Midnight, ugly hour.

In the middle of the main hall of Yuqing Temple in the south of Lin'an City, two middle-aged nuns, one in white and one in gray, are sitting side by side on the futon.

Zhao Yueru walked into the main hall, knelt down on her knees in front of the two nuns, and said, "Disciple to see Master, Uncle." As he spoke, he shook his head respectfully.

Bai Yini opened his eyes and smiled, "Get up, disciple." How many times have I told you that your uncle and I are both outsiders, so we don't have to be so strict about etiquette. ”

Zhao Yueru said: "Yes." Then he stood up and stood with his hands heavy.

Gray Yini asked, "Yueru, who is the young man who competed with you today?" How can he use the 'Thunder Calendar Wind Dafa'?"

Zhao Yueru couldn't help but ask, "Master, what is the vigorous and resolute Dafa." ”

Bai Yini said: "The Thunder Calendar is a peerless martial art created by the Wind and Thunder Master hundreds of years ago. However, in the past few hundred years, only the "Dragon Eagle" Wan Xiansheng in the "Three Wonders of the Rivers and Lakes" has been practiced alone. Could this child be Wan Xiansheng's disciple? I haven't heard that Wan Xiansheng has accepted apprentices! ”

Zhao Yueru said: "His name is Yang Yan, and he is the grandson of the king of Tong'an County. ”

It turned out that Yang Yizhong was an old minister of the two dynasties, and Emperor Zhao Tuan thought that he was an old minister, especially polite, and often called him by his name. Princess Yongan didn't dare to say Yang Yizhong's name directly. But the white and gray obviously knew who she was talking about.

Gray Yini said: "Yang Yizhong's grandson, how did he withdraw from the relationship with Wan Xiansheng?" Moreover, seeing that he was vigorously and resolutely practicing Dafa, it was obvious that he had already practiced to the fourth level, and as far as I knew, Wan Xiansheng had not reached until he was thirty years old when he practiced this step back then. How old is he?"

Zhao Yueru said: "The disciple is the son of the third son of the king of Tong'an County, his father died early, he and his mother have been talking outside, and he only returned to the Yang family five years ago. Two years ago, I joined the army in the Imperial Army of Jiankang Mansion, and this year I am about nineteen or twenty years old. ”

Bai Yini smiled: "Senior sister, others have their own coincidences, let's guess something here." ”

Gray Yini sighed: "Senior sister, I can't imagine that we have become frogs at the bottom of the well after more than ten years of retreat and practice, and a child under the age of twenty can actually practice 'vigorous and resolute Dafa'. ”

Bai Yini said with a smile: "The world is so big, there are strange people, what are you and me." But is there such a talented young man in this Lin'an City? He turned his head and said to Zhao Yueru: "Today you competed with him, Master and Uncle went to see it, was he the young man you said two years ago?"

Zhao Yueru said: "Yes, we had a game two years ago, although the instructor ruled that the disciple won, but in fact, he was not divided with him, this time it was ......."

Bai Yini said: "Aren't you winning this time?" He had already conceded defeat in the frontcourt. ”

Zhao Yueru said: "But this time the disciple took advantage of the weapon, and although he used the sword, he used the sword technique, so his martial arts did not all shine out, although he admitted defeat, but the disciple did not think that he was really winning." ”

Gray Yini was a little strange, and said: "Yueru, you fought twice, and you won, but why do you care so much about him?"

Zhao Yueru froze for a moment, and finally told the past that five years ago, when she first met Yang Yan and was snatched by Yang Yan empty-handed.

After hearing this, Gray Yini smiled: "That's just a fight between children, why are you still obsessed." ”

Zhao Yueru listened and was silent.

Bai Yini sighed: "Disciple, you are too obsessed with victory and defeat, I am afraid this will become an obstacle to your martial arts success in the future." ”

Zhao Yueru said: "The disciple doesn't understand, and I ask the master to make it clear." ”

Bai Yini sighed: "Five years ago, we accepted you as an apprentice, on the one hand, because of your sincerity, and on the other hand, because of your talent, which is really rare. That's why I kept you under the door. It is said that you have achieved a lot in five years. Not only is it much stronger than your sisters, but even your uncle and I are much inferior at your age. It's just that this little Wuxiang Gong pays attention to the colorlessness of the phase, and the Taoist purity and non-action are in the same vein, if you are too obsessed with the success or failure of victory or defeat, it is really not the way of the phaseless. ”

Zhao Yueru lowered her head and said: "Master, uncle, great kindness, disciple will never forget, but the disciple is stupid, I am afraid that he will live up to the high hopes of master and uncle." ”

Bai Yini sighed: "This is not stupid, you still need to tie the bell to untie the bell, and you have to untie your own heart knot, and we can't help you." ”

Gray Yini said: "Senior sister, she is still young, and she will slowly understand in the future." ”

Bai Nonni said with a smile: "The country is easy to change, the nature is difficult to change, if you can't let go of the victory, it will be difficult to achieve great success in the end." Suddenly, he raised his voice and said, "It's that friend on the roof, can you come down and see it?" ”

I only heard an old voice say, "Old nun, what a good ear!" Before the words were spoken, one of them was left outside the temple.

The man was about sixty years old, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, full of patches, with gray hair and a bulging back. Zhao Yueru took a closer look, and it turned out that the old man was actually a hunchback. However, although it is hunchbacked, it is much taller than the average person. As soon as Bai Yini and Gray Yini saw this hunchbacked old man, they immediately got up and walked out of the hall. Princess Yongan also followed.

Bai Yini smiled: "Senior Yi, it turned out to be you, why did you come to Lin'an?"

