Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 227 Huo Qubing: I arranged the entire game
"Wait a minute!"

Seeing the troops from both sides lined up, ready to charge directly into battle, Huo Qubing suddenly shouted loudly, causing both sides to become even more nervous, which was already tense to the breaking point.

Li Huan stood up and stretched his neck: "What does this naughty kid want to do?"

Li Guang immediately drove his horse forward and took a look at Huo Qubing.

Huo Qubing ignored Li Guang and rushed directly to the middle of the two armies. He shouted loudly to the stands: "Your Majesty, Father, a melee with more than a hundred people is very boring. I want to play fighting generals. Please invite Your Majesty and Father." Yes!"

Li Huan said loudly: "Don't be rude. A hundred people fighting in a melee is the king's order. How dare you be so presumptuous? Why don't you retreat to the formation!"

"Hahaha..." Liu An couldn't help laughing: "Xiangguo, your son is very interesting. I promise you, you can just name whoever you want to fight!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Huo Qubing turned around and looked at the Huainan Army opposite him. He looked left and right, then reached out and pointed at the palace general who had shot ten arrows and all of them hit the target: "Come here!"

The general was obviously stunned for a moment, as if he felt it was a bit embarrassing to beat a child, but he still drove out.

"If you defeat me, my father will give you a promotion. If I defeat you, your official position will be mine." Huo Qubing held the spear horizontally and showed his white teeth, staring like a young tiger. Military general.

Before the general could say anything, Li Huan, who was on the general stage, shouted loudly: "General Jin, this son of mine has been spoiled by me regardless of the heights of the world. Just knock him off his horse and teach him a lesson." !”

The military general known as General Jin bowed his hands toward the general's platform, and then raised the paint-rolled spear in his hand that also had no gun tip and said: "Huo Qubing, right? You have to be careful."

Huo Qubing imitated General Jin's tone: "General Jin, right? You have to be careful!"

General Jin laughed, and then he galloped forward on his horse. Huo Qubing saw this and was naturally unwilling to be outdone. His legs shook, and the black horse under his crotch immediately neighed and charged forward.

In the blink of an eye, the two men's horses passed each other, and the paint on the end of the spear was splashed out. Li Huan looked at it from a distance, and the spear in the hands of the two men looked like it had added ink and wash special effects.

Huo Qubing grabbed his spear and stabbed back. General Jin seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. He heard the voice and recognized the move. When he used his backhand to open the spear, the spear in his hand immediately stabbed Huo Qubing's heart like a swimming dragon.

Huo Qubing raised the spear in his hand, and the moment the gun shook General Jin's spear away, he wrapped his hands around it, and the entire barrel of the spear was like a snake, twisting around General Jin's spear, and trying to twist the spear out of his hand.

General Jin was startled. He didn't expect Huo Qubing to be so strong at such a young age. If he hadn't been skilled in marksmanship and experienced, the weapon in his hand would have flown away just now.

Huo Qubing was slightly surprised. Wei Qing had taught him the move just now. When he was on the battlefield, he could almost meet him face to face. When the local military commander was caught off guard, he would knock the weapon out of his hand and kill him in front of his horse in an instant.

However, the opponent guarded against it!

"Okay! Young General, take a shot from me too!" General Jin shouted excitedly. He had already realized that the young man in front of him was definitely not the kind of thing that his prince looked up to, and he couldn't help but take it out at that moment. Treat Huo Qubing with great spirit.

When Huo Qubing saw the opponent's sudden fierceness, not only was he not afraid, but his eyes were full of fanaticism. He shouted angrily and started to attack the general Jin crazily.

Li Gan watched as the two of them fought more and more bravely. Twenty or thirty moves had passed in the blink of an eye, and he still couldn't predict the outcome. He turned to Lei Bei next to him and asked, "Who is this General Jin?" , Doesn’t he look like an ordinary person?”

