Chapter 24: The Death of Li Guang
Since the spring of the fourth year of Yuanjia, Huo Quai's army went north out of Dai County, a full half a year has passed. At this time, the Taichu calendar of the Western Han Dynasty had not yet been formulated, and the Qin Dynasty's "Zhuan Calendar" was used, and this set of calendars was the first day of the new year every year on the first day of October, of course, each year is still twelve months.
At this time, the Battle of Mobei had just ended, and it happened to be the third day of October, but the year at that time was already the fifth year of Yuanzhen. The return of Huo Quai's army was not as fast as the previous entry into Mobei, firstly, there was no need to be in such a hurry to return after a big victory, and secondly, thousands of Hun nobles and captives were all on foot with the army, which was not a little slower.
In October of the lunar calendar, there is already some chill outside the Saiwai. But fortunately, at this time, the logistics and supplies have followed, and the whole army has added a few more clothes. This time the army returned triumphantly, and the morale was very high throughout the way back to the army, and there would be some wine and meat supplies from time to time, and almost every day the Han army was celebrating on the road.
After a month's march, the Han army crossed the Great Wall again and returned to Pingcheng County. This Pingcheng County is actually the later Shanxi Datong, but there was no such administrative division as Shanxi in the Western Han Dynasty, which belongs to the Yanmen County, and Pingcheng County is the seat of the governor of Yanmen County.
On this day, the Han army was still thirty miles away from Pingcheng County, and the Yanmen Commander had already led the subordinate officials of the Heya, together with the officials of Pingcheng County, hundreds of people gathered on the pipeline ten miles north of Pingcheng County to greet them. The Governor of Xihan County is an official with a rank of 2,000 stones, and the second person in a county after Taishou, but such a person has to put on a guard of honor to greet him when he learns that Huo Quai's army is going to pass through his own treatment center!
"Hou Ye is Pingcheng County twenty miles away, but Zhao He, the governor of Yanmen, has already gone out of the city ten miles to greet him!" Zhao Ponu's had already seen Zhao He before the army, and immediately turned over to report Huo Qu's illness.
"Zhao He? Then order the whole army to camp ten miles away in Pingcheng County, rest for one night, and leave tomorrow! "Huo Quzhi is actually not familiar with who this Zhao He is. Although the lieutenant of a county is also a senior member of the party, Huo Quai's contacts are all high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China, and he has good contact with local military and political dignitaries.
"Brother knows this Zhao He?" Huo Guang walked side by side with Huo Quai, and asked very casually.
"I've heard of it, but I've never had any dealings." Huo Quzhi really didn't know this Yanmen Captain, but everyone greeted him for ten miles, so he still had to meet him.
"Hey, Huo Shizhong doesn't understand. Our Hou Ye's status is in full swing, and now he is returning to the dynasty with a big victory, who doesn't want to stammer?" Yiguan Hou Gao said with a big grin, although he usually has a hot personality, he still understands some sophistication, and he is blunt.
"Hehe, Yi Guanhou can see it through!" Huo Guang said with a smile. For Gao Buzhi, Huo Guang knew that this person was the same as Zhao Ponu, he was Huo Qu's hardcore, and this was not a secret at all, even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty recognized it. Otherwise, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would not be so explicit Feng Gao did not know that he was the Marquis of Yiguan, and Zhao Ponu was the Marquis of Cong Hu.
"As generals with heavy troops in the imperial court, we must not be cautious in our words and deeds. We still have to keep some distance from these local military and political dignitaries, and it is understandable to pass by their territory to meet them, but we must not have deep friendships. You two should be careful not to do that! Huo Qubing really didn't miss every opportunity to teach Huo Guang, and this time he told Huo Guang some officialdom rules.
Regarding Huo Quzhi's teachings, Huo Guang naturally listened carefully, and Huo Quzhi's words were the focus. Huo Guang found that after saying these words, Huo Quzhi actually glanced at Li Kang not far away with great meaning, which was not found including Li Kang himself, but Huo Guang thought of a later statement because of this.
"Could it be that my brother is also hinting that Li Guang is not allowed to be a marquis because he once privately received the seal of King Liang?" Huo Guang couldn't help but think that Li Kang had followed Zhou Yafu to quell the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, and then because of the Yongguan Three Armies, he was appreciated by Liu Wu, the king of Liang, and the king of Liang awarded Li Guang the seal of the general of Liang in front of all the troops.
In the Western Han Dynasty, the central court had a clear rule that officials of the kingdom were not allowed to serve in the central government. Li Dang actually took the general seal of King Liang, which undoubtedly cast a shadow on his future path, and it is also for this reason that although Li Guang also made great contributions in the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, he was not rewarded at all. And Liu Wu, the king of Liang, later wanted to compete with Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, for the throne, as soon as Emperor Wu ascended the throne, he recalled Li Guang's past, and it was strange that he could be reused.
"It seems that the so-called Li Guang is difficult to seal, not just because of bad luck, this wrong step is a wrong step. Maybe if it weren't for the emperor like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it would be hard to say whether Li Guang would have survived until now! By the way, Li Guang should have killed himself not long ago, and the military situation on the Western Route is estimated to be about to reach his brother. I wonder what Li Dare will do if he learns the news? Huo Guang estimated that Wei Qing's army was already on the way back to Chang'an, and Li Guang should have committed suicide at this time. In all fairness, Huo Guang still has a good impression of Li Kang, it is definitely not a happy thing for someone else's father to die, if he can comfort Li Kang, Huo Guang is still willing to do it.
