"If you are a candidate, let Shangguan Ji go with me, the minister also needs a young general who is good at long-distance attacks, and the minister thinks that Li Ling will be fine. In addition, the minister asked His Majesty for one person, and Hanoi was too guarded by Dongfang Shuo. "Huo Guang asked for 30,000 cavalry, and only Shangguan Ji and Li Ling were brought, plus one Dongfang Shuo.

It's easy to understand with Guan Ji and Li Ling, one is the first military general under Huo Guang, and the cooperation between the two is also very tacit. And Li Ling is Huo Guang's earliest subordinate, so it makes sense to bring it. But as a literati, Dongfang Shuo's role on the battlefield is not very large, and it is this kind of race against time, facing a war that is several times larger than the enemy, Dongfang Shuo is really difficult to play any role as a civil servant.

"Only 30,000? Don't bring other generals anymore? Emperor Wu of Han looked at Huo Guang in surprise. If Huo Guang only took 30,000 people, it means that there will be 150,000 troops left, and among these 150,000 troops, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is really not afraid of a head-on confrontation with the Xiongnu, but Huo Guang's 30,000 people will face the 100,000 army of the Qiang people, and he doesn't know how to deal with it.

"This march is expensive and fast, and the minister does not plan to bring grain and grass, so he can only bring 30,000 light horsemen at most." Huo Guang continued to speak in an astonishing manner, and even threatened not to bring even grain and grass, which means that he really planned to take 30,000 people to attack Longxi County for thousands of miles.

"Okay, then I will let your 20,000 generals of the Southern Expedition and 10,000 elite cavalry in Hanoi take action. I am waiting for you in Tarzan. Emperor Wu of Han agreed to Huo Guang without the slightest hesitation, and said that he would wait for him in Mount Tai. Previously, Huo Guang had said that if there was his good news within two months, then everything would be according to the original plan, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty would continue to seal Mount Tai.

"There's one last request." Huo Guang thought for a while, but still spoke.

Emperor Wu of Han responded without the slightest hesitation: "If Aiqing has anything to go, I will not allow it." ”

"There are many Yiyi in the southwest, and the forces are also complicated, and the minister needs to be able to negotiate with the southwestern Zhuyi on behalf of His Majesty." Huo Guang made one last request.

He only brought 30,000 people, and in the face of the 100,000 cavalry of the Qiang people, Huo Guang needed to be able to use all the forces in the southwest as much as possible. Most of the ethnic minorities in the southwest of Yi actually submitted to the Han Dynasty, and in principle, the Han could exercise the rights of the suzerainty.

"Okay, then I'll give you Huang Yue." Emperor Wu of Han still replied without the slightest hesitation.

Huang Yue is a ritual vessel that represents the Son of Heaven since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, and it is an axe with gold as an ornament, which symbolizes the conquest. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty gave Huang Yue to Huo Guang, so Huo Guang had the right to make decisions on behalf of the emperor and the entire country.

"The minister will not disgrace his mission, and now that the time is pressing, the minister will go down to prepare." Huo Guang gave another military salute to Emperor Wu of Han, and without waiting for Emperor Wu of Han to say, he resolutely turned around and walked out of the big tent.

"Marquis Anyang, what did Your Majesty say?"

"Anyang Hou, what should I do now?"

As soon as Huo Guang stepped out of the tent, he was surrounded by a group of ministers, all of whom asked eagerly.

"What are you panicking about? What should you do, the Huns haven't come yet, so you will mess up with yourself first, what kind of system will you become? Huo Guang ignored everyone's inquiries, just dropped a sentence and left.

Just when Huo Guang was preparing to rush to the aid of Longxi, the main army of Xiongnu Shan Yu finally appeared two hundred miles in front of the Han army, and this time Uwei Shan Yu really poured out of the nest and dispatched 130,000 Hun cavalry. You must know that the Xiongnu have been defeated again and again over the years, but the soldiers in battle are not as good as before, plus the right Xian King still has 70,000 or 80,000 troops to contain Zhao Ponu in the Hexi area, and the 130,000 army is already the maximum limit that Uwei can make up.

When the news of the appearance of the main force of the Xiongnu reached the Han army camp, the urgent military information of Zhao Ponu in Hexi was also sent to the camp. The 80,000 troops under the command of King Youxian came to the second county of Wuwei in Jiuquan, so that Zhao Ponu could not move for a while.

When this bad news came, Huo Guang's 30,000 cavalry was already ready to go, and under the eyes of 150,000 Han troops, they headed towards the west of the Han Dynasty. Everyone knows that the next real battlefield is not in this grassland where nearly 300,000 troops are gathered, but in the land of Longxi, where Huo Guang went.

