Time passed day by day, and Li Yanqing's patience was also approaching the limit day by day, if the imperial examination had to bear mental and psychological pressure, then this training brought him great physical fatigue. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

One of the things he does every day is to draw the bow, he took five days to open the bow with one stone and six buckets, and three days to open the bow with one stone and eight buckets, which has reached the limit for him, but Zhou Tong didn't care about the limit of his strength, and directly ordered him to start pulling the two-stone copper bow, and from that day on, he fell into the abyss of pain.

Every day was forced by his master Zhou Tong to draw the bow endlessly, and Li Yanqing didn't know how he survived.

"Ahh

Li Yanqing's cry of pain came from the courtyard, Wang Guiteng stood up, his eyes were full of concern, but Yue Fei pulled him down, "He's been like this for almost half a month, aren't you used to it?" ”

Wang Gui sighed lowly, "The master is too ruthless, he was tired and crying yesterday, and the master refused to let him go." ”

"But didn't you find that Lao Li has gained a lot?"

Yue Fei said with a smile: "Yesterday he was already able to pull out the master's bronze bow, and it has been less than a month, and the bow power has been directly increased from one and a half stones to two stones, which can only be done by the master." ”

Wang Gui nodded, "This is the master's strength, he can see a person's potential, last month I also wanted to practice two stone bows, but the master said that I can only pull one and a half stones at most, and it is useless to practice again, like Lao Li, from one and a half stones to two stones, it only took a month, except for the master, no second person can do it." ”

Tang Huai shook his golden fan, "Then you have to be like Lao Li to bear this kind of pain." ”

Wang Gui nodded silently, it was rare for him to have a consensus with Tang Huai, if he were to be replaced by him, he would have died a long time ago.

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In the room, Li Yanqing was lying on the bed topless, the magpie knelt beside him, and his hands were unusually quick to apply ointment to his back and shoulders to relieve fatigue, there were four kinds of ointments, and the amount and time should be controlled.

She was very nervous, and Master Zhou specially told her that she should wait at least a quarter of an hour after the first type was applied, and no matter how much the little official screamed in pain, he must be held back.

But after applying the second medicine, as soon as the pain of the little master appears, immediately apply the third ointment, as soon as possible, so that the pain in the body can be slowly eliminated overnight.

Li Yanqing was so painful that he was already numb, as if his body was no longer his own, he slowly closed his eyes, preparing for the third great pain, every time the effect of the ointment attacked, his body came back, and all kinds of frozen pain began to recover again.

The unspeakable pain and soreness were unbearable for him, and he felt that he was about to lose it every day by going through the cruel torture of falling into hell and climbing up from hell again.

Suddenly, Li Yanqing's hands clenched the pillow, the severe pain came as expected, the latissimus dorsi and shoulder deltoid muscles seemed to be torn, he was sweating profusely, clenched his teeth, and tried not to let himself scream.

The magpie was nervous and sad in her heart, and while wiping the sweat on her forehead for the little official, she whispered: "The little official just scream!" That would be a little better. ”

Li Yanqing didn't say a word, his face was swollen red, his hands desperately squeezed the pillow, and he endured it for a quarter of an hour before the intense pain subsided little by little.

In the end, Li Yanqing breathed a sigh of relief, lying on the bed and couldn't move, otherwise Tailai, the coolness and comfort began to seep into his every pore, making him fluttering, and a huge sleepiness also hit at the same time, and he was about to fall asleep soon.

At this time, Sister-in-law Ju walked into the house with a bucket of hot water, "How is the little official?" Sister-in-law Ju asked in a low voice.

"Shhhh I'm about to fall asleep. ”

At this time, Li Yanqing had fallen into a deep sleep, making a slight snoring sound, and the magpie poured a packet of medicinal powder into the wooden barrel, stirred it with a spoon, and then began to use a hot towel to apply it to his back, shoulders and arms, at least a dozen times, in Master Zhou's words, the more times he applied the better.

Sister-in-law Ju helped her wring the towel on the side, and the two cooperated tacitly, and the room was filled with the strange fragrance of herbs and Li Yanqing's snoring.

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Before dawn the next day, Li Yanqing appeared at the archery range, Zhou Tong had not yet come, Li Yanqing stood a hundred steps away from the arrow target, squinted for a moment, and could vaguely see the target position, he slowly took out the copper bow from the horse bag, reached out and pulled out an iron arrow from his back, his back was still very painful, but it was much better than yesterday afternoon, of course, it was just the beginning.

Yesterday afternoon, he was finally able to draw a full bronze bow, and it took him ten days to pull it halfway to full bow, but once he crossed this hurdle, he entered a whole new world.

