"The Huns did not dare to go south."

He Shan folded up the newspaper and said firmly: "This newspaper is very well written, the Huns have been on the border for more than a month, and the headquarters of the Right Xian Wang were pressed by the Longxi border army in the border county and could not move, and the potential of the Huns was consumed." ”

"The book business is angry, and it is better to believe their words than to trust our own eyes." Chun Yuyu said lightly.

Yin Shan immediately objected: "Don't say that, although this person's theory is very simple, it still makes sense after careful analysis. ”

Chun Yuqi retorted: "Then did he say that the 300,000 Hun cavalry entrenched in the border counties, how much commotion it brought to the border, how much trouble it brought to the transportation in various places, the border counties have always been in a state of war readiness, which will affect agriculture and animal husbandry, the Han people dare not go out to graze, dare not rest assured that they will cultivate the land, and the war readiness will last for half a year and there will be few losses to the Huns, how much will our border counties be affected?" ”

"This is a necessary loss, and to resist the Huns it is necessary to bear some losses."

"It's so light! You can afford the loss of millions of people without food and clothing, you can't eat if you don't graze or farm for a year, you can't eat if you don't farm or graze for two years, you have to run to the desert to be a Huns, don't lose Guandong for three years, and you can afford it! ”

Yin Shan was speechless when he was refuted, and muttered to himself for a while: "It shouldn't be so serious......"

"Not serious? For most of the previous half a year, I was stationed in Yunzhong County to assist the county lieutenant to deal with military affairs, and I was attacked by the border counties dozens of times or even more every day, you must know that the main force of the Xiongnu was hit hard last year between that time and then, and when I went just in time for the Battle of Yanmen before the battle, there was almost nothing to do in Yunzhong County for most of the whole year. The border people must be cautious in grazing, cautious in farming, as soon as the wind blows the grass to hide, you will know in a few days. ”

Chun Yuyu told about his journey of apprenticeship and training outside, and originally everyone's apprenticeship experience was a secret of the school. But there is always an exception, and it is not impossible to communicate with the same college.

"That's over! I haven't eaten for a year, isn't there still food and grass support from the inner county? Besides, when it really came to that point, compared to the main force of the Han army, it was also out of the fortress and fought a decisive battle. "The drama letter is a peacemaker, and the two people who are arguing turn around.

"Then you say we have no hope of victory?"

"No, there are still some, as long as the general of the chariot cavalry leads the Han army. The Huns retreated without a fight. ”

"That's reasonable, but will the Che Cavalry General lead the Han army?"

"I don't know, maybe it will ......"

The drama letter said suspiciously: "Isn't there still Hou Weiqing of Changping, there are many generals in the Han army." ”

"You know Wei Qing very well, don't you? I suggest that you mention Wei Qing as little as possible, this person takes the initiative to draw a line with your Pingyang Hou Mansion. I don't know how many people are talking about it outside. ”

"Huh? And this one! The drama letter was shocked.

"You go back and ask everyone who knows this, it is said that it was a court meeting a few days ago, Wei Qing took the initiative to pull the seat of the general of the chariot cavalry far away, and the reason he gave was that the general of the chariot cavalry was too loud, and he was just a young general who did not dare to touch it."

"This one is too much! How could he say such an excessive, he should have known that the situation of the prince was not good......"

"Can't you see it? This is hiding from disaster! ”

Similar quarrels took place in every corner of Taixue, and many people firmly believed that the Han army would win, but there were also many who opposed it. The most powerful rebuttal of the opponents is that the Han army has no generals and no elite soldiers, and the supporters will propose Changping Hou Weiqing, so the two sides quarrel from the normal use of generals to personal morality.

Radical students accused Wei Qing of being a moral lore. The general of the Che Cavalry vigorously cultivated him, and sent his sister to Weiyang Palace to be a wife, and now the General Che Cai is in trouble and does not dare to touch it, and he even runs away as if he is avoiding a disaster, which is simply a shame for a general, especially the prestige of the General Che Cai in the army and the people is particularly high today.

The impact of Wei Qing's sudden defection is far from dissipating. Some people are sad and disappointed, and some people are angrily reprimanding. Some people are puzzled by this, and of course some people are happy.

It's been a long time. Visit the renovated Weiyang Palace again.

Weiyang Palace set up a 30 zhang high viewing platform, Jianzhang Palace 40 zhang high platform imitation, the Son of Heaven seems to like the feeling of condescending overlooking Chang'an.

"Every time I stand here, I feel the power of the world, the magical power of more than 40 million people."

Liu Che was in high spirits, this was the seventh year of his reign, the new policy of Jianyuan passed away with the old era name, the Son of Heaven used the new year name Yuanguang, and the six-year rotation was in line with the habit of changing the Han family's year name, and the new year name was just in time for the death of the Empress Dowager to draw a complete end to an era.

Cao Shi said: "Your Majesty has been a great monarch for thousands of years, and it is a supreme honor for the ministers to assist your Majesty. ”

The Son of Heaven laughed and said, "The general is getting more and more interesting to speak, I like it very much, I like it very much!" ”

After laughing, the atmosphere suddenly became very depressing, and the two of them quietly admired the street scene of Chang'an silently, and the thousands of words came to their mouths but they didn't know where to start.

