Zhang Kang subconsciously stroked his armor and said to Sima on the left and right: "Open the door!" Get ready to greet Father-in-law Li Jian. ”

As soon as he arrived at the city, Li Jian staggered and rolled off his horse, shouting in horror: "The general save me, the general save me!" ”

Zhang Kang rushed across the suspension bridge, helped Li Jian up, and said, "My father-in-law is frightened!" Get water! As he spoke, he took the water bladder from the soldier and handed it to Li Jian's mouth.

"How did my father-in-law become like this, did he meet the people of Xiguan in the Great Hungarians?"

Li Jian drank water and calmed down a lot, but he still kept chanting: "Ouch! It hurts me! Tap, it hurts me! Zhang Kang saw that the blood on his leg had coagulated, and he knew that he had been hit by an arrow from the Great Hungarian Xiguan.

"It's fine! This is just an ordinary hunting arrow, otherwise, Zhang Kang may not be able to see his father-in-law. ”

Hearing Zhang Kang say this, Li Jian's expression relaxed, and while listening to the military medical officer bandaging the wound, he gasped and described the scene of contact with the people of Xiguan in the Great Hungarians. At the end, he sighed: "The people of the Great Hungarian Xiguan are too powerful! Only three of us beat us to a dozen horses. Thanks to Changshi's desperate death, otherwise I would have died here! ”

Changshi said lightly on the side: "It's not that dangerous, and there is no need for subordinates to break off, there are only three people in the Great Hungarian Xiguan." ”

Zhang Kang raised his eyebrows and asked urgently: "How many people did my father-in-law say about the Great Hungarian Xiguan?" ”

"Three of them!"

"That's certainly not a soldier! How long have they been gone? ”

"Less than half an hour, huh?"

After hearing this, Zhang Kang immediately turned over and got on his horse, shouting to the soldiers behind him: "Get on the horse!" Pursue! ”

When Li Jian came to his senses, he saw a cloud of smoke rolling into the distance on the Loess Avenue......

Zhang Kang took Bai Shilai to ride and chased dozens of miles away, and sure enough, he found that there were three Great Hungarian Xiguan people with bows and arrows on their backs, scimitars on their waists, galloping north. They obviously didn't expect the sergeants of Da Wu to catch up, and chased after them casually and leisurely.

Zhang Kang grabbed the horse's head, picked up the 250 stone hard bow, only listened to the sound of "whoosh", and the sharp arrow left the string, impartially, on the shoulders of the people in the front of the Great Hungarian Xiguan. The man fell off his horse with an "oops" and was captured alive by the Wu army sergeant.

The Great Hungarian Xiguan was pushed directly in front of Zhang Kang, and Sima asked, "Do you recognize the general in front of you?" ”

The Great Hungarian Xiguan man straightened his neck and shook his head, and hummed: "I only know the Great Wu Hook of the Great Hungarian Xiguan, do you know what he does?" ”

"Then have you ever heard of General Zhang Kang?"

The Great Hungarian Xiguan man looked up at Zhang Kang, and sure enough, he had a Chinese face, a straight nose, and thick eyebrows. Those eagle eyes seem to be able to see through people's hearts. Oh! It turned out that he was General Zhang, who was feared by the people of Xiguan in Great Hungary. The Great Hungarian Xiguan man was suddenly frightened, and his expression softened.

Seeing this, Zhang Kang asked loudly, "How many of you are there?" ”

"There are only three of them, and they are out hunting."

"Oh?" Zhang Kang looked into the distance and said to Sima: "After healing their injuries, they will be released." ”

Zhang Kang stroked the war horse, and said to Sima for a long time: "The people of Xiguan in the Great Hungarian are also people!" They are just like us, they are ordinary people, and war is the duty of the soldiers, and what does it matter to them? If it weren't for Wu Gou's greed, if it weren't for the eventful events of the Great Hungarian Xiguan, how could there be disputes? Soldiers, the weapons of the country, have to be done. Are their wives and children looking forward to their return? When the first emperor was there, he also called the Great Hungarian Xiguan a brother! ”

With a long sigh, Zhang Kang walked up to the three Great Hungarian Xiguan people and said, "This is the border pass, you are too far away from home, go back!" ”

The three Great Hungarian Xiguan hunters were very surprised, for many years, the people of the Great Hungarian Xiguan living on the border knew that as long as it fell into the hands of Wu Jun, it meant death. Therefore, when the words about letting them go back came from the mouth of this battle-hardened general, they could not believe it for a while.

"General Xie's grace to kill." After bowing, the Great Hungarian Xiguan people turned around and left. But before he had taken a few steps, he pointed out in horror that he was not moving in the distance.

Through the heavy twilight, Zhang Kang found black clouds rolling in the distance, and gradually, the clouds became clearer and clearer, mixed with the shouts of "hoho". It turned out that they had encountered the cavalry of the Great Hungarian Xiguan.

"General, go! If you don't go, you won't be able to go! ”

The warriors of the Wu army were nervous about the imminent battle, and they all got on their horses, drew their swords from their waists, and tightened their reins.

