In the stunned gaze of everyone, Li Sheng took a big step forward, and arched his hand to Shi Siming: "Humble from the eighth rank of the martial rank to the imperial insult captain, the guard of the left and the mighty guard of Wuwei County, Hongchi Mansion Zuo Guoyi Du Lieutenant, the captain of the Wu Cavalry, the envoy of the Hexi Jiedu Envoy Tooth Left, Taozhou Li Sheng, officially asked General Shi Zhonglang to test the archery method!" ”

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

Even Gu Yuanxi took a deep breath. Li Sheng, a good word, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and a famous general. In the historical Tang Dezong period, he entered the dynasty as the commander of the right god strategy, and the official was the Taiwei, Situ and Zhongshu Ling; He successively served as the envoy of Fengxiang, Longyou, and Jingyuan three towns, the deputy marshal of the camp, and the king of Xiping County. Throughout his life, he fought against Tibet, crusaded against the three towns of Heshuo, recovered Chang'an, and pacified the rebellion between Zhuzhu and Jingyuan. During the reign of Li Shi of Tang Dezong. Li Sheng, Hun Ying, and Ma Sui were the three famous generals of Tang Dezong. As for the wisdom of candles, Li Shenggao and the other two famous generals.

Li Sheng had fifteen sons, among whom the eldest son, Li Yuan, was the official to inspect the school and the envoy of the river festival. The seventh son, Li Xian, inspected the school and left the cavalry attendant, and the Lingnan Festival envoy. The tenth son Li Ting, the school inspector Situ, the Jin Jiang Cixi Festival envoy, and the Duke of Liangguo. And the most famous is the eighth son Li Yu, when Tang Xianzong pacified the division of the domain, he attacked Caizhou on a snowy night, captured Wu Yuanji, the envoy of Huaixi Jiedu, and made a conscientious contribution to "Yuan and Zhongxing". The official to Wei Bojie is the envoy, the Shangzhu State, the Liang Guogong, and the left servant of the inspection school.

Li Sheng's great name is already famous now, in later history, and in the history of this time and space.

At this time, the dignitaries and nobles of the Tang Empire and the soldiers and soldiers of various feudal towns all knew Li Sheng's name. He joined the army at the age of eighteen, that is, last year's Tianbao four years to Hexi to join the army, famous for his archery bravery, it is rumored that his archery is profound and exquisite, and can shoot the small square hole in the copper coin at a hundred paces away. Because it has the same name as the famous general of the Sui Dynasty, Changsun Sheng, it is also known as the "Double Eagle Captain".

The eldest grandson Sheng was a famous general of the Sui Dynasty and was born in the Guanlong aristocracy. His greatest achievement was to raze and conquer the Turkic Khanate, and to divide the powerful and huge Turkic Khanate into two Turkic khanates, the Eastern and Western Turkic Khanates. The Great Sui Empire, on the other hand, took advantage of this to divide and reshape the central Han empire as the strongest military force in East Asia. He has five sons, namely the eldest grandson Wunai, the eldest grandson Wuao, the eldest grandson Wuxian, the eldest grandson Wuji, and the eldest grandson Wuyi. Among them, the eldest grandson of the four sons, Wuji, assisted Tang Taizong Li Shimin, and the officials were Situ, Taiwei, and Zhao Guogong, who were the first of the twenty-four heroes of the Tang Lingyan Pavilion. After the death of Taizong, a few years before Gaozong's accession to the throne, he was a very popular minister, creating the last glory of the Guanlong military aristocratic group. His daughter is Empress Taizong Wende and Gaozong Li Zhi's biological mother.

Changsun Sheng's archery skills are profound, and he is unparalleled in the world. When he was on an envoy to the Turks, he shot a copper coin square hole from a hundred steps away in front of the Turkic Erfu Khan, and shot down two indistinguishable eagles with an arrow, and the shock was outside. This is the origin of the allusion of "killing two birds with one stone". Comparing Li Sheng to the eldest grandson Sheng of the Sui Dynasty shows that Li Sheng's archery skills are brilliant. He is known as the "No. 1 Marksman of the Hexi Army", and the Pinglu Soldiers and Horses under the Tent of An Lushan in Hebei Province, and the Captain Bai Xiaode of the Fan Army under the Tent of Gao Xianzhi, the Commander of the Anxi Metropolitan Soldiers, are known as the "Three Great Arrows in the World" in the armies of the feudal towns.

