Hou Mansion back house.

The corridor is hung with red silk lanterns, and it is full of joy.

When Huo Qubing strode into the dormitory, the light in the room was slightly dim.

Liu Qing sat on the couch, wearing a slender white silk brocade skirt, with overlapping long legs, revealing delicate ankles like jade under the skirt, holding a pair of apricot-yellow silk shoes on his toes, swaying gently, and reading a simple book with mottled ancient rhyme in his hand.

This dress, this leg, this foot...... Her Royal Highness the Princess has a charm that is rarely seen in ordinary times.

"Husband."

The voice is also softer than in the past, at least two ranges.

What day is it...... Huo Qu's thoughts turned sharply.

Liu Qing smiled: "Don't you remember your husband's birthday?" ”

When Huo Quzhi was a child, he followed Wei Qing and the emperor most of the time.

The two of them have heavy affairs, and they don't remember their birthdays, so they have to remind their concubines or aunt Li, not to mention Huo Quai's birthday.

At the end of July in the last two years, most of them were fighting abroad, and even if someone wanted to remind them, they couldn't mention it.

Huo Quzhi suddenly said: "So Her Royal Highness the princess is dressed up to give herself to me." ”

Liu Qing raised his pretty face like a flower and jade: "The border is at war, and it is not easy to have a banquet and celebration, so the palace has to please her husband by herself." Do you like this silk dress? ”

For my birthday, Her Royal Highness gave me a dress...... Huo Qu was sick and teased.

Then there is the pleasant process of communication.

The elders and young are orderly, and the wives and concubines are harmonious......

After dawn, the horse's hooves of the Hou Mansion were beating, and Huo Qubing rode with Her Royal Highness the Princess, the concubine and the two wet nurses, his son Huo Heng, and a small number of personal soldiers, and went out of the city to the north.

In July, the grass is like a sea.

The grassland is verdant and magnificent.

Her Royal Highness the princess wants to go and see.

The husband and wife went north to the grassland.

Overnight in Ulaanbaatar, drunk and lying under the stars.

……

Northwest, Otsuki.

On the last day of July, the war broke out in full swing.

In addition to the frontal battlefield confrontation, Parthia had a troop of soldiers and horses, from the direction of the Bird Flying Valley in the Western Regions, and attacked the Western Regions.

However, the route chosen by his soldiers and horses had already been predicted by Wei Qing, and the Han army was ambushed to snipe head-on.

Birdfly Valley is a sandy and gravel landform, and the canyons on both sides are coiled like a natural labyrinth, where it is ideal to hide troops or march into a surprise attack.

The team that Wei Qing had ambushed in advance and was ready to wait was Zhao Ponu and Fulu Zhi sent by Huo Quai.

The two commanded the army and fought with the team led by Wan Ruo of the Kushan Department of the Great Moon Clan.

On the other hand, before the war, the Southern Army asked for orders to flexibly use troops and be responsible for the main attack of the surprise attack.

Liu Chai led a group of soldiers and horses, about 7,000 people, and prepared to attack Duchamp, an important town in the north of the Great Moon Clan.

The Tiger was responsible for commanding the rest of the Southern Army and providing support.

Duchamp is an important town north of the city of Lan.

If Dušan can be defeated, it will crush Parthia's transit point in the north, and greatly weaken its threat to Kangju and Dawan.

The dispatch of the Han army on the defensive line will become more flexible.

Therefore, the geographical location of Duchamp is extremely important.

In the afternoon, Liu Chai led the soldiers and horses to touch the river twenty miles east of Duchamp City, and hibernated in the undulating mountains on the side of the river valley, hiding the soldiers and waiting quietly.

Liu Chai took a stalk of grass in his mouth and asked the deputy general beside him: "Is there any news from the main battlefield?" ”

The adjutant general said: "On the frontal battlefield, tens of thousands of people will not be able to divide the victory and defeat so quickly." ”

Liu Chai said firmly: "As long as we succeed along the way, the Parthians will be terrified, and the frontal battlefield will also be affected by this battle, and they will have a chance to win." ”

"In three hours, it will be dark, and we will send our troops at midnight to attack Duchamp."

……

Frontal main battlefield.

Tutah stood on a low knoll, wearing a battle helmet and a red tassel rising above it, swaying in the wind, scarlet as blood.

Below was an open field, where tens of thousands of Chinese troops on both sides, the main force of the Han army, Li Kang's troops, the Hun Evil King, and the Parthian tribe under the personal command of Tutach were fighting for their lives.

