The First Great Ancestor of the Five Dynasties

Chapter 297
Two days later, Beicheng Military Academy Ground.

The weather has rarely cleared up, the temperature has risen slightly, and the sky that has been hazy for a long time has a touch of blue, which makes people feel a little more cheerful.

Under the towering city wall, there is a huge and flat square with a forest of flags, thousands of war horses galloping, and the earth trembles, making a deep rumbling sound.

The first and second corps of the infantry camp totaled more than [-] people, and the cavalry army's left wing more than [-] people lined up neatly on the military school grounds.

Except for the Tianxiong Army, these more than [-] soldiers and horses are the main elite of Ye Duxing Camp, and they are the most direct troops under Guo Wei.

In addition to soldiers, there are also a large number of generals, military academies, commanders, captains and other middle and lower-level officers who were ordered to come to participate in the review.

The generals rushed into the gate of the camp on horseback and gathered in small groups, discussing the trip to Yedu to lead the camp.

Some of them belong to the Forbidden Army, some belong to various vassal towns, and are scattered in various military states in Hebei.

Their common identity is that they are generals under the Yedu camp, and they are subject to the orders of Guo Wei, Yedu's left-behind, privy envoy and camp commander.

Several divine horses rushed into the gate. In the center was a horse with fur as bright as charcoal, bright eyes, thick hooves, broad bones and strong muscles. It ran like a ball of flames. It was Zhu Xiu's mount Honghaier.

Zhu Xiule's horse kicked, and looking around, he saw armored soldiers rolling into the sky like a torrent, war drums thundering above the city, generals wearing helmets and armor standing proudly, and military flags covering the sky and sun hunting in the wind.

Being in such a majestic and majestic scene, Zhu Xiu couldn't help but feel great pride in his heart.

"That is the veteran general Yao Yuanfu. After pacifying the Li Shouzhen rebellion in Puzhou, the commander recommended General Yao to serve as the governor of the Yiwu Army and sit in Dingzhou.

General Yao Lao was originally a subordinate of Zhao Hui of the Fengxiang Army, and Commander Zhao Laojie complained about the general, saying that he was poaching the Fengxiang Army without telling him."

Zhang Yongde pointed to an old general who was running by with a group of soldiers not far away and said with a smile.

Zhu Xiu nodded. He had an acquaintance with General Yao Yuanfu when he was in Qizhou.

"That is the veteran He Fujin. He is still brave in his sixties. The last time he competed with Zhongjin, the two were neck and neck for more than a hundred rounds. Now he serves as the military commander of the Chengde Army and is in charge of the prefecture."

Zhang Yongde pointed to a white-bearded veteran standing on a horse and carrying a sword and introduced.

Li Chongjin on the side sniffed and said angrily: "Last time, we fought more than 150 people, and Lao He was knocked over by me with a single blow."

Zhang Yongde glanced at him: "General He lost due to age and strength, but in terms of martial arts skills, he is much better than you."

"Hmph~ Anyway, I won in the end~~" Li Chongjin turned his head resentfully, and muttered unconvinced.

Zhang Yongde continued to introduce: "Most of the veterans under the commander-in-chief have pledged to follow him to the death. They have a close relationship with the commander-in-chief. The court designated the commander-in-chief as a rebel. Although these veterans were not convicted, they knew that they could not escape the purge afterwards. The only way out is to follow the commander-in-chief and raise troops."

Yao Yuanfu, He Fujin and other senior generals with high qualifications and prestige were mostly favored by Guo Wei. They were all promoted by Guo Wei when he was the Privy Council. Once Guo Wei fell, they would be abandoned by the imperial court, or even suffer the tragedy of annihilation. indefinite.

Therefore, they will definitely follow Guo Wei in rebellion. Only by keeping Guo Wei can they keep their own glory and wealth.

"That person is Wang Yanchao, the commander of the left wing of the camp's cavalry army. He is 35 or six years old. He has superb martial arts and is highly valued by the commander. The commander often says that among the younger generals under his command, Wang Yanchao is regarded as the leader."

In the square formation on the left side of the camp's cavalry army, a silver-helmeted general, holding a bright silver gun in his hand, rode out of the ranks and urged the cavalry soldiers to line up in order.

This man has ape-like arms and a wasp-like waist, has a well-proportioned body shape, and is very powerful as he sits on a horse and carries a spear.

