Fenghou

Chapter 89 New General
Emperor Zhao Gou did not return to Lin'an City that night, but set up an imperial camp in a reserved space in the middle of the military camp.

It was very late at night, and Zhao Gou hadn't fallen asleep yet, pacing back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his hands.

At this time, the guard reported outside the tent, "Your Majesty, Lu Xianggong is asking to see you!"

"Let him in!"

After a while, Xiangguo Lu Yihao hurried in.

"It's so late, Lu Xianggong hasn't slept yet?" Zhao Gou asked with a smile.

"Weichen is still considering His Majesty's reward plan, and I have some ideas."

Zhao Gou smiled slightly and said: "It's normal to have ideas, and I'm just a preliminary idea, it's not perfect yet, tell me, what needs to be revised?"

"It's not impossible for Your Majesty to use land as a reward, but after all, there are limited government lands around Lin'an Mansion. I think the land should be used to reward military achievements. It is more appropriate to use money cloth as a reward for this kind of competition."

Zhao Gou nodded, "Xiangguo is right, and I also think it's a bit inappropriate. It's better to use land property to reward military achievements, but what about official rewards?"

"Your Majesty, this is the first competition for recruits and generals, and it will definitely be held again in the future. The first award has set rules, and it should be followed in the future. Therefore, I suggest a principle, promotion is not promotion."

"Let's discuss it with other prime ministers! If you don't object, this principle can be adopted. In addition, I'm considering adding a special reward as a personal reward."

Lu Yihao understood what the officials meant. He wanted to use his personal name to reward outstanding generals and win over people's hearts.

"Since it is His Majesty's personal reward, it does not need to be included in the plan to avoid becoming a tradition."

"can!"

Zhao Gou said again: "I have considered it. Yang Xizhong was changed to be the commander of the Imperial Army. The two thousand recruits he led were reorganized into the Imperial Army. Chen Qing continued to return to the Western Army, but his army was also reorganized into the Imperial Army. military,"

Although Zhao Gou admired Chen Qing very much, he didn't want to keep him by his side. Chen Qing was more suitable for confronting the Kingdom of Jin.

But Chen Qing's soldiers are basically from Lin'an Prefecture, so they are very suitable to be the imperial army.

Although Han Shizhong also took a fancy to Chen Qing's army, it's a pity that his arms couldn't twist his thighs, and he couldn't compete with the emperor Zhao Gou anyway. This excellent army was cut off by the emperor.

At night, Chen Qing also received a guest in the big tent, a messenger from Chengdu who handed a letter written by Yang Yuanqing to Chen Qing.

After Chen Qing finished reading the letter, his face suddenly became very ugly. He put away the letter and said to the messenger: "Thank you for sending me the letter after such a long journey!"

"You don't need to be polite, the general. The humble post sent hundreds of letters, and the general's letter is just one of them. This is a matter of the humble post."

Chen Qing ordered someone to give the courier ten pennies. The courier thanked him again and again, and left.

As soon as the messenger left, Chen Qing slammed his fist on the table and said angrily, "Dignified Xuanfu envoy, thanks to my trust in him, how could he do this!"

There was a rush of running outside, and Zheng Ping and Zhao Xiaoyi ran in, "Commander, did you hear that Yang Yuanqing has sent you a letter?"

Chen Qing suppressed the anger in his heart, smiled lightly and said, "He gave me the opportunity to send him a letter from home."

He handed another letter to Zheng Ping, "There is an address on it, I don't have time tomorrow, so go and deliver it for me!"

"No problem, Xiao Yi and I will deliver it, but what did Yang Yuanqing say in the letter?"

"I didn't say anything. By the way, the letter said that your rewards have all come down. They are with Yang Yuanqing. You can ask him to collect them after you go back."

Zheng Ping and Zhao Xiaoyi were overjoyed. After the competition, they should go back.

When the two left, Chen Qing paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back, feeling very tormented in the letter, the compensation for the [-] fallen soldiers!How could this be the case?Never!Otherwise, Chen Qing wouldn't have the face to face those soldiers who died fighting for the country.

At dawn on the next day, the surrounding area of ​​the Martial Arts University Field was crowded. Tens of thousands of recruits stood on the east, west, and south sides. There was a din of people, and the contest was over. Finally, the Western Army captured the leader, and Yue Feijun won the first place. Second, the third is Han Shizhong's army. Today will be the last day of the martial arts competition, and it is also the last item, the new general's riding and shooting competition.

Although it is called a new general, the conditions are actually quite liberal. Generals below the command can participate, and it doesn't matter if they are new or veteran, but the premise must be that they are generals who participate in the recruit contest.

At present, a total of ninety-four generals have signed up, and the content of the competition is only one, riding and shooting.

Riding and shooting are the basic skills of generals, and the so-called proficiency in bowing and horse refers to riding and shooting.

