The Great Han Dynasty: From Feng Lang Juxu to the Eternal Emperor

Chapter 20 Angry Wei Qing
Early the next morning, the sky was bright.

Wei Qing's army finally arrived at Dingxiang City.

The gate of Dingxiang City was closed tightly. Wei Qing's soldiers took the token and crossed the moat, and then connected with the soldiers guarding Dingxiang City.

The suspension bridge in front of Dingxiang City was lowered.

Wei Ning softly asked Huo Qubing who was behind the horses, "Why is Dingxiang so strict in interrogating?"

Huo Qubing said nothing and frowned.

The more this is the case, the more it means something happened in Dingxiang, so it might as well not be so strict on defense.

Along the way, Wei Ning and Huo Qubing still rode on the same horse. The army did not have any spare horses for the time being. Wei Ning would not have his own war horse until they entered Dingxiang City.

Huo Qubing didn't speak, and Weining didn't continue to ask.

The cavalry followed the large team in front across the suspension bridge and slowly entered Dingxiang City.

After entering Dingxiang City, Weining finally understood why Huo Qubing had been silent just now.

What comes into view is the main road in Dingxiang. Because it rained two days ago, the main road is all muddy.

On both sides of the road are rows of low mud houses, which are the shops facing the street in Dingxiang.

Occasionally, passers-by are seen walking on the road. Their eyes are desperate and their expressions are numb. Even when they see Wei Qing's army, they don't have much expression on their faces.

Many of the houses on both sides of the street are riddled with holes. After the fire, the exterior walls of the houses show a black color after being grilled.

The entire city of Dingxiang is in disarray and devastated. From time to time, you can see a group of people with their heads wrapped in white cloths and plain pickaxes walking sadly on the road.

It is obviously early in the morning, the best time for people to trade, but it is rare to see shops open.

Tap, tap~
The horses walked slowly on the muddy road. The military discipline of the army was very good. Everyone kept silent in a tacit agreement. Only when they saw the passing people did the soldiers' expressions become solemn.

On the side, a small girl held a wild flower in her hand and handed it to Wei Ning.

"Brother, are you here to fight the barbarians?"

"Can you help me save my father? My mother said that my father was captured by barbarians."

At this moment, Wei Ning finally realized what he had experienced in Dingxiang City.

Not long ago... this place should have experienced hellish destruction!

Just as Wei Ning was about to reach out, a middle-aged woman hurriedly ran over and took the little girl away, apologizing to Wei Ning repeatedly.

Weining was silent.

Huo Qubing was also silent, and Weining could feel Huo Qubing's anger behind him.

"Damn the Huns! Sooner or later, I will have to pay with blood!"

As the gateway county to the Hetao region in northern Xinjiang, Dingxiang is rich in materials and has a large number of Han people. Its geographical location is of self-evident importance to the Han Dynasty's defense strategy.

It was early spring, the season when the Huns and horses were getting fat and strong. Throughout the winter, the Huns were extremely short of supplies, so they bared their fangs at the Han people and burned, killed and looted wantonly.

Since the founding of the Han Dynasty by the great ancestor Liu Bang, the Han and Huns have always been strong and weak. For about 70 years, in Hanoi, successive kings had to find ways to maintain peace with the Hu people, in order to secretly develop and destroy the Xiongnu in one fell swoop. .

After 70 years and six dynasties, the kings still did not have the courage to launch an attack on the Xiongnu.

Until that talented and strategic monarch ascends the throne, first annexing South Vietnam, and then destroying the Xiongnu, anyone who invades our powerful Han Dynasty will be killed no matter how far away!

This is the life motto of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and it also inspires generals one after another and the courage of generations of soldiers!
After nearly 70 years of humiliation, peace can only be exchanged for a woman's marriage, although the rulers continue to embellish this humiliation in various ways.

But in the eyes of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was still essentially a shame!

But even so, peace still could not be obtained, but what was obtained was that the Huns betrayed their faith and killed and plundered the Han people again and again!
That being the case, let's fight!

The horses were still advancing through the streets. The closer they arrived to the main city, the more shocking the scene that greeted Weining's eyes!Women and children with dull eyes, and corpses that had not yet been cleaned up, were lying in a pool of blood in the street.

Women who have lost their husbands, children who have lost their parents, and elderly people who have lost their sons have despair, sadness, numbness, anger, and unwillingness in their eyes!
Five days ago, a group of Huns cavalry sneaked into Dingxiang City.

Someone opened the city gate for the Huns and became a traitor.

So the Xiongnu cavalry rushed into Dingxiang City crazily. They killed men, women, old and young, wielding butcher knives, and slaughtered them wantonly. Before leaving, they set fire to the houses, and Dingxiang City was a sea of ​​corpses.
This is the home that all the people in Dingxiang County rely on for survival, and now... it was burned to the ground!
"Tragedies like this are common in northern Xinjiang."

Huo Qubing said to Wei Ning: "Don't be angry, at least don't show it on your face. Compassion does not control soldiers, justice does not control wealth."

Wei Ning nodded, but even so, he was still angry.

"It's been calculated now. If we push it forward 30 years, it will be even more cruel."

Huo Qubing sighed softly, "Do you know why I am determined to kill all the Hulu? These beasts have no humanity!"

"They are born to kill and don't like peace, but do they really think that my Han family man is bloodless?"

Huo Qubing lowered his voice and shouted angrily.

Wei Ning suppressed his anger and asked Huo Qubing, "Why don't you move the people south?"

Huo Qubing shook his head: "Move south, where? Move to Chang'an? Let the Huns drive straight in?"

"That's a sign of cowardice!"

Wei Ning thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed the truth. The big man should not retreat and there should be no way out.

When he first joined the army, Wei Ning never thought about doing something for his fellow soldiers.

He thought he was selfish. When he joined the army and even obtained the system, the first thing he thought about was himself, and he wanted to make great achievements and return to his former glory.

But today, when he really saw the miserable situation of the people in northern Xinjiang, Wei Ning believed that he should do something for this country, this nation, and these comrades!

Without personal experience, which son can grow into a truly passionate man? !
When the army arrived at the southeast corner of Dingxiang City, they entered the military camp.

Wei Qing ordered the entire army to rest in the military camp, while he himself took a few soldiers and rushed toward the Dingxiang Prefecture.

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Dingxiang Prefecture.

Wei Qing dismounted, and several soldiers followed the solemn-looking General Wei.

Wei Qing entered the prefect's mansion with a big sword and a golden horse, boasting of tiger strides.

The prefect of Dingxiang personally brought people to greet him. When he saw Wei Qing, he hurriedly clasped his fists in greeting and said, "See General Wei."

The eyes of Dingxiang Prefect were a little red and swollen, and it was obvious that he had not slept well in recent days.

"The crime of being a low-ranking official is worthy of death. I am sorry to the more than [-] people in Dingxiang!"

As he spoke, he actually started crying.

Wei Qing looked at him indifferently: "Whether you should die or not, the court will give you an explanation."

"Come in and talk!"

Wei Qing stepped into the middle hall, sat down and asked straight to the point: "Dingxiang has transferred 2 troops. In other words, your Dingxiang County has more than [-] soldiers."

"Why is this happening? Are those soldiers eating shit?" Wei Qing slammed the table, and the atmosphere in the middle hall was terrifyingly cold.

The prefect of Dingxiang was speechless. He clenched his fists and knelt down, saying: "There is a traitor in the city. They opened the gate of Dingxiang in the early morning!"

Swish!
Wei Qing stood up suddenly and said angrily: "Who is it? Where is he?!"

(End of this chapter)