For a military strategist, if you want to grow faster, you need four basic conditions.
Talent, bait, training, combat!
For Huo Qubing, there is no need to talk about talent.
Food bait, each sect has this item to assist in practice.
Hard training can transform people's knowledge and feelings about military affairs into strength, pushing them to achieve faster breakthroughs and growth.
Therefore, Huo Qubing often led his troops on raids just to train his troops.
Finally, there is actual combat, especially large-scale life and death battles. The understanding and application of military warfare are particularly important.
All four are indispensable.
But the most important thing is obviously talent, otherwise no matter how hard you train, you will continue to be fed, and you will not be able to go far after all.
The elixir given by Qin Qingyu is of very high grade. If placed outside, it would be enough to cause countless people to fight for it.
When the medicine is released, the strength of all the veins in the limbs will increase.
The ancient well in Huo Qubing’s consciousness also gained aura.
Xuanwu opened his mouth and breathed out the aura in the well.
From a state-of-the-art perspective, Huo Qubing's cognition and understanding of military strategism have already reached a level comparable to that of many famous generals. The theoretical level far exceeds the power currently possessed by the body.
Therefore, his practice can not be hindered by his current state, and there are almost no shackles.
After he took the elixir, his strength continued to grow.
The Overlord Halberd hung in the air in front of him, and the breath exhaled from his mouth and nose overflowed, as if it was absorbed by the halberd.
As time went by, the Overlord Halberd became as new as new and the light was crisp.
Time passes.
By early morning, the energy in Huo Qubing's body seemed to have accumulated to a critical point, and then suddenly increased and entered a new stage.
After a long time, the breath slowed down.
He slowly stopped his momentum and ended his practice.
Then he held the halberd in his hand, and in an instant, the front of the soldiers soared into the sky, making it seem like thousands of weapons were clashing and clanging in the main hall of the guard.
When Huo Qubing's practice increased again, somewhere unknown, someone tried to write his name again.
Snap!
As soon as the pen fell, the bamboo slips used for writing and the pen in his hand broke at the same time and could not be preserved.
"It's only been a month since last time...there's another improvement!" the writer whispered.
He seems to be using this way of writing to feel the depth of Huo Qubing's power.
The writer then took out another simple book with twelve names written on it, three of which were listed at the top.
There are four in the second row and five in the third row.
At present, there are cracks in the top row and the second row, and the names are also cracked.
"Two died, but one of them is still one of the three most important people... The only advantage is that two new positions are freed up..."
The death of two people he influenced and controlled is equivalent to losing two important chess pieces.
In the original plan, the next person he wanted to influence was doctor Ling Shi Jian. Although he had not succeeded yet, he had already made arrangements and was sure that Shi Jian would eventually become his pawn.
But now these arrangements have been destroyed.
The war between Han and Hungary was his first outbreak after many years of secret planning. Although it did not go smoothly, fortunately, there was no loss.
After the war, he secretly began to promote the second plan, but now it seems that it is still not going well.
And there were great losses, and important chess pieces died.
The next step is to continue to promote Chang'an's plan regardless of success or failure, or to stop temporarily and protect Chang'an's other chess pieces, Xu Tu's future?
The writer silently weighed: That Taoist slip should not be brought into Chang'an... But if it is not brought into Chang'an, the ray of energy will be cut off...
He quickly decided to temporarily stop Chang'an's plan to preserve his strength, because the Dao Slip had been lost, and continuing to promote it had lost its fundamental meaning.
Let’s take a look at the progress of Beiguan first.
The secret person wrote again and wrote new content on the bamboo slips.
Far away in the Xiongnu, Yi Zhi squinted at the distorted handwriting on the territory map:
"Da Chanyu, you should recall General Yudu as soon as possible. If you can defeat the Han army on the battlefield and suppress the Han army, the Xiongnu's National Games will reach its peak.
Otherwise, in just a few years, the Xiongnu national destiny will be cut off by the Han generals, and the country will decline."
Yi Zhixie laughed dumbly: "We, the Xiongnu, have thousands of troops and horses, stretching across the grassland. How can one man and one general be able to shake them?
If you want to influence the Xiongnu, Han is not qualified."
Yi Zhixie wrote personally: "You said you would raise fire in Beiguan within three days and asked the team I left to cooperate. Now the three-day period is almost here.
If you do nothing, I will reconsider our alliance with you."
The handwriting on the territory map changes: "Huainan has agreed to make arrangements.
But I have bad news. Chang'an may have sensed something. They may also think of the changes in Beiguan and tell your people to be careful."
Yi Zhi frowned and stood up to find the great shaman Enchi.
The sky is bright and clear.
Huo Qubing didn't sleep all night, but he looked in high spirits.
Last night's practice broke through the current small realm and brought him close to the peak of the Soldier Talisman Realm.
No wonder so many sects use food as an aid. The elixir refined by collecting heavenly materials and earthly treasures can really promote practice and save time.
