Hanbo

Chapter 78 The news is coming
Furious, Huo Shan returned to the barracks and ignored Liu Che directly.

He made up his mind to bring Liu Xijun back, because Huo Shan knew how miserable she was.

I don't see King Kunmo once or twice a year, and I don't understand the language. After the old man Kunmo dies, he has to marry his grandson Junxumi.

Liu Xijun refused, and asked for support from her natal family, but all she got in return was: Marry a chicken as a chicken, marry a dog as a dog, follow the custom.

Poor man, if you can save it, you still have to save it.

The rest of his days were spent on military training, physical training, learning knowledge, and then waiting for news of the caravan from the Western Regions.

These things will definitely not come back. Even if it could come back, it will not come back now. It depends on which country Liu Che is eyeing.

However, if there is no accident, it should be Dawan, because Dawan has horses that he likes and can help him expand his territory.

After the end of September, and the seventh year of Yuanfeng, after another two months of waiting, at the beginning of December, Huo Shan finally received the news that all his equipment had been built.

In order to keep improving, the old craftsmen were busy for another two months.

He has already received such things as weapons and crossbows, but the armor is still in the Shaofu. There is no way, Huo Shan grows too fast, so he stays in the Shaofu for reform.

At the beginning of October, the famous "Taichu Calendar" was put on the agenda.

Taishi ordered Sima Qian and Taizhong officials Gongsunqing, Hu Sui and others to write a letter, "It is said that the history and records are broken and should be corrected."

It means that the current calendar is no longer suitable, and I want to establish a new calendar.

After Liu Che asked about Ni Kuan and the doctors, he readily agreed.

More than [-] experts from officials, Confucian farmers, alchemists and warlocks, and hundreds of officials began their vigorous research on the calendar.

It is still under study, but according to historical records, this calendar added three months to the first year of Taichu.

The thing is like this, in October of the seventh year of Yuanfeng, that is, at the beginning of the year, everyone proposed to change the calendar, Liu Che agreed, and then changed it directly.

At the end of October, November was directly changed to the beginning of the seventh year of Yuanfeng.

However, the calendar hadn't come out at this time, and it was a random change. The calendar didn't come out until May, and then it was changed again.

Change the fourth, which is the first month of the seventh year of Yuanfeng, to the beginning of the year. From this month onwards, it will be the first year of Taichu.

However, the year in which October is the beginning of the year has passed, so the first year of Taichu has an extra three months of October, November, and December.

Therefore, there are fifteen months in the first year of Taichu. This kind of saying is to directly abolish the seventh year of Yuanfeng.

There is another saying that there are seven months in the seventh year of Yuanfeng, and twelve months in the first year of Taichu.

The last April of the seventh year of Yuanfeng coincides with the first April of the first year of Taichu, and each counts its own.

Although the transition from the old to the new is confusing, it is actually not very troublesome. October is still October, and the first month is still the first month. It's just a question of which month is the first month of the year.

But the calendar "Taichu Calendar" can be said to be an epoch-making calendar.

Changed October as the beginning of the year to the first month as the beginning of the year, adopted 24 solar terms, one year equals 365.2502 days, and January equals 29.53086 days.

Although not very accurate, this calendar is 58 years earlier than the ancient Roman "Julian Calendar".

Moreover, these calendarists also calculated the cycle of solar eclipses, which contained many epoch-making new things, which laid a solid foundation for future calendars.

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In the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the seventh year of Yuanfeng.

The sun was setting, and the sun was still completely set in the west, spilling his last ray of light into the Habayashi camp.

The camp was quiet at this time, and everyone was quietly listening to the sound of the flute from the camp gate.

Melodious, clear, tactful, and flying, with the music, people can't help but think of a bird that is sometimes painful, sometimes free, and sometimes sad.

Li Ling looked at the few birds dancing in the air to the music, and wondered what he was thinking.

Suddenly, the sound of horseshoes coming from nowhere broke the beautiful atmosphere, and the soldiers in the camp widened their eyes, with anger welling up in their hearts.

Even the generals and soldiers of the Huben Army who were listening to the music by the wall of the Habayashi camp because it was too far away from Huben were no exception.

But then the sound of horseshoes disappeared, and the soldiers nodded in satisfaction.

Huo Shan stood on the top of the camp gate and played the flute, watching the little Lizi who was running towards him in the distance ignored him, but continued to play the song "Nightingale".

After the last section was blown, the camp was quiet for three or four seconds, and then the whole camp became lively again, and a few birds in the air also left.

The daily listening time passed, and the soldiers began to busy themselves with their own affairs.

Huo Shan glanced at Xiao Lizi who had successfully lost weight at the gate of the camp, but the flesh on his face hadn't been lost, and he had some guesses in his mind.

Huo Shan lifted up the white cloak he was wearing to keep warm, revealing the red military uniform underneath, and pinned the bamboo flute inlaid with gold and jade to his belt.

He also took off a hair rope from the belt, gathered the waist-length hair loose at the back of his head, and tied it into a ponytail.

Then he walked a few steps along the camp wall, jumped down, fell halfway, grabbed the top of the wall with one hand, stepped on the wall, and fell directly from the three or four meter high camp wall.

In the air, the cloak blown up by the wind fluttered like white wings.

After Huo Shan landed steadily on the snow, Little Lizi hurried over.

