Volume Two, Chapter 23, The Battle of the Building Owners
Zeng Gou'er felt a gust of wind blowing across her face, but she didn't feel any pain. When she opened her eyes, she saw a wooden knife placed in the middle of her eyes and did not cut it down.
Da Xihong said, "Occursing." He put away his knife.
"Da Xi, Da Xi." The screams from the audience became even more intense. Until the two of them stepped down, there were still people calling Da Xi's voice.
Du Mingda sighed: "Da Xihong's sword technique has reached the state of free retrieval."
Since Yang Tian arrived at the military camp, Du Mingda has neither confronted Yang Tian nor was he deliberately close to him, which seems particularly alternative. Yang Tian rarely even heard him talking to others. It was just that Yang Tian assigned the task, but Du Mingda would complete it perfectly, which made Yang Tian unable to understand his intentions. He asked Li Gang and found out that Du Mingda was the same when he was under the King of Qi.
Yang Tian concluded that Du Mingda was a more arrogant person and a person who was not good at socializing. This was a pure soldier. As long as he was his superior, he would not fight. Since that was the case, Yang Tian did not deliberately pull the cage against Du Mingda.
Hearing Du Mingda praises Da Xi Hong's sword skills, Yang Tian couldn't help but ask: "I wonder how Du Zhuang Master compares?"
Du Mingda said lukewarmly: "I am comparing with Da Xihong with the great general, I don't know."
Yang Tian was hit by a small trick, but he didn't care. He had a clear mind. Du Mingda's martial arts might still be better than Da Xi Hong. He didn't want to praise him, so he could only answer with Ling Liangke.
In the afternoon, all forty games ended. Shi Tao and Yuanwei all easily defeated their opponents and entered the top forty. Yang Tian announced that today's game ended and the top twenty will compete for tomorrow.
I had nothing to say all night. After breakfast the next day, the ring competition started again. One game on the stage was more exciting, from forty to twenty, and then from twenty to ten. In the end, only five winners were left on the ring.
Both Yuan Wei and Luo Yi broke into the top five, but Shi Tao was blocked from the fifth place. After a hard battle, he was defeated by a team leader. At this moment, the five people standing in front of Yang Tian, except Yuan Wei and Luo Yi, were Da Xihong, Zhang Xingzhi and Qu Tutong.
Liu Shitou, who defeated Yang Shi, did not even make the top 20. Zhang Xingzhi was the one who defeated Shi Tao. Among the 108 teenagers trained by Yang Tian, Shi Tao's martial arts were second only to Luo Yi. It can be said that Zhang Xingzhi's martial arts skills were very good. Among the five, Zhang Xingzhi was the oldest, and he was over thirty years old, while Da Xi Hong and Qu Tutong were both only twenty-three or four years old.
The Xuanlong Army had two masters and three deputy masters. The five people vowed to compete again, but how to compete was a problem. Yang Tian discussed with Li Gang, Li Quan, Shi Wansui and others and asked Luo Yi to withdraw from the competition. Luo Yi was still young after all and had no experience in leading the army. If he won, Yang Tian would not be relieved.
Luo Yi was brought by Yang Tian, so he asked him to withdraw from the battle. Shi Wansui and others naturally had no objection. Only Luo Yi pouted and looked unhappy. However, he could only obey Yang Tian's words.
After Luo Yi withdrew, the four people were divided into two groups. The winner would be appointed as the master of the banner, and the loser would be appointed as the deputy master of the banner. The group was decided by the lottery. The results of the lottery were Yuan Wei and Da Xihong, Qu Tutong and Zhang Xing.
After the draw, it was almost dark. The competition between the four people had to bet until tomorrow. Yang Tian announced that the game was over and he would watch the game tomorrow. However, after Yang Tian walked off the arena, he was still thinking about a name, Qu Tutong, Qu Tutong, why is this name so familiar?
Until he finished his meal, Yang Tian was still thinking about it in the room. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, as if he was trying to catch something. A sound of footsteps came, interrupting his thoughts. Yang Tian looked up and saw that it was Luo Yi who walked in.
Yang Tian's eyes lit up, and he finally remembered who Qu Tutong was. Qu Tutong was the first Sui general who forced surrender after Li Yuan rebelled. Later, he made countless achievements for the Tang Dynasty and was also named the twenty-four heroes of Lingyan Pavilion by Li Shimin. Unexpectedly, Qu Tutong was now his subordinate, and the Xuanlong Army was indeed full of talents.
After understanding the origin of Qu Tutong, Yang Tian was very happy. With Qu Tutong's talent, he was naturally more than enough to be a master of the banner, but he didn't know what kind of person Zhang Xingzhi was.
Yang Tian secretly hated that he didn't care about history in his previous life, otherwise he would have almost thought about breaking his head to get the origin of Qu Tutong. If he could remember more knowledge, he wouldn't have to be so trembling now, for fear of taking a wrong step and remembering Qu Tutong's origin, he might be because he reads novels or TV.
Seeing Luo Yi pouting, knowing that Luo Yi was still unhappy about letting him quit the game, Yang Tian teased: "Why, who owe you money?"
Luo Yi said angrily: "General, you didn't want me to take the position of Master of the Banner before the competition."
Yang Tian smiled and said, "Why, you're too young to give you a deputy lord. At your age, if you join the army, I'm afraid no one wants a soldier."
Luo Yi murmured in a low voice: "Some people are younger than me, and they can be generals."
Yang Tian knocked Luo Yi on the head: "What are you doing? I haven't seen how many people in the Xuanlong army were dissatisfied when I first came. Look at the officer in the Xuanlong army who had fought hard on the battlefield. Think about what you have done. If you are not the one I led, you are not qualified to participate in the competition. If you want to be a master of the pagoda, there will be more opportunities in the future. As long as you make contributions in the battlefield, you are still afraid that you will not be promoted to the master of the pagoda. Let's do your pupils first."
Luo Yi thought about the several soldiers who were defeated by him today, and had more or less scars on their bodies, especially the team leader named Zheng Xiong. His martial arts skills were only slightly weaker than him, and he must have made a lot of contributions, but he was stabbed and lost further opportunities. Then he felt relieved. He stumbled: "General, I'm not thinking about it for a while."
Yang Tian patted Luo Yi on the shoulder: "This is in the army. After competing with martial arts tomorrow, I will give you a position. If you cannot be a good deputy to Zhuang at that time, even if you are someone close to me, I will still replace you."
Luo Yi hurriedly said, "General, I promise to be the deputy general." He left Yang Tian's room.
Chapter completed!