National Beauty

This time, Zhao Heng was the Superintendent of the East Road Army to defend against the Liao soldiers' invasion, and Li Long, the Secret Envoy, was the commander in chief, accompanied by generals such as Guo Boyan, Zhao Jing, and Jing Yi. The army arrived in Zhenzhou in mid-August. Li Long, Guo Boyan and other generals discussed the matter. Zhao Heng, the supervising army, was mainly in charge of observing. However, if the coach and the supervising army disagree, the supervising army should be respected.

Before the Liao army arrived, this time mainly discussing how to deploy defenses. Li Long ordered Guo Boyan to station 20,000 horses in Guannan on the west side of Zhenzhou, and Dingzhou to the east to Dingzhou governor Cui Han. He led a 100,000 army to hold on to Zhenzhou. Several places in the northern border were nearly lost, and Zhenzhou, Guannan, and Dingzhou had become the most important towns in the surrounding area.

"Huh, the Khitan threatened to take my Zhenzhou, but only sent one hundred thousand cavalry to attack. It is too small to look down on our Dazhou soldiers. I dare to say that this time the Khitan only wants to avenge our previous attack on Youzhou and send troops to the town. The state tried its luck and won the best. If you lose, we will go to another place. Therefore, in this battle, we must fight beautifully and severely frustrate the spirit of the Liao people!" The coach Li Long stood in front of the sand table, like a falcon. Eyes swept over the generals around him one by one.

Li Long is a 40-year-old man who is young and prestigious among generals. He is brave and courageous, and his army is famous and famous, only slightly inferior to the Li Jiajun who has always guarded the West Road. The Eastern Route Army led by Cao Yu retreated steadily, and the army was almost completely wiped out. Only Li Long's Zhenrong Army retired. It was highly praised by Emperor Xuande and was promoted to the privy envoy in one breath.

Guo Boyan and Li Long got up at the same time. His sister became a concubine Shu, and Li Long's sister became a queen. The two had similar resumes, and they had a friendship on the battlefield of mutual sympathy, but they also had a secret rivalry when they argued about merits and rewards. Li Long is arrogant and Guo Boyan is calm. Before this year, Guo Boyan always pressed Li Long. Now that Li Long is the coach, he is faintly arrogant. Guo Boyan is naturally cautious in his words and deeds, and takes his orders happily.

"What do you think of the prince?" They ordered to go down, remembering that there was still a prince sitting behind, Li Long turned his head and asked neither humble nor arrogant. If the former king of Chu came to supervise the battle, Li Long might still respect the king of Chu by three points, but today it was the gentleman and gentleman who came to supervise the other army, and Li Long didn't like it from the bottom of his heart.

Zhao Heng glanced at him, left his seat, walked to the sand table, his eyes lowered, and then pointed to the Guannan area and said to Guo Bo: "Guannan has a lot of water and rivers. "The Liao cavalry was invincible by their horses, and was most suitable for running on flat ground. Once the horses were blocked, the Liao soldiers could hardly move.

Guo Boyan nodded: "The king's words are extremely true, and the minister can start after he passes."

The city walls in Zhenzhou are strong, so there is no need for Zhao Heng to elaborate on how to defend.

The Shou King is gone, Guo Boyan and others are also gone. The coach Li Long couldn’t help but said with his confidant, Jing Yi: “Digging fields and digging fields is all about scholars’ words. It will only be fast. It’s really on the battlefield. Don't be too scared to pee."

Jing Yi also didn't think that the white-faced scholar-like Shouwang was suitable for the supervising army, and he smiled agreeably, but he still reminded in a low voice: "The general is careful to say that it is not good to be heard." He dare not say Shouwang's. gossip.

Li Long snorted.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Long woke up early as usual, washed his hands and face, put on his armor, and was going to inspect the barracks. As a result, he had just left the tent, and suddenly heard a neat applause from the training ground. Li Long raised his eyebrows. Seeing Jing Yi walking by, he curiously asked, "What's the matter?"

Jing Yi looked at a blank face, and also didn't know, the two looked at each other and walked towards the training ground side by side. Getting closer, I saw a figure standing on the high stage of martial arts performance, like a pine, green cypress, and the morning light was faint. The man was dressed in black armor, and his face was as white as jade, as if a **** descended from the earth.

