If we hadn't relied on the power of the war horses to suppress us all, there would be no way to determine who would win and who would lose in a fair fight!
Morale, which had hit rock bottom, was revived.
Gao Zhenxing let go of Changsun Run who was crying endlessly, stood up, looked at Fang Jun and said loudly: "Fang Er, there is a widespread rumor in the army that you are the new generation of military god. I don't think so. I will challenge you here today. Can you give me some advice?"
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He didn't have the confidence to defeat Fang Junzhi, but he had to do so.
If you challenge him openly, even if you lose, you will still gain the reputation of challenging a powerful enemy. Moreover, with Fang Jun's current status, as long as you can accept his challenge, it will be a kind of affirmation for him.
Is it possible that Fang Jun would accept any challenge from a small fish or shrimp?
Otherwise, if he left in such a dejected manner today, his reputation would be completely reduced to a laughing stock. He was so aggressive that hundreds of people came to charge to accuse him, only to be frightened to the point where they all peed their pants when they charged on horseback.
What's the point of meeting people face to face?
What is particularly important is that he "abducted" Changsun Run to participate in the siege of the academy, and then brought Changsun Run back with a broken leg and broken arm. How should he explain it to Changsun Wuji?
In fact, he hid this trouble from his family, and no one knew about it. He didn't know how to face his father's scolding, especially after his complete failure in obtaining a place in the academy...
Challenging Fang Jun became the best way to deal with it.
Regardless of victory or defeat, it is an explanation for all parties - challenging Fang Jun is an honor in itself!
Even Gao Zhenxing himself had never noticed that even though he was deeply dissatisfied with Fang Jun, he had already subconsciously regarded Fang Jun as an unattainable benchmark...
The dandies were immediately excited. Naturally, there were many smart people among them who could see Gao Zhenxing's true intentions and quickly started making noises loudly.
"challenge!"
"challenge!"
"challenge!"
The atmosphere suddenly became lively!
Chinese civilization has a long history, but from ancient times to the present, it has not had the ritual of "dueling" like in the West. This is because China is a country of etiquette and pays attention to persuading others with virtue, even if it is a hands-on fight, so "making friends with force" rarely involves life and death.
A life-or-death situation.
Those who deliberately take human lives will never be called "warriors". Taking human lives during public duels will be despised by the world and deeply despised.
Those who truly seek someone's life will hold back for a while, accumulate strength, and then strike with one strike.
This type of people are called "assassins". Although there are some tragic and tragic heroes like Jing Ke, they are generally not recognized...
However, the custom of competing in martial arts and making friends through martial arts has existed since ancient times.
Especially in the Guanzhong area where martial arts has a long history, the folk customs are as fierce as fire. There are often grievances between the two parties. Those with serious conflicts will seriously challenge them, and the other party will not refuse easily, otherwise they will be regarded as timid and ridiculed.
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Even if the challenger is defeated, he will still be respected.
For people in Guanzhong, those who do not dare to accept challenges faced by others are considered cowards. Even if they have a noble status, they will be looked down upon by others.
Of course, since it is a challenge, the basic requirement is that there will not be too big a difference in identity between the two parties. Otherwise, how would it be appropriate for a peddler and a lackey to challenge a minister of the dynasty?
Therefore, Gao Zhenxing's approach of challenging Fang Jun face to face is certainly exciting, but if Fang Jun refuses, it is natural.
After all, the gap in identity, status, and fame between two people cannot be calculated in a hundred miles...
But in any case, on this occasion, if Fang Jun refuses Gao Zhenxing's challenge, his momentum will be lowered, because in essence, both of them are descendants of famous families, and although the gap is obvious, in the end there is no difference in their origins.
As for the dudes watching the fun, they don’t care who wins or loses. As long as Fang Jun accepts the challenge, then today’s matter can become "We came to the academy with dissatisfaction just to force Fang Jun to accept the challenge", which is completely different in nature.
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Otherwise, Fang Jun will use his hammer to accuse everyone of gathering a crowd to cause trouble, and then record it all in the file and strictly order the academy not to admit students from now on. Then it will be too late to cry...
Xu Jingzong, who had already retreated to the door of the check-in room, saw that the mood of the dandies was still gradually calming down. Thinking that this matter would not cause too much trouble, he stood aside silently, saying nothing and being full of interest...
Faced with Gao Zhenxing's challenge, Fang Jun has not yet spoken, and the followers behind him have given up.
Wei Ying stepped forward, glared at Gao Zhenxing and said: "Who do you think you are, worthy of challenging my Erlang? Come on, come on, I will teach you!"
Gao Zhenxing was disdainful: "Who do you think you are? You are just a slave, and you are worthy of talking to me!"
Wei Ying was furious: "While I was fighting in the East China Sea and annihilating the enemy in Mobei, your mother-in-law was still sitting in Chang'an playing with her girls. Do you think the rank of Cavalry Commander above my head was picked up?"
