The heads of the Longxi Li family, Zhaojun Li family and other clans gathered together.
Huo Qubing had summoned them to Chang'an to ask about horses and other matters. Because the war broke out and Huo Qubing went on an expedition, these people from the clan with abundant resources waited here after arriving in Chang'an.
They came to Weiyang Palace because they were invited by Dong Zhongshu, who was returning to Chang'an from the northwest, and were summoned by the emperor.
Dong Zhongshu took the initiative to gather various families, still for the purpose of harvesting wool.
He had discussed with Huo Qubing before and wanted to come forward to kill various clans.
Dong Zhongshuming said that he would build a city in the northwest, and his meaning was very clear.
The emperor personally assisted, and then showed the situation of the Han army fighting against the Xiongnu in the northwest.
The family heads had no time to marvel at the methods the emperor used to transcend the borders of the country and peek at the battle in the northwest thousands of miles away, and they were attracted by the process of the war.
Time passes.
In the picture, after Huo Qubing's victory, he led the Han army to gallop away. There was still silence for nearly a quarter of an hour in the study.
The heads of the clans saw Huo Qubing leading his troops in battle for the first time, and were deeply shocked and inspired.
The defeat of the Xiongnu was the most thrilling confrontation for the Han people.
This is caused by ethnic hatred that has been entangled for hundreds of years.
Li Zhao, the leader of the Li family in Longxi, clenched his fists and took a while to calm down.
The Hongnong Yang family beside him is also known as the "Kansai Confucius" in later generations. The Yang family was the fourth generation and the third prince.
The head of the family, Yang Yi, let out a sigh of relief.
He has a thin face, is over sixty years old, and has a long beard on his chin.
Watching the battle process, Yang Yi was also emotionally disturbed. He hesitated for a moment before letting go:
"As Han people, we are one with the Han people. Since the army is marching forward to fight against the Xiongnu, we should raise money and food."
"It's just that each company has been spending year after year, and the surplus is not much!"
Dong Zhongshu said with a smile: "Do you know how much we will gain by establishing four counties in the direction leading to the Western Regions and opening up the trade route to the Western Regions?
Your Majesty allows all families to participate in the establishment of the county and subsequent trade.
Those who spend more will also share more profits."
The heads of each family looked at each other with moved expressions.
The business of opening up trade in the Western Regions has been promoted throughout the world for three or four years after Zhang Qian returned to the Han Dynasty. Especially in Chang'an, all kinds of things from the Western Regions often flowed throughout the world.
The profits are visible to all.
If it can be vigorously promoted, the current expenditure is equivalent to an investment, which can be recovered later.
Li Zhao pondered and said: "Longxi, where my Li family is located, is adjacent to the northwest border and is often harassed by border troubles. By expanding the national border, Longxi is no longer a border county, which is very beneficial to my Li family.
This time the DPRK is expanding new counties, I, Mrs. Li, are willing to use all the savings from my family to fund the construction of border counties."
The heads of other families were surprised when they heard this.
Even if there are huge profits from connecting the Western Regions, Li's statement is too generous.
He said that he spent all the money he had left at home. There would be no sense in saying this in front of the emperor.
If Mrs. Li really wants to spend all her family's savings, the amount of expenditure will be far higher than the heads of each family expected.
Why did Mr. Li invest so much money?
Several family heads all looked thoughtful.
However, they did not know that Li Zhao had been reminded by Huo Qubing when he went to Longxi, and that his youngest son came to Chang'an later in life and became one of Huo Qubing's soldiers.
After Li Zhao carefully studied Huo Qubing's words at that time, he vaguely realized that the emperor might want to take action against the clan.
He expressed his position in advance, and he also lost money and avoided disaster.
Whoever gets less will be clearly remembered in the emperor's notebook.
Liu Che glanced at Li Zhao with burning eyes.
Other family heads also expressed their willingness to contribute money, people and food.
It's just that no one is as generous as Li Zhao, who is willing to spend all his money to fund the establishment of border counties between the DPRK and China.
Dong Zhongshu is quite satisfied with the result.
I promised Huo Qubing before that I would go to various houses to raise money at all costs, but it turned out to be unexpectedly smooth.
The matter was discussed well, but the heads of each family had no intention of resigning. Xie Han, the head of the Xie family in Chenjun, said:
"I saw that Marquis Huo used troops just now, and it seemed that he had unfulfilled intentions. I wonder if Your Majesty can you let me wait and see?"
Watching Huo Qubing fight is addictive.
I want to watch another episode.
The emperor laughed dumbly, stretched out his hand and flicked it, and a faint purple halo spread out.
