With the wave of the flag, all the sergeants were excited and shouted loudly. As the competition was about to begin, Shao Xu's heart gradually became uneasy, and Qi Changmin, who had been silent on the side for a long time, saw his uneasiness and worry. The first thing that came to Shao Xu's mind at this time was Qi Changmin, it is better to ask Mr. Qi, who has always been good at planning, maybe there is still some hope.

"Mr. Qi, according to your wishes, the ones who are now elected are... This... What should I do..."Shao Xu wanted to speak and stopped, but he didn't dare to ask too thoroughly, but his face was clearly engraved with worry.

"General, don't worry, you can let Yuan Wendu pick someone to fight first. Yuan Wendu saw that most of the ten people who fought in our battle were in average shape, in stark contrast to the height and arm length of each of them, and they were naturally full of righteousness, and they would not count the order of priority, and we watched the people who fought with joy and standing tall and standing tall and strong, and the people who were the best at bows and arrows on weekdays would be the best people in the week, if he was the first to fight, then we would give up the first game and choose the person with the lowest strength on our side to fight. The other two should be almost the same in strength, it depends on our luck. ”

After Shao Xu heard this, he was overjoyed, and when everyone saw that the Lord was going to be like this, they were naturally full of confidence, and their sense of anxiety gradually dissipated. Shao Xu restrained his joy, and immediately sent someone to Yuan Wendu, his words were full of flattery and weakness, and finally mentioned the order of the battle. Yuan Wendu was already full of ambition, but when he heard this, he became even more complacent, and he didn't care about the order when he mentioned it, so he responded in one bite.

Yuan Wendu pointed out that the three of them stood in front, and after arranging the order, Shao Xu also began to arrange the order. The thinnest person was ranked first, in stark contrast to the height and arm length of the person discharged by Yuan Wendu, and the sergeants of the right guard battalion couldn't help laughing, looking at it, this is undoubtedly a loss. The result was the same, only two arrows were sent to separate the winner and loser, Yuan Wendu was naturally overjoyed, but Shao Xu was not discouraged at all. Shao Xu sent Zhang Dabow to face the battle, and the second person sent by Yuan Wendu was not so robust compared to the first person, and he still looked stronger than Zhang Dabow. The man opened his bow and shot an arrow, which hit the red dot directly, and the soldiers of the right guard battalion cheered again. Zhang Da bowed and was not in a hurry, holding a longbow in his left hand and taking out an arrow in his right hand and placing it on the string. "Drink" the bow as if it was pulled into a crescent moon, "whoosh" an arrow out in response, one through the red dot of the arrow target, the arrow has already penetrated into the arrow target. This arrow shot out, and the sergeants were dumbfounded. The person who just shot the arrow was afraid that he was also affected, and the second and third arrows did not hit the bull's-eye, but Zhang Da bowed more and more smoothly, and each arrow was shot at the red heart.

Yuan Wendu clenched his fists, and his face was slightly angry. "Zhao Huaide, Zhao Huaide!" His voice became louder and louder, and when Zhao Huaide heard it, he immediately ran over. "Brother Yuan, I obviously made a move on the bow, and I will win the first two games according to your wishes, but this..." Yuan Wendu sighed and said: "Okay, okay, there must be no mistakes in this next game." Zhao Huaide nodded in agreement, and immediately took three soldiers out of the crowd.

The third person on Shao Xu's side also stood up, but Yuan Wendu didn't send people out as early as the previous two games, and it took about half of the time to inject incense, Shao Xu sent two people to urge him in succession, Yuan Wendu was a little unbearable, and he didn't wait for Zhao Huaide in a fit of anger, and directly sent someone to meet him.

Shao Xu's side went straight to the red heart again and again, and Yuan Wendu's side was not to be outdone, after two arrows, the gap between the two was almost the same. The third arrow shot by Shao Xu's side hit the bull's-eye, but Yuan Wendu's head didn't even hit the target, Yuan Wendu was angry, and directly snatched the bow in the man's hand, clenched his arms, and made a fierce "oh" sound, and the bow handle broke off from the middle. The right guard battalion immediately fell silent, and the previous noise gradually subsided, and the sergeants only looked at each other silently.

