Fenghou

Chen Qing was confused, clasped his fists and said: "The humble job is Marquis Yu, of course he can read and write!"

Wang Yan glanced at him meaningfully and said: "Opportunities are reserved for those with courage. If you approve of the Eight Character Army, then stay!"

Chen Qing heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, if Wang Yan continued to ask, he would reveal his secrets.

……

The rain finally stopped and the sky was overcast.

Wang Yan looked at the sky, his eyes full of anxiety. Although they caught the Jurchen spies, two spies left before them, and the other party had already found their tracks.

"Marshal, we must leave tonight." Lieutenant General Fu Xuan whispered from the side.

Wang Yan hesitated, he also knew that tonight was the last chance, but they were not ready yet.

"The coach still wants to be elected by public?" Fu Xuan understood the coach's thoughts very well.

Wang Yan nodded, and simply said frankly: "Directly appointing Fu Moshan will make others unconvinced, let's choose according to the rules!"

Their scout battalion was completely destroyed and needed to be reorganized. Li Jiang was the commander of the scout battalion, but they still needed a scout leader.

Fu Xuan, the deputy general, recommended his nephew Fu Moshan.

But Wang Yan knew Fu Moshan very well. He was illiterate and reckless, so he could be a hero who charged into battle, but he was not suitable to be a scout.

Li Jiang, the commander of the scout battalion, also strongly opposed the appointment of Fu Moshan.

Fu Xuan saw that the coach refused to let go, so he had no choice but to say: "Of course the public election is the best, and the humble job is afraid that time will be too late!"

"There are only four candidates in total, and it's just a few contests. It's too late!"

Fu Xuan was taken aback, "Aren't there only three candidates?"

Wang Yan smiled and said: "Just now, Li Jiang recommended Chen Qing, Marquis Yu of the Huanqing Army who came back with him, as the head of the scout capital."

"what!"

Fu Xuan's face changed, and Li Jiang actually recommended a Huanqing Army's Marquis Yu to compete for the head of the scouts. Is he crazy?

Fu Xuan said coldly: "The rule of the Eight-character Army is that the direct descendants take priority. Does the commander-in-chief think it is appropriate to let a defeated general of the Huanqing Army participate in the competition?"

Wang Yan knew very well that Chen Qingneng led four old and weak remnants not only to escape from the pursuit of the Jurchen sentry cavalry, but also to kill nine of them. He also performed well on the way home.

From Chen Qing's calm eyes, Wang Yan saw the potential that an excellent general should have.

Wang Yan glanced at Fu Xuan, and said calmly: "Now is an extraordinary period, and it is not impossible to make an exception for promotion."

Fu Xuan wanted to object again, but Wang Yan waved his hand, "We don't have time, let's call all commanders to discuss!"

……

Chen Qing's dinner was still dry biscuits, but served with a bowl of hot soup.

He is currently still Marquis Yu, Marquis Yu is a military official, his rank is equal to that of a sergeant, and he does not command a soldier. He is equivalent to a professional non-commissioned officer below the platoon leader.

But even such a small non-commissioned officer is still pretending to be a corps leader in his previous real identity.

But to be able to crawl out from the pile of dead people and survive the pursuit of the Jurchen cavalry, he is already very grateful for God's grace.

Liu Wu and Zhao Xiaoyi are still his subordinates. Liu Wu is from Linyou County, Fengxiang Prefecture, and a veteran who has been in the army for more than ten years, so he can survive.

Zhao Xiaoyi is only 17 years old and has just joined the army for half a year. He is Liu Wu's nephew. He is very clever and thin like a monkey. He followed Liu Wu closely and survived.

Following Liu Wu's example, Chen Qing broke the cake into pieces, soaked it in hot soup, and sprinkled some salt.

Everyone else sat together one by one, but the three of them sat alone on the edge of the cliff, no one paid attention to them.

Seeing that there was no one around, Liu Wu lowered his voice and said to Chen Qing: "Xiaoyi has heard some news, Xiaoyi, tell Yuhou!"

"What did you hear?" Chen Qing looked at Zhao Xiaoyi in doubt.

"I lost my purse, so I went to look for it in the small tent. The soldiers didn't let me get close, but I heard people arguing loudly inside the small tent."

"What are you arguing about?"

