Late Tang

Iron Spear Wang Yanzhang, White Horse and Silver Spear Gao Siji, and Liu Xun, the three Zhendong troops who Li Jing valued most in front of him, the bright red and promising young generals stepped forward together, and surrounded the shepherd boy. Four people fight together.

The sheep-herding boy is born with great strength, and the Hun Tie Lance gifted by Li Jing is like icing on the cake right now, as if Lu Bu got the Fang Tian Painting Halberd, and Guan Yun got the Qinglong Yanyue Saber.Dancing the 48-jin Hun iron lance, the young man didn't exert any effort at all, and the long soldier on the horse was also danced by him like a dragon going out to sea and a tiger going down the mountain under his steps.

Chop, cut, stab, pull, block, seal, tease, sweep, cut, cut, pick, chop!

This young man is surprisingly proficient in Ma Chan's twelve-way basic tactics.This made Li Jing doubtful. Weapons like the horse lance were extremely precious. Generally, only those who came from generals or noble families could own the horse lance and learn how to use it.But this young man is clearly a shepherd boy, so it can be said that he is born with great strength.But it is strange that this horse is so exquisite.

Wang Yanzhang raised his two iron spears together, his moves were chopping and smashing violently, but the iron spears were wielded with sticks and hammers, extremely powerful and powerful.

Gao Siji held a bright silver spear in his hand, but he took a light and light way. He specialized in picking, stabbing, and sweeping. From time to time, countless spear shadows danced, like plum blossoms blooming, and the spear came out like a dragon.

However, Liu Xun's envoy was also a horse spear, basically the same number of ways as the shepherd boy.

The three of them surrounded the shepherd boy, killing him like a revolving lantern.

At the beginning, the young man didn't take it seriously, but after a few rounds, the three young generals Wang Gao and Liu cooperated more and more tacitly. Gao Siji's spear kept dancing, catching his sight in front of him.But Wang Yanzhang's two iron spears were designed to confront him head-on, forcing him to fight.There is also Liu Xun's horse lance, peeping from the side like a wolf like a tiger, adding a lance from time to time, but it is very well done.

After playing like this for a hundred and ten rounds, the sheep-herding boy gradually became exhausted, and he was in a state of scrambling left and right.

After Li Jing saw that the young man had taken several steps back, he knew that the young man had reached his limit.Immediately shouted: "Stop!"

General Liu Xunsan immediately backed up a few steps and stood still when he heard the sound. The shepherd boy was still dancing the spear while backing away, making a gesture of resistance by swaying left and right.

His appearance caused a burst of laughter.Only then did he realize that the three opponents had retreated. He couldn't help but blushed a little shyly and stood there in embarrassment.

Li Jing took a few steps forward, and laughed loudly: "Just now, the little strong man asked for one against three, and also accepted 150 taels of gold bet. But right now, the little strong man has been assisted for a while. Do you admit it?" ?”

The boy blushed, and finally said: "I lost." After speaking, like a defeated rooster, he was disheartened and dejected.

Qin Zongshou had already got up at this time and wiped off the dirt on his body.Seeing that Lian Liu Xun and the three of them fought together and barely beat the shepherd boy, he felt that his defeat just now was not a shame.At this time, he shouted loudly: "Hey, boy, I am willing to admit defeat. According to the rules, if you lose this round, you have to pay three hundred sheep."

Reluctantly, the young man took out the gold that Liu Xun and the others had given him earlier, and threw it on the ground: "Here, take it back."

Qin Zongshou smiled and went forward to pick up the gold on the ground, but said: "This is not right, you lost, the three ingots of gold belonged to us, you have to take out three ingots. If not, take three hundred The sheep come out."

The boy threw out the 50 taels of gold that Qin Zongshou lost to him just now: "It's all for you."

"It's still 100 taels of gold!" Qin Zong said loudly.

The boy took out his pocket, but there was nothing in it.

"Boy, 100 taels of gold, tell me, what do you get to pay it back? Even if you count your ten sheep and this broken yard, at most you will be counted as ten taels of gold, which is still 90 taels short!"

The young man looked at Li Jing, and it was obvious that he also saw that Li Jing was the leader here.

Li Jing smiled: "What's your name!"

"An Jingsi!" The young man was a bit cautious, and at this moment he completely lost the arrogance he had just now. He really killed a hero with a penny, not to mention that he owed a debt of 90 taels of gold.

Hearing this name, Li Jing felt that it was indeed so.When this young man defeated Qin Zongshou, he already suspected that this young man might be Li Cunxiao, the fiercest general in the Five Dynasties.

According to records in the history of the Five Dynasties, Li Cunxiao was originally a shepherd boy in Daibei. Once Li Keyong discovered that he was very strong, he took him under his tent for use.Later, he was adopted as a adopted son and changed his name to Li Cunxiao. After that, he became the most famous Thirteen Taibao under Li Keyong's account.

