"Today, it is Sun Ming who died, and tomorrow it may be me, or you, but this is war, we are soldiers, and the meaning of our existence is this."

"Knowing death without fear, and not regretting nine deaths, all of this is actually just based on those simple six words."

"Somebody has to die, and if we don't go, who will go."

Li Tian exhaled heavily, "If one day, the soldiers of the Great Han are all cowering on the battlefield, afraid of death, then the Great Han, I'm afraid it will come to an end." ”

After the words fell, Li Tian patted his buttocks, stood up, walked to Qian Mingguang, who was holding Sun Ming's ashes altar and bowing his head in contemplation while sobbing quietly, bent down and patted him on the shoulder.

"Mingguang, Sun Ming's family also has a pair of old parents who are over sixty years old, their family has opened a steamed bun shop on Chang'an East Street, and when this battle is over, you can go and see the two old people, in the future, their lives will all depend on you to take care of, okay, I will go first, the army will set off later, don't forget what you promised me just now, where we fall we will get up from where we fall."

Qian Mingguang nodded chokedly, "I know the general." ”

Li Tian patted Qian Mingguang on the shoulder one last time, and then walked down the hill step by step, leaving Qian Mingguang alone here to continue to understand what he had just said.

But at this time, Li Tian, who had just walked a few steps, suddenly paused in place, looking at Huo Quai, who didn't know when it appeared in front of him, Li Tian was stunned, and after being surprised, he hurriedly bowed his hand, "General." ”

Huo Qubing came very early, when Li Tian just told his story, he arrived, Huo Qubing originally wanted to come to see Sun Ming off, but Li Tian's story made him stop and stand quietly listening.

For Li Tian's past, Huo Qubing is not clear, can only be regarded as a half-understanding, today, after Li Tian really finished telling his story, Huo Qubing can be regarded as understanding everything about him, at the same time, the heart of the champion Hou is also like a precipitated boulder falling into the water, splashing, more than waves.

How could such a person be

Huo Quzhi walked in front of Li Tian, and said in a tone that seemed to be talking to an old friend: "I didn't expect that the former Chang'an evil young man was you." ”

Li Tian smiled bitterly, "General, don't make fun of me again, I was ignorant in the past, that's why I caused so many disasters." ”

Huo Quzhi shook his head, "I didn't mean that, I just said that you are really good." ”

Huo Quzhi looked at Li Tian, took a deep breath and said: "A few years ago, the Huns invaded Dingxiang County in a big way, and my Han 10,000 defenders fought with the enemy for three days, and finally repelled the enemy, I heard my uncle say that on the second day of the Dingxiang defensive battle, the Huns had broken the city, but a madman in the city actually brought five hundred soldiers to fight with the Huns in the city for a whole day, so that the Huns finally failed to fully occupy Dingxiang, until the next day when the reinforcements arrived, the Huns were forced to retreat. ”

"Last year, the Huns went south to attack Shangjun, the madman still appeared on the wall of Shangjun, this time he was even more crazy than the last time, seeing the Xiongnu besieging the city, most of the soldiers in the city were injured, the madman who was still a captain at the time, rushed out of the city with a thousand soldiers at night, and attacked the camp of 30,000 Huns at night."

Huo Quzhi sighed with emotion: "One thousand against thirty thousand, crazy enough, he can even be regarded as a guy who is in a hurry to die." ”

"But no one thought that that madman would actually attack successfully at night, not only burning the grain and grass of the Huns, but also killing one of them" Huo Quzhi looked at Li Tian and sighed.

"Even if the madman was about to be hacked to death by the scimitars of the Huns besieging him, he still insisted on burning the Huns' grain and grass, and if the reinforcements hadn't come fast enough afterwards, I'm afraid that the madman would have died a long time ago."

Huo Quzhi shook his head, "Crazy things like that, that guy doesn't know how much he's done in the past few years." ”

Huo Quzhi looked at Li Tian with a complicated expression, "It turns out that the madman is you, it turns out that this is the reason why you are so crazy, come to think of it, over the years, you have been able to climb to the position of Zhonglang Jiang at such a rapid speed, I am afraid that it has nothing to do with Master Li Taichang, everything is just because of your madness." ”

From Huo Quai's mouth, we can imagine how crazy Li Tian has been in the past three years.

The figure in Dingxiang City who swore to the death and fought a bloody battle with the soldiers and the Huns in the narrow streets.

Outside the city of Shangjun, the unyielding general of the enemy who is thirty times tougher.

Who can connect the former Chang'an evil boy with the current big man?

Everything has been doomed since the moment Qicheng was broken.

Facing Huo Quai's admiration, Li Tian smiled modestly, "The general is too praised, what I have done is too far worse than yours, I am just atoning for my sins, I am so crazy, just because I have 50,000 unjust souls on my body, they are driving me forward, driving me to become crazy." ”

Huo Quzhi didn't say anything, silently stared at Li Tian who was bowing his head in front of him, and after a while, Huo Quzhi suddenly walked to Li Tian's side step by step, but when Huo Quzhi walked to the position of Li Tian's ear, he suddenly stopped, spoke softly, and there was a little more guilt in his tone.

