Cui Yi held the halberd, Yang Qiong carried the silver spear, each rode a jujube red horse, and faced each other left and right in the cold winter martial arts training ground.

The drums of war grew faster and more exciting.

Cui Yi raised the painting halberd he was carrying upside down and pointed to the opposite side: "I am deeply honored to be able to compete with the descendants of General Yang Hai, and I hope that Brother Yang will go all out, don't let me down." ”

Yang Qiong hugged her fists from afar: "I must go all out." ”

The drums snapped away, and the two of them shouted at the same time, and rode their horses forward, and the halberd collided with the silver spear in the air, and the sound of gold was loud, and there was a cheer outside the field.

Cui Yi attacked, Yang Qiong defended, a painted halberd danced dazzlingly, a silver spear did not leak, several brazen collisions, each other was shocked and numb, but they still did not distinguish between superior and inferior, and immediately turned around and fought again after the wrong horse separated.

Cao Qian applauded loudly outside the field, and the recruits were all the first to see such a bloody contest, shouting one by one, rushing up, and the crowd was so loud that the people in the camp next door ran over curiously to see the excitement.

Cui Yi's move swept towards the key point, Yang Qiong didn't dare to be careless for a moment, tried her best to block, and was almost cut off several times, but she avoided it dangerously and dangerously.

Nearly twenty rounds later, the two pawns collided and a murmur began.

Yang Qiong's ancestral silver spear body is made of 100 steel, but what Cui Yi has in his hand is just an ordinary halberd, and the wooden halberd body can't withstand such repeated collisions, and it has been faintly cracked.

Yang Qiong hesitated: "General......"

Cui Yi's expression was indifferent: "How can you retreat when you are on the battlefield?" ”

Yang Qiong had to concentrate her mind and keep an eye on his every move.

In the blink of an eye, the two of them dismantled seven or eight more moves, and the halberd in Cui Yi's hand was finally overwhelmed, when it was interrupted in two, Cui Yi's face did not change, and he turned the long soldiers into double soldiers and continued to attack, but the long soldiers on horseback obviously had more advantages, Yang Qiong gradually gained the upper hand, and Cui Yi was defeated and retreated.

Finally, at a certain moment, Yang Qiong caught Cui Yi's momentary flaw, and decisively used the silver gun to pick off the half-cut halberd in his hand, and then the tail of the gun turned around and swept towards the war horse under his crotch.

All the soldiers outside the arena exclaimed, and Cao Qian shouted: "Lord Wang! ”

It was too late to say that it was too fast, the only remaining half of the wooden pole in Cui Yi's hand suddenly met the cold and shining spear head, Yang Qiong suddenly felt that the silver spear in his hand seemed to be entangled by a soft snake, and then heard Cao Qian's shout, and suddenly felt like a lightning strike-the person who was fighting with him was the Martial King?

However, Cui Yi did not stop because of the damage to the weapon before, and at this time, he would not be merciful because of his distraction, the short stick in his hand stuck to the head of the gun and twisted violently, Yang Qiong suddenly had a sharp pain in his mouth, and the silver gun came out of his hand.

Immediately afterwards, Cui Yi's war horse stumbled, knelt forward with a wail, and threw Cui Yi off the horse.

"Boom!"

The drums put an end to the contest.

Whether it is the disparity in weapons or the mistake of the horse, if you lose, you lose, Cui Yi accepted the fact of defeat very calmly, not only did he not punish Yang Qiong who knelt down to ask for guilt, but also promoted him to be a lieutenant, and invited him to the palace at night to be a guest and have a good chat about General Yang Hai and the Yang family gun.

The recruits of the Huozi Battalion all looked at Yang Qiong with envy, feeling that he had good luck, or rather, he had played a good trick and deliberately aroused Cao Qian's idea, and then won the appreciation of the prince.

But Zhiying thought otherwise, since Yang Qiong gave up going directly to the palace to defect, but chose to go to the military camp to start as a small soldier, it proves that he has no consciousness of going through the back door at all, and even feels that even if Cui Yi wants to reuse him, he will refuse on the grounds that he has no military merits.

Sure enough, after Cao Qian finished telling the story, Cui Yi spoke: "This king has always admired General Yang Hai, since you are a descendant of General Yang, and your martial arts skills are very good, wait for me to discuss with General Dai, transfer you to the Kwai Zi battalion, as a deputy general, and if there is a war at the border in the future, you will go with this king." ”

Yang Qiong immediately got up and thanked him: "Thank you for your appreciation, Qiong is willing to serve the country with a heart and devote herself to the command of the prince for the prince to drive, but I have no military merits, if I lead the post of deputy general, I am afraid that there will be many people in the army who are not convinced, and if the soldiers are not satisfied, they will be powerless, and if they are weak, they will not be able to do it, and I hope that the prince will think twice." ”

"This king admires you and intends to promote you, but you are pushing back, isn't it because you are too young to be an official and don't want to do it?" As soon as Cui Yi heard that he refused, he was immediately unhappy.

Yang Qiong smiled: "Don't dare, as long as I can go into battle to kill the enemy, I am willing to be a pawn." ”

Zhiying pulled Cui Yi's sleeve in time: "The prince misunderstood Yang Gongzi, the army has always been rewarded for meritorious deeds, Yang Gongzi has just arrived, there is no military merit, there is no reason to be promoted one after another, Yang Gongzi is afraid that once the prince takes the lead in breaking the rules, other generals will follow suit in the future, take the military rank as a favor to do, and support the army with self-respect, isn't it a big deal?" ”

"What Madame said is reasonable," Bailizan also echoed, "With Yang Gongzi's ability, he will go to the battlefield in the future, and it will be as easy to break the formation and kill the enemy, not to mention the deputy general, that is, the position of the general, and it is just around the corner, so the prince does not need to be in a hurry." ”

Cui Yi's face looked a little better.

