"Uncle, how are you doing, are you okay? Recently, the military has been busy with affairs, and I can't find time to visit you, so I hope you don't feel surprised. Qian Mingguang, who was dressed in armor, stood in front of the courtyard in Li Hongbin's mansion and respectfully saluted the two old men with gray temples in front of him.

Looking at the heroic young man in front of him, Li Hongbin's old face was full of smiles, holding his already restrained back, he stepped forward with a smile, patted Qian Mingguang's shoulder, and said: "Mingguang, you are now my Han Dynasty's fourth-grade lieutenant general, the affairs of the army are so busy, don't worry about my old bones, you can come to see me when you have nothing to do, just accompany me to drink a few sips of wine." ”

Qian Mingguang smiled and nodded, "Well, uncle, I will, but I can't accompany you to dinner today, I haven't gone to see Brother Sun's father and mother today, and the general is also looking for me today." ”

Li Hongbin waved his hand heroically, "You go and do your job, don't worry about me." ”

Qian Mingguang snorted, then took a burden from the hands of the soldiers beside him, solemnly handed it over to Li Hongbin's hand and said, "Uncle, these ........ These are all military books that you sent me not long ago, I have read them, and I will return them to you now, after all," Qian Mingguang's tone sank, "After all, these are all left by the general." ”

Hearing Qian Mingguang mention his son who had died on the battlefield, Li Hongbin's cloudy old eyes were instantly covered with a layer of mist, and the whole person looked much older.

Stretching out his big wrinkled hands, Li Hongbin trembled and grabbed Qian Mingguang's arm, took a choked breath, and said: "Mingguang, you can keep all these things, I think Tian'er also hopes that I can hand over these military books to you, not to mention, it's useless for me to keep these military books." ”

Qian Mingguang lowered his head, his heart sour, "But this, but this is a thought after all." ”

Li Hongbin shook his head with tears in his smile and said: "It doesn't matter, I'm already a person who has buried half of my body in the loess, what else do I want to do?" Besides, it won't be long before I can go to accompany Tian'er, and you can keep these military books and pass them on to those in need in the future. ”

"Hehe," Speaking of this, Li Hongbin smiled bitterly, his eyes were full of self-blame and regret, "Speaking of which, I am not a competent father, so let me do something for Tian'er." ”

Li Hongbin restrained his waist, turned around slowly, looked up at the blue sky and white clouds above his head, sighed heavily, shook his head and sighed: "I am an incompetent father, really incompetent, because I don't know my son at all, and I don't know what Tian'er has experienced over the years." ”

"In my heart, I have always regarded him as the evil obstacle who did all the evil in the past, even if he took the initiative to go to the border to kill the enemy over the years, even if he has made a lot of military exploits over the years, I still don't think he is a very good person, and I even suspect that those military exploits were given to him by others in my face."

At this moment, Li Hongbin fell into a deep memory.

"There is very little communication between our father and son, he kills the enemy at the border all the year round, and the days when he goes home in three years are numbered, and the days when our father and son sit together and talk about their hearts have not been once, because we always say that we can't go together, I let him go home to get married, he said that he was going to the border to kill the enemy, I asked him why, he said he was to pay off the debt!"

With a sneer, Li Hongbin turned to look at Qian Mingguang, "You know?" At that time, I didn't look down on him at all, I didn't look down on this stupid son at all. ”

"At that time, I wanted to scold him, I wanted to ask him, do you know what kind of place the battlefield is? Do you know that the last time you were able to come back alive from Qicheng was God's eyes, you still have to go to the border, who do you think you are? Do you think you are Li Guang or Wei Qing, and you Li Tian really think that you are some kind of hero?! ”

"I don't know much about his record, and I can even say that I don't believe it! The bloody battle was settled, and a thousand horsemen raided the Hun camp outside the county city, I know these military exploits, but I don't believe it, I never believe that my son of the evil obstacle will do these things, I don't believe that the evil obstacle will be the person who can do this kind of thing! ”

Speaking of this, Li Hongbin's voice suddenly choked up, and he regretted it, he couldn't spread out his hands, and his big wrinkled hands were grabbing the air indiscriminately, as if he was grasping something that had long disappeared.

"Yes...... But when Tian'er left, when Tian'er left, when I inadvertently opened the military book he left, I suddenly found that my son was actually so good! The old man, a person who doesn't know how to march and fight at all, can see how good the military book he marked is, let alone you generals. ”

Tears fell from Li Hongbin's old eyes, he was remorseful, he was regretting that he understood his son too late.

It turned out that unconsciously, he was no longer the evil young Chang'an of the year, he had already become a soldier who stood up to the sky, but I, but I, who was a father, always looked down on him, and always thought that he was the same as before.

You, how good would it be if you were still alive? Wouldn't it be nice if you could give your father a chance to apologize?

Li Hongbin sat lonely on the stone steps of the mansion, hid his face and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and sighed: "Mingguang, take these books, pass them on for Tian'er, leave a legacy for Tian'er, these things will be wasted if they are placed here for me." ”

Qian Mingguang's eyes were full of tears, and he arched his hand heavily, "Please rest assured, Uncle Mingguang will definitely pass on the general's inheritance." ”

Li Hongbin sat on the stone steps, closed his eyes, and waved his hand weakly, "Let's go, do what you have to do, remember, come and see me more when you're fine, Tian'er is gone, you ....... Hey, don't talk about it, I don't want you to do anything, you just need to come and see me. ”

Qian Mingguang nodded heavily, then turned around and left.

