Chapter 144: Ten Years
"Xie Quzhen, give you the Hussar Battalion of the Eastern Expedition, if you can strangle 20,000 Huns with 3,000 hussars, you and your Engong will all be acquitted!" The Emperor waved his hand and laughed loudly.
"Command!"
Xie Quzhen nodded.
The eyes of the whole government and the opposition all looked at this young captain, wanting to see if this person really had the ability, or was he just talking big words.
The emperor has spoken, and Li Xingchen's family does not need to continue to go to prison for the time being.
Of course, if Xie Quzhen failed to kill so many people as agreed, then they would still have to go to jail.
After settling down with Engong's family, Xie Quzhen rushed to the front line on horseback.
The Eastern Expedition Hussar Battalion belonged to the Hussar Army ranked in the Han Dynasty.
The people inside are notoriously unruly.
There are even many people who are ready to go to the real meal, wanting to teach this boy who doesn't know the height of the sky a lesson.
In the eyes of most people, Xie Quzhen is just a person who is lucky enough to get the emperor's favor.
In a place like the barracks, where seniority is ranked, it is not an order that can make these fierce soldiers easily obey orders.
But that day, Xie Quzhen didn't take anyone to this camp.
It wasn't until the next day that Xie Quzhen arrived, and then, the whole army was gathered.
The three thousand soldiers stood crookedly, obviously trying to embarrass Xie Zhen.
Xie Quzhen came this time, and he brought a hundred cronies when he was a captain.
As soon as he raised his hand, these cronies threw out more than 300 heads.
The soldiers below were suddenly confused, and they turned their heads one by one.
"I know." Xie Quzhen looked at the soldiers below: "I know you don't obey me, I understand, this is a military camp, everything has to rely on ability and seniority."
Xie Quzhen pointed to the heads of those people on the ground: "I took a hundred of my cronies, rode the old, weak, sick and disabled war horses, and killed 300 cavalry, if any of you are not convinced, take 100 cavalry out, can kill 300 Huns, I will immediately return to Chang'an and commit suicide in front of Your Majesty."
The soldiers below were suddenly taken aback.
Joke?
The famous people of the Huns,
However, the horsemanship was amazing, even if they marched east to the hussar battalion, a hundred cavalry, it would be difficult to kill three hundred Huns.
But this young man who had just arrived, with a hundred people, actually killed three hundred Huns.
Even, more than 100 people don't seem to be seriously injured.
In the barracks, there will be relative respect for the strong.
Then, Xie Quzhen did not rush to set out immediately, but instead practiced the three thousand iron horses.
In a flash, two months passed.
Suddenly, many voices came out in the court.
said that Xie went to be really worried about losing the battle and finally dying on the emperor's execution ground, so he dragged it and refused to go out.
When the emperor heard these words, he was also quite curious, and it just so happened that he was going to inspect the three armies.
He walked through two barracks first.
The commander-in-chief of the barracks all took all the officers to bow down at the gate of the barracks to greet them.
Unexpectedly, when he arrived at the gate of the Eastern Expedition Hussar Camp, instead of being greeted by the main general and partial general, he was blocked by the soldiers at the door.
The minister beside the emperor suddenly became angry and wanted to reprimand.
The soldiers guarding the gate insisted on the emperor's token.
The emperor gave the soldiers the Tiger Talisman.
After the soldiers went in to ask for instructions, they took the emperor on patrol into the barracks.
When he came to the main general's camp, Xie Quzhen came out with a few officers, but instead of bowing down, he gave his hand: "The minister is wearing armor and stomach, and in the barracks, he can't bow down, and can only do it with the benefits of the army."
The minister beside the emperor was suddenly furious and wanted to scold.
Unexpectedly, the emperor stopped him, but instead of getting angry, he pointed at Xie Quzhen and said: "This is the style of a famous general."
Thinking that those lords would bring a large number of people to greet them before, and Xie Quzhen would act according to the rules.
Compared with the two, the judgment is made from the superior.
Soldiers, what the emperor wants is not a person who can pat himself on the back, but a person who can resist a strong enemy and defend the country.
On the seventh day after the emperor left, the 10,000-strong army of the Xiongnu appeared on the border and wanted to invade.
Immediately, Xie Quzhen took the initiative to ask the emperor for help.
Randomly, Xie Quzhen led 3,000 iron cavalry to face an army of 10,000.
That night, in the government and the opposition, many people thought that Xie was really embarrassed.
That's an army of 10,000.
Although the Han Dynasty was brave, it had few chances of winning with fewer enemies.
Not to mention, 3,000 men against 10,000 troops, more than three times as many enemies as your own.
But the next day, news came from the front, a great victory!
The 3,000 iron cavalry led by Xie Quzhen broke through the 10,000 army.
In the first battle, 5,000 enemies were killed, 2,000 were captured, and only less than 3,000 remnants escaped.
The news came back and shocked the government and the opposition.
Such feats, could it be that the champion Hou Huo was reincarnated from illness?
I think that at the beginning, I am afraid that only the champion Hou could have such a feat.
In this battle alone, Xie Quzhen's reputation spread all over the government and the opposition, and everyone knew about this fierce general.
The emperor was even more happy to send back Xie Quzhen.
In the court, he immediately pardoned Xie Quzhen and his father-in-law.
After that, Xie Quzhen led the Eastern Expedition Hussar Battalion, with six major battles and more than 30 small battles, without any defeat.
When Xie Quzhen's reputation reached its peak, in the army, he was even about to compete with the champion Hou.
You know, the champion Hou Ke is the idol of all people in the army.
However, Xie Quzhen did not expand his army.
Only three thousand people, dead replenished the elite entered.
The people above regard Xie Quzhen as a strange soldier.
Every time there is a big battle, let him influence the situation of the battle.
Although he had a lot of achievements, he did not have the slightest intention of letting him lead the army.
Ten years of battlefield career, Xie Quzhen's military exploits are enough to sit in the position of a general.
But even if he promoted Xie to the real emperor, he didn't dare to let him sit in the position of a general, and in the past ten years, only Xie Quzhen was allowed to command 3,000 people.
The reason is very simple, Xie Quzhen's prestige in the army is so high, how dare the emperor let him hold power again?
Finally, on the eve of the last expedition.
Xie Quzhen and Engong Li Xingchen's daughter, Li Chengcheng came to a stream.
Li Chengcheng was previously rescued by Xie Quzhen, plus, who doesn't like young heroes?
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In the past ten years, Xie Quzhen and Li Chengcheng have also admired each other, but Xie Quzhen knows the danger of the battlefield and does not dare to marry her.
Unexpectedly, Xie Quzhen was already in his thirties, and Li Chengcheng was not married in twenty-six or seven.
"This time, it is my last expedition, and when I come back this time, I will marry you."
The two of them were walking in the stream, and Xie Quzhen suddenly spoke.
Li Chengcheng paused.
Every time Xie Quzhen went on an expedition, she would walk here with him as a distraction.
I didn't expect Xie Quzhen to say such a thing.
Li Chengcheng looked at Xie Quzhen in surprise: "You, why are you like this?"
"The emperor has a very heavy guess about me, I am no longer suitable to continue to command the army, and when I come back from this expedition, I will disarm and return to the field and spend the rest of my life with you." Xie Quzhen said seriously.