A month passed in a flash, and the news of the attack on the right king of Youxian shook the major tribes of the Xiongnu right land, accompanied by the news that the general Cao Shi led his 40,000 elites out of Jincheng, crossed the Yanzhi Mountain, and went straight to Juyanhai. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The right Xian King was injured and difficult to see, the Huns were leaderless, as the victims of the Han army's outburst, the Hugh Tu King and the Hun Evil King adjacent to the Jincheng fortress were directly impacted, the Huns could not face the boundless black armor cavalry tide, the various departments fled under the red Daxu of the Han army, the first wave of impact was not over, the unlucky Hugh Tu King was defeated and captured.

The Hun Evil King stood behind and fled with the fleeing tribes, but this did not have any effect, the Hun Evil King and the Hutu King were only a stone's throw away, there were his tribesmen, thousands of cattle and sheep, the boundless pastures, and the big river flowing under the Yanzhi Mountain, leaving here was tantamount to suicide, his people would be annexed and enslaved by other tribes, in the face of the desperate pursuit of the Han cavalry, the desperate Hun Evil King gave up resistance and surrendered.

Overlooking the Juyan Sea, you can see that the turquoise grassland is dotted with thousands of lakes of different sizes, during which the river flows to form a dense jungle swamp ecological area, and the pastoral area that originally belonged to the grassland under the account of the Xiongnu Youxian King was requisitioned as a temporary camp for the Han army.

Eight thousand black-armored elite cavalry arrived on the side of Juyan Sea as the vanguard, and the remnants of the Xiongnu who had not had time to retreat were blocked, including some of the royal tent cavalry of King Youxian who fled north in a hurry.

"King Youxian was frightened and fled to the court of Youxian." Chen He's swarthy face was full of joy, and the captains in the tent laughed heartily, breaking the headquarters of the Right Xian King was a great feat, only killing 12,000 enemies, and capturing 36,000 was enough to confer the title of official. How many broken military heroes shine on the lintel, just thinking about it makes them feel comfortable, and the fatigue and injuries of many days are worth it.

The captains were beaming with joy and blowing up their glorious achievements, and Zhou Zuoche jumped out and poured cold water on him: "Don't be too happy, according to the original plan, you should quickly clear the remnants of the Right Xian King." To completely eradicate the influence of the Xiongnu Shan Yuting on the right land of the Xiongnu and the Western Regions, we must remember that the general of the Che Cavalry once said that if you fight a snake, you will not die, and the harm will be endless. ”

"It should be that if you don't fight a snake, you won't die, but you will suffer from it." Guan Qiang added in a low voice. was glared at by Zhou Zuoche for a long time, and he didn't dare to speak.

All the lieutenants looked at each other, even Chen He, who has always liked to challenge authority, was silent, not because Zhou Zuo's chariot was so powerful that he dared not look at him directly, but because he had always put on a very calm appearance and was deeply respected by the chariot general Cao Shi, and this time the vanguard army was in charge of him.

"The remnants of the Right Virtuous King are not to be worried. The cavalry of the king's tent is a tricky matter, and it is necessary to think of a proper strategy to suppress it. ”

"Why bother to go to great lengths and suppress it, and kill it with bad intentions."

"Kill it?"

Guan Qiang shook his head, disapproving Chen He's proposal: "The general of the Che Cavalry has always hated the matter of pit killing, such tyrannical behavior is reminiscent of the former Qin Baiqi and the Western Chu Xiang, if you force those surrendered Huns to be involved in the great cause of the Western Expedition, you and I can not afford to bear the guilt." ”

Xiahou hurriedly walked from outside the tent. Behind him were more than a dozen Hun kings with scattered heads.

King Hutu and King Hun walked in front of the team, their disheveled bodies like old jackals prostrate in front of the lion, no longer threatening the overlord of the side.

"The general has an order. Escorting the two to the court of Youxian Wang to recruit the remnants of Youxian Wang, the general asked me to ask Zhou Duwei when he could send troops to the north. ”

The generals were awe-inspiring.

