At this time, a short and stubby young man in Wei Bo's army walked out of the crowd, threw the rod in his hand to the ground, stripped off his jacket, revealed his chest full of black hair, stared at Li Mao and said with a smile: "Look at your kung fu, do you dare to compete with your brother?" The crowd next to him burst out laughing maliciously.

Qingmo was about to scold, but Li Mao stopped him, in this situation, if he didn't show his hands to deter the opponent, he might not be able to end well. He calmly took off his shirt, revealing his snow-white and muscular chest.

"Tut-tut, the right middle marquis is whiter than a woman, second brother, don't spoil the right white middle marquis of the Tang Dynasty."

There was another commotion, Li Mao threw the stick in his hand to Qingmo, tilted his head and asked the young man opposite: "How to compete." ”

The young man looked at the sky with round eyes and said in a chic manner: "The sword and gun are silent, and they play hand games." ”

Hand Bo is a type of wrestling with loose rules and similar to sanshou. It is very popular in the Tang Army.

Li Mao said: "Okay." ”

There was cheering all around, and the onlookers immediately divided into two semicircles, one arc was better for Li Mao, and the other arc was cheering for the young man.

The first hand-to-hand combination, both of them have the intention of temptation, and they let go when they touch their hands, and the point is up.

When he arrived at the second meeting, the young man who consciously detected the strength of the other party suddenly made a move, grabbed Li Mao's arm, and took it into his arms, and a beautiful and clean back fell, slamming Li Mao to the ground, splashing a piece of yellow dust. Li Mao's mouth and nose were full of yellow sand, and he was embarrassed.

The onlookers shouted with joy.

In the third combination, Li Mao took the preemptive action, stuck to the opponent's wrist, leaned in, and wanted to elbow the opponent's chest, but was dodged by the young man.

Although he avoided it, he was young but he was also surprised, the other party seemed to be polite, but he shot quickly and ruthlessly, and he almost suffered from him.

After the three-in-one, both of them explored each other's reality and reality, and neither dared to attack easily, so they tested each other and looked for a good opportunity to attack. The scene became dull, and the onlookers gathered more and more, and the shouts became louder and louder.

Qingmo also led the Qing Navy non-commissioned officers to cheer for Li Mao, their number was not large, and most of them were injured in the scuffle just now, and the voice at this moment was far less than that of the other party.

This cheering is both an encouragement and a kind of pressure, after testing each other, the young man finally couldn't bear the shouts of the mountain and tsunami, and attacked rashly, he leaned low into Li Mao's arms, and wanted to use the strength of his shoulders to knock Li Mao to the ground, but Li Mao seized the opportunity and swung his elbow on his back.

The young man threw himself into the yellow dust, and the tsunami-like cheers of the mountains cooled down for a moment.

Li Mao didn't take advantage of the danger and retreated, just now he had the opportunity to elbow the young man's neck, thinking that the damage would be too great, so he took the opportunity to hit the back instead, although he also knocked the young man down, but the damage was not great.

The two soldiers rushed forward and wanted to help up the hero in the yellow dust, but they saw the young man mopping the ground and jumping up, bringing up a stream of yellow dust.

There was a burst of laughter in all directions, and the young man reached out and dragged the two of them, smiled and patted the dust on their bodies for the two, and spit out a few mouthfuls of yellow sand in a row, raised his hand to look around, and suddenly there was a thunderous sound.

Li Mao was secretly taken aback when he heard everyone shouting the name of "Shi Xianzhong", Shi Xianzhong was a brave man with a lot of Wei Bo, and he was also famous in the Hebei army, which was full of strong generals, and he was so unfortunate that he had to fight against this person.

Although the rules of the hand game are relaxed, it is not without rules, and Li Mao thinks that he has no certainty of winning if he uses his weapons, and if he uses weapons, he will lose even more, and the most important thing is the current situation, he is afraid that he can't win even if he wants to.

After a week of transition, after fully mobilizing the atmosphere in the field, Shi Xianzhong turned to Li Mao again, with a cynical smile on his face.

Li Mao thought for a while and took the initiative to attack Shi Xianzhong, Shi Xianzhong did not dodge, let out a strange scream, and collided head-on.

At this moment, skill has taken a back seat, relying on strength and will.

There was a muffled sound, and the two of them stepped back at the same time, taking three or four steps back, Li Mao fell to the ground and slid a few more steps. Shi Xianzhong couldn't stop taking seven or eight steps back, a stream of sweet blood rushed straight to his throat, and his internal organs turned over the river and the sea, almost boiling.

Li Mao sat on the ground, although Shi Xianzhong was embarrassed, he did not fall to the ground, the victory and defeat were divided, hundreds of Wei Bo soldiers shouted in unison, and a cadre of personal soldiers rushed forward and lifted Shi Xianzhong around the camp to celebrate.

Qingmo helped Li Mao up and asked how the injury was, Li Mao had a dark face, and saw everyone carrying Shi Xianzhong away, so he smiled, he patted the dust on his body, and said to everyone: "Shi Xianzhong, a true hero." I'm not as good as him. ”

The judge of the Wei Bo Grain Institute saw that Li Mao and Shi Xianzhong, the leading general in the army, were only slightly inferior to Shi Xianzhong, and suddenly took a high look, the Hebei army has always respected the strong, although Li Mao was defeated, he was also a hero, how dare a hero slack off.

