Early in the morning, the rain had stopped all night.

Huo Quzhi returned to the mansion last night, practiced for a while, and the sky was bright.

After he had eaten in the morning, a chamberlain came to summon him into the palace.

In the study room of Weiyang Palace, not long after Liu Che returned from the scattered dynasty, Sun Hong, the old prime minister who was in good spirits, came in first and said that there was something to report.

However, after the old prime minister finished the report, he still sat in his position and did not move, and did not seem to be in a hurry to leave.

Liu Che glanced at Gongsun Hong, and then said to the attendant at the door: "You go to Xuanyu Shi, Taichang and others will come to attend." ”

"Yui!"

The chamberlain said yes and walked quickly.

After a while, Yu Shi Dafu, Tai Chang, Lang Zhongling Shi Jian, Li Xi and other ministers, as well as four or five military generals, entered in turn.

Zhang Qian finally walked in, accompanied the last seat, and also found a seat to attend.

After a while, footsteps were heard.

Huo Quzhi walked in from outside the door, glanced at the ministers, and sat down beside Li Xi in Liu Che's right hand.

Li Xi is the first Lang Zhongling, one of the Jiuqing, and the veteran Shi Jian.

"Today's court meeting, Yushi and Taichang all said that you killed the Hun envoys in vain and violated the rules, but is there such a thing?" Liu Che asked in a calm voice.

Huo Quzhi's expression was calm: "Yes." A Hun envoy broke into the residence of the minister at night and was killed by the minister, how can my Han Chang'an allow them to be lawless. When the ministers went to the building where the Xiongnu mission was located, they had already used their swords and soldiers, and they should kill them and leave no trouble. ”

"It is reasonable, soldiers should have the heart to kill and act decisively."

Liu Che covered the coffin and concluded: "Yushi and Taichang are for the sake of internal stability, but from the perspective of soldiers, they regard the Huns as enemies, and there is nothing wrong with killing them!" ”

Taichang Zhou Ping and Yushi sat on the side, secretly thinking: At the court meeting just now, His Majesty said that he would ask Huo Quai, and this is the end of the question?

Where is the reproach?

"Fan, Zhou Ping, do you two still have something to say?" Liu Che's gaze fell on the two of them.

Zhou Ping and Fan had something to say in their hearts, but they didn't dare to say: "The ministers obey the emperor's orders and have nothing else to say." ”

Liu Che nodded with satisfaction and looked at Huo Qubing again: "Before, you saw the purpose of the Xiongnu's envoy in advance, and led the army to defeat the Xiongnu's plan to attack the northern front of our Han Dynasty?" ”

Everyone guessed that Huo Qu's illness was the doing, but it was the first time that it was confirmed in person.

"It's the minister's doing."

Huo Quzhi responded: "On the day the Xiongnu envoys entered Chang'an, the ministers looked at the map and realized that they might start from the northern front to relieve their own pressure. So I led my troops to go outside the Xiguan of the Han Dynasty, and sure enough, I saw an elite Xiongnu, and hundreds of small countries in the Western Regions such as Loulan and Gushi, totaling more than 2,000 people.

Among them, the Xiongnu elite are the mainstay, accounting for about half.

They are moving south, intending to enter the area west of our Han realm. ”

It turned out that the opponent was not only the 1,500 elites of the Huns, but also hundreds of Lou Lan and Gu Division.

When everyone heard this, they all had emotional fluctuations.

Huo Qubing said it simply, but in fact, it is not difficult to imagine the difficulties during the process, and it was only after a thousand miles of marching that he was able to stop the enemy from the front.

And these are not the most important, the important thing is the next rush to fight, fight and win!

"And then?" Veteran Shi Jian was the first to ask.

In the study, everyone's eyes fell on Huo Quai.

"And then?"

Huo Quzhi said: "Seeing the Hun cavalry, the minister led the army to rush and kill, and beheaded the Hun enemy will be victorious." ”

Shi Jian saw that he said calmly, and also felt that it might be a question he asked, so he said in another way: "The opponent has 1,500 elites of the Huns, and hundreds of Loulan, and the allied army of Gushi, a total of more than 2,000 people.

I mean, Huo Shizhong only led nearly a thousand elites of our Chang'an Guard, what kind of strategy did he use to break the enemy who was multiplied by himself?! ”

Huo Qu Pathology Institute of course said: "Although our army is only one thousand, it has the advantage of the main attack and surprise attack, and the other party only has one thousand and five Hun elite cavalry. The rest of Loulan, Gushi and other departments have limited combat power.

What is so strange that I attacked the 1,500 elite Huns with a thousand troops, and defeated them? ”

Shi Jian swallowed and foamed.

The 1,000 Han army attacked the 1,000-5 Hun cavalry, and won the battle, which sounded fine.

Huo Quzhi said it so logically, it felt like he couldn't beat more opponents than himself, which was very abnormal.

Not only Shi Jian, but several other ministers were also stunned.

