Wang Li laughed, picked up the wine glass and drank it with Han Xin, his expression was extremely natural. He smiled and asked Han Xin about Zhang Han's physical condition for a long time, and when he heard Han Xin say that Zhang Han was strong and healthy, he could still get on the horse and kill the enemy, and couldn't help sighing: "The predecessors often said that Lian Po is still seventy and can eat ten catties of rice and meat, and it seems that General Zhang Shang is not inferior to Lian Po, haha, of course, it is the mainstay of my Great Qin." ”

Han Xin saw that although Wang Li was full of smiles, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes, and he was secretly amused in his heart, thinking that this Wang Li was not like a general, but more like a politician and businessman. It is also strange to say that since Wang Jian and the four generations of Wang Jing, the Wang family has established themselves with military merits, but this Wang Li is an anomaly, and most of the people who can get to this position today rely on opportunism.

The two talked for a long time, Han Xin was young and vigorous, not as urban as Wang Li, and gradually his expression revealed a little unnatural. Wang Li looked at Han Xin, and suddenly said, "Han Xin, what are you doing under General Zhang's subordinates now?" ”

Han Xin bowed slightly; "If you go back to the commander, the last general is now a general."

"Oh?" Wang Li showed an interested look on his face, the position of general is higher than that of the deputy general, only lower than the general and the general, as well as the generals on the left and right, it is an important position, and he can already lead the army to fight independently.

Han Xin roughly described what he did in Hedong and the process of the battle of Dingtao, and Wang Li sighed after hearing it: "I really didn't misunderstand you, you are indeed a rare general, but unfortunately, such a good young talent can't be used by me!" ”

Han Xin thought about the ghost before he believed that who was going to kill me in the first place. But he said modestly; "Dashuai, you praise it falsely, Han Xin's qualifications are blunt, where can you make Dashuai your eyes."

Wang Li, who is old and sophisticated, naturally heard the irony implied in Han Xin's words, and suddenly asked; "Han Xin, do you know why I killed you in the first place?"

Han Xin was stunned for a moment, originally thinking that Wang Li was going to keep his mouth shut about it, but now he suddenly asked, which made him a little overwhelmed, and said dissatisfiedly: "The handsome man is far-sighted, and the general really can't guess the mystery in it." ”

Wang Li nodded and said, "You can't guess it, in fact, I am not useless, otherwise I would not have entrusted you with a heavy task." It's not that I don't trust you, otherwise you went into the desert alone, how could I let my only son go on an adventure with you. ”

"On the contrary, I trust you, I believe in your talent, and from the first time I saw you, I knew that you were anything but something in the pool. Think about your experience, from the white Ding who had no size to become a military marquis before the Northern Expedition, in the hundreds of years of my Northern Army, is there a second like you? ”

Han Xin was stunned, with a lot of thoughts in his heart, and he felt that he couldn't figure out Wang Li's person.

"Then why did the big man do this to me?"

"Two reasons." Wang Li raised two fingers and said in a deep voice; "First of all, there is someone in Xianyang who wants you to die, and that is Zhao Gao. Although I appreciate you very much and think that you have a great future, but for you to offend Zhao Gao, it is obviously worth the loss. ”

"Actually, this is not the most important thing, Zhao Gao has never seen you, I can kill someone casually and use his head to deceive Zhao Gao's belief, what really makes me kill you is because I feel threatened by you."

Han Xin said with a look of disbelief; "The marshal doesn't need to tell me, I ask myself, I have always been submissive to you in the Northern Army, and I have never had any restless behavior, how can I make you feel threatened? You are the commander of the Northern Army, I am just a small lieutenant general under you, you can kill me with a word. ”

Wang Li shook his head and said with a solemn face: "You are mistaken, I didn't mean that I felt your threat to me, it was your threat to Jing'er. ”

Wang Jing! Han Xin was taken aback, his mind was confused, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that he understood a little.

Wang Li continued; "My Wang Li only has such an only son, he has been arrogant since he was a child, but fortunately, Jing'er is still competitive, and his martial arts and art of war have been returned, and he has not insulted the prestige of the Wang family. It's just that I know in my heart that he is still too far from his grandfather and great-grandfather. ”

Wang Li held the wine glass lightly, his eyes were a little confused, and he didn't know if it was alcohol or really talked about Wang Jing's feelings, so that Han Xin could see his unknown side.

