The messenger put down the bowl and shook his hand, his voice trembling a little: "It's amazing, it's terrible." That Yu Ning King Guangde, born is eight sides majestic, nine feet tall, eyebrows into the sideburns, face like a heavy jujube, eyes like copper bells, mouth like a blood basin, he is proud of the strong national strength, proud of the Western Regions, see us, disdainful, very rude, but also put thirty-six mouths of Dading, said that it is to cook us alive, fortunately the general Ban's face did not change, calmly dealt with, only to live. When the benevolent man said this, his face was a little pale, thinking that it was a dangerous and dangerous day, but he didn't want to say more.

The envoy picked up the bowl, took another sip of water, and said slowly: "After we go back, General Ban sent Chen Jian to find out about the situation. That Guangde, it turned out that he was a little nervous, he hesitated, is it a matter of Han or a matter of Huns? Before he could make a move, he summoned a witch to ask him for good luck. What does the witch know? Hu Tianhu was connected, and suddenly opened his eyes wide and said, why does Yu Ning want to be a man? The gods are already angry, and they heard that the Han envoy Ban Chao has a thousand-mile horse, so quickly get the sacrifice to me. Na Guangde was convinced, and immediately sent someone to General Ban to ask for a thousand miles. ”

"I heard that King Guangde is a generation of famous lords of the Western Regions, eloquent and strategic, able to fight well, if it wasn't for the suppression of the Xiongnu, he would have dominated the Western Regions a long time ago, why is he still superstitious about a witch?" Geng Gong was thoughtful. Li Dang didn't care about this, he clapped his hands and shouted, "Did the nerd brother give him the horse?" Hmph, I guess it wasn't. ”

The envoy said: "Chen Shu has already told General Ban about these situations, and General Ban did not refuse, Wen Yan said, Maxima can be given, but the witch must come to get it in person." The witch was overjoyed, thinking that we were afraid of him, and came with a swagger. Haha, she's sending her to death. General Ban didn't say a word, he pulled out his knife and slashed at the witch's head, and the head of a person who was eating, the bones rolled down and gnawed on the mud on the ground, haha. ”

Wu Meng listened with enthusiasm: "General Ban has courage and knowledge, and he deserves to be a great angel." Li Dang was so happy that he danced with his hands, turned a few somersaults in a row, and laughed: "Good nerd brother, so powerful, when I see him in the future, I must have a few drinks with him!" ”

The messenger said: "General Ban killed the witch, and he was not afraid, and immediately took the witch's head to see Guangde, and threw his head to the ground, his face full of anger. Guangde was frightened and hurriedly asked what was wrong? General Ban did not answer directly, but only talked about the situation of subduing Shanshan. The king of Guangde was shocked, but he was half-convinced, and asked people to go to Shanshan to inquire about the situation, as General Ban said. General Ban also found out that the Huns left a general to stay in Liao, guardian Guangde, he secretly spread Guangde's order, lured the Huns to the banquet, took advantage of the Huns drunk, sent troops to attack and kill the Huns, the Huns' heads one by one to Guangde, and will carry the gold silk, together with the gift, Enwei and use, that Guangde is afraid, and greedy, to the Ban General is happy and convinced, since then to my Han, sent the son into the court as a hostage. ”

After the envoy finished speaking, he took out a book from his robe, handed it to Geng Gong, and said: "This is a handwritten letter from General Ban, and when I was leaving, I was instructed to give the book to the general, and the general was asked to look at it." Geng Gong exhibited the book, saw Ban Chao's handwriting, dragon flying and phoenix dancing, through the back of the paper, quite a heroic atmosphere, the book wrote:

