PS: The dragon wants to be a dragon

Chapter 33 of the second volume

On a cold day, Helian did not wear a leather robe, only a thin sheepskin shoulder on the black cloth robe, and there was no sign of trembling in the corridor through the hall. Hearing the summons of the eunuch, he stepped through the temple gate, strode in, knelt down the steps, and shouted to his father in a loud voice that only a shepherd of the wilderness had, and the copper incense burner that was nearby hummed.

Helian was condescending, watching his son's footsteps in the wind, changing the tired and tired appearance of previous years, and suddenly felt in a good mood. I haven't seen him for a year, Helian has darkened a lot, his waistline has decreased, his chest has bulged, and there is obviously a kind of self-confidence in his eyes that he can control himself and command others. Bo Bo deliberately did not speak. Helian kept kneeling and didn't peek. Suddenly, Bo Bo said you get up. I looked at it from head to toe again, and said that you wear so little in winter, and you are not afraid of freezing your body? Helian said with a smile that Erchen had beaten himself to the north, deliberately beating his muscles and bones, no matter winter or summer, he used cold water for bathing, only spread a layer of sheepskin on the ground for sleeping, and stayed on horseback for more than five hours a day, and invited a Han teacher to talk about history. The father sent his sons to go out for training, and the sons could not live up to their father's good intentions.

After listening to his son's words, Bo Bo was full of boasting, relieved and amused, and laughed:

"Then tell me, what is my good intentions for you?"

Helian said that his father wanted his son to be independent, share his father's worries, and be his father's pawn in the world.

Bo Bo smiled and said What about after the world is defeated?

Although the Han teacher that Helian found in the north was not a learned Confucian, he had a lot of experience in the rise and fall of the dynasty, and he was also happy to figure out the rumors about the Great Xia court. I have long told Sù Helian Xuan: Although your father still loves you, he definitely does not want to treat you as a prince. Otherwise, it won't always make you fight in the sea, and send you to this place where birds don't lay eggs. Therefore, you must show weakness, don't let your father think that you are ambitious, and you can't let today's crown prince and future emperor suspect you early, otherwise your good days will come to an end after a hundred years for the current emperor. Helian Xuan understood the meaning of this, and on the way to Tongwan, he had already rehearsed the father and son to ask the right, and blurted out without thinking at this time:

"After laying down the country, let the father enjoy the blessings, and if there is nothing to do, the son will go to supervise the following to raise cattle and sheep for the father and grow crops. If there is something to do, he will be the first to rush up to destroy the enemy, in short, let his father rule the civil and military monarchs of all countries, and there is no need to worry about miscellaneous chores. ”

Bo Bo laughed again. It seems that the cold shower really washed you out. So what if the father is gone one day?

Helian fell to his knees:

"My father is wise and skilled, and he doesn't like to listen to the meaty words of the Han people, and his sons don't say anything like longevity. Erchen just wants to say what Erchen did when his father was there, and what Erchen did after the prince inherited the unification. Erchen fought hard for this blood, just to fight for my Helian family for all generations! ”

Helian burst out laughing again. Those who know their sons are not as good as their fathers, and the truth in Helian Xuan's words. As soon as he heard it, he understood that some words should not be taken too seriously, but he was glad that his son had suffered this year in the Northland and had learned to restrain his temper. Knowing how to shrink oneself and enlarge others, with this way of advancing and retreating, can you truly grow into a big husband. Summoning Helian back. It was to see if he could afford the heavy responsibility that was about to be given to him. If his shoulders are hard enough, let him do it; If that's still a skeleton. Then I had to let him give it to outsiders. Now it seems that the children of the Helian family can carry the handsome banner in a battle that is related to the future of Great Xia. But there is one last question for fathers. In this way, we probe the heart of my son:

"Being a man always has to be a little selfish, in addition to being loyal to your father and the emperor, and driving the country for the Great Xia, don't you have any ideas?"

A fierce light flashed in Helian Pyro's eyes, just like the gloom and greed of a wolf on the prairie when it pounced on its prey:

"Erchen is selfish! The sons want to enter Chang'an, wash away the hatred of the fiasco of Xuechiyang, and the shame of the widow's escape! Erchen wants to cut off the heads of those generals of the Jin army and make them into wine vessels! Liu Yizhen, Fu Hongzhi, Chen Song, Guo Xu, your time of death has arrived! ”

When these names were finally mentioned, they were already hideous, gritting their teeth, and it seemed that every word had a fire with it, bursting out of the liver and lungs boiling with hatred, and squeezing out from between the teeth of the sharpening knife.

