Starting from the Western Han Dynasty

Chapter 136 Terrible War
Li Huan was startled when he heard Huo Qubing's words, and asked in a low voice, "Did he really send his mother here?"

After hearing this, what Huo Qubing was going to say next was immediately blocked in his mouth and he looked at Li Huan with wide eyes in astonishment.

At this moment, Gongsun Ao, who went to deliver the order, also happened to come back. By coincidence, he also heard these words.

Gongsun Ao was stunned at first, then startled, and then struggled for several breaths with extremely complicated eyes. Finally, he seemed to be somewhat relieved and walked forward and patted Li Huan on the shoulder:

"Old Li, I really didn't expect that you are so good at speaking. King Youxian is not young anymore. His mother's teeth are probably all gone. You can still have such an idea. In addition to admiring you, I still I admire you, you are really a role model for our generation and a leader among people!"

Li Huan looked confused: "Did I say something? Did I do something?"

"You don't have to do anything, you are already a role model for our generation." Gongsun Ao turned his head and looked at Huo Qubing: "Learn a lesson, don't be like a stick, your mother is arranging a marriage for you, what are you afraid of, what are you resisting? A woman is a tiger? Can you eat people? If you don’t kill a tiger, why are you afraid that you can’t handle a woman?”

Listening to Gongsun Ao's leisurely tone, Li Huan knew that the Huns had really retreated.

The battle of Gaoque was won!
He couldn't believe it for a while, but when he looked at the corpses left by the Huns, it was so real.

Huo Qubing shook his head, as if he wanted to get rid of some dirty thoughts: "Father Zhong, uncle, the scout army reported that King Youxian did retreat, but he nailed King Aries and King Loufan to the rack. Come on, those two are about to die, we..."

"Is this happening?" Li Huan's eyes lit up instantly.

Gongsun Ao looked regretful: "Is this what you are talking about?"

Huo Qubing shrugged helplessly and couldn't help but sigh: "Uncle, what do you think I'm talking about? Did King Youxian really send his mother here?"

"Hehe, I really thought King Youxian really... Forget it, let's go over and take a look first and call Jin Guduo up. Just now, Lao Li and I were still thinking about how to make these three or four thousand Huns Are Lou Fan's soldiers at our disposal?
Now it seems that as long as they see the tragic situation of King Loufan, they will be willing to fight for us without us doing any more ideological work on them. "

"Wait..." Li Huan still kept calm: "There is a problem. If King Youxian was successfully lured to surrender by Xiao Wang Jinguduo because of Lou Fan's people, then it would be reasonable for him to kill King Lou Fan to vent his anger, but Why was King Aries also nailed to the rack?"

"Why?" Gongsun Ao was also surprised and subconsciously looked towards the thousands of Xiongnu soldiers sitting on the ground in the open space in the distance, waiting for their fate to be judged.

"There is only one possibility. In addition to the people from the Lou Fan tribe, there are also people from the Aries tribe among these descended soldiers." A strange smile flashed in the corner of Li Huan's eyes: "Qu Bing, you go over and kill the Aries King and Lou Fan." Tell Jin Guduo about the king and ask him to take everyone with us to send these two Hun kings to their final destination."

"Yes, Father Zhong!" Huo Qubing also sneered and strode over.

Gongsun Ao's face showed a look of deep thought: "Lao Li, there won't be any troubles like this?"

"What trouble could possibly happen?" Li Huan smiled nonchalantly: "Order your troops and follow us there. King Lou Fan and King Aries know very well that in this situation, if they want the tribe to continue, they can only let the tribe The warriors among them will avenge them and obey my orders."

"Then if these two old bastards are confused and don't know whether to live or die..." Gongsun Ao's worry is not without reason.

What if King Aries or King Loufan uses his last breath to order their warriors to kill Li Huan...

Li Huan smiled contemptuously: "Brother, what's there to worry about? We just gained a few thousand more kills. When the time comes, we will report the kills, and I will lead Han Yan to count the heads."

"It doesn't matter, you are the general. Since you have said so, I will no longer insist. After reading this, we will immediately clean up the battlefield. I am really looking forward to what the gains will be this time."

Li Huan couldn't help but laugh when he saw that Gongsun Ao's mouth would move back uncontrollably when he smiled, quite like a woman with a split mouth.

This battle was enough for Gongsun Ao to obtain the Marquis of Guannei earlier than in the original history!

