When Wei Qing returned to Pingyang Hou Mansion, Princess Pingyang and everyone in the mansion greeted him respectfully.
He has his own Changping Marquis Mansion, but Princess Pingyang has to take care of Cao Xiang, and the Wei family were born as slaves of the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, so they all live here.
Only after Wei Qing dies will the Wei family leave this place.
And Princess Pingyang, even if Wei Qing dies, she will always stay here.
"Congratulations to the general to return home~~~"
The proud Princess Pingyang held the infant Wei and his wife with one hand, and held Cao Xiang with the other to greet them.
Wei Qing stepped forward with joy. He first glanced at Wei and his wife in the princess's arms, but did not reach out to take it. Instead, he patted Cao Xiang on the shoulder and asked a few questions about martial arts, studies, and physical matters.
, after comforting the stepson, he took over the guard and his wife.
His mind has gradually become more refined, and at least he knows how to comfort his stepson first.
Holding the infant Wei and his wife in his arms, Wei Qing really felt that his life was worth it.
He was able to make the previously aloof princess give birth to a son for him, and he became a marquis at the pinnacle of his life. He defeated the Huns and left his name in history. Now he has a son, and he has no regrets in this life!
Princess Pingyang is also very proud.
Her mother and brother had done such treacherous things, and she was lucky enough to escape unscathed.
What's even more exaggerated is that her ex-husband sacrificed his life in exchange for the chance to escape his crime, and now her husband has won great prestige and power. As a woman, her life is really great.
Also, she was worthy of her ex-husband and raised her son Cao Xiang.
Now that we have Wei and his wife, they are worthy of Wei Qing.
Wei Qing hugged Mr. and Mrs. Wei and made love to him for a while. After Mr. and Mrs. Wei cried dissatisfiedly, he reluctantly handed it to Princess Pingyang.
At this time, he looked around at the Wei family members.
Mother, brother, sister...eh?
"Younger." Wei Qing looked at the child in his sister Wei Shaoer's arms in confusion, "This is..."
Wei Shao'er's face didn't look good and he didn't respond when he heard this.
It was Wei Wei who came forward and explained, "This is your sister's son."
This statement surprised Wei Qing. It had been less than a year since he left for the war, less than ten months. How could he have a son when he came back?
"That's that Huo Zhongru." Wei Wei also said with some dissatisfaction, "Didn't you say you wanted the youngster to get closer to that Huo Zhongru? There are already children who are so close."
Wei Qing felt a little embarrassed when he said this.
Let Wei Shao'er get closer to Huo Zhongru. This is what the emperor asked him to do.
It's just that... Wei Shao'er's identity at this time is no longer the former appraiser of Pingyang Hou Mansion. She is the sister of Chang Ping Hou, with a very high status.
You must know that her sister Wei Zifu entered Weiyang Palace and became Mrs. Wei.
With Wei Shao'er's current status, he can either marry a marquis or enter the palace to keep his sister company.
But Huo Zhongru was just a small official in Pingyang County, so it was no wonder that Wei Shaoer had a bad look on his face.
After Wei Qing learned the details, he touched his nose in embarrassment, "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"
"What else can it mean?"
Wei Shao'er, whose eyes were red, responded, "Your Majesty has given me a marriage, what else can I do?"
In the Han Dynasty, women's status was very high, so things like divorce were not a big deal.
But if the emperor personally granted marriage and still wanted to reconcile, it would be a slap in the emperor's face.
Of course Wei Shao'er felt extremely wronged.
Wei Qing sighed and looked around but did not see Huo Zhongru. He knew that his family disliked him and did not let him come out to greet him.
"Let Zhongru come find me later."
When walking into the house, Wei Qing paused again, looked at the child in Wei Shao'er's arms and asked, "Has my nephew been named?"
"His Majesty personally gave him a name, and his name is Huo Qubing."
Here, Li Yunze left Gongsun Ao behind after the banquet.
After entering the side hall, Li Yunze said bluntly, "Wei Qing recommended you to me as the general of Ping Sanyue. Are you willing?"
Gongsun Ao was overjoyed and hurriedly saluted, "I am willing to die for your majesty!"
Although there was no life-saving grace between Wei Qing and Gongsun Ao this time, during the time they spent together in Yan State, he had a good impression of Gongsun Ao and felt that he was more stable.
As experience increases, Wei Qing's vision becomes better and better.
He could see that the Han army was powerful and capable of defeating the Huns even when they faced them.
In this case, the best choice for the general is not to advance rashly, but to hold the troops cautiously. Just rely on your strong strength to directly crush them. Rushing in and making clever plans may lead to failure.
It was precisely because of this that Wei Qing recommended Gongsun Ao to Li Yunze.
After they sat down respectively, Li Yunze asked, "What are your thoughts on the pacification of Mitsukoshi?"
"His Majesty."
Of course Gongsun Ao had not done any homework in advance, but as a military man, he naturally had an understanding of the countries surrounding the Han Dynasty. After all, there was no telling when he would defeat them.
After a brief reflection, Gongsun Ao said: "To pacify Sanyue, be a swordsman and go with the recruitment."
"Yeah." Li Yunze said noncommittally, "Tell me in detail."
"Here."
"Your Majesty, we must fight to pacify Mitsukoshi. But while fighting, we must also persuade them to surrender."
"The land of Mitsukoshi is densely covered with mountains and forests, with crisscrossed rivers and lakes and swamps everywhere. Although our Han army is powerful, the terrain is too difficult to navigate. We must first demonstrate our military might to win their courage, and then recruit them to be included.
Under the rule of the Han Dynasty."
The so-called Sanyue refers to Dongou Kingdom, Minyue Kingdom and Nanyue Kingdom.
