Chapter Seventy-Three: Li Yuanji Appears

"Phew!" Li Xiu only felt a pain in his chest, and at the same time, he finally saw that it was a long arrow that shot him, which made him also horrified, and only one thought flashed in his mind: "I was hit by an arrow!" ”

However, the above thoughts have not yet flashed, only to see that the long arrow that hit his chest was bounced out and fell to the ground, and then Li Xiu found that it turned out that what hit him was an arrow without an arrow, and the position of the arrow was still wrapped in linen, dipped in white ash, Li Xiu had seen this kind of arrow in the princess's courtyard, and it was generally used for competition.

"Okay~" Just before Li Xiu figured out the situation, he only heard a sudden cheer like a tsunami on the opposite side, and when he raised his head, he saw a school field facing the palace gate crowded with people, and everyone was paying attention to a wonderful competition on the school field.

I saw that on the wide school field, the two generals galloped around the school field, the bows and arrows in their hands kept opening and closing, the bowstring sound was almost connected, and the arrows poured out to each other like raindrops.

Everyone around the school field was paying attention to the competition between the two generals on the school field, no one noticed Li Xiu's arrival at all, and Li Xiu also saw several acquaintances from the onlookers, the most conspicuous of which was Li Shimin standing on the east side, and on the right side behind him stood Qin Qiong, who had never left his left and right, and on his left side, there was also a strong man like an iron tower, and the position of the watch station was actually tied with Qin Qiong, if Li Xiu did not guess wrong, this strong man should be the legendary Yu Chigong.

Li Xiu never expected Li Shimin to appear in the East Palace, but it's not strange to think about it, don't look at the two brothers Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng fighting for their heads in the court, but now they haven't completely torn their faces, on the surface they are still a brother, friend and brother, and Li Xiu doesn't know how many people Li Jiancheng invited to today's banquet, maybe Li Shimin was invited by Li Jiancheng.

Thinking of this, Li Xiu couldn't help but smile bitterly again, I don't know what kind of expression Li Shimin will have when he sees him for a while, it is estimated that it is likely to be a smile on his face, but he wants to kill him in his heart, which also makes Li Xiu wonder if Li Jiancheng arranged it on purpose, so that he has no way out, and he can hit Li Shimin by the way.

In addition to Li Shimin and Qin Qiong, there was also a person Li Xiu was very familiar with, and when he saw this person, Li Xiu immediately walked over to him and said, "Uncle Ma, how can I meet you anywhere?" ”

"Don't talk, don't you see that the winner is about to be decided!" Unexpectedly, Ma Ye glared at Li Xiu at this time and reprimanded, and then stared at the competition on the school field again with a nervous face, but looking at his appearance, it seemed that he had already known that Li Xiu was coming, which also made Li Xiu feel certain, because he felt that Ma Ye's sudden appearance here was probably related to Princess Pingyang's promise to help him.

"Uncle Ma, why is King Qin here, and who are these two people on the field?" Li Xiu looked at the school field and suddenly asked, he really didn't have much eye for this kind of riding and archery competition, and he couldn't see whether it was good or bad, but he felt that the two people on the field were very powerful.

"King Qin was naturally invited by the prince, you see that the short-bearded man standing opposite King Qin is the prince, the two brothers are harmonious on the surface, but as long as they meet, they will fight openly and secretly, this time it is about three fights, the prince has lost one before, this is a horse archery, the king of Qin sent a famous archery master Zhang Shigui, but the prince sent his first brave general Xue Wanche out." Ma Ye squinted his eyes and explained in a low voice while watching the competition on the field.

"Zhang Shigui? Familiar with this name? Li Xiu heard Ma Ye's words but whispered to himself, and then he suddenly thought, isn't this Zhang Shigui the villain in the legend of Xue Rengui in the later generations, in order to suppress Xue Rengui unscrupulous means, and finally rebelled, but it was just a novel, not believable, this guy has always been Xue Rengui's boss in the history, and he is also famous for his good shooting, and even Li Xiu wonders if Xue Rengui's archery has also been guided by Zhang Shigui?

"Uncle Ma, which one is Zhang Shigui?" Thinking of Zhang Shigui's life, Li Xiu asked very curiously.

"That one with three long beards and a tall and thin figure is Zhang Shigui, but although he has excellent archery skills, he is still defeated by Xue Wanche and is about to lose!" Ma Ye pointed to Zhang Shigui at this time and introduced, but at the end he still showed a regretful expression.

As soon as Ma Ye's words fell, I saw that the black-armored general opposite Zhang Shigui fired three arrows in a row, shooting out like lightning in the shape of a character, Zhang Shigui dodged an arrow with all his might, and knocked an arrow away with his bow, but the last arrow was really powerless, and finally he could only watch it hit his shoulder, with the speed and strength of the opponent's arrow, if he used an armor-piercing arrow, even if he was wearing iron armor, he could be shot through, and his shoulder was injured, he could no longer shoot an arrow, so he could only admit defeat.

