Chapter 4 Drunken Countryside (Part 5) Huang Shi Gong Bridge Examination Zhang Liang’s inspirational story Li Xu had heard about it since he was a child, so he got up before midnight the next day and came to the felt bag group of the coppersmith’s house early.
The night wind on the grassland was as sharp as a knife, and the cold made his lips turn purple, and his nose was filled with mucus. After waiting in the cold wind for more than an hour, the coppersmith yawned and walked out of the felt bag.
Seeing Li Xu's embarrassment with snot dripping from his nose, the coppersmith widened his eyes and asked, "Are you desperate for your life, standing here in the middle of the night? Haven't you heard that the wind on the grassland can kill people?"
"Senior, senior, senior," Li Xu explained while trembling, "Senior, senior told me to come early, come early, I don't dare..."
"Why don't you dare? If you don't sleep, I'm still sleeping!" The coppersmith grabbed Li Xu and pushed him into his stone workshop. He quickly pushed the fire away with his hands and feet, and stepped on the windbag a few times.
While scolding, he said: "Studying is stupid. If you want to fool the children, you also believe in teaching the disciples. You agree with me. Since you are willing to teach, why do you have to play so many myths and have the skills? Why don't we both have a good sleep to save the time?
An ancestor who is listless when speaking, and an ancestor who is still cursing the master when he is being taught!"
Hearing this perverse remark, Li Xu could only smile and wait in the cold wind for this moment. He did curse the coppersmith many times in his stomach. He thought about Zhang Liang who came to the bridge early three times in the past and was always beaten by Huang Shigong.
He complained that he woke up too late and hurried back. The thoughts in Zhang Daxian’s mind at that time must have been exactly the same as what he had just complained about.
The coppersmith waited until Li Xu had warmed up his frozen body a little, then stopped blowing air into the furnace. He picked up a large piece of charcoal with iron tongs, pressed the fire head, picked up a bulging wine bag, and lifted it up.
He took a few sips and threw the bag to Li Xu.
"Senior!" Li Xu has followed four or five masters from his enlightenment to now, but none of them has as little dignity as the coppersmith. Even if he misbehaves, he allows his disciples to drink alcohol and hug him in front of him.
Holding the wine bag, Li Xu didn't drink it, or didn't drink it. Qiqi Nainai was stunned by the stove.
"Senior, why am I so young? Let's drink, drink to warm our bodies, and let's start teaching skills!" The coppersmith rolled his eyes and yelled loudly.
"Disciple, knock..." Li Xu heard that the coppersmith was willing to teach him how to practice martial arts, and quickly stepped forward to pay homage to him. According to Xu Dayan's analysis, since Aunt Qing's painting skills have reached the level of a master, the martial artist's methods that she admired will naturally not be the same.
vulgar
As soon as he bent his body, he was immediately stopped by the coppersmith with the tongs. The second half of his words of apprenticeship were also suppressed in his stomach. Li Xu didn't know what kind of weird rule this was. He looked up in surprise and saw the coppersmith.
He shook his head and said: "Don't be like a kowtowing bug. I look dizzy. I'm not your master. I'm just teaching you some killing techniques. You want to learn it. I don't want this technique to be buried on the grassland. Let's each take what we have."
Yes, as for your achievements in the future, that is your own destiny and has nothing to do with me as a teacher. Who expects you to hold a memorial tablet to me every day?"
"Teacher, yes, senior!" Li Xu had no choice but to stand up straight, and then bowed his head. He was considered to have paid homage to his mentor. He felt that his eyes were full of stars, as if he was sleepwalking. The so-called coppersmith and the so-called stove were all in a dream.
Just a created illusion
If Xu Dayan were here, he would have immediately picked up the wine bag and called the coppersmith brother. The Jiangnan family has a legacy from the Wei and Jin Dynasties. From Wang Youjun's east bed to open his belly (note 1) to Zu Di's attack on the jiu, they all pursued a kind of speed.
If you treat a person like this in a free and easy state of sex with worldly courtesy, it will make him unhappy.
When the coppersmith saw that Li Xu had always been rigid about his master-apprentice status, he was a little unhappy and shook his head, sighing, "You are a kind boy. You can only be too persistent and you will suffer in the future. You will definitely suffer from the word persistence."