The younger brother is overheaded, and he has not seen his brother for a long time. According to the brother's strategy, with the blessing of the Han Dynasty, the younger brother Xingke Shanshan and Yu Ning, the countries of the Western Regions, heard the wind and moved, the southern front was determined, and the northern front fighters had arrived. The elder brother will attack the Huns in the near future, and the younger brother has a few words, and I hope that the elder brother will think twice. The Huns, the northern fan, one, chasing water and grass, if duckweed, sleeping in the open air, very difficult, so the emphasis on profit is not righteous, the benefit is in, you can abandon your wife and children, and the beast is no different; The two, the land of recklessness, the state of the barbarians, only know how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle, the horse and the sword, do not understand the language, do not know the language, everything is sought by the ghosts and gods, and all mortals are afraid of the ghosts and gods. Brother Wenwu is strategic, better than brother 100 times, he defeats the enemy day by day, and hopes that brother will think more about these two. I wish to gather on the bank of Tianshan Mountain in the coming day and talk about wine and laughter in the world!

Geng Gong finished reading, his heart was surging, he slowly folded the letter, put it in his arms, slowly walked into the backyard, looked up at the sky, saw the birds clinging, the clouds were long, and he couldn't help but howl: "The Huns have no faith, so they believe in ghosts and gods; The Huns are unrighteous, so they abandon their wives! Gathering in the Tianshan Mountains, just around the corner! I swear to heaven that I will follow Huo Quai, not sweep away the Huns, and never start a family! At the moment, the feast was opened, and the envoy and Wu Meng and others drank bitterly, and they dispersed happily.

Mafu, brightly lit. Ma Juan leaned against the window, her hands on her cheeks, frowning and contemplative, sometimes melancholy, sometimes with a smile on her face. These days, with Geng Gong as his companion, he fights swords and fights all day long, and he is very happy. But can such times last forever? Geng Gong has always regarded himself as a brother, do you want to tell him that I am a girl? However, Ma Juan always felt embarrassed, and when the words came to her mouth, she couldn't say them anyway.

As he was thinking, his father's footsteps sounded. Ma Juan looked up and saw her father leading a white-haired old man, and said as he walked: "General Liu, you are sixty years old, and you are still willing to brave the wind and frost to fight the Huns. ”

The old man's old face was shining, a pair of small eyes burst out of joy, he lifted his beard and smiled: "General Ma is General Fubo, since he was a child, he has read military books since he was a child, fought with his father, and his wisdom and courage are deep. ”

"General Liu is modest, General Liu can fight well, who doesn't know? In that year, the general broke into the enemy camp, picked up 18 enemy generals with a knife, and then went down to 10 cities in a row, so that the enemy was terrified and did not dare to resist. The twenty-eight generals depicted on the Yuntai Pavilion should have had a seat for you, but what did you want. ”

Ma Juan suddenly thought, isn't this white-bearded old man Liu Zhang? When his father looked for him, would he talk about the war against the Xiongnu in the north? Thinking of this, Ma Juan's heart seemed to be hanging in a 10,000-meter cliff, not heaven and earth, empty, fluttering with the wind. She knew that Geng Gong was going to go out with the army again, the vast Gobi, the sword and the sword, from then on, a cool battle, in exchange for white bones, and how many resentful women in the spring boudoir, waiting for these people who have not yet lived and died. Ma Juan's heart is like a knife, although she was born in a general, but she suddenly hated war very, very much. However, the back of Geng Gong's prancing horse holding a gun will eventually disappear on the distant horizon, and the man belongs to the distance after all......

Xiabo Marquis Liu Zhang's eyes were as dark as an oil lamp about to go out, he was not only a distant relative of the Liu family, but also followed Emperor Guangwu to fight for many years, and made many military exploits. When Emperor Ming set the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, he thought that he would be able to be among them with his relatives in the clan, his qualifications, and his military exploits. Since ancient times, there is no first, there is no second, Liu Zhang, who has been fighting all his life, did not expect that a thought would become empty, of course, he would hate for life, and he would be depressed from then on, drunk day and night, dreaming of death, leaning on red and green, and getting by.

