A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 188
East Palace.

In front of Xiande Hall.

Wu Huaiyu took off his brocade robe.

If they didn't show off their skills to these newly selected Hundred Cavalry, they really thought that it was only because of their white face that they became the commander of the Zuo Hundred Cavalry Battalion.

"Bring over the bolt of the Xiande Gate!"

The door bolts of the Xiande Gate in front of Xiande Hall are made of hard elm, which is extremely heavy, weighing 180 jin each, and can make a sound of gold and iron when knocked on.

Huaiyu gave an order, and Chen Sheng, who was newly elected to Baiqi, immediately went over and carried the door bolt. He walked like flying with the door bolt weighing more than 100 kilograms.

This door bolt stood there, attracting many noble children from the foreign countries, looking at it as an ordinary bolt, what does the white-faced officer want to do.

"You can try the weight of this bolt first." Huaiyu said.

Those barbarian barbarians with bald heads, braided hair, and broken hair and tattoos curled their lips, not surprised. A big fat man from Tiele stepped forward, picked him up, and even raised them with both hands. Overhead, "Light, so light,"

Tie Le is also known as the Gaoche tribe. They are nomadic in Mobei. They are called the Gaoche tribe because the tribe often uses tall wheels. These people are also called Ding Ling. They used to be composed of six Gaoche and twelve surnames. The high-vehicle alliance has even established a high-vehicle country.

They were successively conquered by the Huns, Rouran, and Turks. By this time, there were nine Tiele surnames in Mobei.

Although they have been integrated for many years, many Tiele people still have the characteristics of Ding Ling, that is, Ding Ling has obvious Caucasian characteristics, with a high nose and deep eyes in appearance.

It is said that Ding Ling's family origin is Guifang, and Guifang is a Caucasian, just like the Yuezhi people and Loulan people, but later, whether Guifang or Dingling, many people were either killed by the Central Plains, or they surrendered, and they continued to fight against each other. The fusion of mixed blood, the current nine-surnamed Tie Le, has a high nose and deep eyes, but there are not many.

At that time, the leader tribe of the six Gaoche tribes was the Dingling clan, but later the Dingling clan and Hulu clan were integrated into Xianbei, and then into Han.

"What's your name?"

"Dhulu Vajra Slave!" The strong man with deep nose, high eyes and blond hair and blue eyes said loudly.

When Huaiyu heard the name, he also knew a little about his origin.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, in the six kinds of Gaoche, the leader tribe was the Dingling clan, followed by the Hulu clan and Yuan He clan.
Dingling's Hugu clan all merged into Xianbei one after another, followed southward into the Central Plains, and the other tribes left behind merged and expanded again, forming the twelve surnames of Gaoche.

They belong to the purer Tiele people who have been inherited from Ding Ling in the Qin and Han Dynasties.

During the period when Ding Ling merged into Xianbei, the Hulu family took over the position of the leader of the Tiele Tribal Alliance from the Ding Ling family. In the end, it ended with the victory of the Rouran people, and most of Tie Le surrendered.

The failed Hulu clan chose to go south to Xianbei, and the leader tribe of the Tiele people became the Yuanhe clan (Huihe). When the Hulu clan was in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were still many famous people.

However, in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, many Hulu surnames were simplified to Hu surnames, which belonged to the same Sinicization as Changsun and others, which have been very successful.

This fat man is still surnamed Hulu, which means he is an old-fashioned family. It is very likely that he was one of the Hulu tribes who stayed in the grassland back then. The Yuanhe tribe and Rouran also fought for hegemony. However, the Northern Wei Dynasty only used them as cannon fodder and kept recruiting their troops to fight against the Southern Dynasty. Later, the Yuan He clan came out with a hero tree hunter who led the tribe back to the grassland and established the Gaoche Khanate.

Many Tiele people who went south in the early years also followed back to the grasslands to pursue the glory and freedom of their fathers and grandparents.

Looking at this relatively rare pure Dingling species, Huaiyu chuckled.

