The henchmen of the Han Dynasty have always been the Huns in the north.

In other words, since the beginning of the violent Qin, and even earlier, the threat to the Central Plains has always been the Huns in the north.

These nomads, who make their homes on horseback, come and go, and gather in a chaotic manner.

It is the most troublesome enemy of the Central Plains Dynasty.

The Great Wall was built, the garrison of Tuntian was stationed, the Western Regions was communicated, and the cavalry took the ...... directly The Great Han tried his best to go from one victory to another, and killed countless heads of the Huns.

But the Huns are like hundred-legged insects, dead but not stiff.

Although in recent years, the Xiongnu have invaded the Han border much less often, but they are very clever and began to turn their targets to the countries of the Western Regions, through coercion and temptation, to reduce the Han control over the Western Regions, so as to encroach on the Western Regions.

Huo Guang's distress letter to several people came from the princess who married Wusun to Wusun, and Wusun was the largest ally of the Han in the Western Regions.

Different from the previous way of fighting like the wind, the Huns actually followed the example of the Han Dynasty this time, began to implement tuntian in the Western Regions, sent 4,000 cavalry to garrison in the Cheshi country, and launched an attack on the Wusun country together with the Cheshi country.

Wusun Guo resisted very hard, so he asked the Han for help.

The Huns lived by water and grass, and they actually knew how to farm, which was simply a fantasy.

It seems that among the Huns, there must be someone who is giving advice to them, and these people are well versed in the situation of the Han Dynasty.

In fact, in the border counties, where Hu and Han live together, many people can't tell whether they are Huns or Han.

For example, the Guardian Law.

He was originally best friends with the Li Guangli brothers, and when the Li family was exterminated, Wei Lu fled to Saibei, surrendered to the Xiongnu, gave advice to the Xiongnu, and wounded the Han army several times.

In the end, he was also named the king of Ding Ling by Hou Shan Yu.

Later, Li Guangli also fled to the Xiongnu, and Wei Lu was afraid that his position was unstable, so he took the opportunity to kill Li Guangli.

Politeness and shamelessness, but it is indeed a terrible enemy.

Wei Lu should have died of illness a few years ago, but Anzhi doesn't have a second Wei Lu?

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Wusun is the largest country in the Western Regions, with a population of more than 600,000 and 190,000 soldiers.

In the face of the invading Huns, the Han had no second choice but to send troops to counterattack.

What's more, he has been recuperating for a long time, and Huo Guang needs to use a military victory when the new emperor ascends the throne to add a shovel of soil to his auxiliary political road.

Huo Guang thought about it for a while, and finally looked at the veteran who was over sixty years old - Zhao Chongguo.

Lian is quite old, can he still eat?

Zhao Chongguo is the Lian Po of the Han Dynasty, and he is even more important than Lian Po.

In terms of qualifications, Zhao Chongguo is even older than Huo Guang.

When Huo Guang was still in the palace as a scholar for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Chongguo was already on the front line of the fight against the Xiongnu.

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In the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty, Zhao Chongguo followed Li Guangli, the general of the Second Division, to attack the Xiongnu as a fake Sima.

In one battle, the Chinese cavalry lost their way in the desert because of a rare camel wind, and when the storm stopped, the Han army was heavily dominated by the Xiongnu army.

The Han army, which was sleepy and lacking horses, fought for several days, but did not escape, and finally ran out of food and grass, and suffered countless casualties.

At this critical moment of survival, the thirty-seven-year-old Zhao Chongguo took the initiative to invite Ying, and led more than 100 strong men, as the vanguard of the whole army, to launch an attack on the Huns.

These more than 100 cavalrymen who have been without food for a few days, like a ring-headed knife that has just been sharpened on a whetstone, cut the encirclement of the Huns with a sharp blade, and Zhao Chongguo is the sharpest blade among them.

Zhao Chongguo broke through the encirclement, and Li Guangli, the general of the second division, followed closely with the main force of the Han army.

During the service, Zhao Chongguo suffered more than 20 injuries all over his body.

When Li Guangli played Zhao Chongguo's bravery to Emperor Xiaowu, Emperor Xiaowu immediately ordered Zhao Chongguo to be conscripted to meet the Son of Heaven.

In front of everyone's eyes, Emperor Xiaowu personally visited Zhao Chongguo's injuries and praised him again and again.

In the end, he was ordered to be promoted to serve as the general of the chariot cavalry, and was added to the rank of Zhonglang.

It was at this time that Huo Guang, who was beside Emperor Xiaowu, remembered Zhao Chongguo.

In the next nearly thirty years, the stars of the Han Empire withered, and the champions Hou, General Wei, and General Fei walked into the dust one by one.