Ma Fang saw it in his eyes, and was secretly happy in his heart, he led Liu Zhang into the inner room, poured a cup of steaming tea, and said, "General Liu, you are used to drinking spirits, how about you taste the Pu'er tea paid tribute by Nanban now?" This is an eight-color tribute tea, I asked for it from the queen, this tea is warm and fragrant, it can cure all kinds of diseases, the general may wish to try it. ”

Liu Zhang picked up the tea, as if drinking, opened his mouth to drink, his tongue was immediately burned, he "ah" and "bah", stretched out his blood-red tongue and shook it up and down, panting and saying: "What is this?" It's so hot, what's the smell? It's not good, it's still good wine, it's good. ”

"General Liu, tea is not wine, you can't drink it so much, but you should drink it slowly and savor, the taste is like drinking cold water, before it comes out. You see, General, the tea leaves have only two postures in the water, either sinking or floating. Tea drinkers only have two postures, either pick it up or put it down, it's really like tea like life. ”

Liu Zhang held the cup, staring closely at the ups and downs of the tea leaves, his life's thoughts, actually came to his heart, he turned his head sideways and pondered, a strand of white hair slid down from his forehead, and sighed: "General Ma's words have a deep meaning, but I don't know." ”

"There is fire in the ear, and the bow is not long; Brother and brother, but far away. ”

When Liu Zhang heard this, his whole body was shocked, an old face was red, he smashed the cup on the desk, and the hot tea splashed on his body, Liu Zhangyuan opened his eyes, did not feel any pain, and said angrily: "What do you mean by this, general!" ”

Ma Fang smiled slightly, and said leisurely: "The general doesn't have to be angry, now there are such words in the middle of the city." Even if I don't say it, can the general block the mouth of the world? But I am good for the general, whether to take or give up, whether to take or release, it all depends on the general, so on the eve of the general's expedition, I specially told him. ”

A few strands of white hair fluttered in front of Liu Zhang. He shrank into a ball, and in an instant, as if he was more than ten years old, he muttered: "Life is like tea, tea is like life, sinking or floating, or picking up or putting down, twenty years, how can I let go......" He fell into deep thought, and the past of twenty years ago came to mind.

That year, Liu Zhang was forty years old and Geng Guang was twenty-three years old. At that time, no one expected that even if Zhang Er and Chen Yu were friends and shared weal and woe, they would turn against each other in the end. Perhaps the seeds of sin were planted in the first place.

The two followed Geng Guang's father, Geng Qian, and stationed at Yumen Pass. It is also winter, and the snow is blowing and dancing all over the sky, dyeing the whole world white. The world was silent, and suddenly, thousands of Huns, hooves stepped on the snow, scimitars were cold, and wolves screamed to kill, shocking the world. Liu Zhang and Geng Guang defended the city, but Geng Guo fought the main battle, so he ignored the admonition, left Liu Zhang and Geng Guang to defend the city and open the door to meet the enemy. The Huns were defeated at the first touch, Geng was overjoyed, chased and killed all the way, on the crystal clear ice and snow, there were scarlet blood flowers blooming, the Huns dropped one corpse after another, which stimulated Geng's murderous nature, inducing him to continue to go deeper and deeper...... I don't know where I went, but I felt that in the vast white world, an arrow sounded, and in the empty snow, countless people and horses suddenly jumped out and surrounded the Han army. Geng looked at the falling snowflakes and knew that there was no way out, so he led the army to shout to kill the enemy.

Geng Guang and Liu Zhang guarded the Yumen Pass, looking at the back of their father's pursuit getting smaller and smaller, and then disappeared into the vast snow, a trace of horror surged in his heart, he said: "Brother, the Huns are clearly a plan to lure the enemy, but my father is alone in the depths, I am afraid that there will be more than one auspicious, we will each lead an army and go to the rescue separately, okay?" Liu Zhang was a little hesitant, although he followed Emperor Guangwu to charge into battle and killed countless enemies, but this was the first time he faced the Huns, and the fierceness of the Huns made him feel afraid, but he couldn't refuse, so he had to agree, and the two of them divided their armies.

