Yang Congyi and Tang Xun happened to see the good show of this poetry competition, and when everyone left, Yang Congyi asked, "Which of them do you think won?" ”

Tang Xun said: "They are two kinds of people, one is pretending to be a golden iron horse in their hearts, and the other is thinking about Yingge Yan Dance, so naturally they are the ones who lead the horses to win." ”

Yang Congyi smiled: "Oh, Brother Tang can also see it, it's not easy." ”

Tang Xun rolled his eyes: "I'm not a smug student. ”

Yang Congyi laughed, patted Tang Xun's shoulder, and the two continued to swim in the lake.

Qiantang Gate, located in the west of Lin'an City, is one of the five most important gates in Lin'an.

As an important gateway in the west of the city, the Qiantang Gate is very tightly defended, it is opened every day, it is closed at the time of the unitary, it is closed at night and early, after this hour, if you want to go out of the west of the city, you have to walk a section and go out from the Yongjin Gate.

Qiantang Gate, like Yuhang Gate, is guarded by 50 elite sergeants inside and outside, carefully inspecting the materials of people entering and entering.

Those who enter and exit this gate, whether they are dignitaries or commanders of the unified army, are not allowed to ride in a sedan chair or ride a horse, but must walk and check before entering and exiting.

In the long run, ordinary people would rather take a long detour than take the Qiantang Gate, and the same is true for those officials and noble relatives who go out of the city for private reasons, let alone those who go out of the city to visit the lake. Often at the end of the day, not a single pedestrian can be seen entering or leaving, and the sergeant guarding the Qiantang Gate has become the purest of the eighteen gates.

Shi Xing, the captain of the city gate, the ancestor is the minister of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty Shi Shouxin, he is the eighth generation of the Shi family, in his grandfather's generation, the family has fallen into the middle of the road, to his generation, it is even more powerless, powerless and wealthless, thin people, cold in front of the door.

Fortunately, with the blessing of his ancestors, Enyin joined the army, and was able to serve in the front division of the palace, and was promoted to captain at a young age, entrusted with important tasks, guarding the west gate of the city.

It was supposed to be something to celebrate, but he didn't think so. His ambition is to lead the troops to fight like his ancestor Shi Shouxin, conquer the Quartet, make meritorious contributions, and restore the glory of his ancestors, instead of standing in front of the city gate every day, staring at each other with the sergeants, doing nothing, and wasting time.

Shi Xing walked from the city to the outside of the city, and saw fifty sergeants lined up on both sides of the city gate, standing neatly, he nodded secretly, and was very satisfied with the results of the past month or so.

"What's going on?" Shi Xing asked after standing still.

"No, normal." A sergeant replied in a loud voice.

Shi Xing's face was expressionless, "Okay, continue." Then he turned and walked back to the city gate.

The scene inside and outside the city gate is very different, there are no people and animals within a hundred steps outside the city, and there are not even trees that shade the sun, and it is empty.

As far as the eye could see, the city was full of people, and if it had not been for the barricades erected twenty paces from the city gate, I am afraid that they would have crowded to the city gate.

But no matter how crowded it was, no one touched the barricades, and even kept a distance of more than one step from them. Rather meet Xiucai, don't meet soldiers, the ancient truth is naturally understood by everyone.

I don't know how long these boring goalkeeping years will last. Shi Xing, who had just served as the captain of the city gate for less than two months, had long lost his previous excitement. There was no war to fight after the Song and Jin peace talks, and it was even more impossible to make meritorious contributions, and now it is not easy to leave from Qiantang Gate, unless you resign from the military.

He couldn't even think about resigning from the military, if he let his mother know, he would definitely be furious, and he would not let him kneel in front of the ancestral throne and admit his mistakes, and he would never stop.

You can't quit your military position, and you can't stop guarding the city gate day after day, when will you stop? Now that the war has been extinguished, there is no chance to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, and I am afraid that I will have to be trapped in this city wall for the rest of my life, and let the years go by. Restoring the glory of our ancestors is an unattainable dream.

"Your Excellency!"

Suddenly hearing the sergeant's call, Shi Xing woke up like a dream, and when he turned around, he saw the sergeant looking flustered, and asked urgently, "What's wrong?" ”

"Someone broke in!"

"All on alert!" After giving orders to the defenders inside the city gate, Shi Xing hurried out of the city.

is so bold, Qiantang Gate dares to break through. The moment he heard the news, he was a little nervous, but on the way out of the city, suddenly a thought flashed, excitement became excited, someone forced his way, this is his chance.

Outside the city gates, sergeants exchanged spears and stopped a group of men.

"What's going on?" Shi Xing came to the front line and stood behind four overlapping spears.

"My lord, they don't get off the car, they don't get off the horse, and they don't want to identify themselves." A sergeant immediately replied.

There was a man and two women in the car, the man was richly dressed, and the woman was frivolous and charming.

With just one glance, Shi Xing knew what their identities were.

"Everyone enters and exits Qiantang Gate, all on foot, subject to inspection, and not allowed to ride horses!" Shi Xing loudly explained the rules of Qiantang Gate to the people in the car.

Who knew that the man in the car smiled slightly: "It's not time to get off the car yet, when it's time to get out of the car, I will naturally get out of the car." After saying that, he laughed with the woman next to him as if no one was around.

