Since the Eighth Prince returned to Bianjing, Yang Peng fought against Ye Qi Hongguang, which led to the destruction of the entire army of the Northern Rebellion. Empress Dowager Xiao's hunt in Jinyang also came to nothing. At this time, Yang Yanzhao was also given to Jiao Zan in Zhengzhou. retrieve.
Yang Yanzhao was taciturn when he was young. As a child, he liked to play games such as military formations. Yang Ye once said: "This son looks like me." Every time Yang Ye went on an expedition, he would definitely let him follow the army. During the Taiping and Xingguo years, Yang Yanzhao was by-elected as an enshrined official. When Yang Ye led his troops to attack Ying and Shuo Prefectures, Yang Yanzhao served as the vanguard of the army. He fought hard at the gate of Shuo Prefecture and was shot through his arm by random arrows. However, he became more courageous as he fought. The imperial court appointed him as the deputy envoy of Chongyi and appointed as the magistrate of Jingzhou. At that time, the Yangtze River and Huaihe River areas were hit by disasters and the harvest was poor. The imperial court appointed him as the inspection envoy of Jiangsu and Huainan. He was also appointed as Chongyi Envoy, Zhi Dingyuan Army, transferred to Baozhou Yuanbiandu Inspection Envoy, and was entrusted with important responsibilities like an envoy from the capital.
The origin of Liulang is said to be that in the Tang and Song dynasties, it was popular to call people by rank, either by the same grandfather, or by the same great-grandfather, or by age among peers. For example, Fan Chun was the fourth son of Fan Zhongyan, but ranked fifth, so he was known as "Fan Wuzhang (Zhang: the honorific title of scholar-bureaucrats in the Tang and Song Dynasties)". Therefore, although Yang Yanzhao was the eldest son of Yang Ye, he was demoted to sixth in the ranking.
According to the interpretation of the stars in the "Elephant Star Chart", some scholars infer that the Six Stars of the South Dipper dominate military aircraft and are the symbols of generals, and the Sixth Star of the Big Dipper, as the symbols of generals, changes to dominate Yan. Yang Yanzhao has been dealing with Yan for a long time. The Liao army regarded him as a general from heaven and descended to earth, so they called him Yang Liulang.
According to legend, Wanniuzhang Village, Fengxiang Township, Nanpi County is where Yang Liulang set up a yak array. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Liao soldiers repeatedly invaded the border, and Yang Liulang was ordered to resist them. In order to cleverly eliminate the invading enemies, Yang Liulang secretly sent people to buy more than 10,000 yaks, use the straw man's belly to load feed, wear Liao soldiers' clothes, and lure the cattle to use the knife tied to the horn to open the straw man's belly to eat the food. After training like this for more than a hundred days, when the bulls saw someone wearing the uniform of the Northern Army, they would pick it with their horns. This was the habit. Seeing that the training was mature, Yang Liulang ordered the cattle to be starved for three days and three nights. Send people to challenge the Liao camp. When the Liao soldiers come after them, they release ten thousand oxen. The yaks rush into the enemy's formation and pick on anyone they see. The Liao soldiers suffer numerous casualties. The Song army won a complete victory. From then on, this place was named Yak Formation. Later, because there were many people with the surname Zhang in the village,
Princess Chai was the daughter of Chai Rong, Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty. After Song Taizu established the Song Dynasty, because he and Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty were friends for eight worships, he recognized Princess Chai as his adopted daughter. Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Guangyi, led Princess Chai to the border for hunting and was captured by the Liao Dynasty. Will be captured. Yang Yanzhao passed by Tongtai and rescued the king of Song and the princess. Fu Dingkui, the son of minister Fu Long, was also on the way. The king of Song mistakenly thought it was Fu Jiujia, so he betrothed the princess to him. The princess admired Yanzhao's beauty and sent him poems to express her feelings and a pearl shirt as a gift. Yanzhao returned to the capital and sought advice from the Eight Sage Kings. The eight wise kings and the new champion Lu Mengzheng deciphered the poetic meaning and reported it to the king of Song Dynasty. The King of Song insisted that it was Ding Kui who rescued him, so the princess asked him to prove the authenticity in the Golden Palace. So, Yang Jiye and Fu Long each led their sons to the palace, and Lu Mengzheng ordered Yan Zhao and Ding Kui to explain the rescue process face to face, and the truth became clear. The King of the Song Dynasty declared: According to the teachings of the late king, the person who obtains the princess's pearl shirt will be the commander's horse. Yanzhao immediately offered up his pearl shirt because he rescued him at Tongtaiguan. He was granted the title Baolinghou, the commander of the left and right golden gun squads in front of the palace, and married Princess Chai.