The speed of the progress of the war was unexpected, after the defeat of the Battle of Jincheng, the various units of the Youxian King scattered on the grassland encountered the cavalry of the Han army, and the few stubborn resisters were not strong-willed, and they could not stop the round of surprise attacks of the Han army's iron cavalry, so they lost their armor and collapsed. The cavalry of the Han army not only did not lose its strength in several fierce battles, but became more and more courageous and energetic. However, in ten days, he turned to the Youxian Wangting, which was thousands of miles away, and the Youxian Wang, who was caught off guard, was wrapped in a dumpling. Only King Youxian himself escaped death with a hundred and ten personal guards and rode to the Xiongnu Shan Yuting Dragon City.

"Congratulations to the general of the chariot for his victory and victory in breaking the right virtuous king."

"Doctor Zhong is here with the emperor's order?"

Zhuang Zhu's beard curled slightly, and his smile turned into a bitter face in a blink of an eye: "The Hun thief chief is arrogant, Shuofang is in danger of going to the valley, Gongsun Ao led the resistance of the troops and still does not improve, Your Majesty specially asked me to plan for the general of the Che Cavalry." ”

"Has General Wei ever returned to the division to help?"

"I don't know."

Cao Shi said thoughtfully: "I expect that General Dingwei will come to the aid soon, and the places where he will fall are all over here." ”

"Hey, isn't this Zuoxian Wangting?"

A wolf flag was erected on the sand table, which was the location of King Zuoxian's royal court in Monan.

"The Xiongnu army gathered in the border of the Han family, the war report repeatedly mentioned that the Hun cavalry 300,000, the nomads who relied on to transport grain should be doubled, as for the cattle and sheep are millions of heads, such a large-scale mobilization is a rare scene on the grassland, even if our Han army dispatched 300,000 soldiers to coordinate before and after, mobilize for several months, not to mention that there are few Huns who use such a large army, it is inevitable to be in a hurry, there is a chance to have chaos, and the court of Zuoxian is the biggest opportunity."

Wei Qing was taught by him, the strategy of the art of war was never as he expected, this big victory was unpredictable, and only an army raided Zuoxian's court to solve the worry of being besieged.

"Doctor Zhong can return to Your Majesty, just say that the minister expects that General Dingwei has raided the Zuoxian royal court in Monan, be sure to ask the border army to prepare for the pursuit, once the Hun army slowly withdraws, it will bite to the death and not let it easily turn back to Monan, the longer the delay, the greater the results, the minister will choose the opportunity to raid the Huns Shan Yuting, and come to a left and right attack to annihilate the Huns on the Monan grassland!"

Cao Shi's eyes were burning, and there was a faint look of grandeur in his eyes.

Compared with the battle of Hexi to take advantage of the pursuit of victory, the battle of Monan was extremely difficult, the Shuofang County on the north bank of the Yellow River has changed hands several times, thanks to the courage of the Bush Husband to dispatch troops to aid Shuo Fang, with 2,000 people to break the right valley Liwang three formations, the 30,000 Huns who fought were frightened, and for a time let the Bush run rampant on the Ole River.

The military minister Shan Yu also sent reinforcements to help the king of Yougu Liwang turn the tide of the war, but as the reinforcements from the inner counties of the Han Dynasty continued to pour into the border, the pressure on the military minister Shan Yu's headquarters was also increasing day by day, and the tug-of-war between Yanmen, Daijun, Yuyang, and Shanggu was becoming more and more painful. In the past, the light cavalry of the Han land gradually did not shine, and every time they came into battle, they always encountered the charioteers of the Northern Army as the front drive, and the turtle shell composed of large shield crossbowmen was splashed with water in front of them, not only could not take advantage of the slightest advantage, but also suffered quite a loss.

It is not easy to launch a surprise attack around the country, although the armored cavalry on the left and right flanks of the Han army is not good at horse archery. But they stand in place and bend the bow and throw no worse than the Huns, once the close combat must be armed with iron scimitar short spear, to deal with the Hun cavalry is still in the late Bronze Age, iron technology is not too easy, although the Hun cavalry is still not afraid of death, but how can the flesh and blood resist the benefits of swords and guns. Several battles were fought in bloody battles, but the vitality was greatly damaged, several large tribes lost their troops, their morale was greatly damaged, and the army's morale was shaken, and they gradually had no intention of fighting.

Profits flock to the harvest and no profit lingers, which is the nature of the nomads of the grasslands. What's more, now it is not only unprofitable, but also has to take advantage of the family's blood capital, and it is nothing more than the increasing difficulty of the monarch and the ministers to suppress the subordinates, and the daily deployment of troops will be more and more constrained.

