In front of the Zhaoyang Palace, Wei Qing hesitated for a long time, and finally made up his mind to step into the palace, when Wei Zifu learned that he was going to lead the army out of the fortress to meet the Huns, although he was happy but more worried, the situation of that day appeared in front of Wei Qing's eyes again.

"It's a good thing for my younger brother to go on a campaign for the country, and my sister should have supported it, but the battlefield is a place of nine deaths and a lifetime, and my sister... My sister is really worried..."

"Sister, it is the responsibility of men to protect their families and defend the country, even if they die on the battlefield, they will die as they deserve. But sister, I promise you, I will definitely return safely, Jue'er, Jun'er, and Yue'er are still young, how can they not have an uncle? Wei Qing said in a good voice, trying to reduce Wei Zifu's worries.

Seeing that Wei Zifu bowed his head and was silent, Wei Qing said with relief: "Sister relax, this time Your Majesty has arranged four roads to meet the Huns, and General Li Guangli, who is out of Yanmen, does not need to say much, I am a famous flying general in the Han Dynasty, and the name alone makes the Huns frightened." The sister of General Gongsun He in the army may not be familiar with it, his father Gongsun Hun Xie is the first emperor of Longxi Taishou, who participated in the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms and was awarded the title of Pingqu Marqu for meritorious service. There is also Brother Gongsun, he led the army out of Dai County, my sister knows that Brother Gongsun was born in Yiqu, and he knows the habits of the Huns very well, with them on the expedition with me, what else is my sister worried about? ”

Just thinking about it, I unconsciously walked into the inner hall, "Caixi, is my sister here?" Wei Qing saw that only Cai Xi was in the hall, so he couldn't help asking.

Cai Xi saw that it was Wei Qing who came, and hurriedly said: "Madame was still there just now, and the slave maid will go to find Madame." As he was talking, Wei Zifu walked out with a baggage, and Wei Qing said, "Sister! ”

Seeing that it was Wei Qing, Wei Zifu greeted him with a smile, "Qing'er! ”

"Sister..."Wei Qing said slowly, "Sister, the army will be drawn in two days, and Wei Qing will come to bid farewell to my sister!" ”

There was no sad scene that Wei Qing expected, Wei Zifu only handed over the burden and said softly: "Qing'er, my sister made you two sets of clothes, you are leading the army for the first time, you must be careful in everything!" ”

"Sister..."Wei Qing's heart was hot, and he nodded: "Sister, don't worry!" ”

"And this..."Wei Zifu took out a peace charm from the bag hanging on his waist, and asked Wei Qingdao: "The peace charm that our mother asked us for when we were young, do you still have it with you now?" ”

Wei Qing nodded, took out a bag from his arms, took out the peace charm inside and said, "Sister, here." ”

The two peace charms leaned together, just like when they were children and loved each other, "Mother, please bless my brother to return safely." Wei Zifu held the peace charm and read softly.

Wei Qing clenched the peace charm and said in a deep voice: "Sister, my mother will definitely bless me with a safe return!" ”

Soon, the four men and horses each led 10,000 cavalry to attack the Xiongnu, because of the reputation of the flying general Li Guang, he was besieged by several main forces of the Xiongnu as soon as he left Yanmen. The Xiongnu combined more than 100,000 troops against Li Guang's 10,000 cavalry, although Li Guang was brave and good at fighting, but it was difficult to win despite the disparity between the enemy and us, and more than half of his soldiers were killed and wounded. The Huns were surging like a tide, surrounding Li Guang on all sides, Li Guang was so anxious that he still couldn't get out, and the military minister Shan Yu heard the name of Li Guang, and learned that he was trapped and hurriedly passed down the order, which must capture Li Guang alive and send him to the camp.

Li Guang fought to the exhaustion, many wounds and unable to resist, the Huns saw this and rushed up, and actually captured Li Guangshengsheng, and the remaining soldiers below could only watch the main general capture, and had to collect troops and retreat to camp for dozens of miles.

The Xiongnu won the first battle and captured the famous general Li Guang, and the army returned triumphantly. Li Guang was tied up and thrown on horseback, seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the Hun camp, Li Guang became more and more anxious in his heart, and suddenly had a plan.

"Oops!" Li Guang suddenly shouted and fell off the horse, the leading Hun heard the sound and strangled the horse's head to check what was going on, seeing Li Guang's hands and feet tied and fell to the ground, the leading Hun thought for a moment and said: "General Li is a famous general of the Han Dynasty, although he is now captured by us, but he is seriously injured and cannot escape, you will loosen General Li and put it in the rope net, tie it between the two horses and walk slowly." ”

The Huns lifted Li Guang up and removed the rope, put it in the rope net between the two horses and continued to move forward, Li Guang lay on the net and looked, the front and back were surrounded by the Huns, it was not easy to escape, so he simply closed his eyes and rested, waiting for the opportunity.

