Chapter 35: Sharpening the Knife
Ma Chengen stood on top of the city, holding the battlements in his hands, stretched his neck and shouted: "Are Sister Rushuang and Uncle Gao Ming under the city?" How did you guys get back? Is the battle over? Where's my dad? ”。
Gao Ming, who was riding on the horse, also looked up and saw Ma Chengen's little head poking out, beckoned to him, and squinted his eyes and secretly pointed to the Rushuang girl in front of him, and made a grimace at Ma Chengen. "Open the door!" shouted. ”。
Ma Chengen looked at his sister with wide eyes again, and saw that her face was sinking like water, as if she was preoccupied and very unhappy. couldn't help gritting his teeth and said, "Which one of the eyes is unhappy to provoke Sister Rushuang?" I'm going to have to peel him off! ”。
He turned to the soldiers behind him and shouted, "Put down the drawbridge and invite Sister Rushuang and Uncle Gao to enter the city." With that, he ran down the tower.
"Squeak" The heavy city gate was pushed open, Ma Chengen had already rushed to the city gate, looking up and smiling and greeting his sister, Ma Rushuang did not respond with a smile on his face, but nodded slightly.
Ma Chengen turned his head and asked Gao Mingdao, who was following behind, "Uncle Gao, who made my sister unhappy again?" ”。
Gao Ming raised his hand and stroked his thick beard, and said with a wicked smile: "What? Want to stand up for your sister? I can't fight anyone who dares to provoke your sister, and I can only hope that you will grow up and take revenge. ”
Ma Rushuang glared at him unhappily, and said angrily: "Uncle Gao is talking nonsense, who dares to provoke me in this world?" I'm tired of living! ”。
Saying that, she turned over and dismounted, walked towards Ma Chengen with a smile and said, "Today I am a little tired, I will test your martial arts progress another day, and see if you are lazy when we leave this time." ”
Looking at the back of Rushuang's sister Yinna, Ma Chengen couldn't wait to turn his head and ask Gao Mingdao, "Uncle Gao, how is the situation on the battlefield?" I have secretly explored the defense deployment of Dadu, and I have also drawn a sketch of the city, just waiting for one day I can ride a horse with my father to conquer Dadu and dominate the world! ”。
Gao Ming looked him up and down a few times, clenched his fists and arched his hands: "Sure enough, Shibei should be impressed by the three days, and the heroes have been young since ancient times." The young master is arrogant, far-sighted, and broad-minded, which is better than that of the handsome! The subordinates admired it to the fullest. Just beware that your sister Rushuang is going to test your martial arts tomorrow, she has not been in a good mood recently, and if you are found to be lazy, you will inevitably be punished. ”
Ma Chengen raised his head with his chest straightened, hugged his fists and saluted: "Uncle Gao, you can rest assured, tomorrow will definitely make my sister unable to find fault with me." ”
Although the sun in late autumn is still red on the outside, it has long lost the scorching heat surge, but it looks like a warm and quiet old man, amiable.
After washing away the dust all the way and sleeping beautifully, Ma Rushuang's face regained a bright and moving color. She sat on the horse, staring intently at Ma Chengen, who was galloping by not far away.
Ma Chengen's expression was serious, his head tilted slightly, and while galloping on his horse, he steadily raised the sharp arrow full of bowstrings in his hand.
With the sound of the bowstring, one by one sharp arrows flew through the air, flying towards the straw man target fifty paces away.
With the cheers of the onlookers, the sharp arrows all hit the red bullseye on the straw man's chest. Ma Rushuang stretched her eyebrows, nodded lightly imperceptibly, and a smile appeared on the corner of her lips.
Ma Chengen circled the horse back, looked at his sister with his neck up, and asked, "How is it?" I didn't disappoint my sister, did I? ”。
Ma Rushuang put away the light smile on her lips, pulled out the sword hanging from her waist with a "swish", and said: "Don't be proud, let the horse come, I want to try how your real sword and real gun kung fu is going!" ”。 After saying that, he urged the horse to rush towards his brother.
Ma Chengen didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly hung up his bow and arrows, drew his sword and greeted him.
The hind hooves of the two warhorses kicked up a pale dust and walked swiftly towards each other. As he got closer, the two swords flew up and down, unyielding.
After fighting for more than 30 rounds and failing to decide the winner, Ma Rushuang bowed slightly, flashed the lap horse to the side, turned around and said: "It's okay, it seems that you are not lazy, and your kung fu has made a lot of progress." ”
Ma Chengen also circled the horse and stepped aside, put the sword into the sheath, and respectfully clasped his fists on the horse and saluted: "Thank you sister's subordinates for their mercy, my sister's swordsmanship has also improved a lot." Whoever dares to make my sister angry in the future, my brother, I will definitely take action to fight for you! ”。
Ma Rushuang was amused with a "poof", and couldn't help but glance at Ma Chengen and smiled: "You, it's still far away!" ”。
The autumn wind blows, and the grass withers and yellows.
A burst of cheers broke the loneliness of late autumn on the vast grassland.
In the center of the crowd, the shirtless, dark-faced Rising Sun Gan took two steps forward, grabbed his opponent's shoulders tightly, and let out a loud shout, and the two thick arms exerted force at the same time, lifting the opponent up. In an instant, he twisted his waist and stepped sideways, knocking his opponent off his head and falling to the ground.
Once again, the crowd erupted in earth-shattering cheers.
