When Wei Qing returned to the Pingyang Hou Mansion, Princess Pingyang greeted everyone in the mansion.

He has his own Changping Hou Mansion, but the Duke of Pingyang mainly takes care of Cao Xiang, and their Wei family was born as a slave in the Pingyang Hou Mansion, so they all live here.

It wasn't until Wei Qing died that the Wei family would leave here.

And Princess Pingyang, even if Wei Qing dies, she will always stay here.

"Welcome the general back home~~~"

The smug princess of Pingyang held Wei Ling, who was still in swaddling clothes, with one hand, and pulled Cao Xiang to greet her with the other.

Wei Qing stepped forward with joy, first glanced at Wei Yan in the princess's arms, but did not reach out to pick it up, but patted Cao Xiang's shoulder first, asked a few words about martial arts, studies, and physical matters, and calmed his stepson before taking over Wei Yan.

His mind has gradually become delicate, at least he knows how to calm his stepson's emotions first.

Holding Wei Yan in swaddling clothes, Wei Qing really felt that this life was worth it.

can let the princess who was high in the past give birth to a son for herself, and became a marquis at the peak of her life, and won the Hun Qingshi to leave a name, and now she has a son, no regrets in this life!

Princess Pingyang is also complacent.

Her mother and younger brother had done such a great rebellion, and it was already a blessing that she could get out of the way.

What's even more exaggerated is that the ex-husband exchanged his life for the opportunity to get rid of his crime, and the current husband has won the prestige and power of Nuoda, and his life is really good as a woman.

What's more, she is worthy of her ex-husband and raised her son Cao Xiang.

Now that there is Wei Yan again, he is also worthy of Wei Qing.

Wei Qing, who hugged Wei Yan and made love for a while, reluctantly handed it to Princess Pingyang after Wei Yan cried dissatisfied.

At this time, he went to look at the people of the Wei family around him.

Mother, brother, sister uh?

"Kids." Wei Qing looked at the child in his sister Wei Shao'er's arms suspiciously, "This is."

Wei Shao'er's face was not very good-looking, and he did not respond when he heard this.

It was Wei Yuan who came forward to explain, "This is your sister-in-law's son." ”

Wei Qing was surprised by these words, he had been on the expedition for less than a year, not even ten months, how could he have a son when he came back.

"It's that Huo Zhongru." Wei Yuan was also a little dissatisfied and said, "Didn't you say that you let the child get closer to that Huo Zhongru?" The children who are close to them are all there. ”

Wei Qing was a little embarrassed when he said this.

Let Wei Shao'er get closer to Huo Zhongru, this is what the Son of Heaven asked him to do.

It's just that Wei Shao'er's identity at this time is no longer the previous ridiculer of the Pingyang Marquis's Mansion, she is the younger sister of the Changping Marquis, and her status is very high.

You must know that her sister Wei Zifu entered Weiyang Palace and became Mrs. Wei.

With Wei Shao'er's current identity, he will either marry a marquis, or enter the palace to be with his sister.

But Huo Zhongru is just a small official in Pingyang County, so it's no wonder that Wei Shao'er doesn't have a good face.

Until Wei Qing, who was in the details, touched his nose with some embarrassment, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

"What else could it be like?"

Wei Shao'er, whose eyes were red, responded, "Your Majesty has given you a marriage, what else can I do." ”

In the Han Dynasty, women had a very high status, and it was naturally not a big deal to leave this kind of thing.

But if the Son of Heaven personally gave the marriage, and if he still wanted to reconcile and divorce, it would be a slap in the face of the Son of Heaven.

Of course, Wei Shao'er felt that she was extremely aggrieved.

Wei Qing sighed, looked around and didn't see Huo Zhongru's figure, knowing that this was because his family disliked him and didn't let him come out to greet him.

"I'll let Zhongru come looking for me later."

When he walked into the house, Wei Qing paused again, looked at the child in Wei Shao'er's arms and asked, "Is my nephew named?" ”

"Your Majesty personally gave the name, and the name was Huo Quai."

Li Yunze was here, leaving Gongsun Ao after the banquet.

After entering the side hall, Li Yunze simply said bluntly, "Wei Qing recommended you to me, as the chief general of Ping Sanyue, are you willing?" ”

Gongsun Ao was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly saluted, "The minister is willing to die for His Majesty!" ”

Although there is no life-saving grace between Wei Qing and Gongsun Ao in this world, this time in the time of getting along with Yan Kingdom, he has a good impression of Gongsun Ao and feels that this person is more stable.

With the increase of experience, Wei Qing's vision is getting better and better.

He could see that the Han army was strong, and it was able to win even in the face of the Xiongnu.

In this case, the main general does not rush forward, and it is the best choice to hold troops steadily, and he can directly and continuously crush it with his strong strength, and the adventure may lead to failure.

It is precisely because of this that Wei Qing recommended Gongsun Ao to Li Yunze.

After sitting down separately, Li Yunze asked, "What do you think about pacifying Sanyue?" ”

"Your Majesty."

Of course, Gongsun Ao didn't do his homework in advance, but as a person in the army, he naturally knew about the countries around the Han Dynasty, after all, he couldn't say when he would fight it.

After a little contemplation, Gongsun Ao said, "Pacify Sanyue, and be a sword soldier and recruit to go together." ”

"Hmm." Li Yunze said noncommittally: "Tell me in detail." ”

"Whoa."

"Your Majesty, the pacification of Sanyue is definitely going to be fought. However, while fighting, it is necessary to appease them to surrender voluntarily. ”

"The land of Sanyue is full of mountains and forests, rivers and lakes. Although our Han army is strong, this terrain is too difficult to navigate. first show military might to seize its courage, and then recruit it to be included in the rule of the Han Dynasty. ”

The so-called Sanyue refers to the Dongou Kingdom, the Minyue Kingdom and the Nanyue Kingdom.

