Chapter 9 The Big Knife Test(1/2)
Ye Cangcheng is actually a large military camp. The city is located near the east of the city. The city is built in square shapes, with a gate in the southeast, west and north. The people live near the north gate, while the army is stationed in the south and north.
When the general's mansion was out, King Yu glanced at the five tired horses that were stuck outside the mansion and ordered: "Come, bring eight war horses!" Then he turned around and said: "Everyone will go to the military camp with me, Tieying, so do you!"
"The last general is ordered!" Ling Tieying turned his head to wink at the five people as soon as he bowed. The smart Ling Feiyan and Shi Gong Zhengyuan first reacted first, Huo Qing was the most stupid. He woke up when he saw that his classmates and friends bowed.
Following King Yu, when Xunwei walked across the street, Xuan Shaoning realized that Ye Cang City was not small. The small impression he had before was entirely caused by the structure of the city. Ye Cang City was built with a narrow east-west and wide north-south sides. It would take at least a quarter of an hour to go from the general's mansion in the city to the south even if he rode a horse and ran wildly.
When everyone arrived at the gate of the southern military camp, two were already waiting. Both of them were wearing armor, but the colors were different. One of them was young, with a white face and no beard. One of them was very distinctive. They were wearing green and thoughtful soft armor; the other was older, with curly bearded face, wide arms and round waists, and silver blunt armor.
"The last general will meet the general!" When they saw King Yu, the two saluted at the same time.
"Get up, Xia Duwei, Xiang Duwei! Let me recommend these people, all disciples of Qingshan Academy, came to join our Xuanjia Army. They have been practicing in the mountains for seven years, and they all have all their skills." King Yu praised the people and then jumped off the horse.
"With Master Mo in front of you, I believe the general said nothing badly. Xia Junmao, the commander of the Han Dao, was Xia, the old man spoke first.
"Xiang Ang, the commander of the rust chalice, the sixth disciple of Qingshan Academy!" The young man spoke straightforwardly, and his eyes were also bright when he looked at the people.
"I heard when I was in the academy that the Xuanjia Army had four guards, one was Han Dao and Xuanjia's vanguard. Although the number of people was small, they could fight bravely and have a rapid impact, and they all fought against two!" After dismounting, Xuan Shaoning saw the Han Dao Commander with his own eyes. The respect in his words arose, and he clasped his fists and bowed his hands.
"As for the Rust Jade Guards, they are all cavalrymen, each holding a crossbow and good at shooting and killing from a long distance. They are an elite force!" Duan Lang stood beside Xuan Shaoning and his eyes widened.
"You know a little about our Xuanjia Army!" Xia Junmao narrowed his eyes, not surprised by the words of the young boys, but the words changed when they were on their lips.
"It's not just a little understanding," Jun Gong Zhengyuan stood up. "The Daliang army has ten people as one army, with commanders; ten troops as one team, with centurion, and 10 people, with centurion, and 10 people; the five teams as one school, with captain, and 500 people; the five schools as one capital, with commanders, and 2,500 people; the fourth capital is one battalion, with commanders, and 10,000 people; the fifth battalion is one army, with commanders as generals, and there are 50,000 soldiers under its command. The Xuanjia Army was built strictly in accordance with this regulation."
"So the Xia Duwei and Xiang Duwei both have 2,500 subordinates!" Huo Qing looked at Xiang Ang and said. He really didn't expect that the senior brother of his sect, who was not much older than him, had more than a thousand subordinates.
King Yu clapped and said, "It turns out that they are disciples taught by Master. With you, the power of my Xuanjia Army has been greatly enhanced!"
"Oh? The little brothers are saying it well, but our Xuanjia Army has relied on real hard skills for so many years!" Xia Junmao obviously had something in his words, and he felt contemptuous as if he was as stupid as Huo Qing, even though he was as stupid as Huo Qing, he read it out.
