Although he liked this sports activity very much, Li Keshi didn't have the heart to go hunting with Wang Bodang.

Mom! If you are a small rich peasant and a small landlord who is idle at home, a little squire who has little hope of any officialdom and knighthood except for a little guarantee of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and a cousin and nephew whose power is comparable to that of Wang Mang and Dong Zhuo fell from the sky for no reason, this cousin who has never met before not only respects you as a real elder and respects filial piety, but also spares no effort to promote and appoint you, and let you be a high-ranking official and enjoy the luxury of being in charge of an army for no reason, and then when it comes to him sending you to do things on an errand, Do you still have the heart to leave your military duties behind to go hunting, skiing, golfing? Isn't this a joke or what?

Of course, there are exceptions, and Li Keshi encountered such an accident this time. On the night of the eastward march from Xin'an, when he set up camp and rested ten miles southwest of Luoyang, a report suddenly came from the front, saying that he had found that Li Mi's army had crossed Luoshui overnight twenty miles east of Luoyang.

Relying on the efforts of the few veterans in the army, the number of Li Mi's partial division was found in the early morning, the number was about 10,000, and the commander was Li Mi's most trusted student Wang Bodang, and at the same time, the number of banners was estimated, Wang Shichong also probably mobilized an army between 4,000 and 5,000 to move to Nancheng, and the main will be Wang Shichong's other right-hand man Wang Junkuo. (With the same name and surname, there were two Wang Junkuo in the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, one was Wang Junkuo who gathered a crowd to revolt and later joined Li Yuanjun, and the other was Wang Shichong's nephew.) ）

The front has become a natural trap, if Li Keshi continues to lead the army forward, he will have to meet Wang Bodang head-on, and Wang Junkuo behind him may also send troops to intercept Li Keshi's return road at any time, the north is Luoshui, and the south is the deep mountains and old forests of the Funiu Mountains.

At the same time, considering that Wang Shichong and Li Mi's current combined forces are still more than Hua and his brothers, in order to ensure that these three potential enemies are defeated, Li Keshi also has a rather crazy idea, that is, he wants to lure some more Wang and Li coalition troops to the south, and share the pressure as much as possible for the main force of Hua and his brothers, who are about to take the initiative to fight.

Finally, after a sunny day, the weather in Luoyang on the eighth day of the first lunar month turned cloudy again, and in the wind, most of the soldiers and soldiers who had never been on the battlefield Li Keshi's army sang Qin Yun without clothes, followed Li Keshi's handsome banner before and after, strode across the southern city of Luoyang, and fearlessly walked towards Wang Bodang's army, which had been camped twenty miles ahead. Li Keshi was very trustworthy and did not allow his soldiers to approach within three miles of the southern city of Luoyang, Wang Junkuo also obeyed his uncle's order to stand still, and sat back and watched Li Keshi's army pass around the city, putting Wang Junkuo on his face, but he always had a hideous smile, and secretly scolded: "I don't know whether you are alive or dead, if your uncle gives an order, you will wait for the whole army to be wiped out." ”

When it was only seven or eight miles away from Wang Bodang's camp, Wang Bodang sent his brother-in-law Pei Shufang as an envoy to block Li Keshi's road head-on, and very politely asked to meet Li Keshi with a gift in his hand. Therefore, Yun Shilang sent his own official to march eastward first, stationed on the south bank of the Yanshi, and cut off the path of this traitor's escape to the south. ”

Li Keshi's excuse was, of course, to talk a lot of nonsense, but Pei Shufang didn't care, just pretended to be surprised and said, "It turns out that General Li is planning to enter the army?" That's too unfortunate, brother-in-law He also crossed Luoshui south on the order of Duke Wei, which was also to prevent Yu Wenhua and the traitors from escaping south, and Duke Wei also ordered that no army should be allowed to pass through his brother-in-law's defense area, even if it was a friendly army, what should I do? ”

"It's okay." Li Keshi smiled and said: "Please send your envoy back to General Wang Bodang, ask him to explain this matter to Mr. Fazhu as much as possible, and ask Mr. Fazhu to allow him to give way and let him go. ”

Pei Shufang understood that Li Keshi didn't want to go, but since Li Keshi didn't forcibly ask Wang Bodang to give way, this point also fell into the hands of Wang Bodang's army, so Pei Shufang didn't say anything, and immediately gave up his hand, Pegasus returned to Wang Bodang's camp, which was also in the camp, and reported to Wang Bodang about the negotiation with Li Keshi.