Bo Bo clapped his hands and applauded, saying that what he wanted was your murderous aura! Now that the weather is very cold and the Wei River is three feet of ice, the army can effortlessly cross over and fight a decisive battle with the Jin army in Guanzhong. Father is waiting for you to come, so that you can participate in today's big parade, and then take you to fight the Southern Barbarians.

Surrounded by his own soldiers, the father and son galloped out of the south gate of Tongwan City, ran for about three miles, and on the top of a long slope, they saw ten cavalry phalanxes in the wilderness in the distance. The oncoming wind brought a sound that was neither a trumpet, nor a golden drum, nor a shout, and Helian knew that it was the handiwork of the hunting wind, and as long as it gave a hint, the colorful banners of the 50,000-strong army would respond enthusiastically with applause.

A makeshift earthen platform was piled up in the wilderness, and the father and son of Bo Bo and several high-ranking generals watched the battle on the platform. A wooden shelf with a height of five zhang was erected in the open space on the left front side of the platform, and there was a general platform at the top, on which someone waved various flags to direct the three armies to advance and retreat, attack and defend. With the change of the flag, a total of 50,000 people in ten phalanxes, like an arm obeying the mind, flexibly and neatly making various tactical movements.

Helian looked at it for a while and asked Bobo:

"Father, is it Yao Annihilation Leopard commanded by the banner above?"

Helian Bobo nodded, saying that he had been manipulating the three armies for the past year. This person is hardworking, and he has gone to Chang'an several times to reconnoiter in makeup, and has found a lot of useful information. If there are more such generals in Great Xia, why worry about the injustice of the world.

Helian Bi echoed a few words, carefully reaching the question he really cared about:

"So this time, does my father plan to put him in command?"

Helian Bobo turned his head and looked at his son with a knowing smile:

"What, you have a better candidate?"

Helian knew that his father's real voice was: What, are you not convinced? He knew that his father hated him the most. It is to change the sitting position to the kneeling position, and to stand upright. Bow your hand to your father:

"The shame of the sons, I have to lead the troops to wash the snow. You can't succumb to outsiders and listen to the orders of a Qiang people! ”

Several Hun nobles on the stage heard it clearly, although they didn't speak, they looked at each other and agreed with each other in their hearts.

Bo Bo patted the low table in front of him, and almost shook the wine jug:

"Presumptuous! Yao Annihilation Leopard is my favorite general, loyal to Great Xia, how did he become an outsider! You still want to take charge of your Lao Tzu alone, just with your big mind. How can you drive the world to be talented? ”

Helian Xuan did not flinch, and looked directly at his father with his neck stalked:

"Erchen knows that General Yao is capable and loyal, and he is by no means jealous of him. The last fiasco, the sin lies in the stupidity of the son's command. Where Erchen falls, he gets up, and he must use clever command to give the Jin army a little color. After this battle, even if I make General Yao a partial general, I am willing! ”

Bo vigorously stared at his son for a while. Seeing that his eyes were clear and firm, he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, and he had secretly promised him to be the main striker of this expedition, but the lid could not be lifted so early.

"You get up first. Who the hell is in command. I'll announce it after the big reading. ”

After all the drills were over, Yao Zhanbao got off the stage and came to the review platform to return to Helian Bobo. I saw Helian Xuan also there. Slightly surprised, hurry up and salute. The latter got up and held Yao Zhanbao firmly in his arms. Immediately it felt like an ice sculpture was being hugged. Yao stood on a high place for a long time, his face was frozen blue, his mouth was even more frozen and he couldn't speak, he purred a few words, and Helian almost laughed out loud. Bo Bo glared at him and asked someone to quickly serve hot wine to Yao Xuanbao.

According to the established regulations in the army, after the big parade, Bo Bo should reward the soldiers. This is for everyone, the soldiers are rewarded with wine and meat, the captains are rewarded with furs, and the generals are the high-grade silk silks of Jiangdong. After a lively and joyous scene, as usual, the nobles and high-ranking generals would perform mounted archery, which was regarded as a table of joy for the officers and soldiers, and they would not forget the battle.

Yao Zhanbao warmed up his body and was about to step down to shoot arrows, but was held down by Bo Bo. The latter said that you have suffered a lot today, so you don't have to work hard. It stands to reason that I should have gone too, but I was too lazy to move and didn't go. Don't go a few of you, just accompany me on stage to watch the excitement and let the juniors play.

