Biography of the Han Empire

Author: Scarlet Polyp

The Legend of All Beings VI

Jiangnan Scholars(6)

"Condor Shooting!" Li Wei was also shocked when he heard this. looked at Liu Ming running from a distant Pegasus with a complicated expression.

When it comes to this condor technique and the condor shooter, it was once a household name in the Han Dynasty. It is rumored that there is a big eagle in the extreme north, the body is huge, the wingspan can reach more than zhang, weighs hundreds of catties, can kill cattle and sheep, carry it to fly, and is deeply suffering by the herdsmen of the north. In order to shoot the eagle owl, among the Xiongnu tribes near the North Sea, a very special profession was born - the eagle archer. This kind of archer is often very powerful, can open 2 stone strong bow, archery is even better, the legend can be in a hundred steps away to shoot the eagle eyes (the eagle feathers are extremely strong, when flying, ordinary bows and arrows often can't shoot in, only the eye is its empty door), so famous. After the rise of the Xiongnu, the famous Mao Dunshan also recruited eagle archers to enlist in the army when he was fighting in the Quartet, and since then he has been active in several wars such as the suppression of Donghu, the southward Han Dynasty, and the siege of Baideng and high rent. During the time of Emperor Xiaojing, there were three eagle archers who shot dozens of Han iron horsemen alone, but they were all killed by the eyes. Later, one of them was captured alive by the flying general Li Guang, who was chased by the tail, and this legend was recorded in Taishi Gong's masterpiece "Historical Records", and the name of the Hun eagle archer was famous all over the world for a while.

After Emperor Wu's several northern expeditions, the Xiongnu gradually declined, and then divided into two parts of the north and south, attacking and killing each other, and the condor technique also declined, slowly not known, after the Han Dynasty moved eastward, the northern Xiongnu were driven away by the Han Dynasty one step closer, and had to wander to the extreme west; The Southern Xiongnu went south to live with the Han people, began to half-plough and half-grazing, and the eagle archery also withered day by day. Condor shooters are extremely difficult to train, and often have to practice since childhood, breaking dozens of strong bows and shooting hundreds of beasts to achieve small success, so it has slowly become a legendary skill.

I saw Liu Ming come to the front and throw his bow and arrow. Rolled off the horse, bowed down and said: "Liu Ming, the grass people, I have seen the adults, the grass people are indeed the Huns, the ancestral home and Yanmen of the state, want to go to Luoyang to join the army, but it is not a royal family, just a few arrows are just ordinary archery, and the legend of our clan is far from the condor technique." ”

Zhu Jun smiled, noncommittal, turned his head to the generals who gathered around and said: "Everyone in groups of three, scattered to investigate the movement of the bison herd, without my order, do not enter within a hundred steps here, Zhong Yuan stays." ”

Everyone dispersed according to the order, and Zhu Jun saw Li Wei glaring at Liu Ming, and he had already guessed seven points in his heart. looked at Liu Ming and said, "If you are an ordinary person, you will hide it, but you can't hide it from me." I had a good relationship with the Huangfu chariot rider, I heard him talk about the things of his youth, he was born in Xiliang, his father is also a famous general, excellent archery, once hired the Hun archer into the house to teach the children to ride and shoot, then asked the condor and the condor about the condor technique, according to the archer said, the condor is too expensive, so it has not been circulated among the people, only in the Hun royal family from generation to generation. Speaking of this, he pointed to the cow corpse on the ground, "Liu Zhuangshi can hit the eyes of the cow with arrows a hundred steps away, if this skill is not condor archery, then I will be blamed for being lonely." I know that you and Zhong Yuan must know each other, and if there is really something difficult to say that it is inconvenient to say, I will not force you to ask. Thanks to the rescue just now, if there is a place where Zhu's strength can help, he will not shirk. ”

Liu Ming was very moved when he heard this, and stood up and saluted: "I don't want to deceive the elders, my Hun name is Tiele Moth Qiao'er, and I am the nephew of the right virtuous king of the Huns. After speaking, Liu Ming put forward his story about how he admired the Han culture, how he went to Taixue to study, how he was ignited by Yin Si, and how he planned to meet Zhu Jun with the three of them. What happened just now was just a coincidence, and now that the plan has been seen through by Lord Zhu, it will be offset by the two sides, and I don't dare to ask Lord Zhu to introduce me again. ”

Zhu Jun laughed when he heard this, dismounted and patted Liu Ming on the shoulder: "It seems that Qiansi treats me as one of those rotten Confucians." Don't say that you saved me first, only for your hard work, which shows that I am not alone, and Zhu can never stay out of the matter. It's up to me. Since you are commensurate with Zhong Yuan and Zhong Zhi brothers, if you don't dislike it, you can also call someone Zhu a teacher. ”

Liu Ming was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed to his teacher. The three of them sat on the floor and talked and laughed, and soon the general who had inspected the herd and the other servants arrived one after another, and collected the bison all over the ground, and everyone returned with a full load. Since then, Liu Ming has lived in Zhu's mansion, and Zhu Jun personally passed on the scriptures, with Tang Yun and Li Wei assisting on the side, and the entry is quite large.

