A thin hand, with green tendons bulging on the back of the hand, as if with all his strength, grabbed a bone crown inlaid with feathers and slowly put it on the top of his head.

It was a woman, unrecognizable in age, seemingly old, with the yellow-brown skin that only old people have.

But its eyes were bright, and it didn't seem to be as old as it looked.

She is the new great shaman of the Huns, Boguna.

She was very thin, tall, and wore a shamanic robe made of feathers.

The shamanism practiced by the Huns can link life and death, and because of this, the higher the shaman's practice, the older he generally looks, as if standing between life and death.

Boguna was actually less than fifty, but she looked like a septuagenarian woman.

When she wore the bone crown exclusive to the great shamans of the past dynasties, shamanic incantations appeared on her face and eyebrows, and her nails quickly lengthened, then bent and curled.

Knock knock!

In the royal tent of Ulabaatar, the sound of shaman's leather drum beating, and the surrounding area was filled with wolf smoke.

The whole of Ulaanbaatar was shrouded in a misty aura, like an illusion.

The power of heaven and earth on the grassland is also changing for the coronation of a new shaman.

The bones, bloodlines, and consciousness in Boguna's body are all fused with the crown of bones on top of his head.

"I ...... After years of deep burial...... Back to earth. ”

Boguna's voice was cold, and his eyes turned black.

This is a phrase that every great shaman will say after inheriting the bone crown for the first time.

All shamans believe that the words, inscribed in the crown of bones and passed down to each shaman's successor, come from the original shaman god.

His spiritual sleep was never extinguished.

Boguna lifted his eyes into the distance and looked south.

In Ulaanbaatar in August, the grass is undulating and the wind is howling.

In Boguna's eyes, in the direction where Han is located, purple gas is like a tide.

The national fortunes of the Han people are surging like a boundless ocean, constantly overflowing, and are about to submerge the Xiongnu and even the surrounding countries.

The atmosphere displayed by Han is extremely intimidating.

"The Han people are about to hold a ceremony they call Feng Chan to worship heaven and earth."

Yi Zhi stood obliquely to the side, his face serious: "If the national fortunes of the Han people increase further, it will be even more difficult for all the departments of our grassland. ”

Boguna squinted his eyes and said: "The Han people's canon of communicating heaven and earth will not be so easy to ......"

She finished and slowly turned her head to look north.

"You may be aware of what the borage is doing?" Yi Zhi asked.

Boguna: "When he reappears, he will become the greatest warrior of the shamanic gods on earth, with the power of gods and demons." ”

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Sunset at night.

When the people of Xianbei, Buyeo, and Wuhuan approached, they only saw a lot of Han troops from a distance, and the people of the clan gathered in the square of the front hall of Ganquan Palace, and the atmosphere was noisy and warm.

They tried to get closer, but were held back by the Praetorian Army:

"Champion Hou Chuan's practice of forbidden army archery, how can you watch it at will when the non-forbidden army is deployed."

It happened that Tong Xuan, the general of the forbidden army, was passing by, and when he saw these foreign people, he thought for a while:

"Your Majesty summoned you, and Lang Zhongling has left. It doesn't hurt to let the people of Xianbei and Fuyu go to see it, so that they can know the means of riding and shooting of our Han people. ”

Fuyu, the people of the Xianbei tribe were only then allowed to move forward.

The forbidden army and the people of the clan who surrounded the periphery also dispersed because Huo Qu left because of his illness.

On the school field in front of the palace gate, only the target after the shooting attack has not been cleaned up.

In the process of hunting, the Xianbei warrior who shot a tiger was called Sugu Huaishan.

It has a well-proportioned physique, two short whiskers on the upper lip, and long, narrow eyes. The thumb of his right hand wears a bow ring, and the rest of the fingers, especially the belly, have obvious calluses.

This shows that he often practiced the art of archery.

He came to the location of the attack and looked at the target position, which was a hundred zhang target.

The distance is very long, and to hit the heart, it is difficult for even a marksman.

Su Gu Huaishan pursed his lips and said proudly: "At this distance, I can achieve nine out of ten targets!" And it's on the grassland, when the wind is stronger than here. ”

He spoke rather lame Chinese, and looked at the Han soldiers who had not yet left not far away.

