[Vol. 1] Section 139: Wei Qing Cong Rong 4

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The generals returned to Chang'an, but the treatment was very different.

The veteran Li Guang's face was the most unbearable, and the whole army was wiped out, not to mention that he almost became a prisoner. If it is usual, a sentence of victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and maybe it can be fooled.

It's just that this time Liu Che is more clever, just guard against you, you Li Guang is famous, and you have the worst record, how can this be explained?

Li Guangbai couldn't argue, in the defeated army, he couldn't compare with Gongsun Ao, who lost 7,000 troops, Gongsun Ao was a junior after all, and it was the first time to go on an expedition, which was understandable.

The results of the handling were soon released, Li Guang, Gongsun Ao was convicted of capital crimes; Gongsun He continued the warm-up exercise of Ma Yi's strategy, without merit or fault, so he neither rewarded nor punished. The only victorious general, Wei Qing, was given the title of Guan Neihou.

Li Guang and Gongsun Ao were unlucky, in the previous wars between the imperial court and the Xiongnu, the Han army often suffered heavy casualties or even annihilated the whole army, and no one was convicted of capital crimes.

The two of them were condemned to death, and they were about to be beheaded, and at this juncture, a law saved them from death. The Han law stipulates that according to the nature of the crime, there are two ways to avoid death if it is not a heinous crime, either to redeem one's life with money or to accept a palace punishment.

At first glance, 600,000 yuan can be exchanged for a life, this deal is no more cost-effective, for Li Guang and Gongsun Ao, money is naturally not a problem. It's just that for a family that is not very wealthy, it is better to come up with 600,000 yuan.

Li Guang and Gongsun Ao finally did not die, but they lost all their positions and became commoners.

On the other hand, Wei Qing became famous in the first battle, although this young general, although he only brought back 700 heads of the enemy, he regained his dignity for the court that had been defeated and fought repeatedly.

Before the expedition, the voices of doubts were endless, and the class teacher returned, and the compliments poured in like a tide.

His sister Guiwei is a wife, if she can give birth to a prince in the future, she must be the best choice for the queen, and now he relies on his own talents to gain a foothold in the court.

This young man named Wei Qing has a really limitless future.

Faced with the situation that he was about to turn red and purple, Wei Qing still adhered to his principles of life, was cautious in his words and deeds, and was polite and virtuous.

Liu Che found that his brother-in-law had such a quality, and he appreciated it even more, and this appreciation was quickly transferred to his sister, and soon after, Wei Zifu's slightly bulging belly said it all, this was her fourth child, but unfortunately the first three were daughters.

If the fourth child is a prince, there will be no suspense for Wei Zifu to become the queen.

In the first year of Yuan Shuo, three years, a loud cry resounded through Liu Che's court.

"Born, born, it's a dragon, it's a dragon!"

Liu Che, who was nervously pinching out a cold sweat in his palms, finally breathed a sigh of relief, you can imagine how relaxed and excited he was at the age of twenty-nine, waiting for the birth of his eldest son.

He named his eldest son Liu Ju, ordered a large banquet, and ordered someone to make "The Crown Prince's Fu", announcing to the world in advance that this son would be the future crown prince.

In March of the same year, Wei Zifu was made empress.

Wei Zifu finally finished the road from a singer to the queen, this road, she has not walked hard, so far, she is the darling of fate. I'm afraid no one would have imagined that many years later, the lucky woman Wei Zifu would end her life in tragedy.

Liu Che was in a happy mood for several months, and his good mood was not broken until the border trouble came again.

Han Anguo, the general of the material officer who guarded Yuyang, sent an urgent letter of help to the imperial court.

Seeing this, I believe everyone will have questions, Han Anguo served in the imperial court well, why did he go to Yuyang?

Here's the thing, in the early spring of last year, the Xiongnu's holy land Longcheng was attacked by a sneak attack, but the damage was not large, and the Xiongnu strengthened the momentum of the riots last autumn in order to avenge this sword revenge.

Because Li Guang has been removed from his post and there is no capable man on the border, Liu Che wants to send a capable cadre to guard the border, Wei Qing can't go categorically, how can he let his brother-in-law go to the outside to drink the northwest wind, and Wei Zifu will not agree.