During the Song-Liao War, during the Battle of Jinshatan, Yang Liulang and other brothers went to Jinshatan to negotiate. During the negotiations, King Tianqing, the wolf lord of the Northern Kingdom, and Emperor Yelvxian of Daliao Tianzan, saw through Dalang Yanping's disguise as Song Taizong and ordered the war. Yang Ye calmly responded in three groups. The left was led by Dalang Yang Yanping, Erlang Yang Yanding, and Sanlang Yang Yan'an. The middle was led by his father Yang Ye, Liulang Yang Yanzhao, and Seventh Lang Yang Yansi. The right was led by Fourth Lang Yang Yanhui and Wulang Yang Yande. The Yang family's army fought hard to kill the enemy, and Yang Yanping shot and killed King Tianqing. However, the Liao army increased sharply, and the Yang's army was scattered in three groups, and they could not look at each other. Only Rokuro managed to break out of the siege and return home alone. Before going to war, there is a verse about seven sons leaving and six sons returning.
Yang Jiye's son Yang Qilang once competed in the ring and killed the imperial master Pan Renmei's son Pan Bao. Yang Jiye was the vanguard and led the army to fight against the Liao Dynasty. Pan Renmei avenged his personal revenge and failed to respond, causing Yang Jiye to crash to death in front of Li Ling's monument. Pan Renmei also secretly killed Yang Jiye. Qilang and Yang Liulang escaped from the siege and sued Pan Renmei after returning to the court. However, because the emperor Song Taizong's beloved concubine was Pan Renmei's daughter, the lawsuit was not successful. Finally, Kou Zhun was asked to help, and Kou Zhun used the theory of ghosts and gods to coax Pan Renmei into telling the truth. In the end, because the queen begged for Pan Renmei, she was not beheaded, but Pan Renmei was sent to the army and sent to prison. Yang Liulang refused to accept the result, and with the help of Kou Zhun, he finally killed Pan Renmei in the black pine forest to avenge his father and brother. Song Taizong ordered the arrest of Yang Liulang to no avail. Soon Song Taizong died and Song Zhenzong succeeded to the throne. At this time, Yang Yanzhao was still taking him with him in Zhengzhou, avoiding the officials, and arrived at Yang Peng's Quqi. Zhao Hengcai pardoned Yang Liulang.
Meng Liang and Jiao Zan were originally the mountain kings of Bajiao Mountain. Soon after, they tried to rob Yue Sheng, the flower sword general, and Yang Xing, the tiger-fighting chief, but they were defeated by them. So the four of them became sworn brothers, and Yue Sheng became the king. The fourth son, Yang Xing, was very skilled in martial arts but not familiar with the art of war. When Yang Yanzhao took command, he passed by Bajiao Mountain. The four of them were defeated by Yang Yanzhao and later surrendered, accompanying Yang Liulang as a general. Although the four of them were not sworn sworn brothers to Yang Liulang, they were as close as flesh and blood, and they all called Yang Liulang their sixth brother.
