It is late autumn, on the vast grassland, there are hundreds of tents, these hundred tents are arched around a large tent that is dozens of times larger than other tents, dozens of black flags in front of the tent hunt in the whistling north wind, the flags of these black flags are embroidered with silver silk thread with the pattern of vulture and wolf head, lifelike.

In the center of these flags erected two flagpoles as high as several zhang, the flag is black together, but it is several times larger than other flags, one big flag is embroidered with a golden silk thread with the word "Liao", and the other flag is embroidered with the word "handsome", it turns out that this is a camp of the marshal of Liao.

Two rows of majestic Khitan guards lined up on either side of the tent of the generalissimo of Liao. At this moment, their eyes were focused on a young warrior standing in front of the tent.

The young man was about twenty years old, with a face like a crown of jade, and his eyes were blazing, and he looked heroic. Dressed in a samurai suit for a short fight, he had been standing facing the gate of the Chinese military tent for half an hour, but his body was like a bronze cast. Motionless.

The two Khitan guards in the queue couldn't help but whisper, and one of the guards with a short stalk asked the older bearded guard beside him: "The handsome man values this young man so much, this is really rare, do you know where he comes from?"

The bearded man was older than the guard who asked the question, and was called "Bao Inquire" in the army, but he was stopped by the question. Because he was also quite puzzled as to why the marshal treated this young man solemnly, but after all, he was well-informed, and knew a little more about the inside story than the samurai he questioned.

"I heard that this young man's name is Hu Zhenbang, he is the righteous son of Lord Suo, and it is said that he has some skills in martial arts, and he is deeply appreciated by Lord Suo. Since Prince Suo recommended him to come to our Marshal's Mansion, how could the marshal not pay attention to it!"

"In that case, why should the marshal try him solemnly?"

"Alas, you don't understand this, this is called avoiding suspicion, the handsome man has always been iron-faced and selfless, if you don't test whether he has real skills, how can you convince the public?"

"That's right, but, since it was recommended by Prince Suo, he should really have some ability, do you know what skills you want to try him this time?"

This question stopped the beard again, Rao is that he is well-informed, and knows all kinds of gossip in the army, but he can't guess what kind of test the marshal wants to give this young man.

Just when he was worried about how to maintain his well-informed image in front of his juniors, he suddenly heard a few horns from behind the tent, which really relieved him, so he replied to the short guard: "You wait and see, silence, the big commander is about to come out."

Before the words fell, he saw that the door of the tent was lifted, and the two of them strode out one after the other, and the first person was tall, very majestic, about forty years old, wearing the clothes of a Khitan general, with a thick beard and big eyes, and his face was not angry and arrogant. Behind him was an old man with a white beard, about sixty or so, but with a strong body and spirit.

As soon as these two men appeared, the two rows of guards were silent. It turned out that the middle-aged strong man in his forties was Yelu Kokand, the generalissimo of the current Liao State, and he was also the first master of kung fu in the Liao State today. The old man who followed behind him was Kulun, the first armory manufacturing master of the Liao State, and it is said that whether it was the Great Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, and the various weapons used in the Western Xia army, this person could imitate them.

Hu Zhenbang saw the two of them come out, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Yelu Kohan smiled, and said to Hu Zhenbang: "Lord Suo really didn't disappoint me, I heard that you defeated 12 No. 1 masters of the Liao Kingdom in the Shuai Mansion yesterday, and your martial arts are quite good. As soon as these words came out, the guards couldn't help but let out a "whoosh" exclamation and looked at each other.

When Hu Zhenbang heard Yelu Kokand's praise in person, he did not show his color, but replied with a humble expression: "The handsome man has won the award, and the handsome man has given in to him, and he is lucky to win the next victory." ”

Yelu Kokand said with a straight face: "You don't have to be humble, the person recommended by the prince must be outstanding, but you should know the discipline of my military camp, if you don't avoid relatives, I am afraid it will be difficult to convince the public, so this commander will set up a few more exams to test you." In this exam, General Ku Lao will set the questions for you, what do you think?"

