Father Han Gaozu

The sky was getting bright, and horns sounded in the school grounds.

The soldiers woke up startled, put on their clothes in a hurry, and rushed out of their tents like flying.

The school grounds are very simple, there are no walls around, just a simple fence made of wood, the situation inside is unobstructed, and the area of ​​the school grounds is not large, the south is the camp of the soldiers, and the north is used for gathering There is an open space, and to the east are all kinds of equipment for training.

The assembled soldiers were not too many, and there were no more than a thousand soldiers in total.

They stand in line here, wearing strong and sharp clothes, and looking ahead.

Xia Houzao yawned, rubbed his eyes, and walked out of his tent. He seemed to have not slept well, with his head drooped, and he walked to the side of many soldiers in a leisurely manner. Paying attention to the soldiers who had already prepared, he asked the lieutenant general at the side to bring him water, squatted down and began to wash his face, he finally regained consciousness, and ordered: "Let them wear armor and go around ten times! "

The deputy general led more than a thousand soldiers and began to run around the school field. Xia Houzao dressed neatly and stayed aside, watching them run. After watching them for a while, Xia Houzao picked up the long whip from the side Then he chased after him.

"Run for me!!"

Xia Houzao waved the long whip in his hand, and followed behind the soldiers. The sound of the whip waving burst into the air, and the soldiers all mustered up their energy and kept running wildly.

Xiahouzao was tall and burly, and he could take several steps against others with one step. Under his urging, the soldiers ran wildly, crying like ghosts and howling like wolves.

In Xiting Kingdom, even the Taiwei was used as a military governor.

I saw a group of soldiers running wildly with all their might, Taiwei Xiahou followed behind them with a long whip in his hand, roaring angrily, the long whip kept falling on the last few soldiers, and the soldiers ran even harder, some When he couldn't support himself and fell down, Xia Houzao didn't help him, and he just beat his head and face, and the soldiers who were beaten rushed forward while rolling and crawling.

"Run with all your strength! No need to maintain formation!!"

Xiahouzao gave an order, and all the soldiers ran away. The lieutenant wanted to say something to Xiahouzao, but just as he slowed down, Xiahouzao hit a whip in his hand, and the lieutenant was whipped and screamed, while running He shouted: "General!! More than ten laps! This is already fifteen laps!!"

Xia Houzao didn't care about him, "I'm not tired yet!! Keep running!!"

Just like this, he drove his own soldiers for about [-] laps before Xia Houzao put away his whip. The soldiers were already exhausted and out of breath, and some of them fell to the ground.

Xia Houzao stood in front of them and said loudly: "Get up! Don't lie on the ground!!"

"This is the art of war taught to me by the Marquis of Huaiyin! It's all for your own good!"

"In the future, we will go out to fight and run slowly. How can we cut off the head of the king outside?!"

Xia Houzao still used the old rhetoric. After boosting their morale, Xiahouzao led them to dinner. These more than 200 soldiers were already all the elites of Xiting Kingdom. Xiahouzao sat with them and ate together. The food is still very good. With the growth of Xiting Kingdom's national strength, the food is getting better and better.Xia Houzao finished his meal in a hurry, then stretched out his head again, looked at the meals of the soldiers around him, picked up a few of their dishes, and began to eat just now.

The lieutenant general on the side asked helplessly: "Taiwei, is this really the art of war taught to you by the Marquis of Huaiyin?"

"Of course! Can I still lie to you?"

"At the beginning Zhou Yafu asked the Marquis of Huaiyin about how to manage the army. I heard the Marquis of Huaiyin tell Zhou Yafu that when training soldiers, the general must know how to urge the soldiers to push forward, and to urge the soldiers at any time."

The lieutenant was silent for a long time, and then asked: "Is it possible that the whip he said was encouraging the soldiers instead of whipping them?"

"No, that's what the Marquis of Huaiyin said in person. Also, he said that a general should eat and drink with his soldiers. Look, I'm just implementing the Marquis of Huaiyin's art of war?"

