"Phew! Bang! Bang! A big iron gun shook out a few spear flowers in the wind and snow, the stirring snowflakes fluttered with the wind, and then I saw the arms of the person holding the robbery compete, and the big iron spear dance in his hand was impenetrable, and the snowflakes floating in the sky had not fallen, and it had been blown outside by the strong wind brought up by the iron spear, and when this person finished dancing a set of marksmanship, there was not a single snowflake within a radius of one zhang around him.

"Good! Good marksmanship! Presumably this is the Yang family gun handed down by Brother Huaiyu's family, it is really murderous, and the younger brother was a little afraid to go in when he stood at the door just now. At this moment, a person's admiration sounded outside the door, and then Zhao Yan walked in with a smile from outside, just now he braved the wind and snow to come, and happened to see Yang Huaiyu dancing with a gun, so he didn't bother, just quietly watched the other party finish dancing a set of marksmanship, so that a layer of snow had fallen on his head.

Yang Huaiyu didn't expect Zhao Yan to come at this time, so he immediately put down the big iron gun in his hand, stepped forward and saluted: "The last general, Yang Huaiyu, will meet His Royal Highness the King of the County!" ”

"Haha, don't be polite, the Yang family has served my Zhao royal family for several generations, and my wife is also the daughter of Jiangmen, so we are also world friends, so Brother Huaiyu doesn't have to stick to vulgar etiquette, just call me Zhao Yan or the third brother!" Zhao Yan laughed and said, in fact, he had said these words to Yang Huaiyu before, but the other party was old-fashioned and stubborn, and he was even a little harsh on etiquette, so every time he saw Zhao Yan, he was commensurate with the king of the county.

However, to Zhao Yan's surprise this time, after Yang Huaiyu heard Zhao Yan's words, his face showed a gloomy look, and finally reluctantly showed a smile and said, "Since the county king said so." Then Yang took the liberty of calling the third brother the king of the county. ”

Hearing that Yang Huaiyu unexpectedly changed his name, Zhao Yan was also stunned, but then he reacted, and said with a smile: "It should be like this, although today is full of wind and snow, it is a good day to drink wine and eat meat, I have asked people to prepare a table of wine and food, let's talk while eating!" ”

Zhao Yan said and gestured to the little bean sprouts behind him, and the other party immediately ran back to the other courtyard, and after a while. There were a few people who brought wine and food. and set it up in the outer hall of the house where Yang Huaiyu lived, and after the two of them sat down, all those subordinates retreated. Only the little bean sprouts were left to pour them wine.

"Brother Huaiyu. Last night, I saw that you were also on the river to help Erdan's family catch fish. And he also taught Erdan martial arts, do you want to take this kid as an apprentice? Zhao Yan asked with a smile, Yang Huaiyu seemed to be very good to Erdan during this time. So Zhao Yan also wanted to know if this subordinate he had inadvertently accepted would have any future success?

Hearing Zhao Yan mention Erdan, Yang Huaiyu's originally somewhat depressed face finally showed a smile, and immediately spoke: "Erdan is very good, don't look at his thin skinny, but his muscles and bones are very strong, and his strength is greater than that of ordinary people, which is very suitable for practicing martial arts, and Erdan is also very smart, I plan to not only teach him martial arts, but also teach him some art of war, if he is willing to join the army in the future, he can also become a good general." ”

Zhao Yan was also overjoyed when he heard this, he didn't expect that he was still very discerning, and a subordinate who picked it up casually was so talented, but then he thought that the status of the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty was extremely low, and they had to tattoo words on their faces after becoming soldiers, and ordinary people also looked down on the soldiers, scolding them as "thieves with the army", although the second egg is a subordinate of his own house, but at least he does not have to worry about eating and drinking, it is estimated that he should not be willing to join the army, not to mention that even if he becomes a general, he will also be suppressed by the civilian group.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan no longer insisted on the matter of the second egg, he was looking for Yang Huaiyu today for another matter, so he asked again at this time: "Brother Huaiyu, you were sent here to guard the corn and sweet potatoes before, but now that those two crops have been sent away, why are you still staying here and not leaving, and why aren't those soldiers under your command here?" ”

Hearing Zhao Yan ask about this, he suddenly poked Yang Huaiyu's sadness, only to see him reach out and pick up the wine glass in front of him, and then drank the distilled spirits specially prepared by Zhao Yan, although he was a little uncomfortable with this kind of liquor at first, but he quickly breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Good wine, this is the wine that men should drink!" ”

With a glass of liquor in his stomach, Yang Huaiyu also felt a lot more relaxed, and immediately told his own experience, but Zhao Yan was also stunned after hearing it, he never thought that there would be such a thing in this world?

It turns out that there has always been a saying that "for the generals but three generations", because of the rebellion of the generals at the end of the Tang Dynasty, so that the Great Song Dynasty also took this as a warning, and the precautions against the generals were extremely strict.

The so-called generals are only three generations, not that the fourth generation of Jiangmen is very incompetent, but that the fourth generation of Jiangmen children are often deliberately suppressed by the imperial court, and it just so happens that Yang Huaiyu is the fourth generation of the Yang family, so since he became an adult, he has been treated unfairly by the imperial court, for example, he has followed his father in the army since he was a child, and he has also made a lot of contributions, but when he became an adult, he was transferred back to Tokyo as a palace guard.

