The heavens start from saving Daming

Chang'an City, Qingliang Hall.

Li Yunze shook the memorial in his hand and smiled at Wei Qing, "The paint is still there and has not been opened. Let's make a bet."

Wei Qing was a little anxious, but he was a minister after all, so he nodded and responded, "Your Majesty, please speak."

"Let's bet on whether Huo Qubing is defeated or victorious in this memorial." Li Yunze left the memorial on the table. "If I win, then when Huo Qubing comes back, you can lead his horse. If you win, , how about I go and hold the horse for him?"

Wei Qing's mind moved slightly, and he immediately nodded and said, "Yes, I bet that Huo Qubing will win."

"Uh"

After saying this, Li Yunze was immediately stunned, "Are you stealing my lines?"

As the number one member of the Han army, Wei Qing naturally knew the combat effectiveness of the Han army.

I was worried before because I was worried that Huo Qubing would mess up. After all, he was only a teenager.

But now that he has seen Huo Qubing's ability, there is nothing more to say.

"You are certainly not made to be a favorite." Li Yunze shook his head, picked up the memorial and opened it.

If he were a favorite here, someone like He Shen, who had eight minds, would naturally let the emperor speak first, and then try his best to cover up the situation, and say nothing to make the emperor lose.

Obviously, Wei Qing, who has a calm personality, is not the material.

Opening the memorial, Li Yunze browsed through it quickly.

Wei Qing watched seriously, seeing Li Yunze curling up his lips, and the last big stone in his heart finally fell.

As long as you can win, then anything is easy to say.

After reading the memorial, Li Yunze directly greeted Sima Xiangru, "Who is that, come here and read it to the governor."

"The power of the Son of Heaven, the protection of the ancestors. The Hulus have come down for many years, besieging cities and slaughtering cities, and driving away livestock. Killing officials and soldiers, great bandits and robbers, the officials who hate the world heard that the puppet king on the right of the Hulus gathered at the foot of Tianshan Mountain, plotting "private"

". The spirit of Lai Sheji, in accordance with your majesty's clear edict. Harmonize the soldiers, strengthen their discipline, and raise the wounded soldiers to take advantage of the victorious Huns. Use a small number to attack the masses, kill their king, break their army, and destroy their tribes!"

"Hulu eats meat, drinks cheese, wears furs, and does not have a city or a farm to live in. They are like birds and beasts in the open fields. They stop when the grass is sweet and the water is dry. When the grass and water are exhausted, they move away. If there is no advantage in attacking the city, they must be eliminated. Human beings.”

". With your majesty's kindness, the three armies are serving their lives. If you dare not to serve, you will die. I will follow you one after another. I will not repay the enemy chief until I destroy him."

The memorial was very long, and it was obviously ghostwritten by Sima in the army. Sima Xiangru, who was reading the memorial in a cadence, felt his throat go dry.

Fortunately, I finally came to the key point: "Behead the Hulu Youxian Puppet King, the Hunxie Puppet King, the Chief Tu Puppet King, the remaining seven kings, the Prime Minister, the General, the household, and the Commander-in-Chief Yu. Hundreds of people were killed. They also killed hundreds of foreign countries in the Western Regions. The false king of Shanhuan, the false king of Cheshi, the false king of Pulei, and the false king of Ruoqiang."

"The formation killed more than 13 people, captured more than [-] cattle, horses, and large livestock, and more than [-] sheep filled the mountains and plains with countless numbers."

Hearing this, Wei Qing immediately frowned.

This is not right.

After killing so many kings, it was obvious that they had reached the old camp of Wangting of the Huns, and they also captured so many cattle, sheep and horses. It was definitely not a wild decisive battle.

But the formation killed more than 3 people, but only captured [-] prisoners?

Wei Qing didn't believe that the old, weak, sick and disabled in the old camp could escape under the nose of the Han cavalry.