Lei Fei's eyes were full of burning fighting spirit: "Of course it's different. This person has worked hard all the way from a small soldier to a palace guard general."

After saying this, a slightly embarrassed expression suddenly appeared on his face: "When I joined the king, my goal was to replace Jin Gui. I only served as his lieutenant for a few years, but I never did. Any opportunity to make meritorious deeds, but on the contrary, he almost lost his life because he showed his true talent and learned hard."

"So, this man is quite a talent." Su Wu also came forward and joined in the conversation: "Lei Quilt, look at Qu Bing and this Golden Chamber, who can win?"

Lei Ben glanced at Su Wu with a ghostly look on his face: "How old is Qu Bing? Jin Gui is in his prime. Now I dare not say that in three years, Jin Gui will definitely not be the young general's opponent!"

"What's your name, Major General? Everyone is telling him to get sick, but you are the only one calling him Major General. It sounds really awkward, right, A Jian?" Li Gan turned to look at Liu Jian, who was eager to give it a try.

Liu Jian chuckled: "That's right...General Lei doesn't need to be too outspoken."

"I know why General Lei is absent. It's probably because he didn't go to Goulan with us to listen to music." Jin Guduo grinned, showing an evil smile.

Everyone couldn't help but laugh. Even Lei was unaware of it. He seemed to have developed a sense of belonging to Li Huan in just a short period of time.

On the school field, Huo Qubing and Jin Gui had fought for more than sixty rounds.

Jin Gui's heart was full of ghost expressions. He originally thought that Huo Qubing was still underage and had not yet matured in strength. If it continued for a long time, Huo Qubing would definitely be weak. After all, he was in his prime.

As a result, Huo Qubing was as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He hit harder and harder, as if he was practicing with his own hands. The speed at which he fired the gun became faster and faster, becoming more and more cunning.

Jin Gui even had a terrible feeling. He felt that after hundreds of moves, he would definitely be shot.

Thinking of this, he became even more depressed. He had already attacked with all his strength, but Huo Qubing was like a monster. Not only did he guard against all his moves, but he also had a vision of seeing those tricky and weird ways of attacking. Feel.

"what--"

Jin Gui had the idea of ​​a quick victory and prepared to use his own strength to knock Huo Qubing off his horse.

Huo Qubing showed no fear, and the spears in their hands instantly became the intersection of their struggles.

"Crack..."

The spears intertwined and made a heart-stopping sound, as if they were about to break at any time.

The war horses under the two men's crotches also followed the two men's wrestling, kicking the ground with all four hooves, trampling the soil on the school field softly, as if they were spinning around each other in a laborious circle.

"Roar--"

Veins popped up on Huo Qubing's forehead, and his arms looked like there were angry dragons rolling around.

The corners of Jin Gui's eyes are almost split, damn it!What a freak!
He found that he couldn't resist it anymore!

In the stands, Li Huan put down the telescope in his hand. He was worried that Huo Qubing would be hurt by wrestling like this. When he was about to call a stop, he suddenly saw the black horse under Huo Qubing's crotch. For some reason, it moved towards Jin Gui's crotch without any warning. The next bay red horse tore and bit.

Jin Gui's maroon horse seemed to have never imagined that the opponent's war horse would be so ungrateful. The skin on its neck was immediately bitten and blood flowed.In pain, he screamed and retreated to the side.

As soon as it retreated, the master on the horse, Jin Gui, suddenly had no place to rely on. With a scream, Huo Qubing found the opportunity and shot off the horse.

"Bang!"

Jin Guilin dismounted and looked at the eye-catching black paint on the armor on his heart, with a look of disbelief on his face.

Huo Qubing laughed, jumped off his horse, and stretched out his hand to pull the Golden Chamber. The Golden Chamber was stunned, but he did not refuse Huo Qubing's kindness. He knew in his heart that the young man in front of him was much stronger than him. Once he became an adult, his future achievements would be unimaginable. Estimate!
Then, both of them saw Huo Qubing's black steed at the same time, chasing and biting Jin Kui's bay red horse like a mad dog across the school grounds.