Li Sheng joined the army in Tianbao for four years last year, and in just one year, he has already shocked the west. In the spring of the fifth year of Tianbao this year, Li Sheng attacked Tubo with Wang Zhonghe, and encountered a fierce general defending the city to resist, and the Tang army suffered heavy casualties. Wang Zhongji was furious and summoned the soldiers who were good at shooting in the army. Li Sheng responded to the call and killed the general with an arrow, and the three armies were excited. Wang Zhonghei rewarded him generously, stroked Li Sheng's back and said: "This ten thousand enemies are also." ”

With the prestige of "Ten Thousand Enemies", "Hexi's No. 1 Marksman", and "One of the Three Great Arrows in the World", he naturally became a well-known legend in the Tang Empire, which advocated military merit and force.

When he challenged Shi Siming by name at the beginning, everyone present regarded him as a madman or a fool who didn't know the height of the sky. And when he announced his name, the audience was silent. No one will doubt his strength and reputation, because the four words "Taozhou Li Sheng" are enough to erase everyone's doubts and contempt.

Shi Siming's face was solemn when he heard this, if Li Sheng had not reported his identity before, if he refused his challenge, then everyone would not say anything and question anything. Because Shi Siming's own strength is not comparable to those nobodies, rejecting the challenge of a nobody, it is impossible for everyone to doubt his strength and prestige. But when Hexi Li Sheng revealed his identity, whether it was Shi Siming himself, the soldiers of the Pinglu Army, or all the guests present, they all knew that this battle was inevitable.

Refusing the challenge of a nobody will naturally not damage his prestige, but if he rejects Li Sheng, a sharpshooter general with the same name as himself, then I am afraid that after leaving today, he will not be able to clear the shame of retreating in vain and timidity for the rest of his life.

Whether it is a military general who serves the empire or a knight who walks the rivers and lakes, the most humiliating thing is to dare not fight in the face of a warrior who is similar to his own strength. Whether it is on the battlefield or in the rivers and lakes, the unspoken rule that has been handed down for 3,000 years is: when a martial artist of the same level as you challenges you, you must not fight, otherwise no matter how strong you are or how hard you are, you will not be able to get rid of this kind of despised and shameful for the rest of your life. And once you don't respond, no matter how famous you were before, it will completely disappear because of this time, and your relatives or friends around you will also regard you as a shame, and you will never be able to raise your head for the rest of your life.

Shi Siming and Li Sheng are both at the highest level of archery in the Tang Dynasty. No matter what, today's battle will be famous all over the world. Shi Siming naturally didn't dare, and he wouldn't back down.

From the perspective of a pure martial artist, Shi Siming is naturally looking forward to a duel with a master like Li Sheng. After all, only if the ambition is as strong as Shi Siming, it can't escape the martial artist's ardent desire for a strong opponent after all.

Even if his mind is as complex as Shi Siming, naturally there is this kind of simple martial arts blood flowing without exception, and when he heard that the challenger was Li Sheng, who was comparable in reputation and strength, his long-sealed martial arts heart was also excited.

It's just that even if he is as strong as him, when facing an opponent like Li Sheng, he can't help but think of the result of defeat. This is not that he is inferior to others or is not confident in his own strength, but he is extremely proud of his own strength. But after all, his identity is different, Li Sheng is just an ordinary captain, even if he has the reputation of "Hexi's No. 1 Marksman" on his back, he is only a nineteen-year-old young military general after all. Even if he loses, neither his identity nor his reputation will become a burden and a burden to him. And Shi Siming is different, at least the most important point is that he is the Pinglu soldier and horse envoy under the Hebei military tent, and every move, no matter whether he wins or loses, is related to the honor and disgrace of more than 30,000 soldiers in Pinglu and the face of An Lushan, the envoy of Pinglu. Therefore, his pressure is much higher than that of Li Sheng, so even if he is as strong and conceited as him, he doesn't dare to hold it up for a while, and his face is deep and solemn thinking about how to deal with it.

