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Volume 1 Dusty North Country (4)

He sat for a while, but saw a group of Han teenagers laughing and jokingly running from a distance. The young man in front of him was a tall and tall, but he was holding a ball in his hand.

Chen Tuo glanced at it and realized in his heart that this group of teenagers must have loved to play cubicles. Thinking that there was no one in the polo field at night, he came with a ball and wanted to play with the moonlight for a while.

He could see that the Jin soldiers in the field also saw it. Seeing the hesitant steps of the Song teenagers, a Jin man with a small officer stood up and pointed at the group of teenagers and said, "Come here!"

Although his Chinese pronunciation was strange, he understood clearly. Although the group of teenagers did not want to, they had to walk slowly over.

The officer seemed to be tired of playing basketball, and half lying on the ground, smiling at the approaching teenagers: "Han and barbarians, kicking around on the ground, what's the look? Come on, our horses are not tired yet. You can get on the horse and play a game for us to see."

As soon as these words were spoken, the other Jin soldiers were very bored and wanted to welcome Shangguan. They also said: "Go on the horse and fight, let's see the riding skills of the Han barbarians, haha."

The group of teenagers were obviously mainly young men who took the ball. Although they understood the Jin soldiers' orders, they stood still and only looked at the boy in a daze.

The black-faced boy lowered his head and thought for a while, then rolled his eyelids and said to the Jin soldiers: "Dear soldiers, the young ones can only walk, not ride horses."

After saying that, he turned his head to the boys behind him and waited to leave.

It would be fine if he said it well, but this kind of attitude was clearly not to take the Jin soldiers seriously. The Jin soldiers who were still lazily lying on the ground at the beginning were furious and stood up one by one, pointed at him and scolded, "Do you want to die? If you don't get on the horse, you'll kill you!"

The officer was furious and picked up a horse whip from behind, whipped the black-faced boy, whipped and scolded, "Don't give you a face, I won't beat you to death?"

The boy was thrust and made a crackling sound, but he just bit his lip and didn't make a sound.

The officer was tired of whipping, and threw down his whip. Seeing the boy's head and face covered with blood, he didn't shout. He was also admired and couldn't help but smile and said, "His grandma's is a tough bone, which is rare among the Southern Barbarians.

He said again: "Okay, I appreciate it very much, seeing that you are hard, I will give up on your experience. Now, after I follow my instructions, I will spare you this. If not, I will give you a knife to see if your bones are hard, or my knife is hard!"

Although the officer intended to let the young man go, the young man stood upright. Chen Tuo looked from a distance, and saw that it was not a problem, he coughed twice and walked forward.

The group of Jin people did not take him to heart. When everyone saw him approaching, they still fell to the ground. Only the group of young men were Song people. Seeing Chen Tuo approaching, they saw his face clearly with the flames in the field. The young men hurriedly knelt down and bowed.

Seeing everyone kneeling down, the officer glanced at Chen Tuo, but only asked the young man: "Why, still can't it be done?"

While speaking, he tightened the sword in his hand, and it seemed that the young man refused to agree, so he wanted to slash over with one sword.

If Chen Tuo pleaded with him, he would inevitably be disappointed. This group of Jin people killed even the concubines of the Song Dynasty and raped them, so how could they take the two emperors seriously? This group of young men were obviously caught here with their parents that day. Even if they were relatives and nobles, how could they compare with the emperor's concubines?

As long as you contradict it a little, it will definitely be the head and the head.

Chen Tuo knew the truth, so he hurriedly asked the black-faced boy, "Who are you and which family's children?"

The black-faced boy ignored the Jin people and kowtowed, then clasped his fists and replied loudly to Chen Tuo: "I am the master, please come to the official family!"

Chen Tuo's eyes lit up, he took another step forward, held his hand, and asked with a smile: "Are you a child of a family?"

A hint of pride flashed across Zhongji's face. Although his young mind and nature were in trouble and worried about his life, he was still happy and proud that the emperor knew that he was a child of the Zhong family.

Then he bowed and replied: "My father planted ancient times, and his grandfather planted the master's way."

Chen Tuo saw his behavior and expression, with a generous and generous manner, neither humble nor arrogant. In his behavior and movement, although a young man of fifteen or sixteen years old was no different from an adult, he was very happy. He knew that the records in history books were true. The Northwest Ranch Family was indeed a good family of generals in the Song Dynasty, with excellent family education. Although the extremely young man in front of him had a true character, his character was no different from that of an adult.

But the crisis was imminent, and he didn't care about talking to Zhongji anymore, and said, "Zhong's family is a good man, a good general, can't even get a horse?"

He was so despised, even though the other party was the emperor, Zhong Ji still said angrily: "I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child. Not to mention getting a horse, it is ordinary even if I ride a horse to fight."

"Okay, then you can get on the horse, ride a few laps and hit a few shots, so that I can see."

The emperor had a destiny, but he was different from the Jin officer. He immediately agreed and immediately approached a war horse and rode easily on the horse in an extremely beautiful posture.

He was obviously the leader of this group of teenagers. As soon as he got on the horse, the teenagers didn't wait for Chen Tuo's orders and rushed over one by one, jumping on the horse.