Li Yanqing urged the horses to run slowly along the hundred-step line, the faster the horse galloped, and when he found the best feeling, he suddenly pulled the copper bow, the iron arrow was about to fire, and an iron arrow shot out like lightning, shooting at a speed several times faster than the ordinary wolf's tooth arrow to the arrow target a hundred steps away, the iron arrow hit the bull's-eye, and the wooden board of the direct arrow target shot through a hole.

At this time, there was a burst of applause behind him, and Li Yanqing turned around, but it was his master Zhou Tong, who came to his side at some point.

Today, Zhou Tong's face no longer has the usual sternness, with a rare smile on his face, he is really relieved in his heart, the goal he failed back then, Li Yanqing succeeded, and really improved the bow power from one stone to two stones in a month, what a great achievement.

Zhou Tong's heart was full of the joy of success, he stepped forward and asked with a smile: "How many times can you draw a full bow now?" ”

"Students have tried, and they can drive it up to three times!"

Zhou Tong nodded, the normal use of copper bows and iron arrows must have at least three hundred Song Jin bow strength, Li Yanqing can now open two hundred Song Jin, which can only be barely used.

But the important thing about the copper bow and iron arrow is not the arm strength, but the skill of using it, which is very subtle and very complicated, and it cannot be comprehended if there is no transcendent bow and arrow talent, this is Zhou Dong's secret that he dictated to Li Yanqing a month ago.

"Three times is about the same, and the rest will be accumulated slowly in the future! We have not had time to consolidate the three openings in the past few days. ”

"Captain Tong...... Is it already here? ”

Zhou Tong nodded, "His army will arrive in Tangyin in three days." ”

After a pause, Zhou Tong said again: "Do you know why I have to let you practice copper bows and iron arrows?" ”

"Students don't know!"

"Because Captain Tong admires people with superb archery skills the most."

Zhou Tong looked into his eyes and said slowly: "Yanqing, for the teacher to know your ambitions, to enter the military with literature, to serve the country with martial arts, and this time Captain Tong's military inspection is an opportunity for you, you have to seize it." ”

Li Yanqing nodded silently, he finally understood the master's good intentions.

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This time, the Song army marched north to meet the southern invasion of the Liao army, and the main troops were divided into two routes, and the west road was dominated by the Shaanxi Jingluo envoy Dao, and led 100,000 western troops to the north, mainly to defend against the southern invasion of Liaoxia.

The main battlefield was on the East Road and Hebei Road, so Taiwei Tong Guan personally led 100,000 forbidden troops to the north, and Zhao Ji, the Son of Heaven, issued an order to transfer 200,000 local troops in Hebei to cooperate with Taiwei Tong Guan to fight, a total of 400,000 troops to meet the upcoming southern invasion of the Liao army.

Although Taiwei Tong Guan is a eunuch, he is quite tall and mighty, and he also has a beard on his chin, perhaps because he has been fighting abroad all year round, his skin is very dark, his cheekbones are high, and a pair of slender eyes flashed a cold light from time to time.

Although Tong Guan is over the age of sixties, but his career is on the rise, he has mastered the military power of the Great Song Dynasty for ten years, and has made great achievements in the Western Xia and Tubo, and is good at thinking about it, and has won the trust of Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, and commands hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, of course, he is deeply trusted and related to his identity as a eunuch.

Tong Guan's biggest wish in this life is to be crowned the king of the Great Song Dynasty with different surnames during his lifetime, although there are many kings with different surnames in the Great Song Dynasty, almost all of them are posthumously sealed, and no one can be canonized during his lifetime.

But the opportunity is not impossible, Emperor Shenzong left a will when he died thirty years ago, and those who recaptured the sixteen states of Yanyun could be crowned kings with different surnames.

Thirty years have passed, and no one has been able to fulfill Shenzong's last wish, but this will is still valid, and when Tong Guan witnessed this will in the palace many years ago, a seed of the king was quietly planted in his heart.

Five years ago, this seed germinated for the first time, Tong Guan as Zheng Yunzhong's deputy envoy to the Liao Dynasty, he met the Yan people Ma Zhi, Ma Zhi offered the strategy of "Lianjin to destroy Liao", which caused a huge shock within the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Ji, the son of heaven, was full of enthusiasm and made up his mind to send troops to recover Yanzhou, just when the 150,000 elite army was about to go to the expedition, but the Fangla uprising broke out in the south, and the righteous army was huge, Zhao Ji had to stop the plan to attack Yan, and reappointed Tong Guan as the Xuanfu envoy of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Huainan, and led the troops preparing for Pingyan to go to conquer Fangla.

This is also a regret in Tong Guan's life, after five years, when he led the army north again today, he couldn't help but think of the will hidden in the deep palace.