June is a fire, and the days are bitter. Since ancient times, heroes have been stumbling, living even if it is difficult, and living when they are tired. Life is bumpy, and there are tragic songs in the rivers and lakes. The princely end of the road is a penny, the left is helpless, the right is helpless!

The old man guarding the melon said with a smile: "A penny! ”

"What? Such a big watermelon, you only need a penny? Did I hear me right? ”

When Xiao Yixuan heard that he was talking about a penny, he was dumbfounded, and suddenly thought to himself, what should I do? You can say that other people's things are expensive and refuse to pay the bill, but people only say that they are not worth a penny, and there is nothing in the world that is not worth more than a penny, so you can't say that it is expensive, right? But it's the most worthless penny, and now I don't have it in my pocket, isn't this a place to eat white food?

I saw Xiao Yixuan suddenly "plop" and knelt down for the old man and said: "Uncle, it's Zhao who is shameless, I was wrong!" I have eaten your melons for nothing, please forgive me! In the next is also a day after day, entangled exhausted, in fact, has long been penniless, but hungry and thirsty, seeing your melon field, instinctively can not restrain themselves, is really helpless, I hope you can forgive! If Zhao Kuangyin has a developed day in the future, he will definitely repay you for your grace today! ”

"Alright! The old man said that he didn't really want to collect your money, seeing that the son talked well, he must also be a reader, knowing that you Sven people love decency, and receiving this penny is just to maintain your decency, since there is no one, it is no hindrance, and the son does not have to worry! ”

"Please bow down next! Thank you, uncle! Dare to ask the old man's surname, where he lives, and Zhao will repay him in the future! ”

"The old man has been farming all his life for a living, and what grows in this field is for people to eat, and the son can eat my mouthful of melons today, which is also regarded as the old man's accumulation of virtue and good deeds, what else to talk about to repay or not, but on this hot day, where is the son going?"

"By the way, the old man asked, Zhao couldn't help but say bluntly, is there anyone surnamed Guo here?"

"The old man's nephew is surnamed Guo! I am his uncle, my nephew's name is Guo Wei, and his nickname is Guo Qi'er. ”

"And where is your nephew now?"

"He! It's not because of the damn war, he led the troops to fight in the front! But it's not far from here. ”

"Oh! Do you know where his camp is? ”

"What are you going to do with him?"

"Now that I am homeless and penniless, I can always eat when I go to war, and I have a place to live, I have heard of Guo Shuai's prestige, but I didn't expect that he was here, so he wanted to join his command."

"Alas, the war is hard! If you really want to go, go all the way north, cross the Han River, and climb a mountain to get there. ”

"Thank you for your advice, then don't leave it at that!"

"What did you just say your name is Zhao?"

"Under Zhao Kuangyin, take care!"

Looking at the back of Zhao Kuangyin leaving, the old man shook his head and said to himself: "Alas, a penny is difficult to beat a hero!" ”

It is said that Xiao Yixuan said goodbye to the melon guards that day and went all the way to the north, crossed the Han River, went upstream, and saw the mountains in front of him, the mountains were steep, and there was a large camp behind the mountain that was stationed in danger, and there was a big flag floating in the air, and the word "Guo" was written on the flag. Xiao Yixuan thought secretly: "The white-bearded old man in the broken temple that night said, 'Meet Guo Nai'an', could it be here?" Thinking as he walked towards the camp.

After a while, he arrived at the front of the camp and was stopped by the sentry guarding outside the camp, so he stepped forward and asked, "May I ask if Guo Dashuai in your camp is there?" ”

The sentry said, "Yes, where are you from?" Xiao Yixuan said: "Xiangyang." ”

The sentry asked again: "What is your name, and what are you doing to find Guo Dashuai?" ”

"My name is Zhao Kuangyin, and I am here to meet the marshal and serve the country."

"Look at you like a scholar, you don't enjoy happiness at home, you think it's fun to fight, it's going to die." The sentry said contemptuously.