Han Chang of the Liao State invaded, Hu Yanpi was clearly outmatched, and the three gates were in crisis. Zhao Defang, the Eight Wise King of the Supervisory Army, posted a list to recruit talents. Yang Liulang came to the border as Ren Tanghui to advise the Eight Wise Kings. He looks like Yang Liulang. Can he pretend to be Liu Lang? Temporarily withdraw the Liao soldiers. The Eight Wise Kings took a chance. As a result, Han Chang was scared off, but Han Chang quickly saw through this plan and returned to attack the city again. There were not enough defenders in the city. Under the crisis, it was the coldest month of winter, and dripping water turned into ice. The Eight Sage Kings acted according to the plan of "Ren Tanghui". Every night, the Song army sent soldiers to bring buckets and water the city wall over and over again. The cold air at night made the city wall quickly wear new layers. Ice armor, this layer of ice armor is renewed every day. If one layer is damaged, a new layer will be poured, and the cycle is endless. The Liao soldiers rushed to the city and were unable to climb the city. Han Chang could only look at the city and sigh.
"Rim Tang Hui" then gave advice to the Eight Wise Kings. He ordered his soldiers to go to the countryside and villages to buy hundreds of yaks, tie them in the woods and let them starve. Then they tied countless straw men with hay and dressed them as enemy soldiers. Clothes and hats, belly exposed hay. After everything was done, the hungry yak were released and driven into the bush. As soon as the oxen smelled the fragrance of the forage, they rushed to eat it. If they couldn't eat it, they used their horns to open the stomach of the grass man. According to this method, the yak was trained several times and then tied into the woods to starve. Coincidentally, three days later, the enemy came. Yang Liulang immediately issued an order to the general and ordered the soldiers to tie the pig-butchering knives to the horns of the ox. When the enemy was approaching, Yang Liulang sent an order to untie the rope and let the cattle go. At this time, the yak cows thought that the enemy was another straw man feeding them, so they rushed toward the enemy's formation with their tails raised. Pick when you see someone, and when you pick them down and smell that there is no grassy smell, you pick something else. Such a direct pursuit caused the enemy to retreat for dozens of miles, and there were countless casualties.
Yang Liulang's life was full of legends. Now coupled with Yang Peng's rise, the Yang family became more powerful in the court. The Eighth Prince also visited Yang Yanzhao in Tianbo Yang Mansion many times. Yang Yanzhao's current wife gave birth to another son for Yang Yanzhao. Yang Yanzhao's eldest son is named Yang Dezheng, and the younger son's name is Yang Wenguang.
Yang Yanzhao handed a piece of paper to Chai Xichun. Chai Xichun nervously smoothed out the wrinkles on the paper and held it in his arms like a treasure. "Mr. Lang, these are family heirlooms and cannot be thrown away." Yang Yanzhao shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Princess, these things were copied from ancient books for my husband. They have not been put into practice. The details still need to be explored by craftsmen. . You don’t have to be so nervous.” In fact, it was Yang Peng who brought the method of refining wine to Yang Yanzhao from Zhou Yunjing.
Chai Xichun blinked, stared at Yang Yanzhao expectantly, and asked, "Lang Jun, is that ancient book still there? Is there anything else recorded in it?" Yang Yanzhao glanced at her accusingly, "Greedy...the ancient books of the sages are all based on The records on the bamboo slips have been handed down for thousands of years and are already in dilapidated condition. It is a fluke that my husband is lucky enough to read one or two of them. As for that ancient book, it has gone with the wind." "Gone with the wind..."
Chai Xichun looked regretful. Immediately, she hugged the paper in her arms tighter, "Lang Jun, since the ancient books have been destroyed, no one else except our family should have these two skills. Then it should be kept properly. With this With these two skills, our family has an inheritance inherited from our ancestors, and future generations will not have to worry about having food to eat..." Yang Yanzhao was startled, then smiled.
That's right, in addition to martial arts, if the Yang family had other ancestral skills for making ends meet, a green-faced beast born with a strange phenomenon wouldn't be selling knives... Yang Yanzhao just couldn't stand Chai Xichun's nervous look. appearance. "Princess, these drawings will still have to be handed over to the craftsmen for exploration. It will inevitably be leaked by then. You don't need to be so nervous. Besides, no one will care about what is on the drawings until it is proven that it is feasible. value."