After some tribes such as Buyeo, Wuhuan, and Xianbei surrendered, one of the surrender orders they received required them to learn Chinese.

Dong Zhongshu and others discussed the strategy of taking down the various ministries, and asked Huo Quzhi to give advice.

Huo Quzhi's original words are "let all the surrendered departments learn Chinese".

After learning Chinese, it is beneficial to educate the people of these tribes and let them understand Han culture.

So now that I have surrendered to the various departments, I can often see people learning to speak Chinese.

The words of the Xianbei warrior Su Gu Huaishan fell, and several Han soldiers on the side turned their heads to look at them at the same time, looking up and down, looking proud:

"Nine out of ten? You? ”

"A few of us are staying to collect the target, you can come and have a look."

People from Buyeo, Xianbei and other tribes followed a few Han troops and walked towards the arrow target in the distance.

When they got closer, they found a total of four target positions, placed in parallel columns.

On the first arrow target, an arrow is inserted, and it hits the target for three points.

"This first target was shot by the soldiers in our battalion."

The Han Jun who led the way was a young man, looking only eighteen or nineteen years old: "The other three targets were shot by Huo Hou when he was practicing archery demonstrations. ”

Su Gu Huaishan and the others looked at the second and third targets.

There is an arrow on each target.

One of them penetrated deep into the center of the arrow, and half of the shaft of the arrow passed through the target, sinking with great force.

The arrows on the third target are exactly the same.

At first glance, a cadre did not find the mystery.

Only Su Gu Huaishan thought thoughtfully and thought of the key.

The point is that there is no difference between the arrows on the two targets, the depth of the target, the position, as if measured with the most precise ruler.

The depth and accuracy of the arrow into the target are consistent twice...... It's much harder than hitting the bullseye with two arrows at the same time.

Even if it is a simple thing, it is very difficult to repeat it twice before and after, and it is very difficult to be completely consistent, let alone shoot at a distance to hit the target.

After seeing it, Su Gu Huaishan was silent.

"These two arrows are the direction of the next stage of archery training that Lang Zhongling requires my Han army to do, are you convinced?"

Several Han soldiers and honorably came to the last target position:

"This last target was also shot by the general, look over there......"

Around the school field of the front hall of Ganquan Palace, there are many towering ancient trees, which are crowned like a canopy, covering the sky and the sun.

Looking along the target, I saw that after an arrow penetrated the bull's-eye, it shot through the flank of a giant tree, and finally nailed it to the outer wall of Ganquan Palace. The feathers on the tail of the arrow, swaying in the breeze.

"Our plans have to be adjusted."

Xianbei, Buyeo, and the Wuhuan tribe, after seeing the arrows on the shooting range, silently withdrew, and when they arrived at a place where there was no one, they discussed in a low voice.

In fact, they recommended the candidates to show the strength of each ministry by taking the opportunity of hunting.

They were ready to challenge Huo Qubing at the dinner party after the hunt, with the help of Xing's name.

Don't expect to win.

But with Huo Quzhi's status and fame in the Han army, as long as they strive for the opportunity to fight a war, they can achieve their goal if they don't lose too ugly.

For these nomads, it is always the norm for them to show their strength and then rely on it to obtain an equal distribution of resources.

They wanted to fight for some benefits for their tribe after the Han surrender, so they were more prepared.

However, after seeing Huo Qu's ejaculation, several people were a little deflated.

"Attach your mind to the arrow, and after the arrow is shot, you can still use the power of the mind to influence the arrow, so that the two arrows are the same. This kind of power is very scary, and I can be sure that compared to the champion Hou, the gap is huge. ”

Su Gu Huaishan said calmly: "Don't challenge him, let's change someone." ”

The others nodded: "I asked people to inquire, when he was hunting with the emperor in the morning, he also shot down a flying eagle, which ran through the eagle's eye." ”

Judging from the current situation, challenging the champion Hou will not only fail to show bravery, but also bring humiliation on himself.

Outside Ganquan Palace, when Zhang Cigong, Li Dang and others came back, they also brought back large prey.

Two days of hunting went by in a flash.

On the evening of the third day, the last day of the hunt, the emperor feasted his courtiers and the tribes invited to participate in the hunt.