Li Keshi's excuse made Wang Bodang breathe a sigh of relief, knowing that Li Keshi also wanted to be false with him, and didn't want to turn his face and fight directly-although Wang Bodang was really not afraid of turning his face with Li Keshi. At this time, the deputy Zhang Changhui happened to come to report that the camp had been basically set up, and only needed to dig trenches and build fortifications, Wang Bodang had a little calculation, so he ordered Zhang Changhui to temporarily command the army to build fortifications, and he and Pei Shufang led more than 50 light horsemen to the west, personally went to Li Keshi's camp to observe the enemy situation, to see what kind of success Li Keshi had in governing the army and camping, and also waited for the opportunity to negotiate with Li Keshi in person, and appropriately demonstrate force, coercion and intimidation.

As soon as the connoisseur made a move, he knew if there was any, looking condescendingly on the south dirt mountain, the camp situation of Li Keshi's army made Wang Bodang a little surprised, his back was against the surging Luoshui, Li Keshi, who had just entered the battlefield, actually arranged a crescent moon camp inward, such a camp defense is quite strong, and at the same time, it also took into account the affairs of taking water, army transfer, soldier training and protecting grain and grass, etc., and it was quite convenient to admonish. It is the latest camp arrangement that has been created by the actual combat summary and study of the army in various places in recent years, and usually only experienced veterans of the battlefield will arrange the arrangement, and Li Keshi, who commanded the army for the first time, actually understands this kind of camp layout, Wang Bodang is naturally somewhat surprised.

Of course, if Wang Bodang had been a little more knowledgeable and knew that this camp arrangement was initiated by Li Keshi's own brother Li Jing, he would definitely not be so surprised.

Like General Yun, although Li Keshi is not as good as his genius brother in terms of managing the army and soldiers, and he is not like his cousin and nephew, he will use political commissar means to buy the hearts of the soldiers, and he is good at capturing the enemy's psychology and winning by surprise, but it is definitely decent, and there are no flaws in the strict place, and all kinds of fortifications in the battalion should be complete.

The scouts of the Sui army in Guanzhong had already discovered the existence of Wang Bodang and others, and after reporting to Li Keshi, Li Keshi ignored them, allowing the potential enemy Wang Bodang to peep into the camp of the army, and Wang Bodang, who wanted to know more about the situation of the Sui army, was not in a hurry to meet with Li Keshi, but at this time, there were fifty or sixty light horsemen running from Luoyang, and the leader was Wang Junkuo, the guard of Luoyang Nancheng, and then Wang Junkuo rushed directly to the low mountain where Wang Bodang was with the cavalry, and laughed from afar: "Bodang, guess it's you, Why, to find out the enemy's situation? ”

"Come and admire the military appearance of the friendly army." Wang Bodang corrected with a smile, and at the same time greeted each other with his old acquaintance Wang Junkuo, and asked with a smile: "General Junkuo is here to admire the lineup and military posture of friendly troops, right?" ”

"Almost, let's see how good this puppet is." Wang Junkuo replied casually and nodded, then carefully looked at the situation of Li Keshi's camp, and then sneered: "It's really like learning, if you don't know that this horseman has never been on the battlefield, I'm afraid you will really have to be frightened by his camp." ”

Wang Bodang was very satisfied with Wang Junkuo's contemptuous tone, knowing that like the inside information, the old Wang family really didn't want to see Chen Fuliang and his accomplice lackeys, and then Wang Bodang took the opportunity to say: "General Junkuo, anyway, we will have nothing to do, and we all have light horses, why don't we join forces and send someone in, invite the guest general out to shoot and hunt, and meet by the way, how about it?" ”

"Good idea, just let that man see the general's archery! Let him know what kind of fate will happen here with the army. Wang Junkuo heard the applause, and couldn't wait to mention the ugly incident of Chen Fuliang shooting in Surabaya, and felt that Chen Fuliang's cousin must be with him all the way, Wang Bodang heard it funny, and immediately sent people to the Sui army camp and invited Li Keshi to go out of the camp to shoot and hunt.

