"I have heard for a long time that Lang is the first archer in Hebei, and his bow and horse archery skills are extremely good. On behalf of the soldiers of the Hexi Army, I am willing to challenge Shi Zhonglang with archery! ”

The words of this young Hexi general undoubtedly caused great repercussions in the Taiyi hunting ground. Whether it was Shi Siming, the generals of Pinglu Town or the imperial nobles present, they all regarded the words of this young general as a provocation by the Hexi Army to the Pinglu Army.

When the generals of the Pinglu Army heard this, they all showed their anger, because of today's incident, the officers and men of the Hexi and Pinglu armies were already extremely incompatible. At this time, the youngster's words undoubtedly added fuel to the fire.

Wang Wujun, who was quite impatient, took the lead in standing up. The envoy of the Chengde Army, who later seized the four prefectures of Heng, Hebei, Zhao, and Shen and became one of the bigwigs of the "Four Towns of Heshuo", obviously could not suppress his anger, and he said angrily: "Your Hexi Army dares to look at no one and speak disrespectfully. ”

He stretched out his left hand, pointed at the young general of the Hexi Army and shouted angrily: "Who are you, you dare to challenge our Shi Zhonglang, it is really beyond your strength." Although I, Wang Wujun, am young, but I am skilled in archery and horses, do you dare to test my archery skills? ”

The young general was noncommittal, and An Baozhen, who was beside him, stepped forward and laughed: "Wang Wujun Xiao'er, do you still want to humiliate yourself?" ”

Wang Wujun remembered that he was really defeated by An Baozhen in the morning because of his mistake, and he couldn't help but be ashamed and angry. He said angrily: "An hug is really a child, do you dare to fight with me again?" ”

An Bao really wanted to answer, he didn't want the young general of the Hexi Army to block in front of him, but he didn't look at Wang Wujun in front of him, but stared at Shi Siming for a moment, and arched his hand: "General Shi was promoted to the left prison guard Zhonglang General today, but he doesn't really want to enter the court to do the official business of the guards and the door register, right?" ”

The words of such a young general are extremely sharp. Because according to the duties of the sixteen guards of the Tang Empire, the left and right guards are in charge of the work of the guards and the door register.

The "Sixteen Guards" under the military system of the Tang Empire should be the Twelve Guards and Four Mansions to be precise. Because in addition to the twelve guards outside the four mansions, namely "left and right guards", "left and right Xiao guards", "left and right military guards", "left and right Wei Wei", "left and right leading guards" and "left and right Jinwu guards", these twelve guards lead the world's 657 Zhichong Mansions, in the middle of the imperial outside, garrison Beijing Division, is the unity of the government soldiers and the forbidden army. Among the sixteen guards, the "left and right prison guards" and "left and right thousand cow guards" have become the four mansions.

Among them, the left and right Qianniu guards led Qianniu to prepare for the emperor's attendants and honor guards. The guards on the left and right wardens are in charge of guarding and checking the door. Those who go to the court, perform affairs, wait for the edict and the fan honor guard to enter and exit, read the number of beams. Those who enter the palace with goods and utensils have a place to live. Among them, the general of the left prison gate was judged, and the general of the right prison gate was judged.

Because the guards on the left and right sides are in charge of the work of the guards and the door, the meaning of this young general of the Hexi Army is clearly to mock Shi Siming for having a prestige but not daring to fight, it is better to do the work of guarding the door.

Going deeper, this is a clear look at Shi Siming, sarcastically mocking him for being vain, if he doesn't dare to fight, it is better to be a watchdog honestly. A simple sentence is actually extremely poisonous and ruthless.

When the Pinglu generals heard this, they were all angry and gnashing their teeth. Wang Wujun and Li Huaixian were about to rush to the guards of the Longwu Army to get swords and fight. With the age and personality of these people, if it weren't for the fact that their weapons were removed by the soldiers of the forbidden army, I am afraid that they would really swing their swords at each other regardless of the occasion.

Rao is city government is as deep as Shi Siming, and when he heard the words, he couldn't help but be furious and angry. The clay man still has three points of fire, not to mention that Shi Siming himself is not a good stubble. He was angry, and shouted angrily: "What a little animal who doesn't know whether to live or die, you dare to provoke me again and again!" ”

He said to the young general of the Hexi Army, but his eyes fell directly on Li Guangbi, obviously he thought that this young general was so bold and reckless must have been instructed by Li Guangbi, who was the envoy of the Hexi soldiers.

