The emperor inspected Jiuquan for a whole day. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 It was not until the afternoon that he ordered a banquet to be held by the river to entertain the officers of the Han army at or above the ministerial level (500 people were a group) and 100 officials.

Chuntuo immediately gathered with Zhan Shi and Da Changqiu, and gathered up in full swing outside the line, found a place with a good and flat view, laid down a carpet, moved a mat to sit on the couch, furnished a few hundreds, and all kinds of utensils flowed in. There are more than 200 palace lamps. There are more than 100 incense burners.

As soon as the scene was set, the fruit and wine were brought in, and the incense burner was lit and smoked. And put the cutlery on each small table neatly. The kitchen was ready, and the emperor ordered the banquet to be opened. There are also people in Yuefu led by Li Yannian, displaying chime instruments by the river. Debugging scales.

This meal alone will at least cost the army a month's worth of military expenses, believe it or not.

Hundreds of officers and officers entered and sat down one after another. chatting warmly with each other. Xue Qing naturally sat behind Huo Quai. was chatting with Wei Qing and Huo Quai, but saw Prime Minister Li Cai coming over and sitting on the side.

Wei Qing said with a smile: "The prime minister did something wrong, the head of the hundred officials should sit on the right, and the head of the left should do something." ”

Li Cai sat down, glanced at Huo Quzhi and Xue Qing, and said, "The general is a good son-in-law." Unlike our family, neither of them has this life. ”

Huo Quzhi arched his hand and said: "I've seen the prime minister, Brother Li Dang is tired of me this time." I chose him to be the colonel and the commander. There are not many opportunities for the above battlefields. ”

Li Cai waved his hand: "That's because you can afford that stinky boy." Go to the sick, you said that it was also the Han army, why did you fight so smoothly, but the other three did not win. Why is that. ”

Huo Quzhi was stunned for a moment, is this thing easy to say, after all, this result, Huo Quzhi is not easy to speak, no matter how he says it, it seems to be showing off his martial arts and belittling the other three generals. Although except for Li Guang, he was fired.

Li Cai said to himself: "Soldiers are impermanent, water is impermanent, and the way to victory and defeat is a common thing in soldiers." Played well here, not well there. It turns out that the Huns are not so easy to fight. But I'm afraid that the emperor will see that the illness is easy, so he will be a little light. This is a great trouble for soldiers. ”

Wei Qing nodded: "What the prime minister said is true." The Huns are not wood, and they were able to get away with the disease this time, but they were taken by surprise, gave full play to their strengths, and attacked them unprepared. If it weren't for this, just by fighting hard, even if we won, the casualties of our Han army would be not small. ”

Li Cai raised his head and looked north: "I'm afraid that the emperor will have to go on an expedition to Mobei." It's unpredictable. General, I really don't know the bottom in my heart. ”

Wei Qing looked at Li Cai's eyes, what does this prime minister mean. He has just taken office and has not yet expressed his platform, which means that he is an anti-war faction or a cautious hawk. Wei Qing was a little unsure.

Wei Qing could only say ambiguously: "For the expedition to Mobei, the military preparations of the Han army are far from sufficient. As he spoke, the emperor came. Li Cai hurriedly arched his hand and went back to his place.

The emperor sat on the main seat, and hundreds of officials paid homage. The emperor said: "All Aiqing should be flat." This place was originally called the Jinquan River, and my champion Hou sprinkled the purple gold alcohol I gave him into the river, and drank it with the three armies. After I heard about it, I set up Jiuquan County here, and this river became Jiuquan, and today, we will use purple gold alcohol to celebrate the achievements of the champion Hou and the three armies of the Western Expedition on the bank of this Jiuquan. Come, drink this cup to its heart's content. ”

Huo Quzhi took two steps forward and knelt down with a wine cup in his hand and said, "On behalf of the three armies of the Western Expedition, I would like to thank Your Majesty for your grace." "Wait until everyone has drunk this first glass of wine. And so the feast began.

More than 20 women from the Western Regions, accompanied by the exotic tone of the Huqin and Qiang flutes, came in one after another, enchanting and colorful. The front row spreads out, revealing a beautiful woman in the middle. The dance is graceful and indescribable.

Xue Qing pouted, isn't it just a Xinjiang dance, if you have seen ballet, you will not have to stare out your eyes.

Emperor Wu pulled Chuntuo and said, "This woman is good." Chuntuo immediately understood: "Send it to Your Majesty later." Emperor Wu smiled with satisfaction.

The two concubines accompanying him rolled their eyes. Shameless thing.

The style of the Western Regions fascinates the civil and military officials. The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors. The song and dance were also removed. The emperor put down the wine cup, looked a little drunk, and said angrily: "I and the general were negligent, so that Zhao Xin's thief took advantage of the loophole, and I can't wait to eat his flesh raw." Luo Yin waits, you have to encourage yourself. ”

The evil king rushed out and lay on the ground and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, the ministers are loyal, but they can show the sun and the moon, and they will never betray the Han." ”

Emperor Wu smiled: "That's good." Let's go back. Zhao Xin's thief let the Xiongnu royal court move to Mobei. Is there nothing we can do, can we just wait, wait until my gray hair is gray? By the time you Wei Qing can't climb the war horse, will this already be a victory? When the Xiongnu live far away in Mobei, recuperate, and become strong again, they will come back to Hexi and recapture Monan. ”

Emperor Wu lost his temper, which was quite scary. Anyway, he knelt down to the ground. The joyful feast suddenly became a serious issue.

Huo Quzhi hiccuped, damn, I knew I was going to discuss things, so I didn't drink so much. Xue Qing hid behind and squatted, you can't see me, you can't see me.

Huo Quzhi said with a big tongue: "Your Majesty, although the minister has traveled more than 2,000 miles this time, it seems to be fast, but if there is no supply, if you want to cross the desert and attack Mobei from afar, you will not be able to do it, just because the road is desolate and there is no supply." Unsustainable. There are no herding tribes that can feed our army. ”

The emperor sneered: "Through the desert, the road is long, the environment is harsh, and the water source is scarce. People are sleepy and tired. I don't know this, is there really no way to think about it? What the general thinks. ”

Wei Qing pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, from a military point of view, the Huns are like frightened birds at this time, and their vitality has been greatly damaged, theoretically speaking, it is an excellent opportunity to pursue the victory and deal a fatal blow to its main force, but it is just to cross the barren desert, as the disease said, only with the strength of the whole country, each soldier carries the supplies of three horses, it is feasible." ”

Ji Di frowned and said: "Your Majesty, the flood in Shandong, 700,000 disaster victims have nowhere to go. If you have to use countless horses and supplies to go on an expedition to Mobei, it will be tantamount to adding insult to injury. ”

Emperor Wu was not happy at that time, this Ji Di was Emperor Wu's teacher, and the prince washed the horse when he was the prince. The elder of Huang Laozhi's learning, the empress dowager couldn't get used to the fact that Taifu Weiwan only taught the prince's Confucianism, so she sent him to teach the emperor Huang Laozhi's learning. (To be continued.) )