Shao Xu recovered from the joy of victory and asked Qi Changmin beside him: "Everything is as Mr. Qi expected, but how to deal with the next riding competition, please give me some advice." ”

"You don't have to do anything then, just wait to lose."

"What? Sir is joking with me, hahaha. Shao Xu's voice revealed a bit of worry.

Qi Changmin said seriously: "No, just wait to lose, don't do anything else." ”

"Sir, I'm afraid this is not appropriate, as long as you win this riding competition, then there is no need to compete in the third race, wouldn't it save trouble."

Qi Changmin bowed unhurriedly and said, "Can the general be sure of victory?" For Yuan Wendu, this must win, and he will do his best, this sincerity cannot be hard to fight with, it is better to let it go, and retreat as advance, which can also save face for Yuan Wendu. ”

"That's according to what Mr. said, but this third game Mr. can be sure of victory."

"There is no certainty of victory, the plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky. Attacking the heart is the first, manpower is secondary, disturbing their mood to make them impatient, provoking their anger and messing up their square inches, then great things can be accomplished. Shao Xu looked at Qi Changmin, his eyes were full of firmness and confidence, so he also let go of his hanging heart, and everything came according to his idea.

As soon as the flag was raised, the riding competition officially began, Shao Xu picked out three people with slightly insufficient stature and strength from the remaining seven people to fight, and Yuan Wendu was elite and was bound to win this one. Shao Xu made people continue to use words to provoke Yuan Wendu and his subordinates, after three competitions, although Yuan Wendu won all, but his heart was already very impatient and irritable, and he had completely lost the heart of scheduling and arrangement, at this time he was like a beast with only "meat" in his eyes, staring at the "meat" in front of him. In this third wrestling, Shao Xu came prepared, Niu Tam, Meng joined the army, and Xu He were all brave men, and the strength of the remaining three Yuan Wendu was not bad, but after several tosses, his mood was confused, and he was naturally defeated every game. Yuan Wendu was angry, and he wanted to take advantage of this to get off the horse, but he was won by the other party, of course he couldn't hang it on his face, and he left without greeting.

After all the sergeants had dispersed, it was already dusk, and after Shao Xu and the sergeants had eaten their evening rations, they went to their military tents alone, leaned on their seats and flipped up the "Military Formation Book" to read.

"General."

"Who is it?" Shao Xu asked outside the tent.

"Under Qi Changmin, I have something to say to the general, and I don't know if I can disturb the general."

When Shao Xu heard this, he immediately got up to greet him, opened the tent and bowed to Qi Changmin and said, "I don't know if Mr. Qi is here, it's me who is rude, rude." ”

Qi Changmin bowed, Shao Xu hurriedly welcomed him into the tent, and the two sat down looking at each other. Shao Xu took the lead in asking, "Sir, do you have anything important to say to me?" ”

"It's not a big deal, I just remembered that the general has the duty of commanding the right guard battalion but no right guard battalion order, the general is now General Jianwei leading the right guard battalion, and there is no difference between Yuan Wendu's rank, if he holds this inciting sergeant, the general's authority will be gone."

Shao Xu suddenly realized, raised his body and waved to Qi Changmin and said: "This is the problem that Mr. said that day, how to do it, please ask Mr. for advice." Shao Xu waved again, and his expression became more and more humble and respectful.

"The general's gift is a bit big, and he will know everything and say everything. The general has ever thought about why Cao Du made you the vanguard and gave you the vanguard seal and ordered you to command the right guard battalion, but did not give you the right guard battalion warrant. ”

"Why? But it doesn't hurt to speak, sir. Shao Xu's tone became softer and more humble.

