The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

CHAPTER 44 CHAPTER 044
Xu Sheng saw that Lu Dai had already opened his posture, and there was still a hint of arrogance in his arrogance, so he sneered, without saying anything, his figure shook, and he leaped out with a stride, and at this moment he swung his fists.

Seeing Xu Sheng's quick strikes and steady punches, Lu Dai frowned, even though he was fighting with Xu Sheng.

The Dianjiang stage instantly became a competition arena. Zhang Yan and Zhou Kui on the stage tried their best to give them an open space, while the Xiapi soldiers in the audience seemed to be interested when they saw the two fighting on the stage. Scrambling to watch the fun.

After a while, the fight between Xu Sheng and Lu Dai attracted everyone's attention. The two of them punched and kicked on the stage, and the soldiers in the audience also booed and shouted loudly.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan started laughing, but he has been paying attention to the fight between Xu Sheng and Lu Dai.

Xu Sheng was agile and shot quickly. Although Lu Dai was not as fast as Xu Sheng, he was superior in his tight defense. The two fought more than ten moves, and neither of them could do anything about it.

The two of you came and went, fighting endlessly, and even the onlookers were passionate and kept shouting from the sidelines.

Zhang Yan was also fascinated by watching it, and commented on it from time to time.

After more than a dozen moves, Lu Dai's defensive speed was obviously unable to keep up with Xu Sheng's attack speed, and he gradually lost the wind.

Seeing this, Zhang Yan felt a little worried, thinking that Lu Dai would definitely not be able to beat Xu Sheng.

At this moment, Lu Dai's door suddenly opened wide. Seeing this, Xu Sheng didn't want to miss the opportunity, so he punched him.Unexpectedly, Lu Dai intentionally exposed a flaw to Xu Sheng. With a flicker of his figure, he turned behind Xu Sheng in an instant.

Xu Sheng threw himself into the air, and fell forward involuntarily. Before he could react, Lu Dai's hands suddenly pushed from behind, pushing him off the stage directly.

Fortunately, Xu Sheng was agile and jumped forward with a somersault. Although his feet landed on the ground, he still ran a few steps forward.

"Accepted!" Lu Dai stood on the general platform, bowing his hands to Xu Sheng with joy on his face.

Xu Sheng was not convinced, so he jumped on the stage again, and wanted to compete again.

Zhang Yan blocked: "Let's go here!"

Xu Sheng said: "But master, I haven't decided the winner yet with him!"

Zhang Yandao: "You only have brute strength, but he uses clever strength. If you continue to fight, you may not be able to take advantage of it. You should step aside first!"

Xu Sheng said "here", and stepped aside obediently.

Zhang Yan walked up to Lu Dai's side, grabbed Lu Dai's hand, and shouted loudly to the soldiers below the general platform: "You all saw it just now, Lu Dai pushed Xu Sheng off the general platform. It is an indisputable fact that although they have no clear winner, having Lu Dai's skills is enough to serve as Sima in the army. If anyone among you wants to serve as Sima, just come up and talk to Lu Dai Daibi has a try, as long as he can defeat Lu Dai, or draw with him, he can be a Sima."

As soon as this remark came out, there was a heated discussion immediately. There was a lot of noise below the stage, and the soldiers were talking about it. This kind of opportunity to promote their military rank was the first time for them.

Unable to resist the temptation of an official position, twenty or thirty soldiers suddenly emerged from among the soldiers.

Zhang Yan asked all these people to come to the stage at the right time, and then compete with Lu Dai one by one.

Lu Dai regained his energy, and faced the twenty or thirty people who came to challenge him, he had no fear at all.

Afterwards, Zhang Yan talked about the rules and taboos of the martial arts competition, and let them start the competition based on unarmed combat.

After the contest started, at first five people in a row were not Lu Dai's opponents, but were all defeated by Lu Dai.

Seeing this, the rest also had some scruples in their hearts, and some felt that they could not beat Lu Dai, so they took the initiative to step down.

But Lu Dai was at a disadvantage in such a one-by-one competition. What he was facing was a wheel battle, and it was inevitable that he would not be able to keep up physically.

For the sake of a fair period, Zhang Yan divided these people into two groups and fought first. After a round of survival of the fittest, the number of people was directly reduced by half.

In the second round, it was still a two-two battle, and half of the people were eliminated.

Four rounds of competition were repeated in this way, and finally there were four people left on the spot. Zhang Yan let these four people rest for a while, and then divided these four people into two teams again for the fifth round of competition.

After some fighting, in the end there were only two people left on the general stage, so he asked Lu Dai to fight against these two people.Considering the exhaustion of physical strength, Zhang Yan asked these two people to deal with Lu Dai alone. If they win, they will be named Sima at the same time.

The two soldiers were bound to win, and they joined hands to fight against Lu Dai. After a fierce battle, Lu Dai was finally outnumbered and defeated.

After the results of the competition came out, Lu Dai was ashamed, but the two soldiers were very happy.

Zhang Yan comforted Lu Dai first, then encouraged the two soldiers, and asked their names one by one. Only then did he know that one of the two soldiers was named Deng Yi and the other was Wang Bo. Sima.