"He said he wanted to eat and drink with the soldiers, didn't he ask you to grab the soldiers' food and drink?"

Xia Houzao immediately became a little unhappy, "Are you trying to say that my method of training soldiers is wrong?? Look at these soldiers, can the entire Xiting Kingdom find elites better than them?"

"Even if you compare it with the Northern Army, you won't be inferior!"

Xia Houzao was quite proud, he didn't brag, his soldiers were really well trained, Liu Qi cared about them, every time they were fleshy, and Xiahouzao's physical spur also played a role A lot of effects, anyway, these soldiers will never be able to catch up with the Northern Army.

After eating and living with the soldiers, Xia Houzao asked the lieutenant to continue training the soldiers instead, while he left the school grounds.

Xia Houzao was sitting in the car, chattering endlessly at the person driving him in front of him.

"You have been following me for so long, why haven't your driving skills improved yet? Look at the car shaking on such a flat road. I still have to continue teaching you how to drive another day."

The driver was an honest and honest soldier who was not good at words, and Liu Qi personally arranged for him. At this moment, this man was not angry when he heard the Taiwei's complaint, but just smiled silly.

The city was extremely lively, merchants came out early to sell, and merchants of different skin colors were all along the street, trying to sell their products.

Seeing the familiar car, these merchants also began to dodge very skillfully.

They are too familiar with this car, they set up a stall here, and eight out of ten times they were hit by this car. Fortunately, they changed the driver later, and the situation improved, but they still didn't dare to approach.

Xia Houzao inspected the surrounding situation with a proud expression on his face.

"These people still respect me very much. They all know that they have to avoid me and salute when they see me!"

The carriage finally stopped at the gate of the palace, and the soldiers stationed here hurried out to meet the Taiwei Xiahou.

Xia Houzao jumped out of the car and walked towards the palace in a swaggering manner. All the soldiers who met him along the way paid homage to him. Xiahouzao nodded arrogantly in return and walked into the innermost room. Lead him into the inner hall.

Liu Qizheng was sitting in front of the case, with memorials from all over the place in front of him.

Seeing Taiwei, Liu Qi had a warm smile on his face, and hurriedly took his hand and let him sit beside him. When Xiahouzao sat down, he still held Xiahouzao's hand tightly. unwilling to let go.

"Fortunate general, you are the lucky general of the widow!"

"You have made a great contribution this time!! Reward! Reward!!"

Xia Houzao also laughed, "You don't have to do this, it's what I should do. Then King Kangju dared to hide a poisonous person. I led the soldiers to defeat him this time. From now on, they will not dare to fight against the big man again." Already!"

Liu Qi was taken aback, "Actually, they are not Kang Ju, you hit the wrong person."

"No matter who it is! Anyway, they are harboring poisonous people!!"

"Taiwei, that poisonous man is here to visit His Majesty and he has no nest, forget it, anyway, you have made a great contribution this time!"

"You defeated our enemy once again, and I have presented Kunmo with my hand to show your contribution to His Majesty! Based on your contribution this time, I am afraid that you can increase the city by five hundred!"

Xia Houzao was overjoyed, but he lowered his head to make the calculation, but his face was full of pain, "What's the use? My prodigal father lost another thousand food a few days ago, and I took five hundred here." , and lost five hundred this Xiahou."

"Taiwei be careful!!!"

Liu Qi hastily interrupted Xia Houzao's rebellious words, and then comforted him: "Don't worry too much, Taiwei, there are still opportunities in the future. I see that you have trained the soldiers well, and the casualties this time are minimal. In the future There are definitely many opportunities.”

This time Xia Houzao led the army to chase the poisonous man, but accidentally bumped into the opposing Wusun people who came to herd herds. After the defeat of the Huns, Wusun was divided into two groups, one surrendered, and the other fled to the north , often harassing the Beiting Kingdom, they never thought that they would meet the Han army in that position. After all, there were no Han Dynasty cities, roads, or even Han Dynasty pastures. Zao directly hit Quan Mi, bewilderedly killing Wang Du who had defected from the Wusun people.

