"Your Majesty."

In Shanglin Garden, Wei Qing, who came on horseback, caught up with Li Yunze, who was hunting, "The mansion of the champion Hou has been arranged, and he will be able to move in when he comes back." ”

"It's been a long time."

Li Yunze, who was dressed in a hunting suit, raised the hunting bow in his hand and said with a smile: "I will go to the sick on behalf of Huo and say thank you." ”

"Your Majesty has instructions, and the ministers should do it." Wei Qing saluted and responded, "I just don't know when the champion Hou will come back?" ”

"It's not clear yet, it's up to him to mean it." Li Yunze responded casually, "The general is outside, and the king's order is not affected." The army goes out on the march, and when it will return, the winner will decide for himself. ”

"Your Majesty."

Wei Qing, who has always been steady, is also a little anxious, "The army has been out for a long time, and it has traveled thousands of miles to fight fiercely. Now that the land west of the river has been pacified, what are you waiting for if you don't retreat? ”

"Oh, there aren't many beasts in the forest garden today." Li Yunze looked left and right, and said that he "can't even see a tiger." ”

Wei Qing was also speechless, of course he understood that the Son of Heaven was acquiescing to Huo Quai's illness and continue to fight.

But as the acting governor of the Metropolitan Mansion of the Five Armies, he can't just watch it.

"Your Majesty."

Wei Qing said in an aggravated tone, "At this time, the purpose of the war has been achieved, and it is still a complete victory, why do you want to fight?" Soldiers are not cattle and horses, how can they not rest? Running thousands of miles, let alone people, horses can't stand it. Your Majesty, don't get used to him too much! ”

With Wei Qing's military attainments and experience, it can naturally be seen that Huo Qubing still wants to continue fighting.

It's rare to send troops once, just like a wild horse that has taken off the reins, and refuses to come back until it is all right.

But the main force on the right side of the Xiongnu has been defeated, and if there is a target worthy of sending an army, then the only thing left is to chase and kill the right Xianwang.

However, it is clear in the battle report that King Youxian has fled to the Northern Tianshan Mountain.

My God, according to the news brought back by Zhang Qian, and the confession of the Huns who surrendered to the Han Dynasty, the North Tianshan Mountain is really the edge of the sky.

If you really want to chase and kill the past, you will not only have to climb over the mountains, but also cross the terrible Hanhai, and then chase and kill all the way.

According to a rough estimate, it will take at least 3,000 miles to start this way!

There were no trucks, no trains, no planes, and they simply relied on horseback to cross such a complex terrain environment, and galloped to 3,000 miles away in a short period of time, looking for the Right Xian King, who did not know if he was still in the local area.

It's good to say that you find the right Xianwang, but if the right Xianwang runs away again, even if the Han army wants to eat the enemy, they can't find where the Huns' tribe is.

"Your Majesty." Wei Qing persuaded again: "Go back to rest first, and wait until the spies of the embroidered clothes guard find the specific location of the right Xian Wang's department, and then attack." ”

"Who's that." Li Yunze shouted to Sima Xiangru in a daze, "Go to the forest and drive the beast out!" ”

Sima Xiangru raised his finger and pointed at himself in a daze, "Me? ”

"Yes, that's you." Li Yunze waved his hand impatiently, "Go quickly!" ”

Sima Xiangru's scalp is numb, but there is no way, he has to do things for the Son of Heaven if he eats the Son of Heaven's Yulu.

And the big man is still martial, if he dares to say, 'I can't do it, I'm afraid' Yunyun, don't even think about raising his head in this life.

In fact, all the officials around him were envious of Sima Xiangru, who could drive away fierce beasts for the Son of Heaven, which had to be something that the Son of Heaven was qualified to do.

They also wanted to be the Son of Heaven Eagle Dog, but unfortunately the Son of Heaven didn't call them.

"Your Majesty!"

Wei Qing was really a little anxious, "The soldiers and horses taken away by Huo Qubing are all elites raised by the Han Dynasty with the power of the whole country, how can they be thrown away so easily!" ”

In recent years, the national strength of the Han Dynasty has been greatly enhanced, but even so, the number of cavalry supported by the strength of the country does not exceed 100,000.

If nothing else, let's just talk about eating.

A large Han cavalryman, the standard is five horses.

One mounted horse was used for transportation, one war horse was used for battle, and three pack horses were used to transport weapons, armor, food, and fodder.

A horse eats at least five people's rations on a normal day, but when they need to work hard in wartime, it is easy to eat and drink enough to consume the rations of ten people a day.

In other words, to feed 100,000 cavalry, just one day's food is as high as 2.5 million catties of food!

Some people say that it's okay to eat grass, and there is no need to wait for food.

This is indeed true, but this is just like people can live by eating food, and eating grass is also living.

People need to eat meat to be strong, and horses have to eat fine grains to be taller, stronger, and more enduring, and when they need to be used, they can run and run far.

Although alfalfa grass was popularized on a large scale by the Han Dynasty, the main rations that could be fed to horses were grain and bean cakes. Bean cakes are usually eaten only in wartime, and they can only be eaten every few days on weekdays.

After all, soybean cake is added with salt, sugar and even spices and other expensive materials, and the yield of soybeans is not high, which is a very precious thing.

Alfalfa grass or something, it is mainly used to feed cattle and sheep.

This is just food for the horses, but also training, and a three-piece set of Takahashi saddle shoriers stirrups and even horse armor.

Dahan does not have stainless steel, and these things are easily damaged and need to be constantly maintained and even updated.

Coupled with the high consumption of cavalry, even if the Han Dynasty supported it with the strength of the whole country, it would not be able to raise 100,000 iron cavalry.

And what Huo Qubing took away this time was the most elite group of cavalry in the Han army.

