"What Manager Ma said... makes it seem as if I, Han Shizhong, am not a human being." As soon as Han Shizhong said this, he threw his head back and laughed. His laughter was so loud that it even echoed in the mountains and gullies on both sides, and it continued without stopping, showing the power of Prince Han.
Seeing this smile, Li Yanxian and Ma Kuo had no choice but to laugh dryly twice to apologize, but they soon stopped because they had realized that what was coming would definitely come.
As expected, Han Shizhong laughed for a long time and then stopped. He did not say anything to Ma Kuo who told the joke, but turned his head to Li Yanxian:
"Li Jiedu... Tell me, am I a human being?"
Li Yanxian's expression remained unchanged: "I have only heard that Prince Han has been writing in Chang'an these years and has written some great poems. I have never heard that Prince Han went to Mount Zhongnan and became an immortal."
"Yes." Han Shizhong looked at the still chaotic scene below the pass and smiled with emotion. "I am also a mortal... When I was young, I wandered around Yan'an Prefecture and was unaware of everything. When I grew up, I was confused about the frontier and thought that everything was possible. But in fact, I met a wise master in the middle of Jianyan, and then I became successful and got a jade belt... Until today, I have read a little bit of books, have some other achievements and knowledge, and began to think about the affairs of the king and the world, and win a reputation before and after my death, but I didn't expect that it was all in vain." Having said this, without waiting for the people around him to speak, Han Liangchen pointed his finger directly at Wang Shixiong behind him. "Do you know that this guy started to give in to me when he practiced martial arts with me a year ago? It shows that I am indeed a mortal, not a god."
Not to mention Li Yanxian and Ma Kuo, just look at the dozens of commanding officers, rebel leaders, and military staff standing behind the three of them, almost all of them looked at Wang Shixiong in surprise... This is a man who is more capable than Prince Han!
But the majestic Wang Shixiong stood there with his sword in his hand, feeling guilty.
In this kind of situation, everyone knew that Prince Han would lose his temper and go to Li Jiedu to decide who was superior and who was inferior, but was it their place to interfere between the two? Moreover, they were the focus of everyone's attention.
In fact, it was true. After everyone came to their senses, no one dared to speak.
Li Yanxian was stunned for a moment, but he remained calm: "I still remember the early years of Jianyan, when the imperial camp was first established, Prince Han came to Nanjing and looked at the generals accompanying the emperor. He boasted that he should be the first in the world. Why has he lost his spirit now?"
"It's not that I've lost my edge, but I have to speak in accordance with the official's 'seek truth from facts'." Han Shizhong adjusted the jade belt around his waist and responded casually. "Since I am a human being, not a god, I will grow old, get sick and die. On the battlefield, I will be shot to death by arrows, stabbed to death by iron spears, and smashed to death by hammers and axes without armor... Li Jiedu, do you think it's right or wrong?"
This kind of talk is very taboo in the military, and the atmosphere is already very bad when it is said at this time.
Li Yanxian's face was as gloomy as water, and he simply shut up.
But Han Shizhong would never let him off like this: "Besides, what's wrong with my words today and my claiming to be the best in the world? Am I, Han Shizhong, no longer unrivaled in the world today? Among the 300,000 heroes in the imperial camp, who dares to say that he is better than me? Not to mention Qu Da, Wu Da, Lao Zhang, those useless guys in the Western Army who were crushed to death by me, Yue Fei is also a marshal at a young age, and his martial arts are not bad. But can he dare to say that he is invulnerable to swords and spears in battle and cannot be stabbed to death by the Jin people with one spear or one chop?"
Li Yanxian remained silent.
"It's you, Li Jiedu, the backbone, what a great title! You defended Shanzhou for eight years, divided the east and the west, and prevented the Jin people from working together. This contribution is extraordinary... But even so, you, Li Jiedu, are not a human being?" Han Shizhong continued to look at him jokingly.
After these words were spoken, the faces of many officers from Li Yanxian's Shaanxi-Luoyang army at the pass changed, and Ma Kuo also became completely nervous.
After a long pause, Li Yanxian, who was pushed to the point of being in a panic, finally spoke, but he remained calm in front of the public: "Prince Han is joking. Even if I am confused, I know that the contribution of Shanzhou is actually something neither awkward nor high. How can it compare to Prince Han's service to the emperor since before Jianyan? The greatest contribution is to save the master..."
"If you say so, you still don't accept it." Han Shizhong interrupted him with a sneer. "You still think you are a natural talent. If you were not tied to Shanzhou, you would have done something as powerful as Guan Yu. It was because of this that you were wanted by Minister Li..."
"Is Li Gang right or am I right?" Li Yanxian's expression finally changed.
"You two..." Ma Kuo saw that things were not going well and quickly interrupted.
Unexpectedly, the two men ignored him. Han Shizhong just laughed and shook his head again: "I am not here to talk about old things today... Li Jiedu, I just want to ask you one thing. You are a hero in the world, Guan Yu who has been wronged, but your 30,000 or 40,000 soldiers in the Shaanxi-Luoyang Imperial Camp are also heroes in the world like you? If so, why couldn't you move after being attacked last night, and could only wait for me and Ma Zongguan to come to rescue? Didn't we just capture two cities and run 145 miles? How did it collapse?"
When Li Yanxian heard this, he secretly exerted force on the armrest of the chair with his left hand, but his face remained calm: "Marshal, are you going to investigate yesterday's battle and enforce military law here?"
"What the hell is military law!" Han Shizhong sneered. "You are not like Qu Da who wrote anti-government poems and beat up Minister Hu. Can I whip you to pieces? Even yesterday's military affairs are not something I, a marshal, can ask about... Did the golden messenger who rang the bell just arrive today and say that Li Qiong is here too? It's just that the river in Shanzhou is a little narrow, so he came a little late?"
Li Yanxian moved his lips, waited for a moment, and then lowered his voice to reply:
"I will apologize to the government for what happened last night."
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