Chapter 68: Xue Rengui's Family Archery (1)
"The king is so kind to the last general, and the last general is unforgettable." Seeing that Li Xian had exchanged the opportunity to learn spearmanship at the cost of a superb royal horse, Xue Ne was so moved that he hurriedly held Li Xian's hand and said solemnly.
Li Xian said with a smile: "It's just a royal horse, it doesn't matter, Brother Xue is welcome, hehe, Xiao Wang has long heard that Lord Ling Zun is superior in martial arts, and he is the first brave general of my Tang Dynasty today, the so-called tiger father has no dog, I believe that Brother Xue's martial arts will also be good, and now Xiao Wang can have the honor to learn art with Brother Xue under General Cheng Lao, learn from each other, complement each other's short and long, and believe that Yu Xiao Wang will be more beneficial." ”
"For the king, a royal horse may not be a big deal, but for the last general, it is a great kindness." Xue Ne's face was solemn, and he bowed to Li Xian, although he didn't say anything, but there was already a thought of repaying his kindness in his heart, a character like him, there are many words that may not be able to be said, but once they are spoken, they will definitely fulfill their promises, and even if they don't say it, they will definitely do it.
Now that he only said a word to Li Xian, he will definitely remember these favors that Li Xian gave him.
Next, Li Xian didn't let Xue Ne continue to say anything, but dived into learning spear skills from Cheng Yanjin with Xue Ne.
In fact, Cheng Biting Jin was ready to accept Xue Ne from the beginning, just to help Li Xian subdue the other party, so that he could also become a helper of Li Xian in the future, so he deliberately made things difficult, and now that his goal has been achieved, he has put away his previous coldness, but is very enthusiastic and detailed to introduce them to each move, what is the intention, what are the key points of action, and the methods and skills of practice, and then let Li Xian and Xue Ne practice one by one, and then correct them little by little......
In this way, Cheng Yanjin continued to explain for nearly two hours, until the training of the soldiers defending the camp was over, the soldiers besieging the city also returned to the camp, and the signal for food was issued, which finally ended.
And even in these two hours, Cheng Yanjin only explained a small part of this set of marksmanship, which shows how complicated this set of marksmanship should be.
After lunch, the soldiers in the garrison took on the heavy responsibility of defense, and the soldiers who besieged the city went to rest, but Li Xian didn't care about this, but waited until they finished lunch, took a little rest, and then continued to come to the small school field to learn marksmanship.
In fact, Li Xian and Xue Ne are both young people, and they don't need to rest at all, but they can't help but take care of Cheng Yanjin, after all, they are already eighty years old, and the martial arts practice and preaching before lunch have overdrawn a lot of energy, but fortunately, Lao Cheng is physically strong, coupled with high emotions, he only rested for half an hour, and then beckoned Li Xian and them to go to the school to practice martial arts.
This time, they practiced until the red sun sank, and if it weren't for the elderly Cheng Yanjin, they wouldn't even want to eat dinner. After this afternoon, Li Xian and Xue Ne were both extremely excited, as they more and more discovered the wonder of this marksmanship, and it felt as if they had seen a rich treasure, and this treasure was not guarded, just waiting for them to go and mine.
"Hehe, let's talk about it today, the two of them have such a fast understanding of this marksmanship, it is really beyond the expectations of Lao Cheng, but after all, the two of them are only talking on paper, although most of the moves, but to practice to be proficient, it is difficult to do without a few years of skill, especially King Zhou, this set of marksmanship is very similar to what Your Excellency practiced in the past, so it may not be affected by the past gunnery when it is performed, so it needs to pay extra attention. From tomorrow onwards, the two of them will start practicing, and when they are proficient, they will be able to simulate the battle, and during this time, if they have any questions about marksmanship, just ask. ”
Cheng Yanjin slowly stood up, soothed his muscles, and then rode the Qingshuang horse given by Li Xian, and left leisurely.
"Brother Xue, how did you learn today?" Rao is Li Xian's memory is amazing, after listening to the lecture all day, he also felt his mind cloudy, rubbed his temples, and asked with a smile.
Xue Ne's memory is not as good as Li Xian's, and he feels tired, but he is tenacious by nature, especially when he finally won this opportunity to learn art, he cherishes it even more in his heart, and now when he sees Li Xian asking, he also said with a smile: "Fortunately, I can finally hold on to the end." ”
"Haha." The two glanced at each other and couldn't help but laugh.
After laughing for a while, the two continued to exchange their thoughts on this day, and later even Zhang Wuchen and Dou Xiantong joined in.
Xue Ne was a little dissatisfied at first when he saw that Zhang Wuchen and Dou Xiantong didn't know how to be inferior or inferior, but after exchanging a few words, he found that this Lian person's understanding of this set of spear skills was deeper than his own, so he immediately abandoned his prejudice and communicated with them sincerely.
The four of them forgot to eat, forgot to rest, and discussed marksmanship day and night, and in a blink of an eye, two months had passed, and in these two months, the Tang Dynasty and the Goguryeo army fought more than ten times, although there were many victories and few defeats, but it was difficult to break through this city.
