"Colonel Huo is back! Captain Huo is back!" After several shouts, Yanmen Pass was boiling again.
When a horse's head appeared on the horizon in the distance, the city wall of Yanmen Pass was already full of people. Su Ren was the commander-in-chief, and behind him were Huang Shisan and Man Niu, two big and round bodyguards, so he naturally stood in the most advantageous position.
Above. It was the setting sun, and the outer city gate of Yanmen Pass tilted slightly to the west. Huo Qubing's team happened to be coming from the west, so there was a sun shining with golden light, creating an incredibly spectacular scene behind the fleeting team.
Huo Qubing was a school captain and was not qualified to be grand. Xie Zichang struggled to hold a much smaller flag on a long flagpole in his arms. One of Xie Zichang's arms was completely disabled, leaving only one right arm, and he had to control the horse.
It was really difficult for him to hold the flag again. However, Xie Zichang remained focused and walked at the front of the team with his head held high.
Although the flag is small, it is full of holes. Through the holes in the flag, you can clearly see the sun behind it. The flag was originally black with red characters, but now it has turned into black characters with brown background. As long as you see that flag
You can guess what Huo Qubing went through in the Huns in the past few months.
"Strong wind! Strong wind!" Whether on the city wall or in the wilderness, every soldier silently drew out his sword, struck hard on the strong armor, and shouted the domineering ballad composed by Emperor Gaozu.
Behind Xie Zichang was a long convoy, three to five miles long. The first ten cars were filled with jars. This kind of cyan unpainted clay jars was very popular in the Han military camp. After a war, there would be
A very long and very high first-class jar was laid out. It contained soldiers who could not be transported back. After they were collectively incinerated, they were put into clay jars respectively. Regardless of whether there is your burned corpse in it, label it with your name and that’s it.
How many clay pots do you have in ten carts? Han Qing made some calculations and was sure that of the 800 people Huo Qubing brought, less than 100 were able to come back alive.
Following the hearse was an even larger motorcade, which could not be described as jewels and jewels. Huo Qubing had already asked people to open all the containers containing the trophies, and with the afterglow of the setting sun, they emitted a light like a rainbow. Naturally, he got another
There was a burst of cheers, and Yanmen Pass was completely ignited by Huo Qubing's crooked move. The most excited ones were the merchants. Since Huo Qubing could control the Huns with 800 men and get such rich rewards, they were full of confidence in the trip to Wuhuan and Xianbei.
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Zhao Polu escorted a carriage with a curtain. When the carriage appeared, the originally excited and howling atmosphere was suddenly suffocated. Discussions, abuses, slanders, and all kinds of noises spread.
Go. Princess Nangong was always pitiful, and even her name was not left in the history books. It is said that after the great ancestor Liu Bang, she was already far away from the current emperor Liu Che. If she was not needed to marry the Huns, let alone the princess
Even titles such as princess and princess will never be placed on her head.
She was such a poor woman, a poor woman who had sacrificed most of her life for her country. Su Ren only had respect. Listening to the discussions around him, Su Ren sighed and repeated that Huang Shisan sent someone to ask Zhao Polu to escort Princess Nangong to the other side.
, to avoid any embarrassing things happening in front of you, which would not be good for anyone.
Huo Qubing led more than thirty soldiers who could still fight and walked at the end of the entire team. From a distance, you could clearly see that these men had reached their limit, and many of them were still wearing obvious white bandages. The war horses were lowered.
Their heads were listless, and the knights on their horses were shaky. Even so, their eyes were always looking back. In this situation, the Yanmen closed and everyone stood upright, showing high respect to the heroes.
Huo Qubing and his 800 cavalrymen paid a heavy price in this battle, both physically and mentally. They had just entered the city gate and fell off their horses like dumplings. They had been waiting at the city gate for a long time.
The soldiers quickly caught him, carried him on his back or carried him, and rushed to the hospital. Huo Qubing was the last one to step into the city gate, smiled at Su Ren, got off the big black horse with difficulty, and saluted Su Ren.
"General, Colonel Huo Qubing requests to return to the army!"
"Yes!" As soon as Su Ren finished speaking, Huo Qubing's eyes darkened, he fell to the ground and fell asleep.
Three days, three whole days, Huo Qubing slept, ate, slept, and lived like a pig. The medical officer had checked and found that Huo Qubing had recovered and his current state was due to excessive fatigue. Su Ren finally felt relieved.
He asked people to take care of him, and then he was ready to report his victory to Chang'an.
In the Jianzhang Palace, there was a lively discussion about whether the Veterans Management Committee should be set up in the Zhongjun Mansion. As a general, he naturally did not want his eliminated subordinates to be exploited by the Zhongjun Mansion again. As a civil servant, he wanted to cooperate with
For officers to compete, they must firmly hold every soldier in their hands, whether they are eliminated or not.
Li Zongrang said it eloquently: "The Central Military Administration is in charge of the world's soldiers, so it naturally has the right to manage all soldiers. The eliminated soldiers are originally responsible for the placement of the soldiers, and there is nothing wrong with it. If the soldiers are to be eliminated
On the other hand, wouldn't it mean that there are a large number of soldiers in the world who are not under His Majesty's control? This has never happened before. How will His Majesty's majesty be harmed by doing this? Could it be that someone has some agenda and is acting like this?