Chai Xichun hummed and said: "The craftsmen in the winery signed a death contract with the house. If they dare to spread this thing, I will beat them to death. The tenants are all relatives of the house's generals, and The house is both prosperous and destructive. They dare not betray the interests of the house." "As for whether this thing is feasible, I will personally watch the craftsmen do it..." Chai Xichun was obviously obsessed with the housekeeper.
Yang Yanzhao tried to persuade her to no avail, so he simply let her go. Anyway, no matter how hard Chai Xichun tries, it will be his own people who will benefit in the end.
As Zuo Buque, Yang Dezheng basically had no other tasks except writing letters and impeaching officials. Now that Yang Yanzhao does not have an official status, he still has plenty of free time. In the afternoon, Chai Xichun went to the brewing workshop.
Yang Dezheng was practicing martial arts alone in the east courtyard. When you practice holding a gun with both hands, your strength will increase significantly faster than with one hand. He could feel that the strength of his hands obviously reached a hundred pounds. This body is originally the embryo of martial arts, and martial arts progress much faster than ordinary people. Hold the gun for an hour.
Yang Dezheng trembled, threw away the stone lock, held the tiger-head black gold gun in both hands, and thrust it out suddenly. The gun body is like a bolt of lightning and a line. It flashed by. In front of Yang Dezheng, there is a round wooden pillar seven feet high and two feet wide. The tiger-headed black gold spear passed through the log pillar and dug a deep hole in it.
"Shua~" "Pa~"
Pulling out the gun, the log pillars fell apart and scattered all over the ground. "You are diligent and have not neglected your martial arts." A voice sounded at the moon gate of the east courtyard. When Yang Dezheng heard the news, he went and saw Yang Yanzhao dressed in black and standing like a gun. "My dear, pay homage to daddy." Yang Dezheng put away his gun and stood up, clasping his fists in greeting.
Yang Yanzhao walked into the east courtyard with a dark face and shouted in a deep voice, "I heard that you have caused a lot of trouble in recent days?" Yang Dezheng was stunned for a moment, feeling a little shocked. He probably guessed Yang Yanzhao's intention. He didn't expect that Gao Chujun would actually go to Yang Yanzhao. In the political game in the court, if you lose, you lose. Just find your place next time.
Going to parents is a way for children to file a complaint after losing a fight. Gao Chujun's way of doing things is really embarrassing. Yang Yanzhao asked, but Yang Dezheng didn't dare not answer. He slightly cupped his hands and said: "The child is eating the emperor's salary and worrying about the emperor. Being in the position of Zuo Buque, he naturally has to shoulder his due responsibilities."
After a pause, he continued: "Haier has indeed impeached several important officials in the court recently, but there are reasons for everything. The reason why I impeached them is because they were not upright and did things that violated the laws of the court. If you think this is the case, If you are considered to be causing trouble, the child has nothing to say." The gentleman deceived him. For a loyal and upright person like Yang Yang Yanzhao, Yang Dezheng only needs to put the truth in front of him and he will surrender.
Sure enough, Yang Yanzhao's attitude softened significantly after hearing Yang Dezheng's words. "Da Lang, although you are young, you are already in an important position, and you are assigned to the civil service. There are distinctions between civil and military affairs. My father has been on the battlefield all his life. He is expert in everything on the battlefield, but he knows very little about civil servants.
Dad can't teach you how to behave as a civil servant, so naturally he won't criticize you for doing the right thing. Dad just hopes that you will have some compassion when facing Jiangmen. After all, you were born as a general. " Yang Dezheng could tell that everything Yang Yanzhao said was from the bottom of his heart. He did not expect that Yang Yanzhao would actually say such open-minded words. He bowed deeply to Yang Yanzhao and said, "My child, please remember your father's teachings. "
"Hahaha..." After Yang Yanzhao finished educating Yang Dezheng, he laughed loudly and said, "Dad, I see that you have mastered the spear-handling skills. It's time to teach you the martial arts inherited from your family." Yang Yanzhao coughed, Two soldiers wearing armor and swords walked in from outside the Moon Gate. "Guard the door. No one is allowed to come in without my instructions." The two soldiers bowed.
