Chapter 2 Out of the Plug (2)

"In the second year of the emperor's reign, the Turks saw that our Great Sui had just been established and the civil strife had not been settled, so they raised 400,000 troops to knock on the pass. Wuwei (now Gansu), Jincheng (now Lanzhou), Tianshui, Yan'an and other places were robbed of a scorched earth. In the third year, General Yang led 120,000 Great Sui Qingzhuang to meet the enemy in seven ways, and just blocked the Turkic leader Sha Bolu Khan in Baidao (Hohhot). At that time, all the soldiers and horses were not nearby, and the general's headquarters was only 20,000 people. All the veteran generals suggested evacuating, but the general refused to fall into the prestige of our army, and rushed straight to the main formation of Sha Boluo with 5,000 iron cavalry. My general was just a brigade commander at the time, and he always rushed to the front. The Turks fired 10,000 crossbows in unison, killing more than 70 of the 100 brothers under the general's command, and my general changed two horses, and finally rushed forward and stabbed Sha Bolu's ass with a knife. After a battle, our 5,000 brothers killed his 100,000 horsemen to the ground, and his corpse lay for more than 30 miles! The officer surnamed Nabu has always admired his own general, and when he heard the two teenagers praise Luo Yi, he was in a mood for a while. compared and talked about Luo Yi's heroic deeds since he joined the army!

"General Yang, is it King Wei Chitose?" Xu Dayan and Li Xu asked in unison. Weiwang Yang Shuang is the idol of the entire Great Sui youth, even a nerd like Li Xu who doesn't listen to things outside the window admires this young general very much. This person was the half-brother of the former emperor, who led the troops at the age of fourteen and fought invincible opponents all over the Central Plains. At the age of 20, he conquered the Turks in the north and broke 400,000 Turkic soldiers with a weak force. At the age of twenty-four, he went out of the fortress again, and the Turkic tribes fled in despair, and they did not dare to hold their troops at all.

"At that time, General Yang was only twenty years old, and my general was only seventeen years old!" The officer surnamed Bu did not mention the knighthood in his mouth, only the general, and the expression on his face was pride and envy. "After collecting the troops and returning to the camp, there were too many arrows on his body, and he couldn't take off the iron armor at all! The general himself served him wine and ordered his arrows to be drawn. For every arrow taken, a cup of wine is given. After the arrows on his body were pulled, my general drank too much to fight, and he couldn't afford to be drunk, and he didn't cry out in pain from beginning to end! ”

The men in the army speak with few embellishments, but they sound more blood-inducing. That battle did not need to be exaggerated too much by literati and ink writers, Emperor Wen Yang Jian won the country very much, and it was with this battle that the people of the Central Plains recognized the Great Sui Dynasty at the head. And it was also because of this battle that he dispelled the idea of using the border land as his family's money and grain pasture, and came in to fight the grass grain at every turn.

Li Xu and Xu Dayan are both at the age when they are most likely to be heartbroken for heroes, and they are leisurely fascinated by the war that year. A twenty-year-old coach, a seventeen-year-old general, a golden iron horse. If he was also under the account of King Wei back then, among the people who rushed forward to stab Sha Bo and slightly ass, he might not have himself.

"Was the general also around Luo Gong at that time?" Li Xu couldn't hold back the blood in his heart and asked loudly.

The officer surnamed Bu shook his head with a smile, looked at Li Xu's expectant eyes, and explained: "I was born a few years late, and I didn't catch up. If I had been born five years earlier, I would have been able to raise the flag for Luo Gong! ”

"It's not too late for the general to raise the flag now!" Xu smiled and complimented.

The three of them fell in love and talked about each other, and it was not until they were far away from the city that they said goodbye to each other. Li Xu looked at the back of the officer surnamed Bu, admiring and envious. The other party said well, fame is only taken right away. Like Luo Yi, who came from a humble background, can't he become a Tiger Ben general of Megatron in the end? It's a pity that there is only one of my parents under their knees, otherwise, they would have joined the army and followed under the account of Luo Gong, so as not to worry about the day when they will not have a future in the future.

