Wei Qing was abrupt, and seeing that Liu Che was silent, he opened his mouth and said to Zhang Yuan.

"In recent days, it has also rained heavily in the south and north of the desert.

Large and small lakes appeared in many parts of the Hetao area, and the Nuoshui River extended south to the Great Wall.

It is at least twice as long as the original length. ”

This is the case in the grasslands and in the desert, when new rivers and lakes appear during the rainy season, and when the rainy season ends, these rivers and lakes disappear.

These seasonal rivers and lakes are not represented on the map, but the Huns, who were born in the desert, know the laws of nature.

"When did the Xiongnu Dadan send people?"

"Before I return, the envoys of the military ministers should not have arrived at the Evil King of Hun and the King of Hutu.

It's June now, and it will take at least a month for the Evil King Hugh to set off and they will be able to reach the city of Decadence.

They must be out within a month. ”

Wei Qing is still sure of this judgment.

"Your Majesty, dare to ask how soon our army will be mobilized now to reach Shuofang County?"

Liu Che didn't care about it at this time, and put his prejudices against Zhang Yuan behind him for the time being.

"It takes a month for a foot soldier, and half a month for a cavalry."

"How many cavalry do we have now that we can mobilize?"

"Fifty thousand!"

Hearing this number, Zhang Yuan was a little worried.

This number is not insufficient, but there is a lack of generals to lead the army.

If Huo Quzhi is four or five years older, giving him 30,000 soldiers and horses is enough to kill back and forth among the tribes of King Hun and the evil king.

If you let Gongsun Ao and Li Guang lead the army as a lost goods, no matter how many troops you have, it will be in vain.

Seeing Zhang Yuan frowning, Liu Che asked involuntarily.

"What's wrong? But the number of cavalry is too small? ”

"Your Majesty, 50,000 cavalry is enough, but the minister feels that no matter who leads the troops, it is not suitable."

"I thought that Xin'anhou had already made up his mind and wanted to lead his own army.

Are you kidding me? ”

Liu Che didn't expect Zhang Yuan to look confident before, but now he said such a thing.

"I don't dare.

The minister did think of a place that the evil king Hugh Tu would definitely pass through.

If there is a brave general with both wisdom and bravery, lead 50,000 cavalry to contain it as soon as possible.

Then my big Han foot soldiers will be able to have an extra half a month or even a month to rush there.

It's just that it's okay for the ministers to make plans, but it's really powerless to lead the troops to fight. ”

"This is also the case, Xin'anhou fell from a horse and fainted, and now it is still talked about in the army."

Hearing Gongsun Ao's sarcastic voice, everyone couldn't help but focus their eyes on him.

"Heqi Hou Mo didn't forget that he was begging for someone to send you to fight in the first place.

The marquis, who was picked up for nothing, now dares to make a big deal of nonsense here. ”

"That's enough!

I came to you to discuss the matter of intercepting the reinforcements of the Huns, not to let you come to the top of my hall to sprinkle it. ”

Liu Che's violent drinking, frightened Zhang Yuan and Gongsun Aoqi, half-knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty is angry, and the minister is guilty."

"Hmph, this is the case, if you can't offset the merits, you must look good.

Xin'anhou said that several generals in the hall could not lead the army alone, so it was better to recall Li Guang than to me.

Li Guang led the army to go out, and then the rest of the tribes led the infantry to respond to General Li Guang, striving to destroy or defeat the evil king of Hun on the desert. ”

Liu Che said a result that Zhang Yuan was most difficult to accept.

Although Li Guang has the ability, but luck is back, and putting the fate of the empire in the hands of such a person is child's play.

Even so, it seems a little superstitious, Zhang Yuan is still unwilling to trust Li Guang.

"Your Majesty, Li Guang is afraid that he will not be able to lead his troops to the battle.

This time, it is necessary to find the Hun army in the vast steppe and even in the desert.

And what Li Guang did before was really unconvincing.

And to be honest, there is a gap between the minister and Li Guang, if he knows that it is the minister's idea.

He may be obedient in front of you, Your Majesty, but when he has a heavy army, will he still listen to persuasion with his prestige in the army?

Your Majesty can't have forgotten what happened with Gao Que in Henan, right?

Such a person can kill his colleagues in order to maintain his dignity, and it is already a great grace for His Majesty to forgive him from dying, how can he be used again. ”

Zhang Yuan's strong opposition did not make Liu Che feel unhappy.

At such a critical moment, disagreement in the military is a big taboo.

Gongsun Ao will only play tricks in ordinary times, but when he comes to the battlefield, he doesn't dare to be willful and disobey the words of the main general.

And Li Guang was born unruly, and he did more than once or twice to ignore the imperial decrees.

"Then you're going to give me a choice?"

Zhang Yuan was silent for a while, and his hands were tightly clasped together.

"Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go, but can you let the minister choose a few lieutenant generals?"

