Huo Shou looked up at Liu Tan and then at the bow and arrow in his hand. He was confused for a moment. He was waiting for His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Territory to show his extraordinary power and shoot the enemy leader with an arrow directly from a hundred steps away. How come the Huns just ran away like this?
He was a little confused, but because Liu Tan had just been walking with his brother, shoulder to shoulder, he didn't know where his unfamiliar fear had gone. In addition, he was stimulated by the grand scene and asked directly, "Why did the Xiongnu leave?"
Liu Tan turned to look at him and asked, "Do you know about Wu Shilu's previous trip south?"
Huo Shou nodded vigorously: "I, I, I... I've heard it many times!"
Liu Tan smiled slightly. "Yes, you've heard it many times, so it should have spread to the Xiongnu as well. I tried to see if they could recognize me. I didn't expect them to actually recognize me."
Huo Shou was stunned. He looked at the battlefield where flames were still burning and then at the city wall. For a moment, he couldn't believe that the other party could see the King of the North from such a distance?
Liu Tan knew what he was thinking by looking at his expression. He smiled and turned to ask, "Did anyone hear what the Xiongnu just shouted?"
At this time, Li Buyan came up from below with a tired look on his face and said, "They are shouting 'The King of the North is here'."
Huo Shou was puzzled: "How did they recognize it?"
Liu Tan tossed the bow and arrow back to the guard, pointed at the sight, and said, "Right now, only my elite regiment and I have bows and arrows like this in the entire world. So, when they see this, they'll naturally know it's me."
Huo Shou couldn't take his eyes off the bow, his eyes filled with infinite longing: "Is Your Highness the substitute for Wu Shilu who was shot and killed with this bow?"
Liu Tan: ...
We can't continue the conversation today if you say that. They all know the reason why Wu Shilu's stand-in died.
He even heard Huo Guang beside him chuckle softly. Liu Tan could only avoid the main point: "It's just a stand-in, so they recognized these things instead of my appearance. This is called defeating the enemy without fighting, understand?"
Huo Shou nodded, seeming to understand. Liu Tan continued to hold his shoulders as they walked towards the city wall, saying, "So sometimes, you don't necessarily need to go to the battlefield to repel the enemy."
Huo Shou suddenly said, "But if Your Highness hadn't driven Wu Shilu away, they wouldn't be afraid of Your Highness."
Liu Tan...felt as if he heard Huo Guang's laughter again.
He turned around to look at Huo Guang who was following behind him, and found that the other party indeed had a smile on his face that said "No one can escape this fate".
Huo Guang was really refreshed at this time. His nephew was becoming more and more disobedient as he grew up, and their Royal Highness the King of the Northern Territory... had never been obedient. It was good for these two naughty kids to be together, so comfortable!
Huo Guang had already begun to consider whether to send Huo Shou to Liu Tan's side to educate him.
Liu Tan: Haha, man.
He turned to Li Buyan and asked, "Have you started cleaning up the battlefield?"
Li Buyan immediately said, "Someone has been sent."
Liu Tan looked down at Huo Shou and said, "People going to the battlefield for the first time will always have all kinds of discomfort. Others don't have the opportunity to practice. You're lucky to have caught up today. Although I can't let you lead the troops to fight, I can take you to feel the atmosphere on the scene, so that you don't get scared to pee your pants when you really go to the battlefield."
Huo Shou was at an age when he felt that the sky was second to him, so he shouted loudly: "I'm not afraid!"
Liu Tan patted his shoulder in appreciation: "Good job, come, I'll go with you!"
Huo Guang always felt that something was not right, but there was nothing wrong with what Liu Tan said. Huo Shou was so obsessed with going to the battlefield that he might not be able to control him when he grew up. It would be good to familiarize himself with him in advance.
But he was still worried, so he simply followed Liu Tan and the others on horseback to the battlefield outside.
Li Buyan brought people to protect Liu Tan, fearing that a few more Huns would appear and launch a sneak attack.
As he got closer to the battlefield, Huo Shou could smell the smell of burning coal and blood lingering in his nose.
Because those big fireballs have almost burned out at this time, although there are still some residual flames, they are just enough to illuminate the surroundings. Walking in such a place in winter will even make you feel warm.
However, Huo Shou did not feel warm at all at this moment. He just felt cold all over and was a little dazed looking at the scene in front of him.
Blood was flowing on the ground, and human body parts were scattered everywhere. There were also some people who were injured and unable to move, lying on the ground groaning in pain.
As soon as Huo Guang saw Huo Shou's expression, he knew something was wrong. Such a scene was too cruel for a teenager.
He rode forward and stretched out his hand to cover Huo Shou's eyes and take him away, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, he felt his wrist tighten. He looked down and found a slender white hand tightly grasping his wrist.
Huo Guang turned around and found that Liu Tan was already beside him. His face, which usually always had a smile on it, now looked very serious, and even had a hint of coldness under the flickering light of the fire.
"Let him see." Liu Tan looked extremely unsympathetic at this moment. "If you can accept it, then go to the battlefield. If you can't... will anyone cover his eyes and comfort him even if he goes to the battlefield?"
Huo Guang pursed his lips and looked at Liu Tan's face, which was now gradually showing the angular features of an adult man. His thoughts suddenly drifted back to the past.
When he followed Liu Tan to the Western Regions, it seemed to be Liu Tan's first experience of war.
How old was he then? Fifteen? No, fourteen, only two years older than Huo Shou is now.
Back then, Liu Tan had no elders by his side to accompany and protect him. At that time... was he also scared like Huo Shou?
But from beginning to end, he never saw fear or terror on Liu Tan's face, as if those were insignificant.
Just now he thought Liu Tan just wanted to teach Huo Shou a lesson, but now thinking about it... maybe it was because he had experienced all of this himself back then, so he wanted Huo Shou to be able to accept it more smoothly?
After Liu Tan stopped Huo Guang, he thought that the other party would refute him angrily, but Huo Guang just stared at him in a daze, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
This time it was Liu Tan's turn to feel uneasy. He slowly loosened his hand, waved it in front of Huo Guang and said, "What are you thinking about? Let's go back."
Huo Guang came back to his senses, looked at Liu Tan intently and said, "Okay!"
On the way back, Huo Shou no longer insisted on going to the battlefield. He looked distraught, as if he had lost his soul.
When they were almost back at Shoujiang City, Huo Shou seemed to recover a little. He turned around and asked with a serious tone that didn't belong to his age: "Your Highness, you scared them away this time. What if they don't run away next time?"
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