Time passed day by day, and Li Yanqing's patience was approaching his limit day by day. If the imperial examination filing had to bear mental and psychological pressure, then this training brought him great fatigue.

One thing he does more every day is to draw the bow. He took five days to pull the bow with one stone and six dou of stone, and three days to pull the bow with one stone. This has reached its limit for him, but Zhou Tong didn't care about his limit of strength and directly made him start pulling the bronze bow with two stones. From that day on, he fell into the abyss of pain.

Every day, Li Yanqing was forced to pull the bow endlessly by his master Zhou Tong, and Li Yanqing didn't know how he survived it.

"ah--"

Li Yanqing's painful shouts came from the yard. Wang Guiteng stood up, his eyes full of concern, but Yue Fei pulled him down, "He has been like this for almost half a month. Are you not used to it?"

Wang Gui sighed softly, "The master is so cruel. He was tired and cried yesterday, and the master refused to let him go."

"But you didn't find that Lao Li has gained a lot?"

Yue Fei smiled and said, "Yesterday he was able to pull the master's bronze bow. It's less than a month since the power of one stone and a half to two stone bows can be directly increased from the power of one stone and a half stone bows. Only the master can do it."

Wang Gui nodded, "This is the master's strength. He can see a person's potential. Last month I also wanted to practice two stone bows, but the master said that I could only pull one and a half stones at most, and it would be useless to practice. Like Lao Li, it only took one month to increase from one and a half stones to two stones. No one except the master could do it."

Tang Huai shook the golden fan, "Then he must be able to withstand this pain like Lao Li."

Wang Gui nodded silently. He rarely had a consensus with Tang Huai. If it were him, he would have died long ago.

.........

In the room, Li Yanqing was lying on the bed with his upper body naked, and the magpies were kneeling beside him, and his hands were extremely quick to apply ointment to relieve fatigue on his back and shoulders. There were four ointments in total, and we had to grasp the amount and time.

She was very nervous. Master Zhou specifically told her that she had to wait at least a quarter of an hour after applying the first type. No matter how the little official shouted in pain, he had to hold it back.

But after applying the second medicine, as soon as the pain of the little master appears, apply the third ointment immediately. The faster the better, so that the pain in the body can be slowly eliminated overnight.

Li Yanqing was so painful that he was numb, as if his body was no longer his own. He slowly closed his eyes and prepared to face the third huge pain. Every time the effect of the ointment occurred, his body came back, and all kinds of frozen pain began to revive.

The unspeakable pain and numbness made him unbearable. He had to experience the cruel torture of falling into hell and climbing up from hell every day. He felt that he could hardly bear it.

Suddenly, Li Yanqing squeezed the pillow with both hands, and the severe pain came as expected. The latissimus dorsi and the shoulder deltoid muscles seemed to be torn apart. He was sweating profusely, gritting his teeth, trying not to let himself scream.

The magpie was both nervous and sad. While rubbing the sweat on the little official's forehead, she whispered: "The little official just screams out! It will be a little better that way."

Li Yanqing said nothing, his face turned red, and he squeezed the pillow with both hands. He endured it for a quarter of an hour, and the severe pain subsided a little bit.

Finally, Li Yanqing breathed a sigh of relief and lay on the bed and was extremely moved. As for Tailai, the coolness and comfort began to penetrate into every pore of his body, making him ecstatic, and huge sleepiness also came at the same time. He was about to fall asleep soon.

At this time, Jusao Ju carried a bucket of hot hot water into the house, "How about the little official?" Jusao Ju asked in a low voice.

"Shh! I'm going to fall asleep soon."

At this time, Li Yanqing had already fallen asleep and made a slight snoring. The magpie poured a packet of medicine powder into the wooden bucket and stirred it evenly with a spoon. Then she began to apply it on his back, shoulders and arms with a boiling hot towel. At least ten times should be applied. In the words of Master Zhou, the more times the better.

Jusao helped her twist a towel while she cooperated. The two of them worked together. The room was filled with the strange fragrance of herbs and the snoring of Li Yanqing.

...........

Before dawn the next day, Li Yanqing appeared in the archery field. Before Zhou Tong came, Li Yanqing stood a hundred steps outside the target, squinted for a moment, and could still see the target clearly. He slowly took out the copper bow from his horse bag, reached out and pulled out an iron arrow from his back. His back was still painful, but it was much better than yesterday afternoon. Of course, it was just the beginning.

Yesterday afternoon, he was able to pull the bronze bow once. He pulled it halfway until it pulled the bow. It took him ten days, but once this hurdle was crossed, he would enter a brand new world.