The bay red horse is obviously no match for the black horse. Animals have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. If I can't beat you or bite you, why don't I run away?
The black steed is obviously the kind of bad horse that you can't beat me, and I won't let you run away, I just want to bite you to death.

As a result, Huo Qubing and Jin Gui were dumbfounded. The two horses were chasing each other, and they suddenly became the focus of the audience.

Huo Qubing looked at Jin Gui and smiled awkwardly, pinched his lips with his hand and whistled loudly.

But the black horse looked back at him, and then continued to chase him even harder...

The screams of the bay red horse also echoed throughout the audience...

Jin Gui looked at Huo Qubing with a darkened face.

Huo Qubing took off his helmet and scratched the back of his head: "I really didn't mean to whistle to make it bite harder."

"Black dragon!" Huo Qubing shouted loudly and whistled again.

The black horse stopped, glanced at Huo Qubing, and then let out a thundering neigh. In its eyes, Huo Qubing's actions seemed to be a military order: "Bite it to death! Bite it to death!"

The bay-red horse has begun to scream miserably, even with a hint of despair...

Jin Gui looked distressed, but Huo Qubing couldn't stand the look in his eyes. He immediately ran forward and hugged the black dragon's neck. He exerted force with his feet and hands, and was on the black dragon's back, pulling the reins. Only then was the black dragon with strong killing intent controlled.

The bay-red horse ran in front of its master in great misery, pitifully pushing its horse's face against Jin Gui's face, as if complaining to Jin Gui.

"Come on, get General Jin's horse to my mother, and let her show it to me!" Huo Qubing was generous, and immediately called for a doctor...

The corner of Jin Gui's mouth twitched, but he didn't stop him and just thanked him.

In the stands, a group of big guys looked at me and I looked at you, and for a moment they didn’t know what to say.

Gongsun He suddenly thought of something and picked his ears: "I remembered that this horse used to be His Majesty's horse. His Majesty gave it to him to cure his illness."

"No wonder he is so fierce and fierce, just like me!" Huainan King Liu An waved his hand: "Come here, I will reward Huo Qubing heavily and get ten mares to serve this black horse!"

Li Huan almost choked on his saliva. He waved his hand and called to the eunuch beside him: "Your Majesty, can this competition continue?"

"Your Majesty, I don't think this is necessary. The young man Huo Qubing can even lift General Jin Kui off his horse. This shows that the guards around the prime minister are really powerful in combat and worth learning from."

Liu Ling didn't want to see such a shameful thing again, so he hurriedly raised his hands and said: "Father, my daughter also feels that there is no need to compete. She should leave some face for the soldiers in the army, right?"

"What are you talking about? The war cannot be decided by one person's bravery?" Gongsun He, as the general of the Huainan Kingdom, was the first to feel unhappy: "War is about the coordination of formations, orderly advance and retreat, no matter how good one's personal martial arts are. , on the battlefield, even if you are a man covered in iron, how many nails can you break? Your Majesty, I suggest that the competition continue!"

Huainan King Liu An hesitated for a moment and looked at Li Huan.

Li Huan knew that this guy just refused to give up and refused to admit the Huainan Army's combat effectiveness. He was a scumbag in front of the Guanzhong Army.

"Your Majesty, what the general said is quite reasonable. When two armies fight, it is not a matter of being brave and ruthless to win. According to what the general said, you can give it a try."

When Liu An heard this, he immediately nodded and said: "Huo Qubing and Jin Gui will no longer join the battle. They come forward. I will give you wine!"

"Here!"

The eunuch hurried to deliver the order.

The two of them boarded the general ordering platform together and knelt down to take the drink. Li Huan couldn't help but invite Huo Qubing to sit next to him. Huo Qubing waved his hand and said, "Father, please don't call me. Just before the duel, As I said before, if he is defeated, then his position belongs to me, so why didn’t the king say a word about it?”