After speaking, he pointed at Helian with his hand:

"You said that you are in the north every day for four or five hours, presumably riding ejaculation is not small, today will let you open your eyes."

After saying that, he asked someone to bring his hard bow and give it to Helian Bi, and ordered them to lead his black horse to him to use.

Helian tried his father's bow as he walked, and found that the strength was just right. Helian Bo's black horse, the horseback is two feet higher than the average horse, and when Helian Bo gets on the horse, someone usually kneels under the saddle as a horse stone. Now that it is used by Helian Xuan, this "horse stone" will naturally not be in place. But in his year in the Northland, he got along well with those soldiers who were not afraid of heaven and earth, prisoners who did all kinds of evil but had first-class skills, and old shepherds who were too lazy to and didn't bother to get off the horse, and learned a lot of horse stunts that he couldn't think of before, just so that he could shake it off in front of his father. Stretched out his hand and patted the horse's buttocks, and the horse neighed out, and Helian pulled his legs to follow, jumped up from behind the horse, pressed the horse's buttocks with both hands in the air, and landed on the saddle.

The crowd applauded.

A hundred paces away from the target, Helian played all kinds of tricks up and down, one to show that he was skilled in the saddle horse, and the other was to feel the rhythm of the horse's gait first, and secretly calculated the essentials of shooting the target in the gallop. After running back and forth twice, I already have a bottom in my heart. He took out an arrow with a long rod and a large feather, and an arrow with a barb from the cowhide quiver inlaid with gold wire, calculated the amount of advance, held the rock on the left, held the baby on the right, pushed Tarzan forward, and walked on the tiger's tail behind, and let go of the bowstring lightly and resolutely before the horse was about to face the target.

The bowstrings were startled, the black horses passed, the crowd shouted, and the drums sounded.

That arrow hit the bull's-eye squarely!

In the thunderous cries of the three armies, Helian Bi galloped back and forth, sending out two arrows, which were close to the first arrow, and gathered into three brothers with one heart.

Helian was full of spring breeze and was about to return to the review stand, but was stopped by a galloping forbidden army officer. Helian is in the mood to play a new trick. He ordered the target to be removed and replaced with a silver cup, and told all the nobles and generals to shoot it, and whoever hit it would engrave their name on the cup.

At this time, the smile on Yao Zhanbao's face on the review stand had gradually dissipated, and he could see why Helian Bobo didn't let him go down to shoot arrows. In all fairness, Helian shot well. He is worthy of being the prince of the Huns. But if you want to overwhelm him Yao Annihilation Leopard, I'm afraid you still have to practice for another ten years. Helian Bobo knew this. The reason why he refused to let this fierce rival play, and did not let those old people who are good at shooting play. is to let his son stand out, and the intention behind this is obviously to pave the way for his son to ascend to the podium amid the cheers of everyone. Previously, Bo Bo had patted him on the back and said that you are the only one in the Guanzhong, and you are ready to be a vanguard general for me. Today, it seems that for the sake of his son's future, Bo Bo has changed his hexagram. remembered the fiasco of Chiyang a year ago, and the leopard battalion was wiped out. Today, I have to repeat the mistakes of the past, and once again condescend to others to obey commands, and I cannot help but feel deeply disappointed, frustrated, and helpless. His long-cherished wish was to expel the old enemy who destroyed Great Qin, and as a Qiang general, he was the first to enter the old capital, and secretly comforted his ancestors and ancestors in his heart. Now it seems that this wish is about to be frustrated. But then again, he was originally a slave of the country under the fence. Being able to keep his net worth and be reused by Daxia is already a blessing, so what else is there to fight for? Even if he is the first to rush into Chang'an. It's just a pawn of the Huns, how much comfort can it bring to the ancestors of the Qiang people? Since Helian is determined to win, Helian Bobo has good intentions. Then it will be a perfect family.

Bo smiled and encouraged him to go down and shoot the silver cup, and he shook his head. Smiled and said that this is for the juniors to love to play, what do I look like in it. Bo Bo nodded. He smiled meaningfully and said Don't worry, I will give you a chance to shoot a bigger silver cup, and pointed in the direction of Chang'an as he spoke. Yao Zhanbao gave up his hand, saying that the last general would be happy as long as he could go to the battlefield, and he would definitely assist the prince to win this battle. Bo Bo said that you don't need to assist him, you beat yours, he beat him, I want to do both.