Wang Yanchao seemed to be aware that someone was sizing him up. Wang Yanchao looked back, his burning gaze hurting his eyes. He had a broad mouth and good looks.

Zhu Xiu nodded to him from a distance.

Wang Yanchao frowned. He had never met Zhu Xiu, but he, Zhang Yongde and Li Chongjin were old acquaintances.

Seeing that the two of them were there, Wang Yanchao rushed over.

"General Wang!" Zhang Yongde clasped his fists and laughed.

Li Chongjin curled his lips and said nothing. It was obvious that he and Wang Yanchao were also fighting.

"Zhang Yuhou." Wang Yanchao nodded, glanced at Li Chongjin, smiled and said nothing, his eyes fell on Zhu Xiu, "Could this be the new secretary of the camp?"

Zhu Xiu saluted and said, "Zhu Xiu has met General Wang."

Wang Yanchao looked him over, nodded and said with a smile: "It's better to be famous than to meet him. Secretary Zhu Zhang is indeed a young hero. Before the army was dispatched, Secretary Zhu Zhang said that he had withdrawn from the Xingzhou Anguo Army and made his first contribution to our army. It's gratifying. Congratulations!"

"General Wang is too complimentary!" Zhu Xiu remained humble, "I have some friendship with the old general Liu Ci. He is moved by emotion and understood by reason. The old general is a person who can discern the truth, so naturally he will not follow him again. The traitors and traitors in the imperial court are in cahoots with each other.

From now on, we will have to rely on General Wang and other generals to fight in battle! "

Wang Yanchao knew that Zhu Xiu was a popular person around Guo Wei, and he and Chai Rong were brothers in private. Military advisor Wei Renpu also praised him a lot.

When they met for the first time, Wang Yanchao felt a little fond of Zhu Xiu in his heart when he saw Zhu Xiu's humble attitude and his domineering attitude without relying on the commander's favor.

"Secretary Zhu Zhang might as well come to our marching army and horse garrison more often in the future. Wang is very interested in firearms, and I would like to ask Secretary Zhu Zhang to teach me a thing or two." Wang Yanchao smiled politely.

"I don't take advice seriously, I would like to discuss it with General Wang!"

Wang Yanchao nodded with a smile, clasped his fists and said, "Wang still has military orders with him, so I'll take my leave first!"

Wang Yanchao rode back to the cavalry formation and continued to urge the soldiers to line up.

"Wang Yanchao joined the army as a young man. He is young but has a lot of experience. He has relied on his own ability to get to where he is today. This man is gentle and cautious, but he is quite arrogant."

Zhang Yongde looked at Zhu Xiu and said with a smile: "I can see that Wang Yanchao is very interested in you. Being recognized by him means that he thinks that you are just like him, the kind of person who comes from a poor family but has extraordinary talents."

Zhu Xiu smiled, looking at Wang Yanchao in the distance who was seriously supervising the formation of the sergeants, and silently remembered this person in his heart.

"When this guy was in his 20s, he went to Chongyun Mountain in Qizhou and became a disciple of an old Taoist priest. He learned how to train his body and muscles horizontally. Hey Zhu Xiu, do you have any Taoist conjoined techniques? Please teach them to me. When I reach the level of invulnerability, I will fight with this guy again!"

Li Chongjin had half of his face wrapped in gauze and his voice was humming.

Zhu Xiu couldn't help rolling his eyes, what kind of body training method, invulnerability to swords and guns, I'm afraid this guy has read Journey to the West of the Tang Dynasty, and his mind is thinking about going to heaven and earth all day long.

"In the physical training class at the Tiger Camp, if you insist on training for half a year, your muscles and bones will not be worse than Wang Yanchao's!" Zhu Xiu glared at him.

"Really?" Li Chongjin was doubtful.

"Believe it or not!" Zhu Xiu was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Zhang Yongde said with a smile: "Re-entering this trip to Beizhou alone, killing the Yongqing army's Jiedu mansion all over the field, the news spread to Yedu, and the whole army admired it very much. Wang Yanchao told me in private, this matter re-enters you Well done, if it had been him, he probably wouldn't have come back alive."

"If I are allowed to break in again, I will definitely be able to come back unscathed!" Li Chongjin grunted, grinning at the corner of his mouth and raising his tail to the sky.

Zhu Xiu smiled and said, "Wang Yanchao's martial arts are so extraordinary that he is no match for you, the Black King. Would he really say that?"