The scene in the northwest is shown again.
Huo Qubing marched in hiding, leaving no trace.
But the emperor's driving force revealed another battlefield, where Zhang Cigong was fighting the Xiongnu rear army.
The two sides have been fighting for a while, and the fighting is very fierce.
The battlefield is located in a vast plain, with yellow sand all over the field, and occasionally undulating sand dunes can be seen.
On a battlefield that stretches for several miles, people and horses are spread out, flags are facing the wind, and they are fighting each other, and the cold light of the swords is dazzling.
At one of the locations, a Han soldier was stabbed in the chest and abdomen by his opponent with a spear.
However, the Han soldier grabbed the spear shaft that was inserted into his belly, looked fierce, and while being severely wounded, he slashed with his sword.
The Hun soldiers on the opposite side, who also had a fierce look in their eyes, also paid the price. Half of their palms were cut off by the Han army's counterattack.
The moment the Xiongnu soldier let go of the spear handle in pain, a cold light flashed before his eyes, but the Han army tried his best to slash the Xiongnu soldier's shoulder blade again. The blade was drawn diagonally, and half of his neck was also cut off.
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The Han army's spear was inserted into the belly and fell from the horse.
He was able to counterattack and kill his opponent at the last moment. He grinned as if he wanted to laugh, but his expression slowly solidified!
They both fell to the ground.
The Han soldier's eyes were still wide-eyed before he died.
Similar scenes are staged in every corner of the battlefield, winning or losing.
This kind of brutal fighting is what a war between two countries should look like.
The emperor and several clan leaders fell silent, but they increasingly realized how powerful Huo Qubing was when he led his troops.
I was used to seeing him lead troops to fight against the Huns, and I subconsciously felt that the Huns were so weak that they were almost vulnerable to a blow.
But the battle scene in front of us clearly shows the cruelty of war.
The Xiongnu tribe is not weak, but they have encountered stronger Huo Qubing and Wei Qing, and have been defeated by the Han army in recent years.
Zhang Cigong was already a rare brave general, but he led his troops to stop the enemy and fought with the Xiongnu. The battle was tense and the outcome was difficult to determine.
Kucha.
Roshna urged Shatta and was also paying close attention to the war situation.
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On the wasteland, the Han army galloped on horseback.
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You can faintly hear the shouts of killing coming from the front.
After being defeated by them, the fleeing Huns were also flying ahead, creating a chaotic situation.
Huo Qubing lifted the concealment effect of the Hiding the Sky and the Marching Method, and the entire Han army rushed towards the battlefield as if they were coming out of the void.
On their robes, the blood spattered from killing the Huns soldiers seemed to still have residual warmth.
All the Han soldiers clenched their guns firmly, with a look of courage on their faces.
The Xiongnu had plundered the land of the Han people in the past and killed countless Han people... At this moment, it is time to settle all the past grievances with the Xiongnu and get them back twice as much.
This is the wish of all the Han troops, and also Huo Qubing’s wish!
The hard training in the past, joining the army to fight on the battlefield without regrets, just for the moment in front of me, the fire in my heart only burns for the big man!
Coming this way, for these troops who have been fighting all year round, is a time to adjust their internal breath, eat a small amount, and recover from consumption.
As they continued to ride forward, the eyes of all the Han troops became more and more focused, staring at the battlefield ahead like sharp swords.
Some soldiers began to swallow a red pill to the seated war horse to keep the horse's physical strength.
At this moment, Huo Qubing suddenly had a warning sign.
On this battlefield, there is an ambush by the Huns...
In a corner of the battlefield, the Huns did hide a troop of troops, the famous Western Huns strong army, Zhelan Cavalry!
They were dormant not far from the battlefield, behind the rolling sand dunes.
King Zhelan had had contact with Huo Qubing before and knew how powerful the Han army was. Therefore, he was very cautious and used various means to hide in preparation for an ambush by the Han army.
King Zhelan held a hawk-like skull in his hand, which was actually larger than a human head.
With such a big eagle skull, I don’t know how huge it was during its lifetime.
The skull was cursed with civilization destruction, and streams of faint black energy continuously flowed out from the eye sockets, mouth, etc., covering the area where Zhelan Qi was, so that no trace of their hidden life could leak out.
"Most of the leaders actually did not hesitate to use the remains of Zu Ying..."
Next to King Zhelan is Nie Rizhe, the shaman of his tribe, who is also famous among the Western Huns.
"I had a brief chase and battle with the soldiers and horses led by Huo Qubing before, but it was not enough to defeat him without using the inherited ancestral artifacts."
