"By the way, Liu Man, the secret recipe in the palace you said last time is quite nourishing, which can make your husband's body bones bigger and harder, why don't you take it out?"

The weaver girl was making a female red in her hand, and asked casually without raising her head.

Liu Manden became nervous and widened his eyes: "Sister Zhiniang, what do you want to do?" ”

Weaver Niang nodded and said very seriously: "I want to ......"

“……”

A few stinky and shameless little women, one of them didn't pay attention, and the car rolled over Yang Chuan's face, which caught him off guard, but he could only retreat quietly.

The three little women in the family are hard to say.

That's it, the big war is coming, put aside the love of children for the time being, or think about the next battle of Hexi.

Yang Chuan walked and soon came to another attic, which he had specially built for himself as a study and 'office', which could also be used as a temporary shelter at night when necessary.

In the dead of night, it's also a good time to calm down and think about something......

……

A few days later, the emperor's will came from Chang'an City, and the army was mobilized.

The goal of the Yulin Army is very clear, that is, to open up the Hexi Corridor, eliminate the living force of the Xiongnu to the greatest extent, and by the way, sweep away the Qiang tribes that have defected to the Xiongnu.

Liu Che's choice of time to start the war is very good, early summer, it is the season for the grassland people to give their cattle and sheep to the fat, the foals, calves, and lambs bred in the beginning of spring are not big or small, and the meat is the most delicious.

Originally, this battle was to be launched at the beginning of spring.

Liu Che listened to Yang Chuan's suggestion and asked him to delay it for a few months as much as possible, the reason was also very simple, Huo Qubing and the three thousand Yulin orphans under his command often traveled two or three thousand miles long distances, and the so-called logistics supplies, weapons and grain were of no avail.

After the first few wars, the money and food accumulated by Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing in the past to recuperate and recuperate have almost been destroyed by Liu Che.

If the original style of play is still followed, this Han Empire will be hollowed out sooner or later, and there will be no drop left......

Therefore, Liu Che immediately accepted Yang Chuan's advice.

According to the emperor's intentions, the Yulin army should have quietly inserted a knife into the chest of the Xiongnu Youxian King, therefore, when the army started, it chose a clear early summer night, and few people knew, only Yang Chuan, Zhang Tang, Sima Qian, Dongfang Shuo and a few others went to see them off.

When it comes to leading troops to fight, Huo Qubing is a natural military god, needless to say, Yang Chuan didn't dare to say anything.

There is only one thing he repeatedly advises: that is, when you are outside, you must strictly abide by the 'Yulin Army Food Hygiene and Safety Regulations', and you are not allowed to drink alcohol, eat food from unknown sources, and drink raw water.

In addition, he also told Cao Xiang and Li Kang that in the matter of marching and fighting, they must absolutely obey Huo Quai's order, even if it is a wrong order, it is a military order; At the same time, the diet and daily life of Huo Qubing and the orphans of the Three Thousand Yulin were completely under the orders of Cao Xiang and Li Kang.

In other words, when it comes to war, Huo Qubing has the final say.

In matters of life, Cao Xiang and Li dare to have the final say.

At the time of parting, several young people did not have superfluous nonsense, let alone the sensational scenes in later film and television dramas, but silently looked at each other for a few breaths, and the corners of their mouths showed a smile of understanding.

"Let's go."

Huo Quai's order, and Yu Lin Erlang, who had already packed his bags, war horses and weapons, nodded silently, turned around and left without a sound, but he didn't stop for a moment.

Standing on a westward slope, Yang Chuan and a few people stood silently, looking at the moonlit night, the Yulin army walked along a rugged mountain road, gradually disappeared into the vast mountains, and could no longer be seen, before turning over and getting on the horse.

The route map of the Yulin Army's march was repeatedly discussed by Yang Chuan, Huo Quzhi, and Cao Xiang, and reported to Emperor Liu Che, and was determined after approval.

Out of Longxi, through the mouth of Biandu, as soon as you get out of the Qilian Mountains, it will appear directly in the hinterland of the Huns-

Zhangye.

Zhang Guo's arm is tucked to pass through the Western Regions.

I have to admit that Liu Che is a very powerful emperor, with a broad mind and deep vision, before the 'Battle of Hexi', he sent a decree to Yang Chuan and Huo Quai, saying that he had given several good names to several good places in the Hexi Corridor.

Zhangye, Wuwei, Jiuquan, Dunhuang.

It seems that Liu Che is bound to win this battle.

"Let's go, it's time to go back," on that hillside, a few people stood for a long time, until when the east turned white, Yang Chuan smiled and said: "Go back and wash up a little, have breakfast, and we will go on an expedition with General Li Guang." ”

A few people turned their horses' heads, and the sound of hooves returned to Lintao New Town.

In the Taishou Mansion, a few people washed up a little, the sky was already bright, and when they were eating breakfast, Li Guang came to the door with a roar.