"Send an order to Wei Qing and Li Xi and inform them of the situation of our army. In addition, send someone to Lingzhou City to report the news and ask Han Yan to come here and count the heads with me. Once the battle between Wei Qing and the others is completely over, we will Send the victory report directly back to Chang'an, towards Tianque!"

Li Huan's voice could not help but reveal a sense of relief.

The guards excitedly accepted the order and left.

Gongsun Ao can be rewarded by the Marquis of Guannei, and he can get an increase in food.

Judging from what Han Yan quietly revealed before, the amount of food that can be increased after this battle will definitely surprise people!
As Li Huan walked down the hillside, he heard Jin Guduo crying pitifully, and he was followed by many descendants.

However, Li Huan intentionally moved out of the way, but Jin Guduo hesitated and did not dare to pass Li Huan.

He was worried that once he surpassed Li Huan and went to his angry father, Li Huan would mistakenly think that before his death, King Lou Fan had told him, the little King Lou Fan, some ulterior secret.

Now he just wants to live. He hates the Han people, but he hates King Youxian even more!
Obviously his father has shown enough loyalty, but why must he let the people in Lou Fan's department die?
Why!

He knew very clearly that his father was absolutely loyal to King Youxian.

But what did such loyalty get in the end?
My own people just want to live!
I just want to live!
What's wrong with this?

Is this wrong!

Is it wrong to want to live?

Jin Guduo stepped on the piles of dead bodies, and he suddenly noticed a corpse. This corpse was very tall and tall, but there were at least ten arrows stuck all over its body.

This was the personal guard of the Aries King and Jin Guduo's uncle. He hesitated for a moment, then knelt down, silently picked up the burly and stiff corpse, and carried it on his back.

Li Huan looked back at Jin Guduo, who said with tears, "He is my biological uncle."

Li Huan was startled, then reached out and took off his cloak, covering the body.

Jin Guduo's tears flowed faster.

Huo Qubing, who had already walked to the front, whispered to Gongsun Ao: "Uncle, Father Zhong's way of winning people's hearts is both disgusting and handsome.

What he did... makes me feel sick no matter how I look at it, but I admire it from the bottom of my heart?If it were me, I definitely wouldn't be able to do this. "

Gongsun Ao coughed: "Does it feel like eating stinky tofu? It looks disgusting and smells bad, but it tastes delicious?"

Huo Qubing nodded vigorously. This metaphor was too vivid.

"You, you don't know how useful these people will be for us in our future expeditions. As long as they hate King Youxian and hate the Xiongnu Chanyu, we will have the most powerful guides and we will never have to worry about ourselves. Lost in the boundless grassland.”

Huo Qubing shook his head: "I still can't trust the Huns. What if they brought the army to a desperate situation?"

"Look at Zhang Qian and Gan Fu, there won't be so much absolute hatred and kindness in this world." Gongsun Ao looked at the earthen fortress where the earth foundation and stone wall were torn down, and cheered the Han soldiers who came down. The mood was extremely happy.

In the battle in Henan, no one in the army died and only one was injured; in today's battle in Gaoque, no one died in the battle either. At least now he has not heard that the people on the earthen base and earthen platform are so unlucky and directly let the Xiongnu People shot to death.

what does this mean?
He knows it all too well.

Huo Qubing saw that Gongsun Ao had no intention of continuing to listen to his doubtful remarks, so he said nothing more.

Li Huan walked past the place where the horse pit was previously dug. The original appearance was completely unrecognizable. It had long been filled with the corpses of war horses and Huns. When he stepped on it, a horrifying feeling came through his shoes. , along the nerves on the soles of the feet, straight to the top of the head.

War is really terrible; but it is a pity that, sitting in his current position, he is afraid that he will have to stay with the war chief.

After passing through the place occupied by the front line of the Huns' military formation, Li Huan saw King Aries and King Loufan who were nailed to the rack.

This place has long been surrounded by Han army scouts.

Jin Guduo dropped his uncle's body and threw himself at King Loufan who was covered in blood with a cry. His tears couldn't stop falling, and he just made painful sounds of "ah", "ah" and "ah" from his mouth. He was very emotional. He reached the extreme point, but at this moment he couldn't say a word.

Li Huan stood by the side silently. King Lou Fan moved his mouth as if he wanted to say something. Jin Guduo immediately stepped forward and forcibly stopped crying, and his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

After King Lou Fan saw his son, his originally dull eyes suddenly lit up strangely.

"Live...live!"

He struggled to spit out a mouthful of blood, his eyeballs protruding. After saying these words with a ferocious face, his eyes stared at the sky. The strange light dissipated instantly, and his eyes were completely dim. It took only a few breaths, It was completely lifeless.