"Huh? Well..." Liu An immediately looked at Li Huan. Just as Li Huan was about to speak, he saw a plump figure coming up from the stage with the support of two soldiers. .

"How can the king refuse to pay? You are questioning the king and you should be punished!"

Cao Xiang's voice was steady, and she was bound to win the position of the general in charge of the guard army, the Golden Chamber.

"Boom boom boom!"

The war drums were beating, and the melee of hundreds of people below had begun.Everyone stood up to greet Cao Xiang, including Huainan King Liu An.

Cao Xiang got a seat that was only half a head lower than King Huainan.

"You are so brave, I am the last general who has lost. If you are willing to resign from the position of commander, please ask your Majesty to do so!" Old Jin Gui blushed, looking a little ashamed.

"This..." Liu An was still hesitating.

Cao Xiang said dissatisfiedly: "Jin Gui, what do you mean by this? Do you think that the king wants to default on the debt, and deliberately stands up to ridicule the king? I, the prince of the Han Dynasty, have kept his words and promised thousands of gold, what are you doing here? Why don't you sit down? Down!"

Jin Kui was really taken aback by Cao Xiang's words, he cupped his fists and bowed immediately, turned around and sat down on his knees.

Huo Qubing's eyes were fixed on Liu An.

"Qu Bing, come here!" Li Huan deliberately lowered his face.

Seeing this, Liu Buyu glanced at Liu Ling slightly. Liu Ling immediately understood and whispered something into Liu An's ear.

When Liu An heard this, a smile suddenly appeared on his face: "Qu Bing'er is very brave. As the commander-in-chief of my palace guard army, he is more than enough. I pass the order. From today on, Qu Bing'er will be the general of our Huainan Palace Guard!"

"Here!"

The eunuch on the side immediately went to convey the order.

Only then did a smile appear on Huo Qubing's face: "The last general Huo Qubing, please see the king!"

"Well!" Liu An said with a slight smile: "From today on, I have set a precedent for allowing the general to serve as a guard general at such an age. The palace guard army has a total of three thousand troops. They will be assembled later to accept the general's review. ."

"I will not dare to live up to your Majesty's high hopes." Huo Qubing clasped his fists with a solemn expression.

"Jin Gui, your skills are inferior to others, are you dissatisfied?" Liu An turned to Jin Gui.

Jin Gui hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "Report to the king, I will be defeated in the end. I am convinced and will not be unconvinced at all."

"That's very good. From now on, you will be General Huo's deputy. Later, I will arrange for Liu Jian to come over and also serve as General Huo's deputy."

"Here!" Jin Gui cupped his fists and accepted the order, but he glanced at Huo Qubing intentionally or unintentionally. Seeing that Huo Qubing was also looking at him at this moment, the two couldn't help but smile at each other.

"Your Majesty, how can this...joking statement be taken seriously?" At this moment, Li Huan came to the rescue with a wry smile on his face.

"Appropriating talents based on their talents is the principle of long-term prosperity. Don't think that Qu Bing'er is your son, otherwise you will be embarrassed to recommend talents to others. As the saying goes, you should not avoid intimacy when promoting talents!" Liu An picked up the wine bottle and looked at it. Li Huan said with a smile: "Come, I will have fun with the Prime Minister, and let's see how this battle ends!"

Hearing what Liu An said, Li Huan didn't feel like saying anything else. He just raised the wine bottle, drank it down, and motioned for Huo Qubing to sit next to him.

This time, Huo Qubing finally sat down next to Jin Gui with his eyes filled with joy, and the two of them communicated enthusiastically in low voices.

Li Huan looked around and saw Gongsun He and Wu Yuan looking at him with suppressed smiles, so he had no choice but to smile awkwardly but politely.

"You say, who will win?"

The battle between 100 men on both sides lasted for tea time, but neither of them was a deadly battle, so the fight was lively and even entertaining...

