Yuanba was taken aback and said hurriedly: "Master, don't you teach me?"

Zhang Xutuo smiled bitterly, "It's not that I don't teach you, but I'm going to go on an expedition, and it is estimated that I won't be able to come back for a year or two, so you can only practice by yourself in the future." ”

Yuanba was silent, the Tianwu generals were rewarded for their military merits, although Zhang Xutuo taught himself martial arts, but his grandfather could not promote him, Yuanba also knew that Zhang Xutuo had been looking forward to fighting for a long time, and he finally waited for the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, how could he stop him again.

He nodded, "Where did the master go to fight?"

Although Zhang Xutuo didn't talk much, and he was unusually stern, it didn't mean that he didn't like Yuanba, on the contrary, he liked Yuanba very much, and even taught him the secrets of Zhang's sword technique without reservation.

Although Yuanba is the grandson of Xiangguo, he does not have the slightest arrogance, poor food and clothing, even ordinary people are inferior, he knows that this is because Yuanba is an illegitimate child, Zhang Xutuo doesn't care at all, what he cares about is Yuanba's talent, hard training, coupled with a mature mentality, he is not an eight-year-old child at all, and sometimes he even regards Yuanba as his friend.

In fact, Zhang Xutuo knows that the southern Xinjiang Yi people are constantly rebelling, and he will not return to Beijing again when he goes on this expedition, I am afraid that he will not return to Beijing, he really wants to part with Yuanba, fortunately, Yuanba has passed the entry period, and the later stagnation period is a process of slow accumulation and improvement, whether he can break through or not, it depends on his own creation.

Yuan Ba has completely mastered his own practice methods, and he is strictly self-disciplined, and he doesn't need his guidance by his side, he still has something to explain today, and then there is nothing to do.

Zhang Xutuo pointed to a small wine shop next to him, "Let's go talk over there." ”

They approached the liquor store and turned over and dismounted, and a guy greeted them, "Master Jun, have a drink!"

Zhang Xutuo threw the reins of the war horse to him, "Feed him with high-quality forage and water!"

"All right!" the man took the reins and went to the backyard.

Zhang Xutuo took Yuanba into the small wine shop, found a secluded seat to sit down, he turned around and instructed the shopkeeper, "Come to two pots of wine, and then cut five catties of mutton with sauce!"

Zhang Xutuo said to Yuan Ba at this time: "The Queensland Yi rebelled, and the Holy Lord yesterday issued an order to make General Shi the head of the march in Nanning Prefecture, and go to conquer the Yi people, and I will also go out with the army and set off tomorrow." ”

At this time, a man sent two pots of wine, and Yuan Ba filled Zhang Xutuo with wine, and saluted him with a cup, "I wish the master to show his might, make great military achievements, and seal his wife early." ”

Zhang Xutuo smiled, drank the wine, he took out a large package of pills and a prescription from his arms, and handed them to Yuan Ba, "These pills can be used for three months, and after three months, you will have to prepare them yourself, I will give you the prescription, and you will tear off the prescription after you read it." ”

Speaking of this, he stared at Yuan Ba's eyes again and said sternly: "You have to remember that the formula of the pill is a secret that my Zhang family does not pass on, you can only prepare it yourself, and you are never allowed to pass it on." ”

Yuan Ba took the prescription and read it three times, remembered it firmly, then tore it to shreds and dipped it in wine, "Remember it, never pass it on!"

Zhang Xutuo's face was slightly soothing, and he said to Yuan Ba: "The so-called learning is endless, you not only have to persevere, but more importantly, it is important to learn the strengths of others, although I am your master, but our Zhang family does not advocate a master to learn martial arts, I have worshiped three masters, including my art of war, that is, with General Shi Wansui learned, you have to worship more famous teachers, humbly seek advice, and finally learn Mahayana." ”

Yuan Ba nodded silently, he poured Zhang Xutuo a glass of wine, and asked curiously: "Master, I don't know if there is a martial arts ranking in the world? I mean there are sixteen heroes in the world, is there one?"

This is also what Yuan Ba has always wanted to ask, whether there are sixteen heroes at the end of the Sui Dynasty in the romance, although it is a novel, but the novel is also from the wild history, and the wild history will also record some things that are not in the official history, such as some anecdotes, the official history will not record, since he learned martial arts, he always felt that some things in the romance were not fabricated out of thin air, there was always a little place.

