Chapter 301 Is there any more royal law? Are there any laws?
The next morning, the warm sun rose.

The training ground of Liu Tang's camp was crowded with people. The exciting fight between him and Yang Zhi attracted constant cheers from the spectating soldiers.

Xuan Zan and Suo Chao, who were watching the game off the field, were both aware of the strength of the two players on the field and both looked relaxed.

The difference is that Suo Chao's understanding of Liu Tang's martial arts skills is still at the Liangshan period.

How can a wild martial artist in the martial arts world be a match for the ancestral Yang family? I am no match for him, let alone you, the Red-haired Ghost? If it weren't for Song Qing's instructions, Yang Zhi would have been defeated long ago if he had been willing to give in.

Suo Chao watched the fight with a smile on his face. Yang Zhi on the field became more and more surprised as the fight went on. He originally wanted to give way on purpose, but when the fight started he found that he couldn't give way.

Liu Tang was not only an excellent rider, but also a skilled swordsman on horseback, like a general who had experienced many battles.

This change made Yang Zhi feel incredible.

In order to gain combat experience, you need someone to teach you strategies or summarize them in actual combat.

Who is so free to help him?

After fighting for about twenty rounds, Liu Tang had already used all his skills, but he could not find Yang Zhi's weakness. Continuing would be a waste of energy.

Thinking of this, Liu Tang raised his knife to block Yang Zhigang's spear, and suggested with a smile: "Brother Yang's spear skills are really amazing, how about we stop here? If we continue to fight, I will lose."

"Just enjoy yourself."

Yang Zhi nodded and decided to stop while he was ahead.

Seeing Liu Tang dismount from his horse, he also held the saddle and was about to take action, but he heard shouting from the sidelines.

"Wait a minute, Brother Yang, wait a minute."

"Ok?"

Looking back, I saw Xuan Zan waving and jogging towards the center of the field, with Suo Chao following him curiously.

"Brother Yang, it's rare for you to come here. How about you teach me martial arts?"

"County Horse You"

"Brother Xuan is good at martial arts. We have plenty of time today. It doesn't matter if you have one more fight. Hurry up and bring a horse and weapons!" Liu Tang made the decision without further ado.

Yang Zhi lifted his shirt to wipe the sweat off his face, then returned to his horse and waited for the battle.

After a while, Xuan Zan immediately held the spear and clasped his fists, "Brother Yang, please teach me."

"Remember you are used to using a knife? How do you use a spear now?"

"I just learned this. Be careful."

"Ok."

You want me to be careful? Are you kidding me?
Yang Zhi didn't take it seriously, thinking Xuan Zan was just trying to have fun, but the precise stab in the face made the Green-faced Beast break out in a cold sweat.

You call this new learning?

Xuan Zan’s true strength was revealed as soon as he took action, and Yang Zhi immediately perked up.

The spears and lances clashed frequently, like a poisonous snake fighting a giant python, and Suo Chao on the sidelines was dumbfounded, thinking, Yang Zhirang is so cruel? It's just a mere Xuan Zan, it's enough to just show your appreciation, but he also wants to play with him for twenty rounds?
Just as he was surprised, Liu Tang suddenly said, "It's boring to just watch, why don't we practice it?"

"you and me?"

"Don't worry, it's only twenty rounds. I'm not tired."

"Haha, okay then."

Seeing Liu Tang's wild words, Suo Chao wanted to help Yang Zhi play the good guy. It happened that he also brought weapons today, so he asked his followers to lead the horse and carry the axe.

So the two of them started a new fight and soon it was in full swing.

Suo Chao was as hot-tempered as fire and wanted to end the fight in a few rounds. However, he realized something was wrong after starting. He found that Liu Tang had good horse riding skills and he couldn't defeat him in his haste.

The two-on-two fighting on the parade ground caused the surrounding soldiers to cheer continuously.

Xuan Zan fought with Yang Zhixian first, and was about to stop the fight after more than ten rounds. However, before he could stop his moves, he saw the crowd in a corner of the opposite training ground disperse, and two familiar figures rode in.

"How can I be absent from such a lively scene? Why didn't you come and call me earlier?"

