Raising his foot and kicking the ghost Rong who pierced his heart with a sword in the heart, Huo Tong looked at the sky that was already white, and pounced on the nearby opponent.

Seeing this, Li Di, who was not far away, slashed over a few ghosts one after another, and then ran a few steps to catch Huo Tong.

"Master Hou, it's time to go back to Chang'an, Your Majesty has issued several edicts, you can't delay in Yingchuan anymore."

Huo Tong first sighed when he heard this, and then nodded reluctantly: "It's hard to kill a lot, and you want to urge me to go back, what does my father think?" My time to stay is not yet up! ”

An hour later, Huo Tong and Li Di had already galloped on the official road to Chang'an with more than a dozen guards.

While riding his horse and galloping, Huo Tong turned his head and asked Li Di: "Similarly, what do you think is the matter with my father urgently summoning the two of us back to Beijing?" ”

Li Di shook his head: "Your Majesty's meaning, how dare your subordinates figure it out, but I think it should be related to the throne." ”

"Although my father is over sixty years old, he is in good health, so there is no need to worry about this throne. Besides, as long as you can be happy on the battlefield, what does it matter if you don't be an emperor or not. ”

Li Di said: "My Zhentian Marquis, you can't say that, a good emperor can make the society prosperous and the people happy." ”

Huo Tong snorted: "Good emperor? Who can barely be regarded as a good emperor if he can achieve the merit of Taizu, otherwise who would dare to say that he is a good emperor? After Emperor Li, there is no good emperor to speak of. ”

Li Di said: "Master, just the two of us are together, I just said this, you see that we are fighting wars every year, and we are futile every year, what is the use of such a war?" ”

Huo Tong smiled: "How do you say this? ”

"The ghost Rong attacked the city, our army defended the city, it has remained unchanged for two hundred years, and if it goes on like this, I don't know if I am waiting for the enemy or waiting for the enemy."

Huo Tong laughed and said: "It makes sense, when Taizu entered Sichuan, he only had 30,000 soldiers and horses, but he was able to gallop in Hanzhong, do you know why?" ”

Li Di said: "At that time, the ghost Rong was not only backward in military weapons, but also scattered sand, so the Han iron cavalry could be invincible. ”

Huo Tong shook his head and said: "No, it is rumored that during the Taizu period, the army marched lightly, fed the war with war, and never shackled by baggage. Now with 10,000 forest iron cavalry, tens of thousands of foot soldiers are needed to carry grain and grass, how can such a slow action grasp the fighter? ”

Li Di said: "What does Master Hou mean?" ”

"When the time is ripe, I will give you 10,000 iron horses and 20,000 war horses, and go out of Yingchuan without baggage, and see if you can turn the clouds upside down."

"Why don't you advise Your Majesty on this matter?"

Huo Tong frowned: "Although I also have this plan, the old ministers in the court are all against it, saying that if you send troops hastily, the whole army will be wiped out, so it is better to stick to it." ”

Li Di snorted when he heard this: "You know how to keep it, where has it been guarded for hundreds of years?" Moyun Pass is lost, Hanzhong is lost, Yanyun Pass is lost, and even Yingchuan will be lost if you defend it. ”

Huo Tong said: "So in the future, I will let Ghost Rong also taste the taste of being beaten." ”

In Chang'an, in the palace of the Han Dynasty, Huo Yong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was lying on the couch, staring at the door in a daze.

And beside him, the imperial doctor in the palace was carefully checking the pulse.

After a long time, the imperial physician said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you suffered a lot of gold injuries when you were young, and although you recovered as before, you were injured after all. ”

"Let's just say how much time I have left, I'm not afraid of death, I'm just worried that I won't be able to face Taizu's questioning after death."

Ten days later, Huo Tong and his entourage finally returned to Chang'an.

After entering the city, more than a dozen guards rushed to the Earthquake Marquis Mansion, while Huo Tong and Li Di rode towards the palace.

As soon as the two arrived at the gate of the palace, a chamberlain who had been waiting there hurriedly ran over and said, "Zhentianhou, Guanneihou, Your Majesty has a decree to send you two to the Wentian Palace to see you." ”

Huo Tong was stunned when he heard this: "Is there a court meeting?" Why didn't a single minister's chariot or horse see it. ”

The chamberlain bowed down and said: "Back to the Hou Ye, this is Your Majesty's order, this morning I know that you are less than twenty miles away from the city, Your Majesty will arrive at the Wentian Palace, and now there is no one else in the palace except Your Majesty." ”

Handing over the war horse to the palace guards, the two of them walked towards the Heavenly Palace.