Zhang Kang did not get on the horse, he pressed the hilt of the sword with his right hand, pulled the war horse with his left hand, and leaned tightly against its neck. His sharp gaze never left the cavalry of the Great Hungarian Xiguan running from afar, and he knew that any of his movements at this moment would affect the will and emotions of the soldiers.

Sima was a little breathless: "My lord, general, let's withdraw quickly!" Otherwise, it will be too late! ”

"What are you panicking about" Zhang Kang glared at Sima, "It seems that the enemy has not figured out the truth of our army. You see! Looking in the direction pointed by Zhang Kang, sure enough, the cavalry of the Great Hungarian Xiguan stopped advancing two miles away.

The enemy must be under suspicion, and I can do what I want. Zhang Kang quickly made a judgment, and he did not hesitate to issue an order to Sima: "The whole army retreats to the hillside and dismounts to rest." ”

"General, this is ......"

"Violators will be killed!" Zhang Kang's sword slashed a cold light in the air.

One hundred and ten horsemen set up a position on the hillside, Zhang Kang arranged for the sentries to raise the vigilance, but on the other hand, he asked the soldiers to bury the pot to make rice, and the smoke from the thatch drifted along the wind in the direction of the Great Hungarian Xiguan Army a few miles away, and the air was filled with the smell of choking smoke.

In less than half an hour, the meal was ready, and he watched the soldiers fill each bowl with millet before he began to eat with Sima. Sima specially sandwiched a piece of beef into Zhang Kang's bowl, and then asked, "Why didn't the general withdraw it?" ”

Zhang Kang gave the beef to the soldier who was eating small rice next to him, and said with a smile: "What about you or Sima who led the troops, don't you hear the truth that the soldiers are not tired of cheating?" The people of the Great Hungarian Xiguan obviously did not know the details of our army, and if they retreated at that time, they would definitely pursue them exhaustively. At the speed of the Great Hungarians, we will definitely be in danger......"

When Zhang Kang said this, he suddenly seemed to think of something, and turned his face to Sima and said: "Inform the soldiers, light the bonfire, spread out and sit around, and unload the saddle." ”

"Why is that? Once attacked by the enemy, our army will be helpless! ”

"The people of the Great Hungarian Xiguan thought that we were going to scatter away, and we will unsaddle it today to show that we can't go, they are afraid of being ambushed, and they will not dare to enter lightly." As soon as Zhang Kang's words fell, a sentry came to report, saying that he had found a general of the Great Hungarian Xiguan riding a white horse with a dozen soldiers coming to this side.

Zhang Kang thought for a moment and judged that this was the enemy's meticulous work, and he must have come to listen to the truth. He stepped on his horse and rushed out with more than a dozen horsemen. When the two armies were less than 200 paces apart, Zhang Kang opened his bow and shot at the white horse that was rushing ahead.

In the twilight, only to hear the sound of "ah", the general of the Great Hungarian Xiguan fell off his horse, and the rest of the dozen or so cavalry saw this and left one after another. Zhang Kang did not chase and quickly returned to the hillside. Sima was very surprised and praised: "The general really understands the habits of the people of Xiguan in the Great Hungarians!" ”

Zhang Kang raised his neck and drank the water in his skin, but he still didn't feel addicted, so he shouted at Sima: "Bring the wine!" Then he drank violently until his cheeks were red, and then he brushed the drops of wine from his beard and laughed.

"I expect that after this battle, the people of Xiguan in Great Hungary will not dare to come again tonight." After speaking, he shouted to the soldiers sitting around the bonfire, "Are there any people from Changjun Anling?" ”

An eighteen-year-old young man stood up and replied, "General Bao, the villain is from Anling, Changjun. ”

"Can you sing the minor tune of Changjun Anling?"

The young man smiled innocently: "When I was at home, I heard my father sing. ”

"How about singing a song?"

The young man prevaricated embarrassedly, and then roared out a rough Changjun Anling minor tune from his chest: "Home is at the source of Changjun Anling!" ”

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"Hahaha" Zhang Kang was also infected by the soldier's emotions, he came to everyone and said: "If it weren't for the war, wouldn't you stay at home with your wife and children all day long?" ”

A prince took Zhang Kang's words and said: "I heard the general say that the first emperor once called the Great Hungarian Xiguan a brother, is this really the case?" ”

Zhang Kang flicked the bonfire in front of him, and the light of the fire reflected his face.

"At that time, the palace was still young, and the first emperor was a brother with a broad mind and a great alliance with the Great Hungarian Xiguan Dawu Hook, and formed an alliance that did not infringe on the border. After that, the king of Zuogu sent troops privately to invade the border of our Great Wu, and Wu Hook of the Great Hungarian Xiguan replied to the first emperor, saying that the king of Zuogu obeyed the plan of the king of the right valley, "the alliance of the two masters, the bones of the brothers", and expressed the wish of "removing the past, recovering the old covenant, to calm the border people, to respond to the ancient beginning, so that the young can get their long, the old can live in peace, and the world is peaceful". In order to express his sincerity, he also gave the first emperor a red date horse. The first emperor also returned to the Great Hungarian Xiguan book, asking the two sides to 'make the history clear and make no negative covenant', and also gave back the Great Wu hooked robe, long shirt, brocade robe, silk silk, gold ornaments, etc., and sent envoys to the Great Hungarian Xiguan to continue the peace. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Kang kept his eyes on the bonfire in front of him: "Without the Shengming of the first emperor, there would be no relatively peaceful frontier in Great Wu." If there is no relatively peaceful border, how can there be the Zhongxing of our dynasty today? Although this official has been fighting all his life, he is not happy with war! ”