Qi Changmin's expression was solemn and orderly, and he said unhurriedly: "Cao Dudu wants to test whether the general has the talent to govern the army, if even Yuan Wendu can't fight, then what qualifications do you have to command the right guard battalion." After listening to Shao Xu, he praised his thoughtfulness, Shao Xu asked his countermeasures, Qi Changmin whispered, wrote down on the paper from time to time, the two talked about it, and before they knew it, two hours had passed, Qi Changmin put all the paper in the brazier and burned it, and then the two fell asleep on the table in the tent.

"General, General Shao." Shao Xu was woken up by these calls, looked around, Qi Changmin was also gone, and at this time there was a figure standing outside the tent, Shao Xu asked him to enter the account, it was Zhao Huaide. "General Shao, I finally found you, General Yuan asked his subordinates to ask you if you have any military affairs to explain today."

"There is nothing special today, everything will continue for a long time, and it is still practiced by the right guard battalion led by General Yuan." After Shao Xu finished speaking, he still looked through the scroll by himself, and he didn't even raise his eyes to look at Zhao Huaide.

"The subordinate knew, and the subordinate retired." Zhao Huaide said respectfully.

"You go back and greet General Yuan for me, and I will bother him to continue to train with the sergeants in the next few days." Shao Xu said casually. Zhao Huaide bowed and took a few steps back, opened the tent and walked out.

After that, for ten days in a row, Shao Xu did not go to the right guard camp once, but ordered someone to send some silver taels and gold and silver utensils to Yuan Wendu every day, and killed five pigs every two days and sent them to the right guard camp and the soldiers to eat. Yuan Wendu threatened in the army in the first few days that Shao Xu would not have a good time in the Right Guard Battalion, and incited the Right Guard Battalion to oppose Shao Xu's rule of the army. Later, I don't know who spread the rumor, saying that Yuan Wendu wanted Shao Xu to "come and go" in the right guard battalion. In the first few days, all the sergeants were indignant at Yuan Wendu's hard work for promotion, and they followed him one after another, hating the same enemy. And ten days later, Shao Xu sent meat and food every time, ordered people to come to ask for warmth, and did not see him come to the barracks, and later heard that Yuan Wendu let him "come and go" words, and then heard that Yuan Wendu accepted money from Shao Xu. gradually felt that Yuan Wendu was a little narrow-minded, sympathized with Shao Xu, so he didn't dare to go to the barracks, and was a little disdainful of his aggressive behavior.

Seven days later, Shao Xu came to the right guard camp alone. This was the first time he had arrived in the right guard camp after an interval of seventeen days, and when Yuan Wendu heard that he had arrived in the army, he lined up in formation. Shao Xu faced this formation, there was no trace of fear on his face, he inspected the various camps as usual, and when he saw the sergeants, he asked him about his warmth and coldness, and his words were sincere and sincere. There are not a few sergeants who are moved, some sergeants have said that Yuan Wendu wants to be unfavorable to him, and more than ten people ask for protection around him, but Shao Xu refused, Shao Xu said that General Yuan must not be such a person, but someone maliciously slandered, saying that he wanted to see him in the tent, how to be afraid of a few false rumors.

Yuan Wendu was "greeting" Shao Xu at this time, preparing to humiliate this child of the family. Shao Xu came in light clothes, wearing a scarf, his face was like a crown of jade, his body was slender and straight, and he stood in the banquet with a calm and calm expression. Yuan Wendu gave up the lord to Shao Xu, Shao Xu refused to sit on the main seat for a long time, and the two tested each other with words. The lieutenants in the tent all persuaded Shao Xu to sit on the main seat, and at this time Shao Xu suddenly got up and left the table, and at that moment it was like a gust of fresh wind, and everyone was drunk with his demeanor and did not listen carefully to his words.

"The lord of the right guard battalion, Shao is still too young to be in charge, if you are like this, I will leave." Shao Xu's words were earnest, and he was silent when he finished speaking.

"General Shao is angry, I didn't handle it properly." After Yuan Wendu finished speaking, he asked someone to remove the main seat in the center, set one on each side, and respectfully sat on the left side facing Shao Xu.

