Chapter Thirty-Eight: Wen Chou Wins Pound
When he went out of the mansion, he met Xin Zeng and Kong Chang in Hanyang County, and the two greeted each other.
"Are the two gentlemen sober?" Li Yuan said wittily.
Xin Zeng was in his thirties, not tall, with a thin gray face, three locks of sparse beard, and although he was in his prime, wrinkles crawled out. Kong Chang is about the same age, but his face and beard are much fuller. Hearing Li Yuan make such a joke, the two of them smiled.
"Where did the general come from?" Xin asked.
"Nothing. It's just to recruit displaced people and arrange Tuntian. Li Yuan knew that the two had been in Xiliang for a long time, and they had already made friends, "I don't know where the two gentlemen came from?" ”
"It's not a big deal, it's just a routine report." Xin had tugged at his sparse beard.
"I still have a few things to do, and I'll visit you another day." Li Yuan didn't ask too much, and said his farewell.
"Where? It should be the two of us visiting the general. The two of them saluted.
Li Yuan did not go back to his home directly, but went straight to the military camp outside the city, although the Yangwei camp was less than 800 people, although it could be accommodated in the city, but it was contrary to his original intention of training troops.
The camp is not far away, three miles west of the city, built according to Weishui, raise the eyes to look around, the mountains are far and near.
The number of Yangwei battalions is less than 800, but they have all experienced several battlefield baptisms, which can be described as strong soldiers.
Most of the soldiers are from Hebei, and they can't compare to the Qianghu on horseback who can ride and shoot well, and he also wants to train a strong team at this moment.
Walking to the barracks, shouting and killing, He Man and Guan Hai were training.
Dismounted and entered the camp, Li Yuan suspended training, and the soldiers did not squint, and looked at him one after another.
"Which of you knows archery?" Li Yuan asked.
When Guan Hai heard this, he said, "The end will be rough." ”
"Oh? Then you give it a try. ”
Li Yuan ordered the sergeant to take out the captured bow and arrow and make a simple arrow target.
Guan Hai stood fifty paces away, stretched out his bow and arrows, looked at the bull's-eye, and when an arrow was shot, more than 700 soldiers in the battalion immediately applauded.
"Guan Hai's archery skills are good, who would dare to try it?" Li Yuan looked at Wen Chou and asked expectantly, he naturally knew that Dian Wei and He Manding didn't have archery skills.
Wen Chou Angang came out of the ranks, took the bow and set up the arrow, the bowstring was full, in one go, he didn't look at it, the arrow crossed a shadow, and when he looked at it again, he had hit the bull's-eye.
The soldiers below applauded, and Li Yuanxi said: "Liangzhou Qianghu is skilled in bows and arrows, and on the battlefield, he has the first opportunity." Wengong Cao's archery skills are extraordinary, and you will teach soldiers archery in the future. ”
Wen Scandal heard the praise, showed a proud look, and arched his hand: "General rest assured, within a month, I will train an elite army for you." ”
He Man snorted coldly on the side: "The Yangwei Battalion is an elite soldier, you just need to teach archery." ”
When Wen Scandal heard this, he was dissatisfied and was about to refute, but he heard Li Yuan say: "You two are my right-hand man, you should work together, how can you harm yourself?" ”
Wen Chou suppressed his anger and said, "Wen Chou understands. ”
He Man didn't dare to be stubborn, and said, "He Man knows that he is wrong. ”
Li Yuan doesn't care whether they really admit their mistakes or fake them, only with competition can they be motivated.
He summoned the little official in charge of the baggage, who was in his thirties, and he seemed to be a little familiar, and asked, "What is your name?" ”
"The little one is called Lu Yang." The man continued, "It's He Simati who is under him. ”
Usually he is also negligent in managing this kind of thing, and all the big and small affairs are thrown to He Man and Dian Wei, Dian Wei will definitely not care, and He Man is too lazy to care, so he casually ordered someone to manage this matter.
"Hmmm! How many crossbows are there in the camp? ”
"There are two hundred bows, and sixty crossbows."
Li Yuan thought that this person couldn't answer, and he couldn't help but approve of him as a baggage officer.
