Fenghou

"you--"

Fan Zongyin's face was flushed with anger, but he didn't know how to refute. Lu Yihao was very scheming and kept his words tight. Fan Zongyin was no match for him.

"Both of you are Xiangguo, stop arguing over trivial matters like this."

The official spoke, and the two stopped arguing.

Zhao Gou walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said: "The right and wrong of this matter is as clear as a mirror. The Ministry of War has seriously neglected its duties and almost caused the two armies to clash. For the post of Wang Hao, the Minister of the Ministry of War is temporarily held concurrently by Zhu Shengfei, a bachelor.

Commander Chen Qing took the overall situation into consideration, took the initiative to invite friendly troops into the camp, bridged differences, eliminated misunderstandings, and avoided a conflict. His spirit is commendable, and he should be commended. He has been promoted to the rank of Doctor Wu Yi. I commend him! "

Fan Zongyin was shocked, and was about to intercede for Wang Hao, but saw the emperor's eyes sharply. He knew that the emperor asked Wang Hao to take the blame for him.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, I knew this would be the result, so why bother to be such a villain?

However, Lu Yihao secretly admired the vision of the Son of Heaven. He wondered at the time that when Chen Qing was promoted to be a commander, the lowest rank should be Doctor Wu Yi.

It turns out that this filling is here!It not only appeased Chen Qing, but also did not promote him too much.

The emperor is still wise, I am afraid he has already guessed that Fan Zongyin will not let it go.

Zhao Gou returned the report to Lu Yihao, and asked with a smile, "Is this report written by Commander Chen himself?"

"Weichen also asked him, and he said yes."

Zhao Gou nodded, "The handwriting is not bad, it's rare!"

……

The recruit training competition was a decision made by Zhao Gou at the beginning of the year. The root cause was related to the Liu Miao Rebellion. Those veterans who seemed to be completely trustworthy rebelled at the critical moment and forced themselves to abdicate, which really chilled Zhao Gou. It made him no longer believe in generals from the bottom of his heart, but the continuous threat of Jin soldiers going south made Zhao Gou have to rely on the generals with great military exploits.

In order to balance the contradiction between the two, Zhao Gou put forward the idea of ​​recruiting new generals. The opening of martial arts at the beginning of the year and the holding of recruit training competitions are all products of this idea. Simply put, the emperor Zhao Gou wants to promote a group of people who are loyal to himself The young generals in the army will select another group of recruits to serve as bodyguards.

The significance of this recruit training competition is so great that the governors of all regions attach great importance to it, sending their confidant generals and the best recruits to Lin'an to participate in the competition.

This morning, on the official road to the west of Lin'an City, a 2000-strong army was marching towards Lin'an. This army had bright armor and high morale. 'Character.

The leader is a general, wearing scale armor, wearing a phoenix-winged hood, carrying a big iron gun, with stern eyes, and a black beard under his jaw. He looks about 30 years old. This person has just emerged in the past two years. General Yue Fei.

Although Yue Fei fought south and north and made great achievements, it was the emperor Zhao Gou who really stepped into the official career. After he crossed the south, he fought against the Jin army's southern invasion and wiped out rebellious thieves everywhere. Finally, he was appreciated by the emperor Zhao Gou who was looking for a new general. , Promote him step by step, he has been promoted to the commander of the capital of the Shenwu Army, and finally walks out of Zhang Jun's team and stands on his own.

This time Yue Fei went to Poyang Lake to clear up the bandit Li Cheng, and stationed in Hongzhou. The army had just wiped out Li Cheng. While resting, Yue Fei took advantage of this gap and personally led two thousand recruits to Lin'an to participate in the recruit training competition. .

Yue Fei was in charge of the capital, of course he was not the one to participate in the competition, but two of his confidantes Zhang Xian and Wang Gui participated in the competition. The soldiers also recruited [-] recruits from Hongzhou and trained for three months. Yue Fei selected [-] of them. Elite competition.

At this time, the opposite side was dusty, and two officials came galloping on horseback.

Two officials rushed forward, reined in the reins and asked, "Excuse me, is this Yue Dutong's army?"