His question seemed to solicit Hu Zhenbang's opinion, but in fact it could not be denied. Rao is Hu Zhenbang is a bamboo in his chest, and under such a solemn and solemn formation, his heart is also inevitably terrified. But after all, he was well-trained, young and old, and he responded calmly at the moment: "It is really an honor to have the old general of Laoku personally test for him." ”

Kulun laughed and said: "Young people are really good at talking, you have defeated 12 first-class masters of my Khitan in the previous exam, you are really brave, I am the same as the handsome, I am a person who loves talents." However, if you can't pass my exam, there will still be no one left in the account. As soon as his voice fell, he immediately snapped his high-fives twice. More than a dozen soldiers of the Marshal's Mansion suddenly poured out of the tent behind him, either holding or carrying, and took out more than a dozen strange-shaped instruments, and threw them all on the open space in front of the tent with a few bells.

Kulun said: "I heard that you have been fighting in the north with Prince Suo since you were a child, and you have made a lot of achievements, and you know a lot about the weapons of the Song people, I have a number of various weapons here, give you a pillar of incense time, you have to place these weapons in different categories, and then I will ask you a few more questions, if there is no mistake, this exam will be passed."

As soon as his voice fell, all the Khitan soldiers couldn't help but look at each other, and said in their hearts: "Lord Kulun has always regarded himself as the number one master of armaments in the Liao State, and he doesn't know where to collect and produce so many strange weapons, even those of us who have been fighting with the commander for more than ten years have never seen it, this Hu Zhenbang in front of him is young, will he have more knowledge than us? Even if this young general knows their names, if he can't use them, how can he pass this exam." ”

Hu Zhenbang's mind was racing, and he said secretly, as expected, it was recommended by Prince Suo, and the Marshal's Mansion was not easy to enter, but the more dangerous and difficult the place, the more I had to break through.

Seeing him groaning, Cullen thought he was cowardly, and smiled, "If you give up now, it's still too late." ”

Hu Zhenbang smiled slightly, looked at Kulun with blazing eyes, and said: "Since I have been recommended by the prince Suo, I will never back down and embarrass his old man! ”

Cullen was stunned and said strangely: "You can tell me and listen to it." ”

Hu Zhenbang said: "Today's weather is cold and windy, for this exam, all the brothers here have accompanied me here to blow the cold wind for a long time, if you wait for a pillar of incense time, it will be too long, I am afraid that it will freeze the brothers." I only need half a pillar of incense time, if the half pillar of incense time cannot be completed, I will lose. ”

Kulun was slightly stunned, and said in his heart, the grassland is windy, and in this exam, this pillar of incense is only worthy of half a pillar of incense indoors, this young man is actually so big, could it be that he really has such a deep attainment in all kinds of Qimen weapons?

Yelu Kokand laughed and said, "Sure enough, it is a warrior under Solontu, who has the courage and knowledge, so I will answer you for the old general Ku." Come on, let's go to the incense burner and light incense. ”

Seeing that Marshal Yelu had accepted it for him, Cullen was happy to push the boat along the river, and immediately bowed his head to agree, in fact, in his heart, he was also eager to see this young man's attainments in various weapons and ordnance.

The two guards carried out a bronze incense burner, burned the incense and obeyed the order, only to hear Cullen wave his hand: "Begin!"

I saw Hu Zhenbang take a step forward, and he didn't bend over and squat, just hooked his toes, and those strange-shaped weapons rose into the air, and they arrived in his hands in an instant, and when they saw him moving around, everyone was dazzled. It must be known that many of these Qimen weapons are made of pure refined black iron and copper, and they are extremely heavy, but he can easily lift them, and he can also classify them and place them in different categories, and in a short time, he divided these weapons into four categories, and raised his hand to signal that he would complete the exam.

Everyone looked at the incense platform and saw that the half of the incense was only two-thirds burned, and they all let out a sigh of admiration.

Yelu Kokand looked at Kulun with a surprised face, only to see that Kulun first smiled slightly, and then suddenly showed a look of surprise, his expression was very strange, and he asked quietly, "General Ku, how is it?"