Unexpectedly, this time when entering Jin Dynasty, a general Zhou Dewei was just accepted, and now Li Cunxiao is here again.

If we compare the generals of the Five Dynasties with the generals of the Three Kingdoms, Gao Siji belongs to the category of Zhao Zilong, Wang Yanzhang belongs to the category of Xia Houdun, and Liu Xun should belong to the category of Zhang Liao.Zhou Dewei can be regarded as Jiang Wei. As for Li Cunxiao, he is naturally a peerless fighter like Lu Bu and Ma Chao.

Trying her best to conceal the excitement in her heart, Li Jing stepped forward and patted An Jingsi's arm, the muscles on that arm were as hard as iron.

"Follow me in the future, join the Zhendong Army, eat food and carry a gun as a soldier, it is definitely better than herding sheep."

"What about the money I owe?" the boy asked worriedly. 90 taels of gold, that's countless sheep.

"Hahaha!" Li Jing laughed loudly: "As long as you follow me, not only will you be able to avoid the money owed, but you will also have money every month in the future."

The boy smiled and agreed. He has no other family members, and he is the only one left in the family.According to him, his family originally lived under the Yin Mountains, but was later plundered by the Tatars and made a slave. Later, the Yokoye Army fought against the Tatars and snatched him back.However, his parents and relatives were dead. After arriving at Yokohama Army City, he became the slave of the dead Kang Sheng here, herding sheep for him.

"Who taught you your kung fu?" Li Jing asked the doubts that he had always kept in his heart.

"I learned wrestling from the Tartars."

"Where's Ma Yang?"

"It was taught by an old monk. When I was herding sheep, a hungry tiger wanted to eat my sheep, but I chased it away. The old monk happened to pass by and saw it, and said that I was suitable for learning. I lived in a temple outside the city for three months, and I learned from him every day besides herding sheep." An Jingsi replied honestly.

Zhou Dewei on the side couldn't help but interjected: "Does that monk have a big nose, deep eye sockets, and is more than seven feet tall, with a long white beard. He looks about 70 years old."

An Jingsi glanced at Zhou Dewei in surprise: "How do you know, do you know him? After he taught me Ma Qiang that time, he left and never saw him again."

Zhou Dewei said to Li Jing: "It seems that the old monk who taught him Ma Qian is the master of the void." After speaking, he smiled at An Jingsi: "I think that master taught boxing. In fact, we also They are brothers of the same sect."

At the moment, Li Jing is in charge, and An Jingsi worships Zhou Dewei as his senior brother.

An Jingsi carried Li Jing's heavy iron spear, and couldn't put it down.Li Jing smiled and said: "If you like it, I will give you this Hun Tie Lance." An Jingsi was overwhelmed with surprise, so Li Jing asked someone to fetch another set of armor for him.

"Can you ride a horse?" Li Jing asked.

"Yes, when I was in Tatar, I often rode horses, and I could also shoot arrows." An Jingsi said proudly.

Li Jing then asked someone to bring a black horse from the Western Regions among his war horses and give it to An Jingsi, and also rewarded him with a good bow.

When the other generals saw it, they were just envious, but few refused to accept it.Hundreds of people witnessed the previous fight with their own eyes. Even Qin Zongshou, the tenth general of the Langya Battalion, was beaten to the ground in one round. Even Liu Xun, Wang Tieqiang, and Baima Yinqiang fought together. Only barely beat this shepherd boy.This matter has been spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and the soldiers of the entire Zhendong Army know about it, and many people came here especially to see this magical sheep-herding boy.Such a powerful guy, no matter how kind the Duke treats him, everyone has nothing to complain about.

Li Jing was very happy to receive such a strong general, so he directly kept this strong general by his side, and let him serve as the general of the bodyguard battalion and his personal guard.

Li Jing always liked Li Cunxiao of the Five Dynasties in his heart, just like Zhao Yun and Ma Chao of the Three Kingdoms.

"Jingsi, how about I change your name to Li Cunxiao?" Li Jing couldn't help but said.

An Jingsi hadn't answered yet, but Zhou Dewei had already replied for him: "Okay, the county magistrate bestowed the surname, why don't you hurry up and kowtow to thank you."

Giving surnames, apart from the fact that Li Tang royal family likes to do this, in fact, those big noble families and those generals also like to do this.

At the same time, bestowing a surname often means adopting a adopted son and worshiping a godfather.However, there are occasional exceptions. Some adoptive sons recognize their godfathers without changing their surnames.For example, Li Jing recognized Song Wei as his adoptive father, but because of Li Jing's strength, it is naturally impossible for Song Wei to ask Li Jing to change his surname.

