Smuggling Daming

Among the 20 people who passed the second round of the competition, Zhengde paid the most attention to only two people, that is, Gu Sanlie, who has always been very eye-catching, and Xu Cheng, the grandson of Xu Yu. Among them, Gu Sanlie showed extremely amazing riding skills and Archery, and anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he probably didn't try his best in the competition, and Xu Cheng was the only student who made it to the third round, so he was naturally very eye-catching among many instructors.

But what Zhengde and others did not expect was that in the third round of the competition, a dark horse suddenly came out.The difficulty of this round of competition has increased again. Not only has the distance between the targets been further extended, but several targets have been placed in front of the target as obstacles, which has increased the difficulty of the competition several times. Zhengde saw this When he entered the competition venue, he also had no last thought of participating in the competition, because he knew that with his riding and archery skills, he might only be ashamed.

The first two were still Gu Sanlie and Xu Cheng who went off first, but this time they failed to hit all the targets. Among them, Gu Sanlie shot eight arrows, and the other two arrows were blocked by the front target, while Xu Cheng only hit the target. He hit five arrows, and as for the rest of the contestants, most of them scored around five or six arrows. No one has been able to surpass eight arrows.

But when there was only one contestant left at the end of the competition, everyone was surprised. This contestant was a young instructor with a scar on his face. His previous performance was not very eye-catching, and even Zhengde didn't notice it. This scar instructor, but when he was the last to play, suddenly burst out with amazing riding and shooting skills.

I saw that the scar instructor picked up the speed of the horse at the beginning, and when he rushed to the field, he bowed left and right with both hands.Shoot five arrows in a row.As a result, the five arrows seemed to have eyes.Passed through the gap in front of the obstacle, and shot steadily at the target behind, which made everyone around shouted hello.

Immediately afterwards, the scar instructor started his own performance. The remaining five arrows did not use the conventional archery method each time, either backing the bow or hiding, and shooting an arrow every time they changed their movements. Can hit the target every time.This made the surrounding people stunned, and even forgot to applaud. There was a complete silence on the field for a while, and everyone was stunned by the sharp shot of the scar instructor.

"Okay!" Zhengde was the first to react, the first to shout loudly, and the others also reacted at this time, and there were thunderous cheers at the moment. The entire competition field was cheered by the scarred young instructor, and even The always prudent old Duke Xu Chu also praised his beard, he has lived to such an old age.It's also the first time I've seen such a sharp shot.

"Dayong, what's the name of this person. Didn't I pay much attention just now?" Zhengde asked Gu Dayong excitedly, he didn't expect such a person to be hidden in the military academy, it really gave him a big surprise surprise.

"Your Majesty, when General Qiu introduced you just now, I remember that this person's surname is Jiang Mingbin, and he is an instructor selected by the Xuanfu!" Gu Dayong couldn't help saying happily when he saw Zhengde so happy, but after speaking He was also a little regretful, because his family, Gu Sanlie, could have become the champion with every chance, but unexpectedly, Jiang Bin, who broke through halfway, took the top spot.

However, compared to Gu Dayong's narrow-mindedness, the contestants headed by Gu Sanlie also admired Jiang Bin's sharp shot, and immediately stepped forward to congratulate him. After all, Jiang Bin was the only one who scored a strike in the third round. , naturally became the first place in this riding and archery competition, and Jiang Bin also behaved very indifferently, bowing his hands and saluting with others, but when no one was paying attention, his eyes glanced at the place where Zhengde was. Eye.

Jiang Bin undisputedly won the championship of the riding and archery competition. At that moment, Xu Chu stood up, personally invited Jiang Bin to a platform, and then announced that Jiang Bin had won the championship. At the same time, he also gave a well-made strong bow to Jiang Bin was the prize, but it was a pity that Xu Chu was not Zhou Zhong, otherwise he would have prepared another medal for Jiang Bin.

After the awards were presented, Zhengde immediately summoned Jiang Bin impatiently. After all, he has always been most interested in such brave talents. For example, Qian Ning, who is currently in charge of Jinyiwei, was promoted by Zhengde because he was good at riding and shooting. In today's position, let alone Jiang Bin's riding and shooting skills are much better than Qian Ning's.

"The last general, Jiang Bin, sees His Majesty!" Jiang Bin bowed immediately after seeing Zhengde, this is a military academy, not a court hall, so Zhengde asked everyone to only salute to him, instead of kneeling.

"Haha~, Jiang Bin, your riding and archery skills are eye-opening to me. I don't know how you practice? I ask myself that I am also diligent in practicing, but I still can't reach your level." Zhengde said to Jiang Bin's riding and archery skills are also very envious, so when he saw the other party, the first thing he asked was how did the other party practice such riding and archery skills?

Regarding Zhengde's question, Jiang Bin clasped his fists and saluted with a murderous look on his face, saying, "My Majesty, the last general's cavalry and archery has not been practiced deliberately, and everything was learned from those Mongolian cavalry on the battlefield. Those Mongolian cavalrymen have all died at the hands of the last general!"

