A small school field in Zhuang Town.

A flagpole was erected in the center of the field, but instead of a flag, a string of six red lanterns was hung. The lantern swayed slightly in the wind.

On the ground surrounding the flagpole, dots the size of dinner plates were drawn in white lime powder far and near.

I was dressed in a riding costume and holding a small bow, and I rode at the entrance to the school grounds.

You rode side by side with me.

You say, "After a moment I say start, clamp your horse." Let it run as fast as it can. ”

You point to the lanterns and say, "Do you see those lanterns?" Draw your arrow, mount it like this, draw your bow, aim at it, shoot it! Shoot it one by one from the bottom to the top! ”

You say, "You are the daughter of the father of the New Han Army." You must prove to them that you are not only your father's daughter in blood, but also your father's daughter in spirit! You have to let them see in you that your father is about to come out! ”

I was a little apprehensive and said, "However, my horse is not well ridden and runs too fast, and I am afraid that it will fall off." ”

You say, "Don't be afraid. Don't worry about falling. Because I'll ride next to you, I'll follow you all the time. ”

You say, "Don't focus on the horse, but on the sky." Everyone can run faster than all the war horses, and no war horse can catch up with the speed of our hearts. Let your body follow the heart of flying, and there will be no gaps with it, and the wind will become your wings, and it will support you to fly on horseback! ”

You say, "Qin'er, don't think you're a woman. Think, you are your father's immortal spirit! When you ride your horse in front of those soldiers, you have to stir up their blood, and you have to make their blood boil for the immortal spirit of a great warrior! You have to set them on fire and make them thunder and cheer! They are the spark sown by your father. You are to go and light them for your father, and make them a raging fire, a raging fire that burns all over the steppe. You have to make them understand how all the women of Han look forward to their heroism and fearlessness! ”

Say, "Now, draw your bow with an arrow and show me." ”

I did a few bow-drawing movements as you instructed. You help me correct it.

I said, "The range is probably too far, I don't know if I have enough strength." ”

You say, "Qin'er, don't let the woman on your body pull this bow, you want your father on you to pull this bow." He lives on your arm, between your fingers, he is the arrow on the string, and the lantern is the mission he has not completed, the ideal that has not been realized. He now had no body left to complete that last journey on his own. You must give him a ride, with all your strength, with all your heart, give him a ride! ”

You say, "Draw the bow to full capacity!" Let your father be able to reappear in the army! ”

We rode side by side along the field. As you run, you point me to the dots in the ground. You say, "Remember these eight sets of positions, remember the horse's steps and the angle of the position to the flagpole." Each time you reach the first point of a group, you draw an arrow and put it on your bow; When I get to the second point, I pull the bow hard, and I must pull it to the position I have just corrected; When you run in front of the third point, you turn around and aim, and when you rush past the third point, you let loose your arrow. ”

We returned to the entrance of the school grounds. I felt nervous, breathing a little bit and my chest was heaving. I'm afraid that I won't be able to do that well, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to live up to your trust.

You see my apprehension. You encourage, "Believe in yourself, Jean." You can do it. You've shown me what you've done. You were born to do it! You were born to be your father's daughter! ”

"Are you ready?"

I nodded.

You say, "Now let's run together!" Rush! ”

Before the words could be spoken, our two horses roared out like arrows from the string.

You always rode side by side with me and made me feel safe.

You loudly encouraged me: "Don't limit the speed, let the horse run!" Let it take off! Let your heart take off! Prove to them that you are the spirit of this army and that you are worthy of their love and allegiance! ”

We swept past the first dot like the wind, and I prayed in my heart: "Father, bless me!" Give me strength and miracles! I calmed down and put all my heart on the bow and arrow in my hand. I silently recite the steps you said, draw the arrow, build the bow, raise the bow, pull the string, pull the full, turn around, aim, loosen the string and release the arrow!

Eight dots flew by, and each of my movements was done just right, coherently, and in one go. As I ran past the last dot, a white-feathered arrow whizzed out of my horse, unbiased and forcefully heading straight for the flagpole, and after a second or two, the lantern at the bottom was extinguished. You shouted loudly, and Wu Shun also applauded warmly beside the school grounds. My heart instantly stirred, and the joy of success burned in every vein! I felt more confident than ever.

You rode your horse close to me and said, "Very good, but hold steady, don't get your mind turbulent, keep the horse moving, and we'll go back to the starting point and do the second lap." I nodded.

In the blink of an eye, we had a second lap, and I repeated the steps and shot out the second lantern.

Wu Shun couldn't help but cheer. His excited voice attracted some of the soldiers of the defenders of Zhuangji. They had a small semicircle on the periphery of the field.

I couldn't help but glance over there, nervous again.

You say, "Don't look that way!" When you shoot an arrow, the whole world doesn't exist. Don't get distracted by anything. Even if the sky falls, at this moment, there is only this bow, this arrow! Keep up with me, third lap. ”

We set off again, side by side, and after a third lap, and with a bang, the lantern went out again! Cheers rang out from around the school grounds.

Then the fourth lap until the last lap. When the last lantern was also extinguished, there was already a cheer outside the school grounds.

I reached the finish line breathlessly, where I stopped. The horses could not contain the excitement of galloping, and there they kept neighing their hooves.

I reined in my horse, but I couldn't do it, and I felt panicked out of control.

At this moment, you rode by, and you grabbed the reins of my mount. Your intervention was like a needle in the sea, and it immediately stopped the horse's restlessness. It instantly quiets down, snorts, stands down honestly, and wags its tail at you.

"Excellent! You're doing so well! You're amazing! ”

You can't contain the excitement in your heart. You rode and stood by my side. Your whole being is glowing.

You say, "Qin'er, you will conquer them!" In the years to come, you must remember today. You can only use them if you win their hearts first! From spirit to momentum, from emotion to appearance, fully convince them! ”

A few years later, before I followed Liu Shenyuan, the king of the Northern Han Dynasty, to Yunzhou, we had this conversation when we said goodbye.

I say to you, "I don't need any army. ”

You replied, "No." What you need. As the wife of the King of Han, you need the support of the army. I can only make them loyal to the king of Han because they love me, and only you can make them continue to be loyal to you and the son of the king of Han in the future! Only when they also recognize you and love you, and you and the son of the King of Han can become the heroes of the new Han army's allegiance! ”

That day, on the school field in Zhuangzhen, in the midst of the cheers and applause around you, your eyes sparkled and said to me: "Qin'er, this army, it is the immortal body of your father after his death, and it will also be my immortal body after death." This army, it is all the soldiers who died for the arrival of peace, the common immortal body! ”

You said to me, "Follow me, go to the barracks, for the peace of the world, for the end of the war, to see, to excite, to reproduce your father's immortal body!" ”

You say, "Although you are a daughter, you are definitely not, and you cannot do anything for the people of the world!" ”

It was on that day that you taught me that if a person has the courage and ambition to benefit the world, even if she is a daughter, with the quality of Puliu, she can also open an era of peace for the world, and work hard!