The hunchbacked old man laughed and said, "What? This Lin'an only allows you two old nuns to come, and won't my old camel come? ”

Gray Yini also smiled and said, "What are you doing standing outside the hall, come in and speak." ”

After entering the hall, Bai Yini beckoned the hunchbacked old man to sit down, turned around and called Princess Yong'an: "Apprentice, this senior is the 'divine camel' in the 'Three Wonders of the Rivers and Lakes'. Come and see you. ”

"Divine Camel" Yixiu, "Dragon Eagle" Wan Xiansheng, and "Flying Demon Ape" Gu Zhenyang have profound martial arts, are like-minded, and become brothers in life and death. Back then, because of dissatisfaction with Zhao Gou and Qin Hui, he murdered Yue Fei. teamed up to make trouble in the Forbidden Palace, although they did not kill Qin Hui and Zhao Gou, they also frightened the two of them, and they did not dare to kill Yue Fei's family, so they filled the army instead. This incident made the three of them famous, and those who admired them were respectfully called the "Three Wonders of the Rivers and Lakes", and those who hated them would call them the "Three Monsters of the Rivers and Lakes". The three of them don't think about it, and they often think of themselves as "weird" more on weekdays.

"Divine Camel" Yixiu ranked third in the "Three Wonders of the Rivers and Lakes", and practiced "Mixed Yuan One Qigong" since he was a child to build a peak.

Bai Yini turned out to be the head of the Xiaoyao faction of Lingyu Mountain and the master of the water mirror. Gray Yini is her junior sister, Master Shuiyue. The master of the two of them has a good relationship with the "Three Wonders of the Rivers and Lakes". Therefore, the two have also had several acquaintances with Otoku. So as soon as Otoxiu arrived in Lin'an, he came to the door when he saw the marks they left.

Zhao Yueru heard that the master respectfully called this camel a senior B, and she didn't dare to slack off, respectfully worshiped her, and said, "The younger generation will meet the old man B." ”

"Divine camel" Yixiu laughed and said, "Why is the little girl so polite, get up quickly." Stretching out her hand, Zhao Yueru suddenly felt that she was supporting herself in a force, and after only bowing once, she couldn't worship anymore, so she had to stand up along the support. I can't help but be secretly surprised in my heart, I am afraid that this skill is not as good as that of the master and uncle, and this camel is really not an ordinary person.

Yi Xiu's face was greatly surprised, he saw that Zhao Yueru was the apprentice of Master Water Mirror, so he wanted to try her martial arts. At the beginning, he only used thirty percent of his strength, and when he saw that he couldn't stop Zhao Yue, he bowed down, so he added it to seventy percent, but he regretted it after using it, for fear of hurting the little girl, but it was too late to get the credit. Who knew that Zhao Yueru was able to support her body with her internal strength and stand up naturally.

Shui Jing and Shui Yue smiled silently on the side.

Yixiu laughed and said: "Old nun, I haven't seen you for several years, and I used to hide here as a ** apprentice." But your apprentice is really good at teaching. I practiced such martial arts at a young age, and I look very handsome, how old is this year. "He has always been a small person, although he has a water mirror and a water moon, but he does not consider himself an elder.

Zhao Yueru said: "Senior B has spoken, the younger generation is nineteen years old this year, and I also ask Senior B to give me more advice." ”

Yixiu smiled and said, "The person looks good, and the words are also good." Nineteen years old. But now my old camel was much stronger when he was nineteen years old. ”

Shui Yue said: "Senior Yi, you should also find a few apprentices, you have no children and no daughters, otherwise it would be a pity for you to cultivate your body and bring it into the coffin like this." ”

Yixiu sighed: "Most of the young people nowadays are smart and refuse to work hard. Those who are willing to work hard are all mediocre in intelligence. I've been looking for a lot of years, but I can't find a successor who has taken the test. The second child has a granddaughter, who is also smart and clever, but unfortunately it is much worse than your apprentices. It's still the boss's life. ”

Shui Jing said: "We are talking about the old man Wan, whether he has accepted a disciple. ”

Yi Xiu was stunned, shook his head and said: "Yes, I have never heard that the boss has accepted apprentices, why do you ask this." ”

Shui Jing pointed at Zhao Yueru and said, "My apprentice competed with a teenager during the day today, and the young man used the 'Vigorous and Resolute Dafa' to draw with my apprentice. ”

Yixiu said: "There is such a child? slapped his forehead and laughed: "That must be Yang Yan's kid." ”

Zhao Yueru was taken aback and said, "His name is Yang Yan, do you know him?" ”

Otoku laughed and said, "He's the grandson of the boss!" I met him several times when I was younger, and he was indeed a smart kid, but I haven't seen him in a few years. Unexpectedly, he has now actually practiced 'vigorous and resolute Dafa'. Therefore, only the eldest of the three of us has the best life, and there is such a good heir, but the second child and I don't have such a good life! ”

Zhao Yueru said: "But since he is the grandson of Wan Laoshang, how can he be the grandson of the king of Tong'an?" ”

Yi Xiu was a little surprised, and said, "Huh? Little girl, do you know a lot? He is indeed the grandson of the old man Yang. Boss Wan's daughter is married to Old Man Yang's son, and the eldest grandson is naturally Old Man Yang's grandson, what's so strange about this. How about it, what kind of prince is Old Man Yang, is our Boss Wan's daughter not worthy of their family? ”

Zhao Yueru hurriedly said: "That's not what the juniors mean. ”

Yi Xiu smiled: "Little girl, it seems that you are very concerned about Yang Yan's affairs!" I think the two of you are a couple when you get to the fullest. Do you want my old camel to be a big matchmaker for you? I said that Yang Yan, that kid didn't dare not listen, the boss also wanted to buy me a little face, as long as I opened my mouth, this thing would definitely be done. ”

Zhao Yueru was suddenly so ashamed that her face turned red and she was at a loss.