Liu Ang, king of Beiting, wrote letters to thank Xiting Kingdom for their help.

Liu Qile is broken. These people used to hide everywhere. The Hexi Kingdom sent troops to conquer them several times, but failed to find them. Unexpectedly, they ended up falling into the hands of our Xiting Kingdom.

With this incident, Xiting Kingdom can reap a lot of benefits.

Liu Qi waved his hand, "You have made great contributions to me, and you should be rewarded. Tell me, what do you need? I can give it to you!"

"I want to go back to my father's thousand food town!!"

Xia Houzao was also completely unrestrained, asking for it straightforwardly.

Liu Qi was taken aback, and said helplessly: "This is a matter in the temple. The widow has no right to ask, why don't you change it?"

"Then next time you go hunting, can I drive the car?"

Liu Qi was silent for a long time, "Let's talk about this restaurant."

When leaving the palace, Xia Houzao laughed so hard that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

He was followed by six servants, all holding things in their arms, obviously they were all rewards for Xia Houzao.

Xiahou Zao asked them to put these wooden boxes on their own carriages, tied them with ropes, jumped into the carriages, and shouted: "Let's go back!"

Xia Houzao does not have a mansion in Xiting, and lives and works in the school grounds. The mansion Liu Qi originally gave him was sold for money and exchanged for other people. He would never dare to sell what the king rewarded. It was lost, but Xiahou Stove didn't care at all, and he sold it as soon as he got it.

Sitting in the carriage, Xia Houzao couldn't help talking about his achievements again.

"We made a great contribution this time. I killed Kang Ju, anyway, I killed the opponent's king!"

"Your Majesty said that at least five hundred food towns can be added!"

"Congratulations, Captain!"

"Hahaha, he rewarded me with another five hundred gold, and these cloth jewels"

Xia Houzao was talking, and soon returned to the school grounds. When the soldiers saw him returning, some of the soldiers who had been negligent at first became diligent again. Some soldiers were practicing duels, using wooden swords to strike Fighting, some soldiers were practicing riding and shooting, and some soldiers were practicing changing formations. Xia Houzao nodded in satisfaction, walked all the way to the middle of the school field, and then asked the lieutenant general to gather everyone together.

"Brothers! We have made great achievements this time! The king will reward you!"

"Yes, you take all these things and reward the brothers!"

Xia Houzao waved his hand, and the soldiers immediately cheered and couldn't help commotion.

The lieutenant general was obviously very proficient. He distributed the rewards, and then arranged for the soldiers to distribute them one by one. The distribution of these rewards was soon finished, and Xia Houzao didn't say much, just shouted: "Continue to practice!!"

The morale of the soldiers was high, and they quickly threw themselves into the drill. They were in a hot state, and everyone worked very hard.

Standing beside Xia Houzao, the deputy general looked at the many soldiers who were practicing, and couldn't help but said, "General, you don't have to give the rewards to the soldiers every time. It's enough to distribute it once. I'm afraid it will be too much." It will make the soldiers cherish their lives."

"fart!"

"These people have followed me through all kinds of fierce battles, and I have never seen anyone who is afraid of death!"

The lieutenant smiled wryly, "I don't mean anything else. It's just, Taiwei. Why don't you save some for yourself?"

Xia Houzao snickered and said to him in a low voice: "Don't worry, on the way here, I secretly hid a piece of gold! None of them know!"

"Ugh"

The lieutenant shook his head and said nothing.

My own Taiwei is really indescribable, say he loves soldiers like sons, and he always beats soldiers and robs them of food. Say he is not good, every time he gets a reward, he will give it to him. The soldiers even sold their houses to send money to the families of the soldiers who died in battle. It is really unpredictable and unpredictable.

In the evening, the soldiers went back to rest.

Xia Houzao also returned to his tent. His tent was no different from that of ordinary soldiers. The decoration and configuration were the same. There are five people living there.