Li Chongjin was anxious and said with wide eyes: "So what? Being good at martial arts does not mean that he has the courage to enter Beizhou alone and escape unharmed after killing people!" Zhang Yongde said hurriedly: "Wang Yanchao did tell me in private! I I swear! It’s just that this person is very proud deep down, so he will never praise you in person. Besides, when you meet him, you either quarrel or get violent, so how can he praise you in person? "

Li Chongjin glared at Zhu Xiu angrily: "Zhang Baoyi is an honest man. If he says there is something, then there must be something!"

Zhu Xiu raised his hands as a gesture of surrender and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I believe it! Wang Yanchao praised you, the Black King, for your superb martial arts and shocking courage. You single-handedly caused a bloody storm in Beizhou! You, the Black King, are the commander-in-chief. Make extraordinary achievements, and firmly rank second in the list of achievements!"

"Hmph~ This is almost the same!" Li Chongjin was triumphant, and suddenly realized, "Eh? Why is it second? Who is the first?"

Zhu Xiu pointed to his nose: "Of course it's me! I persuaded Liu Ci to retreat first, and you killed Wang Zhi and others later. As Commander Jinkou said, the first credit goes to me!"

Li Chong gritted his teeth angrily, his face full of dissatisfaction, but he was helpless.

Zhang Yongde watched the two of them bickering like children, dumbfounded.

Li Chongjin, 30, and Zhu Xiu, [-] or [-], are quite different in age, but they are particularly close to each other and are extremely close brothers. This fate is really rare.

Zhu Xiu glanced at Li Chongjin. Even though this guy was wearing a majestic red tiger-head military robe, he was actually covered in scars. If he got closer, he could smell ointment mixed with blood.

Li Chongjin went on a killing spree at Jiedu Mansion in Beizhou. He brutally killed Wang Zhi, the Jiedushi envoy, Lin Jiao, the Jiedu deputy envoy, and other high-level generals of the Yongqing army. , but in fact it is a narrow escape, something that can only be done if you are extremely lucky.

The most shocking thing is that when Li Chongjin came back from his solo trip to Beizhou, he suffered numerous injuries all over his body, but none of them were located in critical areas. Even the two arrow wounds perfectly avoided important organs. After the military doctor diagnosed them, they were just flesh wounds plus Excessive bleeding.

Looking at this guy's sallow complexion, Zhu Xiu lamented that this guy was really unlucky. If he survived the catastrophe, he would be lucky!

"Don't be too radical or impulsive in your future actions. You should plan everything before you act. Being able to come back from Beizhou alive this time can be regarded as a great blessing! But there are several times of good luck in a person's life. Your impulsive and violent temper should be Change it." Zhu Xiu warned seriously.

Li Chongjin said carelessly: "Okay, okay, uncle has already scolded me in private, and now I have to be taught a lesson by you, it's annoying!"

"What Zhu Xiu said makes sense. Your success this time was mostly due to luck. Wang Zhi, Lin Jiao and others usually thought they were superior to others, so when they saw you riding away alone, they started to look down upon you.

After this battle, your reputation, Li Chongjin, has spread. Everyone knows how powerful you are. They will definitely use great force to deal with you. You should be more cautious! "Zhang Yongde also seriously advised.

Li Chongjin suddenly looked up at the sky and murmured: "But I want to break into the Kaifeng Palace again, cut off the head of the Dog Emperor, and comfort my aunt, Liu's younger siblings, Brother Qing, Brother Yi, Brother Yi, Brother Cheng, and Brother Ding." Brother, Shouyun, Fengchao, if my uncle and cousin's family don't avenge their blood feud, how can I live with peace of mind?"

With a low shout, Li Chongjin rode away on horseback.

Zhu Xiu and Zhang Yongde looked at each other and sighed bitterly.

Perhaps in Li Chongjin's view, as long as he can avenge the Guo family, his life and death really don't matter.

Under the north city wall, a huge military platform has been built, and a bright red Guo flag is fluttering in the wind.

Zhu Xiu and Zhang Yongde rushed to the audience, but Li Chongjin was nowhere to be found.

Zhu Xiu saw Chai Rong standing not far away, and was about to ride his horse over, when suddenly a strong-backed general appeared in front of him and stopped him.

Red Boy sneezed loudly in fright, took a few steps back, and stared at the incoming person with big moist eyes.