Shui Jing thought in his heart: If Zhao Yueru is an ordinary woman, this family affair is really good. It's a pity that Zhao Yueru is a princess, and this identity is not easy to explain to Yixiu. I had to play a round and say: "Senior B, what are you kidding with the child, what are you doing when you come to Lin'an, is there anything wrong?" ”

Yixiu said: "It was the boss who sent a message and asked me and the second child to rush to Lin'an." Just say that there is a big matter to discuss, I just arrived in Lin'an, I haven't seen the boss yet, I see your mark, let's say hello first. ”

Shui Yue said: "The three of you have arrived in Lin'an, there must be something big to come, if there is anything we can help the pillar, just say hello." ”

Otsuku laughed and said, "Thank you, old nun. The three of them burst out laughing in unison.

Zhao Yueru was thinking: It turned out that Yang Yan was Wan Xiansheng's grandson

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Three days later, Yang Yan officially took office. The commander of the Guarding Ma Military Division was Cheng Min, the envoy of the Qingyuan Army, and at this time, he happened to take all the soldiers of the Ma Military Division to replace Li Xianzhong to guard Suzhou. Now there is only one army of Yang Yan's front army in the entire Ma Jun Division, so the Privy Council will temporarily assign the Feng Army to the front division of the palace. The order to transfer Cao Xun and Gao Zhen was issued, but it would take at least ten days or more for the two of them to arrive in Lin'an to take office. So now he is the only commander in command of the Election Army.

There were 3,800 men in the Electoral Army. The soldiers were all about twenty-five years old, and all of them were big men about six feet tall. He, the commander, is half a head taller.

There are actually two acquaintances of Yang Yan here, one is his subordinate Zhang Rong when he competed on the battlefield of Shangwuyuan, and the other is Zhang Shiyan, the opponent at that time. Both of these men are now the main players of the selection team.

In addition, there were four thousand two hundred and seven horses for the selection of the front army. It seems that Yang Chaoguang is not wrong, this cavalry army really has more horses than people. And the quality of the war horses is not bad, there are more than a thousand horses like Hai Dongqing who are close to five feet high. The other horses were generally over four feet five inches, which was quite good compared to other cavalry troops.

What surprised Yang Yan the most was what Yang Chaoguang said, 'an assembly that is more powerful than Tiefutu', a special war horse armor that the Great Song Dynasty had just made. The armor is divided into three layers, the inside and outside are made of cooked cowhide after drying, and the middle layer is made of several layers of thick folded paper with silk and cotton. Iron sheets are also embedded in important parts such as the horse's head and neck. The weight of a complete set of armor is less than forty percent of the iron armor, but the protective effect can be as much as seven or eight percent of the iron armor. Cavalry dressed in this armor can have the advantages of both heavy cavalry and light cavalry.

However, the cost of this suit of armor is also frighteningly high, exceeding a hundred yuan. Almost three times as much as ironclad. At present, the Great Song Dynasty has only built less than 3,000 sets, Yang Yan's Diefeng Army has 1,000 sets, Yu Gongliang's Cexuan Front Army also has 1,000 sets, and the rest are all equipped with the emperor's guards --- the Holy Army.

Another powerful weapon was the Horse Crossbow, which ------ a type of crossbow used by cavalry. Crossbow arrows have always been an important weapon of the Song army, especially the most famous for the divine arm crossbow, the longest range can reach more than 300 steps, and the penetration is also very strong. However, it is necessary to use the feet to pull away, so it can only be used by infantry. However, the Mahuang crossbow was made by Yang Yizhong's skilled craftsmen according to the improvement of the divine arm and the advantages of the Zhuge crossbow, which can be supplied to the cavalry.

Zhuge crossbow legend from Zhuge Liang's legacy, the crossbow carved straight groove, the letter of ten arrows, its hope is to take the softest wood for it, another machine wood, with the hand plate string up, send an arrow, the groove and fall a arrow, then pull the wood on the string and send. However, although it is ingenious, its strength is very strong, and it is only more than 20 steps. However, after the craftsmen improved, the horse crossbow can be pulled away without feet, and six arrows can be placed in the letter of acceptance and fired continuously. Although the range is smaller than that of the Divine Arm Crossbow, only comparable to a normal bow, it fires much faster than a normal bow. There are 1,200 sets of horse emperor crossbows in the Xuanfeng army.

In addition, the Senfeng Army was also equipped with a small number of firearms, and there were gunpowder bows and arrows, gunpowder cannons, and shells suitable for use on horses, and there were special bow mounts for firing firearms. At this time, firearms were generally equipped with the army of the Great Song Dynasty, but they were mostly used in defending or besieging cities. Not very useful in field battles. However, it can still play a great role in some special occasions, such as: ambushes, sneak attacks, burning grain, etc. In the 31st year of Shaoxing (1161), Li Bao, the envoy of the Jing Navy Festival, used a large number of firearms in the naval battle of Chenjiadao, and the result was a great defeat of the Jin soldiers. It can be seen that the key to the use of firearms lies in how the commander uses them.

Yang Yan looked at these weapons and sighed: in terms of technical level, the Great Song Dynasty was far stronger than Jin, Xia, Tubo and other countries. In addition to the war horse, the other assemblies are all stronger than the Jin country, as long as the upper and lower hearts are united and the housing is used properly, there is a reason for invincibility.

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Cavalry had two types of combat weapons: spears and sabers. Only sergeants of the rank of general are eligible to choose and use other weapons such as point-and-gun guns, halberds, glaives, maces, axes, etc.

The spears used by the cavalry were generally about one foot and two feet long, and they were made of hard white wood. It is mainly used for frontal impact, using the impact of the war horse to stab the enemy. It is usually held in one hand, pointed horizontally forward for cavalry, and slightly stabbed downward and held tightly with its elbow if it is for an infantry spear. The moment you come into contact with the enemy, you have to dodge the enemy's attack on the one hand, and you have to stand by to attack the enemy on the other, and the victory or defeat is often in an instant.

The sabers used by cavalry were generally about five feet long, and the length of the hilt was between one foot and five inches to two feet. You can hold the knife with one hand or with both hands. It is usually used when engaging with the enemy's short soldiers, and the basic movements of the saber are only a few forms such as stabbing, counterattacking, horizontal cutting, and hard splitting, which are simple and practical. In fact, all the fancy techniques in combat are useless, and whoever has the strength and speed will have the advantage.

