Zengtou is a bazaar that was just a small village a few decades ago.

At that time, the Dajin Kingdom had not yet been established, and the Jurchen tribe was still under the brutal rule of the Great Liao. The great hero of the Jurchens and the current emperor of the Dajin Kingdom, Wanyan Aguta, was only a tribal chief under the rule of the Great Liao.

The Jurchen boy, who was so poor that he couldn't survive, once left the white mountains and black waters, followed the caravan of the southerners, and came to the prosperous Great Song Dynasty.

As soon as he came to the Central Plains, he was stunned!

He had never seen such a bustling place, and he had never seen so many people.

Compared with these well-dressed Song people, he is like a wild man who runs out of the deep mountains and forests, and he is very ashamed of himself.

He gave birth to the dream of the Great Song Dynasty in his heart, and he was determined to be a real Great Song people!

He did it very successfully, followed the caravan, made a lot of money, and finally came out to work alone.

Zeng Lang is by no means a well-behaved businessman, secretly engaged in smuggling contraband.

After making a lot of money, he bought a large piece of land in a village with convenient transportation in Lingzhou, Hebei Province, and settled down.

With his familiarity with Liaodong and the Jurchen tribes, Zeng's business became bigger and bigger, he brought fur cattle and sheep from the north, and transported cloth and tea from the Great Song Dynasty to Liaodong.

Many times, his supply could not meet the demand, so he introduced his peers and became a broker himself, and slowly, more and more merchants of the Great Song Dynasty and northern merchants traded here, forming a rather prosperous bazaar.

Everyone calls this bazaar Zengtou City! As for the name of the original village, no one knows anymore!

In Zengtou City, Zeng Lane is the absolute emperor of the soil, saying that it is true, everyone respectfully calls him a chief, and there are thousands of Zhuang guest thugs at home!

What he is most proud of is his five sons, Zeng Tu, Zeng Mi, Zeng Suo, Zeng Kui, and Zeng Sheng, who may inherit the genes of the Jurchens' bravery and good at fighting, and the five men are all brave men!

It stands to reason that he once made a lot of money, and his sons were capable and promising, so he should have no regrets.

But, he has!

He found that in the Great Song Dynasty, if he was not an official, no matter how much money he had, he was just a grass man, and his social status was very low.

Shinong businessman, the Zeng family is a businessman!

So Zeng Lang dreamed that the Zeng family would be an official!

Probably because of the Jurchen bloodline, the five tigers of the Zeng family are not reading material at all, and the imperial examination is a no-brainer.

As a well-informed businessman, he did not let his sons go to the frontier to make meritorious achievements, because he knew that soldiers without background, no matter how brave they were and how many enemies they killed, the credit would be the superior's, and he would get some rewards at most.

It is not possible to donate officials (buy officials), the Great Song Dynasty can spend money to buy officials, and it is not sneaky, but the price is clearly marked by the imperial court, and if it can't be sold, it will be forced to apportion, and if you don't buy it, you have to buy it!

But most people are not interested, because this kind of bought official is not only expensive, but also has no meaning, not to mention real power, not even a good fortune, just want to talk good! For example, "Lu Yuanwai", "Zhu Chaofeng" and so on.

Therefore, when he received the letter from Qi Zhizhou in Lingzhou, he immediately gathered his five sons, and invited the teacher Shi Wengong and the deputy teacher Su Ding.

After a while, Shi Wengong and Su Ding came in, saluted, and sat on the right side in turn.

Then five young men came in and asked, "What did my father call us for?" ”

Zeng Lang was in a good mood, and after his sons sat down on the left side in turn, he said with a smile: "The old man just received a letter from Qi Zhizhou, which said that the imperial court ordered Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo, the regimental training envoys of Benzhou, to lead the army to exterminate Zhulong who was in rebellion in Dongping Mansion. ”

"It's just a mere eight-grade regiment training envoy, is it worth my life?" The boss once said dissatisfied.

Zeng Lang didn't expect his eldest son to say this, so he looked at Shi Wengong and asked, "What does Teacher Shi think?" ”

"The eldest prince is wrong!" Shi Wengong said slowly: "The so-called everything is difficult at the beginning! We and other ordinary people, although they have money, those high-ranking officials and nobles do not disdain to associate with us, if there is a serious official body, it is a group of officials, although it is a sesame official, but as long as the money is attached, it is naturally not difficult to be promoted to a knight! ”

Zeng Lang nodded again and again, "The teacher's words are exactly what I want!" Don't be short-sighted! ”

The fifth child Zeng Sheng said proudly: "It's okay to go for a walk!" We broke Zhujiazhuang and captured the Zhulong alive, so that the world would know how powerful our five tigers were! ”

"Not bad! I often hear people in the rivers and lakes say how majestic the three heroes of the Zhu family are, and our five tigers of the Zeng family are not convinced, and they will definitely fight it! The fourth Zeng Kui shouted.

Seeing that everyone agreed to go, Zeng Tu also changed his mind and asked, "Father, when will we leave?"

Zeng Lang sneered, "That Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo don't know how powerful my son is, and they want to test your skills before they agree, we will go to Lingzhou tomorrow first, and let those two ignorant fanatics see your methods!" ”

The next day, outside the gate of Lingzhou West City, the military camp and school field.

On the platform, a big umbrella of Huang Luo, Qi Zhizhou sat under the umbrella.

Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo were all draped and stood on the stage.

On both sides of the stage stood lieutenant generals and colonels of the army, such as the main envoy, the commander envoy, the tooth general, the captain, the regular army, and the deputy army.