Li Hongbin sat lonely on the stone steps, looking at Qian Mingguang's departing back, his neck stretched very long, until Qian Mingguang's figure disappeared completely, he reluctantly withdrew his gaze. stood up, returned to his son's study with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and locked himself in.

........

In fact, a long time ago, Li Hongbin let go of his prejudices against Qian Mingguang.

He no longer thinks that Qian Mingguang is approaching him with bad thoughts, because he doesn't need to do that at all, Li Hongbin asked himself that after living for so many years, he still has the eye to see people, and he also believes that he is not wrong Qian Mingguang.

Qian Mingguang did not disappoint him, in the two years after the end of the Second Battle of Hexi, although Qian Mingguang often came to see Li Hongbin, what he did, he did not think about himself at all, Li Hongbin could not see any selfishness of Qian Mingguang.

He never asked him to say a few good words to himself in front of Li Hongbin, he just tried his best to take care of Li Hongbin, taking care of the father of the late General Li, just like a son.

Although, Li Hongbin finally helped Qian Mingguang.

Well, before he asked Liu Che in the court to reward the soldiers of Huo Qu's sick station, in fact, he was asking for a reward for Qian Mingguang, and it was precisely because Li Hongbin opened his mouth that Qian Mingguang was awarded the title of marquis, and he had been awarded the marquis with two years of military experience.

You must know that the people who can be crowned marquis after two years of fighting in the Han Dynasty, in addition to Huo Quai, the second is him Qian Mingguang.

Zhao Ponu joined the army a long time ago, and if you calculate, at least he has been fighting for six or seven years, and he doesn't know how tall he is, Zhou Xing also has five years of military experience, and even Li Kang is a veteran with seven years of military experience.

Only Qian Mingguang, since he was dragged to the Han Dynasty by Huo Quai, he has only fought for two years, even if his military exploits are enough to be a marquis, sometimes qualifications are also very important.

Don't compare him with Huo Quai, Huo Qubing is a demon, no one in this world can compare to him, not to mention that Huo Quai's background is far deeper than Qian Mingguang.

Huo Qubing is Liu Che's relative, and he also has an aunt who is the queen and an uncle who is a general, and his identity has always been very noble.

In fact, Qian Mingguang's identity is a world of difference compared to Huo Quzhi, and it is not too much to call it Bai Ding.

Huo Quai's identity for him was the son of Shang Jia. In the Han Dynasty, agriculture is valued over business, and the son of a merchant has no chance of getting ahead, let alone a vain title.

Therefore, as soon as Huo Quai's request for Qian Mingguang to be named the marquis came out, almost all the government and the opposition stood up to oppose it, in a word, the background is not good!

This is the court, and the background is more important than anything else! The so-called learning well is not as good as being born well, in fact..... This sentence is the same until now, and it has hardly changed since ancient times.

And at this time, in addition to Huo Quai's support for Qian Mingguang's marquis, Li Hongbin also stood up and supported Qian Mingguang's marquis.

Treating Li Hongbin, no one in the government and the opposition dared not to give the head of Jiuqing, the father of Li Tian, Li Hongbin, Li Taichang, who was posthumously named the general by Liu Che after his death.

In this way, Qian Mingguang was successfully crowned marquis, and at the same time, he is now the chief general of the 3,000 Huo Army.

.......

In Chang'an City, Qian Mingguang rode all the way and quickly rushed back to the camp outside the city.

Outside the barracks, Qian Mingguang turned over and dismounted, looking at the big camp where there were already many people missing, Qian Mingguang frowned, and then walked straight in.

Although the war has ended, the army under Huo Quai's command still hasn't relaxed its training, and the school field is full of sweaty Han army soldiers, and this situation is only in Huo Quai's army, Wei Qing ...... Wei Qing don't talk about it, now he has almost been robbed of military power by Liu Che, thinking that even if he doesn't take military power, no one in his barracks will be willing to listen to him.

As for the 200,000 Northern Army and Yulin Army stationed near Chang'an, they will only conduct a drill and a training session every few days, and the gap between the two is simply a mud cloud.

It's no wonder that Liu Che thinks that the 200,000 Northern Army plus the Yulin Army are not the opponents of the tens of thousands of troops in Huo Quzhi's hands at all, and the two are not at the same level of strength at all.

Walking in the sparsely populated but still neighing camp of people, Qian Mingguang went straight to the big tent of the Chinese army.

When he came to the big tent of the Chinese army, Qian Mingguang lifted the curtain and happened to see Huo Qubing sitting alone in front of the bookcase of the handsome tent reading the book of war.

"General."

Huo Quzhi raised his head, saw that it was Qian Mingguang, a smile hung on the corner of his mouth, and waved his hand at him and said, "Don't stand stupidly, come in and talk." ”

"No." Qian Mingguang hugged his fists and walked in front of Huo Quzhi, at this time, Huo Qubing also put down the military book in his hand, and asked with a smile, "How is it outside?" Zhao Ponu, do they have any news? ”

Qian Mingguang responded without thinking: "Tell the general, there are still 20,000 soldiers in our army at the moment, but in the next few days, they will also go to the border in batches like the previous 20,000 soldiers." ”

Huo Quzhi didn't show any displeasure, just nodded, "Well, is the so-called good steel used on the blade, why are our brothers all a strong army, and they can't always stay in this Chang'an City, otherwise after a long time, the brothers will definitely slack off, let them go to the border to make the most of their use." ”

Yes, after Liu Che cut Wei Qing's military power, he began to secretly weaken Huo Quai's military power.

It's just that he does it more secretly, and the work on the surface is relatively sufficient.