Zhang Xutuo picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "There is no first, there is no second in martial arts, it is the nature of a martial artist to be competitive and competitive, He Ruobi and Han Baohu compete for merit, not only for military merit, but also for the ranking of military generals, which everyone in the world knows." ”

Yuanba was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked: "Is there really a ranking!"

"There is no official ranking, that is, the ranking set by the Holy Lord, but in private the military has a list of ten generals. ”

"Who will be the first hero in the world?"

Zhang Xutuo shook his head and smiled: "It's not a good man, the number one general in the world is Xiangguo Gaogong." ”

'Gao Gong?'

Yuan Ba was stunned, isn't Gao Gong a civil official? How can he be the first good man, after a little thought, he understood, not according to the value of force, but according to prestige and military talent, there is also a little bit of Wei and Jin heavy prestige of the idea exists, Gao Gong is a civil and military all-rounder, and he is the prime minister, it is normal to rank first.

"And the second?"

"The second is your grandfather Yang Su, the third is Yu Wenshu, the fourth is Han Baohu, the fifth is He Ruobi, the sixth is Yu Zhongwen, the seventh is Yu Qingze, the eighth is He Lou Zigan, the ninth is Liang Rui, and the tenth is Shi Wansui, which is the ranking of the top ten generals recognized by the military. ”

Nearly half of the Yuan Masters in it have never heard of it.

He was thinking nonsense in his mind, Zhang Xutuo sighed again and said: "There are talented people in the country, Han Baohu, Liang Rui and others are dead, everyone else is old, and every general in the military hopes that he can also be ranked among the top ten generals." ”

"Does the master want to?"

Zhang Xutuo smiled with a wine glass and said nothing, how could he not want to?

At this moment, there was a knocking sound of leather drums outside the wine shop, and then a horn sounded, followed by a miscellaneous sound of horses' hooves, people and horses neighed, and the outside was very lively, and everyone in the wine shop looked at each other, not knowing what happened?

One of the men ran and shouted: "It's the Turkic Turki Khan who is coming!"

The drinkers ran to the door to see the excitement, Zhang Xutuo heard that it was Tuli Khan, his face changed slightly, he got up and walked quickly to the window, and Yuan Ba also followed, looking out of the window.

I saw in front of the Mingde Gate in the distance, thousands of heavenly cavalry escorted a team of hundreds of Turkic knights were waiting to enter the city, the Turkic knights held white flags, they wore hats, wore two armor, bows and arrows on their backs, swords on their waists, and spears on their backs, which looked majestic.

Zhang Xutuo explained to Yuan Ba in a low voice, "Turkic cavalry generally only wear armor for the Khan's guards, and ordinary string control soldiers have no armor and can only wear leather armor. ”

Zhang Xutuo sneered, "There are many! After the death of the wooden pole Khan, Sha Boluo succeeded to the throne of the Great Khan, but the Western Datou Khan did not recognize it, and the Turks were completely divided into the Eastern and Western Turks

He also pointed to a Turkic man in his thirties, "Do you see that person, that is the Turki Khan, the nephew of the Turkic Great Khan Sha Bolu, named Dyegan, and he is only one of the Turkic Khans." ”

Yuanba's eyesight was extremely keen, he saw the Turkic man in a big hat, and saw that he was in his early thirties, with a wide face and a big beard, and his face was full of joy, and he couldn't help frowning, "How many Khans are there in the Turks?"

Khan, these khans kill each other, our Sui Dynasty fisherman profits, this Turki Khan is the weakest one, I heard that the Holy Lord is ready to marry Princess Anyi to him, or use the highest etiquette. ”

Yuanba pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Who is the Great Khan, Dulan or Tuli?"

Zhang Xutuo quickly glanced at Yuan Ba, he didn't believe that Yuan Ba could understand the mystery, so he said: "Du Lan is the son of the previous Great Khan Sha Bolu, and he inherited the position of the Great Khan. ”

"Then the Holy Admiral Princess Anyi married Tuli instead of the Great Khan, is it not clear that he is provoking the contradiction between the two khans?"

The surrounding drinkers looked at Yuan Ba in surprise, this little boy could see it so thoroughly, Zhang Xutuo nodded approvingly, "You are very right, war will soon break out within the Turks." ”

He sighed slightly, with a look of regret in his eyes, "It seems that my Tianwu army is also about to march north." ”