The Tang nobles present were all excited and looking forward to it without exception. After all, it is the "No. 1 Arrow in Hexi" vs. the "No. 1 Arrow in Hebei". Both of them are the pinnacle of archery and world-famous figures, this kind of peak duel between masters and strong people, in the eyes of everyone, is tantamount to the expectation and shock brought by the scene of the duel between Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng at the top of the Forbidden City in Gu Long's novel.

"Good-good-good-" Nan Jiyun beside Gu Yuanxi slapped his hands and laughed: "I'm really here this time, Shi Siming from Hebei vs. Li Sheng from Hexi, this kind of scene can be described as a rare occurrence in a hundred years." ”

Lei Wanchun, who was beside him, laughed and said: "With the archery technique of the virtuous brother, naturally it is not under these two people, why not come forward and compete together?" ”

Lei Wanchun's face flushed when he heard this, and he looked extremely excited and eager to try. Gu Yuanxi thought to himself, if it weren't for an occasion like today, I'm afraid that with Nan Jiyun's temperament, he would really not hesitate to step forward and ask to compete with two famous archery masters. However, Gu Yuanxi also greatly appreciated Nan Jiyun's archery. Judging from the level of Nan Jiyun's half-arrow shot into the brick wall of the pagoda outside Linhuai City when he asked for help from Helan Jinming after the Anshi Rebellion, his archery technique was wonderful, and it was only high or low compared with Li Sheng and Shi Siming.

"What? Won't the middle general give advice? Li Sheng frowned slightly when he saw this, if Shi Siming shouldn't have looked down on him before, then Shi Siming would naturally understand his own strength after reporting his identity, could it be that he couldn't even look down on his own strength as the "No. 1 Marksman in Hexi", or was he just a wasted person. He glanced at Shi Siming, and seeing that he had pondered for a long time and did not reply, he couldn't help but be angry, and suddenly asked impatiently and coldly: "Is Shi Jianmen willing to give advice!" ”

Shi Siming asked the three people of "Shi Jianmen", and immediately became angry.

The officialdom of the Tang Dynasty is generally called by the rank title or table word, surname plus official position or place of origin. The first two are generally called so by people who are close to each other or friends, so they are not applicable to two people like Li Sheng and Shi Siming who don't know each other. Naturally, it can only be called by official position or place of origin.

In terms of official position, Shi Siming is a strong general who is under the rank of the fourth rank, and the general of the left prison guard, and the founder of Rongcheng County. From the title of the scattered official, it can be called "General Shi" or "Shi Zhuangwu"; In terms of official titles, they can generally be called "Shi Zhonglang", "Shi Zhonglang General" or "Shi Zuo Guard", "Shi Zuo Guard", "Shi Zuo Guard" and "Shi Prison Gate"; From the title of title, it can be called "Shi Rongcheng" or "Shi County Male".

Li Sheng called him "Shi Jian Men", which is actually reasonable from the scene, but because Li Sheng described the position of the left and right prison guards as the janitors, and the position of the left prison guards Zhonglang as the guard dogs, the title of "Shi Jian Men" is particularly harsh at this time.

Shi Siming pointed to his tent and said angrily: "Okay, well, since the twenty-fifth year of Kaiyuan, since he joined the army in Pinglu, Shi has not met an opponent in archery and archery for a long time. Captain Li is young but has the reputation of 'Hexi's No. 1 Marksman', and if he wants to be famous in the next year, he will definitely have extraordinary strength-"

He rolled up his sleeves and said with a sneer: "Shi has been crisscrossing Hebei for more than 20 years, and he thinks he has achieved quite a lot in archery. Today, in front of Mrs. Qin Guo and all the noble lords, let Shi take a good look at how unfathomable the strength of this 'Hexi No. 1 Divine Arrow' is! ”