Jin Guduo couldn't stop crying loudly, and after howling a few times, he fell limply to the ground.

On King Aries' side, a group of soldiers walked forward silently and knelt beside the execution frame.

Li Huan sighed slightly when he saw this scene. Sure enough, some people from the Aries tribe also surrendered along with the people from the Lou Fan tribe.

But, did Jin Guduo not notice it, or did he notice it and just pretended that he didn't see it?
A coldness flashed in the corner of Li Huan's eyes, but he would not delve into the matter at this time. He had long-term plans.

"Okay, give them some time. The scouts will continue to extend forward to find out whether the Huns will fight back." Li Huan calmly ordered: "In addition, build a beacon tower forward for thirty miles. Yea!"

"Order!"

The scouts solemnly accepted the order and left, but more Han soldiers came down from the earthen barriers.

Some people followed Gongsun Ao silently and looked at the prisoners; the rest, except for the necessary ones who maintained a fighting posture, all participated in cleaning the battlefield.

Li Huan deliberately chose a location downwind and asked his soldiers to dig deep pits here to bury the bodies of the Huns.

As for the shot horses, he and Huo Qubing initially planned to make them into military rations. However, after the soldiers moved the mutilated corpses away, some people began to vomit uncontrollably...

This thought naturally dissipated with the wind.

The next day, the four thousand troops that Wei Qing and Li Xi saved from their teeth finally arrived. They were holding their breath, preparing to follow Li Huan, perform tragic deeds at the pass, and fight to the death.

As a result, when I arrived here, I found that I had become the main force cleaning up the battlefield...

Li Huanjun's men, while leading the four thousand new reinforcements to clean up the battlefield, boasted about how they killed the Huns here...

He casually patrolled around the army, and all he heard was nothing more than bragging.

After confirming that the newly built beacon tower could serve as an early warning when the Xiongnu army made a comeback, he ignored the affairs of the army and returned to the tent, where he had a good night's sleep.

Li Huan didn't know how long he slept during this sleep. When he woke up, he saw a beautiful woman with an excellent figure sitting under the lamp and writing something.

Li Huanxi looked at this figure from behind. The lights also illuminated her graceful curves and cast a huge shadow, which was projected in the big tent. But what was embarrassing was that he couldn't remember who this beauty was.

After all, there are only a few women who can stay in their tents after they fall asleep...

Suddenly, the beauty noticed something and turned her head to look at Li Huan.

Li Huan closed his eyes in pain for a moment. He would rather be blind. This is Han Yan!
"Li Hou, it's amazing. He killed 1 Xiongnu people. Combined with his previous achievements, it's a heavenly achievement!"

Li Huan had no intention of talking about his military exploits at the moment. He just felt sick. He was looking at his back just now...ah!Li Huan felt like he was going crazy!

"when did you come?"

Han Yan smiled charmingly: "I arrived at noon yesterday. I just saw that Junhou was too tired, so I didn't bother you. Gongsun Ao and I went to count the numbers several times and confirmed the numbers... In addition, I have something to discuss with Junhou. Negotiate.”

Li Huan felt a chill subconsciously, thinking that Han Yan had arrived yesterday, so where did he sleep last night?
"The Huns have retreated, what big thing can happen now? I slept for two days?"

Han Yan smiled slightly, nodded and said, "It's two days."

"I'm hungry. Ask Su Wu to prepare some food. I'll talk to you in detail outside later."

"I'll go right away. The Lord is a hero, so it's natural for me to prepare food for you myself."

"Then let Su Wu come to see me. I want to ask about the situation in the army."

Han Yan smiled and said: "I know, I told you..."

"Do you want me to starve to death?" Li Huan complained feebly.

Han Yan smiled shyly: "I didn't think carefully."

Soon, Su Wu came.

"General, our army has cleaned up the battlefield again. The corpses of the Huns and horses have also been buried deep and sprinkled with lime. However, among the prisoners of the Huns, some people say that there will be heavy rains that will last for a long time in the next ten days. We haven’t figured out how they judged it. Do you think we need to prepare anything in advance?”

"Our army's military camp is at a high place, but if the heavy rain lasts for too long, the soldiers will not feel comfortable. Let Jin Guduo take the Huns, and you and Qu Bing will take the two thousand troops to cut down the trees and build wooden houses for the time being. Let’s wait until the rainy day.”

Li Huan has reason to believe that some of the Huns who have surrendered now will be eager to show their worth, so this statement must be true.

