When the soldiers on the school field saw Li Wei coming to the school in person, they stepped forward to salute and worship.

"Meet the Cool King!" All the soldiers in the school field knelt on one knee and shouted in unison.

Li Wei stood on the podium of the school field, slowly glanced at the black-pressed soldiers under the stage, and said loudly: "All the troops are exempt from courtesy!" Now the Xiongnu pseudo-Liang is becoming stronger and stronger, and the thief chief is frustrated and Meng Xun often violates the border, and the army should work hard to drill and raise the prestige of my Great Liang! ”

"Whoa! The Great Cool will win! Win! The audience will respond in unison! There was a deafening roar from the whole school ground!

After Li Wei inspected the school yard, he got into the carriage and went home.

After Li Wei left, Li Yan gently stroked the head of the sweaty horse, which was meekly eating grass at this time. Looking at the wounds on the sweaty horse, Li Yan was also very distressed. However, it is also an unexpected joy to be able to subdue the sweaty horse today, and when he thinks that he will be able to ride a tall sweaty horse in the future, holding a horse lance and galloping across the field, Li Yan is also looking forward to it in his heart.

After Li Yan and Han Qian returned to the West Courtyard, they asked Xin'er to find some wound medicine and personally apply it to the sweaty horses, and after cleaning up the stables in the West Courtyard and spreading a layer of hay, they went back to the house with confidence.

Hunting in Beishan next month, he has no clue now, and Li Yan has not gone to the hunting activities every year in the past. Of course, the most important thing is that Li Yan was young and weak at that time, and even horseback riding was a problem, so he was excluded.

Li Yan was lying on the bed, thinking about next month's hunting. If you want to hunt prey, you must first be skilled in bowing and horses, and Li Yan has no worries about horseback riding. The bow and crossbow he used in his previous life definitely can't be compared with the current one.

Before dawn the next day, Li Yan rode a horse and followed Han Qian to the school grounds. If you want to really improve your lance level, you will only be effective right away.

Li Yan held Han Qian's horse lance in his right hand, sat on the horse's back, held the saddle with his left hand, put his feet on the horse's pedals, slightly clamped the horse's belly with his calf, and the sweaty horse neighed, and quickly ran towards Han Qian.

Han Qian, who was on the side of the school field, sat on horseback and watched Li Yan rush towards him on horseback with a calm expression.

Li Yan took advantage of the powerful impact of the sweaty horse, and the horse lance in his hand rushed straight towards Han Qian, and the horse lance that was more than a foot long had already stabbed at Han Qian. Han Qian didn't dare to be careless, and his body flashed quickly. And the long stick in his hand hit the horse lance hard.

The huge impact force makes the lance bend, and this kind of mallet made of good Santuo wood has an excellent ability to bend and recover. It is precisely because of this excellent recovery ability that after the enemy is stabbed by the horse, the impact of the horse causes the lance to bend, and the wielder only needs a slight force to eject the enemy from the horse's back, ending the enemy's life.

Even if Han Qian was only holding a wooden stick less than a zhang long, Li Yan, who was holding a horse lance, did not take advantage of it in a round.

In this way, the two of them galloped on the school field, fighting you and me, and the dust on the school field was flying. An hour later, the two stopped fighting. Considering that the sweaty horse still had injuries on his body, Li Yan did not force a winner. Although he has grown up in the past few months, he is still too young to talk to Han Qian, who has been a man for more than ten years.

After the two dismounted, they led the horses to the stables by the school yard to eat forage, and then returned to the school yard.

Li Yan asked a sergeant on the school field for a bow and quiver, and the sergeant naturally knew Li Yan's identity, so he quickly brought it.

"Childe is going to practice archery today?" Han Qian, who was behind him, said after seeing Li Yan take the bow and arrow.

"Yes! Next month's hunt is not only the generals in the army, but also my young talents in Liangzhou, as the grandson of King Liang, I can't be ashamed. Li Yan said with a smile.

While speaking, Li Yan came to the shooting range, took out the arrow from the quiver, hooked the arrow, Li Yan almost used all his strength to pull the bowstring, aiming at the straw man a hundred steps away, quickly scattered, and the arrow off the string flew towards the target quickly. With a "bang", the arrow was inserted into the bull's-eye and directly sank into the stake behind.

"Whew" Li Yan exhaled. This is just a stone bow used by ordinary archers in the army, and they have used all their strength, this kind of stone bow requires about a hundred catties of force, and it has great lethality in about 100 steps. Because considering the number of times archers shoot arrows, almost all of the army uses a one-stone bow. As for those so-called three-stone strong bows, except for a very small number of fierce generals who can use them, ordinary soldiers are fundamentally powerless.

"It seems that my arm strength is still not enough! You'll have to train more in the future. Li Yan thought to himself.

Li Yan went back after practicing in the school field in the morning, and he had to go to Song Xuan's mansion to study in the evening, so Li Yan read in the house in the afternoon.

After nightfall, Li Yan took a carriage to Song Xuan's mansion, with Han Qian driving, Li Yan was relieved to close his eyes and recuperate all the way. The carriage walked on the street for a while and came to the gate of Song Xuan's mansion.

Li Yan, under the guidance of the steward of Song Xuan's mansion, came directly to Song Xuan's study, knowing that Li Yan was coming tonight, Song Xuan was already in the study.

After Li Yan saluted, Song Yan asked Li Yan to sit on the side and began to teach the art of war.

