Chapter 62 Competition on the school field (reading and voting)
Bajun, Yuwei County.
That day, the sky was clear and sunny in Yufu County.
At this time, a competition was about to begin at the military camp in Yufu County.
In the school field, there were two formations of soldiers standing behind their commanders.
Among the two formations of soldiers, the soldiers of one formation were all wearing jet-black fine armor from top to bottom, and the soldiers of that formation had white bird feathers and animal hairs stuck in their hoods.
Under the bright sunshine today, these white feathers look extraordinary and eye-catching under the sunlight.
If there were people present from the Wei army who had just participated in the Battle of Hanzhong, they would definitely recognize the identity of this army.
This army is Liu Bei's own army, the Bai Jie soldiers, who defeated them in the great battle in Hanzhong not long ago.
And now the general who is standing on horseback in front of Liu Bei's elite troops, who is looked at with admiring eyes by these white-collar soldiers, his identity is also self-evident.
He was the Yijun general Changshan, Zhaoyun and Zhao Zilong who was entrusted with important tasks by Liu Bei and was responsible for internal affairs.
In "Shuowen Jiezi" written by Xu Shen, a great scholar of the modern Han Dynasty, the character "yi" is explained as "flying appearance", which means the appearance of taking off;
And "Yi" also means "Yi", which means assisting. For example, Liu Bei once praised Zhao Yun as "Yi praises Jixing".
Therefore, Liu Bei specially gave Zhao Yun the name Yijun, praising Zhao Yun as a flying general who could assist him in reviving the Han Dynasty.
This year Liu Bei ascended the throne as King of Hanzhong. In order to inspire military morale, Liu Bei named Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, and Ma Chao each as the four most important generals, but Zhao Yun was not among them.
The reason why Liu Bei did not appoint Zhao Yun, who had followed him for many years and worked hard with great achievements, as one of the four most important generals was because he considered balancing the interests of all the forces under his rule.
This year Liu Bei became queen, and he sent Fei Shi, a Sima and Jianwei man from the front of Yizhou, to Guan Yu's residence to grant Guan Yu his official seal.
When Guan Yu heard that Huang Zhong's status was the same as his own, he said angrily: "A man will never be ranked with a veteran!"
At first he refused to accept the appointment.
Guan Yu's reaction at that time was not because he disdained Huang Zhong, but because he was actually aggrieved for Zhao Yunming.
You must know that during the Hanzhong War, Huang Zhong's status was just one of the many generals controlled by Zhao Yun.
However, in the face of Guan Yu's grievances, Zhao Yun, as a party involved, never paid attention to the matter.
He has always had no regrets, he is as loyal to Liu Bei as ever, and he is as cautious and conscientious about his responsibilities as ever.
At this time, in the school grounds of Yufu County, Zhao Yun, who was eight feet tall and majestic in appearance, was sitting on a horse, looking at the general opposite with an indifferent expression.
Zhao Yun was wearing a silver-white heart armor and a snow-white battle robe on his back. He held a fine steel spear in his hand, the tip of the spear pointing diagonally at the ground.
Although Zhao Yun was sitting on a tall horse and his body was not moving yet, he stood there so quietly, and an invisible pressure was constantly being released.
This put tremendous pressure on the general on the opposite side.
The general who faced Zhao Yun was Chen Dao, who was also Liu Bei's general.
Chen Dao, courtesy name Shuzhi, was from Runan, Yuzhou.
Chen Dao defected to Liu Bei in the first year of Jian'an when he was serving as the shepherd of Yuzhou.
Since defecting to Liu Bei, Chen Dao has been loyal to Liu Bei.
Because of Chen Dao's prudent character, Liu Bei often ordered Chen Dao to command the White Guards together with Zhao Yun, but his position was always lower than that of Zhao Yun.
Chen Dao and Zhao Yun are both direct descendants of Liu Bei's Yuan Cong, and they once commanded the same army, so the relationship between them has always been very good.
Zhao Yun had led his troops to Yuwei County for some time. As the leader of Yuwei, Chen Dao had nothing to do today, and seeing that the weather was very good, he specially made an appointment with Zhao Yun to come to the school field in the city to compete.
Although Chen Dao is known for being good at training soldiers under Liu Bei, compared to his command, his own military force is also good.
Faced with this invitation from his friend, Zhao Yun naturally had no reason to refuse.
Chen Dao looked at Zhao Yun who was not far away from him. Although Zhao Yun was pointing the tip of his gun towards the ground, he looked undefended.
But Chen Dao had been getting along with Zhao Yun for a long time, and naturally he knew that Zhao Yun seemed to be undefended on the surface, but in Chen Dao's eyes, there was no flaw in Zhao Yun's body at this time.
Zhao Yun was quietly waiting for Chen Dao's attack. This was not because he had poor riding skills, so he wanted to focus on defense.