Now that Li Jing was asked to give An Jingsi a gift suddenly, Zhou Dewei immediately thought that Li Jing wanted to adopt An Jingsi as his adopted son.Immediately agreed to help him, Li Jing has never accepted a foster son, if he can become Li Jing's foster son, then this junior brother's life will definitely be better in the future.Although Li Jing treats An Jingsi so kindly at the moment, in Zhendong Army, he is just a rookie with no foundation.

Seeing that An Jingsi really knelt and kowtowed, Li Jing smiled and helped him up.After thinking about it carefully, he still didn't plan to accept him as a foster son. Although he had no son born yet, although the foster son could use this kind of fake blood relationship to get closer, the main thing was to cultivate personal power.Li Jing didn't feel that he needed to do this in his Zhendong army.From the very beginning, the Zhendong Army was different from other armies.Therefore, Li Jing does not need to use this family method to lead the army.

There are advantages and disadvantages. In fact, a large number of children are adopted, and the family-style method is used to command and control the army. The initial stage is fine.But when the time comes, especially when the coach is in his later years and the old and new are handing over.It is very likely that the adopted son and the biological son will compete for the throne, which will eventually lead to civil strife.For example, Zhu Wen later fought for the position between his adopted son and his own son. As a result, Zhu Wen was killed by his son in the end.For another example, Xu Wen in the Southern Tang Dynasty was also his own son who was killed by his adoptive son in the end.Even Li Keyong, who had adopted hundreds of adoptive sons, was so infighting in the end of the Later Tang Dynasty.

After thinking about it, Li Jing said to An Jing, who was renamed Li Cunxiao, "You will follow me in the future, learn some tactics of war and lead the army, how about you just be my disciple."

There is still a big difference between a disciple and a adopted son, but it is also a good way to win over subordinates and increase one's ability to control.

Since he wanted to take in students, Li Jing simply called Liu Xun and others shamelessly this time.

In the end, because Liu Xun had joined Li Jing recently, according to the usual practice, he became the first disciple, then Wang Yanzhang was the second disciple, Gao Si followed the third son, and Li Cunxiao was the last to start, as the junior junior brother.

Witnessed by Li Zhen and other generals, Li Jing sat there, and four disciples Liu Xun, Wang Yanzhang, Gao Siji, and Li Cunxiao stepped forward to offer tea and kowtow to Li Jing one by one.Li Jing accepted it with satisfaction, and then helped them up one by one, and rewarded each of them with a treasured sword that he had collected.

All the generals in Zhendong Army are very envious of these four people.Being able to be the protégé of the Duke of the county will naturally be reused in the future.

Originally, Li Jing wanted to take Gao Sixiang and Gao Mian together as his disciples, but considering that the Gao family had just joined him not long ago, some old subordinates already felt that the arrangement for Gao Shunli and others was too generous.It would be too surprising if three Gao family children were accepted as disciples at once.

Originally, it would be a good thing if a fierce general like Zhou Dewei could be accepted as a student, at least it would make the relationship between the generals closer.However, considering that Zhou Dewei has two children in his 30s, he is really embarrassed to be his teacher.

After conquering the Hengye Army and sweeping away all the money and food in the city, Li Jing took in four more disciples, and the Zhendong Army burned down the Hengye Army City.Those people in the city were also escorted and followed.

Afterwards, the Zhendong Army went directly south along the Feihu Road in Weizhou, and approached Zhigu Pass.

Li Jing's soldiers and horses arrived at the Zhigu Pass, and there were about a thousand people guarding the pass, and the guard was also a Shatuo general.Hearing that the Zhendong army had arrived, I was too scared to leave the city.Li Jing led all the generals to ride to the pass to watch. The Zhigu pass is sandwiched between two mountains, which is very dangerous.This is no different than Hengye Army City. If you want to storm Zhiguguan, you will have to pay a lot of money.

Li Jing frowned: "Are there any trails and mountain roads?"

"I know there is a small road that can go directly to the back of Zhigu Pass." Li Cunxiao, Li Jing's fourth disciple, stood behind and said hastily. At that time, I came along. Twenty miles east of Zhigu Pass, there is a valley, from there, there is a path stepped by wild animals, although it is very difficult to walk, but it can go straight to the back of Zhigu Pass.”

"Okay." Li Jing said happily: "Bohu, Tieqiang, Chengwu, and Huchen, as teachers, I will hand over the Silver Spear Battalion to the four of you. Tonight, you will take this small road to Zhigu Pass. Wait. When you arrive at the pass, set fire to it and lead troops to tackle the pass for the division!"

"Disciple takes orders!" Liu Xun and the others were very happy to accept the task of dispatching troops.

(To be continued)