At the end of September, the Battle of Xiliang, which lasted for more than half a year, finally ended without a problem, and in early October, Huangfu Song led the northern army back to Luoyang to meet the emperor. Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong really did as Xie Ming said before, taking the opportunity to make trouble and gathering a group of cronies to impeach Huangfu Song in a series of unsuccessful battles, which cost a lot of money. The emperor was furious, thinking that Huangfu Song was old and useless, confiscated his left chariot cavalry general's seal ribbon, cut 6,000 households, and changed the title of the capital township marquis, 2,000 households (Huangfu Song was originally Huaili Hou, two counties of Huaili and Meiyang, together with 8,000 households). Poor for the Han Dynasty to set up a great feats, counted as a last resort, praised by the people as "the world is in chaos, the city is in ruins, the mother does not protect the son, the wife loses her husband, and the emperor is restored to live in peace." Huangfu Song was inexplicably deposed without tasting defeat.

Since then, the loyal and good people in the DPRK and China have been in danger, either to protect themselves, or to take refuge in the general He Jinmen, and the Han dynasty has become increasingly dark, and the eunuch party has become more unscrupulous. The so-called blessing is incomparable, the disaster is not a single line, the remnants of the Yellow Turban in Hebei are headed by Zhang Niujiao, a disciple of Zhang Jiao, gathering more than 100,000 people, and swept Jizhou in a few months. Soon, there was the news that Jizhou Mu Guodian was beheaded by Zhang Niujiao in Guhongling, the government and the opposition were shocked, and a protracted debate began in the court, one side believed that the northern army should be quickly mobilized to cross the river to suppress, and the thieves were concentrated in Jizhou when they were quickly exterminated; The other side believes that the Northern Army has just returned from the Xiliang battlefield and is very tired, so it should take a short rest and wait and see for the time being. The two sides argued endlessly in the court every day, and at first they argued with reason, but later turned into a war of scolding against each other. The emperor was troubled by the noise, so he simply took a balanced strategy, and while the Youzhou border army went south to rescue, he asked the northern army to speed up the rest and recuperate, and be ready to attack at any time.

The decisions made above the court and the increasingly grim situation in Hebei soon affected the lives of ordinary Luoyang people. The Northern Army suffered a lot of losses in this trip to Xiliang to quell the rebellion, and immediately began to recruit new soldiers after returning to the garrison in the northern suburbs of Luoyang. For a time, the children of the Qing white families in Luoyang joined the army one after another, and the flames of the ordnance workshop in the west of the city were not extinguished all night, and the entire city became a huge war machine overnight. The market is full of news about the war in Hebei, some true and some false, most of them are crowded, and some are even exaggerated to the point of ridiculousness.

North of Luoyang City, Qiantang Hou Mansion.

Yin Sifeng broke into Li Wei's bedroom in a hurry, startling Li Wei and Xie Ming, who were pondering in front of a map of Hebei.

"Zhongzhi, what are you doing with burning eyebrows?"

"Zhong Yuan, ah, Brother Ji is also there. You...... You don't know, the big axe says man... When he held Changge to protect his family and defend the country, he went to the Northern Army to join the army. Yin Si said breathlessly.

"That's good, he always refuses to concentrate on the scriptures, and his martial arts are good, isn't it just what he wants to be in the army?"

