Tuo Weiqing brought back a large number of horses from the Huns, although the horse breeding method offered by Tang Qi has not had time to show the effect, and the elite cavalry of the Han Dynasty is not short of war horses for the time being.

Since Huo Qu's illness and below, the 500 forest cavalry who traveled were each equipped with three horses, two war horses for transfer, and one pack horse for transporting armaments and materials.

Tang Qi also changed into lighter riding civilian clothes, with a ring sword at his waist, and the long sword used by civil officials was thrown at home.

Anyway, if you go to the front-line border counties, there will be no Yushi who is too idle to impeach him for not standardizing his sword.

The pack horses also carried sleeve armor, as well as repeaters and bolts, in case they actually went into battle.

Huo Qubing and the Yulin cavalry were also wearing lighter cavalry armor, carrying imitation sabers from the Western Regions at their waists, and supporting bows and arrows.

The heavier sleeve armor and Confucian armor, as well as the iron spear short, were given to the pack horses.

Wearing half a month's rations, the group of people traveled lightly and quickly, but in two days, they caught up with most of the reinforcements sent to Shanggu County.

Because it was a defensive battle, there were only 3,000 cavalry out of the 10,000 reinforcements, and the rest were all heavily armored foot soldiers and elite crossbowmen.

The leader of the troops was Captain Li Guang and Li Yaozhi of Changshui, who was already in his forties.

Although his surname is Li, he has nothing to do with Li Guang's family, but he is a general who has been promoted from the border army.

Among the 3,000 cavalry, including the 700 Hu cavalry of the Changshui battalion, all of them were Huns and Western Regions people who were loyal to the Han Dynasty.

Li Guang himself, also because he grew up on the border, when Mao Du was not yet full of Qi, he fought against the Xiongnu attacks under the leadership of adults, and he knew the Huns very well, so he took this position.

This time he was sent to support Shanggu precisely because Li Guang was born in Shanggu County, and he had connections in the border army stationed in Shanggu, so he would not be smeared after he went.

At the same time, there is probably also the intention of sending a veteran with more seniority, so as not to be constrained by Huo Qu's illness.

Tang Qi expressed his understanding of Liu Che's thoughts.

After all, with Xiao Huo's well-known temper, if he sends a less powerful commander, Xiao Huo may be able to drag all the people and soldiers to the grassland for a walk and then come back!

It has nothing to do with complying with military orders.

You must know that Liu Che is a serious emperor, but he has no hobby of drawing a formation diagram to teach the front-line generals how to fight!

As long as the generals who lead the troops outside follow the big framework formulated by the Son of Heaven, the specific tactical methods can be played however you want.

Especially the border army, far away from the Tiangao Emperor of Chang'an, often as long as they do not launch a big battle, whether to defend or pursue is decided by Taishou.

Liu Che only summed up after the war, rewarded meritorious deeds, and severely punished for defeat!

What is the big picture this time?

Defend the enemy outside the country, and do not let the Huns cross the border of the Han Dynasty with one soldier and one horse!

Then Huo has something to say when he goes to illness.

My uncle once said that the best defense is to attack!

Regardless of Wei Qing's words, as long as Huo Quzhi actually assisted in completing this framework and won the battle, Liu Che had no reason to punish him with the excuse of sending troops to the outside world!

At most, it's just two sentences.

Put yourself in your shoes, Huo Qubing is indeed fearless!

Looking at his face full of sky, let the birds fly, who believes that this kid is not a little fancy and has no intestines?

Fortunately, Liu Che had already prepared, and Li Guang, who was in charge of the reinforcements, had a stable temperament, and it was impossible to be affected by Huo Quai, a hairy child who had not fought with the Huns.

Like now.

Huo Qu leaned in front of Li Guangma with sick eyes, and his faceless and skinless set was almost: "Captain Li, at the beginning of the year, my uncle sent troops to fight the Huns' Zuoxian Wang, you seem to have followed, right?" ”

Li Guang's loving words: "Captain Yao misremembered, he has been stationed in Chang'an since the fourth year of Yuanshuo, that is, after he went to battle with the general last year and made meritorious contributions, and was awarded the title of captain of Changshui. ”

"Eh, anyway, it's true that Captain Li is my uncle's old department anyway!" Huo Quzhi said with a big grin, "My uncle likes to run long distances the most, so that the Huns can't even see the shadow of our Han border." I said, Captain Li, since you have fought with my uncle so many times, you must be very familiar with his old man's tactics and tactics. ”

"Why don't you and I cooperate and give the Huns a backstab as well!" Huo Quzhi excitedly proposed, "Anyway, my Yulin Army and your cavalry are both one person and three horses, they come to fight Grass Valley, let's take advantage of his air defense behind him to steal his lair!" ”

Not to mention that although Xiao Huo looks frivolous and jumpy, he is still very talented in marching and fighting.

It's really in the same vein as his uncle, and it's the first time he goes to the battlefield, so he doesn't want to do anything else, so he wants to copy the enemy's lair!

Makes sense!

The Xiongnu marched southward, and according to their custom, young men from each tribe who could ride horses and shoot arrows had to be drawn into the army.

Then the rear must be empty!

No loss in a sudden wave!

So why has no one done this for so many years, or rather, no one has done it successfully?

Li Guang smiled helplessly: "Go to the sick, do you know which tribes are going south into Shanggu, and where is the nearest tribe stationed in Shanggu County?" ”

"Do you understand how dangerous it is if you can't find the right direction in time?"

Tang Qi pricked up his ears, wanting to hear how Huo Quzhi answered.

Wei Huo and the others don't get lost no matter how far they run, and finding a quasi-child for the Huns' lair has long been a major unsolved mystery in later generations!

Don't say that the guide is not a guide.

Li Guang was not the only one who got lost in the Han-Hungarian War, Gongsun Ao, Su Jian, and even Gongsun He, the number one general in the early Han Dynasty, almost all had the experience of getting lost!

Among them, Li Guang and Gongsun Ao are the most!

Li Guang got lost during the decisive battle of Mobei, causing Shan Yu to escape and commit suicide in shame; Gongsun Ao got lost twice, and he was almost beheaded!

And what about Wei Huo's two uncles and nephews?

Don't talk about it, it's all tears.

Now Li Guangyi asked, is the secret of Huo Quai's illness not getting lost about to be revealed? !

Tang Qi pretended to look around at the scenery, but in fact he was engrossed.

I only heard Huo Quzhi laugh twice, and said proudly: "Captain Li just follow me, he will definitely not get lost!" ”

"Oh, so confident?" Li Guang was curious, "Why?" ”

Huo Quzhi said: "Why do you care so much, I just won't get lost anyway!" ”

Li Guang returned to indifference: "Oh. ”

Tang Qi: "......"

A bear child!

Huo Quzhi was still anxious: "Oh, what do you mean, go or not!" ”

"I'm not afraid to tell you, go to the sick, Your Majesty will guard against you early." Li Guang shrugged his shoulders and smiled ill-willedly, "Your Majesty has a will, let me not listen to you, you better stop." ”

Move Liu Che out, Huo Quzhi can only be impotent: "Forget it, it's boring......"

After Tang Qi heard that sentence, he lost interest in Xiao Huo's thoughts.

At this point, his attention shifted to something else.

The hooves of these war horses are still naked!