Knots, in different hands, have different functions.

In ancient times.

Knots can be used for counting.

But with the creation of writing, the role of knot counting almost disappeared.

And in the hands of witches.

It is said that the wind can be trapped in a knot, and when it is needed, it can be released, so as to achieve the ability to summon the wind.

About that.

It is recorded in "The Golden Branch".

But Huo Guang never believed this, and Huo Guang didn't want to ask about it.

It was Yan Xiao who was deceived.

With Huo Guang's character.

He has always been a practice of "giving up helping others and respecting the fate of others".

But Yan Xiao took the knot and offered Huo Guangxian courtesy, and said, "Captain Huo, I got a good thing, and I am here to present it to you." When the time comes to fight with the Xiongnu, such treasures will definitely be used. ”

At this time, Huo Guang had already known about Deputy Lieutenant Yan's deception through the stories of Lin Yaoqing and others.

The people below said that he had been deceived.

But Yan Xiao didn't believe them.

No way.

History is always so surprisingly similar, there are too few liars, too many fools, and they can't be fooled.

Vice Lieutenant Yan's situation is like a fool who sends money to a scammer.

No matter how much you persuade, you can't pull it back.

Huo Guang knew that if he said that he was deceived at this time, this guy would not believe it. immediately pretended to be indifferent, and said lightly: "Oh? What baby, take a look? ”

Deputy Lieutenant Yan immediately took out the knot he bought at a high price, handed it to Huo Guang, and said excitedly: "This is it!" ”

"Captain Huo, don't you look down on it?"

"Let me tell you, inside this knot, the wind is sealed!"

What about the wind?

I think you're crazy!

Huo Guang was amused in his heart, but he couldn't help but smile and continued: "Oh, isn't it that these three knots are still tied to the breeze, gale, and hurricane respectively?" ”

Deputy Lieutenant Yan immediately looked like a ghost and asked, "Captain Huo, how do you know?" ”

How did Huo Guang know?

Because liars deceive people, it will always be the same thing.

Use small interests to arouse the desires of fools.

It's hard to get into a gale, and it's even harder to do a hurricane.

Breeze, not easy?

Put a rope under the tree, and when it comes to the performance, let the accomplice gently pull down the rope, and the surrounding treetops shake, can't it be said that the wind is released?

Of course.

This is Huo Guang's guess.

As for how the liar deceived Yan Xiao, Huo Guang had no way of knowing.

Huo Guang shook his head lightly and said, "No, I said nonsense, you continue to say yours, don't care about this." ”

At this time.

Yan Xiao didn't notice the smile on the corner of Huo Guang's mouth, and continued: "Captain Huo, as you said, inside these three knots, they are sealed by the wizards with a breeze, a violent wind, and a hurricane. ”

"Now I'll dedicate him to Captain Huo."

"When the time comes, Captain Huo can open this knot during the battle and use the wind to deal with those Huns!"

Yan Xiao has always belonged to that kind of cunning person.

This kind of person.

It's normal to be deceived, because it looks smart, but it actually belongs to the kind of people who love to take advantage of small advantages.

Pennywise and pound foolish.

It's so normal.

Huo Guang looked at Yan Xiao's appearance, and couldn't bear to expose him, so he said lightly: "Deputy Captain Yan, you have a heart." ”

However.

This Yan Xiao is really a little sunshine and it will be brilliant.

Huo Guang's casual words made this Yan Xiao hit him with his idea, and he only heard him say: "Captain Huo, you see, this knot I bought cost a lot of money."

Is this trying to make yourself pay?

Huo Guang frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, he asked, "Yan Xiao, how much did you spend to buy this knot?" ”

Yan Xiao smiled: "It's not much, it's just a little half a year's salary!" ”

Half a year's salary is not much?

I have to be convinced, a broken rope can cheat so much money.

Huo Guang frowned slightly, and said, "Since you said that inside this knot, the wind is sealed. Well, while it's quiet today, you can show it to me! ”

However.

Yan Xiao refused: "No, the wizard who sold the knot to me told him that once it is used, the three winds will run away, and the knot will not be trapped." ”

There is a kind of behavior called being sold and paying for the number of people.

saw Yan Xiao's appearance.

Huo Guang immediately waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it's okay, just let it run away, compared to this, I still hope to see with my own eyes, there is really such a magical thing in the world." ”

"It's okay, you just let it go!"

"If you can really blow the wind on this windless day, I will pay you for half a year."

Yan Xiao frowned, thinking that Huo Guang would pay the bill for him, so he said, "Okay, then I'll listen to Captain Huo, but it's not good to use this thing in the house." ”

"Captain Huo."

"Can you come with me out of town?"

Think the house is too small and want to go outside the city?

Huo Guang raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay, then go outside the city." ”

Dingxiang City is a border city of the Han Dynasty.