King Zhelan opened and closed his eyes and said:
"This time we and other ministries will use all our strength. If we cannot defeat the Han army, we will not only lose the Western Region, but we will also lose our place of residence!"
At this moment, Huo Qubing led his troops out of the battlefield not far away and pierced the battlefield.
The hiding place of Zhelanqi is a hundred feet away on the right side of the Han army. If he rushes out, he can pose a threat to the Han army's flank and cut it in half.
King Zhelan's eyes flashed brightly and he said decisively: "Whoever kills the Han army will be heavily rewarded! Anyone who retreats from the battle will be beheaded!"
He raised his hand and put the eagle skull on the top of his head, like an eagle head-shaped bone crown, which was very scary.
When he put on the bone crown, the countless incantations on his skull fell down and merged with him.
The Zhelan Cavalrymen behind him gathered their auras, and vaguely transformed into a giant eagle made of vague auras.
Under the cover of the giant eagle's spread wings, the team rushed out from their dormant place. They were so fast that they seemed to be flying close to the ground and rushed towards the Han army!
Its position and timing are impeccable.
As far away as Chang'an and Qiuchi, everyone watching the battle felt nervous.
"The Huns have an ambush!"
On the battlefield, Huo Qubing sensed an ambush in advance.
But as the army marches, it is impossible to make immediate adjustments.
Just when Zhe Lanqi rushed out, Huo Qubing's voice shocked the entire army:
"The formation on the right wing tilts to the left, corresponding to the Tianjiu military position. It walks along the ridge and turns due east in a circular formation, with the inner gun rotating outward."
Zhelan's riding speed was as fast as flying, and he was on his way to kill him in an instant.
At the moment when he was about to come into contact with the Han army, the Han army followed the riding direction, turned their horses' heads slightly, and all moved to the left.
The entire queue moved uniformly, forming a semicircular rotating formation.
The tortoise shell pattern appears on the edge of the array, which is Huo Qubing's blessing to release the military array and activate the power of Xuanwu Soldier Talisman!
As the formation changed, the Han troops waved their spears at the same time, making a roaring sound, and struck with lightning in the array.
Viewed from a high altitude, Zhelanqi seemed to have rushed to the edge of a rotating 'millstone'.
And around this millstone are war spears.
In the electric light and stone fire, men and horses collided, and the impact of Zhelan Cavalry was buffered by the powerful force gathered by the Han army and the tortoise shell pattern, and was transformed and absorbed by the rotating array and the formation pattern released by Huo Qubing.
Although the Han troops who were collided were injured, the surprise attack by Zhelan Cavalry did not have the desired effect of trapping the formation. Moreover, the Han troops took advantage of the situation, resulting in changes in the military formation, and many people were stabbed to death with war spears. p>
The array continued to rotate, and then more Zhelan Cavalry was drawn in and stabbed to death.
On the battlefield, the advancing Han troops were splitting up, and one group went straight to the front to support Zhang Cigong's troops.
The other branch was led by Huo Qubing himself, drew an arc, turned back like a scimitar, and charged towards Zhelan Cavalry with murderous intent.
The whole team turned around as fast as a river.
Huo Qubing rode in front, followed closely by the troops who were separated with him, and the whole army was filled with fighting spirit.
They have always been responsible for ambushing others. Someone dared to fight against Huo Qubing in an ambush, which made his subordinates furious.
Huo Qubing shouted: "You generals are brave, why are we here?"
"For the Han, to kill the Xiongnu!"
"For all Han people!"
"Kill!"
The Han army changed its formation quickly, and the way it dealt with the Xiongnu soldiers coming out from the flank was beyond the expectations of all onlookers.
Huo Qubing's reaction and dispatching of troops and horses completed the process of switching from guest to guest in just a few breaths.
On the opposite side, Zhelan Cavalry also made adjustments and divided into a group.
Both sides are hedging head-on.
On the wasteland, the cavalry spread out, forming a cross section with a length of hundreds of feet. The horses galloped and collided brazenly.
Under the hooves of thousands of horses, the flying sand covered the sky and the sun.
Jin'an's huge hooves hit the ground, and the ground exploded.
His horse's eyes are filled with excitement.
Around the Han army, a force of troops gathered like a flywheel, spinning and galloping at the edge of the queue.
On the bone crown above the head of King Zhelan, the shadow of a giant eagle rises and falls, with its head as its head, flapping its wings as if to attack the Han army.
Boom!
The two armies collided head-on, like two torrents colliding and then exploding, with soldiers flying in all directions!
The earth is in turmoil, and at the collision point, the sound of killing suddenly breaks out!