The people of various departments took the opportunity to invite the war to cheer up, and Su Gu Huaishan and others changed the targets to Zhang Cigong and Li Kang.

During the banquet, swords were staggered, fighting and fighting, and people were boiling emotionally.

And the emperor set up the Ganquan Palace, and the focus of various affairs of the Han Dynasty also shifted.

There is a fast horse urgent report, which is sent to Ganquan Palace every day.

At the end of August, there were still frequent reports of good news in the Western Regions.

In the southwest corner of the Western Regions, in the morning time, Fulu Zhi, Chen Qing, and Zhao Anji were riding on horses.

"Master Hou sent an order, let us go back to Chang'an to report on our work, and the follow-up will be taken over by Xiguan Zhang Taishou, and the army will not retreat in the short term."

Zhao Anji said: "But the Western Regions have reached this stage, and it is almost over. ”

"I heard that there is going to be a ceremony to hold such a grand event, and the general hopes that we can also go back and participate."

Chen Qing took out a small bronze mirror, looked at his face, and said:

"This Western Regions is not a place for people to stay, it can heat people to death at noon, and clothes can be baked out of an open fire. I've been fighting everywhere for a while, and I seem to have gotten a lot darker. ”

"You're not in vain."

Fulu Zhi glanced at the city behind him, and said disdainfully: "This onion Yuan Kingdom has sent several summons to surrender, but there has been no response, we have to bring troops over, and we will surrender in fear after killing people and breaking the city." ”

"Who will be willing to give up their authority until the end?"

Zhao Anji was a little excited: "This battle is thanks to the ability of my subordinates to fly the eaves and walk the wall, and they entered the city first to break the enemy and open the gate of the city of Onion Yuanwang." Otherwise, if we want to capture the green onion, it won't be so fast, and the loss will be so small.

Hou Ye said that he had developed some new ordnance and would equip us when he returned. ”

"Take the green onion yuan, only the westernmost Dawan in the Western Regions remains, and three or four countries such as Xiwuqiang have not fallen."

"Master Hou means to keep these countries first, probably with other considerations, let us leave for Chang'an in two days."

Early September.

There were three people who came out of the Yang Palace and went all the way out of Chang'an City.

These three people are the emperor, Wei Qing and Huo Quai.

Because the ceremony of sealing Zen is approaching and requires a lot of preparation, the three of them have just returned to Chang'an from Ganquan Palace.

After leaving the city, the three people in civilian clothes came to the outskirts of the city.

But seeing the fields, the people are busy, and the carts and horses pulling dung can be seen everywhere, a busy scene.

Dong Zhongshu took Huo Guang and several other officials to investigate here.

Autumn harvest season.

"Your Majesty, since Zhang Qian came back from the Western Regions, we have explored a lot of rules for some fruits and vegetables that have been planted around Chang'an in the past few years.

For example, if His Majesty likes to eat grapes, it needs to be trellised to keep it in full sunlight, and the soil should be loose and permeable. Supplemented by my farmer's means, I promoted the infusion of the leyline qi machine, and the fruits that grew could be stubble in a few months, and the harvest was not bad. ”

Next to Dong Zhongshu is one of the nine Qings.

He was born as a merchant, but he practiced the art of farming and knew how to farm.

At this time, he took off his shoes and socks, and had just returned from the field to check the soil situation and report to the emperor.

The emperor and Huo Quai, Wei Qing, Dong Zhongshu and others walked slowly to check.

If there is abundant products and the family has surplus food, the people's hearts will be stable, and the country will be stable and unshakable.

Huo Guang followed the back of the team step by step, keeping what he saw and heard in his heart, digesting it slowly, and gradually forming his own cognition.

It's almost the end of September.

The day of the Zen ceremony, take the even number, set in October.

After entering September, people from all over the Han Dynasty began to converge in Chang'an.

Including the counties of various places, the Northeast Buyeo Ministries, and the countries of the Western Regions, the representatives of the counties have also come to Chang'an one after another.

For a time, the whole world gathered in Chang'an.

Early autumn.

The emperor's guard of honor went out of the country to Chang'an, and marched to Mount Tai in the east, which opened the prelude to the ceremony of sealing Zen.

(End of chapter)