Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 406 Practicing Health Preservation Skills
"Hey, General Feng, don't talk nonsense," Xu Qing stopped Feng Li's mouth and said, "When did I say that I wanted to sneak attack Xue Yantuo?"

Feng Li asked with a puzzled look: "Then General Xu Qing, why did you ask about that matter?"

Xu Qing curled his lips and said, "I just want to see if the prince wants to make a quick decision, or cut the grass and root out, and take a long-term plan. Now it seems that the prince wants to complete his work in one battle, so he doesn't bother to make small profits in front of him."

Feng Li sighed and said, "I thought General Xu didn't know about this, eh, but General Xu probably didn't know about another thing."

Xu Qing replied: "You mean the crown prince is afraid that Xue Yantuo will join the Turkic people?"

Feng Li was stunned and said: "General Xu is really resourceful, I admire you."

Xu Qing thought, what's the difficulty? Although Xue Yantuo is now attached to the Turkic people, in history, Xue Yantuo wandered between the Central Plains and the grasslands. It is better to say that he is benefiting from both sides.But it is such a scumbag, if it is determined to follow the Turks, it will also be a big threat to the Tang Dynasty, and it is more worrying than the current Xue Yantuo in Gou'an.

However, Xu Qing still waved his hand and said, "What did General Feng say? This officer has very little battlefield experience, far inferior to General."

Seeing Xu Qing's humility, Feng Li thought for a while and said, "General Xu, there is nothing left and right now. I see that your body is a little weak. How about this, how about I teach you a set of health-preserving exercises?"

Xu Qing became interested. He had learned a slow Tai Chi-like martial art with Huang Shimei before, like Wu Qin Xi, but many of those sets of boxing were only designed for women.Wouldn't it be great for Feng Li to propose now?

Seeing Xu Qing's expression, Feng Li knew that he was interested, so he pulled Xu Qing aside, and said to Xu Qing: "When a man practices kung fu, he starts with his legs. Whether it's health preservation or fighting, if his legs are strong, he will use his whole body. The legs are limp, no matter how strong the method is, it will be broken in one blow."

Xu Qing nodded. A stable leg means a healthy waist, a good waist means a good kidney, and a good kidney is really good.Feng Li then said to Xu Qing: "My set of health-preserving boxing is heavy-legged. General Xu is optimistic about it."

Feng Li took off his armor, put down his sword, and punched.Sure enough, the first move is to get down the horse stance, and then change the way of tying the horse stance. Although the skill in the hands is simple, it can justly integrate the stance of the horse stance.When the legs are tired, there will be a leg raising movement to relax for a while, and just after this movement, I will immediately get off the horse again.

A total of 28 moves, fists and palms changed, and finally closed, but Feng Li's forehead was already dripping with sweat.Xu Qing was surprised in his heart, this kung fu is so good that this person who has been practicing for a long time is actually sweating. This is a very cold day, the weather is several degrees below zero!

Xu Qing read it once, and basically memorized the kung fu in his hand.Feng Li also said at this time: "General Xu, this punch is simple, but the important thing is to do your best in every move and every form, tense your whole body, don't ask for speed, but ask for a stable body. After practicing for three to five years, That’s how I got there.”

Xu Qing glanced at Feng Li, but didn't see anything special, Feng Li smiled and said, "General Xu, I'm standing here, if you can bump me, I'll call you master today."

Hey, with such a big tone, Xu Qing is also not convinced, thinking that I can't beat you, but it's not difficult to hit you?However, in order to save face for the general, Xu Qing only took two or three steps back and said, "General Feng, stand still..."

Seeing that Xu Qing was like this, Feng Li didn't even make a good lunge, so he said, "Please, General Xu."

Xu Qing took a breath, and bumped into it with a hey sound.But when he bumped into Feng Li, Xu Qing suddenly felt a wall standing in front of him, and he didn't move at all, not trembling.Humming, Xu Qing took a few steps back, rushed forward with a lunge, and bumped into it again, Feng Li changed his footsteps and took a lunge.

With a thud, Xu Qing was bounced to the ground, and the Qinghong sword was placed under his buttocks, causing pain in his buttocks.

Xu Qing got up and praised: "General Feng is very powerful, I admire him!"

"Admiration, hahaha, old Feng, old Feng, today you even taught your health-preserving boxing. What's the matter? I'm afraid you will be killed in this battle?" Xie Shufang appeared at some time, and asked Xu Qingdao: "Blessed is General Xu. Old Feng didn't even disclose this health-preserving skill to me, but I entrusted it to you. It's not bad."

Xu Qing's face suddenly became serious, and he replied: "What do the two generals mean?"

He lowered his voice again: "Could it be that the risk of this battle is very high?"

The two generals sighed and said: "If the army behind arrives in time, there will be no risk in this battle. If it arrives late, our lives are in danger."

"Didn't it mean that the people of Xue Yantuo would break up if they disagreed?"

The two generals shook their heads, took a deep look at Xu Qing and said, "The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. When you fight in the future, you must not rely on the enemy's weakness, but on your own strength. The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy, There is no danger of defeat in a hundred battles, that's it."

Xu Qing bowed deeply and said: "As the two generals said, I have been educated. However, this time the emperor sent Xu Shiji and Zhang Jin to command the troops in Yingzhou, so there shouldn't be any problems."

The two of them nodded and said, "Zhang Jin is a general who is often defeated, but Xu Shiji is a hero. It's just that, General Xu, you still don't understand the struggle in court."

Xu Qing groaned, knowing that all kinds of doubts about the prince's siege were about to be resolved, so he pricked up his ears to listen to the two of them.

Feng Li said slowly: "The crown prince came to Yingzhou to command the troops. On the surface, he wanted to exterminate Xue Yantuo, but in fact, he wanted to get rid of the pests in the Yingzhou soldiers."

Xie Shufang also said: "The last time the Turks went south, the troops from Bingzhou and Youzhou all went to battle, and the soldiers and horses in the pass defended against the enemy together, but none of the troops from Yingzhou moved. Don't you think there is nothing tricky about this?"

In Xu Qing's mind, the military layout of the Tang Dynasty appeared slightly. Youzhou has more than 40 troops to defend against the Turks and Goguryeo, and each of the prefectures and camps has more than [-] troops, all of which are to defend against the grassland tribes. Lingzhou's [-] troops are for defending the Western Regions. , and Western Turks.There are also sixteen guards of the Fourth Army of Chang'an, three or [-] forbidden troops, defending Gyeonggi.There are also quite a few in Bashu and Nanyue, as well as Zhechong Mansions and Zongbing Mansions in other places.

This time when Li Shimin sent troops, he used [-] soldiers from Lingzhou, and he did not bring a single soldier. Li Jiancheng used [-] troops from Yingzhou, and he had to bring [-] elite soldiers of his own.The [-] soldiers and horses in Lingzhou were left over from the former Sui Dynasty, and most of them were surrendered soldiers and generals.The homes of those soldiers are hiding in the Central Plains, so loyal ministers are available and their morale is not low.

The composition of Yingzhou soldiers is more complicated. There are several small separatist regimes that have cleaned up the grassland people, and there are also some soldiers from the Central Plains, as well as tribes who surrendered from the grasslands, and criminals who were sent to the frontier.Therefore, Yingzhou soldiers can be said to be a mixed bag of fish and dragons, with different people's hearts.

(End of this chapter)