Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 310
Shanglin Court.

The emperor looked at the Dawan horses that had traveled thousands of miles, and couldn't restrain his joy.

Han horses generally belong to the Central Plains horses. They are used to pull carts and carry more loads, and require more strength than speed. Therefore, most Han horses are stout, with a flat neck and a height of about five feet and five inches.A horse that reaches five feet seven or eight inches is considered a good horse.In order to prevent the loss of good horses, in the fourth year of Emperor Jing's Zhongyuan, Wei Wan, the imperial historian, asked the emperor to issue an edict to prohibit horses over five feet nine inches from leaving the customs.

Even if you are the emperor, the horse you ride is only about six feet, which is already a rare good horse.It was the same with the green horse that Li Jiao lost to Liang Xiao back then. It was worth ten gold, and it was priceless. If it wasn't for a coincidence, it would be very difficult to buy such a tall horse.

And these Dawan horses in front of them are tall, all of them are more than six feet five inches, and two are even as high as seven feet.In addition to being tall, compared with the Han horses, these Dawan horses have small and long heads, straight and arched necks, slender limbs, and round buttocks.

Not only the mounts of the Lang officials, but even the emperor's imperial horses were compared and eclipsed.Many of the Lang officials present were from Bian County, but they had never seen such a tall horse, and they were fascinated by it for a while, wishing to grab one and ride it.

Li Shuyun is very proud, he has long been used to the eyes of these officials.Along the way, countless people showed such greedy expressions towards these stallions.When he was in Longguan, the captain of Longguan wanted to blackmail a horse, and he didn't give up until Li Shuyun told him that it was a horse dedicated to the emperor.

"Good horse, good horse." The emperor was very excited. "Can you ride?"

"Of course I can ride." Li Shuyun stepped forward and took the reins of a bay red horse. "This Dawan horse is not only strong and good-looking, but also smart and understands human nature. On the way here, we used to ride them to fight. Whether it is the Wusun people or the Huns, their war horses are incomparable."

The Son of Heaven was overjoyed, turned on the horse, shook the reins lightly, and the horse started to run briskly with four hooves.

Li Danghu and Han Yan didn't dare to be careless, they mounted their horses and chased after them.

Li Shuyun also pulled a Dawan horse and chased after it.He quickly surpassed Li Danghu and Han Yan, and caught up with the emperor.Hearing the sound of horseshoes, the Son of Heaven looked back and saw that it was Li Shuyun, while Li Danghu and Han Yan had already fallen dozens of steps.He rejoiced in his heart and said loudly, "Shall we compare?"

"Wei!" Li Shuyun responded loudly.

The Son of Heaven bent down and lightly waved his whip.The green horse accelerated and galloped forward like lightning.Li Shuyun followed closely, and the two of them, one in front of the other, galloped along the forest path in Shanglinyuan.When Li Danghu and Han Yan saw it, they immediately complained.They were already struggling to catch up, but now that the emperor was running at full speed, they couldn't even catch up.

In a moment, the Son of Heaven and Li Shuyun disappeared from their sight.

The two were in a hurry, and they swung their whips and lashed their mounts at the same time, trying to catch up with all their strength.There are many wild animals in Shanglin Garden, and the emperor rides a new horse that he is not very familiar with. If he encounters a wild beast, the horse is startled and hurts the emperor, it will be terrible.

The two were panting after chasing, and their mounts were covered in sweat, but they couldn't catch up with the emperor and Li Shuyun.Just when they were extremely anxious, there was a brisk sound of horseshoes ahead, and the emperor and Li Shuyun ran back again.The two Dawan horses walked with ease, not even sweating.

"It really is a good horse." Li Danghu blurted out and praised him.

"Good horse." Han Yan's eyes lit up, and he licked his lips involuntarily.

"A good horse. This is not an ordinary horse, this is a heavenly horse." The emperor walked up to him, saw the expressions of Li and Han, he couldn't help laughing, and then sang loudly: "Taiyi Gong is under the heavenly horse, and it is covered in red sweat." Foam and ocher, Chengrong and Xilong traveled thousands of miles, and now Anpi Xilong is a friend."

"Good song!" Han Yan applauded and laughed. "Your Majesty, what is the name of this song?"

Tianzi blinked. "This song was written by Tianma, so it should be Tianma's song."

"What a song of heavenly horses." Han Yan said loudly: "When the musician composes and sings it, it will show His Majesty's far-reaching virtue."

The Son of Heaven nodded in satisfaction, and said with a smile: "These heavenly horses are obtained from Dawan after hard work by Liang Xiao, Li Shuyun and others. What do I have to do with them? Do I want to compete with them?"

"Your Majesty's words are true. Your Majesty is virtuous, so your ministers have merit." Han Yan squeezed over and walked side by side with the emperor. "If it weren't for my majesty and prestige, how could the people of Dawan be intimidated by offering horses? Therefore, you must first have the profound virtue of your majesty before you can have the great merit of Liang Xiao."

Li Danghu and Li Shuyun glanced at each other, and curled their lips in unison.

The emperor was in a good mood, and had a long talk with Li Shuyun and Guo Wenbin.Li Shuyun mainly reported on the history of the war in the Western Regions, while Guo Wenbin reported on the business of the Western Regions and presented a box of precious jade.The emperor was even more delighted, and appointed Guo Wenbin as Lang on the spot.Although Lang is not a high-ranking official, for Guo Wenbin, who was born as a businessman, being able to work for Lang means entering an official career, and this is exactly what his father Guo Yu has hoped for many years.

Guo Wenbin was satisfied.

