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Mei Gao and Liang Xiao are the same age, their ancestral home is Huainan, and they grew up in Liang State, so there is an obvious Liang State accent in the accent.

In a sense, he is similar to Liang Xiao, both of whom were brought up by his mother. The difference is that he lived with his father, Meishina, for a period of time when he was a child, and he also completed his basic education. On the one hand, it is congenital inheritance, and on the other hand, it is also nurture, which is inseparable from the enlightenment of the Meiyan.

They are all teenagers, I heard that the deputy envoy is Liang Xiao, a well-known archer in the capital, and he didn't wait for Liang Xiao to come to the door, Mei Gao took the initiative to visit the Weiyang Lang Bureau. As soon as I entered the door, I happened to see Li Guang and the general Weiyang Lang trying to shoot arrows, and immediately became interested and rushed over to see General Li archery.

The admirers came, Li Guang was a little excited, and the result was ...... I missed the target after shooting three arrows in a row.

The originally lively scene was suddenly a little embarrassing, and Li Guang's face was not very good-looking. Liang Xiao, who didn't talk much, saw it, laughed secretly, separated everyone, stepped forward, raised his hand, and made a gloating look.

"Brothers, it's rare that the general is not in good shape today, isn't it too wasteful not to win two dollars from him?"

The Lang officials get along day and night, how can they not know what Liang Xiao means, and said gossipily: "That's true, gamble." ”

"Ah Xiao, you bet on our behalf, drink together if you win, and share it with us if you lose."

Liang Xiao raised his eyebrows at Li Guang and plucked the bowstring, as if playing a solo. "General, do you dare to fight?"

Li Guang snorted, didn't look at Liang Xiao, and waved his hand: "Move the arrow marquis to a hundred steps, and take one gold as a bet." ”

When the crowd heard this, they applauded in unison. Whether it is Li Guang or Liang Xiao. A hundred steps is a bit of a difficult distance. No one is absolutely sure. Only compete at this distance. Only then does the victory or defeat have a certain degree of chance, and the game has a spectacle.

Of course, this is the only way to stimulate Li Guang and bring out his best state.

Sure enough, with the stakes and the difficulty, Li Guang quickly entered the state and shot a good result of twelve arrows and ten hits. And one shot at the same time. In comparison, Liang Xiao was much inferior, only seven of the twelve arrows were hit, and he failed to hit the hoof, and the best arrow only hit the left bow.

Li Guang won the victory by an overwhelming margin, happy as a child, triumphant, and his eyebrows fluttered. However, he didn't take the money, and paid out of his own pocket, and generously threw Liang Xiao two pieces of money. "Take it. Set up wine. ”

Liang Xiao has been with Li Guang for a long time, and he has long known that this is the result. You're not welcome, took the money, and arranged for someone to drink and cut meat, which led Mei Gao to the side. "Adult ......"

"Hey, what an adult, you and I are the same age, so you don't have to be so polite, call me a child. Did you pick up the words? ”

Liang Xiao shook his head. So far, he has only knotted his hair, has not yet reached adulthood, and is considered child labor.

"Then I'm just as ...... as the Lang officials" Mei Gao pointed to the Lang officials who were making a mess outside, and said with a smile: "Call you Ah Xiao." ”

Liang Xiao didn't shirk either, said a few gossips, and went straight to the point. "Do you know the purpose of this mission?"

Mei Gao stood in front of the window, looking at the bustling crowd on the street, and was silent for a moment before turning his head. "Although I don't know what the Son of Heaven is thinking, but arranging a strong martial artist and superb archery officer as a deputy envoy is probably a martial heart. Ah Xiao, this time you and I have a very heavy task. If you ...... like Gongsun Hong"

Mei Gao didn't say any more, but there was a strong uneasiness in his eyes. Gongsun Hong was dismissed because he was out of line with the Xiongnu and went home to herd pigs. Mei Gao's situation was more troublesome than that of Gongsun Hong, who fled to Chang'an for his crimes and could not easily return to Liang. If he didn't take advantage of this opportunity, he wouldn't even have the opportunity to herd pigs. Once dismissed, he will be in a difficult situation.