The boundless fear is still in his heart, as if the Huns are ambushed in the depths of the snow, Liu Zhang forgot the agreement with his sworn brother Geng Guang, and deliberately led the army away from the Huns, going farther and farther, farther and farther...... Geng Guang followed the snow seal, quickly stepped up his horse, and marched in a hurry. Soon, I heard the shouting of killing in front of the sky, my father Geng had a long beard fluttering, surrounded by the Huns in the middle, he held a spear, picked up the front and back, rushed left and right, fierce and abnormal. But his father's body was full of blood, and the gun in his hand was gradually sluggish. Geng Guang didn't say a word, led the army to break in, like a sharp blade straight into the Huns, the Huns were caught off guard, and Geng Guang killed a bloody way, rescued Geng Quan, and retreated while fighting. Because of the proximity to the Yumen Pass, the Huns were afraid of an ambush, and when they saw that Geng and his father and son were afraid to skip others, they did not chase after them.

Geng Guang sent his father back to Yumen Pass, while Liu Zhang had not yet returned. Geng Guang was so anxious that despite his father's dissuasion, he led the army to leap away. After searching for a long time, I saw that Liu Zhang was surrounded by the Huns, and a fierce battle was raging. It turned out that after the Huns abandoned Geng Guo and his son, they left with a roar, and actually met Liu Zhang's army on the way, and they were immediately overjoyed, and without saying a word, they waved their knives to surround and kill. At this point, Liu Zhang also had to fight hard, but Liu Zhang was afraid, how could he defeat the Huns? Seeing that there was death and no life, Geng Guang happened to find it, slapped his horse up, rushed in first, and killed through the encirclement, he didn't know how many knives he had been hit in his body, but he couldn't care so much about saving his brother. The Huns were furious, and the heavy troops besieged Geng Guang, Liu Zhang Shaoxie, and in one go, actually rushed out to kill. Looking back, I saw that Geng Guang's killing sound shook the sky, the Huns were like ants, Liu Zhang was frightened, quite hesitant, he didn't dare to kill, and some generals were angry, and said: "General Geng is desperate to save us, and he is full of injuries, and now we are saved, and General Geng is under siege, how can he be ungrateful and abandon and not save it?" After speaking, without waiting for Liu Zhang's permission, he immediately entered, and Liu Zhang had no choice but to enter later.

Geng Guang was trapped by the Huns, several times to kill, unable to break through, is in danger, seeing Liu Zhang led the crowd to kill, brave and abnormal, the Huns retreated, Geng Guangguang was overjoyed, and said: "My brother is here, everyone come with me, kill out." After speaking, the prancing horse took the lead and killed in the direction of Liu Zhang. Geng Guang's marksmanship won the true inheritance of his father, which made the tiger and tiger angry, elusive, such as pear blossoms, the Huns resisted improperly, Geng Guang killed Liu Zhang's side, Liu Zhang said: "My brother will kill with me." Geng Guang agreed, and suddenly, a knife stabbed him in the chest, and he couldn't dodge, and Geng Guang fell on the horse.

"Brother!" Liu Zhang cried bitterly, slashed several Huns to death with a big knife, and hugged Geng Guang to his horse. Geng Guang was covered in blood, and he was already angry. "Brother!" Liu Zhang cried while struggling to kill, and finally broke out of the encirclement, and only dozens of horses survived the thousands of people under his command, rushed back to Yumen Pass, and held on to Geng Jing.

Geng Guang saved his father and brother and died, the battle was tragic, Liu Zhang was injured more than 100 times, Emperor Guangwu learned that he sent a messenger to Yumen Pass to reward Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang accepted it calmly. However, the general was not convinced, and whispered: The fire in the ears is not long, and the bow is not long; Brother and brother, but far away. The fire in the ears is Geng, and the bow is not long, which means that the Geng family is in trouble, Liu Zhang does not save it, although they are brothers, they want to escape. When Liu Zhang heard this, he was naturally annoyed, and slowly found the reason and killed the dozens of horsemen who survived the Yumen Pass one by one. Unexpectedly, there is no impermeable wall in the world, and this was actually known by Ma Fang!