This time, to resist the invasion of the Liao army from the south, Zhao Heng was the supervisor of the East Road, the privy envoy Li Long was the commander, and generals such as Guo Boyan, Zhao Jing, and Jing Yi accompanied him. When the army arrived in Zhenzhou in mid-August, Li Long, Guo Boyan and other generals discussed matters. Zhao Heng, the supervisor, was mainly responsible for watching.
Before the Liao army arrived, this time the main discussion was on how to deploy the defense. Li Long ordered Guo Boyan to take 20,000 horses to garrison Guannan on the west side of Zhenzhou, and Dingzhou in the east was handed over to the governor of Dingzhou, Cui Han, who led a 100,000-strong army to defend Zhenzhou. Several points in the northern border were about to be lost, and Zhenzhou, Guannan, and Dingzhou became the important towns for garrisoning in the surrounding borders, and there was no room for loss.
"Hmph, the Khitan threatened to take my Zhenzhou, but only sent 100,000 cavalry to attack, and he underestimated our Dazhou soldiers. I dare to say that this time, the Khitan just wanted to avenge our previous attack on Youzhou, and sent troops to town. The state will try its luck, it's best to win, and then go to other places if you lose, so in this battle, we must play beautifully and severely frustrate the spirit of the Liao people!" Coach Li Long stood in front of the sand table, looking like a falcon. His eyes swept over the generals beside him.
Li Long was in his forties, and he was considered young and prestigious among generals. He was brave and courageous. The Eastern Route Army, led by Cao Yu, retreated steadily, and the army was almost completely wiped out. Only Li Long's Zhen Rong Army retreated completely, and was deeply commended by Emperor Xuande, and was promoted to the Privy Council in one breath.
Guo Boyan and Li Long got up at the same time. His sister became Concubine Shu, and Li Long's sister became Queen. The two have similar resumes. They had a friendship in the battlefield, but they also had secret rivalries when discussing merit and deeds. Li Long is arrogant, and Guo Boyan is calm. Before this year, Guo Boyan pressed Li Long everywhere. Now that Li Long has become the coach, he is faintly arrogant. Guo Boyan is naturally cautious in his words and deeds, and takes orders happily.
"What do you think of the lord?" They all ordered to go down, remembering that there was still a lord sitting behind him, Li Long turned his head and asked neither arrogantly nor arrogantly. If the former King of Chu came to supervise the battle, Li Long might still respect the King of Chu three points, but today the gentleman Shou King came to supervise his army, and Li Long couldn't see it in 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 Boyan: "Guannan has a lot of water, and the rivers are vertical and horizontal, so you can dig paddy fields widely, cultivate crops in time, and trap cavalry in wartime. "The Liao cavalry is invincible by their war horses, and they are most suitable for running on flat ground.
Guo Boyan nodded: "What the lord said is very true, after the minister has passed, you can start."
The city walls around Zhenzhou are sturdy, and there is no need for Zhao Heng to say more about how to defend it. Today's discussion here, Zhao Heng will go to the king's tent to rest.
King Shou left, Guo Boyan and others also dispersed, and the coach Li Long couldn't help but said to his confidant and deputy general Jing Yi: "digging fields and digging fields are all the words of a scholar, and they will only be quick to speak out. Don't freak out."
Jing Yi also didn't think that the white-faced scholar-like Shou Wang was suitable for the prison army. He smiled in agreement, but still reminded in a low voice: "General should be careful, it is not good to be heard." He did not dare to say Shou Wang's gossip.
Li Long hummed.
In the early morning of the next day, Li Long got up early as usual, washed his hands and face, put on his armor, and went to inspect the barracks. As a result, just after leaving the big tent, he heard a burst of neat applause from the training ground. Li Long raised his eyebrows, and when he saw Jing Yi walking over, he asked curiously, "What's going on?"
Jing Yi was dazed and didn't know either. The two looked at each other and walked towards the training ground side by side. As we got closer, I saw a figure standing like a pines and green cypresses on the high performance stage. The morning light was faint.