On the stage, Yang Yupei, the wife of Qin State, couldn't help frowning when she saw this, and ordered a few words like the attendant beside her, and waited for the attendant to leave. She returned to the tent and asked a figure behind the silk curtain in the tent, "How do you think these rough warriors dare to go wild on such an occasion?" Do you want to summon the soldiers of the Dragon Martial Army to correct them on the spot? ”

After pondering for a moment, the person behind the curtain said: "These soldiers have always been in the remote and remote border fortress, and they are dealing with those ignorant barbarians who have not yet been civilized, so these martial artists do not know the etiquette of the imperial court, and Mrs. asked Han Taichong to go and dissuade them." ”

"Han Taichong?" Mrs. Yang Yupei glanced at the stage, her eyebrows frowned slightly, and said, "Do you mean Han Yu?" I said sister, he's just a sesame petty official who is on the eighth grade, what use can he get? ”

The woman behind the curtain who was called "sister" by Yang Yupei smiled slightly and said: "Although Han Taichong is only an eighth-rank official, he holds the position of supervising the imperial history, and belongs to the procuratorate, one of the three courtyards of the imperial history platform, with a low rank and wide authority. In charge of supervising hundreds of officials, inspecting counties and counties, correcting prisons, purging the court and other affairs, the authority is extremely heavy, Li Guangbi and Shi Siming are also four or five rank officials in the end, not like their subordinates who do not know etiquette, after knowing the value and power and responsibility of supervising the imperial history, they will definitely retire because of this. ”

Yang Yupei nodded, she understood what the woman behind the curtain meant. Wasn't her brother Yang Zhao promoted from the post of supervising the imperial history to the degree branch member Wailang and serving the imperial history? In addition to the Imperial Doctor, the other official positions of the Third Court of the Imperial Historical Observatory, although the rank is not high, but the power is great, and no one is afraid.

She gently called the maid beside her, and after whispering a few words, she went straight to sit down in the tent.

"Is Li Lingjun so indulgent in his subordinates to provoke Shangguan?" Yin Ziqi, who was next to Shi Siming, pointed the finger at Li Guangbi, and his meaning was very clear, he blamed all the actions of the Hexi Army today on Li Guangbi, and clearly said that all the provocations were authorized and instructed by him Li Guangbi.

Rao is Li Guangbi has always been serious and deep, resolute and does not like words, but at this time, he was accused by Yin Ziqi like this, and he couldn't help but show anger.

Before Li Guangbi could speak, the young general of Hexi beside him was already coldly pressing: "If Shi Zhonglang doesn't dare to fight, just say it, why let people say more." ”

Li Huaixian, Li Zhengji, Wang Wujun and other later Heshuo bigwigs of the Pinglu Army glared angrily.

Even the Tang nobles present sighed: "Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers." "After all, who is Shi Siming? Known as "Hebei's No. 1 Marksman", it is known as one of the "Three Great Arrows in the World" in the Ten Domains. It is comparable to this nobody of the Hexi Army. This group of dignitaries and nobles secretly sighed in their hearts that while the young generals in Hexi didn't know the height of the sky, they were also watching what Shi Siming did.

And Shi Siming had a dark and calm face. The challenge of this young general was regarded by him as a provocation and insult to him by Li Guangbi and the Hexi army. But with his own strength, he will naturally not be afraid of the challenge of this young general in Hexi, but with his "No. 1 Divine Arrow in Hebei" and the soldiers and horses of the Pinglu Army, and the identity of the strong general under the fourth grade, it is naturally impossible to stoop down to fight against this young general. After all, in his eyes, the only person who is qualified to challenge him in the Hexi Army is Li Guangbi with the same identity.

He really doesn't take the challenge and strength of this young general of the Hexi Army seriously, but he is just concerned about his identity, and he can't refuse, and he can't even scold. Thinking of this, he clenched his hands tightly, and hated Li Guangbi and the Hexi Army.

Li Guangbi frowned, and seemed to be very dissatisfied with the unauthorized challenge of this young general of the Hexi Army. He is a person who is extremely strict in governing the army, and he cannot tolerate the behavior of his subordinate soldiers who do not obey orders, otherwise he would not have died depressed because the generals under his account were not controlled by his orders under the planning of the imperial court.

He wanted to reprimand and reprimand such a young general, but when he turned around, he saw Xin Yunjing behind him shaking his head and smiling, which clearly meant to persuade him not to stop him. Although he doesn't know why, Xin Yunjing is a veteran general of the Hexi Army, and he is famous for his courage and fortitude, and he is not the kind of person who will not be targeted. So he sighed, and was speechless.