After that, Zhang Yan divided the army of more than 8000 people into three parts, let Lu Dai, Deng Yi, and Wang Bo each command 6000 people, and began to use the level of force on the school grounds to select grassroots officers such as military lords and village chiefs. officer.

Zhang Yan's order immediately mobilized the enthusiasm of the entire army, so the Xiapi soldiers began a fierce competition.

The Xiapi soldiers spent the whole day on the school field, and the efficiency of taking turns was very high. After one round, half of the people could be eliminated, and the winner could be selected within a few rounds.

The military system of the Han Dynasty was calculated based on the multiple of two and five. The most basic unit was a team, that is, every five people had a team leader; , every 100 people have a team leader; two teams form a tun, and every 200 people have a tun leader; A military Sima.

However, there are a large number of soldiers in Xiapi, and there are only four army Sima selected by Zhang Yan, and the second-five-year system is also a bit confusing, which is not easy to manage.Zhang Yan simply used ten as a multiple, removed the two positions of corps leader and team leader, and used Shichang as the basic unit of the army.

In addition, he also changed the name of the head of the village to the commander of the centurion, and the name of the military marquis to the commander of the thousand commander, but he retained the military post of Sima alone to lead the commander of the thousand commander.

In this way, in the team of 8000 people in Xiapi, it is necessary to set up 180 commanders, [-] commanders of centurions, and [-] commanders of thousands.

With such a change of General Zhang Yan's position, it became immediately clear at a glance, and even the soldiers could easily remember who their commander was.

In the evening, 180 commanders of thousands, [-] commanders of centuries, and [-] commanders were selected one by one. This selection was the result of a single force competition, so everyone was convinced. No one complained.

Later, Zhang Yan divided the 5000 soldiers into four battalions with [-] men as a battalion, and asked Lu Dai, Deng Yi, and Wang Bo to each bring a whole battalion of soldiers and horses, but gave the other [-] soldiers and horses to Xu Sheng. lead.He also informed the soldiers and horses of each battalion that military training will start tomorrow, and he will personally supervise them.

In the evening, Zhang Yan, who had been busy all day, returned to the prefect's mansion, and before he had time to rest, the yamen servant came to report that Chen Ying should ask to see him outside the gate of the mansion.

Zhang Yan immediately went out to greet him, and when he arrived outside the prefect's mansion, he saw a handsome man with a strong body, and he looked a bit like Chen Deng.

Chen Ying was riding a tall horse, wearing a hunting suit, with a stern face, and a pair of piercing eyes under the thick eyebrows, looking extremely mighty.

Chen Ying saw Zhang Yan coming out of the prefect's mansion, looked at him from top to bottom, immediately turned over and jumped off the horse, clasped his fists at Zhang Yan and said, "Grassman Chen Ying, pay homage to Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Yan laughed and said: "Zhong Hu, I've been looking forward to it day and night, but I've finally got you here, come on, come on in, I've already ordered someone to prepare a banquet, let's have a good drink tonight. "

When Chen Ying met Zhang Yan for the first time, he did not expect that Zhang Yan would be so enthusiastic. Although he is Chen Deng's younger brother and also came from a scholarly family, he has no interest in reading, but only likes martial arts.

In his early years, he learned from famous teachers and learned swordsmanship, and later learned spear and bow skills from several famous teachers, and has been constantly strengthening himself.He traveled all over the rivers and lakes, often fighting injustices for others, traveling across Huaisi, he rarely met an opponent, even his younger brother Chen Da's martial arts were mostly taught by him.

Later, because he accidentally killed someone, he hid his name and went back to his hometown of Huaipu.

Later, when Chen Da died, his father broke up with his elder brother Chen Deng, and he made peace through it. However, his father was stubborn and angrily ran away from home, so he stayed at home to take care of everything.

Until a few days ago, Chen Ying received a letter from Chen Deng, saying that he had met a wise master and invited him to come to Pengcheng to seek a great cause together, and his peaceful heart began to ripple again.Two days later, Zhang Yan personally sent someone to pick him up with a gift. After much consideration, he bid farewell to his mother and followed the carriage to Xiapi.

After entering the prefect's mansion, Zhang Yan treated Chen Ying graciously. During the conversation, Chen Ying was a little happy to see that Zhang Yan was a straightforward man.

That night, both of them were so drunk that they couldn't wake up, and they were carried into the room by the yamen servants.

Early the next morning, before Zhang Yan woke up, he was awakened by a knock on the door, and he hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Xu Sheng's voice came from outside the door: "The person sent by the master to Guangling has returned, and brought back a young gentleman who is now waiting for the master in the hall."

Hearing the news, Zhang Yan immediately jumped up from the bed. After getting dressed, he opened the door and walked towards the hall.

In the hall of the prefect's mansion, Chen Jiao had been waiting there for a long time, but he didn't see Zhang Yan coming out for a long time, his face was slightly angry, and he said to himself: "I was invited from a long way away, but I avoided it." I don't see, what do you mean?"

(End of this chapter)