Another important skill of the cavalry was the archery of the horse. Because the cavalry sits on a horse and aims and shoots the bow, and relies on his legs to steer the horse. People must not only maintain balance on horseback, but also complete actions such as taking arrows, pulling strings, aiming, shooting, etc., as well as techniques such as side shooting, back shooting, and ambush shooting. It is by no means a day's work to practice the technique of striking the opponent's mounted archery accurately and forcefully, but rather the result of a long and arduous training process under strict instruction.

These were all taught by Yang Yan in the equestrian class of the Shangwu Academy. If someone counts it, they will find that although Yang Yan skipped a lot of classes when he was studying in Shangwu Academy, he did not skip equestrian classes.

The Jurchens were originally a people on horseback and spent most of their time on horseback. Men and women, young and old, are born to learn how to ride horses, hunt, fight, plunder, and are born warriors. If you want to defeat such opponents, you can only be stronger than them.

The three thousand eight hundred soldiers stood neatly in front of Yang Yan, and the formation was quite majestic. Yang Yan thought: The military appearance is good, but I don't know what the actual combat effectiveness is? Most of the troops guarding the border in the Great Song Dynasty looked down on the forbidden army left behind in the capital, thinking that they were just a group of showboys, who looked good, but they couldn't go to the battlefield, and Yang Yan was also quite affected by this idea when he was in Jiankang Mansion. He only briefly introduced himself to the soldiers, and did not make a new group of soldiers, and asked the general and deputy general to take the soldiers to conduct trial exercises according to the previous training method, and he just watched everywhere without saying a word.

Yang Yan looked around for more than an hour, and his previous views were not correct. The quality of the soldiers of this Xuanfeng army is similar to that of all the original garrisons of Jiankang Mansion. However, the overall ability to collaborate and cooperate is much worse. Yang Yan knew that on the one hand, it was because the Great Song Dynasty rarely had such a whole cavalry formation, and the overall training experience of the cavalry army was insufficient. On the other hand, it is also because of the lack of practical experience of this selection team. However, in these two aspects, Yang Yanzhi is quite confident: he used to be a cavalryman, so he was naturally familiar with the training of cavalry, and although he did not dare to say that he had experienced a hundred battles, he had at least been born and died on the battlefield several times.

In fact, he has not been idle at home for the past three days, while reading a large number of military books on cavalry training, he also asked Yang Yizhong a lot of practical questions. I also have a preliminary idea in my heart about how to train the selection of the front army.

At this time, Yang Yan happened to walk to the side of a group of soldiers who were practicing fighting immediately, and Yang Yan stopped and watched from the side. The soldiers were divided into groups of two, each armed with a training spear with a decapitated head, and struck at the sprint. Just listen to the sound of "pop, pop, snap, snap" guns and guns are constantly heard, and many of them are the sound of people falling off horses.

Yang Yan looked at it for a while, and saw that there was one person whose spear skills were very good, higher than the other soldiers, and he won four people in a row, all of whom knocked the opponent off the horse. A sergeant cheered on the side: "Brigadier General Liu is good marksmanship." ”

With a "whew", Brigadier Liu knocked down the fifth opponent and immediately won another round of applause. Yang Yan couldn't help but shout, "Good marksmanship." ”

Only then did the soldiers discover that their commander was next to them, and they came to salute one after another. Brigadier General Liu also jumped off his horse and came to Yang Yan to greet him, clasping his fists and saluting: "See Yang Tong." ”

Yang Yan looked at him at the age of twenty-four or five, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and the appearance of a fierce general. I had a good impression of him in my heart, and said: "Don't be polite, what's your name, your marksmanship is good!" ”

Brigadier General Liu said: "The adult has spoken, the villain's name is Liu Fuwu, and now he is preparing to general." "The command system is the highest in an army, and the following are the commander, the main general, the deputy general, and the reserve general.

Yang Yan smiled: "I don't think they are your opponents, how about practicing with me a few times?" ”

Liu Fuwu was stunned and said, "The villain doesn't dare." ”

Yang Yan waved his hand and ordered a soldier to bring his own Hai Dongqing over, and said, "You should make a bold move, if you win me, I will promote you to deputy general." Turning his head, he said to the other soldiers, "You have all heard this, and bear witness." ”

The soldiers all knew that Liu Fuwu's marksmanship was unmatched in the selection army, and even Zhang Rong and Zhang Shiyan, who were regular generals, were not opponents. As soon as they heard that the new commander was going to personally work with Liu Fuwu, and promised to be promoted, they all wanted to see how capable he was, and immediately surrounded a large group.

When Liu Fuwu saw it, he was not polite, and the two of them got on their horses, raised their spears, and hedged against each other. When the two horses intersected, there was a "snap", and the two spears collided together. Liu Fuwu only felt a shock all over his body, and his hands were numb. The man shook twice on the horse's back, and almost fell off the horse. Circle the horse's head, and then look at Yang Yan as if nothing happened.

At this time, the two horses were more than ten zhang apart, and Yang Yan raised his voice and said: "Brigadier General Liu, you don't have to be polite, please do your best." ”

Liu Fuwu didn't dare to be careless, cheered up, displayed his life's martial arts, and went all out to fight.

When the two horses intersected, the two men shot at each other almost simultaneously, stabbing at each other.

Just when the two spear heads were about to touch, suddenly Liu Fuwu's spear swallowed and retracted half a foot. Yang Yan's spear immediately stabbed into the air. In an instant, Liu Fuwu's spear spit out again and again, stabbing straight at Yang Yan. This trick is called "inch pistol", which is one of Liu Fuwu's stunts. When the spear is stabbed, it swallows and spits out, just dodging the opponent's weapon, and then stabs the opponent. Because the change is only between square inches, it is called "inch pistol".

