Chapter 16 The Origin of Jiuquan
Huo Quzhi sat in the handsome camp, and he didn't know why Lu Dao was particularly upset tonight.
"Lan'er doesn't know what Lu Dao is doing now? Are you playing the piano or looking at the stars? A thought rose in Huo Quzhi's heart, "Maybe I shouldn't have been so fierce to her some time ago, she must have been angry with me." ”
The more I thought about it, the more I felt panicked, and I got up and walked around the camp.
"Someone!"
A soldier immediately appeared in the camp, "General! ”
"What time is it?" Huo Quzhi asked.
"General Qiyu, it's just past the hour!"
"Let's go down!" Huo Quzhi waved his hand, and the soldier immediately retreated.
"Well, let's go and see the people Gao Buzhi brought back, and see if I can ask some questions." Huo Qu's illness reminded him of Gao Buzhi's rescue of an injured person.
Huo Qubing walked out of the handsome camp and walked towards the tent that Gao didn't know.
When he opened the tent and went in, he found that Gao Buzhi was motionless and stared at the person lying on the bed, and he didn't even notice that he had walked in. Huo Quzhi was angry in his heart, this person was so careless! He snorted heavily.
Gao Buzhi hurriedly stood up when he heard the sound, and then he saw that Huo Qu was sick and came in, and he was at a loss for a while. "General Huo!"
Huo Quzhi's face was angry, and he looked at the person on the bed, and as soon as his eyes fell on that face, his body shook violently, as if he had been struck by lightning, and he couldn't help himself.
This is the face that often appears in his dreams. Two curved eyebrows seem to be frowning, long eyelashes, sharp noses, and a red lip tightly closed. That woman, I don't know how many days and nights Lu Dao has been with him, has always been by his side, but she has never found that she is so good-looking.
"Lan'er!" Huo Quzhi rushed forward and hugged the jade man in his arms, but found that something was wrong. If you look closely, she has shocking scars on her forehead, hands, and feet. What had happened to her, and how could she have been so badly injured?
"Pass on the military doctor!" Huo Qu drank violently, picked up the person in his arms and hurried towards his handsome camp.
Gao Buzhi couldn't believe his eyes, what the hell was going on?
A long, dark tunnel, with only a faint light ahead, I chased the light and ran forward. There was a little green light all around me, and I knew it was the eyes of the wolves.
Suddenly, Chu Jinmo appeared in front of my eyes, he was waving at me, and I happily greeted him, "You are not dead!" ”。 Chu Jinmo seemed to be very angry, and didn't seem to want to see me at all.
I stood still, thinking hesitantly, but I couldn't think of anything. It was pitch black when he turned around, but there was Chu Jinmo in front of him. I couldn't help but walk forward again, Chu Jinmo looked at me silently with a sad face. His expression touched my memory, "Mulan, remember to keep running, don't look back!" ”
"Please, don't die!"
Gotta live, gotta live...
Restraining my fear of the dark, I took a step back. Chu Jinmo showed me an encouraging smile, his smile was so sad, just like his ancient well-like eyes with a hint of coldness.
With each step back, the farther away from the light, my head hurts. It turns out that every step forward is happiness, and taking a step back is the pain of the heart.
But Chu Jinmo was smiling, his appearance was so pleased, even if his body hurt again, I could bear it. Chu Jinmo, what else can I do for you? Is it worth your life to keep the wolves out for me?
Although I don't understand what to do, I'd rather be in pain than make Chu Jinmo sad. Step by step, slowly retreating backwards with difficulty.
"Lan'er!" A surprise sounded in his eyes, and what was imprinted in his eyes was Huo Qu's sick and tired face.
He was sitting on the side of the bed, carefully hugging me. His hands were clasped tightly, but his arms did not dare to touch me. It was a gesture that looked like a declaration of protection and possession, but I saw uncertainty and worry in the seeming strength.
I tried to lean my head against him, but my movements were slow, and he helped me move my head over his shoulder, a bitter smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Young master? I'm dreaming of you again? I said softly, a hint of dryness in my throat.
I reached out and shook his hand, it's still a dream, right? It's like dreaming of him dancing a sword in the snow, and dreaming of Chu Jinmo with a sad expression. The two of them alternated in my dreams one by one.
Who is holding whom in the way?
My eyes were just about to close, but Huo Quzhi shook me vigorously, "Don't sleep, it's not a dream!" ”
I snapped my eyes open, is this true?
His expression was anxious and haggard, and his long eyelashes formed a warm arc on his handsome face, and this luminous and beautiful aura was transmitted to me from his body.
"Young master? I've finally found you! "I choked up lowly, this journey has been so difficult.
From being captured in the woods to running wild on a rainy night, from the soldiers of Baishui City coming to the city to burning the Donglin rebels, from the queen mother's marriage to the wolf pack. Too much ordeal finally brought the temperature of his body at the moment.
I put my head on Huo Quai's shoulder, I was full of pain, I only felt that the strength of my body was swallowed up by sadness, my body shook slightly, and tears finally fell uncontrollably.