"Ahem, it's already very early."

Wu Song, who was not afraid of even the big tiger, felt a little embarrassed at this moment.

Seeing this, Lu Zhishen reacted and quickly scratched his bald head with embarrassment. He said bitterly: "Brother, don't blame me. I drank too much yesterday and spoke without thinking."

"Master, you don't have to do this."

Wu Song was talking to Lu Zhishen when he saw both fighters suddenly stop fighting. He quickly changed the topic: "Eh? You guys continue."

"I won't fight anymore. Brother Yang is really good at this. I can't match him."

"General Suo is also very capable. Wait for me to train hard for two years and come back later."

Xuan Zan and Liu Tang spoke modestly, which was irritating to Yang Zhi and Suo Chao. They felt like they were being made a fool of and could only respond with an awkward smile.

The two thought that the competition was over, but the newcomer Wu Song actually invited Yang Zhi.

"Brother Yang, we haven't practiced together for a long time. Is today a good time to practice?"

"Uh"

Yang Chang's scalp tingled when he heard this. He thought to himself, why don't you accompany your young and beautiful bride, but come here so early to join in the fun, what's on your mind?
"In my opinion, there is no need for this, right? I know I am no match for him in a foot fight."

"Today we won't fight on foot. Let's compete on horseback."

"Horse kung fu? You don't know how to do it."

"I do now."

Wu Song drew out his two swords immediately, and the blades just reflected the sun, emitting a dazzling golden light.

When Yang Zhi was fiddling with his spear, Suo Chao, who was not far away, was stunned and thought to himself, am I still sleepy today?

Being shocked by Liu Tang was not enough, and now here comes Wu Song who can ride a horse. What is going on in this world?
"Suo Chao, play with me for a while."

"Ah this."

"Be a man, don't be shy."

"Then please teach me, Master."

Suo Chao had never fought against Lu Zhishen, but he knew very well that these two were Liangshan's top infantry generals. Maybe they would be weaker on horseback?
With this lucky mentality, he swung the golden axe and attacked Lu Zhishen first. Unexpectedly, the big monk used his water-grinded Zen stick to confront him head-on, and the exaggerated force made the vanguard's arm numb.

Strength can defeat skill, and I still want to compete with him? How foolish.

Suo Chao was also a powerful general, but when he met the even stronger Lu Zhishen, he felt exhausted after just a few rounds of fighting and quickly pushed away the staff and admitted defeat.

It was not until he finished his own fight that he noticed that Wu Song's dazzling double swords had suppressed Yang Zhi, who was known for his skills, and forced him to passively defend.

"Interesting. When did brother Wu Song learn to ride a horse? And his horsemanship is very skillful. I want to try it later."

"Master, don't you know?"

"What should I know?"

"Wu Dutou is wrong, it should be Wu Duwei (Fu Ma Duwei)"

After Suo Chao corrected the address, he continued to ask curiously: "You two have a close relationship. I wonder when he learned to ride a horse? Haven't seen him for a long time?"

"Not long ago. I remember when he came to Zezhou at the end of last year, he didn't know how to ride yet."

"How is this possible? In less than half a year, it has reached this level? Unbelievable" "Hehe."

Liu Tang suddenly smiled brightly and said meaningfully: "I used to think riding a horse was difficult, and riding a horse to fight was even more difficult. It was not until I got the advice from General Yang that I realized that it was not the case."

"General Yang taught me about horsemanship? Could it be General Wu?"

"It's more than just riding skills. Why do you think Xuan Zan suddenly used a gun? Brother can give you a lot of pointers."

"hiss"

Suo Chao took a deep breath and thought to himself, if Yang Chang really has this ability, what kind of monsters would he have trained? You are better than the instructor of the 800,000 imperial guards.

Lu Zhishen did not take it seriously. He stared at Yang Zhi and Wu Song until the Green-faced Beast could no longer resist and admitted defeat. Then he picked up his Zen stick and spurred his horse to catch up.

"Brother Wu, do you want to play with me too?"

"Right on my mind!"