"The Li Jiang who brought us back said, 'He is qualified to run for the election, he was brave and resourceful, and he killed nine Jurchen sentry cavalry'. Immediately, someone next to him yelled, saying that he has no words on his face and is not qualified, and someone else Swearing, those who scolded the Huanqing Army are dogs and can only do bad things!"

Chen Qing thought to himself, is this arguing about himself?

"and then?"

"Then it seemed that the coach said, 'According to the rules!' Several people in the tent rushed away angrily, and I was so scared that I ran back quickly."

"When did this happen?"

"Just now...Yuhou, they are here!" Zhao Xiaoyi's expression changed with fright.

As soon as Chen Qing turned his head, he saw five or six generals wearing mountain armor walking towards this side quickly. The leading general was a sturdy man, at least 1.9 meters tall, who looked like a black bear, with a swollen face. Now, there is a fierce look in his eyes.

Several generals walked up to Chen Qing, and the burly man at the head put his arms around his arms and raised his chin, "So, you are the Huanqing dog who claimed to have killed nine golden soldiers?"

Chen Qing ignored him, and he used two small wooden sticks to push the cake floating on the soup to the bottom of the bowl.

"I'm asking you something!" The burly man stared at him with a fierce look on his face.

Liu Wu quickly stood up, nodded and bowed with a smile, and said, "General, it was just a fluke that we killed the golden soldiers."

"Go away, I didn't ask you!"

The burly man pushed Liu Wu back, and then said coldly to Chen Qing: "I will ask you one last thing, you should stand up and answer obediently, and if you dare to play tricks, I will kick your eggs to pieces."

Chen Qing still ignored him, tore up the last piece of cake and put it in the soup.

Furious, the burly man stepped forward and kicked Chen Qing's bowl away, spilling the soup cakes in the bowl all over the floor.

Chen Qing hurriedly stood up, clenched his fists, and glared at the burly man in front of him.

The burly man stretched out his big fist, shook it in front of Chen Qing's eyes, and said with a hostile expression: "Huanqing dogs are not worthy of eating our food, but only Lao Tzu's fist."

After finishing speaking, he punched Chen Qing hard in the face.

Chen Qing turned sideways, dodged the fierce punch, and quickly stepped back a few steps, getting out of the blow range of the burly man.

Chen Qing said coldly: "I don't know you, and I don't care about eating your rations. It was your general who asked me to stay. If you don't welcome me, I will bid farewell to General Wang!"

The burly man turned his head and smiled at his companions: "Did you hear me, Huanqing Dog wants to sue me!"

A short general urged: "Mozi, what's wrong with him, just beat his shit out and throw it out."

Another older general persuaded: "Old Fu, just weigh it a little bit, don't go too far, lest someone say that our Eight Character Army is narrow-minded and can't tolerate outsiders."

"Afraid of a fart! The Huanqing dog caused us to lose the battle, and we still have to take care of their emotions?"

Having said that, the burly man was still worried about being punished by the coach, so he pointed his thumb at his face, "Huanqing dog, listen, my name is Fu Moshan, the head of the cavalry of the third battalion of the first army, an authentic direct descendant of the eight-character army." , I am going to compete for the head of the scout battalion. I heard that your ring dog also wants to compete. go."

The other party took a mouthful of Huanqing dogs, and Chen Qing's heart ignited with anger.

But since it happened for a reason, he didn't want to care about it, so he restrained the anger in his heart, shook his head and said, "I'm not interested in any of yours, and I don't want to fight with you, please go!"

Fu Moshan was instructed by his uncle to test Chen Qing's details.

How could he give up the temptation just because the other party said a few soft words.

"It's pretty good at pretending. I've already sent you a challenge, and all the witnesses have been invited. Huanqing dog, you want to play me, don't you?"

"I'll say it again..."

Fu Moshan didn't give him another chance, he stepped forward and kicked Chen Qing hard in the crotch.

Chapter 4 Athletics

Seeing his vicious kicks, Chen Qing finally couldn't bear it any longer. He jumped with his left foot on the ground, his body flew into the air, and a beautiful karate whirlwind kick, "Pa! 'He kicked Fu Moshan precisely in the face.

Fu Moshan' ouch! ' With a scream, the body' kicked!pedal!pedal! 'I retreated a foot away, and fell to the ground with my back on my back.

Chen Qing didn't use all his strength, otherwise the other side's teeth would not be able to keep half of his face.