As a result, although the Jin soldiers were still not angry about the young men's disobedience, they also knew that Chen Tuo intended to smooth things over. After all, the other party was the leader of a country, but it was not easy to be too embarrassed.

Everyone snorted coldly in their noses and said, "Look at how they rode!"

Chen Tuo didn't say anything, but smiled and sat down again on the sidelines. When he was free, he loved to read history books, so he naturally knew in his heart that the Zong family was a famous military general in the Northern Song Dynasty. He produced good generals on behalf of others. In fact, his role was still above the Yang family generals who were widely rumored by the people. Although Zong Ji still looked childish, he was tall and had deep calluses on his hands. Obviously, he often used weapons and horse riding to control the reins. Those who could hang out with him must be young heroes, and his riding skills would not be bad. With this idea, he was not worried that the young men would make a fool of themselves in front of this group of Golden Man Players.

But it was indeed as expected that more than ten Song teenagers were either from the imperial guards in the capital or from the border generals like the Ruzhong family. Although the status of soldiers in the Song Dynasty was low, they were an undeniable professional military system. Unlike later generations, the military generals had strict family studies and had to learn martial arts and read military books since childhood. Therefore, these young men on the field were all agile and extraordinary in riding. They did not understand the rules of polo, but there was no obstacle to control them. Under their control, the war horses rushed back and forth, as fast as the wind, and the clubs were connected and beaten, which was very organized.

The group of Jin soldiers wanted to make fun of them, but they had nothing to say when they saw this. After a while, the officer shouted, "It's done, it's gone, we've broken our horse."

Zhong Ji and others were enjoying themselves riding, but they couldn't. They had to jump off the horse one by one, but they were calm and untiring.

Seeing that the Song people were so handsome, even Chen Tuo was very happy. The Jin soldiers were unhappy, but they lost their interest and practiced again.

When they entered the field one by one, they led their own war horses out in a row. When they were in and out, the Jin soldiers stood up and looked murderous, but many young men from the Song Dynasty were not afraid and looked as usual.

When the Jin people left, Zhongji took the lead, and more than ten young men cheered and showed that they were extremely happy.

Chen Tuo couldn't help but sigh and said to himself: "Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and generals of the Song Dynasty were very afraid of the Jurchens. He said that when he was facing the squad, even though he was dozens of miles away, he was afraid that he would be scared to death when he heard that the Jurchens had arrived. Only these young men were in full bloom and could still be used."

When he thought of this, his heart moved. He waved his hand and stopped the cheers of the young men, summoned them one by one, and asked for their names with a smile.

This question was indeed unexpected. The group of young men were all from the aristocratic families of the Song Dynasty's imperial guards and border generals such as Yang, Zhong, Xue, Kang, and others. They were either captured with the two emperors when they were besieged in Tokyo, or when the two emperors were staying in Yanjing, the Jin people gathered from all over the north.

He nodded and said to the young man Zhong Ji and others: "I like you brave young men very much. The current squads in front of the hall are scattered, and the Jin people don't allow me to reorganize them again. So the guards around me are just three or five loyal and straight people, and they are not enough to be used. You are not young anymore, so you are willing to enter the squad in front of the hall and serve me?"

Being able to go to the emperor and be a direct guard in front of the imperial squad was the fastest way to promote professional soldiers in the Song Dynasty and the most honorable one. The Song army took the imperial guards as the absolute main force, and most of the elite soldiers were stationed in the capital. In addition to the imperial guards, there were also imperial guards in front of the palace and other imperial guards. In all these, their officer selection was naturally led by the imperial guards in front of the palace, which the emperor trusted the most. Moreover, the greatest honor of soldiers was to serve the country, and the emperor was a symbol of the country at this time. Being able to protect his safety in front of the emperor was naturally the pride of soldiers.

Therefore, although Chen Tuo is now just an empty shell emperor, the psychological psychological pattern of the people has not changed because of this, let alone these passionate teenagers?

Zhong Ji and others did not hesitate and immediately knelt in front of Shen Tuo, saying, "I am willing to serve Your Majesty!"

These young men were only fifteen or sixteen years old. At this time, they knelt down to Chen Tuo for allegiance, but their faces were full of loyalty and resolute expressions. It seemed that as long as Chen Tuo gave his order, they would not hesitate to fight with the Jin soldiers who had just made them immediately.

Chen Tuo sighed in his heart, but his face was soft and tender. He stepped forward and helped the young men up one by one, and smiled and said, "Actually, there are Jin soldiers guards here, which seems dangerous, but very safe. It is also a lot of experience to ask you to come to me. After you become an adult in the future, it will be the time for you to truly serve the country."

Seeing the boy's face showing disappointment, Chen Tuo smiled in his heart and said, "In a few days, I will go up to Beijing to watch polo at the invitation of Zongwu. How about you all follow me?"

Zhong Ji and others replied in unison: "I am willing to follow Your Majesty."

Chen Tuo ordered again: "Okay, it's too late. Although you are young, don't always violate the taboos of the Jin people. Go back and rest early."

He led all the young men away, but Chen Tuo himself did not rush to return.

He sat down slowly again, put his hands on his knees, and looked thoughtful.
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