Li Yan came to the Qiannian Temple in the north of the village with some loss, where he, Li Zhong and Chen Zuoting practiced martial arts, practiced Wuji health skills, and learned spear skills and archery. After that, he and Li Zhong accompanied Chen Zuoting to participate in the martial arts, beat the unfair examiner to death, and began his life on the run.

However, the master is no longer there, and the three schools of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism coexist here, so there are still many children of the Li family who come here, some study, some study Buddhism, and some come to learn martial arts. But today, unfortunately, none of the children of the Li family came, and only a few outsiders were studying.

Li Yan just went in and took a casual look, then left Lijia Village and went back to the military camp in the county seat. Although he led his troops to the battle, he still paid attention to Li Zicheng's movements. Tongguan had already been occupied by Li Zicheng, but it was only an increase of 500 people on the basis of the original defenders, and it would not pose a threat to his territory. There is no news from Jingzi Pass yet, but the Shangluo area should be occupied soon.

He also learned that it was Tian Jianxiu who was in charge of the occupation of Shaanxi, so he was still more at ease with Li Zicheng. At least until he finishes cooking the three sides, Li Zicheng shouldn't come to him for trouble.

The next day, he set off with his troops and came to Wen County. In the afternoon sun, they saw a difference from other counties. Flags fluttered in the county seat of Wen County, and a large flag was erected behind almost every battlement, and there seemed to be soldiers lurking at each battlement.

Li Yan observed it with a telescope and found that most of the soldiers at the battlement seemed to be straw men. So he handed the telescope to Chen Yongfu next to him and said, "Look at it, take him down in a while." ”

Chen Yongfu's performance in this operation was quite satisfactory to him, after all, he had worked with his troops for more than half a year, and he had learned some things, at least the use of artillery had improved a lot. In addition, the soldiers have registered their rosters and are ready to divide the fields for their families, and they are naturally much braver in battle.

After all, if they are greedy for life and afraid of death, they will never want to get the land that their family has not yet reached. Moreover, they also know Li Yan's pension policy, and they also see that Li Yan's subordinates can indeed get corresponding pensions, so they don't have many worries.

Chen Yongfu looked at it and said with a smile: "Well, no problem. It's just an earthen city wall, and there is no urn city, so you can enter it by opening the city gate with cannonballing. ”

In fact, he knew very well that the people were eager for Li Yan to take the county seat, and those defenders couldn't pay them. As soon as they blasted the gates open, the defenders surrendered immediately.

Li Yan nodded and ordered, "You can arrange it." ”

Chen Yongfu clenched his fists and agreed, and then began to mobilize artillery. It was not his artillery, but the three-inch cannon brought by Li Yan. After all, the three-inch cannon had much greater range and power than all his artillery, and his artillery could not suppress the defenders on the city when the infantry charged.

Before the artillery could be put in place, the north gate of the county town opened. A knight came out of it, dressed in armor and holding a big gun, and slowly leaned towards Li Yan's army.

"Crossbowmen ready," ordered the officer of the unit protecting the artillery in the front row.

The "shotgun" commanders also immediately ordered that they could not let this lone enemy general rush over, which would be a major blow to their morale.

Li Yan immediately ordered: "Don't move" because he had already seen clearly from the binoculars, it was Chen Zuoting who came.

Chen Zuoting stopped when he was more than fifty steps away from Li Yanjun's formation, and shouted loudly: "Call you to be in charge of the back and forth"

Li Yan rode out, and the two were only about ten steps apart.

"It's really you," Chen asked in surprise.

Li Yan replied with a smile: "Why are you, how can you do things for the official family after your sea fishing documents are lifted?"

Chen Zuoting got off the horse, walked over, and said happily: "I changed my name." The year before last, Li Ji met him, and I persuaded him to retire, and the county asked me to be the head of the township. I heard that the chief soldier in Henan is Li Yan, but I never thought it was you. ”

Li Yan laughed: "I was also the head of the township soldiers. Don't you know my policy, and you still have to fight to the end. ”

"Who knows if it's true, maybe some gang of thieves came and impersonated. In these years, the armor of the thieves is even brighter than that of the officers and soldiers. Chen Zuoting said with a smile.

Li Yan nodded and said, "You go and say it, lest I get in." ”

Chen Zuoting said: "You have to let Liu Zhixian go." ”

"Yes, I don't embarrass him." Li Yan nodded in agreement. It's just a county order, and Li Yan doesn't care at all, in his governance system, capable officials are much more important than the county magistrates cited by the imperial department.

Chen Zuoting finally agreed to come down and quickly got on the horse and went back to the city. After waiting for nearly an hour, more than a dozen carriages came out, some loaded with cages and some carrying people, and they went directly to the ferry port to the south. They planned to take a boat from Zhuxian Town and go directly down the river to Jiangnan.

After Li Yan led the troops into the city, Chen Zuoting asked, "I'll follow you and teach in the team." ”

Li Yan shook his head: "Just teach and learn." If you really want to lead soldiers, you should be my own soldiers first. ”

"Look down on me" Chen Zuoting frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "You are not my opponent now, I don't believe we will compete." ”

Li Yan hadn't practiced with someone for a long time, so he agreed: "Okay, let's try it first, and then talk about other things." ”

Both of them took off their armor, moved their hands and feet, and competed in the backyard of the county office. Li Yan was not polite, he attacked first, and directly stretched out his palm to poke Chen Zuoting's throat. Chen Zuoting took half a step back, followed Li Yan's strength with both hands, and then drew a circle with his arm and reversed the force, pushing Li Yan out two steps away.

Li Yan hurriedly kept his balance, and after standing firmly, he asked strangely, "This kung fu is a bit strange." ”

Chen Zuoting said proudly: "My self-created kung fu, how about it, it's amazing, use your strength, and it's the best way to deal with straight kung fu." ”

Li Yan thought for a moment and said, "It seems that the action just now is a bit similar to the Wuji Health Preservation Skill." ”

"That's right, that's where it evolved. However, this is not just a practice for cultivating life, but a practical kung fu that can attack and defend. Chen Zuoting replied.

As he spoke, he started to fight by himself, but it was just an action, and he hadn't formed a coherent routine yet, so there was a lot of pause in the middle.

"Well, that's good." Li Yan praised: "You think about it, maybe you can become a family of your own." What's the name of this kung fu?"

Chen Zuoting replied: "Tai Chi, what do you think?"

Li Yan said casually: "The exercises you have created, you can call them whatever you want." ”

"Then how about me joining the army with you," Chen Zuoting asked again.

Li Yan thought for a while, but still shook his head: "Fighting is not a competition, your kung fu is useless." If you want, stay in the army for a while, see how the war is fought, and then talk about whether you want to stay or not. ”

"Okay, I don't believe it anymore, you can do without fighting a war"

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