Xiao Yixuan said: "Heroes are born in troubled times, if you don't take advantage of the present to make contributions, when will you wait?" ”

The sentry stared at Xiao Yixuan for a long time, convinced that he was not joking, so he said, "Since you have such great ambitions, I will go and report to you." ”

The commander of this battalion is Guo Wei, who was ordered to march westward, served as a consolation envoy, commanded all the armies on the western route, and was temporarily resting on the way to the march at this time.

When Guo Wei learned that Xiao Yixuan was unaccompanied, eager to join the army, and had met his uncle to help him show the way, he said: "Just stay under my account and fight together, if you have merit, I will sponsor you." ”

So, Xiao Yixuan easily stayed in Guo Ying, and really opened a new chapter in his life as Zhao Kuangyin.

Following the army to the river, along the way, Zhao Kuangyin was flexible, bravely killed the enemy, performed outstandingly, and made a lot of achievements. Guo Wei moved to stay in Yedu, and Guo Wei also treated Zhao Kuangyin very seriously, but he never sponsored him.

Later, Guo Wei usurped the throne, and the founding name was Zhou. Zhao Kuangyin was promoted to the head of the East and West Shift, and concurrently served as the deputy commander of Huazhou, and it didn't take long for Zhao Kuangyin to serve in the forbidden army. Because Guo Wei had no heirs, and his righteous son Chai Rong was in the prime of life at that time, and he was well versed in military aircraft and served as a servant, in charge of internal and external soldiers and horses, he established Chai Rong as the emperor, and the temple name was Sejong. Liu Chong, the lord of the Northern Han Dynasty, heard that Chai Rong had just succeeded to the throne, so he took advantage of the fire to rob and wanted to be surprised, so he personally led 30,000 elite soldiers, and also united 10,000 cavalry of the Liao State to attack Gaoping, and got the alarm from the north, Chai Rong personally led the forbidden army, and rushed to the north day and night.

Who knows that the Han soldiers flocked to the army, all the soldiers were strong and strong, quite a posture of swallowing the Zhou State, the Zhou lord Chai Rong led the soldiers forward, the two armies each held swords and guns to fight, just fought a few rounds, the Zhou soldiers were obviously weak, at this time suddenly out of the formation of a cavalry to throw away their armor and surrender to the Han soldiers, and then more than 1,000 infantry also followed, the Zhou lord saw the generals who were willing to surrender to the Han, one was Fan Aineng, one was He Hui, couldn't help but be angry, so he rushed to the front of the battle, led the army straight up, and the killing sound shook the sky for a while. Liu Chong, the lord of the Northern Han Dynasty, saw that the lord of Zhou personally supervised the battle, and ordered hundreds of crossbowmen to release arrows together, in an attempt to shoot the lord of Zhou. The personal soldiers under the command of Lord Zhou hurriedly stepped forward to protect Lord Zhou with their shields, and in an instant, the shields were full of arrows.

When Zhao Kuangyin saw this, he said to the soldiers who accompanied him: "The Lord is in danger of death, are we just here to stand by?" ”

After speaking, he rode out of the horse, holding a Tongtian stick, smashed into the enemy formation, and met each other in short combat, Yue Kuangyin learned a set of Xingyi boxing from Master Shunyuan, which came in handy at this time, and brought his improved set of long fists to the extreme, so that the enemy did not dare to fight, and quickly reversed the situation and gained the upper hand.

There was a general named Murong Yanzhao, who was familiar with Zhao Kuangyin's fist, and also participated in the battle, and the rest of the generals were not far behind when they saw this, and rushed forward. These dozens of strong generals, thousands of elite soldiers, work together, straight to the enemy soldiers have been defeated and retreated, but defeat into victory, Zhou Zhu saw the defeat of the Han soldiers, and immediately inspired the soldiers' momentum, so he led the army to chase bravely. The more the Han soldiers fled, the more chaotic they became, and the Zhou soldiers pursued more and more closely, until the Han lord retreated to the east of the river and closed the city to hold on, and the Zhou lord chose a place to set up camp. However, Fan Aineng, He Hui and others did not get the trust of the Han lord, but rejected them, resulting in the inability to enter the city, and there was no choice but to return to the Zhou camp again to wait for the crime, Zhou Shizong said angrily: "How can the rebels stay? "Immediately ordered their beheading.

