The Yongwang guard soldier holding the right ear faced Zhao Chengyong's question and said awkwardly: "My first knife was on his left ear, and it was already cut in half, so I could only cut him."
I got my right ear back."
Zhao Chengyong said coldly: "So will Sima of the Right Ear Army recognize it?"
The Yongwang guard officer holding the right ear was so rebuffed that he could not speak, and lowered his head in embarrassment.
Zhao Chengyong continued: "Not to mention his left ear is broken in two. Even if it has three, four, or five petals, you have to cut it off and bring it back to me. If it is really broken, there is no way to bring it back.
, then you should chop off his head, so that I can go to the Army Sima to repay you!"
The Yongwang guard soldier holding the right ear lowered his head and said angrily: "I understand, I will definitely cut off his head and bring him back next time!"
Although this statement is not accurate, after all, a person cannot be chopped twice, but everyone who hears it can understand the meaning.
Zhao Chengyong snorted coldly and said, "Just pretend you didn't get anything this time!"
The Yongwang guard officer holding the right ear nodded stiffly.
This is not to say that Zhao Chengyong deliberately deducted his credit or made things difficult for him, but that he did not follow the rules and did not find a way to make up for it. Zhao Chengyong could not help him even if he wanted to.
Military Sima counts military merit by counting his ears and heads. There is a set of corresponding regulations. If he is in another army and the general speaks, the Military Sima will give him some face.
But in King Yong's defense, how can the Army Sima give face?
If Li Yuanji seeks personal gain in front of him, will his military commander still do it?
Therefore, the military commander in King Yong's guard will not show any mercy. He will act in accordance with the regulations meticulously.
Regarding this matter, Li Yuanji did not intervene. Although he knew very well that the Yongwang guardsmen who held the right ear did not dare to lie in front of him, some lessons must be learned, otherwise it would be easy to have a fluke mentality and they would continue to break the rules in the future.
After counting the gains of all the soldiers, everyone set up camp and slept on the spot.
But no one took this encounter seriously.
After all, he killed thirty-five people, which was not even a splash on the battlefield of Turks.
When Li Jing, Su Dingfang, Xie Shufang, Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, Hou Junji, Xue Wanche and others reported their merits, they were rewarded with beheadings of thousands or tens of thousands.
There were dozens of people, but they didn't even have the nerve to mention it.
The next day, at dawn, everyone woke up, packed their bags and set off again.
A day and a half later, the group arrived at Aries City.
Just as Su Dingfang said, Aries City is built between two hills. It is a small city that can barely accommodate more than 30,000 people. The city wall is not high, only about one and a half feet. It is made of rammed loess. The gate tower is
It's not big either. From a distance, it looks like a matchbox.
When I got closer, I saw that it was only as big as two rooms.
There are no flags on the city head, only hundreds of soldiers guarding it.
But the other side of the city is different. The city wall is built almost to the waist of the hills on both sides, and is several feet high. The city gate tower is also built exactly like most cities in the Tang Dynasty.
The city gate building on the west side is a large circle. The city wall is crowded with people and there are many flags. It is full of majesty, as well as the sense of urgency and solemnity during war.
Xue Wanche was the first to come out of the city to greet him. He rode a fast horse and rushed to the front of the team ahead of Su Dingfang and others. After reining in his horse, he gave a hasty salute and began to shout loudly, "Your Highness, please
Allow me to duel with Cheng Pifu and Yuchi Pifu!"
Li Yuanji asked a little funny, "Why are you still dueling?"
Xue Wanche shouted angrily: "Cheng Pifu and Yuchi Pifu are bullying others too much!"
Li Yuanji thought for a moment and guessed the reason. Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong must have ridiculed Xue Wanche for losing to Li Shiji's apprentice, so Xue Wanche decided to duel with them and fight with them.
In this matter, Xue Wanche was still very disciplined. He did not violate the wartime prohibition and decide with Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong in private. Instead, he waited for him to make a decision and asked him to make a decision.
From this point of view, Xue Wanche is not a completely reckless person, but is very disciplined.
That's good.
"Since they bully others too much, when we enter the city soon, you and they will each have a fight, and I will be your middleman."
Li Yuanji said with a smile.
He, Li Shimin, Zhao Chengyong, and Wang Xuance have arrived. If any one of Cheng Yaojin, Yuchi Gong, and Xue Wanche has a problem, there will be someone to take his place. So if Xue Wanche, Cheng Yaojin, and Yuchi Gong each fight,
It will not have any impact on the overall situation.
When Li Shimin heard this, he curled his lips and said, "You just agreed?"
Li Yuanji turned to look at Li Shimin and said, "Why didn't you agree? If Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong hadn't bullied him so hard, would he have proposed a duel with Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong?"
Xue Wanche abides by the rules and knows how to take the overall situation into consideration, so he will definitely not easily propose a duel with Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong at this time.
It must be that Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong didn't bully others enough and bullied Xue Wanche too much. Xue Wanche couldn't bear it anymore, so he wanted to fight with them.
In this case, you should support Xue Wanche.
As for whether Xue Wanche can win the fight, that is his own business.