"Can Anyang Hou win?" Many people are muttering to themselves.

"He can, he's our teacher....... 100,000 Qiang cavalry, didn't he expect it a long time ago? Zhao Yinhua whispered, as if he was saying to himself, and as if he was saying to a few friends beside him. If Huo Guang was here, he would definitely not have thought that the first person who firmly believed that he would win would be the stubborn girl who had been raising the bar with him.

The past few days in Chang'an City have been gloomy and bleak, and Liu felt that these days were unprecedentedly tormented. Originally, in the days when he began to supervise the country, Liu Ju was also high-spirited and had the feeling of pointing out the country, but the news of the Qiang people knocking on the customs was like a thunderbolt on Liu Ju and the entire Han Empire.

"Uncle, is there any news from my father? Has Gongsun Ao arrived? What if Gongsun Ao can't hold on? Liu Ju sat on the imperial steps of the Xuanshu Hall and asked Wei Qing in a bit of a panic.

"Back to the prince's words, Your Majesty has now arrived in the area of Wolf Juxu Mountain, I am afraid that he has met with the main force of the Xiongnu royal court, at this time His Majesty's army can never be retreated, Gongsun Ao has arrived, and our top priority at present is how to quickly defeat the Qiang people in Longxi." Wei Qing said to Liu Ju, he was a little disappointed with Liu Ju's performance, at this time Liu Ju did not show the calmness and composure that a king should have, and Liu Ju and his father were too different from him at this point.

"Longxi is not far from Hexi, quickly order Zhao Ponu to return to Longxi, he still has tens of thousands of elites there." Liu Ju hurriedly said that Zhao Ponu was the only one he could think of who could rescue Longxi.

"No, the first part of the Xiongnu Right Xian King has already arrived in the two counties of Hexi, if it is transferred back to Zhao Ponu's army, it will make Zhao Ponu suffer from the enemy at that time, and my Han will lose the land of Hexi that I have obtained with great difficulty." Wei Qing hurriedly vetoed it, his analysis was the same as Huo Guang.

"What then? Are we just waiting? Now that the land of Sanfu and the counties of the Central Plains can no longer draw troops and horses, how can this be good? Liu Zhizhi sat on the imperial staircase, and his tone was even more flustered and helpless.

There was silence in the hall, and even Wei Qing didn't come up with any solution. Gongsun Ao's 20,000 men were already the last army that could be drawn, and now even if Wei Qing was sent to the battlefield to defend against the Qiang, he would have no troops available!

Under the moonlight of the Mobei grassland, Huo Guang's 30,000 horses were repaired on a higher grassland, and at this time, the night could no longer allow the 30,000 horses to continue to run.

"Send someone to return to Chang'an immediately, hand over this letter to Miss Tang, and order Lu Shu to collect all the information about the Qiang people in the past three years at all costs, no ...... It's within five years. In addition, people who are familiar with the geography, language, and folklore of the Qiang people were recruited from Bashu and other places, and all of them joined me in Fuping. "Although it was completely dark. At this time, the army could not continue to move forward, but Huo Guang still ordered a team of men and horses to continue to rush back to Chang'an in the night.

The most urgent thing for Huo Guang now is to know the news of the Qiang people, to know their habits, to know their internal power structure, and their combat habits. Only by thoroughly understanding the opponent can we effectively find the opponent's weaknesses, so before fighting the Qiang, Huo Guang needs too much information about the Qiang.

"Master Hou, if our army of 30,000 people goes directly to Di Dao to fight with the Qiang people, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." When he was resting, Dongfang Shuo took the initiative to walk to Huo Guang's side and said.

"Mr. Dongfang, you may wish to tell me what you think." Huo Guang looked at Dongfang Shuo through the moonlight. The two hadn't seen each other for several years, and the dissolute and uninhibited Dongfang Shuo in Huo Guang's memory had now become calm and introverted.

"The subordinates don't know much about the Qiang people, but at present, it seems that there is a wise man in the Xiongnu or the Qiang people. This is a terrifying being who really has great wisdom and is unparalleled in resourcefulness. I think it is more likely to be on the side of the Xiongnu, after all, the Xiongnu have paid attention to learning Han culture since Yizhixi, and the possibility of a wise man appearing over the years is not impossible. Dongfang Shuo did not analyze the battle situation, nor did he put forward any feasible opinions, but instead proposed a person who could only exist.

Huo Guang nodded at Dongfang Shuo, Huo Guang asked himself, even if he stood in the position of the Qiang people or the Xiongnu, he might not be able to make such perfect use of the opportunity of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's northern tour to force the entire Han Dynasty to such a situation, to say that there is no top wise man among the Xiongnu and Qiang people, Huo Guang himself does not believe it.

