Chapter 229: Horse Archery Contest (6)
In the afternoon, the Infantry Bow Knockout Tournament finally ended, and all the Arrow Samurai were craning their necks anxiously waiting for the qualified list to come out. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Although the infantry bow elimination competition does not rank and only lists the qualified, this does not mean that their results are not reported, at this time, in the largest camp, more than 20 officials are busy arranging the rankings, and more than 7,000 arrow warriors who participated in the infantry bow elimination tournament have been summarized and are about to be ranked finally.
The privy envoy Tong Guan has also come to the big tent, he sits in the corner and drinks tea in a hurry, waiting for the final roster to come out, Tong Guan attaches great importance to this archery competition, and all outstanding riding and archery talents can be reused by him.
Tong Guan has controlled the military power for many years, and he knows very well where the gap between the Song army and the Liao army and the Western Xia army is? The gap is in the cavalry, in the cavalry shooting, the Song Dynasty did not have enough grassland to raise war horses, can only be based on infantry, if it is a positional war, the combat effectiveness of the Song army is stronger than the Liao army and the Western Xia army, but the problem is that the Liao army and the Western Xia army are cavalry, a battle is unfavorable and retreats at high speed, often so that the Song army's record is not big, and in the chase from victory to defeat is more likely.
After learning from the pain, Tong Guan believed that only by strengthening the cavalry ability of the Song army could the cavalry of the Song army finally be able to compete with the cavalry of the Liao State, he persuaded the Son of Heaven three years ago to begin to resume the previous bow and arrow competition, and renamed it the bow and horse competition, and selected elite cavalry and archery soldiers from all states in the world.
At this time, everyone finally lined up the rankings and checked them twice, and Zhang Ji of the military department Langzhong walked quickly in front of Tong Guan with a thick stack of rosters, "Captain Qiyu, the roster is ready." ”
"How did you do this year?" Tong Guan was not in a hurry to take over the roster, but asked without a hurried sip of tea.
"Compared with the previous session, the results this time have improved significantly, and it takes seven arrows to rank within 1,000."
"It's a noticeable improvement! What is the reason for this? ”
"It should have been a long time to prepare for war, and as far as we know, some troops started training two years ago. The last time I started training as soon as half a year before the tournament, this is the key reason. ”
"What's the highest grade?"
"Ten arrows on the top, is a student."
Tong Guan was stunned, it was actually a student, at this time, he suddenly thought of something, hurriedly took over the roster, and he saw Li Yanqing, who ranked first, at a glance.
"Sure enough, it's him!"
Tong Guan was both surprised and at the same time felt that it was expected by himself, he pondered for a moment, and said to the officials in the account: "Everyone come here, I have something to say." ”
More than 20 officials gathered up, Tong Guan stood up, pointed to the roster and said: "I have a word first, no one is allowed to go out and talk nonsense, even to your family, if anyone dares to leak out, once I find out, I tell you this, if you just lose the black yarn hat, it is already a great luck, do you understand what I mean?" ”
He looked at everyone one by one with sharp eyes, and everyone lowered their heads, who wouldn't understand such an obvious warning? However, many officials are also curious, this result is not a big deal, why can't they go out and talk nonsense?
Only a few officials understood Tong Guan's worries, the first place in infantry shooting was actually Tai Xue, if this news spread, it would have a big impact, and this would likely become an opportunity for Taixue to contact the army, Cai Xianggong would definitely order Taixue to withdraw from the competition to prevent Tong Guan's hand from reaching into Taixue.
That's why Mrs. Tong blocked the news, and when the wood was finally completed, it was too late for Cai Xianggong to stop it.
Tong Guan saw that everyone was in awe, so he took a pen and signed his name on the roster, handed it to the official, and said, "The list can be released!" ”
The officials began to nervously copy the list, and at this time, Tong Guan whispered to a pro-soldier: "It is estimated that Li Yanqing is on the exercise ground, take a few brothers to look for it, and bring him to see me!" ”
The pro-soldier nodded, turned around and walked quickly, Tong Guan picked up the teacup, thinking in his heart, Li Yanqing actually won the first place in the step bow, which was really unexpected by him, it seems that he is a little underestimating this Li Yanqing.