Zhang Yuan's answer made Wei Qing nervous, this heavy task will be extremely difficult.

Although the strength of the Han army is higher than that of the Xiongnu army, there were only 50,000 cavalry before this time, and then it would involve the Xiongnu army for at least half a month.

If you want to camp in the past half a month, you basically don't want to think about it.

Life on horseback is the most unacceptable to Zhang Yuan.

However, Liu Che didn't have such considerations, he just gave the task out, as for whether it could be completed or not was the general's business.

If the war cannot be won, he will be held accountable, and if the war is won, he will be rewarded.

Sometimes being an emperor is as simple as that.

"Well, Xin'anhou has such courage, I am very relieved.

Who do you say you want to go with you? ”

"The servant of the period shot Li Jian, and Xue Ren, the captain of the Yulin Military Academy.

There are also Wei Wei Shaoqing Li Fu, and Zhang Cigong, the Marquis of the shore.

In addition, he also asked His Majesty to let the minister lead the Yulin Army of the Period Gate Army to the north to defend against the enemy! ”

Zhang Yuan asked for four people at a time, all of whom were brave and sensible.

In addition to being unfamiliar with Li Fu, the other three Zhang Yuan all knew their style.

Li Jian was originally a person in Zhang Yuan's lineage, but later Liu Che deliberately alienated himself and broke off contact.

Xue Ren is also for this reason.

Although Li Fu is not famous, he is famous for his bravery, this kind of person has a strong desire to make meritorious contributions, and Zhang Yuan only needs one sentence to hold him.

As for Zhang Cigong, this guy used to be a Jiangyang thief, and was later absorbed by the imperial court.

This man is eclectic, and he is very tired of the intrigue and all kinds of rules in the court, but when he is put on the battlefield, he can easily carry out the treachery of him as a thief of the river.

Liu Che thought about it and looked at the few people present.

There was a decision right away.

"In that case, I have granted your request.

Zhang Yuan, Marquis of Xin'an, was promoted to General Wei and commanded 50,000 cavalry. txt

Sun He, the Marquis of Nanyi, was the general of the chariot cavalry, commanding 100,000 foot soldiers.

Wei general Zhang Yuan led the cavalry to take the first step, and when he found the traces of the Xiongnu reinforcements, he must send someone to the surrendered city to pass the news to the chariot general Gongsun He.

The two generals must remember to communicate with each other.

After eating at noon, Da Sima Weiqing immediately rushed back to Yuyang County, and at all costs involved the main army of the Xiongnu.

In this battle, it is necessary to cripple and even exterminate the evil king Hugh Tu Wang! ”

"The last general obeys!"

The ambition of the military minister directly broke the three-step plan of the Great Han.

However, in fact, this also reduced the pressure on the Han in disguise, but it was until Zhang Yuan successfully intercepted the army of King Hutu and King Hun Evil.

Liu Che named Zhang Yuan as the general of Wei, and also named Gongsun He as the general of the chariot cavalry.

Although it was not explicitly stated, when the two armies merged together, Zhang Yuan would definitely listen to Gongsun He.

But it doesn't matter, if you can really put together an army of 150,000, it doesn't matter if Zhang Yuan is in charge or not.

General Wei had the power to open the government.

Zhang Yuan can really seal himself this time, and then he only needs to report it.

As long as it is not too excessive, Liu Che will turn a blind eye.

However, the war was urgent, and Zhang Yuan could not be allowed to choose a site to open a mansion in Chang'an City slowly.

The Xin'an Hou Mansion became a temporary residence for the Guards and Officers.

After coming out of the palace, Zhang Yuan blocked Wei Qing, he only left in the afternoon, Zhang Yuan wanted to know something through Wei Qing.

"Brother Qing, how about going to your house to eat casually at noon?"

Wei Qing didn't bring much with him when he came back, and he didn't have to bring anything when he left.

After calculating, there was still an hour or two left, so he nodded and agreed to Zhang Yuan's request.

"Okay, let's go to my house first, and our brother will have a drink."

When the two of them left the palace gate, the lord's father was already blocking the door with a group of ministers.

Zhang Yuan smiled at the master father, remembering the bet with Wei Qing.

"Brother Qing, look at that one, maybe when we come back from the desert, others won't be in Chang'an."

Wei Qing looked in the direction of Zhang Yuan's gaze.

As a result, when he saw the master's father, he understood what Zhang Yuan said, and sighed directly and was too lazy to deal with Zhang Yuan.

Riding his own war horse, he galloped away, and Zhang Yuan also took a horse from the palace guard and followed Wei Qing.

These ministers waiting at the door didn't dare to come forward to ask Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan, so they could only wait for the people who came out behind.

Then it wasn't until Gongsun Ao came out that he pulled out some useful news.

Gongsun He, Marquis of Nanyi, was named the general of the chariot cavalry, and Zhang Yuan, the Marquis of Xin'an, was named the general of Wei.