People can grow so white in the barracks, except for King Shou, Li Long can't think of anyone else.

On the stage of performing martial arts, Zhao Heng stood in black armor. Behind him, eight guards, Su Rong, stood in a row, each holding a box of silver ingots with white flowers in their hands. The ingots were not big, and each was one or two, but they couldn't stand it. It's so piled up like a hill, it's more exciting than a beautiful woman taking off her clothes.

Father Fu bent slightly and saw Li Long walking in the distance. Father Fu straightened his back and spoke to the soldiers and soldiers in a louder voice: "You may not know something, our prince is also a martial artist. , I will definitely practice Kung Fu every morning."

As soon as he said this, Li Long cocked his mouth sarcastically, and there was a low laugh from the infantry line, and he didn't believe it.

Zhao Heng heard it, but the clouds were still calm, and Father Fu was not annoyed, and continued: "Last night the prince said, I have long heard that the soldiers of the East Route Army are brave and good at fighting, and the princes will also practice martial arts. , I decided to invite three soldiers to accompany the prince every day starting from today. Anyone who dared to go on stage to compete with the prince, each would reward one or two silver..."

Will you get the money if you accompany the prince?

Hearing this, the soldiers were in an uproar, their introverted hearts were excited, and boldly tempered, they yelled on the spot, vying to be on stage. The sentiment was exciting, Father Fu turned his head to look at his prince, Zhao Heng stood with his hand shouldered, and after a while, he raised his right hand, like a silent command, the army immediately calmed down, and everyone was eagerly waiting.

Fu Gong understood the spirit and continued to speak loudly: "Anyone who can insist on more than ten strokes in the hands of the prince will reward five taels of silver, and more than 20 strokes will reward ten ounces of silver. If a tie is tied, fifty silver will be rewarded, if it can beat the prince. , Reward one hundred taels of silver!"

"The prince is mighty! The prince is mighty!"

Unknown who led the head, the soldiers shouted in unison, their voices thunderous and deafening.

When the wave subsided, Father Fu finally announced the conditions: "The competition will continue until the army triumphs, but each person has only one chance to accompany the prince to practice martial arts, so after watching today’s competition, everyone does what they can and feels that they are in the prince no matter what. If you have only ten tricks in your hands, you can come on stage at any time. If you feel that you can stick to ten tricks in your hands, then you should practice martial arts more often and come back on stage after a while!"

"it is good!"

Father Fu glanced at the prince again, and then said to the audience: "In order to give everyone a general understanding of the prince’s skills, today we will invite a team leader, head of the battalion, and commander of the battalion to come on stage... Then, from the first A battalion commander rushed to the stage to pick from the battalion under his control!"

The Great Zhou military system consists of fifty men as one team, ten teams as one capital, and ten all as one battalion. The battalion commander is in charge of five thousand soldiers and horses.

A hundred thousand army, a total of 20 battalion commanders, just after Fu Gonggong’s voice fell, those battalion commanders rushed to the central martial arts platform under the loud instigation of their soldiers. Of course, they were far and near. In the end, the battalion commander named Shi Bao, directly opposite the Yanwu Platform, took the lead.

"At the end, I will meet the prince!" Shi Bao excitedly saluted the Shou King when he was on the stage.

Zhao Heng nodded his head and said concisely: "In your camp, choose a team leader and a leader."

A few low-pitched and calm words rang above his head, sounding like ordinary people, and with the inherent majesty of a dragon, Shi Bao lowered his head, his eyes rolled, and he didn't believe that the lord was stuttering. But this was just a thought, it was more important than trying to get silver, Shi Bao responded loudly, his eyes moved forward, and directly yelled at two people.

From weak to strong, Zhao Heng first played against the leader of the fifty-man team.

These are all the most elite bans in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Anyone who can be picked up is a big five big and three thick big guy. Zhao Heng is not inferior to them, but in contrast, he is not as sturdy and sturdy as he has been practicing martial arts all year round. . The team leader on stage was the first to take the shot. Seeing that the prince was so thin, he couldn't help but give birth to a bit of "pity and cherish jade" thoughts, tentatively shot, for fear that he would beat the Shou prince with a fist.

