Chapter 15: General Huwei
Li Yan stood in the ring, his hands making defensive movements, and staring at the thunder in front of him motionlessly. In the face of the powerful thunder, Li Yan did not dare to be careless in his heart and dealt with it carefully.
There was a commotion in the ring, and many people in Jiuquan City knew that Yan Gongzi in Liangwang's Mansion used to be a weak scholar, and after he survived last year, he fell off a horse and fell to love dancing with guns and sticks. But at this moment, he dared to challenge Lei Ming, the master of the Chengbei camp, and he was simply tired.
"Brother Liu, do you think this rock boy can take a few thunderous moves?" A brown-clad man in the crowd asked a tall man beside him.
"Brother Wang, are you playing with Liu? If this Yan Gongzi can make three moves in the hands of Captain Lei Ming, why don't you send you the new orchid in Liu's mansion? The man surnamed Liu in brown next to him said.
"Good! Brother Liu is happy! If Yan Gongzi loses to Captain Lei Ming within three moves, how about Wang also willing to give the pawnshop in the south of the city to Brother Liu? Hey! The man surnamed Wang smiled obscenely.
"Brother Suo, this kid Li Yan won the first place with the prey that the homeless people under his command gave him and the dead tiger that he picked up from the hunter trap, could it be that he is really a toad who wants to eat swan meat and wants to be a general?" In the next corner of the ring, Yin Shiji looked at Li Yan in the ring and said to Suo Ming with disdain.
"Hasn't this kid always been like this? After Li Tan's death, this kid dared to speak disrespectfully to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince many times, why should he care if he wanted to bring humiliation on himself? Suo Ming, who was beside Yin Shiji, only played with the jade in his hand and said lightly.
Lei Ming in the ring saw that Li Yan did not take the initiative to attack him, so he exerted his strength on the soles of his feet, and with a "whoosh" sound, he quickly rushed towards Li Yan, and his fists hit Li Yan's head and chest like lightning.
Li Yan twisted his waist, quickly flashed to the side, and turned around to grab Lei Ming's hands. The art of grappling lies in being flexible and changeable, and Lei Ming's strength is very great, Li Yan understands that relying solely on hard work, he is definitely not Lei Ming's opponent.
Lei Ming saw that Li Yan dodged his fist, and dared to turn around to resist, and quickly waved his fists to meet him.
The fists touched, Li Yan's right hand quickly held Lei Ming's wrist, his left hand blocked Lei Ming's other hand, and his right hand twisted Lei Ming's wrist with a force, and Lei Ming hurriedly returned his hand to break free.
But Lei Ming underestimated Li Yan's grappling skills, and at the moment when Lei Ming was eager to fight back, Li Yan's leg accumulated strength and kicked towards Lei Ming's knee joint.
Lei Ming's knee joint was hit hard, and the whole person almost couldn't stand firmly. With a loud shout, a brute force exploded, and he broke free from Li Yan's hands in pain, and was punched heavily by Li Yan, and with a "kick", Lei Ming staggered back nearly four or five steps.
Lei Ming was horrified in his heart, and after the two fought, he found that Li Yan did not rely on brute force to win like ordinary people, but used the fierceness of his attack, grabbed his weak point, and unexpectedly hit hard.
Li Yan's method is obviously very effective, facing an opponent who is stronger than himself, Li Yan can only use the tactics of steel and soft in the grappling technique, and use static braking to find a favorable opportunity to shoot.
Li Wei, who was on the stage, was extremely shocked when he saw Li Yan on stage, seeing that Li Yan was still able to cope with Lei Ming's attack, brushing his beard, watching Li Yan and Lei Ming's fighting figures in the ring.
Under the ring, the sergeants roared from time to time and the drums beat loudly.
The people of Zhu Yuanhu and Yin Suo's family were gathered together, and their faces were not good.
The man surnamed Wang in the crowd looked at Li Yan in the ring, who was already outside the three moves, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, he had already coveted the orchid in Liufu.