In the eyes of Shi Siming and the Pinglu Army, his behavior undoubtedly confirmed in their hearts that the provocation of this Hexi Army general was indeed instigated by Li Guangbi, so they all pointed at their eyes with their halberds, and they could no longer suppress the anger in their hearts.

"Okay, it seems that if I don't let you know today, we can't use the archery skills of our Pinglu soldiers." Li Huaixian, the envoy of Youzhou Lulongjie, who has historically divided the seven prefectures of Youzhou, Ying, Ping, Ji, Fu, Tan, and Mo, and became one of the four towns of Heshuo, pointed to the south and said: "Sixty steps, sixty steps away to shoot through the leopard tail flag on the tent, do you dare to compete with me?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the guests present were in an uproar. Even Gu Yuanxi was shocked when he learned about it: "Sixty steps, isn't this Li Huaixian so confident in his archery skills?" ”

You must know that the Tang Dynasty took five feet as a step, according to research, the step of the Tang Dynasty was 1.514 meters, and 1 Tang li is equivalent to 454.2 meters. You must know that in the modern Olympic archery competition, the men's competition is only 90 meters as the highest level. This is still with a special bow and arrow. Sixty steps is a little more than the 90-meter distance of the modern Olympic archery competition, not to mention the leopard tail flag on this tent is a target, which is much more difficult. After all, the leopard tail flag will also be affected by the wind and flutter with the wind, and it is not a complete still life. Even if the weather doesn't have a lot of wind at the moment, the subtle effects of those breezes will still make it countless times more difficult to hit the target.

"Good, good. Therefore, there is Han Wenhou Lu Buyuan Gate to shoot halberds, and now I have generals in Hexi and Pinglu towns in Datang who shoot tent leopard tails, which is also a good story. The voice came from a middle-aged purple-robed man, and Gu Yuanxi recognized that it was clearly Li Chenghong, the king of Guangwu County, whom he had met before.

"This two hundred and five always likes to find trouble when there is nothing to do." Gu Yuanxi's eyebrows furrowed, he completely despised this kind of aristocrat who had nothing to do and liked to play with right and wrong to find a sense of existence.

"How dare you fight?" Although Li Huaixian didn't know who the speaker was, it was surmised from the purple robe he was wearing that there must be a high-ranking official and nobleman, and such a person echoed him. He was secretly happy in his heart, and excitedly and proudly provoked the young general of Hexi: "Don't you dare? ”

The young general from Hexi glanced at the leopard's tail on a tent more than a hundred meters away, shook his head and smiled: "There is no need to compete." You're no match for me. ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent. Mad! It's crazy! Even Gu Yuanxi was stunned and sighed: "I didn't expect someone to be even crazier than Lao Tzu!" He was like-minded, and if it weren't for this occasion, he really wanted to rush out and hold the hand of the young general of the Hexi Army.

The young general of the Hexi Army pointed to the tent farther away, and said with a slight smile: "One hundred steps, each riding and shooting, with the leopard's tail a hundred steps away as the target, Shi Zhonglang dares to fight." ”

As soon as these words came out, the guests present were stunned again. Subsequently, the guests present looked different, some were amazed, some were stunned, some were sarcastic, and some were disdainful. But more people look at this young Hexi player with the kind of eyes that look at a madman.

Even Gu Yuanxi thought that this person was crazy, after all, a hundred steps had already exceeded the distance of 120 meters, and he still used mounted archery as an archery method, and its difficulty was many times higher than the competition method proposed by Li Huaixian before.

The young general of the Hexi Army ignored the gazes of others, and he stepped forward again: "Shi Zhonglang is known as the 'No. 1 marksman in Hebei', and his archery skills are profound, and he is powerful in the north. If Shi Zhonglang thinks that he is not qualified to provoke Zhonglang in the future, then can he be qualified to challenge Zhonglang as the 'No. 1 marksman in Hexi'? ”

In the stunned eyes of everyone, he took a big step forward and arched his hand to Shi Siming: "From the eighth rank to the martial rank of the imperial insult captain, the guard of the left and the mighty guard of Wuwei County, the Hongchi Mansion of Wuwei County, the captain of the martial arts, the envoy of the Hexi Jiedu envoy to the left tooth general, Taozhou Li Sheng, officially asked Shi Zhonglang to test the archery method!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience changed color, and then it boiled. Even Shi Siming, who originally had a contemptuous and disdainful face, was stunned at first, and then his face became heavy.