"Why worry about young children, you and I will definitely be able to successfully complete the task together."

"I hope so. Seeing that you are so confident, you must already have a plan? ”

Liang Xiao said with a smile: "There are some plans, but they need to be brilliant. ”

"Brilliant Flowers?" Mei Gao savored it for a moment and said with a smile: "You say." ”

Liang Xiao said his plan again. Without the special orders of the Son of Heaven, he knew that this mission must be to touch the bottom of the Huns and make preliminary preparations for the upcoming counterattack. If you want to march to Mobei, you must not only know the strength of the Huns, the geography of the steppe, but also know more details.

It can be said that the more detailed they know, the more likely they are to succeed in the future.

The Han people did not know anything about the Xiongnu, but most of them were hearsay, and only those who had been to the grassland themselves had first-hand information. In the past, there were many people who sent envoys to the Xiongnu, but most of them, like Gongsun Hong, had preconceived bad tendencies in their thinking. If he was against war and supported peace from the beginning, then he would definitely see evidence to support his opinion, and he would not see any other possibility.

The first thing Liang Xiao said to Mei Gao was to correct his attitude and look at the previous information with a critical eye, and at the same time not to belittle the strength of the Huns for the sake of starting a war, but to seek truth from facts and analyze rationally as much as possible.

The second thing is to choose someone who can write and draw, preferably one that can draw, and draw a map when necessary. A thousand words are not as good as a picture. You only need to draw a map to see it at a glance.

Liang Xiao finally asked one thing: "Young man, how are your martial arts and how are your riding skills?" ”

Mei Gao smiled smugly. "I'm not as good as you when it comes to archery, and I'm not much worse than you when it comes to horsemanship."

Liang Xiao also smiled. Just like his good archery, he was notoriously poor in riding. Even if he studied hard, if he didn't have a Takahashi saddle and no stirrups, his riding skills would still be somewhat different from those of a family who could walk and learn to ride a horse. As for the Takahashi saddle and stirrups, they have been controlled by the "Pingyang Hou", and they are not allowed to be used unless there are special circumstances.

Liang Xiao knew what the Son of Heaven meant, and he also knew that this was a far-sighted plan, and he didn't want to be discovered by the Huns, so he took the lead. Fortunately, it has not yet spread, and as long as the mouths of a dozen people are sealed, this matter can be controlled. Therefore, he did not make any arguments against the criticism of his riding skills, and he was wrong. Cover it up.

"That's good. It is best for young children to prepare a pair of close-fitting fine nails. So as not to be accidental. ”

Mei Gao will know. The two discussed some more details. That's when we broke up in a hurry.

Liang Xiao once again came to Daxing Temple to ask for a meeting. Daxing ordered Wang Hui to meet him as soon as possible. Liang Xiao didn't say that he was going to envoy the Huns, and Wang Hui knew about it. This matter was originally arranged by him. He took out a bamboo talisman.

"You put this bamboo talisman away. When you arrive at the border market, someone will connect with you with the other half of the symbol. ”

The bamboo talisman is less than a foot long and only three points wide, with several patterns drawn on it, and the dark brown seal of the Great Order. Liang Xiao put away the amulet, and said in his heart, this person who will connect with me in the border city can't be that Yanmen man Nie Yi, right? If it was really him, then Ma Yi's plan had been prepared for a long time. Nie Yi and the big star in front of him also had enough hard work, but unfortunately, their final results were not very good.

The gun shot the first bird, Wang Hui could not die well, it became a reason for cowardice, and who knows the pride and ambition he once had?

Liang Xiao suddenly had an impulse, he wanted to help Wang Hui succeed with his own strength, and make him the hero who first advocated the counterattack against the Xiongnu, instead of the negative example in the mouths of those scholars. Moreover, he felt that he had the ability.