If you put it this way, it can only be...
There was an idea in his mind, but Wei Qing didn't say it out, because he was not a saint.

Sure enough, the next thing I heard Sima Xiangru say in a slightly trembling voice, "I heard that the Son of Heaven once said that cutting the grass does not remove the roots, and the spring breeze blows and regenerates. I deeply believe it."

". Traveling across thousands of miles, it should not be long. The journey is difficult, and it is impossible to take captives. If you let it go, you are afraid that all the barbarians will gather again. I heard that Yue gathered together in ten years, and after ten years of lessons, after 20 years, Wu Qi will be a marsh. ! Therefore, I chose the young, strong, old, weak and sick to be trapped."

The meaning of these words is very simple.

This battle is different from the attack on the Hexi Corridor. It is not too far from the Han family, and after the establishment of counties and counties, it will be the land of the Han family.

Huo Qubing's troops rushed across thousands of miles and ran to the sky to attack the Huns. Naturally, it was impossible to stay in this place for a long time after the fight, and this land could not support so many Han troops.

The big man is unable to set up counties here now, and he can go back after the war.

But with so many prisoners traveling thousands of miles along the way, there was no way to take them all away.

If we let them go, these Huns will be reunited and taught a lesson for ten years.After those 20 years, the Huns will be able to regain their strength and start fighting again.

In order to avoid this situation, Huo Qubing borrowed the emperor's words "cutting the grass without eradicating the root, the spring breeze will grow again", and carried out Bai Qi's method to trap the old, weak and young.

In other words, what they can bring back are basically young women.

Because the threat levels are not at the same level.

Sima Xiangru, who felt his scalp was numb, took a breath and calmed down his emotions.

But here Li Yunze said, 'Huh? '

Sima Xiangru dared not stop, and continued to read hurriedly: "I have seized countless materials of all kinds, but the only wine vessel is very interesting. Yes, yes"

"I can't even read a memorial well." Li Yunze snorted dissatisfied, "What do you need me for?"

Sima Xiangru was sweating like rain. He raised his wide sleeves and touched the sweat beads on his forehead, and then said, "It was made from the head of King Yuezhi. It is one of the two greatest treasures of Wen Hulu."

The Huns had two great treasures.

One is the Heaven Worshiping Golden Man, all of which are kept by the Xiutu tribe, because their scope of activities is in the place where they worship the sky.The Huns are a nomadic tribe, and even the royal court of the Great Chanyu is constantly nomadic. It is very troublesome for the Jinren to carry the heavy sacrifices to the sky, so they simply leave them to the Xiutu Department for safekeeping, and they will deliver them when the time comes for the sacrifices to the heavens. .

Therefore, those Jin people did not belong to the Xiutu tribe, but to the Great Chanyu, and belonged to the entire Xiongnu.

This thing had been captured and transported to Chang'an City when Huo Qubing attacked the Hexi Corridor.

Because it is too heavy, it will take some time to reach Chang'an City.

Then there is the wine vessel made from the head of the Yuezhi King.

Before the rise of the Huns, they were just an inconspicuous small tribe on the grasslands.

After defeating Donghu, the power increased greatly.

It's just that they were not the overlords on the grassland at that time, but the Yuezhi tribe.

The Huns fought an extremely cruel war with the Yuezhi tribe, and the Huns suffered great losses. In the end, they relied on the help of Wusun and other tribes to defeat the Yuezhi and drove them further west to the Western Regions.

Well, the expelled Yuezhi tribe went to the west and established the famous Kushan Dynasty.

Compared with the Han Dynasty, the Yuezhi tribe is the biggest mortal enemy and enemy of the Huns, and they are truly mortal opponents who will never stop fighting.

So when King Yuezhi was beheaded, Maodun Chanyu made his head into a wine vessel according to the rules on the grassland, and it became a treasure alongside the golden man offering sacrifices to the sky.

Just like the Tianjin people were entrusted to the Xiutu tribe for safekeeping, this wine vessel has always been kept by King Youxian.