"The son-in-law is pregnant, and the imperial doctor said that it is very likely to be the prince, and I will have a queen."

Cao Shi bowed and bowed: "The minister wishes Your Majesty a happy Lin'er." ”

"What do you think of my plan to crown this unborn child as the crown prince?"

"The minister's two wives are also pregnant, and if one of them can give birth to a daughter, she can be the unborn little prince's wife."

Liu Che laughed and said: "Okay, you Pingyang Marquis, don't forget the promise I gave you back then, don't forget it!" If you have a daughter, you will be my daughter's crown princess, are you satisfied? ”

Cao Shishi responded: "Don't dare to ask for ears, you can do what you want!" ”

A relaxed conversation dissipated the depressing atmosphere, the two of them were no longer nervous and sensitive just now, and they easily chatted about interesting things in the north and south, Cao Shi was well-informed and humorous, and was good at portraying what he saw and heard as a very personal and interesting story, and he could unconsciously make the Son of Heaven listen to it.

"Sometimes when I think about it, I still admire your abilities." Liu Che looked at the people of Chang'an who were traveling, and suddenly said: "Sometimes I think of the old things in the early years of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, there is no doubt that your ability is stronger than the three princes and nine ministers in the court today, have you ever thought about coming back to be a secretary, I don't mind setting up a new official position for you." ”

Cao Shi said earnestly: "Today is very different from the early years of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, the Xiongnu are entrenched in the border counties, how dare the minister return to Beijing as the secretary, when he thinks that the people of the border county live under the torture of war and border troubles, the minister's heart can not be calm, as a general who guards one side, the minister has the obligation to defend the land and protect the township to appease the suffering border people. ”

"Well, that's a good point."

Liu Che's eyes narrowed slightly, not knowing whether he was looking at the Wei River in the distance, or thinking about the unknowable mind, and said after a while: "I can agree to your request, but I want to know what the purpose of those people you want?" Do you really want to use them to fight? ”

"Yes, the minister has been fortunate to be a young man for a few years, and he has the courage to say that he has a deep understanding of the system of the young government, and the role of those people is to understand one or two, and there is also the experience of Zhang Han."

"Zhang Han gives freedom, what can you give?"

"Honor and respect."

The Son of Heaven frowned: "Are you sure it's useful?" ”

"You can guarantee that nothing will go wrong."

Liu Che nodded and didn't continue to ask, but instead pointed in the direction of the north: "What do you think of the enemy over there." ”

"Your Majesty has a good plan in his chest, and the ministers really don't dare to get an axe in front of His Majesty."

"I want to hear from you."

Cao Shi lowered his head as if to organize his language, and said slowly after a while: "The minister thinks that the will of the Huns to fight is not resolute, so he only needs to send 150,000 cars to ride out of the Huns and retreat without a fight." ”

"Oh? It turned out to be that easy. Liu Che looked surprised.

"Yes, since last year, the Huns have not had a moment to rest for more than a year, at this moment compared to the people are sleepy, the soldiers are tired, the 300,000 cavalry on paper is even half of the combat power is difficult to play, as long as the Han army out of the Huns will retreat, if they don't go, they can be beaten, the Huns will be defeated."

The Son of Heaven suddenly said: "If you say so, there is nothing wrong with the side road of the Five Roads Expedition to the Huns this year, but it is just a failure caused by improper command." ”

Cao Shi was so clever, and said with the situation: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true, there is absolutely no mistake in the five-way expedition against the Huns, and it is not difficult for Your Majesty to appoint a few generals who can fight well to win." ”

"What do you think will happen if I do it again?"

"The morale of the newly defeated Northern Army is damaged, it is difficult to recover for a while, the soldiers of the county are loose and lack of training, and it is difficult to play a good role in cooperating with the Northern Army.

"It's a good idea."

Liu Che pondered for a long time: "From the perspective of the general of the chariot cavalry, who should be the commander of the army, and how many troops should be out of the jam as the best policy." ”

"150,000 foot cavalry is enough, the more soldiers are cumbersome, the more cumbersome they are, with the elite 150,000 Han soldiers can be used properly to top 300,000 troops, and the general of the army recommends Zhuang Qingzhai, who commands the southern army to break the Minyue country, and the transportation of troops can be extraordinary."

"No, the status of the Great Farmer Order is important, you can't leave for a while, let's change someone."

"Lieutenant Xue Ze, although this person did not have a glorious record, but he was an old soldier in the army, and in his early years, he followed the Marquis Zhou Yafu to quell the rebellion of Wu and Chu, and his familiarity with the Northern Army was by no means inferior to that of the veteran generals in the army, and there was no problem in cooperating with the assistance of the general to command the Northern Army to play its strengths."

"It's not suitable, I don't have the experience of commanding an army of more than 100,000 people, let's change someone!"

Cao Shi shook his head and said: "Li Ji is old, Li Guang is proficient in cavalry but not good at chariot walking, Cheng is not good at infantry but not good at chariot riding, Guan Fu is good at chariot riding but not good at infantry, Fan Itguang, Wang Pifang, Wang Buxi has no experience in commanding more than 100,000 troops, the rest of Su Xi and Gongsun Ao are newly defeated, Li Xi is slightly mediocre, and the ministers don't know who else in the court is more suitable." ”

"What do you think of Wei Qing?" (To be continued)