Chapter 253: The Lonely Mountain Guard
But he said that during this period of time, the protagonist of the whole drama, Gao Zhonglang, will have one task every day, 'hunting', and go out to hunt when he wakes up, and instead of going to the south of the mountain, he will always go north with forty or fifty people. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoAt the beginning, when there was not much grain and grass, he was not so diligent, and after one after another, it took a month to move enough grain and grass from Shule to overwinter, and Gao Pet began to move, and ran north more and more diligently.
Anyway, Shule's defense has been arranged, the soldiers are well fed, and there are Wu Xu guards, so it doesn't matter if he is favored. And Shaoyuan is eager for Gao Pet to go hunting every day, and then he can use the name of 'supervision' to follow Gao Pet around, Shule City is too small, and he can't take a few steps to walk from one side to the other, this time Shaoyuan can really understand the bitterness and boredom of military life.
Today, as always, Gao Pet took a new group of knights to hunt, Shaoyuan still followed as before, the time was close to evening, and the knights sat on the lawn and enjoyed the beautiful sunset of the Tianshan Mountains.
The sunset shone on the entire mountain road, but it could not make people see the gradually dark north clearly, Gao Pet did not appreciate the sunset, but as before, stared at the north blankly, silent.
Shaoyuan observed Gao Chong's action for a long time, and at first thought that there were some rare and exotic beasts in the north that made Gao Chong particularly interested, so he came to wait every day. Then I found that Gao Pet didn't come to hunt at all, except for the symbolic meaning at the beginning to shoot a few arrows to see how lucky, basically all day long running all day long or looking north, the mood was not on hunting at all. Shaoyuan, who had been puzzled for more than half a month, finally asked the reason for Gao Chong's action today.
"I said, Ah Pet, the more you run, the more diligent you are, is there something in the north that you want to figure out?" Shaoyuan also sat beside Gao Pet, learning from him to look at the scenery outside the mountain, but the north here has gradually darkened, except for the faint outline of the mountains, there is nothing else.
"No, it's not that I don't understand anything, I'm just looking at the scenery of the mountains, waiting for the arrival of the Huns" Gao Zhong looked at the distant mountains and replied calmly, it seems that the Huns are not a big enemy, but an ordinary guest.
Shao Yuan has long been accustomed to Gao Chong's tone, calm is the innate label of Gao Chong, the arrival of the Huns, Shao Yuan has long known, and he does not seem surprised, but asks suspiciously, "When do you think they will come?"
Gao Chong shook his head, "Shaoyuan, I can't answer this question to you, this time it feels unusual, it seems that the Huns really sent a vanguard over, but the Hun vanguard of four or five thousand people, although it can't sweep through Shannan, but Pei Shan and the two countries of the Blue House will definitely not be able to stop it."
Shaoyuan immediately heard the mystery of this sentence: "Ah pet, do you think that the royal court of the Huns is actually quite far away from here?"
Gao Zhong nodded: "That's right, the general vanguard and the main force will not travel more than five days to each other, otherwise the vanguard will be frustrated and there is a danger of destruction, just like what we encountered this time, but this time, have you calculated how long we have been fighting Shule?"
Shaoyuan pinched his fingers and counted, "More than 20 days, almost a month."
Gao Zhong nodded, "That's right, so I speculate that the Xiongnu royal court is very likely not near here, and I don't know where it is, so I personally come out to patrol the border every day."
Shao Yuan frowned and said, "Could it be that their people are scattered? It will take time to regroup, so it is far away?"
Gao Zhong nodded, "Shaoyuan, it is possible for you to say it, but since the Huns have been frustrated in Pei Shan, they will never give up, and it is only a matter of time before they make a comeback."
Shaoyuan looked at the west, "What about the West Pass?"
Gao Zhong shook his head, "The Xishankou is not a big problem, the Lanlou and the Han coalition army, relying on the siege of the Huns alone, as long as there is enough food and grass in the city, it is a fool's dream that the Huns can cross the Xishankou"
As soon as Shaoyuan heard this, he lay on the grass with big characters, "That's all the pressure on us?" Interesting, by the way, Ah Pet, you wrote two letters that day and sent them to Luoyang urgently, do you think they saw the letters?"