Zhao Chongguo naturally became the Great Wall of Saibei during the Xiaozhao period.

Take the big victory last year as an example, the main general is Zhao Chongguo.

Although Huo Guang controlled the military power of the Han Dynasty, and his relatives, children and nephews were also arranged in important positions, he also knew that these people were difficult to compare with Zhao Chongguo for the time being.

Therefore, even if Huo Guang is jealous of this non-Huo general, he still has to rely on him at such a critical moment.

This is the first battle after the new monarch ascends the throne, and it is only allowed to succeed, not to fail.

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After the few people in front of him read the secret letter, Huo Guangcai said slowly: "Wusun Kingdom is a friendly country of my Han in the Western Regions, and the location is dangerous.

"The Huns are crazy, it's just an egg hitting a stone, and the last general will ask Ying to lead the troops and go out to conquer." Fan Mingyou hurriedly said.

Fan Minh You was thirty-five years old at this time, married Huo Guang's four daughters, and was a genuine Huo Dang.

Pham Minh Woo is a few years older than Huo Yu and is currently the most capable person in the Huo Party.

He is not only General Duliao, but has also been in the position of Weiyang Guard Captain for a full twelve years - he was only transferred to Changle Guard Captain a few days ago.

It is no exaggeration to say that Emperor Xiaozhao spent his time under the protection of Pham Minh Huu from his accession to the throne to his death.

Pham Minh Huu's greatest military achievement was achieved four years ago, but there are different opinions about this great victory, some people believe that the victory is not martial, and even damages the majesty of the Han Dynasty.

In the winter of the third year of Yuanfeng, the border army of the Han Dynasty captured a Xiongnu captive, and learned that the Xiongnu, who had just invaded the Han Dynasty, waved their troops to the east and mobilized 20,000 people to attack Wuhuan.

When Huo Guang got the news, he had the idea of moving troops in his heart.

Prior to this, Huo Guang firmly implemented the national policy of Emperor Xiaowu's "Luntai Edict" and faced the Xiongnu with a defensive posture, but he was always looking for opportunities to attack.

Not only to deal a heavy blow to the enemy of the Great Han, but also to make himself more like an auxiliary minister elected by Emperor Xiaowu.

There are many different voices in the court about this war, among which Zhao Chongguo is the most opposed.

Zhao Chongguo believes that Wuhuan has invaded the Han border several times, and the Xiongnu attacked it, in fact, to avenge the Han Dynasty, and the number of Xiongnu invasions of the border has decreased recently, so there is no need to take the initiative to attack for the time being.

However, Huo Guang overrode public opinion in the court, and in the name of aiding Wuhuan, he sent 20,000 cavalry of Fan Mingyou, who was in the year of establishment, to Wuhuan and act at the opportunity.

In order to let his sons and nephews also make military achievements, Huo Guang asked Huo Yu and others to go out with the army as Zhonglang.

On the eve of departure, Huo Guang gave Fan Minh You an order that "since the army has set out, it cannot return empty-handed", which means that the Han army must have military exploits when they go out, even if the military exploits do not come from the Xiongnu.

When the Han army arrived in Wuhuan, the Xiongnu army had already fled, and Wuhuan won a crushing victory.

In order not to return empty-handed, Pham Minh Huu launched an attack on Wuhuan in the name of the Wuhuan rebellion, annihilating more than 6,000 enemies and beheading three kings.

Fan Mingyou was named the Marquis of Pingling, and the sons and nephews of the Huo family also had their own rewards.

It's just that since then, the grudgeful Wuhuan has repeatedly committed offenses, and Fan Minh You has also defeated him repeatedly, and his accumulated military exploits have become bigger and bigger, and he has made steady progress in the army.

The victory is a victory, but it also casts a shadow on this big victory.

Huo Guang's idea is very simple, that is, when Zhao Chongguo is old, Fan Mingyou will become a pillar of the army.

Then Fan Mingyou led the younger Huo Yu to continue to achieve military exploits.

In this way, Huo's position in the army can no longer be shaken.

It's just that this time, Huo Guang decided not to let Fan Mingyou attack - the Xiongnu are different from Wuhuan and are not so easy to deal with.

Therefore, he did not comment on Fan Mingyou's initiative, but turned to Zhao Chongguo and asked very respectfully: "General Zhao, what do you think of this matter?" ”

"The old man has no other opinion on this matter, Wusun is to rush to the Western Regions, and he controls nearly 200,000 strings, so he can't let it fall to the Huns."

What Huo Guang wants is this sentence, this war must be won, and Fan Minh You cannot be the main general.

"Then, is General Zhao willing to lead his troops to the battle?"