In a flash, the preparation period given by Li Zhen expired.
On this day, people from the overthrow faction and the royal family will go to Li Zhen's residence to resolve the conflicts between the two parties. At the gate of the residence, Zhao Lie, Yang Luchanwen and Yang Jianhou are responsible for the reception. Emperor Xiaoming came early with a large ticket People came in large numbers, close to forty people. When they arrived at the gate, Noda Yoo was the first to walk up.
Noda Yoo said respectfully: "Mr. Zhao, come out to greet me. Do you have any plans for today?" Originally, ordinary soldiers were waiting at the door to receive him, but Li Zhen sent his confidant Zhao Liewen to come, and Noda Yoo asked.
Zhao Liewen shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "There are no special arrangements. The prince has already set up a competition place in the backyard. You can just take the people to the backyard."
Noda Yoo responded with clasped fists, explained to Emperor Takamei, and immediately led others there.
Yang Luchan stood next to Zhao Liewen, looking at the people entering the mansion one by one.
After everyone entered the mansion, Zhao Liewen asked: "Mr. Yang, how are the warriors in the royal family doing?"
Yang Luchan curled his lips and said, "Not satisfactory."
Zhao Liewen chuckled and said helplessly: "Mr. Yang, Japanese martial arts are all spread from the Qing Dynasty. They are definitely not good. These people should be compared with Japanese warriors to be comparable, otherwise they are all the same. Very tasty.”
Yang Jianhou said: "In fact, their targeting is very poor and they are all crooked."
Yang Luchan continued in a concise and concise manner: "If these warriors are compared with the Japanese, they are pretty good."
After hearing what the two father and son said, Zhao Liewen was dismayed and stopped asking, because Yang Luchan's comments were too harsh, and Yang Jianhou was too direct, and he couldn't get any praise at all.
Not long after, another group of people came.
The people who came this time were the rebel faction led by Yoshida Shoin. Among them, Takasugi Shinsaku, Inoue Kaoru and other disciples of Yoshida Shoin were prominently listed, and there were more than 20 samurai following behind. Everyone looked serious. As if rushing to the execution ground, the group came to the gate. Takasugi Shinsaku walked in front, clasping his fists respectfully and saying: "Mr. Zhao, could you please receive them personally."
Zhao Liewen said: "No trouble, the prince is ready in the backyard, just go directly to the backyard."
"Thank you, Mr. Zhao." Takasugi Shinsaku thanked him.
Immediately, Takasugi Shinsaku, Yoshida Shoin and others entered the mansion and headed towards the backyard.
After their figures disappeared from sight, Zhao Liewen, Yang Luchan and Yang Banhou turned around and returned to the house. On the way, Zhao Liewen asked again: "Mr. Yang, people from both sides have walked in front of you. Should you One has to judge, what is the situation of the warriors of the Overthrow Sect, and who do you think has a greater chance of winning compared to the royal family members who entered previously."
Yang Luchan paused for a moment and stopped to think.
Then, Yang Luchan continued to walk forward.
As he walked, he said seriously: "Based on the overall situation of the warriors brought by the Overthrow Sect and the imperial family, it should be that the warriors brought by Yoshida Shoin are better, their overall quality is better, and they are more powerful. As for Japan In the royal family’s team, there are some fat people, some skinny people, different heights, and the condition of the personnel is also uneven, and they are not as good as the warriors brought by Yoshida Shoin.”
Yang Jianhou interrupted and said: "I think that when the warriors from both sides compete in a martial arts competition, the warriors brought by Yoshida Shoin will definitely win in the end. The martial arts competition can be determined, but it involves comparing the literary talents of the two sides. I don't know. This is not between me and Mr. Zhao should know better about the things that my father can intervene in."
Zhao Liewen smiled softly and said: "The literary test is decided by the prince. I am not qualified. Besides, the literary test is controlled by the prince. It has been determined how to test. It depends on the prince's operation."
The three of them chatted and laughed and soon returned to the backyard.
At this time, Li Zhen had already arranged all the personnel from the shogunate and the royal family who were present. Whether they were warriors or scribes, they were divided into two teams according to their respective camps, and they all sat down in the courtyard.
Li Zhen looked serious, glanced at everyone, and said loudly and unhurriedly: "Today's competition is divided into a martial test and a literary test. I will talk about the martial test first, and then the literary test. I carefully counted the number of people on both sides. The royal family We brought about forty warriors and scribes, and Yoshida Shoin brought about thirty people. Now, I want to make statistics on how many people participated in the competition."
Noda Yoo said: "We have twenty-five warriors and fifteen scribes."
Takasugi Shinsaku said: "Reporting to the prince, we have twenty warriors and ten scribes."
Li Zhen nodded and continued: "The number of people you brought is more than I expected. Well, I will slightly modify the number of people. Both sides will select twenty warriors for the competition. The first round of the competition will be drawn by lots. Method, one-on-one competition, after the first round of competition, the eliminated people will no longer participate, and the remaining people will continue to compete."
"After this round of competition, there will be a question."
"For example, Noda Yoo may have said that only two of his warriors who participated in the first round failed, while six of Yoshida Shoin's people failed. The number of people on both sides was not equal, and it became eighteen needles to fourteen. This should How to continue the competition? Will it be unfair? Please rest assured that I have already thought about it."
"I arranged it like this. The number of the two sides is not equal, and the competition is based on a small number. For example, the data of 18 to 14 mentioned in the example just mentioned. Four people are selected from the 18 people and set aside, and the competition is 14 to 10. Four's competition, this is the second round of competition, it's very simple, just keep competing."
"After the second round, it will be the third round of competition."
"Two situations may occur in the third round. The first is that the warriors under Noda Yoo's command continue to lead and there are still more people. If this is the case, use the second round method and continue to fight with a small number of people to defeat the winning side. Put aside the excess number of people and continue, but the second situation that may occur is that Noda Yoo's people failed in this round. For example, Noda's fourteen people lost four, while Yoshida Shoin's ten Four people lost two, making it ten to twelve."
"When such a situation occurs, select two of the four remaining men under Noda Yoo's command to reach a twelve-to-twelve ratio, and continue the competition, and so on, until all the people on one side are wiped out. In the end, I thought about it carefully. In the end, there may be many people left on one side and only one person on the other side. Therefore, there will be a wheel battle mode where one person fights against everyone. This is very cruel. I hope you can accept it. What I said Do you understand the rules of the game?"
"clear."
Takasugi Shinsaku replied and immediately discussed with Yoshida Shoin.