The Imperial Guard's campus is very large and can accommodate tens of thousands of people.

Whenever the army was about to go on an expedition, the emperor would see them off here. When there was no war, there would sometimes be a military parade here.

Hua Ju came in with his escort, and the first thing he saw was the 500 forbidden troops and a dozen generals standing in neat rows on the left side of the parade platform.

These five hundred forbidden troops are all tall and burly, and the dozen or so generals are also majestic and heroic.

Obviously, both the five hundred soldiers and the generals were carefully selected.

Looking around the school grounds, there were at least 20,000 Imperial Guards surrounding the entire school grounds. Especially around the military parade platform, there were many soldiers and generals. Without Huizong's summons, it would be difficult for birds to approach.

Huizong was sitting in the middle of the parade platform, with Wu Chenghai standing behind him on the left, and several young chamberlains standing behind Wu Chenghai.

Prince Zhao Huan, Prince Jia Zhao Kai, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu and other civil and military officials were arranged on both sides of Huizong according to their official positions. The higher the position, the closer they were to Huizong, and vice versa.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Hua is here." Wu Chenghai saw Hua Ju, took a step forward, leaned over and said in Huizong's ear.

Huizong had already seen it and said: "Let him come over."

Wu Chenghai sent a chamberlain to call Hua Ju over. Hua Ju bowed and saluted: "Greetings to your Majesty."

Huizong smiled and said, "Hua Qing is here. How are you doing? Are you ready?"

"Back to Your Majesty, everything is ready."

Huizong nodded and said: "Today's competition is divided into three parts. The first part is the soldier competition. Soldiers from both sides compete against each other. The limit is one stick of incense. Which side has more people left in the competition venue?"

, that makes it easy to win.

The second part is the military strategy competition of generals. The Guards and the Forbidden Army each have five generals. They are also limited to one stick of incense and write down the essentials of leading troops, marching, forming formations, attacking, and defending. Three generals from either side will win.

, the side with which it belongs wins this link.

The third stage is the generals' archery and martial arts competition, and is divided into two sub-stages: on foot and on horseback. The Guards and the Forbidden Army each have five generals, and the side with three wins will win that stage.

After Huizong finished the introduction, he looked at Huaju and asked, "How are you doing? Do you have any questions?"

Hua Ju knew that Huizong didn't understand military matters, so he couldn't think of so many competition links. It must have been Cai Jing who told him.

"This old thief must be worried about losing in the soldier competition, so he thought of adding a generals competition later, hoping to use the generals of the Forbidden Army to save face. I have to say that this old thief is indeed very cunning. If he changes his mind,

People who are more honest will really be fooled by him. But this old thief is unlucky to have met me. Haven't you done so many links, then let me slap you in the face one by one."

"Your Majesty, I have no problem," Hua Ju said.

"In that case, let's get started."

Huizong turned his head and looked to the left, and said to the three officials standing behind Cai Jing: "You will be in charge of the Su Qing family, Chen Qing family, and Zhao Qing family."

Any competition must have a host, and the person hosting the competition must be a third party outside the competition, and there must be at least three people to prevent anyone from being biased.

Therefore, Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu and others are not suitable, and they can only choose from other officials.

"I obey the order." The three people who were called came out and responded.

Hua Ju took a look at the three people. They were all in their fifties. Judging from the official uniforms they were wearing, one was a second-rank official and the two were second-rank.

"Hua Qing doesn't know them yet, right?"

When Huizong saw Hua Ju looking at the three of them, he smiled and said, "Come here, I'll introduce you to them."

The three people stood in a row on his left. Huizong introduced the first person on the left who was wearing a first- and second-grade official uniform: "This is Su Yuanjing, the Taiwei in front of the palace."

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Su Yuanjing!

Hua Ju knew that this was an upright official. In this court where treacherous officials were infested, he was one of the few upright officials. It was precisely because of the existence of upright officials like him that the Song Dynasty could be maintained until now. Otherwise, it would have been impossible.

It collapsed a few years ago.

"This is Chen Zhong, the Privy Councilor who signed the letter."

"This is Zhao Jian, the great scholar of Guanwen Palace."

After Hua Ju and the three of them greeted each other, Huizong said, "Let's get started."

"According to the decree."

Hua Ju had just left, and Cai Jing suddenly said: "Your Majesty, didn't Mr. Hua say that the case has been solved? Then we might as well take advantage of all the officials now to let him explain the case clearly, and then compete.

Not too late."

Huizong said: "This is a school ground. It is not appropriate to talk about the case here. Let's talk about it after the competition."

"His Majesty--"

"Okay, this matter is settled, don't talk about it anymore," Huizong said.

Cai Jing originally wanted to continue talking, but seeing that Huizong was a little impatient, he didn't dare to continue, so he responded and stepped aside.

"Hua Qing, go down and make preparations." Huizong said.

"yes."

Hua Ju came down from the military parade and explained the rules of the competition to Guan Sheng, Sun An and others. Guan Sheng said: "Don't worry, sir. Whether it is a competition of martial arts or a discussion on the art of war, there is absolutely no problem with humble positions."

"The same goes for humble positions." Xuan Zan and Hao Siwen also said.

Hua Ju looked at Sun An, and Sun An said: "Don't worry, sir. Although I have a humble background, I know the art of war well and will never embarrass you."

Xue Yuanhui immediately stated that there was no problem.

Seeing that everyone was so confident, Hua Ju nodded and looked towards the Forbidden Army, only to see Tong Guan and Gao Qiu also coming down from the military parade platform and lecturing the soldiers of the Forbidden Army.

He couldn't clearly hear what they were saying, but he could tell what they were saying by thinking on his knees.