Sima asked again: "Since the Great Hungarian Xiguan has repeatedly breached the contract, why didn't the imperial court raise troops to destroy it in one fell swoop, and still renew the covenant?" ”

"Between countries, like neighbors, it is always the strongman who prevails. Although the Great Hungarian Xiguan is a barbarian country, it has strong soldiers and strong national strength, and it cannot be destroyed in a big war. What's more, the status quo of our army is not enough to compete with the Huns. ”

"Didn't you win a lot of battles?"

"Alas! It is difficult to make a forest alone, how can a small victory make the Great Hungarian Xiguan surrender? ”

In the middle of the night, Zhang Kang lay in the saddle with his head rested, a raging bonfire in front of him, and a war horse snuggled tightly with him behind him. The singing of the soldiers aroused his homesickness, and he went west from Anling, Changjun, or a few days away, to Rong County, his hometown of Anling, Changjun. There are his parents and his wife, what are they doing at this moment? Maybe his parents are reading his rare but precious letters under the lamplight, or his wife is telling her children stories about his galloping field.

A few days ago, a businessman from Congrong County brought a letter from home. In the letter, the parents said that in recent years, there has been a long period of drought, and although the government has provided relief, they are still starving all over the country. Their situation is better than that of ordinary people, but they also have times when they are unable to receive food. Besides, they can't watch their neighbors starve and suffer, and always try to give alms, so that life is much tighter.

The father also said that several of his sons were very promising. The eldest son, Zhang Yi, has been conscripted into the army, and the other two sons are studying and practicing martial arts, and they will definitely be the pillars of the country in the future. These news are the greatest comfort to Zhang Kang's wandering heart.

Indeed, since the day he was drafted into the army, his love affair with the war horse seems to have surpassed his love for his loved ones, and he has given himself to the state. When he was a child, he often heard the villagers say that if he is an official of the imperial court, he will have thousands of family fortunes, but from the military chief, the chief to the general, and the Taishou, what other nicknames does he bring to his family besides endless thoughts? He was also upset, but this feeling soon passed through his heart and hid into the depths of his feelings.

On the opposite side is the army of the Great Hungarian Xiguan, and he is not allowed to be troubled by the personal affairs of his children and fame and fortune. Zhang Kang shook his head fiercely, subconsciously touched the weapon beside him, and listened intently to the enemy's emotions.

However, the night was peaceful.

When the morning sun in the east gradually appeared, when the bonfire was gradually reduced to ashes, news came from Xizuo - the people of the Great Hungarian Xiguan had quietly retreated last night.

Zhang Kang climbed the high slope and looked into the distance, in the distant sky, on the winding loess avenue, among the thousands of mountains and ravines, in the jungle of fallen leaves, gently drifting in the morning mist, the plateau avoided a flesh-and-blood battle and returned to tranquility. Zhang Kang couldn't help but shout: "Open up!" Back to Anling City, Chang County! ”

Last night, Li Jian was almost sleepless, and he prayed in his heart that General Zhang Kang would be safe. As soon as it was dawn, he hurriedly asked the soldiers on duty outside the door if Zhang Kang had returned.

This day has become an important page in Li Jian's life experience. He felt that he had gained much more from coming to the border than he had gained from a few years in the palace. Zhang Kang's story of being a nurse and his calmness in the face of danger made him feel ashamed of his many childish actions. Now, Zhang Kang's figure came into his eyes, and he suddenly had a kind of joy at reunion after a long absence.

"It's all because our family doesn't know the depths, so that the general runs from afar, and the saddle horse is tired, and our family is really ashamed in their hearts. Fortunately, the general returned safely, and our family was relieved. ”

"It's just a small battle, it's not enough to worry about, if my father-in-law lives here for a long time, there will be a bigger battle!" Although these Chinese people had caused many troubles to the defense of the border fortress, Zhang Kang's impression of Li Jian gradually calmed down from his initial dislike over the past few days. He could see that Li Jian was different from those guards who were dedicated to slandering in the emperor's ears, although he was ignorant of military affairs, but he still had a conscience, so Zhang Kang spoke much more kindly.

"We are here to disturb, and it is also difficult to disobey the emperor's order. Since our family has been wounded, we will leave tomorrow to return to Anling, Changjun. Li Jian continued to sigh: "If you don't go to the border pass, you don't know the hard work of the soldiers; Don't live with the general, don't know where to govern the army; If you don't engage in war with the Great Hungarian Xiguan, you don't know the safety of the country. After returning to Anling, Changjun, our family must pay tribute to the emperor and truthfully report the situation at the border gates. ”

Zhang Kang hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Thank you father-in-law for this, tomorrow I will set up a banquet for my father-in-law!" ”