The next day, the Lord of Zhou drove troops to attack the city, and Zhao Kuangyin took the lead and burned the city with fire. The soldiers in the city panicked, all the arrows were shot down in unison, the Zhou soldiers were unable to defend themselves, Zhao Kuangyin's left arm was shot by a flying arrow, and the blood flowed like an infusion, he was slightly injured and could not get out of the line of fire, covering the wound and attacking again. Lord Zhou was overjoyed in his eyes, thinking that such a loyal and brave man was really rare, and immediately recalled him back to the camp.

Later, Zhou Shizong thought that it was not a long-term solution to garrison the city, so he transferred the army back to Biandu, and named Zhao Kuangyin as the Marquis of Duyu, and concurrently served as the assassin of Yanzhou.

Murong Yanzhao found an opportunity to pull Zhao Kuangyin aside and asked: "In the battle of Gaoping, the boxing technique used by Zhao Tingshi looks very familiar below, dare to ask where did Tingshi learn?" ”

"This fist was taught by a master with the name Shunyuan, and later Zhao improved it."

"I see, then we are from the same school, Master Shunyuan is also Murong Yanzhao's master, Brother Zhao please accept the worship of the junior brother!"

"How could it be such a coincidence? It seems that we and the three masters are really fateful, and the junior brother is invited, and we will take care of each other more in the future. ”

"The junior brother sees that the senior brother is upright, and I am willing to follow the senior brother forever!"

Next, when he learned that he was going to start a war with Tang Bing Qingliuguan, Zhao Kuangyin volunteered to be the commander, but he lost the battle. Zhao Kuangyin was worried, so he went to the villagers to understand the local situation, and the villagers said that there was a Zhao scholar teaching in the village, and this person was resourceful, so Zhao Kuangyin went to visit.

After the two met, they were taken aback at first, looked at each other in a daze, and at the same time exclaimed in surprise: "Brother Xiao, why are you?" ”

"Brother Zhao, long time no see!"

Immediately hugged each other excitedly, it turned out that this person's name was Zhao Pu, and he was still Xiao Yixuan's childhood playmate, and now that his old friends are reunited in another country, he is naturally even more happy.

The two found a quiet place to catch up, and Xiao Yixuan and his old friend told how they changed from Xiao Yixuan to Zhao Kuangyin today, and how they came from Tang to Zhou. Coincidentally, Zhao Pu actually had a similar experience, and both of them were angry about being abandoned by their homeland, which led to hatred.

So Zhao Kuangyin had a bold ambition in his heart, and whispered to Zhao Pu to listen, Zhao Pu was very interested, and the two hit it off when they planned the future together.

One of the three joys in life is to meet old acquaintances in a foreign country, and the two of them have a hearty drink, and they have a drunken rest.

"There is a hidden path under Qingliu Pass, and even Nan* doesn't know it, so you can go directly to the city." Zhao Pu offered his first plan to Zhao Kuangyin.

Zhao Kuangyin was very happy when he heard this, and went out of the path with Zhao Pu and the army at night overnight, and really cut through the pass, and caught the Southern Tang generals Huangfu Huicang and Yao Feng who were still asleep.

The Tang soldiers were suddenly defeated, and Chuzhou City went down without a fight, and successfully planted the battle flag on the city wall. After Zhao Kuangyin entered the city, while appeasing the people, he ordered people to escort more than 100 captives to report to the Zhou lord, and the Zhou lord saw that he had won the battle, and he appreciated Zhao Kuangyin very much, so he handed over those prisoners to Zhao Kuangyin for disposal.

Zhao Kuangyin treated the 100th captive as a bandit and prepared to be beheaded. Zhao Pu on the side said: "If you don't interrogate and understand, you will be executed, in case someone is framed, wouldn't it be a mistake to kill a good person?" ”

Zhao Kuangyin smiled and said, "You scholar is really pedantic!" The people of this place were originally captives, and pardoning them all was already an extrajudicial favor, and if they ran back to the * camp, wouldn't our battle be in vain? If we don't correct the Fa immediately, won't we be raising tigers for trouble? ”