Yue Fei clasped his fists and said, "I'm Yue Fei!"

The two officials hurriedly saluted, "We are officials of the Privy Council, and we have been ordered to arrange teams for the recruit contest. The barracks and food supplies for your army have been arranged. Please, Yue Du, come with us!"

"Thank you!"

Yue Fei felt a little strange. The Privy Council is notoriously difficult to deal with. Now not only has the camp been arranged, but they have also taken the initiative to send people to contact and lead the way, which is a bit overwhelming.

Yue Fei is not a troublesome person, but he was also worried that he came too late, so he asked, "Have all the other participating teams arrived?"

"Most of them have come, but there are still a few that haven't arrived!"

The general Wang Gui next to him asked: "Will the Privy Council arrange food and accommodation like this for each team?"

An official said with a wry smile: "Some things happened in the past two days, and the officials ordered the Privy Council to make arrangements so that no more incidents are allowed."

Wang Gui still wanted to ask what happened, Yue Fei gave him a glare, telling him not to be troublesome, so Wang Gui had to swallow the words that came to his mouth.

The two officials led a team to speed up towards the east of the city...

Chapter 80 Wu Niang

At noon the next day, Chen Qing ate lunch alone in the big tent. His lunch was not much different from that of the soldiers. It was also a big bowl of rice, a piece of roasted fish and a few pieces of bacon, plus a bowl of chicken soup, and a plate of rice. For pickles, Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice, and the army is indeed better than the Western Army in terms of food and treatment.

At this time, the curtain was lifted, and Hu Yantong rushed in like a gust of wind.

"Commander, I have found out Wang Bo's background!"

Chen Qing put down the bowl and said with a smile, "Is it so fast?"

"Not too soon. After my third uncle found out the relationship between Wang Huan and Wang Bo, the people he entrusted found out some other things. My third uncle thought I didn't need it, so he didn't tell me."

"Tell me, what is Wang Bo's background?"

"Wang Bo's family is the same as I said, rich but not very high status. The key is his uncle, who is actually Xiangguo Qin Hui, who would have thought that!"

This news made Chen Qing stunned. Qin Hui's wife, Wang Shi, the woman who had been cast into an iron figure and knelt by the West Lake for 900 years, turned out to be Wang Bo's aunt. It was so unexpected.

"Then why did Qin Hui step on Wang Huan? Dismiss him from office."

"I think this is Qin Hui's insidiousness. One is to clear the relationship, and the other is to show that he is righteous and kill relatives. I think Wang Huan's investigation in Muzhou must be Qin Hui's arrangement."

Chen Qing nodded, that made sense. How could it be Wang Huan who came to investigate him? It could only be Qin Hui's arrangement. Zhang Jun's willingness to help Wang Bo this time was also Qin Hui's favor. It seems that Qin Hui valued this nephew very much and wanted to Make him your confidant.

Originally thought that he and Qin Hui would not have any intersections, but he did not expect to have intersections with Qin Hui through Wang Bo's personal grievances, and he has long been staring at himself.

"Commander, there is one more thing!"

Hu Yantong hesitated and said: "Can you do me a favor."

"Tell me! What's the matter?"

"I have a younger sister who also likes to practice martial arts. Everyone in the family calls her Yizhangqing. She heard that you beheaded Wanyan Loushi. She wanted to meet you, but she was outside the gate of the camp."

Chen Qing laughed, "When I came to the Song Dynasty, I still have female fans."

"Okay! I'll sign her and give her an arrow."

Chen Qing also paused for lunch, took an arrow and walked out of the camp.

This Yizhangqing is of course not Yizhangqing, the female general of Liangshan. This is a very common nickname in Song Dynasty, which shows that sister Huyantong uses a long whip.

After leaving the gate of the camp, I saw a young woman wearing a red samurai uniform, about seventeen or eighteen years old, riding on a white horse, followed by two maids on horseback.

Chen Qing was stunned for a moment, he thought that Hu Yantong's younger sister was a young lady of twelve or thirteen years old, and only at this age would she be interested in chasing stars, but she didn't expect it to be a young woman.