Outside the main hall, another chamberlain said, "The two marquis, please enter the hall directly, Your Majesty is waiting for you." ”

At this time, Huo Yong was flipping through the recital behind the dragon book case, and when he saw Huo Tong entering the hall, he beckoned him to come forward and talk.

Huo Tong came to the front, knelt down on his knees and said: "My son asked my father to say goodbye, now the battle in Yingchuan is very urgent, I don't know why my father called me back to the dynasty at this time?" ”

Huo Yong said: "Tong'er, there is not much time left for your father, among all the princes, you have made the greatest meritorious service, so you are the only one to take the next throne." ”

Huo Tong got up and said, "Father, you are only sixty years old, and it is the time to show your talents, why do you say such frustrating words?" It's not that sitting in the palace for a long time is too depressed and in a bad mood, or the ministers will accompany you to Yingchuan. ”

"Your brother and several younger brothers have returned to Chang'an, you are the last, take this opportunity to do something important for your father that has never been done in ancient and modern times."

Seeing Huo Tong's puzzled face, Huo Yong continued: "The Han Dynasty has been stormy for two thousand years, and the old emperor has died and the new emperor has ascended the throne. After the new emperor ascended the throne, the first thing was the so-called national funeral, during which no swords were raised, so the Han missed many opportunities to exterminate the ghosts. ”

Huo Tong said: "Father, this is filial piety. ”

Huo Yong snorted: "The mountains and rivers are broken, the people are displaced, what filial piety is there." ”

"What does Father mean?"

Huo Yong puffed up his chest and said: "I want to set a precedent for my father, that is, to pass the throne to the new monarch when he is on the throne, and three days later it will be the succession ceremony, and then you will be the new monarch of the Han Dynasty." In addition, I will issue a decree that in the future, mourning should not clash with war, and if there is a conflict, war is the most important! ”

Huo Tong and Li Di both knelt down: "Your Majesty, no!" ”

"If the Han does not exist in this world, all etiquette is empty talk!"

Huo Tong wanted to persuade again, but Huo Yong waved his hand to stop him.

Then Huo Yong said to Li Di: "Guan Neihou, although you and Tong'er are monarchs and ministers, they have a bad relationship. Now the ministers of the DPRK and China are all old, and they are timid, you are the leader of the younger generations, wise and brave, and the world of this great man will depend on you and Tong'er in the future. ”

The next morning, the chamberlain announced in public that the Han Emperor Huo Yong wanted to cede the throne to the third prince Huo Tong.

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar at the bottom of the stairs, and some of the old ministers even kowtowed and bleed, trying their best to dissuade them, saying that this was an ominous move.

Huo Yong was not moved, but issued another holy decree: from now on, all state mournings must not affect the war, even the emperor himself.

Huo Yong has a total of five sons and three daughters, except for the fifth prince Huo Xu, who has been weak and sick since he was a child and has not practiced martial arts, the others have all learned martial arts since childhood.

Over the years, the princes and princesses have taken turns to fight against the ghosts in front of the Yingchuan battle, and they have gained a certain prestige in the army. However, if it is about meritorious service, no one can look at the back of Huo Tong's neck.

When the other princes were employing people with the ghosts, Huo Tong was desperate, and during the garrison in Yingchuan, he led the army out several times and went straight into the hinterland of the ghosts.

In the battle of Wind and Thunder Valley, 5,000 Han iron cavalry blocked 30,000 ghost Rong in it, and after a day and a night of fighting, both sides were wiped out, and in the end, only Huo Tong and Li Di survived.

The Han Dynasty judged success or failure by military merits, so the emperor after Huo Yong was none other than Huo Tong, and the other princes did not dare to say much even if they were not convinced.

On the morning of the third day, all the civil and military forces under the stairs saw two emperors dressed in dragon robes appear in the Wentian Palace.

With Huo Tong's support, Huo Yong walked firmly to the throne, and finally sat there.