People who have lived in one place for a long time can predict the climate changes of that place like gods.

Su Wu immediately clasped his fists to accept the order and was about to retreat.

But Li Huan suddenly asked again: "Han Yan is a celebrity around His Majesty. I slept for two days. Then how did I receive him last night? Did he eat and sleep well?"

Su Wu was an honest man and immediately told the truth: "Reporting to the general, General Gongsun personally hosted a banquet for Dr. Han yesterday. The military tent was also set up separately. Judging from his appearance, there is nothing dissatisfied."

After Li Huan heard this, he suddenly relaxed: "Okay, I know everything. You and Qu Bing go do this immediately. If it really rains continuously, then our army will have to endure it here."

"Here!"

Han Yan's craftsmanship was actually quite good, and Li Huan was very satisfied. The two sat together looking at the stars and chatting. "After this battle, what do you want to do most?" Han Yan rarely spoke without pinching her throat.

Li Huan leaned back on the chair leisurely and looked at the yellow circle appearing beside the moon: "Go home and have a good sleep, and then you can sleep until midnight every day. By the way, His Majesty has never thought of giving me any official position." Bar?"

A title is a title, and an official position is an official position.

"The official position of the general of the army will naturally be taken away after he returns." Han Yan said: "If we talk about this, the governor of Yuyang County was beheaded and there is no suitable candidate. The king and the princes fought so beautifully in the defensive battle. Why not recommend yourself?"

Li Huan pretended to be dead and didn't hear these words.

Han Yan chuckled: "Then if you have any ideas, of course you have to return to Chang'an and tell your Majesty in person."

"I still like to sit back and invent things. The battlefield is really not suitable for me."

Li Huan's words came from the bottom of his heart.

Han Yan shook her head and said, "If the Lord says this, wouldn't it bring shame to all the soldiers of our Han army?"

"Let them think what they want? We don't need our army to build Gaoque Pass here this time, right?"

"No need, Zhu Maichen will arrive here soon. He has brought the first batch of people to move here. The construction of the city defense will be left to these people."

"What about the garrison?"

Li Huan asked again.

"General Chariot and Cavalry will be responsible for this matter." Han Yan smiled half-heartedly and seemed to be saying, Junhou, you have become a stepping stone for General Chariot and Cavalry Wei Qing.

But what surprised Han Yan was that Li Huan's defensive battle was indeed beyond everyone's expectations.

"That's it, then can I lead the guards back tomorrow?" Li Huan didn't know if he was testing Han Yan or if he really meant it.

Han Yan smiled and said: "We still have to wait for Zhu Maichen to arrive before the general can leave."

"How is Chang'an? The Prime Minister is on a mission to South Vietnam. Is there any news?"

"The Kingdom of Nanyue is stable, and the Kingdom of Minyue is also peaceful. However, on the way back, the Prime Minister suddenly diverted to Huainan Kingdom. As for why, even I don't know."

In the first half of the sentence, Han Yan spoke very easily, but in the second half of the sentence, the solemn look on his face made Li Huan smell the smell of war.

"Okay, let's wait for Zhu Maichen to arrive." Li Huan drank tea, blew the mountain breeze, and watched the firelight flickering under the mountain. He suddenly thought of something: "I heard that when Zhu Maichen was in despair, Even his wife found life unbearable and left him.

Even when Zhu Maichen was so hungry that he had no strength to cut firewood, he met his ex-wife who went to visit the grave. Seeing that he was becoming more and more miserable, her ex-wife gave him food and water.

Later, Zhu Maichen became prosperous and was highly regarded by His Majesty. Zhu Maichen took his ex-wife and current husband to live in his mansion because he felt that his wife was very kind to him and had lived a hard life with him in the past. I wanted to let this poor woman enjoy a good life for a few days, but her wife thought it was a shame and hanged herself. Is this true or false? "

Han Yan's eyes trembled slightly and she nodded: "It's true...General, do you think this woman is smart, stupid, or strong-willed?"

"None of them." Li Huan shook his head and said: "This is just a poor woman. I once thought about using Zhao Xin's wife and daughter to exchange for Zhang Qian's wife and children who are still in the Huns, but now Zhang Qian doesn't know whether he will live or die..."

After saying this, Li Huan suddenly thought of something. He immediately stood up and shouted loudly: "Come here, go find the people from the Aries Department and ask about Zhang Qian's whereabouts!"

After a while, a burly Huns was brought to Li Huan.