At this time, Zhao Gou led the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs to the North Stand. Zhao Gou looked at the list and asked with a slight smile, "Is one day enough for more than [-] people to compete in riding and archery?"

Li Hui, who knew the privy affairs, said quickly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the martial arts contest is very simple. Run a hundred and fifty steps, shoot three arrows, and the one with the highest score wins the championship. The generals compete with ten people. In fact, the speed is very fast. You can finish it in one morning." End the game."

Lu Yihao asked with a smile, "What's the highest score?"

"Basic points are [-] points, that is, all three arrows hit the vital points above the neck, plus [-] points for left and right bows, [-] points for moving targets, and [-] points for a jackpot. All three arrows are on the same seat, but only for the first Three Arrows is a moving target, and the highest score can be forty-five points, but it is almost impossible."

Zhao Gou nodded, "Hurry up, let's start!"

'Boom!Boom!Boom! '

The sound of war drums on the school grounds made the atmosphere of the tens of thousands of soldiers around them even more enthusiastic, as if boiling water, the entire school grounds were about to boil.

The riding and archery track is two feet wide and about [-] steps long. The first [-] steps are for preparation, and the last [-] steps are for the timed archery area. You must rush out of the archery area before the end of the drumbeat and shoot three arrows.

There are three wooden targets about [-] steps away from the north and south sides. In addition, there is a trench with a length of more than ten steps about [-] steps away from the south. There will be soldiers running in the trench with small wooden targets. target.

More than [-] generals have drawn lots, and Chen Qing is the sixth player in the eighth group. The generals are all waiting in the east of the school field.

At this time, the ten generals of the first group had already entered the school grounds on horseback. The leader was a preparation general under Liu Guangshi, named Wang Miao. There are only three white feather arrows.

The official waved the red flag, and the general galloped out. The game started, and everyone's eyes were on the general.

Chen Qing also watched the general's riding and shooting. He needed to learn some unpublished information through the general's shooting.

Wang Miao galloped his horse for fifty paces and passed the riding ray in an instant. The dense drum beats sounded, 'Boom!Boom!Boom! 'It was very tense, there was no sound in the school grounds, and everyone's heart was tugged.

I saw that Wang Miao's hands were trembling a little, he controlled the horse with his legs, drew out an arrow and shot towards the wooden dummy target in the south.

The arrow passed by the shoulder of the wooden dummy, and there were boos all around.

Fifty paces away, Wang Miao drew out a second arrow, opened his bow and shot it. This arrow hit the wooden dummy's chest, but an accident happened, the arrow bounced, and it did not hit the wooden dummy. On the target, there were boos all around.

The generals who were preparing for the game all looked at each other, wondering what happened?

Cao De said to the crowd in a deep voice: "Before I heard a saying that this time a jujube target was used. I still don't quite believe it. Now it seems that this saying should be true."

The waiting area was suddenly full of noise, Hu Yantong said to Chen Qing in a low voice: "The jujube target is very hard, and you must use the eight-dou bow to nail it. Those who use the five-dou bow are miserable."

Chen Qing could understand that the five-dou bow was almost meaningless on the battlefield. It couldn't penetrate the Jurchen soldiers' armor at all. Using jujube targets actually restricted their strength.

At this time, Wang Miao shot the last arrow, but still failed to nail the wooden dummy target. He scored zero points, was the first to be out, and left the school field dejectedly.

The generals in the back went up to shoot arrows like flowing water. Most of the scores were a few points or a dozen points. The highest score of the first group was [-] points.

The second group came on stage, and the sixth member of the second group was none other than Zhang Xian, the chief general of Yue Fei's army.

Amidst the sound of dense drums, Zhang Xian galloped past the cavalry ray, and shot an arrow with his bow. He used a stone bow, which was powerful, and the arrow hit the wooden man's throat very critically.

Immediately, he switched to his left hand to hold the bow, and shot another arrow with his backhand, and this arrow hit the throat of the wooden dummy in the south.

After finishing the left and right bows, Zhang Xian took a deep breath and fixed his eyes on the moving target one hundred and twenty paces away. The target was a small wooden figure with a height of only one foot. He was lifted high by a soldier and ran wildly in the trench, facing Zhang Xian. And go.

Without waiting for the moving target to disappear, Zhang Xian shot out an arrow while he was running, and the arrow hit the moving target. There was thunderous cheers all around, and even the emperor Zhao Gou couldn't help applauding.

Zhang Xian shook his head secretly, the mobile shot failed to hit the throat, but it was a pity that he didn't get a full house of five points.

The horses galloped across the finish line, and the drums stopped.

Zhang Xian basically scored three points, and scored five points in both directions. The moving target missed three points and only scored five points. He scored a total of forty points and was far ahead in the scorer list.

Zhang Xian looked back at Chen Qing from a distance, wondering if he could beat him this time?
(End of this chapter)