In the afternoon, news came from Hu Yanyun, who was in charge of recruiting new soldiers along the Yangtze River, that a general with strong martial arts skills had come to apply for the army. Chen Qing immediately rushed to the Yangtze River with dozens of soldiers.
Arriving at the bank of the Yangtze River, Hu Yanyun stepped forward and clasped his fists and said: "A young man in white has come to apply for the army, but he refuses to get off the boat. He will only accept the recruitment if there is someone who can beat him, otherwise he will take the boat to go elsewhere."
"Has anyone gone up to fight?"
"Lu Gui went up and had a duel. The two were of similar strength, but Lu Gui was not good at martial arts and was defeated. Later, General Xiao Liu couldn't help but went up and was also defeated unfortunately."
Chen Qing was a little surprised. Lu Gui's martial arts were average, but he was powerful. Among the generals in the army, he was second only to Niu Gao. He could defeat all three armies with a forty-pound long-handled copper hammer.
And General Liu is Liu Qiong. He has received the true inheritance from his uncle Liu Ziyu. He has superb archery skills and superb marksmanship, second only to Yang Zaixing. These two people were defeated. I really don’t know who this young man in white is.
Chen Qing was very interested and quickly came to the pier. He saw a man wearing a white warrior uniform standing on the bow of a three thousand stone ship. The man was about 25 or 26 years old and 1.9 meters tall.
, broad shoulders and broad back, extremely majestic, carrying a tiger-headed golden gun made of iron, which looks to be at least forty or fifty pounds. This man has a long face, thin face, dark skin, and a pair of tiger eyes.
Extremely fierce.
Chen Qing's number one general, Yang Zaixing, has led his recruits to Longshan for training and will not be back until tomorrow. Another general, Niu Gao, is blocking the Han River in Xiangyang. The other two generals, Liu Cui and Liu Qiong, although they are highly skilled in martial arts and superb cavalry, they are
Liu Qiong, who was more skilled in martial arts, was defeated, so Liu Cui was no match for him.
Chen Qing suddenly realized that except for himself, no one seemed to be able to suppress this person's arrogance, and he still lacked a few capable generals.
Chen Qing stretched out his hand and said, "Bring me my weapon!"
Liu Qiong's face was full of shame, and she was really unwilling to say: "Let me try again! I just underestimated the enemy."
Chen Qing shook his head, "If we lose, we lose. It doesn't matter. If we go up again, others will say we can't afford to lose!"
A private soldier came forward carrying Chen Qing's Fangtian painted halberd. Chen Qing took it, dismounted, and walked step by step towards the ship.
The young man looked at Chen Qing's Fang Tian painted halberd, solemnly clasped his fists and said, "General, is this Chen Dutong?"
Chen Qing nodded, "I heard that you are very skilled in martial arts, so Chen is here to learn from you!"
"Okay! Then I'll show my shame!"
The man twisted his body and stabbed Chen Qing's face with the spear in his hand like a snake, cleanly and extremely fast.
Chen Qing is very knowledgeable, and his spear skills are very good, and he is on par with Yang Zaixing.
"Well done!"
Chen Qing swung his halberd, "Dang!" and swung the tip of the spear with great precision. He took two steps back, and Fang Tian swung his halberd, stabbing the young man like a storm.
The man was flying in the air like a leaf. No matter how fierce Chen Qing's halberd was, he was always rolling back and forth on the tip of the halberd, but he couldn't fight back.
Chen Qingfang Tian Hua Ji had no intention of stopping at all. He attacked hundreds of moves in one breath, which made the man breathless. The main reason was that the powerful force made it difficult for him to resist. The man's arms were sore and weak, and his movements were a little slow, and he gradually began to lose his support.
live.
The generals and soldiers below were all fascinated by it. This was the first time they had seen Dutong's powerful martial arts. He was able to attack hundreds of consecutive attacks with extremely sharp moves. There were probably not many people in the world who could do it.
Suddenly, Chen Qing shouted and struck a series of blows with his hand. As soon as he sheathed his halberd, his murderous aura dissipated. He stood calmly and calmly a few feet away, looking at the young man with a smile. He had been merciful just now. He believed that
Men also know this well.
The young man flushed, put down his spear, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists, saying: "I have heard for a long time that Chen Dutong is superb in martial arts and brave in the world. I am convinced of my humble duty!"
"Are you also General Song?"
"The humble post is that Liu Guangshi's humble general Gao Ding came here to join the capital!"
Chen Qing was immediately overjoyed. Gao Ding was the prototype of the fierce general Gao Chong. Hu Yantong had introduced to him that Gao Huaide's descendants had superb marksmanship and extremely strong martial arts, and were commanders in Liu Guangshi's army.
Liu Guangshi was defeated in Yangzhou and his entire army of 50,000 men was destroyed. Chen Qing was worried about Gaoding's whereabouts, but he didn't expect that he would defect to him.