Wu Song took up his sword to fight Lu Zhishen. His Kung Fu mainly came from his experience in the martial arts world. He was better at combining offense and defense and seeking novel and dangerous tactics. He was more flexible and ruthless than generals trained in the army like Yang Zhi.

Yang Zhi learned the Yang family spear and was a pure technical fighter like Lin Chong. However, facing Wu Song's martial arts skills, his rhythm was easily disrupted. In addition, there was some gap in strength between the two sides, so in the end he was unable to gain an advantage and the fight ended after more than twenty rounds.

After three battles in a row, it’s not shameful to admit defeat.

If Wu Song and Lu Zhishen had fought for longer, Yang Zhi might even have been able to save his face.

Lu Zhishen is known for his strength, and his skills are not as good as Lin Chong and Yang Zhi. He is on par with Wu Song in foot combat, and the result is the same in horse combat.

The two men fought for sixty rounds, and although their bodies were soaked with sweat, there was still no winner. They took off their shirts and fought for another twenty rounds before they dismounted and shook hands in peace.

Seeing that everyone was having a great time, Liu Tang invited everyone into his tent for a drink.

Yang and Suo were greatly enlightened today and were curious about how Yang Chang gave them advice, so they gladly accepted Liu Tang's invitation.

As soon as they entered the tent and sat down, the vanguard asked anxiously, "Captain Wu, I heard that you have only learned riding skills recently? I feel like you have been learning riding since you were a child. There are very few people who ride better than you. I heard that you got some advice from Captain Yang? I don't know."

"When we fought Zengtou City before, I remember that you were already in Liangshan at that time. The Jade Lion of Zhaoye that no one could subdue was finally subdued by my brother. Is it possible for ordinary riding skills to do that?"

"That's true. May I ask how Commander Yang can give me some advice?"

"Hehe, hehe"

Wu Song did not answer, but laughed strangely a few times, then took the wine bowl and drank it all, and then said meaningfully: "Want to know? Then stay."

"This is me."

Suo Chao looked at Yang Zhi hesitantly, but Yang Zhi lowered his head and dared not respond.

"You gave me a jade bowl as a gift, but it's a pity that the jade bowl is not strong. I accidentally broke it last night. It's destined not to be a good job. I wonder if you know your job now?"

Seeing that the two did not answer, Wu Song casually threw the wine bowl to the ground, but because of the light force, it did not break, so he added: "Look, don't just look at the shiny appearance, in fact, rough has its advantages."

Yang Zhi and Suo Chao were waiting in the camp, while Song Qing was "suffering" in the Office of the Governor.

The imperial edict that Zhao Gou asked him to bring conferred a useless honorary title, which also overlapped with the one conferred by Zhao Huan, and did not represent any beneficial effect.

Yang Changben did not want to ridicule Song Qing, but Zhao Gou's behavior was indeed criticized. Su Yuanjing happened to be present at the time, so Song Qing could only silently watch the two of them insult Zhao Gou.

However, despite the torment, Song Qing also had a satisfactory gain. When Yang Chang talked about dealing with the Jin people, he said frankly that taking Taiyuan was just the beginning and they would continue to recover the lost territory.

This conclusion is better than Yang Chang staying in Taiyuan, which shows that he will continue to fight against the Jin people, which is consistent with Zhao Gou and Song Jiang's idea of ​​​​reaping the benefits.

Although Song Qing's mission encountered some twists and turns, he was relieved that the result was as expected. So he was in a very good mood when he returned to the inn, and waited happily for his companions to come back to share his joy. Unfortunately, in the end, he only saw Suo Chao.

"Where is Commander Yang?"

“I was left behind.”

"Liu Tang and many others have a history with him, so it's understandable that they were kept for a drink and reminiscing, but after all, we are in someone else's territory. Go and bring him back. My meeting with Chief Yang went smoothly this morning. We'll leave tomorrow morning at the latest. Don't get drunk and cause trouble."

"He can't go back. Master Lu just forced him to stay in the name of the leader of Erlong Mountain. Commander Yang had no choice but to obey."

Suo Chao slowly explained the reason. Song Qing was so shocked that he couldn't help but slam the table and asked back, "Master of Erlong Mountain? Master Lu is so unreasonable, and Yang Zhi is weak and afraid of causing trouble, so you can't argue with reason?"