They occupied the southeastern mountains and forests, and were nominally a feudal state of the Han Dynasty, but in fact they did not obey the orders of the Han Dynasty.
In the past, the Han Dynasty lacked strength. Outside, the Huns were eyeing him, and inside, there were ambitious kings from various places. Naturally, they had no spare power to deal with Mitsukoshi.
But now, the Xiongnu suffered heavy losses one after another, and were beaten to the point of urinating blood.
As for the feudal kings who once occupied half of the Han Dynasty, after experiencing the Seven Kings Rebellion and Li Yunze's heavy blows, most of the feudal kingdoms had collapsed. The remaining ones were in constant fear and no longer had the strength to cause trouble.
Before the Han cavalry has reached a large scale, it is a good time to deal with Mitsukoshi and even the Dian and Yelang kingdoms.
Li Yunze was still satisfied with the strategic phalanx proposed by Gongsun Ao.
He nodded and began to ask about the specific plan, "How are you going to fight?"
Gongsun Ao, who was in an excited mood, immediately said, "Your Majesty, I heard that the war between Minyue and Dongou is ongoing, and Dongou has made great contributions to the imperial court, but is at a disadvantage in the war with Minyue, so I want to go first to provide support.
He sent troops in the name of Dongou Kingdom to pacify the Minyue Kingdom.
Persuade Dongou to annex the country, and then concentrate on pacifying South Vietnam."
The war between the Minyue Kingdom and the Dongou Kingdom can be traced back to the Seven Kings Rebellion.
After the Seven Kings Rebellion was put down, King Liu Bi of Wu was defeated and fled to Dongou Kingdom for refuge. Even though he was already very old, he still didn't want to die.
But Dongou Kingdom could see clearly that King Wu Liu Bi was already a lost dog, and taking him in would not bring any benefit except causing trouble.
Therefore, Dongou Kingdom killed Wu King Liu Bi very simply and sent his head to Chang'an City.
This matter should have ended like this.
But Liu Ju, the son of Wu King Liu Bi, fled to the Minyue Kingdom.
He wanted to avenge his father, so he encouraged the Minyue Kingdom to attack Dongou Kingdom.
In fact, Dongou and Minyue were originally Minzhong counties of the Qin State. When the world was in chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, they took the opportunity to rise and become a powerful force.
Liu Bang named Wu Zhu, a descendant of Gou Jian, the King of Minyue.
After Liu Bang's death, Lu Pheasant used the name of the emperor to appoint another descendant of Gou Jian, Zou Yao, as the king of Dongyue, and separated it from Minyue to form the Dongou Kingdom.
The so-called Dongou is actually Wenzhou.
The King of Minyue wanted to reunify the Minyue Kingdom, so he immediately accepted Liu Ju's instigation and continued to attack Dongou Kingdom.
What's more coincidental is that the Dongou Kingdom is not strong enough here, so it requests Chang'an City to send reinforcements almost every year, even in the name of sending troops.
"good."
Li Yunze smiled and nodded approvingly, "Is there anything else you want to add?"
"His Majesty."
Gongsun Ao, who gained the emperor's approval and became more confident, went on to say energetically, "The terrain of Mitsukoshi is difficult and is not suitable for cavalry operations. I feel that this battle should be dominated by craftsmen and boatmen."
In fact, most of the Han Dynasty in this era had not yet been developed, and the terrain was very primitive.
Mitsukoshi Land is not only densely covered with mountains and forests, but also has a large number of lakes and swamps, and the terrain is very complex.
When the elite cavalry of the Han Dynasty arrived here, it was difficult for them to march, let alone fight.
To fight in such a place, the only people who can fight are the timber officers and the boatmen, that is, the infantry and the navy.
Moreover, it doesn’t work from other places, it has to be from Jiangnan.
Sure enough, I heard Gongsun Ao continue to say, "I would like to send out troops from Jiujiang, Kuaiji, Danyang, Yuzhang, Lujiang, and Guiyang counties."
The so-called Dafa refers to sweeping all the men of suitable age into the army. It is an extreme situation in which all the people are soldiers.
As for why Dafa had several counties, it was because of the imbalance of population between the north and the south in Dahan.
The vast majority of the population is actually concentrated in the area north of the river.
Here in Jiangnan, although each county has a large area, its population is very small.
Without a big attack, it would be difficult to gather a strong army.
This does not mean that troops cannot be mobilized from the North, but that the troops in the North are not accustomed to the local environment, and non-combat attrition will be very serious.
Especially at this time, there was no large-scale development in Jiangnan. Not only was the terrain difficult, but there were also a large number of mosquitoes, bacteria, snails, and schistosomiasis. These things would greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and horses in the north.
Li Yunze was silent for a while, and then asked, "How many troops and horses are needed?"
Gongsun Ao gritted his teeth and said, "Two hundred thousand!"
The 200,000 he mentioned were soldiers. In order to support these 200,000 soldiers in fighting, especially in places with complex terrain, the number of civilians in the rear who were responsible for logistics work had to be doubled at least.
No wonder Gongsun Ao said he wanted to make a big move. It would be difficult to support an operation of this scale unless all the men in these counties were wiped out.
Historically, Emperor Wu defeated Mitsukoshi and used a large number of northern soldiers.
Although Mitsukoshi was successfully pacified, the losses suffered by the Northern soldiers and civilians were huge.
And this time, in order to capture Mitsukoshi at once, a large number of troops were naturally needed.
Li Yunze was unwilling to lose too many people, so he simply said, "The maximum number is one hundred thousand troops. As for logistics, I have built large ships that can be transported along the coast."