His battle report clearly stated that the loss of tens of thousands of horses was simply a forced march along the way and the attrition on the battlefield.

Not all of them died, and many horses were unusable due to broken legs, cracked hooves, sweating, and so on.

If we talk about the loss of war horses, they can also be supplemented by capture.

But the loss of thousands of elite cavalry made Wei Qing's heart ache.

The cavalry in the army are all from good families, and in addition to eating and drinking every day, they are training and boiling their bodies, and they are real professional soldiers and the most elite.

Dahan invested too much in them, and he really didn't dare to lose too much.

Moreover, Wei Qing also knew that Huo Qubing was playing tricks with the imperial court.

The battle report only said the number of fallen soldiers, which was not a lie, but it did not say the number of wounded.

Wei Qing, who has led his troops to fight by himself, knows very well that after a big battle, the number of wounded and sick is definitely more than the number of dead in battle.

For Huo Quai's such a ruined behavior, he really couldn't see it.

If he really traveled three or four thousand miles this time, or marched in a hurry, the number of people who fell behind and fell ill alone would be enough to make him dizzy.

"Your Majesty."

Wei Qing simply stepped forward and grabbed Li Yunze's horse reins, "Please give an edict to Your Majesty and order Huo to return to the dynasty with a sick class." ”

Li Yunze smiled, "If I didn't know who you are, I would have thought that you were jealous of Huo Quai's great martial arts." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone around them subconsciously looked away, after all, it really meant a lot to say such words from the mouth of the Son of Heaven.

In fact, Li Yunze said it was purely literal.

"It's too late."

He waved his hand holding the hunting bow, and with the other hand, he took out a sharp arrow from the quiver, "In terms of time, Huo Qu set off a few days before his illness. They were forced to march, and no one knew which way to go, and even if I wanted to issue an edict, I couldn't find anyone. ”

Unlike the dense population of a village in ten miles, a town in fifty miles, and a county in a hundred miles in the middle earth, the vast land on the prairie that traverses thousands of miles from east to west, north and south, and wants to find a constantly moving army, that is, to find a needle in a haystack, unless there is a satellite phone.

Moreover, Li Yunze originally supported Huo Quzhi to continue fighting.

The reason is very simple, the reason why the whole country is used to support this elite cavalry is to be used in such a situation.

If not, what are you going to do with them?

After spending so many materials, wouldn't it be better to distribute them to the people of the Han Dynasty to eat, drink and enjoy.

Soldiers, once they go to the battlefield, must have the consciousness of dying on the battlefield.

Wei Qing was silent, let go of the reins and remained silent.

He suddenly felt that he had not been on the battlefield for many years, as if there had been an inexplicable change in his mentality.

When I led the troops to fight, it wasn't like this.

After a moment of silence, Wei Qing saluted Li Yunze, "Your Majesty, please lead the troops out of the fortress!" ”

"Don't worry."

Li Yunze smiled, stretched his bow and pointed to the woods not far away, "I will definitely let you go." ”

The sound of horses' hooves sounded, and Sima Xiangru rushed out of the woods with a shout, "There are tigers!" ”

A tiger followed, rushing out of the woods.

It's just that as soon as he came out, he noticed that the outside was densely packed with terrifying Homo erectus, and subconsciously stopped his paws, and with a low roar, he was about to turn around and run.

Wild animals are not the same as animals in captivity.

Captive animals are bold, and they dare to roar twice when they see anyone on the road, and even dare to come forward and bite them, causing trouble to their owners.

But wild animals have a keen intuition, know what not to provoke, and know how to avoid trouble.

It's a pity that this tiger didn't look at the yellow calendar when he went out today, and he was just about to turn around and run away, when Li Yunze's sharp arrow arrived.

The sharp arrow with the sound of breaking through the air accurately hit the tiger's right eye, directly penetrating the brain, and there was no doubt that it could not die again.

"Pack up." In the midst of cheers and cheers all around, Li Yunze hung up the hunting bow and greeted, "Wait for the night to eat roast tiger meat, remember to put the tiger. Leave the whip to me! ”

At the same time, Huo Quai, thousands of miles away, was also busy hunting.

Not long ago, they walked out of the vast Hanhai (Tengger Desert) and came all the way to the side of the vast lake in front of them.

The soldiers of the Han army, who were tortured in the Hanhai, cheered and prepared to improve their food and rest for a while.

Wei Qing felt that Huo Qubing was inconsiderate of the sergeant, which was indeed the case on the battlefield, but it was completely different on weekdays.

At least for now, he didn't say, 'Fill the kettle and keep going.'

He acquiesced to the soldiers to rest on the shore of the great lake for a night, after all, when they crossed the Hanhai before, it was too uncomfortable.

The days were hot and the nights were cold, and many soldiers were sick and unable to walk, and even more died of delicate horses.

Moreover, there is no wood in the desert, so there is no way to make a fire for cooking, which is even more uncomfortable for the Han army, who are used to eating hot food.

After eating the cheese with flavor and the jerky that can be compared to the hardness of stones, the soldiers of the Han army can't wait to improve their food.

Even, even Huo Quzhi took a bow and arrow to shoot a few stupid geese and swans on the shore.

Well, the geese are quite delicious.

Handed over the wild geese to the guards to deal with, Huo Qubing sat on the shore of the lake, called the Hun guide and asked, "Where is this?" ”

This person can't speak Chinese, and he stammered and couldn't explain clearly.

Huo Quzhi waved his hand impatiently, "In Xiongnu dialect." ”

The guide was suddenly pardoned, and immediately spit out the place name "Juyan." ”

The translation of this era is similar to that of later generations, and it is directly transliteration.

"Juyan?"

Huo Quzhi, who was holding a piece of withered grass in his hand, nodded: "Then this place will be called Ju Yanze from now on." ”、

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