The martial arts team, the Great Song Dynasty has long existed, and it is not new. "The Complete Works of Mr. Houmura" contains: "At the beginning of the Southern Crossing, there was a so-called martial arts team among the great generals, which was called a team of people, all martial artists and doctors. ”

This is because it was also in troubled times at that time, and heroes were born in troubled times, and heroes were in the army. Many soldiers were still small soldiers yesterday, but today they won a big victory, and their military achievements immediately rose, and they were directly promoted to "small envoys" (nine-rank military rank), and the next time they won the battle, they were promoted to "ambassadors" (eight-rank military ranks). Due to the chaos of the country at that time, and the shortage of materials, ordnance, grain and grass, the imperial court could not take out the corresponding equipment and soldiers and horses for these officers whose military merits rose too quickly, except for giving them self-examination, military ranks, and rewards. As a result, these envoys had no choice but to continue to be ordinary soldiers, and these elite veterans were formed into a team of officers - the "envoy team", which was the earliest martial arts team in the Song Dynasty.

And the current situation is similar to that of the early Southern Song Dynasty...... No, it's too bad. Before Zhao Lie and his dragon sparrow army appeared, the Xing Dynasty had almost always lost battles. The territory was lost one by one, the materials were thrown in piles, the soldiers and horses were wiped out one by one, and there was no chance to form a team of envoys.

And today, the establishment of Zhao Lie's martial arts team indicates that there will be more martial arts teams and envoy teams in the Song army in the future. Only such an elite team can compete with the Meng Yuan cowardly Xue army that is rampant in the world.

After receiving the invitation to the palace banquet, Zhao Lie did not dare to slack off, and immediately summoned the special combat team members - well, now they can justifiably call them "martial arts members", that is, to go to the palace.

The palace where the queen mother lives is behind the offices of the ministers, covering an area of three acres, which is not much larger than the grass palace on the isolated island of Nanenzhou. Although the craftsmen and chamberlains of the inner court tried their best to decorate the palace magnificently, the pattern is small and small, and it is difficult to make up for it by soft decoration alone.

There is no way, Yacheng is a small city after all, and it is already the limit to be able to set aside three acres of land as a palace. Outside the city, there are many places with excellent scenery and vast areas, which are suitable for building palaces. It's just that at the moment, the strong enemy is looking at it, and Yacheng will become a battlefield at any time, who dares to build the palace outside the city?

When Zhao Lie came to the bottom of the phoenix platform of the palace with a group of martial arts team members, the eunuch Wang Gong, the leader of the inner palace, greeted him with a smile on his face.

This father-in-law, who was about fifty years old, with a face like a dough fan and a ruddy luster like a woman, once served the two young officials of Duanzong and the last emperor. Now he is serving the Queen Mother, and he has always been loyal, and he has won the trust of the Queen Mother and the two officials. If it is in the world of Chengping, this head of the inner palace must be hot, and he is the target of the hundred officials and generals, even if it is a clan relative like Zhao Lie, he will be respectful. However, at this moment, the gun is the largest, the best soldier is the best, and the status of the eunuch has plummeted. In the past, the great eunuch who lived on the cloud platform and looked down on the ministers can now only stand under the phoenix platform and do the greeting and sending off.

Wang Gonggong smiled and said a few words to Zhao Lie, and his eyes fell on the eighteen team members behind Zhao Lie, and he sighed while watching: "It is worthy of being the elite of the dragon sparrow, this spirit is more than enough to be a general." Hey, I have heard that there are many young warriors in the personal guard of Xin Angong, and it is really ...... Tsk, so brave at a young age, amazing...... Hey, Xin'an Gong, the number is slightly wrong, there are still two people missing. ”

Zhao Lie sighed and said, "There is a team member who has not recovered from serious injuries and is difficult to see, and the other is a woman......"

Father-in-law Wang laughed sharply: "The Queen Mother has already ordered, that one is called Ding ...... Well, Ding Xiaoyi's heroine must attend. ”

Zhao Lie arched his hand in the direction of the high palace: "The queen mother's eyes are like a torch, and she is not careful, that is really the blessing of the Ding family's daughter." He turned his head and glanced at Ding Xiaoyi.

Ding Xiaoqi left the team excitedly.

Gonggong Jiang led a group of eighteen people to climb the phoenix platform in turn, first went to the matching hall to change clothes and clean, and then several servants on duty explained various audience etiquette to the team members one by one.