Rising Sun raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, grinning honestly. In today's wrestling competition, the grassland tribes that have completed the unification have sent their warriors to show their skills. But since the appearance of the Rising Sun, three strong men have been put down in a row, and no one dared to challenge them for a while.
"Da da da", a crisp sound of horses' hooves came from far and near.
Someone had sharp eyes and immediately shouted: "It's Agudammu and Chagan Temur, they're back!" ”。
Riding on horseback, Agudam and Chagan Temur smiled and waved to the crowd, and then galloped towards a huge white yurt house.
The two dismounted at the same time and stepped in. The atmosphere in the yurt was warm, and the golden bearded Khan King Bars was holding a wine bowl aloft and chatting and laughing with the leaders of the original tribes.
Looking up to see Agudam and Chagan Temur both walking in, Bars put down the wine bowl in his hand and smiled: "You have worked hard, everyone is waiting for your news!" Let's drink a bowl of mare's milk wine first to catch my breath, and tell me how you feel about sneaking into Qingzhou this time? What about the garrison of Feihong Pass? ”。
The two unceremoniously reached out and took the wine bowl handed over by the person next to them, raised their necks and dried the wine in it to the bottom, then wiped their mouths and put down the wine bowl.
Agudamu was the first to speak: "Hui Khan, leaders, this time we went to Qingzhou Mansion can be regarded as an eye-opener, the Central Plains is really rich in products, extraordinary prosperity and liveliness, on the market, there are everything sold!" The city is densely populated and orderly. As for Feihong Pass, the defenders are heavily guarded, and it is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack! ”。
Chagan Temur nodded and added: "There are about 20,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Feihong Pass, and the 40,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Qingzhou Mansion are stepping up their training. King Khan, since there are Tuni people to help lead the way, why don't our army bypass Feihong Pass first, go straight to Qingzhou Mansion, and kill them by surprise? ”。
Bars shook his head with a deep gaze and said, "It's not easy to say!" If it is a small group of people, it is natural that it can easily bypass Feihong Pass and go straight to Qingzhou Mansion. But this time, this king wants to raise all the grassland soldiers and horses and advance into the Central Plains. Even if we are lucky enough to bypass Feihong Pass and not be discovered, once we start fighting in Qingzhou Mansion, and the men and horses of Feihong Pass attack from behind, won't our army be passive? Therefore, if you want to take the Central Plains and dominate the world, Feihong Pass must be taken first! ”。
Everyone present frowned and thought when they heard this, and they repeatedly bowed their heads in agreement.
Bars looked up into the distance, raising his right hand and brushing the golden mustache on his lips. After a while, he said with blazing eyes: "Agudammu and Chagan Temur have obeyed the order: order you two to step up the training of soldiers and horses from tomorrow, and everyone needs to sharpen the scimitar quickly." Ten days later, our army marched out and attacked Feihong Pass! It doesn't matter if he is a Great Qi or a Great Chu, they all have to be trampled into powder! ”。
Agudammu and Chagan Temur were slightly stunned when they first heard this, then looked at each other in surprise and smiled, and both bowed their heads and saluted: "Obey the order of the Khan!" ”。
After the two of them retreated, Bars slowly looked around at everyone present and said, "I invite you here today, and I have one more important thing to tell you." Since the tribes of the grassland have been unified, and all of you here are the leaders of the previous tribes, then this king solemnly declares: From now on, there will be no tribes in the grassland, and the title of "fierce" tribe will be unified to the outside world. All the people and horses of the original tribe were uniformly dispatched by the king, and the property was uniformly deployed by the Great Khan. I have always pursued the principle of fairness and justice, rewarding meritorious deeds, and distinguishing rewards and punishments, and I believe everyone has already seen it!
What are the ideas, say now. After drinking this bowl of wine together later, anyone who dares to have objections, or who still has a small tribal calculation behind his back, don't blame King Ben Khan for turning his face and being ruthless, everyone in my Dameng clan will be punished! ”。
Everyone here stared at each other, you look at me, I look at you, but all of them were speechless for a while.
"Why, is there anyone who can't trust King Ben Khan?" Bars gritted his teeth. I saw that his eyes suddenly showed a fierce light, and his sharp dagger-like eyes crossed the faces of one tribe leader after another, and the air seemed to freeze in an instant.
One of the tribal leaders stood up, looked around at the crowd with a bowl of wine, and said, "I strongly support the Great Khan of Bas. Over the years, only the Khan King quelled the fighting between the tribes and achieved the unification of the steppe. Moreover, the distribution of the loot has always been very fair, and the big guys are convinced. Besides, we are all old and have to serve old age! Looking at the entire grassland, only the wise Great Khan of Baars can lead us to level the Central Plains and gallop the world! ”。
Most of these tribal leaders were silent, and some nodded their heads repeatedly. A few inner criminals muttered and turned their heads to look around at no one objecting, and caught a glimpse of the faintly flickering sword light and sword shadows around the tent, and they also quickly lowered their heads and were silent.
Seeing that no one in the audience raised objections, the muscles on Bars's face gradually relaxed, and a smile was instantly changed. He stretched out his hand and picked up the wine bowl and said: "All the former tribal leaders here are my seniors, what King Ben Khan has done wrong, you are welcome to make kind criticisms at any time, and I will accept them with an open heart." How to say that the children of the grassland are the children of the eternal heaven, and they are a family whose blood is thicker than water and is affectionate. The untouchables and corrupt officials of Middle-earth are our common enemies! Let's drink this bowl of wine together, and it's just the beginning! ”。