As soon as he entered the door, the old general opened his mouth and asked, "Marquis Changning, has the Yulin Army been opened?" ”

"It turned out to be General Li, come and come, just in time for dinner," Yang Chuan pointed to the seat that had been left for the old general, and said with a smile: "The emperor's will, let the Yulin Army fight in the front, and let's clean up the mess while building in the back." ”

"What's the matter, General Li didn't receive the emperor's will?"

Li Guang's face immediately pulled his crotch down: "Naturally, I received the emperor's will, but Marquis Changning, why did Huo Qubing have a battle in front, and I, Li Guang, want to eat soil behind his ass?" ”

Yang Chuan pretended not to know, and asked sideways, "General Li, what do you mean?" ”

Li Guang said indignantly: "What do you mean? What else could it mean? The emperor's will is clear, let me Li Guang act with you Changning Hou and assist you in some of your actions.

Changning Hou, let me ask, how do you want to fight this battle? ”

Yang Chuan chuckled, pointed to a bowl of clear soup mutton and pot helmet in front of Li Guang with chopsticks, and said with a smile: "People are iron, rice is steel, don't eat a meal of hunger, General Li, come on, let's eat first." ”

Li Guang didn't follow, but just stalked his neck and asked Yang Chuan to make his words clear.

In desperation, Yang Chuan had no choice but to put down the dishes and chopsticks, asked Huo Guang to bring a map, pointed to a thick black line on it, and said, "General Li, please look, this is the main goal and task of our battle." ”

Li Guang stared twice, looked at the map carefully for a while, but the confusion on his face became more obvious: "No, as far as I know, starting from Longxi, there are two ways to enter the Hexi Corridor, one of which is to go out of Longxi, cross the Wusheling Mountains, and pass through the Gulang River area controlled by the Qiang people, and then you can enter the land of Hexi; The other road, which is said to pass through the Qiang Land and cross the Qilian Mountains, can also enter the hinterland of the Hexi Corridor.

The marching route of the Marquis of Changning is obviously the first road.

But the Marquis of Changning, the soldiers are expensive and fast, and they are also expensive, and the number of our soldiers and horses is too small, so it is best to be taken by surprise and attack them unprepared, so as to effectively kill and injure the Hun enemy soldiers, but look at your marching road map, are we going to attack head-on? ”

Yang Chuan nodded: "Yes, attack head-on." ”

Immediately, he shook his head and chuckled: "However, there is a more accurate statement, and that is to push ...... horizontally."

Yang Chuan's 'strategic thinking', in Li Guang's case, is obviously tantamount to playing the piano to a cow.

This battle-hardened Han general was puzzled, and he could clearly use the method in the war book to outflank him in a roundabout way, and cooperate with Huo Quai's long-distance attack, so that he could complete a major strategic cut in a short period of time on the Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions occupied by the Xiongnu Youxian King, and with the superiority of the Han army's armament, he would definitely be able to achieve an unprecedented victory.

However, the emperor obviously adopted the advice of Yang Chuan and Huo Quai, and at the same time he wanted to send a surprise army to raid, he also asked his 8,000 infantry soldiers to 'push horizontally' over.

What does horizontal push mean, although Li Guang has never heard of it, he understands it at once.

It's nothing more than to let his troops and horses pass head-on, isn't this ...... It's clearly to die!

In Chang'an City, many people have a hard mouth, a mouth, a closed, is the two armies against each other, three hundred rounds of the war, a certain general shouted, the crotch of the war horse a burst of neighing, the hand up and down, you can kill the Huns in the army, like a bag to get something.

As everyone knows.

On the real Han-Hun battlefield, there have been no chances for the two armies to confront each other at all, those wolves are haunted, like a hurricane on the grassland desert, coming and going suddenly, almost always the Han army has put down a battle, strictly defending, and can only send some cavalry to raid and fight on the flanks......

Thinking of this, Li Guang's mood was not good.

The old general pointed to the very domineering marching route in the picture, and said angrily: "You nobles of Chang'an City, you have fought a few battles with the Huns, can you formulate such a brainless battle plan?" ”

Seeing the irritable Li Guang, Yang Chuan didn't talk nonsense, and said straightforwardly: "This is the battle plan formulated by Benhou, after the emperor played, the emperor sent a secret decree, and ordered me to follow this." ”

"General Li, is there a problem?"

Li Guang took a deep breath, held his breath for several breaths, and then slowly exhaled: "I'll just ask Changning Hou a word, if you fight like this and lose, who will be responsible?" ”

Yang Chuan: "Naturally, Benhou is responsible, and it has nothing to do with General Li." ”

Li Guang raised his head, stared at Yang Chuan's eyes very seriously, and opened his mouth to speak, but finally turned into a long sigh: "That's it, I, Li Guang, still want to go into battle to kill the enemy, clinker, but in the end I became a contractor who repairs bridges and roads......"

……

Li Guang is right.