"Uncle Xia is right, you can't just rely on your mouth!" Ling Feiyan was very dissatisfied with Xia Junmao's attitude and stood up first and said, "I haven't tried it, how do you know we don't have real skills?"
Ling Tieying stood at the end of the team, and had no choice but to stop her daughter. She was anxious and could only clench her fists with both hands.
"It is said that women change every time they grow up, and Feiyan has indeed become a beautiful girl! Since Feiyan has said that, okay, if you have any real skills, just shine, let me see it!" Xia Junmao's smile made Xuan Shaoning feel a little fake.
"The journey is exhausted, you might as well take a break first, and the competition can be another day." Mo Chengfeng was still worried that these junior brothers were too young and had just entered the military camp and didn't understand the rules.
"If you are afraid, then just pretend that I didn't say anything!" Xia Junmao stopped looking at the newcomers, turned to Wang Yu and said, "General, let's go to the playground to watch the exercises!"
This aroused the anger of several young people.
"Who is afraid? We are not tired. Thank you for your concern. You can compete now!" Huo Qing was the first to stand up and expressed dissatisfaction.
Xia Junmao was obviously a provocation, but Xuan Shaoning also knew that if he lost his momentum in this first hurdle, he would be very sad in the future in this military camp.
King Yu, who had been watching by the side, finally spoke at this time: "It's still early today, so it's a good opportunity for me to see your abilities. But if you have a word, just click on it and never hurt the other party. What's the location? Let's choose the playground of your Nanjun Camp, Xia Duwei, lead the way!"
Xia Junmao immediately turned around and led the way. The southern military camp was stationed with Han Dao, Rust Claw and Golden Armored Three Guards. Walking into the military gate, you can see the military camps neatly arranged on both sides. The tents on the left are red and black, and the one on the right is yellow.
"Are these three colors used to distinguish?" Xuan Shaoning asked.
This time the answer was the young commander Xiang Ang, "Yes, red is my rust claw, which means big claws to clamp the enemy; black is cold knife, which means a knife raid at night; yellow is golden armor guard."
"Oh, so that's it, then..." Before Duan Lang finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xia Junmao. "There is the training ground ahead. General, I'll go and ask for a place to be made!"
"Come!"
"Yes, Xia Duwei!" A soldier immediately ran up to obey the order.
"Go and notify the general, the general is here! Get out the playground first and let all brothers wait at the training ground!"
"yes!"
As the soldier disappeared, Shi Gong Zhengyuan quietly came to Xuan Shaoning's ears, "This Xia Duwei is clearly going to make the competition bigger. Are you ready?"
"I know, since that's the case, the more people, the better." Having said that, Xuan Shaoning was really unsure. He knew the abilities of these people, but the other party was the Xuanjia Army with practical experience.
"What's wrong with this Uncle Xia today? I'm doing such a big formation?" Ling Feiyan asked in confusion.
At this time, King Yu was everything that Xia Junmao could not see at all.
There is a stand made of huge logs in the training ground, which is three people tall and can accommodate dozens of people at the same time. There is a curtain on the top of the stand, but there is no obstacle on both sides. In the middle is a long table of two people, and on both sides are several short side tables. King Yu was sitting in the center of the stand, Mo Chengfeng was sitting on his left, Xia Junmao and Xiang Ang were standing on the left, while Xuan Shaoning and others sat on the side seats.
At this time, a person came to the playground. He looked like he was young, and he should be similar to Xiang Ang’s age, and he was dressed in green armor. When he got closer, the newcomers could see clearly: a face that had been eroded by wind and sand for a long time, small and narrow, like the melon-seeded face of a woman in Jiangnan, but her facial features were rough. In short, it gave people a very strange feeling. His body was seven feet tall, not as thick as Ling Tieying, but it gave people a sense of power and inviolability.
"The last general Zhan Ting meets the general!" The voice was like a bell, with vicissitudes and strength, and it was really not compatible with age.
