Chapter Eighty-Six: Martial Arts
After about a quarter of an hour, Wei Chi Xiu was panting, dragged the gun and ran over, and saw Li Rong and the two sitting on the ground.
"I'm so tired!" Yu Chi Xiu said with his mouth open.
"Get up and exercise pranayama," Li Rong stretched out his finger and lightly clicked, and a true qi occupied Yu Chi Xiu's side, splashing dust.
Yu Chi Xiu was startled, hurriedly stood up, and said angrily, "Mighty King Kong Finger, you want to kill me?" ”
"When you are tired, the best effect is to end a large gun pile." Li Rong said disapprerovingly, no longer paying attention to pranayama with his eyes closed.
Next to him, Yang Siqiao was already sitting on a piece of bluestone, meditating on luck and recovering his strength.
Yu Chi Xiu muttered in his mouth, reluctantly picked up the heavy gun, held the handle of the gun with both hands, stared at the tip of the gun, sank his waist and fell from his horse, and let his spirit sink into the gun.
After a hundred miles of running, under the great consumption of Yu Chi Xiu's physical strength, the spear, which usually dances as light as a toy, has become as heavy as Mount Tai, and the body of the gun trembles incessantly.
"Good marksmanship! This is what Brother Li taught? Yang Siqiao suddenly moved, opened his eyes and looked at Wei Chi Xiu's posture and said, "This is the method of cultivating the unity of man and gun. ”
"By chance, I learned from the writings of my predecessors, and I felt that the frame was simple, but it was quite useful, and it happened that I didn't learn marksmanship, so I told Wei Chi to listen." Li Rong said, "The gun is heavy and long, and it seems difficult to practice, but in fact, it is much easier to find the right trick than a sword." ”
Yang Siqiao nodded in agreement.
Standing on a big gun pile to practice the integration of people and guns, it is relatively easy to get started, you can feel the feeling of being one with the gun little by little, in exchange for the sword is light and short, it is difficult to find the unity of the man and the sword, and the feeling of the unity of the sword and the sword.
The three of them stood there for a long time, pranayama while waiting for the thousand knights who were pulling behind.
Luoshui is thousands of miles long, the water potential is vast, through the whole city of Luoyang, Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty will lead Luoshui, the valley water will be repaired through the canal, the two waters will be introduced into the Yellow River, the north and south waterways will be communicated, so that the people and goods in the south of the Yangtze River can reach Luoyang directly through the canal. Therefore, Luoshui has always been lined with sail walls and ships.
It is located in the upper reaches of the Luoshui River, and there are not many boats. Only three or two wooden boats were full of sails, and they went down the river as fast as galloping horses. The wooden boat had a deep draft, presumably due to the fact that it was full of cargo.
The snow-white sails, the blue sky, the floating clouds, the green mountains, and the light green water form a dynamic landscape painting.
"Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the people's lives have been stable and the national strength has been thriving, and I really don't want anyone to break this situation." Yang Siqiao stood up, walked to the side of the mountain, looked at Luo Shui and said with emotion.
"The heart of the people is the heart of heaven, no matter how strong the master is, he can't go against the general trend, but a little struggle is inevitable, and he can't change the overall situation." Li Rong continued.
He doesn't think that Li Ruoxue can overthrow Wu Zetian, whether it is the history of his previous life or the reality he has seen in this life, it shows that Wu Zetian's rule is as solid as a rock, or when the people are stable, it is impossible to let them rise up and rebel against the so-called Li Tang Jiangshan.
"There seems to be an army stationed there next to the sluice." Yu Chi Xiu didn't say anything.
Maintaining neutrality is the unanimous choice made by the factions in the army left by the Wei Chi family, the Cheng family and other cronies who followed Taizong back then, as long as Wu Zetian did not execute his sons, wait for Wu Zetian to die of old age, and then the great government is also acceptable to the descendants of Taizong.
"I see, when the soldiers arrive, let's go over and have a look." Li Rong said.
Next to the sluice gate at the bottom of the mountain was a small military camp, about a battalion of non-commissioned men, about 500 people.
"Wu Chengsi is not a stupid person, and he knows how to send people to guard the sluice." Yang Siqiao said with a sour expression.
Yang Siqiao studied under Yang Jingchen, an inner servant, and was adopted by the latter, and was also a member of the Heavenly Peerless Sect. But in addition to the Heavenly Absolute Sect in the palace, there are also people from the Heavenly Demon Sect, among which is the faction headed by Gao Yanfu, who is friendly with Wu Sansi, and is even favored by Wu Zetian, and fights against Yang Jingchen. Because of this, Yang Siqiao has a bad relationship with Gao Yanfu's faction, and he also hates Wu Sansi and other Wu family.
"Wu Chenghei can't do it, the martial arts family and Wu Sansi, the master behind the scenes, it's not unusual to think of guarding the sluice." Li Rong said.
After another half an hour, Ge Fushun was sweating profusely, his clothes were soaked, and he moved over step by step with more than ten soldiers, and when he saw Li Rong and the other three standing there, he was so excited that he was about to cry, and finally ran to his destination.
"Why are there only twelve of you and the other nine?" Li Rong's face changed and he said sharply.
"A few of them really can't run, so they will rest in the back and come over in a while." Ge Fushun said bitterly.
"Go back, drag them over," Li Rong said angrily, "give you a quarter of an hour to bring all the people over." If you can't run, you carry it. ”
Ge Fushun listened, turned around with a sad face and walked back. He has followed Li Rong for so many years, and he has never seen Li Rong teach him like this.