At this time, the audience was already lively, the children of the nobles and the generals of the Young Zhuang faction were gathered on the shooting range, and the helmet tassels and fur edges of the fur gathered into a reed swing on the dry land. It seems to be in full swing, but in fact, the undercurrent is cold, not only Yao Zhanbao understands Helian Bobo's intentions, the noble generals present, everyone knows that they must not block Helian Bi's road today, otherwise whoever steals his limelight will be his opponent. When the father warned the son, when the brother scared the younger brother, and the cup was hung up, everyone's thoughts coincided. Everyone got on their horses with a grin, made a brave fight to be the first, and shot a deliberate missed arrow on the back of the galloping horse. In this world, it is difficult to wear Yang in 100 steps, and it is easy to wear Yang without wearing Yang in one step. But listening to the sound of bowstrings one after another, the laughter followed like a shadow, and the cadres retreated in self-deprecation. Helian seemed to have made up his mind to come to the finale, and deliberately waited until the end.

The wind was slightly blowing, and the silver cup shook slightly.

Helian closed his eyes on horseback and secretly prayed to the heavens to bless him, so that the son of the Great Xia Emperor could fulfill his wish from the mud pit of defeat to victory.

The drums vibrate, the black and the three armies stand and the flags move.

The strong bow opens, the feather arrow flies, and the silver cup rings in one shot.

Amid the cheers and salutations of all the real and fake, Helian rushed to the review stand with his horse, and thought that he would show his hand one last time, so he jumped directly onto the stage from the horse, knelt on one knee, and returned the bow and quiver to his father.

Helian Bobo was very happy, and ordered someone to engrave Helian Bao's name on the silver cup, and then got up and walked to the review stand, raised his hand to greet the three armies, and the audience immediately fell silent.

"The officers and soldiers of Great Xia, the warriors of the Huns, you have shown your skills in the Great Parade today, I am very happy! However, no matter how big the military parade is, it can't be compared to the battlefield elephant trunk with real swords and guns, only when you get there, can you really shake out the majesty of the Huns! Where is the battlefield? The battlefield is in the south, under the city of Chang'an! What's your reward? It's not a silver cup or two catties of wine and meat, it's the whole Chang'an! Defeat Chang'an and destroy the Nanban, you are the heroes of Great Xia, and I, Helian Bobo, will never treat you badly! But if anyone is greedy for life and afraid of death, and is cowardly in battle, my knife will never let him go! After this war, Chang'an is the Chang'an of Great Xia, and the people of Chang'an are the people of Great Xia. Those who are present and do not stop it, sit together! Yes, we lost badly in Chiyang last time, and many of you lost loved ones on that occasion. But Nanban's good fortune has come to an end, and this time, I will personally take you to avenge your relatives! I'm going to kill them and leave no armor behind! I'm going to let their corpses rot and stink in the wilderness! I'm going to build a high platform out of their heads! I want to make all the people in the world who dare to insult Daxia tremble when they hear the sound of the Huns' horses' hooves! ”

The three armies were silent for a moment, and then suddenly burst into a shout, accompanied by the clanging of the back of the sword against the stirrups and the shrill whistles of the shepherds.

Bo Bo glanced back at his excited son and the others, and everyone knew that the order to send troops was going to be issued next, so they stepped down one after another and stood in a row in front of the three armies. Bo Bo nodded at them, glanced at the army in the wilderness, sank into the dantian, and raised his voice to order:

"I order, Helian Bi is the chief general of the Left Route Army, Yao Zhanbao is the chief general of the Right Route Army, each leading 20,000 troops, crossing the Wei River by separate routes, and will attack Chang'an! I personally led 10,000 Chinese troops to capture Xianyang and respond to the forward. The generals of the three roads are all controlled by General Wang Maide! ”

Each one will bow down and receive the commandment.

After Bo Bo finished speaking, he was still unsatisfied, turned around and picked up his bow, pulled it full, and with a thunderous roar of the bowstring, shot a long arrow into the blue sky.

"I conquer the heart of Guanzhong, like this arrow, I will win, and I will not look back!"

Iron hooves rumble, yellow dust rolls out, and thousands of horses neigh.

Three thick arrows from north to south, pointing directly at Chang'an under the cold.

Many people there will never see the next spring. (To be continued......)