Chapter Seventy-Four: The Contests in the Army (Part II)
The second was a fight within the Tianxiong Army, without any tricks, you came and went in the school field, and in the end, one of the armies narrowly won. The soldiers on the ground who were pretending to be dead rose one after another, freeing up the territory.
The third scene is the duel between Yang Lian and Yao Feng, Yang Lian led his subordinates into battle energetically, with sword and shield soldiers in front, spearmen in the middle, and finally archers pressing the formation, and twenty cavalry on both wings. Yang Lian's start made everyone's eyes shine.
Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, stroked his chin and looked at it carefully, he hoped that Yang Lian would win. Yao Feng's subordinates soon came up and lined up in a-for-tat formation.
In the box next to Li Jing, Zhou Zong took a sip of tea and said, "Who do you think will win this battle?" ”
Sitting next to Zhou Zong was a thin middle-aged man, it was Zhou Ben's eldest son Zhou Ye, who was half-lying on the soft couch, coughing constantly, and said: "Yao Feng has been on the battlefield for a long time and is a general. Yang Lian is a newly promoted commander, and it stands to reason that his ability to lead troops is insufficient, but he can quickly move to this position, he should have some ability, it's hard to say. ”
Emperor Zhou E was on the side, watching Yang Lian's figure, the fierceness of the battle between the two armies just now made her feel palpitations, although the swords, guns, swords and halberds were wrapped in cloth, but they were still very dangerous, which made her a little worried.
A gong sounded, indicating the beginning of the two armies, Yang Lian first made a temptation, an order, the archer shot the arrow feather first, Yao Fengjun immediately raised the shield, the arrow feathers were dense, passed through the gap between the shields, the ink dotted on the soldier's vital point, and the soldier immediately fell.
Yao Feng suddenly smiled and shouted, "Kill!" "The soldier received the order and rushed forward with a clamor that looked very alarming.
Yang Lian narrowed his eyes, in his impression, Yao Feng's ability to lead troops did have a set, but at this time, his performance was not much different from a new Ding. Under the intensive offensive of the archers, he actually advanced against the top, is it not the same as the lives of the soldiers? Or is it the same thing as winning or losing?
Before Yang Lian could speak again, the archers threw another round of arrow feathers, and many soldiers of Yao Fengjun fell to the ground one after another. Yao Feng glanced back, and suddenly rode his horse up, and more than a dozen cavalrymen behind him also swarmed up, the arrow feathers fell, and Yao Feng fell off his horse with an "ah". With Yao Feng's fall, the soldiers collapsed one after another, turned around and fled.
"What the hell is Yao Feng messing with?" Byun Ho, who was in the distance, saw all this clearly, and he didn't understand it very much.
Li Jing also looked at it strangely, this battle was faster than the battle within the Tianxiong Army just now, and it was not half exciting, how could Yao Feng be like this? Li Jingsui, the king of Qi, didn't care so much, stood up with a smile and announced: "Yang Lian won." ”
The county lord of Huairou had blazing eyes, and the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, this guy was lucky.
Empress Zhong looked at it and frowned, and said, "What's going on?" ”
Li Jing was a little displeased, and said: "Yang Lian and Yao Feng are both from the Shenwu Army, could it be that Yao Feng was instructed by Bian Hao to deliberately admit defeat?" ”
Empress Zhong shook her head and didn't approve of it, but Yao Feng's defeat was a fact, leaving her speechless.
After Yang Lian retreated, he went directly to Bian Hao: "Bian Tongjun, what's going on?" He thought that Yao Feng had been instructed by Bian Hao.
Bian Ho shook his head and said, "I don't know what's going on. I'm afraid only Yao Feng knows. ”
As he spoke, Yao Feng came over, hung his head in frustration, and came to Bian Hao, and said, "Bian Tongjun." ”
"Yao Feng, what's going on?" Pickaxe was a little displeased.
"I was unwell and accidentally fell off my horse. Yang commanded, and Yao Feng was convinced. Yao Feng said.