"General, I am the person responsible for guarding Zhang Qian. When the Han army suddenly arrived, I was guarding Zhang Qian and wanted to leave Henan, but Zhang Qian took advantage of the chaos and got separated."

After hearing this, Li Huan waved his hand in annoyance and told the man to get lost, which was equivalent to saying nothing.

"General, there is no need to worry too much about Zhang Qian, he is not someone who dies easily." Han Yan comforted.

Li Huan felt the calmness in the surrounding areas, and found that after the Battle of Gaoque, it was difficult for him to adapt to such calmness. He couldn't help but shook his head, and said in a solemn tone: "I hope so."

Han Yan reached out and patted Li Huan on the shoulder, leaving a slight scent of makeup and powder, and got up to go on patrol at night.

Li Huan sat by the campfire, drinking tea for a while and getting up for a walk. He already felt a little abnormal.

Perhaps, I have seen too many killings these days, and I never thought that human life could be so fragile.

I have never seen so many corpses piled up together like a mountain.

Hearing that the ancients liked to kill enemies and make Jingguan, Li Huan found that the idea of ​​Jingguan appeared in his mind, and he was scared into a cold sweat.

Because now he really wants to have the Huns' corpses dug out and made into a Jingguan.

He found that he was indeed developing into a metamorphosis and could not stop it.

At dusk on the second day, the Holy Snow Master came.

Li Huan suddenly felt as if he had found an oasis in the desert.

After both of them had released themselves to their fullest, the tense nerves finally relaxed.

Li Huan was finally able to sit calmly on the general stage, just like he had fought fiercely with the Xiongnu some time ago.

After listening to his confession, Master Shengxue had a solemn expression: "General, I have encountered a situation like yours when I was walking on the grassland."

"Is there anyone like me?" Li Huan was surprised.

Master Shengxue nodded: "Similarly, these people will suddenly yell in their sleep, and then wake up and draw their swords to hurt people."

"Sequelae of the war." Li Huan said a word that Master Shengxue had never heard before with some astonishment.

"The general knows?"

Li Huan hesitated, then nodded: "I know, but I never thought that something like this would happen to me." He suddenly sighed: "This requires rest."

Master Shengxue smiled generously: "Maybe the general just needs a woman." She looked at Li Huan's face with a smile: "You look much better now than when I first saw you."

Li Huan began to think about his ex-girlfriend randomly in his mind, especially the little tiger tooth that he loved and hated.

This is the first woman in his life who truly wants nothing and is willing to be with him.

He is not a fool. He is naturally very aware of the women around him. Although everyone will respond to his passion and needs without reservation, there is no one who truly loves him as much as the rich woman.

Li Huan himself didn't know whether this was a very common thing in this era, or whether he was being too pretentious.

Perhaps, only Emperor Liu Che and Gillian really have love at all.

There is definitely no romance between Wei Qing and the eldest princess.

When Wei Qing was a slave, the eldest princess was a superior master; who would have thought that Wei Qing would still be on top in the future?

Wei Qing probably never imagined that one day he would become a noble nobleman and become the husband of the eldest princess.

"The general's heart is in chaos, and he needs the moonlight of his hometown to soothe him." Master Shengxue can see into people's hearts.

Li Huan sighed faintly: "Hometown, I may never see the moon in my hometown... Go get paper and pen."

Master Shengxue immediately went to get it, just as Li Huan thought, all the women around him would do their best to respond to his needs.

He picked up his pen and wrote down Li Bai's quiet night thoughts.

"The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground; raise your head to look at the bright moon, and lower your head to think about your hometown."

Shengxueshi doesn’t have any cultural accomplishments, he just thinks that the writing is very good, but the good thing is that he probably has the same aesthetic as Li Gan, maybe because it is easy to pronounce...

But some people can follow the wind and capture the literary talent blown by the wind.

Han Yan seemed to be such a person. He picked up the paper, held it high, read it loudly, and was amazed, but he did not talk about his feelings about his hometown because he had to wait for Zhu Maichen.

Li Huan looked at the moon that looked like it had grown hair, and suddenly he took up his pen and wrote another poem. It was still Jingye Thoughts, but it was a little different.

The phrase "raise your head and look at the bright moon" became "raise your head and look at the moon."

Han Yan touched her palms and praised: "When you are in a foreign land, where can you not see the mountains and the moon? A sentence about the mountains and moon is far better than a sentence about the bright moon."

A strange thing happened. Li Huan didn't realize that Han Yan was wearing armor until this time, which made him feel that there was indeed something wrong with him.