"Here's the problem," Yin Si finally came back to his senses, "If you want to join the Northern Army, you must first test the art of arching horses, otherwise you can only enter the general infantry army, not the cavalry." The big axe is strong in martial arts, and his vision is naturally very high, but he is not very good at archery. But today is too evil, he shot ten arrows and nine of them missed the target, and the last arrow almost shot the school officer next to him, of course people refused to recruit him. You also know the temper of the big axe, and he turned his face with the group of people on the spot, saying that they had lost to themselves in the previous fight, so they deliberately made things difficult, and made a personal vendetta on the bow and arrow, so they started to do it. ”

"Huh?!" Li Wei and Xie Ming couldn't imagine that Chen Hao would be so bold, the Han Dynasty was the most important military rule, if it was wartime, it would be a capital crime to rush into the barracks, so they hurriedly asked, "What about later?" ”

"The fist and foot kung fu of the group of northern troops was far worse than the big axe, and they were immediately knocked down, and then the northern army took out the guy, but the big axe took away a military flag, and all the dozens of people on the spot couldn't stand up, but fortunately no one died." Yin Sixin said with jealousy, "How can the Northern Army be in vain, and can you be allowed to go wild alone?" Later, Xu Rong, the cavalry captain, arrived at the scene, took a few guards to work together, and tied up the big axe in a few times, and now he is locked up in the Pingxian camp. Zhong Yuan, quickly find a way to save him. ”

Li Wei hurriedly comforted Yin Si: "Don't worry, have you gone to find Qiansi?" After Liu Ming was in charge of the Northern Army, he was recommended by Zhu Jun and successfully entered the Changshui Xuanqu Hu Cavalry Camp of the Northern Army. Because of Zhu Jun's big face and Liu Ming's outstanding riding and archery skills, he became a Dubo as soon as he joined the army.

"Well, as soon as he knew that something had happened to the big axe, Brother Wenlong went to find Qiansi. However, he has just joined the Northern Army, and he is not familiar with the head, and his status is not high, how much effort can he exert? Yin Si was so anxious that he was about to cry.

"It seems that there is only one way, I will go to the teacher right away." Li Wei said and bowed his hand to Xie Ming, "Brother Zhizhi, this matter 。。。。。。 ”

Xie Ming waved his hand to stop the following, "Haha, Zhong Yuan doesn't need to say more, I naturally have an unshirkable responsibility for my brother's affairs, I have a good relationship with several wealthy families in Luoyang, so I'll go around and investigate." Then he took his leave and left.

Li Wei hurriedly pulled Yin Si to see Zhu Jun, and Zhu Jun shook his head when he heard this: "Yiqian, this kid is really confused, this matter is light, if the captain is selfless, it is possible to sentence him to exile for 3,000 miles." ”

Li Wei hurriedly knelt down, "Teacher, the student was rescued by the big axe on the first day he arrived in Luoyang, and after that, he also took care of each other, and regarded each other as brothers." He was a generous and heroic man, although he was not informal, but he was not reckless, how could he casually do something to disturb the barracks? There must be something strange about this matter, and I asked the teacher to help him, and he also gave the big axe a clean slate. ”

"That's it, this kid has a really good reputation on weekdays, so I'll take a trip and see if the old guys of the Northern Army give me this face." Zhu Jun sighed and waved his hand, "Zhong Yuan will go with me, Zhong Zhi will stay in the mansion, if Wenlong comes back, tell him not to run around, this matter is not something you can solve." Although Yin Si was anxious, he could only agree.

The two were about to walk out of the gate of Zhu's mansion, when suddenly a person came from outside the door, only to see that this person was eight feet tall, handsome, less than thirty years old, with a white face and no beard. ”

Zhu Jun was immediately overjoyed when he saw the man: "Why are you, when did you arrive in Luoyang?" Zhong Yuan, come and meet Senior Brother. Li Wei was about to step forward to salute, but found that this person he knew and had a lot of origins, and a long-sealed relationship came to his heart.

At this time, a restaurant in the northeast of Luoyang is on the second floor of the elegant seat.

"Oh? That's it? That Chen Daaxe was caught by Xu Rong? He Feng, a hurricane, held a wine glass, and sat alone at the wine table, listening to his subordinates talk about how Chen Hao was arrested.

"Yes," that subordinate is the long-lost Scarface Tiger, who is smiling proudly at this time, like a big cat, "That Chen Hao is so arrogant, he dared to act with the boss on the street last time." But this time, no matter how high his martial arts are, he has to suffer a little. ”

"I said Ah Hu, since I arrived in Luoyang, you have been with me for more than three years." He Feng shook the wine glass in his hand, looking at the bewitching color of the wine from the Western Regions in the glass, as if he was drunk before drinking.

"Yes, boss, it's been four years, and it's thanks to your support that I am where I am today." Scarface said flatteringly

"Four years? So fast? I don't think so. He Feng smiled, and finally moved his gaze from the contents of the cup to the subordinates in front of him,

"I think Chen Daaxe is right, your courage has been getting bigger and bigger day by day recently."