"Zhao He, the commander of Yanmen, meet the Hou Ye and the generals. The army of the Hou Ye returned triumphantly, and the people of Pingcheng had prepared food and wine for the army, and invited the soldiers to enter the city to rest. Huo Guang didn't know when there was a group of people in front of him, and the leader was a military general in his forties wearing armor, needless to say, this person was Zhao He, the captain of Yanmen.
"Captain Zhao is too polite, it is inconvenient for the army to enter the city, so our army can camp here." Huo Qubing directly rejected the proposal of the army to enter the city, and there was no room for turnaround, as soon as his military order came out, several horsemen immediately sent the order.
"Master Hou's strict governance of the army is really an example for officials and others to learn. Since the Hou Ye did not want the army to enter the city, the lower officials would send the food that the people had to reward the soldiers with later. Zhao He knew that it would be impossible to change Huo Quai's military order as soon as it came out, so he immediately found a step down. However, his words left a way out for himself, that is, he could come again at night, and he also gave Huo Qu a little trick when he said this, that is, Zhao He said that there was food for the people of Pingcheng to reward the army, because Huo Qu had forbidden the soldiers to enter the city, and if he refused even these foods, then there would be a little flaw in the hearts of the soldiers. Zhao He is the one who leads the troops, the way of nature is the way of relaxation, although the military law is strict, it is not enough to make the soldiers die for the commander, and a good coach has to return to the soldiers emotionally, so Zhao He is sure that Huo Qubing will not refuse him.
"In this way, I will find the captain, take me to thank the people of Pingcheng!" Sure enough, Huo Quzhi did not refuse this time, this is the so-called yang conspiracy, even if you know that it is greasy, but you are helpless.
"Hehe, this Zhao He is really interesting!" Looking at the back of Zhao He's departure, Huo Guang smiled and said beside Huo Quai.
"It's nothing, these people are just trying to figure out what I mean, in fact, everyone in the world is like this, even I have to always figure out His Majesty's thoughts. The only way to establish a life is to vote for the superior and hate what he is evil! Huo Quai's illness saw it clearly, and he was also blunt about Huo Guang. But this is also the case, people are always thinking about other people's minds!
In the camp, except for Huo Qubing and Huo Guang in the main tent, the other generals were all fighting with the soldiers outside the tent. However, although the war was over, Huo Qubing still banned drinking in the army, and he also went to Pingcheng tonight. After all, these tens of thousands of troops are all adult men, and this battle of Mobei has hardly seen a woman for half a year, and once it relaxes at this time, it is likely to break into a catastrophe.
Huo Quzhi was naturally waiting for Zhao He, since this person said that he was coming, then he would definitely come. However, what the two brothers didn't expect was that Zhao He, who was waiting in the big tent, did not arrive first, but waited for another passerby.
"Marquis Qiqi, Your Majesty's envoy has arrived, and he is outside the camp at this moment."
"Huh? What is His Majesty's envoy doing at this time? Huo Quzhi stood up a little unexpectedly, he couldn't understand what Emperor Wu of Han seemed to be sending an envoy for.
"Come in, please." Huo Qu said after straightening his clothes, and sat in the handsome account at the back end.
Huo Qubing was not even present when he met with the envoy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but the envoy came suddenly and left quickly. In less than half an hour, Huo Qubing personally sent this person to the camp gate.
Almost no one in the Han army knew about the arrival of the envoy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and even after the envoy left, there was still a lively scene in the camp.
"Brother, what does Your Majesty say?" Although Huo Guang had some guesses, he was also very curious about the intentions of Emperor Wu of Han to shoot the envoy.
"Look at it, the results of my uncle's battle this time are not ideal, and even His Majesty is still very dissatisfied, and several generals have been implicated because of this. However, His Majesty praised us a lot, and made an exception to reward the main generals of our army in advance. Huo Quzhi handed a brocade in his hand to Huo Guang, although the books were still bamboo slips during this period, the brocade was easy to carry and had been used to deliver letters.
Huo Guang took the brocade and began to read it seriously. It has been more than half a year since he came to Dahan, and Huo Guang can also skillfully use Han Li, whether it is reading or writing, there is no hindrance. After a look, Huo Guang found that the results of the Western Road Guard Youth Army had not changed from history.
This time, Wei Qing is still like history, and he didn't catch Yi Zhi Xiandanyu. Although nearly 20,000 enemies were killed, the Han army also killed more than 14,000 people in this battle because of the fierce battle with the Xiongnu army, and this victory can only be regarded as a tragic victory!
And Huo Guang has always been in his heart, and the ending about Li Guang has also been staged again. To be precise, in the last month, that is, in September of the fourth year of Yuanzhen, when Li Guang returned to Wuyuan, he killed himself with a sword because he did not want to face the interrogation of the sword and pen officials. As for the reason, it is the same as in history, because of disorientation and delayed the military period.
"It's nothing for Zhao Shiqi to go to prison, the only thing I'm worried about is this Li Guang's death, will it make Li dare to hate his uncle?" Although Huo Guang is not Wei Qing's nephew in the strict sense, there is nothing wrong with him calling him so sick with Huo. As for Li Dang's hatred for Wei Qing, Huo Guang also wanted to give Huo Qubing a wake-up call in advance.
"I don't have to hide it from you if there is no outsider, in fact, the arrangement for Li Guang is what His Majesty meant. If Li Dang really dares to do something out of the ordinary, I will naturally not let him go. ”
Huo Quai's words were like pebbles, startling a pool of deep water.
Huo Guangxin said: That's really the case......