Moreover, Han Yan was more than eight feet long. After putting on the armor, he looked quite majestic. The chilling aura of the battle washed away the feminine aura in him.

Li Huan said without hesitation: "You look like a man now."

Han Yan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed. He smiled, turned around suddenly, and strode away: "Thank you, Lord, I haven't finished my night patrol yet!"

The night is the best cover. No one noticed that when Han Yan left with a big smile, tears shed from the corners of her eyes. Even he seemed to be blinded by the night and forgot how long it had been since he shed tears.

More than 6000 soldiers frantically cut down trees to build simple houses. In just a few days, large archways rose up throughout the southern part of Gaoque.

The only regret is that the tiles cannot be fired, and the tiles are just covered with hay.

These hays were originally prepared by the Han army to be mixed with rosin and used in deadly battles with the Huns. No one expected that their final destination would be on the roof to protect them from wind and rain.

On the sixth day, heavy rain came.

Li Huan also moved into the newly built wooden house. The cold air accompanied by the fog filled the entire military camp at a speed visible to the naked eye. The violent thunder in the sky made Master Shengxue always kneel by the brazier and say some prayers. Actions.

At first Li Huan liked to explain to her how Thunder was born, but after a few times he found it completely useless, so she let her do it.

At night, the heavy rain had not stopped. Li Huan suddenly became a little worried. He put on a cowhide raincoat and personally inspected the wooden houses and earthen ramparts of the military camp. He confirmed that the drainage ditches were dug well and even paved with a layer of them. After the small stone was at the bottom, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In terms of terrain, there won't be any problems here. Although many trees have been cut down due to the army's fighting, things like mudslides and landslides are still unlikely to happen.

The current ecology of Yinshan Mountain from west to east is not comparable to what it will be after 2000.

Later in the day, the weather got even colder, so Li Huan and Master Shengxue could only get together to warm themselves by the fire, as did almost all the other soldiers in the army.

Master Shengxue stared at the burning firewood and suddenly said to Li Huan: "With such heavy rain, there will definitely be floods on the grassland. This is God punishing the Huns. General, why don't we kill cattle and sheep to sacrifice to the gods?"

"Killing cattle and sheep to sacrifice to the gods?" Li Huan was a little confused for a moment: "Wait, there will be floods on the grassland?"

"Yes!" Master Shengxue said with certainty: "I have encountered it more than once. If you are lucky, you can run away on a horse. If you are unlucky, you can't run through the water on a horse. The old people say that if you ride on a horse, you can run away. If a horse cannot outrun the water, then it is God’s fault.”

"From a distance, it looks like a white thread suddenly appeared on the grassland. If you don't pay attention, it will be too late to run away."

Li Huan's scalp went numb when he heard it. He had thought that there would be floods in the desert before, which was outrageous and nonsense, but he had also seen it with his own eyes.

But now it is really the first time I heard that floods will also break out on the grassland.

"Your Majesty, we must find a way to sacrifice to the gods, so that disaster will befall the Huns and not us."

Li Huan reached out and touched Master Shengxue's forehead. After confirming that she had no fever, he leaned directly on the bed next to the fire and fell asleep.

When the heavy rain continued on the fifth day, Gongsun Ao, Huo Qubing, and Han Yan gathered in Li Huan's wooden house. They all came for one thing, to kill cattle, horses, and sheep to sacrifice to the gods and pray for the safety of the army.

Looking at the firm eyes of everyone, Li Huan finally realized that the situation was not as simple as he thought.

"The generals in the army are a little shaken. Only by sacrificing animals to the gods can the morale of the army be stabilized."

Gongsun Ao's tone was solemn.

Li Huan suddenly remembered that on the day the army set off for the expedition, a grand sacrifice was held.

When you can't make sense, you can only follow the established rules.

Li Huan immediately asked Su Wu to prepare the animals for sacrifice. Han Yan looked solemn and wrote the sacrifice prayer herself.

After completing the sacrifice in the rain, Li Huan personally inspected the army again and found that all the people had indeed received great emotional comfort, which forced him to re-examine the status of ghosts and gods in the hearts of the Han people.

On the sixth day, the rain slowed down but continued continuously. Zhu Maichen suddenly arrived with hundreds of people who had been soaked in the rain.

At the same time, he also brought bad news. Under heavy rain, he and the three thousand people who migrated with him were separated due to a sudden flood.

After losing ten of his men, he finally found the right path and came to Gaoque for help.

(End of this chapter)