Hua Ju sneered, turned around and said to the soldiers in training: "Brothers, you have gone through a month of rigorous training, and now it's time for you to show off your skills. My original promise to you has not changed, as long as you win today

, including the reward that Taifu Yang promised, I will pay for it together, and I will never default on it just because he is gone."

Those soldiers originally thought that Yang Jian was dead and would definitely not get his share of the reward. Unexpectedly, Hua Juju promised to give them the reward he had promised, and they were all filled with fighting spirit as if they had been given blood.

"Damn it, even if you risk your life today, you have to take down the Forbidden Army guys." Those soldiers thought as they looked at the Forbidden Army soldiers opposite.

Su Yuanjing, Chen Zhong, and Zhao Jian walked to the middle of the school field and nodded to each other. Then Su Yuanjing raised his voice and said: "Soldiers from both sides are entering."

"Go ahead and show us the results of your one-month special training. Let everyone see the majesty of our guardsmen brothers." Hua Ju encouraged.

"The Guards will win!"

All the soldiers shouted loudly together. This was what Hua Ju asked Xue Yuanhui to teach the soldiers to shout a few days ago, in order to increase their momentum.

Five hundred people shouted loudly together, with such majestic momentum that the whole school heard them.

Huizong saw that the soldiers of the escort were all in high spirits and full of fighting spirit. He nodded with satisfaction and said: "It has only been a month, and the momentum of the escort is completely different from before. Hua Qing is indeed a genius in leading troops.

I believe that under his training, the Guards will become an invincible and invincible First Army of the Song Dynasty."

Wu Chenghai immediately catered to him and said: "Your Majesty is absolutely right. Mr. Hua is indeed a rare civil and military genius in ancient and modern times. With his help, Your Majesty will not be so tired in the future."

Huizong laughed happily and said: "You are right, Hua Qing is the lucky star given to me by God. With his help, my country will be prosperous."

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It is as solid as gold."

When Cai Jing heard Huizong praising Hua Ju, his old face was so angry that he almost fell to the ground. Looking at Hua Ju below, he wished he could chop him with a sword.

"Hua Ju, I and you are incompatible with each other. As long as I am in court, I will definitely not let you run rampant in the court." Cai Jing looked at Hua Ju and thought.

The soldiers of the Guards and the Forbidden Army entered the middle of the school grounds, lined up in two long rows, stood facing each other and looked at each other.

I don't know what Tong Guan, Gaoqiu and the others said to these forbidden troops. Each one of them looked at the soldiers of the guard with contempt and disdain, and did not take them seriously at all.

The soldiers of the Guards had already aroused high fighting spirit due to the heavy rewards from Huaju. They seemed to be the prey that the Forbidden Army had obtained for them. Now seeing their contemptuous eyes, they felt even more angry.

I swear that unless I die today, I will kill these people even if I only have one breath left.

Su Yuanjing looked at the two teams of soldiers and said: "Today's competition will be within the scope of this school field. You can chase and compete within this scope. If anyone escapes from this scope, it will be regarded as surrender. Anyone else who supports

If you can’t hold back, you can also give in immediately and quit the competition, do you hear me?”

"heard it."

"Also, I would like to emphasize that today's competition is only about winning or losing. No human life is allowed. If anyone hurts a human life, not only will he be considered a loser, but he will also be subject to a lawsuit. Do you understand?"

"knew."

Su Yuanjing waved his hand and saw a group of Imperial Guards standing in a circle around the school grounds like long snakes, and then raised their spears horizontally to form a barrier.

Hua Ju understood that the encirclement formed by the Royal Forest Army was the standard competition venue. Whoever ran out of the encirclement would lose, and those who voluntarily admitted defeat would have to come out. When the competition was over, the side with the most people remaining on the venue would win.

Su Yuanjing and the other three came out and asked someone to light a stick of incense in the incense burner. Then they nodded to the soldier in charge of beating the gong beside the incense burner, and the soldier struck the gong with a drum hammer.

when!

As soon as the gong sounded, the escort soldiers immediately pounced on the Forbidden Soldiers like tigers descending from the mountain.

Everyone in the Forbidden Army knew that the Guards were a miscellaneous army with no fighting power at all, so they didn't take them seriously.

But now that they were fighting, they realized that they were wrong. These guards not only had rich combat experience, but were also very powerful. The guards could endure the same punches, but they all gritted their teeth in pain.

He grinned, not daring to confront them again.

That's not all, what's even more frightening is that each of them is like a lunatic, with a completely lifeless style of play. Once they are entangled, they will attack like a storm. Those with fast legs and feet can run away, but those with slow legs and feet can run away.

He was immediately fucked and fell to the ground unable to get up.

But even if they were to escape, these forbidden troops could not outrun the soldiers of the escort army.

Because during this month, these Guards soldiers fought fiercely like this for several hours every day, and they had already practiced flying skills and ways to deal with escapes. Those Imperial Guards who escaped could not escape the fate of being beaten to the ground.

"Damn Gao Qiu, Tong Guan, didn't you say that the guards are all a bunch of useless idiots who can be solved with just three punches and two kicks? Why are they all like man-eating tigers? If this continues, we will all

I have to be beaten to the ground by them. Damn it, I was fooled by two traitors. Come on, we don’t want the one tael of silver you promised, otherwise the one tael of silver will not be enough to treat our injuries."

The remaining Imperial Guards who had not been beaten to the ground saw that this group of escorts was too fierce and they could not resist it, so they either surrendered voluntarily or simply ran out of the venue.

As a result, except for those who were beaten down and unable to escape, there was not a single Imperial Guard standing in the middle of the field.

At this time, less than five minutes before the start of the competition, less than one-fifth of the incense stick had been burned.
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