Flag hunting.

The drums beat low and powerful, and the tremors trembled.

Parthia's ability to charge head-on is very strong.

When they rode forward, even the light cavalry wore armor that covered their faces and held a special kind of thin spear in their hands.

Before the two sides engaged, the Han light cavalry fired a series of bows and attacks.

The Parthian tribes, on the other hand, were spears that were brushed in unison.

For a time, arrows were in the air, and spears were raining down.

Both sides had their own advantages, and after the distance was rapidly closer, the Parthian army stabbed the horse's neck with a spear like lightning.

The horses in front of the Han army were screaming and fell, and the ranks of the rear army were also dragged down, and the formation was slightly chaotic.

Parthia gained the upper hand when they took over, the momentum was like a rainbow, the soldiers and horses shouted in unison, and the eyes that peeked through the helmet were full of murderous intent!

The two sides collided violently and engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

Boom!

When a Han soldier clashes with the spear of a Parthian tribe, his other hand suddenly draws his sword upward.

This knife is like a spirit snake, the angle of the knife is tricky, borrowing the momentum of the horse, stabbing through the gap in the armor of the opponent's jaw at the staggered moment, and a knife cut the opponent's neck artery, and blood splattered out.

The battlefield is in a confrontation, and life and death are in an instant.

Enemy and friend start the war from the morning.

Parthia had the upper hand, but after the engagement, the Han army's cavalry formation was more flexible, and the disadvantage was quickly leveled.

Wei Qing beat the drum and passed the trumpet, changed the battle formation, used the horizontal and vertical positions, the array opened and closed, divided the opponent's troops, and gradually expanded the advantage.

By the afternoon, the two sides had rotated several times to increase the number of troops.

The valley plain is miles long, with bloodstains and severed limbs.

In the rear of the Han army, behind the low hill on the flank, there was an elephant formation composed of seventy or eighty elephants, which was quiet and dormant and never appeared.

The Evil King stood beside Wei Qing and suggested:

"General, our army has gained the upper hand, and at this time, using the elephant array to break the enemy will definitely achieve miraculous results and expand the advantage!"

Wei Qing stood on a low hill and watched the battlefield from afar: "In a confrontation of this scale, don't rush to achieve a big victory. The Parthians did not use all their strength, and if their heavy cavalry did not come out, we would not have to be in array. ”

As the sun set, the two sides withdrew their troops.

After a day of fighting, more than 10,000 casualties were left on the battlefield.

The Han army suffered nearly 4,000 casualties, while Parthia suffered more than 6,000 casualties.

The Han army continued its momentum of small victories.

……

The night was dark and the stars were twinkling.

In Duchamp City, a burst of shouts suddenly erupted.

Duchamp is a city built of earth and stone, the whole is circular, like a mountain from a distance, and there are city gates in all directions.

At every distance of the outer wall, huge columns appear to be built to support the load.

This kind of stone pillar cleverly divides the city wall into different areas, which strengthens the defense, and at the same time, another advantage is that even if some areas are breached, it is relatively easy to block, so that the whole city will not collapse.

Liu Chai led the troops out and quickly rushed to the outside of the city.

He also has his own marching strategy, which can increase the speed of his attacks.

He led his troops to cover the east gate of Duchamp, but in the dark night, he found that a fire had burned in the city.

The sound of swords and shouts of killing was deafening.

Liu Chai was a little surprised: "General Hu said that he would send troops to help me attack and break the city, but it was already arranged to enter the city first."

Fortunately, it saves us consumption.

Strike with me, all the armies. Break the city today, I protect all high-ranking officials, rush!! ”

Bang!

The city gate was poured with fire oil, and after the rockets were fired, it was burning, and there were people fighting in the city, and the situation was chaotic, and no one put out the fire.

A quarter of an hour later, the gates collapsed with a thud.

Liu Chai was overjoyed and ordered to rush to the city.

The southern army rode like the wind and fought into the city.

In the distance, another group of soldiers and horses who ordered the deputy general to come to support also arrived.

The two sides cooperated to attack Duchamp City.

Both sides thought that the team that entered the city in advance and set fire to the city gate was arranged by the other party.

In the scuffle, they didn't ask too much about the other party's details.

After the two parties entered the city, the other team that had infiltrated the city in advance quietly withdrew, and disappeared into the darkness with the secret of the soldiers.

In a sparse forest about three miles away from Duchamp City, Zhao Anjilema looked back in the direction of Duchamp City.

