Twenty-four: A man would rather die in a fight
"A man would rather die in a fight, how can he build the Great Wall in a gloomy manner!"
As far as the eye can see, there is a vast grassland, revealing a little new green from the withered yellow winter, and gradually diffusing into a full green eye.
The Han army had been galloping at full strength for a day and a night, and at this time they were dismounting and resting by the river, in preparation for a better attack on the enemy in the future.
Liu Yi led the horse, smiling at it as it walked and grazing, reciting this poem in his heart, vast and sad.
"Han Cheng," Wei Qing smiled, he had been observing Liu Yi these days, "the weather is cloudy, how long do you think we will have to reach the royal court of the Huns?" ”
Hancheng is the word that Liu Yi chose for himself. In the Han Dynasty, most people had a character, like Wei Qing and Zhongqing.
"If it's fast, it's seven or eight days, and if it's slow, it's about half a month. Of course," Ryu said, looking back and laughing, "if you don't get lost."
He also remembered the flying general Li Guang who he had never met, but was like thunder. According to historical records, this old general got lost in this vast Xiongnu land several times in his life, and finally missed the title of marquis, which cannot but be said to be an important reason.
"Hehe," Wei Qing seemed to think of something, and laughed, "We won't this time, I specially invited a Han man who has been walking around the Xiongnu for a long time as a guide." ”
"Brother Liu," Shen Hu walked over, "when are we going to leave and continue walking?" He saw Wei Qing and saluted lightly, "General Wei is good." ”
"You're welcome." Wei Qing smiled, "Let's let the centaurs rest again." ”
"However, Qin Qi said that there is too much moisture in the grass on the grassland now, and if the horse is too full, it will spoil its stomach when it runs with all its strength for a while."
Qin Qi was a soldier in Qiu Ze's cavalry who was responsible for guarding the horses.
Wei Qing's face slowly faded, "It's okay, I'm measured." Without waiting for Shen Hu to reply, he laughed at himself, "I'm also a slave rider, how can I not know?" ”
Liu Yi secretly glared at Shen Hu, this kid, could it be that he has been with the tide for too long and has been contaminated with the tide's temperament? Obviously he looked clever when he was a child.
Wei Qing turned around and returned to the Chinese army, turned on his horse, and shouted, "Order, set off at full speed." ”
The soldiers were a little surprised, but they all obeyed the general's orders and quickly mounted their horses, and occasionally there was a small muttering sound.
Wei Qing watched coldly, and the three thousand black-armored cavalry under Liu Yi's tent were silent, seemingly low-key, but there was a vigorous spirit of strength in his bones.
In the nearly half a month since they came out of the fortress, Qiu Ze's cavalry has behaved very inconspicuously, but the order is stopped, and the action is like the wind, without the slightest intention of slack. Wei Qing was amazed in his heart, it seems that this Liu descendant is really not just the person who was immersed in the strange tools that the emperor and himself thought he was ingenious.
Sang Hongyang, he lowered his head, and did not forget that before he left Chang'an, in the Xuanshu Palace, the Son of Heaven read this name with a smile. Isn't this Liu descendant recommended by Sang Hongyang at the beginning? Because of this, Liu Yi has not been embarrassed or robbed of credit in the past four years since he was put in Wuyuan. This is not because of how capable Liu Yi is, but because of his friend, Sang Hongyang's status as a close attendant of the Son of Heaven. A few years ago, in the Imperial Garden of the Son of Heaven, Sang Hongyang said to the emperor that Liu Yishan was good at leading the army, and he was present at that time. Over the years, he has coldly watched Sang Hongyang rise in the court, although the official position is not large, anyone with a discerning eye knows that his holy favor is extremely strong. This identity means that he can see the emperor at any time, and if someone complains, he won't be able to eat and leave.
But it is precisely because of the official background of the Liu descendant that although the saddle stirrup has played a great role in the Han-Hungarian War in the past few years, the Liu descendant who gave it at the beginning has not been taken too seriously, and he has been in the small position of Wuyuan Lieutenant for several years. But Wei Qing drove his horse and galloped, thinking to himself that after returning to Chang'an this time, this phenomenon would soon change. With this cavalry army of only 3,000 people, Liu Yi can easily return to Chang'an and become an official and a knight.
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"You say," Chen Yansheng lazily nestled on the tiger skin cushion chair in the inner courtyard of the Sang Mansion, squinted his eyes comfortably, and asked with a smile, "Where is Senior Brother now?" ”
"It doesn't matter where he goes," Sang Hongyang only felt that he was going to be discouraged by this woman, "the question is," he said angrily, "why did you stay with me and not leave?" ”
"Oh," she said, holding her heart as if she was very hurt, "it hurts my feelings to say that, isn't your home my home?" Seeing his angry straight hair, he smiled and said, "My home is still under construction, of course your house is nested now." ”
After Xiao Fang left, the godmother of Xiao Mansion still took care of it herself, as clean as when they were still there. Chen Yansheng felt sour, thinking that he was not at ease after all running from the suburbs to Chang'an City, so he simply spent a lot of money to buy the land next to Sangfu and build a large number of buildings.
Sang Hongyang shook his head helplessly, "What are you going to do when you come back to Chang'an?" ”
"I," Chen Yansheng said leisurely, "I want to open a medical clinic and sit in the hall as a doctor." ”
After all, after studying medicine for so many years, I can't say anything if I don't use it to practice my hands. And the important thing to practice is the case, and there is no better way to attract patients than to open a medical clinic, and people will give you money. Although Chen Yansheng does not lack such a consistent and coherent one, the money he earns is more fulfilling. In the end, who would be afraid of less money.