Bian Hao wanted to ask again, but Yao Feng didn't want to say it, Bian Hao thought about it and waved him away. Yang Lian was speechless when he heard it on the side, what is this Yao Feng going to do?
The eight matches of the first round ended on the first day, and Yang Lian, Lin Renzhao, Zhou Hongzuo and other departments all entered the next round, in addition to the mysterious Xuanjia Ride. The eight teams of the day did not draw again, and no one knew who the next opponent would be.
The armies dispersed, and many people talked about the power of the Xuanjia cavalry, and at the same time, they were full of contempt for Yang Lian's battle, it turned out that he was using this way to advance.
Yang Lian was about to return to the Shenwu Army garrison, and Li Jingsui sent someone to find him. Yang Lian asked Lin Renzhao and Chen Tie to go back first, and then went to see Li Jingsui first.
Li Jingsui lives in the house next to the attic, which is also extremely gorgeously decorated, covered with Shu brocade, and the red candles shine the house like daylight, just a place for hunting, Li Jing is also so extravagant and wasteful, and it is also a loss to the Tang Dynasty to be rich.
Yang Lian entered the house under the leadership of a eunuch, and when he saw Li Jing, he hurriedly saluted: "Yang Lian has seen King Qi. ”
Li Jingsui waved his hand, went directly to the topic, and said, "Today's matter, what's going on?" It was one thing to announce Yang Lian's win on the school field, and he also saw something strange.
Yang Lian shook his head and said, "King Qi, I don't know what Yao Feng is thinking in his heart. ”
"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon." Li Jingsui reminded Yang Lian and said, "You have to pay attention. ”
"King Qi reminded me very much, Yang Lian must be careful." Yang Lian agreed.
Li Jingsui squinted his eyes and looked at him, Yang Lian was furious in his heart, and hurriedly said, "King Qi, but my face is not clean?" ”
"Huairou has already told this king about yesterday's hunting." Li Jingsui said slowly, "Who is that person?" ”
Yang Lian shook his head, things have been very strange recently, maybe someone is targeting him, if this matter is true, Li Hongji has a great possibility. Since the day the relationship with King Qi was confirmed, the relationship between Yang Lian and Li Hongji could not improve.
However, when Yang Lian left, he knew something and told Lin Renzhao.
Lin Renzhao was also very surprised by this: "What, Xuanjia is Li Hongji and his subordinates?" ”
"Renzhao, Li Hongji's cavalry impact is very strong, you and I are not enough cavalry, if we really meet, this battle is very difficult to fight." Yang Lian reminded.
Lin Renzhao nodded, the cavalry was almost invincible in this era, especially in the field, and it was able to play the greatest role. "It's a pity that in this exercise, you can't put up horses, antlers and other things, once the cavalry gives full play to the advantage of strong impact, the infantry, especially the crossbowmen, will only be slaughtered."
Sure enough, on the second day of the draw, Li Hongji met Zhou Hongzuo, and Zhou Hongzuo was defeated without surprise. Li Hongji made full use of the mobility of the cavalry to impact Zhou Hongzuo's two wings, Zhou Hongzuo frequently mobilized the soldiers and horses on both wings to deal with Li Hongji's offensive, and after accidentally revealing a flaw, the cavalry killed through the gap, and Zhou Hongzuo was suddenly defeated.
Li Hongji's mysterious cavalry suddenly became the biggest favorite to win the championship, and the soldiers who gambled privately set up a game and set odds for each team, the odds of the Xuanjia cavalry were one to one, Yang Lian was lucky to defeat the opponent of the Tianxiong Army yesterday, the odds were one to three, and Lin Renzhao's odds were about the same.
At this point in the game, there were only four teams left, Xuanjia Cai, Yang Lian, Lin Renzhao, and Du Zhen, the commander of the Jiankang Army. The luck of the Shenwu Army is good, and the four seats occupy two seats, but Bian Hao also knows that at least one team will meet the Xuanjia Cavalry tomorrow, and the winning rate will be very low.