Gao Zhenxing blushed and was speechless.
The Tang Dynasty advocated military merit, and those who had military merit were awarded honorary officers. The highest rank of honorable officers was called "Shangzhu Kingdom", which was the second rank, and it took "twelve turns" to reach it.
In "The Ci of Mulan", the "Twelve Revolutions" of "Twelve rounds of meritorious service and reward of hundreds of thousands of strong men" means that Hua Mulan achieved the greatest military exploit...
Wei Ying accompanied Fang Jun on his expeditions in the east and west, and in the north and south, he had already obtained the rank of Cavalry Commander. Of course, this was just a rank with benefits, but it was not an official position in itself. If a decorated officer wanted to become an official and participate in politics, he should follow the
Follow the rules of family status and family background.
But for the Tang people, rank is glory!
You may not have an official position, but as long as you have a distinguished rank, not to mention all kinds of benefits, your social status is also high, and even high-ranking officials will look up to you and not dare to embarrass you.
Gao Zhenxing himself also has a rank, but not as good as Wei Ying, not to mention that his rank came from Yinmeng. Although he also served in the army, he was stationed in a prosperous county and had never fought a single battle.
Hengdao has never been soaked in the blood of Hulu...
It's not that Gao Zhenxing is cowardly, in fact he is indeed a ruthless man, but everyone has his own destiny, and war is not something you can fight just because you want to. Ever since he joined the army, his father Gao Shilian has placed him in the counties. Zhenguan
Since then, there have been frequent rebellions in the areas within the Tang Dynasty except for the Liao people. There are not even bandits and horse thieves elsewhere, so where can they go to fight?
Seeing Wei Ying flaunting his power in front of him with the rank of a Cavalry Commander, Gao Zhenxing was so angry that he almost broke his teeth.
Previously, Gao Shilian arranged for him to go to the Western Regions to join the army. He was not angry and did not want to leave Chang'an. He secretly asked for many favors and finally resigned from the Ministry of War on the grounds that his "leg disease was not healed." Now it seems that this was a big mistake.
Very wrong.
If a man has no rank, he will be like a castrated eunuch. He is just a male, but he can do whatever he wants in front of you, and you won't be able to fight back...
It’s frustrating!
Gao Zhenxing was so angry that his eyes were bloodshot. He was asked to challenge a tribe, but he couldn't do it. It would be too low of status, so he glared at Fang Jun and said, "Fang's consort, do you dare to fight?"
The dudes behind him immediately raised their arms and shouted: "Fight!"
"war!"
"war!"
Wei Ying was an angry young man, and when he was about to go up to scold him, Fang Jun waved his hand and dismissed him.
Fang Jun stepped forward, looked at Gao Zhenxing in front of him with his hands behind his hands, stared at him for a long time, suddenly smiled, nodded and said: "Okay, I will accept your fight!"
Before Gao Zhenxing could speak, Fang Jun said again: "But remember, I am fighting against you today because I can't see clearly what kind of tricks you are playing in your mind. In terms of identity and status, you are even a hair above me."
No! Don’t be angry, it’s the truth, but you, Koushiro, are a decent man. Why do you need to fight and fight all day long if you are brave enough? If you have a chance in the future, you might as well go to the battle formation for a walk.
, two armies confront each other on the battlefield for supremacy, and the mountain of corpses rolls in the sea of blood. Only then can I be considered a son of the great Tang Dynasty, and only then can I live up to this life! Even if my body is wrapped in horse leather and buried in the border, I will still drink three glasses of wine to you from afar! As for in Chang'an City
Looking for quarrels and provoking trouble...what does that mean?"
These words made Gao Zhenxing blush, and he raised his finger to point at the gangsters: "Relying on the merits of the elders in the family, who is lazy and making trouble all day long, how can he be considered a hero? Since the establishment of the Shenji Camp, a certain person has
As for the later Royal Navy, Youtun Guards, the bastards and second sons of each family under the account, I don’t know how many are there, but these people followed a certain person to fight in the north and south. Now, which one of them does not have a high rank and shine on the lintel? Are you trash?
, I saw those bastards and second sons who came out of my house, which one of them dared to speak loudly without his tail between his legs? Fame can only be obtained from horses, this is a heroic man! Bite Niang's nest is in Chang'an, bullying men and dominating women.
, you have lost all the face of our men!"
Before checking in, under the mountain gate, hundreds of people gathered together, but there was silence.
All the dandies were deeply humiliated by the explicit contempt and disdain in Fang Jun's words. Their faces turned red, but they also felt deeply shocked.
That's right, as a son of the Tang Dynasty, if the horizontal sword in his hand has not been stained with the blood of Hulu, and his seven-foot body has not been decorated with military meritorious deeds, how can he be worthy of coming to this world?
What makes them particularly angry is that without any military merit, this bitch can't even reply when someone points her nose in and scolds her...