People can still look so white in the military camp, except for King Shou, Li Long can't think of anyone else.
On the martial arts stage, Zhao Heng was standing 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. A lot, it's piled up like a hill, and when you put it there, it's more exciting than a beauty taking off her clothes.
Eunuch Fu bent slightly, and when he saw Li Long walking in the distance, Eunuch Fu straightened his back and said to the generals and officers 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 these words came out, Li Long sneered at the corners of his mouth, and there was a low laugh in the ranks of the infantry, and he didn't quite believe it.
Zhao Heng heard it, but it was still calm and calm, and Eunuch Fu was not annoyed, and continued: "Last night, the prince said, I have long heard that the soldiers of the East Route Army are all brave and good at fighting, and their martial arts are excellent, and the princes on the left and right also want to practice martial arts. , decided to invite three soldiers to accompany the prince every day from today, and those who dared to compete with the prince will be rewarded with one or two silver..."
If you accompany the prince, you will get money
Hearing this, the soldiers were in an uproar, their hearts were restrained and excited, and they shouted boldly on the spot, scrambling to come to power. The crowd was excited, Eunuch Fu turned his head to look at his lord, Zhao Heng stood with his hands behind his back, and after a while, he raised his right hand, like a silent order, the army in the audience instantly calmed down, and all of them waited eagerly.
Fu Gonggong understood and continued to raise his voice: "Anyone who can stick to ten or more moves in the hands of the prince will be rewarded with five taels of silver, and if they exceed twenty tricks, they will be rewarded with ten taels of silver. If they are tied, they will be rewarded fifty taels of silver, if they can beat the prince. , reward one hundred taels of silver!"
"Your Majesty is mighty! Your Majesty is mighty!"
I don't know who is holding the head, all the soldiers shouted in unison, the sound was like thunder and deafening.
When the wave calmed down, Eunuch Fu finally announced the conditions: "The competition will continue until the victory of the army, but each person has only one chance to practice martial arts with the prince, so after watching today's competition, everyone can do what they can, and feel that they are in the prince no matter what. If you can’t hold on to ten moves in your hands, you can take the stage at any time. If you feel that you can hold on to ten moves with more practice, then you should practice martial arts more frequently, and come on stage after a while!”
"it is good!"
Eunuch Fu took another look at the prince, and then said to the audience: "In order to give everyone a general understanding of the skills of the prince, let's invite a team leader, capital head, and battalion commander to take the stage... Then, from the first one The battalion commander who rushed to the stage made the battalion under his control the pick!"
In the Dazhou military system, fifty people form a team, ten teams form a capital, and ten capitals form a battalion. The battalion commander is in charge of five thousand troops.
The 100,000-strong army, a total of 20 battalion commanders, just finished Fu Gonggong's voice, those battalion commanders rushed to the central performance stage under the loud encouragement of their soldiers. Of course, the distance is far or near, In the end, the battalion commander named Shi Bao, directly opposite the Yanwu Platform, took the lead.
"I will meet the prince at the end!" Shi Bao excitedly saluted the king of Shou when people were on the stage.
Zhao Heng nodded and said succinctly: "In your camp, choose a team leader and a capital leader."
The low and calm words sounded on the top of his head, which seemed to be no different from ordinary people, and he had the innate majesty of a dragon child. Shi Bao lowered his head and rolled his eyes. But this was just a thought, it was more important than trying to get money, Shi Bao responded loudly, turned his eyes to the front, and yelled at the two people directly.
From weak to strong, Zhao Heng first fought with the leader of the fifty-man team.
These are all the most elite imperial guards in Da Zhou. Any one of them is a burly big man who is five big and three thick. Zhao Heng is not inferior to them, but in contrast, his body is not as rough and sturdy as he has practiced martial arts all year round, just like a weak scholar. . The leader of the team who came to the stage was the first to take action. Seeing that the prince was so thin, he couldn't help but feel a little bit of "pity and cherish jade", and tried to take a shot, for fear that he would break the prince of Shou with one fist.