"Come today, it comes from the Master's instructions. Let's meet your junior brothers first!" King Yu pointed his hand to the side seat.
"Several junior brothers, Zhan Ting is a disciple of the 6th Qingshan Academy. In the past, he will be able to fight side by side in the future!" Zhan Ting stood up, turned around, clasped his fists, and saluted. The series of movements were clean and neat.
"So, the Commander Zhan is also our senior brother!" Huo Qing suddenly stood up, and several newcomers clasped their fists at Yaoyao in the playground.
"Qingshan Academy is full of talents. With your joining today, the Xuanjia combat power will be higher!" Zhan Ting saw his junior brother of his classmates, and his smile also opened on his black cheeks. His smile made people feel warm all over his body.
"The brothers are true, but comrades-in-arms are hard to say now." Xia Junmao came out in time to "correct".
"Emperor Xia, what do you mean?" Zhan Ting closed his smile and said in confusion.
"Zhan Ting, Xia Duwei just wanted to try their skills." King Yu came out and said it clearly.
"Compet? What to compete?" Zhan Ting continued to ask.
"I can't bully the young, so the content of the competition is determined by the younger brothers!" Xia Junmao waved his hand and gave the decision to the newcomers, as if he had made a concession.
"Thank you for your understanding, Xia Duwei." Shi Gong Zhengyuan got up first and walked to the front of the stands, bowed and said, "General, Zhengyuan just saw that there were ten targets on the side of the playground. How about the riding and archery competition in the first round?"
Shi Gong Zhengyuan was careful, and Xuan Shaoning did not pay attention to the target surface after entering the playground, let alone the number.
"What do you want to do when competing for riding and archery at the same time?" King Yu asked with great interest.
"Riding a horse past the ten-sided target, shooting the arrows in your hand towards the center, and finally determining the winner and lose by the number of arrows in the center, how about it?" Shi Gong Zhengyuan explained in a concise manner. As soon as this was said, all the soldiers in the audience became interested, and their faces were red, waiting to watch the show.
"This idea is very good, just try riding and archery!" King Yu agreed.
"Zhengyuan begs to compete with the most outstanding riding and archery skills in the camp!"
"Little brother, I'm not old, I'm not young!" Xia Junmao was a little surprised that his master Gong Zhengyuan was so confident in his skills. But no matter how he looked at this white-faced scholar, it was difficult for this skill. But now the situation is difficult, so he had to agree: "Okay, where is Fang Qi?" Xia Junmao shouted.
"The last general is here!" I saw a short general standing out.
"Fang Qi is the captain of the rust cage, and riding and archery are the best among the rust cages." Xia Junmao said as he looked at the teacher Gong Zhengyuan, but the other party didn't look at him, just staring at the person in the field.
"Okay, Zhengyuan is willing to meet Captain Fang for a while! Please allow the general!" Shi Gong Zhengyuan turned around and bowed to King Yu. After receiving King Yu's head, he left the stands and came to the playground. He took the horse handed over by Zhan Ting and began to caress the horse's mane. He talked to the horse from time to time, feeling leisurely and contented, as if he didn't take the competition of ten thousand people present to heart.
This made everyone present unclear. Fortunately, King Yu was disciplined and no one said anything if there was any doubt. He watched Shi Gong Zhengyuan, the same strange war horse, "swept against each other" on his face.
"Although Zhengyuan's beast-controlling skills are not as good as Ke'er, they are still more than enough to deal with a horse!" Xuan Shaoning knew very well that Master Gong Zhengyuan was sharpening his knife and chopping wood.
Finally, a quarter of an hour later, Shi Gong Zhengyuan turned over the horse and pulled the reins to the center of the field. Fang Qi was finally able to ride a horse and tie the horse with Shi Gong Zhengyuan. Both of them raised their hands and clasped their fists to the stands, turned their heads and faced each other heads.
"The visitor is a guest, you first!" Fang Qi signaled his master Gong Zhengyuan to compete first.