It's just this one kick that Chen Qing has figured out the opponent's background. His body is clumsy, his lower body is flimsy, and his foundation in martial arts is too poor. It's just that he looks scary and has a few catties of stupid strength.

"Damn it, I'm going to kill you!"

Fu Moshan roared like a wild beast, drew out the saber at his waist, and was about to rush forward to kill.

"Fu Moshan, what are you doing?"

Li Jiang walked over quickly with a gloomy face.

Seeing that the situation was not good, several generals would be punished by military law for fighting in private. They quickly held Fu Moshan and dragged him away.

"Huanqing dog, just wait and see how I will deal with you later!"

Fu Moshan struggled and shouted from afar.

Li Jiang watched Fu Moshan go away coldly, then took out a roll of soft cakes and handed them to Chen Qing, and said with a smile: "This is the soft cakes I got from the gang leader, eat it!"

"Thank you General Li!"

Chen Qing was also polite, took the soft cake and gave half of it to Liu Wu and Zhao Xiaoyi, and sat on a stone to eat it.

Sitting beside him, Li Jiang smiled lightly and said, "Why does this person whose surname is Fu bother you?"

"He said that it seems to be competing for the head of some scout battalion, but what does this have to do with me?"

"I recommended you to the coach!"

Chen Qing was taken aback, "Does the general think I'm suitable?"

Li Jiang smiled slightly, and asked back: "Do you think this Fu Moshan is suitable?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "This person is very reckless, not suitable to be a scout!"

"He is not only reckless, but also arrogant. If he becomes my lieutenant general, I will definitely be killed by him. Chen Yuhou, I recommend you for my own sake, but this is also your chance!"

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and asked, "How to compete?"

"A total of four competitors? Fu Moshan is currently the highest position, he will be the leader, and the other three will be singled out, and the winner will be the leader of the scouts."

"This is called a wheel fight! If Fu Moshan wins two games in a row, and then faces the third game, will it be unfair to him in terms of physical strength?"

"Do you think he will suffer?"

Li Jiang sneered and said, "If he really wins two games in a row and loses the third game, he still has another chance."

Speaking of this, Li Jiang asked expectantly: "How is it?"

Chen Qing was silent for a moment, then nodded, "I will participate!"

Chen Qing has already realized that if he wants to gain a foothold in the Eight Character Army, he must seize this opportunity.

……

The open space in front of the big tent was crowded with thousands of soldiers, watching the attacking match with great interest. In the frustrating and boring days, there were not many things that could make the soldiers excited.

At this moment, in the open space, Fu Moshan was fighting fiercely with a general. Fu Moshan was holding a golden-backed sword in his hand, and the sword was flying up and down with fierce momentum. Another general also used a sword, but was suppressed by Fu Moshan, obviously out of strength.

Chen Qing nodded secretly, this Fu Moshan has good strength, perhaps this is his greatest advantage.

Li Jiang said from the side: "His iron sword with a golden back weighs forty catties, and it is impossible to swing it without a strong arm, so Fu Moshan is known as the number one divine power in the Eight-Character Army. He can be a warrior, but he can't be a scout. He How do you send information if you don’t even know the words?”

"It's really not suitable!"

Li Jiang asked again with a smile: "What is Chen Yuhou best at?"

"Me?" Chen Qing thought for a while and smiled, "I'm good at swordsmanship, crossbow shooting and chess."

Chen Qing used to be known as the King of the Three Skills. His three skills refer to fencing, shooting and chess. He even made it to the top three men's epee in the National Games, but he changed fencing and shooting to swordsmanship and crossbow shooting.

"Hehe! I also like chess, let's play a game when we have time!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly, "The general likes it, I will accompany you anytime!"

He glanced at the main stand in the distance. It was actually a few big rocks. Wang Yan and several important generals were sitting on the big rocks to watch the battle.

A general with a thin face looked at him from time to time, wondering if it was Fu Xuan?

Chen Qing asked with a smile: "General Li, do you have any weapons at hand?"

"Of course there are weapons. I wonder what kind of weapons you want?"

"Spears and guns are fine!"

"I happen to have an extra iron gun for you!"

Li Jiang ordered the soldiers under his command, and the soldiers ran to fetch a spear.

"I was originally a general of Commander Yue. Later, General Yue and the commander-in-chief had a disagreement. He led the army to join Zongze in Tokyo. Before he left, he gave me this iron gun. It was a little heavy for me. One point, I will transfer it to you!"