After thinking about it, Liu Che chose the old minister Han Anguo. The current Han Anguo is no longer the formidable Lord Sangong. After Tian Wei's death, he succeeded as prime minister, and once he was riding in a car with Liu Che, he broke his leg, delayed his work, and was removed from his position as prime minister by Liu Che in the name of recuperation. Later, when his injuries healed, Liu Che made him a lieutenant, and the lieutenant did not work for a few years, and then transferred to the guard lieutenant.

Wei Wei has been working so far, he can't say how prominent he is, at least he can be regarded as so-so, but what makes him stunned is that the emperor will joke with his old life, he is about to go to the ground, and the emperor actually sent him to guard Yuyang to guard against the Huns.

It is unknown whether Liu Che meant to joke or not, but it is almost certain that Liu Che does not like this old man of the main peace faction very much, and on the issue of the Huns, Han Anguo Lao is against himself, and the problem is serious. For this veteran minister, Liu Che can't abandon it, otherwise it will be too wasteful, Han Anguo's talent for defending the city is well known to the world, before Wei Qing's next attack, he will guard the frontier, and it will be better to take more than one measure.

In the autumn of the first year of Yuanguang, Liu Che officially issued an order to the guard captain Han Anguo, appointing him as the general of the material officer, and guarding Yuyang, the most serious border trouble.

The scheming Han Anguo naturally understood Liu Che's deep meaning, and he didn't dare to write a letter to resign, so he could only lay a good burden and go to Yuyang to take office.

The Huns had already inquired about Han Anguo's origin, and as soon as Han Anguo took office, they ran away without a trace. Han Anguo also wanted to win a few battles to show the imperial court, after his hard work and rectification of the military situation, Yuyang's defense gradually stabilized, and occasionally the Xiongnu came to a small force, but it could not hurt Yuyang's fur.

This situation lasted for nearly a year, and in the autumn of the first year of Yuanshuo, the Yuyang defenders accidentally captured a Xiongnu prisoner, and after interrogation, the captive confessed that the Xiongnu army had returned to the steppe early, leaving only a small force.

Han Anguo, who had been nervous for nearly a year, breathed a sigh of relief, he considered that the small city of Yuyang was very difficult to support such a huge garrison, and he estimated whether the Xiongnu army would come back for a while and a half, so he wrote to the imperial court and asked to send the recruited troops from all over the country back to their original places to participate in the farming, and Yuyang only needed 700 troops.

Liu Che agreed to this request based on his trust in Han Anguo.

However, Han Anguo underestimated the intelligence of the Huns, and just a month after the Yuyang defenders withdrew, the Hun army appeared under Yuyang City like a whirlwind and clouds.

At this time, Han Anguo woke up like a dream and shouted a plan.

This is already the case, and you can only face the iron cavalry of the Huns.

However, after all, the Xiongnu were numerous, and its iron cavalry was very strong, and soon, the troops who went out of the city to meet the enemy were defeated, and Han Anguo could only give a death order to defend the city and wait for rescue.

At the juncture when the city was about to be broken, the Han army stationed in Yandi heard the news. The Xiongnu got the news, in order to avoid the troops being attacked from the front and rear, quickly moved the troops to Yanmen, at the same time, after receiving the urgent report, the imperial court sent Wei Qing to lead 30,000 troops to Yanmen, and Li Xi led the troops out of the place. I have to mention that Wei Qing is really talented, and he killed nearly 1,000 enemies with very few casualties and repelled the Huns.

Han Anguo finally picked up an old life, and he wanted to ask to return to his hometown in the name of illness.

However, Liu Che did not agree on the grounds that it was the time to employ people, and only transferred Han Anguo to Beiping, where the border trouble was slightly lighter.

When Han Anguo received Liu Che's edict of rejection, he suddenly felt sad and indignant, he had been loyal to the country all his life, and now that he was old and sick, it was so difficult to want to be quiet and worry-free, the emperor's meaning in the edict was not equivalent to saying, Han Anguo, you will die on the frontier.

Han Anguo obediently went to Beiping, but unknowingly fell into a heart disease.

In the second year of Yuan Shuo (127 BC), the scheming Han Anguo died in office.