"Your Majesty, now that the plan has been decided and the edict has been issued, can you return to the palace to rest?"
Following Hu Hai, he stood at the door of Wei Liao's mansion and watched the Imperial Army leaving quickly. Li Si bowed behind Hu Hai and asked.
Hu Hai, who looked away after hearing Li Si's words, turned around. Before he could speak, he heard everyone in Wei Liao bowing and saying, "Your Majesty, please go back to the palace to rest."
Hu Hai looked at the sincere and worried eyes of everyone, and felt a little moved in his heart. He smiled and said: "I am young and healthy, so you don't have to worry, dear friends."
Li Siwei Liao and others just bowed and saluted, no one paid any attention to Hu Hai, and they started to protest silently.
Hu Hai said helplessly: "Okay, I'll go back to the palace, I'll go back to the palace. But how about you wait until I finish what I said? My dear friends, please get back to your health as soon as possible."
Seeing that Hu Hai finally agreed to go back to rest, Li Si and others stopped insisting, straightened up, and listened quietly to what Hu Hai said.
"General Wang Li, this time you are commanding the Xianyang guards to rush to the aid of Chen County. The journey is long and you have a heavy responsibility. You can handle all matters at your convenience. You don't have to wait for my order. You can just report it afterwards." At this point, Hu Hai turned to Li Si and Feng.
Ji Dao,
"We still need two prime ministers to prepare food, grass, weapons and other supplies."
"I obey the order." Li Si and Feng Quji bowed and obeyed the order.
"Your Majesty, if Chen County is lost when I lead the army to Chen County, what should I do?" Wang Li asked.
"If Chen County has been lost, I must take back Chen County and defend it. Anyone who escapes from the battle will be killed, but there are officials in Surabaya who do not obey orders!"
"I will live up to your Majesty's expectations!" Wang Lijian said.
"Then I will return to the palace first instead of seeing my beloved off on the expedition. I leave everything to your beloved. I am waiting for good news from your loved ones. If you have any questions, please report to me at any time." After Hu Hai finished speaking, he patted Wang Li on the shoulder and got on his horse.
"I will respectfully send you off to Your Majesty."
Hu Hai waved his hand on the horse, and then returned to the palace under the protection of many Forbidden Army generals such as Zhang Han and Meng Li. Zhang Han had been appointed by Hu Hai as the new Lang Zhongling, while Meng Li was the Zhong Lang General and stayed behind.
Hu Hai's side.
"When will the rear army arrive in Xianyang? Zhang Aiqing." Hu Hai asked on horseback.
The rear army is the one where Cuiniang and Luzhu are. Hu Hai is leading the army back to Xianyang. The remaining 10,000 troops and the maids carrying the baggage have not yet arrived.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the rear army will arrive in Xianyang today."
"Um."
After saying this, Hu Hai felt bored and felt waves of strong sleepiness sweeping over him. The top priority had been taken care of. At this time, Hu Hai was truly relieved. With his mind relaxed, he could resist the sleepiness no matter what.
Can't stand it any longer.
The past two days had consumed so much of his mind that Hu Hai fell asleep on the horse unconsciously.
At this time, he really wanted to sleep peacefully. He had been planning carefully for more than a month after arriving in Daqin. At this time, his sleep without distracting thoughts was particularly sweet.
Zhang Han was shocked when he found that Hu Hai, who was riding in front, suddenly fell limply on his horse. He ran over and found that Hu Hai had fallen asleep.
The generals looked at Hu Hai sleeping soundly on the bumpy horseback with complicated expressions, with tears in their eyes.
In the end, for fear of waking up Hu Hai who was sleeping on his horse, all the Forbidden Army including the generals dismounted and did not walk. They left their horses to the Forbidden Army to follow behind them and walked cautiously on the wide street while holding their breath.
In order to prevent Hu Hai from falling off his horse in his sleep, Zhang Han and Meng Li firmly guarded Hu Hai on both sides and followed Hu Hai's dark horse forward.
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In mid-April, north of Yinshan Mountain, the wind is still howling and the sky is freezing.