The judge apologized on the one hand, and on the other hand, he stuttered out a stool for Li Mao to sit on, and brought tea for Li Mao to rinse his mouth. When Li Mao was sitting and drinking tea, he suddenly saw a pretty figure standing not far away, and suddenly seemed to have been stung by a scorpion, and jumped up, making Qingmo, who was sitting on the other side of the stool, fall on his heels.

"It's you, Tian ...... Girl. ”

Tian Qian is still dressed in men's clothes, and her outfit has not changed much from a year ago. Just now, the female Qingmo saw Li Mao and Shi Xianzhong's hand, and for a long time she didn't know whether she won or lost, she was shocked for a while, climbed the wall and returned to the inner courtyard, and called Tian Qian to come and see, Tian Qing heard the noise next door when she was sleeping in the house, and she was already lying on the wall to watch, and after being caught by the female Qingmo, she was no longer hypocritical, and the two built a personal wall and climbed over the high wall and entered the military courtyard.

Tian Qian smiled faintly, she has been practicing with her father and brother since she was a child, and she knows how to do it, she saw that although Shi Xianzhong won, his face was a little pale, obviously there were internal injuries, although Li Mao was embarrassed, his face was nothing wrong except for soil, one won face, and the other got benefits, each got his own place.

Tian Qian looked at Li Mao with a smile and said softly: "I don't see it, you are still a master of hand fighting." ”

Li Mao replied while dressing: "When I was frail and sickly, my parents sent me to the temple to be a monk, and it happened that the master knew how to do it, so I followed and learned three tricks and two styles. However, compared to General Tian, I am still far behind. ”

Tian Qian smiled: "You don't have to be humble, you are worthy of being his opponent, there are few in Hebei, you can be content, why do you still want to win the first person in my Tianxiong Army?" ”

With only a few words, both of them felt like friends they hadn't seen for many years, and they spoke casually, naturally and freely.

The judge of the Grain Institute was Wei Bo's old army, and he recognized Tian Qian at a glance who was dressed as a man, and his hands and feet were weak for a while, and he urged Ling Shi to clean up a clean room and make tea to invite Tian Chen.

Tian Qian saw it in his eyes and didn't want to stay longer, so he said to Li Mao: "The old favor has not been reciprocated, when to go to Weizhou, I should do my best to be a landlord." ”

Li Mao said with a smile: "If you want to repay your kindness, why wait until you go to Weizhou, there is something to ask for right now." ”

Li Mao told Tian Qian that he wanted to go to Xuzhou with Wei Bojun, and the carriage and horses hung the banner of Wei Bojun along the way, Tian Qian asked him the reason, Li Mao said: "I can't hide it, when our army passed through Pengcheng a few months ago, I accidentally offended Zhang Shangshu, I am afraid that he will not be welcome." ”

Tian Qian smiled and said, "I'm not asking this, I'm asking why you want to go to Pengcheng." ”

Li Mao said: "After the Haizhou Rebellion, the price of rice tripled, the previous time I asked someone to buy some low-priced grain, but now it is no longer sustainable, the Qing Navy in Ziqing belongs to the foreign town army, the supply of grain and grass is all on their own, I intend to go to Pengcheng to raise a batch of grain and grass, so as not to be short on the way back." ”

Tian Qi's eyes were blazing and said: "Your department is only 800 people, how much grain and grass does it cost?" You must go to Xuzhou for another reason, you don't say I don't ask, if you want to say, I am honored. ”

Li Mao secretly praised Tian Qian for his shrewdness and replied: "It is true to raise grain and grass, and there are also a batch of private goods to be transported to Yongqiao for sale." ”

Tian Qian nodded and didn't ask any more. The army went out to fight, plundering the place has become a bad rule, the obtained things are sent to the black market for sale, the bridge is connected to the north and south, the transportation is convenient, the black market is very much, Li Mao's words Tian Qian letter.

With Tian Qian's help, Li Mao escorted one hundred and fifty grain trucks, planted the military flag of the Tianxiong Army, and drove to Xuzhou, and the fifty carts of illegal salt were mixed in. Xu Sijie made Zhang Jianfeng very unkind to the Qing navy, but he did not dare to offend Wei Bojun, Li Mao said that he wanted to go to Yongqiao and Guang, he not only sent the Yajun to open the way, but also took care of the place to give convenience.

Xu Siyajun opened the road, and the banner of Wei Bojun was inserted in the car, and Li Mao traveled unhindered all the way.

Yongqiao is located in the north-south traffic point, is the Jianghuai wealth to transport to the two capitals must pass through, one of the purposes of the imperial court in Xuzhou to build a military town is to protect this north-south traffic artery.

Li Mao found the connector and delivered the goods as promised, as for where they transported the salt and what they were going to do, Li Mao did not know, and he did not want to know.

Xing Chongchong returned to Pengcheng from Yongqiao, but learned that Tian Qian had set off for the north a day ago, and did not even leave a word before leaving, Li Mao was stunned for a long time, and his heart suddenly seemed to have lost a top and important thing, and the whole person seemed to be hollowed out, empty.

Qingmo saw his dejected appearance, and sneered: "If you can't see it, you just think, when you see it, you don't say anything, alas, it's the so-called 'it's difficult to say goodbye when you meet'." ”

(Heguang: The garrison buys grain and grass from merchants on the spot.) ）