"Okay! Sure enough, he is worthy of being my great Ming general. If everyone is like General Jiang, why should I worry about the indestructibility of Mongols?" Hearing Jiang Bin's heroic answer, Zhengde also praised him loudly. He has been eager to fight since he was a child. Killing the enemy is the most yearning for this kind of military life.

"Your Majesty's absurd praise. The last general just told a few truths, and there are many people like the late general among the frontier troops. It is not worthy of His Majesty's praise. For example, the frontier soldiers of our Xuanfu were killed last year. They defeated the [-] cavalry of the little Tatar prince, and the last general even shot a few arrows at the little Tatar prince, but unfortunately the opponent's guards tried their best to block the last general's arrows, and the opponent fled back to the grassland!" Jiang Bin's words began He was still boasting about the proficiency of the Xuanfu frontier army, but in the end he began to boast about his bravery and archery skills, obviously trying to attract Zhengde's attention with his military achievements.

Although Zhengde is smart, he has no defenses against warriors like Jiang Bin. Even in his opinion, people who come from military commanders are more simple and honest than those civil servants, at least they don't play tricks on him, so he didn't think Jiang Bin's words at all. Zhong is boasting, but feels that Jiang Bin is telling the truth.

However, Zhengde quickly thought of another thing, and said strangely at the moment: "Jiang Bin, did your Xuanfu fight with the little Tatar prince last year? Why didn't I receive any news?"

"This..." Jiang Bin knew that Zhengde would ask such a question, so he was stunned for a moment before he said, "Your Majesty, last year the Chief Soldier of the Xuan Mansion promised us who would have the most military exploits and who would You can get the qualification to enter the military academy as an instructor. As a result, the little Tatar prince just went south at that time, so we fought a battle with the Mongols under the Huai'an Guard City. In the end, we killed more than 3000 Mongols, but we only lost Two to [-] people, it can be said that it is rare to win a big victory, and the last general also got the opportunity to enter the military academy by virtue of his achievements on the battlefield."

Hearing Jiang Bin's answer, Zhengde's face darkened all of a sudden, and he turned his head to Gu Dayong next to him and said, "Dayong, what's going on, why is there such a big battle in the Xuanfu, but I Didn't hear anything?"

Gu Dayong is a close confidant of Zhengde, and he is also familiar with the affairs of the court. He naturally knows that the civil official group concealed the military exploits of the frontier army. Originally, this kind of matter has nothing to do with him, so he didn't want to offend the entire civil official group because of this kind of thing. But now that it was Zhengde who inquired personally, he had no choice but to answer honestly: "Your Majesty, the Xuanfu did write a document to report victory last year, saying that it was a battle with the little Tatar prince and beheaded five thousand people, but the Ministry of War However, they suspected that the Xuanfu’s frontier army was fraudulent, so they sent people to investigate. It turned out that the Xuanfu side killed the herdsmen to make up for the number. In fact, only a dozen Mongols were actually killed, not 5000 at all. The Ministry of War also deducted half of the Xuan Mansion's military salary."

"Bastard!" When Zhengde heard this, he naturally understood at once. After all, when Qiu Yue was serving as the general soldier in Ningxia a few years ago, he had been concealed by the civil service group. He was very annoyed when he found out, but But he couldn't offend the entire civil servant group because of this incident, so in the end, Zhengde could only transfer Qiu Yue from the frontier army to the Beijing camp. It was regarded as compensation for Qiu Yue, but he didn't expect to meet him again now. Civil officials concealed the military exploits of the frontier army.

Thinking of this, Zhengde was furious. Although he didn't like government affairs, it didn't mean he didn't understand, especially when it came to military matters. He understood better than anyone how much damage to the morale of the army would be caused by not rewarding meritorious service. , and even this will fundamentally destroy Da Ming's army. If this situation is allowed to continue, I am afraid that in the end Da Ming will have no more soldiers to fight.

"Okay! Very good! Jiang Bin, you are so brave and have made such great contributions in the frontier army. I feel that I have wronged you for being a small instructor in the military academy. In this way, I will transfer you Leaving the military academy, temporarily serving as the commander of the Yanshan Metropolitan Commander's Department, and waiting for you!" Zhengde said with a look of hatred, he can't make too much action against the civil servant group for the time being, otherwise the whole court will be in chaos. So he could only promote Jiang Bin, firstly, to reward Jiang Bin for his previous military exploits, and secondly, to express his dissatisfaction with the civil official group.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Jiang Bin was also overjoyed to hear that Zhengde had suddenly promoted himself to be the commander of the capital. He used to be the commander of the guard when he was in the Xuanfu, and he was only a fourth-rank military officer, but now he has been promoted to the commander of the capital. Those of the third grade are in charge of all affairs, which is equivalent to being promoted to two levels at once. What's even more rare is that he can be on call at any time, that is, he can get in touch with Zhengde at any time. This is a great opportunity for anyone. Now let's see if he can seize this opportunity? (to be continued..)