After listening to this, he thought for a moment, and then took Dian Wei and Wen Chou to the county mansion.
In the hall, Gai Xun was talking to a young man, and when he saw Li Yuan coming in, he said, "Liude is here!" ”
Li Yuan still admires Gai Xun, last year's famine, and he also took out his own food and saved thousands of people.
"There is a shortage of weapons and horses in the battalion, and I don't know if the county can provide them." Li Yuan said.
Gai Xun pondered for a while and said, "What do you need?" ”
"Four hundred horses, six hundred bows." Li Yuan said without thinking.
"Ling Ming, can the treasury support it?" Gai Xun turned to the young man who was looking down.
The young man was about fourteen or fifteen years old, seven feet five or six long, with ape arms and a bee waist, thick eyebrows and flying sideburns, and a pair of heroic tiger eyes; The bridge of the nose is slightly larger, and the thick lips have a shaggy beard above and below; He was dressed in soap-colored clothes and had a scarf on his head, and said, "There are less than 100 horses, but there are **100 bows." ”
"The horses and the good bow were all allocated to General Lee." Gai Xun commanded.
"Thank you, sir." Li Yuan Shili said.
"The most important thing in Liangzhou is horses, you can rest assured, the remaining horses will be delivered in a few days." Gai Xun comforted.
Li Yuan gave another salute, extremely humble.
"This is Pound, the word Lingming. I saw that his martial arts were good, and I called him to be an official. ”
"I have admired the name of the general for a long time, and I am fortunate to see you today." Pound said excitedly.
Li Yuan was stunned, looked at Pang De carefully, and said: "One will succeed and ten thousand bones will wither, and this kind of name should be less." ”
Pang De grew up in the chaos of war, so he naturally disagreed, but Gai Xun nodded and said: "Liude knows this reason, which is the luck of the imperial court." ”
"Your Excellency."
"Ling Ming, you receive the baggage with General Li." Gai Xun laughed.
Dian Wei and Wen Chou were waiting outside the mansion, and when they saw Li Yuan coming out, they led their horses to meet them.
"Ling Ming, this is the Dian Wei Dian Shouyi who killed Li Wenhou in the chaotic army." Li Yuan introduced.
Pound seemed to like Dian Wei more, and hurried to greet him.
"This is an ugly article, and it also has the courage of ten thousand people." Li Yuan introduced a uglier big Han Road next to him.
Pound listened to this introduction, looked carefully, twenty-four or five years old, burly, with the reins in one hand and a knife in the other, his face was hideous and hateful, and he didn't care about it, but nodded at him.
He saw that he was rude, and he was polite, and he couldn't help but think of fighting in his heart.
After Li Yuan ordered his soldiers to call Lu Yang to bring people to collect the baggage, the time was already noon.
In the tent, Pang De took a sip of porridge, got up and said, "General, I have a request from my humble position, and I hope to grant it." ”
Li Yuan put down the food chopsticks and said, "But it's okay to say it." ”
Pang De glanced at Wen Chou and said: "I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, I don't know how far my martial arts have become, and I want to compete with Wen Cao Shi." ”
Li Yuan looked at the disdainful Wen Chou with a smile, and said in his heart that it was just to let him know, don't underestimate the world, and replied: "Hmm! Wen Chou, do you dare to fight? ”
Wen Chou smiled and said, "Don't cry if you're hurt." ”
Pound picked up the long knife that was placed on Lan Qi, sneered, and without saying a word, lifted the curtain and walked out.
Wen Chou was underestimated by this young man, and he was not annoyed, but he also raised his knife and came out.
The soldiers were eating in twos and threes, and when they saw Pang De and Wen Chou coming to the center of the camp with knives one after another, they all gathered curiously.
Pound was a young man, and shouted: "Look at the knife!" ”
Wen Chou has never regarded him as an opponent, but this knife has a certain power, he slightly recklessly looked at it, raised the knife to block, and then stabbed. Pound swung the knife and pressed, and the three-pointed two-edged knife was deflected.
After two moves, Wen Chou had already tried his martial arts, and he couldn't help but praise in his heart, but that's all.