But when his fist was only half an arm away from the prince, he saw the prince smile, his face like a crown jade, his eyes like...

I haven't found a word to describe it. Suddenly, the sky turned around and fell in the eyes of everyone in the audience. It was the leader of the tall horse team. He was pulled up by the seemingly weak Shou Wangye and raised his arm, crossed his shoulder, and fell directly. Face up to the sky!

This change was so fast and so shocking that the head of the team that was thrown was dumbfounded, and the soldiers in the audience opened their mouths dumbly until the head of the team rolled half a circle and got up to salute the prince. Come back to your senses, and return to the unprecedented bursts of applause!

"When you fight with people, you must not underestimate the enemy." Zhao Heng patted the team's head and shoulders, and taught calmly.

The leader of the team lost too quickly. For one thing, it was shameful, and secondly, I was a little worried that the prince misunderstood that he was incapable and unworthy to be the leader of the team.

"Wang Ye, don't worry, I will remember it!" The head of the team flushed with excitement.

Zhao Heng nodded and told him to receive the silver.

Next is Dutou. Witnessing Shouwang's skill, he didn't dare to be careless. Compared with Wu, the generals also forgot their dignity and inferiority, and did everything they could to attack the Shouwang. To be able to command a hundred people, all heads naturally have some ability, but they have not been able to insist on five tricks under the hand of King Shou. If Zhao Hengsheng was hiding in a deep secret last time, this time, he really showed his skills.

At this point, the 100,000 army, all below their heads, were completely convinced by King Shou. Even the coach Li Long, who was watching the battle silently, gradually changed his eyes.

The third one was Shi Bao, the commander of the battalion in charge of the five thousand forbidden army.

Before doing it, Zhao Heng looked at Shi Bao, and said in doubt: "Your surname is Shi, the mighty king of the county..."

Emperor Gaozu proclaimed himself emperor by instigating disease. He had married nine generals who supported him as brothers of different surnames. One of them was surnamed Shi and Shouxin. He was a veteran of the two dynasties.

"It's my father." Shi Bao said proudly, even though his father had been guilty before his death.

After Zhao Heng listened, his handsome face finally showed some solemnity, and he said to Shi Bao: "The tiger father has no dogs. It is the king's fortune to be on the same stage with the general."

People who practice martial arts learn from each other. The prince treated him so courteously, Shi Bao's eyes were inexplicably hot, fearing that the prince would see the jokes, he hurriedly folded his hands to cover up: "The prince is polite, come on!"

The two stood at a distance of ten feet away, and the audience was silent. Zhao Heng only recognized Shi Bao at this time. Most of the soldiers in the audience knew Shi Bao already. They also knew Shi Bao’s skills, if it were not for his father’s burden, his official position. Ascended long ago. Fighting against each other, the soldiers squeezed a sweat, and the coach Li Long stared at King Shou closely. He only felt that the godlike and handsome prince on the stage was truly hidden.

Shi Baoqiang worked outside the home, and his body was as hard as a copper wall and iron wall, with great strength. Zhao Heng majored in home boxing and was agile. The two were fighting together, Shi Baohu fisted, but couldn't touch Zhao Heng. Zhao Heng beat Shi Bao a few times, but Shi Bao didn't move, but his fist was aching.

This is the first time that Zhao Heng has fought against a well-matched general. Fu Gong is in a panic, but Zhao Heng is more and more happy.

"General?"

In the audience, Jing Yi asked Li Long in a low voice.

Li Long watched the battle closely. Seeing Zhao Heng calmly and unhurriedly, Shi Bao was flushed, his footwork was gradually chaos and he could only defend himself. Obviously, the outcome was determined.

Sure enough, after more than a dozen tricks, Shi Bao didn't pay attention to it, and Zhao Heng detained his life.

The voices of the generals shook the sky, and Li Long just wanted to smile wryly.

His queen sister, if you see this scene, I am afraid that my intestines will be regretful, right? Regret that it shouldn't be that when the king of Chu was mad, he gave up the emperor's eldest brother Sun Sheng so early that he lost the hearts of the brothers of the king of Chu and the king of life.