After that, Yuan Wendu repeatedly tested Shao Xu, during the banquet Yuan Wendu got up and danced the sword to cheer up, the sword pointed to Shao Xu's side, Shao Xu looked calm and not afraid at all. After a while, Yuan Wendu ordered someone to serve Shao Xu a whole pork leg meat, but Shao Xu just looked at the plate of meat in front of him but didn't move.

"General Shao, it's good to let me chop this leg meat for you." Yuan Wendu got up and said.

"That's fine, then it's annoying General Yuan."

"Someone! Take my cold light sword. Yuan Wendu already had a sword in his hand, how could he ask someone to take one, Shao Xu couldn't think of what he was going to do, and he was a little uneasy in his heart, but his appearance was not affected at all, and he still looked calm. After a while, the man entered the account with a saber, Yuan Wendu held the hilt of the sword on his right hand and pulled the sword out of the scabbard, he held the original saber in his left hand, and walked towards Shao Xu with both hands of the sword. Just when Shao Xu's heart was palpitating, Yuan Wendu stuck his sword in his right hand and cut off a piece of meat with cold light in his left hand. He raised his left hand, and the cold light pierced Shao Xu's eyes, the sword edge was too bright, and Shao Xu's eyes were shaken. When he opened his eyes, the meat was already on the plate, Yuan Wendu laughed loudly, Shao Xu glanced at him, grabbed a piece of meat with his hand and put it in his mouth.

"Good meat." The corners of Shao Xu's mouth twitched slightly. "I have eaten meat, I have no wine and I am not happy, today General Meng Yuan and the brothers of the right guard battalion entertained Shao like this, this glass of wine is for everyone, I will drink it first." Shao Xu said that, and raised his glass and drank it all.

"General Shao is so arrogant at a young age, I will give the general another glass." Yuan Wendu raised the wine to salute, and Shao Xu drank it all again.

"Suitable talent, General Yuan danced the sword and cheered up with everyone, now there is wine and meat, but I ask for a person who is good at beating the drum, let me also sacrifice ugliness, and dance the sword for the soldiers to help the wine." Shao Xu got up and said.

"My subordinate Wu Cong is not talented, and he also knows some music, and I will beat the drum for the general."

Shao Xu: "Then Lao Wu joined the army"

"General Yuan, can you borrow the sword in your hand and use it."

"But it doesn't hurt to use it, General Shao takes the sword." After Yuan Wendu finished speaking, he threw the cold light sword in his hand into the air.

"Drumming." After Shao Xu finished speaking, he stepped heavily on the ground with a "kick" and rose into the air. After receiving the sword in his left hand, he drew out the sword body with his right hand, his steps were light and elegant, and he "flew" to the ground like catkins, and the drum sound rose in response to the situation, "Boom!" Boom! Boom! Then he took a big stride and danced with his sword.

"Lincang sea, Huaixu Valley.

Galloping the world, who is the opponent. ”

Shao Xu chanted in his mouth, but the sword in his hand did not stop for a moment, the long sleeves poured into the wind, and the cold light sword blade flashed around, only to see its footwork fluttering gracefully, and the connection between several steps was continuous, like a swimming dragon.

Wu Cong gradually accelerated the power of the drum, Shao Xu heard the drum bursts of rapid and vigorous strength, then the strength of the whole body turned the cold light in the hand, stride longitudinal (bai), tend to step horizontal (he), criss-cross its shape is like an eagle spreading its wings, its momentum is like a tiger roaring forest. After a few rounds of back and forth, the drum beat gradually slowed down, Shao Xu's pace slowed down a lot, the sword in his hand was put away, and his posture was like a breeze blowing green bamboo, which looked particularly soft. When everyone was drunk with the softness of the "breeze blowing bamboo", the drum suddenly sank, and a "dong" sounded in the big tent, and then stopped a few times, and then "dong" sounded again. Shao Xu used the strength of his body, jumped and swung a sword, and then kicked on the ground and then kicked backwards and bent over to stab a sword, at this moment the drum stopped suddenly, Shao Xu's right hand was retracted, his left hand swept the scabbard on the ground, and the cold light of both hands returned to the sheath. When the time came, the big tent was full of people, and everyone seemed to wake up from a dream, and most of them had unfinished thoughts on their faces.