It was our turn to be embarrassed by Uncle Li, scratching his head with a painful face and not daring to agree immediately, and the few personal soldiers brought by Li Keshi from Sanyuan's hometown next to him couldn't help laughing, and they didn't dare to laugh, but after thinking about it a little, Li Keshi still patted the case and said: "Go!" Although the official had sworn before that he would not shoot and hunt during the period of commanding the troops, Wang Bodang and Wang Junkuo were clearly provoking the official, and if the official did not go, he would show weakness, and they would definitely bully people even more in the future! Go! Whether you shoot or not can talk about it then, but you have to go! Eldest Sun Cheng, Wei Ting, you stay in the camp and step up your camp. ”

The two deputy commanders, Sun Cheng and Wei Ting, agreed together, but they also told Li Keshi to be careful and safe, Li Keshi hurriedly packed up his bow and arrows and agreed casually, but Li Rui, the old family member and pro-soldier captain Li Keshi brought from Sanyuan's hometown, couldn't help but smile and said: "Two generals, you still have to worry about the birds and beasts around you, they will be ...... bad luck." Before he finished speaking, Li Rui was already glared at by Li Keshi's fierce gaze and closed his mouth.

So, after Li Keshi also led more than 50 cavalry out of the camp, the three main generals of the army with their own ghosts soon met on the dirt mountain southwest of the Sui army camp, and after the meeting, Li Keshi, who inherited the handsome and beautiful appearance of his parents like his brother, made Wang Bodang and Wang Junkuo very despised at the first impression, coupled with Li Keshi's deliberate restraint for some reasons, his manners and deeds were too polite and elegant, and soon left such an impression on Wang Bodang and Wang Junkuo - a rookie who was as powerless as Chen Fuliang. Chen Fuliang relied on ruthlessness and scheming to get to the top, while Li Keshi was even worse, and he completely relied on his relatives to get to the top of the **** position.

None of the three main generals mentioned the topic of war, and Wang Bodang didn't ask how long Li Keshi planned to lead the army to be stationed here, so he smiled and said to Li Keshi and Wang Junkuo: "General Keshi, General Junkuo, it's rare that the three of us can get together today, and there is no military affairs on the left and right, so how about we just shoot and hunt and have fun?" Shoot some rabbit brood chickens, which is also just right for wine tonight. ”

"Good idea." Wang Junkuo immediately agreed, and also said: "By the way, the archery method is compared, whoever shoots the least prey will lose to the two families with three jars of wine!" ”

When saying this, Wang Junkuo and Wang Bodang had been observing Li Keshi's reaction, and the result was the same as they expected, Li Keshi, who looked elegant and handsome, really didn't dare to say anything, his hands were still trembling slightly, and then Li Keshi said with a somewhat painful expression: "Two generals, forget it, my riding skills and archery skills are not good, that is better than you?" If you want to drink, I'll give you three jars of good wine each, so don't compete. ”

No matter how you look at Li Keshi, it doesn't seem that he is deliberately modest, Wang Bodang and Wang Junkuo have the bottom in their hearts, and they both say how can this work, how can a person who commands troops and fights not be proficient in riding and archery skills? Among these famous generals throughout the ages, except for a very few waste snacks that can't shoot through the bar, how many of them are not able to shoot a strong bow and a hard crossbow? Shooting and hunting as a daily routine? Then Wang Junkuo didn't care whether his words had been sarcastic about a certain relative of Li Keshi, and immediately ordered half of the cavalry under his command to go to the forest and grass to expel the prey, Wang Bodang also smiled and ordered, and then Li Keshi had no choice but to send his cavalry to search and prey to appear.

Wang Junkuo and Wang Bodang are obviously perennial hunters, and the cavalry they brought know how to hunt, even if there are not many prey in winter, they quickly forced out some hares, pheasants and birds from the grass in the forest, and on the contrary, the cavalry under the command of Li Keshi was not good in this regard, and after tossing for a long time, he startled a few thieves in the grass, and one of the soldiers was so stupid that he took himself off his horse when he used a gun to stir up the grass, and the wolf fell into the snow, which made Wang Bodang and the cavalry brought by Wang Junkuo laugh. It also made Li Keshi's face extremely ugly - and then Li Keshi immediately stopped Li Rui, a family member who was eager to try next to him.