In particular, the news that the Youxian King was defeated and fled, and the news that the Youxian Wangting was occupied by the Han general Cao Shi spread far and wide, and the Xiongnu army was fluctuating, and there would be tribes that secretly left every night, and there was a tendency to expand in recent days.

On this day, the military minister Shan Yu was distressed by the battle on the front line. Wandering in his heart whether he should retreat as soon as possible, yesterday he convened King Zuo Xian to discuss until midnight, and Zhao Shi advised him several times to return to the army and retreat. But he still couldn't make up his mind, King Youxian handed over one-third of the territory and pastures and population cattle and sheep to the Han people, which was an unprecedented fiasco since Mao Dun Shan Yu, which would be a huge blow to the Xiongnu royal family of Shan Yuting's lineage, and it was also a huge blow to the prestige of the military minister Shan Yu.

Retiring two months early can still save face, and now the right Xianwang lost miserably in Jincheng. Deal with the punishment of the right virtuous king to the second, to appease the floating people's hearts. Reversing the unfavorable situation of the war is the most important thing, when the Xiongnu Dashan Yu can't suppress the little kings of the Xiongnu tribes. He, the Hun Da Dan Yu, will come to an end, and every royal family of the Yu clan around him can take his place, he will die without a place to be buried, and his son Yu Shan will be killed by the second, which is unacceptable.

"Big order! Oh no, big order! The Han general Wei Qing beheaded and raided Zuoxian's court ten days ago, captured Zuoxian's Wang's clan and the prince, and slaughtered more than 1,200 prime ministers, captains and relatives, and the rest were killed. ”

The military minister's head was buzzing, and he only felt that his eyes were black and he fell down and fainted.

That night, the news of Da Dan Yu's illness spread quickly throughout the camp like wings, and the Xiongnu nobles and princes who were worried about Da Dan Yu was seriously ill were both surprised and angry, and they made mistakes in their busy hands to go around to arrest people who were walking the news, and the Xiongnu army was in chaos, and rumors about the death of illness in the war were spreading, forcing King Zuo Xian to send Wang Tent cavalry to bomb everywhere but with little effect.

After more than a month, Wei Qing led the army to sweep the Monan grassland to cut off the grain and grass passage of the Xiongnu army stationed on the border of Han China, such as the consequences of the iron plough sweeping, the Xiongnu departments were worried about the safety of their own people, the turbulent morale became more and more sluggish, and the military ministers disappeared for many days to further give birth to the rumor that Da Shan Yu had died.

Bad news came one after another, there were even rumors that the Xiongnu royal court was swept by the Han army, and under the premise that the Xiongnu were seriously ill and could not stabilize the army's heart, the panicked Xiongnu royal nobles made a fatal wrong decision, and the Xiongnu army retreated overnight.

Zuo Gu Li Wang Yi Zhi oblique strongly opposed but to no avail, Zuo Xian Wang's troops were heavily damaged in Wei Qing's attack on the grassland, that is, the military minister Shan Yu, who had just seen his illness, also said that the army was distracted and it was not suitable to fight again, and they planned to retreat in the king's tent that night, they would never think that this trip would never have the opportunity to see the flower world of the Han land in Mo Nan again.

Wei Qing did not let Liu Che, the son of heaven who sat in Chang'an, feel disappointed, he had already known the strategy of the Huns to retreat without a fight, Wei Qing's department ambushed in advance in the desert of the Xiongnu Plateau and fought a beautiful surprise attack.

If it weren't for the inability of the major general Wei Qingbing to threaten the leaders of the Huns under the elite protection of the royal tent, the results of the battle may not stop at the step of severely demoralizing the Huns.

It was more than half of August after the battle, and the Huns thought that the Han counterattack had finally come to an end, but they never expected that this was just the beginning.

In autumn. The Xianbei king, who was dormant at the eastern foot of Xianbei Mountain, gathered the scattered tribes, gathered the Wuhuan and Fuyu tribes of the contract clan, and together with the warriors of the Sushen and Wofu barbarian tribes, crossed the Xianbei Mountain and launched an attack on Longcheng, the hinterland of the Xiongnu Shan Yuting, forcing the king of Zuoxian, who intended to return south to the left belly of the Xiongnu to reorganize the old department, to stop, and had to deploy his heavy troops in the eastern front of the Gonglushui area to resist the enemy.