In the early years, due to the relationship between the Huns, Dingxiang was particularly dangerous.

Even an adult man like Lin Yaoqing, who is alone outside the city, must be careful.

But now it's different.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent the champion Hou to recover the Hetao area and establish the four counties, this Dingxiang City has been much safer.

But.

Just in case.

Huo Guang still came out with a group of people, including Lin Yaoqing, who didn't have a good relationship with Yan Xiao.

Arrived in an open area outside the city.

Huo Guang stopped and said, "This place is wide enough, Deputy Captain Yan, let's start your performance?" ”

When Yan Xiao heard this, he immediately said, "Okay, Captain Huo, please wait a moment." ”

The words fell.

He took out the knot that he had shown Huo Guang before, and untied the first knot with great difficulty.

According to Yan Xiao's own words.

The first knot, which should be a breeze.

But after untying the knot, I waited for a long time, but there was no wind.

And this case.

It was already expected by Huo Guang.

Feudal superstition kills people!

As a traverser, Huo Guang didn't believe in these things that pretended to be ghosts, so he immediately pretended to be angry and said, "This is the good thing you said?" What about the wind? ”

"Captain Huo, I"

Captain Yan was speechless at this time, and he didn't know what to say.

Huo Guang snorted lightly and said, "What am I, untie the remaining two knots, and see if there is any wind." ”

Is there any wind?

It's definitely windless!

Needless to say?

Huo Guang just wanted to use the result to slap Yan Xiao's face, so that he would not have to work hard to persuade him.

It's not.

After hearing Huo Guang's words, Yan Xiao hurriedly opened the two knots in the back, but there was still no sign of wind blowing in the back.

Huo Guang snorted lightly and said, "Deputy Captain Yan, you have been fooled!" ”

Yan Xiao was still fantasizing about the wind at this time, so he said: "But I saw that the wizard untied the knot in front of me, and the wind did come!" ”

"Oh, then you wait here slowly!" Huo Guang snorted lightly.

Then he walked back to the city with the people.

In fact, Huo Guang didn't care much about this matter. Anyway, it was Yan Xiao who was deceived, not himself.

After returning to the city.

The army was still resting, and the order for the second opening had not yet been given, so Huo Guang climbed the city gate tower and looked at the scenery in the distance.

According to calculations, this Dingxiang should have belonged to the territory of Zhao during the Warring States Period.

Zhao led the Hu people.

So.

The border of the Qin Dynasty also ended here, and the Han Dynasty inherited the inheritance of the Qin Dynasty, so at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty was as big as the Han Dynasty.

It's even small.

But it was different during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

What Bing Feng refers to is Han land.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty.

The land occupied by the Huns was even larger than that of the Han Dynasty, but after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty became emperor, the Han Dynasty had already taken away Monan, the most fertile land of the Huns.

Don't they have a verse?

The loss of my mountain makes my women colorless.

The loss of my Qilian Mountain will make my six animals restless.

This is the true portrayal of the time, of course, don't feel cruel.

Because this is the case in the era when Ru Mao drank blood.

You are either strong enough to occupy someone else's country, or you are weak and devoured by the powerful countries around you.

The Han Dynasty did not fight the Xiongnu, and waited for the Xiongnu to become bigger.

Then in turn, it must have been taken by the Huns.

There is no doubt about that!

Huo Guang touched the city wall with his hand, looked at the materials used to make the city wall, and frowned slightly.

The walls were made entirely of yellow clay, gravel mixed with straw and the like.

Not solid, to be honest.

If it weren't for the fact that the Huns didn't have powerful siege weapons, they wouldn't be able to stop the enemy.

If Huo Guang gets the cement here.

If you build a city wall with cement and masonry, Dingxiang will definitely become an impregnable city, right?

Just when Huo Guang was thinking about these things.

Yan Xiao, who already understood that he had been deceived, also walked up and said, "Captain Huo, I was deceived!" ”

"Hmm."

Huo Guang nodded and didn't say anything.

And it just so happened that at this time, Lin Yaoqing was by Huo Guang's side.

Huo Guang looked at Lin Yaoqing and asked, "Does Lin Dubo have any opinion on the matter of Deputy Captain Yan?" ”

Lin Yaoqing shook his head and said: "I don't have any opinions, if I want to say my opinion, my subordinates also want to be this deputy captain." Half a year's salary said that I would take it, but I was not so generous. ”

The military salary of the deputy lieutenant must be higher than that of his Dubo.

But this money.

Huo Guang can't look down on it, in the restaurant in Chang'an, just one day's running water is comparable to a year's military salary for a school captain.

And Lin Yaoqing said this.

When he said it, he was actually deliberately sarcastic.

Of course, Yan Xiao could hear Lin Yaoqing's sarcasm, and immediately mocked back disdainfully, and said, "Ha, you come to be the deputy captain, so what should I do?" Simply, I'll be the Dubo for you! ”

However.