As soon as Yang Yan saw that his gun was piercing, he knew that it was not good. Seeing that the opponent's spear was stabbing at him again, he drew his gun and thought it was too late, so he immediately fell on the horse, hugged the horse's neck with both hands, and left his foot off the pedal, and the whole person hid on the right side of the horse's neck.

Liu Fuwu stabbed the air with a shot, the two horses separated, Yang Yan wrapped his hands around the horse's neck, turned around in the air, turned over, and jumped on the horse's back from the left side of the horse's neck. The second round concludes.

After two rounds, Yang Yan knew that Liu Fuwu's marksmanship was exquisite, much higher than himself. He wasn't good at guns. It's just that I learned some basic techniques such as stabbing, smashing, touching, grazing, and poking in the Shangwu Academy. And Liu Fuwu was obviously taught by a master. However, his own skills are profound, far above his opponents, and his equestrian skills are skilled, and his rich combat experience is not comparable to his opponents. Now the only way to attack is to force the opponent to fight hard, and not give him a chance to shine with exquisite marksmanship.

The two of them each circled their horses and began the third round of the battle. When the two horses met, Yang Yan made the first move, "Boom, boom, boom" stabbed three times in a row. As soon as Liu Fuwu saw Yang Yan's gun arrive, he held the gun with both hands, held it with his front hand, pressed it with his back hand, and the head of the gun "snapped" from bottom to top, collapsing Yang Yan's spear more than four feet high. This trick is called "one-word collapse marksmanship", which is a purely defensive marksmanship. Yang Yan then missed the two shots, and the two horses staggered.

Yang Yan took the horse's head, Hai Dongqing turned his head, raised his spear again, and rushed towards Liu Fuwu.

When the two horses met, the two spears were raised at the same time, Liu Bianwu's spear trembled, and the head of the spear slid along the barrel of Yang Yan's gun. This style is called "rolling pistol", which is to stick to the opponent's weapon and swipe to force the opponent to withdraw his hand and throw away the weapon.

Sure enough, when Yang Yan saw it, he subconsciously withdrew his hand and let go of the spear. Liu Fuwu's spear almost brushed the back of Yang Yan's hand. Between the lightning and flint, Yang Yi flipped his wrist, let go of the gun, grabbed Liu Fuwu's gun, and pulled it. Liu Fuwu suddenly couldn't hold the spear and took it off, but he also reacted very quickly, and with a toe pick, he threw Yang Yan away, but the spear that had not yet landed was picked up and grabbed it.

When the two horses staggered, the two exchanged spears.

The onlookers were dizzying, clapping their hands and stomping their feet, cheering at the top of their voices.

The horses shuttled, and the two fought for ten consecutive rounds, but they still didn't win or lose. Liu Fuwu used the "throwing marksmanship", "anti-pistol", "shadowless gun" and so on that he learned in his life, but Yang Yan could always resolve it in an unexpected way when he was a thousand shots. Liu Fuwu learned a total of 12 types of marksmanship, only ten rounds, has been used ten in a row, and one is the "back horse pistol", but the other party needs to catch up, and now it is unusable.

"Looks like this is the last resort." Liu Fuwu made up his mind, the war horse galloped, and the spear in his hand was dazzled.

Yang Yan also stared at Liu Fuwu intently, and the distance between the two sides was getting closer and closer.

Five, four, three, two, one。。。。。。

Liu Fuwu's spear turned, and suddenly disappeared from his left waist.

"Gunless"

The heads of the two horses are overlapped by warp.

Yang Yan said secretly: Not good. Knowing that Liu Fuwu was turning the spear to an angle that he couldn't see, he might stab himself from anywhere by surprise at any time. With a turn of thought, he suddenly poked the spear in his hand to the ground, and the spear lifted up from the horse, kicked Liu Fuwu with his feet in a chain. Liu Fuwu never expected Yang Yan to make such a move, and the spear had already stabbed out from under his right flank. Yang Yan kicked out with his right foot, kicking on the head of the gun, and then on his left heel, Liu Fuwu flashed sharply, so as not to force the front chest, and was kicked on the shoulder by Yang Yan, and suddenly sat on the horse's back and fell off the horse. And Yang Yan jumped on Liu Fuwu's horse.

The onlookers cheered, Liu Fuwu got up from the ground, and said heartily: "Yang is strong in martial arts, and the villain admires it." ”

At this time, the soldiers were truly convinced of Yang Yan. Only then did I know that this young and unremarkable new system was indeed true and learned, and it was not by virtue of his background, so he accepted Yang Yan's training with joy.

But after a few days, the soldiers learned that Yang Yan's training was far more rigorous than they imagined: he jumped on his horse without stepping on the stirrup; Dismount without stepping on the horse, - leap down; Transfer riding, do not need to get off, you must jump to transfer. Crossing the moats, climbing the hills, adventuring obstacles, and overwhelming the great Ze must be completed with the same weight as the armor. However, except for Yang Yan who does not live in the barracks, he completes his daily training projects like soldiers. The main general took the lead, and the native soldiers could only grit their teeth and insist.

Twelve days later, Cao Xun and Gao Zhen finally returned to Lin'an, and when they heard that they had been promoted to the rank of Zhengbapin Xiuwulang, they were selected to be the commander of the Feng Army, and they were in charge of nearly 4,000 people. As soon as the two of them saw Yang Yan's grateful look, they sent Yang Yan to kneel.

At this time, the basic technical training of the soldiers in cavalry could basically meet Yang Yan's requirements. Yang Yan also began to conduct cavalry combat technical training, letting Cao Xun be in charge of cavalry training and Gao Zhen in charge of cavalry archery. There were two more commanders all of a sudden, and the training volume of the soldiers was increased again, which made the soldiers who had just adapted to Yang Yan's training amount complain, and even Cao Xun and Gao Zhen, who had just returned, were exhausted every day, shouting "I can't bear it".