Chen Qing was also on the side: "his uncle, let's do black work, and the credit is theirs?" ”

Zhao Anji said: "Don't talk nonsense, Lang Zhongling doesn't want my Han army's army to be damaged too much, so he added it in plainly." The clan and the Hou Ye are internal contradictions between my Han Dynasty, and they are not to the extent of tearing their faces, and it is more important to kill the enemy and break the city.

Let's go. ”

When they withdrew, the city of Duchamp was already on fire, and shouts of killing were heard one after another.

That night, the Han army attacked and burned some of the grain and grass that Parthia had hoarded in Duchamp. The news of the destruction of Duchamp City was transmitted back to Chang'an early the next morning, and the emperor was also excited when he heard it.

The clans were even more overjoyed, and reported to the whole city that the southern army had won a great victory on the front.

The sky was bright.

Liu Chai's robe was stained with blood and stood at the head of the city.

In the city behind him, there are still embers of fire that have not been extinguished.

The whole night of fighting made him extremely tired, but his face was full of conceit and satisfaction.

"What do we do next?" The adjutant asked.

Liu Chai Huoran turned around and stretched out his hand to point to the border of the Dayue Clan further west:

"This battle is just the beginning, and this battle is just to let General Huan, General Wei, and the clan believe that my Liu Chai's judgment will not be wrong.

After this war, the world should know that I Liu Chai is capable of using soldiers. ”

"Champion Hou was able to break through many enemy camps in one day back then, can't I Liu Chai?"

"Command the whole army and move on to the next target. We're marching westward, and that's what I'm really about, and that's more important.

After this battle, General Hu will trust my judgment even more, and ask him to send all the remaining men and horses of the Southern Army to deal with us. ”

The team rested for a while, and Liu Chai's imposing command continued to advance to the west of the Dayue clan's border.

It's late afternoon.

Changan.

A cadre of the clan elders, Liu Duan, the king of Jiaoxi, Liu Shun, the king of Changshan, and others gathered to ask to see the emperor.

"Your Majesty."

Several clan elders came to the study.

"A few clan relatives have come to me together, what's the matter?" The Emperor looked at the men.

"Did Your Majesty hear about last night's fighting?" Liu Jue, who was in the old man, asked with a smile.

"I heard that the front-line soldiers used their lives, and the general suppressed the enemy army on the frontal battlefield, and the opponent's counterattack was also intercepted by the general."

The emperor said: "The generals you recommended are in charge of the Southern Army and have also made achievements. ”

King Jiaoxi, King Changshan and others sat down.

A senior veteran was in charge of speaking, and said: "The generals we recommended in this battle have defeated Dushang, an important town in the north of the Great Moon Clan.

This was the most important victory after the war with Parthia.

It can be seen that our Han army generals have emerged one after another, but more than one champion Hou will fight. ”

The Emperor smiled.

"Breaking Duchamp last night was only a small victory, and it was the target of Liu Chai, Huan Shooting Tiger and others in the first battle, and there are more important battles to be fought tonight."

Liu Rui, the king of Jiaoxi, personally answered:

"The more than 20,000 people of the Southern Army on the battlefield will march in hiding, and all of them will be dispatched to make new contributions."

"I have heard that Your Majesty used to pay attention to the battle situation every time the champion Hou conquest."

Another short and fat old man, Liu Yan answered:

"Tonight's fight is as important as any previous champion Hou has ever played.

I waited here because I hoped that Your Majesty would not favor one over the other, and that he would be able to watch the battle in person. I know that the purpose of our selection of generals is to raise talents for the country. ”

The emperor said: "A few clan relatives are cautious, the southern army has won several times on the battlefield, and a few clan relatives have come to see me, I think Liu Chai is sure that Liu Chai and others will still win?" ”

Liu Yan nodded unyieldingly: "In our humble opinion, I am about to ask Your Majesty to look at it for guidance." ”

The emperor replied, "Well, when will the war begin?" ”

King Jiaoxi said: "It's better to let the champion Hou also come and see it in person, it's also a good thing for him." ”

The emperor asked: "Dong Xu, the day before I got sick, I took Pingxian to the grassland, have you ever come back?" ”

Dong Xu bowed down and said: "Your Majesty's question is coincidental, the Hou Ye only rode back to the city with the princess in the afternoon, and he has just returned to the house not long now." ”

"Okay, you go and announce that he has come to the audience, and take a look at the war in the northwest with me and your clansmen."

Dong Xu hurriedly went down to deliver the decree and summoned the champion Hou into the palace.

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