After Song Miao finished teaching, he didn't directly let Li Yan go back as before. Song Miao beckoned the subordinates outside the door to refill Li Yan with a cup of tea.

"Yan'er, I heard that you subdued the sweaty horse in the house a few days ago? Brother also asked you to participate in this year's North Mountain Hunt? Song Miao took a sip of tea, stroked his beard and said.

"Yes. Grandpa Song. Yan'er was able to subdue the sweat and blood horse thanks to Han Qian, if it weren't for him, Yan'er would not have been able to get the sweat and blood horse. As for the North Mountain safari, Yan'er has never been there over the years, maybe grandpa wants to take Yan'er to open his eyes! Li Yan replied.

"Oh? It's the coachman who comes with you on weekdays? Song Miao asked suspiciously.

"Yes. Grandpa Song! This person was originally a captain in Chang'an City, but for some reason he lived in my Hexi, and by coincidence he temporarily lived in the house to teach me martial arts, and I regarded him as my eldest brother. Li Yan briefly told Song Qian about Han Qian's situation.

"I didn't expect this Han Qian to have such an experience, such a talent, you have to treat it sincerely. You must not call yourself the son of a family and snub others. Song Miao stood up from the chair and said with emotion.

Li Yan patted his chest and promised: "Grandpa, don't worry, Yan'er will treat Brother Han sincerely!"

"I just want to tell you about the North Mountain safari." Song Miao sat down next to Li Yan and said.

"Grandpa Song, please speak!" Li Yan said.

Song Miao said slightly: "This matter has to start from the beginning, since last year, the pseudo-cool is about to move, and the northern Rouran also often takes advantage of the fire to rob, your grandfather patrolled the border for a few months and also found that the border precautions are lax, in order to prevent the pseudo-cool and Rouran, I propose to your grandfather to add an army of 5,000 troops to garrison Xihai County." However, the commander of the army has not been able to find a suitable candidate for a long time, and if your father is still alive, your second uncle is a suitable candidate. Alas! It's a pity! ”

Li Yan saw Song Miao mention his father, and he also knew what Song Miao meant. Now that his second uncle has been made the crown prince, it is naturally impossible for him to command the troops outside, but he still has a few uncles, why not let them lead the army?

Li Yan asked puzzledly: "Grandpa Song, even if it is inconvenient for my second uncle to lead the troops outside, several of my uncles are on temporary duty in Jiuquan City, why don't you let them go?"

"It's not that your grandfather hasn't thought about it, it's just that your uncles' ability to lead troops to fight is mediocre, and Xihai County is facing the peep of pseudo-cool and soft, and the border pressure is extremely great. Song Miao sighed.

"Could it be that this hunt in the North Mountains has something to do with this matter?" Li Yan asked in surprise.

Song Miao put down the teacup, walked to the front of the bookshelf, took out a letter from the dark compartment next to him, turned to Li Yan and said: "This is a letter from Yang Yi, the guard of Xihai County, since the beginning of the spring of this year, the pseudo-Liangfan border has been looted dozens of times, many villages have been slaughtered, and the Rouran people have occasionally crossed the border to plunder the border people. Xihai County's defense pressure is extremely great, and the top priority at the moment is to determine the person in charge of the new army, and then quickly go to Xihai County. At present, new recruits are still being recruited, and it is expected to be ready for the army by the middle of next month. And this hunt in the North Mountains is to find the right person. ”

Only then did Li Yan understand why hunting activities were only carried out in autumn and winter in previous years, and why this year it was held in early summer. However, the position of the commander of the army has a great attraction to himself. If you can become the commander of the army, it will also provide an additional guarantee for your survival. After all, in the palace, open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend.

"Grandpa Song, how can you win the qualification of the commander of the army?" Li Yan asked expectantly.

"Huh. You! Let's go back first! You'll know then. Song Miao stroked his beard and smiled.

After coming out of Song Xuan's mansion, Li Yan got into Han Qian's carriage parked at the door. Sitting in the bumpy carriage, Li Yan was thinking about how to gain trust and become the commander-in-chief of the army. I have practiced martial arts for half a year, although my martial arts have improved, but it is far from Han Qian's level.

Even if he can't be the commander-in-chief of the army, Li Yan will take the initiative to ask for help, and with his own character, he can't live under the protection of others in the Liangwang Mansion for the rest of his life, and Li Yan knows that according to the trend of history, even if Li Xin doesn't attack himself, this Xiliang country will be destroyed by the Huns sooner or later, and sooner or later it will be a dead end, so it is better to let it go. In troubled times, only military power can give you more of a chance to save your life.

Li Yan fell into deep thought, Xihai County was located in the Juyanhai region near Mongolia in later generations, and it had long since dried up and been swallowed up by the Badain Jaran Desert. But now not only has it not dried up, there is plenty of water within a radius of 100 miles, there is fertile land, and the water and grass are abundant, whether it is the Huns or the Rouran people, they have long coveted it. Before he knew it, Han Qian had returned to the Liangwang Mansion in the carriage.

"Brother Han, if I have the opportunity to join the army, are you willing to go with me?" As soon as Li Yan got out of the carriage, he said to Han Qian.

"If the son doesn't dislike it, Han Qian should follow. Could it be that the son is preparing to join the army? Han Qian asked curiously.

"Good! With Brother Han's words, Li Yan is relieved, if there is a chance, you and my brother will definitely make contributions on the battlefield. Haha," Li Yan said and walked towards the house laughing.