I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 125 The Battle of the Western Regions (for further reading)
The confidant of the big man has always been the Huns in the north.

In other words, since the Tyranny of the Qin Dynasty, and even earlier, the threat to the Central Plains has always been the Huns in the north.

These nomadic peoples who put their homes on horseback, come and go in a hurry, gather and disperse.

It is the most troublesome enemy of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Building the Great Wall, garrisoning troops, communicating with the Western Regions, cavalry going straight... The big man tried his best to go from one victory to another, beheading countless heads of the Huns.

But the Huns are like centipedes, dead but not stiff.

Although in recent years, the number of times the Xiongnu invaded the borders of the Han Dynasty was much less, they were very smart and began to turn their targets to the countries of the Western Regions. Through coercion and lure, they reduced the control of the Han Dynasty over the Western Regions, thereby encroaching on the Western Regions.

The distress letter that Huo Guang sent to several people came from Princess Jieyou who was married to Wusun by the big man, and Wusun was the biggest ally of the big man in the Western Regions.

Different from the previous fighting methods that come and go like the wind, the Huns this time followed the example of the big Han and began to garrison fields in the Western Regions. They sent [-] cavalry to station in the Cheshi Kingdom, and together with the Cheshi Kingdom, they launched an attack on the Wusun Kingdom. .

Wusun Kingdom was struggling to resist, so it asked the big man for help.

The Xiongnu lived by water and grass, and they actually knew how to farm, which is simply a fantasy.

It seems that among the Huns, there must be someone who is advising them, and these people are well versed in the situation of the big man.

In fact, in Bianjun, where Hu and Han live together, many people can't tell whether they are Huns or Han.

For example, the law of health.

He was originally best friends with the Li Guangli brothers. When the Li family was exterminated, Wei Lu fled to Saibei, surrendered to the Xiongnu, advised the Xiongnu, and wounded the Han army several times.

In the end, he was named King Ding Ling by Qie Danhou Shanyu.

Later, Li Guangli also fled to the Xiongnu. Wei Lu was afraid that his position would be unstable, so he took the opportunity to kill Li Guangli.

He has no regard for propriety, justice and shame, but he is indeed a terrible enemy.

Wei Lu should have died of illness a few years ago, but An Zhi didn't have a second Wei Lu?

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Wusun is the largest country in the Western Regions, with a population of more than 19 people and [-] soldiers. In the Western Regions, whoever can become Wusun's ally can control the overall situation of the Western Regions.

Facing the invading Huns, the big man had no choice but to send troops to fight back.

What's more, after a long time of recuperating, Huo Guang needs to use a military victory to add a shovel of soil to his way of assisting the government when the new emperor ascends the throne.

Huo Guang thought about it, and finally looked at Zhao Chongguo, a veteran who was over [-] years old.

Lian Po is old, can he still have food?
Zhao Chongguo is the Lian Po of the big man, even more important than Lian Po.

In terms of seniority, Zhao Chongguo is even older than Huo Guang.

When Huo Guang was still in the palace as a minister to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Chongguo was already blood-stained on the front line against the Huns.

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In the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty, Zhao Chongguo followed Li Guangli, the general of the second division, to attack the Xiongnu as a fake Sima.

In a battle, the cavalry of the Chinese army lost their way in the desert because of a rare camel wind. After the storm stopped, the Han army was heavily dominated by the Xiongnu army.

The depleted Han army fought hard for several days, but did not escape. In the end, the food and grass ran out, and countless casualties occurred.

At this critical moment of life and death, the 37-year-old Zhao Chongguo took the initiative to invite Ying, and led more than a hundred strong men, as the vanguard of the whole army, to attack the Huns.

These more than a hundred cavalrymen who had been out of food for several days were like a ring-shouldered knife that had just been sharpened on a whetstone, cutting through the encirclement of the Huns with a sharp blade, and Zhao Chongguo was the sharpest blade among them.

Zhao Chongguo broke through the encirclement, and Li Guangli, the general of the second division, followed closely behind with the main force of the Han army. After several scuffles, he finally turned the danger into safety.

During the service, Zhao Chongguo suffered more than 20 injuries all over his body.

When Li Guangli played Zhao Chongguo's bravery to Emperor Xiaowu, Emperor Xiaowu immediately ordered Zhao Chongguo to be summoned to the emperor's palace to meet him.

Under the eyes of everyone, Emperor Xiaowu personally visited Zhao Chongguo's injuries and praised him again and again.

In the end, he was ordered to promote him as the commander-in-chief of the chariot and cavalry general, and he was added as an official Zhonglang.

It was at this time that Huo Guang beside Emperor Xiaowu remembered Zhao Chongguo.

In the next 30 years, the great Han Empire withered, and the champion Hou, General Wei, and parachutist walked into the dust one by one.