A short period of two months before the onset of winter. The Xiongnu and Xianbei coalition forces on both sides of the Gonglu River have won and lost several battles with each other, with the support of a large number of warriors and good horses of the same clan, the Xianbei people burst out of the fierce combat effectiveness of the Donghu tribe, even if the weapons and equipment are far inferior to the elite of the Xiongnu royal court, they still do not fall behind, but rely on the support of the Ru Mao blood-drinking barbarians such as Su Shen and Wo Fu repeatedly set up ambushes and kill the Hun cavalry in the swamp area on the river bank, which made the proud Xiongnu royal family very embarrassed.

In the spring of the second year of Yuanguang, Jinchengsai. The temporary Beppu of the general of the chariot is illuminated.

Today is the day of the full moon birthday celebration of the princess and concubine, Yang Nobunaga princess Liu Wan just out of the confinement received the reward sent by the Weiyang Palace, the son of heaven Liu Che attached great importance to the daughter born to the eldest sister, not only personally gave the name Cao Cheng, and gave the state money to hide the "Jianyuan" year name of 20,000 gold coins (1000 catties of gold). There are 300,000 "Jianyuan" silver coins of the same value, 20 carts of silk and satin, countless rewards such as pearls, agate, gemstones, rhino horns, etc., and as many as 10 pieces of valuable court jade.

The scale of the reward is almost comparable to the size of the birth of a princess, but no one in the court has expressed any objection to this, the emperor is eager to make up for the relationship with the general of the chariot cavalry, and the exception of the reward is understandable, and the Son of Heaven said that in his early years, he had agreed with the Marquis of Pingyang to marry his children. Now that Pingyang Hou has his daughter Cao Cheng, the marriage contract is logical, and the Son of Heaven rewards the children's future daughter-in-law. It is not easy for foreign ministers to interfere.

The whole house was full of joy, but Princess Yang Nobunaga frowned, coaxed the young girl to take a nap and pulled Cao Shi back to the house.

"The concubine thinks that her concubine is still young, and it is not too late to let go of the marriage for a few years."

"The edict of the Son of Heaven, how dare I resign."

"But ......"

Cao Shi saw that his wife wanted to speak and stopped, and said with a smile: "My wife." You and I have been married for many years, why don't I know what you think? The one who is worried is just a 'golden house hidden girl', right? ”

Liu Wan clutched the silk handkerchief and frowned deeply. She is the eldest daughter of Emperor Gaozong Xiaojing, born in the deep palace and grew up in the inner palace. The delicate and noble daughter of the golden branches and jade leaves, who grew up in the first family of the Han Dynasty, has a profound understanding of politics, he knows his father and mother, and knows his younger brother even better, or she is the daughter of the Liu family, married to the wife of the Cao family, and knows the temperament of the emperor of the Liu family better than anyone else.

The royal family has no relatives, the Son of Heaven is talking about interests rather than family affection, the former princess of the pavilion Tao is the eldest daughter of Emperor Taizongwen, and she is majestic in Chang'an City, not only helping Liu Che to ascend to the throne of the Son of Heaven, but also marrying his daughter Chen Ajiao to the Son of Heaven as the queen.

The Son of Heaven stabilized his position and attacked the Chen family for the first time, and for a while, the Tangyi Houfu family, known as the "second family" of the Han Dynasty, was destroyed, and Chen Ajiao was also driven out of the Jiaofang Palace and sent to the Changmen Palace in the south of Chang'an City to be claustrophobic, and she could only relieve the grievances in her heart with poems and lamentations every day.

"The gentleman has witnessed the decline of the Chen family, when he knows that the open guns and hidden arrows in the deep palace are really difficult to prevent, the concubine, as a mother, can't sit back and watch her daughter be sent to the deep palace to be bullied, let alone think that there are traitors who framed the life of the concubine one day, our Cao family is already extremely rich, why bother to wade into the muddy waters of the Jiaofang Palace."

Speaking of this, Liu Wan couldn't help crying, the sinister palace is even more sinister than the political struggle of foreign dynasties, you can be favored once or abolished, the decline of honor and favor is only between the thoughts of the Son of Heaven, if you want to rely on the support of the mother's family of the foreign dynasty to ensure a temporary peace It is even worse, no Son of Heaven can tolerate the interference of the Son of Heaven's family affairs by foreign ministers, even if the father-in-law and the father-in-law have deep family affection.