Huo Shan looked at Xiao Lizi, a little puzzled:

"Xiao Lizi, how old are you this year?"

"Back to the little prince, this servant will be twenty this year."

Huo Shan looked at his height of less than seven feet, just 1.6 meters, and he no longer had any expectations.

"Why don't you say you don't grow up? In two or three years, it really won't grow up."

"You are five years older than me, and I am three inches taller than you."

Xiao Lizi looked at Huo Shan who had grown to seven feet two before he was sixteen, and there was a hint of envy in his eyes.

Not only did Huo Shan grow to seven feet two, but his body bones also strengthened a lot, and the flesh on Xiaoyuan's face almost disappeared.

What Xiao Lizi envied the most was not Huo Shan's stature, but Huo Shan's skin.

Huo Shan has been training with the soldiers every day, his skin is not tanned or rough at all, it is warm and white.

"It doesn't matter if the servant is not long, as long as the little gentleman is good."

Huo Shan walked into the camp, and Xiao Lizi followed behind him step by step. Hearing what Xiao Lizi said, Huo Shan waved his hands:

"Hehe, it's not good to be too tall, just grow a little over eight feet."

"Little Junhou, uh, what my lord said is true."

Xiao Lizi changed his words suddenly because he had just entered the camp.

"By the way, what happened to you in such a hurry?"

"My lord, the news from the Western Regions has arrived."

Huo Shan was not too surprised, he guessed something.

"Which country is it?"

"My lord, it's Dawan."

Huo Shan secretly said that it was true.

If he had heard the news a few days ago, Huo Shan would have had a headache, but since he received the news three days ago, he no longer had a headache.

This matter has to start from the beginning.

He and Liu Che had had an awkward dispute over the marriage.

Moreover, Liu Che has been staring at the Western Regions all the time, how can he invite the Xiongnu to be recruited!

If he wanted to go to the Western Regions, there would be no problem, but after the marriage, Liu Che said that Huo Shan didn't understand the overall situation, and he originally thought that the matter of the coach was probably in vain.

If he didn't think of a way, it is estimated that the coach is someone else, most likely Wei Qing, Huo Shan himself can only lead thousands of people like the old Huo, or bring his own Yulin army.

Huo Shan thought about it carefully, probably because he was too young, Liu Che was worried, so Liu Che wanted Wei Qing to take him in the first battle.

After all, I just want Xiao Huo to follow the old Huo's path.

Even if you fight Wei Qing back and forth on the sand table, you still have to check your actual situation.

Is this reasonable?This is very reasonable, but Huo Shan is not reconciled.

Huo Shan regards the Western Regions as a battle for fame, so it's impossible to be the coach!

So ever since the marriage happened, Huo Shan had already made plans, so he was going to leave Liu Che aside, take Yulin without asking for an edict, and go directly.

But this matter is risky, if you can't get it out, it will naturally be a dead end. Huo Shan and the generals of the Yulin Army probably won't die, Liu Che is reluctant.

But someone has to top the tank, so Zhao Puonu is doomed.

In the future, fighting the Western Regions and the Huns will not be the life of the coach.

But if there is a big victory, it is a trivial matter, it can be said to be a secret operation, and it is a matter of making up an edict.

And what happened next made Huo Shan firm up his confidence, so he did it.

Last year, in the sixth year of Yuanfeng, the Xiongnu Uwei Shanyu passed away, and his son Shanyu succeeded to the throne. The internal instability of the Huns, and another heavy snowstorm in winter caused countless livestock deaths and injuries.

So this is the time when the Huns are weakest.

And Huo Shan felt that there was a reason why Liu Che only had the Western Regions in his mind at this time.

In November last year, news came from the Huns that Captain Zuo refused to accept Er Shanyu and wanted to surrender to the Han.

And at this time, if the big man can send a large army to accept the surrender of Captain Zuo, and then make a fuss in the hinterland of the Huns, that would be a great thing.

And Liu Che kept an eye on the Western Regions, but sent Gongsun Ao to the front line to build a surrender city and accept the surrender. Gongsun Ao had already set off.

According to historical records, this matter was not done, and Er Shanyu became vigilant in the surrendered city. When Captain Zuo was about to make a move, Er Shanyu found out and snapped Captain Zuo. This is a pity.

Moreover, Zhao Puonu, who went to meet him, was wrapped in dumplings and was imprisoned for three years before he came back.

In Huo Shan's view, the Western Regions and the Xiongnu can be considered at the same time. The main attack on the Western Regions is to send a partial army to take advantage of the weakness of the Xiongnu and catch them by surprise, so that the Xiongnu from the Western Regions can return to help.

Or it is advisable to attack the Xiongnu mainly and send a large army to cut off the wings of the Western Regions.

However, Liu Che was afraid that Captain Zuo would make a false surrender, and it was quite normal to have such worries.

But you at least send a large army ahead of time, even if there is no such thing, you can take advantage of your weakness and fight, no matter what happens, you will not lose.

What's more, the secret surrender, the construction of the Surrender City with great fanfare, it has to be built before the surrender can be accepted.

Huo Shan felt that Liu Che was too steady in this matter. His idea was to reduce the wings of the Western Regions first, and give him back the idea that the Huns had always wanted to take back Hexi.

Then after all the wings are removed, the Xiongnu is a turtle in the urn, and there are no other worries, and then slowly clean him up.

(End of this chapter)