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Li Yanqing and Tang Huai were chatting in the northwest corner, when there was a sudden commotion in the distance, and someone shouted: "The list is out!" ”
Everyone ran towards the list, Li Yanqing and Tang Huai also walked up quickly, in front of the high disclosure board, twenty red paper lists were posted, and the list was surrounded by thousands of people in three layers inside and three layers outside, although this is not the imperial examination list, if it can be on the list, it will still make people extremely excited.
At this time, a Tai bachelor squeezed out of it, and just saw Li Yanqing, so he stepped forward and said with a smile: "You don't have to go to see it, you are on the list, I saw it, we Taixue is the only one of you who has obtained the qualification of mounted archery, and the others can only participate in foot archery." ”
Although this result was expected by Li Yanqing, he was still relieved, indicating that the competition was relatively fair, and the examiner did not tamper with the results at will.
"Lao Li!"
Tang Huai patted Li Yanqing's shoulder from behind, and when Li Yanqing turned around, he saw two soldiers standing beside Tang Huai, and one of the soldiers stepped forward, "Li Shaojun, please come with us!" ”
"Who are you?"
The soldier whispered in Li Yanqing's ear: "Captain Tong wants to see you!" ”
Li Yanqing nodded, turned back to Tang Huai and said, "You wait for me in the old place for a while, and I will come out soon." ”
He then followed the two soldiers towards the tent.
Li Yanqing waited for a moment in front of a big tent, and a soldier came out and said to him, "Li Shaojun, please come in!" ”
Li Yanqing walked into the big tent, and saw Tong Guan, who was wearing a civil official robe, standing in the big tent with his hands in his hands, Li Yanqing hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Student Li Yanqing see Tai Lieutenant!" ”
"Li Shaojun, we meet again." Tong Guan smiled slightly.
"The student is bothering the captain."
"This is me looking for you, I can't talk about bothering, please sit down!"
Tong Guan was very polite and asked Li Yanqing to sit down on the side, he also sat down, at this time, the soldiers brought in two teas, Tong Guan picked up the tea and said with a smile: "I looked at the roster today, it really surprised me, you actually ranked first, but I was surprised, all the officials were surprised, everyone didn't expect to be a too student." ”
"The students are ashamed, but they are just lucky to play well."
Tong Guan smiled slightly, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth, and he said very elegantly: "You told me the same thing in Tangyin, it's just a fluke, I don't know when your next luck will be?" ”
Li Yanqing secretly regretted that he should have missed the last arrow a little, and he would not have attracted so much attention.
Tong Guan said again: "I didn't have any other meaning when I came to you, just to tell you, I have already issued a gag order, and the officials have not gone out to talk about it, and I also hope that you don't spread it around, it's not good for you, I don't know if you understand what I mean?" But I hope you remember my words. ”
Of course, Li Yanqing understood the deep meaning of Tong Guan's words, the Tai student took the first step shooting, and Cai Jing was going to turn his face when it was passed out, "Please rest assured, the student doesn't like to be public, I didn't tell anyone, I hit all ten arrows, I will remember the Tai Captain's warning." ”
"Very well, on this matter, I will continue to pay attention to your riding and shooting performance, I hope you don't let me down."
Li Yanqing groaned and said, "Tomorrow, does the Taiwei want me to keep everything?" ”
"Nope! No! Tomorrow's riding archery preliminary test will also not announce the rankings, although you play as usual, the thousand people who enter the riding archery are masters, and the slightest negligence will be eliminated, you can't be careless. ”
"The student understood, and if nothing else, the student took his leave."
"Go ahead! Rest well tonight, relax, and try to get off to a good start tomorrow. ”
Li Yanqing bowed and bowed, then took his leave.
Tong Guan walked to the big tent with his hands in his hand, looking at Li Yanqing's vigorous back, his heart was also full of curiosity, how far could this young man who always surprised him go?
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