"Thank you!" Shi Gong Zhengyuan did not refuse, and he carried a quiver on his back, held a bow and arrow in his hand, and rode his horse to a place about a hundred meters away from the target.
For a moment, the whole audience became quieter than before. They were staring at Shi Gong Zhengyuan, wanting to see what this fledgling young man has.
Shi Gong Zhengyuan looked at the target expressionlessly, lifted the reins, and shouted "Hold!" and immediately ran. After a while, the first target surface was getting closer and closer. Shi Gong Zhengyuan calmly pulled out an arrow from the quiver behind him, bent his bow and raised the arrow, staring straight at the target surface. With a bang, the arrow left the string, the string trembled, and the arrow stably inserted into the red dot in the center of the target surface.
"Okay!" Huo Qing was the first to stand up and shout.
"It's indeed a good archery technique." King Yu showed a satisfied expression.
Just as everyone was still immersed in the accuracy of the first arrow, Shi Gong Zhengyuan shot eight arrows in a row, all hitting the bull's eye. Just when the tenth target surface appeared, Shi Gong Zhengyuan hesitated for a moment, and the arrow shot crooked, about three inches away from the red heart.
"Oh, it's a pity, or I'll hit it all!" Huo Qing was obviously a little disappointed, but Xuan Shaoning felt that the last arrow was a little strange.
"It's a little regretful to have one in ten miles, but those nine arrows are enough to show their skills!" King Yu praised him.
"Next, let's see Fang Qi!" Xia Junmao was very surprised by the performance of his master Gong Zhengyuan, but he still looked calm on his face.
Fang Qi rode his horse to the same starting point. Although he was expressionless on his face, he felt very stressed. He could shoot arrows while riding his horse. Moreover, nine out of ten, the difficulty can be imagined. If he wanted to win, the only thing he could do was to hit all ten arrows. But, can this be done?
"drive!"
Fang Qi set out, and his riding skills were comparable to that of Master Gong Zhengyuan. When the first target arrived, Fang Qi also calmly shot the arrow, but the first arrow was a little inch away from the center.
Seeing this scene, Xia Junmao frowned, as if he was dissatisfied. However, King Yu's expression remained unchanged and he was focused on appreciating.
"Excellent!" King Yu said in time, which was also a signal that the competition ended.
Xiang Ang stopped, walked to Huo Qing, stretched out his hand and said with a gentle voice: "I just made a heavy move, please forgive me."
Huo Qing smiled, "Xiang Duwei is so serious, you have already restrained a lot of force just now." He reached out and asked Xiang Ang to pull him up.
"I lost this competition!" Huo Qing said in front of the stands.
"Brother Qing, I've given up!" Xiang Ang reciprocated again.
"The two competitions just now are enough to show your strength. How about it, Xia Duwei, are you still satisfied?" King Yu asked Xia Junmao with a smile.
"The general is right. Xia was too arrogant just now, and he offended many words and deeds. Please don't be surprised by brothers. Xia, a martial artist, has always convinced those who are capable. Although you are young, from today's competition, you can see that not only have superb martial arts, but also have delicate thoughts."
Several people were confused about Xia Junmao's sudden change of face. I wonder if this guy was a sing or a sing-blushing person.
"Emperor Xia Duke is such a person. He is straightforward and quick-hearted, but he treats people with a sincere and honest manner. As the saying goes, you won't know each other without fighting. How many little brothers might as well tell me which guard they all want to join me in the Xuan Armor?" King Yu asked sincerely.
"I want to go to the Golden Armor. I know I am not good at riding skills, but I will practice martial arts diligently in the future. I hope the general will succeed." Huo Qing spoke first.
"Brother Qing is really good at martial arts, Golden Armor is worthy of you!"
"The Zhengyuan brothers' riding and archery skills are first-class. I can only remove the rust claws from my opinion, are you willing?"
To be continued...