General Hou Bai has a bright future, but if he wants to make further progress, it is absolutely impossible!"
His current temperament will suffer in the future. Old Master Yang also reminded him of this when they parted. However, Li Xu never had the courage to think about the words "confessing a marquis and worshiping a general" before meeting Bu Xiaowei. His highest ideal was to be a general.
He was in charge of civil affairs in a county, and the officers came to flatter him one after another. After seeing the power of the infantry colonel, his life goal became to become a cavalry colonel, with hundreds of
The huge difference in rank between a marquis and a lieutenant was an unattainable dream for Li Xu. It was just like ten thousand buckets of rice and ten million buckets of rice in the eyes of a street beggar. There was really no difference.
"Why are you so dazed again? Did I tell you wrongly? Just tell me if I'm wrong. I won't be angry with you. Even if I am angry with you, if you turn around and leave, no one will be afraid of who will come!" Tong
The craftsman stretched out his hand, struck Li Xu hard on the forehead, and said in a feigned rage
"As for the seniors, my master once said that the juniors are only learning martial arts, not for the purpose of becoming marquises or generals!" Li Xu rubbed his head and said loudly
"Hypocritical, why are you learning martial arts if you don't want to become a prince or a general? Just think, a man will fight if he wants to, and let go if he doesn't want to. Why think about it in your heart and pretend to be noble in your mouth!" The coppersmith reached out and knocked again. Li Xu
But he was no longer willing to use his own head as someone else's wooden fish, and turned his head away.
This dodge made the coppersmith very happy. He stretched out his hand and chased Li Xu's forehead and knocked it wildly. Li Xu dodged left and right, dodging all the black fingers of the coppersmith. While dodging, he was panting and arguing.
He said: "I didn't originally want to be a prince, but I pretended to be just to gain fame. Isn't it just as hypocritical!"
"Then what are you doing for?" The coppersmith stopped, grabbed the wine bag from Li Xu's arms, and asked while drinking.
At this time, Li Xu also figured out the temper of the weirdo in front of him, took two steps back, and said seriously: "If I learn some martial arts, at least I won't watch E Tiao Tai and the others being hacked to death, and I won't be able to do it again in the future.
Letting others risk their lives for me, whether I want to be granted a title or not, right now I am just a merchant, it is all in vain!"
"Is it for the sake of Caititai and the others? No wonder you looked so worried yesterday! At such a young age, you have so many things to think about!" The coppersmith put down the wine bag and looked at Li Xu up and down like a monster until Li Xu was
After seeing this, he sighed and said, "You look like a human being with your temperament. No wonder Wan Qing asked me to teach you martial arts!"
"Who?" Li Xu asked curiously that Aunt Qing had arranged for him to come to the coppersmith for advice. Yesterday, he and Tao Kuo had no time to talk about it. I wonder how the coppersmith guessed it today. Which hero did he associate with?
Got in touch
"What an idiot!" The coppersmith shook his head and sighed. He waved his hand to Li Xu, indicating that he would wait by the stove for a while, then turned and walked out. After a while, he came back with a scroll of paintings and gently unfolded it in front of Li Xu by the light of the fire.
The picture shows a general wearing silver armor and holding a long spear. He is about seventeen or eight years old and has a heroic appearance. Gu Pan Shenfei is not so much similar to Li Xu, but rather Xu Dayan has a bit of this person's charm.
Judging from the painting skills, I guess it was painted by Aunt Qing herself, but I don’t know whose hero is in the painting.
"You have always wondered about Wan Qing's life experience!" The coppersmith took a sip of wine and sighed.
Li Xu and Xu Dayan had speculated on the possibility of Aunt Qing's parentage many times in private, but they never dared to let the third person know that they were suddenly told something that was on their minds.
The taste of shame "Late, junior, once, once curious!"
"What's there to be ashamed of? A person like her appears in this tribe and doesn't attract attention. It's no wonder that any Han people who see her will probably make random guesses!" The coppersmith shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile.
What does that have to do with the general in the painting? Li Xu only felt that his heart was in chaos, as if a pot of paste was cooking. He had no habit of inquiring into other people's privacy, but a shocking secret was placed in front of him, and he couldn't help but pay attention.