This time Huo Qubing defeated King Youxian's last strength at the foot of Beitian Mountain. Even King Youxian was beheaded on the spot, and the thing was seized as a trophy.

". I will return in a few days. I will offer you the prisoners of Que. I will kill General Yao. After Huo is cured of his illness, he will bow his head. The Emperor will be the emperor for ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand years~~~"

Finally finishing reading the memorial, Sima Xiangru took a deep breath.

This memorial is really difficult to describe in words.

It's a trap, and it's a wine vessel. I really don't know what to say.

If it had been the Song and Ming dynasties, Huo Qubing's actions would have definitely caused countless Confucian saints to attack him, wanting to curse Huo Qubing to death.

'How can we kill Hulu? We must use the way of saints to influence them.As long as the Hulu can be influenced, even if they win the battle, they have to give away people and land, and then give away the coins, and the Hulu must be satisfied.Anyone who dares to kill Hulu should die! '

Both Di Qing and Yue Fei perfectly explained how Confucianism followed the path of saints.

Fortunately, here in the Han Dynasty, Confucianism has already become a historical term. As long as the various schools of thought stand on the forum and mention the barbarians, they will always shout about beating and killing.

Because those who wanted to be enlightened and to be Holy Virgins were all grouped into a special group.

The premise for Li Yunze to allow hundreds of schools of thought to exist is that your heart should be towards your own people.

Talk back.

Wei Qing stepped forward and saluted Li Yunze, "Congratulations to Your Majesty! The right side of the Xiongnu was severely damaged and will no longer be able to fight for decades. The land of the Western Region is within easy reach."

"not the right time yet."

Li Yunze simply shook his head, "But Shanyu Wangting still has the left side, they are stronger. We won't go to the Western Regions until we completely beat the Huns to the ground."

He thought for a while and then said, "But the early preparations can still be made. Let Zhang Qian get ready before going around the countries in the Western Regions."

Taking advantage of the momentum of Huo Qubing's defeat of the right wing of the Western Regions, Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions to strengthen the strong man's presence and prestige here.

After the Han army finished dealing with the Huns, they would be free to settle the Western Regions.

Li Yunze didn't want to be a Heavenly Khan, he didn't even let go of many kings in the country, so naturally he couldn't tolerate the existence of those small countries in the Western Regions.

The ultimate goal of the Western Regions must be to set up counties and counties, move the people here, and truly control them, instead of being like in history, as long as there is a problem with the Central Plains Dynasty, the Western Regions will be lost immediately.

First let Zhang Qian frighten the countries in the Western Regions. When the army moves over, those who are willing to actively cooperate in setting up counties will naturally be given preferential treatment.

If he is unwilling, then Li Yunze will show off his domineering spirit.

"Huo Qubing never mentioned the specific losses." After arranging Lang Guan to call Zhang Qian, Li Yunze finally began to talk to Wei Qing about things he had been unwilling to talk about before. "How many troops do you think were lost?"

'Now that I'm anxious, I know I'm paying attention. Wei Qing was complaining in his heart. After the battle, he started to care about the losses. Before, he was so protective that no one would mention them.

"It's hard to tell." Wei Qing muttered briefly, "But the loss of the horses is at least half."

Speaking of this, Wei Qing also had a look of pain on his face.

You must know that the horse herding supervisor raises a horse that can go on an expedition, even if it is just a horse, the consumption of feed alone is equivalent to the harvest of a family in a year.

At this time, a large Han family had at least five or six people in a family, and could easily have a hundred acres of farmland.

Such a large amount of expenditure was continued for many years. The large-scale losses on the battlefield really made him feel distressed.

“Isn’t it just for this time that I eat and drink well on weekdays?”

Li Yunze waved his hand indifferently, "If nothing else, the horses captured this time are definitely enough to make up for the losses."

"What really makes me feel sad are those who were injured in the war."