"Brother Liu, concede! Agreed! The man surnamed Wang clasped his hands into fists and said to the man surnamed Liu in brown clothes next to him with a smile on his face.
"Humph! How could Liu be untrustworthy? The man surnamed Liu said with an angry face on his face.
Half an hour later, the two were inseparable in the ring, and Li Yan was punched. And several joints on Lei Ming's body were hit hard by Li Yan, and the whole person no longer had the calm expression at the beginning.
Suddenly, Li Yan grabbed the moment when Lei Ming lost his mind after hitting the joint of his foot, quickly grabbed Lei Ming's left hand, and bent it on Lei Ming's back.
The elbow joint of Lei Ming's left hand was dislocated, and his face was pale.
"Yan Gongzi, Lei admires. Lei lost! Lei Ming glanced at Li Yan as he spoke, endured the pain, twisted his elbow joint in reverse, and walked towards the ring after a creepy bone staggering sound.
Under the ring, all the sergeants were stunned, and Lei Ming actually admitted defeat. Lei Ming's martial arts can only be fought by Zhu Yuanhu in the entire camp in the north of the city, but even Zhu Yuanhu was defeated by Lei Ming.
And this Yan Gongzi, who has been unknown for more than ten years, actually made Lei Ming admit defeat at this moment, which made many people unbelievable.
In the surprised eyes of everyone, Lei Ming stepped out of the ring and came to the Iron Hammer with a haggard face, Lei Ming and Zhu Yuanhu spent a lot of energy fighting, and Li Yan's novel fighting method also shocked him.
"Brother Lei, are you okay?" The hammer beside Lei Ming hurriedly asked.
"I'm fine, just rest for a while." Lei Ming said with a deep breath.
"Brother Lei, my son-in-law also has a last resort, please forgive me!" Han Qian, who was on the side, got along for the past two days, and felt a little reluctant to admit defeat to Lei Ming, so he hugged his fists and saluted.
"It doesn't matter, Lei had no intention of sealing the general, and Yan Gongzi did make Lei feel convinced, and Yan Gongzi's close defense ability, Lei sighed to himself." Lei Ming waved his hand and said.
Li Yan on the ring looked around at everyone in the audience, although Lei Ming had already admitted defeat and Zhu Yuanhu was defeated by Lei Ming, Li Yan still didn't dare to be careless in his heart.
Half an hour later, no one came to the stage to challenge Li Yan, even the strongest person in the camp, Lei Ming, admitted defeat, and no one in the audience dared to come up to challenge Li Yan.
After another half an hour, no one came to the stage to challenge Li Yan. It was already noon, and the sun was blazing overhead.
"King Liang has an order, in this competition, Li Yan Gongzi wins!" After a while, a herald shouted an order.
"Yan'er, come here. Come to Grandpa. Li Wei stood on the platform and beckoned to Li Yan in the ring.
"Grandson Li Yan, meet grandpa!" Li Yan came to the general platform and saluted Li Wei and said.
"Hmmm! There has indeed been progress! Li Wei nodded and said.
"Thank you grandpa for the compliment!" Li Yan bowed and said.
"Yan'er, this time you won the first place in the competition, and yesterday you hunted a tiger, so I named you the general of Huwei." Li Wei glanced at Song Xuan, who was under his head, and said loudly.
"The last general, Li Yan, thank you King Liang!" Li Yan hurriedly knelt down on one knee and saluted Li Wei and said.
"Father, Yan'er is only fifteen now, how can he be named a general? Please take back your father's fate! Li Xin has been looking bad after Zhu Yuanhu's defeat, and at this moment, when he saw that Li Yan was about to be crowned a general, he didn't get angry, and hurriedly said to Li Wei.
"His Royal Highness the Prince's words are wrong, back then, Ganluo paid twelve respects to the prime minister, Huo Quai's eighteen marquis, and Li Yan's fifteen generals are not indispensable." Linghu overflowed the column and said.