"This man is Chen Shushen, King Yueyang of Nanchen. During the Sui Dynasty's Southern Expedition, the veteran minister and famous general in the south of the Yangtze River surrendered to him. He was a prince in name only, but he thought that he could not eat the sacrifices of the people in vain! Hehe, hehe!" The coppersmith drank with a smile.
After a sip of wine, he pushed the bag to Li Xu again.
Hearing the words "You can't eat the people's sacrifices in vain", Li Xu felt awe in his heart. The words of Luo Yi, the tiger warrior general, "Humans are not animals, and there is no need for blood!" had already laid a deep impression on Li Xu's heart.
He no longer attaches great importance to a person's origin, but he still has deep respect in his heart for men who dare to take responsibility.
Unknowingly, Li Xu raised the wine bag in his hand, and while drinking, he listened to the coppersmith's talk.
During the Great Sui Dynasty's Southern Expedition, countless aristocratic families, wealthy families and "famous generals" and "loyal ministers" in the south of the Yangtze River saw the situation clearly and tied themselves in front of Yang Guang. They saw that the Sui army was about to conquer the entire south of the Yangtze River without any blood. But at this time, the eighteen-year-old
The 20-year-old King Chen Shushen of Yueyang was stubborn. Not only did he refuse to surrender, he also set up a fake surrender banquet and beheaded the Sui pioneer Pang Hui at the banquet. This was the highest-ranking general lost in the Southern Expedition of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian.
Furious, he dispatched Duke Xue Zhou of Zhongmou and Liu Ren'en, the general manager of the march, to command 200,000 troops to attack Xiangzhou. Chen Shushen also sent people to escort his childhood sweetheart's cousin to go to the Turks to make peace, so that the Turks would send troops from the north to harass Yang Jian's retreat.
At the same time, they contacted heroes from all over the south of the Yangtze River to fight (Note 2). This was the only tough battle of the Sui army in the entire southern expedition. Two hundred thousand Sui soldiers and horses defeated the 15,000 rebels raised by Chen Shushen in a wheel battle.
All the captured rebels were killed in Hankou
"He, he..." Li Xu pointed at the handsome young man in the portrait. He didn't expect that the other man would act so decisively. For the sake of saying, "If you don't eat and drink for free, the people will worship you," he not only abandoned his family and life, but also sacrificed his fiancée.
Based on this calculation, what Aunt Qing encountered on the grassland was probably not a horse thief. When any Sui soldiers heard the news, they would not allow a woman who was tasked with saving Nanchen to reach her destination safely.
"Actually, there is no immortal destiny in this world. The fortune of the court is gone. Everything will naturally return to dust. Those who should be responsible will not take responsibility. Why should those who are incapable of taking responsibility risk their wealth and life!" The coppersmith poured into the fire.
A few drops of wine, and he concluded with great emotion that layers of flames were stirred up by the mare's milk in the cracks of the charcoal. Under the blue firelight, his eyes were as clear as an eighteen-year-old boy.
"Otherwise! This is a great act of bravery. Even though there are tens of thousands of people, I'm going, it doesn't matter success or failure!" Li Xu stood up and retorted sternly.
The coppersmith made a "clack" sound in his throat. He almost choked on Li Xu's words and coughed several times. He stared at Li Xu for a long time and cursed with a smile: "You are really disrespectful.
, I dare to refute these words. I have been holding back these words for more than 20 years, and no one has ever been able to say a few words. Although I was choked, I choked happily. That's all. I am not capable of defeating thousands of enemies. I can't.
The Dharma teaches you how to fight alone, but you haven’t forgotten what you want to learn, tell me first?”
"I think..." Li Xu hesitated, his eyes falling again on the long spear held by the young man in the portrait. Since Wang Bronzesmith is familiar with the process of the Sui Dynasty's war to destroy Nanchen, he must have been one of the people who rose up to resist. Otherwise
He wouldn't search the entire grassland just to protect Aunt Qing's safety. This master's martial arts should be good, but Li Xu was not sure which of the eighteen weapons was more suitable for him.
Both Bu Xiaowei and Xu Dayan were good at using the phoenix, so it was natural that the phoenix was his first choice. But thinking about what Brother Xu said about how it would take ten years to refine the phoenix, Li Xu began to hesitate again.