Although Lin Renzhao discussed with Yang Lian for a long time, when Lin Renzhao met the Xuanjia Cavalry, he was undoubtedly defeated, in fact, Lin Renzhao had the opportunity, he personally led his troops to raid, and almost took away Li Hongji's handsome banner. But Li Hongji's skills were very good, and he "killed" several Shenwu soldiers in a row, trying to keep the handsome flag unlost, and then Lin Renzhao fell into the enemy's encirclement, and he had to give up if he was defeated.
Yang Lian once again "luckily" defeated Du Zhen, although Yang Lian broke into the finals, but no one was optimistic about him, after all, he won every battle very lucky, therefore, in the gambling game in the army, Yang Lian's odds suddenly became 1 to 5, and Li Hongji was still 1 to 1.
The gambling game in the army was set up very secretly, and I don't know who did it, but Yang Lian learned afterwards that Yao Feng seemed to be one of the initiators - this is a good explanation why Yao Feng lost, Yang Lian smiled faintly at this, Yao Feng was so greedy for money.
Although he disdained to gamble, Yang Lian secretly took ten taels of gold to secretly bet for himself. Wearing a black veil, he was artificially sick by most people, the Xuanjia cavalry was so powerful, it was impossible for the infantry to be able to fight against them, and at this time, Yang Lian gambled to win, what is not a madman?
However, since someone wanted to lose money, naturally no one objected, and put down ten taels of silver, Yang Lian took the voucher and left, too lazy to talk to these people. As soon as he walked out of the door, he saw Li Hongji swaggering over, followed by Zhu Lingyun and Zhou Hongzuo.
Yang Lian was slightly stunned, thinking of Zhou Hongzuo's provocation that day, it turned out that this guy had already taken refuge in Li Hongji, no wonder he had a very bad attitude towards himself that day. Li Hongji didn't know how to get the news, so he brought a hundred taels of gold to win. Others didn't know that Xuanjia was riding Li Hongji, and when they saw that Li Hongji made a bet, they had to accept it with a bitter face, Li Hongji bet too much and couldn't afford to lose.
Zhu Lingyun and Zhou Hongzuo also took out dozens of taels of gold, and for them, gold is not unusual.
The last match was the finale, which was placed in the afternoon. At noon, the soldiers had eaten and seized the time to rest and recuperate. Yang Lian was about to rest, but was called over by King Qi again, and he was really a little worried. Li Hongji has always been dissatisfied with Yang Lian, if Li Hongji suddenly kills tomorrow, who will Li Jingsui find to reason?
Li Jingsui hoped that Yang Lian would give up, after all, he entered the finals and defeated several commanders in a row, which has proved Yang Lian's value, what is the difference between the first and the second? As long as Yang Lian is well, there will always be a day of promotion, and Li Jingsui doesn't want Yang Lian to be injured.
Yang Lian pondered for a moment, but still refused. Li Jingsui has his considerations, and Yang Lian is also grateful to him, but it is not Yang Lian's style to escape from the battle, not to mention, countless people are watching this game, if he escapes, Yang Lian will be charged with being cowardly and afraid of death, and he can't raise his head in front of His Majesty.
Yang Lian's refusal Li Jingsui had already prepared, so he had to sigh and ask Yang Lian to be careful.
Yang Lian stood up and said goodbye, and just walked out of the door, the county lord of Huairou appeared, looked at Yang Lian, and said, "How sure are you of the game to come?" ”
"If I say seven, do you believe it?" Yang Lian smiled.
The county lord of Huairou hesitated for a moment and said, "Seven points? Don't lie to me. ”
"What are you lying about? I don't have any good. Yang Lian smiled slightly.
"Humph!" The county lord of Huairou snorted coldly, stomped his feet and left, this Yang Lian was too confident, and it was said outside that Xuanjia Cavalry would definitely win, and Yang Lian would lose. But he just said that he had a seven-point chance of winning, which was really arrogant, and it was better to lose, so that he knew that there was a sky outside the sky and someone outside the world.