On the one hand, in the first competition, the Huainan Army already knew that they were no match for the escorts. In the battle between Huo Qubing and Jin Gui, Jin Gui was shot down and dismounted, which caused the morale of the Huainan Army to drop to the extreme.

On the other hand, Gandalf had been living in Chang'an for who knows how long. He was a man who understood the ways of the world very well, so he had secretly ordered everyone under his command to take it easy and not make the King of Huainan look too ugly.

So... After fighting for half an hour, no one fell off the horse, and even among the soldiers below, some people couldn't hold back their laughter...

After King Huainan saw this scene through the telescope, he was so embarrassed that he was speechless.

Wu was handed over and said: "Your Majesty, if this battle ends in a draw, then it would be best to reward the soldiers of the three armies."

Li Huan also took advantage of the situation and said: "They are all our own people, there is no need to hurt the peace, and I also think that it is the best policy to end in a draw."

As for the third game, everyone was very sensible and no one mentioned it.

A military exercise that many people had been looking forward to for a long time, but ended hastily, ended like this.

In the huge military camp, Liu An saw Li Huan getting off the general platform and walking very close to his daughter intentionally or unintentionally. He smiled immediately and didn't take it to heart. He waited until everyone around him was almost gone, then he Someone called the Golden Chamber.

"Did that Zhuzi really knock you off your horse?"

Jin Kui had long known that King Huainan would ask such a question, so he was not surprised.

"Reporting to the king, I feel ashamed to say that if it were a life and death fight, I would feel that I would be killed by him in less than thirty rounds!"

Jin Gui's face was a little red and hot.

Liu An glanced at the Golden Chamber in surprise, and suddenly sighed: "So, what Xiangguo said is true."

Jin Gui lowered his head and did not dare to answer.

Liu An sighed and said: "Previously, the Prime Minister said that the combat power of our Huainan Army was mediocre. I was still dissatisfied at that time. From the first battle alone, we can see that the Huainan Army is indeed extremely weak. .”

Jin Gui said: "Your Majesty, our army has been unaware of the war for many years. It is not surprising that the Guanzhong Army has been fighting for years."

Liu An glanced at Jin Gui: "So, you are really not at all dissatisfied with your defeat at the hands of that kid?"

Jin Gui smiled bitterly again: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen is really convinced. That child is so brave even before he is weak. If he waits until he reaches adulthood, Wei Chen may not be able to hold on for ten rounds, and he will be killed. Behead him under his horse."

After hearing these words, Liu An stayed where he was. He waved his hand with a complicated mood and signaled Jin Gui to retreat, and suddenly said: "Don't mention this matter to anyone."

"Here!" Jin Kui rolled his eyes, cupped his hands and bowed, and got off the platform.

After passing several military camps, he saw Huo Qubing, Cao Xiang, Li Gan and others waiting for him on the tables placed in the open air.

"Why are you standing there stunned? This fish has no spines, so it's best for hot pot with pickled vegetables. Come here quickly!"

Huo Qubing greeted Jin Gui warmly.

Jin Gui glanced at Cao Xiang, feeling an involuntary fear in his heart, and hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I don't dare!"

"What are you afraid of? From now on, if you and Qu Bing are officials together, then we are both brothers. Come here. In front of me, Lao Cao, as long as we are brothers, there is no dignity or inferiority. Come here!"

Cao Xiang immediately started pouring wine for Jin Gui.

When Jin Gui took a look at it, he also knew in his heart that if he didn't pass by now, he would be disrespecting others.

He hurriedly walked forward, and Li Gan and Wang Sun Liu Jian enthusiastically pulled him to sit on a long wooden bench.

The smell of pickled cabbage and fish hot pot with tempting aroma wafts out, making people salivate and move their index fingers.

Cao Xiang patted Jin Gui's shoulder pads affectionately: "From now on, we are brothers. If anyone bullies you in Huainan, just speak directly, no matter who it is, we brothers will be equalized by him!"