"Boy, do you also want to use the thorn?" The coppersmith saw Li Xu's gaze lingering on the thorn and asked with a smile.
"Why not?" Li Xu asked, squinting his neck, "Don't you know how to do it too?"
Although his temperament is a bit clumsy and stubborn, he is not a rigid person. When he sees the coppersmith, he does not act like a master, and he also follows his temperament and does not adhere to the etiquette of a disciple.
When the coppersmith saw that Li Xu had suddenly enlightened and had a glimpse of the free and easy way of a real celebrity, he felt more and more happy. He smiled and cursed: "Why can't I know it? It's just that in this ice and snow, where can I get a horse for you?"
It's not difficult to get started with that thing. If there are hundreds of heavy armored cavalry charging into the formation with you, you don't need to be proficient in it, but they can also punch a hole in the enemy's formation. If you fight alone and are not good at learning, I'm afraid people will die more.
Hurry up!"
This sentence is common knowledge on the battlefield. The length of the horse is about one foot and eight feet, which is the ideal equipment for heavy armored cavalry to charge into the formation.
Even if there are two or three thousand people, they may not be able to withstand the charge of the iron cavalry. But if the two sides are intertwined in a melee, if they are not careful, their hands and feet will be tied up because they are too big, and a few small soldiers will rush in front of them.
, one person and one knife killed the person holding the gun.
At present, Xu Dayan is the only one in the entire Su Chuan tribe who can make good use of the long spear. He has spent ten years practicing hard on the long spear. Naturally, he will not let an opponent with a scimitar bully him. Li Xu is now learning from scratch, and in the battle formation
Holding a long spear is equivalent to stepping forward to die with bare hands
"What if you don't want to learn martial arts?" Li Xu said hesitantly, never forgetting the power of the captain's sword that day, his long sword like a swimming dragon, and his majestic scoldings, which left such a deep impression on the young man that he
He couldn't help but want to imitate
"I'm going to teach you some basic skills in using the sword, and I'll leave it to you to slowly understand it in the future. Now, in order for you to avenge your friends, it would be more convenient for you to learn a machete!" Seeing Li Xu's hesitation, the coppersmith whispered.
suggestion
Li Xu frowned slightly. Those who used scimitars were not from regular backgrounds. This was something Xu Dayan had instilled in him. It was not that he felt that the status of a sword user was humble, but he was just afraid that he would become proficient in using scimitars.
, there is still no chance of a long blow on the battlefield.
"Are you afraid that the scimitar won't be able to fight Changshan!" Seeing Li Xu's eyes still wandering back and forth on the portrait, the coppersmith asked in a low voice.
"A little scared!" Li Xu answered the coppersmith master truthfully. The advantage of this is reflected in this. In front of this person, he does not need to put on airs.
"If you use a long spear and give Xu Dayan a scimitar, and the two sides fight, who will win?" The coppersmith shook his head and asked.
"Brother Xu wins!" Li Xu knew exactly what he was doing.
"If two generals meet, and one holds a sword and the other holds a sword, who will win?" the coppersmith continued to ask.
The heroic looks of Luo Yi and Bu Xiaowei immediately flashed before Li Xu's eyes. If these two people fight, it may not be so easy to distinguish the winner from the loser. After thinking about it, he finally understood the deep meaning of the coppersmith's words.
He scratched his head and replied with a smile: "Of course, whoever learns best will win!"
"That's right, Confucians can be taught!" The coppersmith stretched out his finger and hit Li Xu on the head again. Li Xu dodged sideways, and his movements were not slow, but he was hit firmly by the coppersmith.
"Don't run away. If I really want to knock you, there's no way you can escape!" The coppersmith laughed while withdrawing his hand.
Li Xu, however, instantly understood some of his "true heritage". He picked up a copper basin and placed it on his head. As he walked, he replied, "If that's the case, why run away!"
The coppersmith Da Le, while laughing and scolding Li Xu for being stupid, picked out two scimitars from the weapons sent back to the furnace, handed one to Li Xu, held the other in his own hand, and told him a few common words in the army.
Using the Sword Song Technique, he ordered him to practice against himself
Li Xu was afraid of hurting the coppersmith, so he had only three points of strength left, but before he could finish his move, he was kicked over by the coppersmith.