At this time, Dong Xu, the head of the chamberlain, came to look for him in person. Liu Che summoned him, and Huo Qubing went to Weiyang Palace.
Two days flew by.
On the afternoon of July, Zhang Cigong spent three days, changing horses along the way, galloping eight hundred miles every day, and rushed to Beiguan day and night.
He was standing on a city at this time, looking towards the grassland to the north.
Three days of galloping left his eyes scarlet and his lips chapped.
The strength in the body is running at full strength, so that it can remain sleepless.
He took out the strategic deduction map that Huo Qubing drew for him before leaving Chang'an. After looking at it carefully, he suddenly said to a captain of the imperial army beside him: "The layout that Qubing drew on this map is like some women's.
Jin, do you think it can be fulfilled?"
The captain looked solemn: "We have taken over the military defense here with military orders. The relevant people have also been detained and are being interrogated one by one. But what will happen, I really can't be sure?"
Beiguan, the night is dark.
Shanggu County and Yuyang County in the northeast of the Han Dynasty, where the two counties meet, and further north, is the area ruled by the Wuhuan nomadic tribe.
The predecessor of Wuhuan was Donghu who roamed the grassland.
But now it is no longer as prosperous as before. It is declining day by day, and it is divided into different small tribes, fighting each other, and it is chaotic.
In the area where Wuhuan and Beiguan meet, there is a valley outside the exploration range of Han army scouts. It is located among the mountains and is quite hidden.
Hidden in the valley is a Xiongnu tribe that was dormant in secret since the last war between the Han and Huns.
They have been dormant here for some time, and their patience is gradually running out.
There are a series of tents in the valley, and from a large tent, the sound of a woman crying can be faintly heard.
There was also a crackling sound like a beating.
However, there were Huns soldiers nearby, who captured several Wuhuan women who went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables, and they had been holding the tent for several days.
As the sky turned dark, a Xiongnu Qianqi commander came out, lifted up the leather robe on his waist, and came to the main tent in the middle of the camp with a comfortable look on his face:
"Yanqi is in charge, and today is the last day of the agreement. If we don't raise the fire by tomorrow morning, we will have to go back, and the trip will be in vain."
"When you arrest those Wuhuan women, be careful of revealing your traces."
Sitting in the tent was a short but sharp-eyed Xiongnu leader.
"What can I do if I know? There are only a few Wuhuan tribes around. Those Wuhuan women are very dirty, like she-wolves. Han women are better, like white sheep."
The Qianqi commander came in and smiled with his teeth: "If someone really lifts the fire switch this time and lets us enter the Han territory, I will be responsible for robbing the women. You rob the property and kill the Han army with all your strength."
Yanqi asked: "Have you done the important thing I asked you to do?"
"We've sent someone to keep an eye on it. If someone raises a fire, they won't miss it." Qianqi Chang said with a smile.
The fire they talked about was a way of communicating by beacon fire on the Great Wall during the Han Dynasty.
Raising fire is usually a call for help or a warning, indicating that there is an enemy attack at the border.
Sometimes raising a fire to communicate requires a corresponding fire signal. For example, using an iron tool as a top cover to suppress the fire and then lifting it up. Such changes between light and dark will form a fixed communication method.
Yi Zhixie's order to them was that on a certain day, if someone in Beiguan used fire in a specific way to send a message, they could gallop away.
Someone would let them enter the Han Dynasty's gates, plunder them, set fire to the city, and cause a turmoil in the Han territory.
Using the beacon communication method, one can see far away in the dark.
The advantage of this method is that it can be seen by friendly forces and prove that they have been summoned. After the city is defeated, the responsibility of the mole can be reduced.
That is to say, the city was still breached despite the summons. It was because the Huns were too strong. Afterwards, the responsibility can be reduced and the identity of the mole can be concealed and protected.
The two parties agreed that the final deadline is tonight.
In the early morning of that day, as expected, the Xiongnu tribesmen saw the Han people setting off a message fire outside the Beiguan City.
At night, the sky is full of flames, which is extremely spectacular.
The Xiongnu tribe was overjoyed, and the method of communication was exactly as agreed.
A group of people on horseback rushed out of hibernation and approached the place where the fire was set up in Beiguan.
After a while, they arrived outside a fortified city in Beiguan.
The night is getting dark, the suspension bridge outside the city has not been lowered, the gate is closed, and there are faint sounds of fighting in the city.
"The matter was exposed, and the Han people were in civil strife and fighting in the city?" Yanqi had a thought at home.
"The city gate is not open and we can't get in at all. What should we do?" asked Qianqi Chang.
Yanqi said at the door: "There must be an opportunity to take advantage of the chaos in the city. This gate is blocked, so let the ministries go around the city to see if any other gates in the surrounding area are open.
If not, look for other cities nearby. The Han people are in civil strife and good opportunities are rare."
The generals immediately galloped on horseback and followed orders!