"This city gate bolt weighs 180 jin. I believe most of the hundred cavalry recruits here can lift it. It's really nothing, but,"

"That's not how the gate bolts are raised."

After Huaiyu finished speaking, he walked forward, only to see that Huaiyu was holding one end of the door bolt, and with a lot of strength, he lifted the door bolt.

Then raise it above your head, ten times in a row.

This may seem unremarkable, but as soon as a feasible person makes a move, he will know if there is one.

Seeing this, even the Hulu Vajra Slave immediately put away his contemptuous expression, they are all practicing strength, so they don't know the key to the mystery.

This door bolt is one foot and seven feet long, three and a half inches in diameter, and weighs 180 catties. Wu Huaiyu holds one end and is no more than one foot away from the other end.

This is quite different from holding the deadbolt directly in the middle.

This is like the difference between lifting a knife and lifting a hammer. With such a heavy and long bolt, only one end is held, which means that the center of gravity is forward, and it takes several times the effort.

The warriors of the tribes outside the Great Wall like to play with blunt weapons such as iron bones and hammers, and they know the mystery inside very well.

Huaiyu put down the latch, his expression unchanged.

"Who will try like this."

It is actually very practical to use the city gate bolt as a test. This thing is called Qiaoguan in the army. Anyone who can close the city gate by one person is considered a strong man in the army.

It is also very practical. When fighting, it is very important to close the city gate first. For example, on the day of the Xuanwu Gate mutiny, Xie Shufang and the others almost entered the palace. Tie it to the shelf, and it didn't fall short.

A Southern barbarian with broken hair and tattoos came forward, claiming to be from the Li tribe of Hainan, surnamed Xian.

This is most likely from the family of Mrs. Xian Tai, the Holy Mother of Lingnan. Feng An is the most powerful in Lingnan, and the Feng family has married the Xian family for generations. They also jointly developed Hainan Island. Feng An is the governor of the eight states.

From the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Feng family was the most wealthy family in South of the Five Ridges. The Feng family in Lingnan is also called the Feng family in Gaozhou, but its ancestors originated from Hebei.After Hou Yan was defeated by the Northern Wei Dynasty, he retreated to the northeast. Feng Ba was the guard general of Hou Yan. Seeing that the Lord of Hou Yan was licentious and innocent, he killed the emperor of Hou Yan and embraced a new king, who took charge of the military and state power. Later, he usurped the throne and established Bei Yan. The capital was Longcheng, but after his death, Beiyan fought among himself, was defeated by the Northern Wei Dynasty, and fled to Goguryeo.

One of them took two hundred people across the sea to return to the Song Dynasty, and was named the prefect of Xinning by Liu Song. From then on, he settled in Lingnan and became the originator of the Feng family. The branches and leaves are scattered, and the marriage is savage and powerful, and eventually becomes a powerful family.

What makes the Feng family more outstanding is that although he is a dragon in the river, he knows how to rely on the imperial court while marrying local powerful men, becoming an excellent agent of the dynasty.

Regardless of whether he was Song Qiliang Chen in the Southern Dynasty, or the reunified Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Feng family has always remained submissive, sitting securely in his position as the agent of the Lingnan Empire, as his local emperor.

Many descendants of the Feng and Xian clans also studied in Chang'an or served as bodyguards. Feng An had served as governor and general in the Sui Dynasty.

Xian Zhihui stepped forward. He was darker but stronger. With a loud shout, he grabbed one end of the latch and lifted it up forcefully.

Heavier than expected, especially when only holding one end.

He adjusted his breathing, and then lifted it vigorously, but every time he lifted it, it became more and more difficult. When he lifted it for the fifth time, he finally couldn't lift it up again, and he had to throw it on the ground halfway through the lift, panting like a cow.

"I'll try."

Many people were not too convinced, and stepped forward one after another.

As a result, this pass seemed easy, but it was even more difficult than lifting a tripod. Two-thirds of those seemingly mighty new hundred cavalry could not lift ten times.