As the chamberlain went to court, the hundred officials bowed down and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”

After everyone got up, Huo Yong cleared his voice: "Everyone Aiqing, I am old, and I can no longer handle national affairs, rather than doing nothing on the throne, it is better to pass it on to the new monarch." The third prince, Huo Tong, is broad-minded, open-minded, wise and brave, and has made great contributions to the Han Dynasty. Today I will pass the throne to Huo Tong, from now on, he is the emperor of the Han Dynasty! ”

Then Huo Yong got up and took Huo Tong's hand and pressed him on the dragon chair.

The first Zen position of the Han Dynasty ended like this, there was no earth-shattering imagination, no expected jubilation of the people, and some were just an ordinary court meeting.

Huo Yong became the first emperor of the Han Dynasty to pass the throne to Xinjun during his reign.

Huo Tong's accession to the throne was also the first time that the Han Dynasty did not need to hold a national funeral succession ceremony.

From today on, Huo Yong will no longer care about the affairs of the DPRK and China, and will only recuperate in peace in the palace annex.

When sending Huo Tong to the throne of the emperor, Huo Yong said in a low voice: "In the future, you will be the first person in the Han Dynasty, as long as you do not insult your ancestors, you can do what you want." As a father's incompetence, he has not been able to make Ghost Rong take a step back after 30 years of reign, and he will rely on you in the future. ”

Seeing his father walking out of the Wentian Hall from the side door with the support of the two attendants, Huo Tong on the dragon chair seemed to have changed into a different person, and an invisible momentum emanated from him.

Subsequently, he issued the first holy decree of today: to crown the Zhennan general Li Di as the general of the chariot cavalry, and ordered him to concentrate all the Yulin iron cavalry in the capital and prepare to go to Yingchuan a month later.

Immediately afterwards, Huo Tong handed over the affairs of the people's livelihood in the DPRK and China to the old prime minister Huo Shixun, and he himself was ready to personally select a thousand people from the Yulin Cavalry as his personal guards.

Seeing this, Huo Shixun hurriedly asked what this meant, Huo Tong smiled slightly and said, "Old Prime Minister, I will drive the royal expedition in a month." ”

Huo Shixun hurriedly said when he heard this: "No, Your Majesty's golden body, how can it be as light as the land of tigers and wolves, what if there is a mistake?" ”

Huo Tong laughed when he heard this: "Don't worry, the old prime minister, the Wind Thunder Valley has not left my life, let alone Yingchuan City, which is heavily garrisoned!" I am not only going here for the morale of the generals, but also to personally lead the Yulin Iron Horse out of the pass, and I will be the so-called dragon beast army for a while! ”

In the following month, the old ministers of the court and China continued to advise Huo Tong to give up his plan to drive the imperial expedition, and for this reason, the general Huo Mingfeng was forced to resign.

I didn't want Huo Tong to nod his head and agree, and then he crowned Li Di, who had just been promoted to the general of the chariot cavalry, as the general, and the general commander of the Han soldiers and horses.

Finally, when the time of a month came, Huo Tong and Li Di led 50,000 Lin Iron Cavalry to Yingchuan.

……

At the same time that Huo Tong left Chang'an, Xue Tianqing slowly opened his eyes and stared at the sky for a long time before he was sure that he was still alive.

Xue Tianqing grew up in a mountain village in the northwest of her motherland, and was abandoned by her parents after she was born, and was picked up by an old man and raised by an old man.

The old man made a living by hunting, never married, thought he would be lonely for the rest of his life, but he didn't want to be old enough to accidentally pick up a grandson, so he put all his efforts on Xue Tianqing.

Xue Tianqing, who knows that life is not easy, has been very sensible since she was a child, and her grades are among the best after school, and finally became the first college student in the village without accident.

At the end of five years of college life, when the ambitious Xue Tianqing wanted to step into the society and repay his grandfather's nurturing kindness, his hometown called to say that his grandfather was sick.

The old man left, just the morning after Xue Tianqing rushed home, which made his heart twist.

After dealing with his grandfather's funeral, Xue Tianqing is ready to return to the city where the school is located, he has already contacted a job, and now he can only be worthy of his grandfather by living well.

It was too far to return to the city where the school was located from her hometown, so Xue Tianqing chose the same means of transportation as she came back - a plane.

The busyness of the half moon made Xue Tianqing physically and mentally exhausted, so when he got on the plane, he fell asleep with his backpack in his arms.