Originally, Yang Huaiyu finally seized the opportunity this time to take charge of a janissary guard to guard the extremely important corn and sweet potatoes in Zhao Yan's mansion, he thought that after he made a contribution this time, he should be rewarded by the imperial court, even if it was impossible to transfer him back to the Western Army, but he would always be given a position with something to do.

But what Yang Huaiyu never expected was that after the corn and sweet potatoes were transported away, his guards were also transferred, but only he, the leader, did not receive any orders, as if the court had forgotten him, and according to the rules of the army, as long as he did not receive a new order, he had to act according to the previous order, so even if the corn and sweet potatoes he protected were no longer here, Yang Huaiyu still had to stay here, directly until he received a new order.

After Zhao Yan heard what happened to Yang Huaiyu and the reason for staying here, he couldn't help but be shocked by the insidiousness of the Great Song Dynasty, mainly those civilian groups, people like Yang Huaiyu should put him on the battlefield to make meritorious contributions, but those civil officials transferred Yang Huaiyu back to the capital to be idle, this is simply to use time to grind Yang Huaiyu into a waste, and now he is throwing the other party to himself without asking, if nothing else, it is estimated that Yang Huaiyu will wait here for a lifetime.

Yang Huaiyu talked about his own experience, and at the same time, he drank one cup after another, and finally with six or seven points of drunkenness, he could no longer control his feelings, and said sadly: "I think I Yang Huaiyu followed my father in the army at the age of twelve, went to the battlefield for the first time at the age of fourteen, and killed two Xixia soldiers with his own hands, and followed his father to fight in the north and south in the next four years, and also made a lot of contributions, but I didn't expect it to fall to such a point now, and there is nowhere to show my skills, sad!" Alas! ”

Yang Huaiyu said, reached out and took the wine jar on the table, and drank it mouth-to-mouth, he just wanted to use wine to drown his sorrows now, only after getting drunk, he could temporarily forget the pain in his heart.

Seeing Yang Huaiyu's appearance, Zhao Yan wanted to persuade but didn't know how to persuade him, and he didn't have the ability to help the other party, after all, he was just an idle county king, although he had a position in the weapons prison, but he didn't have much power. In fact, not only Zhao Yan couldn't help Yang Huaiyu, but even Zhao Shu, the emperor, couldn't do anything about it, because the suppression of military generals had formed a consensus among the civilian and official groups.

It is also worth mentioning that the civil official group of the Great Song Dynasty has begun to restrict the imperial power, it can be said that the Great Song Dynasty is the most suppressed era of imperial power in the Central Plains dynasties, even as the emperor, you also need to exercise imperial power in accordance with the rules formulated by the civil officials, otherwise it will be resisted by the civil official group, if this happens, the emperor will have to give in in the end.

For example, Zhao Yan's eldest brother Zhao Ji, although he strongly supported Wang Anshi's reform in history, he was resisted by most officials because of the change, and finally had to let Wang Anshi resign for the second time, and the new law was even short-lived, which shows the strength of the civil official group.

Seeing that Yang Huaiyu drank the wine in the wine jar in one go, and then put the wine jar down heavily, the two copper bells also had a bit of confusion in their big eyes, and it seemed that he was almost drunk. This made Zhao Yan sigh again, and reluctantly comforted: "Brother Huaiyu doesn't have to give up on himself, the Western Xia has not been destroyed, the Northern Liao has not been pacified, the imperial court will need to use troops on a large scale one day, and then it will be the time for a fierce general like Brother Huaiyu to shine!" ”

Zhao Yan said these words, even he didn't believe it, after all, he also knew how cruel the battle between the political groups was, even if he used troops in the future, I am afraid that Yang Huaiyu would not be reused.

Yang Huaiyu was also very clear about this, only to see him smile miserably and said: "The king of the county doesn't have to comfort Yang, he knows his own affairs, I have been away from the Western Army for eight years, and there is nothing to do every day in these eight years, although I can usually practice martial arts and study, but a military general has not been on the battlefield for a long time, and the whole person will be slowly abolished, such as the last time in the West Garden, this little girl next to you sneaked up on me, if it was placed before, I am afraid she would have been killed by me a long time ago, but at that time I didn't have the slightest vigilance, which is for a military general, It's absolutely unforgivable, I'm afraid that in a few years, I will really become a waste, even if I have the opportunity to go to war again, I will only be a fearful person! ”

Although Yang Huaiyu was full of wine when he spoke, his analysis was extremely thorough, or he had already figured it out, but he usually didn't dare to say it, but now he leaked it out with the strength of wine, and when he said these words, Yang Huaiyu couldn't help but cry, feeling sad for himself and for the generals of the Great Song Dynasty.

Seeing Yang Huaiyu's extremely sad but helpless appearance, Zhao Yan couldn't help but be silent in his heart, he had already made gunpowder weapons before, but in the era of the Great Song Dynasty, relying on one or two advanced weapons alone could not completely reverse the shape of the war, the most important thing was the military system of the Great Song Dynasty, but what could he do about it? (To be continued!)

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