On both sides of the stage, there are five drums on each side, and there are ten shirtless men who show a strong body of tendons and flesh, holding red silk drumsticks.

On the school field, there are 8,000 troops neatly arranged, and above the phalanx, flags are waving, and hunting sounds!

Shan and Wei Erjiang made such a formation, but he deliberately borrowed the five tigers of the Zeng family to show his martial arts in front of Qi Zhizhou and his generals. Establish authority.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves was heard in the distance, and more than a hundred knights galloped towards them, raising a cloud of dust.

Seeing that these knights rushed straight to the military camp without slowing down, Wei Dingguo showed anger: "Hu'er is rude! ”

As soon as the words fell, these knights rushed to the outside of the gate, and the knight in front pulled the reins, the horses stopped, and the people stood up.

Just when everyone thought that this knight would be knocked down and trampled into pulp by the war horse behind him, the more than 100 horsemen behind him immediately stopped, and their movements were uniform.

Everyone present is knowledgeable, and they are all shocked! Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo glanced at each other, and they both saw the solemnity in each other's eyes.

After the guards at the gate let them go, the knights slowed down their horses and pulled in.

At the front is Zeng Rong, who is fifty years old, with gray temples, but a strong body, a straight waist, can ride a fierce horse, and can hold a hard bow.

Behind him are the five tigers of the Zeng family, all wearing heavy armor and holding spears.

Behind them are the one hundred and twenty elite horsemen led by the two teachers, Shi Wengong and Su Ding.

"The grass people have been laned, and they brought their five sons to meet Lord Zhizhou!" Zeng Lane came to the front of the stage, dismounted and bowed, and the people behind also dismounted and bowed.

Shan Tinggui snorted coldly and said, "What a big shelf, I have to wait for Lord Zhizhou for a long time!" ”

"The grass people should die, Lord Lao has been waiting for a long time!" Zeng Rong hurriedly kowtowed and admitted his mistake.

The five tigers of the Zeng family all looked at Shan Ting angrily, and their eyes almost wanted to breathe fire!

Qi Zhizhou smiled generously: "It's still early, Chief Zeng has worked hard all the way, please get up quickly!" ”

After Zeng Rong and the others got up, Qi Zhizhou said: "Now Zhujiazhuang in Dongping Mansion is in turmoil, capturing the state capital, resisting the official army, and the imperial court cannot control it. The two generals of Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo, the two generals of our state regiment, are brave and good at fighting, and the DPRK and China also know their abilities, so they sent the two generals to quell the chaos!

I have long heard that the chief Zeng has always had the heart to serve the country, and the five sons under his knees were all heroic at that time, brave and brave, so the official recommended a few people to go to quell the chaos, after the success, the two generals of Shan and Wei must move high, and then the official will send the Zeng family to the imperial court to protect one person as the training envoy of our state regiment! ”

"Thanks to the love of adults, grass people and dogs dare to do their best to serve the country!"

"Good! General Shan and General Wei have never met you, they don't know the roots, and if they want to try your skills, you can practice in front of the whole army! ”

"Please teach the two generals!"

The five tigers of the Zeng family had long seen that Shan Tinggui and Wei Dingguo were not pleasing to the eye, and the five of them stepped forward, stood in a row, and looked at the two generals with provocative eyes.

Zeng Sheng was young and vigorous, and the big lama said: "We five brothers, please pick any one!" ”

"Arrogance!" Wei Dingguo was furious and jumped off the platform, "The five of you go up together!" ”

With a wave of his hand, his own soldiers brought the war horse and handed him a long wooden stick, the head of which was wrapped in a thick cloth and covered with white lime.

"I'm enough for one person!" The fifth elder had risen forward and glared at Wei Dingguo.

"Children are rebellious, please forgive me!" He once drank and retreated, and Zeng Sheng.

"Haha! Young people are strong-blooded! Qi Zhizhou said indifferently: "Zhizi Mo Ruo's father, please send your strongest son in martial arts to compete with General Wei!" ”

"The eldest son is older, and he has learned martial arts for a few more years, so send him into battle!" Zeng Tu whispered a few words in the ear of his eldest son Zeng Tu, but he didn't know what he said, but he saw Zeng Tu showing a look of indignation.

He took the long wooden stick handed by an officer and soldier, and like Wei Dingguo's, it was wrapped in thick cotton cloth and covered with lime.

Wei Dingguo rode to the center of the field and shouted: "Hurry up and go into battle, don't delay!" Use your housekeeping skills! See if you are five tigers or five cats? ”

Zeng Tu was furious, jumped on his horse, waved a wooden stick, and met him.

Both of them don't talk nonsense, they can't wait to knock each other over and get off the horse immediately, and as soon as they get started, they will use all their strength to fight.

Fortunately, the head of the wooden stick is wrapped in a thick cloth, and it will not be seriously injured when hit on the body, but will only leave white lime.

Twenty rounds later, Wei Dingguo's stick method was messed up, and he was shocked in his heart, and said secretly: "This kid is so powerful, I'm not an opponent!" How is this good, if you lose in front of so many people, I am afraid that your prestige in the army will be discredited! ”

He was timid and anxious in his heart, and the stick method was even more unbearable!

But after a few rounds, he was still sitting on the horse, and Zeng Tu didn't take advantage of him, just easily breaking his moves every time, but leaving the door empty.

Wei Dingguo suddenly understood that he must have asked him to save some face for himself, so Zeng Tu did not kill him.

He simply shouted to stop, reined in the war horse, and left the stick still underground, and said: "The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, Zeng Gongzi's martial arts are strong, and he will admire it. ”