Huo Qu hurriedly wiped my tears and said, "Lan'er, I'm sorry, I shouldn't be so fierce to you, don't be angry." I don't know if it's my fault that you've traveled thousands of miles to find me. ”
My tears rained down, and I couldn't wipe them clean no matter how much I wiped them. After a while, Huo Quzhi's shoulders were already wet. Ever since Chu Jinmo resisted the wolves alone for me, my heart was as heavy as lead.
At this time, I don't know whether Lu Dao is crying because Chu Jinmo is sad or because he is reunited with Huo Qu after a long absence, but I know that Lu Dao's heart is like a knife, so sad.
"Okay, okay, stop crying." Huo Quzhi coaxed me softly.
Finally, I found him!
Under the care of the military doctor, my body quickly recovered. There was a bruise on his forehead from hitting a rock when he fell down the hill, but luckily nothing serious. The hardest thing to treat was my injured feet, which were full of blood blisters and bruises.
Huo Quzhi took the gold sore medicine and put my legs on him to give me the medicine. I blushed and traveled thousands of miles to find him, but there seemed to be something wrong with such an atmosphere?
He didn't care at all, and after applying the gold sore medicine, he carefully tied my feet with white gauze.
"Young master, where are we going now?"
"Satsuki."
Satsuki? It seems to have been heard somewhere before. A pair of eyes that were as cold as an ancient well flashed in my mind, and I felt a sudden pain in my heart for no reason, it was Chu Jinmo who told me that if I went to Xiaoyue's Clan, I would definitely encounter Huo Qu's illness.
Huo Quzhi saw that my expression was abnormal, and asked softly, "What's wrong?" ”
Before I could answer, a soldier walked in outside the door, "General Qiyu! ”
My legs are now on Huo Quzhi's body, and his hands are on my feet with white gauze, which is extremely ambiguous to others, and I am still dressed in men's clothes.
Sure enough, the muscles on the soldier's face twitched, and he immediately lowered his head so as not to see anything that he shouldn't see.
I hurriedly pulled my legs back and turned my face to the inside of the bed.
Huo Quzhi asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"Your Majesty sent someone to bring a jar of fine wine to the general."
"Just a jar?" Huo Quzhi squinted.
"Yes!"
"Zhilu Dao, you go down!" Huo Quzhi waved his hand, and the soldier immediately bowed his head and walked out quickly.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty favored Huo Quai, which was beyond words. When the war was on the march, he didn't forget to send wine to Huo Quai.
Huo Quzhi turned my shoulder on the side with his hand, and said, "From tomorrow onwards, I will march fast, I have to go a long way, and there is still a tough battle to be fought. Are you afraid of suffering with me? ”
I sat up abruptly and shook my head, "Don't be afraid!" ”
"Sure enough, it's my good Lan'er!"
On the second day, the army marched, and when passing by a mountain spring, Huo Qubing ordered to camp and rest, and boil the pot to make rice.
He stood by the mountain spring, the wind blowing his robe, the black armor glowing with a chill in the sun, he seemed to be like a divine soldier, invincible.
At this time, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Take the wine from Your Majesty!" ”
The soldiers immediately offered this jar of wine sent by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Huo Quzhi raised the wine jar with one hand, "Soldiers! This is a fine wine given by His Majesty, in order to give us a strong army! I am not alone in this battle, so I cannot drink this wine alone. Now I will pour this jar of wine into the spring, and we will drink it together, and we will go into battle to kill the enemy! ”
After speaking, he tore open the seal on the wine, and poured all the wine given to him by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty into the mountain spring of Nabobo. The whole valley was filled with the aroma of wine, and all the soldiers drank the spring water mixed with wine, and the sound of joy was thunderous.
The officers and soldiers of the three armies were enthusiastic, and their hearts were inspired, and they couldn't wait to hand over this life to Huo Quai, and for a while they didn't know who shouted first, "Huo Hussar!" Then it immediately converged into a roar that shook the sky.
"Huo Hussar!"
"Huo Hussar!"
The shout was deafening and resounded through the sky. Generals and soldiers must share sorrows and sorrows, but also share joys.
I walked out of the handsome camp and watched this scene from afar, Huo Qubing was as majestic as a god of war at this moment, proud of the world! It dawned on me that Jiuquan in Gansu Province was originally named after it.
My smile bloomed between my eyebrows, this man was always so unruly and unexpected, but he knew how to capture people's hearts better than anyone else.
These soldiers would rather follow him to occasionally go hungry and be caught by him and kick the juju, or they are willing to follow him to charge and kill the enemy, rather than go with other generals. Because following him will surely win the battle, and he himself is synonymous with victory.
Victory equals hope, hope to live. Everyone is willing to serve as a soldier under this young general, and everyone is willing to die for this proud son of heaven. Whether it is the Han or the Xiongnu.
Huo Quai's soldiers were all selected by themselves, and they were basically border people and Xiongnu generals who had no foundation. These people have no background and no background, and if they want to get to the top, they can only rely on themselves to fight with knives and guns, so Huo Quzhi is good at taking advantage of the psychology of these people and encouraging them from time to time.