"In fact, I know that my talents and abilities are far inferior to those of my unattainable father and grandfather, whose exploits are like a mountain in front of me. Han Xin, you are from a poor family, this may also be your luck, you don't have to be born with so much pressure. I am the eldest son of the Wang family, there are some things I have to do, and I can't let the extremely illustrious Wang family fall in my hands. So whether you think I'm despicable or shameless, I'm always family first. ”

"I'm over forty years old, I have to think about cultivating the next generation of successors, Jing'er is still too immature to bear the burden of the Wang family, so I gritted my teeth and asked him to follow you to the Mobei expedition. The Huns have a saying that only a wild wolf that has experienced cold and hunger can become a wolf, and a young eagle that has not broken its wings can never fly high or far. I admire you very much and believe in your talent, which is why I asked Jing'er to partner with you to go on an adventure in Mobei. ”

"It's a pity that I miscalculated one thing, I originally thought that Jing'er would be supplemented by you, and it would continue like this. But when you came back triumphantly, from the way Jing'er looked at you, I realized that I had miscalculated. You have become his goal and role model, no matter how hard he tries to do it, he is chasing your shadow, as long as you are together, no matter how high or low the military rank, you will always be the master and he will be the auxiliary, and he is still willing to be the auxiliary. ”

Wang Li shook his head, took a sip of wine and sighed; "Han Xin, Han Xin, I have to admire you, you can make my son worship you so much, even disobey my father's will. Do you think I won't know about him letting you go without permission? ”

"It is precisely because I feel that you are threatening to Jing'er, so I agreed to Zhao Gao's request and firmly killed you to get rid of future troubles, otherwise once I die, Jing'er will take over the Northern Army, and I may make a wedding dress for you."

Han Xin was silent for a long time, and spit out a few words in his mouth: "Dashuai, you are really worried." ”

Wang Li smiled bitterly; "As I said, you are not from a famous family, you will not understand my thoughts, but if there is a little possibility, I will resolutely put an end to it, so I want you to die."

"It's a pity that I still look down on you." Wang Li looked up at the wine glass in his hand, and his smile slowly faded, he was still a sentimental good father a moment ago, and at this moment he returned to the high commander of the Northern Army.

"Han Xin, I have never despised you, but now I feel that I still underestimated you before. As long as your luck is not too bad, you will definitely establish a meritorious career in the future, far above Jing'er, so I want to ask you one thing. ”

Han Xin glanced up at Wang Li, didn't promise or disagree, just said lightly; "Commander, please speak."

"I know you're a very affectionate person, and so is Jing'er. You are friends of life and death, I think that one day if I am gone, when Jing'er is isolated and helpless, please help him no matter what. ”

Han Xin said with some surprise; "Dashuai, you are only forty years old, why do you say such things when you are in good health."

Wang Li looked up into the distance, and there was a strange color in his eyes.

"My Wang family is not a long-lived family, my father will end up at thirty-nine, my great-grandfather and several ancestors died before the age of fifty, and my grandfather Wang Jian is already the longest recorded living person in my family, but he has not lived past fifty-five. It seems that in the dark, my royal family always cannot escape the fate of early death, my ancestors all died in the prime of life, my father was in the second year after the destruction of Yan and Qi, and my grandfather was also shortly after the destruction of Chu, I am very worried that I may not escape my fate. ”

Han Xin was silent, and he didn't know what to say, but he just said; "Rest assured, I, Han Xin, have never been an ungrateful person."

Wang Li nodded, as if he felt that he had talked too much to Han Xin this time, so he stopped talking. The two were relatively speechless, and it took a long time for Han Xin to stand up and arch his hand; "If there is nothing to do, then the general will retire first, and I hope that the marshal can give a grace, I and my original brother have not seen each other for a long time, and I am very concerned, so I want to go and see them."

Wang Li didn't mean to embarrass him, and readily agreed that Han Xin could walk freely in the army. After Han Xin thanked him, he turned around and was about to leave, but Wang Li stopped him behind his back.

"Han Xin, if there is really a day in the future, when you have the ability to take good care of Ke'er on my behalf, please don't let her down. I'm not a good uncle, and I can't do what she wants. ”

Han Xin stopped, and did not take a step further. He nodded suddenly, and strode away again.

Originally, Han Xin was worried that the camp was very big and it would be difficult to find Tian Shi and them, but as soon as he went out, he was hugged by Tian Shi and Wu Xie, and Tian Shi was even more happy to look up to the sky and laugh, saying; "General, I thought I wouldn't be able to see you in my life, God really treats us well."

looked at Han Xin's general logo again, and couldn't help but say enviously; "General, you get ahead everywhere you go, you really envy me."

Han Xin punched him with a smile, and said with a smile: "Don't pat me on the back, you are not bad, you have become a military marquis with Wu Xie." ”

Tian Yi said ashamedly; "Where is it, it is really a shortage of generals and lieutenants in the Northern Army some time ago, and a few of us have used our military merits, so we were promoted."

Han Xin looked behind Wu Xie again, his eyes were a little inquiring, Wu Xie understood, and said with a smile; "Lao Qi is a civil official, and he stayed in the city of Fushi to help the army raise grain and grass. As for Fan Yongma, he is in the rear army, and he is still far from here, and he will not be notified for a while. Our eldest Xi Da has now returned to his hometown as he wished and has become the county lieutenant of Longxi County, which is really enviable. ”

Tian Shi smiled at Han Xin again; "General, you came in a hurry, we didn't have time to spread the word to the brothers in the distance, but we only notified some of our brothers in Erqu back then, and everyone is waiting for you on the back mountain."