"
Guan Fu was furious: "What a fart! If the Zhongjun Mansion could arrange for the eliminated soldiers, the old incident in Poyang would not happen. The way your Zhongjun Mansion arranges and eliminates the soldiers is nothing more than driving out the army and asking for more blessings. This is nothing."
What kind of placement? Even those with military merit can't even think about living a peaceful life. How can the rest of the people still survive? There is nothing wrong with serving the country as a soldier, but it is unreasonable for the grandfathers to bleed and have nowhere to live when they come back.
Su Xiaozi is right, we cannot let the soldiers shed tears after they shed blood for the country."
Wang Huidao: "Master Guan, please don't talk nonsense in front of your majesty. Soldiers fighting for the country should be properly arranged. Master Li didn't say not to set up a committee, but he just wanted it to be supervised by the Central Military Government. Besides, in the past, the reduction of soldiers was all done."
The Chinese Military Government is responsible for this, and it is still inappropriate at all times."
"That's very wrong!" Guan Fu said loudly: "Who doesn't know what the Zhongjun Mansion is? Doctor Wang can go and find out how many of the eliminated soldiers were properly placed by the Zhongjun Mansion? Even if they were properly placed,
Which one of them didn’t have a connection or spent copper money? I’m not telling lies, what kind of life are the brothers who followed me to pacify the Seven Kings back then? You can all go and take a look, it’s in Guihuafang, Dongcheng, that’s where people are
A place to stay?”
The more Guan Fu talked, the more excited he became: "They all have military merits, and the worst one has achieved military merit in the third rank. Because he has no money, he can't replace the chief of the pavilion, and the county lieutenant can't help those barbarians."
Carrying goods and struggling to survive, my lords, don’t those of us standing in the court blush?"
Everyone was speechless after what Guan Fu said. They all knew something about these things. As soldiers, they had no way to make money and could not help their former subordinates. As civil servants, they did not feel anything wrong when soldiers were treated coldly.
Correct. Therefore, no one spoke for those soldiers who were eliminated, but they all knew that all this was caused by the rampant behavior of the Central Military Government and the tacit approval of someone.
"Nonsense!" Li Zongrang refuted loudly: "They don't want to make progress and are willing to fall. How can they blame others? There has never been anything dirty in the Zhongjun Mansion. They are all your Majesty's soldiers. We naturally treat them equally, and there is absolutely no...
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"Haha!" Guan Fu laughed twice and said, "Master Li, can you guarantee that it's not true? Why don't you let Ting Wei check it?" After Guan Fu finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Tang.
"You!" Li Zong was suffocated. Seeing Zhang Tang's gloomy face, he quickly turned around and saluted Liu Che: "Your Majesty, the Central Military Commission is dedicated to serving the country and thinking about Your Majesty. You must not set up that committee. This is definitely a person with ulterior motives.
He came up with a vicious plan to dismantle the foundation of my great man."
Liu Che stretched out and glanced around the crowd: "Prime Minister, this court meeting has been going on for three to five days. When will it be finalized? Su Ren is still waiting for my answer, whether it is in the Central Military Mansion.
It will be better to set it up elsewhere. There must be a result today, and this matter cannot be delayed any longer."
Dou Ying quickly saluted: "I obey."
Liu Che stood up and yawned loudly. Under everyone's surprised eyes, he turned around the screen and left. When he came out of the door, Liu Che moved his arms, looked around, and asked Liu Jiqing, who had been following him: "
What do you think? Does Su Ren really have what Li Shizong said, or does Li Shizong have another purpose?"
Liu Jiqing lowered his eyebrows: "I don't understand."
Liu Che smiled: "You old man, if nothing else, you have stood in the court longer than me. Is there something you don't understand? I heard that the Li family privately had some concerns about the late emperor deposing the crown prince.
Complaint, can you find out the source of this matter?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, Su Kai should handle this matter."
"Humph!" Liu Che snorted coldly: "Can't you tell the truth?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty, everything the old slave said is true."
Liu Che glared at Liu Jiqing and walked back angrily. There was a lot of chaos in the court, and the memorials from various places were also a headache. Especially after reading the long memorials by Su Ren and Zhang Huazhi, Liu Che became even more confused. Later it was reported that
Rumors circulated that the late emperor was bewitched by certain people when he deposed the crown prince. Liu Rong, the king of Linjiang, was the eldest son of the late emperor, so his succession was justifiable. Some people even talked privately about asking him, Liu Che, to establish Liu Rong's son as the crown prince.
Returning to his study, Liu Che was not in the mood to read the memorial. He stood in front of the huge sand table of the Han Dynasty for a long time and did not leave. This sand table was made three years ago, and many places marked on it have changed. For example, in Huainan Territory Rapidly
It is not on the rising Jiangsu City, and it is not on the Yumen City that went deep into the Western Regions alone. The Yelang Kingdom is also marked larger, and the Xiongnu territory has shrunk to the north by almost three hundred miles, and so on.
"Go, let the public loser send someone to renovate this sand table. It's too small for me to feel comfortable."
Liu Jiqing hurriedly went out to deliver the message. But he quickly came back with a happy face: "Your Majesty, a great victory!" (To be continued)