"This infantry general has achieved the position of captain of the Tiger Ben Iron Cavalry at such a young age, I don't know if he was born in the Linfen Bu family or the Luoyang Bu family!" Xu Dayan didn't know what kind of material was made of exquisite heart, and he was so excited that he couldn't immediately put pen to paper, and in a blink of an eye, he began to calmly explore the family of the officer surnamed Qi.

"What's the difference, aren't they all surnames? There is also a family in front of my village that sells plasters surnamed Bu, maybe he is still a close relative of this general! Li Xu was disgusted by others when he mentioned the family at every turn, and he was disgusted for no reason.

Xu Dayan knew that he was deliberately raising the bar, and he didn't fight with him, so he smiled and explained: "Of course there is a difference, the Linfen Bujia is the Wen Taowu strategy passed down from the family after the general Bu Qi of the Eastern Wu Dynasty. He is willing to devote himself to the account of Duke Luo, instead of relying on his family's prestige to go to the court to drill camps, this down-to-earth momentum is admirable. And the Luoyang Bu family is the Xianbei king after Bu Lu, and there is still some relationship with today's saints. He has a good and stable life, and he joined the army under Luo Yi's account, and this heart is even more impressive! ”

"How do you know that his ancestor didn't sell plasters, he General Luo Yi said that people are not animals, and they don't need any famous blood!" Li Xu sneered and argued strongly. Although the emperor was a Han Chinese, his original name was Pu Liuru, which was a Xianbei surname. It is not impossible for Bu Lugen to have something to do with Pu Liuru's family. But he resented Xu Dayan's practice of associating people's achievements with their surnames, and besides, Captain Bu was bold and magnificent, and he was not like a person who came out by relying on the shadow of his family.

"His lance makes the movement like a rabbit, but it is as stable as Mount Tai, and people can't escape the overwhelming momentum. It can't be achieved without ten years of hard work. This lance is not something that everyone can refine, so they can afford to buy a lance, and they can't afford to hire a master. Didn't you listen to what he just said, Luo Gong stabbed Sha Boluo's buttocks, using a knife, not a lance? Xu Dayan is very eloquent and careful, and just from a few words from the captain of the step, he found circumstantial evidence for himself.

"Maybe Luo Gong's lance is broken, so he temporarily changed the knife!" Li Xu knew in his heart that Xu Dayan was reasonable, but he refused to accept it in his mouth. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, my understanding of the outside world is almost blank except for books. But Xu Dayan has seen everything and understands everything. It is like a spring that flows out of the wisdom of life. This intelligence made him admire it very much, and in addition to admiration, he also deeply felt a kind of inferiority. So when he is desperate with Hu Ren, he can live and die with Xu Dayan. After getting off the Bo Fate Field, the gap between each other is still like a cliff, and they can see each other, but they have never been able to get close.

"If you are used to using one weapon in your life, will you use other weapons in your life?" Xu shook his head and asked rhetorically. Looking at Li Xu's very unnatural expression, he comforted in a low voice: "Brother, in fact, in my eyes, many so-called big clans are just old trees with rotten roots, which look tall and sturdy on the surface, but when they are blown by the wind one day, they will fall immediately. But before it fell, the branches and leaves on it grew stronger than the weeds, and this is also true. If your Li family is a poor family who can't even afford to eat, do your parents have the ability to send you to the county to study? Those famous teachers who keep saying that they have no class of teaching, are they willing to accept a beggar to study? ”

"That's, that's nature!" Li Xu felt that his face was hot, but his voice suddenly raised: "But Luo Gong said that people are not animals, and whether they can achieve anything depends on their own ability!" ”

"If someone despises you because of your family background, you can ignore this kind of abuse, but you must not spoil your mood because of it. But if you feel inferior just because of the other person's background, or don't want to associate with him, it's your own fault. It's no different from being an indiscriminate person who despises you! I analyzed his family in order to see him more clearly, but not to cling to him. You insist on your fallacy and you will only blind yourself! Xu Dayan also raised his voice and accused unceremoniously.

