Huo Quai's illness stayed away from the Shuai camp for a few days without news, Wei Qing was very worried, sent out to explore the horse for many ways did not get the news, the mood could not be calm for a long time, he paced back and forth in the Shuai tent to increase anxiety, so he led a few attendants and guards out of the tent to relax, just out of the tent not long after, suddenly a probe horse galloped in the distance, Wei Qing stopped to check, only to see the probe horse galloping to Wei Qing's side and flying off the horse to report: "Report to the general, the people and horses in front of the road are all wiped out, and General Zhao Xin is captured." ”

"Ah, Zhao Xin really ignored my reminder and was angry with me. ”

"Please, General, to calm his anger. ”

Wei Qing immediately thought that the direction in which Huo Qubing was going was Zhao Xin's marching route, and Huo Qubing would not have any accidents, so he said very eagerly: "Let's explore the news of Huo Biyao's team again." ”

"No. ”

As soon as this probe horse left, another one came in the distance, and before the horse reached Wei Qing's side, he shouted loudly: "Report to the general, the men and horses on the left encountered the main force of the Xiongnu royal court and suffered heavy losses." ”

Wei Qing's face instantly became solemn, and he thought for a moment and said, "Immediately order them to retreat and move closer to the Shuai camp." ”

"No. ”

Tanma turned to leave, and Wei Qing said to the guards beside him: "Immediately order the Chinese army to set up camp with me to the left to meet the men and horses on the left." ”

A guard said, "General, Huo Biyao has no news yet, can you wait a little longer?"

"Huo Biyao doesn't matter, it's important to help the men and horses on the left, leave a combat battalion to guard the commander's tent, and notify the rear army to move closer to the commander's tent as soon as possible. ”

"No. ”

Wei Qing led 20,000 horses to march to the left, and after walking for more than 20 hours, he encountered some scattered remnants of the Left Route Army, and found that everyone's face was pimpled, red and swollen severely, and he was embarrassed, Wei Qing intercepted one and asked: "Why are your faces so embarrassed?"

"Report to the general, before encountering the Hun army, we were attacked by a swarm of bees, and the army was instantly chaotic, and our faces instantly became like this. ”

"Ah, where is your general?"

"The general should be there later. ”

"Tell him to be careful, how can this be. ”

After a while, General Zuo Gongsun He ran over in embarrassment surrounded by the guards, and when he walked to Wei Qing and looked up, he immediately burst into tears and said: "Report to the general, his subordinates are incompetent, and they were defeated by the Huns, please punish the general." ”

"Immediately collect the troops and return to Dingxiang to rest and recuperate. ”

"No. ”

"In addition, let me ask General Zuo, where does this bee come from, how can it have such attack power?"

"Report to the general, the incident happened suddenly, and after the team was in chaos, the subordinates found out that it was a bee, I am really ashamed. ”

"There were no signs until the team encountered the bees. ”

"I just smelled the scent of flowers and the buzzing of bees, nothing else. ”

"Well, let's get the men in order as soon as possible, and I'll lead the men and horses to stop the enemy army. ”

"No, the general is careful of the bees, and the pursuers in the rear have almost retreated. ”

"Good. ”

Wei Qing led the men and horses to the rear of the retreat of the men and horses on the left, and found that there were no retreats, so he ordered the heralds: "Inform all the men and horses to withdraw to Dingxiang to rest." ”

"No. ”

Wei Qing's guards said: "General, there is no news of Huo Biyao yet, do you want to lead the people to meet you." ”

"No, leave it to fate. ”

Wei Qing also led the team to retreat to Dingxiang randomly, after several people gathered in Dingxiang, Wei Qing immediately held a meeting, the generals from all walks of life lacked Zhao Xin, Gongsun He also had a small number of pimples on his face, frowning and enduring the pain from time to time, Wei Qing saw this and said: "Please come with the team witch doctor to heal General Zuo." ”

"No. ”

After a while, a witch doctor approached Wei Qing and said, "What does the general command?"