After walking for more than ten miles, Li Guang peeked around and caught a glimpse of a Hun boy beside him, who was leisurely riding on a horse. Li Guang hurriedly jumped on the young man's horse, pushed the young man off the horse with one hand, and snatched the bow and arrow from the young man's hand with the other.

The Huns were taken by surprise and were shocked when they saw this, and hurriedly turned their horses' heads to chase after them. Li Guang looked back, the dust was everywhere, and he estimated that there were hundreds of chasing soldiers behind him, and he was alone, how to resist the enemy, he had to whip and urge the horse forward. Fortunately, the mount was powerful, most of the Huns could not catch up, and dozens of people rode good horses, and gradually chased closer, Li Guang bent his bow and shot arrows back at the pursuers, and the pursuers fell in response, bluffing the rest of the people did not dare to get close. Li Guang walked and shot, and traveled for dozens of miles, just met with the remnants of his subordinates, and the Huns could not catch up and had to go back, so Li Guang was able to escape.

Gongsun He sent troops from the clouds, the location is closest to Yanmen, because most of the Xiongnu troops were transferred to encircle Li Guang, so all the way to the past but did not meet the Xiongnu troops, after a circle had to stand still, retreat to the Great Wall.

Soon after Gongsun Ao sent his troops from Daijun, he encountered the Xiongnu troops, and after a fierce battle, he lost 7,000 cavalry. Because the Han and the Xiongnu traded on the border, they set up a mutual market, a large number of Huns gathered near the mutual market, and the Daijun was close to the mutual market in terms of location, Gongsun Ao saw that he could not win, and quickly led the remnants of the soldiers and horses back to the Great Wall.

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Wei Qing sent troops from Shanggu, which was the farthest away from Hushi, and he also did not encounter the Xiongnu troops all the way, and then there was the Xiongnu's sacred land Dragon City. According to the report of the sentinels who investigated, due to the main force of the Xiongnu surrounding Li Guangbu, their Heavenly Sacrifice Holy Land was empty of troops at the moment, whether to continue to go north to attack Longcheng, or to retreat to the Great Wall for conservative reasons, Wei Qing fell into deep thought.

Since the Xiongnu took the initiative to provoke the war in the past, the imperial court did not have a clear combat goal for this four-way attack, but only responded to the provocation of the military minister Shan Yu to show the inviolable determination of our Han Dynasty. Now 10,000 cavalry has gone out of the upper valley, the army has traveled hundreds of miles, the cost is huge, and you must not return empty-handed, since the dragon city is empty, why not attack it unprepared, and quickly rush to kill the enemy by surprise?

Thinking of this, Wei Qing set a goal in his heart.

Because Longcheng is west of the Orkhon River, the army has now marched to Junji Mountain, which is south of the Orkhon River, and Wei Qing plans to take the mountain path, which can not only greatly shorten the straight-line distance, but also be more hidden, and can quickly return to the camp after a sneak attack on Longcheng.

The plan was set, and Wei Qing began to implement it.

Junji Mountain is shrouded in mountain fog all year round, the terrain is steep, steep and difficult to walk. Although Wei Qing prepared a map early in the morning, there were many forks in the mountain, and the army lost its way after walking only thirty miles into the mountain. Wei Qing thought to himself that it was not a way for so many people to go around in the mountains, and if he continued like this, he was afraid that it would take a lot of time, so it was better to lead people to explore the road first, and make marks along the way, so that it would be much easier for the army to follow the marks.

After making up his mind, Wei Qing handed down an order, and the army stopped moving forward and chose a nearby flat and open mountain area to camp and stand by. I chose a few young and strong guys, brought dry food and water, and set off to find out the road conditions first. Junji Mountain is wooded and has many forks, Wei Qing divided the personnel into four groups, each group of two people, starting from the place where the army was encamped, and marking it along the way with red, green, blue and blue strips of cloth, so that even if any group of roads is not passable, they can also return to the camp along the previous mark.

After the assignment was completed, Wei Qing took a soldier and set off. About two hours later, the sky suddenly darkened, dark clouds floated in the air, and the sky was black like a cover splashed with ink, enveloping the entire Junji Mountain.

Wei Qing saw that the sky had changed, and said to the soldiers accompanying him: "It's not good, it looks like there is a mountain rain coming, hurry up and find a place to hide from the rain." Before the words fell, the crackling raindrops fell, hitting the body and causing pain. A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, thunder roared, and rain poured down like an outpouring of rain.