"I, I....!" Li Xu felt that his whole body was trembling, he couldn't say it was anger, he couldn't say it was sadness, all kinds of grievances he had received in the past few days were hooked up by Xu Dayan, and he wanted to find someone to fight to get angry. And what the other party said was reasonable, so that he couldn't find a reason to have a seizure.

"It's your own problem, no one can help you. If Luo Gong also values his background as much as you do, he can't accept a character like a lieutenant. Besides, you are in the Li family of Shanggu, and you are originally a famous family! Xu Dayan patted Li Xu on the shoulder, and the expression on his face did not look like a sixteen-year-old boy at all. Brother, you can give your life to save me today, that's why I remind you. Although you may have been bullied in your own people. But after the flying general Li Guang, it is still a golden signboard. When it comes to future use, there's no reason not to use something so good! ”

"So, thank you Brother Xu!" Li Xu felt the warmth coming from his shoulders, straightened his waist and said.

"Don't thank me, we're fellow travelers. What are you going to do outside the Saiwai, what am I going to do outside the Saiwai, foolish brother? Xu said with a smile, revealing a face full of honesty.

After a dispute, the relationship between the two has been brought closer a lot. Li Xu was not a person with a small belly, and Xu Dayan was not a person who could not be ignored. They were about the same age, so after a while, the laughter of knowing immediately rang out.

"Brother Xu, is that lance really difficult to refine?" After walking for a while, Li Xu asked tentatively again. In the afternoon, the demeanor of the infantry captain was already deeply ingrained in his mind.

"It's easy to learn, but it's hard to master, and it takes at least ten years to get to the point where you want to be a captain! To tell the truth, eighteen kinds of weapons, refining the lance is the most loss-making! Xu nodded and explained in a low voice.

"Why is that?" After the conflict, Li Xu instead regarded Xu Dayan as a rare teacher and asked for advice very seriously.

"Horse lances are very expensive and difficult to make, and they cannot be called lances by tying an iron head with a wooden stick. It is a valuable weapon since the Qin and Han dynasties, and the length and material are standard....." Xu Dayan instilled in Li Xu what he knew as much as he could, just as seriously as a brother teaching his younger brother. The reason why he is like this is because of his youthful nature and his desire to show that he is different in front of his peers. The second is because Li Xu sacrificed his life to save him in the afternoon, according to Xu Dayan's understanding, this is a friend of life and death, and he can't live up to it no matter what.

After listening to it for a long time, Li Xu finally understood that there was a lot of attention to in a horse lance. The lance is not at all like the wooden pole used in the rifle, but the main trunk of the finest toughness is taken and peeled into a uniform thickness and glued.

The toughest wood is the most used for bows, followed by mulberry, oak, and rattan, and the worst is also made of bamboo. Soak the fine scorn in oil repeatedly. The bubble is no longer deformed, no longer cracked, and the first step has been completed.

This process takes almost a year, after which the strips are removed and dried in the shade for several months. Then use the best glue paint glue to make a handful of thick, eight zhang long (note, Han ruler), and then wrap the hemp rope on the outer layer. Wait for the hemp rope to dry thoroughly, apply raw lacquer, and wrap it in arrowroot cloth. Dry a layer and wrap a layer until you cut it with a knife, and the mallet makes a metallic sound, but it does not crack, so it is qualified.

Then go to its head and tail, truncated to about six zhang. The front is equipped with a stainless steel lance, and the rear is a red copper lance. Constantly adjusted, the qualified standard is to use a hemp rope to hang at the tail of the lance two feet, the whole Zhangba horse lance can be in mid-air like a weighing rod at both ends without falling. In this way, the military commander can ride on the horse, so that he can keep the tip of the lance forward without the slightest effort.