Among the birds and beasts, Wang Junkuo proudly showed his love bow, a very beautifully decorated horned horse bow, and also showed his love bow and said: "Two stone bows, within a hundred steps, can break the armor!" When I followed my uncle to fight Liu Yuanjin, the income I got in Danyang was worth fifty gold! ”

I couldn't get used to Wang Junkuo's arrogance, Wang Bodang quietly showed a more exquisite carved beam horse bow, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness King Qing sent me, according to legend, it was once used by the overlord Xiang Yu, three stones, within one hundred and twenty steps, can be pierced with good iron armor, worth a hundred gold!" ”

"Really?" Wang Junkuo opened his mouth wide, staring at the obviously better horse bow in Wang Bodang's hand with greed and envy, and asked, "This horse bow is really used by Xiang Yu?" ”

Wang Bodang smiled and nodded, Li Keshi suddenly spoke, and said: "Fake, there were no stirrups in the Qin and Han dynasties, of course there was no horse bow, if it was a step bow, it may have been used by Xiang Yu, and this bow could never be left behind by the overlord of Chu." ”

After that, Li Keshi quickly closed his mouth, but Wang Junkuo was happy when he heard it, and hurriedly said that it was exactly the case, at that time, there was no horse bow from the stirrup, Wang Bodang was full of embarrassment, and said with some embarrassment: "So that's the case, it seems that I was deceived, but this bow can indeed break armor within one hundred and twenty steps, and it is a rare good bow." ”

Wang Junkuo's continued snickering made Wang Bodang even more embarrassed, and Wang Bodang could only quickly change the topic and ask Li Keshi: "General Li, what bow are you using?" How many stones? How far can you shoot? ”

The muscles on Li Keshi's face twitched twice for no reason, and then he silently showed his love bow - it was also a horse bow, but the appearance was very inconspicuous and very old. Wang Bodang and Wang Junkuo saw each other and laughed secretly, never thought that a hare suddenly rushed into their hundred steps, Wang Junkuo did not hesitate to pull the bow and arrow, an arrow shot out, the arrow broke through the wind, and nailed the poor hare alive seventy steps away, and the cavalry of the Eastern Capital brought by Wang Junkuo was also thunderous with joy.

Wang Bodang smiled, then raised his bow and arrow, and shot the same arrow, and then a pheasant flying away a hundred paces away fell to the ground, and the cavalry he brought with him suddenly burst into even more violent cheers.

Probably aware that Wang Bodang also had the intention of demonstrating to him, Wang Junkuo, who had changed his face, immediately rode his horse and ran, continuously opened his bow and released arrows, and among the five arrows, two birds and two rabbits were shot one after another, so that the cavalry of the Eastern Capital cheered continuously, and Wang Bodang over there galloped faster on a flying horse, and released seven arrows in a row to hit seven birds and rabbits, in exchange for Wang Junkuo's face was even more ugly, and Li Mijun's cavalry cheered and roared more excitedly.

Only Li Keshi never moved, his hands and feet were trembling, Li Keshi looked up at the sky, and in the gloomy sky, there happened to be a goshawk hovering, and suddenly let out an eagle roar.

The sound of the eagle was heard by Wang Bodang and Wang Junkuo at the same time, and when the two doors looked up together, Wang Junkuo immediately found that the eagle flew too high, and his arrow could not be shot at all, so he could only hold the bow and wait, Wang Bodang did not hesitate much, estimated that the distance should be enough, and raised his head to shoot an arrow.

Wang Bodang's luck was very bad, there happened to be a gust of wind blowing, blowing his arrow a little in the wrong direction, grazing the eagle and flying away, but also frightened the eagle to fly higher, quickly exceeding Wang Bodang's range. Wang Junkuo gloated and snickered, Wang Bodang could only put down his bow and arrow in embarrassment, pulled the topic to Li Keshi, and asked with a smile: "Old General Li, how do you do it, is there no suitable prey?" ”

"It's not." Li Keshi's expression was painful, and he replied: "I swore that I would not shoot and hunt during the unification of the army." ”

"Good excuses." Wang Junkuo sneered in his heart, with a kind smile on his face, and said, "General Li, since you don't shoot and hunt, how about changing the target?" Seeing the old tree a hundred steps away, shoot it and let us see your archery? ”

