As soon as Liu Che's words fell, all the generals in the sand table room raised their heads one after another, their eyes shining with excitement! This expedition to the west has new harnesses such as Takahashi saddles, stirrups, and horseshoes, plus a complete map! This battle will definitely be a big victory, and whoever can get the opportunity to lead the army will definitely make a meritorious contribution enough to be a marquis! How can they not get excited?

Among them, Li Guang and Cheng Buzhi are the most eager, in their opinion, Dou Ying and Tian Wei are too high in status and don't need to grab these credits with them, and Wei Qing and Gongsun Ao are too young to have the prestige to command an army of 20,000! Although Li You was familiar with Hexi affairs, he lacked the experience of leading the army, and he commanded to participate in the western expedition as an assistant, and he was never the right candidate to become a leader; So among the Han ministers who participated in the whole process of the Western Expedition, only they were the most suitable candidates for leadership!

"Your Majesty! The minister thought that this was the first battle of the Han counterattack against the Xiongnu, and this battle must be cautious. After thinking for a while, Dou Ying came out and said, he was a little old, and what he thought in his heart was that this battle was based on undefeated first and then sought victory.

"Wei Qihou's words are wrong, because this is the first battle of the Han Dynasty against the Xiongnu! Therefore, only by winning a big victory can we sweep away the shame and deter the Huns! If you spend a lot of money and food, you will only end up in a situation where you are invincible and undefeated! So what good is this battle? Wu'an Hou Tianwei stood up against Dou Ying's opinion, "The minister thought that Li Guang, the guard of Weiyang Palace, was too punctual in Renlingxi, Yanmen, Daijun, and Yunzhong, and had fought with the Xiongnu many times and won a lot!" If he leads the army to the west, he will be able to defeat the Huns! ”

The two important ministers each supported different generals, which made Liu Che a little embarrassed, quietly listening to the arguments of the ministers, Liu Che kept thinking in his heart, if he didn't know how to use it, then this battle would not be lost anyway, but it would probably not be easy to achieve a big victory; If Li Guang is used, the hope of winning will be greatly increased, but there is also the hidden danger of defeat, how is it good?

At this time, Liu Che was a young man with strong blood after all, he had spent so much time to prepare, and he had the map that the mission had brought back from the Western Regions after all the hardships, if he could only be invincible and undefeated, then this battle would be meaningless! Since Li Guang's use of troops is not safe enough, then he will send a safe general to help him!

Liu Che slowly stretched out his right hand to signal the ministers to stop arguing, and then set his eyes on Li Guang, as if he had already made a decision, "General Li!" ”

"The minister is here!" Li Guang hurriedly came out of the crowd and responded respectfully, while his heart began to beat faster, is Your Majesty going to hand over this important task to me?

"If I put 20,000 elite soldiers under the command of General Li and take charge of the western expedition, I wonder if General Li can bring me a great victory?" Liu Che stared at Li Guang for a long time before he said slowly.

"The minister will be able to sweep the land west of the river for Your Majesty, and take the heads of King Hutu and King Kun Evil to be dedicated to Your Majesty!" Li Guang's head exploded with a buzz, and seeing that the achievement of sealing the marquis was in front of him, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied loudly; And Cheng Buzhi on the side sighed secretly, hey, are you going to lose this opportunity?

"That's great!" Liu Che clapped his hands and praised, "Spread the decree and canonize Li Guang, the guard captain of the Weiyang Palace, as a hussar general, ranking third as the third duke, and commanding all matters of the Western Expedition!" Weiqing is a cavalry general, and Gongsun Ao is a cavalry general, ranking under Li Guang to participate in the western expedition! Taizhong doctor Zhang Qian led the rest of the original Han mission as a guide to assist the hussar general! ”

The military system of the Han Dynasty was very chaotic, and various general titles emerged in endlessly, and the appearance of Li You made the title of hussar general appear more than ten years earlier, and the first person of this title also changed from Huo Qubing to Li Guang! Judging from Liu Che's arrangement, this title has a very high status, and it should be second only to the existence of a general among military attachés! And the general of the cavalry and the general of the cavalry are permanent titles, which are probably lower than the general of the hussars! However, considering the identity of Wei Qing's relatives and his relationship with Gongsun Ao, if the two are united, Li Guang can also be restricted.

This is Liu Che's plan, he used Li Guang to lead the army to let him use his talent to defeat the Huns, and he put Wei Qing and Gongsun Ao under Li Guang to prevent him from making mistakes! With these three generals and Li You, who is familiar with Hexi affairs, as a guide, this battle will be able to sit back and relax.

As soon as Liu Che's decision came out, Tian Wei's face was full of joy, and Dou Ying was relieved considering that Wei Qing, Gongsun Ao and Li You were walking with Li Guang! In the sand table room, everyone is happy, but Cheng Buzhi is not a single person who is depressed, and all the generals who participated in the planning of the western expedition have been sent, why did His Majesty miss himself?

"Changle Palace Guard Cheng doesn't know?" Just as he was thinking about it, Liu Che's voice sounded again!

"The minister is here!" Cheng Buzhi hurriedly came out of the ranks!

"In this battle, if my Han invades the Hexi area, the Huns will definitely refuse to give up! The military minister Shan Yu will definitely gather soldiers and horses to follow the plan of besieging Wei to save Zhao, and harass the Henan and Hebei lands of my Han Dynasty! Forced my Han to withdraw from the land west of the river! Liu Che walked to the edge of the sand table and pointed at the two places with a thin stick and said.

Cheng Buzhi realized that His Majesty had not forgotten himself, but had other arrangements! Sure enough, after leaning a little, Liu Che said his own arrangement, "I have set a strategy of attacking the west and defending the east before!" The area west of the river was led by General Li to go out on an expedition to defeat the troops of King Xiu Tu and King Kun and recover the land west of Hexi! And in the east, I plan to let General Cheng lead his troops to garrison the border pass to block the attack of the Huns, I wonder if General Cheng may be able to do it? ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured! But the minister has a breath of air, and he will not let the Huns cross the border with one person and one horse! Cheng Buzhi was so excited that he almost whimpered, and hurriedly bowed down and thanked him!

Liu Che's arrangement can be said to be good at knowing people, and using Li Guang, who is good at attacking and using troops in an eclectic way, to take on the task of attacking, has a great hope of winning a big victory; Let Cheng Buzhi, who is cautious in the use of troops and not leaky, be responsible for the defense of the east side, and can also maintain the stability of the border, so that the Huns who came from afar will return in vain.

Sure enough, he is worthy of being the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who will go down in history! Li You, who was at the bottom, was also greatly admired.

The commander of the army has been decided, and the Han has begun to speed up the operation of the war machine, and in the Shanglin Garden, the heavily garrisoned workshops are making saddles, stirrups and horseshoes day and night! Li Guang took Wei Qing and Gongsun Ao to select suitable non-commissioned officers from the Han army, and began to train them to familiarize themselves with the new harness! Groups of convoys kept coming and going in Chang'an City, bringing mountains of grain, grass, cotton clothes, armor and other materials

In the spring of the second year, all the preparations before the expedition had been completed, and it was just waiting for Liu Che's will!