The resulting lance is light, tough, and strong. Generals can charge with horsepower, or swing them in melee combat. It's just that the whole lance takes three years, and the success rate is only 40%, so the cost is surprisingly high. Therefore, since the Han and Tang Dynasties, the horse lance has always been a symbol of the generals from the family. With the wealth of Emperor Wu of Liang in the south, he made a lance two feet and four feet long, and he also had to go around to show off with others. In the Great Sui, only the descendants of the royal forbidden army were equipped with a large number of standard horse lances. The soldiers and horses of other provinces usually find a wooden stick and fill it with an iron tip, and this kind of fake and shoddy product can only be called a spear strictly speaking, and it has nothing to do with the lance.

"That's why I deduced his origin from the spear of the infantry captain. In this dynasty, it is forbidden for people to carry knives, swords, bows, and arrows, but horses are absolutely not allowed to be bought and sold. How can someone who can hide such a delicate lance at home and can afford to be taught by the Master, how can it be a small family! Xu Dayan finished introducing the wonders of the horse lance, and pointed out in a low voice: "I don't value his net worth, but I heard from the master that the overall situation can be seen in the subtleties, if you lead the troops to fight, what is the background of the generals on your side, what abilities, and what will happen to the enemy's side in the future, it must not be ignored!" ”

Talking, talking, I heard that there was no sound on Li Xu's side again. Xu Dayan looked sideways, only to see his companion drooping his head slightly, as if he had just lost a package.

Xu Dayan turned his mind and immediately understood why Li Xu was sad. Presumably he experienced a storm in the afternoon, and he had already regarded Captain Bu as an idol in his heart. I've been planning to buy a lance to learn slowly, but after such a verbosity, the whole dream was shattered at the beginning.

Thinking of this, Xu Dayan felt sorry in his heart. secretly scolded and only cared about showing off his skills, but forgot that the brother next to him was a little poor. With Li Xu's life experience and personality, it is no wonder that he reacts so much to the word family.

Ashamed to pat Li Xu on the shoulder, Xu Dayan solemnly promised: "Brother, don't be discouraged, when this battle is over, my brother will give you a long lance." The texture may not be as good as the branch in the hands of the captain of the step, but it is guaranteed that it is not an ash pole with an iron head! ”

"Thank you, brother!" Li Xu shook his head and sighed softly. He understands Xu Dayan's kindness, but with his own net worth, where to hire a good master. Jin Ge Iron Horse, crisscrossing the rivers and lakes, is destined to be a sweet dream.

"Brother forgot, Luo Gong used a knife, and he still stabbed Sha Boluo's ass! No matter how good the weapon is, it's still a person who uses it! Xu Da saw that Li Xu frowned, and continued to enlighten him.

"Thank you, Brother Xu, but I'll mention everything when the battle is over." Li Xu sighed as if he had spit out all the gloom in his throat, changed his smiling face, and asked, "With Brother Xu's skills and knowledge, why don't you go to the front of the battle to gain fame." On the contrary, I learned from me, a short-sighted person, who hid in the grassland for refuge for thousands of miles! ”

"I said brother, that surname has killed you miserably!" Xu Dayan laughed loudly, his eyes seemed to penetrate everything in the world: "I started studying at the age of four, began to practice martial arts at the age of six, and since I was eight years old, my family found someone to teach me the worldly affairs. Ten years of hard work to sell at a good price. This crusade was defeated and unwon. Knowing that I still do trading at a loss, is my Xu family still worthy of the three words of businessman? ”

"Ah, uh, uh, oh!" Li Xu was so surprised that he almost turned his back on his breath, looking at Xu Dayan's frank smile, a smile slowly welled up from his stomach, and in an instant, the young man's gentle and innocent smile bloomed all over his face.

Alcoholic's note: I'm tired and vomiting blood, tickets, tickets, and my mouth is full of blood blisters.