Although Hulu King Kong Nu lifted ten times with ease, he no longer underestimated Wu Huaiyu as much.

Huaiyu looked at it with a smile, and asked Chen Sheng to bring a pen and paper, and he would record and score everyone on it.

Jumping is a test of strength, but it is not purely deadly, it must be skillful, it is like playing stone locks, those who know the skills can play well, and those who know the skills can use their strength to take advantage of the situation.

Of course, it does require a very strong core strength. This is like lifting a barbell. If you just lift it up, it is not difficult, but if you stretch out a barbell with a flat arm of tens of kilograms horizontally, retract it, and then stretch it out Static lock, even if it is only 30 seconds, is also very against the sky.

It is said that Bruce Lee often held a 32 kg barbell horizontally forward and followed by a homeopathic back swing, and then lifted it sideways to the shoulder level and held it for a few seconds. kg weight.

For ordinary people, it is impossible for most people to hold a wet mop with one hand and hold it flat for 30 seconds.

It takes both strength and skill to pass the test. Wu Huaiyu practiced guns and maces, and it is precisely this aspect of force skills. , but its power is not small.

In fact, those who have practiced weapons with a center of gravity such as hammers can take advantage of it.

However, if you lift it for the first time, you may not be able to adapt immediately. Huaiyu took a door bolt to show off, and he deliberately took advantage of it.

But this trick is really simple and practical. It is much better than horseback riding, archery, and wrestling. If you really want to shoot arrows, Huaiyu is definitely not as good as most people here. His archery skills are still very average, and horseback riding is definitely not as good as those grassland tribes. The son of the chief.

After many people failed ten times to skip the pass, Wu Huaiyu stood up again, and then lifted the door bolt easily again, and lifted it ten times.

Now there is no contempt anymore.

There was a little more admiration in everyone's eyes.

"Get the bow."

Huaiyu asked Chen Sheng to fetch the bow again, "How heavy is it?"

"One hundred and twenty catties."

"Too light, get a harder one."

"This is a hundred and fifty catties."

"Still light, just take the Liujun bow!"

A bow with a force of 180 jin is called a strong bow, and most people may not be able to draw it, let alone shoot it accurately.

Wu Huaiyu took the bow and glanced at it for a few moments, then handed the bow to Hulu Jingangnu, Xian Zhihui and the others who were more prominent just now, "Try it first."

Several people took turns to try to draw the bow.

"It is true that Liujun is a hard bow, can the general really use this bow?"

Huaiyu laughed, took the bow and stood in a lunge, and began to pull the bowstring. The bowstring was slowly pulled away until the full moon, but Huaiyu continued to pull,
With a crisp snap, the bow was snapped by him.

There was a sound of exclamation on the field, Liujun's strong bow was directly broken, it was so much effort.

Huaiyu laughed, "Mistake, mistake."

He threw the broken bow aside, but didn't ask Chen Sheng to fetch a new one.

In fact, Wu Huaiyu's archery skills are average, if he really asked him to draw the Liujun bow to shoot a target a hundred and eighty steps away, he would definitely miss the target, so he deliberately pulled the Liujun strong bow, but broke it, just using his strength to frighten these newcomers It's all subordinates.

The bow pierces six jun, and the arrow pierces seven, that is Li Shimin,
Even Zhang Shigui, the general of the Forbidden Army, the former Xuanjia cavalry chief who was newly assigned to the Zuofei cavalry battalion, only used a 150-jin bow, and he was already the strongest among the generals. Only the Liujun bow is used.

Huaiyu only used a gate bolt and a Liujun bow to completely stun the thousand horses under his hand.

Li Shimin finished discussing with the prime ministers in the palace, and Zhang Anan, the internal servant, told the emperor about it in a timely manner. Li Shimin couldn't help laughing, "This boy," the emperor saw through Wu Huaiyu's trick of breaking the bow at a glance, the emperor But a true archer, he knew very well that Wu Huaiyu's archery skills were mediocre, and he couldn't hit at all with more than fifty steps.

(End of this chapter)