"Don't worry, sir. Xiao will definitely live up to the expectations of adults. ”

Wang Hui looked at Liang Xiao for a moment, and suddenly smiled. "It is worthy of Wu Chu's good son, who even the king of Jiangdu has to praise. Courage is commendable. However, this task is not only my hope, but also the hope of His Majesty. ”

Liang Xiao comprehended, but couldn't help laughing. Wang Hui's city government is still not deep enough, and it is not appropriate for him to do this kind of confidential matter. The Son of Heaven probably couldn't find a supporter, so he would choose such a person.

……

In mid-May, Liang Xiao and Mei Gao arrived at Yanmen.

The Henan-Hetao region is still in the hands of the Huns, the names of such counties as Wuyuan and Shuofang have not yet appeared, and the north of the Great Wall is the sphere of influence of the Huns, and even the south of the Great Wall is often harassed by the Huns, and Yanmen County is actually the northern frontier of the Han Dynasty, and if you go further, you have to wait for the Huns to pick it up, otherwise you will cross the border and act without permission, and you may be attacked.

Since the rise of the Han Dynasty, in the relationship with the Xiongnu, the Han has always been in a weak position, and the initiative is in the hands of the Xiongnu. In addition, the level of the envoy group this time is not high, the envoy Mei Gao is just a 600 stone Langzhong, and the deputy envoy Liang Xiao is just a 200 stone Lang, it is estimated that the Huns are not too serious, Liang Xiao and they have all arrived at Yanmen, and the shadow of the Huns has not yet been seen.

Liang Xiao and the others had no choice but to wait. The so-called weak countries have no diplomacy, and this is the most obvious example. But this is also a good thing, the Huns are arrogant and have not yet realized the imminent crisis, and in the future, the Han army can take it by surprise.

This is probably the psychological basis for Wang Hui to choose to set up an ambush in Mayi.

Waiting for the time was the hardest, but Liang Xiao didn't have the idea of waiting, he discussed it with Mei Gao and decided to use this time to do some homework. Mayi is already the front line of the war against the Xiongnu, and many things to do in the territory of the Xiongnu can be rehearsed in Mayi first.

One of the most important things is drawing.

Liang Xiao found Ma Rong, who was in charge of this matter.

The cartography of the Han Dynasty was already very high, and the level of accuracy of the maps drawn was no worse than that of later generations. Two thousand years later, the "Garrison Map" of the Mawangdui Han Tomb was unearthed, which shocked the academic world. However, mapping is not a serious knowledge, especially after Confucianism, which is regarded as a craftsman's skill and is not valued, and many techniques are lost, not only not progressive, but regressing, so that Pei Xiu at the time of the Wei and Jin dynasties will scoff after looking at the map at that time.

Ma Rong Zizi, it is said that he is the descendant of Ma Fujun, and he moved to Guanzhong after Han Xing. Because of this identity and not the founding hero, the road to the Ma family's children entering the office is not smooth, so this time to recruit envoys, Ma Rong reluctantly signed up, hoping to take this opportunity to join the office. Essentially, he wasn't very enthusiastic about drawing either.

"Ma Zijin, draw well. If you do well this time, at least 200 stone will be guaranteed. ”

"Really?" Ma Rong will be skeptical.

"Seriously." Mei Gao endorsed Liang Xiao as an envoy. "You also know that the Son of Heaven is used according to his talents, and extraordinary people will be treated in extraordinary positions. If you can draw a good map, not to mention 200 stones, even 600 stones is possible. ”

Ma Rong was overjoyed, patted his chest, and vowed to go all out.

A thousand words, it is better to be affordable, and a 200 stone arouses Ma Rong's fighting spirit. The three seventeen or eighteen-year-old Han family boys looked at each other and smiled, full of pride.

(To be continued......)