Li Keshi squinted his eyes, and saw that there was indeed an isolated old tree a hundred steps away, and his heart was a little shaken, but he still didn't move, Wang Junkuo smiled coldly, raised his hand and shot an arrow, which happened to hit the old tree, and a cavalry of the Eastern Capital who was next to him was also very funny, rushed up and looked at it and shouted: "The general is good at archery, half a foot into the wood!" ”

With a whoosh, the arrow in Wang Bodang's hand suddenly shot out, also hitting the old tree, and the Dongdu cavalry who looked at the depth of the arrow looked at it and stammered, not daring to say anything, and a Li Mijun cavalry rushed up to take a look, and then shouted happily: "General Bodang's magic arrow, seven inches into the wood!" ”

Wang Junkuo's face turned blue all of a sudden, and without saying a word, he re-drew the bow, and Wang Bodang over there did the same, struggling to pull out the hard bow, and shot an arrow almost at the same time as Wang Junkuo, and the two arrows broke through the air and made a violent whistling sound.

"Whoa!"

The sound of more violent feather arrows breaking through the air suddenly sounded, and a feather arrow suddenly shot out, castration was extremely fast, and the quasi-head was even more outrageous, and it actually split the two arrows of Wang Bodang and Wang Junkuo in the air, and then hit the old tree, and directly passed through the tree, including the tail of the arrow directly into the tree!

No one dared to shout, all the cavalry present opened their mouths wide, Wang Junkuo and Wang Bodang turned around with difficulty, but saw Li Keshi holding the old horse bow in his hand, the muscles on his face continued to twitch, and suddenly shouted: "Lao Tzu can't help it!" ”

In the roar, Li Keshi quickly drew the arrow on the string, raised his head and shot it into the sky, an arrow hit the eagle hovering at a higher place, the eagle screamed and landed, and then Li Keshi galloped on his horse, and released arrows one after another in the charge, the arrow was not missing, either the bird was shot alive, or the hare was inserted in the ground, Li Keshi also roared constantly, "What's wrong with hunting?" What happened to shooting? Shooting and hunting without delaying the commander, what does Lao Tzu endure him to do? ”

"Quick!" Li Rui, the captain of Li Keshi's personal army, also shouted and shouted: "Quickly pick up our general's arrows, the big yellow arrows used by Li Guang, nine arrows are worth one acre of land!" Don't waste a single one! ”

When the cavalry of the Sui army responded, Wang Junkuo and Wang Bodang were even more dumbfounded, and exclaimed in unison: "The big yellow arrow used by Li Guang?!" Nine arrows can be exchanged for an acre of land?! ”

Li Rui nodded, and explained: "Our General Li loves to ride and shoot into a habit, and spent a lot of money to buy the big yellow arrows left by General Li Guang, and asked master craftsmen to imitate them, the cost is very expensive, and the cost of nine arrows can be exchanged for an acre of land." ”

"And what about his bow?" Wang Bodang hurriedly asked.

"Two generals Wang, have you heard of Yang Kan's name?" Li Rui asked with a wry smile.

Wang Junkuo shook his head, but Wang Bodang, who had been educated by Li Mi over there, turned pale and blurted out: "Yang Kan? Could this be the legendary sheep and horse bow? Six stones! Armor piercing in one hundred and eighty steps?! ”

While Wang Junkuo was completely dumbfounded, Li Rui nodded with a wry smile and said: "For this sheep bow, our general pawned out his mansion in Daxing, and he and his wife quarreled about this matter for many times. ”

Looking at Wang Bodang and Wang Junkuo, who had fallen into a state of dementia, Li Rui lowered his voice again and said: "Two generals, don't compare with our generals, you must not know, the birds and beasts in the Sanyuan area already know our general, and when they hear his voice, they quickly run away, and our people there have given our general a nickname." ”

"What nickname?" Wang Bodang hurriedly asked again.

Li Rui's mouth opened, shook his head and refused to answer, and replied in his heart: "Bird thief!" ”

At this time, Li Keshi rushed back to Wang Bodang and Wang Junkuo's side, raised his bow and beckoned: "Two generals Wang, don't you want to test your archery skills?" How to compare? How to bet? Bet on your head! I'm here to the end! ”

Wang Bodang and Wang Junkuo finally didn't dare to say anything this time, and said together in their hearts: "Oh no, we still underestimate this relative of Chen Yingliang's traitor, I can't imagine that his archery skills are so outstanding, and he can also shoot a six-stone strong bow, this martial arts is above me!" ”