Jin Gui didn't dare to win in a row, but looking at the extremely enthusiastic crowd, there was really something pressing on his mind. After taking a sip of wine, Jin Gui cupped his hands and said: "Master Marquis, General, there is something that I'm afraid is really necessary. You can only solve it when you come forward.”

"If you call me Lord Marquis and General Qu Bing, you don't regard us as brothers. No matter what help you ask us to do, we will refuse." Cao Xiang pointed to the distance: "Go, sit with the child over there Let’s go to the table!”

Li Gan immediately poured wine for Jin Gui and laughed loudly: "How about calling me Brother Cao or Brother Huo?"

"How dare I..." As soon as Jin Gui said these words, before he finished speaking, Cao Xiang said angrily: "I already have a mouthful of Brother Jin, but you say you don't dare, that means you don't take me seriously. inside?"

"Brother Cao?" Jin Gui was really frightened. No matter how high his martial arts skills were, how could he be useless in front of these top dignitaries?
Cao Xiang really wanted to kill himself. As long as he had such an intention, a lot of people would immediately do evil things to him day and night.

"Hahaha... That's right!" Cao Xiang took the wine bowl in his hand hard, knocked it against the wine bowl in Jin Gui's hand, raised his head and drank it.

Seeing this, Jin Kui didn't dare to hesitate and immediately raised his head to drink.

"Tell me, what trouble has you encountered? If you tell me, my brothers will be able to settle it for you!" Cao Xiang was bluffing.

Sweat was already visible on Jin Gui's forehead: "In the end, it's not a private matter, it's a matter of military pay. The last time military pay was issued was three months ago."

"What about the military pay?" Huo Qubing put down his chopsticks, his eyes showing some seriousness.

A flash of discomfort flashed across Jin Gui's face: "I asked the prince to detain it."

"Good guy, you're drinking your own soldier's blood!" Li Gan gritted his teeth: "My father has been a soldier all his life and has never done anything like this. This prince is so good that he directly eats his own soldier's blood?"

Liu Jian listened on the side, with a somewhat embarrassed expression on his face: "Should I say it or not, after the prince embezzled the military pay, most of it was used to buy land. The soldiers can't get the military pay, so where can they get it? Mental training? If it weren't for that, Huainan's armaments wouldn't be so lax."

"He is already a prince, why does he need so many fields?" Jin Guduo didn't quite understand this.

"You don't understand this. In Huainan, the person who collects taxes is the king. If the prince wants to spend money, he has to get the king's consent, right? But the budget of the treasury is set every year. The prince's salary is , but you can’t get much. If you can have land, there are too many places that you can secretly control.” Cao Xiang knew the truth well and added to Jin Guduo.

A somewhat embarrassed expression flashed across Jin Gui's face, and he cupped his hands and said, "Brothers, is there anything you can do?"

"That's easy to say!" Huo Qubing took a sip of fruit wine, "Eat first. After eating, I'll go to the master and report this matter to the king."

Jin Gui didn't know the relationship between the princess Liu Ling and Li Huan, so naturally he didn't know why Huo Qubing said he wanted to find the princess.

However, after hearing Huo Qubing's words, the other people looked as if the matter had been resolved, and he also became suspicious.

"If the monthly salary of soldiers in the army can be paid in full, let alone more, these simple-minded men will definitely obey the general's words!"

Jin Gui is obviously an honest man, but it would be very bad for someone with a heart to hear these words.

However, what Li Huan planned was precisely this matter. Isolating the King of Huainan and Prince Liu Qian was a very important step after they came to Huainan.

If you take this step well, the road ahead will be wider and faster.

"It's easy to say, you can go and pass the order later. In less than three days, all the salary debts will be paid in full!" Huo Qubing made a promise: "If the announcement continues, I, Huo Qubing, will personally take my brothers to my father to get the money. !"

(End of this chapter)