As for more news, even Gongsun Ao, a big mouth, didn't dare to reveal more.

Wei Qing could get news from the Huns, but the Huns couldn't get useful information from the Han people?

It took Liu Che three days to mobilize 50,000 cavalry and the necessary supplies.

The reason why Zhang Yuan wanted to accompany the Gate Army and the Yulin Army was because he wanted to hold a little elite troops in his hands.

It is impossible for the eighth lieutenant of the Southern Army to move.

As soon as the eighth lieutenant moved, the princes and kings were ready to move.

The rest of the elite cavalry is under Wei Qing's command, and although the 50,000 cavalry allocated to Zhang Yuan are also elite, their combat strength is still a little worse.

Just after Huo Qubing was born, Liu Che divided all the most elite armies of the Han Dynasty into Huo Quai.

Wei Qing was only left with some foot soldiers and some cavalry, so that Wei Qing's results in the later period were not as dazzling as in the early stage.

Zhang Yuan knew what kind of soldiers he had in his hands, and he definitely wanted some elites.

Wei Qing and Zhang Yuan rode horses and soon arrived at the Changping Marquis' Mansion.

Wei Qing's current row is not comparable to ordinary people.

There is a Changping Marquis Mansion, a Great Sima Mansion, and a Hussar General's Mansion.

However, if Wei Qing is working, he will be in the Great Sima Mansion, and if he goes to war, everyone in the Hussar General's Mansion will accompany him.

Life is naturally in your own Hou Mansion.

"Brother Qing asked the next person to serve the food first, and we chatted while eating."

Zhang Yuan sat down and said to Wei Qing.

"Uh-huh, you all go down, shout outside the door before coming in when the meal is ready."

"Whoa."

The attendants then retreated.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Zhang Yuan immediately spit out the doubts that had been buried in his heart.

"Brother Qing, is your source from Chu Da?"

Wei Qing didn't speak, just nodded.

Zhang Yuan knew that this was the case, and the contact information that Zhang Yuan taught Chu Da was only known to the two of them in the world.

In this way, Chu Da must have taken a risk rashly to contact Wei Qing.

I don't know how much risk Chu Da took to send the news out.

"Brother Chu, is he good on the Huns?"

Brother Chu did not mention it in the letter, but from the ghost slave who sent the letter, I learned that Brother Chu did not gain the trust of the Huns.

No matter how many things there are, the ghost slave who sent the letter doesn't know, the ghost slave was directly killed by me in front of the battle, and there are many Huns around, even if this person is captured, I am worried that the Huns will be suspicious. ”

Zhang Yuan suddenly imagined the scene at that time.

The two sides fought, and a ghost slave pretended to be captured by the Han army and was then sent to Wei Qing.

However, there are enemies under the city walls, and Wei Qing can only kill the ghost slave who delivered the letter in front of everyone.

"Brother Qing, how did you confirm that the news came from Brother Chu?"

He said the name of Brother Chu's wife, Brother Chu was so worried about his wife, he would definitely not spit out such information to the Huns because of his own safety.

As for whether the Huns knew that Brother Chu sent the news, I don't know, but I have done my best. ”

Zhang Yuan understood what Wei Qing said about his efforts, so he naturally killed the ghost slave.

This is the best way to dispel the enemy's suspicions.

"I don't have anything to ask if there are too many, Brother Qing, please be sure to hold back the main army of the Huns.

To be honest, I have a little suspicion that it was the Huns who deliberately lured our Han army out of the Great Wall. ”

Zhang Yuan's suspicions are not unreasonable.

Earlier, he had repeatedly told Chu Da not to act lightly until the final battle.

Although this time is also a critical time, in Zhang Yuan's mind, the probability of the military minister being able to succeed is too low.

Xianbei and Wuhuan have also fought with the Huns for more than a hundred years, and they are not convinced by each other.

How can it be easy to succumb to another race because of the victory or defeat of one or two battles.

Of course, if the Huns were to play an indomitable victory, this situation would really be possible.

After all, the nomads were too similar to each other, and the Xiongnu disappeared later, in fact, it is very likely that they merged into other nomads.

It's just that they have no writing and no history, and after three generations, all the things of a hundred years ago will be forgotten, and it is very likely that the Xiongnu will disappear in the long river of history in this way.

"Brother Yuan, I will definitely hold back the main army of the Huns.

But have you thought about it, once they go from east to west, it may also be our chance.

The number of troops I can control is about 150,000, and when the time comes, the 300,000 army will not be able to surround all the Xiongnu army. ”

Zhang Yuan didn't expect Wei Qing's ambition to be so big, but according to his temperament, he didn't explain it to Liu Che, so he probably felt that the possibility was too small.

The probability of the military minister taking risks is too low, he may rescue King Hutu and King Hun Evil, but knowing that there is a Han army behind him is two words.