"Look at General Zuo's face. ”

"No. ”

The witch doctor circled around Gongsun He three times and then stayed in front of Gongsun He and stared at Gongsun He's face, seeing Gongsun He feel even more painful, and after doing so five times, the witch doctor was shocked: "General, General Zuo was stung by a poisonous bee, and he needs to remove the venom in his body as soon as possible, otherwise he will die in seven days." ”

"Ah, let's detoxify it quickly. ”

"General, there is no antidote for the small ones, but there is a kind of chrysanthemum that can be cured in our Han realm, but it is a pity that it is difficult to find it in this vast grassland at this time. ”

Wei Qing pondered for a moment and said: "There must be a lot of it, there are still many soldiers in the army who are injured by this." ”

The witch doctor said after a moment: "Unless going deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu to pick purple flowers can alleviate and cure this disease, there is no other way." ”

At this time, the following generals said in unison: "General, please go into the grassland again to find medicine, by the way, the Huns will fight to the death, and you must not withdraw your troops like this." ”

Wei Qing said: "Now there is a new situation, the treatment of the soldiers who were stung by poisonous bees is the top priority, then please set off immediately, the generals of all walks of life must remember not to rush in and not to underestimate the enemy, to have measures to prevent the Huns from attacking with poisonous bees again, the wounded and sick soldiers stay in Dingxiang, and all walks of life will gather in Dingxiang within six days after collecting the purple flower, and the treatment can not be delayed." ”

"No. ”

After the general Li Guang was even more gearing up, before the meeting lamented that he had turned around on the prairie, and he didn't even see the shadow of the Huns, this time he must fight the Huns and collect purple flowers, Li Guang walked out of the tent and returned to his rear army and shouted: "Brothers, today's new task is coming, marching into the hinterland of the Huns to collect purple flowers, and meeting the Huns to kill him, are you ready?"

"Ready. ”

"Okay, in addition, before leaving, everyone should prepare a head and face cloth to prevent poisonous bees from attacking. ”

"Ah, poisonous bees, how is this good. ”

"Don't talk about it, poisonous bees are very rare, it's a precaution, let you prepare as soon as possible, and set off in an hour. ”

"No. ”

Li Guang's team prepared the fastest departure of the earliest, the mighty out of Dingxiang City, Li Guang led the troops for a lifetime, it was really good for the soldiers, there were basically no too many requirements for marching discipline, tens of thousands of troops were like a leisurely stroll forward, looking at the lazy but fast marching, began to draw on the vast prairie, after three days and three nights of searching, the purple flowers and plants did not see half of the plant, the Huns were scattered scattered stragglers encountered three or three twos, all were wiped out by it and there was no movement, Li Guang instantly became anxious, he led the team to wander east and west, and on the seventh day still found nothing, and did not want to return to Dingxiang, Li Guang's adjutant general said: "General, let's return to Dingxiang as soon as possible, and don't let the general wait in a hurry." ”

"Alas, I, Li Guang, am really destined not to make meritorious contributions. ”

The team reluctantly returned to Dingxiang, and several other roads had already returned, some teams picked comfrey, which was sorted by the witch doctors and given to the soldiers to take and smear, Li Guang came to the handsome tent to return to Wei Qing, Wei Qing saw Li Guang arrive and said: "The old general is hard, please arrange for the team to rest." ”

Li Guang sighed and said, "I'm ashamed that I couldn't complete the task assigned by the general." ”

Wei Qing instantly remembered what the emperor said before the expedition, General Li Guang was strange and could not serve as the main attacker, it seemed that this was true, and immediately said: "The general does not have to blame himself, the other teams have completed the task, and now the soldiers have been healed." ”

"Alas, congratulations to the General. ”

Wei Qing continued: "There is another happy event, our Huo Biyao returned to the city, captured hundreds of Huns, and performed a miracle feat. ”

"Alas, congratulations to Huo Biyao. The triumph of other people's victories could not dilute Li Guang's frustration in the slightest.