"General Gao, please rise!"
Chen Qing quickly helped him up, and Gao Ding took out a letter from his arms, "This is Hu Yantong's letter to Dutong!"
This was naturally a letter of recommendation from Hu Yantong. Gao Ding was a disciple of a general and had always been arrogant. He wanted to meet Chen Qing for a while but refused to come up with the letter of recommendation. Unexpectedly, Chen Qing scored one hundred and two in one breath.
Ten moves left him no room to fight back, and he was finally convinced!
Of course, Gao Chong's martial arts skills in "Shuo Yue" are too unparalleled, and his haute couture has not reached that level yet, but he is already known as the best general in the general sect.
There is a legend about the Five Tiger Generals in Bianliang, which refers to the five generals Cao De, Wang Yun, Pan Ning, Hu Yantong and Gao Ding. Gao Ding was the youngest, only seventeen or eighteen years old at the time, but he was the most powerful in martial arts.
Next is Pan Ning, the two-gun general, who also has the courage that a million men wouldn't deserve.
Among them, Cao De was a descendant of Cao Bin and the commander of Liu Guangshi's subordinates. He had contacts with Chen Qing in Lin'an. After Liu Guangshi's defeat in Yangzhou, Cao De's whereabouts were temporarily unknown.
Wang Yun is the descendant of Wang Shenqi, the famous founding general of the Song Dynasty, and Pan Ning is the descendant of Pan Mei, the famous founding general of the Song Dynasty. Both of them are currently serving as generals in the Emperor's Guards.
Of course, Chen Qing hired Gao Ding and appointed him as the commander of his own army. Gao Ding was originally Liu Guangshi's subordinate general who controlled Li Qiong and was appointed deputy commander. Chen Qing directly promoted him to a full general.
Hu Yanyun stepped forward and said apologetically to Chen Qing: "I also knew General Gao when I was in the humble position. It's just that his appearance has changed so much that I didn't recognize him just now. If Hu Yanlei was here, he would definitely know him."
Chen Qing smiled and said: "This is a trivial matter, don't worry about it, the recruitment of new recruits ends here!"
Chen Qing returned to the county town with Gao Ding. He was very concerned about the details of Liu Guangshi's defeat.
Gao Ding sighed and said: "The defeat in Yangzhou is really a shame. Our 50,000 army faced 10,000 cavalry. We would not have lost originally, but Wanyan Nianhan sent a thousand cavalry to go around behind and attack Liu Guangshi's command. Liu Guangshi fled in panic.
, the result was a rout of the entire army. The soldiers cried for their fathers and mothers and scrambled to escape, but were mercilessly slaughtered by the Jurchen cavalry. It was so miserable that the battlefield was full of headless corpses.
Originally, there were still 15,000 remnant troops at the riverside, who could have fought the Jin soldiers to the death. However, Liu Guangshi was frightened and took the lead in escaping by boat. The morale of the army completely collapsed.
General Cao De led the remaining thousands of troops to fight to the death with the enemy. As a result, the puppet Qi army came from the east and the Jurchen cavalry was in the north. The two armies attacked and the whole army was destroyed. I led two hundred soldiers to break out to the east. Later,
He was saved only when he encountered a large ship that came to rescue him."
"Is General Cao killed in battle?"
"He led hundreds of people to break through to the north. It is expected that the danger is bad. We were all separated by the Jurchen cavalry and could not gather together."
"Is Liu Guangshi responsible for this Yangzhou defeat?"
Gao Ding nodded, "He is the main responsibility. He was greedy for credit and advanced aggressively before, but then he retreated."
Chen Qing added: "But I have read his report. He put all the responsibility for the defeat on the soldiers. He said that the Jurchen cavalry came to kill. The soldiers were scared out of their wits and scrambled for their lives. He couldn't stop shouting no matter how hard he shouted, so he
The whole army was defeated."
"What a fucking dog! It's just confusing the situation. I admit that the soldiers are afraid of Jin Bing, but if he doesn't take the lead in escaping, how can the whole army collapse?"
Chen Qing nodded, "He just reversed the cause and effect."
"That's why I hate him so much. If I serve as a general under him, I will die of frustration sooner or later." Gao Ding obviously hated Liu Guangshi to the extreme.
"I thought you would seek refuge with Yue Fei!" Chen Qing said with a faint smile.
Gao Ding blushed and said, "To be honest with Dutong, I originally defected to Yue Dutong, but Yue Dutong persuaded me to return to Liu Guangshi's military camp. He said that Liu Guangshi had reorganized the army and was hiring people, so I would definitely be reused.
,Hey! Yue Dutong doesn’t want to offend Liu Guangshi because of me.”
Chen Qing laughed and said, "Yue Fei is more stable, unlike me, who is a wild man. As long as he has real ability, I welcome him!"