At the same time, news of Shi Le's establishment of Hou Zhao also reached Yangzhou.
At that time, Huo Qubing was still hanging out in gambling houses to get information. After learning about Shi Le's affairs, he was absent-minded all day long.
That night, Xie Yuan came to Huo Qubing's courtyard.
In the dead of night, the young man was playing wildly in the yard with a red-tasseled gun.
"Lord?" Huo Qubing looked sideways and was startled when he noticed someone was coming.
He stopped what he was doing and bowed to Xie Yuan, "It's so late, why doesn't my lord take a rest?"
"If you want to help your father at the border, go and help him." Xie Yuan handed over the two wooden signs and patted him on the shoulder.
Huo Qubing was stunned again and looked down at the wooden sign in his hand.
It is Xie Yuan's handwriting and customs clearance document.
He touched the back of his head and whispered: "The case of forging counterfeit coins has not been investigated yet, how can I abandon my lord now?"
"Hey, it doesn't matter." Xie Yuan smiled, "I've asked others to investigate. Just go find Uncle Huo. I've been with you for many years. I can't see your thoughts."
Huo Qubing held two wooden signs and his ears turned red with embarrassment.
If his father knew about this, he would be scolded.
But he always felt uneasy and wanted to help.
But I was helping my master with this matter, so I couldn't leave so hastily.
He was still hesitating, but he didn't want to be discovered by his lord just like that.
"Go ahead and do what you want to do. I'm enough here." Xie Yuan smiled slightly.
The young man's eyes turned red when he heard this.
He bowed to Xie Yuan with a serious look on his face, packed his bags that day, and left Yangzhou overnight with three thousand Huo family light cavalry to find Governor Huo.
…
Governor Huo has been fighting for so many years, and this is the first time he has fought against such ferocious barbarians.
I have to say that this Shi Le has some abilities.
Their 100,000 troops were supposed to join Huan Feng's army at this time and attack Youzhou together - but on the way there, Governor Huo was stopped by 80,000 troops sent by Shi Le.
Seeing that they could not move, Governor Huo simply ordered a battle with the Jie army.
Coincidentally, the place where the two armies fought was the place where Xie Yuan and others had garrisoned when they went north to attack Liangzhou.
By the time Huo Qubing arrived with his men, all the people on both sides had been killed.
Governor Huo was thinking about how to mobilize reinforcements to fight Shi Le back to the north of Saibei. When he saw Huo Qubing coming to support him, he was stunned for a moment and did not bother to scold him. He immediately asked him to take the remaining troops to fight Huan Feng.
Convergence.
"Father, why didn't you kill Shi Le back to Saibei?" Huo Qubing was puzzled.
"The weapons used by Shi Le are very sophisticated. It has delayed me for a long time but did not send reinforcements. I must have done it intentionally." Governor Huo said with a solemn look on his face.
"In our great Jin Dynasty, there are Hu people who are doing fine work."
Huo Qubing took a breath.
Careful work?
Have they all arrived at the base camp?
"Then what should we do?" he asked subconsciously.
"I have already revised the book and sent it to the young man of the Huan family, asking him to pay more attention to it. As for the detailed work, I will only make plans after returning to the court."
Governor Huo shook his head and was about to lead his people to evacuate when the loud sound of horse hooves and horns suddenly came from the distance.
His expression changed, and he listened hurriedly, and his whole body trembled.
"Damn it, Shi Le has mobilized another hundred thousand troops!" Dudu Huo scolded his mother angrily, and then looked at Huo Qubing,
"Unjust, you lead the scouts to evacuate first, and come and take care of the rest for my father."
"Father, I want to fight alongside you!" Huo Qubing shook his head.
"This is a military order. You are a fool and you have to disobey it!" Governor Huo's face darkened. "The enemy has 100,000 troops and we only have less than 20,000 left here. If you make any mistakes again, how can I have the face to go to the ancestral hall to offer sacrifices?"
Your mother!"
Huo Qubing's eyes turned red.
If we evacuate at this time, my father will definitely not be able to hold on.
even……
"Father..."
"Come here, take General Huo away! Send the order and ask the scouts to follow General Huo to find General Huan!"
Unable to listen to Huo Qubing's words, Dudu Huo immediately ordered someone to tie up Huo Qubing, stuffed him with something, and asked the soldiers of the scout camp to take him away.
The illuminated jade lion beneath the boy disappeared into the rolling yellow sand.
"My son... must return safely..."
Governor Huo slowly withdrew his gaze and looked into the distance again.
The Jie tribe's army has arrived three miles away, and the dense crowd formed an inky black line there.
"Generals, listen to the order and follow me to expel the Tartars. Don't let these barbarians set foot in our Jin territory!" Governor Huo raised the silver spear in his hand and shouted loudly.
"The last general takes command!"
The war drums sounded, and the Huo family's army, with less than 20,000 soldiers left, rushed into the midst of the enemy's horses amid shouts and roars.
Each of them exerted all their strength, and they were truly one against ten.
However...
After all, these Jie tribe soldiers are not vegetarians.
After a day and night of fighting, there was only one person left in the Huo family army.
The army surrounded Governor Huo. The man's coat fell off and he was in a state of embarrassment. He glanced at his broken arm, slowly picked up the spear in his hand, and stared fixedly at the barbarian sitting on the horse, looking down at him from a high position.
Shi Le licked the corner of his lips and stretched out his hand to the person next to him. The soldier understood and handed him a bow and arrow.
"Donghushi barbarians... don't ever set foot on our Han people's land!"
Governor Huo's eyes were sharp, he held his spear and limped towards Shi Le to kill him.
But before he could get close to the horse, three arrows shot through the air and pierced into Dudu Huo's chest.
The general, who had been hit by several arrows, had his pupils trembled. He slowly let go of the spear in his hand and fell straight to the ground.
At this point, the entire Huo family army was wiped out.
In the third year of Yongkang in the Jin Dynasty, on October 8th, Governor Huo led an army of 100,000 people. He wanted to rush to aid Huan Feng, but he was intercepted by the Jie tribe in Liangzhou.
After the army fought hard for several days, due to being outnumbered and reinforcements delayed in arriving, the entire army was wiped out.
The Huo family's army fought to the end, with no one surviving, just like the battle at Yumen Pass between Qi Jing and Qi Jing.
On October 9th, General Huo Qubing and Huanfeng joined together. Holding Huo's Tiger Talisman, they led one hundred thousand Huo's troops and one hundred thousand Huan's troops to the west to directly attack Liangzhou.
Shi Le was defeated and retreated to Liangzhou. All his elite soldiers were wiped out.
Hou Zhao's vitality was severely weakened and he was no longer in a good state.
On October 10, the battle report that the Huo family's army was completely annihilated was sent to the Jiankang court. Wang Dazai used this to make a big fuss and slander the Huo family.
Huo's Dalang and Huo's Erlang led a group of disciples to stand up and argue with him.
There was also a poor family such as Xie Yuan, and the Wu family argued, and Wang Dazai was defeated, so he made Governor Huo the Duke of the country, with the posthumous title of Zhongwu, and he enjoyed the imperial temple and offered incense.
On October 13, Cui Heng led 50,000 troops from the Cui family to help Huo Qubing. The army then captured Liangzhou and captured Shi Le alive.
Huo Qubing killed all the Jie clan and stained Liangzhou with blood to avenge his father.
On October 14, the army went south to collect the corpses of the Huo family army.
Governor Huo then returned to his hometown in honor.