Chen Qing glanced back at Hu Yantong, he had a feeling of being fooled, if he had known it was a young woman, he would not have come.

"The little lady in red is my cousin, the daughter of my fourth uncle's family. She was originally called Wuniang, but my grandfather changed her name to Huyan Wuniang, a martial arts practitioner."

As Hu Yantong said, he waved to the woman in red not far away, and the woman in red urged her horse to gallop over.

The woman in red has an oval face, like a peach blossom, with beautiful eyes, but her eyebrows are a little thicker and darker, her mouth is not a cherry mouth, with a strong sense of outline, and her skin is a healthy wheat color.

These three points dilute her femininity, making her look full of heroism.

"Wu Niang, this is Commander Chen you want to see, the general of the Western Army who beheaded Wanyan Loushi."

Huyan Wuniang sized Chen Qing up, down, left, and right, and suddenly asked, "How is your literary talent? Can you write lyrics and poems?"

Chen Qing was at a loss, although this Huyan Yizhangqing was a bit rude, but for Hu Yantong's sake, Chen Qing didn't want to argue with her.

Chen Qing smiled lightly: "We martial arts practitioners wake up at five o'clock, stay up late at night, and devote ourselves to practicing martial arts. How can we have time to study? I only know a thousand words roughly."

Huyan Wuniang suddenly glared at Huyantong, "Then why did you lie to me, saying that General Chen is a Confucian general who is both civil and military?"

Hu Yantong was tongue-tied, unable to speak for a while.

Huyan Wuniang clasped her fists and bowed to Chen Qing, "General Chen, it's a pleasure to meet you!"

After she finished speaking, she turned her horse's head and galloped towards the city gate. Seeing her back going away, Hu Yantong also heaved a long sigh of relief.

"What's going on?" Chen Qingxiao asked.

"Hey! Go back to the big tent and talk, it's hard to say!"

The two returned to the big tent, Chen Qing threw the arrow into the quiver and continued to eat his lunch.

Hu Yantong sighed and said: "I only found out today that my grandfather has taken a fancy to you and wants to recruit you as his grandson-in-law!"

Chen Qing couldn't help laughing, "Is this Wu Niang?"

Hu Yantong nodded, "There are only three girls in our family, two of them are married, and this one is left, who dances with guns and clubs all day long. It's over, and there are countless blind dates. Either others don't like her, or she doesn't like her." Anyway, no one has ever succeeded in dating someone else, and it looks like today's blind date will not be successful either."

Chen Qing's eyes widened, "You mean, you met me at the gate of the camp just now, that was a blind date?"

"Of course, what do you think?"

Chen Qing suddenly got a little annoyed and said, "I'm warning you, next time something like this happens, you have to explain it to me first. I thought it was your eleven or twelve-year-old little sister asking for my autograph or something."

"I was wrong today. You should be asked to change clothes. It is definitely not possible to wear armor."

"That's not what I meant. What I mean is that I don't even want to think about getting married now. My former Vice General Yang regretted it after getting married. He was afraid that he would die in battle one day and make his new wife suffer for the rest of his life."

Speaking of this, Chen Qing suddenly thought of Yang Yuanqing, and slapped his forehead suddenly, he actually forgot, he should go and see Wei Qing, and Yang Yuanqing's wife, they seem to be in Lin'an, but...where can I find them?

Chen Qing glanced at Hu Yantong and saw Hu Yantong sitting there with annoyed expression on his face, so he smiled and said, "I just feel a little abrupt, and I'm not really angry with you."

Hu Yantong shook his head, "I'm not angry because of you, I'm angry with myself, I should let you change clothes, I know it, hey!"

"You know what?" Chen Qing asked with a curious smile.

"Although my younger sister likes to practice martial arts herself, she doesn't like men who practice martial arts. She likes scholars and the kind who are gentle and gentle. .”

Chen Qing laughed. No wonder Huyan Wuniang asked herself if she could write poems and lyrics. It turns out that she likes scholars.

