Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 118: This battle must be won thousands of miles away
Wei Qing silently put away the secret letter and watched it turn into ashes with his own eyes. He thought about it for a moment, turned his head and glanced around him. His eyes swept over many generals, and finally saw one of them. When , I couldn't help but stop.

"Su Jian!"

"The end is here!"

Wei Qing found that there were some words on his lips that he really couldn't say, but Gongsun Ao had a favor for his life, and he was his brother-in-law... The same was true for Li Huan, he could be considered his brother-in-law.

"Go and find out about the general guarding the army. He is leading troops for the first time. I'm afraid the Huns will use him as a breakthrough point."

"Ah?" Veteran Su Jian was stunned for a moment, but he immediately understood: "General, don't worry, I will understand!"

Seeing Su Jian leading his son Su Wu away on horseback, Wei Qing's slightly tense mood gradually relaxed.

Anyang Hou Li Huan led the army, which he was extremely opposed to.

But the emperor insisted on doing so.

Wei Qing even felt that the emperor's strength sometimes made even him feel slightly suffocated.

"Brother Su Jian, why are you here!" Gongsun Ao was as happy as seeing his own father resurrected from the grave when he saw Su Jian appearing in front of him.

Su Jian bowed his hands and said, "I have been ordered to come here and wait for the dispatches of the general guarding the army... But, brother Gongsun, you... why are you leading the army here?"

"Haha... This is a long story. I'll take you to see Brother Li first! You don't need to be so outspoken. What do you call a general protecting the army? Aren't we all a family?"

Su Jian hurriedly turned his head to look at his son Su Wu: "Wu Er, come and meet uncle!"

"Nephew Su Wu, meet your uncle!"

"Hahaha... He's grown so big!" Gongsun Ao laughed and led the father and son to see Li Huan.

At this moment, Li Huan was on the edge of the marching road, sitting on horseback and discussing the current battle situation with Huo Qubing.

Seeing Gongsun Ao's previous disastrous failure in leading the Northern Expedition, both of them wisely excluded Gongsun Ao from this small military meeting.

"The Xiongnu King Zuoxian is in the northeast and the Youxian King is in the northwest. They are two poisonous thorns in the defense of our Great Wall. Now Han Anguo has committed suicide. The entire northern military defense is all handled by Li Guang. He is leading his army in Yuyang , Shanggu, and Liaoxi County, we are fighting fiercely with the Xiongnu Zuoxian King." Huo Qubing repeated the military report and said thoughtfully: "Father Zhong, should we go to Liaoxi County to join in the fun, or should we find another way?"

Li Huan frowned: "Where are your uncle and Li Xi? Our three-pronged army cannot fight each other."

"They claimed to support Li Guang, but in fact they were preparing to turn their troops around and secretly attack Henan."

The so-called Henan is the Qiantao Plain south of the west channel of Jizi Bay of the Yellow River, not the so-called Henan in later generations.

The entire Hetao Plain is actually divided into three parts. To the south of the river in the west of Jiziwan, this is the Qiantao Plain; in the north of Jiziwan, south of the river and south of Yinshan Mountain, there is the Zhongtao Plain, also known as Henan, and Houtao Plain. The principle is that the frontier of the current battle between the Han army and the Xiongnu is roughly around Yunzhong County.

Right now, the Henan land, that is, the Qiantao Plain and the Zhongtao Plain, is completely occupied by the Xiongnu.

As for where Zhang Qian was detained, the Han army has no information yet.

The general outline of this area emerged in Li Huan's mind, and he mused: "Then we will send troops from Beidi County, first detour thousands of miles to Longxi, cut off the connection between the Xiongnu in Henan and King Youxian, and then return to fight with your uncle. , Li Xi and other Huns who were attacking Henan came to catch turtles in an urn!"

Li Huan also hoped to capture some important Xiongnu nobles, so that they could be exchanged for Zhang Qian.Huo Qubing's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Father Zhong, I will send someone to inform uncle right now, and ask him to send someone to notify Li Xi."