This time, he and his 8,000 Longxi veterans really became the 'contractor foreman': according to Yang Chuan's 'strategic intention', he actually recruited a 'construction brigade' of nearly 30,000 people to build a gallop road through the Hexi Corridor starting from Longxi County.

Is this also a war?

No wonder Li Guanghui was angry, Yang Chuan's move, even Zhang Tang, Sima Qian, and Dongfang Shuo couldn't figure it out, in the place where the Huns were entrenched, you took a group of people to build roads, isn't this nonsense?

However, Yang Chuan was determined to do so, and Liu Che had already passed down the secret decree and completely agreed with Yang Chuan's 'battle plan', so the others could only stare dryly.

Of course, it's not enough to just build roads.

The cavalry of the Huns are not vegetarians, in the Gobi desert steppe without roads, they can sweep like a gust of wind, one day and one night, they can run three or five hundred miles long distance, with a flat and spacious Han Chi Road, then they must not fly?

Therefore, Yang Chuan's plan was to build roads while ramming cities and passes, and if it was through encroachment, step by step, the territory of the Han Empire would be gradually expanded.

In a word, what Yang Chuan wants to do is that as long as he passes through, the so-called Qiang, Di and Xiongnu, and even the countries of the Western Regions will face a difficult choice-

Or, stay, and become a 'countryman' of the Han Empire.

Or, get out of the way completely.

The historical facts of the Han Empire for the first 5,000 years have proved that any dynasty, no matter how terrible its national strength and force are, even if it is as arrogant as the Tang Empire in later generations, when you are strong, the Hexi Corridor and the countries of the Western Regions are all grandsons, but you are the only one, but once something happens in the Central Plains, the Hexi Corridor and the countries of the Western Regions will turn their faces with you in minutes, turn around, and poke you with a knife.

As for the Great Wall?

Inexistent.

In Yang Chuan's words, it was this Great Wall that did not block the invasion of those steppe people, but on the contrary, trapped the heart of the Central Plains Dynasty's external expansion.

The Great Wall, after all, is empty, and it is better than a Hanchi Road that runs through the east and west......

At the beginning, Li Guang was quite resistant to Yang Chuan, with a big black face, and never said a good word, just like a hedgehog covered with thorns, with a little teasing, he would jump like thunder, pointing at Sang and scolding Huai for a while.

It's also quite helpless.

At such an age, he is upright and upright, his mind is full of loyalty and patriotism, worship of generals and marquis, such a famous general of the Han Dynasty, Yang Chuan really doesn't want to ask too much, so he can only prove that his ideas are okay.

So, only seven or eight days later, when Li Guang turned around and saw a 'Dahan Chi Road' dozens of miles long and four or five zhang wide, connecting Longxi New Town with a new city in the northwest, he began to realize a little in his heart.

I have to admit that Changning Hou Yang Chuan is really an excellent farmer, not only can make money, but also build roads and cities, and in just a few days, he has achieved initial results.

The 'Great Han Chi Road' built under the command of Yang Chuan is not inferior to the so-called 'Qin Straight Road'.

The most critical point is to highlight a hard and a fast.

The road is hard.

The ramming speed is very fast.

Even, because he was prepared in advance, whether it was the quarry, the cement firing yard, or the 'infrastructure battalions' he cultivated with his own hands, Li Guang's eyes were all opened.

As early as last year, when he was too punctual in Yanmen, he heard that Shuofang County Taishou Yang Chuan's road repair ability was extremely high, and in just one year, he built nearly a thousand miles of Hanchi Road in Shuofang County......

Now, Li Guang somewhat understands.

It turns out that the war can still be fought like this?

According to the 'project progress' formulated by Yang Chuan, in less than three months, the Dahan Chi Road can be connected to the first line of Wusheling Mountain, judging from the map, it is nothing more than a distance of three or five inches, but Li Guang knows very well in his heart that the number of three or five inches on the map is seven or eight hundred miles in reality.

To the east of the Gulang River and the upper reaches of the Yellow River, there are mostly fertile grasslands and wetlands, mixed with some Gobi deserts and forests, and for a long time, it has been one of the best pastures and horse farms in the world.

Therefore, there are many Qiang and Xiongnu tribes in this area, and in the end, there are no less than 70,000 or 80,000 accounts, and the total population is almost twice that of Longxi County......

"Right now, Longxi County is the northwest frontier of our Han Dynasty, and Ben Hou is very angry when he thinks about it."

"Why can those wolves and sheep occupy such a good place? Shouldn't they be physically exceeded, or driven out completely, and let them go over the mountains and mountains to gnaw on the sand? ”

In a newly built city, Yang Chuan hosted a banquet for Li Guang.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

He stretched out a finger and pointed to the north-west, and scolded angrily: "In less than three months, the Great Han Chidao will be able to repair to the foot of Wusheling Ridge, General Li, Benhou plans to fight a beautiful battle of encirclement and annihilation, do you have confidence?" ”

(End of chapter)