Zhu Xiu clamped the saddle with her legs, tightened the reins, and patted the horse's neck repeatedly to calm down Red Boy.

Honghai'er is a descendant of the Jinshan Horse King. He has been very courageous since he was a child. He dared to chase wild wolves from the north when he saw them in Yuanzhou. But now he was so frightened that he pawed uneasily.

Zhu Xiu looked angrily, scolding on his lips, but couldn't say anything.

The person blocking his path was a mighty and majestic man, wearing a black mountain armor with streaks of marks. He wore a phoenix-winged hat on his huge head. His eyes were fierce, his face was full of flesh, and there was a knife wound on the left cheek, like a black centipede. Lie on your face.

This man was tall and strong, and Zhu Xiu was not much taller than him when he was sitting on horseback.

Among all the people Zhu Xiu had met, he was second only to Shi Xiangwen in terms of size.

"What does this general do for you?"

This old and tough man was not easy to mess with at first sight, and he was full of murderous aura. Zhu Xiu politely held his hand.

The big man stared at Red Boy with fiery eyes, and stretched out his rough hands to touch the mane of the horse's neck. Red Boy grinned and showed his big teeth, biting without mercy.

The big man laughed, then slapped the horse on the mouth with his backhand, hitting the horse in the mouth moderately, causing Red Boy to feel pain, shake his head and sneeze loudly.

Zhu Xiu hurriedly got off his horse, comforted Hong Boy, and checked to see if he had been injured by this man.

Hong Hai'er humiliated herself into Zhu Xiu's arms. Apparently she knew how powerful the big man was and didn't dare to bite him any more.

"Hahaha~ What a good horse! It's just a bit pampered and can't resist being beaten! It also has a little temper, like a girl!"

The big man laughed loudly, his voice as loud as a blower.

Zhu Xiu was angry, glared at him fiercely, took the reins and planned to go around him.

"and many more!"

The big man stretched out his thick arms to stop him, pointed at the red boy rudely and said, "Please give me a price for this horse. Grandpa wants it no matter how much!"

Zhu Xiuqi smiled and said angrily: "Grandpa won't sell it for any amount of money! Get out of the way!"

The big man was startled, as if he didn't expect that the thin boy in front of him would dare to talk to him like this.

"Stop!" The big man pressed the saddle lightly with his palm, unable to move even the man and the horse.

"Boy, you don't know who grandpa is?" The big man's eyes widened.

Zhu Xiu gritted her teeth and tried her best but couldn't push the big man's arm away. She said angrily: "Grandpa really doesn't know who you are! Do you know who grandpa is?"

There was a hint of ferocity in the big man's fierce eyes, and he said: "Grandpa is Shi Yanchao! Boy, who are you?"

　I looked through the recent comments and found that some friends thought that Zhu Xiu should be arranged to save the family members of Guo Wei and Chai Rong. Let me briefly explain a few words.

　　1. There is really no way to save it. The Shenghe residence that Ma Qing and Chen An had been operating in Kaifeng for half a year was destroyed by Li Ye. Zhu Xiu basically had no resources to mobilize.Before Chai Rong left Jingzhou, Zhu Xiu reminded him that if he had the opportunity to be sent to a feudal town, he must find a way to take his family members away. He would do his best to change history.

　　2. In fact, there is no need to save.If Zhu Xiu forcibly intervenes to change this period of history, and Guo Wei has a biological heir who survives, no one knows whether Chai Rong will be the successor in the future.If Zhu Xiu supports Chai Rong, this book will be written as a palace battle drama in the later Zhou Dynasty
　　There is another question. Historically, if Guo Wei's family had not been killed, no one knows whether he would have been determined to rebel.In the book, my setting is not.

　　Therefore, in order for Guo Wei to make up his mind to break with the Liu Han court, the death of his family was a test he had to endure.

　　3. Before the duel between Zhu Xiu and Zhao Da and Zhao Er, the main historical line of this book will generally follow historical facts, so some content that will obviously change the direction of history should not appear.

　　In fact, I had considered whether to save the person before. If I did, it would most likely be a palace fight scene, and it would also cause a lot of trouble. In the book, Chai Rong’s personality will change because of this incident. It must also be considered.

　　If he wanted to save people, Zhu Xiu would not go to Jingzhou to develop after leaving Cangzhou, but would go directly to Kaifeng. However, this is a main line that I killed.
　　Just say a few words and say whatever comes to mind later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)