"promise!"
Then, they retreated to the Moon Gate, guarding one side and the other. Yang Yanzhao walked to the weapons rack in the east courtyard and selected a silver pewter gun from it. "Swish, swish, swish~" He randomly planted a few gun flowers and nodded with satisfaction. "Da Lang, look at it." After saying this, Yang Yanzhao stood with a gun in his hand, his whole aura completely different from before.
At this moment, Yang Yanzhao was like a big gun, shooting in all directions. "The black tiger is coming from the mountain!" Yang Yanzhao shouted loudly, and the gun came out like a tiger descending from the mountain, it was unstoppable. "Blue dragon offers melon!" The gun turned and the tip of the gun was raised, like a green dragon circling, implying murderous intent. These two types of marksmanship, one is hard and the other is soft, are both hard and soft, very smooth.
The Liuhe Army Formation Spear of the Yang family has twelve styles, six strong and six soft. When it is strong, it is extremely domineering; when it is soft, it is extremely delicate. After practicing the twelve-style marksmanship, Yang Dezheng was dazzled. After Yang Yanzhao finished practicing once, he did not stop, but continued to practice. After rehearsing this set of marksmanship, it became a little more cumbersome, more domineering and more sophisticated. Yang Dezheng could tell that Yang Yanzhao's second practice of twelve-style marksmanship had changed.
The twelve styles of marksmanship were transformed into thirty-six variations.
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The third time, the marksmanship produced seventy-two changes.
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The fourth time, there were one hundred and eight changes in the marksmanship.
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The fifth time, the marksmanship produced two hundred and forty changes.
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The sixth time, three hundred and sixty changes.
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"There are twelve styles of the Liuhe Army war gun, and each style has thirty variations. The twelve styles have a total of three hundred and sixty variations." Yang Yanzhao stared at Yang Dezheng practicing the gun while giving instructions from the side. Yang Dezheng held a tiger-head black gold gun in his hand and practiced every move with precision. "The black tiger opens the mountain. This style emphasizes force and force, but leaving some room. If you are too strong and don't leave any room, if you are not qualified, you will have to try again..." Yang Yanzhao has a very stern attitude and demanding requirements. He asked Yang Dezheng to practice each style of marksmanship to perfection, and to switch between hard and soft strength in one go.
Under the guidance and reprimand of Yang Yanzhao, Yang Dezheng practiced the twelve-style marksmanship in a good manner. Yang Yanzhao saw that Yang Dezheng was able to complete the twelve styles of marksmanship according to his requirements. He opened his mouth and continued: "The Liuhe Army's war spears generally have three levels. In the first level, you must master it, practice the twelve styles of marksmanship in one go, and be able to flexibly apply it in actual combat. In the second level, On the basis of the first level, the changes in marksmanship began to derive. Twelve turned into thirty-six, thirty-six turned into one hundred and eight, one hundred and eight turned into two hundred and forty, and two hundred and forty turned into three hundred and six. Ten... If you have practiced marksmanship to this level, you are already considered a master."
Yang Dezheng was confused, "Where is the third level?" Hearing this, Yang Yanzhao glanced at Yang Dezheng, "It's so ambitious. Your father and I have been practicing guns for thirty years, and we barely reached the point where two hundred and forty turned into three hundred and sixty... ..." Yang Dezheng frowned, thoughtfully, "Dad, the third level should be three hundred and sixty turned into two hundred and forty, two hundred and forty turned into one hundred and eight, one hundred and eight turned into thirty six. Thirty-six becomes twelve, right?”
Yang Yanzhao was stunned and said in astonishment: "I didn't expect you to be so savvy in martial arts... Since you have guessed it, I won't hide it from you. It is indeed as you said, after mastering the marksmanship, the complex becomes simple. , from the three hundred and sixty changes, a new twelve-style marksmanship was summarized and integrated. Only at this point can the marksmanship practice truly reach its peak.