Seeing that the other party didn't take them seriously, Shi Xing was displeased, and said solemnly: "If you want to enter the city from here, hurry up and get out of the car to be checked." If you don't want to go into town, get out of town! ”

"You are a doorkeeper, and you dare to shout at me like this, and you are not small. But I'm in a good mood today, so I don't care about you. Get out of the way, if you delay the big thing, you won't be able to pay for one head. ”

Hearing this, Shi Xing was even more annoyed, suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked in a loud voice: "The emperor's relatives, princes and ministers, you have to get off the car after passing through Qiantang Gate, what kind of merit do you have, dare not get out of the car to be checked?" ”

"What if you don't have a name? Get out of the way, don't force me to do it! The man in the car collected the smile from his face, clearly losing patience with the sergeants.

Shi Xing saw the murderous aura flashing in the man's eyes, and he was shocked, and blurted out: "All on alert!" ”

I haven't seen anyone coming in or out for a long time, and the sergeants wanted to see the excitement, but when they suddenly heard the order, their hearts suddenly tightened, and dozens of people hurriedly surrounded them, panicked, and there was no formation at all.

The man in the car saw the sergeant's performance in his eyes and said contemptuously: "Look for death." ”

The horse team behind the car stared at the sergeant's movements, and when he saw the sergeant surrounding, four horsemen immediately flashed out from behind the car and blocked in front of the car.

Faced with this situation, Shi Xing was nervous, but at the same time excited, and shouted: "Take it!" ”

When the four sergeants heard the order, they immediately pressed forward with the tips of their guns outward, formed a gun formation, and blocked the four horsemen in front of the car.

As soon as they got closer, they only heard a few "pops" sounds, and there was a sharp pain in their wrists, and the gun in their hands could no longer hold it, and fell to the ground, holding their wrists and retreating.

The other sergeants didn't know what was happening, and when they saw that they had lost their guns and retreated, everyone panicked again.

Shi Xing saw the situation at that moment clearly, he saw that the horsewhip held by the four people hit the wrists of the four subordinates like a spiritual snake, and the blow was accurate, and the subordinates could not avoid it at all.

From that blow, he knew that he had misjudged before, and that these people were certainly not the housekeepers of the large family, but rather the well-trained sergeants. The man in the car was young, and he was escorted by a sergeant, and his identity was inevitably different, either a royal relative or a nobleman. But the people who enter and exit from the Qiantang Gate are not high or low, what about the royal family?

"Bold! Do you want to rebel! Shi Xing scolded sharply.

"Into town." As if he hadn't heard, the man in the car ignored it and ordered him to go into the city.

After hearing the man's words, the four horsemen in front of the car gently clamped the horse's belly with their legs, and pressed towards the defending sergeant.

The four sergeants, who had dropped their weapons, clasped their wrists and stepped back first. The other sergeants looked panicked, they had never encountered such a situation before, they did not know whether to advance or retreat, they were in a dilemma, and they were entangled.

Shi Xing saw that someone was retreating, and said sharply: "Those who retreat before the battle will be dealt with by military law!" ”

The sergeants knew the power of military law, and as soon as Shi Xing's words came out, the team stabilized, and everyone moved forward in unison, facing each other with guns.

However, the other party was not afraid at all, and did not mean to stop, and drove the horse forward, and instantly came within three steps.

"Take them all!" Shi Xing shouted.

The military order was like a mountain, and even if the sergeants were afraid in their hearts, they had no time to take care of it, so they stabbed their guns at the opponent in the front row to force the opponent to stop.

However, it backfired, and when the other party's hand was raised, there was a few "pops", and the guns in their hands fell to the ground, and the pain in their wrists was heart-wrenching, and the pain was about to shrink into a ball.

Seeing that the eight people were lost, it was only at this time that Shi Xingfang became nervous, the other party was numerous and strong, if they wanted to break through, they couldn't hold it at all. It is a great sin to lose the gates.

Thinking of this, he turned around and shouted: "Close the city gate!" ”

The sergeants in the city kept an eye on the movements outside the city, and when they heard the order, they immediately closed the door.

Once the huge city gate is closed, it is not so simple to open it again.

The face of the man in the car changed, if he could not enter the city before noon, he would have made a mistake. Then he ordered: "Rush in." ”

Hearing the order, the four horsemen immediately waved their whips and whipped them when they saw people.

Where the sergeants were their opponents, they were simply powerless to fight back, and in the blink of an eye, the spears fell to the ground, and most of the fifty sergeants were lost.

Shi Xing is the captain of the city gate, if the other party breaks in, the city gate is lost. Qiantang Gate, the gateway to the capital was lost. He didn't have time to think about it, so he flashed forward, grabbed the whip drawn by the other party, and pulled one person off the horse.

Seeing his companion fall off his horse, the other three instantly whipped and struck.

Shi Xing knew that the horsewhip was powerful, and when he saw that the three whips hit at the same time, he didn't dare to take it again, one dodged, retreated three steps away, snatched a spear from the sergeant's hand, and stabbed one of them.

The man had no blade in his hand and could not be blocked, so he had to quickly rein the reins and stop, or he would have to hit his head on the spear.

One shot forced the opponent to stop, and Shi Xing no longer made any other movements and confronted the opponent. He was horrified in his heart, if the other party's hand was not a horsewhip, but a blade, just now the three of them shot at the same time, his shot would not be able to stop it at all.

Who are these people in front of you, and why are you breaking through the city gates? He didn't have the heart to think about how to stop them, which was the most important thing at the moment.