"What's more, being a husband is jealous of the Son of Heaven, and he has to go out to guard the frontier in the prefecture and county, and his concubine lives far away in the deep palace and no one takes care of him, so he is afraid that one day the treacherous plan of the Chinese people will end up miserably, but do you think so?"

Liu Wan looked at her husband blankly and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, only to hear him say: "What you are worried about is very reasonable but not deep enough, think about it, your husband has made a lot of contributions to the court over the years, and this pile can be famous all over the world if you take it out one by one, and our Cao family has made a lot of profits from it and has become a huge wealth in the world, and all the marquis and high lords are in the army to listen to my orders, if you are the son of heaven, how can you tolerate it?" What if it can't be tolerated? ”

Liu Wan was slightly stunned, obviously thinking of this terrible consequence, she was originally a smart and extremely qualified person, just because in recent years, she was happily married and immersed in the classical petty bourgeois life of having children and living a life, and she didn't realize that in just a few years, her husband had gone farther and farther.

"How so! A gentleman has a credit for the court, how can it be ...... No......"

"Now my situation is comparable to Han Xin, the Marquis of Huaiyin, the only difference is that I know how to judge the situation better, but this can't be blamed on the Son of Heaven, and no emperor can tolerate the existence of people like me, in the final analysis, it is still a high merit!" Cao Chang sighed and showed helplessness.

Liu Wan is a royal princess after all, she took a deep breath to calm down a little, and immediately made a decision: "The concubine wrote a letter asking the queen mother to be the master and remove the gentleman from the military position, and the concubine and the gentleman took the children back to the Pingyang Marquis to live behind closed doors, okay?" The concubine simply doesn't want the glory and wealth of Chang'an, nor does she want the false name of the eldest princess, as long as she can keep the Cao family's family undiminished, she will have no regrets. ”

"Huh? You ...... you."

"The gentleman doesn't have to worry, this comes from the concubine's sincerity, the concubine has to meet her husband is a lucky thing in her life, now we are not short of money or fame, why care about the ups and downs in Chang'an City, wouldn't it be better for the concubine to return to Pingyang Houguo with her husband and live behind closed doors, the concubine also wants to give birth to a few more children for the gentleman so that the Cao family can spread the branches and leaves, and avoid Xiang'er being lonely and lonely."

Cao Shi raised his head to meet his wife's firm gaze and sighed for a long time, Liu Wan can be determined to give up the glory and wealth as the eldest princess for him, and be the daughter-in-law of the Hou Cao family in Pingyang in a down-to-earth manner, at that moment he really wanted to agree, but history told him that he must not agree, he didn't want to retire early in his twenties to be a turtle with a shrunken head, just like the old Ji Bu who is still in the world, he can only rely on the old love of the year.

Moreover, he has very complicated emotions for his wife Liu Wan, Liu Wan's beauty and intelligence are amazing, but he still has a threshold in his heart that he can't pass, which will always make him think of Wei Qing, and think of the memories in that dusty history, in that period of history, she was forced to remarry after her unlucky original body died of illness, which was not her intention, but this threshold is not easy to cross.

He can vigorously cultivate the Wei family's sisters and brothers, and can make Wei Qing famous, but he can't tolerate anyone getting involved with Liu Wan, even if it is a threat from Emperor Liu Che, for him, staying in Chang'an City or staying in the Pingyang Marquis State will not be able to get rid of the shadow of the emperor, he must be on guard against possible persecution day and night, and he must worry about the shadow brought by that period of history.

"My fate must be decided by myself, even if you are the Son of Heaven, you can't control my will, let alone take away the beloved people around me, no one." Cao Shi silently made an oath and exhaled lightly, and then smiled: "Why should Wan'er be so worried, as you said, your sister-in-law is young, and it will take more than ten years to marry into the palace, and by then maybe the Son of Heaven has already changed his mind." ”

Liu Wanxiu frowned slightly: "How could the Son of Heaven change his mind." ”

"For example, what about the mountains and mountains, the capes of the world, and the mountains and roads?"

"Huh?" (To be continued)

PS: Sorry for the delay until today for various reasons, there is a chapter later, and then I will explain the current situation, as well as the mistakes made and future plans.