Wei Qing had to persuade the old general to go back to the camp to rest, and had already sent a fast horse to fly the battle report here to Chang'an, in fact, Wei Qing has been thinking about one person in his heart, that is his master Zhang Jiayang, I don't know where he is, if he follows, he may avoid the poisonous bee incident, because before the expedition received a plate mentioned the bee thing, the master should have already understood, two troops to Dingxiang are not good, and there is a team of men and horses annihilated, if it is not for Huo Qu's illness and strange victory, this expedition is difficult to hand over to the emperor, and he said silently in his heart, Master, where are you, if the poisonous bee incident is not solved, it will be more auspicious to attack the Huns again。

Liu Che of Chang'an Weiyang Palace received Wei Qing's battle report, although the left and middle roads were heavily damaged, but the combat effectiveness of all the soldiers was well preserved, and the Huns also had casualties no less than the Han army, so it seemed to be a neutral battle situation, when he saw Huo Qubing leading 800 cavalry to capture and kill more than 2,000 Huns, he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "My general has a successor, hahaha, quickly order the general Wei Qing to return to the court, and I want to reward Huo Biyao heavily." ”

"No. The messenger turned around and issued a decree, and quickly informed the soldiers who were far away in Dingxiang.

Wei Qing received the order to lead the team back to Chang'an, and the generals were summoned by Liu Che in the Xuanshu Palace, especially when they saw that Huo Qubing liked it more and more, Liu Che said to the ministers and generals: "Huo Biyao led eight hundred warriors to march fast, and the horses they rode were faster than those of Long Yan, they were simply divine horses, and I named them champions, and eight hundred soldiers were rewarded with money and slaves in turn, so as to work heroes." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Huo Quzhi knelt down to thank him.

The others were deducted from each other's merits, and there was no reward.

After retreating from the court, everyone saw that Liu Che was so happy that they couldn't close their mouths, knowing that it was because of Huo Qu's victory, and the good thing said: "Your Majesty said that the divine horse of the champion Hou team flies faster than the dragon goose, why don't your majesty send someone to carve a statue of the divine horse and the dragon goose to commemorate the merits of the champion Hou and the martial arts of the Han Dynasty." ”

"Well, good idea, just do it, and immediately call on domestic craftsmen to handle this matter. ”

"No. ”

Wei Qing returned to the mansion, and before he entered the door, he saw a servant of Princess Pingyang waiting at the door, and when he saw Wei Qing, he saluted and said: "Hello general, my master asked me to invite the general to sit in the mansion." ”

"Oh, is there anything wrong with the princess?"

"I don't know about this. ”

"Okay, I'll change my clothes for a while and then head to the princess's mansion. ”

"No, I'll go back and report to the princess. ”

Wei Qing walked into his mansion to change clothes and dress up, eight-year-old Wei Yan, six-year-old Wei Budo, and four-year-old Wei Deng came back from playing outside, and when they saw Wei Qing, they all came up to him and said: "Father, father, father, please tell us the story of killing the enemy on the battlefield, we have to listen to the story." ”

Wei Qing was naturally overjoyed when he saw the children, and stopped the three of them in his arms and said: "Father will go to see the princess when he has something important, and he will come back in the evening to tell you a story, and Wei Yan, as an elder brother, will take his younger brothers to play and take care of his younger brothers." ”

Wei Yan pouted and said, "I know you don't have time to tell us stories." ”

"Alas, it's always like this, and it doesn't matter if you speak. Wei Budo said unhappily.

Wei Qing laughed and said: "This time, my father will definitely tell you enough when he comes back at night, my brother is the director, take my younger brothers to play." ”

At this time, a servant walked in and picked up the youngest Wei Deng and said, "Master Hou, don't delay the general's affairs, let's go outside to play in the garden together." ”

Wei Qing said: "Let's go out and play." ”

Reluctantly, the three children followed the servant out.

Wei Qing also got up and drove out of the mansion and galloped directly towards Princess Pingyang's mansion.