"Ai Qing is reasonable, pass on the order of the king, and crown Li Yan as General Huwei, with a reward of 1,000 taels." Li Wei helped Li Yan up and said loudly.
"King Qiyu Liang, in the past six months, the Xiongnu pseudo-Liang and Rouran have often invaded our West Sea, plundered the people, and robbed property. In order to protect the gateway of my Daliang Northern Xinjiang, I have recruited enough 5,000 new soldiers a month ago, and now the soldiers are ready. The minister proposed that Huwei general Li Yan command the new army and guard Xihai County to protect the gateway to our northern Xinjiang. Song Miao got up and said.
"Lord, by all means. Huwei General Li Yan has no experience in leading the army, and his qualifications are still shallow. Xihai County is the gateway to the north of my Great Liang, and there must not be the slightest mistake, and Li Yan, the general of the Tiger Command, cannot take on this important task. Please think twice! Suo Xian, who was opposite Song Xuan, glanced at Li Xin, and knelt down and said to Li Wei.
The minister seconded. Xihai County is rich in water and grass, half of my Daliang military horses are from this, once Xihai is lost, I Daliang is in danger! The minister thought that when the faction was sent to the general Zhang Jing to guard Xihai County, so I would have no worries about Xihai. Yin Jianxing came out of the column from behind Suo Xian, looked at General Zhichong, Zhang Jing and said.
Zhang Jing has been in charge of the Chengbei camp for so many years, and Li Xin has long wanted to pocket the 10,000 defenders of the Chengbei camp, but Zhang Jing is like a piece of wood, and he neither agrees nor refuses to Li Xin's repeated hints. After so many years, Li Xin has long lost patience with Zhang Jing. If Zhang Jing can be transferred out of the camp in the north of the city this time, it will be a great joy.
"The ministers seconded it!" Most of the civil and military officials on the stage came out one after another and said in unison.
"Zhang Aiqing, are you willing to guard the gateway of the West Sea for me?" Li Wei walked to Zhang Jing's side, took Zhang Jing's hand and said.
"King Liang has an order, and the ministers must obey it." Zhang Jing knelt down on one knee and clenched his fists and said.
"Good! All right! Zhang Jing, the general of Zhichong, was the general of Zhenbei and the Taishou of Hehuang, and soon led the new army to defend Xihai County. Huwei General Li Yan was the deputy, and they rushed to Xihai together, and the new army generals and colonels were all selected by the Chengbei battalion. Li Wei returned to the main seat and said to the military officials in the audience.
"Minister Zhang Jing obeys the king's orders and swears to defend the West Sea!" Zhang Jing came out of the column and knelt down to Li Wei and saluted.
"The last general, Li Yan, thank you King Liang!" Li Yan then kowtowed deeply to Li Wei and said.
Li Yan knew that he should be content to be named General Huwei, although this General Huwei was a miscellaneous general, and Wei and Wu all had this position during the Three Kingdoms period, but the rank was not high. Previously, his ninth uncle Li Wei and tenth uncle Li Liang were named left and right generals respectively, and there were many generals with the same miscellaneous names in troubled times.
In fact, under the Jiupin Zhongzheng system since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, even if Li Yan is not crowned a general now, he will still be crowned an official when he becomes an adult. This is the advantage of the family, especially since Li Yan is still the grandson of King Liang.
And Zhang Jing's General Zhichong is a relatively high status among the miscellaneous generals, and he has been in charge of the Chengbei camp for many years, so it can be said that he is a more trusted general by Li Wei's side.
The importance of Xihai is self-evident, Li Yan has no experience in leading troops, so Li Wei can only make Zhang Jingjin the general of Zhenbei.
Li Yan was surprised that Li Wei let him serve as a deputy general and go to the West Sea with Zhang Jing, and promised that the new army generals would be selected from the camp in the north of the city, so that he could also bring Lei Ming and Iron Hammer over.