Chapter 34 Know yourself and know your opponent

Yang Guang knew the result of the battle of Lake Harry, he knew that Yang Yuanqing killed Datou Khan, but he didn't know the specific details, after the eldest grandson Sheng came back, he reported to the first emperor Yang Jian, Yang Guang was not present, Yang Jian died of illness, the court affairs were piled up, Yang Guang has been busy, and he didn't have time to ask about the battle of Lake Harry, when today he actually said that Yang Yuanqing was the most honorable guest of the grassland, which made Yang Guang feel more or less uncomfortable, he wanted to know the reason.

Although Changsun Sheng is not an upright official, he is not bad, and he has a good relationship with Yang Yuanqing, and he knows that Princess Yicheng is also an insider, if what he said is inconsistent with what Princess Yicheng said, it will arouse the suspicion of the saint, but it will be unfavorable to him, Changsun Sheng did not hide anything, and reported to Yang Guang in detail what happened on the shore of Lake Harry, and also analyzed the delicate situation between the Eastern and Western Turks at that time to Yang Guang.

In the end, he said: "It was Yang Yuanqing's decision to attack the envoy of the Western Turkic military camp at night, and the minister did not approve of it originally, but in hindsight, his move was very courageous, no less than Ban Zhong's move to enter the tiger's den to seize the tiger's son, and the minister deeply admired it. ”

Yang Guang didn't speak for a long time, when Yang Su asked him not to remember his grandson's work on the shore of Lake Harry, he didn't take it too seriously, and directly agreed to Yang Su's request, the battle of Lake Harry did not have any impact on the Sui Dynasty, and he didn't even read the report written by Yang Yuanqing at that time.

Although the matter has passed, when Changsun Sheng talks about this matter again today, Yang Guang can still understand the thrilling situation at that time, and finally, Yang Guang glanced at Changsun Sheng and said, "Why don't you report this matter to me in time." ”

Changsun Sheng smiled bitterly in his heart, how could this be his responsibility, he had already written a detailed envoy's recital, how did he know that Yang Guang didn't know about it? But Changsun Sheng didn't dare to distinguish it, and bowed down and said, "Weichen is guilty!" ”

"Forget it, I don't blame you."

Yang Guang had already promised Yang Su, and now it was pointless to turn over the old accounts, he glanced at Changsun Sheng again, and saw that his beard was gray and his old appearance had appeared, so he asked: "General Changsun, how much are you Gui Geng this year?" ”

"Don't dare, Wechen is forty out of fifty this year.

Yang Guang nodded, he was indeed old, he needed to find an important minister who could succeed Changsun Sheng to pacify the Turks, and Yang Yuanqing's heroic figure appeared in his mind again.

"Back to the main hall, let's take a look at the Three Kingdoms Comparison Arrow, and see what kind of surprise Yang Yuanqing can bring to me?"

In the main hall, Yang Xuangan stopped his son and repeatedly told him, "Remember the words of your father, don't be too arrogant, be polite to your guests, even if you win, you must win low-key, and let the Turks feel our state of etiquette." ”

Yang Yuanqing did not refute his father, but he felt that although his father was a Honglu Siqing, he did not understand how to compare arrows with Turks, and he knew it in his heart.

"General Yang, please come over for a moment."

Yang Lihua beckoned to him in the distance, she and Princess Yicheng stood together, Yang Yuanqing hurriedly said to his father: "The princess is calling me, I'll go over." ”

"Go to the Reading Pavilion!"

Yang Xuangan's heart was a little confused, not only because of Yang Yuanqing, but also because of the extraneous competition of arrows, which was nominally a fun, but in fact it was an informal competition, a contest between three countries, this delicate relationship, it was difficult to deal with well, and more importantly, could his son afford this heavy responsibility?

This is, Yang Xuangan suddenly saw his wife Zheng waving to him, he was stunned, and walked up quickly.

"What's going on?"

Zheng pulled her husband over and walked to a less crowded place, lowered her voice and said hatefully, "Your son has caused you a big disaster." ”

Yang Yuanqing walked quickly to the two princesses and saluted them, "See Her Royal Highness Princess Leping, see Her Royal Highness Princess Yicheng!" ”

Immediately, his dissatisfied gaze fell on Wei Chi, as if he was reproaching her for not reporting to him and leaving Dali City without authorization, Yu Chiwan felt weak for a while and lowered his head.

Princess Yicheng saw it in her eyes and smiled: "Why, won't this subordinate give it to me?" ”

"Don't dare to be lowly, this matter is her freedom, she can choose, I won't stop her, but she still needs to go back to Dali City in the future, and I will cancel her military registration for her."

"Yuanqing, let's not talk about this matter first, Princess Yicheng has something to say to you." Yang Lihua diverted their topic from the side.

Yang Yuanqing glanced at Yu Chiwan again, and then bowed down and said, "Please advise Her Royal Highness the Princess." ”

Princess Yicheng sighed slightly, and said slowly: "Yuanqing, this warrior who competes with you is actually not a Turkic, but a Rakas people, is the archer of the Great Chieftain of Igas to the Khan of Qimin, although he is young, he has been with his elders since he was five years old to hunt bears in the ice fields of the Far North, the Far North is often dark for half a year, and they have cultivated their talent for night arrows, this Aratu archery is extremely clever, more than a month ago in the grassland archery conference, 100 shots and 100 hits, won the first place with an absolute advantage, and won the second place Utu full 20 arrows, You should know Utu, forcing him to almost commit suicide in shame. ”

"Thank you princess, you understand the humble position, and you will never underestimate the enemy!"