However, under Yang Yan's strict requirements, with the continuous training, the soldiers' movements became more and more proficient, and their abilities were also significantly improved, and both cavalry and archery have made great progress. After more than 20 days, there are many people who can support Yang Yanma for three or four rounds.

Subsequently, Yang Yan reorganized the Xuanfeng Army and divided it into six battalions. Take [Sun Tzu's Art of War Military Controversy]: "Its speed is like the wind, its speed is like a forest, the invasion is like fire, it is not moving like a mountain, it is difficult to know like a yin, and it is like a thunderbolt." The meaning is "wind, forest, fire, mountain, shade, thunder" as the name.

Wind Battalion: Light cavalry, 800 men. Equipped with iron armor, carbines, sabers, and a stone bow. Led by Cao Xun

Forest battalion: light cavalry, 800 people. Equipped with iron armor, carbines, sabers, and a stone bow. Led by Gao Zhen

Fire battalion: Ballista cavalry, 800 people. Equipped with leather armor, carbines, sabers, one stone and two bucket bows, and horse crossbows. Led by Zhang Shiyan

Mountain Battalion: Armored cavalry, 1,000 people. Equipped with iron armor, vest, carbines, sabers, and a bow with one stone. Led by Liu Fuwu

Yin camp: Demolition cavalry, 200 people. Equipped with leather armor, carbines, sabers, one-stone bows, and horse crossbows. Led by Yang Yan

Thunder Battalion: Firearms soldiers, 200 people. Equipped with leather armor, carbines, sabers, firearms, firearms, firearms, Led by Zhang Rong

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Shijian is gradually approaching the New Year, and on this day, Yang Yan was urging the soldiers to train, when suddenly the soldiers guarding the gate outside the camp gate ran in in a panic

"Command, rule, the emperor, the emperor is here."

Yang Yan was stunned for a moment and said, "What did you say?" ”

The soldier said: "Your Majesty, the Emperor is outside the camp gate, take control, go and meet the Holy Driver." ”

Yang Yan was taken aback: "What is the emperor doing here." At this time, the soldiers who were practicing around also heard it, and they all stopped and looked at Yang Yan.

Yang Yan looked at the soldiers who stopped and said, "What are you all doing in a daze, continue to practice." He turned his head to Cao Xun and Gao Zhen and said, "Let's go, take me to meet the holy driver." ”

As he was talking, he saw the gate of the camp open wide, and a large group of people poured in. It turned out that Zhao Tuan didn't wait for Yang Yan to come out to greet him, so he ordered the soldiers to open the camp gate and come in.

Yang Yan frowned, and took Cao Xun and Gao Zhen to greet him.

"The last general, Yang Yan, see the emperor." Yang Yan took Cao Xun and Gao Zhen to the ground on one knee and saluted Zhao Tuan. And the other native soldiers still practiced their own as if they hadn't seen Zhao Tuan and his party.

Without waiting for Zhao Tuan to speak, a eunuch on the side spoke: "Bold, why don't you kneel and bow when you see the emperor, why is it only the three of you, what are the others doing." You are clearly despising the emperor and committing great disrespect."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Tuan interrupted and said: "Cao Anmin, this is in the barracks, not in the Golden Palace, there is no need to be formal, everything should be done according to military regulations." ”

When Cao Anmin saw Zhao Tuan say this, he had no choice but to say, "Yes." ”

Yang Yan also said: "Thank you emperor." "Stand up.

Zhao Tuan said: "Commander Yang, I came to your camp today to see how your team is training. ”

Yang Yan hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted: "Yes." Then he led Zhao Tuan and his party to sit on the general's platform. I also called Cao Xun and Gao Zhen and asked them to arrange it.

The first is to practice archery. About 150 steps in front of the shogun, 50 straw men were erected, one every two steps, in a row. Fifty cavalrymen turned their backs to the general's platform, faced the straw men, and galloped on horseback. After running about thirty paces, the horse has reached a relatively stable speed. The soldier on the horse raised his horse crossbow and fired crossbow arrows at the scarecrow.

A team of non-commissioned soldiers took turns to fight, and for a while the dust was flying, arrows were raining, and the sound of "whoosh, whoosh" was endless.

Yang Yan explained to Zhao Tuan: "Your Majesty, the effective range of the Ma Huang crossbow is about 100 to 120 steps, and it can be loaded with six crossbow arrows at a time and fired continuously. The soldiers were required to shoot all six arrows within eighty paces of their horses. ”

After ten rounds of soldiers, only three of them had shot five arrows, and the others had all six arrows. The scarecrow is full of arrows. Zhao Tuan couldn't help but nod.

At this time, Yang Yan waved the flag and started the second item. I saw that on the left side of the platform, fifty straw men were erected, one every two steps, in a row. There were ten rows in total. Fifty horsemen ran from the right side of the platform, raised their spears, and stabbed at the straw man. Although there were only fifty horsemen, they also ran with an imposing momentum, and rows of straw men fell down like mowing grass. What is even more rare is that although these fifty horses are running fast, they can always maintain a straight line without any deviation.

After ten rounds in a row, Zhao Tuan praised again and again. The eunuchs who accompanied the driver next to them were also shocked by this formation, and they were dumbfounded and speechless.

At this time, Yang Yan shook the order flag again. This is the last item. In front of the platform, five rows of wooden stakes are buried, which are also fifty in a row, one in two steps, each stake exposes more than eight feet on the ground, and the bowl mouth is thick.

This time it was with a saber to cut a stake. Fifty horses galloped past in a row, the swords of the snow waved white light in the air, the horses' hooves shook the earth, the swords and the stakes collided, the soldiers roared angrily, and the severed stakes flew and fell to the ground in the air. When the dust settled, each stake was neatly fixed at just over six feet high.

At this time, even the imperial guards were a little pale.

After all the drills were over, all the 3,800 cavalry marched in front of the stage and shouted in unison to Zhao Tuan: "Long live, long live, long live." The sound shook all over the world, and even the earth seemed to tremble.