Li Huan looked north and saw that there was no strategic problem. The main thing was to see if he could deceive the Huns' scouts.

Of course, if there is a problem with this strategy, Wei Qing will also raise it.

"Go right away. If there is no problem, we will divide our troops from the front later. They want to go to Yunzhong County, and we will go to Beidi County."

When Huo Qubing heard this, he immediately led him and wanted to go to Wei Qing's army in person.

"Who is that?" Li Huan actually saw Gongsun Ao enthusiastically leading the two riders towards this side.

"It's my uncle's general, Su Jian. Could it be that he came over to discuss the invasion of the army with us?" Huo Qubing smiled and said, "Father Zhong, what do you think my uncle thinks?"

"Who knows?" Li Huan frowned. Wei Qing and Zhang Qian had no friendship.

"The last general pays homage to the general guarding the army!" Su Jian saluted on horseback with clasped fists, and Li Huan returned the salute with clasped fists: "General Su is here, but does the chariot general have military orders?"

"That's not true. It was my general who ordered me to serve under the general and be at his disposal." When Su Jian said this, there was an unnatural look on his old face.

Gongsun Ao next to him laughed loudly and said: "Old Li, we are all our own people, don't be so rigid, Brother Su is a good fighter!"

"That's it..." Li Huan said with a smile: "I don't know, Brother Su, Brother Wei, what arrangements are there for our three-pronged army's Northern Expedition?"

Seeing Li Huan calling him this, Su Jian also said hurriedly: "I don't dare. General Wei said, we will dispatch 1000 troops, with great fanfare, and carry their respective banners to gather at the border army. Then we can pretend to be the main force to support Li General Department.

At that time, the main force of the Xiongnu will be transferred eastward. As a result, the troops in Henan will definitely be empty. General Wei is going to personally lead the troops to attack thousands of miles to cut off the connection between the Xiongnu in Henan and King Youxian. General Li Xi will then lead the army together with General Li. The army attacked Henan from the front, while General Wei attacked the Xiongnu who surrounded Henan from behind. "

Huo Qubing couldn't help but exclaimed: "Father Zhong, doesn't this coincide with what you just said?"

"Ah? What? General Li has already thought up an offensive strategy?" Su Jian was greatly surprised. Wei Qing asked him to come over to help Li Huan lead the army. Although he didn't say it, he looked down on Li Huan in his heart. As for Gongsun Ao ... Favors are on display here, and I’m embarrassed to say that I value them and look down on them.

Knowing how to be a good person is also an attitude of staying in court!
"My idea is that I will lead my army to Beidi County, detour thousands of miles directly, and cross Longxi. I only need to control Gaoque first, and then cut off the connection between the Xiongnu in Henan and King Youxian. Then everyone will attack from the front and back to destroy the Henan together. Huns.”

Li Huan pondered: "If we send troops from Yunzhong County alone, I am a little worried that the Huns will detect our whereabouts."

"General Li doesn't know something. Going out to the north of Yunzhong County, there is the Great Wall built during the Qin Dynasty that can be used as a cover. General Wei's troops can use this as a route to advance." Su Jian was quite excited: "It's better to do this, Li General, take a detour to Longxi. You will use the Qiantao Plain at the foot of the Helan Mountain as the main place of attack, while our army will use the Zhongtao Plain south of the Yinshan Mountain as the main place of attack. No matter who takes the target first, they will immediately send troops to support the other group. department."

In the land of Gaoque, there is Yinshan Mountain to the north. Once Wei Qing leads troops to touch the Great Wall of Earth built by the Qin Dynasty, they will close their doors and beat dogs. spirit……

only……

Li Huan took a deep breath, Wei Qing really dared to think... This section of the Qin Dynasty's Great Wall was built among the mountains. How would most of the Han army march?

If it were someone else who thought so, Li Huan would definitely scoff, but this is Wei Qing... Can Wei Qing and Li Xi fly to Gaoque?

"Father Zhong? What do you think of this?" Huo Qubing asked impatiently. This kind of battle running thousands of miles was very suitable for his taste.

(End of this chapter)