"The master said that his fists were the truth, and Wu Song was right next to him at the time. I really had no choice."

"An? Heh."

Song Qing was so angry that he laughed. He looked at Suo Chao and asked as if he was blaming him: "Is there still the king's law? Is there still law?"

"Brother was just saying that we are on someone else's territory."

"But they are no longer thieves. How can we keep them here by force? What's the difference between this and banditry? Follow me!"

Seeing Song Qing's anxious expression, Suo Chao thought that he was going to talk to Lu Zhishen, so he couldn't help but remind him, "Where are you going? Master Lu is very tough."

"The Ministry of Military Affairs, go to Chief Yang to ask for someone!"

"Huh? Okay."

Song Qing was an imperial envoy and also Song Jiang's brother. Although Suo Chao thought it was futile, how could he refuse to go?

Yang Zhi has excellent martial arts and is worthy of his ranking in Liangshan, but his character is a fatal flaw. He is prone to cowardice at critical moments, but he is still obsessed with ennobling his wife and children, and needs to follow a wise leader. This is also the reason why he died following Song Jiang.

During this mission to Taiyuan, he was greatly stimulated and was "threatened" by Lu Zhishen's force, so he just gave up and stayed.

While Song Qing was on his way to get the person, Yang Zhi was also at the Military Control Office to meet Yang Chang.

Now that the Song Dynasty is divided into the Eastern and Western Courts, famous generals and ministers like Yue Fei and Han Shizhong will only choose between Zhao Huan and Zhao Gou. No one will take the initiative to surrender to Yang Chang. It is luck that they can get Li Yanxian.

The people in Liangshan had some shortcomings, but Yang Chang was in need of someone new at that time, and with his [Eye of Insight] he was able to recognize people and make good use of them, so he gladly accepted the flawed Yang Zhi.

Although Yang Chang is not as good at making plans as Song Jiang, his achievements are obvious to all.

Yang Zhi is the same age as Song Qing, Ruan Xiaoer and others. At the age of forty-four, he has long lost his youthful passion and is more concerned about actual future gains. Today, Liu Tang had a few words of consolation that spoke directly to his heart.

What's the point of being a rich and powerful family? Why do you want to wrong yourself? I don't even know that the time is gone. I'm not in a hurry at all. When Yang Taiwei comes to power, we will all be founding heroes. Then, will we still be afraid of not having a good woman?

Although you have been promoted by following Song Jiang, how many of you can Zhao Gou remember? You are just serving others.

In the afternoon, Song Qing went to the Zhizhishisi again.

Yang Chang was not surprised at this at all, because Yang Zhi was hiding in a side hall at the time.

"Fourth brother left and came back. Could it be that he changed his mind and wanted to stay?"

"Captain, although you and your brother have different political views, we are brothers who have shared life and death. There is no need to be so ruthless, right? How is it different from being a robber if you secretly detain Yang Zhi? Is this worthy of your current status?"

Seeing that Yang Chang was still pretending to be stupid, Song Qing, who was always humble, couldn't help but asked him bluntly, which was a change of his usual attitude. But it couldn't be blamed on him being angry. If he brought one less person back, how would he explain to Song Jiang?
Yang Chang was stunned when he heard this, but he was not angry. He spread his hands and asked innocently, "Who said I detained him privately? Yang Zhi stayed voluntarily, and he didn't sell him to you?"

"Voluntary? Impossible! I don't believe it."

Song Qing's emotions gradually lost control. Yang Zhi suddenly appeared at the door and said loudly: "What the commander said is very true. I really want to stay here voluntarily."

"Don't be afraid. Commander Yang is a reasonable person. If someone is really forcing you, speak up now."

"Fourth brother is right, don't force it."

"How can I force you to do this? This is what I really think. Go back and take care of yourself."

Seeing Yang Zhi respond to Yang Chang in this way, Song Qing finally realized that this guy was determined, but he still threw away the last fetter.

"You don't want Yingtian's family anymore? It's hard to find a family like that."

"It's hard to find. Do you want it?"

(End of this chapter)