Listening only to the two sounds of "plop" and "plop", two eunuchs were unsteady and fell to the ground. At this time, all the soldiers dismounted together, all knelt on the ground, and even Yang Yan knelt down on the platform. The entire martial arts arena was immediately silent, except for the occasional neighing of war horses, there was no sound at all.

After a moment, Zhao Tuan laughed and stood up from his chair. Said: "I have such a strong team, what are the Jin people afraid of." Then he walked up to Yang Yan, helped him up with his own hands, and said, "Yang is in control, flat down." He waved his hand to the soldiers in the audience and said, "You should all be flat." ”

Zhao Tuan returned to his seat and said to Yang Yan again: "Yang Tong, I can't imagine that you are so young, you have such a law, I have a Qing, it is really my luck." The king of Tong'an County has a grandson like this, and his life is enough. ”

Yang Yan saluted again: "The three generations of the minister's family have been promoted by Long Live Kindness, and they are the ministers. Dare not do your best to repay Your Majesty. ”

Zhao Tuan nodded and said, "Zhou Yafu of the True Mine." ”

Yang Yan said: "Long live the minister, the minister is willing to be Huo Quai, not Zhou Yafu." ”

Although Zhou Yafu was also a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty, his main achievement was to quell the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", which was a civil strife. And Huo Quzhi's merit is to fight against foreign enemies and expand the territory. The two are very different. Yang Yan's answer was undoubtedly to express the original intention of the Great Song Dynasty to fight against foreign enemies and recover the lost territory.

Zhao Yan's eyes were blazing, and he looked at Yang Yan for a while. laughed and said: "Good answer, if Qing can lead the army to guide the Huanglong Mansion one day, I will also make Qing the champion candidate, the hussar general." ”

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A few days later, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and Yang Yan also gave the soldiers a seven-day holiday. Most of the soldiers' family members are in or near Lin'an, and after the training, they pack their belongings and go home for the New Year.

Yang Yan was tidying up things. At this time, Cao Xun came over secretly and said, "Big brother, do you know how the former emperor would be interested in coming to us to watch us train?" ”

Gao Zhen on the side heard it, and immediately became interested, and also came over and said, "Xiao Cao, you know? Say why? ”

Cao Xun bought Guan Zi and said: "You don't know yet! Before the emperor came to us, he also went to Lao Yu and watched them train his troops. ”

Yang Yan said: "What does this matter to us, the Northern Expedition is going to be in the spring, and the emperor should see how the soldiers are trained." ”

Cao Xun smiled and said: "Big brother, this is not so simple, there are so many troops, why only look at us and Lao Yu's army?" There's a lot going on here. ”

Gao Zhen's heart itched when he heard this, and said, "Okay, okay, don't buy it, let's talk about it quickly, what the hell is going on." ”

Cao Xun approached the two of them and whispered, "Don't tell anyone, this was told to me by a guard I know in the palace." The emperor is going to choose a horse, probably planning to choose one among Lao Yu and the eldest brother, right? ”

Gao Zhen immediately gossiped and said, "Horse? Is it for the princess to choose a colt? Can you count me as a candidate? I don't think I'm bad, am I? ”

Cao Xun smiled and said: "Who else can there be, there is only one princess in the emperor, who else will there be besides Princess Yong'an." ”

Gao Zhen took a breath of cold air and said, "Princess Yong'an, my mother." Fortunately, I was not chosen as a concubine, if I did, I would have committed suicide immediately, and I would not marry Princess Yong'an! ”

Cao Xun snorted and said: "Then the emperor and the princess want to look at you, and you don't look in the mirror to look at yourself, you are also worthy." ”

Gao Zhen also smiled and said: "That's, that's, of course I'm not worthy, besides the eldest brother, who else is worthy of Princess Yong'an?" Right? Eldest brother. But congratulations. ”

Yang Yan frowned and said, "Xiao Cao, is this true or false, don't talk nonsense about this kind of thing." ”

Cao Xun immediately called out for the injustice of heaven: "Big brother, the conscience of heaven and earth, this is absolutely true, the guard is still telling me not to tell others!" I heard him say that in the middle of the New Year, there will be ministers who will come to the door to propose marriage. ”

Gao Zhen patted Yang Yan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Big brother, it seems that this thing must be true, you can wait at home to marry the princess during the Chinese New Year." ”

Cao Xun also said with a grimace: "Yes, big brother." That tigress can only be lowered by you, big brother, and we will wait to drink your happy wine. ”

Yang Yan couldn't laugh or cry. The more these two boys talked, the more energetic they became, as if this colt must have been made by Yang Yan. Seeing that the two of them were talking, Yang Yan made a blank face and said, "Okay, let's have a good rest at home these days, and we will start to train in the field in seven days." ”

The two of them immediately stopped and took a breath of cold air, field training is the most arduous kind of military training.

On the way back to his house, Yang Yan was also at a loss. In his heart, he had long regarded the tassel as his wife, which was also known to the whole Yang Mansion, and Yang Yizhong did not object. However, for a man at this time, it is not too much to marry a few more wives, not to mention that Yang Yan himself is a young man from a famous family with a promising future. Even Wan Ruju did not force Yang Yan to marry only one tassel. In fact, less than a month after Yang Yan returned to Lin'an, several ministers came to propose marriage, but they were all resigned by Yang Yizhong on the grounds that his mother's filial piety was not yet fulfilled. But Yang Yanke never thought that he would be a colt.

Yang Yan has known Zhao Yueru for a long time. In Yang Yan's view, Zhao Yueru is undoubtedly a proud, willful, victorious, and competitive woman. Although I learned some about Zhao Yueru from Zhao Qianru and could understand her strong competitiveness, it didn't mean that Yang Yan could accept it.

"If you really marry Zhao Yueru, you will be forced by her to compete every day."