Cullen bowed slightly: "Dashuai, he did everything right." ”

Jelu Kokand let out an "oh", and then asked, "I see what the general means, what else is there to understand?"

Kulun replied in a low voice: "The marshal doesn't know, most of the weapons here are captured during the war between the previous dynasty and the Song army, and a few of them were secretly sent by Khitan masters to sneak into Bianjing, the capital of the Song Dynasty, which lasted several years and painstaking efforts to steal ordnance drawings from the Song army's military aircraft, and then imitated and improved the weapons. ”

When Jerukohan heard this, he understood why Kulen had a strange face. I couldn't help but wonder in my heart: "This person is young, how can he have such profound attainments in weapon research, he is really a genius." ”

Kulun said to Hu Zhenbang: "You have done a good job, but I still have a few words I want to ask you." What are you doing by dividing these devices into four groups?"

Hu Zhenbang replied unhurriedly: "Most of these ordnances are made by the North and South Workshops and the Bow and Crossbow Courtyard under the Song Army's weapon manufacturing......"

"Majority, why do you say majority?" asked Kulun, who suddenly intercepted Hu Zhenbang's topic.

"Back to the general of the library, because I found that there are some Song Army weapons that have been improved, such as this 'iron chain clamp'" While speaking, Hu Zhenbang moved his toes, and a swarthy iron weapon on the ground rose into the air and landed in front of him, only to see him reach out and grab it and hold it in his hand.

He was a lightweight move, but everyone couldn't help but look stunned, you must know that the weapon is made of pure fine iron, not to mention seventy or eighty pounds, just now it was carried out by a tall guard on the shoulder, the young man in front of him can hook it up with a light toe, if there is no extremely strong internal force, how can it be done. What's even more strange is that he held this weapon in his hand with one hand, as if he was holding a wolf's hand, without any effort.

The short-cut guards in the queue even shouted "Okay", suddenly realizing that the atmosphere was not right, and their expressions were very embarrassed. Fortunately, everyone paid attention to the young man's every move in front of him, and the Khitan people had a bold temperament, although the military discipline was strict, but there were not too many inhibitions, so everyone did not feel inappropriate, but his cheers just shouted out the voice in the hearts of the guards, and even Yelu Kohan, who was known as the first master of the Liao Kingdom, couldn't help but praise in his heart!

"In fact, this weapon was first used by the cavalry of the Dangxiang clan to attack the infantry of the Song army, and was later absorbed and transformed by the Song army. It's just that I found that the front end of this object has more brackets, and the cutting edge is sharper, which is obviously more improved by the master. ”

Hu Zhenbang gushed endlessly, and pointed to all kinds of weapons and introduced them one by one: "In addition, there are large cicada crossbows, small cicada crossbows, one gun and three swords and arrows...... Although the appearance has not changed much, it has been transformed in subtleties, which is not only easier to operate, but also multiplies the lethality.

Seeing that Hu Zhenbang not only said the names of those weapons word for word, but also explained his improvement of the weapons of the Song army, he was greatly admired in his heart, and said in his heart: "This young man is really talented, and at a young age, he knows that I have spent most of my life collecting all kinds of imitation weapons and weapons. ”

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but love talents, and looked at Yelu Kokand and bowed his head slightly to show his appreciation. Yelu Kohan knew his intentions, and laughed at the moment: "You are really a young warrior, you have passed this big test! Today I will set up a banquet here for the three armies to celebrate my great Liao and the fierce generals, and in the future, I will be invincible and invincible." ”

Hu Zhenbang stepped forward and bowed and saluted: "Inheriting the love of the marshal and the old general Ku, I am willing to listen to the dispatch from the commander of the marshal, and be loyal to the great Liao to dominate the world." ”

Yelu Kokand hurriedly stepped forward to reach out to help each other, and before his hands touched the other party, Hu Zhenbang felt a strong force to lift himself up, and secretly exclaimed in his heart: "This Yelu Kokand is really known as the first Khitan warrior, and the internal force is by no means below me", and he didn't have to resist at the moment, and got up.