Huo Qu said illly: "After the minister led the army to kill the Xiongnu general, he beheaded him, sent his cavalry, and sent the head of the Xiongnu general to the nomadic land of the Qiang and Di tribes to deter him, which is the process of fighting. ”

It turned out that there was also the operation of beheading the enemy and sending it to the Di and Qiang tribes to graze their land, which was a situation that everyone did not know before.

No wonder the Di people, the Qiang people did not move, obviously realizing that the Xiongnu were executed, lost their help, and canceled the plan to disturb the Han realm.

After hearing this, the old prime minister Sun Hong stroked his beard slightly, like drinking alcohol, and was quite satisfied.

Although Yushi and Taichang were dissatisfied with Huo Quai, they could still maintain consistency in dealing with the Xiongnu, and they were also the ones who looked at each other.

"Our generals should kill the enemy in front of the battle like Captain Huo, run thousands of miles, and go through life and death as if they were idle."

While speaking, some military generals glanced at Yushi and Taichang, alluding to the inaction of some civil servants hiding in the rear, but they repeatedly attacked the generals.

Huo Quzhi said again: "On the way to lead the army to attack, he also met the envoy of the Western Regions who left Chang'an, Silk Qimu, and met him again on the way back.

According to the captured Xiongnu captives, they were going to attack and kill the Silk Banner.

Silk Qimu also knew about this, and asked the minister to come back and inform His Majesty that the next time he came to my Han Dynasty, he would like to sacrifice a hundred good horses to repay my Han army for saving her life. ”

Liu Che said happily: "This is very good.

You have made a great contribution to breaking the plan of the Huns, but if there is anything you want to want, I can agree to it. ”

"The minister's achievements are not small, and he does not dare to ask His Majesty for reward."

Liu Che thought for a while and said: "Then wait for this time to fight with the Xiongnu again, you will make new contributions, and I will reward them together." ”

Huo Quzhi bowed down and agreed.

After a while, he came out of the study, and the ministers also dispersed, each busy in their own way.

The chamberlain Dong Xu was still with Huo Quai, and went to the east side of Weiyang Palace.

Liu Che said that he would be rewarded in the future, but he still gave some physical goods first, including a thousand-mile horse donated by the Western Regions, and asked Huo Qu to go to the horse supervisor in the palace to choose by himself.

Dong Xu is responsible for leading the way.

There is no one who leads the troops who doesn't like good horses, and Huo Qubing is the same, full of expectations.

It was close to noon, and the sun was scorching.

Dong Xu and Huo Qubing came to the royal horse farm of Weiyang Palace.

The horse that Liu Che asked him to choose this time was the war horse that the people from the Western Regions came to envoy and sacrificed.

Dawan, one of the countries of the Western Regions, has a good horse, and everyone knows it.

This time, the Western Regions sent ten horses, half of which were from Dawan, Liu Che cherished them very much, and only gave Wei Qing one before.

Among the remaining nine good horses, one is said to be a different breed that the people of the Western Regions worship as a sacred horse.

Liu Che didn't say which horse it was, let Huo Qubing pick it himself, and if he picked it, he would give it, and if he didn't pick it, he would have no fate.

Huo Quai, accompanied by Dong Xu and several horsemen, came to the place where the horses were raised, and with just one glance, he took a fancy to a horse.

The horse stood out from the crowd and was a real tall horse.

It's hard to imagine a horse that is so strong, with muscles coiled like a small snake, showing off its incomparably strong physique and running ability.

Its hooves are larger than the sea bowl, its legs are strong but well-proportioned, its shoulders are symmetrical, not biased or slanted, its gluteal muscles are full, its tail is smooth, and its back is straight.

This horse stood on the horse farm like a king, with a little azure coat, and it was beautiful like an elf that had run into the world from the sky.

It is at least a head taller than other horses, but has a slender and coordinated build.

There is no good horse with a strong temperament, and it is difficult to tame these exquisiteness.

The war horse that Huo Quzhi fell in love with was very psychic. When it saw Huo Qubing approaching, he tilted his horse's head and looked at it, he was not afraid of people at all, and the horse's eyes were pure and proud.

Look at the horse's waist, look at its load-bearing capacity, and ride it to test its endurance.

Huo Quzhi has had too many friends with horses since he was a child, and he is very familiar with horse nature.

He approached, looked around the horse, and suddenly leaped forward, and struck the horse's spine with a merciless fist.

Bang.

Nama was caught off guard, and Huo Quai's punch was enough to crack the stone.

The hammer was on the horse's back, but the horse was unharmed, but it was shocked and angry, and raised its hind hooves to kick Huo Quai's face.

Huo Quzhi turned over in the air, kicked out, and miraculously matched the horse's hooves.

Bang!

The void exploded with a ripple, and Dong Xu, who was a few feet away, felt that there was a gas machine blowing on his face.

Huo Quzhi turned over and landed, and he was also amazed by the strength of the horse's legs.