But was really recruited by Zhao Yueru as a colt, can Zhao Yueru tolerate tassels? Will she drive the tassel out of the Yang family? Yang Yan didn't care if Zhao Yueru was a princess or not, but he had to admit that he had considerable privileges in the princess. In history, it is not uncommon for the emperor to force the horse to kill the original wife in order to recruit the horse. Thinking of this, Yang Yan couldn't help but be taken aback, "It shouldn't have come to this point." ”

Yang Yan shook his head, and suddenly realized that all the nonsense he had just made was based on the premise that he was determined to be a colt. Yang Yan had no choice but to smile bitterly: "Maybe Yu Gongliang was selected?" "Undoubtedly, Yu Gongliang is also a very competitive candidate for the horse, whether it is age, background, or future, Du is not under Yang Yan.

"Could Yu Gongliang also have a headache about being a colt?" Yang Yan patted his forehead, and just as he was thinking nonsense, he had arrived at Yang's mansion.

Yang Yan went directly into the Dongjin Courtyard where he lived through the side door. Tassel was reading a book in the room, and when he saw Yang Yan coming back, he hurriedly put down the book and greeted him: "Brother, you are back, change your clothes quickly, everyone is waiting for you to eat Chinese New Year's Eve!" Saying that, he helped Yang Yan take off his coat, and brought Yang Yan a wash of his face, and waited for him to freshen up and change his clothes, but he really looked like a virtuous wife.

Yang Yan freshened up and changed clothes, came to the main courtyard of the Yang Mansion with the tassel, and met Yang Changpeng head-on, with a simple and simple face, and his face was full of tiredness.

Yang Yan said: "Brother Peng, did you just come back?" What a listless look. ”

Yang Changpeng shook his head and said: "Don't mention it, it's not Yu Gongliang, he forces us to train every day, and he is about to vomit blood. ”

Yang Yan smiled: "It's not too late to come, I am planning to lead the team to field training on the seventh day of the first month, if you come, you can catch up in time." ”

Yang Changpeng was frightened when he heard this, and took a few steps back, and said, "Just because I didn't say anything, okay?" You go first, and I'll come when I'm done changing. As he spoke, he turned around and left, muttering in a low entropy in his mouth: "Field training, you are more harmful than one another, fortunately you didn't choose the front army at the beginning, otherwise you wouldn't let people live." ”

Yang Yan and Tassel came to the main room, and the whole family was waiting for them, Yang Yan was busy giving gifts to his grandfather, uncle, second uncle, and uncle. The tassel was pulled by Yang Changpeng's wife and Yang Wan to talk to the female family.

After a while, Yang Changpeng also arrived. When a family is reunited, there is naturally endless things to say. Yang Yizhong ordered the banquet to be opened. Amid the sound of firecrackers, the new year has finally arrived.

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Early the next morning, the civil and military ministers all entered the palace to congratulate Emperor Zhao Tuan on the New Year. Yang Yan also followed Yang Yizhong, Yang Chaoguang, and Yang Chaoliang. Yang Changpeng's official rank is not enough, so he can only stay at home. Yu Gongliang also followed Yu Yunwen.

Yang Yan didn't know if Yu Gongliang knew about the selection of horses, but Yu Gongliang waved to him and greeted him as usual. I don't know if I really don't know or if I'm pretending to be normal.

At this time, Emperor Zhao Tuan and Empress Xia Niangniang came out to meet the ministers, and the crown prince Zhao Chu and some other princes came out together. This is the first time Yang Yan has seen the queen and the crown prince. Queen Xia is less than forty years old, beautiful and decent, Yongrong and generous, and she does have a bit of the bearing of the world. The crown prince Zhao Chu was twenty-six or seventeen years old, his face was pale, although his eyebrows were clear and beautiful, but his eyes were weak and dull. followed behind Zhao Tuan cautiously, squirming. Yang Yan didn't remember any of the other princes of the Yu Palace, but he saw clearly that there was no Zhao Yueru among these people.

But maybe it's a psychological effect, Yang Yan always feels that Zhao Tuan is always looking at him intentionally or unintentionally. Yang Yan's heart jumped, so he had to bow his head to deal with the dishes on the table. In my heart, I wondered if Zhao Tuan would announce in public who was the colt at the banquet?

finally waited until the banquet was over, and Zhao Tuan didn't mention the matter of the horse in the end. Mr. Yang Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

In the afternoon, Yang Yan had nothing to do and walked around the street with the tassels. Since he came back from Suzhou, he has hardly been idle for a day. I don't have time to accompany the tassels properly. Although the tassel has never complained, Yang Yan always feels that he can't go, and takes advantage of a few days of leisure during the New Year to accompany the tassel to the street.

The Song Dynasty was the era when commerce was most developed, and merchants made heavy profits, and although it was the first day of the Lunar New Year, the streets were still very lively. Not only are restaurants and shops still open, but small merchants and vendors are also carrying their burdens to the streets to buy, and there are more artists than usual who sing on stage, lion and dragon dances. The sound of firecrackers exploding is even more endless.

Although the weather is still cold, there are more colorful boats on the West Lake than usual, and the sound of silk and bamboo music is all over the lake.

The tassel was dizzying, pulling Yang Yan to run around the street, and he didn't return until the time of the lamp. Of course, Yang Yan's hands were full of clothes, jewelry, and gadgets that women liked for tassels.

Note: Zhang Xiaoxiang's [Water Tune Song Tou Snow Wash Dust Jing] was written in the winter of the 31st year of Shaoxing (1161), which was originally written to celebrate the victory of the quarrying war.

About the Horse Emperor Crossbow. [History of the Song Dynasty Yang Yizhong Biography]: "(Yang Yizhong) tried to defeat the enemy's bow although it was strong and difficult, so he created a horse emperor crossbow with the intention of thinking, clever workmanship, easy to go far, and people obeyed its essence. But the specific situation of the horse emperor crossbow has not been clarified, and the author himself thinks about it here.