On this day, Li Xian and the others still got together to discuss marksmanship, and because they talked about the key points, several people forgot to go back to the camp, until the third watch in the middle of the night, Li Ji found them with food, and then gave up.
"Gong Li, how is the battle going today?" Li Xian saw the smile on Li Ji's face, and thought that the situation should be similar, so he said with a smile.
Sure enough, seeing Li Ji smiled: "Don't hide it from the king, today's battle is very smooth, the last general saw that the enemy army was well guarded, so he ordered a strong attack, but after attacking for two hours, he did not shake a corner." ”
"Oh? I see, congratulations, it won't take much time, Li Gong will definitely be able to successfully conquer the new city, and the new city, many surrounding cities will see the victory of my Tang army, and they will definitely surrender. Li Xian smiled and said with a fist at Li Ji.
Li Ji saw that Li Xian really understood his strategic intentions, and immediately smiled, nodded and exclaimed: "The king is really smart, but I hope the king doesn't talk about it to others, otherwise my plan will not work." ”
"This is natural, how can Xiao Wang ignore the interests of my Datang?" Li Xian nodded, and chatted with Li Ji for a few more words before giving up.
When Li Ji and Xue Ne walked away, Dou Xiantong finally couldn't help but ask: "After fighting for two hours, he didn't shake a corner, and the old man actually said that the war was going well?" Could it be that there is something wrong with his head? And Er, who even laughed so happily, such people are really unreasonable. ”
Li Xian said with a dumb smile when he heard this: "This is Li Gong's plan to be proud of the enemy, I think that in at most three months, Li Gong will lure the enemy out of the city, and then destroy it with an ambush, or launch a surprise attack, so that the enemy army is taken by surprise, alas, it is really unimaginable, you are also a military background, after the famous general, you can't even understand this strategy, it's really hard to imagine how you fought with the official army in the first place?" ”
"Hmph, I only got my mother's martial arts, and I'm not interested in the art of war at all, otherwise how could I be deceived by such an unscrupulous person? On the contrary, my little sister didn't learn martial arts, but specialized in the art of war. By the way, didn't the old man Li mysteriously ask Er not to leak his plan to outsiders? How can you bring it up to me today? ”
"Hehe, can you still be considered an outsider?" After listening to Dou Xiantong's questioning, Li Xian didn't care at all, and said with a smile.
"It's pretty much the same, I finally have a conscience." Dou Xiantong listened to Li Xian's words very usefully, and his heart was very proud, and he looked at Zhang Wuchen, who was silent on the side, and shook his head secretly.
In fact, in this army, Zhang Wuchen is the only person other than Li Xian who knows Dou Xiantong's true identity, and even his identity after Dou Xiantong's rebellion is clear, but Zhang Wuchen knows deeply that Li Xian is a potential rebel, in this case, what is unacceptable? What's more, the other party is still a twenty-eight-year-old girl, and the relationship between him and Li Xian is also a little unclear, how can he care about such a woman? And how dare you compare with it? In addition, as a confidant of Li Xian's henchmen, Zhang Wuchen has always known what to say, what not to say, and he can't even remember what to say, so although he is with Dou Xiantong most of the time to protect Li Xian, their respective division of labor is very clear, almost the well water does not interfere with the river water, and they can not exclude each other.
The next day, several people discussed spearmanship together, from the march of the army to the red sun, and in the end, the more they discussed, the more interested they became, and finally they couldn't help but move.
Of course, it was mainly Li Xian and Xue Ne who did it, Zhang Wuchen naturally would not do this because of his calm nature and his duty as a subordinate, and the reason why Dou Xiantong did not choose to do it was to use what she said to Li Xian later, that is, to give Li Xian a face in front of outsiders.
The result of the competition between the two sides this time turned out to be that Li Xian was slightly stronger!
This was actually expected by Zhang Wuchen and Dou Xiantong, but Xue Ne felt very incredible, because he thought that he was three or four years older than Li Xian, and he had been learning martial arts longer than Li Xian, and he had even been praised by Cheng Yanjin more times than Li Xian.
The strong unwillingness to admit defeat made Xue Ne couldn't help but challenge Li Xian again, but this time he still lost to Li Xian, and he was defeated within a few moves, and he suddenly felt a great loss.
"I originally thought that King Zhou would be able to get Uncle Cheng's blue eyes, but because of his status as a prince, I was quite unconvinced, and now I know that this person's martial arts qualifications turned out to be far above me, so Uncle Cheng must have known this person's martial arts qualifications at that time, so he agreed to teach this person's martial arts, and although I forcibly worshiped Uncle Cheng, my understanding of the moves is really not as good as this for King Zhou."
Xue Ne thought for a while, shook his head again, and smiled secretly: "Actually, why do I have to compare with him? He is a royal nobleman, even if he doesn't practice martial arts, how can I compare with him? The last time he helped me at any cost, I can't repay him, right? ”
Thinking of this, Xue Ne smiled and arched his hand: "King, when it comes to testing spearmanship, the last general is indeed willing to bow down, but I don't know how the king's archery skills are?" If the king does not dislike it, he will dedicate his father's cloud-piercing archery to the king in his spare time. ”