"I'm afraid I'll disappoint you. Although I have practiced calligraphy since I was a child, I have read a few books and know thousands of characters, but I am definitely not the kind of scholar your little sister likes. The words gentle and jade are on me. It will not be reflected at all, I have killed too many people, and I am full of blood."

Hu Yantong hesitated for a moment and then said: "Actually, she can't decide the marriage. If you like her, I think there is still hope."

Chen Qing sighed, and sincerely said to Hu Yantong: "Thank you for your grandfather's great love for me, I really don't think about marriage now."

Hu Yantong said unwillingly: "But you are already 24 years old now. Although I am not married, I have already been engaged, including Zheng Ping, who also has a fiancée. Even if you don't want to get married, you can at least make an appointment for a marriage and let someone care about you." you."

Chen Qing still shook his head, and said sadly: "After the Battle of Fuping, I didn't even have the chance to go home to visit my parents. I don't know if they died in the war. Huyan, from last year to today, I'm still floating in the troubled times. Sky, how could you possibly think about marriage?"

Did Chen Qing speak from his heart?No, there are a lot of reasons, but there is only one real reason: he doesn't like this Huyan Wuniang.

Hu Yantong nodded silently, and did not continue to persuade.

……

At night, Chen Qing walked slowly on the school field alone. Although today's blind date was a bit abrupt, it also faintly touched a deep hidden weakness in his heart.

That is loneliness, he has never been so lonely like today, parents, family, colleagues, friends, everything is far away from him, leaving him alone in the Song Dynasty.

He fought and fought desperately, and he even longed to die on the battlefield, maybe his soul could return to the afterlife.

He hides the biggest secret and lives falsely in the Song Dynasty, but deep down in his heart he also longs for a woman who cares about him thousands of miles away, and he also longs for a home in this world and a child of his own .

But... he was afraid that such a situation would happen, and he would never be able to return to the next life.

Chen Qing is so worried about gains and losses, longing for someone to love him, but afraid of taking on that responsibility.

This feeling of loneliness that had broken away from the seal in his heart finally came out. He looked up at the dark night sky, and that kind of endless loneliness swallowed him up like this dark night.

Chapter 81 Preliminaries

At dawn, Chen Qing called the generals to discuss the strategy of the recruits' competition.

Chen Qing said frankly to everyone: "I thought about it all night, and I don't think we actually have an advantage. On the contrary, compared with Zhang Jun, Liu Guangshi and the others who selected from tens of thousands of elites, we are even at a disadvantage. If you want to enter the semi-finals or even the finals, you need not only strength, but also brains."

Chen Qing pointed to his head and smiled, "Seven points in strength, three points in strategy, and the right strategy can double our competitiveness. Everyone express their opinions and see what effective strategies can be adopted."

"I know where crotons are sold!" Zheng Ping said excitedly, clenching his fists.

Everyone laughed, and Chen Qing gave Zheng Ping a hard look, "Is your level really that low? You're still at Croton's level, and you've followed me for so long."

"If you don't play dirty, can you win?" Zheng Ping muttered unconvinced.

Hu Yantong chuckled, "Actually, I think what Lao Zheng said makes sense!"

"Look! Look!" Zheng Ping's eyes lit up, he found his confidant, and straightened his back a little.

"Even Hu Yan agrees, I said that conspiracy is also an effective method! Commander, don't feel contemptuous when you hear conspiracy."

Chen Qing shook his head, "Then listen to me, what is the best strategy in my opinion?"

After the lobby became quiet, Chen Qing calmly said: "The good strategy I'm talking about is to tap the potential, the optimal combination, such as the bow and arrow battalion, we will definitely select the best archers to form.

But among these archers, some soldiers may also be very good at fighting in actual combat, or they may also have very good physical fitness, so how do we tap the three advantages of the same soldier? "

Liu Qiong, who has been silent all the time, suggested, "A variety of countermeasures can be adopted, and several methods of dividing the business in parallel."

Chen Qing gave a thumbs up and praised: "General Xiao Liu is still smart. When it comes to the key point, we need multiple plans in parallel to deal with different situations. This requires every soldier to participate. According to my order to make a temporary combination."