Marksmanship is dead, but people are alive. Everyone's physical condition is different, and the shooting techniques suitable for them are also different. Only by taking the twelve-style marksmanship as the foundation, practicing changes, and finally integrating and unifying it, to deduce your own unique marksmanship, can you truly reach the pinnacle of marksmanship. This is also the real subtlety of the twelve-style marksmanship created by our ancestors. "The reason why Yang Yansi was able to guess the original meaning of the third realm was because he discovered that the third realm of the Yang Family Liuhe Army's war gun was slightly similar to the third realm of life.
What Yang Yanzhao said just now also confirmed Yang Dezheng's suspicion. Mountains are still mountains, and water is water. Mountains are not mountains, and water is not water. Mountains are still mountains, and water is still water. From simplicity to complexity, from complexity to simplicity. Many things in the world seem to follow this principle. …
Yang Yanzhao taught with all his heart, and Yang Dezheng studied patiently. In the blink of an eye, an afternoon has passed. When the sound was heard in front of the Moon Gate, "There are twelve styles of Liuhe Army war guns, and each style has thirty variations. There are a total of three hundred and sixty variations of the twelve styles."
The martial arts inherited from the family is one of the foundations of every general's success. When teaching martial arts, people who are not from the same clan or clan are not allowed to observe or learn secretly. Although Chai Xichun is already a member of the Yang family, it is a pity that she is still not qualified to observe and learn because her surname is not Yang. Yang Yanzhao stopped teaching martial arts and gave instructions to the soldiers at the Moon Gate, and then the soldiers let Chai Xichun in. Chai Xichun was slightly startled when he saw Yang Yanzhao and Yang Dezheng and his son standing behind the door with guns in hand. She also came from a general background, and she only needed a glance to understand what the father and son were doing just now.
Gao Chujun's incident had already made Yang Yanzhao feel the difference in Yang Dezheng's status. On weekdays, nobles who need to be courteous in the eyes of Yang Yanzhao have become targets of arbitrary impeachment in the eyes of Yang Dezheng. It can be seen that Yang Dezheng's voice in the court now has slightly surpassed Yang Yanzhao. Yang Yanzhao felt a little happy and a little sad.
Fortunately, his decision was right. He strongly supported Yang Dezheng in taking the imperial examination and becoming a civil servant. Now Yang Dezheng has not only become a civil official, but also serves as a noble official like Zuo Buque, who also has the right to speak in the court. Yang Yanzhao had been guarding the border for many years and had suffered enough from the civil servants.
Now that a civil servant was born in the family, he felt that he would have someone to take care of him when he was guarding the border in the future, and he would no longer have to suffer so much. What is sad is that after many years of fighting, in the end, his voice in the court is not as intimidating as his son, who has just started his official career. The conflicting emotions in his heart caused Yang Yanzhao to not know how to face Yang Dezheng. Simply, apart from instructing Yang Dezheng in martial arts, he tried to avoid being alone too much.
Lest he lose his dignity as a father in front of Yang Dezheng over time. Yang Dezheng could roughly guess Yang Yanzhao's mood. However, he couldn't do his best to take care of Yang Yanzhao's emotions. He must make others feel his importance, so as to replace Yang Yanzhao and become the real decision-maker of Yang Mansion.
Putting away the tiger-headed golden gun, Yang Dezheng simply washed himself. Only by becoming the real decision-maker of Yang Mansion. Only then could he bring the Yang family back from the brink of death and turn the Yang family into an iron barrel. The cook in the kitchen has been ordered to prepare a delicious meal. Practicing martial arts consumes a lot of money on the body. At the same time, as the martial arts increases, the body needs to take in more energy.
Yang Dezheng's appetite also gradually increased. After eating four large bowls of food, Yang Dezheng only felt 80% full.
A night of silence. The next day, early in the morning, when the sky was dim, Yang Dezheng had already gotten up. Today he is going to visit the Shi family, so he already asked for leave yesterday and does not need to go to court.
What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.