Through the dim light of the morning sun, the tall and majestic Yinshan Mountains in the distance, undulating and unchanging from ancient times, stand like a demon on the boundless grassland, dividing the world into two completely different worlds.
To the south of Yinshan Mountain, the water and grass are abundant, the land is fertile, and the climate is mild. It is a world-famous fertile land; to the north of Yinshan Mountain, the land is barren, lacking water and grass. Every winter, countless cattle, sheep, and people freeze to death.
In this boundless grassland.
The Huns on the grassland were always thinking about occupying the sacred land south of the Yinshan Mountains. However, after the First Emperor ordered Mengtian to lead the army to garrison at the front line of the Yinshan Mountains, countless Huns on the grassland died on the way to this sacred land.
But no one or one horse has ever been able to enter the south of Yinshan Mountain. It is as if this sacred land that originally belonged to the Huns has now become a forbidden land for all Huns, constantly devouring the lives of the grassland people.
After the Great Wall that Meng Tian was responsible for building, stretching for thousands of miles from Liaoning in the east to Longxi in the east, was closed in the Yinshan Mountains, all the Huns knew that they would never be able to own the fertile land south of the Yinshan Mountains again.
In mid-April, the land of the Central Plains is already filled with grass and orioles, and spring is in full bloom.
In this endless yellow grassland, only the occasional hint of green reveals that spring has arrived.
Suddenly, a streak of fire appeared on the edge of the dark prairie.
After a while, the fire that was still in the sky was clearly visible, the earth shook, and the sound of hooves rumbled like muffled thunder.
Suddenly there was a loud shout of "stop", which was clearly audible like a thunderbolt amidst the thundering hooves and the howling cold wind.
With this loud shout, this group of only about fifty knights ran out with the momentum of thousands of horses. Without any panic, they all rode their horses in unison, as if they were one person. Suddenly, the running momentum stopped suddenly, and all the horses were in unison.
They all stopped in place, and there was no sound except the howling of the cold wind.
These knights stood solemnly one by one, with majestic bodies and weathered faces. It was obvious that they had traveled a long distance. Although their faces were tired, their eyes were firm and there was no sign of slackness. They were obviously a group of soldiers who had fought hundreds of battles.
"The Montessori Cavalry really deserves its reputation! Su Yue admires it!"
One of the knights among the horses lifted up his cloak, revealing a clear and handsome face, and praised loudly. He was a handsome middle-aged scribe.
At the front of the cavalry was a burly man in leather armor. In the howling cold wind, he opened his chest to reveal a tuft of dark chest hair. He had leopard eyes and a broad nose. He had four stiff beards under his jaw, like a god.
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When the big man heard the words of the middle-aged scribe Su Yue, he laughed loudly and said, "Mr. Su, that's a compliment."
Then the big man took out a sheepskin map and looked at the torch of the knight beside him carefully and said: "Mr. Su, this place is not far from where Mr. Su went. Do you want to let the boys rest for a while before setting off?"
Su Yue cupped his hands to the big man and said, "My master gave me orders before I left. Everyone on the grassland will obey General Meng Chong's arrangements."
The big man Meng Chong heard this and said loudly: "Then Meng Chong is not polite. The boys are looking for a place under the wind to drink wine and eat meat!"
Obviously the long journey has exhausted these elite knights. When they heard Meng Chong's words, they were immediately greeted with cheers!
Soon a group of more than fifty people found a low place with leeward wind. Some knights dismounted to set up tents, some made fires, and a few people spread out on horseback to patrol around. Everything was in order.
Su Yue, who was already sitting by the fire, nodded secretly when he saw this scene. Even if they were resting at this time, these elite men of the Meng clan were still marching to war, and they did not relax their vigilance at all.
Meng Chong sat next to Su Yue, took out a sheepskin bag, "Gululu" and drank it. Then he wiped his mouth and laughed, "Good wine, so happy!" He handed the sheepskin bag to Su Yue and said, "Su
Would you like a bite, sir?"
Su Yue frowned and declined with a smile: "General, please help yourself, the worse you are at drinking."
Meng Chong didn't insist, and took another sip to himself: "Mr. Su, why did the young master ask me to escort you to this place where nothing matters?"