Xue Tianqing, who was asleep, was suddenly woken up by a jolt, and then heard the voice of the flight attendant on the plane radio: "This flight is descending rapidly due to engine failure, please fasten your seat belts." ”

With a loud mess in the cabin, the plane shook suddenly, and then an indescribable strange feeling enveloped Xue Tianqing's body, and then he lost consciousness.

When he opened his eyes again, it was like this, and at this time, Xue Tianqing could be sure that he was still alive, and his backpack was lying not far away, and there was nothing else around.

When Xue Tianqing got up, he found himself in a large but unusually flat meadow, with some unknown trees at the edge of the meadow.

The place is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with mountains in the west and a mountain range sticking out of the mountains in the north and south, the mountains in the north are closer and the south is much farther away.

Although it is summer, there is a touch of snow white on the summit of the North and South Mountains, which is a snow that does not melt all year round.

Looking at the gradually darkening sky, Xue Tianqing did not hesitate to walk towards the northern slopes, the most important one at the moment was to find a water source, and the other was to find a place to spend the night.

There must be water in the mountains, as long as the water is found, Xue Tianqing has the confidence to face everything, since he was a child, he has followed his grandfather up the mountain, how to spend the night in the wild He has experience, but the water will not be conjured out of thin air.

On a sunny day, I was lucky, and I found not only a small stream at the foot of the mountain, but also a dozen wild fruit trees by the stream.

The shape of the wild fruit is similar to that of an apple, but it is much smaller and much brighter, with an eerie red color all over the body.

Wild fruits taste good and taste a bit like apples and peaches.

After eating and drinking, Xue Tianqing found a big tree and climbed up, there is a big branch on this tree, and it should be quite comfortable to lie on it.

In the barren mountains and mountains, there is no place as safe as the trees.

In the middle of the night, Xue Tianqing, who was asleep, was suddenly awakened by a strange phenomenon, and looked down by the light of the crescent moon, only to find that there were seven animals drinking water by the stream not far away.

Five of them are huge, and the other two are the size of earth dogs, presumably cubs in the group.

One of the animals in the group was unusually large, apparently the leader of the group, and it couldn't help but look up at the tree where Xue Tianqing was hiding while drinking water.

Xue Tianqing didn't care, he had experienced this situation a lot before, and he didn't believe that things below would climb trees.

When the snow was clear, the leader turned sharply and let out a low growl in the direction of the hillside.

Then the other adults turned around and surrounded the two cubs, and it was clear that something was approaching.

Just as Xue Tianqing craned his neck and looked around, seven or eight black shadows burst out of the woods on the hillside.

From where the shadows appeared to the edge of the stream, about thirty meters away, they were instantaneous, and they immediately became entangled with the animals at the water's edge.

Since it was night, although the crescent moon was shining, the light was still obviously insufficient, so Xue Tianqing could only see large black shadows mixed together, and roars were heard from time to time.

The seemingly fierce battle happened quickly and ended quickly, and the two sides had already decided the winner in a minute at most.

The shadows emerging from the forest disengaged from the lake animals and began to retreat towards the hillside, two of which were presumably seriously injured and being dragged backwards by their companions.

Although the opponent was hit hard, the animals at the water's edge were not without losses, and it is not known if there were any injuries, but the youngest cub was already lying on the ground.

Seeing that the cub was injured and fell to the ground, its companions surrounded it one after another, constantly touching its body and head with their mouths, as if to comfort and encourage.

Two of the adult animals even put their heads against their calves in an attempt to help them get back on their feet, but unfortunately tried several times without success.

Seeing that the east was white, the leader turned to the big tree where Xue Tianqing was hiding and let out a low roar, and then walked towards the hillside.

Seeing this, the companions hesitated and followed, leaving only the injured cub lying there.

Seeing his companion go away, the cub tried to stand up several times without success, and finally could only let out a helpless cry.

Although both beasts had left, Xue Tianqing did not dare to go down to the ground at once, and it was not until the sky was bright that there was no movement around him, and he came down from the tree and walked towards the stream.

Although the cub was seriously injured, he found the two-legged monster Xue Tianqing in the first place.

Seeing that the other person was getting closer to him, the cub first let out a warning growl, then began to become manic and tried to get back to his feet.

Seeing this, Xue Tianqing stopped and walked around to see if there was anything that would make him let his guard down, and finally set his eyes on the fruit trees.