The two were anxious to find a place to hide from the rain, but unexpectedly, the mountain road crossed, and it was even more obscure under the rain and fog. Seeing that there seemed to be a cave not far away, Wei Qing excitedly shouted to the soldiers: "Quick! There is a cave in front, go first to avoid the rain and then go! ”

Running into the cave, Wei Qing took a long breath and said, "This rain is really heavy!" There was no response at half-sound, Wei Qing turned around and found that the cave was empty except for himself, and the soldiers had long since separated from him. Seeing that the rain outside the cave was getting heavier and heavier, and there was no intention of stopping, Wei Qing had to sit down on the spot, thinking about waiting for the rain to stop before going out to meet.

The mountain rain was falling loudly, and the sky gradually darkened, looking at the rain unabated, Wei Qing couldn't help but feel anxious, this mountain road was already rugged and difficult to distinguish during the day, and now it was raining heavily, but I was afraid that it would be even more muddy and difficult to walk at night. Now that the two of them are separated again, if they can't meet before dark and rush back to camp, it will be extremely unsafe to spend the night alone in the mountains.

Thinking of this, Wei Qing didn't care about the rain, and relied on his memory to look for it all the way and return all the way. Wei Qing's group was marked by cyan cloth strips, and Wei Qing thought that as long as he could find the cyan markers along the way, he would have a chance to meet up with the scattered soldiers, so that it would be easy for him to return to the camp.

The rain is much lighter, but the sky is getting darker and darker, each mountain road looks almost the same, it is difficult to find the memory along the way with his eyesight, Wei Qing can't help but feel more anxious, if he can't return to the camp safely, I'm afraid that there will be a lot of variables, and he will lead the troops for the first time, and he will never be in such a situation.

Wei Qing calmed down, wiped the rain on his face, and looked around, the surrounding side was lonely, a few wolf howls came from time to time in the deep mountains, and the bushes everywhere covered a few sheep intestine paths. Wei Qing remembered that he had entered the mountain from the south, and that the army had also camped at the foot of the southern slope, and that as long as he found a way to the southern slope, the problem should be solved.

Wei Qing raised his eyes to look at the mountain road in the south, winding and criss-crossing, and it looked extremely desolate in the twilight, and he didn't know which road could lead to the barracks after twists and turns. Wei Qing couldn't help but sigh, disappointed in his heart. In addition to being disappointed, Yu Guang didn't realize that he saw a figure slowly moving forward on the mountain road ahead, could it be a soldier who had been separated from him? Wei Qing was overjoyed in his heart and hurriedly rushed forward.

When I got closer, I saw that the figure was a soldier, and it was clearly an old man with white hair, shouldering the firewood cut down in the forest, and slowly walking along the mountain road.

"Dare to ask the old man, do you know which mountain road leads to the south slope?" Wei Qing saw that the old man was dressed as a mountain man here, so he stepped forward and asked.

The old man stopped when he heard the sound, raised his eyes and saw Wei Qing dressed as a Han army, and asked, "The general is a Han man?" ”

Wei Qing thought that he couldn't hide his outfit, so he said calmly: "In Xia Wei Qing, it is the Han people, it rains in the sky, and he is separated from his companions in Xia, looking for the way here, and asking the old man to guide the lost." ”

The old man wiped the rain from his face, looked at the sky, and said, "This is about forty miles away from the southern slope, and if it is late today, it will be a heavy rain in the evening." The old man's surname is Xiao, a single name with a word, the ancestor is also a Han person, not far from the front is the old man's thatched house, if General Wei does not dislike it, he can live for one night, and then go tomorrow. ”

Wei Qing gave a deep salute and said: "Thank you for your kindness, Wei Qing has been out of the barracks for a long time, I am afraid that the army is worried, and I ask the old man for guidance, so that Wei Qing can return to the camp as soon as possible." ”

Xiao Sui said: "General Wei, it's not that the old man doesn't help the general, the old man has been in Junji Mountain for decades, there are many forks in this mountain, and there are more wild beasts at night, once it rains at night, the general will inevitably get lost." The general still listened to the old man's words, and he didn't want to lose his life in order to rush for a night. Early tomorrow morning, the old man will go to the forest to cut down and take the general back to the southern slope? ”

Wei Qing listened to Xiao Sui's words, and the current situation could only be like this, so he stepped forward and moved the firewood on Xiao Sui's back to his shoulder, and said, "Uncle, Wei Qing is so disturbed, this firewood Wei Qing can take care of it." ”

Xiao Sui didn't push back, only thanked: "There is General Lao!" ”