In fact, his riding skills are so good. As a former member of the White Horse Yi Cong, his riding skills are the best among Liu Bei's generals. Only the three generals Guan, Zhang and Ma can keep up with him.
The reason why Zhao Yun did not take the initiative was because he was worried that with his superb riding skills, once he did, Chen Dao might not even have a chance to resist.
After Zhao Yun and Chen Dao looked at each other for a long time, Chen Dao finally lost his temper first.
Chen Dao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then he drove his horse and rushed towards Zhao Yun quickly.
After a while, Chen Dao rode his horse and rushed in front of Zhao Yun.
Before riding his horse and rushing towards Zhao Yun, Chen Dao relied on his excellent equestrian skills to temporarily stand up from the galloping horse, and then he raised his sword with both hands and struck hard at Zhao Yun.
Different from Zhao Yun, Chen Dao is a big sword like Guan Yu.
Compared with spears, which are weapons that value skill, broadswords value the strength of the user more.
Now Chen Dao was driving his horse towards Zhao Yun at a high speed. The high speed of the horse exerted huge inertia on Chen Dao's body.
People use horse power, and Chen Dao's own strength is not bad, so Chen Dao's slashing action with the sword can be said to be powerful and powerful.
When faced with such a fierce attack, ordinary generals would temporarily try to avoid it.
But Zhao Yun is not an ordinary general. He only faced Chen Dao's slashing attack. Zhao Yun was not in a hurry. He was the last to attack and raised the spear in his hand to block it in front of him.
Soon the sound of the collision of iron tools was like a muffled thunder, exploding between Zhao Yun and Chen Dao.
Facing Chen Dao's attack with all his strength, Zhao Yun just took the move lightly and easily.
This scene made Chen Dao secretly praise him in his heart.
Years have passed, and Zhao Yun's bravery has not deteriorated at all.
Chen Dao has known Zhao Yun for a long time, so he certainly knew that he could not defeat Zhao Yun with this attack.
Therefore, after this attack failed, Chen Dao made a decisive decision and rode his horse to pass Zhao Yun. After arriving behind Zhao Yun, he rode his horse again to kill Zhao Yun.
This time Chen Dao chose close combat.
Chen Dainai is a veteran general with great military prowess.
He waved the sword in his hand, and the sword flowers formed by the sword's movements appeared densely packed under Chen Dao's movements.
But when the dense swords and flowers fell on Zhao Yun, they were blocked one by one by Zhao Yun with the spear in his hand.
After carrying out such a high-intensity attack for a while, the rather old Chen Dao gradually felt a little powerless.
And Zhao Yun seemed to be aware of this.
After Chen Dao swung his sword and was blocked by Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun took advantage of Chen Dao's old strength to be exhausted and his new strength to be weak. As he flipped his right hand, the tip of the spear in his hand was like a swimming dragon, following Chen Dao's direction.
The blade of the knife slid upwards and finally stopped in Chen Dao's throat.
And when Zhao Yun's spear pointed at Chen Dao's throat, Chen Dao only realized all this belatedly.
The fight between the two has reached this moment, and the winner is already clear.
The white soldiers behind Zhao Yun saw that their general had won as expected, and their faces were also filled with the joy of victory.
It is also their glory to have such a general with extraordinary strength.
After deciding the winner, Chen Dao, who was attentive, saw the hoof prints made by his horse on the open space in the school field where he and Zhao Yun were fighting.
On the other hand, Zhao Yun, since the beginning of the battle between the two, Zhao Yun and his horse have not moved even half a step away from their original positions.
After seeing this scene, Chen Dao was filled with emotions.
Both he and Zhao Yun have reached the age of knowing their destiny. As they grow older, they are becoming worse than before, while Zhao Yun is getting older and stronger.
Now that the outcome was decided, Chen Dao immediately threw down the sword in his hand and said angrily to Zhao Yun,
"I'm so old. When I was in Xinye, I could still compete with you for thirty rounds.
Now, we have already lost in around twenty rounds.”
Hearing what Chen Dao said, Zhao Yun put away his spear, with a warm smile on his face, and said to Chen Dao,
"Among all the generals in the new field back then, Uncle Zhi, you were not famous for your force. Why should you be upset today because your force is ineffective?"
"Compared to the strength of force, uncle, you are more suitable to be a general and stationed in one area.
In this regard, I am not as good as you."
Zhao Yun's relief made Chen Dao's annoyance fade a lot.
What Zhao Yun said is indeed true.
Although Yuwei County is a county, its geographical location is special and it is the only way from Jingzhou to Yizhou.
For such a dangerous place, Liu Bei can leave it to Chen Dao to guard it, which shows his trust in Chen Dao's ability.
Later generations said that the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms exaggerated the personal power of the five tiger generals.
But in real history, leaving aside Ma Chao and Huang Zhong, the three generals Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun were really men with incredible martial arts.
(End of chapter)
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