"General Shao, it's really good, I've never seen such a delicate sword dance, and today is an eye-opener." Yuan Wendu said.

"Today's full battle for Wu Senjun's skillful drumming skills and passionate drum sound, otherwise, I would just be a flurry of dancing."

"The general is too modest, his subordinates have never seen such a delicate sword dance, I just randomly struck a pass, and the general can evolve so many changes, and my subordinates are very impressed." Wu Cong leaned over at Shao Xu.

Yuan Wendu's face slowly sank, and the hostility of the officers towards Shao Xu gradually disappeared a lot, and Shao Xu became more and more humble and polite, toasting and talking to the officers one by one.

After three rounds of drinking, Shao Xu and the officers were a little drunk, and Shao Xu got up to say goodbye to everyone. When Shao Xu stepped out of the big tent, he saw two columns of swords and axes standing on both sides, Yuan Wendu stood beside the big tent with some anger in his eyes, and his hand tightly grasped the saber at his waist.

"Is General Shao going back? I haven't had time to have a drink with the general, and how about I ask the general to come back to the table and drink again. ”

Shao Xu raised his eyes and looked around, and said to Yuan Wendu in a drunken state: "Today's wine is a little too much, and I will drink with General Yuan in the coming day, I really can't drink anymore today, Shao said goodbye!" ”

Yuan Wendu smiled coldly and said, "Then I will personally send the general back." ”

Shao Xu didn't pay attention to it, but he went straight forward, the corners of his eyes wiped the knife and axe hands on both sides, and he didn't feel numb from his scalp, and he still pretended to be calm on the surface.

"General, General Shao!" Yuan Wendu shouted loudly. Shao Xu still walked slowly, without the slightest fear on his face, he looked behind him with his spare eyes, Yuan Wendu showed no signs of catching up, and he was about to walk out of this "place of right and wrong". Suddenly, six sword and axe hands behind him came forward to stop in front of Shao Xu, Shao Xu turned suddenly, held the pioneer seal in his hand and raised it above his head and shouted: "The soldiers of the right guard battalion obey orders!" Give it to me..."

"Don't stop yet!" The voice came from the front, Shao Xu looked forward along the sound, and a slender and athletic man came into view, followed by dozens of sergeants.

"Brother Bochou!" Shao Xu couldn't help but scream, but then he knelt on the ground with a "poof" and said to someone: "Shao Xu, the vanguard of the subordinate former army, visited Marshal Zhong. ”

"Get up, General Shao." The man said.

"I'm Yingzhou Thorn Shi Zhongyue, what do you want to do with this formation!" Zhong Yue shouted.

"Yuan Wendu! Yuan Wendu! Zhong Yue glared angrily, and Yuan Wendu immediately stepped forward and bowed to the ground and whispered: "Marshal Zhong, villain, Yuan and Wendu are here, General Shao has not long been in the right guard camp for the first time, and today I just invited General Shao to drink and narrate."

"Is that your treat?" Zhong Yue pointed to the axe hands on both sides and said.

"This, this, I, I'm just ......" Yuan Wendu fell to his knees, and he didn't make it clear.

Seeing this, Shao Xu took over and said: "As General Yuan said, General Yuan has been entertained today, and this sword and axe hand was called by General Yuan to help the fun when he was dancing the sword, and Marshal Zhong was asked to take a clear look." ”

"Sword Dance! You're a hairy boy, but you're so good. "If that's the case, that's it. If not, then I'll kill this bastard. ”

"I don't dare to do this to my subordinates, if it wasn't for Lord Zhong's promotion, the villain would just be a villager, I'm afraid it's just a layman who has been hidden in the mountains and forests all his life, occasionally chanting a few lines of poetry, how can he have the opportunity to serve the field today." Yuan Wendu knelt on the ground for a long time, afraid to get up.