Han Xin laughed and said loudly; "Then go ahead, what are you waiting for?"

On the top of a low hill, but it was full of torches, shining like day, dozens of people stood there neatly, looking at most of the small and medium-sized officials such as Quhou Baijiang. Although the number of people was very small, they tried their best to maintain the rudimentary shape of the queue during the inspection, and when they saw Han Xin and the three of them coming from afar, they all cheered and bowed down in unison, shouting: "See the general." ”

Han Xin hurriedly strode forward to help everyone, his eyes swept over the familiar smiling faces, and his heart was full of emotion.

These are all Han Xin's old subordinates when he first took office as Quhou, and followed him in the battle of birth and death in Mobei, but now in retrospect, he feels like a world away.

Han Xin turned his head to look at Tian Shi, and his words were a little dry, "Are there only so many of our Erqu brothers left?" ”

Tian Shi said with a somewhat gloomy expression; "There were three hundred and sixty-seven people who came back to us at the beginning, and then ninety-three were discharged and returned home because of injuries and disabilities, and a small half of the remaining remained in the north and did not follow the army south, and the other half were not in the Chinese army, and I did not have time to invite them in a hurry, and all the eighty-nine brothers here are here."

Han Xin recalled the battles of life and death in Mobei at the beginning, and couldn't help but feel gloomy in his heart. Although he took them back home, and most of them were rewarded for military merits, most of the brothers were still buried in a foreign land in Mobei.

Once the success is done, how can he Han Xin use the lives of his brothers in exchange for the opportunity to climb up. In this way, he is no wonder that the king has left.

Han Xin looked at the faces that were eagerly looking at him, grabbed the wine jar on the ground, and said loudly; "Today, our brothers are together, I'm Han Xin can't stand everyone, I'll do it first as a respect." After speaking, he was about to lift the altar and drink wildly, but he heard someone behind him say loudly; "You guy really deserve to be punished for drinking, and you didn't inform me."

Looking back, I saw Wang Jing taking Ding Feng and Qiu Shi, as well as Luan Ji and the four of them, who had not seen each other for a long time, striding up the mountain. The important generals who accompanied Han Xin's northern expedition all gathered together.

Han Xin greeted him with a smile, Wang Jing slapped him on the shoulder and feigned anger; "Okay, you Han Xin, I owe you Wang Jing when you are a brother in life and death, but you secretly drink here, do you say you should be punished."

Han Xin laughed and said: "It should be punished, it should be punished, it is true that I Han Xin is not righteous." After speaking, he raised the wine jar and poured it down violently, but he didn't stop speaking, but he saw that the Adam's apple kept trembling, and he drank a small jar full of wine without leaking a drop in one go.

Han Xin drank it all in one gulp, slammed the wine jar to the ground, and said with a smile; "How?"

Wang Jing laughed and laughed; "Okay." He stretched out his hand to a soldier and said; "Come, give me wine."

The soldier was only a hundred generals, but Wang Jing was a right general in a high position, and when he saw Wang Jing asking him, he hurriedly knelt down in a panic and said; "Participate in the Right General."

Wang Jing waved his hand and said angrily; "There are only brothers here, there are no right generals or right generals, we only talk about brothers today, regardless of military positions, stand up for me."

Han Xin smiled and helped the soldier up, and said, "Just listen to him." The soldier then stood up straight, picked up the wine jar at his feet, handed it over, and said with some hesitation; This wine is a little shoddy, I'm afraid you won't get used to it. ”

Wang Jing didn't answer, just took it and looked up to learn from Han Xin to drink it all, touched his mouth and said loudly; "Happy, very happy, this kind of liquor is what a man should drink, it's strong enough! It's like those soft wines, which are boring to drink. ”

Everyone laughed for a while, and they all let go and drank, not talking about the high and low official positions, and the rise of drinking was all hooked shoulders and backs, full of nonsense.

Wang Jing hugged Han Xin, and the wine-smoky Han Xin in his mouth was a little funny. He is a person with strong martial arts, and naturally he drinks a lot more, and he is not as easy to get drunk as everyone else.

I only heard that Wang Jing was already a little drunk, his eyes were confused, and he said with a smile; "Han Xin, listen to me, I'm going to tell you something."

Han Xin said with a smile and tears; "Okay, okay, you just say it."

Wang Jing laughed, suddenly pushed Han Xin away and said seriously: "I admire you very much, I really admire you." ”

"What kind of person is I, Wang Jing, I have never served others since I was a child, and even my father can't help me, but I will convince you."

Pointing to the bottom of the mountain and laughing; "If you let me jump, I will not hesitate to jump, do you think we are brothers."

Han was moved by confidence and said; "Of course, it's not just brothers, we were born and died together, life and death together, and we all once put our lives in each other's hands, how can this not be considered brothers."

"Come on,!" Han Xin raised the jar again.

"One person, two brothers, I, Han Xin, have handed over your brother Wang Jing in this life."