Anyway, if he can't win, he still has his third brother. If his third brother can't win, he still has his second brother. If his second brother can't win, he still has his eldest brother.
There is nothing else he can do but have many brothers who can fight. Whether they are fighting on wheels or shoulder to shoulder, they can always seek justice for him.
When Li Shimin heard this, he curled his lips and hummed twice, but said no more.
Because he knew Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong.
Yuchi Gong is okay, but Cheng Yaojin is a bad talker and can't be sarcastic enough.
There is an 80% chance that Cheng Yaojin made Xue Wanche angry.
Since Cheng Yaojin dared to anger Xue Wanche, he naturally had to be prepared to calm Xue Wanche's anger.
"Ah haha, Tu Xue Sun, what are you doing running so fast? Do you want to sue me in front of His Highness?"
Not long after Li Shimin closed his mouth, Su Dingfang arrived with Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong.
As soon as Cheng Yaojin showed his face, he started to ridicule Xue Wanche.
Xue Wanche stared angrily, but because he didn't get angry in front of Li Yuanji, he just stared at Cheng Yaojin fiercely.
After Cheng Yaojin finished saluting Su Dingfang, he winked at Xue Wanche.
When Cheng Yaojin winked, Li Yuanji asked with a smile: "Why did you call Xue Wanche Xue Sun's disciple?"
Cheng Yaojin laughed and said: "Xue Wanche can't even beat Li Shiji's son and disciple, isn't he his grandson?"
Xue Wanche's hair almost stood on end with anger.
Li Shimin coughed twice. Yuchi Gong heard Li Shimin's cough and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, "Old Cheng, don't talk nonsense in front of His Highness."
Cheng Yaojin heard the reminder, but instead of restraining himself, he smiled cheerfully and said: "I told the truth. Your Highness can't punish me just because I tell the truth, right?"
There was something in Cheng Yaojin’s words, he just said clearly, ‘You can’t just use me to vent your anger on your confidant just because I told a few truths’.
This is actually a test to see if they have been removed from the label of the old department of the Prince of Qin's Palace.
If Li Shimin hadn't been right next to him, Li Yuanji would have wanted to praise him.
Because he chose this time very cleverly, he and Yuchi Gong had just made great contributions to the Tang Dynasty, and Xue Wanche happened to be defeated by Li Shiji's apprentice. He used Xue Wanche as a springboard to test whether they had been removed from the old department of the Qin Palace.
The label not only does not amplify the problem, but also leaves enough room for oneself.
If things don't work out, or the result of the test is not what he wants, then he can just joke with Xue Wanche to deal with it.
At worst, I could just give Xue Wanche an apology and make amends, it wouldn't hurt anything anyway.
So he deserves to be praised.
Li Yuanji smiled and said: "That's not true, but Xue Wanche just proposed to duel with you, and I agreed."
Cheng Yaojin was stunned, and Yuchi Gong was also stunned.
Cheng Yaojin put away his careless look, narrowed his eyes, smiled like a fox and said: "Your Highness wants to end it personally?"
Li Yuanji shook his head and smiled: "That's not the case. You resolve the conflicts between you yourself. What will happen to me?"
Xue Wanche also said fiercely at this time: "I am the one fighting you, Your Highness will not take action!"
Cheng Yaojin grinned for a moment, and now he smiled like Maitreya Buddha, "That's good, then I'm relieved. If His Highness is the one who ends up, then we will definitely have to stay away, but you..."
When Cheng Yaojin said this, he looked at Xue Wanche and laughed mischievously.
"Hey Hey……"
It looked like Biao heard Tiger declaring war on him.
Although they are of the same kind, the tiger can crush the tiger.
In terms of force value, Cheng Yaojin can't even say he can crush Xue Wanche. The two are between equals, but in terms of mind, eight Xue Wanches may not be able to compare with one Cheng Yaojin.
As for duels, although the competition involves force, intelligence also plays a vital role.
Therefore, when two people are equally matched in terms of force, intelligence becomes an important factor in determining victory or defeat. Whoever has higher intelligence has a greater chance of winning.
Cheng Yaojin's intelligence is undoubtedly higher than that of Xue Wanche, so Xue Wanche's duel with Cheng Yaojin is equivalent to a tiger dueling Biao, and the chance of losing is very high.
Cheng Yaojin had a great chance of winning, and he smiled naturally and happily.
As for Yuchi Gong, his martial arts skills are one level higher than Xue Wanche's. If compared with other weapons, Xue Wanche can still handle it, but if compared with others, Xue Wanche will be crushed to pieces.
So when Xue Wanche challenged Yuchi Gong to a duel, that was not a duel, that was purely looking for abuse.
Some people may wonder, Xue Wanche has been together with Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong for so long, doesn't he know the level of martial arts of Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong?
The answer is yes.
Some people may wonder, why is Xue Wanche looking for abuse?
The answer is for dignity.
If you are bullied, fight back. Even if you win the fight, your dignity will not be lost.
But if you are bullied and don't fight back, your dignity will definitely be lost.
Xue Wanche did not propose a duel with Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Gong in order to defeat them, but proposed a duel with them for his own dignity.