"You're not"

After speaking, Huo Quzhi raised his voice, looked at Qian Mingguang, who was still holding Sun Ming's ashes and crying not far in front of him, and said loudly: "Herald the army, prepare to set off in two quarters of an hour, and continue to move forward," Speaking of this, Huo Quzhi looked back with his eyes, looked at Li Tian and smiled lightly, "What you said just now is very right, war, someone has to die, if we don't go, who will go, but I want to correct you, this battle, we will not necessarily die, and I, Huo Quzhi, will never fall here, I will take you to play the sound of triumph in Xicheng, I will take you back to Chang'an alive. ”

"In this battle, the ones who die will only be the Huns!"

Li Tian once again clenched his fists at Huo Quai, "No." ”

At this time, Huo Quzhi whispered the last sentence in Li Tian's ear.

"When this battle is over, I will ask Your Majesty for your merit and marquis, and in the future, General Li is still willing to follow me Huo to fight in the Quartet?"

Li Tian raised his head slightly, a touch of astonishment appeared in his dark pupils, and soon, the astonishment was replaced by excitement, Li Tian straightened his waist, solemnly put his right hand on his chest, and said the four-character military soul of the Great Han Huo Army.

"No regrets even if you die!"

Because of Li Tian's words, coupled with his self-deprecation and self-deprecation, Qian Mingguang once again stepped on the battlefield, and that night, when the army set off, he became a scout who opened the way for the army in front and reconnoitred the terrain.

At the same time, Li Tian's words are also deeply remembered in his heart, since I can't change what happened in the past, then let me change myself.

But this change also takes time.

After crossing the Yanzhi Mountain, Huo Qubing continued to move towards the goal according to his own plan, looking at the topographic map of Hexi sent by the old leader of the Zi tribe in his hand, Huo Quzhi, who led the army on horseback, secretly calculated, at present, he is very close to Xicheng, although there are still many obstacles along the way, but Huo Qubing believes that in front of the Han army under his command, those obstacles are nothing.

Xicheng is about 1,200 miles away from Yanzhi Mountain, on the first day he marched for 30 hours, a total of more than 300 miles, there are still about 900 miles away from Xicheng, 900 miles, a terrifying number, if these 900 miles are completed step by step, how can they walk for a few months, if it is horseback riding, it will take about ten days and a half months.

But Huo went to illness, but he only gave himself five and a half days.

In five and a half days, Huo Qubing needed to lead the whole army to march at the fastest speed, and on the other hand, he also needed to fight a movement battle with the Hun cavalry along the way, attacking while fighting.

Rather, it is a meandering, dazzling curve.

Yes, relying on the detailed topographical map of Hexi in his own hands, the champion Hou fought a beautiful sports battle with the Hun cavalry who came to pursue him along the way in the past five and a half days, a roundabout battle, plus hide and seek

At first, Champion Hou wanted to fight all the way through, just like the previous five Xiongnu vassal states, but when he really planned to implement this plan, Champion Hou suddenly found that in the land west of the river, the strength of the Huns themselves was not as weak as he thought, and on the second day of the rapid march, Champion Hou's ass was chased after more than 10,000 Hun cavalry gathered from the surrounding tribes.

10,000 against 10,000, although the champion Hou is confident that he will defeat them, but the pursuers of the three kings of Hexi are behind the 10,000 advance army, what if the time drags on too long and attracts the army led by the three kings of Hexi?

As a result, the champion Hou did not fight head-on with the pursuers behind him, but fought a guerrilla war with them, generally speaking, a punch in the east and a kick in the west, or in the process of a rapid march.

Huo Qu was sick and repeatedly punched hard during the exercise, and the Hun pursuers behind him complained bitterly.

Several times, these native-born Huns were actually ambushed by Huo Quai, an outsider

Another time, the pursuers were too tired to chase, so they set up camp on the grassland, ready to rest, and then went to hunt and kill Huo Quai, but less than half an hour later, the Hun pursuers almost just closed their eyes, and before they could fall asleep, Huo Qubing suddenly turned back from the front with people and gave them a surprise attack.

This group of more than 10,000 Hun cavalry chased Huo Quai's illness for four days, and then dispersed, and they took the initiative to disperse, and they couldn't disperse, and in these four days, they were killed and injured by Huo Quai's disease, and they didn't even touch the corners of the Han army's clothes.

The morale of these Hun cavalrymen who were beaten by Huo Qubing was completely lost, and they even became nervous.

As soon as there is a little bit of trouble, they will shout in a panic "The Han army is coming", and when they sleep at night, someone will shout from time to time, "Huo Qubing has brought people to raid again".

Take a look, look at these chasers who were beaten by Huo Quai, I really don't know who is the gang being chased

When these Hun cavalry retreated, they walked more than 200 miles, and happened to see the pursuers of the three kings of Hexi, the three kings originally planned to take these horses into their own command, and then take them to continue to pursue Huo Quai, but looking at the eight thousand Hun cavalry were frightened by Huo Quai, the three kings of Hexi immediately cut off the idea of taking them under their command.

Nonsense, the morale of the people under them was quite high, but as soon as this group of masters came, what could they do if they lowered their morale?

Unconsciously, Huo Qubing has left a psychological shadow among the Huns in Hexi, and this psychological shadow will never disappear.