"Why are you all going back and still standing there?" Li Rong rarely lost his temper and said, "If I can't see you when the time comes, I will get out of the Thousand Cavalry Camp." ”
"What does Brother Li mean by this?" Yang Siqiao asked in puzzlement when he saw Li Rong's disposition.
"Soldiers are robes in the army, they live together when they enter, and they fight together when they go out, and it is a big sin to leave behind their companions," Li Rong said, "The way of the soldier is not the way of martial arts, and the way of martial arts emphasizes personal practice. Hyodo emphasizes group cooperation, and the two should not be confused. ”
"Taught!" Yang Siqiao arched his hand and said.
These days, Yang Siqiao was ordered to set up the Flying Dragon Guard, and the soldiers trained were only more than 200 people, and he felt that he was worthy of a battle, but today he saw the thousands of knights under Li Rong's command, but he felt inferior.
In this way, the three of them waited for about two quarters of an hour, and Ge Fushun came back with his soldiers.
The soldiers came back to a Bula, and Ge Fushun was still carrying one on his back, unconscious.
After running here, everyone was so tired that they were lying on the ground.
Li Rongzhi did not deliberately blame Ge Fushun for passing the time, nor did he ask these soldiers to stand up and breathe. After all, they didn't practice martial arts, and they wouldn't be able to breathe and stand on the pile.
After resting for a cup of tea, under the urging of Ge Fushun, the soldiers reluctantly stood up and lined up according to their usual requirements, waiting for Li Rong's order.
Although the soldiers worked hard, they did not dare to complain. Li Rong trained the soldiers, and he always took the lead in the soldiers, lived in the same tent when he entered, and ate the same food as the soldiers, and did not pretend to be a child of the family and a martial arts master, and was deeply loved by the soldiers.
After running such a long way, the soldiers were very tired, and their clothes were not only soaked, but also torn everywhere. The mountain road is not easy to walk, not to mention the rugged road, there is no official road, only a small path for the mountain hunters to walk, and it is common for clothes to be torn by mountain rocks.
Yang Siqiao looked at the thousand knights in a neat queue, his eyes lit up, this team of soldiers had a tired face, but they were full of energy, and they had a strong military posture compared to the flying dragon guards he trained.
The comatose soldier also suffered from heat stroke due to physical exhaustion and hot weather. Li Rong stretched out his palm and injected a stream of true qi, which ran in his body for a week, and let people feed him some water, and he came to his senses.
"Come with me to the Luoshui weir at the bottom of the mountain to have a look." Li Rong said.
Luoshui weir is composed of arched dams, sluices, stone letters, channels, etc., and was built in the twelfth year of Zhenguan.
In July of the eleventh year of Zhenguan, the lewd rain continued, the valley water, the Luoshui soared, drifted 600 houses, drowned more than 6,000 people, Emperor Taizong in view of this specially ordered the master craftsman Dou Jin to build the Luoshui weir.
Since the completion of the Luoshui weir for more than 50 years, there has been no flooding of Luoshui.
Li Rong and others cautiously came to the middle of the dam along the riverside and watched the upper and lower water potentials and the structure of the weir.
The dam is eight zhang wide and more than 80 zhang long, lying across the Luo River, dividing it into two halves, and the middle is mixed with a sluice to pass through the boats.
The garrison on the other side of the dam saw someone sneaking up on the dam from a distance, so they hurriedly warned and sent someone to report to Shangguan.
After a while, a slender young lieutenant in a narrow-sleeved green shirt ran over with dozens of soldiers.
"It seems that we have met acquaintances," Li Rong turned his head to look at and said with a slight smile.
The person who came turned out to be Wu Chonggui, he went to Songshan Wuxu, cultivated fiercely for more than two months, and only came back a few days ago. Wu Sansi arranged for him to serve as a captain of the first battalion of the left leading guard, and happened to meet Wu Chenghei preparing for the Luoshui sacrifice ceremony, so Wu Chonggui led a battalion of soldiers to garrison the Luoshui weir to prevent someone from destroying the water weir.
"Li Rong, what are you doing here, do you want to destroy the weir?" Wu Chonggui couldn't help but say the authentic.
"Wu Chonggui, what's the howl, I'll wait for thousands of horsemen to inspect everywhere under the order of the Holy Mother and Emperor, and protect the Luoshui Sacrifice Ceremony, you happen to be stationed here, cooperate with us to check the water weir!" Yu Chi Xiu said loudly.
Wei Chi Xiu, Cheng Boxian, Wu Chonggui and others are quite old, have a deep background, and have extraordinary martial arts, and are very famous among the sons and daughters of Luoyang, and are called "Luoyang Ten Youths" by good deeds, including Qiu Zhenqi and Zheng Guanlan.
Of course, Wu Chonggui is cold, and he has always been at odds with Wei Chi Xiu, and the two have fought several times, and their skills are roughly equal, and they have their own victories and defeats.
"Wei Chi Xiu is lonely, his subordinates are just defeated, what are you barking at behind Li Rong?" Wu Chonggui said unceremoniously.
He was shocked when he saw Li Rong, Wei Chi Xiu, and Yang Siqiao, he knew all three of them. Not to mention the first two, Yang Siqiao is the righteous son of Yang Jingchen, the chief eunuch in the palace, and he himself is also the personal guard of the Empress Dowager Wu Zetian.