"Wow, this Xue Wanche is so powerful, I don't think these three arrows are worse than the three arrows that General Qin shot and killed three Turkic warriors?" Li Xiu couldn't help but exclaim when he saw this, he was already shocked when he saw Qin Qiong's archery, but he didn't expect that the prince also had such brave generals.

"Of course, if Xue Wanche didn't have any skills, how could he be called the first brave general under the prince? As for his words with Uncle Bao, this is really hard to say, I estimate that even if Uncle Bao can win, I'm afraid he will have to pay a heavy price! Ma Ye touched his chin at this time and exclaimed, Xue Wanche and his brother Xue Wanjun both have the courage of ten thousand people, and like Qin Qiong, they dare to single-handedly challenge the enemy's army of hundreds of thousands with one hundred and ten cavalry, from this point of view alone, their brothers are no worse than Qin Qiong.

Hearing Ma Ye's words, Li Xiu suddenly thought of an interesting question, and when he just wanted to speak, he suddenly saw that something had happened to the captain, Xue Wanche had already won, and he only needed to take a break, and then arrange the third competition, but he didn't expect Xue Wanche not to go down, but instead of going down, he ran around the school field with a bow and arrows and came to Li Shimin and shouted: "His Royal Highness the King of Qin, if the scholar believes it, the victory or defeat is not yet known!" ”

When Li Shimin heard Xue Wanche's words, his face showed a little gloomy, but he quickly cheered up and shouted: "General Xue won a game by luck, but my Tiance Mansion General is like a cloud, do you dare to fight again?" ”

"Why don't you dare, Xue has long heard that Qin Shubao is brave and champions the three armies, I don't know if he dares to come down to fight?" Xue Wanche shouted with his big furry face at this time, this guy is extremely burly, his face is also very fierce, and with a beard, he looks like the legendary fierce Zhang Fei.

Looking at Xue Wanche who was shouting on the field, Li Xiu didn't understand something, and asked Ma Ye in a low voice again: "Uncle Ma, who is Xue Wanche mentioned just now, it seems that King Qin also cares about this person?" ”

"Luo Shixin, the Duke of Yanguo, is also a famous brave general under the King of Qin, at the age of fourteen, he dared to put on armor to kill the enemy, and he was never under Qin Qiong in terms of bravery, he had fought with Xue Wanche several times before, the two had won and lost each other, and they had some sympathy for each other, but unfortunately when the King of Qin was conquest of Liu Heimin last year, Luo Shixin defended Luoshui City, and would rather die than surrender after being captured, and died at the hands of Liu Heimin." Ma Ye also said with a heavy face at this time, and he also felt quite sorry for the death of Luo Shixin, a brave general.

"Luo Shixin? Isn't that Luo Cheng, I didn't expect to die so early? Li Xiu also shook his head with some pity when he said this, in the Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, in addition to Qin Qiong, his favorite is Luo Cheng, and Luo Shixin is Luo Cheng's prototype in the official history.

Xue Wanche wanted to challenge Qin Qiong, but Li Shimin smiled, and then turned his head to look at Qin Qiong to ask for his opinion, but he saw Qin Qiong shake his head at this time and said: "General Xue has just fought a battle, and his strength will inevitably be lost, even if Qin wins, he will not be able to win, so let's fight again another day!" ”

Xue Wanche's personality is more reckless, he has long wanted to compete with Qin Qiong, and now he heard that the other party should not fight, which made him a little anxious, and he just wanted to say something, but at this time, he saw a young general rushing out of Li Jiancheng's side and laughed: "General Xue, you have already fought once, and it is indeed not suitable to fight again, the next one will be fought by this king himself!" ”

I saw that the general who rushed out was a little too young, estimated to be about the same age as Li Xiu, with sword eyebrows and handsome facial features, wearing a white robe and riding a white horse, holding a straight horse lance in his hand, the whole person looked extremely radiant, just as soon as he appeared, he attracted everyone's attention, and in later generations, he was definitely an idol character.

"This king? This guy can't be Li Yuanji, right? Li Xiu suddenly said to himself in disbelief at this time.

Sure enough, the next thing also confirmed Li Xiu's guess, I saw this idol general Pegasus come to the school field, although Xue Wanche was arrogant, but when he saw him, he immediately saluted, and then retreated, and then saw him look up at that handsome face and said to Li Shimin: "Second brother, why don't you let me meet your fierce generals for a while?" ”

"I'll go, it's really Li Yuanji, but it's not right, the history books don't say that he looks extremely ugly, when Queen Dou gave birth to him, she even disliked him for being too ugly, so she threw him away, why did he become so handsome now?" Li Xiu suddenly muttered to himself at this time, and then he reacted, and scolded secretly, "This damn history is really a little girl who lets the victor dress up!" ”