Xia Houzao lit the lamp, took out a few family letters before the case, and read them carefully.

Xia Houzao's family members are all in Chang'an. When he came to Xiting Kingdom, he did not take his family away, because the environment here is not as good as Chang'an in all aspects. Many of them chose to take concubines when they became a family in their own territory, but Xia Houzao was not like this. He lived and boarded in the school grounds, and Liu Qi wanted to send him some beauties several times, so that he could stay here They can also have a family, but Xia Houzao did not agree.

According to his words, women are too troublesome, Chang'an is enough for him to have one, why bother to create new troubles?
That's what I said, but Xia Houzao and his good wife at home are still very affectionate, and the two of them have frequent correspondence.

Xia Houzao always narrates his troubles here and his longing for his family through letters.

And his wife will also tell him about Chang'an, many of which are about the gift of his son.

Occasionally, Xia Houzao could receive letters from his son, the handwriting was scrawled, and the words were quite ugly, not at all like himself.

Although Xiahou Zaoren is not very good, but he has a specialty, his handwriting is good, it is true, he has some attainments in calligraphy, and he is orderly.

And my father basically didn't write to him very often. Occasionally wrote letters, most of them were severe reprimands.

Although Xia Houzao is a Taiwei here, he has a very high status, but he has no friends. He himself is very lively, so he can only vent his desire to express himself through letters. He often writes to his friends everywhere. In just over a year, he wrote more than 4000 letters. On average, he wrote about a dozen letters a day. Basically, all the sages could receive his letters, but few replied. , there is only one Liu Chang who will reply to every letter.

Sometimes, before Liu Qi had time to play for Liu Chang, Liu Chang had already learned about the situation here from Xia Houzao.

This made the local censor very angry, are you a Taiwei or a censor? ?
Is there anyone like you who snatches a living? ?
Because of this problem, Liu Qi was often tricked by him.

Sometimes, Xiahou Zao became so ruthless that he even cheated himself.

For example, once, when he was leading a team to exterminate bandits, he hit the wrong person and accidentally injured a friendly army. Liu Qidu had already suppressed this matter, but Xia Houzao wanted to write a letter to Liu Chang about this matter, and still I specifically told Liu Chang that I have tried to suppress this matter, but I can't let the people in the temple know!

Then Liu Chang wrote back and scolded him.

Even Liu Qi was scolded, and from then on, Liu Qi basically chose to lie flat when it came to Xia Houzao's affairs, and didn't care at all.

In other words, Xia Houzao has a special status and is considered capable in Xiting Kingdom, otherwise he would have been dealt with by the narrow-minded Liu Qi long ago.

Just as Xia Houzao was thinking about whom to write to, his deputy rushed in hastily.

"Taiwei, it's not good. A scout came to report that a group of bandits appeared in Congling, and some merchants have been robbed."

"There are bandits in Congling, what does it have to do with me in Xiting Kingdom?"

"They robbed our caravan!"

"Ah?! These thieves! Summon the soldiers quickly!! We are going to chase these bandits!!"

The deputy general hurried out and summoned the soldiers urgently, while Xia Houzao quickly put on the armor for himself. After getting ready, he hurried out the door, and the soldiers quickly completed the assembly. Xiahouzao gave an order, and everyone left immediately After leaving the school grounds, Xia Houzao was sitting on the chariot, walking at the forefront of the team, and the soldiers followed him and moved forward quickly.

"Tell me, who will suffer this time? Kangju or Dawan?"

"Ah, didn't the Taiwei say that he wanted to chase down the thieves? Why is there still something about Kangju?"

"You're new here, you don't understand, our Captain Xiahou, he used his soldiers like a god, and won by surprise. He said he was going to chase the thieves, so the target must not be the thieves. This time, he is probably going to deal with the Kangju people. !"

"But we're going to Congling, Kangju, it's too far away."

"You don't know, distance and direction are nothing to our Taiwei! You don't have to think about it so much, just follow him to make contributions!!"