"Then you'll have to die of exhaustion." Sang Hong Yang's vicious curse.
"How can I be so stupid," Chen Yansheng laughed, "I only open for a short time every day, and only see ten people, and any more will be gone." ”
"Do you think you are ......" Sang Hongyang was about to say a few words, when he suddenly remembered something and stopped?
"How?" She looked over, curious.
"It's fine." Sang Hong said, laughing a little fake.
She stared at him for a moment, believing that he had nothing to calculate about himself, and that he should not overdo it.
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The royal court of the right virtuous king of Monan
The sturdy and beautiful Hun maid lifted the curtain and bowed down, "Lord, I'll pour you wine." ”
"Okay." Youxian Wang Luogusi (I can't find the name of the Xiongnu Youxian King in that era, I took it casually) laughed and said, stretched out his hand and touched the maidservant, "Come on, come on," he looked back at the middle-aged Han man under the tent, "The Bank of China said my lord, I will give you a drink." ”
"Yes, honorable Lord Lorgus." Bank of China said with a smile and drank Juezhong spirits, he had been in the Huns for many years, and he was wearing an orthodox Hun costume.
"You Han people, there must not be such a strong bar." Logus looked up and smiled, "The wine of the Han people is like white water, how can you get drunk." How did people who could not drink fight against the Huns in our steppe? ”
Everyone in the tent laughed, and the Bank of China said that he frowned secretly. "Lord Wang, it is reported that the Han Dynasty sent the general Wei Qing to lead a large army to attack Monan, and the prince should not be taken lightly."
"Huh." Under his left hand, a bare-chested Hun man, and a warrior of the Xianwang tribe on the right, Wo Tiyun, took a big bite of the roast mutton in his hand, "Wei Qing Xiao'er, just the brother-in-law of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, in the words of your Han people, is a general who became a nepotism, how can I bear it?" ”
"That's it, that's it." There was laughter in the tent, and even the maid who served the wine hid her mouth and snickered, without the slightest hint of worry.
"Don't forget, five years ago, the emperor of the Han Dynasty sent four armies to attack my Xiongnu," Zhongxing said with raised eyebrows and said in a reprimanding voice, "Only Wei Qing fought all the way to my Xiongnu Dragon City and won." Wei Qing was named a marquis. ”
For a while, the tent was quiet, and all the Huns had a little ugly on their faces. "It just happened." Logus sneered, "At that time, the Huns didn't expect that Mao boy to dare to fight in Dragon City, and there were only a few old and weak soldiers in Dragon City. ”
"What about the building in Hexi, what about the second department of Xiu Tu?" The BOC said it was aggressive, and he knew it was unpopular. But he had to say it, because if he didn't say it, these Huns would really have arrogant self-esteem to the point of outrageousness.
"Now that Li Xi of the Han Dynasty is leading his army out of Youbeiping, Shan Yu still sent me to the territory of King Youxian," Zhongxing said and stood up and bowed to Logus, "I hope that King Youxian will pay attention to this attack of the Han Dynasty and not lose the prestige of the descendants of the Huns and wolves." ”
"I've already sent Lu Chan to bring a team of men to block Wei Qing." I don't know if he was afraid of Shan Yu's authority, or persuaded by the Bank of China, Logus finally relented.
Bank of China said with a sigh of relief, "Lu Chan is a warrior of the same name as Wo Tiyun in the tribe of the Right Sage King, and with him, he must be able to stop Wei Qing." ”
Although he is not optimistic about Lu Chanrang, but this can not be said clearly, fortunately, Lu Chan Rang is indeed a brave man, at least he can block Wei Qing's edge, when the news of the defeat reaches the royal court, the tribe of Youxian Wang must always pay attention to it, and this battle will be easy to fight.
But even the Bank of China said that he didn't expect that Wei Qing had already divided his troops to block the road cicada at the beginning, and he took the elite light cavalry army straight to the royal court, and met the Xiongnu herdsmen along the way, all of them were slaughtered, and at this time it was only the road to the royal court.
A war, the opposite is not only the generals of the two countries, but also the monarchs of the two countries, Yi Zhixian must feel unlucky that his opponent is the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who has a prosperous Chang'an and stands in front of the shadow of the dynasty, eloquent but gloomy, rough but also tyrannical, Liu Che.
In the darkness of the night, the horse-bound cavalry was carefully deceiving the Hun royal court. Wei Qing was dispatching tasks while galloping on his horse.
"Gongsun He, you take 5,000 men and horses to block the royal court from behind, and you must not let important people escape."
"Li Lang, you take 5,000 men and horses and copy them from the left."
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"He Bi will lead the team to find the Huns and horses, and first startled the Huns' horses, I want the Huns to have no horses to fight. Zhao Xin, you lead a team of people and respond in the middle. I led people to attack head-on, do you understand? ”
"Understood." The generals whispered in unison.
"Hancheng, what are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking of a poem," Liu Yi slowly turned his head to look at him in the deep silence of the night, his eyes cool.
Wei Qing smiled dumbly, this Liu Yi was not a literati, how could he drop his bookbag at such a tense moment when the war situation was about to break out?
"A man would rather die in a fight, how can he build the Great Wall in a gloomy manner!" In the night, the sound of the Han army's sneaking rustled, and the hair of the willow descendant was blown by the slight night wind, and for a moment, it was a little messy.
Liu Yi read slowly, word by word.
In an instant, Wei Qing lost his mind.
Men - would rather die in fighting, how can they - build the Great Wall in melancholy!
Wei Qing is the kind of real man.
Willow turned around, whipped his whip at his mount, and charged forward, thinking to himself.