And at this point, Huo Guang thought the same as Dongfang Shuo from the beginning, this time the real biggest threat to the Han was not the 100,000 Qiang people, but this alien wise man hidden behind the scenes, because no one knew how many bureaus were waiting for Huo Guang behind this alien wise man.

"So I need to have a detailed understanding of the Qiang people, even if we are short of time, we can't rush to Didao, which is why I went to Fuping first." Huo Guang looked up at the starry sky above his head and looked at the west direction of the Great Han Long.

Fuping belongs to Beidi County, just an ordinary county seat, but there is a famous general Wang Jian in history. From here, you can quickly reach Hexi to the west, Longxi to the southwest at the nearest distance, and to the southeast to Chang'an is only a few hundred miles away.

Huo Guang didn't bring any baggage, and even the rations that each soldier brought were only two days' stock. However, from the beginning, Huo Guang did not intend to use the rations carried by the soldiers, and he set his sights on the tiny tribes that roamed the Mobei grassland.

Because of the nomadic habits of the Xiongnu, some small tribes with only a few hundred or thousands of people did not follow the migration of the Xiongnu royal court, and the Han Dynasty has always turned a blind eye to these small tribes that did not pose any threat, as long as they did not appear near the Great Wall, no one cared about them.

Huo Guang's daily march would inevitably annihilate such a tiny tribe, and then use their cattle and sheep as military rations. When Huo Guang was about to arrive in Fuping non-stop, Gongsun Ao had already stationed in Longxi with 20,000 people.

It is close to Weishui, it is the only way for Longxi to enter Guanzhong, where the city is strong and connected by waterways, and it is not afraid of the siege of the army at all. Therefore, Shang became the first strong line of defense against the Qiang cavalry.

Gongsun Ao is now more than forty years old, and the general Wei Qing has a very good personal relationship, when he was young, he also saved Wei Qing's life, has been relied on by the queen and the general, but this person is really unlucky, a few years ago in the battle of Mobei, he and Li Guang's army did not meet with Wei Qing's army on time, resulting in Wei Qing all the way to the last Hun did not meet and returned in vain. Later, Li Guang committed suicide, and Gongsun Ao was also demoted to a concubine.

This time, the Qiang people knocked on the pass, and Wei Qing, the general of the crown prince's supervisor, assisted the government, and once again enabled Gongsun Ao. Although this person is not very lucky, he is second to none in the DPRK in terms of leading troops to fight.

Gongsun Ao stood on top of the upper city, he looked at the direction of Di Dao from afar, his face looked calm and calm, although he only brought 20,000 people to garrison, but Gongsun Ao was not very worried. In his opinion, this Qiang people are just a barbarian tribe, I heard that it is still a group of semi-savages who are not educated, and these Qiang people are cavalry, and they are not good at siege warfare, as long as they stick to the city, it will be difficult for him to attack the head of the city no matter how many Qiang people there are.

Gongsun Ao is not a stunned Qing, and he has long passed that impulsive age, and he was also instructed by Wei Qing before he came, no matter what, don't go out of the city to fight with the Qiang people, and it is a great achievement to defend the city and prevent the Qiang people from advancing eastward.

When Gongsun Ao was looking out from the city tower, a Qiang cavalry of about 1,000 people from the direction of Di Dao also came to the bank of the Weishui River, which was less than thirty miles away. Now most of Longxi has been captured by the Qiang people, and all the soldiers who fled have been gathered in Shang, and the people have also fled to Guanzhong with their families, and the Longxi territory west of Shangxi has completely let the Qiang people run horses.

"This Weishui can go directly to the capital of the Han people, but unfortunately we Qiang people can't build ships......." In the Qiang team, the Qiang people who were dressed in Zen clothes and had a graceful demeanor, looked at the Weishui rolling east under his feet, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Da Lun, as long as Da Lun gives an order, I will be able to take it down in less than a day." Mangbrozhi beside Da Lun said excitedly, this first warrior of the Qiang people, in front of this Da Lun who looks one size younger than him, his tone is extremely respectful, there is no doubt that the coach of the Qiang people this time is not Mangbrozhi, who is known as the first warrior, but this mysterious Da Lun.

"Naturally, you can take it, although this Han guard named Gongsun Ao has mediocre ability, he is barely enough to defend the city. If you want to take our army, you will pay a lot of casualties, but the gains outweigh the losses. Let's wait two more days....... When these Han people in Longxi are all gathered, I ...... I want to give the Han people a big gift......." Qiang Dalun looked at Shang and said elegantly, as if in his eyes this was not a war, he just brought 100,000 Qiang cavalry to appreciate the magnificent mountains and rivers of this Han!