But just when his fist was only half an arm away from the prince, he saw the prince smile, his face was like a crown jade, his eyes were like...
I haven't found a word to describe it, and suddenly the world is spinning, and in the eyes of everyone in the audience, it is the leader of the team who is tall and tall. Face up!
This change was so fast and shocking that the team leader who was thrown was dumbfounded, and the soldiers in the audience all opened their mouths dumbfounded, until the team leader rolled half a circle and climbed up to salute the prince, and everyone suddenly Come back to your senses, and then return with an unprecedented burst of applause!
"When fighting people, you must not underestimate the enemy." Zhao Heng patted the team's head and shoulders and taught calmly.
The team leader lost too fast, which was embarrassing on the one hand, and a little worried that the prince misunderstood that he was incompetent and unworthy of being the leader of the team.
"Don't worry, my lord, the last will remember!" The team leader flushed with excitement.
Zhao Heng nodded and told him to collect the reward silver.
Next is the head. Having witnessed King Shou's skill with his own eyes, he did not dare to be careless. Being able to lead a hundred people, all of them naturally have some ability, but they have not been able to persist in five moves under King Shou. If last time Zhao Hengsheng was hiding, this time, he really showed his real skills.
At this point, the army of 100,000 people, all below the head, was completely convinced by King Shou. Even the coach Li Long, who was watching the game silently, gradually changed his eyes when he saw King Shou.
The third contestant was Shi Bao, the battalion commander in charge of the 5,000 forbidden troops.
Before starting, Zhao Heng looked at Shi Bao and said suspiciously, "Your surname is Shi, the mighty prince of the county..."
Emperor Gaozu proclaimed himself emperor by initiating a disease. He once became brothers with different surnames with the nine generals who supported him. One of them, Shi Mingshouxin, was a veteran of the two dynasties.
"It's my father." Shi Bao said proudly, even though his father had been charged before his death.
Zhao Heng listened, and Junmei's face finally showed a bit of solemnity, and he bowed to Shi Bao and said: "The tiger father has no dog son, and it is the king's fortune to be on the same stage with the general."
When people who practice martial arts compete against each other, the more serious the other party is, the more they look up to you. The lord actually treated him with such courtesy, Shi Bao's eyes were inexplicably warm, and he was afraid of being laughed at by the lord, so he hurriedly handed over to cover up: "Your lord is polite, come on!"
The two stood a few feet apart, and the audience was silent. Zhao Heng only recognized Shi Bao at this time, but most of the soldiers in the audience already knew about Shi Bao, and also knew about Shi Bao's ability. It was already up. Fighting against each other, the soldiers were all sweating, and the coach Li Long stared at King Shou, only to think that the handsome and handsome prince on the stage was the real secret.
Shi Baoqiang practiced martial arts in a foreign family, and he has a body as hard as a copper wall and an iron wall. The two were fighting together. Shi Bao's tiger fist was windy, but he couldn't touch Zhao Heng. Zhao Heng hit Shi Bao a few times, but Shi Bao didn't move, but his fist was aching.
This was Zhao Heng's first time to play against an evenly matched general. Eunuch Fu was frightened, but Zhao Heng became more and more happy.
"General?"
Under the stage, Jing Yi asked Li Long in a low voice.
Li Long watched the battle closely and saw that Zhao Heng was unhurried, but Shi Bao's face was red, his footwork was getting messy and he could only defend. Obviously the outcome was decided.
Sure enough, after more than a dozen moves, Shi Bao didn't notice, and Zhao Heng blocked his life.
The voices of the generals were so loud that Li Long just wanted to smile bitterly.
His queen sister, if you see this scene, I am afraid that your intestines will be regretful, right? I regret that when the King of Chu was insane, he should have given up the eldest grandson, brother Sheng, and lost the hearts of the two brothers, the King of Chu and King Shou.