Li Yanqing urged the horse to run slowly along the 100-step line, and the horse ran faster and faster. When he found the best feeling, he suddenly pulled the copper bow, and the iron arrow was about to hit the finger, and an iron arrow shot out like lightning, shooting at a speed several times faster than an ordinary wolf-tooth arrow at the target a hundred steps away. The iron arrow hit the bull's eye and shot a hole directly into the wooden board of the target.

At this time, a burst of applause came from behind. Li Yanqing turned around, but it was his master Zhou Tong. He came to him at some point.

Today, Zhou Tong's face was no longer as stern as usual, and he had a rare smile on his face. He was really relieved that Li Yanqing succeeded in his failed goal that year. He really increased the bow power from one stone to two stones within one month. What an amazing achievement.

Zhou Tong's heart was filled with joy of success. He walked up and asked with a smile: "How many times can I pull the bow now?"

"Students have tried it and can be opened up to three times!"

Zhou Tong nodded. Normally, using copper bow and iron arrows must have at least 300 Songjin's bow power. Li Yanqing can now dig two hundred Songjin, which can only be barely available.

But what is important about the copper bow and iron arrow is not the arm strength, but the technique of using it. It is very subtle and complex. If you don’t have the extraordinary talent for bow and arrow, you can’t understand it. This is Zhou Tong’s secret that he dictated to Li Yanqing a month ago.

"It's almost done three times, and we will accumulate the rest slowly in the future! We have consolidated the three times in the past few days, so we have no time."

"Master Tong... has he arrived?"

Zhou Tong nodded, "His army will arrive in Tangyin in three days."

After pausing, Zhou Tong said again: "Do you know why I have to let you practice copper bow and iron arrow?"

"Students don't know!"

"Because Taiwei Tong admires the most of the people who are superb archery skills."

Zhou Tong looked into his eyes and said slowly: "Yanqing, my teacher knows your ambitions, and serves the country with literature and martial arts. This time, Taiwei Tong's army test is your chance, and you will seize it."

Li Yanqing nodded silently, and he finally understood the master's good intentions.

...........

This time, the Song army marched north to fight against the Liao army's invasion south, and its main troops were divided into two routes. The western route was dominated by the Shaanxi General Zhengshidao, who led 100,000 Western troops to the north, mainly to defend against Liao and Xia and join forces to invade south.

However, the main battlefield was on the east road and Hebei routes, and Taiwei Tong Guan personally led 100,000 imperial troops to the north. Emperor Zhao Ji issued an order to transfer 200,000 local troops from Hebei to cooperate with Taiwei Tong Guan's battle, with a total of 400,000 troops facing the upcoming southern invasion of Liao army.

Although the Taiwei Tong Guan is an eunuch, he is quite tall and mighty, and has a beard at the jaw. Perhaps because of his years of fighting abroad, his skin is very dark, his cheekbones are tall, and his slender eyes are often flashing with a cold light.

Although Tong Guan was over 60 years old, his career was in an upward stage. He had been in control of the military power of the Song Dynasty for ten years. When he went to the Western Xia, Tubo made great achievements and was good at calculating the best. He was deeply trusted by the emperor Zhao Ji and often commanded hundreds of thousands of troops to fight. Of course, his deep trust was also related to his eunuch's identity.

Tong Guan’s greatest wish in his life was to be granted the title of King of the Song Dynasty’s different surname during his lifetime. Although there were many Kings of the Song Dynasty, almost all of them were posthumously conferred after their death, and no one could be granted the title before his death.

But the opportunity is not without. Emperor Shenzong left a decree when he died thirty years ago and regained the sixteen states of Yanyun, he could be granted the title of King of a different surname.

Thirty years have passed, and no one can realize the last wish of the Emperor Sect, but this last wish is still valid. When Tong Guan witnessed this last wish in the palace many years ago, a seed of being the king was quietly planted in his heart.

Five years ago, this seed germinated for the first time. Tong Guan, as Zheng Yunzhong's deputy, went on a mission to the Liao Dynasty. He met the Yan people, Ma Zhi. Ma Zhi offered a strategy to "join Jin and destroy Liao", which caused a huge shock within the Song Dynasty.

Emperor Zhao Ji was passionate and determined to send troops to recover Yanzhou. Just as the 150,000 elite army was about to set out, the Fang La Uprising broke out in the south. The rebel army was in great momentum. Zhao Ji had to stop the plan to attack Yan and change his position as Tong Guan to the Xuanfu Envoy of Jiang, Zhejiang and Huainan, and lead troops to pacify Yan to attack Fang La.
Chapter completed!