This is also an important factor for Huo Qubing to be loved by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huo Qubing and Wei Qing are both imperial double walls. Although Huo Qubing is also from the Wei family, it does not represent the rights of the Wei family.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che was an emperor with great talents, and his general strength and suspicion were heavy. The Wei family's power is all over the government and the opposition, and he holds military power, so he was naturally suspicious of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
Wei Zifu is the queen, and Wei Qing is powerful, which makes Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty suspicious and began to distrust the Wei family.
first asked Wei Qing to leave the front-line troops, recruited Chang'an to live and discuss politics, and hung Wei Qing high. At the same time, Wei Qing's family was divided, Huo Quzhi was reused, and Huo Qubing was allowed to contain Wei Qing.
Huo Quzhi has a deep affection for Wei Qing, but he himself is also a natural handsome talent, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also purposefully dotes on Huo Quzhi from the bottom of his heart and deliberately cultivates him. The fact that the wine was sent by thousands of miles is a good proof of this.
I shook my head, the smile on my face.
Huo Qubing must not be allowed to fall into the whirlpool of politics, he is a person who naturally belongs to the battlefield, not to the intrigue under those undercurrents.
At night, soldiers came to report, and the army of Gongsun Ao, which cooperated with the frontal attack, was still nowhere to be seen.
Huo Quzhi said lightly: "I'm afraid I'm lost in the desert!" ”
When the soldiers left the camp, I asked, "Gongsun Ao is an old horse running in the desert, how can he get lost?" Isn't there something wrong? ”
Huo Quzhi said affirmatively: "In order to contain the forces of the Xiongnu Zuoxian King and prevent him from sending reinforcements to Hexi, His Majesty sent Zhang Qian and Li Guang to attack the Zuoxian Wang's troops as a countermeasure. ”
I became interested, this is the first time I have listened to Huo Quzhi talk about the battle of Hexi, so I changed my comfortable posture and continued to listen to him.
"Gongsun Ao and I led the army from the north, Longxi out of the fortress, and west to attack the enemy. The original plan was that the two armies would march west together after joining forces outside the Saiwai, but now he has not yet appeared, and he must have lost his way in the desert. ”
I wondered, "Why don't you get lost?" ”
Huo Quzhi smiled faintly, reached out and scratched my nose, "I have been climbing on my uncle's knee since I was two years old, and I have learned to look at the stars and recognize the direction!" ”
I brushed his hand away, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly said, "Young master, I have something important to tell you. ”
After finding him, I was busy treating my wounds, and then I was busy marching, so I didn't have time to talk to him, and today I finally found an opportunity.
Then I told him how he was captured in the woods, how he got to Baishui City in Yuexi, and how he packed up Donglin.
These things were shocking, and when he heard that I was being chased by wolves, Chu Jinmo helped me to block the wolves with his body, and I was able to get out of danger, he couldn't help frowning.
"I didn't expect you to encounter so many things along the way, Chu Jinmo? Originally, I heard you say that he dared to catch you and tie you to the back of the horse and run, I was going to cut him, but I didn't expect him to block the wolf for you, count him as a good life, and die early. Huo Quzhi snorted coldly, but his hand quietly reached over to hold me, and his palms were slightly oozing beads of sweat.
"Lan'er, you are too stupid, don't risk me again in the future, otherwise I won't be able to forgive myself for the rest of my life! In the future, I will protect you by my side. Huo Quzhi looked straight at me and said.
I was stunned, I always thought I was protecting him, but I didn't expect it to be the other way around now. The heroic young man in front of me, I don't know when Lu Dao has become a figure I can only look up to.
"What does Yue Xiguo have to do with me?" Huo Qu was puzzled, "I've never heard of the Baishui City you said, but I didn't expect that the Yuexi Kingdom really exists." ”
I said tentatively: "Can you find a time to go in the future, I think I should tell his mother and younger brother about Chu Jinmo." ”
Huo Quzhi nodded, "When I finish the battle, I'll accompany you." ”
I thought of Chu Jinmo's eyes as clear as an ancient well, and there was a faint pain in my heart for no reason.
If there is an afterlife, I hope I can repay you.
It's just that in this life and this life, I only have the person in front of me in my heart.
For the sake of Huo Quai, he stayed in the Han Dynasty, and he could live for Huo Quai.
Forgive me, Chu Jinmo.
★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ hussar general laughed at the sixteenth chapter of the legend and said that the number one Li Fan (Li Guang fan), Sima Qian, who specialized in black guard Huo, said bad things about Huo Quai's illness to Liu Che on this day, "Your Majesty, Huo Qubing doesn't care about his subordinates at all, the food you reward him, he would rather throw it away than give it to the soldiers if he can't finish it!" ”
Huo Quzhi saw that this old and angry young man was going to hack him again, and immediately defended himself, "I'm not a cook, how do I know if the food is eaten or thrown away!" ”
Liu Che nodded, "What is rewarded to you, whether you love to eat or love to divide others, that is your freedom." ”
Sima Qian didn't give up, "He also asked the soldiers to kick the juju with him hungry, and the soldiers wanted to eat early."