Half an hour later, Gonggong Wang reappeared and led the group to Fengge to meet the Queen Mother. At this time, Zhao Lie and the others had changed into a wide-sleeved deep coat that would only be worn on formal and solemn occasions, wearing a beam crown on their heads, and two long light yellow ribbons hanging down, adding a bit of dust.

The clothes are well-dressed, everyone looks at each other, everyone has a wonderful expression, and they all have an indescribable weird feeling. Along the way, Ding Xiaoqi and other teenagers secretly supported the high crown from time to time, for fear of falling off.

Just above the thirty-third white jade step of Fengge Yuntai, two rows of freshly clothed and bright-armored halberd-wielding armorers stood on both sides, one armor soldier for every third order, all burly and strong, with tall chests and shy, staring at the group of people who met them, their eyes were fierce and majestic.

The Song Dynasty forbidden army was strictly selected, and those who could serve as the janissaries were all innocent, loyal and reliable, capable of saving strength and having combat experience, but they were not all good-looking.

Zhao Lie and his entourage were stopped again to ask, and a tall young general with a mane on his cheeks and a proud face stared at the martial arts team members with a bad gaze. When I saw Zhang Junbao and other teenagers, I was surprised and puzzled. When his eyes finally fell on Zhao Lie, the young general squeezed out a smile and waved his hands: "Gong Xin'an, meet again." ”

It was the nephew of the Empress Dowager Yang, the Sun who guarded the palace, and the Tianwu Sixiang who commanded Yang Xingyong.

Zhao Lie returned the salute.

Yang Xingyong's eyes wandered, staring at the team of young men and women in front of him with suspicion, his eyes were like eagles: "The Empress Dowager ordered the Duke of Xin'an to break through hundreds of Beiting soldiers with twenty-eight people that day, and even defeated hundreds of strong enemies to come to the audience...... Is that them? ”

The martial arts team members are bloody and brave on the battlefield, fearless and fearless to kill the enemy, but in the end, their status is humble, and they go to this palace to meet the queen mother, and they change their clothes and learn etiquette, which makes the battlefield fight Han sweat profusely, and panic and anxiety for no reason. At this moment, he was pressed by Yang Xing's courage, and he was a little discouraged.

Zhao Lie looked back, bowed slightly to the team members, especially the teenagers, and then turned back to Yang Xingyong and said lightly: "Exactly." Why, Yang Junenvoy has questions? ”

Yang Xingyong looked at the powerful guards under him, and then looked at the mixed teenagers and weak women in this team, how could it be difficult to connect with that legendary team with such a big reputation.

However, no matter how doubtful he was, he didn't dare to question it in front of Zhao Lie, and forced a smile: "How dare you." "Get out of the way.

Zhao Lie nodded slightly and walked away.

The martial arts team members passed in front of Yang Xingyong and other guards one by one, and when it was Zhang Junbao's turn, the young man who had fought bloodily and gradually became angry said coldly: "Haven't you heard that you are not old? With a flick of his wide sleeves, he walked away.

Yang Xingyong's face sank, but it wasn't over yet......

Ding Xiaoyi passed by and snorted: "Haven't you heard of 'women can hold up half the sky'? Hum! "Hurry up with the group.

Yang Xingyong's face turned blue, and his heart was ruthless: "Let you jump, wait until you are all under the master's hands, and see how the master regulates you!" ”

At this time, a janissary came up and asked softly: "Military envoy, who said that 'women can hold up half the sky'?" I've never heard of it. The military envoy has read a lot and has a wide range of knowledge, so tell us which one dares to say such things? ”

Yang Xingyong's eyes widened, and he wanted to say, "How do I know which guy who ate leopard gall said it", but he felt that this seemed uninformed, weakening his image under his hands, and snorted: "Of course you don't know, this person ...... Hmph, amazing! As he spoke, he walked away, and the janissary followed him for a while, but after all, he couldn't find out who the "amazing" figure was from Yang Jun's mouth.

At this time, Zhao Lie and his entourage had already entered the palace hall under the guidance of Wang Gonggong, and bowed to the faint figure behind the beaded curtain above the Danqi, beside the empty dragon chair: "Minister Zhao Lie, lead a martial arts team of 19 people, and knock to see the queen mother." ”