When Yan said this.

Huo Guang's face showed a harmless smile and said, "Do you really want to be Dubo?" ”

When Yan Xiao heard this, he immediately replied with a nervous face: "No, no, no, Captain Huo, I didn't mean that!" ”

However.

Huo Guang didn't seem to understand, and said, "Okay, since Deputy Captain Yan knows that he is not capable enough and voluntarily lowers his status, then this captain will satisfy your thoughts." ”

"Lin Yaoqing, starting today."

"You will take over Yan Xiao's position as deputy lieutenant!"

Hear the words.

This Lin Yaoqing was suddenly overjoyed, but there was still a trace of worry on his face, and said: "Captain Huo, this deputy lieutenant is not low, and he will be appointed privately, will it?"

However.

Before Lin Yaoqing finished speaking, Huo Guang smiled and said, "What does it matter, I'll just go and talk to the general." ”

"Believe in your IQ."

"It shouldn't happen that witches will be cheated out of money by casually taking a knot."

When Lin Yaoqing heard this, he immediately puffed up his chest and said, "Captain Huo, don't worry, his subordinates will definitely not be as stupid as someone!" ”

Yan Xiao on the side, being ridiculed like this, couldn't hold back anymore, and scolded: "Lin Yaoqing, you dare to insult me? Lieutenant Ben, you must know the lesson! ”

However.

Lin Yaoqing shrugged his shoulders and replied: "Eh, Yan Xiao, please find out your identity, I am now the deputy lieutenant, and you are just a Dubo." ”

"Yan Dubo!"

"You dare to be so rude to this deputy lieutenant, it seems that this deputy lieutenant should teach you a lesson."

After speaking, Lin Yaoqing pressed his fist, and there was a clicking sound on the fist bones, and then walked towards Yan Xiao.

Soon.

On the city wall, there was Yan Xiao's miserable wail.

And while they are fighting.

The herald came over and reported to Huo Guangtong: "Captain Huo, the general has an order, ordering the army to move and prepare to go to the land of Mobei. ”

Is the army going to go on again?

Huo Guang frowned slightly, and then said to the herald: "Okay, I know." ”

Wait for the herald to leave.

Huo Guang said to Lin Yaoqing and Yan on the city wall: "Okay, you two don't fight, go and inform the soldiers below, and prepare to leave for Mobei." ”

"No."

Yan Xiao and Lin Yaoqing replied in unison.

And so.

The Weiqing Army, which rested in Dingxiang City for the night, once again embarked on the road to Mobei.

Two days later.

Walking on the edge of the desert, the Guardian Youth Corps has never encountered a trace of the enemy.

In order to prevent the army from being tired from marching indiscriminately and unable to withstand the sudden attack of the enemy, the general Wei Qing sent a large number of scout horses to search the surrounding situation.

Soon after.

These sent scouts came back and reported: "General, the Xiongnu have migrated to Mobei and camped in the army, and there is no trace of the Hun cavalry here!" ”

Hear the words.

The general ordered the army to drive a hundred miles to Mobei.

At the same time, he also called the former general Li Guang and the right general Zhao Shiqi, and ordered: "Two generals, I heard that this Xiongnu Shan Yu did not go east, so I am ready to lead the elite troops to Mobei." ”

"The two of you will lead your respective cavalry and make a roundabout way from the east."

"How?"

Regarding the order of the great general Wei Qing, the right general Zhao Shiqi frowned slightly, but he did not say anything.

And Li Guang said angrily: "What does this mean, general? The host road is far away and overgrown with water and grass, how can people respond? ”

"Guang was ordered to be a former general, and he should sacrifice his life for the country and kill the enemy first."

"Now that the general has ordered the host, it really disappoints the old man, and he would rather die on the battlefield than take a detour to the host!"

"General Zhao, what do you think?"

When the words fell, Li Guang even set his eyes on the right general Zhao Shiqi on the side.

Although Zhao Shiqi was reluctant to take a detour, he had a good relationship with Wei Qing, and knew that this was not the time to grab military merits, so he just shook his head and did not answer Li Guang's question.

The forward general, in the Han Dynasty, talked about his military exploits, but it was very big.

Li Guang petitioned like this, naturally thinking that in his old age, he could hope to be crowned a marquis.

even once pulled down his old face in front of His Majesty to petition for this.

At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, could not hinder his feelings, and responded to the request of the old general. This is the matter that later, Li Guang became the general of the front army of the Weiqing Army.

Now.

The general Wei Qing actually let his host respond in a roundabout way, isn't this a naked attempt to deprive him of the position of the forward general?

This makes Li Guang where he is willing!

But at this time, Zhao Shiqi, the right general who was ordered with him, did not complain and accepted the arrangement of the general Wei Qing.

This made Li Guang very angry, and then shook his hand and left, leading the forward army to set off.

(End of chapter)