Perhaps the injury was too severe to be too weak, but when Xue Tianqing threw the first wild fruit over, the cub swallowed it in his mouth without hesitation, and after eating, it was rare that he did not continue to demonstrate, but only began to bare his teeth again after Xue Tianqing took two steps forward.

So on a sunny day, he walked forward while throwing wild fruits, and finally came to the cub after several round-trips.

At this time, the cub had long lost the vigilance just now, and when Xue Tianqing reached out to stroke it, not only did he not show too much aggressiveness, but even showed a very happy look.

The little thing looked strange, with two small furry horns, pointed ears, a face somewhat like a horse, a nose closer to that of a cow, and a short whisker on each side of the upper lip.

Oxtail, horse hooves, black fluff, and a mouth of fangs, I have seen a lot of snow and sunny weather in the animal world, but I have no impression of the person in front of me at all.

The cub was wounded on the left hind thigh, a huge wound tearing through almost all the muscles in its leg, and although it was no longer bleeding, the wound was still shaking uncontrollably.

Seeing this situation, Xue Tianqing was a little blind, he didn't know anything about medicine, and he didn't know how to deal with the situation in front of him.

After thinking about it, in line with the principle of a dead horse being a live horse doctor, Xue Tianqing tore a shirt into strips of cloth, cleaned the blood around the wound, and then wrapped the cub's injured thigh entirely.

When he was in the trees, Xue Tianqing had already looked around, and except for the grass where he woke up yesterday, this place was full of trees.

The mountains to the south and west were high, and to the east were endless forests, and now he had only one way to the north, for a few miles further east there was a valley.

Carrying a bag full of wild fruits, Xue Tianqing marched along the hillside towards the valley, as for the cub, it was better to leave it to fend for itself, it was already difficult to protect itself.

The sloping slopes are difficult to walk, and there are no roads, so it is already noon when the snow clears and reaches the vicinity of the valley.

Seeing that the destination was in sight, Xue Tianqing stopped to take a break and then went to see if he was greeted with hope or disappointment.

As soon as she stopped her figure, Xue Tianqing heard movement behind her, and when she turned around, she found that the cub was far behind her.

Seeing that the little guy was limping away, Xue Tianqing, who was already sitting on the ground, simply beckoned to it.

When the cub walked in front of him, Xue Tianqing took out the wild fruit from his backpack again, put some in front of it first, and took two more to gnaw on himself.

Looking at the cub who was eating with his head down, Xue Tianqing joked: "This is sent to the door by yourself, if the fruit is eaten, I will kill you and eat meat." ”

The cub raised his head sharply when he heard this, and his big clear eyes showed a look of disbelief. This kind of look also startled Xue Tianqing, is this the expression that animals should have?

Xue Tianqing, who was just anxious to find a way out, didn't put his mind on the cub, and stood up and walked towards the valley dozens of meters away without waiting for it to finish eating.

At the same time, he also secretly prayed in his heart: God give himself a way to live.

Turning the corner into the mouth of the valley, there was a burst of ecstasy on a snowy day, because at the northernmost end of the valley, a majestic pass built on a mountain rose from the ground.

When he got closer, Xue Tianqing found that Xiongguan was already a dead city, and the gate tower at the head of the city had almost disappeared, leaving only a few ruins.

The city gate below has long since disappeared, and only the doorway is more than four meters high.

Although I don't know how many years have passed, the walls of Kexiongguan are still densely covered with the marks of knives and axes, as if telling the world about its former glory.

Under the battlement, there are three large characters carved into Lishu above the doorway - Moyun Pass!

There is also a line of small words below the three big characters - the first level of the big Han!

The city has been in existence for at least 2,000 years.

Although he is not particularly familiar with history, Xue Tianqing also knows the strong man and the Tang Dynasty, and also remembers Chen Tang's sentence "Those who commit a strong man will be punished even if they are far away"!

The Han Dynasty is the most special dynasty in Chinese history, and later generations gave the Han the highest evaluation - the country was destroyed by weakness, and the Han Dynasty died by strength!

Wei Qing broke the Huns, and Huo Qu was sick and sealed the wolf Juxu!

Dou Xian also chased the death to the north, Yan Ran restranded!

The sons and daughters of China have a unified name - Han nationality, which is the best commentary on that dynasty!

Although she has never experienced it herself, Xue Tianqing knows that those years must be extremely brilliant!