As soon as Gao Chong said this, he looked at the east, "This is going to Luoyang for six thousand miles, it stands to reason that it will be delivered in a few days, I just hope that my father can send troops as soon as possible, with our little force, it is difficult to speak alone in the Western Regions."
Shaoyuan asked, "What about the Northwest Army?"
Gao Zhong sighed, "We have been here for more than a month, have we ever seen a soldier from the Northwest Army?"
Shaoyuan suddenly realized, "Ah pet, you said this, I realized that the Northwest Army really didn't seem to have come to reinforcements, not only the Northwest Army, but also our troops, there were no reinforcements."
Gao Chong's expression darkened, "That's right, I'm more worried about whether the Northwest Army will also fall into some tricky situations, and we can only rely on ourselves until they free up their hands"
Shaoyuan suddenly asked, "Ah Pet, are you afraid?
Gao Pet smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, big husband, the horse leather shroud will die without regrets"
The two young people watched the great rivers and mountains on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains, and the heroic and chic voices spread across the mountains, like a breeze that evoked bursts of birds.
It was also sunset, a fast horse from the west gate of Luoyang straight into the city, the letter box inserted with arrows, indicating that this is an emergency military situation, but only to see the soldiers' faces happy, since entering the city, they shouted "good news! good news!"
When the good news entered the palace, the emperor immediately ordered people to beat the drum and ring the bell to convene the ministers to discuss the matter.
In Weiyang Palace, on the Jinluan Palace, the ministers whispered, discussing what the good news was, and asked them to convene suddenly.
"The emperor has arrived" The yellow gate shouted etiquette, and the ministers immediately stopped whispering, and turned to kneel and salute, "Long live the emperor, long live, long live."
The "flat" emperor was obviously in a very good mood, and he didn't ask for their etiquette, and even couldn't wait to say, "Read it, good news, let them all be happy"
Xiao Huangmen took the good news and said with a smile: "No, on the third day of the first month of August, Long Xiang Zhonglang will be a high pet general Lanlou, Pei Shan and the Western Regions Protector Army and the Northwest Army will break the Huns under Pei Shan City, beheading three thousand, and the supervising army Lu Shaoyuan will get three hundred, and he will fight the Huns Zuo Dawei and his lieutenant generals, and his courage is extraordinary, driving the Huns north to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and the emperor has the thank you table of King Pei Shan and the Prince of Lanlou, do you need to read it?"
The emperor waved his hand, "No need, it doesn't matter, the most important thing is our good news, our Han won." It's a pity that Gao Dingyuan has already returned to Chaisang, otherwise he would be very happy to hear that his son is so blue and better than blue. Lu Shaoyuan is my student, what do you think of this student?"
All the ministers immediately knelt down, "Your Majesty has taught well, it is really my Han Hongfu, and God has given me two generals of the Han Dynasty"
The emperor laughed, "But the letter also mentioned that a large army is needed to help in order to recover Shanbei, I want to drive the expedition in person, what do you think?"
Zhang Situ was taken aback, and immediately came out and said, "Your Majesty, it is autumn in the Central Plains at the moment, but this year's drought is severe, and the people have no harvest, it is the critical time when it is necessary to transfer grain for disaster relief and protect the people for the winter.
Zhang Situ is actually reasonable, now it is the time when it is necessary to allocate grain and grass to protect the people for the winter, and it is winter, and if the expedition is going on, there will be more baggage, which is indeed not a good time. The ministers began to second, as long as they hold Shannan and hold the passage now, they will still have a chance to recover the northern Xinjiang next year, and now they can only maintain the status quo.
Seeing that the ministers were so opposed, the emperor could only shake his head helplessly, "Since all the ministers are so opposed, then this matter should be stopped for the time being, but these young people are doing their best for the country, and they can't treat them badly." Passed on the edict, crowned Long Xiang Zhonglang as the general of Long Xiang, all subordinate officials were promoted to one level, Lu Shaoyuan continued to be the supervisor of the army, and returned to the dynasty to listen to the seal again. Send a message to tell Gao Dingyuan that his son has won a big victory, so let's retire."
The ministers knelt down one after another, "Congratulations to Your Majesty, long live long live long live"
Military merit has been the greatest help for promotion since ancient times, and it is a terrible promotion for a son of a family to obtain military merit, but the Central Plains family values literature and light martial arts, but missed this opportunity. Zhang Situ looked at the good news and showed a grim look on his face.