the officers above are not allowed to participate in the competition, these four are all gang leaders, two are newly recruited forwards, and some The two were from the Golden Armored Army. Li Jing carefully considered a few words, and seeing that the four of them had performed outstandingly, he was happy at the moment, so he directly announced that they would be promoted to the team leader and gave them a hundred guan.

The remaining six are still teenagers, standing in front of Li Jing, they show no fear, they are calm and calm, they can tell at a glance that they are not ordinary people.

"Why don't the six young heroes report their names?" Li Jing asked with a smile.

"Wang Tan, courtesy name Zhongmei, Jingzhaoren family, 15 years old this year, likes to read military books, knows a little about strategy, great-grandfather Taboo, general Zuo Jinwuwei, Longzhou defense envoy. Zu Tabao, Dingnan hero, Weiqiao town Restraining envoys. Father's taboo ring, Honglu Qing."

One of them, a handsome, fair-skinned tall boy, stepped forward first, and loudly announced his family name.

Li Jing saw that he was a talented person, and he already liked him a little bit, and saw that his conversation was extraordinary, calm and composed, and he liked him even more.Hearing it again, he was actually a noble eunuch, and his ancestors were high-ranking officials for three generations, but seeing him come to fight, one can know that when his family came to him, they should not be as noble as before.

"Oh, after being a hero, you come to fight, do you want to enter my town [***]?"

Wang Tan nodded, and knelt down to Li Jing on one knee, "Commander please record it, Tan is willing to work for him!"

Li Jing stretched out his hand to support Wang Tan very happily, "Okay, for the time being, the commander-in-chief confers on you to be the deputy lieutenant of the accompanying army and the post of commander of the Golden Armored Army. Would you like it?"

"Yes!" Although he was only a gang leader, Wang Tan did not show any disappointment.

After Wang Tan, another young man reported his name.

"My name is Li Si'an, and my style name is Lu Chen. I'm also 15 years old this year. I'm from Chenliu, Henan. I also want to follow the commander-in-chief. I would like to be a pawn." Compared with Wang Tan's whiteness, he is extremely black.Although this young man does not have any distinguished family background, Li Jing liked his performance in the arena just now, and he was immediately included in the account, and he was also given the position of accompanying Deputy Lieutenant Rong and team leader, just like Wang Tan and others. , Give money to Baiguan.

The remaining four teenagers are named Gao Jichang, Dong Zhang, Wang Yanqiu, and Liu Qi.They are only 14 years old, but they are also very eloquent.But when Li Jing asked them if they would like to join the army, they hesitated.

"Why, isn't it good to join the [***] town?" It was the first time Li Jing saw someone hesitate to enter [***] the town.

The young man named Gao Jichang said very politely: "Please forgive me, General. It's not that we are unwilling, but that we are not free. We have to ask the Patriarch about this matter."

Li Jing froze for a moment, seeing the heroic spirit of these four young men, he thought they were the children of some noble family, but unexpectedly got this answer.After asking a few more questions, I learned that these four people came together, and not only were they not descendants of aristocratic families, they were all just domestic servants.

Hearing this result, Li Jing was really surprised.The mere four young servants are so extraordinary, it really makes Li Jing very interested in their master.

"Is your Patriarch here?" Li Jing asked.

"The head of the family is above the stands."

Hearing that they were in the stands, Li Jing was not surprised. The people in the stands were all very high-ranking people. To have four such outstanding servants, their status must not be low.

"I would like to get acquainted with your Patriarch, and invite Yi to meet you." Li Jing is very interested in this person now.

Gao Jichang turned and left, and soon came with a man.

It was also a young man, around twenty, about the same age as Li Jing himself.But there is a kind of sublime temperament all over the body, a kind of refined temperament.

As soon as he arrived in front of Li Jing, the young man immediately bowed his hands and saluted: "Li Rang, Kaifeng, Bianzhou, pays his respects to the commander-in-chief!"

Li Jing looked at Li Rang carefully. He was wearing a white silk robe and a square scarf on his head. His whole body was spotless, giving him a feeling of otherworldliness.When hearing the name Li Rang, Li Jing always felt a little familiar, but couldn't remember it for a while.

Zhang Rui was also standing behind Li Jing at this time, seeing that Li Jing didn't know Li Rang's identity, so he whispered a reminder from behind: "Li Rang, known as Li Qilang, is the richest man in Bianzhou with a fortune of tens of millions. He also has the name of benevolence and righteousness, and loves to save the village and help the poor. He is called Xiaomengchang. This time Li Qilang came from Kaifeng, Bianzhou, also to meet the commander-in-chief and see the majesty of the commander-in-chief."

When Li Qilang heard the name, Li Jing had a flash of inspiration, and finally remembered who this Li Qilang was.

Li Qilang and Li Rang, after Zhu Wen got Xuanwu in history, Li Qilang finally took refuge in Zhu Wen and became Zhu Wen's adopted son, that is, Zhu Yourang.He took out his tens of millions of wealth to help Zhu Wen, so that Zhu Wen obtained the capital to run a stable Xuanwu in the early stage.

After thinking about Li Qilang's identity, Li Jing immediately thought of the identity of the four young servants.In history, these four servants of Li Qilang were not simple, and they all became Generals of the Back Liang in the end.Especially this Gao Jichang, who later changed his name to Gao Jixing, became the founding monarch of the Nanping Kingdom in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

Countless memories emerged from his mind, and Li Jing couldn't help but took a deep breath, like this, he seemed to have encountered a few big fish. (To be continued.)