They occupy the southeast mountains and forests, and are nominally the feudal state of the Han Dynasty, but in fact they do not obey the orders of the Han Dynasty.

Before the Han Dynasty was insufficient, there were Huns eyeing each other outside, and there were feudal kings from all over the country who were ambitious, so they naturally had no spare strength to deal with Sanyue.

But now, the Huns have suffered heavy blows one after another, and they have been beaten to the extent of blood in their urine.

And the feudal king, who once occupied half of the Han Dynasty, experienced the rebellion of the Seven Kings and Li Yunze's heavy blows, most of the feudal kingdoms have collapsed, and the rest are also in fear, and they no longer have the strength to make trouble.

Before the cavalry of the Han army was on a large scale, it was a good time to clean up Sanyue and even the Dian and Yelang countries.

Regarding the strategic phalanx proposed by Gongsun Ao, Li Yunze was still satisfied.

He nodded, and began to ask about the specific plan, "How are you going to fight?" ”

Gongsun Ao, who looked excited, immediately said, "Your Majesty, the minister heard that the war between the Minyue Kingdom and the Dongou Kingdom is continuous, and the Dongou State has contributed to the imperial court, and it has fallen behind in the war with the Minyue Kingdom

Persuade Dongou to annex the country, and then concentrate on pacifying the South Vietnamese State. ”

The war between Minyue and Dongou dates back to the Rebellion of the Seven Kings.

After the Rebellion of the Seven Kings was put down, Liu Bi, the king of Wu, who was defeated like a mountain, fled to Dongou to take refuge, even if he was already a handful of years, but he still didn't want to die.

But Dongou Guo can see that Liu Bi, the king of Wu, is already a lost dog, and there is no benefit in taking him in except for causing trouble.

Therefore, Dongou Kingdom killed Liu Bi, the king of Wu, very simply, and sent his head to Chang'an City.

This should have ended there.

But Liu Ju, the son of Liu Bi, the king of Wu, fled to Minyue Kingdom.

He wanted to avenge his father, so he encouraged the Minyue Kingdom to attack the Dongou Kingdom.

In fact, Dongou and Minyue were originally the Minzhong counties of Qin, and when the world was in turmoil at the end of Qin, they took the opportunity to rise to become a powerful party.

Liu Bang made Wuzhu, a descendant of Goujian, the king of Minyue.

After Liu Bang's death, Lü Pheasant used the name of the emperor to appoint another descendant of Gou Jian, Don Shao, as the king of Dongyue, and separated from Minyue to form the Dongou Kingdom.

The so-called Dongou is actually Wenzhou.

The king of Minyue was bent on reuniting the Minyue Kingdom, and immediately accepted Liu Ju's instigation and continued to attack the Dongou Kingdom.

What's even more coincidental is that the strength of Dongou is not enough here, and it is asking Chang'an City to send reinforcements almost every year, and even the name of sending troops is there.

"Not bad."

Li Yunze smiled and nodded approvingly, "Is there anything else you want to add?" ”

"Your Majesty."

Gongsun Ao, who received the praise of the Son of Heaven and came up with self-confidence, went on to say in high spirits, "The terrain of the land of Sanyue is difficult and not suitable for cavalry operations. The minister felt that this battle should be dominated by material officers and building boats. ”

In fact, most of the Han Dynasty in this era has not yet been developed, and the terrain is very primitive.

The land of Mitsukoshi is densely forested, and there are a large number of lakes and swamps, and the terrain is very complex.

The elite cavalry of the Han Dynasty arrived here, let alone fighting, and it was difficult to march.

To fight in this kind of place, you can only use the timber officers and the building boats, that is, the infantry and the navy.

Moreover, it can't be anywhere else, it has to be Jiangnan.

Sure enough, I heard Gongsun Ao continue to say, "The ministers please send the soldiers of Jiujiang, Huiji, Danyang, Yuzhang, Lujiang, and Guiyang counties." ”

The so-called Dafa refers to sweeping all men of appropriate age into the army, which is a kind of extreme situation in which all people are soldiers.

As for why there are several counties in Dafa, this is because of the imbalance between the population of the north and the south of Dahan.

The vast majority of the population is actually concentrated in the area north of the river.

Here in Jiangnan, although the area of each county is not small, the population is very small.

It is difficult to concentrate a strong legion if it is not large.

It's not that troops can't be transferred from the North, but that the troops in the North are not adaptable, and the non-combat attrition will be very serious.

Especially at this time, there is no large-scale development in the south of the Yangtze River, and the local area is not only difficult terrain, but also a large number of mosquitoes and bacteria, snail schistosomiasis or something, which will greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses in the north.

Li Yunze was silent for a while, and then asked, "How many soldiers and horses do you need?" ”

Gongsun Ao gritted his teeth and said, "Two hundred thousand! ”

The 200,000 soldiers he mentioned are soldiers, and in order to support these 200,000 soldiers in the war, especially in places with complicated terrain, the number of people in the rear who are responsible for logistics work must at least double.

It is no wonder that Gongsun Ao said that he would make a big deal and not sweep away all the men in these counties, and it would be difficult to support a war of this scale.

Historically, Emperor Wu Ping Sanyue used a large number of Beidi soldiers.

Although the Mitsukoshi was successfully pacified, the losses of the northern soldiers and the people were extremely great.

And this time in order to take Mitsukoshi at one time, a large number of troops are naturally needed.

Li Yunze didn't want to lose too much of the population, so he simply said, "At most, 100,000 soldiers, as for logistics, I have built sea ships that can be transported along the coast." ”

(End of chapter)