This is what Duke Yicheng mainly advised, she was worried that Yang Yuanqing would underestimate the enemy, she smiled and said: "That's all I said, if I say more, the Khan of Qimin will blame me for favoring my mother's family." ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded, saluted the two princesses, turned around and walked outside the main hall. ■ Motokei! ”

Yang Lihua stopped him again, Yang Yuanqing stopped and asked with a smile: "What else does Her Royal Highness the princess have to order?" ”

Yang Lihua smiled slightly, "Calm down, don't be impatient!" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded silently and left quickly, Princess Yicheng looked at his back, sighed slightly, and said, "Eldest sister, do you think he will win?" ”

"He's going to win, I'm confident in him." Even so, Yang Lihua's eyes flashed with a trace of worry that could not be concealed.

In the corner of the main throne, King Yang of Qi has always had a gloomy face, maintaining a low profile, in fact, he is nervous in his heart, the whereabouts of the eunuch he sent out to assassinate Yang Yuanqing are still unknown, and they are as heavy as a stone in his heart, he is afraid that Yang Yuanqing will report to his father, even if his father does not punish him, his impression of him will plummet.

Just when Yang was hiding in the corner and drinking alcohol, his subordinate Liang Shidu approached quickly and whispered in his ear: "The entire palace has been searched, and no whereabouts of Gonggong Li have been found. ”

Yang's face twitched, and he asked again: "Will it be where is King Jin?" ”

Liang Shidu was silent for a moment and said, "The person we planted next to King Jin has also disappeared, and we can't get any news from King Jin's side." ”

"Bang!" Yang slammed his fist on the table, gritted his teeth and said, "How could this be?" ”

"Your Highness, but we still have a clue."

Yang perked up and asked urgently, "What clue?" ”

"I heard that a little eunuch knows a little clue, and we are tracking down this person."

"Go quickly, you must catch this little eunuch!"

At this moment, this little eunuch seems to have become Yang's lifesaver, and now he is not worried about Yang Yuanqing, but his eldest brother Yang Zhao, the person he ambushed next to Yang Zhao is missing Obviously, Yang Zhao has begun to meddle in this matter, and the most likely missing Gonggong Li has already arrived in Yang Zhao's hands, which makes Yang anxious.

Yang Yuanqing walked to the outside of the hall, outside the hall is a square covering an area of nearly eight acres, in the dark, more than 100 guards are busy arranging the arrow field, the night arrow is mainly more than the test shot incense fire 60 steps away, an arrow will be shot out of the incense fire, because there is no reference this is more difficult than the daytime 100 steps through Yang, plus riding archery, archery in high-speed movement, which requires the archer not only to have superb archery, keen eyes, but also to have superb horse control skills.

It will take a little time to arrange the arena, Yang Yuanqing walked in front of Yuwen Chengdu, Yuwen Chengdu was tall, his face was not smiling, he had never appeared in front of the world like the image of a giant pine, and he had now been promoted to the general of the right guard and won the trust of Yang Guang.

Only when he saw Yang Yuanqing, an old comrade-in-arms, would a knowing smile appear on his face, "I have already sent someone to the Yang Mansion to fetch a bow for you, and your horses will be sent soon." ”

"Thank you!"

Both of them are masters, and they know the truth that the difference is a thousand miles, only by using the bow horse they are most familiar with, will they play at the highest level, Yang Yuanqing wants to win in the competition, he can only use his own bow and arrow.

"And that Goguryeo man, you have to watch out for him, he is also a real master."

Yang Yuanqing followed Yuwen Chengdu's gaze and looked dozens of steps away, the Goguryeo warriors standing on the steps were wearing black samurai robes, motionless, with indifferent eyes, without a trace of expression on his face, and he didn't pay attention to anyone around him, giving people the feeling that he was a piece of ice, a cold stone statue.

"What's his name?"

"He is the son of Yuan Taizuo, called Yuan Gai Suwen, everyone calls him Gai Suwen, his Yuan family is the second largest family in Goguryeo, second only to the royal Gao family, this person is only fourteen years old, he can shoot two stones and five hard bows, his father boasted that he can kill lions and tigers, I don't think it's an exaggeration, you can't underestimate the enemy."

Yang Yuanqing nodded silently, Goguryeo took the initiative to ask for the competition, if it wasn't for their extraordinary ability, they couldn't be so rash.

At this time, a guard came with Yang Yuanqing's horse, and took not only his bow, but also his sky-breaking lance, Yang Yuanqing took the lance from the saddle and handed it to Yuwen Chengdu.

"Keep it for me for now, maybe I'll fight him again!"

Yuwen Chengdu took the lance and smiled slightly, "I really look forward to you fighting him." ”

"Dang!"

A bell rang from afar, this was the bell to remind him to prepare, Yang Yuanqing turned over his horse, took the bow in his hand, and galloped away.

Banquets and tournaments have always been a great event to look forward to, and at this moment, the guests of the other two side halls have also rushed to hear the news, and thousands of guests have gathered on both sides of the square, whispering, talking about the three archers, and everyone is waiting with great anticipation for the beginning of this archery competition.

The VIP seats have also been arranged, on the steps in front of the main hall, dozens of couches are placed, Yang Guang and his wife Xiao Hou sit in the middle, behind them on the left is Qimin Khan and Princess Kedun Yicheng, on the right is Yuan Taizuo, still accompanied by Yang Xuangan, the secretary of Honglu Temple, and other noble royal families sit on both sides.

Seeing that the women's dresses were thin, it was estimated that it would be difficult to withstand the cold night in late autumn, so he smiled at Yang Guang and said: "Your Majesty, the hour is almost up, let's start the reading pavilion as soon as possible!" ”

Yang Guangshu nodded, "Good Reading Pavilion!" You can get started. ”

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