Li Shuyun then reported on meeting Dongfang Shuo on the road.He told the emperor that Dawan was rich and weak, and the Yue clan was not as good as before, so he might not be able to deal with the Huns.If Dawan fell into the hands of the Huns, the strength of the Huns would greatly increase, which would not be good news for the great Han.

"But the Western Regions are so far away. You set off in April and didn't arrive in Chang'an until the end of July. Even if the imperial court could send a large army, it would be too late to get there. Besides, for an expedition of thousands of miles, it would take several months to prepare food supplies and recruit troops. .The distant water can hardly quench the near thirst.”

"What Your Majesty said is very true. It is indeed impossible to send a large army on an expedition. But if you send dozens of hundreds of people to the west, it is still in time. One person and three horses, traveling day and night, can travel four to five hundred miles a day, but within a month. to Dawan."

The emperor frowned. "What can 100 people do?"

"Your Majesty, there is no shortage of soldiers in Dawan, but a lack of generals who can command the troops. I went west with Liang Xiao and recruited herdsmen and mercenaries with the support of merchants. Now there are nearly a thousand infantry and cavalry. If Your Majesty can send more than a hundred Lang Guan of the battle formation went west to assist Liang Xiao, just like fighting the Yue people in Kuaiji, forming a fine cavalry of about [-] people, plus the strength of the Yuezhi and Dawan people, it is enough to deal with the Huns."

The emperor's eyes flashed, and the smile on his face gradually faded away.

Li Shuyun looked at the emperor anxiously, burning with anxiety.After a while, the Son of Heaven suddenly said: "You just said that there is a prince of the Yue family named Batu traveling with you? Where is he?"

Li Shuyun was puzzled, but he didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly said: "I am confused, please forgive me, Rong Chen will introduce you to Your Majesty."

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Li Shuyun came to Huainan Mansion and asked to see Liu Ling, the lord of Huainan.

Because he cared about the affairs of the Western Regions, Liu Ling never left Chang'an.Knowing that Li Shuyun asked to see her, she immediately asked someone to bring Li Shuyun in.

Li Shuyun presented the gift that Liang Xiao entrusted him to bring back.Liu Ling was overjoyed, Gu wasn't Li Shuyun present, opened it and took a look, seeing that it was a book, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment. "What is this?"

"It's a book." Li Shuyun said: "According to Mr. Liang, this is the lifelong painstaking effort of a Greek philosopher. It is similar to the old ink, but it has its own characteristics. If you can refer to each other, you can see the world."

"So profound?"

"Yes, my lord once said that the only one in the world who can understand this is the Lord Weng. It's a blessing for everyone."

Liu Ling couldn't help laughing, carefully put the book away, and asked about the situation in the Western Regions.Li Shuyun took the trouble and said it all over again.Everything else was fine, except when it came to Dawan Princess Luo Xuli, he felt a little embarrassed.Liu Ling was sensitively aware of the problem, and smiled without saying a word, but his eyes were somewhat unfriendly.

Li Shuyun already had ghosts in his heart, but seeing Liu Ling's expression, he became even more disturbed and couldn't even speak.Seeing this, Liu Ling felt a little embarrassed, and changed the subject on his own initiative.Li Shuyun had an idea, and told the story of meeting him today.He was very puzzled, why did the Son of Heaven refuse to send Lang Guan westward when he was obviously very interested in Dawan.

After hearing this, Liu Ling shook his head and let out a long sigh. "You are too hasty. The emperor will not send someone."

Li Shuyun felt cold in his heart. "Why?"

"With a few of you going west, you can build more than a thousand cavalry, which will affect the situation in the Western Regions. If there are thousands of cavalry, wouldn't you dominate the Western Regions? It is inconvenient to control the distance. If the tail is too big, you will dominate the Western Regions. How to deal with it? Now The imperial court cannot tolerate even a king with a surname, so how can we establish another king with a different surname."

Li Shuyun was taken aback, and said in surprise, "How is this possible?"

"How is it impossible? What Liang Xiao did was not audacious?" Liu Ling frowned, worried. "The general is outside, and the emperor's order is not accepted. This is reasonable. But from the court's point of view, anyone who dares to make up his own mind is a potential danger and a potential rebellious minister. The greater the ability, the more dangerous it is." .Did you forget Zhou Yafu?"

Li Shuyun gasped, stunned for a while, left the table and fell to the ground.

"Please tell me, Lord Weng."

Liu Ling lowered his head, stroked the brocade box in his hand, and said with a wry smile: "Dongfang Shuo is right. He is really good at the way of heaven and ignorant of people's hearts. He has worked hard, but he has caused himself a big trouble without knowing it."

Li Shuyun's face was covered with cold sweat.Liang Xiao didn't expect it, and he didn't expect it either. He just thought that after suffering so much and making great achievements, he returned to Chang'an and waited for promotion.The emperor rewarded Guo Wenbin on the spot, but did not announce the reward to him. He hadn't realized the danger yet.Now that Liu Ling's words awakened the dreamer, he realized how big a mistake he had made.

Not only that, he also harmed Liang Xiao.In order to encourage the emperor to send Lang Guan westward, he exaggerated Liang Xiao's strength and caused trouble for Liang Xiao.Zhou Yafu, when he thought of this name, Li Shuyun felt his neck go cold, and he was so cold.

Liu Ling pondered for a long time, then suddenly raised his head. "You just said that Han Yan likes that Dawan horse?"

"Everyone likes Da Wanma, but he is more greedy."

"Do you still have a Dawan horse?"

"No. It's all dedicated to His Majesty."

Liu Ling stomped his feet and sighed. "Why are you so ignorant? Knowing that Han Yan likes this horse, you don't keep one for him. If he says no in front of the emperor, all your credit will be in vain."

Li Shuyun suddenly realized, his face turned pale.
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(End of this chapter)