Chapter 205 Qi Jiguang
Don't worry about him, it's not too late to say hello to him after destroying these Japanese pirates, but this person's archery skills are amazing. Li You and the man thought at the same time that the movements in his hands were not slow at all. Deadly arrows shot towards the vicious Japanese pirates quickly, and in an instant, the Japanese pirates fell.
Seven or eight Japanese pirates died under the arrows of their two men before they even saw their opponents. The rest were scared and quickly turned back and ran back towards the boat parked on the shore. However, after such delays, it was already a bit late for them to escape now. Dozens of soldiers rushed out of the village and killed them all before they boarded the boat.
Until all the Japanese pirates were resolved, a general about thirty years old, holding a long bow and wearing armor came out of the village. He bowed to the direction where Li You was, "I am Qi Jiguang, the general of Yansan of Taiwan Jin. I dare to ask which righteous man has just helped him. Please come out and talk."
"Haha, it turns out to be General Qi Nantang. No wonder his soldiers are so brave." Li You laughed and came out from behind the hiding stone and bowed, "Li You, a student from Nanzhili, has a name Wenyang, and has met General Qi." The so-called student is a scholar. This is the identity fabricated by Hu Fu for him. If you have a document to testify, you are not afraid of people checking it.
When he saw the weapons and formations of these Ming soldiers who had come out, Li You felt that he might have met the Qi family army. But he didn't expect that the person who led this small group of soldiers was Qi Jiguang himself, which made him overjoyed. Because the task assigned to him by the Tiger Talis was to follow Qi Jiguang to participate in the battle in Taizhou. He was thinking about how to get close to Qi Jiguang just now, but he didn't expect that he would get a good impression in front of Qi Jiguang so soon.
Maybe Hu Fu put himself in that village and did it on purpose? This small group of Japanese pirates also took the postgraduate entrance examination. If he was timid and did not dare to fight with him, he would probably miss the opportunity to contact Qi Jiguang.
Qi Jiguang's name was Yuanjing and his pseudonym was Nantang. His name was well known in China in later generations, but at this time he was just a well-known general in the Ming army. Influenced by the Ming Dynasty's tradition of emphasizing culture and neglecting military affairs, Qi Jiguang couldn't help but be happy and walked slowly towards Li You, "I don't want Mr. Li to have such a good archery technique."
At this time, Li You also took a few steps and came to Qi Jiguang and said, "Arrow is one of the six arts. Since Wen Yang is a disciple of a saint, he should practice it."
"After that being said, there are not many scholars who can drive bows in the Ming Dynasty now, let alone Mr. Li's archery skills, I'm afraid that few people in my Ming army can match." Qi Jiguang sighed, and he continued to speak and looked at Li You's appearance. Although this person dressed as a scholar, the heroic spirit emitted by his whole body is beyond the reach of ordinary literati and poets. The sword on his waist and the long bow in his hand are extraordinary at first glance.
Such talents are not something that ordinary families can raise. Qi Jiguang quickly made a judgment. Perhaps only those founding nobles or heroes in the Jingnan Dynasty had such ability. But there seems to be no noble family surnamed Li in Nanzhili?
It has to be said that Qi Jiguang's observation ability is indeed keen. Li You is indeed from a noble family, but he could not guess that Li You was not from the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing this national hero praise him so much, Li You was extremely happy. "General Qi is not an ordinary military general. Even though he still remembers the poems the general made when he was guarding against Mongolia at Jimen." After that, he sang directly, regardless of Qi Jiguang's surprised gaze:
"The north and south drive the main feelings, and the moon by the river laughs for life.
Three hundred and sixty days a year, most of them are going to move forward immediately.”
"This poem is approachable and catchy, and a heroic spirit is vividly displayed on the paper, which is unforgettable. Looking at the many Jinshis since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there are not many people who can write such good poems." Qi Jiguang praised the scholar Li You's archery skills, and Li You also praised Li for his praise of the poetic talent of Jin Yancan General Qi Jiguang.
If this conversation made outsiders feel extremely awkward, but they were very happy to hear it. After Li You said that, they both laughed at the same time, and the relationship between the two increased a lot.
"Since Wenyang is from Nanzhili, why did he come to Taizhou?" Qi Jiguang, as a military general, naturally had to be more straightforward. He asked directly when he was curious, "And in Qi's opinion, the bows and swords in Wenyang's hands are extraordinary. Wenyang is probably not from ordinary people, right?"
"It is better to travel thousands of miles than reading books. I realized that I had achieved success in my studies in my later years. So I went out to study and see the great mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty. A few days ago, I heard that Japanese pirates invaded Taizhou. I was curious and came to see it. I didn't expect that I had seen General Qi's power as soon as I came here. I was so lucky." Li You told me about his origin according to the arrangement of the tiger talisman and handed the document to Qi Jiguang for inspection. "The ancestors of the subordinates did have some achievements, but they had not made any contributions yet, so it was not convenient to inform the general so as not to shame our ancestors."
Qi Jiguang's ancestor Qi Xiang once followed Fu Youde, the king of Lijiang, to conquer Yunnan, but unfortunately sacrificed his life for the country. In order to commend his achievements, Zhu Yuanzhang conferred his son as the commander of the Dengzhou Guard, and was hereditary. From this point of view, Qi Jiguang's identity is quite similar to Li You, both of which are nobles.
"Wenyang is polite. Qi has seen quite a few young talents over the years, but there are few people like Wenyang who are both civil and military." Qi Jiguang did not find any loopholes in the document, and after reading it, he even told Li You that he believed it 70% or 80% of the excuses of Li You concealing his identity.
"General is too good." Li You replied politely, and after saying that, he handed the longbow in his hand and the Tang sword at his waist to Qi Jiguang. "This bow is the sky-shaking bow used by Xue Rengui, the general of the Left Guard of the Tang Dynasty, when he was three arrows to determine the Tianshan Mountain. Even though he was not strong enough, he could not even open the full bow. As for this sword, he was also the treasure sword of the Tang Dynasty, he just didn't know which famous general the old master was."
"Oh? It turned out to be such a treasure?" The general of the famous bow of the treasure sword didn't like it. Qi Jiguang was also excited when he heard this. After obtaining Li You's permission, he tried to draw the bow three times. Unfortunately, he could only draw a seven-point bow at most, and he could not draw the full bow. After returning the Zhentian bow to Li You, he shook his head and said, "General Xue's martial arts is far from reaching."
But in the future, your achievements will be much greater than Xue Rengui. Li You took back the Zhentian bow and said, "I wanted to give this bow to the general at night, but once I came, this bow was given by someone else, and I wouldn't give it to someone else rashly."
Chapter completed!