Cao Qian and Yang Qiong are of the same age, and they both use guns, so they feel like they are familiar at first sight, and they chatted enthusiastically, and Cui Yi occasionally interjected a few words, all of which were commenting on the enemy strategy or marksmanship skills they mentioned.

Zhiying asked: "The prince uses a halberd, and he is also involved in marksmanship?" ”

Cui Yi didn't speak, Cao Qian said with a smile: "The prince uses a painting halberd a lot, but the long soldiers are mostly the same, the gun and halberd, the stick, the axe, the hook and fork, the prince can make it handy." ”

Zhiying nodded admiringly, Cui Yi's face turned weirdly red, and he lowered his head without speaking.

A meal of laughter and laughter, although Bailizan does not know marksmanship, but he has a lot of research on history, and when it comes to several beautiful battles that Yang Hai fought back then, he also fell in love with Yang Qiong.

Only Xie Yong couldn't interject from beginning to end, and ate food alone.

He took the Xie family's generous gifts and the quasi-princess to the capital to join Cui Yi, but he didn't want to make a cold ass with a hot face, Cui Yi accepted the gift but didn't give him an official to do, and he never passed on something to him to ask for advice, and he refused the marriage mercilessly, Xie Yong lived in the palace for a few months, in addition to eating, wearing, and living every day, it was as if he had been forgotten, and because his sister was repeatedly disrespectful to Zhiying, he didn't dare to go to the main courtyard to do anything else, so he could only wander around every day like a waste person.

Today, it was not easy for the people of the main courtyard to pass him to eat and drink, Xie Yong was ecstatic, and thought that the prince finally remembered him, but he didn't want to come only to find that he was just a passing, and the protagonist of this meal was a young boy who had never heard of him before.

During the banquet, Cui Yi did not hide his good impression and respect for Yang Qiong, although the newcomer was a military general and had no big impact on him, Xie Yong still felt a burst of frustration: Cao Qian is the old man next to Cui Yi, who has been with him for six years, and his status cannot be shaken by anyone, and Bailizan is the only diner in the Wuwang Mansion, Cui Yi's strategist, and the person who sits in the chief, so what is he? Wen Cheng Wu is not enough, he has nothing to do for a few months of idleness, and he is easily surpassed by a newcomer when he is finished.

Thinking of this, Xie Yong felt that the food in front of him was tasteless, the wine was spicy, even if he occasionally took the initiative to talk to him, he didn't have the heart to answer, a kind of sadness that he was excluded lingered in his heart, and he felt sad with self-pity.

When they were close to Hai, Cao Qian and Yang Qiong got up to say goodbye, Cui Yi was also slightly drunk, and was supported by Zhiying and Xiaoqiu to go back to the main courtyard to rest.

Cui Yi's face turned red, and he pushed Zhiying away: "Don't help, you can walk by yourself, don't fall." ”

Zhiying laughed: "I haven't drunk again, where will I fall, and someone will help the prince again." ”

Bailizan also went back to the side courtyard to rest, leaving Xie Yong standing alone in front of Rong Jinyuan. As soon as Zhiying turned around and saw him, she asked, "Isn't Gongzi Xie going back to rest?" ”

“…… I went back. Xie Yong walked down the stairs in a huff.

Zhiying saw that something was wrong with him and was not very relieved, so he stopped him again: "Is there anything worrying about Gongzi Xie?" Be...... Because Miss Xie? ”

Xie Yong smiled bitterly: "Sister She's really caused too much trouble to Madame, I'm really sorry." ”

"Where, Miss Xie admires the prince, so it is human nature to target me," it has been so long, and Xie Yuchan has not come to make trouble again recently, so Zhiying naturally will not hold grudges, but just laugh at it, "And this is not Gongzi Xie's fault, so why apologize to me?" ”

Xie Yong lowered his head and sighed: "Is it my own fault, the result is the same, since I was a child, my younger brothers and sisters got into trouble, and I was the one who apologized, and my father would only beat me because I was the eldest brother." ”

Zhiying nodded understandingly: "I'm also the eldest daughter, but it doesn't matter." During the banquet, I saw that Xie Gongzi was not very energetic, if there was something inconsiderate about the people in the house, or something was missing, please don't be polite, just say to the housekeeper or come to me. ”

Xie Yong's heart moved, now there are no other outsiders around, and Cui Yi is not there, Zhiying took the initiative to open his mouth again, this seems to be a good opportunity to mention his original intention of coming here again.

"A few days ago, my father wrote a letter from Xuanzhou and asked me where I worked...... Hmmm......"

It's always hard to ask the prince directly when he will be willing to reuse me, Xie Yong had to express his wishes in a slurred and subtle manner.

Zhiying blinked her eyes and said, "Gongzi Xie is now the guest of the palace, just like Mr. Baili, isn't he?" ”

There were some beads of sweat on the tip of Xie Yong's nose, and he said embarrassedly: "But after all, I don't have an official position, and when my father asks, I don't know how to answer, and the prince has never asked my opinion on doing things, maybe in the eyes of the prince, I am not qualified to be compared with Mr. Baili!" ”

"That's not the case," Zhiying was about to explain that there was nothing going on in the palace recently, when she heard Cui Yi shouting her name in a half-drunk voice, "Here!" - I'm sorry for missing you, I will convey the meaning of Gongzi Xie to the prince, please don't be impatient. ”

Xie Yong still wanted to say something, but Zhiying had already turned around and walked away quickly, and after a while, Cui Yi's dissatisfied muttering came from the main courtyard next door, and then he regained his calm.