Zhao Chongguo naturally became the Great Wall of Saibei during the Xiaozhao period.

Take the great victory achieved last year as an example, the main player is Zhao Chongguo.

Although Huo Guang controls the military power of the big man, and his relatives and nephews are also arranged in important positions, he also knows that these people are difficult to compare with Zhao Chongguo for the time being.

Therefore, even if Huo Guang is afraid of this general who is not from the Huo Party, he still has to rely on him at this critical moment.

This is the first battle of the new king after he ascended the throne, and he is only allowed to succeed, not to fail.

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After the few people in front of him had read the secret letter, Huo Guang said slowly: "Wusun Kingdom is my big Han's friend in the Western Regions, and its location is dangerous. Now the Xiongnu and Cheshi are encircling the situation together. The situation is critical. What do you think should be done?"

"The Xiongnu are crazy, they just hit the stone with the egg, and the last general asked the army to lead the army and go out to conquer the fortress." Fan Mingyou said hurriedly.

Fan Mingyou was 35 years old at the time, married Huo Guang's fourth daughter, and was a real Huo Dang.

Fan Mingyou is a few years older than Huo Yu, and is currently the most capable person in the Huo Party.

Not only is he General Du Liao, he has also been serving as Weiyang Weiwei for 12 years—only a few days ago he was transferred to Changle Weiwei.

It is no exaggeration to say that Emperor Xiaozhao lived under the protection of Fan Mingyou from his enthronement to his death.

Fan Mingyou's greatest military achievement was achieved four years ago, but there are different opinions about this great victory in the court - some people think that the victory was unarmed, and even damaged the majesty of the big man.

In the winter of the third year of Yuanfeng, the Han frontier army captured a Hun prisoner, and learned that the Huns who had just invaded the Han Dynasty sent their troops eastward and mobilized [-] people to attack Wuhuan.

When Huo Guang heard the news, he had the idea of ​​mobilizing troops.

Before that, Huo Guang firmly implemented the national policy of Emperor Xiaowu's "Luntai Edict" and faced the Xiongnu with a defensive posture, but he was always looking for opportunities to attack.

Not just to deal a serious blow to the enemy, the big man, but also to make himself more like the assistant minister selected by Emperor Xiaowu.

Regarding this war, there are many different voices in the court, among which Zhao Chongguo is the most opposed.

Zhao Chongguo believed that the Wuhuan had invaded the border of Han several times, and the Xiongnu attacked it in order to avenge the great Han. Moreover, the number of invasions by the Huns has decreased recently, so there is no need to take the initiative to attack for the time being.

However, Huo Guang fought against all opinions in the court, and in the name of aiding Wuhuan, he sent [-]-year-old Fan Mingyou to lead [-] cavalry to Wuhuan to act according to circumstances.

In order to allow his sons and nephews to also make military exploits, Huo Guang asked Huo Yu and others to go out with the army as Zhonglang.

On the eve of departure, Huo Guang issued an order to Fan Mingyou that "the army has already set off, so it cannot return empty-handed", which means that the Han army must have military exploits, even if the military exploits did not come from the Huns.

When the Han army arrived in Wuhuan, the Xiongnu army had already heard the news and fled, and Wuhuan was victorious.

In order not to return empty-handed, Fan Mingyou launched an attack on Wuhuan in the name of Wuhuan's rebellion, annihilating more than [-] enemies and beheading three kings.

Fan Mingyou was granted the title of Marquis of Pingling, and the Huo family's nephews also received their own awards.

However, since then, Wuhuan, who harbors a grudge, has repeatedly violated his borders, and Fan Mingyou has also repeatedly defeated him, accumulating more and more military exploits, and making his way to the top in the army.

Victory is victory, but it also cast a shadow over this great victory.

Huo Guang's idea is very simple, that is, after Zhao Chongguo gets old, Fan Mingyou will become the pillar of the army.

Then Fan Mingyou led the younger Huo Yu to continuously gain military exploits.

In this way, no one can shake Huo's position in the army.

However, this time, Huo Guang decided not to let Fan Mingyou attack - the Huns were not so easy to deal with, unlike Wuhuan.

Therefore, he did not comment on Fan Mingyou's initiative to invite Ying, but turned to Zhao Chongguo, and asked with great respect: "General Zhao, what do you think of this matter?"

"I don't have any other views on this matter. Wusun is a key point in the Western Regions and controls nearly 20 strings. Don't let it fall to the Xiongnu."

What Huo Guang wanted was this sentence, this war must be won, and Fan Mingyou cannot be the chief general.

"Then, is Old General Zhao willing to lead the army?"

　Regarding Fan Mingyou's attack on Wuhuan, there are many theories. I took one of them and made some changes. I didn't intend to discredit him.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)